Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1926, Page 2

2 * ERAND JURY HEARS D.C. STEPHENSON Former Klan Leader Leaves Prison to Testify on Graft Charges. Br the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 13. ~-D. C. Stephenson, storm center of charges of political corruption in Indi- ana, was taken before the Marion County grand jury this morning. Stephenson, central figure in charg- es of political corruption ‘made by Thomas Adams, publisher of the Vin- cennes Commercial. arrived here at 835 o'clock this morning. Accompan- fed by Clifford Craig, chief clerk of the Michigan City State prison, where Btephenson ix serving a life sentencc, and seven guards, Stephenson entered the back gate of the Marion County gail The former Klan dragon and re- puted one-time dictator of Indiana politics, wore a cap and overcoat and other civillan garments. He was emoking a cigar as he entered the Jail. He was not handcuffed. Started at 3 0’clock. The party, traveling in two auto- mobiles, left Michigan City about § o'clock this morning. Stephenson’s anxiety to tell his tale has been prompted, Adams has de- clared, by dissatisfaction with steps taken to file an appeal from the life sentence imposed last November upon Stephenson_when he was convicted of murdering Madge Oberholtzer. A pos- sibility that.concern over his plight has been removed was seen last night when John K. Kiplinger, Rushville, Ind., attorney. who was of counsel for the defense in the murder case, returned from the State prison at Michigan City, where he had conferred with Stephenson and announced that the appeal would be filed soon. The time for filing the appeal expires De- cember 14, Charges Political Plot. Adams spent two hours and fifteen minutes before the grand jury vester- day afternoon. Earl Klenck of Evans. ville and Court Asher of Muncie were the next two witnesses on the list of Prosecutor Will H. Remy and are to be called today. Both are former lieutenants of Stephenson. Clyde Walb, State Republican chair- man, in a letter last night to Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho,attributed Adams’ charges to an attempt by in- ternational bankers to defeat United States Senators Watson and Robinson in their campaign for reelection in November because of their votes egainst the World Court. SIX INMATES SHOT AS GUARDS QUELL MUTINY AT JAIL (Continued from First Page. keepers were kept busy going from cell to cell trying to quell the fights and disturbances among the groups locked within. : A When breakfast was taken to the prisoners about § a.m. the seven trusties,” most of whom were short- term prisoners, rushed from thelr cells and before the guards could draw their pistols had taken pos- session of the jail. “Trusties” Release Prisoners. Arming themselves with iron bars, the seven men ran madly up and down the first and second tiers of cells, smashing the locks and liberat- ing the other prisoner: Fleeing from the cell corridors, the five keepers locked the doors behind them and took up posts at the watch towers on top of the 25-foot wall that surrounds the small jail yard. Finding their exit cut off, the pris- oners milled around in the jail, fight- ing among themselves and venting their fury on the interior of the struc- ture 1 Meanwhile the keepers had notified Warden George E. Allen and he in turn asked help of Sheriff Isaac W. Johnson. Citizens and State police were quickly summoned and armed with shotguns obtained from the prison offices Met by Deputies. | Uhrowing the doors of the prison open, the officers and nearly 100 citizens were met by the muddened inmates, who triedto break |h1'ough.! Blackjacks met lead pipe in the rain of falling blow Heads were cracked end men borne down. Littie by little the prisoners were forced back into jail, but they were not vet sub- They fell back 10 reorganize their broken lines and then rushed again. This time they were meot with a gusillade of bullets from pistols and ahotguns. Under orders from the sheriff the ®hots were fired low %o as not to seri- ously wound any one. After six of the prisoners had fallen, the others | retreated and soon were driven into their cells. Scores of primitive found on the prisoners LAUREL ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. CE—Cambridge ~Steeplechase year-olds and up: about ¢ weapons were *Fain Lady Kangaroo 2B Brummel. 31 Silk “and’ Scariet arsity Blue +Ten pounds claimed for rider SECOND RACE--Claiming. purse 2.year-olds. v F i ose Light ack Horgan Sanan: rm hi ' e Clored Gai - THIRD RACE—The Piscataway Claiming Handicap: purse, $1.300 rolds and up: 6 furlons. tAdria 5 Eu-id Chink ISt Valentine G, W. Foreman entry 1Edwand F. 