Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1925, Page 2

BALLOU IS LAUDED BY TEACHERS HERE “Dreamer Who Made Dream Come True” Honor Guest at Banquet. “{Washington feéls honored in hon-| oring the dreamér who makés his/ dréams come true.” Epitomized, this is the tribute that/| the citizens of Washington. through | a_répresentative group. paid to Dr.| Frank W. Ballou, superinténdént of | schools, at a testimonial dinner at the | Hotel Mayflower last night, given in| recoznition of achievements which have put thé National Capital| on the thréshold of an unprecedented era of school expansion and brought to him the highest position awarded a school superinténdent—the presi- dency of the départment of superin- tendénce of the National Education Association. Figure In Nation Lavish was the praise heaped on Dr. Ballou. John J. Tigert, Federal com- migsioner of education, characterized him as “a great figure in the Nation today who has aroused the respect of | the educational world.” pr. William Mather Lewis, president of George Washington University, described him af “the Paul Revére of Washington.” Other speakers found différent words to-extol him, and in response to it all the superintendent said, sincerely: | “The passage of all the important | achool legislation by Copgress w: attributable to me, but to the o ized forces of the city, the press and | to my loyal associates.’ Dr. Frederick Frn Farrington, headmaster of Chevy Chase school, who acted. as toastmaster, at the out set of the extolling ceremoniés, ex- plained that “any man who can_put over in the city of Washington a £19,000,000 sehool building program déserves to be honored.” “And any man who is élécted president of the National Bducation Association.’ he added, “‘deserves to he looked up to. The school superintendency in Wash- ington is the hardest in the country, and Dr.. Balou has done more than his best friends expected him to do.” Lauded in Verse. Fedéral Commissioner of Education Tigért after praising Dr. Ballou ex- préssed the opinion that the people of Washington would have given him $19,000.000 for a schog! building pro- &ram vears ago if théy had any volcé | irp thé matter. To thé surprite 6f many of the edu- cators at the dinner, Dr. Léwis, récog- nized as one of the country’s leading public_speakers, established a prec. edént by réading an original poem in- stéad of speaking. 1t was based onj Longfellow's “Ride of Paul Revere,” and depicted the efforts of Dr. Bal Jou to arouse the intérest of the resi- dents of the District in his five:year building program. Maj. Willlam H. Holcombe, assistant District engineer commissioner, told | of his association with Dr. Ballou in an official capacity, and declared that beforé the superinterdent completes his work Washington will have “the | finést set of school buildings and teachers that can be obtained.” “In spite of a tempestuous and balky Board of Education, Dr. Ballou has maintained an even keel, and through his efforts we have built up a splendid school system,” was the tribute that James G. Yaden, chair- man of the committée on schools of the Faderation of Citizéns' Associa- tiofs paid to the supérinténdent. “I fesl that we havé at the head of our schoél systém,” heé said, “‘a superin- tendent who ranks among the great- est. His caréer has been fraught with extreme difficulties. Hé& has had fu- merous obstacles to mount, but he has met every discouraging situation like & man. For the last few vears we, the parents, have only begun to appre- ciaté his splendid services.” Points to New Ideals. Prof. William Allen Wilbur, dean of the Columbian College of George Washington University, also paid a glowing tributé to Dr. Baliou. and outlined the new ideals which have en- téred education, the chief one of which | hé said was fellowship. Rev. Waiter A. Morgan, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church and president of the Pastors’ Federation of Washington, stressed the importance of an intimate rela- | tionship between the church and the school. “Unless there is the finest and closest co-operation between the | churches and the éducational forces. he said, “I am confident America will not go forward as she should.” James T. Lloy, president of the school hoard, pointed out that Wash ington has had no superintendent of schools in récent years “who has so “Great successfully and faithfully mastered his work in évery detail as Dr. Ballou. | He explained the difficult probléms encountéred in the administration of | the District schools and declared that the superintendent had met them with | little friction due to his “‘poise and | superior good judgment.” Friction Absent. | Mr. Lleyn also émphasized that there is no friction between the board, the Commissioners, the Budget Bu- reau and Congress, and that the supérinténdent in recent months has had he splendid support of the! board The broadmindness of Dr. Ballou wa#4 touched on by Dr. Peter Guil- day, proféssor of church history at Catholic Unlversity, who also declared that