Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1926, Page 2

" g * BATTLE IMMINENT i i - ON LEGAL WHISKY Favors Importation Rather Than Manufacture. The Treasury Department, seat of the Government's prohibition en- forcement machinery, and the Anti- Saloon League have differcnt ideas about the nedessity for manufactur- ing legal whisky. Lincoln C. Andrews, the Assistant| Treasury Secretary In charge of dry law administration, feels that the manufacture of 3,000,000 gallons of whisky is needed at once to replen- ish the diminishing medicinal stocks. His superior, Secretary Mellon, takes the same view. ‘Wheeler Favors Importation. Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun- sel for the league, differs from the two dry chiefs, contends a shortaze of the medicinal stock could be re- placed temporarily by importation of liquor from abroad, and asserts that a definite program of replacement should be worked out. Mr. Mellon has no sympathy for the proposal to import whisky from | abroad. He believes that it will be casier to assure a pure supply of tiguor if it is manufactured in this country. Ile also feeis that domestic manufacture would be easter to con- trol from the viewpoint of illicit di- versions. Andrews’ plan calls for creation by Congress at the approaching session of a Government-supervised private corporation to take over the existing 15,000,000 gallons of and begln at once the manufacture of more liquor to replenish this diminishing _stock, which, he estimates, will be exhaust- ed in five years. League “Open-Minded.” Mr. Wheeler says the league is maintaining an “open mind” with re- spect to authorizing manufacture of . whisky in this country again, but adds there is a “possibility” that a bill being drafted to carry out An- drews’' proposal might meet objec- tlons to the reopening of the distil- leries. Aside from this, however, the An- drews plan can be expected to fur- Aish Congress with a new vehicle for reaching the prohibition question. BUS LINE REPORT 5 DUE THIS WEEK Clayton Expected to Reveal Holdings of North Ameri- can Company. Willlam McK. Clayton, special legal advisor to the Public Utilities Commis- slon, is expected to submit to the com- mission this week a report on his in- vestigation of the holdings of the North American Co. in Washington utility corporations. The inquiry was started following the action of the commission in sever- ing its official relations with the Wash- ington Rapid Transit . because of a doubt as to the legality of the North American Co.’s acquisition of its capl- 1l stock, ‘While Mr. Clayton's report will deal with the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co., the Potomac Electric Pow- er Co. and the Washington and Georgetown Gas light Cos., it will con- cern chiefly the Washington Rapid Transit Co. It was Mr. Clayton Who questioned the legality of the New York investment company's purchase of the bus company, and caused the commission to take the action it did. When the commission broke_off its relations with the bus company, its counsel was instructed to submit to Mr. Clayton any evidence tending to Show that the transaction was legal. ‘Thus far, it w d, the company’s counsel has failed to file a brief with either the commission or its legal ad- visor. BELL TO AID MOVE FOR SCHOOL GROUNDS Engineer Commissioner to Confer With Board of Education Com- mittee on Problem. <lin Bell, Englneer ner, will confer with Dr. H. 8. Learned i embers of the buildings & committee of the Board n tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'cle the purpose )t discussing the problem of securing sufficient apropriations for new schools in tne future to take care of dscaping and proper condition- f playgrounds. hool officials some time have been fighting for increased appropria- dons for new schools so that adjoin- ing land could be improved at the time of the erection of the school. In the past new schools have been thrown open with the approaches a quagmire of mud. and money has had to be drawn from the repair fund t0_remedy conditions Engineer 5 Jdesire of the school officials to secure arger appropriations, and the meet. ing tomorrow will be held principally for the purpose of delving into this subject. SEALS WILL BE SOLD Children Who Might Have Cheer- less Day Will Be Remembered by Society. Christ Child seals, distributed in order to obtain funds to give a real Christmas to children who would oth- erwise have i dull, cheerless one, were mailed erdiay from the head- quarters at 324 Indlana avenue, and will go on sale early next week in stores, banks and hotel lobbies. All letters dressed to the Christ Child Society containing reasonable requests for tovs and clothing are wered on Christmas. members of the committee in charge of the seals stated, and last Christnas approxi- mately 1,400 chlldren received gifts. The committee tn charge of the seals comprises: Mrs. Aubre: Clark, chairman; Mrs. Charles P. Neill, Mrs. D. J. Callahan, Miss Catherine Hol- brook and Miss Carolina Lough- borough. S Lieut. 