Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1925, Page 2

2 * D.A.R DELEGATES | POUR INTO CAPITAL Advance Guard of 3,000 to Attend Congress Arriv- ing in City Today. Three thousand delegates to the thirty-fourth Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution are pouring Washington today trom every State in the Union and the insular possessions, ready for one of the most important conventions in the history of the society. Although the congress will not be formally opened until Monday morn ing, the Washington Auditorium, where most of the sessions are to be held, hummed with preparatory activ- ity today as an incessant stream of women poured into the big building to register, deposit their credentials and receive instructions regarding their in. dividual duties for the next week Local Activity Begins. While these scenes of preliminary activity were under way at the Wash- ington Auditorium, the social activi ties that mark the last few days be fore the convening of cén begun at Memorial Continental Hall, the beautiful home of the Daughters of the American Revolution, on Seven- reenth street, when Mrs, Anthony Wayne Cook, president general of the fociety, and the national board were the guests of the vice presidents gen- eral at luncheon. Despite the fact into that this is ordi- narily an “‘off year” for the daugh- ters, by virtue of the fact that only seven new vice presidents general are to be elected, the announcement that efforts will be made to change the society’s by-laws in order to increase the dues, and that the delegates will be asked to consider the proposition of building a new auditorium of their own in back of Memorial Contin Hall, has fired this congress more than casual interest President to Speak. President Coolidge will be the prin cipal speaker at Monday night's ses- sion of the congress, according to the program. Among the other prom inent speakers will be M. Daeschner, the Ambassador from France: Repre- sentative Nicholas Longworth, Speak of the House, and James M. Beck icitor general of the United States The Monday night session always is the outstanding evening meeting, and | Aliss Joan Ruth of the Metropolitan Opera Company has been engaged to present several solos. The United Etates Navy Band, under the personal direction of Lieut. Charles Benter, will give a concert before and during the meeting. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, the president general, will open the con-| gress at 10:30 o’clock Monday morning. The usual services, including the en- trance of the officers and pages, the vledge of allegiance to the flag and recitation of “The American's Creed,” will be followed by the president gen- eral's address of welcome to the dele- gates. Cuno H. Rudolph will welcome the Daughters in the name of the District of Columbia. During the aft ernoon session Mrs. Cook will submit her annual report New Building to Come Up. Tuesday the congress will jump into one of its most important problems, that of considering the construction of & new auditorfum. Plans for the new auditorium will be shown to the con- gress with the assistance of a number of lantern slides. The present plan provides for leaving intact the present home of the Daughters, Memorial Continental Hall, and constructing a larger auditorium on a large tract of ground immediately behind the pres ent office building of the soclety, which is .already owned by the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. The remainder of Tuesday morn- ing's session will be devoted to me- morial exercises for members of the society who have died since the last congress, a vear ago. The afternoon will be used for state and committee meetin Tuesday evening Mrs. Cook and the national officers will re- ceive the delegates at Memorial Con- tinental Hall. Delegates to Meet President. Wednesday afternoon will be occu- pied entirely by discussions concern- ing proposed changes in the by-laws of the society. Nominations for the seven vice presidents general to be elected this year will be made at Wed- nesday evening's sessions and ballot ing will begin Thursday morning. At 4:30 o'clock Thurgday afternoon the President and Mrs. Coolidge will re} ceive the delegates at the White House. In the evening, while the telles are counting the votes from the morning election, State regents will vead their reports. Unfinished business in the morning and the annual pilgrimage to Mount Vernon will account for Friday's ses- sions. Attorney General Sargent will speak ¥riday might and a number of members of the diplomatic corps will be presented. Saturday the con- gress will adjourn sine die, to meet a vear hence for its triennial election ational officers. Early Crowd Large. All of today and probably much of tomorrow will be devoted to register- ing delegates who are arriving on every