the leaders of the Roman Cath- olic Church in America “are praying for the day" when they can open the doors of the parochial.schools to the public &chools. “That day will come,” he said, “‘when some place is found where we all can meet on that deli. cate and dangerous phase of religious education.” . The greatest disadvantage of being supetintendent of schools, Dr. Ballou declared, is that the citizens don't ac- cept the supérintendent’s professional | visws as they do those of the medical and other professions. “The, time has not yet arrived when we can expect our 6pinions to be accepted hy the public,” he said. * We must prove| thém. “A Teacher of Teachers.” Dr. Ballbu récounted some of his earliér éxpériences in Washington, somé of his mulitifarious responsibili ties, and explained that he consid ered himseif a “teacher of teachers.’ “Congre: he concluded, ‘“stands morée réady to do Its part for the welfaré of education in Washington than éver before.” During the progress of the dinner several telegrams and communica- tions were read from those unabie to attend, adding their laudatory com- mendation to Dr. Ballou. They came from the Washington Board of Trade, Senator Arthur W. Capper of Kansas and William McAndrew, superintend- ent of schools of Chicago and Dr. Rallou’s predecessor as president of the department 6f superintendence of the National Education Association. A8 a closing tribute to the super- intendent, -the group adopted esor] lution presénted by Dr. .J. Btanley Durkee, president of Howard Univer- aity, which read in part: Honored by Nation. “The remarkable progress of our public schools in these brief years un- der his guidance, testified to his vision and his power to attract big men and woman té a great cause. Such abili. ties AB our leader poesesses would, of course, be quitkly obsérved by the | former member of the National Press | attorney. | of 103 | Government toward Cuaba. | said DR. FRA & NK_W. BALLOL. RUM PLOT CHARGED TO WINFIELD JONES AND HIS BROTHER for Dbeverage purposes and with knowledge that sald denatured alco-! hol would be so used.” Armed with the warrant, Agents | Golding and Cox vesterday afternoon:; stationed themselves across the street from the Jones residence, at 4221 Six- teenth street, and waited for their man to appear. While they were still waiting, however, Jones walked into Chief Irey’s office at the Treasury, found him out temporarily, and sat down to wait for his return, it is stat- ed. Some one meanwhile notified the agents on Sixteenth street, and they hurried to Irey's office and formally fook Jones into custody. On being handed the warrant Jones isreported to have perused it casually and handed it back with the remar! that he was “waiting to see Mr, Ife: The agents informed him that he, nevertheless, was under arrest. The revolver then was confiscated, it is stated. Commissioner Turnage sét the hear- ing for April 20. at the request of Jones' attorney, William J. Neale. “When I was connectéd with the drug company the business was con- ducted perfectly legitimately,” Jones said last night. “We manufacture.l bay rum and various toilet articles. We sold out about six months ago and | I don't even know who bonght the| business. 1 have the papers to show I sold out. though. I'll get out of this affair, all right.” Jones is 51 years old and fs married. There are four children. He is a Spanish War veteran and was a colonel of Infantry in the Texas Na-| tional Guard during the World War. He was chairman of the publicity campaigns for the National Republi- can congressional committee in 1916 and in 1918, and was four times chair- man of the National Guard commitee | of the Chamber of Commerce and a ) Club. He is & member of several vet- erans’ organizations. DRUG FIRM FACES COURT. | Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., April 18.—The Maryland Drug and Chemical Co., 24 South Charles street, was raided by prohibition agénts on March 6. fol- lowing the arrest of Samuel Berg, driver of & truck, and the seizuré of four barréls of alleged denatured alcohol, which the agents said. had been redistilled. ! The agents in the raid seized 26 bar- | rels and a number of cases of alleged | alcohol, the total valued at $100,000, and arrested Milton Summers, the manager, and Mrs. Eva H. England, bookkeeper. Berg and Summers weré reléased on bail for a hearing before United States Commissioner Supplee next Tuesday, while Mrs. England vas released in the custody of her Operated Under Permit. The company was operating under permit which allowed withdrawal | barrels, or 0 gallons, of | grain alcohol from denaturing plants each month. The prohibition agents had suspected the firm for some time because of large withdrawals of aleo- hol and the apparently small business. of the company in the sale of bayrum and other tollet preparations cofitain. | ing_alcohol. 