Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1926, Page 2

Ll DENOGRAT SERATE RACES CLST S5 Report 1s for Campaign Com- mittee Alone—Candidates List Expenses. By the Associated Press Expenditures of §85,798 and receipts of $99,998 In the present campaign were reported to the clerk of the House today hy the Democratic sena- torial campaign committee. _The outgo included $22,500 for the fight in Ohfo, where Atles Pomerene is contesting for the seat now held Ly Senator Willts, RRepublican. Other tions 1 the committee were: fo ¢ T. Baker, the varty's senutorial candldate in Ne vada; $5,000 for J. F. Nugent of 1daho, 0 for Willlam B. Wilson, who {s opposing William 8. Vare, lte publican, in Pennsylvania; $10,000 for the. Democratie candidates in Indi $5.000 for Blmer Thomas of ( homa, $2,500 for Carl Hayden of Ari zona, $5,000 for Bert E. Haney in Oregon, $5,000 each for the Missouri and Kentucky State committees, $10,- 000 for the Democratic Speakers' Bu- reau and $200 to pay the expenses of a campaign trip by Senator Heflin of Alabama. Some of Contributions. The contributions to the Demo- cratic senatortal committee included $40,000 from Thomas I'. Ryan of New York, $12.000 from B. M. Baruch, § 600 from Chatrman Gerry of the torial comunit $10,000 from 9 - Chadbourne of New York and $10,000 irom the Democratic national com- mittee 'he Ohlo fund was sent in three in- allments, $10,000 to Willlam A. Jul- fan of the Democratic State commit- tee, $10,000 to Harry H. Weiss of the Pomerene committee and §2,000 to T. 1. Dye of the Democratic State com- mittee Claude R. Porter, Democrat, oppos g Smith W. Brookhart, Republican, for the Senate In lowa, reported con- cributions of $385 and expenditures of 0 $987.50. wkhart reported contributions of $: 4 expenditures of $491.42. e listed actuul money contributions 1t $168.°1 and three automobile rides and entertainment to of 3400, the value Haney Reports in Oregon. Bert E. Haney, Democrat, of Oregon repoted he had personally received .0 contributions and had_spent §775. The Haney for:Senator Club hafl ye- celved $12,918.38 and had spent 312, £82.06. The contributors included $4.000 from Johp, K. Dockendorf “of New York, $1,238 from E. J. McCor- mick of Ray ge, N. Y. $1.100 from A. V. Moogeof New York, $1,260 each from Thud @week and William ¥idris, both of Seafitle. A. W. Barkley, Democrat, Ken- tucky, repoted expenditures of $4.500 and contributions of $4,775, including $100 from D. C. Roper and $4,500 from the Democratic senatorfal com- mittee. Senator Boussard, Democrat, Loulsi- ana, reported no contributions and no expenditures. Zxpenditures of $4,061 in his cam- paifn against Senator Butler in Massa- chusetts were reported to the Senate today by David 1. Walsh, the Demo- cratic nominee. He said $2,300 had gone for advertising and rudivcasting and $1,098 had been handed over to the Democratic State committee. He veported contributions of $1,325. Ashby Snow, Democrat, opposing Senator Smoot In Utah, reported no contributions and an expenditure of $4.000 to the Democratic State cam- paign fund. WILLIAM D. WINDOM DEAD. Services to Be Conducted Tomorrow at Home. William Douglas Windom, 68 years old, retired architect, for many y attached to the office of the supervis ing_ architect, Treasury Department, and who lived ut 1728 De Sales street, died Monday in New York. He was a son of the late Williany Windom, Senator from Minnesota wnd Secre tary of the Treasury during the Gar- tield and Harrison administrations. Ar. Windom, Who attended Amherst College, was & lfelong resident Washington. He wus a member of the Cusmos Club and honora: member of the Washington chapter of the American Iustitute of Archi tects. He is survived by w daughter, Mar- | garet N. Windom; three lam H., Paul and Roger L. W and two sisters, Mrs. Kentley Warren and Miss 1 - b dom of Bostor Private Funeral h will be ducted tomorrow on at 2:30 o'clock at the home by Rev. Robert Johnston, rector of Bt. John's Church, followed by inter ment in Rock Creek Cemetery. whick W. A. MORSELL DIES. Retired Federal Inspector Suc- cumbs After Long Iliness. Willlam A. Morsell, f an {nspector in the office of the Unt Btates engineer in 1 . ct water supply sy fmprovement of the Poton Anacostia Rivers, died at th home in FPalkstone Court illness. His wife, Mr. rsell, survives Lir es will be held at Hines ‘ourteenth Rtreet, t rnoon ut 2 o'clock, be made in Rock O morrow af burial will Cemetery. Mr. Morsell ity and ha nativa of the Pederal ser Bureau of the War 23 vears and w Tocal engin WINNING TEAM HONORED. &. Kann. Son tion Featured by Dinner. * Co. Sales Competi- Employes of & Ka tnembers of th ' Co. and banquet ¥ night in the recent staged pitzer of nic Murphy | de brief talks. wus the winnt of the 1 An entertainme Mtss Trma Calvert Jsabe! Phillips and Joseph Kelly Amor ests were II. K. Burgun. Mrs. Margaret Hottt, an, Miss Ida Lawton, Miss Augusta Bauer, Miss Chrissle Hermun, Mre ‘Anna’ Calvert, Miss Grudy Seitz, Juliuy ifertst tarquhar, David Ross, 2} fred Mintz, Sam Feldman, Jumes D.