Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1926, Page 17

THEY WILL ISSUE YOUR NEW DRIVER’S PERMIT. The giris took up their new Traffic Bureau, 1410 Pennsylvania avenue. Applicants for permits obtain forms at police department in the District Building or the Police Traflic Bureau. Inspector Brown at left and tor of Traffic Eldridge at right. & ‘Washington Star Photo. SMOKES DURING OFFICE HOURS WITH THE AID OF MACHINERY. David E. Brown of the Depart- ette is blamed for the $3,000 fire at the Thomas Somerville Co. plumbing. ment of Agriculture tests tobacco and the photograph shows him watching the hi & e supply plant, 312-314 Thirteenth street, yesterday afternoon. Four _cigars to determine the burning qualities ot s thkacei: 16t tile uestm‘:fillrl'n"a::'c‘f:' "cflfl;" firemen were injured by falling glass. National Photo. d 3 National Photo. FIREMEN INJURED IN THIRTEENTH STREET BLAZE. A cigar- ; ; TEXAS PREACHER CHARGED WITH KILLING. J. Frank Norris, iy knowh Baptist pastor snd fundamentalist, who shot and killed D. E. Chipps, a Fort Worth, Tex,, lumberman. Norris preached a sermon Sunday, although charged with murder. He says Chipps - i LONG TRIP BY AIRPLANE. The Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. MacNider arriving at Salt Lake City, Utah, after an airplane flight from Los Angeles, a distance of 660 miles. They traveled at an average speed of 105 miles an hour. Copyright by P. & A. Photos THE PIKE GOES TO A MUSEUM. Gov. Al Smith of New York hold- ing the three-pound pilie caught by President Coolidge and presented to the governor. The fish will be mounted and placed in the New York State Museum, in Albany. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. CAMPING NEAR THE THAW ESTATE. Miss Forest Wall, 19, and her brother Jack, who traveled from Los Angeles by flivver and are now stranded at Winchester, Va. Miss Wall says Harry K. Thaw, in a series of letters, promised to marry her, but Thaw cannot be located around Winchéester. The mother of Forest and Jack accompanied them. threatened to kill him. ‘orld Photo. G DETERMNED TOWAT FORTHAW Reported to Have Refused $200 . Aid—Asks $1,500 From Kenilworth Manager. the Associated Press. WINCHESTER, Va., July 20.—Miss [Forest Hope Walls, 18-year-old Holly- [wood, Calif., girl, accompanied by her Imother and brother, apparently is de- termined to hold her ground until ghe hears from Harry K. Thaw, who, ehe declared, promised to meet here lat Kenilworth,” Thaw's estate near here, and make her his bride. Local police declared they do not belleve the girl's story, though they have not interfered other than to question her closely regarding her claim that Thaw, foilowing a lengthy correspondence, asked that she come here and marry him. Miss Walls says she and Thaw never have seen each other. but in a statement made shortly after their arrival she said Thaw had contribut- ed liberally toward her education, trequently ~ inclosing twenty-dollar bills in his letters. Wants $1,500, Mother Says. " Police sald they had béen informed that A. J. Connally, manager of the estate, had offered the girl’s mother $200 out of sympathy for their de- pleted finances, but not as admission of any liability on Thaw’s part. This, the officers said, she refused, insist- ing that she wanted $1,500. The officers said Mr. Connally then withdrew his offer and refused to con- sider helping them further. The girl told police yesterday she had an appointment to meet Connal- 1y at the office of Harry R. Kern, 13cal counsel for Thaw, but Mr. Kern eaid he did not know anything about the report. Mrs. Walls, the girl's mother, ap- pealed for advice to Father Thomas A. Rankin of the Church of the Sa- cred Heart, in whose absence the housekeeper referred her to Maurice M. Lynch, attorney. Mr. Lynch, it was said, advised her to accept enough funds for car fare and meals for the three back home, unless they had better documentary or other evidence against Thaw than they had exhibited. The “evidence,” police said, con- risted of alleged coples of love letters purporting to have been written by Thaw to the girl, proposing marriage. A telegram, sent collect, to Thaw. in Pittsburgh today was retur re- fused. Police said tHey understood another had been sent, although the telegraph company would not divulge the nature of the messages. Seen at the tourist camp where Miss Walls, her mother and brother are whiling away their time, the girl said that she had given up a good po- sition with the Los Angeles Light and Power Co. to come east and marry Thaw, as he is alleged to have pro- posed in their correspondence court- ship. % About five months ago, police sald. e girl came to Kenilworth with claims almost identical with those of Miss Walls, tried to get in touch with TI and when this failed, sought a local attorney to institute suit against Thaw for breach of promise. The law- ver pefused to take the case and the €ir] disappeared. JARDINE REQUESTS DISWISSAL OF SUIT Seeks to Block Injunction Asked by Fruit Growers Against Department. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine today asked the District Supreme Court to dismiss a suit for injunction filed by the S. A. Gerrard Co. and Leonard, Crosset & Riley, fruit growers of Cincinnati. The growers seek to prevent the department from putting into effect a proposed plan for Federal co-operation with the fresh fruits and vegetable industry. Through United States Attorney Gordgn, Assistant United States At- torney Leo A. Rover and James B. Horigan, assistant to the solicitor of the Department of Agriculture, Sec- retary Jardine tells the court the suit is in effect against the United States, which has not consented to be sued, and that the plaintiffs have no such interest in the subject matter of the suit as.to entitle them to maintain the avtion. It is further claimed that the bill fails to show that the plaintiffs have suffered or will suffer any loss, dam- age or injury to their property rights in consequence of any acts done or threatened by the department. It is finally asserted by the Secretary that the bill of complaint alleges no facts which, if true, would entitle the plain- tiffs to the relief sought. The plaintiffs asserted in their bill that the proposed plan is in all re- spects similar to the former Food Ad- ministration in effect during the World ‘War. They pointed out that Congress had denied in February, 1925, the very authority which Secre- tary Jardine is attempting to exercise in his “service and regulatory an- nouncements No. 97.” L R S e THAW FINDS SELF HERO, BUT DENIES IT STRONGLY Assisted Life Guard in Pulling Man to Shore at Beach—Friends Congratulate Him. By 'the Associated Prese. NEW YORK, July 20—Harry K. Thaw was being acclaimed at Long Beach as a hero yesterday, although he insisted that he “didn’t do a darn thing.” Buck O'Brien, captain of the Long Beach life guards, also said Thaw didn't do much, but then, he added, there wasn’'t much to be done. It all came about when a man whose name: the life guards did not take got into trouble while swimming in the surf about 160 feet from shore. He called for help and a life guard brought him in. Thaw, who was spending the week end at a Long Beach hotel, went to the life guard’s assistance as heiped pull the surf victim to land. In a joking spirit several friends of Thaw slapped ‘him on the back and called him a hero. The crowd heard and word spread like wildfire down the beach that Thaw had rescued a man from drowning. were taken for modesty he was able to say could opinion of the multitude. he neared shore and | King is denials | blaze THIRTY-FIVE CARS,SMASHED TO BITS IN WRE! . miles from Washington, after 35 cars of & 50-car freigh MRS. PARKHURST FIGHTS TO SAVE WHITTEMORE Woman Seeks Signatures to Pe- tition for Life Imprisonment In- stead of Death Sentence. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 20.—Mrs. Vir- ginia Peters-Parkhurst of Prince Georges County, Md., State director of the Susan B. Anthony Foundation, Inc., and announced candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator, is seeking signatures of State and national clubwomen to have the death sentence ‘of Richard Reese Whittemore commuted to life imprisonment. i Mrs. Parkhurst recently received a letter from Mrs. Margaret Whitte- more, condemned murderer’s =wife, asking that an appeal be made to Gov. Ritchie. It read, in part: “I know my husband needs punish- ment, but is he going to get it by be- ing hanged? No. He will suffer only a few minutes, then he will go to his rest, while I'll suffer the rest of my life for something I could not help.” Mrs. Parkhurst, in connection with her efforts to have the, sentence com- muted, sald she was opposed to capi- tal punishment. ; Burns Fatal to Farmer: Special Dispatch to The Star, * FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 20. —Maurice Grigsby, 32, farmer of George County, died at Washington Hospital here- from: the Prop s het’s Warnihg to Beware July 20 Fails to Stir England as Day Arrives By the Associated Press. / LONDON, July 20.—The small per- centage of Great ritain’s popula- ftion which hasn't enough worries already has been mildly interested for the past few weeks in a mys- terious prophecy by the Rev. Walter Wynn that “something important in the world's history” is going to hap- pen today. Perhaps not today, but “on or about July 20.” Mr. Wynn isn’t an apostle of doom, such as Robert Reidt of East Patchogue, Long Island, who predicted the end of the world on February 6, 1925, He does not pre- dict world .chaos, but merely gives fair warnipg that something mo- mentous is going-to happen and lets the public take his prophecy or leave it. \ What with the coal strike, the n- come tax, the unsdtisfactory quality I l."