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It is the theory that Scrivener, after putting his car away, was accosted as he passed the telephone post and in the struggle which followed he was dragged nearly to the sidewalk before his assailant’s necktie, which Scrivener held, broke. Lower, left: Detective Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener. Miss Helen Parker, to whom Scrivener was to have been married this evening. SLAIN DETECTIVE KEPT PLEDGE TO GET CLUE TO HIS MURDERER (Continued from First Page.) Fingerprints were virtually obscured. The fact that the pistol was in such condition and that the numbers were filed off, pointed, in the opinion of investigators, to the probability of a planned shooting. When a man files numbers off a pistol, it is pointed out, he does so purposely to avoid its identification. While detectives were working to. day for u definite starting point of the investigation Scrivener’s body was removed from Georgetown Hospital, where it had been taken after its dis- covery, to the District Morgue. At the hospital it had been announced that the bullet went through the heart. An autopsy verified this. Scrivener's coat showed powder marks. There is no doubt in the minds of his comrades that the shoot- ing was so quick he had no time to defend himself, and that the pistol was against his breast from the time the man encountered him until the fatal shot, which followed a moment later. Scrivener, his friends know, was not the man to die without a Another Heard Voices. 1n addition to the two persons who heard the groans in the alley, Mrs. Annle L. Stauff, inmate of a home for aged women at 12566 Wisconsin avenue, and who occupies a room in of that building near the which Scrivener kept his ¢ today that she heard the garage locked, then low, quick voices in the alley. She couldn't distinguish the words, but it was more than two minutes after the conver ation start- ed, she sald, before the pistol shot. After that she heard nothing until police arrived. She remember: however, three strange men who appeared at the ga- rage yesterday afternoon. She thinks they were looking over the ground, although they might have been in- specting the vacant age next to Scrivener's with a view to renting it. It was recalled today that Edward R. Norris, living in the same house with Detective Scrivener, was held up and-robbed last June 25 just across the street from the alley in which the detective's body was found. The hold- up man timed his operation to take place when Norris was en route hnmfi‘ at 1:15 a.m. He got about 8135 in and some minor valuables and was never detected Had Cards Engra Sobbing _hysterically, Miss Parker today disclosed to a reporter for The Star details of the romance which was to have culminated in the “sur- prise” wedding tonight at the home of Rev. Dr. Wilfley, 1438 Harvard street. “Arthur and 1 had planned our marriage for October 20, Miss Parker said today at her home. ‘He had even had the announcement cards engraved with that date on it. But last Saturday night Arthur su gested that we not wait any loneer. 1 agreed with him and we at first thought of having the ceremony per formed last night. I w sh we h_ml. now. But Arthur remembered H'ui he might have to go to Danville, Va., and get a prisoner vesterday, and so e decided to make it this evening. “We did not tell u soul about the cl e in our plans. It was to be a ;?:::‘ surprise. Nobody was to be fhere but the necessary witnesses, and Arthur was going to select them from among his close friends. “Yesterday afternoon he called for me in his car as 1 left my office in the Raflroad Administration Build- mg and took me home. When we ed. { arrived there he showed me for the | first time iy engagement ring and wedding ring. He put the dismond on my finger and kissed me. Displayed Wedding Ring. “He showed the wedding ring—in a velvet box on which were to hearts, and told me he was going to have it inscribed with our initials today. He said he would get the marriage license this afternoon. “Then we went into the dining broke the news to my sister and brother-in-law. They were tickled and excited over the news. “He left here about 6 o'clock, I guess, telling me he had to report at police headquarters at 7 o'clock. He put his arm around me and kissed me, and said: “‘I'll_see you tomorrow at o'clock, Baby." = They were his words.” _Miss Parker week ago she a had any enem! discussing the work. 7 last ald. that scarcely a ed Scrivener if he They had been dangers of detective Knew of No Enemies. “He told me,” she said. “that he hadn’t a single enemy in the world that he Knew of, except the usual sort o fenemles that a detective meets with in his work.” Detective Scrivener was perhaps the most popular, if not the most effi- clent, member of the Detective Bu- reau. He was faultlessly dressed and genial in manner on all occasions, but was at the same time one of the most feared of the Police Depart- ment’s under-cover men. He had been officially commended for unusual service or personal brav- ery on 17 different occasions, accord- ing to his record at police headquar- ters. Awarded Valor Medal. In 1921 he was awarded a special medal for valor in recognition of ex- traordinary heroism in performance of his duties, as demonstrated August 19, 1920, during