Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1925, Page 2

2 * TRAIN VREEK TOLL OF DEATHS 15 42 Five Probes Under Way— Score Near Death in Hos- pitals—Survivors Sail. Br the Associated Press. HACKETTSTOWN, N. J., June 17.— The death toll of the wreck of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western emigrant train near here yesterday mounted to 42 today, with a sc others in scattered hospitals still a serious condition. The dead now nun ? in Baston. 3in Phillipsburg, 8 in Hacketts 11 Dover and 3 Morristown l.eopold Neumann, the agent, who had organized the excursion of Mid- dla Western Germans to Germany, today was b v seeking to identify many of the dead. His work w hin- dered, he said, by the fact that about o the e jon s had sailed vesterday on the Republic, as plan- ned Two coroner's juries today visited | the scene of the wrec at Rockport One jury was empanelel by Coroner Fisher of Warren County while sec- ond was impaneled by J. Wid- rick, justice of the peace, at Hacketts: | town ber on Five Probes Underway i YORK, June 17 (@) investizations were in the fatal wreck of al ackawanna Western ad tourist special train at Rock- | . 60 miles west of here. | The train carried 182 German Americans, mostly from Chicago. They were bound for Hoboken, N. J | to embark on the liner Republic to) visit the Fatherland. from which they | had emigrated vears ago. Only 80 sailed on the Republic yesterday. | Speeding on a down-grade the seven car train hit a stretch of muck and debris at had been washed | | over the tracks by an electrical storm early yeste The heavy engine ploughed through, but the pony ten- | der was thrown off the track. It clutched the gs of a switch (m»! ther on and wrenched the engine and | four steel cars from the rails. Three cars piled up on top of the overturned engine. The steam pipes burst and sent scaldi spouting directly onto the passengers in the cars 30 Scalded to Death 1t was the breaking of the pipes that caused the deaths of at least 30 of the vieti Joseph Snyder, a farmer | watching the storm from his home nearby saw the accident, sounded the alarm by telephpne and with his wife rushed to give aid. Lyman Gulick, another farmer. rode half clad in his automobile to Hackettstown, two miles away. and summoned physicians and | ambulances from there and other towns. When rescuers arrived the steam had spent itself. The suffering was intense. One man jerked a roll of bills from his pocket and begged Sny- der to kill him. Only four trainmen and a few passengers were killed in stantly. One woman was decapitated, The others went through hours of agony before they died in hospitals at | Easton, Pa.. Dover, N. J.. Phillips- | burg, Morristown and Hackettstown. NEW meparate toda Five | under | way Del R port sag, N. J and Couple Escaped. | Mr. and Mrs. John Pfeller, an elder- 1y couple from Holycross, lowa, rid- ing in front of the first coach, had a remarkable escape with minor bruises. Other survivors told of a slightly scalded Chicago woman who limped moaning through the wreckage until =he found her missing wallet. Then she shouted joyously and helped the rescuers. It was a carefree pa a Chicago tourist agency that was plunged into agony. On the sides o! the cars they had nailed large ban ners, “See the old country again.’ Most of them were sleeping when the crash came, Railroad officials blamed the storm | for the disaster. By a queer twist of | fate the train had been routed over the old main line of the road at Dela- ware Water Gap, Pa., instead of using | the more traveled cut-off bullt several | vears ago. The New Jersev Board of Public Utilities has sent investigators to the | scene. Coroners of Phillipshurg Hackettstown and Belvedere, N have started inquiries. Revised Death List. A revised death list, including hos- pitals at which the ms died or to Which their bodies were taken, fol- lows, all being from Chicago, unless otherwise indicated Nathan J. Banker, Scranton, Pa., at Easton; tonia Bernhardt, at George Breckner. at Morristown; Ldwin Brunner, at Easton; Edwin Brunner, jr., at Easton: Robert Brun- rer, %, at Easton; Mary Cink, at Easton. Oscar Danlels, negro porter, at Easton: Mrs. Anthony Ernst, at Laston; Mrs. Barbara Farn at Dover; Sophie Felninger, at Easton; Karl Gantz, at Dover; Michael Gett- ner, at Phillipsburg: Mrs. Elizabeth Grundie, at Easton: Carl Haehn, fire- man, Scranton, at _Hackettstown; Martin Heineg, at Easton; Martin Heineg, jr., at Easton: Elsie Heineg, at Easton: John Iron, at Phillips burg; Mrs. Augusta Isimann, at Dover; Mrs. Katherine Karling, at Dover; Mrs. Harmine Karmans, at Hackettstown: Frederick Loomls, en- gineer, Scranton, at Hackettstown; Gustave LaFarge, at Easton; Mrs. Lena LaFarge, at Easton; Mrs. Caro- line Mroch, at Phillipsburg: George Paule, no address, at Dover; James Scanlan, trainman, Scranton, at Hackettstown; Phillp Schuster, at Easton: Rudolph Trioke, at Easton; Mrs. Louise Trioke, at Easton; Mrs Caroline Weinert, at Hackettstown; Ars. Elizabeth Wilgermein, at Easton Helen Wagner, 9. no address, at Easton: two unidentified men, at Hazelton:; unidentified girl, about 8 years old, at Hackettstown; unidenti- fied child, 5. at Easton; Paul Bern- hardt, at Easton: Anthony Bernhardt, at FEaston; Nicholas Gettner, at Dover; Mrs. Anna Meyers, at Morris- town T. V. 0°CONNOR IS SUED FOR MIAMI BEACH LOTS Refusal of Shipping Board Head’s o1 ty in charge of conductor, Mrs. An- Dover; Mrs Wife to Become Party Halted Transaction. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, June 17.—Two suits were entered here yesterday against T. V. o’'Connor, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, one seeking possession of several Miami Beach Jots he is said to have agreed to sell, and the other asking $1,250 as com: mussion for the sale. Miss Myra E. Newson, the plaintiff, is seeking pos- session of the lots upon which, she alleges, she paid $500, and Charles M. Lowry maintains he should receive commission for the sale. Mr. O'Connor claimed, according to his attorneys, that he could not de- liver the lots because his wife refused o be a party to the transaction. The Shipping Board head refused to make any comment on the situa. I ries develope | trouble | McRevnold: | popular in 1 Crash Is Fatal LIEUT. FRANK E. WHITE. IEUT. WHITE DIES AFTER PLANE FALL Succtmbs to Hurts Received When Machine Dropped Into Delaware. Lieut. Frank E. White, Army Air Service pilot, of Bolling Field, dled at Harriman Hospital in Bristol, Pa., yes. terday afternoon from injuries receiv- ed Saturday when his airplane crash- ed in the Delaware River near Bristol. News of Lieut. White's death was a distinct shock to score friends and acquaintances here, for it had been assumed that he would recover from the lacerations and bruises sulting from the fall. Internal an operation performed 1y in an effort to save his Lieut. White was three Bolling Field De planes en route to New York Satur. day for the purpose of giving flying experience to \West Point cadets at Mitchel Field, Long Island. As he 2 life flying one of Haviland air- |approached the Delaware River motor prepared | 1,000 | developed. and he to land on an island. At about feet, according to information receiv ed here, the motor stopped. and he began a gilde for the island with the wind. He overshot the field and land ed ‘= ‘ne river, from which he was re«fU¥T from drowning by members of a yacht club. Others Land Safely. The other planes, piloted by Lieuts. and Scott, also of Boll- ing Field, seeing Lieut. White in trouble, made a safe landing. It was declared here today that if the wind had been against Lieut. White's plane he could have landed sately. In an unconscious condition, the pi- lot was taken to Harriman Hospital, where examination revealed he was suffering from lacerations of the forehead, nose and chin and also from a wound in the left leg. Phy- | siclans sent word to Washington that the officer was not in a serious con- dition, but later internal injuries were discovered. There was no one in the plane with Lieut. White at the time. Lieut. White had been on duty here since December, 1923, and lived at the Officers’ Club of the post. He was unmarried and was extremely litary circles. He was born in New Rochelle, N August 8, 1895, but claimed Hancock, Mich., his home. He received the degree of civil engineer from the Cooper Union College of New York City and at the outbreak of the war entered the Army as a private in the 7Tist New York Infantry. Instructor in War. He transferred to the Engineers a short time later, and in June, 1917, again was transferred to the Alr ervice. He received his flying train- ing at Love Field, Dallas, Tex.,and on being commissioned a second lieu- tenant, in June, 1918, became an in- structor. He served in this capacity roughout the war and did not get abroad After the War he decided to remain in the Air Service and was com- missioned a first lieutenant July 1, 1920. His duties then took him to Mitchel and Kelly Fields and thence to the Philippine Islands, where he served two years before coming to Wi ington, Funeral gtragements have not been completed. ~ Maj. Henry B. Clagett, commandirz officer of the field, flew to Bristol varly today for a conference with