Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1926, Page 2

e PANIC 1S BLAMED Group in Unprotacted Irish - Theater Refused to Dash to Safety. By the Ascociated Press DRUMCOLLOGHER. County Limer. ick, Ireland, September 7.—An old wooden building. without any sort of fire apparatus, packed with men. women and children: an unprotected motion picture profector, standing in the middle of a little hall, and in- fllammable films lving on a nearby table, with a candle burming at the other end—this was the stage set ting for the Drumecollogher moyvie disaster as described at the inquest toda William Ford. the owner. gave this testimony himself in relating the story of how some 50 persons were incinerated in Sunday night's trag- edy and many others injured. Ford said he did not even have huckets a¢ water or sand for protection against fire. d Patrick Downing, the operator of the machine, told Dr. Timothy Han- nigan, the coroner, how two fiims on the table caught fire, and sobbed as he described the terribe stampede which followed. He declared he had not wanted to start the show at all, as he did not like the place. but Ford was anxious to stage the first per formance. After telling how the two films blazed up, Downing said “I ran over and clapped my hands on them, hut unfortunately some one came along and hit the burning films with a cap. and the flames went over anto the other films. The crowd stayed still for awhile, as if expecting the fire would he quenched, then they ran to the door “1 shouted, ‘Keep cool: keep your geat=’@ hut they rushed down to the door. . “Honestly, whether it was the ex citement or not. I thought thece was nobody else in the hall when T rush ed out myself.” One of the ghastliest episodes re- Jated at the inquest was the case of a woman, Mrs. Daniel Collins. whose feet became caught in the bars a window through which she was attempting to escape. and who was burned to death in that position. John Davis, a civie guard. civing his account of the tragedy, said " About 50 or 60 people were huddled in a corner. 1 called on them to fol low me. I caught two girls and started to rush them to the entrance door. but had only gone a few vards when they stopped and pulled hacka I heard some one shout: ‘Come back” and the girls tore away from me and ran back. “One of them me van toward a litte dressing room and tried to get out by the window. 1 followed her. and tarted to run with her again toward the entrance door. Four or five fel lows. rushing across the hall. knocked us down. 1 then tried to force the side partitions. but failed 1 looked up the hall. and saw that the front of the place, near the en- trance, was all ahlaze. The specta- tors were huddled in a mass, clinging together in death-like grips. with hor- ror and fright in their faces. “1 tride once more to rouse them. and shouting for them to follow. 1 started to run. dashed through flames. and flung myself down burning stairway.” With tears streaming down his face, Davis concluded: “T'nfortunately. they A4 not move and all perished.” William T. Cosgrave. president the execp’ive council of the State. motorad here from Dublin to. dav and attended a requiem mass in memory of the vietims. The village lost an appreciable ner the sentage of its population. and searcely | a familv ic untouched by the tragedy. Tt was only the second occasion on which a motion picture performance had been given here. There were public expressions of bitter resentment today against the oonditions under which the perform ance was given. TLSTER EXPRESSES SYMPATHY. First Message of Kind in History to Re Sent to Free State. BELFAST. Iraland. September 7 (). —For the first time in historv a message of svmpathy has passed be- tween the-two Irish governmerts Finance Minister Hugh Pollock, ac ing in the ahsence of Premier Craig. today telegraphed President Coszrave of the Free State executive council, expressing Ulster's rofound =ym pathv with thoee hereaved in the cinema tragedy at Drumeollogher, EARLY SEPTéMBER TIME FOR FORESTRY PLANTING Experts Dcs(g‘n;?- P First Two Weeks of Month for Assuring ‘Best Results. 1 Seeds of forest trees should. he planted during the first two weeks of Beptember. according to forestry ex perts. The United States Government maintains in the mountains of Mon tana a forest nursery from which eome 2.000.000 seedlings are sent out each year to be planted on the harren mountains or in regions devastated by torest fires. Men collect cones from uninjured healthy pine trees and the seeds are extracted from the cones 8v machinery and sent to the nursery Many of the seeds have such hard outer sheels that they require a long time to germinate. If they can he put to bed for a long sleep under ground, the seedling will come up early enough in the Spring to he suf ficlently hardy to withstand the hot sun of July and Auguet and the frosts of Autumn. If they are sowed in the Spring they have to bhe shaded by a rather laborious and expensive sys. tem of lath frames in the Summer and have to be mulched with straw in the Winter. The varving period of germination of the seeds planted in the Spring produces seedlings of dif ferent ages and sizes—a considerable problem when transplanting time comes. By sowing during the first half of September the forest nursery men find that thé seedlings all come np at the same time and that their uni form age and e and greater hardl- nese not only facilitate handling hut eliminated the expense of safeguard- ing them against climatic changes. MACNIDER FLYING EAST. BELLEVILLE. 