his sensational run- ning gun battle with a fugitive from Jjustice. On this occasion, driving his car alone, he gave chase to an es- caped convict with a known record for “badness,” and when about to overtake the fugitive's speeding ma- chine was shot in the arm he was using to steer the car. The other hand held the detective's smoking revolver. Despite the fact that his left arm was thus rendered useless Scrivener continued his chase, crowded the escaping car to the sidewalk and gave chase to the still armed convict when the latter leaped from his car. He captured his man after a short sprint and held him, with one arm, until the arrival of police several minutes later. He was appointed to_the police force as a private on January 18, 1912, and was elevated to the Detec- tive Bureau on September 1, 1918. Scrivener's first commendation came soon after his appointment as a foot patrolman in the seventh pre- cinct in 1912, and the last in recog- nitfon of his work on the recent Piggly Wiggly hold-up case. Praised by Hesse. Maj. Hesse, characterizes Scrivener as “a loyal and efficient officer, a man who sacrificed his own interests for the good of the community.” ‘‘When it came to a question of performance of duty,” Maj. Hesse added, “‘Scrivener never knew what ‘hours’ were, giving |his whole time to the duties in hand, He was by far the most courteous man on the force.” I was never | ashamed to send him to any one, am- bassador or tramp. He was fearless and by his death the department has lost one of its best men." Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding magistrate of Police Court, said today that the city had lost one of its best defenders. while Judge John P. Mc- Mahon, dean of Police Court judges, said he regarded the detective’s sud- den death as a personal loss. % Tributes from Judge Robert E. | Mattingly and Judge lsaac R. Hitt were given with equal feeling. The dead detective's father, Turner A. Scrivener, retired Frederick County farmer, now living at Winchester, Va., was notified early today of the murder of his son. He left at once for this city. The Scrivener family is one of the oldest in Frederick County. Detec- tive Scrivener was a descendant of Col. Joseph Lockhart of the Virginia Militia, who became a general under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War. He was an Elk, and a member of Lebanon Lodge, F. A. A. M. The body probably will be taken to ‘Winchester for DEATH OF SOLDIER VIRTUALLY SOLVED Army Officers 'Keep Findings Secret, However, Pending New Developments. The mystery surrounding the death of Pvt. Edgar Miller, Fort Myer cav- alryman, whose body, with a bullet wound through the head, was found in Arlington Cemetery a week ago to- day, is virtually solved and investi- gating officers are awalting develop- ments in the case as it now stands be- fore announcing thelr findings. Officers working on the case were reluctant to make a positive state- ment that by Friday morning the mystery will be cleared up because of a vague possibility that something known to them might cause their present case to blow up and neces- sitate an entirely new investigation. Because of this possible condition aris- ing, the investigators do not wish to divulge their findings now. Neither would they indicate whether their verdict will be suicide or mur- der and efforts to develop which trend the case is taking were fruit- s Suicide Theory Strengthened. One ~ feature today, however, strengthened the suicide’ theory, and that was the report of the autopsy which included photographs of the dead soldier, showing where a bullet entered and came out of his head. The photographs showed clearly that the bullet struck him direttly in the cen- ter of the forehead and traveling on a horizontal line passed out of the head. Last night, arl V. Betty, self-styled evangelist who had been held for questioning in the Arlington County jail since Sunday afternoon, was re- leased in Washington where he had been taken late yesterday to check up on some articles he said.he sold and which were thought to have a connection in the case. To Be Held Available. The investigutors found that Betty could not assist them materially with the case and he was given his free- dom. He will be available, however, for further investigation should it be desired. The military board appointed to in- vestigate the death of Miller probably will make its report this afternoon or tomorrow, but the plan for this is dependent upon what facts, if any, develop in the Department of Justice angle. The report may be prepared this afternoon, but Capt. Albert Bowen, president of the board, could not promise definitely when it would be submitted to the post commander or what the board's conclusions would be. He did intimate, however, that the fact Miller was off the reservation at 5 p.m. and had in his possession a pistol which he had stolen would un- doubtedly preclude a posibility of the board’s finding that he died in line ot uty. WIFE TELLS COURT