Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1926, Page 2

2 E3) PLANS HARD FIGHT | s e | FOR POLICEWOMEN Mrs. Van Winkle Denounces Decision Fining Two As- sistants $25 Each. Conviction yesterday of Police- women Gladys Black and Pearl Par- ker on charges of fllegal arrest and rough treatment of a victim of mis- tuken identity may lead to sensational | rhaiizes of prejudice and undue activ- fty in secking their trial when the tases are appeaied to the District Com- mismoners, it was indicated by de- velopments today The counter charges, it was inti- mated from reliable sources, may cen- ter around a memorandum sent by the Police Department to the Police Trial Board concerning Mrs. Black's d as a police officer,. ndum. according to n Winkle, head of the au, contained “false in- vious which memor Mrs. Mina V women's bur formation.” Immediate Appeal Planned. Mrs. Van Winkle announced today on behalf of the policewomen that an immediat vould be taken from the trial be ion, which car- ried with it recommendation for a fine of $25 for each defendant. The police- women's chief vigorously protested the conviction, and declared her Intention of defending her operatives to the Un of her ability. this s what my women are to} get for doing their duty, then the; public of Washington need not expect the Women's Bureau to continue Jonger its efforts to apprehend miss- ing girls or fugitives from justice, Mrs. Van Winkle stated. The memorandum, which accom- panied the charges on which the trial was based, read as follows: Complaints Are Cited. “Pvt Black—Appointed March 12, No convictions be- fore trial board, but record shows that major and superintendent has on two occasions called to the attention of the director, Women's Bureau, re peated complaints against the officer in unlawful arrests, ejections from moving pictures, embarrassment, ete.” Questioned ax to tho statements made in this memorandum, Mrs. Van Winkle asserted that they were ‘‘un- true and unfair.” LREPORT WILLIE STEVENS, Brother of Mrs. Hall, arrested in the new investigation into the Hall-Mills murder. Di;honesty Costs Percy Honesty, 19, $5 for Newspaper Percy Honesty, colored, 19, today paid §5 for a 2-cent newspaper because, police allege, he failed to live up to his name. Ordinarily a hard-working fce wagon employe, Honesty yesterday allowed his desire to read about the doings of the Nationals to get the better of his judgment, it was recounted in Police Court this morning, and he helped himself to a newspaper in a sales box on Q street, depositing no pennies. Acting Sergt. Chrisman, No. 7, arrested him on a larceny charge and Honesty today forfelted col- lateral of €5 svhich he had de- posited for appearance in court. EDDEAD “The major and superintendent of police has never called to my atten- tion any repeated complaints against | Mrs. Black for false arrests,” Mrs. ! Van Winkle declared. She has never made any false arrests. Maj. i Hesse some months ago did ask me why Mrs. Black was getting so much | newspaper prominence and I told him that it was because she was such an active and efficlent officer. I know of no unwarranted ‘efections from mov- ing pictures, embarrassments, etc.,’ tn which Mrs. Black was involved." Will Demand Fair Deal. Mrs. Van Winkle would not say whether or not she intended caliing the memorandum to the attention of ! the Commissioners. “I am going to | see that my girls get a fair deal, how- | ever,” she said | Maj. Hesse, when questioned re- | garding the memorandum, explained | that it was the custom of the depart- ment to furnish the trial board with ® statement of the record of officers | brought up for trial. He denfed that | the memorandum was untrue or un- | fair, citing in support thereof an of- | ficlal communication which he had | sent to Mrs. Van Winkle last October | concerning _the “unfavorable public- 11y" which Mrs. Black was getting in the press. The letter directed that | ck use just as much energy “to prevent violations of 1s she does In making arrests | | | | records show that Mrs. Van in reply, defended Mrs. activities, while promising to bring’ the majfor's instructions to the attention of the policewoman Mrs. Marx Complalnant. Mrs. Black and Mrs. Parker were convicted of illegally detaining and maltreating Mrs. Loretta Marx, wife of the manager of the Bannockburn Golf Club, on July 27 last in front of her home at Fleventh street Mrs. Marx told the trial board that the policewomen, whom she supposed 0 be “in * seized her and dragged | her along the pavement and attempt. el forcibly to put her in their auto- mobile. She finally fought loose, she testifled. but not untll she had suffered numerous bruises and injurfes from her struggles The policewomen, mitted selzing Mrs for & girl who had escaped from the National Training School for Girls. but denled handling her roughly or otherwise mistreating her Attorney Robert E. Lyn \efense, argued to the trial plthough an unfortunate nif committed the polfcewomen were fully justified in detaining Mre. Marx | 1n view of her resemblance to the fugl- | tive, coupled with the fact that the wfficers had recelved Information that whe girl sought had been seen at the J¥leventh street address that same Way. on the stand, ad. Marx in mistake Testlmony Is Conflicting. | A number of witnesses gave testi- wony. much of it being of & conflict- | ing character as far as the charges | ©f rough handling were concerned. The trial board, consisting of Wil- fam H. Wahly, assistant corporation ounsel: Capt. Martin Reflly and Capt. | ra