Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1926, Page 2

HALL WEDDING RING FOUND'IN AUTOPSY . Was Reported Missing Four - Years Ago—101 Witnesses - Called for Trial. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, N. Y. Octgher 30— An autopsy performed upon the hody of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, slain New Rrunswick pastor, today brought 1o light a wedding ring that had been believed missing for four years. The ring, according to Dr. £chultze, medical expert who per- formed the autopsy, was found on Dr. Hall's finger. In the investiga- tion in 1422, which followed the find- ing of the body of the rector and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, the wedd ring was reported m Similar reports were circulated dur- ing the present investigation. Investigators had declared that the ying stolen from the rec Fnger as he lay under Aree on the Pnillips’ farm near Prunswick, where the hodies found. Besides the ring, Dr. Schulize found, brief statement made lo reporiers, were * seveial hitherto unreported scratches un the minister's body Dr. Schultze will make a formal re. poit to ator Alexander Simpson prior 1o trial of Mrs, Fian en d her broth te" and Henry, which will start 4n Somervilie. N. J., next Wednesday. Afier the autopey the body of b Hall was laid to rest again in Green wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Two pre. Vious auiupsies were made in 1922, 101 CALLED TO TESTIFY, Otto was s New were the only evidence according o a th Hall More Than Score of Others Yet To Be Summoned. SOMERVILLE. N. J., October 30 P —One hundared and one persons have thus tar been subpoenaed to testify for the State at the trials here next \Wednesday of Mrs. Frances §tevens Hall and her three male la- tivee, indicted for murder in the tngs of her hushand, Rev. F Wheeler Hall. and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Inspector John J. Underwood, in mak ing the announcement today, said more than a score remained yet to be summoned. Epecial Prosecutor Alexander Simp- #on today again criticized Ralph V. M. Gorsline. who last month under long questioning admitted that he was At the scene of the killings, but did pot see the crime committed. Gorsline. who was a vestryman and a choiv singer in Mr. Hall's ehurch was charged hy the prosecutor with tailure to keep an appointment at which he was to confront a man who wore that Gorsline actially saw the commission of the crime. In a statement Mr. Simpson asserted that Gorsline and hjs attorney were to have faced th€ witness office last night, but that appeared. “Inspector Underwood and Capt Walsh discovered a witnees of un questioned probity and standing.” the prosecutor’s statement read, “a man who worked on the case right after the murder. This made an affidavit that placed Gorsline in De R murder and identifying the man who did the shooting.” Jacob R. Lefferts, Gorsline's lawver, the statement added, had asreed produce hiz client Gorsline has often heen the suhject of bitter attacks by the prosecutor. who has declared he would seek his fndictment as an aceessory TEXAS TOWN’S ONLY RESIDENT IS POLE CAT in neither witness Ralph Sign Bearing Word “Lofton™ Sole Structure of *Center” Started 13 Years Ago. By the Associated Prass LOFTON, Tex. Octoher sole resident of Lofton is a polecat the le structure of the “eity i a white sign bearing the word “Lofton,” reared high over the plain But despite this paucity of citizens and absence of huildings. Lofton ap- pears on all good Texas maps, is on @ good ralroad. has a first.class high way at its front door and is distin guished by a grassy the whole town The town, in face, is one of those lost hopes that sometimes.spring from the coming of a railroad. The ground was laid off as a town site, but the town never materialized That was Years ago The railroad was buill was constructed, the wn but nobody settled there except the beautifully striped cal. The animal has been there =0 long he is accepted as an institution and tary ruler of his domain. FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS 30.—The the highway was named SMOKE-EATING MACHINE | Big Suction Hose Clears Befogged Rooms to Aid Extin- guishers. By the Associated Prese MINNEAPOLIS. October 30 —Min heapolis firemen may soon lose the appellation of “smoke eaters.” for the; now have a machine that literally “eats” the smoke for them at fires. The device resembles the “steamer’ tyvpe of fire engine. It has a hoiler like apparatus with a suction fan at tached to a hose ahout 15 inches in diameter. The hose is run into smoke. filled roome. and the smoke drawn out It has proved especially successful in fighting stubborn basement hlazes, where there is much smoke but little fire. MEXICO ORDERS BANNING OF COLORED HEREAFTER| Explanation of Move Is Due to Fear of Competition With Indian Agriculturists. Br_Cable to The Star and New York World MEXICO CITY. October 30.—-Mex fco will hereafter bar all the country. Minister of the Interior Tejeda sent orders to all ports and border points today to exclude them The order applies to negroes of all nationalities. The bar was raised because of fear of negro competition against Indian labor in_agriculture in the southern states. There has been a considerable influx lately from Haiti, Santo Do- mingo and Jamaica. The only negro populations of con- sequence in Mexico live along the Gulf | Coast. Ther come from the West Indiee and South America total number is not more than 50.000 They are confined to the States of Vera Cruz, Tobasco. Campeche and the territory of Quintana Roo. A col- ored man on the plateau is regarded as a curiosity. 