Capts. W. F. Volandt, E. G. Reinartz and Lieuts. L. V. Beau, Jr., and E. Harmon. all of Bolling Field, who flew to the Pennsylvania city yesterday to see their colleague. Lieut. White was the first Bolling Field pilot to die from an airplane accident since 1921, when on May 30 of that vear, Lieut. Stanley Ames crashed on the field and was killed. Lieut. White's body will be brought to Washington late this evening or tomorrow morning and funeral serv- ices will be held at Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow afternoon. De- tails of the services have not yet been worked out. Lieut. White's sister, Mrs. M. E. Brown of Memphis, Tenn., will accompany the body to Washington : . Dickerson, Md., Pupils Honored. Special Dispatch to The Star DICKERSON, Md., June 17.—Miss Emma French, principal of Dickerson High School, presided at the closing exercises held in the school audito- rium here Monday night. John A. Jones, jr., was salutatorfan and Ed- win _Dickerson, valedictorian. Rev. Mr. MclIntyre of Poolesville delivered the address to the graduates, and Miss Brust presented diplomas to Helen Jones, Bernard Jones, Edwin Dickerson and John A. Jones, jr. Certificates of promotion went to 18 who have completed the seventh grade, seven from Dickerson, seven from Barnesville and four from Comus. Miss Louise Reynolds. music supervisor for Montgomery County, had charge of the musical numbers By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, June 17.—The Solovet- sky Monastery—that desolate for- bidding prison camp on Solovetsky Island in the frozen White Sea, which has been the terror of poli fcal offenders under the Soviet re- gime—will soon become but an echo of the past. On recommendation of the state political police, the Council of Peo- ple's Commissars has decided to abolish the notorious prison, which houses several hundred soclal revo- lutionists, mensheviks, anarchists and others who rebelled against the present government. The official decree directs that, beginning August 1. these and future prison. tion. ers of this category shall be in- | man THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO BAN ON POISON GAS IGNED AT GENEVA American Delegates Accept Protocol—Germ Warfare Also Outlawed. By the Assoc GED June 17.—The American delegates today signed the protocol outlawing poison gas and bacteriolog- fcal warfare at the closing session of the international conference for the limitation of traffic in arms and mu- nitions. The drafting committee worked =il last night to complete the text. Rep- resentative Theodore 1. Burton of Ohio, head of the American delegation and Hugh Gibson, American Minister to Switzerland, were the first signers, They were followed by the British and other delegations, Eighteen governments arms traffic convention seven sizned the gas signers of the arms ¢ The United States, Bra Brit- ain, Indla, Chile, Spain, Esthonia. Abyssinia, Finland, Italy, Japan, Lat- via, Luxemburg. Poland, Rumania, San Salvador, Jugoslavia and France. The signers of the gas protocol were: Germany, the United States, Brazil, Great Britain, Canada, India, Chile, Denmark, Abyssinia, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg gua, Holland, Poland, Portug . San Salvador, Switz Jugoslavia, Turkey and Urugu ‘The arms convention, which went through a stage of weakening during the early days of the conference, now is regarded by the delegates as a stronger document than the orlginal draft. Warships, airplanes and armored cars, which at first were excluded from the convention, have heen brought back under its publicity provisions. The convention also requires public- ity or export licenses for all arma- ment material that can be used for war ted Press signed the and twenty- protocol. The nvention were: “NOT GULTY,”PLEA OF PERKINS GIRL No Accident Defense to Be Advanced in Killing of Tem- pleton in New York. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 17.—A flat plea of not guilty and not one of acct dental shooting is the defense of Dor othy Perkins to the charge that she killed Thomas Templeton at a Valentine's party. An announcement to this eftect, made today by Defense Counsel Lash at the opening of his summary in what was expected to be the final session. came as a surprise to the crowded courtroom, since the whole line of testimony hitherto had revoly ed around the accident theory. Mr. Lash made his statement in reply to a question from the bench as to whether it was to be understood the defense intended to &ubstantiate a claim that the death of Templeton was accidental. “No, certalnly not,” he answered ““We intend to show that Dorothy Perkins did not kill Templeton.” 