3 This was the second raid on ‘the a place, the first occurring several months ago, when the firm waa known as the Federal Drug and | Chémical Co. and was operated by | Jesse and Charles Baker. As a result of the firat raid the| Government brought suit against a Néw Yotk bonding company for for-| feiture of a bond of $100,000. Trial| of this suit will come on’ shortly in Federal Court in this city. The dry agents assert that the busi- ness then was reorganized under the name of the Maryland Drug and Chemical Co., for the manutacture of tollet articles containing alcohol, but that the real object was to have de- | natured alcahol redistilled and sold to bootleggers. MACHADO GRATEFUL FOR COURTESY HERE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. April 18 —Gen. Gerardo Machado, Pgesident-elect of Cuba, who arrivéd Nere today from Washington for a two-week visit, to- night issued a statement predicting an increase in the commercial rela tions of this eity and his country. Gen. Machado expressed his satis- faction in the ‘“constant courtesies" shown him by President Coolidge, whom he described as an “austere personality,” and said he was pleased | with the attitude of the United States “The impressions 1 have of my visii | to Washington cannot be deeper nor | more satisfactory,” Gen. Machado “I am especially grateful for the opportunity I was given to visit Mount Vernon and to lay a wreath of flowers on behalf of my compatriots upon the tomb of George Washing- ton, first war, first In peace and first in the Tiearts of his countrymen. “Mount Vernon will be, at all times, a source of the greatest inspiration for the sons of this continént. The austere personality of President Cool- Iflze acquires relief near that mag- nificént scene, living as he does,. at the White House, in the center of the city, that most powerfully révives and consécrates the historic past of this giorious nation."” e ——————— Nation at large. It i8 but hataral that the department of superinten- dence of the National Education As. soclation would call him as its presi- dent. It is an honor to be highly prized, but a responsibility to be thoughtfully assured. We congratu- late our superinténdent because of this gréat honor and congratulate our- L &elves because he belongs 1o us. Washington feels herself honored in honoring tonight the dreamer who! makes his dreams come true.” | ! new | the | Smith and_Gavit of Gary Ind., MOLLER ASKS BAN ON 14 LEFT TURNS Says Change Will Be Recom- mended to Speed Down- town Traffic. A recommendation that the left. | hand tucn be prohibited at 14 down- town Intersections during certain hours as a meéans of expediting move- ment of traffic will be inctuded in the | traffic codé to be submitted to| Commissioners for approval to-| morrow. The locations weére announced last night by Col. I. C. Moller, engineer- ing assistant to Traffic Director Eld- ridge, as folldws: No vehicle going north on West Executive avenué shall turn left into Pennsylvania avenue and no vehicle going west on Pennsylvania avenue shall turn left into West Executive avenue between 8 and 9:15 a.m. and between 4 and 6 p.m. At the intérsection of Seventeenth streét, New York avenue and State place, no vehicle shall make a left- hand turn. 5 Ban in Two Periods. No vehicle going west on Pennsyl- vania_avenue shall turn left into Fast Executive avenue and no vehi- cle going east on Pennsylvania avenue shall turn left into Madison place be- tween 8 and 9:15 am. and 4 and 6 pm. At the corners of Fourteenth and B and Fourteenth and C streets south- west, in the vicinity of the Bureau of Fingraving and_Printing. no vehicie shall make a left-hand turn durin morning and evening rush hours, which will be fixed to comply with hours at the engraving plant. No vehicle going east on 'rrmur* place shall turn left into Fifteent! street at any time. No vehicle going north on Four- teenth street shall turn left at H, I or L street at any time, and fio vehicle going south on Fourteenth street shall turn left into K or L street. . No vehicle going north on Jackson place shall turn left Into H street at | any time. ¥ Xo' véhicle golng seiith on Ninth street shall turn left into Mount Vernon place, and no vehicle going north on Seventh street shall turn left into Mount Vernon place. No vehicle shall make a left-hand turn at Fourteenth and H streets at any time. Designed as Aid. Col. Moller said last night that the Proposals to. prohibit parking on cer- tain streets during the merning and evening rush periods and to eliminate left-hand turns at specified intersec- tions both are intended to aid vehicles in moving to and from the downtown section along natural traffic lanes. Theése restrictions may inconven- ience some motorists, Col. Moller said, but he added that such regulations are necessary if the movement of traffic as a whole is to be expedited. The engineer stated that there was a definite reason for selecting each of | the intersections at which the left. | hand turn is to be prohibited at cer- tain hours, the general object being to Induce traffic to flow toward the | arterial highways to be established later. A corps of stenographers was busy all day yesterday' putting the new traffic code in final shape for préesen- tation to the Commiseioners by Direc- tor Eldridge tomorrow morning. The Commissioners will have two gr three days in which to study it, bu* it must be adopted hefore the end of the week, because of the requirement that it be publithed 10 days before be. coming effective May 3. MOTHER, 28, INSANE, KILLS EIGHT WITH POISON IN 3 YEARS (Continued from First Page.) son Walter, the last of five membera of the family to die in six years, and the third, the 49.