'x.night Resigns. t ZONING DECISION Euclid, Ohio, Case Brings to Aitention District Litigation Pending in Court. !States Supreme Court yesterday in {the case of the zoning law of Eucld, Ohlo, docs not have a direct bearing on the outcome of pending litigation over the District of Columbla zoning act, it brings to a head the question of whether the local case 18 to be carried on 1n the District Court of Appesls, Coiporation Counsel Stephens, rep- rescntaling the District Zoning Com- mission, and J. V. Morgan, attorney for Mrs. Annle Stearman, who is contesting the right of the commis- slon to prevent her from using her property on Columbia road for busi- ness purposes, both explained today that the local case is pending In the Court of Appeals, but that proceed- Ings before that tribunal have been | held up to await the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Euclid case. Statement by Stephens. Mr. Stephens stated today that from newspaper accounts of the Euclid decision, the Supreme Court did not uphold the validity of zoning laws in general, but held in effect that each case should be decided on its merits. “From the published reports of the decision, it does not decide our Dis- trict case one way or the other,” said Mr. Stephens, Attorney Morgan, representing Mrs. Steerman, was unable to say definitely today what further steps would be taken in the local case. The Zoning Commission won in the District Su- preme Court. Counsel for Mrs. Steer- man noted an appeal, but it was then decided to lot the case rest until the highest court had acted in the Euclid case. The Euclid decision, therefore, brings up the question of whether the Steerman case will be proceeded with in the Court of Appeals. Ruling by Highest Court. The United States Supreme Court decided in favor of the Village of Euclid and against the realty firm that had contested the zoning ordl- nance of that community, but stated in the course of the decision that spe- cific applications of zoning regula- tions may be found clearly arbitrary and unreasonable. ! The court sald that where an in- junction 18 sought, as in the Euclid case, not on the ground of & present infringement, a denial of a specific right, but upon the broad ground that the mere existence and threat- ened enforcement of the ordinance, by affecting values, constitutes a present injury, the court will not scrutinize its provisions, sentence by sentence, to ascertain by a process of dissection whether there may be here and there provisions of a minor character, which, if attacked sep- arately, might not withstand the test of constitutionality. In conclusion the decision said that under the circumstances of the case, it was enough to determine that the ordinance in its general scope and dominant features, so far as its pro- visions were involved in the case, is a valid exercise of authority, leav- ing other provisions to be dealt with as cases arise directly involving them. P RUDOLPH WILL AID CTIZENSHP WORK Commissioner Promises Help When He Becomes “Gentle- man of Leisure.” Stressing the value of organized cftizenship, Cuno H. Rudolph, retiring president of the Board of District Commissioners, wrote today to Jesse C. Suter, former president of the Federation of Citizens' Assoclations and chairman of that organization’s membership campaign _committee, promising to devote more time to active participation in the work of the citizens' assoclations when he hecomes “a gentleman of leisure.” Mr. Suter has planned to read the letter at a mass .meeting of clvic leaders tonight with the belief that it will stimulate more interest in the cxtended membership campaign. I have been following with much interest the reports of the progress vou and your assoclates are making in enlarging the membership of the ous citizens'_associations,” wrote Ar. Rudolph. “I am at a loss to inderstand_how any real honest-to- oodness Washingtonian can withhold his support from organizations that have such a fine record for achieve- ments to point to and trust your offorts to awaken our quiescent bretheren to a realization of their tuty will be successful. “During_my service as Commis- sioner I have learned of the real value of organized citizenry and I shall always look back with grateful appreciation to the ald they have iven me during my official career. 