17-year-old girl was pale but unshaken as she took her . She expressed confidence of her acquittal. e ABD-EL-KRIM KILLED TRIBESMEN REPORT Leader of Riffians Said to Have Been Slain by Airman’s Bomb. Story Unconfirmed. By the Associated Press. FEZ. French Morocco, June 1 Unconfirmed reports have been cir- culated among native tribesmen that Abd-el-Krim, Riffian leader opposing the French, was killed during a recent French aerial bombardment of his forces. Tribesmen supporting Abd-el-Krim ‘were said to be disheartened at the re- port of his death. No information to substantiate that report has been re- celved. Skirmishes and minor attacks by the Rifflans continued at several points along the French front, it was announced at headquarters, but the enemy tribesmen were easily repulsed at all points with considerable losses, it was said. The situation generally was described as calm. French avi- ators bombarded Rifflan positions south of Taberrant. POLICE AGENT JAILED. Melvin Reed Given Year for Leav- ing Town With $100. Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 2, today sent Melvin Reed, 23 years old, to Occoquan for one year. The sentence followed immediately after a jury had convicted the young man of a charge of larceny from the United States. Reed had been employed as a police agent to catch sellers of narcotics and had been given $100 by Revenue Agent Rakusin to trap a supposed dope ped- dler. Reed, it was testified, took the money and entered the house of the suspect by the front door and passed through a rear door and boarded a train for New York, where he was lo- cated without the dope he was ex- pected to buy and without the cash received from the Governmnet agent. Assistant United States Attorney Rover conducted the prosecution. Famous Solovetsky Monastery Prison To Be Abolished by Soviet Government terned in prisons on the Russian mainland. In imperial days Solovetsky Is- land, with its anclent religious shrines, treasures and traditions, was considered one of the holiest places in Russia, but in 1921 the bolsheviki converted it into an exile camp. For a long time reports were printed abroad of hunger strikes, suicides, outbreaks and other dis’ turbances at the monastery-prison, but these were denied by the Soviet. The inmates include many prom- inent members of the old nobility and aristocracy and the most ac- tive leaders of the social revolu- tlonary party and = angrchistic Lodles. Upper scene shows demolished auto- mobile after drop into ravine with part of railing torn away. Portraits of the victims—Upper, left to right: Henry A. Thayer and Mrs. Lois Macias his daughter, killed. Lower, left to right: Marian Macias, only slightly injured, and Joseph A. Ma- cias, killed. THREE IN AUTO DIE IN 80-FOOT PLUNGE; BABY ALONE SAVED (Continued from First ing trouble may have entered. The first trolley pole was passed easily. The second, however, was not. The left {front hub cap of the sedan grazed, bit in and locked itself on the second trol ley pole in the center of the bridge. This swerved the front wheels around to an angle heading the car to the eastern side of the bridge. Gouveneur { Parrish, 3925 Connecticut avenue, was driving north on the bridge at this time. The Thayer machine swept over, crashed into his left rear fender, and this second collision swung the car almost at right angles into the planked sidewalk one foot above the roadway of the bridge. Crashes Through Balustrade. The car jumped the sidewalk, crashed into the iron protective | balustrade and swept right through it {to midair, plunging down into | creek below. The machine evidently landed on its radiator and left front wheel and then settled back on four wheels Thayer was instantly killed. Mrs. Machias was alive when Alfred May, student at Maryland State University, arrived at the bottom of the valley, where all of the occupants were jam. med into the forward portion of the sedan. Mr. Machias was in a dying condition. Between groans, she called to May, when she saw the beam of a flash light ke the bab: Take the bab; Finds Baby Crying. | May found the baby almost suffo- |cating under the paralyzed form of | the mother. The child was covered with blood, but crying lustily. With another rescue worker supporting him form the rear, he climbed the steep grade to Connecticut avenue again and hurried the child to the hospital. But, he says, the words of that mother, almost dying herself, will resound in his ears as long as he can hear. Above all the tragedy, her last words stand out—"Take the baby." moaned the moth- Mrs. Macias dled shortly before