1ll.. September 7 UP).—Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secretary of War, returning from an air trip through the Middle West, left Scott Field. near here, shortly after 8 o'clock today MeCook Field. at Dayton. Ohio, will of | the | | THE EVENING STAR. ‘TWO SENATORS' RACES IN DOUBT; vada. Learn Fates L] Br the Associated Prese. CONCORD, N. H., September 7.— The_political tate of Senator George H. Moses hung in the balance today as New Hamprhire voters stepped to the polls to deliver the final decision on a three-cornered primary fight for | the Republican United States sena- torial nomination. Opposing the Senator's renomina- tion wete former Gov. Robert P. Bass of Peterboro and James W. Remick, former State Supreme Court jndge. Owing to a listless campaign conducted hy Mr. Remick, the real contest was considered hetween Sena- tor Moses and the former governor. Moses Defends Record. Senator Moses, in a brisk campaign, stood on his record in Washington. while former Gov. Bass appealed for election on the ground that his opponent failed to support the admin- istration on several outstanding iseues, Robert . Murchie, a Concord at- torney, and Alhert Noone of Peter- horo are candidates for the Democra- tic_senatorial nomination. Gov. John G. Winant, Republican, hopes” to shatter a 48-year-old New Hampshire tradition by gaining an- bther ter Since 1878 the State never has re-elected a governor, bhut the present executive has expressed confidence that his record will bring vietory over Huntley N. Spaulding of Rochester, his only opponent. Mayor Eaton D. Sacgent of Nashua is unopposed for the Democratic nom- ination. Races for Representatives. | Represontatives Fletcher Hale and FEdward N. Wason are unopposed Re- publicans in the first and second con- gressional distriets, ag is the first dis- trict_Democratic candidate, George H Duncan of .Jeffr Ferdinald Farlex of Manchester, and Clyde Keefe of Porthmouth are opponents ! for the Demoeratic nomination in the second distriet. Two “investigations™ enlivened the st two weeks of the campaign. Excitement hegan when a group of private detectives, ostensibly conduct ing a prohibition surv were in turn investigated by the attorney general's department on orders of Gov. Winant Another sonsation was created Sun- day when it hecame known that the nd Government League of New York was conducting a separate cam- paign inquiry. COURT ISSUE IN NE' Oddie’s Oppo Vote for Tribunal. DENVER, Colo., September 7 (). The el-ctorate of two Western States- Nevada and Arizona—went to the polls today in statewide primaries revolving about issues as widely sepa- rated as the World Court and Colorado River. Interest in Nevada centered prinei- pally about the Republican race for the senatorial nomination bhetwaen . Oddie, Incumbent, and Roberts of Reno. Oddie wrld Court advocate, while his opponent is not, and also has heen charged during the campaign with being a “‘wet. Arizona voters were principally con- cerned with the race between Gov W. P. Hunt, seeking hia sixth con aentive term in office, and opposed for. the Democratic nomination by E. E. Ellingworth, attorney, and State | senator J. J. Cox. Senator Ralph H. Cameron. conducted a filibuster against Swing-Tohnson ulder Canyon DENIES TREASURES ARE ILLEGALLY HELD Museum . Curator ADA. Senator nt Attacks whe the hill | Chicago Charge of Smuggling Activities From Mexico Is False. Says | Ry the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 7. ‘Terming false the accusations of the Mexican attornev general that $300.000 worth of archenlogical treasures has heen removed from Chichanitza. Mexico, to the Field Musenm here and the other American musenms, Dr. Rar- theld Laufer, curator of the museum's department of anthropology. declared vesterday that the articles were taken legally 2 The charges, filed in Merida. Yuea srated that Edward H. Themp- con. then United States consul at Prozreso, illegally removed gold, jade and silver treasures. Dr. Lanu fer further siated that the move was merely a political thrust directed at Mr. Thompson. The Peabody Museum and Harvard University ~were said to be recipients of the rest of the treasu in the attorney general's complaint. MELLETT CASE ACCUSED T0 BE HEARD THURSDAY Mazer and Rudner to Be Arraign- ed in Ganton—Former Still in Cleveland. Jail. ciated Press CANTON. Ohio. September 7. Ar- raignment of Ben Rudner and Lonis | Mazer, indicted jointly last week with | Patrick E. McDermott tor the murder of Don R. Mellett. has heen set tenta- tively for Thursday morning. Thix decision was reached following a con- | ference of Common Pleas Judge Agler and Prosecuting Attorney €. R. Me- Clintock this morning. Mazer, who is heing held in the Cuyahogh County jail. will he brought here from Cleveland either today or Wednesday. = in Roston Ry the A | FREE PORTS ABOLISHED. Calles Decrees End to System Pred- | ecessor Established. | 100 _CITY, September A ®). A decree by President Calles abol (and Orril ! Feas of Ohio here yesterda. | mor ONE OTHER HAS NO OPPONENT FOR MW[MHS Ohigei Wi Wiinplhisn, and Oddie, Ng- Today—Cameron of Arizona Safe. during the cloging hours of the last Congress, is unopposed for the Repub. lican senatorial nomination in Arizona. Carl Hayden, Congressman-at-large, seeks the Democratic senatorial nomi- nation against Charles H. Rutherford, Jerome attorney. Four