1 am proud to be & member of the Mid- City and hope, when I have become a gentleman of leisure, I may be able to take a more active part in its work than has been possible in the past. e FINDS LIFE TEDIOUS. Mrs. Mabel Bush Takes Poison Because of Despondency. “Life is no longer sweet to me and means nothing for me any longer,” wrote Mrs. Mabel Bush, 38 years old, before taking poison last night in her room, at 2921 Olive avenue. She also wrote a request that her husband, James Bush, 245 Humbard avenue, Cumberland, Md., be notified, and gave the information that her life insurance papers had been turned over to friends. * Mrs. Bush had not lost conscious- ness when found and taken to Emer- gency Hospital, where Dr. Fisher found her condition serious. She was given first aid and transferred to Gal- linger Hospital. Seen at the hospital by Detective Charles E. Wartfield of the police nar- cotic squad, the patient explained that she had become despondsnt because of domestic troubles. Asked if she had relented and want- ed to get well, Mrs. Bush responded: “I hope I'll not get well. Life means nothing to me now.” Canal Near Completion. Reconstruction work on the canal between Chesapeake and Delaware | bays is expected to be completed by | the middle of Febuary, the Commerce Department announced today. Work included the removal of three locks Resignation of First Lieut. O'Fer- rall Knight, Fleld Artillery recently stationed at West Point, N. Y. has peen accepted by the President. and deepening the canal to a sea- IROUSES TEREST Anti-Saloon League Head' While the decision of the United, THE EVENING GRAHAM ELECTED TRADE BOARD HEAD Other Officers Named for An‘- nual Terms—Busy Year Ahead of Body. Edwin C. Graham was elected presi- dent of the Washington Board of Trade to succeed J. Harry Cunning- ham at the regular monthly meeting of the board of directors of the organi- zation yesterday. Mr. Cunningham refused to accept the presidency for a second year because of pressure of business, The other officers elected were Wil- llam W. Everett, first vice president; E. J. Murphy, second vice president; Ben T. Webster, secretary; Richard L. Connor, assistant secretary; Walter H. Klopfer, treasurer; E. C. Branden- burg, general counsel and Frank R. Strunk, sergeant-at-arms. Long Active in Affairs. Mr. Graham has long been identifled with the civic activities of the National Capital. He is president of the Board of Education and of the National Electric Supply Co. The new officers have an unusually active vear ahead of them. - With the membership of the organization al- most 2,800, the largest in its history, they have one of the most comprehen- sive programs ever outlined by the board to carry out. The board will devote a great deal of its energles to the realization of what it feels are the basic needs of the District, namely, the passage dur- ing this Congress of bills providing for: Wational representation, equitable proportionate fiscal relations between the Federal and District Governments and the continuance of the commis- sion form of government under Federal control with local officers in the local government. New Industries Sought. The board is also committed to a tax survey for the purpose of keeping the tax rate to the minimum. A study of the commercial and indus- trial situation in the city and a cam- paign of encouragement to destrable industries to locate in Washington has also been authorized. As Mr. Graham is president of the Board of Education, it is expected that the board will take speclal interest in school affairs dur- ing the coming year. A number of improvements that have been advocated by the board for a number of years will also receive attention, such as the high-water-pres- sure system, traffic regulation, park and playground improvements. etc. Mr. Cunningham received the con- gratulations of the board of directors upon retiring for his work during the past year. — HELD IN SLAYING. Negro Awaits Grand Jury Action After Row in Garage. ‘Willlam A. King, colored, 34 years old, accused of having shot and killed Townley Robinson, also col- ored, Sunday night, was held for the action of the grand jury by a cor- oner's jury at the morgue today. The shooting occurred in a private garage in rear of 1528 O street and not in the house at that number, as ap- peared in a police report. It is King's contention that who resided at 1447 P street, appeared on his premises and started a “rough- house,” his conduct resulting in the shooting. Robinson, | STAR, I { | l Upper, left to right: Willlam W. Everett, first vice president; Edward C. Graham, president; E. J. Murphy, second