mid- night at Emergency Hospital. Her husband died at 2:15 this morning. A priest visited him and administered the last rites of the church before death Morbid curfosity seekers — about two dozen of them—driving up in au tomobiles and jamming traffic on Con- necticut avenue, stood on the bridge while May and two colored men were down at the car trying to render some slight aid to suffering humans pinned down in the valley. They simply stood and gaped. Not an offer at assistance was made. The police drove them away, when they arrived, herded them back like cattle. Spectators Flock to Scene. Today to the scene of the accident | scores of spectators flocked. They stood below and looked up far above at the roadway of the bridge, whist- ling in amazement and horror at the depth of the drop. Policeman De Palma and Motorcycle Policeman Sager had to get a long rope to keep people back from the wrecked machine below. Edward S. Dawson, inspector of claims of the corporation counsel's office, made a minute survey of the evidence given by the surroundings of the bridge. At the telegraph pole he found a scar with red paint ad- hering from the hub cap of the auto- mobile. That scar showed the wheel had been lifted clear of the ground and turned in toward the east side of the bridge. He made measure- ments, showing the relative points of collision on the side of the bridge, at the points where the machine jumped to the sidewalk and where it went over the side. He expressed the opinion that the lighting of the bridge was sufficient for driving and was all that a reason- ably prudent motorist could wish, since a street lamp was directly op- posite to the pole where the hub cap scraped off the paint. Out But Short Time. Mr. Thayer and his daughter's family had gone out early last night for a drive, before the accident took place. Mr. Thayer was given an operator’s permit less than a month ago, on May 28. They had been out probably an hour when the accident happened. Both Comdr. Thayer and Mr. Macias were well known in Washington. The former was born at Weymouth, Mass., educated at Stoneham, Mass., and saw duty in both the Army and Navy. Mr. Thayer was commissioned first lieutenant in Company H, of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry in 1898, during the Spanish-American War, and he was with the 6th Massachusetts during the Porto Rican campaign. He served at times under the late Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Following the Spanish ‘War e was discharged from the Vol- untere Army, and entered the Regular Army as first lieutenant of the 4th United States Infantry, with which he served three years during the Phil- ippine insurrection. Tn 1905 he returned to this country, aud il tihe Army, to enter the service the | D. C, CHIROPRACTOR FAILS TO OBTAIN NEW TRIAL Judge Overrules Motion of Dr. Chatfield, Convicted of Break- ing Vaccination Law. Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today overruled a motion for a new trial in the case of Dr. Alonzo B. Chatfield, president of the Chiro. practic Research University, con victed by a jury on June 4 for violat ing the local vaccination law. A fine of $25 was imposed, but with held when Andrew Wilson, attorney for the defense, signified his intention of filing a petition for a writ of error before the Court of Appeals. Bond was fixed at $100. Dr. Chatfield was arrested, along with eight other members of his school at 1349 L. street, when they refused to be vaccinated after being requested to do so by the District Health Officer William C. Fowler. J. J. McGarraghy, assistant cor- poration counsel and prosecutor for the government, stated today that the charges against the other defendants would be temporarily held up pending the outcome of the Chatfleld case be- fore the Court of Appeals. They are at present released on §25 collateral each. of the Navy, being assigned to the Brooklyn navy vard. The following year he was chief clerk of the navy vard at Charleston, S. C. In 1916 he resigned and entered the employ of the Remington Arms Company, at Bridgeport, as an expert on ordnance and small arms. At the outbreak of the World War he was offered a commission in the Navy and rose from lieutenent, junior grade, to commander before its cul- mination. He retired from the Navy in 1921, entering the reserve force, and took a position in the Veterans’ Bureau, where he remained until the present as chief of supply. Surviving him is a widow, Mrs. Aida G. Boernstein Thayer, whom he had married in_a Spanish War ro- mance in 1899. Virginia was his only daughter. Mrs. Macias was born in this city and spent much of