candidates are in the chase for the seat vacated by Hayden. Tom Maddock, State engineer, and E. §. Clark, attorney general of Ari- zona territory under Gov. Kirby, are in the field for the Republican guber- natorial nomination. Next to the Oddie-Roberts race in Nevada interest centers in a four- cornersd race for the Democratic sen- atorial nomination. Baker Is Candidate, Entered in this contest are Ray- mond T. Baker. former director of mint: Patrick McCarran, former jus- tice of the Supreme Court; C. H. Mc- Intosh, former chairman of the Dem- ocratic State central committee, and Dr. W. H. Brennan of Eureka. Lient. Gov. Sullivan has no oppo- sition for the Democratic nomination as Representative and S. £. Arentz, in- cumbent, likewize has no opposition in Republican ranks.” Gov. Scrugham, Democrat. is unopposed to succeed himself and Fred Balzear, Republican state chairman, hag no opposition for the Republican gubernatorial nomina- tion. GEORGIA VOTES TOMORROW. Primary Race for Senate Seat of Walter F. George. ATLANTA, Ga.. September 7 (P, —Clear and partly cloudy weather over the State forecast a heavy vote tomorrow in Georgia's State-wide pri- mary election, at which Demoeratic nominees will be selected for United States Senator, congressional and State offices. 3 Senator Walter F. George is op- posed for renomination by Judge Richard B. Russell, chief justice of | the State Supreme Court. Senator | George's support of the World Court | aas been attacked by Judge Russell,} ¢ho also alleges Senator George has | weglected support of farming in- tereasts, The gubernatorial race centers| about machine politics. Condidates for the office are John N. Holder of Jef- fersonville, Dr. L. G. Hardman of| Commerce, George H. Carswell of Irwinton and J. O. Wood of Atlanta. In the congressional contests inter. est centers about the fifth (Atlanta)| district, where Willlam D. Upshaw. in- cumbent, is opposed by Mayor Waiter A. Sima of Atlanta and I.. J, Steele of | Decatur. All the men are supporters of the prohibition amendment. In the firat (Savannah) district, Rep- ! resentative Charles G. Edwards Is op- posed hy R. Lee Moore of Stateshoro. Charles H. Porter of Rome, Judge M. C. Tarver or Dalton and W. W. Mun- dy of Cedartown are campaigning for the seat made vacant by the ret ment of Representative Gordon Lee in | the seventh district. In the eighth dis- | trict Representative Charles H. Brand is opposed by Paul Brown of Elberton Roberts of Monroe, and| ninth district voters will decide be- tween Representative Thomas M. Bell | and J. G. Collins of Gainesville and! Hegman P, de La Plerriere of Hosch- | ton. In the race for commissioner “of agriculture, 1. J. Brown of Flberton, incumbent, is opposed by Eugene Tal-. madge of McRae. The Democratic nomination Georgia Is equivalent to slection. OUT OF NAMES TO CALL HIM, SAYS BROOKHART Towa Senatorial Nominee Pays Re- spects to Wall Street in Labor Day Speech. By the Associated Press DES MOINES, lowa, September 7. Wall Street has run out of names to call Col. Smith W. Brookhart, Re- publican senatorial nominee, ha told a Labor day audience here. “If a man disagrees once with Wall Street,” the colonel claimed, ‘“they call him a radical. “If he disagrees him a Rocialist. “It he disagrees three times, they call him a bolshevik. , “Wall Street has long ago run out of names to call me, and most of us out here, for that matte: EDUCATION IS URGED TO ENFORCE DRY LAWS Senator Fess Declares More Legis- lation Will Not End Evils of Present anditionl. By the Assoclated Press. VALLEY FORGE, Pa, ptember 7.—Inadequate enforcement of prohi- bition iz due to the failure of its sup- porters to educate the public to the reform. said United States ‘Senator in twice, they call Speaking at the Washington Me- 1 Chapel before the Interna- tional Lyceum and Chantanqua As- snciation, the Senator said: “Lack of education and organiza- tion ia the chief cause of the present situation in the enforcement of prohi- tion. These steps must precede all reforms hefore legislation will do any good. The mere passing of a statute is not enough. If there is to be more adequate enforcement it will not be through additional legislation, but rather through education of th public to the necessity of the meas- ure.” NEARS SWIMMING MARK. Kealoha Wins 400-Meter Back- Stroke Event in Meet. TOKIO, September 7 (#).—Warren Kealoha. Hawailan merman. ecame ishes the so-called free ports estah. lished hy former President Obregon with the ohject of stimulating foreign trade. Under the plan, gonds were admitted duty free within a certain 1adius in Salina Cruz, Puerto Mexico and Guaymas. | The plan failed to accomplish the | desired results. and these ports now | revert to their former status. levying the same duties on imports as at other seaports. . BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. By the United States Navy Band. Sylvan Theater. Monument grounds, 730 o'clock, Charles Benter, leader: | winner In the first day’s events. within 14-5 seconds of the world 400. | meter hack-stroke record in an exhi- bition here today in a 30-meter pool. | Kealoha's time was # minutes 1 sec. ond. The record is held by G. Blitz of Belgium. Kealoha's exhibition was in connec- tion with fhe Japanese-Hawalian swimming meet here. Japan emerged The Hawail, 7. tomorrow score stood: Japan, 14; The meet will continue afternoon. 