vice president. ‘Center, left to right: Ben T, Webster, secretary; Richard L. Connor, | sisted that the evidenco did show a O Walter H. Kiopfer, treasurer. Lower: E. C. Brandenburg, gemeral counsel, and Frank R. Strunk,|to and sale in Chicago of outside Such assistant secretary; sergeant-at-arms. BARSIN MONUMENT WINDOWS PLANNED Grant Expects to Take Step to Prevent Further Suicide Leaps. Some protection will be provided at the windows in the top of the Wash- ington Monument to prevent persons with suicidal intent from using the shaft as a means to accomplish their purpose, it was Indicated today by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3rd, director of Public Buildings and Parks. Since the monument seems to be an attraction to those intent on sul- cide, Col. Grant said, he would take steps to ascertain what sort of a guard should be placed at the win- dows to prevent more persons jump- ing from the windows. He said that when the first jump was made it was the only one in a number ars and the officials did not be- that it was necessary to place bars or screens at the windows. But that now that it appeared to be an attraction it would be necessary to furnish some protection, primarily to remove the danger to people congre- gated around the hase of the shaft. Col. Grant will have the engineers of his office examine the windows to determine what type of bars would be best there, and then it would be a question of finding money from cur- rent appropriations with which to do the work. Offhand, he said, he prob- ably would not obstruct the view of people looking from the window to put a few vertical iron bars close enough together to prevent a body from going through them. 'DEFENDS DEAD HUSBAND. Widow Answers Fraud Against Lumberman. Suit Mrs. Lottle Eitzen, widow of Gus Eitzen, a Florida lumber man who had been made a defendant in the Government's suit over the sales of surplus lumber after the armistice, has flled an answer in the District Supreme Court defending her hus- band’s memory. Through Attorney Philip D. Beal she denies that her husband had any- thing to do_with any scheme to de- fraud the Government and declares he acted in good faith in his dealings with the Government agents. Hearing of the case is scheduled before Justice Bailey, January 10. Guy L. Prescott, Printer for 43 Years On The Star, Honored by Colleagues In a few days Guy L. Prescott, vet- | eran of the case and linotype key- | board, now enjoying the luxury of a! California Winter, will receive a neat watch chain and & unique charm of Solid gold—cryptic to the average lay- man, but recognized in an instant by | & Drinter as @ “P” matrix of a lino-| type machine. | The charm will have a double sig<] nificance. Tt will not only tell print- ers that Mr. Prescott meets that he fs ‘one of their craft, but it will also tell Mim that his associates at The | Evening Star, in the composing room, where he worked for 43 years, have! Mot forgotten and will not forget him. | Mr. Prescott retired on the 1st of | this month, Yesterday the Compos- ing Room Chapel drew up a resolu- tion, which was spread on its minute | books as follows: | “It having been announced that | Guy L. Prescott, who has been a| member_of The Evening Star Com- posing Room Chapel since 1883, was | on November 1, 1926, retired from | active service, the chapel, in a special meeting on November 22, 1926, adopt- | & the following: “Resolved, that his associates in the | composing room of The Evening Star | hereby express their regret at sever- | ance of the relations they have S0 long enjoyed with Mr. Prescott, whom | level depth of 12 feet. Formal opening of the canal is planned for March 1, 927, 4 they highly esteem as a printer and a gentleman, and wish for him long continued good health.and happiness. ! seri As a tangible token of their sincere regard, the members of the chapel ten- der to Mr. Prescott a watch chain and ¢harm, which they trust will serve to remind him constantly of his as- sociates in the composing room."” 1t is signed by R. N. Babeock, chair- man of the chapel, and N. W. Stras- baugh, sceretary. The resolution was drawn up by a committee consisting of Isaac B. Field, Joseph C. Whyte and Charles J. Berner. The charm itself contains the in- ption: “Guy L. Prescott. ~From The Evening Star Chapel. 