{ Yurlong, Joseph Kelly. Thomas Fin- | nin, Julius Charles Whalan, t'rank Murp! Joseph McCann, Adolphe Sinsheimer, O. Ballou and tobert Rives. 7 e == 1 The late Duke of Orleans, anchl yretender, bore a decided resemblance #0 Buffalo BilL { trans i jects Mrs. Dorothy Halbach. Center: Isaac Minovich. Lower: Glenn Carow. "Three local music students, winners tn an elimination contest in the dis trict embracing Virginia, West Vir- ginia, aryland and the District of Columbia, will represent Washington at the national contest of music stu- dents at the Sesquicentennial Novem- ber 1 to November 4, it was announced here tod: The winners are: Mrs. Dorothy Wilson Halbach, contralto; Isaac Min- ovitch, 15-year-old violinist, and Glenn Carow, 10-year-old planist, who were victors yesterday at Morgantown, W. a. A prize of $500 in each class—violin, vocal and plano—will be a ded at the national contest, which is under the D of the National Federa- tion of Music Clubs. BUS SALE RULING 5 DUE TOMORROW Corporation Counsel’s Opin- ion to Be Submitted at Executive Session. The fate of the Washington Rapid Transit ¢ s effort to get authority to charge alght cash fare of 10 cents on its bus Unes in the Diatrict is expected to be determinel by the Public Utllities Commissfon at a &pe- {ul executive conference this after noon, when consideration will be given to an opinion of Corporation Counsel Francis 1 phens us to the legality f the of the comps stock to The o) Comm Lo present owner. nion ix now in the hands of chairman of the com is being guarded with the utmost secrecy, the idea he- ing to make it public when the hear- ing 1s resumed tomorrow moruning on the company's application for a higher fare taw Held Complex. In an informal opinion last week corporation counsel indicated that ter wus ille, it in view of the complexity of laws Ing with the sub) . it might re nBecessary o revise it in the written opinlon he preps sfon. The legality of the transaction was questioned by Willlum McK. Clayton, chairman of the public utilities com: wittee of the Federation of Citizens' Assocfations, at the last hearing on sompuny’s plea for authority an increased fare. If M should hold that thé t valid, it was indic will be postponed. ould be taken by on in that event is one to be cousidered at ssion he th May Awnit Congressional Action. Authorities public utili point there Courses which the commissio pursue if the change of ownership is held to be not legal. One would be to have the commission recommend to the Commissioners of the District that the case Le taken to the equity branch of the District Supreme Court The other would be for the commis- to defer further consideration of | application for a higher fare to S an opportunity to ap transfer, us requited hy a iston of the La Fallotte antl-merg. Co v W yton raised the qu of the stock transfer under a prov: of the public utilities law of 1813, which requires the commis- ston to approve in writing any change in the malority stock of a public util- ity corporation. Mr. Stephens, how- ever, in his informal opinion, said that this provision of the utilites act was repealed by the La Follette anti- merger law requiring Congress to approve such & transfer. ARREST LABOR LEADERS. San Francisco Authorities Seek to End Strike Violence. SAN FRANCISCO, October 26 (#) A further round-up of labor leaders nd strike sympathizers was indicated today following the arrest late yester- day of eight men in the first concert- ed police move to end violence inci- dent to the strike of union carpenters on open-shop jobs. Those under arrest include Archi- later said | d for the comrmis- | ton of | T LEAVES UPSET GAR 10 CATCH DRIVER John McBrown Causes Arrest of Colored Man After Chase Following Collision. Undismayed because his coupe had been turned upside down, John Me- Brown, 22 years old, Seat Pleasant, Md., pluckily hailed another ) and dashed in pursuit of the autamo- blle which he informed police caused his accldent this morning. > After a chase of several blocks Mc- Brown cornered a tyuck driven by Edward Gross, colored, 30 years old, 300 East Capitol street, and had him taken into custody by Policeman Col- iins of the sixth precinct statlon. McBrown advised the police that he s driving west through K street e Gross' car was moving north First street when the latter forced icBrown to the sidewalk, causing als car to overturn. When taken to the second precinct station Gross was charged with leav- ing the scene of an accident without making his identity known and fail- ure to have a_ driver's permit. The damage to McBrown's