Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1926, Page 7

ASKS EARLY TRIA OF ALBERT B. FALL . Government to Push Charges - Against ex-Secretary and | Teapot Dome Associates. By the Assoclated Press. Early trial of Albert B. Fall, former Interfor Secretary, and Edward L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair, ol | operators, will be sought by Govern- " ment ocounsel in the District of Co- Jumbla Supreme Court on indictments charging a conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills, Calif., naval oil reserve leases. An appeal of the defendants re- questing dismissal of the indictments recently was denled by the District | Columbia Heights to Choose Queen Court of Appeals, an act of Congress at the last session having taken away from that tribunal authority to en- tertain " special appeals on criminal indictments. The mandate of the higher court 1s to be handed down October 21, and District Attorney Gordon said today the Government would then ask that the defendants be personally sum- moned before the court and an early date fixed for the trial of the case on its_merits. Counsel for the defendants may take the’action to the United States Supreme Court with a request for a review of the whole case. Whether such a request is granted rests en- tirely with the highest court. PRESBYTERY CLOSES SESSION AT VIENNA Reports Show $4,000 to $5,000 Raised in Community for Improvements. Special Dispatch to The Star. VIENNA, Va., October 13.—Closing sessions of the Fall meeting of the Presbytery of Washington City were held in the Vienna Presbyterian Church yesterday. Rev. D. H. Evans of Hyattsville preached, and Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo of Washington, mod- erator, presided. The financial re- port was made by Rev. A, E. Bar- rows of the Eastern Church, treasurer of theypresbytery. The sum of $100 was voted for the Baltimore Synod. Rev. L. V. Schermerhorn and Rev. Godfrey Chobot were named a_com- mittee on leave of absence; Elders Hawkshurst and Calvert, on resolu- tions; Rev. W. T. Eagleson, on bills and overtures, and Hawkshurst and Leeds, on auditing. The Spring meeting will be held in Washington. The Fall meeting will be at Falls Church. Permission was granted to Eckington Church to call Rev. Henry B. Wooding. Plans are being made for a dinner to the mod- erator of general assembly, Dr. Wil- liam O. Thompson, November 17. A dinner in honor of Dr. S. Park Cad- man will be given Monday. A mis- sionary institute, under auspices of the woman's department, Federati of Churches, will be held at Cal Baptist Church November 9, 10 and Rev. Mr. Sizoo reported on Chris- tian education, and Rev. J. R. Duf- fleld, executive secretary, on chureh extension. It was reported that Vienna had raised between $4,000 and $5,000 in two years for improvements to manse and church. The daily va- cation Bible schools of Vienna, wood and Lewinsville, in Fafrfax County, showed good rccords. The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian gl:urch served dinner in the town 1. FLORIDA RELIEF FUND INCREASED BY $280 Coast and Geodetic Survey Em- ployes Donate $56.15 to Dis- trict's Quota. The fund being raised in Washing- ton for rehabilitation work in Florida was increased today by late contribu- tions amounting to more than $280, bringing the grand total received here to $28,476.14. Among today's subscriptions was a gift of $100 from James Parmalee and $56.15_from the United States Coast and_Geodetic Survey employes and $69.50 from an anonymous source. dditional contributions to the fund are acknowledged as follows by the local Red Cross: Cash ... T : Bernard A. Lehman Clemens Giebel stelle P. Wild . H. P. White Anonymous . States Coast and Survey . g vy, Nickerson James Parmalee ......... Employes, American Security and Trust Co 3k Mrs. Plerre C. 8 Stenographer Is Accused of In- dorsing Other’s Check. A check of Frank O. Lowden, for- mer Governor of Illinois, for $165.65 promises to play an important part in a Police Court hearing Friday, it being alleged that Kenneth Milton Sage Johnson, a_shorthand reporter, residing at 818 Taylor street, forged the indorsement of John H. Mintzer, 1539 1 street, to the check. The check was made payable to J. H. Mintzer and Kenneth M. S. Johnson, and Johnson is charged with having signed Mintzer's name to the indorsement without having au- thority to do so. Bond for Johnson's appearance was fixed at $1,000. " BOY HELD AS SLAYER. 13-Year-0ld Said to Have Confessed Killing Virginia Farmer. BRISTOL, Va., October 13 P).