OF BURNAP DIVORCE Says Husband, Landscape Archi- tect, Has Filed Paris Sep- aration Move. George Burnap, local landscape ar- chitect and proprietor of the “Maison @'Art” at 1741 Rhode Island avenue, has filed suit for divorce in Paris, France, against his wife Jeannette Gallinger Burnap, formerly the widow of Dr. Gallinger, son of the late Sena- tor Gallinger, according to information given the District Supreme Court to day in an affidavit by the wife. Mrs. Burnap sued her husband for mainte- nance last Summer in the local court and he was required to give bond not to leave the District. Under an arrangement of counsel, Mr. Burnap deposited $3,000 in_lieu of a bond to abide the decision of the court as to his wife’s suit, and was permitted to safl for France to carry out some contracts there pending. The wife now tells the court that about one month_after reaching Paris, her hus- band filed a bill for divorce, charging fier with desertion. She denies the charge and also says her husband was not a resident of Paris. Mrs. Burnap requests the court to hasten the hearing of her petition, de- claring that her rights may be prejn- diced in the event of a Paris decree against her. She is represented by At- /s Robert E. Lynch and T. Mor- BANDITS GET $20,000. Michigan Bank Robbed by Four in Daylight. HILLSDALE, Michigan, October 13 (#).—Four bandits held up the Hills- dale Savings Bank here at 11 a.m. today, escaping with approximately $20,000 in cash. The bandits escaped in an automo- bile which had waited near the bank with a driver at the wheel. C.. WEDNESDAY, BELGIUMINSIGHT OF STABLE MONEY Country Is Ready to Fix Value of Currency, Says Gov- ernor of Bank. By the Associated Press. £ BRUSSELS, October -13.—"We are now in a position to stabilize our currency,” Governor Franck of the Natfonal Bank of Belgium is quoted as having said to a correspondent, of the Belgian Telegraphic Agency after having pald a visit to Governor Mo- reau of the Bank of France in Paris. “I explained to M. Moreau,” M. Franck added, “our plans for sabili- zation and the agreements effected with banks of issue in countries which have returned to the gold standard. There can, of course, be no question of similar agreement with the Bank of France, but 1 was given formal assurance of the sympathy with which our efforts will be followed and that nothing will be done which would be likely to hamper it."” FRENCH BUDGET SURPLUS. First Time Since War Such Achieve- ment Has Been Made. PARIS, October 13 (#).—The Poin- care government yesterday introduced a budget in the Chamber of Deputies which, for the first time since the World War, shows an apparent sur- plus. Premler Poincare estimated that the total for 1927 would be 39,382, 000,000 francs, while receipts would be 39,960,000,000. Under the govern- ment’s plan the surplus of 578,000,000 francs will be utilized to speed up home production, especially in wheat, to obviate the necessity of importing from courntries having a high ex- change. Appropriations for payments on the foreign debts are provided for to the amount of 2,375,000,000 francs, of which 1,600,000,000 is expected to come from reparations payments. In introducing the budget, Premier Poincare remarked that the sinking fund commission, during the year will have at its disposal 6,174,000,000 francs to reduce the public debt. The finance minister also notified Parliament that at the proper time he will introduce indispensable measures for the stabilization of French money. Nothing could be said In advance on the nature of these measures, the finance minister said, because of the fact that such information would facilitate speculation in the exchange. The sums inscribed in the budget for the foreign debt payments are calculated at a rate of 150 francs to the pound and 31 to the dollar. The premier pointed out that there were two important maturities during the year; 3,018,000,000 credit national re- construction bonds due in February, and 4,687,000,000 treasury bonds due on September 25. The premier said that these sums had not been inscrib- ed in the budget because they would entail too great a burden on the tax- payers. He intimated that in due time the government will resort to consolidation, which it has been au- thorized to do by Parliament, in order to cover these obligations. CONGRESS CONTROL VITAL TO PRESIDENT (Continued from First Page.) in and there is no such certainty as heretofore that the border States, like Kentucky,. Missouri and Maryland, will give the Republicans the vote they have given in years when a President has been running. In the normal Republican States like New York, Massachusetts, In- diana and Illinois, the introduction of local issues makes the outlook hardly uniform. But the large Re- publican majorities there would have to be affected by something more ex- citing than has been evolved thus far, to cause a complete turnover in every instance. Reports of apathy at mass meetings are being construed by ad- ministration leaders as favorable symp- toms, the theory being that a con- tented electorate doesn’t interest it- self in stump speeches. Offsetting this is the observation of the other side, namely that an electorate with its mind made up for change is not in- terested in further discussion. Prohibition has been made such a vital {ssue in New York State as to make reports from that State difficult to interpret. So also in Ohlo, where the wet and dry fight has been play- ing an important part, the advance data is not definitely informative. A trip through these States may clarify impressions. » ‘opyright. 