Sheetz, apparently belleved the| Ptory related by Mrs. Marx, however. The decision and testimony were in | process of being forwarded to the Commissioners this afternoon STAR WILL RECEIVE FUNDS TO BUY ICE FOR NEEDY SCORES (Continued from First Page) Dy name, simply state that fact Jn’ your letter and vour donation will be | sannounced ly. The Star, has been fullest co-op- ! eration of Salvation Army, the| Police De nd the the Amer. $can Ice Co. in this effort to alleviate Euffering i Beginning at 3 o'clock this after noon tickets, will be in_ every police station and at every Salvation Army | Postin the city for distribution to the Joor. BEach ticket, presented at any af the American lce Co.’s 10 stations, Wil entitle the bearer to one good s2ed 10 cents’ worth of ice. If ice| 15 needed do not hesitute apply either to the poilce station nearest your home, or to the Salvation Army ! Yor a ticket at any time ‘afer 3| o'clock this afternoon. Thereafter | tickets may be obtained any time dur- | g the day i All_nurses of the Instr anonymou pr ed the tment he ictive Visit- ing Nurse Society have been supplied | with the tickets, and as they make | their daily rounds to the homes under | thelr care they will distribute them | where they are needed. The society wift pot keep tickets at their head quarters, however, except for distribu tion by the nurees themselves to thelr | ¥anl IN ARSENAL BLAST 30 Tons of Powder Explode in| Hungary, Breaking Win- dows 18 Miles Away. By the Assoclated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary, August 13. —It is reported that 20 persons were killed in the explosion yesterday on Shepel Island, in the Mancred-Weiss ammunition factory. It has been im- possible, however, to confirm the re- port owing to the large area covered by the factory and the Intense heat from the burning bulldings. The fire- men early today had succeeded in localizing the fire. The Mancred-Welss works is the only munitions factory permitted in Hungary under the Trianon treaty. Tt 18 under control of the Interallled { Military Commission. It is estimated that about 30 tons of powder exploded. The concussion was 80 great that windows were broken in Budapest, 18 miles away. Some houses in the vicinity of the munitions factory were unroofed. It is reported that hundreds of person: over a wide area were injured by fiy- tng tiles and falling chimneys. IWILLIAVM A. FENWICK, 84, HOTEL MAN, BURIED HERE | Confederate Veteran Died at His Camp in Maryland—Leaves 2 Sons and 4 Daughters. services for Willlam A 84 years old, Confederste who died Wednesday at his camp on Brittens Bay, Md., were conducted today in Patrick's Church by Rev. John McNamara. In- terment was in Mount Olivet Ceme- tery. He had been the proprietor and manager of the Donald Hotel, 1012 Thirteenth street, for 25 vear: He s survived by four daughters, Mrs. Leo C. Marsh, Miss Lottie and Miss Mellle Fenwick, and Mrs. George s, Willlam A. and sisters, Mrs. A. F. King. Mre. Lena. Herbert, Madge and Miss Beckle Fenwick, # broth s Funeral Fenwick, veteran, Prohibition Referendum Upheld. NEW YORK. August 13 (P).—Su { preme Court Justice Crain today de- nied the application of Helen M. Al bert. who sued as a citizen, to enjuin the board of elections and mayor from submitting the State prohibi- tion referendum to the voters next Engineers. Tr ing To Cap Big Crater Of Active Volcano By the Assoctated Press MANAGUA, N 13 —German gaged In the unique tasic of trving to cap the crater of tue volcano Masaya, near the town of Masaya They also are trying to fore icals into the crater to neu the DOISONOUS gases w being emitted and whi ing considerable damage & to crops BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. laeut. Philip Egner, aster of the West Poin tary Academy Band, will be guest conductor of the Army Music School Band at a concert to be given this evening at 6:30 o'clock at the Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Hospital. There will be a concert in Montrose Park. Thirtieth and R streets, at 730 o'clock to- night, by the United States Ma- rine Band, with Taylor Bran. son, second leader, conducting. and- n Milt A concert by the Community Center Band, James E. Hiller, director; will be given at Frank- lin Park at 7:30 p.m TOMORROW. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, upper bandstand. tomorrow evening at 5:45 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmerman, band- master; Emil A. Fenstad, assist- _ THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, ILITTLE BOY, 4, KILLED BY AUTO RUNNING TO CATCH PLAYMATES FIRST AIR ROUTES 0.K'DBY COOLIDGE Step Is Initial Decisive One in Development of Com- mercial Aviation by U. S. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. = WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., Au- gust 13.