— Thirteen-year-old Elbert Bishop has confessed to having shot and killed Enock I. Lane, prominent farmer of Scott County, Virginia, on September 27, officers say. The boy is being held in jail at Gate City, where he has been confined for several weeks. — i Anto—;'neturel Boy's Skull. FRONT ROYAL, Va., October 13.— Afiddleton Johnson, jr., 8 years old, was run down by an automobile and his skull fractured late yesterday. He was taken to the Winchester Hospital in a critical condition. feraciiois O e bl Nearly 125,000 laborers went from British India to work in the tea- gardens “and rubber plantations of ylon within the past year. Around World Ends Wheelbarrow Trip ] On Prison Camp ‘WINCHESTER, Va., October 13. —"Happy Jack” Cave, globe-trot- ter, came to town last Saturday, pushing a wheelbarrow around the world, with a trunk well plastered with hotel labels and an assortment of show programs. It was his intention to visit the mayor.and post office and’ then leave for Cumberland, but he stayed too long. When police entered a rooming house they found five men, ‘including “Happy Jack,” at a table, with several bottles and jars of liquor. Cave charged the others with robbing him. All were sentenced to the State roads for four months. PARADE WILL OPEN MERCHANTS’ FETE of Festival on Next Mon- day Night. Plans for the annual Columbia Heights carnival, to be held this year on October 21 and October 22, were discussed at length last night at the regular meeting of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Assoclation in the Tivoli Theater Building, Four- teenth street and Park road. Elec- tion of officers, which was to have been held last night, was postponed until the second Tuesday in No- vember. More than 100 cars and floats will appear in the parade in connection with the carnival, it was announced. The procession falls on the opening night of the carnival, beginning at Fourteenth and Shepherd streets and continuing down Fourteenth street to Florida avenue. The Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association will have 16 cars in line, one for each of its committees, and the Columbia Heights Community Center has announced that it would enter & float. The queen of the carnival will be selected at the Tivoli Theater about 8 o'clock Monday evening. Entries in the contest for the queenship, which is to be given to a young woman em- ployed in a Columbia Heights business house, close Thursday night. Applica- tions for entry in the contest may be filed until that time at 3307 Four- teenth street, it was announced. BODY IS IDENTIFIED AS FEDERAL WORKER Chauncey H, Dewey of Revenue Bureau Missing Since October 5, Says Stepson. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 13.— Carl Anderegg of Washington today identified a body found yesterday in the Potomac River near Sycamore Is- land as that of his stepfather, Chaun- cey H. Dewey, an employe of the In, t?(r’nnl Revenue Department, 55 years old. Dewey had been missing since Oc- tober 5. He had disappeared after suffering from nervousness, and rela- ‘lves had been searching without a trace of his whereabouts. There were no marks of violence on the body. Dewey was born at Rome, N. Y., and the body will be sent there for burial. He had been a resident of Washington 30 years. The initials *CH.E in the lining of his coat and a pair of cuff buttons, which be- long to his stepson, were the means of his identification. was deemed necessary. MRS. EMILY F. SMITH DIES IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Former Washington Resident, Widow of Well Known Merchant, Falls Victim to Pneumonia. Mrs. Emily Fitzgerald Smith, 44 years old, formerly a resident of this city, died suddenly yesterday at Ge- neva, Switzerland, of pneumonia. She was the widow of G. Linville Smith, Washington merchant, and was a member of the Chevy Chase and Washington Clubs. Mrs. Smith was born in Indiana and was a graduate of Gunston Hall School here. She is survived by three children, who are at school in_Switzerland, T. Wilson, Rosanna and Belle Smith; her parents, W. T. and Mrs. Emma B. Fitzgerald; two brothers, Maj. Shel- ton W. and Lieut. Donald D. Fitz. gerald of the Alr Corps, and a sister, Mrs. Hattle F. French of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at Geneva tomorrow, and Maj. Shelton has gone to Europe to bring the body here for burial. e RITES FOR COL. C. H. HEYL. Retired Army Officer Buried Today in Arlington Cemetery. Funeral services for Col. Charles H. Heyl, a retired Infantry officer, who died yesterday morning, were held at the family residence, 2009 