76 MISSING IN FLOOD. | ! ASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, SEPTE WOMAN ENDS LIFE BY INHALING GAS Another Is Treated for Poison Dose and One for Bul- let Wound. . One woman is dead here today from ! inhaling gas under circumstances that Indicate, according to the police, that she committed suicide; another is in Emergency Hospital in a eritical con- ditlon from taking two doses of poison, reputedly after a quarrel with her hushand, and a third, also at FEmergency. is being treated for a bullet wound In the left breast which she contends was inflicted ac- cidentally. but which police list on thelr official report as “‘an attempted suicide.” Her condition is not serious. The dead woman is Miss Catherine Rerry, said by meighbors to be 55 years old. who was found shortly he- fore noon in an unusued room in the hasement of a rooming house she conducted at 1443 Rhode Island ave- nue. The gas jets were found turned on. Mrs. Alice Burrows, 24, of 1024 Wisconsin avenue, i« the poison vic- im, and Mrs. Jacqueline Frey, of 1121 New Hampshire avenue, was shot. The body of Miss BRerry, who is believed by police to have committed sufcide some time last night, was found by her maid, Mary Cross, col- ored, when she smelled the odor of escaping gas. Miss Berry was fully dressed. Miss Berry in Ill-Health. »Neighhors told police Miss Berry, who had lived here 20 years, had heen in fll-health for three vears and only recently had been discharged from a sanitarium. She is survived by a sis ter, Miss FElsie D. Rel of Athens, Aa.. and a brother, Robert T. Rerry of Philadelphia. Dr. E. A. Trudeau of Emergency Hoapital pronounced Miss Reriy dead. Coroner J. Ramsa evitt will view the body later today. Officers W, F. Hopkins and Sergt. K. L. Gibbons of the second precinct conducted an in- vestigation. Having refused hospital treatment, after taking one dose of poison tablets last night, Mrs. Burrows took a sec- nd dose and then was rushed to smergency Hospital. The police report stated that Mrs. Burrows had made a first attempt at suicide following a dispute with her husband, but that when Dr. Joseph Larkin résponded with the ambulance from ergency Hospital, she posi- tively refused to go to the hospital after having received preliminary treatment from the physician. Later Sergt. E. 8. Allen and Pri- vate J. K. Burke of the seventh pre and learned that she had second dose. John BRurrows, the hus- band, started out in his machine with her and the policemen for Emergency Hospital, but the car skidded round- ing the corner at ‘Twenty-sixth and K streets, smashing a rear wheel. Mra. Burrows was then taken to the hospital in a taxicab, Physiclans today expressed opinion that she would recover. Accident, Says Mrs. Frey. Mrsa. Frey was taken to Emergen last night from the apartment of M Louise Conrad, at 1332 I street, where the shooting took place. Detective Sergt. Joseph Waldron, who investi- gated the case, says Mrs. Frey told him she was preparing (o send the pistol to her brother and that she | accldentally touched the trigger. Mrs, Conrad and five men who were in the apartment all were faken to head- quarters for questioning and later released. Mrs. Frey had been living at the New Hampshire avenue address for a month. She came to Washington from Baltimor police learned. PROFESSOR DESIGNS MODEL CONCERT HALL Finds That Bare Space Near Stage and Sound-Absorbing Walls Elsewhere Best. taken a the Special Dispatch to The Star. URBANA, 11, September 7. -The ideal concert hall, to assure the great- est comfort to hearers and players, should have sound-ahsorbing walls around the audience, but should he left hare and reverherant at the mu. sicians’ end. Prof. F. R. Watson of the Uni- versity of Tllinois, an authority on acoustics, has sought to explain hy scientific experiment why no one can really enjoy music in the reoms where the musicians find conditions hest for playing. Tn a forthcoming issue of Science he states that the circum- stances In the same room must he auite different for playing and listen- By ghifting the sound-ahsorbing =" that take up the excess reverberations from one part of the room to the other he was ahle to produce the acoustically perfect cham- her that satisfied both audience and performers. A clear space around the stage allows easy generation of sounds, while the deadened walls in the other end reduced their intensity and re. verberation, to the greater comfort and pleasure of the listeners. ANGLERS ESTABLISH TWO CASTING RECORDS Former Marks for Quarter and Half Ounce Bait Tests Exceeded by Wide Margins. A By the “Associated Pr CHICAGO, September 7.—A 240 foot cast In the quarter-ounce hait test, made by Fred Arbogast, Akron. Ohio, and one of 302 feet hy Walter Newcomb, Buffalo, N. Y., in the half. ounce competition, were anpounced as new world records by the Natfonal _Association of Scientific Anglers’ Clubs. The old records were 216 and 240 feet, respectively. Edward | Braddon, Akron, Ohio, youngest mem- ber of the association, cast an almost perfect score in the dry fly accuracy test. Three male judges in the competi- tion, which was held vesterday, were | forced to stand in the rain while 14 indomitable woman anglers completed their contests. The next annual meeting will held in Detroit. Blow on ;he Jaw In Melee Breaks Ankle of Viectim Struck on the jaw by a blow from the fist of Buddy Coleman, George Banks, colored, of 2014 Green court, recelved a broken be ankle in an altercation in O’'Briens cinct were summoned to the residence { Friend of