4 . the crabapple | his | ssey’s lane the night of the | to} Is| lawn that covers | 12 remains a soli- | negroes from | and their | { Soldier-Poet Is Absorbed in ! Dramas of Christ and St. Francis. Even Wife Is Barred From His Villa in Italy—Labors Long Hours. viated Press October 30.—The veil surrounding Gabriele d'An- nunzio’s self-imposed exile in his villa at Gardone Rivera has been partly lifted. 3 It discloses the soldier-poet cnut off from all worldly contacts, laboring as much as 14 or 16 hours a day over two ambitious works, a mystery play with Christ as protagonist, and a drama hased on the life of St. Francis | of Assisi. He ix also revising and as. sembling for publication in a single volume a number of his littie known | prose and verse picces, D'Annunzio writes steadily, stop- ping only for brief meals or warm baths, and bends over his manuseript r into the night under the light of an antique lamp. The house is silent mystery admitted, His wife, Princess iallese, was re- fused whe she asked in a letter from Paris to he permitted to go to ( done to convalesce from n iven the poet’s daughter was denled entrance, _The doors leading to the little squar in front of the villa are holted, and | two faithful servants stand guard all day and most of the night. But. while the poet does not allow the world to watch him, he watches the world. or at least those of fts af. fairs in which he is interested. Hearing of a plan to erect a monu- ment to St. Francis at’SuhasioIn cele. of | as a tomb, and not a single visitor is | THE GABRI bration of the seventh century of his death, D'Annunzio hastened to tele- feaph to Pietro Fedele, minister of public instruction, protesting that a monument would be out of keeping with the spirit of the saint’s life, and characterizing the plan as vulgar. Mussolini to Decide. Tmmediately the project was sus. pended. the last word as to whether it shall be abandoned. D’Annunzio also took time to con- sent to Semator Vincenzo Morello's | scheme to create a repertory theater to tour Italy, playing D'Annunzian pleces. Of the poet’s new works, that ahout Christ will show the struggle between the flourishing pagan era and the new faith. The drama of St. Francis will trace the transformation of a zay worldly youth into the man known as the “saintliest of saints.” BUDGET BUREAU TURNS 70 SCHOOLS Consideration of $12,- 500,000 Appropriation Re- quest Starts Tomorrow. The Budget Bureau will hegin con- sideration tomorrow of the public achonl estimates for the next fiscal year, calling for appropriations total- ing approximately $12.500.000. With the exception of the estimates of the schools and courts, the hureau has virtually completed its survey of the entire District budget, amounting to Commissioners | spent | while Bell and Dougherty rt of vesterday at the bureau the estimates of Maj. U { Grant. 3d. director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public P of the National Capital. were under con sideration. Commissioner Rudolph was unable to attend bhecause of a cold, which confined him to his home. | AS the school estimates represent | approsimately onethird of the total | District budget, officials helieve it will 1ake the bureau at least twodays {10 examine school authorities as to | the need of the various appropriation requests, The hearings will be attended by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and members of the Board of Education. 'CIVIL SERVICE BODY | URGES LIBERAL LAW 5Retirement Federation Indorses| $1.200 Annuity and 65-Year Limit at Convention. Optional retirement after 30 service, with a maximum Snnuity of $1.200, and the lowering of the age limit for retirement from 70 vears to | 65 vears were indorsed vesterday hy the Retirement Federation of Civil Sarvice Employes in national conven- tion at the Typographical Temple. Officers for the coming year were ted. with Francis Black of New : Herman J. Chandler i J.. vice president: W. 1. Guy of Portsmouth, Va. as second [ vice president: George M. Morris, | Philadelphia, Pa., secretary, and B. G. Ladd of Washingion, treasurer. In indorsing the ret ment policy, the fedsration commended the joint conference on retirement at the last session of Congress for its efforts to bhring ahout an improved retirement Jaw. The federation is, composed of | unionized emploves at navy yards | and stations and arsenals. | | | !’ | | 'BRITISH MEAT COMBINE [AGAINST U. S. FOE SOUGHT | Agreement to Divide Trade May Be| | Weapon Finally Used in Long- | Continued Fight. | By the Ascociated Press LONDON. October 30.