Wyoming avenue this afternoon and burial was in_the Arlington National Cemetery. The honorary pallbearers were D. C. Mears, H. R. Hathaway, L. C. ‘Willson, J. R. Crutchfield and J. C. Colquitt and Lieut. Charles H. Heyl, 2d, all of this city. Col. Heyl took part in several Indlan campaigns and was awarded the Congressional medal of honor for distinguished gallantry in action, near Fort Hartsuff, Neb., April 28, 1878. GIVEN MILITARY HONORS. Col. Frederick D. Alfred, Retired, Buried in Arlington. Col. Frederick D. Alfred, a retired infantry officer, who died at Walter Reed General Hospital last Saturday, was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery vesterday with the usual military honors. He was from Georgia and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1877. He served in Indian campaigns in the Spanish War, the Philippine insurrection and the World War and was cited for gallagtry in action at Santiago de Cuba in July, 1898. —— Educator Dies on Visit. NEW_YORK, October 13. (#).—Dr. James Moore King, 59, professor of dermatology and eleetrical therapeu- tics at Vanderbilt University, Nash- ville, Tenn, died here yesterday. He was visiting his brother, Joseph King, and was taken to a hospital 10 days ago. Will Head U. S. Delegates. Maj. Gen. Harry Taylor, retired chief of Army Engineers, will head the United States delegation at the International Coj to be held at Calro, Tes¥pt, beg::-lnx December 6. > THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1926 D. P DAVIS DROWNS ONWAY T0 EUROPE Prominent Florida Realtor Falls From Liner and Is Lost in Sea. By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla, October 13.—D. P. Davis, developer of Davis Islands here and one of the best known real estate men in Florida, was drowned while en route to Europe aboard the White Star Liner Ma- Jestic. A radiogram received here to- day by Arthur Y. Mylam, vice presi- tent of the D. P. Davis properties, told of his death. The radiogram said: “Dave lost overboard early this morning. Ship circled over hour. Everything possible done. No hope. Advise family.” It was signed by Raymond Schilder and F. F. Montayne, employes of the D. P. Davis organization, who sailed { from New York with Mr. Davis last Saturday. The Davis Islands development in Tampa Bay was taken over by Stone Webster of Boston several months ago. Although Mr. Davis retained a position on the board of directors of the reorganized concern, he had re- linquished an active part in its man- agement. Starting his business career as a clerk in a hardware store here, Mr. Davis soon saw the possibilities in Florida real estate, and was eminently successful in this venture. After de- veloping seven large projects along the East Coast, including the Alta Vista subdivision, he went to Tampa in 1925 and obtained from the city commission all rights to three islands at the mouth of the Hillsborough River in Tampa Bay. Developed Islands & These islands were undeveloped pieces of land, thickly studded with vegetation. Davis immediately set to work with a,fleet of dredges and hundreds of workmen and the first of the islands was cleared in a few months. A boulevard and paved roads were built, homes sprung up and contracts were let for half a dozen hotels, three of which have been constructed. Stone and Webster have been push- ing the developement to completion. ‘Within three hours after Davis placed the islands on sale in Tampa more than $1,000,000 was invested. Just before relinquishing his active interest in Davis Islands, Davis undertook the development of a large real estate project at St. Augustine known as Anacasia Island. He also was interested in development proj- ects in Texas and California. Mr. Davis was 41 years old and a native of Florida. Married Society Belle. Mr. Davis married Elizabeth Nel- son of Tampa October 10, 1925, at Clearwater. He had two sons by a former marriage, George R. and D. P. Davis, jr. Miss Nelson, a popular soclety girl of Tampa, was reigning queen of the Gasparilla Carnival at the time of her marriage. The couple kept thelr wedding plans secret until an hour before they motored to Clearwater, when they notified the bride's family. Immediately after the marriage they went to New York on a honeymoon rip. December 10, 1925, social circles in Tampa and throughout the State were {surprised at a report from Key Wesf to the effect that Mrs. Davis had been granted a divorce there on the grounds of desertion. The divorce decree was signed by Judge Jefferson B. Browne of Monroe County Circuit Court. A substantial