-year-old housewife admitted she killed. H. H. Kéemp, Crown Points “marry- ing squire.” took his court temporarily to the jail, deserting for 10 minutes the usual Saturday streams of brides and bridegrooms, which had begun its influx with the dawn. Her eyes closed, Mrs. Cunningham rested péacefully as the first legal stap which will lead to her Incarcération in a hospital for the insane or to an accounting for the murders of her daughter Isabelle and sons Charles and Walter, was taken. Formal Plea Forestalled. A formal pleading was forestalled by the one sentence her counsel ut. tered. Only three sentences were spoken in_the formal hearing. “You wish to énter a plea of not guilty, do you not?” asked August A. Bremer, county prosécutor. -1 think we will waive preliminary hearing,” countered Al Gavit, young- ést member of the firm of Gavit, Hall, Te. tained by Mae Cunningham, the 19- vear-old unloved daughter, in her mother’s defense. “Well, that's all.” interjected Mag- istrate Kemp, "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.” Mae, whose life was spared, accord- ing to Mrs. Cunningham'’s confession, because she was not loved well enough to be taken “to Heaven” to meet David Cunningham, &r., the first of the family to die in the strange cycle, sat on the other of the two cots in the cell during the preliminary hear- ing. Bitter Against Daughter. The mother prefaced her confes- sion with a severe arraignment of Mae, but the daughter has left nothing un. done to ease her parent's burden. Today’s action made a sanity hear: ing impessible before April 27, when the deaths of the three Cunningham children will be placed formally be- fore the grand jury, according to the statement of Prosecutor Bremer. Reports from Chicago today indicat- ed that David, jr., last of t'.é children to fall a vietim to his mother's strange gpiics Lot her best beloved chil- ren with her to join their father in Heaven, remained in a serious con- dition at & hoepital, where he has been under caré of experts, in the treatment of poison victims. Mrs. Cunningham still was very weak today after her second eplleptic collapse since she was taken into custody in Chicago last week, but smiled wanly when she bade good-bye to her daughter and nodded her head in appreciation of Sherift Strong’s as- surance that she would- receive kind treatment. Despite: Mrs. Cunningham’s denial in her confession thdt she had at- tempted to kill herself in Chicago this week, she is kept under constant sur- veillance, Karachi, India. bas been tentatively selected as tha eastern terminus of the proposed England to India air sérvice. . White [} 10:30 O’Clock A.M. Bugle call.. Arthur S. Witcomb, United States Marine Band Entrance of pages escorting the president general and national officers. \ Thirty-fourth Continental Congréss calléd to order by the presi- dent- general i % Irs. Anthony Wayne Cook Scripture and praver.. Mrs. Rhett Goode, chaplain general Salute to the Flag.... ... fire. John Miller Horton The American’s Creed.. odee William Tyler Page Music—"The Star Spangled Banner” ...The audience Greétings— Cuno H. Rudolph, President, Board.of Commissioners D. C. Greetings—Sons of the American Revolution, Marvin H. Lewis, president general Greetings—Children of -the American Revolution, Mrs. Frank H. Mondell, national president Greetings—Sons of the Revolution, Selden P. Spencer, president general Greetings—The American Legion, Gen. James A. Drain, national commander Music—" It Raining Little Flower?” (Blair), “Four Leaf Clover™ (Brownell), “Pastorale” (Carey) Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, soprano. Accompanist, Mrs. Carl R. Chindblom. Geetings and address to the congres: Mrs. Music—Violin selections, (De Beriot), Isaac Minovich; accompanist, Dora Minovich. Report of committee on credentials; Mrs. Gaius M. Brumbaugh, chairman s Anthony Wayne Cook, president general Melody™” (Gluck-Kreisler), “Rondo” Roll call. Report of committee on program, Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, chairman Report of standing rules, Mrs. John Trigg Moss, chairman, resolutions committee Recess for luncheon, 12:30 o'clock. . 2 O'Clock P.M. Bugle call. Entrance of pages. Announcement of resolutions committee. . Reéports of National Officers: The president general. 3 ..Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook The chaplain general. P - ..Mrs. Rheétt Goode The recording secretary general .....Mrs, Frank H. Briggs The corresponding secrétary general Mrs. Franklin P. Shumway The organizing sécretary general. .Mrs. William S. Walker The registrar general ¥ .Mrs. James H. Stansfield The tréasurer general. Mrs. Alited J. Brosseau followed by Report of finance committe. Mrs. Frank H. Briggs, chairman Report of auditing committee........Mrs, George De Bolt, chairman The historian general—(incorporating réport of committee on his- torical research and preservation of records) Mrs. George De Bolt The reporter general to the Smithsonian Institution Mrs. Alvin H. Connelly librarian general—(incorporating report of committee on Memorial Continental Hall Library) Mrs. Larz Anderson The curator general—(incorporating report of committee on Revolu- tionary relics for Memorial Continental Hall) Mrs. Charles S, Whitman 8:30 O'Clock P.M. From 8:00 to 8:30 the United Stdtes Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Benter, director, will play the following selections: The 1. March: “The Stars and Stripes Forever” Sousa 2. Tone Poem: “Finlandia,” Sibelus 3. “Prelude,” Rachmaninoff 4. Characteristic: “March of the Toys” (The Babes in Toyland) Herbert S. “Cinderelia’s Bridal Procession,” Decker Bugal call. i : . Entrance of pages escorting the president general. Invocation Rt. Rev. James E. Darlington, D. D., Bishop of Harrisburg, Pa. Music—“Hmyn au Soleil” (Le Coq D'Or), Rimsky-Korsakow) ; “Musetta Waltz” (La Boheme), (Puccini), Joan Ruth, Metropolitan Opera Co. Accompanist, Mrs. Carl R. Chindblom ... The President of the United States ..The Navy Band Address...... Music—"The Star Spln'éed Banner” Greetings................Emil M. Daeschner, Ambassador of France Music he Marstillaise”. ... «vooe...The Navy Band Address— 3 13 Speaker Nicholas Longworihy Speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives. ‘ - Music—Old English “I'd Be a Buttérfly” (Bayly), Old Mexican “Estreitita” (Popce), Old Swedish “Echo Soné" (Thrane), Joan Ruth, Metropolitan Ope: 0. Accompanist, Mrs. Carl R. indblom iceoo...o..]James M. Beck, solicitor gentral The Rt. Rev. James E. Datlington, D. D. of Alaska™ > Benter Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, the president general: (2) Mrs. Charles Nash, who aspires to become president general a vear hence; (3) Mrs. William S. Walker, whose friends are striving to have her seek the office; (4) Mrs. John Hamilton Hanley, and (5) Mrs. L. Victor Seydel, candidates for office of vice president general, seven of whom are to be selected at the con- gress opening tomorrow morning. AS 3,000 OF D. A. R. ‘ GATHER IN CAPITAL; herself. and it is regarded as unlikely that Mrs. Cook will Again seek elec- tion, despite her record of the past two years which is considered to have énhanced her popularity. A some- what similar situation as regards other national officers is believed by many to be the only deterrent to Mrs. Walker entering the contest. | Although there is no precedent or | desire to prevent an incumbent na-| tional officer, except the president |general. to strive for the highest office | within the gift of the society, it has been the custom in the past for mem- | Dbers of the ticket in office to de their formal announcement until the last minute unless popular sentiment demands their presence in the list of candidates. That is the position, it is | said, that Mrs. Walker finds herself | in now. i Hlinois Regent In. The only other name heard ar in connetcion with the office is| that of Mrs. Charles E. | egent of Illinois, whose friends are| sald to be sounding out sentiment for| er preparatory to announcing her| candidacy. Although the eletcion will not take place until Spring of 1926, campalign-| ing will begin almost with the con-| gress that opens tomorrow morning. | | The entire vear will then be one of | rounding up the delégations for the next congréss, much after the manner of a regular presidential campaign for the Nation. By the ti the dele- gates reassemble, ready to cast their vote, the battie will probably have narrowed down to two candidates, as; heretofore, and possibly one. Despite this atmosphére of political | activity, Mrs. Cook is determined to get action one way or another on some problems held of vital impor- | tance to the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution. ~For a number of years the society has been foremost in the fight for higher education of the poorer classes and 100 per cent Amer- icanization of the immigrants. Noth- ing, it is asserted, will be permitted to interfere with the furtherance of | | these ideals. ‘Would Boost Magazine. In addition, a vast element in the soclety is anxious to see its official magazine, the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, put on a basis comparable with some of the leading publications of the coun- {try. Not only would such an organ give the sociéty an even higher stand. ing, it Is declared, but It would be a definite manner of spreading the doc- trines of patriotism, Americanization | and education, for which the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution stand. To do this. it has been proposed | to amend the by-laws increasing the | dues from 32 a year to $3 a year, each | membership to include a yéar's sub- scription to the magazine. Under this method, a dollar of the annual dues would go (o the magazine and its cir- | culation would thus be bhoosted to | nearly 150,000, which would nulomlllc-I ally add to its value as a mediunm, | for advertising and thus add even | more funds for its betterment. It is predicted ihat the change will be adopted, but not without a fight. Next in importance will be the proj- ect to build a néw auditorium for the society. This is one of the outstand- ing {mprovements Mrs. Cook Is striv- ing for. It is not the idea of the president general to destroy Memorial Continental Hall, but to preserve it for smaller meetings of the society and for desirable meetings outside the ican Revolution. Already Has Site. The soclety already owns a large tract of land immediately behind the administration building, which bounds it on the east. KEigtheenth street, C and D streets are ita other borders. Lack of space in Memorial Continen- tal Hall has compelled the society to hold all but one of its smaller ses. sions in the Washington Auditorium this year, entailing, it is explained, both expense and confusion. Mra. Cook hopes to spare future congresses these annoyances. For the séven vacancies in the ranks of the vice president general this year, only six candidates have thus far an. nounced. They are Mrs. E. G. Boone of Kentucky, Mrs. S. A. Dickson of Louisiana, Mrs. John Hamilton Han- ley of Illinois, Mrs. Charles W. Pur- cell of Idaho, Mrs. Robert J. Reed of ‘West Virginia, and Mrs. L. Victor Seydel of Michigan. Friends of Mrs. James A. Craig of Florida, are trying to persuade her to accept one of the nominations, but she it not known to have acquiesced formally. The Evening and Sunday Star —Full Reports of the D, A, Convention, . April nnu‘ n inclusive. Mailed—Postage Prepaid. U. 8. id Canada, 5 Horeism, e Teave subscriptions with Star representative at Washington Auditorium, or The Evening Star Office. 1ith and Pennsyl- vania avenue northweat. | services. | posing of them to the fans before the | secretary. | game undergoing attack from many | sources. | his ground, but found that the erec- | Brooklyn scored again and met Cleve. {1and in the World Ser | ters, realm of the Daughters of the Amer. | T0 HONOR EBBET National League to Call off Games' Tuesday, When Funeral Is Held. By tha Associatad Prese. NEW YORK, April 18.—Charles bbets, president of the Brooklyn Leagué Base Ball Club, died of heart dissass in his rooms in the Waldor Astoria Hotel at 6 o'clock this morn. ing. ‘He was 66 years old. Seriously il throughout the Winter, Mr. Ebbets came North just ahead of the team. which he had hoped to cheer on to victory in the 1925 pen-| nant race, but he was too ill to see a game in the new season. Next Tuesday, the day of Mr. Eb- bett's funeral in Trinity Cruch, Brook- lyn, base ball will pay him tribu as ‘one of its outstanding figures. Thers will be no games in the Na- tional League and officials and play- ers of manv teams will attend the ‘The president of the other seven senior circut clubs, together with Base Ball Commissioner Landis and John A. Heydler, president of the National League, will be the pall- bearers. Tribute by Players. The great crowd saw Brooklyn play the Giants in Ebbets Field this after- noon, but the renewal of the peren- nially popular inter-borough series| was noticeably saddened by Mr. Eb-| bet's death. Just before game time,| the two teams, each player wearing a mourning band on his left sleeve, gathered at the plate and stood, with WHEELER DEFENSE FUND T0 BE RAISEQ Group of Senator’s Friends to Prepare» for Trial in Washington. RY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Fiunds to aid in the défanse of Sen. {ator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, {In his trial in the District of Colum- bia for alleged conspiracy to defraud | thé Government. in connection with | permits for the exploration of oil |1ands in the West, will be raisad by a Broup of Senator Wheeler's friends here and elséwhere. it was sald last inight. Norman Hapgood probably {will be chairman of the committes which is to obtain the contributions, director of the will and Basil M. Manly People’s Legislative Service, & member of the committee. it The movement for the colléction of | the funds to assist Senaotr Wheeler is {Just getting under way, it was said {The money is to be expended only on legitimate legal matters connectsd with the trial, including the bringing of witnesses to Washington, the em- ployment of second-line counsel, and for such investigations as may bs found necessary. Senator Walsh of Montana, counsel for Senator Wheeler in his présent rial in Montana, has already volu teered his services in the trial of t case brought against Senator Whe in the District. Expect Appeal to Public. Undoubtedly an appeal will be mada be 5 heads uncovered. for a minute of si- t0 the public for the funds, it wax lent tribute to the “Squire -of Flat.