1026.) BAND CONCERTS. TOMORROW. The United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 5:45 oclock, John 'S. M. Zimmermann, leader, Emil Fenstad, second leader. Andrews Refused Mahogany Furniture By Gen. Lord in Interests of Economy Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury Andrews, who likes mahogany furniture and rugs in his office, has fallen a victim of the Coolidge econ- omy program, which calls only for the old oaken type of desks and in- expensive floor coverings. Gen. Andrews’ requisition for some attractive new mahogany pieces to match his present suite, now being removed to the general's new rooms in the Treasury Building, has been turned down flat by the Government’s chief co-ordinator, it was learned today, and Gen. Andrews, who corhes from a militant branch of the Gov- ernment service, has served mnotice that he isn't going to give up with- out a fight, even though it be just a verbal ome. The general, it is understood, has appealed from the decision of the co- ordinator to Gen. Lord, director of the budget, himself. Besides, Con- troller General McCarl had lots of mahogany furniture when he occupfed the rooms just taken over by Gen. Andrews, and the new occupant thinks he is just as much entitled to the better sort of equipment as Mr. MecCarl. Gen. Lord, however, is not likely to prove very sympathetic to Gen. Andrews’ request, judging by the ex- ample set by the budget director when he moved recently into his own new offices on the opposite side of the Treasury Building. He now uses a battle-scarred desk of oak, in com- nllon with every one else in his divi- sion. e e e School-Hour Ballot Do you favor later opening of primaq‘r and elementary schools to protect children from traffic dangers? Wesiof No. . vawae Do you favor 9:30 a.m. as opening I Yeror Now.o oo If not, what hour do youfavor? ........ Name.. vo. swmes e eibien e BT ¢ | Liddress. . . cownme cvos o oonremBon o “Cet out ballot and mail to School Editor, The Evening Stor.) OCTOBER 13, 1926. {KING OF UNDERWORLD EAGER TO END CHICAGO GANG FIGHTS Al “Scarface” Capone, Lead- _er in Beer-Running Game, Seeking for Peace. e Business Enough for All, He Claims, in Plea for Factions to Halt Murders. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO,- October 13.—Ai ‘'Scar- face” Capone, reputed king of the Cicero underworld and beer runner extraordinary, wants to see the end of gang murder in Chicago, “‘because there is enough business for all of us without killing each other like ani- mals in the street.” While police were investigating the wide ramifications of Monday’s ma- chine gun battle, which took the lives of two North Side beer barons and wounded three other men, Capone, a 27-year-old emigre from Brooklyn, calmly told reporters in his modest Cicero hotel room of his ‘‘abhorence of butchery” and his efforts to bring about peace in the boozerunning underworld. “I don’t want to dje in the street punctured by machine gun fire,” said the Cicero vice lord, leader of the fac- tion opposing Hymie Weiss, slain gangster and North Side booze over- lord. But while police suspicion im- mediately was directed Ciceroward for an explanation of the latest gang killing, there was no direct evidence and Chief Morgan Collins said it was a waste of time to arrest Capone. “Capone, of course, has an alibi,” he asserted. +*‘He was in Cicero when the shooting occurred. If we bring him in it will be because we have the goods on him cold, but there is no use putting him on the grill until we do.” & Pleads for End of War. Capone, who has taken the name of Brown, gave his version of the gang feuds in a small hotel room, which he said had been his home, of- flce and sheiter for 14 months. It contained only a bed, dresser and three chairs, the one object indicat. ing the affluence of the man who is reported to have made more than $2,000,000 in the booze game being a magnificent diamond brooch tle pin with a four-carat amethyst in its center. Holding a photograph of his seven- year-old boy in his hand and speaking of his love of the youngster and his relatives, Capone declared he had “begged those fellows to put away their pistols and talk sense to me. They’ve all got families, too. What makes them so crazy to end up on a slab in a morgue with their mothers’ hearts broken over the way they died. “If any one will get those fellows together—what's left of the North side gang, and