1883-1926.” It is a solid gold reproduction of one of the little quadrangular matrices which mold the letters on lead with which a paper is printed. Mr. Prescott saw many changes at The Evening Star. When he arrived in 1883, the periodical was a four-page daily, with a big eight-page edition on Saturday, and only during the last month of that year did The Star ex- pand from a seven-column to an eight- column paper. Those were the days when the first page was full of small | advertisements; when a novel idea was to make big letters in ads out of a series of smaller upper case letters. There was no Sunday edition. There were no linotype machines. Mr. Pres- cott was one of the first to master the intricacies of linotype machine opera- tion, and was_comtinuously an oper- ator from the' tighs when the first crude machines zared until the present improved: BRIDGE APPROACH UP FOR DISCUSSION Matters Affecting Arlington Structure Coming Before Fine Arts Commission. Treatment of the western approach to the Arlington Memorial Bridge and the area between the west end of that bridge and the Rosslyn end of the Key Bridge will be one of the im- portant subjects to be discu: ed at the meeting of the Commission of Fine Arts on December 2. James L. Greenleaf, landscape arch- itect member of the fine arts body and a moving spirit in the project to clean up Rosslyn and the area be- tween the two bridges, will attend the commission meeting for the first time since last Spring. He has been in Europe for the past three months. Public Buildings Considered. The commission also will have be- fore it the Government building pro- gram authorized nearly a week ago by the Public Buildings Commission. Decision of the latter body to keep executive department buildings off the Mall is looked upon as a victory for the Fine Arts Commission, as the commission has consistently 'striven to retain the Mall as an area for semi- public bulldings of the museum or gallery type. The commission is interested also in the project to rezone the area west of Connecticut avenue and north of Rock Creek, to permit construction of apartment buildings abutting on the heights above Rock Creek Valley; in the construction of an apartment hotel on Lafayette Square at the northwest corner of Sixteenth and H streets and in the proposed rezoning of a block on Maine avenue near Sixth street to permit construction of a storage warehouse for a tire company. Stand Taken by Fine Arts Body. The fine arts body takes the stand that any movement to go outside the | present zoning height restrictions in | respect to buildings close to the view | of the action taken by the Public| Buildings Commission to place many public buildings on the north side of the Mall. Uniform building height should be observed on both sides of the Mall, commission officials believe, CHIROPODISTS DINE AND HEAR ADDRESSES Banquet Given to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Practice of Profession in District. The fortieth anniversary of the practice in the District of Columbia of the profession of chiropody Iast night was celebrated at a banquet, at the City Club, of the Podiatry Society of Washington, which was held fn honor of Dr. Eugene C. Rice of 4832 Sixteenth street, who was the first president of the society. The occasion also marked the fortieth anniversary of the medical practice of Dr. Rice, who located here in 1887, following his graduation by the medical school of George Wash- ington University, then called Colum- bian College. Virtually every chiropodist in Wash- ington attended the meeting last night. A paper on the history of the profession in Washington was read by Dr. Rice. Addresses were made by Dr. Ellfott C. Schultz, president of the organization; Dr. E. E. Thompson, secretary; Mrs. A. A. Mickle and Dr. H. P. Clifton, of Baltimore, who is chairman of the counsel of the Na. tional Association of Chiropodists. Toasts to Dr. Rice also were given by a number of the guests and tele- grams of congratulation were read from members of the National Chirop- | odists’ Association, of which Dr. Rice is a member and past officer. Ar- rangements for the banquet were imade by President Schutz, Dr. Thompson and Dr. A. Owen Penney. The society presented Dr. Rice w: | a biography of Dr. Willlam Osler, not- ed English surgeon. Two large Roman milestones recemt- ly were found at Bowes, England. 