Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1927, Page 2

T0 GONTINUE WORK Slush Probers Keep Ballot Boxes From Pennsylvania; Authority in Doubt. Out of the muddle into which the filibuster in the Senate has thrown the senatorial investigation of the elactions of 1926 the following facts| er; today. Gl‘r;- “;'ge so-called Reed slush fund committee . will continue to operate, despite the fajlure of the Reed resolu tion formally extending the life and/ powers of the committee : 2. Senators-elect William §. Vare ot Pennsylvania and Frank L. of lilinois automatically go on the Senate pay roll, but the question of | their final seating will not be deter-| mined until the new Senate meets. 3. The contest filed by William B.| ‘Wilson, Democratic candidate for the | Senate against Vare last vear. hasj been received by the Senate ferred to the committee on privileges and elections. Still Has Ballot Boxes. 4. The Reed slush fund committee #till has possession of the baliot boxes from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and has issued orders for seizing the bal lot boxes in other counties of Penn sylvania, The citations for contempt of Samuel Insull of Chicago and other re. calcitrant witnesses who declined to answer questions of the Reed commit tee go over until the session of the Senate in December. There is an apparent conflict of au- thority between the Reed commit and the privileges and elections com- mittee in the matter of the investiga- tion of the contested Pennsylvania election. There is likelihood. too, that the slush fund committee may meet with more refusals to answer ques- tions on the theory that the powers of the committee died with the end of the Congress in which it was creatad. ‘Witnesses who take that position, however, may find themselves embar- assed in view of the decision of the Supreme Court in the Mal Daughert: case that the Senate is a continuing body and in view of the fact that the Reed committee was not appointed for any special term, but may be consid- | ered a continuing commitree. | smith | § 1 HERBERT WILLETT. TEACHERS T0 WARN STUDENTS OF GUNS Willett Suicide Brings State- ment From Kramer Favor- ing Stricter Law. Warning to students in the public schools of Washington against carry ing firearms will be given as a result of the suicide vesterday of Herbert Willett, 16.vear-old Central High School student, who fired a bullet into his brain in a corridor of the school. Coroner Nevitt last night rendered a verdict of suicide, although the boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allan H. Wil lett of 2910 Brandywine street, Chevy Chase, the latter a teacher in the school, were emphatic in their belief | that the shooting was an accident. More Records Impounded. The Reed committee met vesterday n, and by unanimous vote ordered the impounding of ballots cast in four additional counties in Pennsy Miesouri, | Stephen E. Kramer, assistant superin- tendent of schools, also is convinced that Willett did not intend to kill him- If. he said today, following a careful Will Warn Students. r. Kramer said that principals of THE EVENING PRESDENT WALKS *WLE TO S WORK Held Up by Traffic Policeman and Dodges Jam of Autos. President Coflidge suceumbed o | | the lure of the warm bright sunshine "hl! morning and walked a mlile from | | his new home on Dupont Clrels to the White Honse, but hefore he was safely | {at hin desk he had discovered that the {lite of a Washington pedestrian fs | | not always serene - Accompanied by his usunl escort of secret service men. the Presldent saun tered to the White House at §:20 o'clock. Traflc was beginning to reach its peak erything went | smoothly, however, until the busy In. | tersection at Jackson place and 11 street was reached. Wait for Autos to Pass, There Policeman Havwood ¢. John. | son of the third precinct was regu lating the traMic. When four quietly dressed men stopped at the northeast curb he gave them no more thought than he would have accorded any oth ar pedestrians and waved automobiles across their path 1f Policeman Johnson noticed that one of them was the President of the United States he gave no outward in- | dication of it for several minutes while his arm directed traflic east and west. Finally, holding wp a forhid ding palm againat tha onrushing mo torists, he beckoned the four pedes: | trians on their wi To his surprise. however, the pedes: trians stopped in the middle “of H street, while one of them quletly in- formed the officer that it