car was esti- mated at $100, while Gross’ car was only”damaged to the extent of $25. =N R BUS REGULATION BYLC.C.FAVORED Witnesses at Hearing Say Competition Has Hurt Rail and Express Lines. Further testimony supporting the contention of the railways and State utility commissions that motor bus und truck interstate operations should i be regulated was given at the second day’s session of a hearing before Com- missioner Esch and Examiner Flynn of the Interstate Commerce Commis- slon at the Interior Department audi- torfum today. harles F. Martin, statisticlan of the North Dakote Board of Raliroad Com- misstoners; H. S. Marx, general coun- sel for the American Railway Express Co., and F. O. Sanders, transportation supervisor of the West Virginia Road Commission, told the commissioner and examiner that the organizattons they represent are favoring regulation of interstate bus and truck operation. John E. Benton, solicitor for the National Assoclation of Raflroad and Utllities ~ Commissioners, presented anew the so-called Cummins bill, con- sidered by the Senate at the past ses- slon of Congress, which would provide for State co-operation for regulation | i | | i | of busses and trucks, with the Inter- state Commerce Commission sitting as a board of arbitration in cases of dis- puted judgment or as an originating body on argumentative questions. Mr. Marx sald the American Rail- way Express Co. and its subsidiaries have lost $10,000,000 in round num- bers since 1921 due to truck competi- tion. He said the commission should have power to regulate all common carriers in interstate business, over rates, accounts “and everything else."” He was sharply questioned by T. W. Dahl, an officlal of a truck-building company, and others. Mr. Martin de- ibed the difficulties under which trucks are operated in North Dakota because of weather conditions. Mr. Sanders described the position of the West Virginia commission as strongly in faver of regulation of busses operating interstate and prob- ably in favor of regulation of truck perations interstate. He also de- cribed an agreement entered into by the State commissions of West Vir- ginla, Ma \d. Pennsylvania and Virginia to supervise granting of certificates of public conventence and necessity. The hearings will continue through- out the day and probably through tomorrow. Jerome Fanclulli of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Owners' Assoclation of Washington is expect- ed to present testimony during the hearings on the situation locally. HOSPITAL TO PUSH OPEN-PORCH DRIVE Request for $10,000 to Aid Tuber- cular Congestion Will Go to Congress. Congress’ attention will be directed to the fact that $10,000 is needed to make the open porches of the Tuber- culosis Hospital available for patients during the Fall and Winter season, through action taken last night at a meeting of the board of divectors of the Washington Tuberculosts Associa- tion. It was decided to press for this wppropriution at the appr ing ses. sion of Congress, as it was declared the hospital now is congested and can- not accept ull patients seeking to en- ter. The board algo voted to bring to the attention of the Reld congressional committee now investigating the needs of the Distriet the four {tems which the District Commissioners had asked be included In the next budget. These are a sanatorium for tuberculosis chil. dren, & larger wtaff of school medical inspectors, “better equipment and a larger staft for tuberculogls work of the Health Department, and provi- sion for the occuptional therapy de- partment of the Tuberculosis Hospi- tal, which is now financed wholly by the Tuberculosis Association. Members of the board who were present _and_supported these plans were: Dr. Harvev W. Wiley, vice president; EEmile Berliner, Dr. Harry 8. Bernton, Mre. Appleton C. Clark, Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, Wallace Hatch, Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, Dz, Joseph W. Peabody, Walter S. Pratt, jr.; Dr. E. C. Schroeder, Dr. Charles A. Tignor, Rev. D. E. Wiseman and the secretary, ‘Walter 8. Ufford SCHOOL HOUR CHANGE OPPOSED IN WEST END Citizens' Association Also Objects to Removing Restriction on Residence of Commissioners. Officers were elected and a resolu- tion adopted opposing any change in school hours at a meeting of the West End Citizens' Association last night. Frank Van Fant was elected presi- dent; Mrs. George W. Evans, first vice president, Morris Hahn second vice hald J. Mooney, vice president of the | president; Frank W. Dowling, third United Brotherhood of Carpenters and | vice president, Frank A. Romer sec- Joiners of America, and Paul J. Clif- | retary, and Willlam Brown treasurer. ! ford, business manager of & local car- penters’ union. Both are charged with assault with Resolutions also