Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1926, Page 2

LA PLATA DAMAGE PLACED AT 500 Careful Survey of Storm Area | Being Made—Total Relief Fund Gifts, $8,500. "With The Evening Star’s relief fund for Southern Maryland tornado suf- ferers passing the $2,000 mark today and with Red Cross contributions of $1,500 swelling the total, a systematic survey was under way at La Plata and Cedarville, Md., to itemize the damage and the needs and situation of distressed groups. Experienced Red Cross workers, op- erating in conjunction with the Red Cross advisory committee of Charles Cotnty, which has been formed from the nucleus of the citizens’ rellef com mittee headed by State Senator Wal ter J. Mitchell. were making a thor- ough canvass of the stricken area. Re- ports thus far indicate that the blanket estimate of $25.000 damage made by La Plata workers will be borne out by the ftemized list. $3,500 Total for Two Citles. The amount raised in Washington and Baltimore today had exceeded a total of $3.500. The local committee at La Vata was confident today that the 55,000 mark would be passed in the fund contributed through Charl: County. for the relief work. T hrings the entire total thns far r: 10 bevond the $8.500 mark, and the week end is expected to see more than balf of the total fund of $25,000 need- ed, contributed. Among the contribu- tions announced in Charles County is one from the county Red Cross chap- ter, which emptied its treasury of $1,400 for the relief fund. Red Cross workers have divided the work into two_ areas—La Plata and Cedarville. At La Plata approximate- 1y $19,000 is expected to be needed for the emergency and rehabilitation work, while the remaining $6,000 is estimated as Cedarville's needs The Baltimore Red Cross chapter today announced the gift of $500 from fts fund. But for the prevalence of charity drives in Baltimore, it was fearned in that city, which now has a community chest drive on and which has just recently cleaned up a big Florida relief drive, a specal cam palgn for La Plata sufferers would have been conducted. Relief Plans Worked Out. The relief plans now have been final- Iy worked jout. The local committee headed by State Semfitor Mitchell, now functions as the Red Cross ad- visory committee of Charies Countv This committee. working with J. B Gwyn, from Red Cross headquarters here will handle the permanent re habilltation work. the emergency ve lief work being cared for by the local committee. The fund raised by La Plata local committee wil he used for emergency ef work and the balance will be placed in the fund for permanent rehabilitation work. All accounts will pass through the hands of R. J. Mattes, local treasurer of the Red and other funds at La Plata and the blanket estimate of $25.000 covers not only the emergen relief, but the rehabi‘itation funds, Al collections for the fund will finally find their way to the hands of Mr. Matt When certaln f: are d d by contributor benefi ontribui Red Cross o5 ment that thi to_the hands of t It is expecied tion work wlil be 10 days. R. J. D. Creamer, account- ant for the Red Cross. already has checked up on ceriain phases of the relief work, the method of distribution nds und other items of ad: \ All But Ove Child Better. Washington hes reported imp: aent in of the chil injured Tuesday the La Plat scholhouse disaster. | Louts Swann aid to be in proving yesterday, s “nbouc same” today. While he has gained no ground in his fight for life, he has lost none. The other griev including Maria Miles and Al nights at stronger Children's amputated tured, w: and sreatly imp Maddox, at Fmer nearing convilescence, as i Katherine Watts, colored. whe most of her time fondling doll. The relea of the usly in jured voungsters at Providence hy Christmas-—the personal goal of cach of them— s assured R FUND GROWIN( also for the s. the wiil be directed the rehabilita Cleaned up that wll but one usly hurt children, Murphy. Benjamin t Hyde, spent restful vidence nd they are today Samuel Rerry, at Hospital, whose arm wa i whose skull is frac su stronger this morni Raymond is rapudly an infant List of Contributors Through The Star Is Increased. $1.800 the night the Red Cross s mail brousht swelling the tunc oi $2.000 than ctions at The S were turned over today This mor: checks and cash The Star to more than With merely the annotation vel Ross., of Barber & Ros: one of the most substan butfons vet recejved in fund_vesterday afternoon for §500. The list of contributc to noon today are as follows: vreviously acknowledged. ... $1 lmer H. Catlin Co.. .. BYNOR....... iistelle . Helln Willtam H. White. A. L. T. Eaton Miss Dorothy La Roe Anacostia meil N Dauchters of Americ julia A. Thompson v.D.... Samuel Ross Kate H A Friend . Ladies’ Auxil Club .. From a M Boy L. Woodwar Cash . Anonymou: Mabel an Lucy Re Anonynu Mr. and Mrs. N. Roy McNeil Ann McNei Helen McNeil Fisben 5. Baxtes R A. Callahan. J. M. H.. A DuBois ..... Gus C. Edwards...... George C. Pumphre: Peter Latterner " Arthur Seagren Miss Mamie 0. W C. Mills . A E. Mls ... : Doris D. Schutz... Allos D. Goddard........ Frederick J. Goddard R. Ross Perry, jr.... Kahn Optical Co.. R. Marbury Stamp. 