was Presl- dent Coolidge who had been forced to walt an exceptionally long time at the intersection. Car Makes Him Move. At that minute another jam of au- tomobiles bore down directly !cward the President as he waited and forced | him to step briskly to the opposite | sidewalk, where he was joined once | more by the secret service men to| continue the walk to the White House. | The President was visibly disturbed | by the incident. Despite this delay, President Cool- idge completed the walk, which Is a | fraction short of a mile, in 17 min- utes. This is fairly good time when traffic_conditions are taken into con- | sideration. | The straets were filled with Govern- | STAR, WASHINGTO RVIVING FIGURES IN ATTACK WHEN D. C, SATURDAY Above, loft: Mrs. George Ridgeway, who was found protecting her new- MARCH 5, 1927. CHILD WAS MURDERED PONERS T0 CONE TOGRPS INGENEVA day Likely to Be Dominated by Anglo-Russian Issue. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. | By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily { News. Copyright, 1927 PARIS, March 5. urope once more | apparently fs on the verge of im- | portant diplomatic events. Foreign Ministers Briand, Chamberlain and Stresemann will meet at Geneva Mon- | day as members of the council of the League of Nattons. The council's agenda. is relatively uninteresting. But will be much interest in the conversation of these states- Nobody doubts that these conver- sations will be dominated by the crisis in Anglo-Russian relations, which bid | fair to affect all the great powers for some time to come. While Soviet Russia is endeavoring to unite all Asia agalnst Western powers, par- ticularly Great Britain; while she is arming and directing the Chinese Nationalists and making treaties with Turkey, Persia and Afghanistan; while she is intensifying her propaganda in | India and working steadily to disag- | rregate the political combinations of | non-Soviet States on Russia’s western horder, Great Britaln is thoroughly alarmed and angered and now is ac tively defending Its interest by utiliz-| ing all its ast diplomatic resources | against Russia. Big Issue in China. Rupture of Anglo-Russlan relations is regarded everywhers in Europe as a possibility entailing unforseeable consequence. Moreover, hefore the Shanghal Chinese Natlonalists, advised by Russians and haing In their ranks some 2.000 Russian officers, stand some 10,000 British troops. A battle. 1if it occurs, will involve not only Great Britain and China, but will in- volve indirectly Great Britain and Russia. Diplomatic action in the Baltie States has been intensified both by Great Britain and Russia. Great Brit- ain always has supported these states, whose very existence tends to shut; Russia off from the Baltic. Russia has | been trylng to overcome the British in-| fluence by offering these states treaties of non-aggression. Russia will promise not to attack Finland. Latvia and Esthonta if they will agree under | no circumstances, even under the| League covenant, to participate in ac- | tion against Russia. After nine months | of negotiation, Finland has refused the CTY BEDSTOPUSH DISTRCT NQURY League Council Session Mon- | Will Study Governmental'Mas chinery Independent of Glb- son Investigation. Continuance of the life ofythe Gibe son subcommittes for the {Summes with authority for members'of that committes to sit at hearings'investi: gating angles of the gavernment of the District, will in no way hinder or delay the board survey planned by the Commissioners into all depart- ments of the local government far the purpose of bringing local govern- mental machinery to the top-notch of smooth-running efMciency. This was made clear at the District Building today. One of the high)local officials stated that while, at the re- quest of members of the Gibson' sub- committee, independent action by the Commissioners into the signal traffic light muddle may be held up for’ sev- eral days yet, the Commissioners next week will probably launch their gen- eral investigation into the District government's administratiwe methods. The principal aim will pe towar modernizing and improving' local gov- ernmental departments. If soandals or irregularities be encounterad during the quest for efficiency thesegwill not be disregarded but acted uponjprompt- ly. Primarily, however, they{will not be the goals of the survey. Equipment Is Checked. As far as the signal light \check up by the Burean of Eficlency f8 con- erned. it was learned today that