|3ald. No_estimate has been made of bush,” as the Brooklyn magnate w {'h- amount which will be required or affectionately known to New York's|Which will be ht to be raised, but | multitude of fans. Mr. Ebbets Jaunched into base ball as a printer of score cards, which he produced on a little hand press, dis- ink was dry. For several vears he was a vendor and then a ticket taker, but in 1886 he came to the attention of Charles H. Byrne, then president of the Brooklyn Club, and was made Ten years later Byrne died and' Ebbets succeeded him. The seasons immediately following were turbulent, with the national The year 1898 saw the pres- ident become manager and the team lose more than 100 games. Then came the consolidation of the Brook- iyn and Baltimore Clubs with Ned Hanlon as manager. The team won | the title in 1899 and 1800. Ebbets placed his-savings in stock of the club. By borrowing more, he sained control in 1909 and then de-| cided to construct a field. He choose | tion of a modern concrete stadium was beyond his resources. Then he made a move that mystified his| friends—he sold a half interest in a club that was making $100,000 a yeai for the very price. The purchasers were Edward and Stephan McKeever. cations. Harassed on all sides, Eb-| £ he would “go down fighting.” | ‘When peace finally came, the Brook- | n owner was some $300,000 in debt. | Wilbert Robinson went from the New | York Glants to manage the club and in 1916 drove it through to a National | League pennant, the proceeds from | the World Series with the Red Sox | cutting Ebbet’s debt in half. In 1920, | s. This wiped | out the owneér’s obligations. { Charles H. Ebbets, jr.. only son of | the magnate, tonight sald that al-| though his father had lost this large sum of money fighting the Federal League, he “had since accumulated | more than a million dollars.” He| said he had no idea as to how the estate will be distributed. Sponsored Draft System. Ebbets brought about the raising | of the tariff at the gates, but at the same time he originated the rain check, which assures the fan of see- ing a full game. Also he sponsored | the daraft system in organized base ball, and throughout his presidency in Brooklyn, was a member of the game's most important committees. | He lived to see the National League 60 years old, but not long enough to participate in the celebration. i He had been a sufferer from heart | disease for some time, and the fatal attack found him endeavoring to re- cuperate sufficlently to leave for the Adirondacks, where his physician had hoped he might find relief. He died while asieep. Members of his family | occupied an adjoining suite at the hotel. Mr. Ebbets, a native of New York, is survived by his widow, a son, Charles H. Ebbets, jr.. and two daugh Miss Mary Ebbets and Mrs.| James A. Gilleaudeau. TRIBUTE BY AMERICAN. S8T. LOUIR, April 18.—Ban Johnson, ; — | COUNCIL ELECTION | MAPPED BY CITIZEN FEDERATION GROUP (Continued from First Page.) 11:30 on the night of Saturday, May 2. it is provided that the federation shali resume balloting Monday evening, May 4. Upon motion of William McK. C ton, chairman of the utilities commit- | tee, the federation voted to oppose | the application of the Washington Railway and Electric Co. for a 10-cent fare on the temporary bus line to be { operated out Massachusetts avenue | from Dupont Circle to the vicinity of | Macomb street, west of Wisconsin ave- nue. This bus line was asked for by | the company pending rebuilding of | trackage on Wisconsin avenue. The federation also voted, on motion of Mr. Clayton, to support the reso- lution of Cathedral Heights for im- proved car service on Wisconsin ave. nue and establishment of & free inter- company transfer at Wisconsin ave- nue and M street. Debate Rent Move. The federation voted adyersely on a proposal submitted to it that an un- official board of arbitration be created ‘to adjust differences between land- )‘:;d- and. tenants. ncu;vll was taken on & report mm:t special com- :snltlt&: headed by Dele; Chester R. i Delegate George Finch reported on the new traffic code being drafted by Director Eldridge and appealed to the citizens to give it a fair trial when it s put into bperdtion May 3. " Mr. Finch 2186 réported on the prog- gress that is being made in raising & fund to be u in defending the constitutionality of the zoning law in a caso now _pending in the District P it was said that “several thousand dol- lars” would be needed for the legiti- mate expenses of the trial. The movement has been started, Mr. Manly said last night, by persons who have believed that the cases brought against Senator Wheeler by the Government were due to animos. ity aroused by Senator Wheeler when he attacked the administration of the Department of Justice. He sald that this opinfon was borne not only so-called liberal minded persons, by conservatives as well The expenses conected with the Wheeler trial, it s expected, will he