train. Before noon today the big "basement of the Washington Auditorium was literally filled with the first big rush of the accredited delegates and alternates and the in- terested members of the soclety who came to Washington as spectators. Heretofore the convention hall of the Daughters has scarcely been large enough to accommodate the delegates, and now that larger quarters have been obtained temporarily, hundreds more have taken advantage of the op- portunity of seeing a Continental Con- gress In action. There will be ample room in the ‘Washington Auditorium to accommo- date all of the delegates and other members of the soclety in addition. As a result, it is expected that the convention this year will be the largest in the history of the society. The number of delegates officlally ac- credited already totals several hun- dred more than in previous years and from present indications the specta- tors will reach more than twice as many were present at past con- gresse B of Film to Be Shown. Tonight those delegates who are in the city will be entertained at Memorial Continental Hall with a spe- rvial showing of the motion picture, ‘America,” a film depicting the foundation and evolution of this na- ton in a most remarkable manner. Airs. Cook, the president general, has sued & specis! invitation to the gen- aral public to also be the guests of the society this evening. No fee what- aver will be charged for admission, nor will tickets be needed. Memorial Con- tinental Hall will seat approximately 00 persons, and the earliest arrivals 1 be given the choice of positions. 72 COACHES ORDERED. KEW YORK, April 18—The South- srn Pacific has ordered 72 coaches from the Pullman Company and 210 baggage cars distributed among American Car and Foundry, Standard Steel Car and Bethlehem Steel, for de- livery beginning in September, Miss Alice Louise McDuffee of Michi- gan (top), and Mrs. L. S. Gillentine of Tennessee (bottom), are vice presi- dents general of the Daughters of the American Revolution and were promi- nent at the luncheon given this after- noon by the vicepresidents general to the president general, Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, and the national board of the society WITNESS EXPLAINS WHEELER'S WORK Says Senator Was to Repre- sent Campbell in Litigation in Montana. By the Associated Press. GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 18 District Attornev John L. Slattery to- day was prepared to continue the in- troduction of “documentary evidence, relative to -the transfer of Montana oll leases, in the frial of Senator Bur- ton K. Wheeler. Senator Wheeler is charged with accepjing a fee, after being elected to the Senate, for repre- senting a client before the Depart- ment of the Interior. Announcement by Judge S. Dietrich that court would adjourn until Mon- day after a short session today was expected to limit the testimony to Montana witnesses. formerly associat- ed with Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator. Only two witnesses were heard yes- terday afternoon—Louis Lincoln and John N. Cooper, both of Lewls- Mont. Lincoln testified he ap- plied for an oil prospecting permit at the request of Campbell, for whom Wheeler is alleged to have appeared before the, Interior Department. Denies Hearing Statement. Cooper, employed by Campbell as a field man in 1922 and 1923, testified he attended a meeting in a hotel here in January, 1923, when Wheeler's em- ployment was discussed by Campbell, former Representative Tom Stout of Lewistown, L. G. Wartheimer, a sales- man, and Wheeler. Cooper denied hearing Wheeler say he would rep- resent Campbell before the depart- ment. He said he went to Butte with Stout for the purpose of employing Wheeler as counsel for Campbell in a receiver ship suit brought by L. C. Stevenson, ofl operator, then pending in Great Falls. Wheleer, Cooper testified, agreed to act as counsel for $10,000 a year and was paid a $2,000 retainer’s fee. PICKETING DEFENSE GETS CONTINUANCE Woman Accused of Interfering With Patrons of Shop on F Street. A case involving the picketing of shops in Washington, in which Dor- othy Fergerson {s charged on four counts with picketing in front of the Young Men's Shop, on F_street, was continued for 10 days in Police Court today by Judge Gus A. Schuldt, to allow the defense, represented by John N. Breen, to prepare further argu- ments. The information charged that on April § and 9 the defendant “inter- fered with and enticed patrons of the store” from the store by saying, “This shop is unfair to organized labor.” Another charge, that of disorderly conduct, was dismissed today, Judge Schuldt stating that it belongs with the picketing charge and was not a separate offense. He overruled sev- eral motlons to dismiss the picketing charges, presented by the defense counsel, on the ground that they had nothing to do with the present case. Ringgold Hart and Edward Thomas, assistant corporation counsels, prose- cuted the case for the Government. ROUTE FACING ROOSEVELT PARTY DECLARED HARDEST IN WORLD Glaciers, Avalanches and Slippery Trails Are Among Difficulties to Be Overcome—Air Thin and * Frigid—Cooking Is Problem. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, April 18.—The route of the James Simpson-Roosevelt Central Asiatic expedition for the Field Mu- seum to the barren and mountainous Pamir plateaus is probably the most difficult in the world, according to W. J. Morden, Chicago manufacturer and big game hunter, who has re- turned from a two-year hunting trip in the region. The miles “stand on end” in this “roof of the world,” he said. "Morden did not get into the Pamirs, the principal objective of the Roosevelts, but branched off into Baltistan and western and Chinese Tibet. He bagged some of the trophies sought by the museum expedition, including Tibetan Gazelle, Ibex, Ovis ammon, nearest specles of sheep to the Ovis poli, sought by the expedition; markhor, Tibetan antelope and others. He also took upward. of. 60,000 feet of- motion ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, CHARLES . EBBETS DES WHLE ASLEEP { tional League Team Suc- cumbs to Heart Disease. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 18.—~Charles H. Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn Na- tional Base Ball Club, died here at 6 o'clock this morning. He was 66 years old. Death had en int came quletly. Mr. Ebbets deep sleep at 11 |o'clock last night and did not wake during the night. No one was at the bedside at the time of his death, but a tew minutes after he had died |the nurse attending him entered the room. Heart trouble, from which he had been a sufferer for many years, over- came a brave fight by the base ball magnate to continué in the game which he had helped to make nation- ally popular through his long con- nection with the Brooklyn club. Suffers Relapse. Ebbe! came to New York | weks ago from the Florida training camp of the Brooklyn team, where he had sought relief, and was at first believed to have been benefited. He suffered a relapse yesterday and physi- ns last night reported that he was growing steudily weaker at his room in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and held forth little hope for him to re- cover. | Mr. Ebbets first broke into the game {in 1883 as bookkeeper for the old Brooklyn club. Step by step he rose, filling fous offices, until in 1899, he | became president of the club. It was he who saved the situation when various influences were at work to ke the National League franchise out of Brooklyn Ever since Mr. Ebbets rose to the presidency of the club the affairs of the club were conducted under his own personal management. two i Born in Manhattan. Mr. IXbbets was born in Manhattan on October 1859, and was educated in the publ schools. He was mar- ried in 1877 and is the father of four children—Charles H. Ebbets, ir., and three married daughters. His first wife divorced him in New York State |in 1921 and a vear later he married | again. Fred Hanlon, business manager of the Brooklya Club, said the team would play the New York Giants to- da, Sunday and Monday, according to schedule, but that the game on Tuesday, the day of the funeral, would be postponed. Charles H. Ebbets, jr., announced that the funeral on Tuesday would be held in Trinity Church, Montague and Clinton streets, Brooklyn. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The hour of the funeral will be annoumnced later, he said. All Games OF Tuesday. President Heydler of the National League today called off all ball games in the National League on Tuesday, the day set for the funeral. The seven presidents of the other National League clubs, with President Heydler, have been designated as honorary pall bearers. All the flags at the Na- tional e parks will half staffed fot 30 da¥s, while at the beginning of the Brooklyn game today there will be a minute's silence at the home plate where the plavers of both clubs will_assemble. P President Heydler, speaking of the late president of the Brooklyn club, ir. Ebbets was probably the best beloved man in base ball. Not only in his own league, but in other leagues as well, he was highly regarded and always stood for the best interests of the game. He was ever a construc- tive force and took the keenest inter- est (n the development of the smaller leagues. Mr. Ebbets always stood be- hind the work of the umpire. He felt that if they were not supported the gume would suffer.” FORMER LOCAL GIRL SUES BARON HUSBAND By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 18.