—A new mm'o{ ! i impending in the conflict between | ! Great Rritain and America for con- | trol of the world's frozen meat mar- | kets. the Sunday Express says, | " The Rritish companies concerned | contemplate a new agreement on what porcentage of the trade each should | have. and will then fight the Ameri { cans, according to the Express. with | a united front and combined re. | sourees, and they appear to think this force the Americans to capitulate. The British interests concerned are | | Vesteys. the Smithfield and Argentine | Meat English and Dutch Meat | | Ca. and the River Plate British and | Continental Meat Co, War has already heen waged for 18 months. at & cost of £10,000,000 to British interests. APPLE WEEK OPENED. o Jardine Receives Basket of Fruit. { Record Crop Reported. National apple week yvesterday by Secreta 5 3 | French, Secretary of the National | League of Commission Merchants. started the observance by presenting the Secretary with a basket of apnles. Mr. Jardine made a brief speech of acceptance. Lilovd 8, ‘enny of the Agricultural | Department. in a radino speech sald it would be difficult to market the huge apple ‘crop this vear. The increase over last year's produc [tion in New York and Virginia alone increase for Eastern orchards will ap- proximate 25 per cent. SNOW AND COLD WAVE SWEEP TOWARD TEXAS Temperature Is 2 Degrees Above Zero at Leadville, Colo., in Rockies. By the Associated Press. DENVER, October 30. its wake from 1 to 4 snow, temperatures below and clearing skies, the snowatorm, which has raged for 48 hours in Wyoming and Colorado is headed for New Mexico and Texas, Pueblo, Colo., had 4 inches snow during the storm period com- pared to 3 inches in Denver. Lead- ville, Coir.. high up in the Rockle: lald claim to the lowest temperatura with a minimum of two above zero. Cheyenne, Wyo., however, placed a close second with eight ahove. Passage of the storm and lifting of A dense fog which lay over the two ates found the Fokker monoplane, Josephine Ford. in which Lieut Comdr. Richard E. Byrd flew over the North Pole and which was snow- bound yesterday at Cheyenne, wing- ing its way westward toward Salt Lake City CHURCH “MEDDLING” IN SESQUI ASSAILED Sunday Closing Shows Attempt to Run Government, Head of Liberty Society Says. Leaving in inches of freezing of By the Associated Pre Closing of the Sesquicentennial Ex- position at Philadelphia under an “an- tiquated Sunday blue law that was first enacted under the reign of Charles 11 in 1876 in England. when there was a complete union of church and state” was assalled in a state ment last night by C. S. Longac general secretary of the Religious Liberty Assoclation of America. “It i most unfortunate in the Amevican avstem of civil govern- ment.” he sald. “to have the Metho. dist Church attempting to run the civil government and to force the hand of the civil officers in their in- terpretation of the law. The civil of- @cers have one interpretation of the law and the churchmen have another, and it is most unfortunate that the issue is over a religions obligation. “The fact that a church organiza- tion is meddling with this matter &! the whole affair a religious flavor. It seems strange that a patri otic exposition of national importance. such as the celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and American freedom. should be marred as it has heen all Summer with religions bickerings. * ¢ ¢ It seems strange that American juris- prudence should he interpreted in harmony with an English conception of a church and state religion.” ENGINEERiNG AN ART PRIMARILY, SAYS DEAN First Luncheon of G. W. U. Alumni This Season Addressed by John R. Lapham. Engineering ix an art rather than a sclence, the practitioners of must be economists and humani- tarians as well ar experts in the fun- damentals _of their profession, Dean John R. Lapham, College of Engl- neering of the George Washington University, said at a luncheon given vesterday at the La Fayette Hotel by the alumni. Dean Lapham said that because sci ence has to do chiefly with knowledge, while art deals in the ‘“doing,” gineering was more of an art even aratlon of every enghneering feat. Since the cost of any engleering project is governing factor, an eengineer must know how to make a dollar do the work of two dollars”; and since to he successful and to do more work the engineer must mingle with and know hix fellow men. he is obliged to become as human as he can, the dean ex- plained. Yesterday's luncheon was the first of this season. Dr. F. A. Hornaday of the university, who presided, ex- pressed the opinion that there was too much competition in the form of foot { ball games to allow many college men i LT | to attend the luncheon. EX-POLICE CHIEF GUILTY. LEWISVILLE, Ark., October 30 (). Henry Adams, former Texarkana i chief of police, today was found guilty | of first-degree murder for the shoot- ‘lnx of Bob Smith, Miller County dep- juty sheriff. The jury recommended life imprisonment. and Judge J. H. | McColeum _announced he would pass | sentence Tuesdav. Notice of appeal | was given. |, Adame also e under indictment on a murder charge for the killing of 18 2,170,000 barrels, he said while !hc]shtflfl Lish Barber. 8mith and Barber were slain in the same fight & year ago today, a Premier Mussolini will have | which | though science enters into the prep- SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO 'MYSTERY OF D' ANNUNZIO'S EXILE/ 'EXPLAINED BY LITERARY WORK PRESRYTERY HOLLS PENSON SUNDAY Churches Hear Program for Forthcoming Campaign to | Aid Clergy’s Pension Fund. Presbyterian churches throughout the Washington Presbytery today are observing Pension Sunday, a day ded- icated to a study of the needs and benefits of the new service pension plan for ministers and missionaries of the denominatlon. approved by the Iast general assembly, which is de. signed to eliminate the present em. barrmseing and inadequate system of asking annually for benevolences of ministerial relief. Ministers in each of the 39 churches of the Presbytery will outline the new retirement plan, to hecome self-xu taining in about 