were adopted op- poning any change in the resident re- quirements of District Commissioners intent to commit murder and with|and favoring purchase by the Govern- eriminal conspiracy. They are at lib-| ment of the Chuwuia and Ohlo bailieach, Canal propartis erty under $3,000 HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY OCTOBER 26, 1926. G THE MAN INSIDE LIVED TO TELL THE TALE John McBrown, who was driving (Continued _from First Page.) for 85,000 No effort was made to lace a valuation on the whole czrgo, ut it would cost close to $300,000 to duplicate it. Giraffes in Good Health. The pair of giraffes were described by Mr. Blackburn as exceptionally healthy. The first sign of iliness in a giraffe can be detected in the eyes and the eyes of these two were very clear. With their arrival there are now exactly 13 giraffes in the United States, about half of them born in captivity. The animals breed well in captivity, once they become uc- climated, and Dr. Mann expects a cousiderable increase in the stock here. Some of the creatures, particularly the birds, are rather weak from their long confinement and must be fat- tened up before they can be given the run of exhibition cages. When they are released from their crates, Mr. Blackburn sald, they will feel much like human beings getting out of bed after a long illness. They will be in- clined to over-exercise and are apt to collapse, The expedition, as described by Dr. Mann last night, appeared like a small army as it turned off the roads into the untracked country of the big game. It had on its pay roll as many as 500 natives at one time, in addition to the five white men in charge. These na- tives—hunters, packbearers, runners, cooks and mechanics—received 12 cents a day each, which was about the best wage ever paid in Tanganylka Province. The workers were changed in each sultanate, being supplied by the native rulers. The great inducement was not the pay, but the opportunity to dine on well cooked fresh meat. Otherwise the rations of the army were only water and a dish similar to cornmeal mush. ‘hey had one meal a day. They were the only means of trans- port. For his 12 cents the native car- ries 60 pounds on his back for about 12 hours. The method of hunting is to form these natives in a great circle, one segment holding a net. Then they close in, whooping and yelling, driving all the animals in the area surrounded into the net. If it hap- pens to be a giraffe or rhinoceros, the net trick does not work, because they will go right through. Baby Rhino Died. The expedition had its disappeint- ments. One of the chief of these was the inability to bring home a rhino. One was captured after the mother had been killed, but it died and is in- cluded among the specimens to be stuffed for exhibition at the National Museum. The party also was unable to get @ lion cub. A pair of man-eating lions was reported and the Tanganylka government sent out profeasional hunters to kill them. They had in- vaded native villages and plucked off |about & half dozen negroes. Finally i the hunters succeeded and at the same time reported that the dead loness had left cubs which might be driven into the net. The den, con- taining a collection of gnawed human bones, was found, but evidently the cubs had escaped, bceause several hours’ effort to encircle them produced no_result. Dr. Mann also made an effort to catch a pure white giraffe which was reported to exist with young. This would have been invaluable, but numerous efforts failed to encircle it. The baby giraffe, which the native boys captured by chasing and throw- ing after a tussle, became very tame and appeared to be taking captivity well. He was a pet of the boys. They, as well as the children of Washing- ton, were seeking am appropriate name for him and finally hit on the native words whieh meant: ‘‘Our King, who will be our ambassador to a foreign land.” They were heart- broken when the little fellow dropped dead without a moment's warning, presumably from a slight touch of pneumonia. Diet Carefully Planned. Dr. Mann still must deal with the problem of feeding the giraffes. The dlet of hearly all these animals must be prescribed as rigorously as that of & baby and an apparently insignifi. cant oversight in their rations will Droduce fatal anemia. It was some di- etary oversight which caused the two ebra to dle on board ship, after they had passed through a grueling heat wave on the Red Sea, during which Dr. Mann opened the crates as far as possible to give the creatures more ir. On shipboard Dr. Mann had a ton or more of Tanganylkan hay, like ex- ceptionally fine clover, upon which the giraffes are accustomed to feed. It cannot be duplicated in this country and the bales which remained could not be brought in because of the rigld plant quarantine, The richest clover