4 | WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1926. ANTITRUST LAW VIOLATION PROVED U. S. Wins in Highest Court on Charges of Restraining Interstate Commerce. | By the Associated Pres i The United States won in the Su-, preme Court today in its prosecution of manufacturers, contractors and union carpenters at Chicago on charges of criminally violating the Sherman anti-trust law by restraining interstate commerce in millwork. Industrial, commercial and labor circles have followed the Chicago mill- work case with close attention. | Government's Contention. | The Government contended that interstate commerce in millwork, | including sash, doors and other inte- | rior trim for building, was being re- strained as the resuit of an agree- ment under ‘which the Illinois manu- facturers promised to employ only union carpenters in their miils pro- vided union carpenters refused to in- stall within the State any millwork made by outside concerns employing non-union labor, the conspiracy being completed by the contractors consent- ing to the arrangement upon receiv- ing a liberal discount from the manu- facturers. The defendants insisted that the agreement had no relation whatever to interstate commerce and was mere- 1y a wage or working contract be | tween building contractors and the union carpenters, under which the latter asserted a polioy, long a funda~ mental feature of their organization, :; "r‘veruu to install non-union made | Sixty-elght Indicted. The Government indicted 68 de- fendants, including manufhcturers, contractors and officers of trade unions, and convicted 41 in the Fed-| eral District Court at Chicago. Of | these 26 appealed to the Circuit Court, which reversed the District | Court, holding that the evidence pro- duced by thg Government merely showed an agreement between de- fendants under which the union car- | penters were not to work upon non- union-made millwork, and did not in- | volve a conspiracy to restrain inter- state commerce. | e Government in its appea! to, the United States Supreme Court in. conspiracy to prevent the shipment TAKES$L89 SPURT Injured Children Improve and May Get Out of Hospital by Christmas. —_— | Increased zest has been added to the La. Plata rellef fund being compiled by The Star by the contribution of $189.75 since vesterday. The total of the fund | contributed by the readers of this paper now fotals $3,234.17, and the balance which still remains with the cashier is being turned over to the Red Cross this afternoon, previous amounts having been been given to that organization already. Today’s contributions were material- ly increased by a check for $100 do- nated by A. T. Schroth & Sons of Cen- ter Market. The letter which accom- panied the check to Walter J. Mitchell, State Senator, who is in charge of the rellef work at La Plata, and which was returned by Mr. Mitchell for ac- knowledgment by The Star, as the donor, requested, expresses the opin- fon that “when the people get over the shock that has befallen the Innocent children and their grief-stricken fam- illes,” every one will respond. Donations Are Trebled. As if in answer to that letter, near- ly three times yesterday's contribu- tions were received today in addition to the Schroth gift. The La Plata school children, who wero seriously injured when their schoolhouse was wrecked in the tor- nado three weeks ago, today are im- proving steadily at Providence Hos- pital, where 22 of them were taken; at Children’s Hospital, which recetv- ed one, and at Emergency, to which two of the youngsters were rushea for their lives. Indications now are that all but perhaps the most griev- ously injured will have thelr wish of being “home for Christmas”—if the homes of some of them are rebullt in time through the generosity of Wash- ingtonians and residents of the two neighboring States. List of Contributions. Donations Recelved by Star. Contributions received by The Star to date are as follows: Previously acknowledged .$3,044.42 A. T. Schroth & Sons. Mordecal E. Zekiel Byron S. Adams The Gleaners J. C. J Gladys M. C. Lynch. Graham Peters. . iurlt(‘ View Red Cross Club. M. C. | she wouid seek_dissolution of their WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT, II. st e e e NEW VANDERBILT ANNULMENT SEEN BY CATHOLIC TKIBUNAL (Continued from First Page.) day at Newport. At the time of the marriage it was estimated that Miss Tairs fortune was $5,000,000 and that Mi. Vanderbilt received approximate- Iy $10,000,000 from his father. Separated 18 Years Ago. The couple separated 18 years ago. ‘The three |’(:hfldl"en remained with the mother. The parting always has been asserted to have been an amicable one, due to incompatibility. 