10 years, and will tell their congregations adoption of the plan will mean a long step forward for the church Says Future at Stake. The future of the Presbyterian ministry ix at stake, according to Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, because of the dwindling upply " of new ministers -of denomination which Is far to small to meet every present requirements. Inauguration of fhe new retirement system, he says, will bring new blood into the ministry and assure prepetua tion of the Preshyterian service, 'ht national appeal of a budget $15.000,000 needed to put the new plan into operation, will be launched here Wednesday evening at 6:30 at a meeting of workers at Franklin Square Hotel. This fund is needed, it is pointed out by Will H. Hayes, national committee chairman of the drive, to provide for those servents of the church who will be retired in the next few vears, and who will benefit under the new plan cause they have less than the re- auired 35 years service. Drive Ends November 15. John B. Larner. chairman of the Jocal campaign, announces that but three report meetings will he held during the local campaign. which will he concluded November 15. Follow ing the opening banquet next Wed nesday, other sessions will be held at the Franklin Square Hotel on Novem- ber 8 and 12, and the solicitation will be concluded at a final meeting No- vember 15, Although no active solicitation has heen conducted as yet, Mr. Larner has announced that already pledges amounting to several thousand dol lars have quietly been made by promi- nent members of varlous congrega- tions. Funds will be turned over to Andrew . Mellon, who is treasurer of the national committee. CARBON DIOXIDE HELD NECESSARY TO LIFE | Scientist Sees Hope of New Way to Cure Disease by Kill- ing Germs. By the Amsociated Press. NEW HAVEN, Comn., October 30, Carhon dioxide, popularly considered a waste produc is essential to the lite of all ia. This Is the dis- covery announced today by L. F. Rettger, Ph. D.. professor of b teriology at Yale Univesity. Dr. Rettger expressed the opinion that further study will show that car bon dioxide is necessary to every form of plant and animal life. The vesults of Dr. Rettger's two years' investi gation into the subject will be formally announced to the scientific world in the near future, he said. In his re- search he has been assisted by Gearge Valley, Ph a graduate of Ohio State Unive and now a senior Sterling research fellow. The study of many germs difficult of cultivatipn in the past will be fa cilitated by the artificial stimulus to | growth and expansion effected by car- {hon dioxide, according to Prof. | Rettger. Of far wider significance, he said, is the possibility, remote at present, I that a method of temporarily remov- ing carbon dioxide from tissue may bhe devised. This would directly re. move disease by -causing the death of the disease germs through absence of the vital gas. OYSTER-GROV\VIINGiTREES ARE SEEN BY SCIENTIST By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. October 30.—Oysters growing on trees, blood-sucking bats and stingless bees were among the wonders-of Trinidad, described today by Dr. Fred J. Seaver, curator of the ‘ew York Botanical Garden. Nor are the curiosities in this in- teresting land confined to the animal kingdom,” he continued. “There are the banyan tree, with its many trunks. and the cannonball tree, with its peculiar fruit; vines which pro- duce sponges, and trees which grow cooking utensils, as though nature had combined to make it as easy as possible for the residents of this tropical land.” “Pitch Lake.” in spite of its in- tense heat, sulphurous ‘fumes and ab- sence of vegetation, is one of the chief economic_resources of the is- land, said Dr. Seaver, who, with se eral other mycologists, has just com- pleted a survey of the fungi of Porto ! Rico and the Virgin Islands. GETS NO CAMPAIGN GIFTS. 1. W. Christman, independent Re- publican of New York, who is run- hing for the Senate on & dry platform, Vesterday reported to the Secretary of the Senate that he had received no contributions and had spent $640. The Democratic speakers’ bureau re- ported expenditures of $1.385 and had Fecelved no contributions from October 23 to October 28. The Indiana Antisaloon League re- ported chae from October 19 to October 3% it r®eived $2.069 and spent $1.735. The Ohion Anti-saloon League reported that from October 20 to October 28 receipts of $1,169 and expenditures of $1.162. the | A campaign for $135,000, a part of | of | D. C., OCTOBER 31 “CANNIBALS LIKE AMERICAN GAPITAL Or. Mann’s Aides, One Wear- ing Wrist Watch, Find U. S. Wonderful. Their jungle highnesses. Saidi and James, crown princes of Suahili and points east in Africa, whom Dr. Mann | brought back with him from Tangan- | vika, yesterday granted an exclusive | interview to a Star reporter. { Both are greatly impressed with the | cardiality of the American public, Washington’s skyline and the recep- tion given them at the Zoo, in the lion | house, of which they are quartered | pending their return to Africa. 