Presidents Succumbs to Iliness MAJ. ARTHUR BROOKS. OFFICER'S SENTENCE WILL BE MODIFIED Policeman Ordered Dismissed for Unbecoming Conduct to Keep His Job. Modification of the sentence of dis- missal recommended by the police trial hoard in the case of Pvt. Howard J. Dorrenbacher of No. 11 precinct. convicted on a charge of conduct un- hecoming to an officer, was approved today by the District Commissioners, Instead of gemoving Dorrenbacher from the force, the Commissioners de- clded to deprive him of his pay during the period of his suspension from duty, which hegan June 28, An appeal from the trial hoard's decision was made to the Commis- sioners by Bertrand Emerson, jr., Dor- renbacher’s counsel. Pleas in his be- half alto were made to the Commis- sioners by Representative Hammer of North Carolina and others who hecame interested in the case. The Commissioners, however, de- clined to overrule the board's verdict of guilty, but thought they could be more lenient as to the punishment. Dorrenbacher was tried hefore the Police Trial Board almost two weeks ago on charges brought by Mrs. Jessie I. Lilly, who alleged he had assaulted her after taking her from an automo- bile occupied by herself and an escort on Good Hope Hill about two months ago. WOMAN HELD INSANE KILLS OWN DAUGHTER Girl Shot in Early Morning as She Lay Asleep in Her Bed. By th riated Press. LAKELAND. Fla., September Mrs. Alice Goldie Otto early yesterday shot_and killed her 16-year-old daugh- ter Irene as the girl lay asleep in bed. Mental derangement is the cause as. signe® for the tragedy hy officers here, An inquest was held by Coroner Rowyer,a verdict was rendered that the girl came to her death by gun- shot wonunds at the hands of her mather. but no mention was made in the verdict of insanity. Mrs. Otto was taken to Rartow for a sanity test. Her hushand said she had heen in {ll health for some time and last night acted queerly. He said he was awakened hy the shot and found the girl dead and the mother weeping h: ically, caressing the hody and saghng she killed the girl, but did not now why. MANY CANDIfiATES FILE Nominations Expected in 218 of 245 Seats in House of Com- mons at Ottawa. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, September 7. A contest in every constituency except two in the general elections, September 14, appeared certain when filing of nomi nations hegan today. Nominations were to he filed by ean- didates for 218 of the 245 seats in the House of Commons. The only constituanc certain there will he no Provencher, Manitoba, where A. L. Reaubien, Liberal-Progressive, was elected to the House of Commons last week by acclamation after his Con. servative opponent’s automobile w: stalled on a muddy road and he fafled to arrive before nominations closed. It was virtually certain this morning that W. K. Baldwin, Liberal candidate in Stanstead, Quebec. would also he elected by acclamation, as the Con- servative party has decided not to contest the seat. Arthur Meighen. tha Conservative prime minister, is again a candidate in Portage la Prairie. Manitoha, where he will be opposed hy E. A. McPher- son, Liberal. W. C. T. U. LAUDS REED. Senator's Stand on Dry Law Re- peal Commended. CHICAGO; September 7 (). —The {Vomen's Christian Temperance Unign, discovering Senator James A. Reed of Missouri at one with it in opposition to an initiative measure in Missouri providing repeal of the State's dr) laws, today hailed Reed’s opposition to the repeal petition as *“the most important thing so far in the cam- paign.” Mrs. Ella A. Roole, national presi- dent, expressed gratification at Reed's stand, and national officers here saw in Reed's stand “a division between Fastern and Western wets.” IN CHARGE OF PROGRAM. Bible Readers’ League to Conduct ‘Women's Society Exercises. The Community Rible Readers’ League will have charge of the pro- gram of the Women's Society of Im- manuel Baptist Church tomorrow at 11:45 am. Addresses will he made by Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins on “The Com- ! munity and the Bible"; Rev. E. Pick- ney Wroth on “The Attitude of the Episcopal Church Toward the Bible. and E. A. Shele, “Our Young People | where it is contest s FOR.CANADIAN ELECTIONS, MBER 7. 1926. 3 (MAL BROOKS DIES HERE AT AGE OF 66 | Custodian of White House Property Was Well Known in’ Official Life. Arthur Rrooks, better known as Maj. Brooks to hundreds in official life {of the Capital, in which he had long figured as coiored custodian of the | White House property and formerly chiet messenger to Secretaries of War, died today at his home, 1302 S street, after a long lliness. He wai | 66 vears old. Maj. Brooks was cusatodian of the White House during the terms of four Presidents and served ten War Secre- taries as messenger. Although suf- fering from a heart ailment two i he continued to perform his duties at the White House and even went with President Coolidge to the Summer camp at White Pine, but, hecoming worse, was forced to return to his home here July 23, after only a brief stay in New York. Nor did Maj. Brooks confine his activities to hin official lahors. being prominently identified with activites of his race. He formerly commanded the 1st Separate Battalion of the District of Columbia National Guard with the rank of major, and upon re- tirement some time ago was raised to the grade of lieutenant colonel. Held in High Esteem. MaJ. Brooks was held In esteem by all the Presidents he