—President Coolidge today approved the first two commercial air transcontinental air routes as deter- mined by the newly created aviation division of the United States Depart- ment of Commerce. This action by the President, which is the first decisive step taken in de- veloping ' commercial aviation since the creation of this new division of the Department of Commerce, Wwas taken today during a conference be- tween the President and Secretary Hoover. The latter, in making known this part of his conference with the President, stated that several other alrways are under consideration, and announcements can be looked for soon. Two Routes Approved. The two transcontinental routes as approved by the President today are The transcontinental airway to oper ate from New York City to the Pacific via Cleveland, Chicago. Towa City, Des Moines, Omaha, North Platte, Cheyenne and Salt Lake City. From the latter point it will branch, one branch going to San Francisco and the other to Los Angeles. The second route will be <nown as the southern airway and will operate from Chicago to Dallas and Fort Worth, via Moline, St. Joseph, Kan- sas City, Wichita, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Among other routes being consid- ered by the department and which are practically certain of early crea- tion is the one that will pass through the District of Columbia. This route is to be known as the Atlantic Air- way, and will operate from Boston to Miami, Fla., via New York, Philadel- phia, Baltimore, Washington, Raleigh and either Savannah or Atlanta, and thence to Jacksonville and Miami. In discussing route with the President today, @Secretary Hoover sald that it will be a great adfunct to the main system of air routes. He | pointed out that already there is a commendable service between Boston and New York and between Philadel- phia and Washington and from At lanta to Miami. Predicts Wide Service. Secretary Hoover today made the prediction that within the next six | months this country will have a full passenger, express and mail service | over the transcontinental route, the | first of the two airways approved by the President. The Secretary stated that there is| not the slightest doubt about this.} With the assistance and supervision| to be given by the newly created avia- tion division” of the Department of Commerce, regular and dependable 24- hour service on this air route is as- sured. He intimated that the South- ern alrway will quickly develop, al- though he made no prediction about its abtlity quickly to become a de- i pendable passenger and express car- rier as well as for the transportation of mall. The conference consumed abput three hours. Secretary Hoover came to the President’'s camp armed with severai portfolios of papers and sta- tisties. Although a goodly portion of | their time was talken by the discus-| sion of the development of commercial aviation, they discussed a varlety of subje The Secretary left the Adi- rondacks shortly after noon for the West. Task Held Large One. It was pointed out by Secretary Hoover that under the new commer- clal aviation law establishing control 0° the airway terminations and air j routes in the Department of Com-| | merce and that until the decision was reached regarding the creation of the two transcontinentai routes approved today, the department has been busily engaged worked out definite plans for the development of proposed air routes and regulations to govern the maintenance and operation of landing flelds and the operation of airplanes. He told the President that the task has been a large one, but the work has progressed wonderfully fast. He explained further that his de- partment is determining the air routes after conferring with the Post Office Department, which has been operating its own air mail service for several years, and with representa- tives of the military. He added that the department always will have in! mind the development of commercial | aviation along lines that wiil best: serve the Natlon's national defense. | One of the reasons why the Com. merce head spoke so optimistically of | the future of aviation is his confi-| dence in the several groups of men | now interested in the development of | commerelal aviation. Will Encourage Operation. i It was made very plain by Mr. Hoover that the Government has no intention to operate any of these | Iines. On the contrary it wiil do every.| thing within its power to encouraze private enterprises in the manulnc-; ture and operation of commerc Jal air-| planes. The Government's work will be confined to mapping out alr routes, developing landing flelis, placing of | | lights fo- night fiying. It also wiil ex-| amine pllots, and make such other regulations as may be considered | necessary to produce a sat e | service. | There are four or fivs ve :u»nnslb\e groups already expe: ing with commercial alr service,” ) Hoover said i “Henry Ford is interested in one| eroup operating between Detrolt and Chicago and Detroit and Cleveland I“UT."E Mitten of the Philadelphia | Rapta Tr Co. is In another groun Philadelphia-Washington 0. is| is Paul| Post 5 “The National Alr Tran | another concern. Its presi Henderson, former Ass | master General. ~Walter 3 Cracken, who has just been appoint lad Assistant Secrefary of Commerce ! in charge of aviation, was connected | | with this company. | Two Others in Groups. | “In sdadition there is a Boston group {and a Los Angeles group.” | Mr. Hoover visioned f lmpetus ¢ roial avi | resu istruction of a big fleet of planes that would be a nucleus | reserve in war time. t * he said. “are all be- r co-operation with the War a avy Departments and the | Post Office Department.” 