any one else that thinks they’re bucking me in business, and take their guns away_ and sit them down to listen to me, I'll make ace with all of them. And I'll keep t, too. “I'll tell them why I want peace— because I don’t want to break the AL “SCARFACE” CAPONE. hearts of pedple that love me—and maybe I can make them think of their mothers and sisters, and if they think of themn they'll put up their guns and treat their business like any other man treats his, as something to work at and forget when he goes home at night.” Turned by Success. Capone saw the genesis of gang killing in the breaking away of mem- bers of his own organization, includ- ing Welss, “Schemer” Drucel, and Dean O'Banion. Capone set up here seven years ago with Johnny Torrio and ‘‘Nails” Norton. “Finally these fellows began to nake a little money and forgot we were the ones who put them in busi- ness. They began thinking they were bigger than we were. Then they told us they were going in for themselves. Well, that was all right with us. We figured there were customers for all the begr in the world, and they were welcome to those they could dig up. “But p soon they began to act nasty. ‘Nails' and O’Banion had been killed and the other guys were feeling chesty. Finally we had to talk to them about it and tell them to stay in thelr own yard and behave them- selves.” Soon after, however, Torrio was attacked, but, according to Capone, was willing to forgive and forget. “I talked to ‘Hymie’ Weiss and the others, saying: ““What do you want to do—die be- fore you're 302 I don't.’ “We started over. We kept our bargain, but they broke theirs. I sent word to those fellows to stop while some of us were left alive. They wouldn’t listen. A couple weeks after that 11 cars drove past this hotel at noon and gave us a machine-gun fire that made this street look like a bat- tlefield.” Then followed another peace con- ference, which broke up when Capone sald he refused to offer up for assassi- nation the two men who had fired on Drucel and Weiss on Michigan avenue. PARENTS VOTING 90 PER CENT FOR LATER OPENING OF SCHOOL Valuable Suggestions Come With Ballots, Some Favoring Earlier Hour as Way | § to Assure Safety. Parents of Washington school chil- dren voting on the proposed change of the . opening hour for school so that youngsters going to class would miss the heavy morning rush of traffic, con- tinued today to ballot in an over- whelming majority in favor of the changing of the convening hour from 9 to 9:30 o'clock. A count of additional ballots re- ceived in the poll being taken by The Star to ascertain the wishes of moth- ers and fathers of public school pupils showed today that a fractlon more than 90 per cent voted for the later school hour an‘d a ft;nctlon mml'e than r cent nst the proposal. ? "}ehe hnnmflults of the ballot will be forwarded to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, for the guid- ance of officials of the Board of Edu- catlon in considering a suggested change in the ringing of the school bells in the interest of safety to the puplls. ‘Valuable Suggestions Made. Yesterday's tabulation of ballots showed 92 per cent of votes recorded at that time to be in favor of a later opening hour, based on the announce- ment by traffic officials that after 9 o'clock in virtually all sections of the city there 18 a 50 per cent reduction in the amount of traffic. This is due, Traffic Director Eldridge pointed out, to the 9 o'clock opening of Govern- ment departments and many private business concerns. ‘A number of valuable suggestions which may lead to additional safe- guards for children were contained in ballots of parents who opposed the later school hour. It was brought out that in some sections of the District the morning rush of traffic subsides considerably before 9 o'clock and that therefore in such communities there is no need for delaying the opening of school for for delaying the opening of school came from Lieut. Comdr. B. H. Bieri, U. B. N,, of 8926 McKinley avenue. The crowded condition of some schools, which has forced double ses- sions aiso is & circumstance that may suggest a- modification of the later opening hour plan to school authori- ties. Reason for Opposing Change. Reporting that the Parent-Teacher Association of the Johnson school of Mount Pleasant yesterday had voted in opposition to any change in the open- ing hour, Mrs. C. J. Fernald, secre- tary of the body, wrote: ‘“We felt that this was necessary because our school is so crowded that the kinder- garten and the two lower grades di- vide the use of the rooms, having an afternoon session from 1 to 4:30. Therefore, a half hour later closing hour would bring the children out in the evening rush hour and in Winter this would be after dark.” The Johnson Parent-Teacher Asso- clation recommended that a solution might be found in “adequate police protection” for the school children. Four ballots contained proposals for meking the opening hour earlier than 9 o'clock. One favored § o'clock, another 8:15 and one voted for 8:30. Others opposed to the 9:30 proposal balloted in n;o; of retaining the resent hour of 9. 