0. D. Kinsman. TOBL coeees cpowsmseesses $3,003.93 representin r unti am. came contri g 10.00 Barber & Soni 500.00 5.00 s 1.00 iery, 10.00 1.00 .00 00 5.00 i 1.00 1.00 10.00 10.00 .00 10.00 10.00 10.00 the | ritfes | ounce- | ‘tals this mornins | Star's | )| night is PUBLICITY AGENT FOR CAMPAIGN Richest Indian’s Wife Hits Justice Department as Being “Influenced.” Can Make Own Statements, ‘But Those Prepared for Her Are More Elegant. | While her publicity man—a high- | priced Washington magazine writer— | grinds out the statements Svhich she | 1ssues to the press, Mrs. Jackson Bar- I nett waits at a downtown hotel with {her husband. well known as the world's wealthiest Indian, for a de- cision from the, Secretary of the In- terior regarding claims® for money | now held here. | Mrs. Barnett, taking her cue from | modern-day business methods, proper- {1y apprecfates the value of the much abused press agent. While her at- torney conducts the case before the Interior Department the press agent | fights it before the court of public { opinion | One day this week he was apparent- Iy one step ahead of the wealthiest Indian’s spouse. She came down | stairs with a mimeograph of her | statement of the day before in her | hand and appeared rather interested | herself in what she had to say in the | new statement when it was shown to !her by the reporter. Can Make Own Statements. | “What's this, something new?” asked, as she scauned it curiou She will make other statements from time to time. She doesn't know exactly how many statements she will fssue. That's all up to the well known magazine writer who has her | cage in hand. It must be said for Mrs. Barnett's statements that they are beautifully stated. The man who makes her | statements for her knows how to state things. The wife of the wealthiest Indian is pretty adept at making statements without professional assistance, but they lack the smooth, flowing ele- gance of those which she issues to the | press. | For instance, she describes a | tain member of the United States | Senate as “an awful piece of cheese.” | That wouldn't be exactly the way she | would say it for the papers, after it | has been put in shape by her { lcity man. | Mrs. Barnett has a good eye for | publicity. | " “We had some plctures taken yves | terday.” she said. “They're the best we ever had. You'd better go up to the photographers and get one.” she cer- Describes Their Meeting. Barnett has been the wife of the chief,” as she speaks of her hus- | band affectionately. for the past six | veurs. I Mrs, - he met me he never would h hing to do with any wom en.” she seid. “T calied on him abou »me ofl lands and that's how we g quainted and how he proposed Mrs. Barnett fine appearin: indly. courteous, sman, whe | is convinced that her elderly husband i a | him, one of her statemes | the Department of PUb- [y the money, explainin; | 1s because the Okluhom: | Aluence THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATUR MRS. JACKSON BARNETT HIRES MRS. BARNETT. but has become the center of a unique situation m the history of American | Government The substance of Mrs. statements, issued in the Fed estat 1 Gov he Department of the Inte. rior trylng to give its wards a square deal and the Department of Justice, influenced by certain Oklahoma poll. ticians, trying to instead of defending it. After explaining that ment of the Interior h certain payments to Mr of his own money held the Depart Bornett out in trust for ts adds tha is_holdi 11 of th political in- through Washing- ton, inSisis that this money shall he taken to Oklahoma to be doled ou through local courts and irresponsible guardians to the profit of the unserup working | ulous members of the community Another Barnett's statement says that Mrs hushand—75 vears ol¢ and in poor heaith-—has been spiritec away and held incommunicado b United States deputy marshals with, at the best, only technical legal zrounds for such action. She alleges 1t the “Oklahoma gangs™ have used effort to profit from his estate, 1t e has seldom been allowed wive enough money to live in ac- ordance with his wenlth. Mrs. Barnett has a high regard for ot only has been given a poor deal, indian Commissioner Burke. 'FEARIN | | | Clarendon Boy, at St. John’s, Annapolis, Now Has *Drag” for Dance Tonight. | Baltimore Girl Is First to Re- ply to Plea for Part- ner at Party. known emb aton County, rendon, well sons, Louis A. might have to go to the big foot denee in Baltimore tonight minus a girl Young Hester, whose home ix on Westover street in the thriving Vir- nla town, and is o sophomore John's Coilege. Annapolis, ad- vertised in an Annapoiis paper Thurs- duy for rag” to take to the dance, which will follow the gridiron contest in more this afternoon between his own college and Johns Hopkins fversity, 1 is college vernacu- | lur for dance partner, The vouth explained to newspag rs that back in Clarend had no difficulty get- but all of the Annapolis maidens had given him the cold ¢ during the two vears he has John's nd Rey ik 0. K now, thanks brought Hester Wl dhiree letters, to corps of reporters Hester