1t is| understood that they believe America | | i€ “wonderful” and its iAdustrial de- | velopment “‘amazing.” ; | | ilernided as cannibals of savage | tyre. The Star's represéntative sought | | the tection of a Zoo guard before | | approaching the dusky pair in the basement &f the lion house. | aidi, James,” cried the attendant in a stern volce, Growl Greets Salutation. There was a low growl from some- | where, and the reporter anxiously toward the door. “The lfons are hungpy,” the guard | explained. | Presently Saidl and James emerged | | from below. The reporter instinctive- ;I_\' glanced to see if their hands held | remnants of a gory feast. His frame grew rigid as he glimpsed in Saidi's fingers a (could it really be?)—ves, a lifted his hand nonchalantly A puff at the Amerfcan-hrand weed and something shiny on his up | lifted wrist caught the reporters eve. A native fetiche of sort, no | doudt, made from teeth or something, perhaps. idi. he-man of the jungies, tamer of wild | elephants and ‘boa constr , was wearing a wrist watch! The reporter’s nerves needed steady. ing and he called to his photogtapher companion for a cigarette. James broke into an understanding smile | and handed a pack of his own. Sign Lauguage Aids. Saidi and James, it seen are not the ferocions flare-backs to an age of head hunters and blood drinkers that some persons might have been led to believe by certain sensational report From that moment forward the in-| terview went along in breezy style. The visitors, particularly Saidi, un- derstand a goodly smattering of English, and thi coupled with thefr ability to read gestures and signs, has enabled them to learn ¢ iderable | about \ hington since their : al here a week ago. | Saldi insisted he “‘no spik Angleesh.” but he understood e 1gh of it to let hiz interviewer know th: he had served in the “Suahili arm that he | had two wives and three children hack home, and that he would be pleased to have his picture taken. Like American Foods. aidi is a Mohammedan, and he in- variably wears a red turban on his head. James, of much smaller huild, is a Christian mission hoy and he wears a gray felt hat. Both are wear- ing dark blue trousers, much in need of pressing. sofled shirts with turned down collars, and palm beach coat Saidi had the photographer wait whi he ran to get his coat. The hoys are having an eaxy life of it at the Zoo. They have mno set | duties to perform,” and just wait around for the next meal. ~Saidi, he- cause of his faith, does not touch meat. but will eat anything else put before him. James shows his likir for American foods, oo, They wera taken on a sight-seeing tour of the city vesterday, spending most of their time at the National | Museum however. An employe of the Zoo was their escort. He could not explain to them what the exhibits were all ahout, and consequently their eves bulged in wonderment through- | out the tour. h will hefore long feasion 1 eley James his trade as on_colony. And mayhe then they will write their_impressions of America for the benefit of a skeptical African popu lace. sent back to Kast Saidi to resume ant stalker, and | personal boy" in he MARY MILES MINTER " LEAVES FOR EUROPE Wishes She Could Stay Away For- ever, Then Rebuffs Further Inquiries. By the Assoclated Pre NEW YORK, October 30.—U'nder the name of Jullet K. Rellly, Mary Miles Minter safled for Europe toda:. Dorothy Manners, an_actress “friend. said that the name Reilly was used “in an effort to live down the scandal attending the murder of Willlam Des- mond Taylor, screen director, four vears ago."” “How long are you going to stay abroad?” Miss Minter was asked. “1 wish T could stay away forever.” “Are_you ever going hack in the “That's on the knees of the gods, doesn’'t want to talk she should use one word in replyving to all questions. The word I have selected is cock- roach. The questions then poured out, one after another, each to he met by Miss Minter's chosen word. Juliet K. Reilly is the former ac treas’ real name, Mary Miles Minter | being merely a stage name. FIRM LOSES MAIL RIGHT. The Foreign Employment Bureau, W. B. Gregory, its president, and its other officers, located at Detroit, were barred from the mails by a fraud or- der issued yesterday hy W. Irving ver, Acting Postmaster General. The concern is charged with operating a scheme for abtaining money through the malls by false and fraudulent means. It advertised in newspapers asking voung men wanting employ- ment_in South and Central America and FEurope to write. Applicants were to ‘send $2 for complete information. Postal officials said Gregory admitted no persons secured any employment and that he engaged in the scheme after he himself had been defrauded in & similar manner. By the Associated, Press. OMAHA, Nebr., October 30.—Golf has become an evil rather than a di- version among aged inmates of the Douglas County poor farm. Not that the old fellows take to drink in despair over their games. Instead they hunt for golf balls around the Omaha Field Club course adjoining the hospital and sell them to buy liquor. The situation has become 8o serious at the farm hospital that Dr. J. E. Summers, chief of the hospital staff, cites it as one of the reasons why the . Hunting Balls on Nearby Golf Course Supplies Poor Farm Inmates With Rum poor farm should be removed to the count: Occasionally, when some of the old men get “organized” thay return to the hospital home in a truculent mood |und make things unpleasant for their more peaceful companions. Other | times they burst into song. which is |equally tunpleasant for others, Supt. | William J. Hunter said. Two of the inmates, who did not drink, saved enough mogey from sell- ing golf balls to provide themselves modest burial when they died, Mr. Hunter said. L] glanced | movies?” | she replied, adding: “When a person | 1926 -PART This Proves They Don’t Eat Photographers James and Saidi. They both left t| heir last names—if any—in Africa. DEATH GUN BULLETS MATCH SHELLS IN SCRIVENER LOCKER (Continted from First Page) the date, and they set Tuesday, Oc- toher 12 for the wedding. On Sunday. October 10, drove out with Miss Parker. He had not vet given her the ring. He was hiting_his lips. ted Dheside him. Miss Parker mocked him about it. She told detec thought he was going to talk about | the wedding plans. Later he did. He told Her he could not he m on Octoher 12. Inspector Pratt wanted him to go to Danville, Va., for | a prisoner, he said. He would have | to ride all day Monday and Monday rivener Laight and wonld not be able to make the arrangements, he explained. So they put off the wedding for another day. They named October 13 as the wedding day. Danville Story Disputed. Inspector Pratt had never in structed Scrivener ta go to Dénville for a prisoner and had no intention of sending him there: had no knowl- edge of any case with which he was connected and which could possibly necessitate such a trip. Monday passed. see his fiancee that day. That night he saw Miss Markey and raceived the engagement ring from her, as re- lated abe Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. the eve of the tragedy, found Scrivener meeting Miss Parker in the down- town section. He drove her home He told her he did not o to Dan- ville, Va., that it had been found that | the man wanted was in & suburb, and difficulty would he encountered in bringing him back. She spoke to him again about the wedding. She said she felt hurt, but still_had faith in him. At her home, he called up a fellow detective and nge for a minister the following nigh She had asked him why they coul not have been married that night, after all, Aaza he had not gone to Danville, and he had replied that he wanted a certain minister to perform the ceremony, but had found he was so busy Tuesday night he could not officiate, Wedding Plans He had made no arrangements about his clothing, as far Parker knew, and had made no sug. gestion regarding hers. He told her he had made reservations at the Mar tinique Hotel. | Later in showed no been made. The engagement ring which he gave her that night was the same that Miss Markey had given back to him !!)t' night before. It was a size 6. The wedding ring, detectives found later, was of the same size. Its cost was §3. The size for Miss Parker would have been size 5. Detectives were told by detective, George Weber, assigned to grand jury work, that Serivener saw him at 11 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday. October 12, his last day alive. He told Weber he was to be married. | ., Weber had a watch, belonging to N Parker, which Scrivener had given him to repair, and the repairs were expected to have been completed three weeks from that time. Scrivener insisted that Weber write down the name and address of Miss Parker that the watch would he returned The investigation disclosed that a fellow detective introduces Sertvener | and Miss Parker to an Army officer |at an American Leglon ball last Winter. ‘I'he officer was g good dancer. Five weeks ago Scrivener approached this detective. He con fided that he wanted this detective |to_accompany him to Camp Meade. where the officer was stationad. The detective did. ivener did not to marry vmplete, estigation by uch reservations had ever a fellow Go to Camp Meade. Meanwhile Serivener had written down the name and telephone number of Miss Parker in a little book, and had told the other detective that he wished to get the Army officer to call up Misg” Parker -and “make a date.” He thought she'd “fall for him.” He “'snw a chance to ge: out.” This was whl_t the fellow detective told the in- | vestigators. | perhes went to Meade. 1A een transferred to Ralti ‘They planned a trip to Hal:l'm"z:: which never materialized. g As to the pistol, the inves r's found that Scrivener l'!('fil\'?'fl!g};‘rzlr: icorge Darnall headquarters, detec. jtive, ‘& 3% hammerless Harrington '& Richardson pistol during the lat- ter part of the Summer.. Darnall recalled thig, it was stated, after the pistol in the case had been sent to the Bureau of Standards, where acid |baths_were fruitlessly resorted to in lan effort to bring out the filed-ofr serlal numbers. Darnall saw the weapon after it came back and the ]kl(‘kll hlarl f‘hT;;\KFrI its appearance, “It looks like the same " Dar nall rald. e | Darnall added that he could tel better if he had seen the pistol before ,|h' tests. ‘There had been a bit of | rust on the left-hand stde, he said. | It was officlally stated ' that there wase rust on the left-hand side of the | pistol found at @he scene of Seriven- | er's death. Need of Weapon Explained. | Darnall said Scrivener told him he wanted the weapon for a friend. Dar- nall said that he had found the pistol |in the drawer assigned to him at | police headquarters when he went | there six or seven years ago. He did not remember anything about the | serial numbers on the pistol. | A detective was sent to the arms | factory producing the make of pistol |found at tha death scene. Identifca- | tion of the particular weapon was not | forthcoming. It was stated, however, | that the material in the pistol and the dimensions satisfied factory ex- perts it was produced some time be- fore the war. Prior te Ootober, 1931, however, it was stated st the