in- vestigators had made a phiysical check-up of every item of magerial and equipment entering into tho‘num- matic tmafic regnlation system’ here and were now assembling the/ data and Information obtained from ' their notes to compare the items found with the two contracts for signal lights and the orders for equipment. Probing into th contracts and orders by the Gibson subcommittes has already resulted in the suspen- sion of Col. 1. C. Moller from the post of traffic engineer, for irregulari- tles in dealing with the specification contracts and certificates of receipt of goods under the contrac Independent Offices. District officials already veloped in a general wa desire in the way of the Bureau of Efficien the local government. Although there are 52 subprdinate but independent offices under the three Commissioners, detafled investigation into which would be a tremendous task, there are procedures common to all these offices the threads of which are intertwined have de- what they stance from in surveying in the fabrijc of governmental adminis- chairman of the committee, contends all the schools will be asked to warn | ment workers hurryving to their of-| horn haby. She was beaten defending her voung children, one of whom was O e roposal. Of Esthonia ‘and it has full authority to act in the| Pennsylvania election contest under 3, resolution adopted last January, and | tentative plans have been agreed upen | to hold another meeting here March | 25, when the question of opening the ballot boxes already brought here! from Philadeiphia and Pittsburgh may | be decided. The committee’s order to seize the boxes in Delaware. Lackawanna. Luzerne and Schuyrlkill Counties was entered late Thursday after the Sen- ats had been formally apprised that William B. Wilson, Democrat, had contested the election of William S. Vare, Republican. Senator Reed sail this was the only action taken by the committee. ‘While the question of whether boxes seized will be opened was left for later determination, Vare has writ- ten the committes calling attention that it had beer directed by resolution to secure ballot boxes ““merely for their preservation,” while Senator Reed, Re- :Rblia.n, Pennsylvania, who led the ibuster against the resolution to con- tinue the h:omm‘lltue. holds it “clearly | does not have the power” to open the boxes. o 1 Credentials in Due Form. Both Vare and Senator-elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois, whose primary campaign expenditures also have been inquired intc by the Reed committee, have been placed on the Senate payroll ‘with the report by the elections com- mittee that their credentials were in due form. While counsel for Smith advised him that this action gave him a seat, Senator Caraway of Arkansas, a at, on the elections committee. told the Senate that this question had not been considered during examina- tion of the credentials, and that he presumed every one would hold that the seating of both Smith and Vare Wwas a_question for the next Congress to decide. There was no dissent from "MB.I view. ince there is no contest pending against Smith and in view of the fact that his case as Senator-elect was referred to the elections committee after an uncompleted investigation, it is not believed the Reed committee will attempt to pry into it, at least during the recess. In his formal notice of contest, filad with the Senate yesterday by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Wilson charged a faflure to count many of the ballots cast for him and asserted a fair count would show he had been elected. ke b CHICAGO AUTO FIRM IS WRECKED BY BOMB $35,000 Damage Caused at Home of Station WEDC—Attack Is Second on Owner. By the Associated Prei CHICAGO, March 5.—A dozen ex- pensive motor cars were demolished and damage of $35000 was caused early today by a bomb explosion in a ‘West Side motor salesroom, which is the home of radio station WEDC. The explosion was the second within & few weeks on property of Emil Dene- mark, owner of the salesroom, whose suburban home in Oak Park recently was bombed. Denemark, who was ab. sent at the time, attributed the at tack to political enmity. Btation WEDC escaped harm in the, explosion, which wrecked the front’} part of the building. The only casual. ty was a janitor, who suffered a broken ankle and bruises when he was tossed more than 50 feet. The bombing wag the second of the night, a previous detonation having ‘wrecked the office of a lumber com- peny located just outside the ioop dis