obtainable in Washington will b2 sub- stituted. In addition, veterinaries will be kept in constant watch until the | pair Is acclimated. ‘As soon s the birds reach the Zoo Mr. Blackburn plans to give them a banquet of meal worms, which will supply the necessary vitamins for their diet. A great many of these, it 18 believed, will thrive in outdoor cages next Summer. The preservation of many of these birds is due to the unsung heroism of Stephen Hawels, noted artist, who accompanied the expedition. Mr. Hawels lived almost continually {n the fetid hold with the birds, feeding them by hand and cleaning thelr cages even on days when he was &0 seasick that he could hardly stand. Dr. Mann | himself attended to the larger mam- mals and reptiles. First Giraffe Escaped. An interesting aneedote is told by Dr. Mann in connection with the gi- r‘fl.us: The first giraffe, aaptured a few days after the expadition landed, The native bara, fest | i i the coupe, jumped out lndcm«ed the driver of a truck, wh : him to the curb. The truck driver was arrested. fe Sy DR. MANN ARRIVES IN CAPITAL WITH BIG ANIMAL COLLECTION ners as they were, could mnot over- take it. ‘The whole village was in a furor. The Sultan himself came to call on Dr. Mann. Doctor,” he said, “it i3 the hand of Allah. He does not wish this giraffe to leave Africa. But Allah good. He has selected another gir: for you. He will come in due time.' “Alah was good,” commented Dr. Mann. Nearly every animal in the collec- tion, Dr. Mann says, has the MKli- hood of a longer life at the Wash- ington zoo than in its ngtive jungles and tall grass country. Their life is governed strictly by the law of sur- vival of the fittest and no creature, stays fit very long. In the zoo they will be fed and cared for. No stronger beast of prey will eat them. | There will be no long periods of | starvation. And after all, he savs,| the main object in an imal's life is to find some niche, where it is safe and well fed. It doesn't make any difference whether this niche is a cage or the isolated retreat in the Jungle. The animal doesn’t want libarty. He wants plenty to eat and warm quarters. ‘The zoo will be slightly crowded for a e until new buildings are obtained. These, says Dr. Mann, are necessary in the near future. SEEK MURDER CLUE IN LAWYER'S DEATH lllinois Officers Probe Theory W. 0. Potter Did Not Kill Five and Himself. fre By the Associated Press. MARION, 111, October 26.—Investl- gation of the death of W. O. Potter, former United States district at. torney, and five of his family here Saturday night today was centering around = fingerprints on a blood- stalned furnace shaker, with which Potter 1 thought to have killed the other members of the family, and then committed suicide by jumping into a cistern. State’s Attorney Arlle O. Boswell was continuing his investigation of the fingerprints after the theory was advanced that the six persons had been slain by an enemy and the father's body thrown into the cistern. Fingerprints of each of the dead have been made. Prints reported to be those other than Potter’s are sald to have been found on the shaker, but Boswell revealed that at least three officers, including himself, had handled the implement. Another feature of the inquiry was devoted to the announcement that no water was found in Potter's lungs and there were numerous scalp wounds on his head. An undertaker who prepared the bodfes for burial said he believed Pot- ter was dead before he dropped into the cistern and that the wounds on the head could not have been caused by striking the walls or the bottom of the cistern. Relatives have not entered into the investigation, hold. ing the bellef of murder and sulcide as returned by a coroner's Jjury Sunday. SLUSH GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS CALLED FOR BEFORE ELECTION (© nal, for an inquiry into reports that the Morning Oregonian had received $35,000 from Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Electric Power Co., to contest the re-elec- tion of Senator Stanfleld, caused Senator James A. Reed, chalrman of the Senate campaign fund committee, to order an investigation of the Ore- goy situation. Senator Charles A. McNary, Republican, Oregon, and a member of the committes, and Sena- tor Willlam H. King, Democrat, Utah, were designated to conduct the In- quiry. Senator McNary, who this week started an investigation of charges that $300,000 was available to support the candidacy of A. Scott Bullitt, Democratic senatorial nominee oppos- ing Senator Wesley L. Jones, Repub- licari, for re-election, announced he would attempt to complete taking of testimony in the Washington inquiry today to allow opening of the hearing at Portland tomorrow. N WE«EN. ued from First Page.) HITS BAN O Stengle Assails Georgetown Citi- zens’ Association Stand. The right