factory, no records The officer A8 Miss | police | individual pistols produced had kept. Tracing was impossible. The pistol found at the death scene was loaded with five . liher Ger- man made cartridges. They were of cheap gradas. They were made for use in a Smith & Wesson pistol hefore the war. One of the five had heen dis charged. The leaden hullet from it passed through Scrivener’'s heart. Shells Found in Locker. In the locker of Arthur Scrivener at headquarters, detectives prosecuting a search of his personal effects found 38 cartridges 38 caliber. They Were the same type German made tridges and of the same cheap grade as those found in the pistol. = of stores where firearms cartridges are sold was made. was learned that these German- made cartridges are not a pmmon stock in trade and that they were obtainable at only a few secondrate stores. Another rson police headg: . rter proposal Ser.vener had made to him. It was, obviously. a_“publicity stunt. The proposal was that this man go into a residential section where per- sons are asleep and fire blank cartridges, then run away. Scrivener, remaining, would tell a_story of a hand-to-hand struggle with thugs who fired at him, but who escaped. Scrivener sald, this man informed investigators, that it would be a “big story” for the newspapers. AR to the necktie, Matthew Walsh, with whom Scrivener lived, brought a eckiie into police headquarters. It of D It connected with told of a strange | was blue with red dots, of the same pattern and material as the one found in Scrivener's hand. 1f differed only olor. He told investigators that ner had presented it to him put a year ago. Ties Bought in Same Shop. Inquiry revealed that this tie, as well as the sort of tie found in Seriv- ener's hand, had heen sold here at the Young Men's Shop, more than a cear ago. At the store there was no recollection of having sold these two particular ties to any particular per- son, but hoth were postively identified as being ties which had been sold in that store, The necktie found | hand was tied in It was arted in neckband as though a flant's neck. ts at the Bureau of & | demonstrated that the tie would with | stand tension up to a point of 140 | pounds per textile unit. Tests by In- in vener's the cente torn i of the 0 the andards | vealed that a necktie of similar qual ity would support the weight of In- spector Pratt, when he suspended him- self from a tie around Keliey's neck. weighs 230 pounds. Jerking, yank- ing and pulling failed to part the fab- ric. The tests indicated that it was virtually imposible to pull such a tie from a man's neck, parting it in the middle of the neckband. four-in-hand knot. | | spector Pratt and Detective Kelly re. ! ROSS CASE WILL GO0 10 GRAND JURORS Taxi Driver, Medical Stue dent, Is Released on $2,000 Bond in Sheridan Death. Despite his vigorous denials thaf he was speeding when he struck an automobile on North Capitol street, ar Randolph place, on Friday. fa- v injuring Frane R. Sheridan, 20 '8, 1805 North Capitol atreet, Charles Andrew Ross, yvoung medical student of 316 Eastern avenue, Ta koma Park, was held for the action of the grand jury hy a coroner's jury gathered at t morgue yesterday. Ross was released on $2.000 bond Ross, in testifying at the inquest into the death of Sheridan, which occurred at Sibley Hospital shortly after the collision, declared that he was traveling at not more than 20 i miles an hour, due to the fact he had his wife with him, who is in a deli cate condition. Ross Gives Testimony. In support of his plea that he was not speeding, Ross stated that had he beert driving 40 milles an hour, as charged, the heavy xicab he was driving would have knocked the auto mobile of Poiiceman R. . Knapp, 338 I street, in which Sheridan was riding, clear across the street. In stead, he said, 1t merely locked wheels and stopped without moving an inch sxplaining that he was a medical student and in the last year at school, Ross declared that he has been driv ing & taxicab to enable him to pay fort his medical tuition and mest living expenses. Frank P. Berraducci. street, who attempted to give Sheri {dan first aid when the lad made 2 dash for. Sibl Hospital with his jugular vein eut, testified that he wa: sitting in his machine when he heard the crash. He sald that he ohtain~d an apron from a woman and tried to stay the flow of hlood while obtained a car to take Sheridan Sibley. £40 Ruchanan he Doctor Tells of Death. Sheridan died while on the operating table, and Dr. L. N. Becker. who pro nounced him dead, told the jury hls death was due to laceration, hemor rhages and shock. Ross was driving south on North { Capitol street, and he attributed the accident to the fact that the streets were wet, causing his car to skid Charlotte Ross, wife of the voung imedical student, who wag with him at the time of the accident. testified that she looked at the speedometer shortly before the crash and it regis. tered hetween 20 and 25 miles an hour. She said that she was on her way to her mother's house, and was in no hurry, and that she was certain her husband was not in a hurry either “BOYOLOGY” COURSE i TO OPEN THURSDAY Men to Be Given Training in Guidance of Boys of K. of C. Club. Fathers wha were never memhers of a “gang” and who have heen fall ures as companions for their boys will | have an opportunity to join a “gang"” and learn how they ought to join with their boys in their sports. This will be brought abeut