served. accord- Ing to those in charge at the White House. Maj. Brooks was a bonded official. ! as custodian of the executive mansion. and was responsible for all the mov- able property there. In this ca- pacity he also came in touch with the Presidents personally, and was con- sidered as their adviser in matters of dress. Other men, under Maj. Rrooks’ direction. personally took care of the President’s wardrobe, but the counsel of this man was sought and accepted by chlefs of the Nation. President Taft brought Maj. Brooks with him from the War Department, where the major had been chief mes- senger to Mr. Taft when the latter was Secretary of War. Although the intimate association of Maj. Brooks with the Presidents of the United States naturally brought him into contact with the private life of the White House families, reveal- ing matters which would have been of great interest to the public. the custodian, according to his son-in-law, James Waters, who is professor of law at Howard University, was reti- a remarkable degree about | nsel “He regarded his relation with the Presidents almost as a religlon,” said . “and he would never say a word about the President who was in the White House at the time. He would never impart even the most trivial information concerning the oc- cupant of the White House, not even to the members of his family. After a President left the Executive Man- sion he would occasionally tell some inconsequential story. Maj. Brooks came to Washington as a boy, from Port Royal, Va., where he was born. and at an early age en- tered the War Department. He be- came chief messenger to the Secre- tary of War during the administra- tion of George W. MecCrary, and served with succeeding Secretaries Alexander eRamsey, Robert T. Lin coln, Willlam C. Endicott. Redfield Procsor, Stephen N. Eikins, Danlel S. Lamont. Russel A. Alger. FI Root and Mr. Taft. Coming to the White House, he was custodian under Presidents Taft, Wilson, Harding and Coolidge. Ma. d by his Florance John H. Brooks. Rrooks is survi widow: one daughter. M Waters, and_two hrothers, Rrooks and Edward Thom; and a grandson, Arthur. When he left the War Department. Maj. Brooks was succeeded as chief messenger by F. H. Smith, a ecousin. who has since occupied that post. Funeral arrangements have heen completed. not PRESIDENT IS DISTRESSED. Considered Ma). Brooks One of Finest Men in Washington. By & Staff Correspondent. WHITE PINE CAMP, X. Y., Sep- tember 7.—The President was dis- tressed today when he recelved word Presidents since 1909, and who has for A number of years heen custodian of the White House plate. There was a distinct note of sadness in the Executive's voice as he an- nounced the death of this colored offi- cer of the White House. The Presi- dent stated that the latter's death would he a great loss to the White House. The President referred to the tribute he paid Maj. Brooks several days ago when word was received here that the latter was in a grave condi- tion and the President said he consid- ered Maj. Brooks as one of the fineat men in Washington. The President sald again today that he had a very high opinion of the sterling character of this man. and that he deeply re- gretted his death. ‘The President said that. as another evidence of the caliber of the man, only the other day, after he had heen un- conscious for a day or so, he sent for some employe at the White House to come to him &0 that ‘he could divulge the combination to the vault in the White Houge where are kept the plate and other valuables. AR - Electrification of the Mexican Rail- road it to be completed as far as Cor- doba In the near future. of the death of Maj. Arthur H. Brooks, | who has heen personal attendant to, ! Voice Over Radio Puts Out Flame For First Time By the Associated Preas. SAN FRANCISCO, September - The feat of extinguishing Ay tone of the human voice has heen accomplished for the first time over radio. Charlee Kellogg. whose birdlike volce has attracted widespread at- tention among scientists, broadcast a shrill note over KGO, San Fran- cisco. last night and put out a flame in Le Conte Hall, University of California, in Berkeley, about miles away. The experiment was witnessed about 50 scientists and students. The ability of the human voice to extinguish @ flame, if the voice is pitched hig| enough and of suffi- cient intensity, was discovered in about 1857. A sensitive flame also can be put out with a high-pitched instrument. TWO MEN ON TRIAL IN JUDGE’S SLAYING Victim's Son-in-Law May Plead In- sanity—Employe Tells of Death Threat. By the Associated Press. WETUMPKA, Ala., September 7.— Clyde Reese Bachelor and Hayes Leon- ard, negro farmhand. went on trial today for the murder of Judge Lamar Smith, Bachelor's father-in-law, who was Killed at his home here August 30. Teonard confessed that Bachelor forced him at the point of a pistol to ifire the shot that Killed Smith. Rachelor confessed implication in the crime, but denfed that he had hired or forced leonard to fire the shot. Bachelor's counsel is expacted plead insanity for his client. Forty-two witnesses have heen sum- moned by the State, Including the widow of Judge Smith. In a statement following his arrest Bachelor said his desire for money with which to supply his wife with ad- ditional comforts led him into the crime. FLORIDA RUM FIGHT to sensitive flame with & high-pitched 4 SEVERED EYEBROW QUICKLY REPLACED Surgery Repairs Damage Dog Inflicted on Edward