Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and colder tonight, about 27 degrees; tomorrow cloudy, slightly warmer, probably followed by rain. Temperature—Highest, 65, at 9:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 45, at 8 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as second class matter WG No. 30,229. post office, Wa shington, b WASHINGTON, D. C., WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FRIDAY, SHANGHAI RUSHES REINFORGEMENTS TODEFEATCD ARMY 500 Wounded Soldiers Sent to Rear After Fight With Cantonese Troops. LATTER RACING TO BEAT FOREIGN FORCES TO CITY T. S. Assures Chinese Minister Ma-! rines Will Not Land Except in Emergency. By the Associated Press. i i SHANGHAI, February 4. Conflict- tng reports left Shanghal in doubt to day as to the military situation south! of here, where northern and southern troops have taken positions after a pattle which has begun and which is expected to determine possession of this city, control of the Yangtze Valley and possibly the fate of the republic. Headquarters of Marshal Sun Chuan Fang, defender of the c.ty against the Cantonese advance, declared he was holding his own. Nfitmnalllt circles recast his early collapse. T asionaries arriving from the bat- tle front area in Chekiang Province Jorted today that 500 of Marshal Sun's wounded soldiers reached Hang- ehow from his Yenchow front, crowd- fne the Hangchow hospitals and necessitating the moving of overflow Wounded to the Southern Presbyterian Mission Hospital at Kashing. One Flank Thrust Back. . arance of the wounded to ha e aaPDE ‘the lines af the defending army was. the first evidence that the battle in Chekiang Province had e war theater is but little more than 100 miles southwest of here. Sun's forces were intrenched along the Ysientang River, using Yenchow as o headguarters, The last knqwn Dosition of the Cantonese indicated they were- centering at Chuchow, 25 miles southwest of Yenchow. Hangchow, where the wounded were being received, is about midway be- tween Marshal Sun's lines and Shang- | hai. It was learned here vesterday | that when the two armies clashed the 1 section of Sun's forces: had| back in the vicinity of The Cantonese rival of picked et another m-nu% eign_situation the Ca pected to make e Shanghai before the arrival i British troops. 3 With a fight for control of the city | in prospect, Gréat Britain and other | powers have announced their mr' of mination of defending the internation- @l settlement against possible harm and are rushing ships of war and sol- dlers toward the city. Both northern and southern Crhlneu factions have | objected to the foreign gesture. Ijflmwhlle, blication of the Brit- jsh proposals for a new treaty with the Peking and Canton governments | found the nation generally unrespon- | sive and uninterested. e h! proposal ‘was made public at & time: when the Chinese were absof in the New Year celebration, Wwhen in all China not a newspaper, Chinese or foreign, was appearing. y) Proposal Not Widely Known. The text of the British proposal as @ consequence is not known at pres- ent to any but a small circle of publicists and officials, the latter naturally being on their guard as 1o comment while the British offer is_being studied. The presence of British and other | foreign armed forces at Shanghai| and the general movement of foreign military and naval forces toward this city remained as the outstanding issue in the diplomatic situation. Both Northerners and Southerners have protested the British military move, which avowedly is to afford protection to the international settle- ment here in case of danger. The position of the Nationalists (Cantonese) generally statement of Eugene Chen, their for- | eign minister, declaring treaty nego- tiations could be continued only by a removal of British forces from Shanghai. is the paramount factor is that thel { Minister of War in By the Associated Press. LISBON, February 4.—Unofficial reports this morning that the revolu: tionaries at Oporto had surrendered to the government forces were fol- lowed at midatterncon by an official statement indicating that they were still holding out and that fighting was imminent. The statement sald the minister of war was in the artillery barracks at Oporto, where forces loyal to the government were being organized pre- paratory to attacking the rehels. A general strike was declared this morning on the state railways in| southern and southeastern Portugal. The government Is taking measures to avold paralyzation of traffic. | Army Loyal, Says Carmona. President Carmona is quoted as de- claring that although civil struggles are deplorable, the present case proves irrefutably that the Portuguese Army is with the dictatorship in its work of national restoration. The country is still under martial law. So far as could be learned, because of the censorship on dispatches reach- ing the capital from various