‘“ 1844, including the beginning of of post-war beer and the wicked in- fluence of the American movies, most Britishers are leaving it, if the Eng- lish press is a criterion, for the prophecy has received scant mention. Mr. Wynn's prognostication is based on an architectural allegory be- lieved to be represented in the great pyramid of Gizeh. It is claimed that the pyramid has correctly predicted many great events of British history the World War. It foretold the com- mencement of the present coal strike, but doesn't say when it will end. Mr. Wynn also says that it has con- fided to him that the next—and last— world war will start in 1928 and that preparations for celebrating the armistice should be made for Sep- tember 16, 1936. This armistice, ac- cording to Mr. Wynn, will be followed by the millennium. BUSSES TO BE WATCHED.| TRANSPORT COMING HERE Complaints Made That They: Vio- | Chateau Thierry to Bring Cargo of late Speed Regulations. Special - defafls of motor cyclé of- ficers will be assigned to Sixteen street and Connecticut avenue as a result of complaints that motor bus- ses frequently violate the speed reg: ulations on these thoroughfares and also have the dangerous practice oOf passing other machines on the right, it was announced today by Maj. Ed- win B. Hesse, superintendent of po- effects of burns sustained at his home | ;00 Friday morning when he attempted to start a fire with the aid of a mix- ture of kerosene and gasoline. = As he dashed the fluid into the stove, the . to, the container in. his hand and he ‘was quickly covered with flames. He is survived by his wife.and six children, K “ Pig Iron to Capital. The big Army transport Chateau Thierry, which was built during. the ‘World War, -will dock near the Wash- CK NEAR ALEXANDRIA. Workmen clearing away the debris at Cameron Run, Va., 12 t train left the track. Traflic was tied up for several hours, but no lives were lost. National Photo. RETIRED BANKER ENDS LIFE IN LYNCHBURG HOME Garland E, Vaughan, Former Presi- dent of State Association, Worked Way to the Top. Special Dispatch + - The Star. LYNCHBUR®, Va., July 20—Gar- land E. Vaughan, who committed sui- cide Sunday in his home, on River- mont avenue, had been identified with the People’'s National Bank since 1891. He worked himself up from runner to cashier, and seven years:| ago retired, when he was vice presi- dent and a director. He was presi- dent of the Elks’ Glee Club and a member of the city school board. Mrs. Vaughan arrived here Sunday night from a stay of two weeks at Atlantic City, having started from there about the time Mr. Vaughan shot himself. He was an active member of the Ro- tary Club, and was deacon and treas- urer and member of -the choir of First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Vaughan formerly was president of the Vir- ginla Bankers’ Assoclation. - He is survived by his second wife, 8 son, G. E. Vaughan, jr., of this city; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph C. Allen . of Petersburg and Marion Vaughan of this city; his mother, Mrs. Lucy G. Vat n, 92 years ol Sisters, Mrs. D. H. Howard and Mrs. J. V. Hudson ‘of Lynchburg, and two brothers, B. E. Vaughan of Lexing- ton and Oscar Vaughan of Atlanta, ington Barracks next week, bringing | Ga. a number of German guns Smithsontan Institution and about 700 to take several 'vania National Guard to Fort Monroe, Va., for Summer maneuvers. ltd then to Washington and_dis- its cargo, and return to Fort take the Penn.’ - Woman Ministers Approved. - YORK, England, - July: 20 (P).— ‘Women' galned another victory today when the Waesleyan Conference ‘car- ried a .subcommittee’s recommenda- tion for. the lon of women to the ministry, as far as possible on the same, terms as the men, Y T0 SUPERVSE ENPLOYE EROUPS Commissioners Name Board to Regulate and Approve or Reject Them. The District Commissioners today voted to take direct supervision gver all organizations of municipal em- ployes and regulate them through an “organization” supeyvisory commit- tee” which they treated simultan- eously. The action was taken on recom- mendation of Engineer Commis- sioner J. Franklin Bell, who advised his colleagues that he had given spe- clal study to existing organizations of District employes and is convinced that more stringent supervision should be exercised over them by the Commissioners. ‘The supervisory committee is com- posed of Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Board of Commissioners; Ro- land Brennan, chief clerk of the Engineer Department; Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk of the Police Department, and Edward R. Pierce, chief clerk of the Fire Department. The duties of this committee will be: 1. To receive applications for thd creation of new organizations, to in- vestigate the purposes of proposed organizations and to submit’ recom. mendations to the Commissioners for approval or rejection. 