1t was once hinted that Mrs. Vanderbilt would seek a divorce, but she re- fraired from doing so owing to reli- glous scruples, the Catholic Church forbidding divorce. When Mrs. Van New York for France, accompanied by her so ‘Vanderbilt, jr., it was derbilt sailed from November 13 n, Willlam rumored that Mr. Vanderbilt then char- acterized the rumor as “tommyrot.” Both daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt are brides. ~They were reared in the Catholic faith by their mother. Muriel Vanderbilt was mar- ried in Newport by an Episcopalian clergyman to Frederick Cameron Church of Boston, who presumably bjected to the rule of the Catholic Church requiring _children born of a union to be brought up as Catholics. Consuelo, the other daugh- ter, named after the Duchess of Marl- borough, was married by Father Mur- phy, at the Vanderbilt home here to Earl BE. T. Smith, an Eplscopalian. On the same day, in the same house, but not at the same time, Mr. and Mrs. Church were remarried by Father Murphy. Priest Thought Them Happy. Regarding the report that Mrs. Van- derbilt alleged coercion before the Rota Tribunal, Father Murphy, who married her, said he was surprised at the report. “I myself made all the wedding arrangements,” he asserted. “The bride at that time was living with sister, the late Mrs. Herman Oel- When I performed the cere- v the bride and groom seemed happy and delighted.” Coercion by the bride’s mother #as one reason for the Marlborough-Van- derbilt annulment, but in that case both parties were Episcopallans and were married by an Episcopalian ceremony. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and slightly warmer tonight. Lowest tem- perature about 34 degrees. Maryland—Fair tonight. increasing cloudiness and rain tomorrow night. Virginia—Fair and slightly warmer tonight. Tomorrow increasing cloudi- ness and warmer. ‘West Virginia—Fair and somewhat ~armer tonight. Tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer. Rain tomor- row afternoon. Records for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 43; 8 p.m., 38; 12 midnight, 32; 4 a.m., 32; 8 am., 31; noon, 49. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.28; 8 p.m. 30.30; 12 midnight, 30.30; 4 a.m., 30.24; 8 a.m., 80.27; noon, 30.26. Highest temperature, 49, occurred at noon today. Lowest temperature, 29, occurred at 7 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 41; lowest, 29. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 5:01 a.m. and 5:18 p.m.; high tide, 10:45 a.m. and 11 p.m. | Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:50 a.m. and | 6:08 p.m.; high tide, 11:35 a.m. and 11.48 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 6:59 a.m.; sun sets, 4:50 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 7 a.m.; sun sets, 4:49 p.m. Moon rises, 8:29 p.m.; sets, 10:46 a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- | half hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the marriage. ‘Tomorrow ‘warmer, | 40; condition, very muddy. ather in Various Citles. 5 Temperature. Stations. AU . aweg ] * e cgepinsas ————— SUES RUDOLPH AND BELL ] Wrongfully Adjudged Insane. Suit to recover $50,000 damages has | C been filed in the District Supreme Court by Robert W. Brown, a broker, against Cuno H. Rudolph and J. Franklin Bell, members of the board of District Commissioners. Brown was sent to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital under a lunacy proceeding instituted | by the District Commissioners, and was released last October. Brown has brought a similar suit for $25,000 damages against Dr.-Wil- liam White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's, for his detention. Attor- neys Jeffords & Dutton and George F. Curtis appear for the plaintift. TEST CIRCULARS READY. Harry English, chief of the board of examiners of the public school sys- tem, today announced that the eircu- lar relative to examinations to be held on December 21-22 is now ready for distribution. | The examinations are for teachers in the senior and junior high schools | § ami]tor and the elementary schools. Mr. Eng- Hsh states that those interested may get copies at the Franklin School. $3,234.17 Abilene tlanta Ausnde ciiy | Bl iheha | Bismarek NS 01 EESRERERRER o wke @ ST - HEFA iosie: R G B B MBI S0 s T8 RN 5Dm iy BBt SR R2BBEREREIRNN, S SRETISNERTLRRTIAN: 20200 i EM B ORCSROES C CERINESN CRESRTRRCRESIE it Joudy prexs wor. (2 - FOREIGN. (8 a.m.. Greenwich time. today.) ce. ny. . ). Azo rmuda. orto Rico. E a | Havana, Cuba Colun. "Canal’ Zoe.. | water at Great Falls at 8 a.m.