—Baroness Helen de Reinach-Werth, who was Miss Helen Tennyson of Washington, has started separation proceedings against Baron Hardoin de Reinach- Werth, it was learned yvesterday when she asked for alimony of $250 a week. The couple were remarried after a divorce in Trance, where they were first married in 1916. The ancestral home of the baron was given as the Chateau de Niedernai in Alsace. The baroness alleged oruelty ground for her application. The baron is a private secretary n g\e bond house of Hayden, Stone & o. Decision was reserved on the applic cation for alimony. A former wife of the baron was Miss Diana Morgan Hill, also of ‘Washington, who committed suicide ‘while ill in London a few months after the wedding in 1911. as Diana Morgan-Hill, the first wife of Baron de Reinach-Werth, was the daughter of the late H. Morgan-Hill, a well known business man of Wash- ington, her marriage to the baron taking place in 1911. She committed sufcide when, it was said, she was re- covering from a long iliness.. How: ever, constant stories of her unhappi- ness and:home sickness continually stirred Washington soclety. Her mother, Mrs. Morgan-Hill, was married in 1922 to Sir George Rose of London, and makes her home in that city. Baron de Reinach-Werth was very little known to Washington societ; Lieut. Comdr. Richard E. command. Chief Boatswain’s Mate S. J. William- son. MUNDING IS GIVEN | 2 YEARSBY JURY Court Bars Jealousy of Com- mon-Law Wife as Plea in Murder Case. By the Associated Prese. WHEATON, 1ll, April 18.—George W. Munding, a riding master, today | was found guilty by a jury of the murder of Mrs. Julia Abb Douglas, once his common law wife, and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment for ears in the penitentiary. The jury deliberated throughout the greater part of the night Darrow Plea Fails. Munding was tried for the murder of Mrs. Julia Abb Douglas, pretty equestrienine, ‘of Hinsdale, & suburb. Judge Willlam J. Fulton instructed the jury that the law of Illinois rec- ognizes.no such thing as &.common law marriage. Munding shot and killed Mrs. Doug. las, who was courted by many men, on September 29, 1924, for which he was indicted on the charge of murder. The defense, headed by the Chicago lawyer, Clarence S. Darrow, held that Munding, if insane from love and jealousy,’ should go free, and that if the killing was unpremeditated, dunk- enness on the part of Munding was a good defense. Beyond Law's Pale. The State’s attorney, Chauncey Reed, declared the fact that Julia Douglas was unfaithful to Munding Wwas no excuse, as their previous rela- tions had been bevond the protection of the law of Tlinois. When the jury had been out until late In the night, Munding’s sisters kissed him and departed on a_late train to attend the funeral of their mother at Toledo today. PROPOSING NEW POLICY FOR U. S. PUBLIC DOMAIN Senate Committee Opens Hearings Relating to Equity Between Government and Citizen. Establishment of a new Government policy dealing with the remaining public domain is the goal of hearings opened yesterday by the Senate pub- lic launds committee. ‘With all acreage suitable for farm- ing now out of Federal control, the committee started an investigation of other uses by which the estimated 185,000,000 acres might be put “on a basis of greater equity to the Govern- ment and the citizen.” More than 35000 stock men in 11 ‘Western States from Arizona to Wash- ington are.directly interestéd in the project through possession of grazing permits. Statistics presented to the committee show that more than 4,250, 000 cattle and 16,000,000 sheep are grazed under these permits, which are controlled by tha Department of Agri- culture. “Under present conditions,” Chair- man Stanfield, Republican of Oregon, said, “there is no law defining the rights of stockmen to run their herds in the national forests, and this situ- ation has added materially to the hazards of the live stock industry.” MRS. M. H. RUCKMAN DIES Brigadier General's Widow Victim of Apoplexy. Mrs. May Hamilton TRuckman, widow of Brig. Gen. J. W. Ruckman, died at Walter Reed Hospital yester- is picture film of his r habitants. iy “The Roosevelts and Cherrie of the Field Museum,” Mr. Morden said, ‘'will come to the first real awesome part of their journey after leaving Srinigar, in the vale of Kashmir, Their sole means of transport from then on will be yaks, long-haired po- nies and native coolies. “Glaciers, avalanches and slippery trails are not the only difficulties. The altitude tries men’s souls and temper. Sometimes the trails are 17,- 000 feet above sea level, sometimes higher. The air is thin’and frigid, failing, it seems, to fill the lungs. The untried traveler will awake gasping for breath after a two-hour sleep, and nose bleed is common. “Owing to this altitude, it takes a temperature of only 178 ‘degrees to boil water, so that the food is halt cooked when taken from it. Werboiled beans for four days and they were in- still