2. To investigate applications from organizations for authority to issue publications or to conduct athletic events, entertainments or other ac- tivities for which a fee may be charged and to submit recommenda- tions to the Commissioners-thereon. 3. To investigate any reports or complaints from a member or mem- bers of organizations relative to Ir- regularities or undesirable features, and if satisfactory adjustment cannot be -had, to submit a report with rec- ommendations to the Commissjoners. TRAFFIC ACTION PUT OFF. Action_on the recommendation of Trafic Director Eldridge to make Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets one- way thoroughfares from H street as far north as Scott Circle was deferred today by the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Eldridge made the recommenda- tion last week. He announced that it was in preparation for the installa- tion of automatic traffic lights -on these two streets and to eliminate con- gestion mulfigfitmm the many left- hand turns m H street into] Fifteenth street. ‘Carpenter Is Bankrupt. Special Dispatch to The Star, s[gfls!:sm. Va., t:my“ v:.o‘—\{l. A ridge. carpenter has a_petition in bank: n‘wy'l: the Federal District Court here, hav- ing $304.72 liabilities and $165 assets. He claims $76.20 of the assets under State exemption laws. e e e S Tennessee Official Dies. - NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 20 -(#).— Frank M. Thompson, 65, attorney general of Tennessee since Septem: ‘ber 17, 1918, died this morning fol- wing a recent severe, heart attack. MEAT REGULATION SLORED AT HEARNG Merchants’ Attorney Claims Cold-Storage Order Is Unreasonable. Branding health department regula- tions for keeping meats and fresh fish inclosed in cases and at a temperature of 65 degrees F., as “unnecessary and unreasonable,” Maurice D. Rosenberg, general counsel for the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, told the District Commissioners at a hearing at the District Building today that the merchants feel that such regu- lations would entail hardship and ex- pense, and ultimately result in in- creasing the cost of meat to con- sumers. The hearing was held on the peti- tion of the Merchants' and Manufac- turers’ Association to receive protests against the regulation. Mr. Rosenberg said the regulation was unnecessary because the meats were out of ice boxes and refrigera- tors only three, four or five hours a day during market hours and because ventilating fans eliminated dust and insects. The cost of showcases to keep meat at a temperature of 65 degrees would amount to from $500 to $2,000 and would force small opera- tors to the wall, he said, where larger operators would have to pass the added cost to the public if they were to continue in business. The employ- ment of additional clerks, also would be necessary he said. Approximately 30 merchants, butch- ers and storekeepers were present. Dr. W. C. Fowler, healith officer, thit the time was approach- ing when it should be determined ‘whether the health officers’ recommen- dations, with the approval of the Board of Commissioners, should be en- forced with respect to foodstuffs or whether this should be left to the merchants themselves. He said, how- ever, he would not insist on the rule roquiring 55-degree temperature for showcases for meats being enforced, although he had instructed his in- spectors to enforce the rules relative to inclosed cases, so that meats might be kept free from insanitary elements. The Commissioners announced that they would take the matter under ad- visement. S BF T CE P ANCIENT RUINS FOUND. Established That Uralts Dwelt ih Azerbaijan 800 B.C. BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 20 (®).— Prof. Mechaninoff, who is heading a scientific expedition to Azerbaijan Province, has reported the unearth- ing of several monuments, estblish- ing the the that the Uralts—an anclent civill people—dwelt in the Agzerbaljan 800 years before Christ. Metallic hardware, which has been discovered in the graves, shows that the people were of high culture. g J. W. Metcalf, Composer, Dies. OAKLAND, Calif., July 20 (P — John W. Metcalf, 70, noted composer, first m 1 instructor of Stanford Uni and author of numerous songs, including “Absent,” a.popu~- lar song 26 years ago, di here to-