of the Georgetown Citi- zens' Assoclation to exclude women from membership and at the same time be a part of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations was ohallenged by Charles 1. Stengle, delegate i1 .he Federation from Petworth, in a lett to Jesse C. Suter, president of the fed- eration, today. Discussion of George- town’s rule against woman members began Saturday night at a meeting of the federation committee preparing for the city-wide membership drive. Mr. Stengle told President Suter he intends to raise the question in the he claims, forced S.N. WHITWELL, GAS 0. OFFICIAL, DEAD, Controller, in-Firm’s Service Forty Years, Succumbs to Pneumonia. SANFORD N. WHITWELL. Sanford N. Whitwell, 57 years old. controller of the Washington Gas Light Co., died suddenly at his resi- dence, in the Portsmouth Apartments, yesterday afternoon, havi been stricken with pneumonia only a few hours previously. He had been in poor health for some time, but had con- tinued his duties and was at his office as late as Saturday. r. Whitwell was a native of Wash- ington, educated in the public schools of the city, and entered the service of the gas company as a stenographer almost 40 years ago. He was later ap- pointed assistant secretary and was elected general auditor when a sep- arate accounting department was formed. Later the position was desig- nated as controller. He was also president of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. of Montgomery County, Md.; general auditor of the Georgetown Gas Light Co. and of the Georgetown Gas Light Co. of Mont- gomery County, Md.; a director and secretary and treasurer of the Rosslyn Gas Co. In 1923 he inaugurated here the first campaign for customer ownership of public utility secyrities. Mr. Whitwell was a member of the ‘Washington Stock Exchange, Cham- ber of Commerce, the Racquet Club and the Church of the Covenant. For many years he was a member of the board of trustees of the church, un- til obliged to resign because of failing health. Mr. Whitwell married Miss Louise Fenwick, of this city, who survives him, as do also a daughter, Mrs, Joseph D. Hopkins of Price, Utah; son, George Idward Whitwell, gen- eral manager of the Equitable Gas Magistrates Would Expedite Co. of Pittsburgh: four grandchildren and a brother, George Miller Whit- well, of this city. Funeral services will be held from his late residence Wednesday after- noon at 3 o'clock. A nephgw Rev. New- ton Middleton, of Norfolk, will offici- ate. The place of interment has not been decided. DEPUTY IS ACCUSED IN MUSSOLINI ATTACK Woman Assailant Charges Former Fascist Minister Gave Her Gun. By the Associated Press. ROME, October 26.—I1 Tevre says jury trial of the Hon. Violet Albina Gibson in order to investigate her re- peated assertion that the revolver with which she wounded Premier Mussolini last April was given her by a former Fascist cabinet minister, now an opposition deput; Miss Gibson, a British subject, a sis- ter of Lord Ashburne, sholeuswllnl April 7 as he was emerging from the capitol in Rome after opening the In- ternational Congress of Surgeons. The Fascist leader escaped with a slight wound near the tip of the nose. Medical experts appointed to exam- |ine her reported on August 4 that she | was suffering from chronic hallucina- tory paranoia and was completely ir- responsible for her act. They advised m:‘z she be placed in an insane asy- Movies Aid School Crusade to Save Gates Halloween By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 26.—Ninety- six nelghborhood movie houses are co-operating with school and city officlals to keep Chicago’'s gates on their hinges and the city generally federation at the very first opportu- nity and press for the adoption of resolutions “which will forever vant this unfair discrimination -n.m womanbeod of Washingten.” . rupe ghe intact Halloween. Teachers have 100,000 free tick- ets that will be exchanged for pledges to see a good picture show @nd call & & nighty the attorney general has demanded a | $1,000,000 COTTON COMPANY PLANNED Concern Would Make Ad- vances on Product and Hold | It for Marketing. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., October 26.