APPROVES SHIP LOAN. President Signs Bill for Fund of $125,000,000 for Construction. The bill setting up a $125.000,000 truction loan fund to be used by 6 Shipping Board to aid private shipbuilding was signed by the Presi- dent just before Congress adjourned yesterday. The fund had been authorized pre- viously, but because of inharmo operation of the law in conjun with Shipping Board practices, a small portion has been nusei money will accrue from sale of ships and any operating profits, and would | northeast, Thursda: students against the danger of cari ing weapons. They will be asked to emphasize both the fact that it is against the law and the peril 1o lives that accompanies the habit. Parents also will be asked to guard against the use of firearms by their children, and to see that they do not bring them to achool. These warnings will not be issued immediately, however, Mr. Kramer said. He pointed out that school au- thorities want the excitement of ves- terday’'s tragedy to die down before nything further is said about it. Classes will be held at Central Mon- day as usual. All students were dis- missed yesterday after the incident. Need Stricter Laws. Mr. Kramer emphasized the need| of stricter laws against the purchase of firearms. While explaining that he believed Willett's death was the result of an ill-timed gesture of bravado, rather than of deliberate in- tention to kill himself, he expressed the opinton that the ease with which firearms can be obtained is a big| factor in the wave of student suicides throughout the country. When the means of self-destruction are at hand. he said, a boy may kill himself in a moment of desperation, while if h had trouble in gettting a un, he would probably realize the foliy of his act before he had carried it out. Willett’s body was taken from the morgue to Gawler's chapel vesterday afternoon, where it will remain until the funeral tomorrow. Services, which will be private, will be conducted by Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce of All-Souls'! Unitarian Church. The time and place of the services are being kept secret Besides his parents, voung Willett leaves a brother, Hurd Willett, a stu-| dent at George Washington Univer- sity. MRS. EDITH JOHNSON, CHURCH SINGER, DIES Became Worse on Learning Mother Had Expired—Funeral to Be Monday. Mrs. Edith Yoder Johnson, 48 years old. formerly a well known church enloist and concert singer in this city, dled in her home, 24 Third street only a few hours after funeral services for her mother, Mrs. Emma L. Yoder, who died Mon- a Mrs. Johnson, who was gravely I, became worse Monday, when she learned of the death of her mother. Efforts to keep the news from her were unsuccesstul, for the two women were ill in adjoining rooms. Possessing both a contralto and soprano voice, Mrs. Johnson sang equally well in each and was weil known for several years as a soloist in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. She was the daughter of the late Maj. Charles T. Yoder, Civil War veteran and for many vears an attorney in the General Land Office. She was mar- ried to S. T. Johnson, an attorney in the General Land Office, who died in 1907, Mrs. Johnson is survived by two sons, Ira and Elmer Johnson, both of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Andrew R. Bird will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Yoder was buried in Arlington Cemetery Thursday. MORE THAN 700 FACED PENSION LOSS DUE TO DEFICIENCY BILL FAILURE (Continued from First Pag equal in seriousness with the other items mentioned. District of Columbia officials faced similar problems several years ago, when a_previous deficlency bill failed in which provision had heen made for increased salaries for policemen, fire- men and school teachers. Prior to that occasion policemen and firemen had been recelving the war-time bonus, but it had been withdrawn in icipation of the passage of the de- ¢ bill in the closing days of that session. When that deficiency bill failed the result was that the em- ployes of those departments faced the "t of losing the bonus for sev- months without receiving the in be used as loans to build, in American yards, vessels to sail on lines consid- ered necessary by the board. 4 in basic pay which Congress had expected to give them in lieu of the bonus. the United States. URUGUAYAN FLYER'S PLANE FOUND AT SEA Maj. Larre-Borges and Crew "Re- ported 60 Miles Off Coast of Africa. By the Associated Press. AGADIR, Morocco, March 5.