Rockwell’s Face. A right evebrow that had heen torn off by a dog which attacked Edward Rockwell, 43 vears old, as he mounted the stairs toward his room in a dark hallway in a boarding house at 1% Sixth street last night. was repiaced and grafted back on Rockwell's fore- head at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Harold Potter within a short time after the attack. Rockwell was just starting up the stairs in the dark when the dog, which had heen Iying on one of the steps, Jumped up and drove his testh into Rockwell's forehead. He sev. ered the eyebrow with a patch of flash approximately one and one-half inches wide over the eve hefore Rackwell, who was alse bitten on the arm, could fight him off. Mrs. Rockwell Finds Eyebrow. Mrs. Rockwell, who was accompany- ing her husband, picked up the eve. brow and placed it in a plece of paper, then summoned a neighbor, who drove them to Emergency Hospital. At the hospital Dr. Potter found the severed flesh in good condition for regrafting and immediately placed Rockwell on the operating tahle. The eyebrow had been replaced within minutes after the attack of the dog. Injured Man Confined to Room. While Rockwell today was confined 1o his room on the third flaor of the house, recovering from the shock in cident to the attack. the dog, a vel lowish-brown canine, owned hy an other resident of the same hov was basking in the sunny k3 Physicians helieve the operation wili e a suceess, hut desive tn make another examination of the wound to morrow hefore coming out with a positive declaration. U. S. TO BE OUTSIDE LEAGUE IF POWERS 0. K. COURT STAND ' WILL BE INTENSIFIED Coast Guard Forces Concentrated to Smash Smuggling by Christ- mas, Says Official. By the Associated Press. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sep. tember Concentration of ‘oast Guard forces along the east coast of Florida in a strennous attem to mash rum row by Christm and bringing with it a specially created Florida coast division, with additional hoats and men as well as a general shakeup measure, was made known vesterday by Capt. John D. Berr commander of the coast d one of the officials heing According to Capt. Berry, the announcement from Ke: the new division has been created to include the coastal area from Savan- nah, Ga.. to the southern tip of Key Largo. and will be known as the Florida east coast patrol area, and will_have its headquarters at Fort Lauderdale. Comdr. P. W. Lauriat, at present in command of the Coast Guard cutter Yamacraw, has heen as signed to command of the division, and relieves Comdr. (. G. Porcher, transferred to the command of the cutter Tampa. operating from R ton. More patrol heats will he sent here. and the cutter Yamacraw will also patrol the east coast of Florida, operating from Savannah. MURDER WITNESSES { | | Two Were Seated on Porch Where First Killing Occurred on August 11. By the Associated Press. NEW BRIGHTON. Pa., Septemher 7.—Two men, /said by police to have been the State’s principal witnesses at an impending murder trial, were slain by an unknown person while seated on a porch here yesterday. The men, Carl Frank and Rruno Rarneo, were scheduled to appear as witnesses. it wa: said. at the trial of Millle Lucenti, charged with the fatal | shooting of Jerome Oppendisano on August 11. Oppendisano met his death on the same porch that Frank and Rarneo were shot. » ASKS K.K.K. RESIGNATIONS Moody, Nominee. TUrges Move Against Organization. SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Septemher 7 (®).—Dan Moody, attorney general and Democratic nominee for governor. who was charged by Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson with ing had the sup- port of the Kn Klux Klan In his cam- paign, let it he known today that he wants all Klansmen now holding State offices to resign. Moody told his friends that he wanted the Democratic State conven tion, meeting here today, to adopt a plank calling for resignation of all office holders who are “members of secret societies that tend to hreed bate, prejudice and religious jeal- onsy."” Texas MASSACHUSETTS * OLDEST “LIFER" FINISHES 50 YEARS IN PRISON Jcsse Pomeroy, Sentenced to Hang at Age of 15, Won Commutation—Passed First By the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 7.—Jesse Hard- ing Pomeroy, State prison's oldest “lifer,” today rounded out 30 years behind the bars, 41 of them in solhary confinement. Sixty-five years old and eroy is helieved to have set a record for prison endurance. ‘The prison doors closed behind him in 1876 as a 15-vear-old boy. Con- victed of first-degree murder and sen- tenced to be hanged. his extreme yvouth won commutation to life im- prisonment and solitary confinement. still hopeful of ultimate freedom. Pom.