her life in Charles- ton, S. C. She met Mr. Macias about 5 years ago, and they were married in March, 1922. Their daughter Miriam was the only child. Mr. Maclas is_survived by his father, Joseph M. Macias, who recent- ly was collector of the port at Port au Prince, Haitl. Young Macias was born May 9, 1900. He volunteered for service in the Navy April 9, 1917, at the age of 17, just after war had been declared, and served on the mine sweeper McLean. Returning home after the war, he was employed at the Department of Labor, later going to the adjusted compensation division of the Veterans' Bureau, where he was_employed at the time of his death. Surviving him are his father, his_brother, “Pete” Macias, popular orchestra leader here; a sister, Vir- ginia, and his orphaned daughter. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, The hodies are at Spearg's inortuary chapel, 1009 H streel. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925. CAR PLUNGES FROM KLINGLE BRIDGE, KILLING THREE MEN HELD FOR THEFT STOPPED AT BORDER Customs Officials Detain Two Charged With Stealing Car From Window. The long arm of the law reached to the Canadian border and brought back to Washington today two young men charged with grand larceny in with stealing of a car from the show window of the Gardner Auto Agency, Twenty-sec- ond and M streets Headquarters Detective Henry brought the two men, who istered as Stanley aurice Amy, a salesman of 329 Second street, Brooklyn, N and Terry Coler 24, carpenter, Twelfth street, Washington The two accused are said to have escaped arrest in a wild automobile ride through the streets of Milford. Conn., but were held by customs of- ficers on the border when they failed to give satisfactory answers to ques- tions. The men are reported to have said they were to receive $200 if they iC- ceeded in delivering the car in Mont real. They will be given a hearing in Police Court tomorrow. connection the Jett reg 810 DISTRICT GRANTS KLAN PERMIT TO PARADE 200.000 MEN IN CITY (Continued from First Page.) pended during the parade, applica- tion should be made to the Public Utilities Commission. The proviso on the official permit is “That the provision of article 11, section 13, paragraph 10, be strictly complied with and that the entire head of every person parading be wholly uncovered, except of such portion of head as is covered by the ordinary hat.” Gives Vague Address. The application made by Mr. Muel ler gave his only address as P. O. Box 331. Tt stated “we are familiar with the -ordinances of the District of Columbia prohibiting the wearing of masks and we will strictly adhere to them and this parade will be given with visors up. i “This being a patriotic Christian organization, we are at all times ready to operate in any respect with all constituted authorities, and as one of the paragraphs of the obligation taken by every klansman is as fol- lows: ‘I most solemnly promise and swear that I will always, at all times and in all places, help, aid and as- sist the duly constituted officers of the law in the proper performance of their legal duties,” you can readily see that we will co-operate with you at all times.” BISHOP KEILEY DEAD. ATLANTA, Ga., June 17 (#).—Rev. Benjamin J. Keiley, retired Roman Catholic Bishop of Savannah, - died sudden!y here today. Americans Accused Of Pirating Designs Of French Pottery By the Associated Press PARIS, June 17.—American pi racy of French pottery designs is charged in a bill introduced in the Chamber of Deputies seeking to increase the penalties against the theft of new ideas. The bill de clares “There exist agents or contractors —Americans for 1he most part- who exploit the renown of our ceramists. They buy a few works from our potters, send them to be copled in Germany on a large scale and sell the coples as the originals of great artists.” More than 100 houses in Paris exist solely by copying the dress models created by a_very small number, according to the bill. Its author points out that France's ex ports connected with the luxury trade total more than 3,000,000,000 francs annually, which pays tw: over for the country’s imports of foodstuffs ASSAULT IS DENIED BY JAPANESE GIRL Was Not Struck by Police- man on Street at Midnight, Miss Wada Declares. Police today closely questioned Lil lian Wada, ear-old Japanese girl and a former student at Central High School, regarding incidents leading up to an accident at Sixteenth and M streets last night, in which the girl sustained an injury to her nose. Four witnesses questioned today by a po liceman of the third precinct said they saw a woman struck over the head by a