settlement was allowed Mrs. Davis, the judge was quoted as saying, but no alimony was granted. Papers in the suit were sealed and Judge Browne was later quoted as denying that the decree had been granted on grounds of desertion. The court order contained in an Associated Press dispatch from Key West in- dicated that the divorce had been granted to Mrs. Davis November 4, and that the suit was contested, but no cause was given for the action. Two days after announcement of the divorce, Mr. and Mrs. Davis were remarried in Tampa, with Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Nelson, parents of the bride, attending the ceremony. Other relatives and friends .of the couple declared they had not been informed about the second wedding. Recently there were reports of an- other rift in the marital affairs of the Davises and Mrs. Davis sailed for Paris, where, it was sald, she had filed suit for a second divorce. Mr. Davis had resided in New York City for the last few months. When he sailed on the Majestic last Sat- urday, he also took with him his son, George. — PRESIDENT TO GIVE BOAT CUP TOMORROW Hamersley Will Receive Speed Classic Trophy Before Select Group. L. Gordon Hamersley, millionaire New York yachtsman, who won the $5,000 gold trophy sponsored by Prest- dent Coolidge in the President’s Cup speedboat classic on the Potomac, will receive his prize tomorrow at noon from the hands of the Chief Execu- tive at the White House. The presentation will be made in the presence of a group including Sec- retary of the Navy Wilbur, the Dis- trict Commissioners, several famous vachtsmen who took part in the re- gatta, leaders of the Corinthian Yacht Club, under the auspices of which the regatta was held, and officlals of the American Powerboat Association. Willlam A. Rogers, chairman of the regatta committee, sald today that the American Powerboat Assoclation, gov- erning body of speedboat racing, had proclaimed the event held here the most pretentious staged in the world this year, with every likelihood that it ‘would be surpassed in 1927. 13 RIDERS SURVIVE. Fort Myer Mare Favored in Endur- ance Contest.’ BRANDON, Vt.,, October 13 (#).— Thirteen of 14 starters in the eighth annual saddle horse endurance ride vesterday weathered the first 60 miles of the 300-mile, five-day grind over the Vermont hills here. Lady Luck, en- tered by the service troop, 3d Cavalry, was forced to withdraw after an at- tack of colic on the way out to Middle- bury. The other horses all finished in the allotted nine hours in good condition. Peggy, a half-bred mare, entered by Troop F, 3d Cavalry, Fort Myer, Va., who has won two years in succession and is contending this year for final possession of the service cup, was favored by the race followers as the best finisher of the day. The official point computation, on a basis of 40 per cent for time record and 60 per cent for condition, will not be announced until the final day of racing, next Friday. 'Baby Lost in Wood Wanders 3 Miles Before Its Rescue Special Dispatch to The Star. FINZEL, Md., October 13.—The 22-month-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Crowe of Finzel was lost in a woods about six hours, hav- ing wandered from a group of children that had gone for chest- nuts. The children became alarmed and rushed to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Crowe. A searching party of about 100 was organ!zed and the child was found by Clar- ence McKenzie at a point about 3 miles from where it had been left at noon. SUNDAY SALES 0. K. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., October 13.— The city council last night possed an ordinance, 9 to 3, legalizing the sale of soda ‘fountain drinks, candies and tobaccos on Sundays by estab- lishments now legally open that day. The vote followed a four-hour se: sion at which over a dozen pro testing petitions were read from re- liglous, civic and patriotic organi- zations. Legality of the ordinance probably will be tested in the courts by opponents on the.ground that it iy contrary to the State law govern- ing necessitles, $15,500 TO BE ASKED FOR TRAVELERS’ AID Campaign to Meet 1927 Budget of Society Will Begin Here on October 25. The Travelers' Aid Society will be- gin its second annual campaign for funds October 25. The local organiza- tion seeks $15,500 to meet its 1927 bud- et. #%Fhe soclety has representatives at railroad stations and_docks through- out the country to help those who meet difficulties in travel, particularly the very young or very old. The campaign will continue for a week. Frederic A. Delano