went 2 happy | knowledge that he won't siL ba and look on at the dotnes ov the thern Hotel roof this evening | The lucky Annap of Ral ittt not vams wpher me this te have t . it was rumored at . is Yvonne e, name was signed to the following telegraphic response to Hester's ad: and | loved its originality. RBalti the fivst telegram, and | i preference over the When the phone number was | | called last night the wires got twisted | and a man answered the call. but later ! the num r was siraightened out and everything was fixed up in short order | between the girl and the student, ac | cording to his friends. { The “want ad” which Hestédr in serted in the Annapolis Evening Capi- others. college student desires a drag for a Southern roof party in Baltimore Saturday night after St. iopkins game. Address box apital, before Friday { ntgh | As the replies filtered in Hester ex- | amined them with eager eves and last aid to have gone to Balti- 10 look ‘em over.” One of the messages was from Miss Maxine Rankin, a senior in the Mary- and Institute School of Art and De who wired: Thanks for the invitation. like to go. Call Liberty 1822. | 'Miss Rankin explained to newspa- per men that the ad appealed to her | ! sense of humor, but added she would | go if Hester wanted her to. |~ Miss Sylvia Lewy wrote: “You have { aroused my pity. T would be delight | ed to attend this dance with you. Cali !my home if you care to take me. 1 am a good-looking girl. T have hair and am 5 feet 4 inches ta Other replies were along vein. Hester confessed a toward brunettes, and it is pr | that Yvonne must have been of the favored type. Friends of the student, both in Clar- endon and in Annapolis, were suspi cious today that Hester wasn't readly Would | { G WALL-FLOWER'S FATE. STUDENT RUNS AD FOR “DATE" serious about not having had any girls du even r roanded by att Annapolis ¢ Clarendon rec popular thercabouts, One Annapolis friend who purported know whereof he spoke declared at Louis had a * with a “drag” or tonight's all alopg. just wanted to get a girl for a ite who was too bashful to ad- it was asserted. lled having seen active young ladies at ces, and to Upshaw in. ‘Dcn_ving Offer of Dry Post Quotes ‘Old Maid’ By the Associated Press Representative Upshaw. dry crusader of Georgia, who failed of renomination in the recent pri- marie: alled yesterday on As- sistant Secretary Andrews. chief of the prohibition forc nd when asked if he was going to be named ry administrator, replied: “Thut reminds me of the old maid d, when she was asked s =oing to be married, here is no truth in it, but God for the rumor.’ " it she that than Barnett's mimeograph from her Wotel, is that there is open warfare bétween two departments of nment over Indian prevent its sister department from meting out justice authorized ing the past two years. Some him sur- neighbors at led that he was quite LEADERS RETICENT ON TAX REBATES Green and Bacharach Prefer Reduction of Public Debt With Surplus. By the Associated Press. Leading Republicans of the House ways and means committee, which must initiate any tax legislature, are eyeing askance the administration suggestion for a rebate to be paid next year on individual and corpora- tion income earned in 1926. Formal statements yesterday from Chairman Green, Iowa, and Repre- sentative Bacharach, Republican, New Jersey, gave only qualified approval and indicated their personal prefer- ence for using the $250,000,000 Treas- ury surplus to reduce the public debt and thus indirectly decrease the tax burden total. Chairman Green also reiterated that the committee would give its attention first to legislation regarding the return of alien property, adding that this probably would consume the time until Congress convenes next month. Favors Paying Off Debt. “The plan of making a reduction in the tax payments of next year, either on the personal income tax or that of corporations, is workable, but if adopt- | ed there will be much confiict as to how such a reduction is to be applied,” he said. “I have always considered that the time to pay off the public debt was when we were prosperous, and that some opportunity should be given for the reduction of taxes when busi- ness is depressed. “I do not believe that a reduction of personal income taxes by a uniform percentage for all taxpayers can be made satisfactorily. While it has been done before, and the original proposal was my own, the circumstances now are very different, both as to the small taxpayer and those having the largest incomes." . Any legislation at this time, Repre- senative Bacharach said, should be devoted to the relief of individual tax vers within the $25,000-§60,000 sur- pius hrackets, and corporations, whose tax was increased by 1 per cent in the present revenue law. Holds President’s Plan Possible. “I see no reason why such reHef could not be worked out along the ines suggested by the President he | ‘ontinued. Of course it is alway: well to bear in mind that the reduc- ion of our public debt means an in- direct reduction in taxes: it naturally follows that the less interest we have o pay, the less taxes we will have to ny.” He