—Appli- | cation for a charter for a $1,000,000 | corporation, to be known as the Georgla. Cotton Finance and Holding | Co., will be made soon by a committee | composed of Georgia bankers, busl-| ness men and agriculturists. | The company, which is the out-| growth of a conference between | Eugene Meyer, chairman of President | Coolidge's cotton commission and lo- | cal bankers and growers on methods | of relleving the present cotton situa- | tion, will have authority to make ad-| vances on cotton and to provide for | its storage until it can be marketed. The committec expects the with- drawal of 300,000 bales from the mar ket through the new company. Effect Is in Doubt. Opinion was divided last night as to what effect, if-any, would result to cotton trading and the cotton mill| business in Georgia by the discontinu- | ance of all Atlanta brokers yesterday of quoting prices on cotton futures or | handling orders for purchase of any commodity for future delive The brokers’ movement resulted from the conviction of one of the! 40 brokers indicted on charges of vio- lating the State law prohibiting deal- ings in futures on margin. Solfeitor Gen. Boykin launched the | campaign on brokerage houses several months ago. The first to go to trial B. L. Layton, was found guilty by a jury last week. Three Plead Gullty. Theree other brokers yesterday en- tered pleas of guilty and accepted the alternative of fines of $100 each or | serving six months on the chain gans. One broker sald the discontinuance of giving quotations on cotton futures would seriously affect cotton mill operators because “buying cotton on future contracts is the only method by which the mill operator can assure himself a steady supply of raw ma- terial throughout the year and estgb- lish a falr price on his finished pro- duct.” Others tool situation. The brokers declared that while they have ceased dealing in futures of giving quotations, the buying of commodities on future contracts will continue through brokerage houses and exchanges in other States, FOUR NEW COURTS SOUBHT BY HESSE k a different view of the | Minor Cases—Modern Po- | lice Station Asked. blishment of four magistrate | and the erection of a modern central police statlon are two of the | outstanding recommendations in the | annual report of Maj. Edwin B.| lesse, superintendent of police, sub- | mitted today to the District Commis- | sloner: ! Maj. Hesse explained that the mag- | istrate courts should sit in the va- rious police stations at specified hours of the day and night to hear all minor cases of violations of the municipal regulations where the penalty does not exceed « fine of $40 in any one | case. i Save Time in Courts. | The establishment of a maglistrate system, he said, “would undoubtedly result in the saving of a great deal | aof time spent by members of the | force in the Police and Traffic Courts, | and would also be of benefit to the | citizen in_that he would be afforded an immediate trial in his case.” A modern building to house the cen- tral police headquarters is necessary, Maj. Hesse pointed out, in_ order to transact the business of the Police | Department with utmost efficiency. | The development of the department, he declared, has been rapid in the past few vears, both in personnel and the complexity of the problems which it is called upon to meet. | Other Recommendations. | Recommendations also were made for the enactment of an adequate law to regulate the purchase and possession of deadly weapons, as well as leglslation to give the police more effective means of dealing with fugitives coming into the District from other jurisdictions and @& vagrancy law “that will stand in the courts." Statistics in the report show that | the arrests for the fiscal vear ending last June 30 totaled 93,208, an in- crease of 20,187 over the preceding year. The increasc, Maj. Hesse ex- plained, indicates increased activity ot the police force, rather than an in- crease of the disorderly or criminal element. A very large percentage of the increase, he sald, was due to the energetic enforcement of the traf- fic regulations. Arrests for violations of the Vol- stead law totaled 5,387, as compared with 5,883 for the fiscal year of 1925. The seigures under the Volstead law amounted to 26,624 gallons, as com- pared with 21,892 gallons the pre- ceding year. e l;AlID ONCERTS. TODAY. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 5:46 o'clock, John 8. M. Zimmermann, leader; Emil A. Fenstad, second leader. Deaths Reported. - ha have heen reported to i vfim’ 'i)‘i‘;:'xf’n'\fiani e fast 3§ hours: David WA Garfield Hospital. Darld Keho 2, CA4Y Enthency Hos . op A Hawiins. 00. St. Elisabeivs flen X, Black. rles , Blp Ven Ho D hea H. du Bois, 02. 82, 637 0th st ne. Wickie. 67. Emergency 20 z James 11 du Beia, 02 3320 MRty ave we: SioliSich Von Leneen. 74. United States Solgiere o gy ?-.:}.'J;,"x 5. Untted States Sol- b Pt B o i iy 5,03.220 Minnasota 8) 3 .%'iu? Biver a0 108° Rebbudly 1338 D ot. ne. Wl ERy oy, 50, Bt Hizabecs Hos- 2 months. Children's ave e MUTILATED BODY OF TEACHER FOUND Tolédo, Ohio, Slaying Revives Hunt for Clubber Who Killed Three Women. By the Associated Pross TOLEDO, Ohlo, October 26.