3 Mrs Elizabeth Hampton, 3206 New- ton street, Mount Rainler, pointed out that the rush of traffic in her com- munity starts at 8:30 in the morn- ing and 8:30 in the afternoon, and suggested that an 8 o'clock opening hour would give the greatest safety. “Only last week a pupil of the Brent- wood School was ked down by an automobile between 8:30 and 9 and seriously hurt. P. R. Rogers, 3714 Livingston, wrote, “I will not accede to any change in hours that does not permit my child to be dismissed from school before 4:30 in the afternoon. That hour of closing is atrocious for a child of 7 years.” Changing the hours of school so as to miss the peak of traffic is but an attempt to solve half the problem. Harry B. Shaw of 723 Upshaw street writes. He declares that traffic police- men must be stationed at each school crossing for the brief periods when such protection is necessary. Against Any Temporizing. Declaring that the citizens of Wash- ington should permit no temporizing in the matter, Mr. Shaw declares: ““The popular approval of the plan to change the school hours is a natural reaction to the recent tragedy which so startlingly revealed the terrific dangers to which the children daily are exposed. Yet, obviously, the plan evades the issue; it does not afford protection, but dodges behind the alleged 50 per cent reduction in the flow of traffic at the later hour. Such a reduction would not necessarily be accompanied by a corresponding re- duction of risk to the children. The fewer vehicles simply would move faster. But even a remainihg 50 per cent of present hazard is too terrible to contemplate. “At reasonable intervals this modern juggernaut motor traffic, must be arrested so that the children may cross intersections without any risk. The only practicable way to do this is to extend the present system of placing traffic policemen at inter- sections to control traffic. Until such protection is afforded let us support the movement to enlist the Boy Scouts in patrol duty for safely con- ducting the younger children across these dangerous arteries.” VIEWS OF PARENTS ON SCHOOL HOURS’ SHIFT REQUESTED __(Continued from First Page.) the children at the next meeting. The problem of safeguarding children from the hazards of the streets is one that is almost constantly before the minds of school officials, he said. School officials, he added, are keenly interested in the entire subject of safety and are following carefully the present movement to make the streets as safe as possible around school buildings. ‘The president of the School Board said his personal observation in pro- ceeding to his office in the morning has been that an interval of a few minutes makes a big difference in the volume of traffic on the streets. Arrangements were completed at Franklin School today for the essay contest the latter part of this month, during which the dangers of the streets will be brought before the minds of every grade school boy and girl. Judge Gus A. Schuldt of Traffic Court has offered $25 in prizes, half of which will go to the winner in the seventh and eighth grades and half to the child in the six low grades who writes the best composition. The essays must begin with a slogan on the general topic of street safety, followed by an explanation of the meaning of the slogan in 150 words. On October 18 there will be classroom discussion of the contest to prepare the pupils. Part of the time on the three succeeding days will be devoted to oral discussion among the children and on October 22 the essays will be written in the classrooms. Each teacher will submit the three b} GRFES SHARE ST INSERESONEY |Washington Club Gets $9.- 307.52 in Final Distribution of Players’ Pool. | By the Associated Prews, CHICAGO, October 13.—Distribu |tion of players' pool money from the | world serles which goes to second, | third and fourth place clubs in each 1mnjnr league was announced toda: |from the office of K. M. Landis, bas {ball commisstoner. | The second place clubs, the |cinnati Nationals and the Cleve | Americans, each were given §: |after the pennant-winning Cardinais |and Yankees had gotten their share {Cleveland divided its award into 3 | shares of $821.25 and three one-th shares at $273.75. Cincinnati split i money into 23 full shares of $1,084.1 and made six half shares and three one-third shares of the balance. Third place money was divided be- tween the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Athletics, each receivi Pittsburgh made $725.36 shares and distributed the re mainder among yvers who have been with the team only a short tim clubhouse attendants and club officlals | Connle Mack's club cut its purse into 126 shares of $712.12 and gave $50 to | two players who Jjoined the club late |in the year. The Chicago Cubs and the Wash ington Natlonals, fourth place teams each got $9,307.52. The Cubs made 27 