heavy. Senator Wheeler's friend point out that he is not a& wealthy man—in fact, that he would searcely be able to bear the legitimate expen ses required by the defense, including the bringing of witnesses to W ington from long distances. Those who are promoting the col lection of a Wheeler fund admit that it is an unusual course to be pursued in the case of a man who has been indicted for alleged offenses against the Government and laws of the Jnited States. But they insist that the cases have been shown to have a political bias, as indicated both dur- ing the investigation of the charges against Wheeler by the special Senate but | Reinforced financiaily he again faced |committee a vear ago, and during the | disaster, for the advent of the Fed-|debates in the Senate since that in (hus eral League brought further compli-! vestigation Members of the Senate, including HACrISk; IS TECUR 10 aell 2o $100,000, Bay-poth Republicans and Democrats, will n contribute to the fund, dicted last night. Particular stress Senators and others. however, on the fact that it is not a “senatorial fund. Senators who do contribute will con it was pre is being laid b: tribute merely as individual citizens |and_entirely apart from their office as Senator. Letter of Inquiry. Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Senate committee whi in vestigated the charges against Sena- tor Wheeler and submitted a report exonerating him, said yesterday that he had heard of the movement of friends of Senator Wheeler to raise funds for his defense. Other Senators have discussed the matter informaily, and it is believed that a number of them will contribute to the fund Senator Borah said he had received a letter asking him to whom contribu- tions should be sent, and that he had replied he supposed they should be handled through Senator Wheeler's office. ‘When the idea of raising funds to aid the defense of Mr. Wheeler was first broached, suggestion was made that a Senator should head the com- mittee. The names of Senators Norris of Nebraska and Borah of Idaho were suggested ‘as_proper to head such a committee. But it was deemed un wise to have a Senator head it or take an active part in the raising of the proposed fund. Senator Wheeler, as other persons charged with violation of the law. has the right to ask the Government to subpoena witnesses and to pay the expenses of their coming to the trial, but in so doing the defense must not only reveal all the names of its wit- | nesses. but must tell the prosecution what it hopes to establish through the witnesses. In other words, it must turn over to it opponents, the prosecution, the entire plan of de- president of the :me;lcarr‘\ ‘l’.eaxue. :“A fense. nounced here today he had requesté 2 211 of the club presidents in his league | Facilities of Prosecution. to attend the funeral Tuesday of | The Government has unlimited Charles FEbbets, president of the, funds to bring its witnesses to Wash- Brooklyn ‘National League club. A|ington, and for that reason, the decision would bé made tomorrow or | friends of Mr. Wheeler contend, steps Monday, Johnson said, as to the form |should be taken to see that Mr. which recognition of Mr. Ebbets’ death , Wheeler has every opportunity to de- should take on the playing field. tend himself. They say frankly that they have no doubt the Government in its attack upon Mr. Wheeler will leave no stone unturned to obtain a conviction. Just when the trial of Senator ‘Wheeler will be held in Washington is still a matter of conjecture. The fixing of the date undoubtedly will hinge somewhat on the outcome of the_present trial of Senator Wheeler in Montana on the charge of having violated the KFederal statute iwhich provide that balloting shall continue | says that no Senator or member of until the six members are alected.|the House shall represent clients be- Should the vote be incomplete at|fore the executive departments of the Government. No public appeal for funds probably will be made until after the conclusion of the Montana trial, according to those interested in ralsing the fund. CHILD’S LEG FRACTURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Five Others in Same Car, Hit by Truck, Narrowly Escape Injury. Four-vear-old Dora Little sustained a fracture of the lég and five other occupants of the automobile, operated by her mother, Mrs. Marje W. Little of 415 Shépherd streét, narrowly es- caped injury late yesterday afternoors in a collision with a truck operated by John B. Lindnér of 14 Channing street at Thirteenth and Q streets. All occupants of the passenger mae chine were taken to Casualty Hospital and treated for shock and bruises. None sustained serious injuries. Those, in the machine in addition to Mrs. Little and Dora were Betty Lit- tle, 11 years old: Mrs. Dorothy Wright: her daughter Margaret, 4 vears old and 3-year-old Clinton Brewer of 1434 Shepherd street northwest. lie have more than doubled the amount of their loans on farms in this ocoun- try in the last five years. Many Insurance companies