characterized as “ridiculous,” 10wever, any remission of exclse tax- s that have been collected on tobacco, theater admissions, and similar items. These, he said, have been paid already and any remission would not benefit the consumer, HALL’S LOVE DIARY IS ADMITTED OVER DEFENSE PROTEST (Continued from Fi to take the old clothes out the front | door, only to find Willie taking his arm and leading him to the side door. “Willie seemed very nervous,” said Grealis. It was brought out by Defense At- torney Case in cross-examination that when the tailor's erraund boy went to the front of the Hall house there was a_crowd on the front porch. it b ing only u few hours after the R Mr. Hall’s body had been found. Case also drew from the youth the state- ment that he knew Willie Stevens had a way of getting food on his vest.” Willie's Actions Called Strange. “This night you say Willie was nervous, wasn't it the night his broth- erin-law had been found murdered? Did vou think that strange?" asked s,”” answered the witness. outh, answering further ques- id it was shorter to return to the tailor shop by the back route sug- gested by Willie, but it was darker and he was afraid to go that way. Still later he said he never closely exam- ined the spots on the suit which he had received from the Stevens home, but that he “just notited them.” The defense attorney brought out that the sult was not wrapped in pa- per and that there was no effort to conceal it. Peter Tumulty, who was gardener for the Halls when the slaying oc- curred, was the next witness. He said he had washed one of the family’s | cars, but never the sedan, which the State is_trving to prove was at the scene of the crime. Tumulty said he didn't see the sedan on Thurs- day, except about 10 o'clock in the morning, when some member of the family drove it downtown. Denies Washing Sedan. He left about 3:30 p.m.. without having seen the sedan agzain, he testi- fled. On day, the day after the double siaving. the gardener said he worked in the garden and did not notice whether the sedan was in the| garage “You didn't wash the Friday?" asked Simpson. “No,” answered the witness. He sald the first time he shed the sedan was probably about three weeks aftér the double slaying. Mrs. Gibson Improves. JERSEY CITY, N. J.. November 13 (P).—The blood transfusion operation vesterday served to strengthen some- what the condition of Mrs. Jane Gib- . star State witness in the Hall- c it was indicated today by | her physicians. She #pent a fairly comfortable night, theyr said, but they refused to make any comment on the prospects of getting Mrs. Gibson in condition to testify at the trial next week. sedan on Conspiracy Charges Dropped. After five weeks' trial, Judge Thatcher yesterday, in the United States Court for the Southern District of New York, granted Attorney Abner Sfegel’s motlon to dismiss the indict- | ments ageinst his clients. James R.| Nelson, Edward Lucas. Maurice M. 0. Purdy, James Gill. Laurence Bremer and Arthur W. Koehler, stock brokers, who were indicted with | Charles W. Morse and others on a charge of conspiracy to use the mails to defraud in the sale of United States Steamship Co. stock. ORGANIZED CITIZENSHIP DRIVE Believing Organized Ci mmunity and the nation, Assoctation in with £1.00 on account of dues. zenship beneficial whose territory to my neighborhood, hereby apply for membership in I reside and pay here- 1 Send application blank, properly filled out, to Organized Citl- zenship headquarters, 1336 New York avenue northwest. | permit, | he was captured By the Associated Pres BERLIN, November 13.—A three- day war on rats will begin here a week from today. Poison, popguns, small-calibered rifles, fox terriers. rat traps and any other methods for exterminating the pernicious vermin will be in order. The call to arms is a_very em- phatic injunction to all house and land owners. Disregard of the order will be punishable by a fine up to 150 marks. While the battle rages access must be granted to all apartments, g0 that landlords may readily place rat polson. When the war is over the police, with officers on the municipal board of disinfection, will subject all premises to an in PRESIDENT STL SEEKING T HEAD No Neérer Choice for Post of Rudolph Than Before Kansas City Trip. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Upon his return from Kansas City, Mo, President Coulidge is no nearer solving the question of finding a sue cessor to Cuno H. Rudoiph, who ha asked to be relieved as a member of the Board of District Commissioners than he was before he left on his trip last Tuesday The President is known to Lave given no thought to the matter dur- ing his absence from the city, and when he arrived at his desk this morn- Ing he received woud from one of those whom he asked to look over the field of possible available material and to pass judgment on some of those who have been recommended, that nothing frultful had developed during his ab- sence. It is understood that the Presi- dent intends to take his time and that he has no idea of unnecessarily hurry- ing. ‘Will Confer With Sargent. Tt is learned that he will confer shortly with