- | 41 Years in Solitary Confinement. refused, and since her death Pomeroy has continued the unsuecessful fAght alone. Through a system of self-education, involving extensive reading. Pomeroy has won recognition ar a student. | He ix a frequent contributor to the Monitor. the prison paper. in the form | of verse written under the name of | “Grandpa.” | Opposes Capital Punishment. Prison authorities have never al- lowed him to be interviewed, but a friend visiting him recently gained two facts—that he is opposed to cap- from First Page.) er the second reservation, which assures the United States the right to participate in the election of the judges of the 5 The third reservation, relating to the expenses of the court. proved dif ificult hecause the budget of the court is part of the general hudzet of the League of Nations. This will probably bhe settled along the line of Germany’'s contrihution to the expenses of the International Labor Burean. Germany makes a privat contribution, withont invelving *the financial mechanism of the . of which it Is not yvet a member. CANDIDACY DENIED. Sir George Foster, in Geneva, Au- thority for Statement. AWA, September T (). The an depariment of external af has received no_information in regard to the rumor enevi that one of the Rritish dominions will he a candidate for a non-permanent seat on the League of Nations council. It was stated at the department today that the rumor probably grew out of the proposals now hefore the league assembly for increasing the number of non-permanent council <eats. the Canadian e Foster, one ntatives at the league assembly. as authority for the statement that Canada is not a ean didate for a conneil seat. TURKEY MAY APPLY A Geneva dispatch 1 s ves Sir nadian rey Negotiations for League Reported. By Cable to The Star and Chicagn Daily N PARIS, September Reliof pre- vails here that Turkey soon will a1 ply for a membership in the lLeagne of Natlons. Negotiations are known to have heen in progress hetween the secretariat of the league the Turkish Minister. The latier is reported, Non will he joined Geneva hy the Turkish Ambassador to London. The reason for action on Turkey fear, inspired b Membership in this part is said to he Haly's alleged prep arations to invade Turkev last Win during the Anglo-Turkish dis pute over Mosul The Turkish gov ernment ix said to he desirous of profiting by the guarantee given nn der Article X of the league covenant (Consright. 1926, by Chicazo Dails News €0 BUDGET DIRECTOR LORD ENDS SUMMER VACATION Ratirnsto/ City Toany MAFkedi By Immediate Resumption of Esti- mates for 1928 Outlay. conteniplated 1. direc- tudget, re- Brig. Gen. Herhert M. Lo tor of the Rureau of the turned from his Summer vacation at his home, Me., today, and plunged into the hig joh of di- recting the hureau work on the 19§ hudget, for the Government Most of the final estimates fram the departments and estahlishmen have not as vet heen submitted. hut the bureau Is working on the small er independent offices’ figures. and will shortly g0 to work en the larger departments. The bhudget for 1928 will he whif- tled down by the Rureau of the B get and approved hy President Cool- idge for submission to Congress the short session. The fiscal vear 1928 opens July 1, 1927 McKINEErYr CASE PUZZLES. Slight Improvement May Be Lost Any Hour, Doctor Says. MARTINSVILLE, Tnd., Septembey 7 UP).—Rlight _sizniflcance has been attached by physicians to the slight improvement noted last night in the condition of Senator William B. Me Kinley, {ll at a saditarium here. Dr. Robert FEghert, who has had charge of the case since the Illinols Senator was brought here, August 18, explained that Senator MeKinley's symptons had fluctuated so sharply during the last day or two that any conclusion drawn from one observa tion, whether favorable or not. might be totally disproved an hour later by subsequent developments, Lewiston, el : Two Retired From Duty. Lieut. . W. Staples and Private J_ .‘Iinl in Burma Wash Away Vil- be the next stop of the party. court last night. Farlier in the |and the Bible.”” A concert Bible read- ital nunishment and that he saved [A.Cotter, both of the Distrift Fire De. Charles Wise, second leader. i Gets 0. R. C. Commission. Herald A. Allen, 924 S street, this elty, has been commissioned by the War Department a first lieutenant of infantry. in the Reserve Corps of the | Arm¥. By the Army Music School. Wash- | ington Barracke, 6:30 o'clock, Capt. R. G. Sherman. commandant: Wil- liam C. White, principal of musie. By the United States Marine Band, Waiter Reed Hospital, 630 o'elock Willam H. Santelmann. leader; Tay. lor Bragnson, Lo lage of Pinhlaing. RANGOON. Burma, September 7 Seventy-six persons are miss ing among the inhabitants of the little village of Pirhlaing. in the Maw- laik distriet, which was washed away by a flood on September 1. The flood ‘was caused by heavy reins * .’, meles Barks had been struck hy a teacup in the hands of John Henry Clark. according to the re. port made to police. All the prin- cipals in the affray were colored. Banks, suffering from the broken ankle and bruises, was taken to Emergency Hospital, ing will be conducted by Mrs. Louis Harding Farll, to be followed by pray- er by Mrs. Clyde T. Horne, chairman of the Bible study committee of the society. Mrs. E. O. Howe is president of the: society and also president of the Baptist Missionary Society of the Federation of Baptist Churches, Fducated Self by Reading. Tn such a state he grew young manhood to middle age. and nine vears agn rame into the compar- ive freedom of the prison building. an old man. _Annually his mother carried Bor fght rdon, to the governae. request was through | War ‘Liberty loans. | “After every capital | case another serious crime is | mitred.” said Pomeroy. “‘Soeiety prisoned Pomeroy com but dccepted his mones posstble for others to kill." money and contributed to the World punishment bhecause he killed, to make it|$% . were retired from duty to- the Commissioners hecause of * ical disabilities incurred in line Lient. Staples was granted f of $91.66 a_month and Pri- vate Cotter was giv a pension of month. Both retirements will