parts of the country, order had not been dis- turbed. The Lisbon authorities insist- ed -that the revolt was confined to a part of the Oporto garrisoh, and while they did not look for serfous conse- quences, they declared that martial law would be strictly enforced. Look for Some Trouble. Gen, Sinel de Cordes, acting as wap minister in the absence of Gen. Car- mona, intimated that some disaffec- PORTUGUESE REBELS HOLD OUT: CLASH IMMINENT AT OPORTO Aréillery Barracks Organizing Loyal Forces to Attack Dis- senters—Early Reports Denied. tion was looked for, as only recently a messa; recelved from a commit- tee of “the rebellious minority troops” demanding resignation of the govern- ment and restoration of the constitu- tional regime. The government's an- swer to this was to send troops to re- s the revolt. The general was the movement would be checked immediately since he had re- ceived declarations of loyalty from isons throughout the country. The government, he added, had com- plete confidence in its army and navy. Carmona in Upheaval, Carmona was a party to the military upheaval in Portugual last May. With Gen. Gomes da Costa and Comdr. Mendes Cabecadas, he over- thiew the government. President Machado resigned and the executive power was turned over to Comdr. Cabecadas. Then followed a series of political moves and Gen. Carmona be- me premier and dictator and on No- esident of Portugal. League of Nations circles at Geneva, upon learning of the revolutionary movement in Oporto, said that it was under way for several months, the understanding being that there was growing opposition to the military dic- tatorship of President Carmona. They pointed out that there was dissatis- faction over the restraint put on the newspapers and over the imprison- ment or exile of those who displayed antagonism to the Carmona cabinet. There was_ a possibility, in the opinion of Portuguese circles in Geneva that the garrison at Lisbon might throw in its lot with the Oporto revolutionaries, in which event it was predicted the situation might take a serious turn. Gen NEW CHURCH PLOT CHARGEDINMEXICO Two Priests and 19 Arrested in Tampico—Conspiracy in Puebla Revealed. By the Associated Press. no detalls except that the military authorities ordered summary oourt- martial for those arrested when the plot was discovered and that their execution is feared: The Tampico plot is described as organized by ‘the local Knights of Co: lumbus organization, whose head, Sixto Rodriguez, together with 18 members, is said to have been placed in prison. Two Priests Arrested. The dispatches say these men have pleaded guiity, although refusing to give details which might lead to fur- ther arrests, Two Catholic priests, Vicente SBalas and Jose Castillon, and a newspaper man, Ignacio Gonzalez, secretary of the organization, are also reported to be under arrest. According to the Tampico dis- patches, the wife of a prominent &atnouc and a member of the Knights Columbus appeared before the au- thorities and told them of the plot, declaring they did not wish to see the country involved in an international conflict. Three strong military columns to- day were attacking the strongholds of the rebellious Yaqui Indians in the | State of Sonora. ‘The war department recently was led to believe that the Yaquis were willing to surrender, and when ne- gotiations were suspended because the Indians insisted on retaining their | arms, orders were given for a gen- | eral offensive until they ylelded or were exterminated. Three Camps Captured. In the first two days of the federal offensive the military columns cap- tured three Yaqui camps. Then a march was begun on La Gloria, the and settiement of this problem is necessary before other issues can be taken up. Basis of Negotiations. strongest Yaqui redoubt in the heart of the mountains. The Federal cas- ualties have been heavy and numer- ous rebels have been kiiled and many captured, including women and chil- | dren. A Nationalist spokesman here de. clared that while the British pro posals were * considered inadequate | they might furnish a starting point | for nego'iation of a settlement. H Non-party Chinese consider the | British terms an augury for a more | hopeful future in foceign refations | and admit that they in status. ever, as to whether the Nationalwsts will agree to anything short of un- conditional surrender of all foreign privileges, 1 MARINES' DUTIES DEFINED, U. S. Tells Envoy Only Attack On Americans Means Landing, By the Associated Press. Although the American Government is moving additional naval strength in the direction of Shanghai, threat ened by the contesting Chinese war | lords, Chinese officials have been as. sured that there is no intention of making a landing unless American lives actually are in danger. These assurances have been given to Dr. Alfred Sze, the Chinese Minister here, in response to an informal in- quiry as to the