Attorney General Sar- gent, Wwho has been assisting in the matfer and to whom the President, | before leaving for Kansas City, gave the complete list of names of thuse suggested for the place and the pa- pers and indorsements concerning them, for the purpose of making in- vestigations and for passing judg- ment. Those about the President indicated today that they do not expect him to make this appointment for at least 10 da. They are inclined to think that he will refrain from making recess appointment, even though he should be successful in reaching a satisfactory conclusion in the mean- time. If the President decides to wait until after the convening of Con- gress, it is felt that he will abide by the wishes of Mr. Rudolph and for- mally accept his resignation, thereby permitting him to return to private life in advance of the meeting of Congress. Has Few Engagements. Anticipating a. desk piled high with papers that would require his attention, the President consented to the making of only a few engage- ments today. For n half an hour he and Brig. Gen. Lord, director of the budget, went over a batch of figures’dealing with estimates of ap- propriations for the operation of the Government during the next fiscal year, which are being put into final form for presentation to Congress when it meets next month. Senator Fess of Ohio, who was prom- inent during the recent campaign as one of the Republican stump spe: called today, as did Representative Crampton of Michigan, one of the dry leaders of the House, Kenyon, L. But- terfield, president of the American Country Life Association, and a com mittee Tepresenting that organization; and a committee representing the Cit- izens' Associations of the District, headed by James G. Yaden, president of the Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations. AMERICAN AVIATOR FREED BY MEXICANS Lieut. Gowan Was Held When Plane Was Forced Down By the Associated Pr SAN DIEGO, Calif., November 13.— Held a prisoner by the Mexican mili- tary authorities at Knsenada after he was compelled by engine trouble to make a forced landing near the Lower California port Thursday afternoon in his Boeing fighting plane, Lieut. Jo- seph Gowan, attached to fighting squardon 2. battle fleet, was ordered released vesterday by Gov. Abelardo Rodriguez. Gowan has returned to the North Island Naval Alr Station with his plane. Read Admiral Jostah McKean, com- mandant of the eleventh naval dis: trict, telegraphed to Gov. Rodrigu explaining that the naval aviator's Visit to Ensenada was not intentional. T¥> governor immedlately telegraphed to ¥neenada to release Lieut. Gowan and his plane. Every pe sistance was given to him by Mexican authorities after the facts of the forced landing became known. FIVE CHARGES FACING "DRIVER AFTER CRASH Leaps From Car Following Col- lision, But Is Captured—Other Machine Is Wrecked. A traffic crash at Second street and Rhode Island avenue at noon today caused the arrest of Walter H. Wil- llams, colored, of 147 T street, on charges of transportatior. of intoxi- cants, illegal possession, leaving the scene of accident, car a ying cealed weapon and having no driver's « The car driven Williams, cording to witnesses, collided wit! machine operated by Leo Lyman, 19, of 145 Carroll street southeast, an employe of the Wolcott Battery Shop, hurling the youth headlong from his machine and wrecking his car. Lyman and William: escaped serious injury. The colored man, leaped from his mac the crash and ran four blocks before by Officers B. R. Campbell, N Thayer and L. Chri tensan of the nd 1 et T officers said they found three g wlleged liquor in Wil and took from his clothing a L Lyman told police the accident oc- curred when Willlams, traveling about 40 miles an hour, swerved to the wrong side of Rhode Island ave- pue in trying te pass another ocar. by police report, ne following al con- | ER 13, 1926. MARIE T0 HONOR TOMB OF LINGOLN ‘Will Stop at Soringfield for Two Hours—Trip After November 24 Unsettled. MARIE'S TRAIN EN SHICAGO, November e traveled toward Chi- {cago and its four-day stopover today, 'with only a two-hour halt at Spring- fleld, 11l to break the journey. She arranged to stop at Springfleld {tong enough to place a wreath on the {tomb of Abraham Lincoln, whose brithplace, near Louisville, Ky., she will visit next week. The Queen’s itinerary after the pres- {ent tour .is completed at Washington jon November 24, is in doubt., Al ‘hough it is understood that the South- ern Railway, over which the royal party planned to travel to North Caro- lint and possibly Florida, has refused to accept a nominal fare for the en- | tourage, negotiations are said .to be j continuing. Still further complications are pre- sented in the request of several rail- roads that their specfal cars making up the Queen's train be made avail- able for regular duty as soon as pos- sible. Col. John H. Carroll, in charge of the train, is carrying on negotia- tions which he believes will keep the train virtually intact or provide sub- | stitute equipment. CHICAGO DONS BEST. QUEEN | ROUTE { 13.—Queen M: | i | | CHICAGO, November 13 (#).