policeman last night just before midnight in front of 1214 Sixteenth street, and later taken away in an automobile. Miss Wada absolutely denied t that she was struck by a policeman or that she was hurt and screamed witnesses declared Hurt in Auto, She Says. She told police today that she had been riding in Maryland with a mar ried woman, whom she knew at Cen tral High School as Alice Beasley, and two bovs, whose names she gave 4 Bobby and Tom, and t down Sixteenth street the sedan which she was riding had to make a quick stop at M to avoid striking a taxicab. ‘When thrown day the car stopped she against the windshield, she said, and sustained a cut on her nose. Policeman H. E. Strong of the third precinct took her to Emergency Hospital in his automobile, where she was treated nd later went to her home at enteenth street. C. ather of the third precinct I\A;i. looking for Strong today to ask him his version of the affair v Do tv of the ent told police he was walking Sixteenth street about 1150 o'clock t night when he saw a policeman was Jefferson baton the street, he said. Eugene Rhodes of 2946 Macomb street helped the woman into a_car which he said was driven |by Officer Strong. Other witnesses were Miss G. M. Lewis of the Gordon Hotel and H. T. Cannon of the Man. chester apartment. . NAVY NURSE FREED OF LIQUOR CHARGE IN COURT-MARTIAL tinued fr rst Page.) of who produced e testifyins 1o record of Miss Ander. son, both for character ani service. She has been a Navy nurse since February 8, 1917, and has advanced jrapidly in the service. , . The prosecution, with Lieut. An drew L. W. Gordon as judge advocate, |rested with the presentation of the evidence. Lieut. Horan, in his appeal, told the court martial that the case was unique in the annals of the Navy, the first time that a woman ever had faced trial. and asked for a full and honorable acquittal. This was not granted, the verdict being mere | acquittal. 1t was explained that in the Navy there are three degrees of acquittal— full and honorable, honorable and acquittal. “‘Honorable acquittal” is supposed to be granted in a case where there is not the slightest vestige of evidence upon which the charge is brought. and where there is some implication against the moral character of the accused.” It is very seldom granted. *‘Full and honorable™ Is reserved for very extreme cases and has been granted only a few times in the history of the Navy Lieut. Horan maintained that Miss Anderson was entitled to more than an acquittal since the charge implied a slur against her character which the evidence showed was unjustified. He cited examples from civil cases in which it was held that a guilty knowledge or at least definite reasons for suspicion were essential to convic- tion for liquor transportation. The prosecution made no attempt to break down Miss Anderson's story and acquittal was a foregone conclu- sion. The court-martial remained in executive session for about 10 minutes before the verdict was announced. s Anderson, dressed in her white uniform, with straw hat, was exceptionally ccol as she replied to questions of Lieut. Horan and faced the court martial board. The faces of the dignified officers making up the board were wreathed in smiles a number of times, especially at Lieut. Horan's reference to a ‘“woman's curiosity” and when the liquor bottles were exhibited. The trial of Miss Katherine C. Glancy, the other Navy nurse accused jointly with Miss Anderson with a similar offense, will be held this aft- ernoon. Miss Glancy was an in- terested witness of the proceedings this morning. In his defense of Miss Clancy, Lieut. Horan announced that he would at- tack the jurisdiction of the court martial to try a Navy nurse, concern- ing_whose official status there seems to be some question. She is neither enlisted nor commissioned, and at the same time is believed to have a_dif- ferent status from a civillan employe. Associated with Lieut. Horan in the defeise was Comdr. Curtis B. Munger, Medical Corps, U. 8. N. The court martial board was com- posed as follows: Capt. Yates Sterling, Comdr. John H. Iden, Comdr. Frank J Fletcher, Lieut. Frederick J. Bryan and Lieut. John F. Kennedy. Beatrice Bowman the Navy records from the excellent superintendent Nurse Corps her offic Dies After Sudden Stroke. William Woodard, 69, 1061 Thirty- first street, in the employ of the Cap- ital Traction Co., was taken ill yes- terday afternoon while at his place of employment in the car barn at Thirty-sixth and M streets, and died while being conveyed to Georgetown University Hospital. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of death from suuke of tpuple. | { | 1 {10 conserve | | examined | citles SCHOOLHEALTH - EXTENSION URGED Defects Among 85.8 Per Cent of 1,494 Pupils Exam- Need for extension of school health inspection work in the District was urged by the pubilc health committee of the Monday Evening Club at & meeting of the club vesterday. A re port of the committee shows that out of 1,494 pupils in the local kinder- artens and first grades who were 85.5 per cent were fot to have some physical defect. Ad. tional inspectors and 3 urged The committee while many examin; the examining staff enough to handle all ¢ ing Investig according t out of ire found to e defects po 2ade, large ldren ente her ) lons in « show the mittee, that school children fering from cur: 70 every be s Examinations Limited. The committee’s report states: “With a staff of less than sons, including only 13 spectors and child. Careful estt committee ind: complete medical each child when public s tional me ditfonal plete exam school onl. later exar being prov without wh be obtained examination on r grade would req medical inspector nurses “There are « in the Washin which means that children cannot by ice. The committe ditional clinics are requ dental dental hygienists. to be met “Compared v ington is lag hi its e the health of schoc h the b To provide if actual needs are Wa 6.600 dren every | Minneapol { | | | Capt. | strike a_woman over the head with a | She screamed and fell down in | i | | | | | Jesse . Trenton Washington has part-time physici: 84 physicians in Louis and 28 in COUNCIL TO FINISH ESTIMATES TONIGHT Probable Expenditures for Coming Fiscal Year Under Study pared with <, 16 in St The C complete Advisory the ures for the next its District estimates of exp fiscal vear the District Building Formal recommendatio tain items asked for be elir possibly that several add made will be for Suter, council. The Commis: session this morni perusal of the e: derstood they are endes the total of $45.000,000 dowr where around $33.000.000 Heads of various departments being cons ed by the (¢ in_their consideration of submitted ue their is un s cut o SUES J. HAYS HAMMOND CLAIMING MINE PROFITS Thecdore Montague, Alleging Fail- ure to Receive Share in Braazil Operations. Demands Accounting By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June Alleginz that John Hays Hammond, inventor and financier, has failed to pay his share of profits in rich iror properties in Brazll, Theodore tague, who described himself mining engineer and the discovere of the deposits, vesterday entered s for an accounting In supreme co The plaintiff alleges that prior t January 20, 1911, he discovered th property. He said he agreed wi Mr. Hammond to develop it, Mr. Ham. mond to finance the work and Mon. tague to turn over his option nd receive 20 per cent of the profit On January 20, 1911, he alleg a memorandum of the agreemen drawn up in the form of a letter from the plaintiff to Mr. Hammond. Sub- sequently, Montague says, the de. posits were developed. but he has re celved no_profits and no accounting Ailmee S. Guggenheim, wife of W liam Guggenheim., mining magnate to whom Montague says he sold h: of his interest, was named as a de- fendant, because she refused to join Montague in the action, though she joined in his request for the ac- counting | ADDITION OF 128 MEN TO GIVE D. C. BEST POLICE The Washington Police Department will “blos out” the 1st of July as the “best police force in the coun try, bar none,” according to Assistant Supt. of Police Shelby The addition at that time of 1 new men to the force, he explained, will make Washington the best policed clty in the United States in respect to area and population. The foi then will total 1,281 officers and men as compared with 96 3 At the same time five precinct de. tectives will be promoted to detective sergeant and assigned to the Central Detective Bureau. Five precinct po- licemen simultaneously will be,made precinct detectives to fill the va cancies thus caused. Twenty-eight _patrolmen will made motor cycle men on the 1 next month. They will be assigned to general road patrol duty, Inspec tor Shelby said om Named Asistant U. S. Attorney. Thomas L. Jones, colored lawyer, today took the oath of office as an as sistant United States attorney for the District of Columbia. United States Attorney Gordon received notice from Attorney General Sargent of the ac ceptance of his recommendation of Jones. Maj. Gordon will assign the new as sistant to the Police Court to aid As ay Fnew sistant United States Attorney Stern in handling cases in the Traffic Court which are made felonies under the tratlic law