purposes of the move. ment of additonal American naval vessels and Marines toward Shangha. The Minister did not lodge a diplo- matic protest, but merely inquired for information, for the purpose of antici- pating any possible protest which might be lodged by Eugene Chen, the foreign minister of the southern forces at Hankow. He was told that the activity of the Navy Department was entirely precautionary. . Sze feels that the assurances given are calculated to prevent any animosity on the part of the Canton- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) show the willing- | ness of Great Britain to take the lead | readjusting China’s international | They remain doubtful, how- | Four rebels have been killed and several wounded and one soldier was killed and another wounded in an en- gagement at Papayo, State of Guer- rero. Rebels under Florencio Jimenez have been dispersed at Cerro Maringo, State of Michoacan. MAN, 90, WINS DIVORCE. Desertion Charged Against Wife, | 81, in Illinois Town. PEORIA, I, Ee(t;:ary o lmh “harging desertion, George H. Perry, :::;—g 90° of La Moille, obtained a. di- | vorce from his 81-year-old wife. They | were married in December, 1923, and, | according to the evidence, she desert. | | ed him in July, 1924. | | "An ante-nuptial contract provided | | that at the death of Mr. Perry his! | wife would receive $3,000 and the life { use of his residence. 1 'Tax Board Limits Income Reduction For Use of Auto The cost of operating an auto- mobile between a place of business and a home is not a proper income tax deduction from gross income as an ordinary and necessary busi- Marooned Rabbits Leaping Into Boats AreRefugees’Food By the Associated Press. COTTONPLANT, Ark., February 4.—Hundreds of rabbits in the flooded districts surrounding here - have taken to trees, housetops and drifting debris as their burrows have become flooded. Rabbits, too, have jumped from their perches into rowboats of rescuers. Many of ‘the’ animals are being used to provide food for flood sufferers maroned in. ref 3 5 P et The Bt o far, on their. ot mission % was filled with canines, % hotise, wiethe Besrocs ton . While the ne a . tinued their journey, picking tp other dogs on the way. R SEMATEWOULDLSE SURPLUS ON DEBT Votes 46 to 33 in Favor of Norris Amendment Over Harrison Tax Cut. By a vote of 46 to 33 the Senate went on record this afternoon in favor of applying the tax surplus in the Treasury to the public debt rather than to a tax-reduction bill at this tlnx\e. n taking this stand the Senate adopted the resolution of Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, which was offered as a substitute for the motion of Senator Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippi, who has been seeking for several days to have the Senate go on record in favor of a permanent tax reduction at this ses. sion. The vote was almost entirely along party lines, with the adminis- tration forces supporting the Norris proposal and the Democrats generally opposing application of the surplus to the debt. Following the adoption of the Norris substitute, the resolution as amended to favor using the surplus for the national debt was finally passed by 52.28, several of the Demo. crats having favored the Norris pro- posal on the final vote. Harrison Makes Appeal. Just before the vote was Senator Harrison asserted thltu l&: question of taxation and the surplus “is so important that the Demoeratic minority would be justified in blocking legislation and forcing an extra ses. sion.” In a last-minute appeal to Re. publicans to favor his tax-reduction resolution, Senator Harrison declared that every member of the finance com- mittee would co-operate for the speedy (Continued on Page 2, Column 2,) il COLDER WEATHER DUE. Northwest Winds to Reach City To- day, Sending Mercury to 27. Colder weather this afternoo: tonight will bring to an end t:: spring-like spell in which Washington has been basking for the past day or 80. Forecaster Weightman says that | northwest winds will reach the city this afternoon and tonight, sendi: the mercury down to about 37 degrees :n the early hours of tomorrow morn- ng. Cloudy skies tomorrow, accompanted by a warming up process, pn’;!.mbly will result in rain, he declared today. Insurgents Called to Caucus. Carrying out previously announced plans *to let the La Follette insur- gents of the House decide for them- selves whether to return to the Re- ness expense. The Board of Tax Appeals today declined to allow Charles H. Sachs, Pittsburgh lawyer, to make deduc- tions on his return for operation of an automobile in Pittsburgh and between Pittsburgh and his Sum- mer home 15 miles from that city. publican fold, House Republican leaders have included all nominal Republicans in the Hist of Repre- sentatives invited to attend the party caucus of February 21. Radio Programs—P; FIGHT T0 RESTORE - DISTRIGT ITEMS Griffin Wants Water Mains on Alabama