is chair- man of the committee in charge, as- sisted by Claude W. Owen. Headquar- ters have been provided at the Bur- lington Hotel through the courtesy of Arthur C. Moses. John B. Larner s treasurer of the local branch and Charles R. Grant is assistant treasurer. The work of thé soclety, the com- mittee stresses, is particularly neces- sary In Washington—the haven for many runaways and a_junction point between the North and South, where elderly people are likely to become confused. Other members of the local board are Mrs. Grahame H. Powell, Mrs. William E. Chamberlin, Mrs. John A. Kratz, Mrs. E. F. Andrews, Rev. Dr. George W. Atkins, Ralph P. Barnard, Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, Mrs. Alex- ander C. Columbus, C. E. Fleming, Mrs. A. C. Dillman, Mrs. C. P. Grand- fleld, J. E. Jones, Mrs. Karl von Low- inski, Leo C., May, Mrs. Elmer E. Oliver, Claude W. Owen, Commission- er C. H. Rudolph, W. S. Ufford, Mrs. Floyd W. Waggaman, Mrs. Charles D. Wolcott and Mrs. Herbert C. Woolley. APPOINTMENTS OPEN. 382 Enlisted Militiamen Entitled to West Point Posts. Appointments as cadets at the United States Military Academy in 1927 are available to 32 enlisted men of the National Guard between the ages of 19 and 22 years, who have had at least one year's service. Notice to that effect has been’given by the War Department to the Dis- trict Commissioners and the govern- ors of the States and Territories. These appointments will be made as a result of competitive examinations to be held next March and will be effective the following July. L Death Ends Long Illness. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Gctober 13.—Thomas A. Frazier, 57 years old, of- Spotsylvania County, died at his home after an illness of several years. He is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. Hines of Stuart, Fli., and Mrs. Walter Wheat of Charlotte, N. C.; two brothers and two sisters. Have you bought a new C \ * 1 HORTIGULTURAL BODY PARK ADVICE SOUGHT Maj. Grant Urges Society to Name Co-operating Group—Plan Favored. The appointment of an advisory committee from the American Horti- cultural Soclety to co-operate with the office of the director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, was requested last night by Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d, the director, in an illustrated lecture be- fore members of the soclety at the National Museum. The society voted to comply with his request. “Washington has not devoted very much money or thought to its parks,” Maj. Grant said, citing park statis- tics of other cities in the United States. He pointed out that where- as the average value of parks in a score of cities, exclusive of New York, reached $22,000,000, that of Washington did not exceed $5,000,000. Maj. Grant sketched the progress >t the I’Enfante and MacMillan plans for the development of the Capital. He emphasized the foresight of Maj. L’Enfante in planning wide diagonal avenues and introducing circles, at a time when the advent of automo- bile or heavy traffic was not even Brophesied. The construction of the Arlington Here’s a word of advice which will meet with the approval of the man who sold it to you. ' Take your first ride on AMOCO-GAS, the Orig- inal Special Motor Fuel, and you will to use anything else! If your car’s first nourishment is AMOCO-GAS, you're off to the right start. You’re giving the motor all the chance in the world to deliver alt the power and efficiency the maker put into it. You're headed along a road where carbon trou- bleisnever goingtobemet. 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Mulford, president of the soclety, which was rccently amalga- mated with the National Horticul- tural Soclety at St. Paul, Minn., pre- sided at the meeting. Among those present were: Frederick V. Coville, botanist, in charge of econemlc and systematic botany, Department or Agriculture; Mrs. Helen I, Fowler, manager of the W. B. Shaw water gardens, Kenilworth, and D. Victor Lumsden, secretary of the Amer- ican Horticultural Society. Members of the soclety volced a desire to hold a flower show in Washington next Spring, but’ made no plans. AMERICANS DIVORCED. PARIS, October 13 ().—Two Amer- ican women were granted divorce de- crees today. They were Mrs. Marian Kelly Elliott Baker from Rhea Kings- ley Baker, whose address was®given as 65 Avenue Henrl Martin, Paris, and Suzanne Simone Bossard Mac Candless from Joseph Hugh Mac Candless, whose address in Paris was recorded as 16 Rue de Chaillot. 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