—Chi | cago donned its best today for Queen Marie, albeit somewhat self-conscious about the endeavor to give her majesty a truly democratic Mid- western welcome. Long before time for the Queen's train to arrive, however, international committees succeeded in ironing out all but a few. minor problems en- countered in planning a welcome thoroughly democratic but as_thor- gughly” charucteristic of the Middle est. The perplexity of city officials won- dering whether to kiss the royal visitor's band or merely clasp it was disposed of by announcement that Queen Marie will nod her acknowledg- ment of introductions, and most of the welcoming committee found some way out of the difficulties occasfoner by the sartorially awkward hour of the Queen'’s arrival. The city hall was shined from top {to bottom for the official welcome to |the roval party immediately after | rival at 3:30 p.m. Chief Collins w named to precede a military guar to escort her majesty to the Lake { Shore Drive Hotel, after a brief re- { ception at the city hall. There the Queen will enjoy a slight repast_earlier in the evening, and at 10 o'clock tonight will descend to the main dinning salon for a reception to 11,200, | "Between 9 and 10 Station WGN will { radiocast the Queen’s message to the executive committee at a private din- ! ner in the hotel's French room. CITIZENS’ GOAL 1,500 IN COLUMBIA HEIGHTS House-to-House Canvass for New Members Begun by 100 Workers. t One hundred citizens of the Colum- bia Heights section today began a house-to-house canvas in the campaign for enlarged membership of the o ganizations affiliated with the Federa- {tion of Citizens' ociations. The Columpia Heights body has set 1,500 | as its’quota of new members. 1t is| estimated that there are approximate- | ly 35,000 residents in the section. Final plans for the drive were pel fected last night by the membership committee, which met with its chal | man, Thomas A. King. at 1349 Har- vard street. Announcement was made that head. quarters of the campaign organization has been established at 3107 Four- teenth street, and that enrolling st tions have heen et up at the two fire stations in Columbia Heights and in 2 stores. Pastors of 10 of the churches in the section tomorrow are to give public { support to the movement in announce- ments from their pulpits. Literature, | telling of the work of the assoctations and the purposes of the membership drive. is being distributed among school children, to be taken to thefr parents. ot e ARMY OF CITIZENS OPENS DRIVE TO GET 40,000 NEW NAMES (Continued from First P: lused by the campaign workers to reach potential members. Those who {escape during the house-to-hiouse canvass the committee in charge has | planned to reach through their chil- {dren. Literature explaining the drive, ompanied by a membership blank, {will be given to the school children lof the city to take to their parents. | The Board of Fducation at its last meeting made possible the distribu- tion of the literature in the schools. Stereopticon slides flashed on the {screens In moving picture theaters, and posters on the fronts of street cars also will be used to advertise the drive. Commissioner Rudolph’s appeal fol- lows: “The people of Washington have nly one way to express their organ- ed will to those to whom they have 1 trusted the government of their | city. hat is through the neighbor- { hood ¢ associations. “From ens’ associations their de ed to the Feder: tion of Citizens' Associations and on to the Advisory Council, which is in constant touch with the Board of Dis- trict Commissioners. . -“I urge every citizen of Washing- ton to join a cltizgns’ association.” CONSUELO_VANDERBILT. U.S. MEETSITALY FORSEAPLANE CUP Air Supremacy at Stake in Hampton Roads Races This Afternoon. e. (Continued from First Pag the perfect landing of a small, light bservation plane. n Perxhvr to (}’flpl. Ferrarin’s qualifica- tion, Lieut. W. G. Tomlinson of the naval air station at Anacostia, who miracuously escaped death a few hours previously, put the Curtiss (Hawk) standard Navy fighting ship through the tests, topping them off with several neat rolls, loops and spins. . In the middle of the afternoon Lieut. Tomlinson climbed aboard an obser- vation seaplane with Lieut. George T. Cuddihy, ace of the American team, for his first tour of the course. He had not been informed of his selection to replace Lieut. C. C. Champion until a short time before he piunged into the cold water of the bay. Just before the-two pilots departed they were informed that the boat marking the first or “B” turn of the course had drifted gbout a mile out of line. This, however, was rectified by Army en- gineers before darkness. " Lieut. Tomlinson's Curtiss-Packard plane was hauled ashore and turned over to a crew of mechanics in one of the hangars. | Owing to the vigorous manner in | which they attacked their work the | rumor spread rapidly that an effort | was being made to recondition it and | again enter it in the race. Although a ! big hole appeared on the bottom of the right pontoon and both upper and lower left wings were twisted and torn. it_was held that these could be replaced by spare