—Tem- | o | Peratu POLARPLANEENDS GEDHMILE FLIEHT Floyd Bennett Lands at Boll- ing Field After Trip That Took 104 Flying Hours. The Josephine Ford, tried and true explorer of the air which bore Comdr Byrd over the North Pole, landed this morning at Bolling Field, marking the completion of an 8,604-mile trip which began here on October 7 and took 10+ fiylng hours. The giant plane was guided by Floyd Bennett, pflot of the Arctic ex pedition, who was accompanied by Mrs. Bennett, who joined the party at Atlanta, Ga. Other passengers aboard the plane were Donald E Keyhoe of the aeronautic branch of the Department of Commerce, fligh® manager; Charles F. Kunkel of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the pro motion of aeronautics; Brent Balchen assistant pilot, and John D. McPhail chief mechanic. No formal reception committee met the plane, which made a perfect land ing at 11:16 o'clock, finishing the long tour three days ahead of schedule. Stops at 45 Citles. The trip, which was promoted by the Guggenheim Fund and the Aero nautic hranch of the Department of Commerce, included landings at 45 cities and members of the crew esti mated that 3,000,000 persons were enabled to see the plane in flight Letters to mayors and other city officials were dropped to citles where landings were not made. The pri mary object of the trip was to demor strate the dependability of the alr plane on a long tour arranged on an exact schedule. The plane left here for New York early this afternoon, zlthough the long distance flight officially termi nated when the plane landed here The entire flight was free from me chanical difficulty and the only inc! dent when the plane missed its sched ule was when it was compelled to fiy above clouds over Cheyenne, Wyo., tu avoid a heavy snowstorm. Veteran of Air Lanes. ‘There is nothing dainty about the Josephiné Ford, although it poss the grace common to bodies which navigate the air. It is 49 feet long and is a standard Fokker tri-motored monoplane, and its first test flight was made by Anthony H. G. Fokke: in September, 1925. It was already a veteran of the air Ianes with 17,000 miles of flying to its credit when it was turned over to Comdr. Byrd for the North Pole flight It had won the Ford Reliability Tour of 1,900 miles and recorded some fast time on special flights, on one occasion leaving Jacksonville, Fla., at 6:15 o'clock in the morning and landing at New York at 5 in the afternoon .The flight, which ended this morn ing, began here on October 7, when the airplane was boarded by Comdr Byrd, Donald E. Keyhoe of the De partment of Commerce, W. P. Me Cracken, jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aviation; Edward P Warner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation; Bryce Goldsbor ough of the Ploneer Instrument Cor poration, Porter Adams, C. K. Kunkel and James McPhail. PLUMBING MATERIALS LEAD TO JAIL SENTENCE 20-Year-Old Youth Gets Two Terms of Six Months for Destroy- ing Property. William Henry Smith, colore years old, of 600 kreedmans place today in Police Court was convicted on two charges of destroying private property. A sentence of six months in jail was imposed by Judge Robert E. Mattingly on each charge. Smith along with John Henry Queen, colored, 16 years old, was ar rested Saturday by Policemen R. Me Nell and J. E. Cross of the third pre cinct when they were seen pushing a cart filled with various plumbing materials. Investigation is said to have revealed that the two defend ants had entered the unoccupied premises at 1739 P street, William T Galligher, trustee, and 1400 New Hampshire avenue, where lead pipes, lead pans and sinks had been taken These articles were identified. Other materials were found by the police, but could not be identifled Similar thefts occurring during the last eight months had caused the po lice to be on a lookou! Smith pleaded guilty today and Queen was taken to the Juvenile Court. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. FIRST RACE—S$1.300: maiden Z-year olds: 5% furlong Wood #Dexter .. Florenda Also el *Hoecake M Formula tAlphabet Jon Byvrn . Polycrates . Warm Heart . Faithful Frien | Saucy . Sun Up Ral Parr and R. W. Carter entry. - SECOND RACE—$1.300: claiming: 3 yeatiolds and up: 6% furlonks (out of chute) eLady Glassen. . *Marcellus . THIRD RACE—S1. olds and up: 1% mi eSam Smith ... @ et Foike ... 11 300: claiming ies. Dr'm of Valley Romany Fornovo A 100 101 Bryon Tiandt FOURTH RACE—$1.500: Purse. 2-year-olds: 1 mile. ity Sun Forward .. PSoal Mz tAfterglow .. i~ B0 the Towson 108 1 " McE, Bowman and E. M. B @ 155 ¥ Simiiney entry. Ty FIFTH RACE—S1.300: olds and up: mile and 7 Kensington Lad. 100 *Canister . 103 ragi -d_ Martin iinln cro Alidin . claiming: 3-year yards. Bovard . Voshel sHedge Feace. Duration . SIXTH RACE—$1.300: claiming: 8-year olds: 14 miles. e Lady Braxted .. 108 o ‘Al Kripo ...... 100 *Lady Bountiful }OB Anders Panola ........ *Tea Ball © .. 1 Happy Birthday 107 Grattenr 114 1Jus Olympi. XTletache Bittercup’ o *Gatewood . mexman table and J. C. Fletcher en SEVENTH RACE—$1300: R T iy dues. *Frank Fogarty. 105 Drumbest ... +Par ach'ee Belle 107 Masquerado Greek Friar 105 Asa Jewell . . #Battle Shot’ . Red Wingtiel an . SPostman ul The Ally *Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather Clear: Track ‘tagh