Avenue Con- structed. With a final vote near the House today resumed its consideration of the Distriet appropriation bill. Representative Griffin, Democrat, of New York served notice that he would offer two amendments to restore ap- propriations eliminated from the bill for the construction-of 12-inch water mains on Alabama avenue southeast, between Fifteenth and Twenty-fifth streets, and Branch and Southern ave- nues to prevent menace to. health from polluted wells in that district., these water-mains will A0 Tvs beo Tound| by Dr. W. C. Fowler, heaith officer of the Distriet, to be polluted. Notifica- tiong _have heen put on these wells and the residents are forbidden to use them. It, therefore, seems to me incumbent upon the District to supply potable, wholesomeé water." The cost of these mains will be $42,800 and $20,700, respectively. Mr. Griffin said the cost will be paid for by the water revenues of the District. Headley to Be Reinstated. Just before adjournment yesterday the House made provision for the re- i{nstatement of Capt. Albert J. Head- ley to his inspectorship in the Police Department, from which he had been ‘demoted by former Commissioner Fen- ning, by increasing the police item by $660. Representative Blanton of Texas obtained adoption of the amend. ment through an agreement with House leaders, and it yas unopposed “This is to provide for the resto tion of Albert J. Headley to his prop: rank, from which he was spitefully demoted by former Commissioner Fenning,” Blanton told the House. Mr. Blanton explained that $200 of the increase granted is to provide the difference In salary between captain and inspector and the further sum of $460 covers the automobile allowance | for the inspector. It was not until after the House had adopted this amendment that Mr Blanton heard of Commissioner Dough- erty’s denial . that a “gentleman’s agreement” exists between the Com- missioners and the House District committee for the reinstatement of Headley as an_inspector. This denial brought from Mr. Blanton a sharp re- tort. “If Commissioner Dougherty says no agreements exists, he is two- faced,” the Texan declared. “Mr. Dougherty me faithfully in his office that if he had authority to lumce another position of inspector, eadley would be given the appoint- ment. He took the question of author- ity up to Controlier General McCarl, and the controller general decided the Commissioner had the authority.” Blanten Tells of Agreement. Mr, Blanton had informed the House about the so-called “gentlemen's agree; ment” respecting Capt. Headley 1 his report on the park policemen’ bill and later when he offered his amendment to the District bill. He told the House then that Mr. Dough- erty had said that if the Commission- ers were given the money by Con- | gress_“they would right the wrong Headley." d?'n'lfhey have already enough money to pay his salary up to July 1" Mr. Blanton said, “and this additional amount voted will give the money for P verting to Dougherty’s denial that he had promised to reinstate Headley, he had promised to TEATAS —°2 (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Energy in. Eating | Meat Equals 800 Pounds Pressure By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, February 4—Estimat- ing the amount of energy em- ployed by ‘an indjvidual in the process of eating, Dr. 'Treska, Ber- 1in investigator, comes to the con- clusion that the act of masticat- ing a morsel of meat requires an expenditure of energy equal to & pressure of 800 pounds. He found this out, he says, by placing the edge of a knife no sharper than human teeth on & piece of meat and. calculating the” weight required to force the knife down sufficiently to cut the meat. Dr. Troska also found that a dog biting a bone in two expended mfifl to a pressure of 3,200 FEBRUARY 4, Cancer Cure Prize Of $5,000,000 Asked In Senate Measure An award of $5,000,000 to be paid to the first discoverer of a cure for cancer is proposed in a bill intro- duced in the Senate today by Sen- ator Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia. c The cure for cancer must be ap- proved by a commission created in the bill before the award may be paid. This commission is to be composed of three eminent sclent- ists appointed by the President. Members of the commission are to serve without compensation, but shall be allowed their actual ex- penses while engaged upon the business of the commission. The sum of $25,000 would be appropri- ated to meet these expenses. The - commission ~ is authorized to inquire. into and determine the success of any cure of cancer sub- mitted mln. The United States, however, i8 to pay no expe: 0) made the duty of any department of ‘the Covernmen it upon the quest of the comml to & assistance in making g “ or determination of the of the cure. AR S NEWINSPEGTOR OF POLIGE OROERED Action Follows - Announce- ment by Blanton of Agree- ment to Restore Headley. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, supetintend- ent of police, was ordered by the Dis- trict Commissioners this afternoon to reorganize the personnel of the de- partment in order to provide for the appointment of an additional inspec- tor. The action came less than 24 hours after the announcement of Representa- tive Blanton of Texas that a “‘gentle- men's agreement” exists between members of the House District com- mittee and the Commissioners for the restoration of Capt. Albert J. Headley to the rank of inspector, Mr. Blan- ton’s statement, however, was denied by Commissioner Proctor L. Dough- erty, The instructions were contalped in a 63-word memorandum bearing the signature of Danlel E. Garges, secre- tary to the Board of Commiissioners and places upon Maj. Hesse the entire responsibility of naming the new inspector. The memorandum follows: “In view of the recent opinion of the Controller General that the Com- missioners have the authority to appoint an additional inspector in the Metropolitan Police Force, you are requested to submit at an early date a recommendation for a reorganiza- tiop of the Police Department person- nel, providing for the appointment of an additional Inspector and making a recommendation for the filling of such a position.” HOUSE 0. K.’S DEFICIENCY BILL REPORT, 293-48 Conference Agreement Includes $5,000 for Improvements to Senate Office B\Iildin‘. The House today, by a vote of 298 to 48, adopted the conference re- port on the urgent deficiency appro- priation bill, which contains an item of $1,500,000 for acquisition of a site for a new Supreme Court Building between East Capitol street, Maryland avenue, First and Second reets northeast, directly north of the Library of Congress and east of the Capitol ground: The conference agreement includes $5,000 for improvements in the Senate Office Building; $7,4256 for nal employes in the Assessor's Office; $6,200 for furniture and equipment for| . the addition to the MacFarland Junior | High School; $39,320 for uniforms and other officlal ~equipment for the Metropolitan police; $80,000 for uni- forms and official equipment for mem- bers of the Tre rtment; $10,800 for the Publy; Utilities- Commission, and $1,500 for gomp=-=sation of juro in Juvenile Coust. S e, 1927 —-FIFTY PAGES. ¢ Foening Star. » NEW HOLGE OFFCE BULDING FAVRED Committee Votes to Expend $6,500,000 for Structure. Table Armory Bill. The House committee on public buildings and grounds today ordered a: favorable report on the bill fathered by Representative Moore, Democrat, of Virginia, for a new House Office Building, west of the present office building and south of the Capitol, and laid on the table the Zihiman bill au- thorizing ‘a $2,000,000 armory building for the District. tne :" bill provides for the ac- e e e e Coast and On the land to be ac- quired is the Congress Hall Hotel and the Hotel Potomac. The bill was amended.so as to re- duce the aathorized appropriation for P tion for erection of the bullding was also reduced from $7,000,000 to $6,- 500,800, Architect in Control. It authorizes the architect of the Capitol to be in control of the con- struction, subject to the direction and supervision of the commission in con- trol of the House Office Building. The formal report to the House will be made tomorrow by Chairman Elliott of the public bulldings committee. It is expectéd that the appropria- tion will be added as an amendment to the legislative appropriation bill, which is now before the Houge. BOY AVENGES MOTHER BY SLAYING ANNOYER 16-Year-Old Son Is Under Arrest for Shooting Married Man at Detroit. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, February 4.—Anthony Enyedi, 16, confessed to Highland Park police today that, urged by his mother, he shot and killed George Fanchali, 43, last Tuesday night. Mrs. Elizabeth Enyedi, 35, corrobo- rated her son's story. Both are un- der arrest. She sald Fanchali, who was mar- ried, had forced attentions upon her at the point of a pistol. She told her husband and son. The elder Enyedi became angry at her, but the lad, fear- ing she would, as she declared,. “go crazy and shoot him myself if you do not,” sawed the barrel from a shotgun, went to the Fanchall home and shot through a window. Fanchali, sitting in the parlor, received the charge of both barrels in his head and neck, dy- ing almost instantly. Anthony meant “only to shoot him in the arms, so he could not eat again,” he told police. His mother accompanied him, wait- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ing in an automobile while he did the shooting. ————— RIOT KILLS 8; HURTS 30. Bagdad Street Affray Started by Enraged Students. BEIRUT, Syria, February 4 (®).— Fight persons were killed and 30 wounded in a street riot at Bagdad when police attempted to quell a dem- onstration by students. Dispatches say the trouble orig- inated in the discharge of professo whom the students desired retained. () Means Associated Press. Three Locomotives, Hitched Together, Pull Submarine Out By the Asso ed Press. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., February 4. —An unusual feat of naval engl- neering was accomplished here when three locomotives, hitched together, hauled the submarine S-48 from the water to the ways of a shiphouse, where it is to be reconditioned. The S48 went aground two years ago off Jeffreys Point in a blizzard, with 39 officers and men aboard. Re- pairs costing upward of $1,000,000 are to be made, and will include cutting it in_half and lengthening it by 17 feet. The submersible, resting on a wooden cradle, required 7,000 feet of onednch steel cable and a large amount of tackling apparatus to at- tach it to the engines. They drew it 2,500 feet from the water onto the ways. The entire operation took less than 20 minutes. WITNESSES STRESS FORD'S 1913 POWER American Bankers Were Keen to Acquire Stock—Success Is Analyzed. By the Associated Press. American bankers were keen to ac- quire stock in the Ford Motor Co. as early as 1913, Pierce C. Ward, a Chi- cago investment banker, said today, testifying in the Government suit to recover added taxes from former Ford stockholders. The suit being heard by the Board of Tax Appeals is based on a -conten- tion by the Government that it over- valued the stock of the minority hold- ers when it assessed taxes on the profits they made when they sold out to Henry Ford. ‘The original Government valuation was- $9,489 a share, as of March 1, 1913, and the present Government contention is that the true value was only $3,600. Ward, a witness for the protesting minority stockholders, said that in his opinion the value of the date indicated was “easily $10,000.” Appealed to Bankers, “It was the outstanding feature in the American securities market at that time,” he said, “and especially appealed to bankers because of the phenomenal annual increase in the earnings of the e Gest e designated the Ford plant the best industrial concern in ll":e United ,ml! g:‘lm of management, physi- tion in the ‘ rordmwu su on one model, the witness , whereas his competitors adopted a policy of changing types. Ford’s Financial Peak. Comparing the financial positio the Ford Motor Co., Mar(";t : 1"91‘?. with that of other concerns, the wit- ness said it was his opinion that the tp:dfl;lfloa o‘tu“ f(}enerfl Motors Co. y is not as favorable a: Ford in 1913, 3 b Describing the growth of the Ford Motor Co. as “the romance of ro- mances,” Charles L. Bradley, vice president of the Union Trust Co. of Cleveland, testified that the shares in Question were worth $12,000 each in March, 1913, and the capital stock at (ol‘;:l time was easily worth $240,000,- siness, The genius of Henry Ford counts heavily as an intangible asset among the resources of his motor company, and as such must be taken into ac- count when arriving at an appraisal of the value of Ford stock, Paul M. Clay, economic statistician, testified at _yesterday's hearing. Expert analyses of industrial stock (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) POLICE HOLD 2 MEN IN KIDNAPING OF GIR Officers Fear Child, 11, Who Was Taken l)y ex-Nurse, May Be Killed. BY the Associated Pross. CHICAGO, February 4.—Two men were held by the police today in con- nection with the disappearance of 11- year-old Brunhilda Koellner, who has been missing for four days, and is be- lieved to have been kidnaped by a former governess in the Koellner home. One of the men said he was with Miss Lillian Hochstrasser last Satur- day night, 36 hours before she and the child disappeared together, and he ‘was held on suspicion. Detectives hastened action in the case, and urged speedy co-operation on the part of police in other cities, on the belief that the girl either has been or will be killed. The father, Frank Koellner, wealthy contractor, said that Miss Hochstras- ser, a divorcee, had urged him, a wid- ower, to make some disposition of the children and marry her. She was dis- charged when he learned his daughter had been subjected to cruelties. . Miss Hochstrasser is supposed to have relatives in Detroit and New York, and 1s being sought there and in other large cities. The woman obtained custody of the child Monday by calling at Brunhilda's 1, where it was not known that Miss Hochstrasser was no longer em- ployed by Koellner, and she was per- mitted to leave with the girl Forced to Play Piano, Dance and Sing uqmnmm-mm . To Induce Rich Chicago Child to Eat In another 's nurse had to make be- ‘mouthfuls of food were comie fore the child would eat. to a party in the child’ C Dr. assets, and its posi- e bu: ssful because he con= Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,802 TWO CENTS. DEATH OF 5INAUTO ISBLAMED ON RACE FOR RAIL CROSSING B. & 0. Held Jointly Responsi- ble for Lack of Safeguard at Kensington. TRAGEDY CLAIMS LIVES OF FOUR IN ONE FAMILY