undone.” A day after a short iliness, resulting from a stroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Ruckman was the daughter of the late Col. John Hamilton of the United States Artilléry, and was mar- ried to Gen. Ruckman in 1887, when the Jatter was a lleutehant. She had a varied and interesting experience in connection with the United States Army, dating from the time of her father's service in the Indian_ wars to her husband's service in the World ‘War. -She was a member of the Army and Navy Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. Mrs. Ruckman leaves two children, John Hamilton Ruckman of Topeka, Kans., who was a captain with the American expeditionary forces during the World War, and Miss Marjorie Campbell Ruckman, with whom Mrs. Ruckman resided in- the Kenesaw apartments. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, awaiting the arrival of the son from Kansas. DO ‘plloi. Aviation Chiel Mxchinist’s Mate Nels P. Sorensen, mechanie. Aviation Pilot Andrew S. mechanic. WILSON’S APPEAL DRAFTED SCHWAB, COLBY DECLARES (Continued from First Page.) with all thé ardor and energy which 80 remarkably characterizes him.” The Government, in suits filed in Phil- adelphia, Gemanded the return of $15,- 000,000, alleging overcharges in cost- plus contracts. The Bethlehem Shipbullding Cor- poration, in a counter suit in New York, demanded $9,744,899.94, alleg- ing it had not been paid in full. Grace Issues Statement. Both Schwab and Eugene G. Grace, president of the Bethiehem Steel Cor- poration, issued statements yesterday in denial of the charge made in the Government's suit at Philadelphia that Mr. Schwab, as director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation from April 11 to December 12, 1918, misused his powers in favor of his own companies. Mr. Grace pointed out that Mr. Schwab had accepted that post at the ‘‘urgent* solicitation" of President Wilson and the Shipping Board at “a time of serious national crisis.” Mr. Schwab issued the following statement: I have nothing to add to Mr. Grace's statement beyond giv- ing out my letter to the Govern- ment's Emergency Fleet Corporation, stating the understanding with Presi- dent Wilson urdér which T took office. Those connected with the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Cor- poration know that I sedulously observed the arrangement that T would keep hands off relations be- tween the Fleet Corporation and Bethlehem. The charge now made that despite this understanding I should have affirmatively interferred in the relations with Bethlehem speaks for itself.” Mr. Schwab also published his let- ter written to the president and trus- tees of the Emergency Fleet Corpora- tion April 30, 1918, in which he listed 13 corporation in which he was interested and requested that all busi- ness between the Fleet Corporation and these companies be handled “entirely by such other officers or agents of the Eimergency Fleet Corporation” as the trustees might designate. A later reso- lution of the trustees accepted this ar- rangement. The complaint in the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation’s suit against the Emergency Fleet Corporation makes a volume of 811 pages, listing 507 causes of action and exhibiting 32 contracts for ship construction. on which the Bethlehem Corporation's suit is based. The shipbullding cor- paration alleges that it has not been paid the full amount due on any of these contracts, claiming items rang- ing downward from the $1,635,000 al- leged due on the construction of six troopships built at Sparrows Point, Md., contracted for in June, 1918. RS SILVER STAR AWARDED. Brig. Gen. Glennan Cited for Gal- lantry in Action. A silver star citation has been is- sued.by the War Department to Brig. Gen. James D. Glennan, assistant to the Surgeon Gerferal of the Army, for gallantry in action against hostile Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek and White Clay Creek, S. Dak., in December, 1890. A similar award is made posthu- mously in _the case of Col. John F. Guilfoyle, U. S. Cavalry, for gallantry in the same operation.: The citation has been delivered to the officer's daugter, Mrs. Rene E. De R. Hoyle, at Fort Myer, Va. Col. John H. Hughes, Infantry, in the office of the chief of Infantry, ‘War Department, has been awarded a silver star citation for gallantry in action at El'Caney, Cuba, July 1898, ' SATURDAY, APRIL 18. | ‘ | | 4 i 1 |ing Flight Lieut. 1925. Byrd, in Lieut. (junior grade), M. A. Schur, Chief Boatswain Earl E. Reber, pilot. Aviation _Chief Machinist’s Charles I. Kessler, mechanic. Mate 23 MEN PRAISED FORGALLANT FIGHT Messages Received From All Over World Congratulating Crew on Safe Return. By the Associated Press. PULHAM, England, April 15.