ones.. | Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffit, chief of the Bureau of Aeronauties, { and who assumed personal command ¢ racing team vesterday owing to the illnes of Lieut. Comdr. Homer €. Wick, declared no such plan | | wag in contemplation, but that an ef- fort is being made to get it back into flying shape and employ it in the straightaway speed dashes for the maximum plane speed record that usually follow this aireraft classic Navy Team Chances Good. Notwithsandi the brilliant rec- ords and the startling ability of the ! Italian pilots, air veterans here for the event are congratulating the Navy team on the presence of Lieut. Cud- dihy and Lieut. C. nk Schilt, Ma- rine Cory Lieut. Cuddihy, the vet- eran seaplane racing pilot of the Navy, has every advantage from the standpoint of knowledge and perhaps equipment, too, as the plane which the late Lieut. Frank Hersey Conant, 24, was to have flown, has been given him with a little tag on it saying “It is the fastest. Although Lieut. Schilt had never sat in the cockpit of a racing plane prior to his selection for the team, he has developed int sweet pilot,” as the alrman’s expression goes, and not- withstanding the fact that his plane, the Army Doolittle ship of last year's fall, is reputed to be the slowest, it Tkewi: is credited with being the | mostreliable from the standpoint of engine trouble possibilities. Of all the out-of-town spectators at the station today, Mrs. Evelyn N Conant, mother of Lieut. Conant, at- tracted the most respectful attention. Her Interest in today’s event had been keyed up to great heights through the enthusiasm of her son, and she found it difficult to remain away. She is here in company with the mother of Lieut. Tomlinson, who saw her son's spill. Mrs. Conant’s presence has bolstered the morale of the team and aroused profound respect for her loy- alty to flying. The city of Norfolk last night ad- vanced the offer of 4 seaplane trophy to be competed for annually In the event the United States wins today's event. Permanent possession by thi country would mean the elimination of future contests of this sort, unless another prize is thrown into compet| tion. The Norfolk trophy, if accepted by the interested governments, would be competed for under the same rules governing the Schneider award. Hankow Workers Strike. HANKOW, November 13 (#).—Re. centment against the Cantonese, whose armies selzed this eity in Sep. embar, has caused hundreds of Chi- nese to refuse to work. Employes (it their jobs yesterday, tying up <he mails. Many factories sre closed on ac- count of strikes, which, it is predicted, will become general. Application was made today to the District Supreme Court to prevent the interment of the body of a rela- tive by marriage in the burial plot of the Cissel-Whitney family in Oak Hill Cemetery. Three brothers and a sister brought suit against another sister whose husband died Wednes- day at Cottage City, Md., and who expected to bury her dead this after- noon in the family plot. Fred W. Ci Harry G. |Samuel A. Cissel, and Mrs. Julia C. Moore brought suit for an injunction zainst their sister, Mrs. D. Reed, whose husband William eed, is to be buried. Joined s de- lants are the undertaking firm of neis® € ch’'s Sons, and the management of Oak Hill Cemetery. The plaintiffs tell the court that there remain only three burial sites in the plot of and there are more members of the immediate family | the sites his Margaret | Dlstri‘ct Supreme Court Is Asked - Stay Burial of Sister's Spouse in Special Plot entitled to interment than potential graves. Each of these heirs has a right in the burial ground, it s claimed, and no one may give per- mission for a burial of any one but an heir of the late F. A. Whitney without the consent of the other heirs. Justice Stafford issued a rule on Mrs. Reed and her co-defendants to appear in’court Thursday, November 18, and show cause why they should not be enjoined from making the wro- posed interment. hould interment be completed, the requires that the defendants use why they should not be to remove the body and re- lot to its present condition. Attorneys Ravmond B, Dickey and Edward C. Kriz appear for the petl tioners and tell the court that the lot belongs to F. A. Whitney, grandfather of the petitioners, who was a captain in the Civil War, and that In most of descendants are buried. rule show ordered store the | tdentifled Roman DAY NOVEMBEE: 18 Ao0es e Berlin Opens War On Rats; “Pacifists” Face Heavy Fines Mariborough Is Released From Former Union With Consuelo Vanderbilt. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November i3.