shares of $344.72 out of their po: The Nationals have not announced | their division, GEN. HAGOOD GIVEN | PHILIPPINE COMMAND Will Exchange Posts With Gen. Weigel, Whose Foreign Tour | Is Completed. i | By the Assoclated Fres Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood, com manding the 4th Corps Area, w headquarters ,at Atlanta, Ga., was ordered today to duty in the Philippine Islands, and Maj. Gen. William Wei gel. now on duty in the Philippines | was assigned as new commander of | the 4th Corps Area. | _Gen. Hagood will" command the | Philippine Division and was ordered to duty in the islands for the reason {that his name had reached the top of the Army’s foreign service list. Gen Weigel's tour of foreign service ended. Gen. Hagood will go from Atla |to New York and sail for the Philip pines about March 8, 1927. He prob- | ably will proceed to the comn vacated by Gen. Weigel. best from her room to a committee of teachers of the school. and the: turn, will select the three best fr among the seventh and eighth grades« and the three best from the six lowe grades. The best essays from each school will be sent to Ben W. Murct chairman of the school safety com mitte, at the Franklin School nc later than October 29. The second schoolboy patrol has< been started at the Henry Building on P street between Sixth and Seve: th streets, and won high praise toda from the principal, Miss Mary Bc Wear White Belts. Wearing the white Sam Browr belts and badges, Miss Bond said the boys performed excellent service this morning in getting the smaller chil dren safely across the intersections of Seventh and P and Sixth and P streets. | “It is surprising how the starting | of this boy patrol idea has improved the morale of the children,” said M | Bond. “We are picking only the | best boys, and the rivalry for the honor of being on the patrol has be |come so keen as to be of general benefit to the boys. Mr. Murch, who yesterday announ | ed that 22 schools had applied for | the equipment to organize safety pa trols, predicted today that there would be more than 30 patrols in operation within a few days, in addition to those now functioning at the Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets, and the Henry Building. The enlistment of 3,000 Boy Scouts in the campaign to make the street crossings here safe for school chil dren is physical demonstration of the Scouts’ determination to keep public sentiment alive permanently to the | need for precautionary measures. Mr. Linn C. Drake, local Scout executive. made this plain to Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, when the services of the Scouts were tendered to and accepted by Dr. Ballou. Mr. Drake pointed out that efforts have been made in the past to orga- nize similar safety work. These ef forts were successful temporarily while public sentiment was alive and vigilant, but the minute public interest lagged vigilance lagged, too, until another accident fanned the latent spirit of indignation into a new flame. The Scouts, Mr. Drake de clared, will bend every effort to pre vent repetition of this condition. Mr. Drake’s Letter. | Mr. Drake's letter to Dr. Baliou follows: “Your recent action in developing | safety patrols in the schools as out- lined in The Evening Star suggests to me that the Boy Scouts could be of invaluable assistance in this work. And in the interest of public safety I { want to offer the support and co- operation of our organization. “In_almost every school there are Boy Scouts who have been drilled in safety methods from the time they first entered the movement. They are sometimes backward about offering themselves for service individually but they would, I am sure, respond most whole-heartedly if organized. “I am inclosing herewith a copy of the instructions that are given the younger Scouts and also the require- ments that an older Scout must ful- fill in order to obtain a merit badge in safety first. You will note that the six safety traffic rules promulgated for school children by you are all in- cluded in these instructions. “We shall most heartily appreciate any suggestions you will make as to -operate most effe Dr. Ballou’s Reply. Dr. Ballou replied: “I appreciate very much your generous offer of co- operation, and I assure you that the schools will appreciate any assistance that vour organization may find it possible to give us. “It is a satisfaction to know that there are boys within our public schools who have had instruction in safety first and who have progressed sufficiently In that instruction to have received the merit badges given by your organization for satisfactory achievement. I am sure that these boys can be of real assistance in the schoolboy patrol work. I trust that you will feel free to confer with Mr Ben C. Murch, chalrman of the com- mittee of officers and teachers in charge of safety work in the elemen tary schools, or with any one of our junior high school principals where schoolboy patrols may be organized.” L » ’ ‘ »"