—Mes- sages from all over the world poured into the Pulham airdome today prais- Booth and his men for their gallant battle over the North | Sea after their airship, the R-33, had | been torn from her moorin | here in Thursday’'s gale, and felicitating them upon their safe return. The air chiefs of the United States, France and Ger many were among those sending con- gratulations. Meanwhile the members of the crew who made the long, unscheduled flight across the North Sea to the Dutch coast and back rested from the ex- haustion induced their battle against the elements, and this morn- ing received the welcome news that they had been granted special leave to visit their relatives and seek relaxa tion, Survey of Damage. At an early hour teday Maj. Seott and his assistants at the airdrome turned out to make a preliminary survey -of the damage caused when the big flier tore herself away, and to determine, if possible, the precise cause of the accident. It is expected the wark of recon- ditioning the airship will require three weeks, and possibly longer, as it seems probable the nose of the dirigible will have to be entirely rebuilt. The No. 1 gas bag also will be remade. The mooring arm of the ship will be at- tached to the mast again as soon as possible to undergo further tests. HOLD-UP PAIR GET 5-YEAR SENTENCES Taxi Driver's Assailants Sent to Prison—Joyriders Get Long Terms. Justice Siddons in Criminal Division 1 sentenced Daniel Frye and Lawrence Miles, both colored, to the penitenti- ary for flve years each. They held up a taxi driver at the point of a pistol and robbed him of §14 at Seven- teenth and U streets March 1. Because Virginia Butler refused to return $3 to Willle Daye, colored, February 16 last, Daye cut her with & razor. Justice Siddons imposed a penalty of three years in the peniten- tiary on Daye. Merryweather Roebuck, colored drew a similar sentence in the penitentiary for joy-riding. He took the automo- bile of Rufus P. Metcalfe without permission. For the larceny of tw automobiles, William E. Shipman, a young white man, was given three years in the penitentiary. Two Put on Probation. The maximum fine of $500 was im- posed by Justice Siddons on Henry Johnson and Willlam Kelly, both col- ored, who were found with intoxicants in their possession. As it was the boys' first offense the court suspended the collection of the fine and placed them on probation for six months. Violation of the ‘“‘dope” law drew penitentiary sentences for three per- sons. Beatrice Scott, colored, got two vears; Frank Proctor, colored, two years, and David Leek, colored, one year and one day. Other sentences in- cluded Joseph Baylor, colored, two years for housebreaking: Daniel Jack- son, colored, one year and one day for larceny. HOLD 5 IN TWO KILLINGS. Four Face Charge Following Mur- der in Temperance Alley. ‘The coroner’s jury yesterday held five for the action of the grand jury after two inquests at the District morgue. Kelly Stewart, colored, now in Freedman's Hospital suffering from a self-inflicted bullet wound, was held for the action of the grand jury at the inquest into the death of his wife, Clara Stewart, who was shot before the attempted suicide. Stewart was employed as a press wiper at the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing. At the inquest into the death of Emerson Brown, colored, 470 N street, Thursday, the following were held: James Edward Jackson, colored, 2328 H_street; Thomas Wilson Kenny, colored, 2357 H street; James Edward Morton, colored, 460 Washington street, and Paul Leor'’ Curtis, colored, 2330 H street. The death followed an ‘altercation In “Temperance alley, | bound over to the Criminal Court of POISONER OF SONS ARRAIGNED [N CELL .Mrs. Cunningham Lies on Jaii Cot, With Eyes Closed, Throughout Hearing. | By the Associated Press CROWN POINT, Ind., April 18.— Mrs. Anna Cunningham, Gary, Ind., widow who ‘has confessed that she killed three of her children by poison was arraigned before Justice of the | Peace H. H. Kemp in her fail cell to day as she lay on a cot, and was Lake County without bail on the charge of first-degree murder. On behalf of Mrs. Cunningham the | hearing was waived by her attorney The formalities required only a fev minutes. It took place in the little gray cell, about 10 by 12 feet in di- mensions, Charged With One Murder. The charge was that Mrs. Cunning ham murdered her son, Walter, 13, who died on September 26, 1923. The murder warrant was issued prior to Mrs. Cunningham’s confession that she poisoned Isabelle, 18, who died December 31, 1920; Charles, 19, who dled September 21, 1922, and Walter. She also admitted h her son, David, jr., now in a hospital in Chicago, and that she took poison her best loved children and herself to *“join pa in Heaven.” David Cun ningham, sr,, her husband, died on July 2, 1918, and her son, Harry, 21, died on October 13, 1921, but she denied having poisoned them. She also said that she had poisoned Mae, 19, because she liked her. Only a few words were spoken at the cell hearing. “You plead not guilty, do you not?"” inquired . Prosecutor Bremer to At- torney Gavit. “I think we will waive preliminary hearing,” answered her attorney, Al bert Gavit. “That's all,” not dis- Justice Kemp then id. “I will bind her over to the Criminal Court without bail on the charge of first-degree murder and I will issue a mittimus later. This action will hold Mrs. Cunning ng poisoned | i herself, saving she wanted to take| UBVARINE BLOW FEARED BY FLEET Armacda Sailing to “Attack” Oahu Guards Against Undersea Craft. By the Associated Press. SA FRANCISCO, April 18.