1 President Ccolidge was advised by | Mr. Hoover that Dostmaster General | N annuunced that he is pre- pared to contract with the newly cre- ated transcontinental routes, the one from New York to the Pacific and the other from Chicago to Tulsa, for the carrying of mail. Just as soon as the Post Office Department is given a guarantee of continuity of perform- ance in the transportation of mail over these routes by private concerns it will enter a contract. In,stating this Mr. Hoover said thi is no question about these air rout& belng operated in contiraious and otherwise i tremendous 4 | !in the year. Michigan U. ‘Frosh’ Denied Ownership Of Cars at School By the Associated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich., August 13. —Drastic limitations of the use of automoblles by students at the Uni- versity of Michigan will go into effect at the beginning of the Fall term, it was revealed in letters malled out today to parents and guardigns of students entered in the school. The regulations prohibit the ownership or operation of cars by students entering the university this year as freshmen. At the be- ginning of the second semester the regulations are to be extended to include sophomores. The action is the result of abuses of the automobile privileges by some members of the student body. STORMPARALYZES NEW YORK TRAFHG Lightning Kills 2, River Tun-| nels Flooded, Long Island Trains Stopped. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August sands of Long Island were cut off from their Manhattan Island offices today by flooding rail- road tunnels under the Kast River, still choked with water from last night’s storm that took toll of lives and damaged property in New York New Jersey and southern New Eng- land. Huge pumps were utilized to re- move 38,000 gallons a minute from three of the Long Island Rallroad tunnels, but they were unable to clear the flooded tracks in time for the morning rush. Connectlons were made with subway lines whose tun- nels were clear, and extra subway trains were put on in an effort to ac- commodate the crowds. Street traffic here was paralyzed when the heavy rains caused the sewers to overflow. Motor vehicles, hub-deep in water, were left in the streets, and subway traffic was tied up. Lightning bolts hit church steepies | and bullding cornices, and station | WJZ signed off in the middle of a | broadcasting program. because heavy | lightning was playing over the aerial wires at Boundbrook, N. J. Five men were struck, recefving severe shocks, at Travers Island, and Stanley Car penter, 15, of Heightstown, N. J.. and Charles Pocolauskas, 52, of Windsor, Conn., were killad by lightning. A proposed flight to Philadelphia | from Lakehurst, N. J., of the Navy's | dirigible Los Angeles and the first test of the motor on the giant air- plane S35, with which Capt. Rene Fonck, French ace, hopes to span the Atlantic in a non-stop flight from Jew York to Paris, had to be post- poned until today because of weather conditions OFFICER KICKED HIM, MAN SAYS, IN CHARGE R. 0. Wolff, Arrested for Parking, Accuses Policeman Sirola of Assault. 13.—Thou commuters Formal charges of assault today were filed with Inspector William . Shelby, personnel officer of the Police | Department, against Policeman John | Strola of the ninth precinct, by R. O. Wolff, 2026 Bladensburg road, & pa- perhanger, who alleges that he was kicked and otherwise mistreated at the ninth precinct station yesterday. TWolff had been arrested by Police- man Sirola on a charge of parking overtime in the new restricted district, Fourteenth street near H northeast. Wolff admitted the technical parking | violation and posted $5 collateral for | appearance in Traffic Court. He for-| feited the collateral today. When taken to the ninth precinct stationhouse by Sirola he says the | officer mistreated him and kicked him, causing an abrasfon on his lez. He | also alleges that his partner, John J. Pippert, 3020 Bladensburg road, was “thrown out” of the statfon twice by the officer during the disturbance. Sergt. Wheeler of the ninth precinct is iisted as a witness in the case. carrying of mail over these routes is therefore necessarily an assured fact. | 1t was pointed out, however, by Mr. Hoover that the night mail service be- | tween New York and Chicago has dur- | ing the past few months been operat- Ing at a,slight profit. This does not mean, though, that the entirs propo- sition 1= profitable, because the cost of maintenance and other overhead ex- penses have not been taken into ac count. A Hoover did not indicate just what one of the other proposed alr. ways under conslderation now would be the next to be formally established | be the department. - He sald that be- | sides the Atlantic airway prominent among the proposed air routes are: one along the Pacific Coast from| aouthern California to Tacoma and, Seattle Wash.; one in the Great Lakes | section to operate probably from | picago to Detroit and one from Chicago to St. Paul and Minneapolis: one to operate through what is de- scribed as -the Mississippi Valley. probably from Chicago to St. Louis and to New Orleans. Business Generally Good. ! Business generally throughout the | United States good ecretary Hoover advised President Coolidge to- during The former brought reports from hi: agents in varfous parts of the country to show the trend of business of all kinds. The general situation stronger than was anticipated earlier There are, however. he sald. some spots weaker than others. He said that in certain agricultural sections there s a slight slump but prices are ,etter, and there is reason to believe that improvement will be noted soon. He said there is some lagging in a few of the textile centers and to some extent in the bituminous coal fields. Mr. Hoover declined to make any comment as to other subjects discussed during the conference. He refused to express himself regarding the recent letter of former Premier Clemenceau nor would he say whether they talked reorganization of the executive depart- ments of the Government or the pro- posal to construct apartments In Washington that can be rented