Walter M. Twombly, Wife, Son and Daughter Killed With Mrs. Grafton Holland. An attempt to beat a fast train at a grade crossing, and laxity of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in not providing adequate protection were Jointly blamed today for the fatal ac- cident at Kensington, Md., shortly after midnight which virtually ‘wiped out the family of Walter M. Twombly, a special agent for the Federal Trade Commission, and took the life of Mrs. Grafton Holland, wife of a retired farmer and a friend of the Twombly tamily, 3 All five occupants of a light auto- mobile, returning from a card party at Silver Spring, Md., were killed when the vehicle was struck by the St. Louils express of the B. & 0., thundering through Kensington at a speed estimated to be in excess of 50 miles an hour. Bell and Light at Night. Although the crossing, in the heart of Kensington, is protected by a watchman for 12 hours a day, there is no protection after 6:10 p.m. ex- cept a crossing bell and a warning light, mounted 8 feet high on a pole. The dead are: “Walter M. Twombly, 57 years old. Mrs. Mary Twombly, his wife Paul Twombly, a son, 27 years old, employed in the registrar's office at Georgetown University. Elizabeth Twombly, a daughter, 18 years old, student at Holy Cross Academy. . Mrs. Grafton Holland, An inquest into the accident today was declared by State Attorney Rob- ert M. Pater, jr., to be unnecessary. Meanwhile the bodies of the five vic- tims are at Pumphrey’s undertaking establishment, at Rockville, where they were removed soon after the tragedy. l} .the deac in_the little siying town Toested ubout 've mileg north of the District line and were prominent residents. The Twom- bl were particularly prominent in affairs of the Catholic Church of the Holy Redeemer. Returning From Card Party. | More than two-score residents of the little town had attended the card party at Silver Spring given by i the Knights of Columbus, and the Twomblys had asked Mrs. Holland to ride home with them. The Twombly home is north of the railroad tracks and Mrs. Holland's home, where she lived with her hus- band, a retired farmer, and her three daughters, is south of the railroad tracks. It was necessary to cross the tracks to take Mrs. Holland home. There were no eyewitnesses to the tragedy, although a party from Wash- ington turned into Connecticut avenue, a block from the crossing, as the crash occurred. A few minutes after the train struck the light car, scattering the bodies 200 yards west of the cross- ing, firemen from the Kensington volunteer department were on the scene. They immediately called Dr. Eugene Jones, who examined the bodies and pronounced life extinct. Miss Elizabeth Twombly, according to Chief Eugene Raney of the fire department, was still breathing when picked up, but expired within less than a minute. Dr. Jones said the others had probably been instantly killed. The body of Mr. Twombly was found only a few yards from the crossing, clear of the wreckage of the automo- bile, which lay in the middle of the tracks, its headlights still burning brightly. The other bodies were far- ther down the tracks. Engineer Is Unnerved. Members of the train crew stopped the express and helped pick up the bodies. Engineman Miller of Cumber- land, Md., was said to have been so unnerved by the acecident that he was relieved at Gaithersburg, a few miles farther on. Paul Twombly was driving the car, so far as could be learned, with his | sister beside him, while the three elderly people rode in the back seat, holding the card table which they had taken to Silver Spring. Residents of the little to said that { Paul should have ben warned by the | sounding of the bell that a train was due, but that probably he thought the train was a local, due a few minutes after 12 o'clock, which stops at the | station. The' view east down the tracks where the fast express thundered through the night was cut off by a grocery store erected recently, and unheeding or not hearing the warning bell, Paul drove on to the track direct- 1y in the path of the speeding express, according to accounts of the accident reconstructed by residents. At the same time they placed part of the blame on the Baltimore & Ohio for not keeping a crossing watchman on duty all the time, and not provid- | ing more adequate protection than the bell and signal light. From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. the crossing is protected by & watchman in addition to the bell and light. The watchman operates a gate on the north side of the track. There is no gate on the south side. Imme- | diately south of the crossing the road turns sharply west to run into Con: necticut avenue, a stralght route to ‘Washington. Crossing Before Legislature, The Home and School Association of Kensington recently acce, an offer made by the raliroad the funny strips, all | the Roberts related, the child ; eat merel " to.