—The American battleships, steaming in convoy formation, covering an area of many square miles, on its ¥ trom the Pacific coast to attack the Island of Oahu in the most extensive Army-Navy maneuvers in his has thrown out safeguards submari attack by the Black™ force, the theoretical enemy which holds Haw It is known t includes some officers of force the “black” submersibles. the com at 30 ack” submarine attack to crip the effectiveness of the vessels. have taken steps to ward off n offensive. Fifty-eight destroy ers attached to the concentration were spread out an intricate circular convoy reen. These bloodhounds of the sea are scout, one flect, inds that would of an ‘enemy > craft. A se of destroye: ing for 1l the prese: rine or sur scout line composed many miles astern of the subm and bevond visible range of the s of the convoy Then comes the grand fleet proper. OFFGALS NSPECT SCHODL STRUETURE Building Added to Armstrong ham in jail until the Lake grand jury convenes on April During the hearing, Mrs. Cuning. ham lay on the cot with her eyes closed. Her daughter Mae sat on an other cot. TIDAL BASIN FUND FOR NETS GROWS $363 Now in Hand—Two More Shipments of Bass | and Crappies on Way. i County The stocking of the Tidal Basin with fish under The Star's program and the placing of wire screens at the flood gateg to prevent the escape of the fish [ has "gone forwara with leaps -and bounds during the last 1wo da: Col. Clarence O. Sherrill has ordered his engineers to proceed at once on the work of building the screens and placing them in_position. Commis- sioner O'Malley has already planted the first of the bass, crappie and sun- fish in the basin, and expects two more shipments to reach Washington with- in a very short time. May Revise Fishing Rules. Col. Sherrill has also directed Capt Morris to get in touch with Commis- sioner O'Malley to find out if any changes in the laws governing fishing in the basin are to be made during the planting of the fish. Commissioner O'Malley this morn- ing said he would think over the mat- ter of changing the fishing laws in force at the present time at the Tidal Basin and inform Col, Sherrill of his decision in the matter Monday morn- ing. The fishing fund took a new les on iife today with subscription of $: from the In-Com-Co Club of the Inter- state Commerce Commission. Saks & Company also sends its check to help swell the fund. It is hoped that the coming week will see the fund not only subscribed. but oversubscribed. Total Now $363. Acknowledged, $287. R. C. Burns, $1; Willlam B. Sinnott, $2: Sanitary Carpet Cleaning Co., $5 . Butler, $1; J. L. Bradford, $1; J. Beye, $1: M. L. Browneil, $1; F. Bowes, $1; . A. Buell, $1; N. J. Bonn, $1; S. E. Burdick, $1; J. B. Campbell, $1: F. I. Cox, §1; M. D. Case, §1; F. Dow, §1; J. B. Eastman, $1: J. J. Esch, $1: G. H. Goodman, $1; R. Gile, $1; C. F. Gerry, $1; E. R. Hendley, $1; C. W. Gassaway, $1; L. Hood, §1 A. Holmead, $1; T. Jenkins, $1 J. B. Keeler, $1; W. M. Lockwood, $1 D. H. McClure, $1; R. McGrany, §1 J. L. Murphy, $1: J. J. Mallon, $i; L. C. Nelson, $1; W. M. O’Loughlin, $1; W. J. Porter, $1; R. A. Porterfleld, $1; C. A. Olney, $1; D. O. Reed, $1; W. K. Ress, $1; C. H. Spencer, §1; J. P. Sheperd, $1; G. Schaffer, '$1: F. B. Scheetz, $1; W. M. Smith, $1: F. W. Ranno, $1; D. P. Thompson, $1; C. C. Witt; $1; A. Worley, $1; L. Walter, $1; R. G. Dillaway, 1; Saks ‘& Company, $10; Charles E. Wolfe, $1. Total, $363. RECTOR DEFIES BAN AGAINST BISHOP Dr. Guthrie Announces He Will Permit Convicted Prelate to Preach at St. Mark's. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 18.