to Government employes on a basis of $12.50 a month. When the President and Mr. Hoover had concluded their talk at the camp they went to the Preeident’s at Paul Smith's where the President turned his attention {o the routine business piled upon his desk and turn- ed Mr. Hoover over to the news. | the little | dead |row,” are all plainly marked. their brief conference. | WAR SCARS FADE Homes Rebuilt at Chateau Thierry—Belleau Wood a Shrine. BY ELISE MARSTELLER MULLIKEN. eing busses rush through encn town of Chateau Thiery like huge gray monsters anx- lous to quickly leave behind the dust of a historic atmosphere, instead of lingering awhile to enjoy its calm en- vironment. Big sight. feel quite satisfied, apparently, with a cursory glimpse of the place as they hurry on to the cemeteries sacred to the memory of our {llustrious dead. It is a mistake, for one quite loses the value of a_ visit, which enables one to trace the part our soldiers played so valiantly Chateau Thierry is an ancient cita- del dating back to the elghth century. The stone towers and the old stone ramparts surrounding the hill are con- nected with the chateau of Thier IV, a_ Merovinglan king of the time of Charles Martel. There are wonderful old gates and subterranean passages, the exits of which have never been found. The city is partly surrounded by a wall. Just below the large, im- pressive entrance gate, with its dou- ble portcullis, is the former home of Cardinal Richelieu Town Long Famous. So, you see, the town was even before Amgrica came to clai place in its chrohicles. Ramparts and walled terraces are all that are left of the castle, but one walks along them under well trimmed linden trees and looks over the valley of the Marne, a truly beautiful valley, which since the time of the Romans has been the mili- tary highway to Paris. Chateau Thierry has almost the ap- pearance of somnolence; is like a per- son who has passed through all ex- perfence, to whom nothing is new, but has at last found peace. All the way down from Paris one feels it. The country is rélling farm land that rewarc its _owners with bountiful The blood-red poppies, a red in America, and rich looms vie with one another in radiant glory. One sees no sign of war's devastation. 1t is only when the story is told from the ramparts above the village that comes of the tragedy it has beheld War Scars Are Gone. Eight vears ago, such horror and contusion! Streets filled with fighting men—wounded, dying and dead every- where—deafenin, cannon shots— houses falling like cardboards in a breeze! Later, the return of those who called this “home.” A God-given something was in their hearts, which enabled them to carry on. At first it was a hopeless and despondent task. but the French have a passionate love for the land, not the thing of stone and mortar called a house so much as the soil upon which it stands. So they filled up the shell holes, planted new seeds, started ga flowering geraniums in little, broken tin recep- tacles, and began all over again, li ing meanwhile in huts and dug-out: Today one scarcely can believe the war god had come and treated them so ruthlessly. There is no sign. The town is entirely rebuilt, a more health- ful, better place Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry » closely associated in our minds one cannot think of them as separat- ed. Belleau Wood is not a town at all, as many believe, but a place, just 10 kilometers from Chateau Thierry a spot filled with tragic memories, the scene of one of the hardest-fought battles, marking the first entrance of our Marines, in appreciable numbers in the war. Turning Point of War. From June 6 to June 26 they held the line there, 20 long days and nights, while everything in the his- tory of cruel, sclentific warfare and brutal cunning was hurled against them. Their determination and mar- velous courage gave new strength to frazzled French troops, worn and en- tirely discouraged with four vears of struggle and scattering seeds of doubt through the German lines that this new foe was formidable. It was the beginning of victor: the holding of Belleau Hill ag terrible odds is considered the turning point in the great war. Up hill and down dale in the soft Summer sunshine—then, at the high est point, we have our first glimpse of Belleau Wood. The hill stands apart, covered with rather thick, ecrubby trees, with their tops gone, and jagged limbs still peeping through the follage. The large ones are en- dead, standing with bare arms streched, protesting to Heaven outrages thes have witnessed. In the shadow of the hill, nestling ase and following the curve way around, lle our honored The white crosses, “row_upon When one first views it from a distance it looks as_though some kindly angei had let fall an armful of liiies and each had taken root—a field of white against the green. On top of the hill and in the center of the graves below stand two tall flagstaffs from which gently float our Stars and Stripes. half Strange Tales Told. Such strange tales are told, some quite extraordinary, concerning hun- dreds of men who were “among the missing.” For months and years after the war this battlefleld was carefully searched, fragments of bones picked up and identifled as best they could. In Chateau Thierry there lives an American minister, a man of quiet saintliness of character, who has brought peace to the hearts of many a stricken mother—so many have made the pilgrimage. He ix the authority for this story “One boy had never been found. He was an only son. His parents