—Th mutilated body of Miss Lily Croy, 2 teacher at Gunckel School and Toledo University night student, was found under the steps of Washington Schoo! early today. The clothing was torm from the body, which bore marks of criminal assault, Coroner Henseler stated after examination. Miss Croy left her home early ir the evening to attend a class «t Toledo University. When she fafle: to return home at the usual hour, fo! lowing the class, her mother, Mrs Emma Croy, notified police. A large squad of police and de tectlves was sent In search of the woman, whose body was found by J. W. Welist, 4016 Wetaler road, » half-brother of the slain teacher. One Side of Head Crushed. The left side of the head was cru: ed, apparently by a blow from a heav: weapon. There were two gashes across her forehead. The murder, police sald. was ti. work of a degenerate. Although th slaying of Miss Croy, Iu its brutality bore a marked resemblance to the cluh ber attacks, the police point out th in the clubber cases there was no criminal assault, as was the case wit | Miss Croy. Miss Croy had intended to enter mis sionary work, but was forced to aban don this plan upon the death of her father a few years @go. Stmilarity between the murder of the girl Monday night and the mys- terfous murders and clubbings which terrorized Toledo & year ago is seen by_police. During the reign of the mysterious assallant of women at that time three women were murdered and score of women struck down. It was generally believed that one man was responsible for all these As a result of police activitles fo! lowing the clubber murders, more than 50 men were arrested and heid for Investigution. A score of these later were committed to the Toledo State Hospital as insane. Coroner Henzler recalled simi circumstances in the death of Miss Mary Handley, whose brutally beaten body was found in a yard near her home in & nearby street a few months ago. Other Murders Nearby. The killing was also near the scenes of fatal attacks on two other women in_recent months. Mrs. Lydia Baumgardner was found murdered August 21. Fer head had been crushed. Mrs. Emma Hatfleld 48, was clubbed M . 1925, and died from her injuries September 9 The last murder attributed by th police to the clubber was that of Mts: Mary Handley, 42, whose body was found near her home early on the morning of January, 1926. Almost all of the attacks occurred on the west side, several of them not far framh where last night's victim | was found. FOUND DEAD IN ROOM. C. I. Hirschmiller Discovered With Pistol by Side. Charles 1. Hirschmiller, about years old, was found dead from a bul let early this morning in his room at 8554 Tenth street. A pistol was found nearby. Occupants of the house stated he had been without work for the past nine months and was dis couraged. 4 His landlady, Mrs, Mattie 2. 8horb discovered the body when he failed to come to breakfast, and she went to his room to arose him. When he failed to respond to her knocks at the door she entered the room. Dr. Johr W. Crowe, who was summoned, pro nounced him dead. Coroner Nevitt returned a verdict of wuicide. Mr. Hirschmiller cume to Washing ton about six years ago from Mount Carroll, 111, and has two sisters living there, Mrs. Cora Wood and Mrs. Mar garet Edware [ NATIONAL GA S TAX ISSUE. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Octobe; 26 (#).—The question of State tax ation of natural gas companies doing interstate business was headed for the United States Supreme Court to a ‘ounsel for the Hope Natural Gas Co. prepared to appeal the cas to the highest tribunal following re fusal of the State Supreme Court yes terday to grant a rehearing on its de- cislon that a State tax may net be levied on the basis of gross proceeds of the sale of gas outside the Htate. but only on the value of such gas in the State. The appeal to the Supreme Court will be based on the contention that the decision of the lower court leaves the question of taxing inter state commerce still involved. Much West Virginla gas Is piped into Ohio and Pennsylvania. LAUREL ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, 3year-olds and up: 1vv mik - i . 101 Rige! P R O Shickiine 108 2heal Artia e 3 *Sciasors ... 0. 108 eBattie Shoi SECOND RACE—Purse. $1.300: maiden colts and reldings. 2-year-olds % furlongs Golden Volt g i‘fi‘mrk Sun Rock .... tAudley Farm entry. THIRD RACE—Purse. $1.300: claiming 8-year-olds and up: 6 furlony ik Maater Ten Stxty adiancy *Red Pennan sGymikhana Roland .. Tain puration rerslade artingale r rankil Also *Berkel ron - *Forward *Kathi'n Crosby FOURTH RACE—Pure. $1.800: clatming 8-year-olds and up: 1+ miles. sLaddie Buck.. reel . vl *El] 5 Hifllldin Billo 1C. Bild entry. 'TH CE—Pu $2,000: Green oo T BT Te: Bh1e %ia W S BN ‘\:fl ole 104 #Bonnie Pennant }'{; Fenilefi” o 104 tH. P Whlula entry. Mrs. L. A. Livingsion entry Frank L. and_ Elizabsth C. uippla, Hogoll nall’ B 1010 Sth o n. 62, 1737 Naw “Ho = s A "'-1-5' RLEI LA K e Brazen. 1 month. 5302 Oib st ) B VENTH RACE—Purse. $1.300: claim e T miies: by 13 iLady Bounutul 104 1 R, 1