by the | Knights of Columbus’ 30-hour course {in “hoyology.” to he held here from November 4 to 13, Inclusive, at the { Knights of Columbus Club, 918 Tenth reet, under the direction of Joseph . Becker, fleld mecretary of the | Knights of Columbus Boy Life Rurean | Mr. Becker, in telling of the results ned through these courses, esiah hed in many other cities of the untry, said last night that they are In connection { with the Knights of Columbus Roy { Life Bureau other organizations co- operating in the movement here are the American Red Cross, Rig Brothers Federation, Boys' Club Federation, Boy Scouts of America and the Plav- ground and Recreation Association of America. " The qualifications are that any man lover 20 years of age who has an In terest in the leisure time guidance of the boy is qualified to enroll in thix 1 |e { strictly non-sectarian. Friend Tells of Threat. From a friend of Scrivener, whose name was not made public, police were told that two years ago, when wa he sald, “If worst comes to worst, I will put myself out of the wa hat they could nevér make it sui | From another friend it was learned | that rivener recently had hard-pressed financially. having bor- rowed a total of $1.500 fromn this par- ticular friend at various fntervals during the-last year. Regarding Mrs. Annie Stauff, who heard voices in the alley shortly he fore the shot was fired on the morn- ing of Scrivener's death, police stated they statement. As to the powder burns on Scriven- er's coat, further tests are heing made to attempt an estimate as to the range at which the pistol w. held when the bullet was discharged. These have not heen completed. That is the story the polic uncovered during their invi It will go before a coroner week from tomorrow. COMES BACK AS GUEST. Former Hotel Employe Now Owns ' Chain of Cafes. Special Dispatch to The Star. SAN FRANCISCO, Octe Like the old door < Laugh” who inherited a fortune and became a guest in the hotel where he was wont to drudge, James Kelly, a an immigrant from the old country, came back to the Hotel S \Francis’ the other day, where he { worked as a bus hoy 13 vears ago, this time as a first-class guest. “My full name was Kellys when T arrived in this coun- try as a hoy,” said Kelly. “My friends, however, soon_took up the habit of | calling ‘me ‘Kelly’ and later ‘Jim | Kelly.” “The Irish name seems to have brought me luck, for it was not long before I was able to open a little res. taurant in the Rocky Mountains, near my present home of Boise, Idaho. | Good business and perseverance de. | veloped my small venture into what is now a first-class chain of cafes {and food emporiums have tigation. e g AN Raises Big Guinea Bean. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLAY CENTRE, Ka October 306, —A new specimen of vegetable in the form of a gigantic guinea bean, re- sembling a green squash, was latel: being exhibitad by T. Thoren, a Clay Centre man. It grows on a climhing vine, n he boiled like a squash, fried like eggplant or preserved and pickled |like watermelon. . - The middle ages cover: e period from.A.D. 476 to the Rm‘ on in the sixteenth century. o heen | had nothing to corroborate her | Jury al Demetrius | | course. Mr. Becker said every man {of good character, regardless of his religious affiliations it welcome and | that no charge is made. 1 | BAZAAR TO AID CLASSES. | = | Epiphany Girls' Friéndly Society | Announces. | | Epiphany branch of the Girls® Friendly Society will hold a bazaar in he parish FKall of Epiphany Church, | tomorr starting at 2 p.m. | The purpose is to raise funds for the clarses and other activities of the o ! clety during the winter. Supper will | be served from 5 to 7 p.m. Miss Irene Harding is chairman of the bazaar committee. The following | will have charge of various tables | Miss Dorothy Jost, Miss Fleanor Nor- ris, Miss Anna Slaughter. Miss Flor jence Donaldson, Miss Mary Sensel, . White, Mrs. A. H. Mullikin, Miss za Moncure. COL. bONEGAN TO SPEAK. | s 1) | Opponent of Vivisection Will Be | Heard at Church of Covenant. | Lieut. Col. James Francis Donegan, | noted Irish opponent of vivisection, | will address a meeting tomorrow night at 8§ o'clock in the chapel of the Chureh ‘nf the Covenant, under auspices of the National Society for the Humane | Regulation of Vivisection and the | Washington Humane Soclety. | Col. Donegan has seen service in | many lands and is regarded as one of - | the most entertaining of anti-vivisec- | tion apeakers. A veteran of the Brit- 1ish army with many decorations for valor, he telis amusing anecdotes con cerning vaceines and serume based on his own experiences as an army surgeon. CONVIETS PICK AI;PLES. Business Men Reduce Sta¥s to Help in West. | Spacial Dispateh to The Star YAKIMA, Wash., October 30. shortage of experienced apple pickers is S0 great in the fruit sections of tha Northwest that prisoners held in the city jail here were released to help in the harvest. All were being held on lesser charges. Business men have reduced their staffs to permit more helpers in the orchards, ministers have agreed to cut short Sunday services and the public achoole have clased for a two weeks' period « and girls of the frult district are faster and better pickers than the st imported workers. Apples. necause of the severe freezo two weeks ago, are falling in the Northwest orcharde at the rate of 100 to 300 carloads a day. It (s essential the fruit be picked immediately. ¢