went each year to France for some word, their hopes becoming fainter and fainter with the passage of time. i Prayer ever was on this mother's lips {that her boy would come back to her. Somehow she never quite gave {up belleving, yet every inch of this {ground had been gone over and plowed many times. The French ! farmers had gathered four harvests from the land. Three Summers ago {a French lad returning from work at the end of the daw noted some- thing unusual. Bending down, he saw the skeleton of a hand rising above the furrow, poised as if beckoning to {him. On the wrist was a_ chain and {tag. It was the mother’s boy, all | that was left to her after five years.” Dedication Described. Mrs. James Carroll Frazier of Washington concelved the idea of purchasing Belleau Hill, which com- | prises some 200 acres. The dedica- {tion took place on July 22, 1923. The { ceremony seemed more impressive, somehow, than other ceremonies, probably because of its significance land absolute simplicity. On top of [the hill a large open space was cleared of undergrowth, and a carpet of wildflowers scattered themselves {in gay profusion. There was no | monument or stone memorial to be | office ! blessed, just the tall, white flagstaff | stay there for all time. !from which the Frenchy flag flew. In IN MARNE FIELDS The passengers, most of | them from our own estimable country, realization | 1926. Philip Perrie Knocked Down in Front of Home in Southeast. ! R Parents Exonerate Driver, Who Is Released After Inquest. | Running across the street. trying to keep, up with a group of older chil- dren, 4-year-old Philip Perrie was knocked down by an automobile in front of his home, 328 Eighth street southeast, last night end fatally in- jured. While the automobile did not pass over the boy’s body, it struck him in the head and he died from the effects of a fractured skull shortly after he was taken to Casualty Hospital. James C. Perrie, Jr., father of the baby, said today that it all happened before any one could utter a cry of rning. muel Tauber, 19 years old, 700 L street southeast, driver of the car Wwhich knocked the child down, was taken to Police Court on a charge of reckless driving. The case was con- PHILIP PERRIE. arrested. Parents of the boy indicated today they did not hold Tauber guilty of any recklessness in connection with the tragedy. A coroner's inquest was held over the body at the District Morgue to- tinued and Tauber was released on bond. After the boy died he was re- day and a verdict of accidental death rendered. Tauber then was freed. WAY T0 KEEP SPAIN INLEAGUE SOUGHT Briand Hopes to Prevent Breach Before Assembly. Germany Is Firm. By the Associated Pres PARIS, August 13.—How to keep Spain in the League of Nations is the object of an exchange of views now proceeding among the powers most interested in the question. The chanceries have been informed that Germany maintains its decision not to go into the league unless it s the sole nation given an additional permanent seat in the league coun- ofl, while the Madrid government has officially announced that Spain must have a permanent seat if she remains in_the league. The matter was discussed in Paris | Alfonso’s recent visits, but it remains | In the same state as when the discus- sion began. The British and French governments, however, are continuing their efforts to induce Spain to take a | more conciliatory attitude. | Toland, it is understood, has finally |agreed to abandon her claim to a permanent council seat for the time being, on the understanding that she | will be given a temporary seat with assurances of renewal. Ioreign Minister Briand, who will head the French delegation at the coming league meeting. is particu- | larly desirous of preventing a further breach in the Geneva organization. He hopes to patch up the conflict so that a break, if one must come, may be delayed until after the forthcoming assembly. MARYLAND GUARD REVIEWED BY RITCHIE Day at Camp Byrd, Va., Featured by Maneuvers, Winning Praise of Governor. Special Dispateh to The Star CAMP BYRD, Va., August_13.—Fol lowing his inspection of the Maryland ational Guard yesterday, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie expressed satisfaction with the showing made by the boys in camp. In spite of the hot weather, numer- ous drills were put on for the chief ex ecutive, and the showing was better than any previous encampment ever made The Rovernor was accompanied by a party of more than 50 and 15 planes from the National Guard unit Langley Field maneuvered overhead. The 58th Regiment, made up of two Maryland regiments, was reviewed, as the climax of “Governor's day.” The day marked the end of the two-week traiinng verfod of the Maryland guardsmen. Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secre. tary of War, came here by airplane from Washington, returning immedi- ately after luncheon. DOGS BITE FOUR PERSONS, INCLUDING 2 CHILDREN Four cases where persons were bit ten by dogs were reported to the po None is serious Six-year-old James R. Busher. 3405 Q ‘street, was bitten last night by a setter pup owned by James R. Busher. He was taken to Georgetown University Hospital. Alexander Compro, 42 years old, was bitten on the hand by a dog. in front of 304 H street. He refused treat- ment. Police say the dog 18 the prop- erty of William Dagris of the H street address, Alonzo Ward, colored, 11 years old, 2027 Flagler place, was bitten on the left arm by a dog owned by Dehlia Carter, 1927 Second street, at Second and U streets. He was treated at Freedmen's Hospital. William Thomas, colored, Oak- dale street, was bitten on the left hand in front of the Oakdale address by a dog owned by James Bribeford, 340 Allen street. Pays Doctor's Fee in Dimes. PANA, IIL, August 13 UP).