—An- nulment of the marriage of the Duke of Marlborough to Consuelo Vander- bilt by the Roman Cathollc diocesan court at Southwark, England, and confirmation of this decree by the i Holy Rota tribunal in Rome, caused considerable comment in church cir- cles in New York today. The Duke of Mariborough and Miss Vanderbilt were married in S Thomas' Epi: Church in New York in November, 1 They had been confirmed and baptized in the Episcopal faith. The duchess divorced Marlborough in an English civil court in 1920. Both were married again, the duchess to Jacques Balsan of Parls and the latter to Miss Gladys Deacon of Boston. When the duke and Miss Deacon were married in Paris in 1921 a Presbyterian officiated. He read the Church of England service, but left out the word “obey."” ‘The duke in making his plea for an- nulment said he desired to embrace the Catholic fafth. Bishop Manning of the Eplscopal diocese in New York said: “It seems incredible to me that the Roman Catholic Church, which takes so strong a position against divorce should show such discrimination in favor of the Duke of Marlboroug! who, because of the circumstances of his divorce and remarriage, was de barred by the present Episcopal Bishop of Oxford, England, from at tending the Oxford diocesan confer- ence in 1622, “It would be a serlous thing, indeed, and most dangerous in its implica tions, if the Roman Catholic Church should claim the right to annul tha marriags such as this, which was e tered into in entire good faith, whi resulted in the birth of two children, and which was accepted as binding by both parties to it for many years." Catholic Rector Speaks. On the other hand, Mgr. Lavelle. rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, re ferred to the statement of an un Catholio authorit in England that “nothin so far as the Catholic Church is con cerned.” Mgr. Lavelle said the church did not do the sort of thing the duko desired unless there was really just voritism.” the mon signor added. “What the reasons were for granting the decree I do not know, but we can be perfeotly sure they were reasons found to be within the law." The duke has been attendi Catholic Church at Oxfor duke were receiving instr 0 b received the monsignor would hav on the validity of the ma Rev. W 1 Parsons, editor of the ‘atholfe Weekly Magazine Amer! since the duke had been and remarried he could not embrace the Catholic faith unless he renounced his present wite, if his first marriage should prove té he valul He proved that his firet mar wis invalid. Father Parsons added tholic Church did not el diction over the validity of of marriages as cont ted Catholics. . But, he added, marrfage, valid in other respects “might be invalld because of inherent defect in the contract itsel such, for instance, would be I of proper consent.” “If the church of nullity on these Parsons went on. not be an annulment, hut a decree of nullity, that Is to sy u declara tion that, hecause of this defect, the contract had been of itself null and void from the beginning." srounds for Annulment. Giving a definition of the grounds on which the Catholic Church may annul a marriage, the Catholic En opedia says There might be a sinful agree- ment between those contracting mar- riage which nullifies their marriage e. g., not to have more than one ¢ two children, or to divorce and mar: some one else whenever they grow {tired of each other. Such an agree- ment or condition denies the per- petual duties of matrimony, Hmits matrimonial rights, suspends the duty consequent on the use and exercise of these rights: if really made @ sine qua non of marriage, necessarily annuls it.” “UNGLE JOE” LYING IN STATE AT HOME: MANY PAY TRIBUTE (Continued from First Page.) the fon into pre- the the to pass e the uris he form hy non <ueh a that in decree ather ranted a unds,” his act would & mate memories of his fiery vears in {the public eye were recalled by those who had been his contemporaries. To the general public the picture upper most was that of the straight, lanky figure, with a _Lincolnesque beard, glouch hat and omnipresent stogie tilted at a rakish angle, all of which combined to form 4 cartoonist's dream Uncle Joe's study was lined with the innumerable pen pictures of which | he was the subject Many stories were attributed to the former speaker, as he made a prac tice of never denying them, the real and the fabulous became hopelessly entangled. One statement attributed to him, but which he never made, was the old wartime remark th: Army officers A hington were spurs to keep their feet from slip ping off War Department desks. IHe also is remembered for the many pithy comments that made him one of the sages of his party. Hlere are some of them: “It is the easlest thing in the world to create an office, the hardest thing on earth to abolish an office.” “Much misinformation abounds declamation.” “A President without both Houses of Congress back of him doesn't amount to much more than a cat without claws in that place that burneth with fire and brimstone.” “There are vultures in the world but before they perform there m1 be the presence of carrion “If it is right in God" it is right in man's chanc —e MARIE GIVES CLEMENCY TO WEST PCINT CADETS By the Associated Press. WEST POINT, N. Y., November 13 —Queen Marle of Rumania on 1 recent visit to the United States exercised a royal pri me Known, when <he' wiped out u or offenses. t the Acade in punishment An ancient custom calls for u general remitting of pur ishments whenever a royal visitor makes the request, a similar requadt having been made and granted last Summer when the Crown Prince ef Sweden visited the Academy.