—Announce- ment was made today from the office of the Rev. Dr. Willam Norman Guthrie, rector of the Protestant Epis- copal Church of St. Marks-in-the- Bouwerie, that he would permit Bishop Willlam Montgomery Brown, convicted recently of heresy, to preach in his church tomorrow despite Bishop Manning’s letters of yesterday forbidding it. “The program will be carried out as scheduled,” said Dr. Guthrie's secre- tary. “Bishop Brown is on our pro- gram for tomorrow and we expect Bishop Manning, head of the New York dlocese, yvesterday wrote Dr. Guthrie and Bishop Brown inhibit- ing the latter from officlating or speak- ing in St. Mark’'s parish, or in any other parish or mission in the diocese. Bishop Brown had asked to speak in Held Superior to Many in Other Cities. | i | ! cal High Sche , now nearing completior °d today by a delegation of school officials and members of the Beard of Education. The inspection party was composed of Supt. Frank W First Asst. Supt. Garnet {C. Wi n Supt. Robert L | Haycock, ¢ €. Newman i cipal of the school: Dwight O. W Holmes. dean of ool of educa tion of Howard University; George W Harrison, District school inspector and following members of the 0ol board: Edwin C. Graham, Mrs alie F. Cook. Rev. F. 1. A. Bennc and Dr. J. Hayden Johnson Evers Room Closely Inspected Armstrong Tech new addit was inspe lou kinsc the Every room and construction ture in the new extension was studicd carefully by the delegati Dr. Bal Jou pointed out its superjor details, us compared with new school buildings observed by the committee of school planners during its survey in Balti more, ¥hiladelphia, Rochester, Buf. falo and Cleveland. The new -building is devoid of strik ing or distinciive ornamentations, and Dr. Ballou explained that it was de signed primarily for service. Itslarge. well lighted and ventilated rooms and made a deep impression on Represents Outlay of $835,000. The annex represents a total outlav of $835,000, divided as follows: Cost of building, $600,000; land. $95.000, and equipment, $140,000. Although it will not be ready for occupany until the beginning of the new school term in September, school officials expect 10 have the auditorium equipped for use during Armstrong’s commencement exercises in June. Opening of the new extension will permit the abandonment of s of 13 portables which are used to p vide accommodations for the overflow from the present inadequate main building. as well as four rented ga rages occupied by the automobile re pair classes of the school. Armstrong’s student body numbers 1126. The school buildipg was designed to commodate 300. With the annex will house 1,200 students. Outstanding Feature Cited. One of the outstanding features of the extension is the auditorium which has been modeled after the one in the new Eastern High School, though not as large. It is well lighted, has a large stage and a moving picture projection booth in the rear of the balcony with sufficient room for spot- lights. Tt also has an orchestra pit inclosed with iron rails, a feature which cannot be found in any other school auditorium in Washington, or seen In any of the schools visitedh in other cifies by the committee of school planners. The new building has the lunch- room on the top floor. It will be the last school building erected under the present school administration with this unit on an upper floor. As a result of the investigation of the com mittee of school planners, Dr. Ballou has been convinced that a school lunchroom should be placed on the first floor and will adhere strictly to this policy in planning new buildings to be erected under the five-vear building program. Lunchroom Equipment. ‘While the kitchen to Armstrong's lunchroom is. separated by a wall, arrangements have been made ta placed the steam table in the lunch- room proper. The new plan of con. struction proposed by the supering tendent calls for the separation of both the steam table and kitchen by walls, so that the lunchrooms may ba converted into study rooms before and after meal periods. This idea Dr. Ballou picked up in Rochester. The inspection party commented favorably on the arrangement of the varfous shops in the new addition, which were designed to conserva space. A balcony with lavoratory and locker facilities overlooks the shops, The space under the balcony is to be used for a store room. Other Distinctive Features. Other distinctive features observed were novel swinging doors and spes cially arranged domestic sclence, housekeeping and drawing suites. Principal Newman told the inspec- tion party that the general layout for the addition was worked out by the pupils in the mechanical drawing des partment under the direction of their teacher, while the details were per- fected in the municipal architect's office. Will Speak on Refugees. the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Detailed as Instructor. Col. Henry C. Smithers, Cavalry, chief co-ordinator, Bureau of the Budget, this. city, has beén detailed to additional duty as instructor, 28th Division National Guard, this city. ’ Louis Marshall, New York, famous attorney, will _talk on “Refugees Marooned at World Seaports” from station WEAF tonight at 7:15 o’clock. The refugees about which he will talk, it is understood, consist largely of Armenians and Balkan victims of persecution and pestilence. They ard chiefly in Grecian and Turkish portse