—A new- Iy proud mother of unusual thrift has been found by Dr. Lee Alderson. Naming his fee as $25, the physician was given 250 dimes, saved over a period of several months. Foch, Marshall of France, was mas- ter of ceremonies. Deeply moved, he sald: “Although America shall henceforth be sovereign over this bit of soil, France never lell cease to guard it with veneration and religious fervor.” ® * & Then { Maj. Gen.Harbord responded: ““Belleau i\\'ood will be for all time a mecca for pilgrims from beyond the Western |ocean. Hither will come our coun- rymen in their hour of depression, even of failure, to take new cour- age from this shrine of valorous deada” ¢ & At a sign from Gen. Foch the inter- change of flags took place. The bu- | glers .of the 23rd Dragoons sounded | the French salute to the colors, the French flag came slowly down, the | American flag went quickly up to For the first marshal of France time in history and London on the occasion of King | Mail Trains to D. C. Are Badly Delayed By New York Storm The Summer storm which para- Iyzed New Yo-k's traffic system afternoon had its effect hington today when three important morning mail trans over the Pennsylvania railroad were so late that city delivery of New York mail was prevented this morning. Train 189, due here at 2:25 this morning, arrived at 9:10; Tratn 101, due at 0, got in at 10:45; Train 105, due at 7:50, did not arrive until noon. All of these trains, Postmaster Mooney said today, car- ried important mail for Washing- ton which did not arrive in time for the usual first delivery. HEAT WAVE HOLD GRIP OVER CAPITAL; CLERKS AGAIN OUT _(Continued from First Page.) bine to keep the temperature high and, the weather oppressive. A thunder- shower is apt to come along about any time, but will carry with it small hope of relief. The storms will be local and are not expected to be ac companied either by high winds or heavy rains. Six Persons Overcome. Five men and one woman were treated at four hospitals vesterday as a result of heat p None of the cases was ser They follow: Joseph Potter, Fourth street northeast, r- come at Connecticut avenue and K street and treated at Emergency Hos. burne Johnson, 55 years old, 42 husetts avenue northwest, was en while riding on a street car | and treated at Freedmen's Hospital. Julius Moore, colored, 49 years old, 62 G street, collapsed while collecting trash. He was treated at Providence Hospital. Fred Deskins, colored, of Ballston, Va., and James Allen, colored, of 1204 eventh street were treated at Georgetown University Hospital. Mollie Christian, _colored, Brooks road, Chevy Chase, Md. treated at Freedmen's Hospital, 600,000 G inued Co-operation Water Is Advocated. rs of a water shortage because of the excessive (‘nnbuwnliml during the protracted torrid wave were al- leviated somewhat today when offi- cials of the District water depart ment announced a reduction of ap proximately 600,000 gallons in the amount used for the 24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock this morning, as compared with the record-breaking 6017 was in Use of NOTE TOEND RAIDS WORRIES BULGARIA Little Entente’s Plea Believed 1o Conceal Plan for De- feating Loan. By the Assoclated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria, August 13. -The collective note of the little entente —Jugoslavia, Rumania and Greece requesting Bulgarfa to put an end to border raids bv Bulgarian irres: lars nas depressed Bulgarian offic cfrcles. The belief in these quarters is fthat the note, handed Wednesday to "or eogn Minister Bouroff, conceals a pré. concerted plan to bring about the failure of a Bulgarian refuges loan It is particularly remarked in om cial circles that the note does not mention eventual recourse to the League of Natlons or an investization of the causes underlying the frequent border incidents. The Bulgarian government, without awaiting the receipt of the note, said to have reinforced frontier posi«< and given strict orders to the authon ties to prevent all clandestine border crossings. It 18 felt in officlal circles that neighbor states of Bulgaria ought t help Bulgaria in her difficult task notably by improving the lot of the Bulgarian residents in Macedon Thrace and Dobrouda, by permittir refugees to return to their homes ar by helping Bulgaria to obtain a lo to pay the cost of repatriating ref: gees in nelghboring states. « o i J. J. DAVIS SEEKING FISH BIGGER THAN PRESIDENT’S By the Assocluted Press. INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn., August 13.—Secretary of Labor James J. Davis s fishing the lakes of the Superior National Forest for some- thing better than the famous eight pound pike landed by President Cool 1dge. When Mr. Davis left late yester day for a tour of the northern Minne- sota lakes he sald he had joked with the President about his catch an- nounced his aspiration to hook & ger one. He added that he woul fit egraph the executive if su: With the Secretary are his James, jr.; Charles Breasted, the Egyptologist, and B. C. berg of Chicago, host to Mn. e VETERAN ASKS DIVORCE. James A. Wood Charges Misocon- duct While He Was in Hospital. James A. Wood, a veteran of the Spanish and World Wars, today flled sult in the District Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Hattie L Wood, charging misconduct and nar ing two co-respondents Wood w formerly an inmate at St. Elizabeth's Hospital an 's his wife never vis ited him. While he was confined, he declares, his wife posed as a_widow whose husband had died in France and planned to take up a collection nt the Bureau of Engraving and Print ing to buy flowers for the husband = grave In France. She also became en gaged to a number of men, he charges They were married November 1, 1906 and lived together until Novemb 1920. Attorney Charles N. Jove¢ pears for the husband. W. H. SPEARING DIES. Deceased Was in Automobile Busi ness Here for Many Years. William H. Spearing, 50 vears oli died suddenly yesterday at his resi dence, 1305 Kenyon street. He had been in the automebile business for many vears, and was a native of Washington. He is survived by his wlfe, Jenny Spearing: his mother. Ars Mary H. Spearing. and a sister, Mrs . Watson of New York. Iuneral services will be conducted tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at St. Stephen s Episcopal Church. followed by inter ment in Rock Creek Cemetery in Mrs {total of $5.500,000 gallons consumed in_the preceding 24-hour perlod. The appeal of the Commissioners urging water consumers to restrict the use to one hour during the periods allowed by the police regula- tions for sprinkling and curtail all non-essential uses is believed by the officials to be responsible for the low- er consumption figure. The conser- vatlon of water throughout the period of the present emergency is abso- lutely necessary. however, it was pointed out, to insure an adequate supply to all consumers “If the pumps stand the strain of the excess duty placed upon them during the hot spell,” said one offi- cial of the Water Department, “we anticipate no further trouble. But the water users must co-operate by consuming less All houses in the high areas, which were temporarily without water yes- | terday because of the inability of the | pumps to deliver an adequate supply to the Reno reservoir, were getting a falr supply today, according to the Water Department. In some of the homes, it was sald, the pressure may have been low on the upper floors during the peak of consumption. The Reno reservoir had 10 feet of water in it this morning, a gain of 6 feot oyernight. This capacity is ex | pected to be reduced during the day. but not to such an extent that it will deprive the homes it serves with water, unless the consumption in creases considerabl GEN. FERRERA IS LEADING NEW REVOLT IN HONDURAS Former War Minister Beported to Have Started Revolution Near Guatemala Frontier. By the Assoctated Prees. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August 13. —Reports recelved here state that Gen. Vregorio Ferrara, well known revolutionary leader and former min- ister of war, is heading a revolt in l-fondum.n near the Guatemala fron- tier. Gen Ferrera was reported to have started a revolutionary movement with 800 followers on April 15. It was TRAFFIC ACTION PUT OFF. Plan to Make 15th and 17th One- Way Waits Until August 24 The recommendations of Trafe I rector M. O. Eldridge for making Fif teenth and Seventeenth streets ne ¥ thoroughfares were considered the Board of Commissioners t y, but action was postponed unt August 24 hecause of the absen s of Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolpt who is on vacatfon at Narraganse Pier, R. 1 Mr. Eldridge’s plan is to make F teenth street one-way for northbourd traffic from 1 street to Rhode Island avenue, and Seventeenth one-way for southbound traffic from I street to Massachusetts avenue, preparatory to the installation of automatic traff signals. FLYERS BRAVE FRIDAY, 13. One Drops 1,313 Feet at 3:13 To day From Plane 13. LAWTON, Okla., August 13 (#) Fridays and thirteens mean little in the life of Lieut. Cornelius Cousland *Post Field pliot. but black eats that's difterent €orpl. George H tends to make a y plane No. 13 at 3 noon, Friday. the 13th 1o take along as a passenger a felin« of midnight hue, and blast onc for all the attending superstiti Lieut. Cousland consented to the flight today, but balked at carry ing the cat. Wheling intends to make the lea from a height of 1,313 feet BLAST TIES 'UP ;fRAFFIC. 200-Pound Rock Hurled Track of Glen Echo Line. A 200-pound rock hurled througt the air in the rear of the 5800 block Sherrier place, where blusting is it prograss, landed on the line of t Washington Railway and Electric ( late yesterday and damaged the trac! tying up Glen Echo traffic an hour A shuttle car service was used to han Out then reported that the government had declared martial law. Rumors of revolutionary troubles in the southern part of Honduras have been frequent ‘ot late. i | Denies Poodle Whipped Leopard. RED BANK. N. J., August 13 (®). | —Oliver W. Holton, owner of that | ferocious “wild Indian leopard.” which is still at la| after a week of in- | the audience were about 3.000 French |ordered the lowering of the tri-color | tensive hunt¥g, denies as a slands peasants, miles to who had walked man, that another flag might take its place, American ous d the report that the ani nflwurvutmmum dle the rush-hour throng as a result Charles E. Yeatman of 5833 Sherrie place complained to police that the contractor did not blanket the area to be blasted so as to prevent falling rocks causing damage. Mr. Yeatman told the police that rocks many pounds had fallen all ind his property. Lieut. Sullivan the fourteenth precinct is investigating. e Toasted bread formed a favprite ad- dition to English drinks i the six- teenth and m ot