—The seaplane of Maj. Tadeo Larre-Borges, Uruguayan aviator, who has been missing since Wednesday, has been found in the ocean off Cape Jubi. | | | Cape Jubi is on the African coast near the Canary Islands. sea indicates that MaJj. may have tried to reach the Canary Islands when he left Casablanca Wed- nesday. His destination at that time was not definitely announced. it heing sald he might either land at the Canary Islands or continue down the African coast to Rio de Oro. Maj. Larre-Borges left Marina di Pisa, Italy, February 20, exactly a| week after the departure of Comdr. | Francesco de Pinedo, the Italian fiyer, | who now has reached Buenos Afres| after a . transatiantic flight. Mal. | Larre-Borges had Intended to termi- nate his flight across the Atlantic at | Mnume)led‘eo, Uruguay. | aj. Larre-Borges was accompanied | in the sedplane by Capt. Jose ';;nrrn | as second pilot, Jose Figoll as mech. | anician, and his brother, Glauco Larre Borges, as radio operator. PARIS, March 5 (#)—Havas dis- patches say that Maj. Tadeo Larre- Borges' seaplane was found 60 miles from Cape Jubl, on the West African Coast, and that the crew are safe, ANDREWS PAPER FIRM ASKS RIGHT TO DISSOLVE Court Is Told Stockholders Favor Move—Assets and Liabili- ties Listed. The R. P. Andrews Paper Co. today asked permission of the District Supreme Court to dissolve. The cor- poration has a capital stock of $200,000, and through Ross P. Andrews, its president, and Francis Yates, secretary. tells the court that its stockholders have decided at a spe- clal meeting that it is to the hest in. terest of the corporation that it he dissolved. The company is solvent, they say, but by reason of circum. stances cannot meet its obligations without sacrifice of its assets. Its cash on hand is not sufficient, the court is told. Mr. Andrews recently asked for the appointment of a receiver, which was not acted on at that time by the court. Justice Bailey appointed Ross P. Andrews as receiver of the corpora tion, and directed that after giving a hond of $350,000 he shall continue the business subject to further order of the court. The recelver is author- ized to employ help to purchase necessary supplies. The court aleo issued a rule against all persons interested in the corpora- tion to show cause by April 15 if they | have any objection to the dissolution | of the corporation. A schedule attached to the petition gives the assets of the corporation as $848.719.13 and its llabilities at $696,- 392.60. Attorneys Maurice D. Rosen- berg and John Lewis Smith appear for the company. EMILY EDINGTON DIES. Miss Emily Harper Edington, 83| vears old, direct descendant of Ben- | jamin Harrison, signer of the Declar- ation of Independence, died at her home, 211 A street northeast, Tuesy day. Mise Plington was the daughter of the lagte Dr. Edmund Gordon Edington, a native of Prince George County, Va., and was related to many of the old_familiea of the Old Dominion. She had resided in this city about 18 years. Funeral services were conducted in Zurhorst's undertaking parlors | vesterday afternoon. Rev. William | H. Petfus, rector of St. Mark's| Episcopal 'Church, officiated. The | body was taken to Pittsburgh for interment. | r The reported finding of the plane at | 5 Larre-Borges | ° |as chairman, was authorized v later. | ficas, but few of the morning throng | murdered and another badly hurt. Right: The father, who was absent, holding seemed to notice that the latest one to the baby, the only member of the family in the house unhurt. Center: The join their ranks was the President of | house on Telegraph road, a mile helow Alexandria, where the attack occurred erday. Blow: Lawrence Pulman, who discovered the tragedy four hours 500 REPORTED DEAD INAFRCAN STORM Madagascar Town Damage Put at $4,000,000—Ships Lost, London Hears. By the Associated Press. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March -A terrific cyclone which struck the east coast of Madagascar Island Thursday is reported to have taken 500 lives, say private wireless mes- sages recelved here today by way of Mauritius. The town of Tamatave is described as devastated. Madagascar Island, in the Indian Ocean, off the east coast of Africa, Is a French colony. The island is est mated to contain 230,000 square miles. The Malayan element predominates among the inhabitants, who number more than 3,400,000. Thers are about 19,000 Furopeans on the island. Tamatave, on the east coast, is the most important seaport, and was for some time the capital. The latest cen- in 1923, gave it a population of 13,210. Antananarivo, a city in the center of the island, has a population of 68,500. Damage was placed at $4,000,000 and ships were reported lost, accord- ing to London dispatches. ESCAPES ASSAILANT. An unidentified man embraced her and followed her to her home at 2109 Eighteenth street last night about 9:30 o'clock, Miss Edith Newton reported {o police. She managed to break away from the man, she said, and ran to her home. Her assailant followed, but did not attempt to enter her apart- ment, she said. She was unable to say whether the man was white or celored. Police are of the opinion that her assallant is the same man Who at- tacked Miss Nellie Cumberland, 4013 Marlboro place erday morning. Trene Dean, colored, 25 years old, 1916 Ninth street. reported to police that she was selzed by a colored man near Twelfth and W streets yesterday, but succeeded in frightening him away. SENATE DEMOCRATS " DECIDE AGAINST LIQUOR AS ISSUE (Continued from First Page) pressed that the Reed slush fund com- mittee should proceed with its investi- gation into the alleged frauds in the senatorial elections of 1926. Senator Robinson expressed the opinion that the Reed committee had full authority to go ahead. The regolution, he said, had been carefully drawn. Policies Are Discussed. The poliey of the Democrats {respecting legislation at the next ses- sion was discussed at length, and various Senators urged that the party members co-operate as closely as practicable on all matters of funda- mental character. Senator Robinson, to ap- point a steering committee of 10 Senators in addition to the chairman of the conference, vice chairman and the whip. He said that he would ap- point this committee at an early date. He was authorized also to appoint a committee of three on patronage. The newly elected Democratic Sen- ators were all present and were for- mally presented to the conference. They are Senators Barkeley of Ken. tucky, Black of Alabama, Hayden of Arizona, Thomas of Oklahoma, Tyd-! ings of Maryland and Wagner New York. All of these new Democratic tors will succeed Republicans, except Black of Alabama, who fills the place formerly held by Senator Underwood, who voluntarily retired. of Sena- | Minister Is Hunted After Auto Upsets With Load of Rum By the Associated Press. KLAMATH FALLS, Oreg., March 5.—Fleelng after his auto- mobile, containing 60 gallons of moonshine liquor, had overturned in a ditch, Rev. M. L. Petelle, former pastor of the First Christian Church of Klamath Falls, was be- ing sought today in the heavily timbered slopes of the Sisklyou Mountains, 15 miles south of Ash- land. With Rev. Mr. Petelle was an unidentified man. A warrant for the minister's arrest has been 1ssued at Medfory L. O. Shirley, Federal prohibi- tion officer, who, with Louis Muel- ler, deputy sheriff of Klamath Falls, discovered the liquor-laden car, declared he recognized Petelle as he fled. Petells resigned as pastor of his church last month after he had held that position for a period of nine months. MRS. CHARLOTTE COSBY, ADMIRAL’S WIDOW, DIES Mother of Col. Spencer Cosby Was 86 Years Old—Two Other Sons Survive. Charlotta M. Coshy, 86 years old, widow of Rear Admiral Frank Carvill Cosby, U. 8. N., and mother of Col. Spencer Coshy, U. 8. A. former District Engineer Commis- sioner and superintendent of public buildings during the Taft adminis- tration, died at her home in Stone- leigh Court this morning. Mrs. Coshy was born at Chester- town, Md., March 10, 1841. She was a daughter of the late Samuel Wright Spencer, banker and Maryland State Senator. She had lived in Washing- ton most of her life. She was a mem- ber of St. John's Episcopal Church. She is survived by two other sons, Frank (. Coshy, Boston, and Lieut. Col. Arthur F. Cosby of the general staff, U. S. A, and four grand- children. Funernl services will he held at the late residence in Stoneleigh Court. No time has been appointed. Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, her former pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery. BT ) MRS. McCULLOUGH BURIED Rites Held for Widow of Wash- ington Pastor. services for Mrs. Annfe MeCullough, 80 vears old, widow of Rev. G. W. McCullough, for more than 20 years the pastor of the\ Wis. consin Avenue Baptist Church, who died Thursday at her residence, 3316 Prospect avenue, were held today in the Fifth Baptist Church. Rev. John E. Biggs, pastor, assisted by Rev. 0. B. Falls, pastor of the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church, and Rev. Dr. H. W. O. Millington, officiated. Inter- ment was in Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. McCullough was well known Hn Georgetown, where she was engaged in active work at the Gospel Mission. Her husband died eight vears ago. She was-a native of Virginia, but has lived in_Washington more than 25 years. She died following a 10-day illness of pneumonia.: WILL SPEAK TWICE. Rev. George Mecklenberg, extension secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals, will address the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow at 11:00 a.m., and the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church tomor- row evening at 8 p.m. Dr. Mecklenberg has just returned from an extended trip through Fu rope and the Near where he made especial study of soclal con ditions. Dr. Mecklenberg devoted carefu! at tention to conditions in Italy under the Fascist regime. His addresses will be based upon his experiences and ob- servations abroad. Mrs, Funeral E GIRL SLAIN, MOTHER AND SISTER BEATEN NEAR ALEXANDRIA —_(Continued from First Page) the man entered the Ridgeway home with the_conviction he would find money. Boersig, who has a wife and three children, has been out of work for several weeks and his family are in a destitute condition, relying upon the Salvation Army and other char- itable organizations. Mr. Ridgeway, however, said today that while he used to work with Boersig at the Fruit Growers' Ex- change yards, that he had not had any dealings with him for two yea Roersig was arrested after Mrs. Ridgeway repeated his name while she was being administered first aid at the hospital. Sister Feared Dying. Dr. M. D. Delaney and Dr. O. A. Ryder both marveled that the 6-year- old girl, who dled at o'clock this morning, had lived as long as she did The other young girl, suffering from a crushed skull, has iittle more than a fighting chance to recover. The mother, however, is thought certain to recover. Hysterical, Mrs. Louls Boersig, sur- rounded by three sobbing children, to- day voleed confidence that her hus- band is innocent. ° While Mrs. Boersig admitted that her husband drank heavily and in these moods mistreated both herself and the children, she said she forgave him all and would stand by him. “My man could not have done it,” she shrieked as neighbors endeavored to pacify her. Tells of Strange Actions. Mrs, Boersig admitted, however, that her husband has been acting strangely recently and that she had thought serlously of having him ex- amined by a lunacy board. She said that he had been distracted because he was out of work and had hung around the house yesterday until after the mail came in the hope of hearing word about a position. Mrs. Boersig and her family were transferred to relatives across the street today, while police searched the Boersig home for evidence. It is sald they found nothing worthwhile. A baby in the crib of the Ridgeway home was unharmed and has been turned over to relatives pending the recovery of the mother. Robbery Held Motive. Police sald they were convinced to- day that,Boersig was familiar with the fact $hat Ridgeway had recently been paid and was in hopes he would be able to get some of the money which he evdiently believed was hid in the home. Sheriff H. M. Cross of Fairfax County was in charge of the transfer of Boersig from that county and he has taken elaborate precautions to keep his whereabouts secret. The police scoured the Ridgeway home today In search of any weapon which the attacker might have used In his attacks. They are convinced he did not use his fists alone on account of the ugly gashes on the bodies of the mother and her two daughters. ‘While they belleve either the shovel or chair, or both, was employed, they also found a stout club which had been snapped off clean. They are holding this as additional evidence. died as a result of a series on her skull. Her sister, alen was struck on the is suffering from a com- ture of the skull. The as beaten about the neck, shouldesy and body. Latvia Russia demands that thev shall make no treaties considered in any | way hostile to Russian Interests. Tension In Baltic Region. Following the last hostile inter- change of notes between Great Britain and Russia the latter now has sent a brusque note to Latvia and Esthonia demanding an immediate answer to | the Russian proposals. The result is | growing tension in the Baltic region. | " Meanwhile, Great Britain's whole | eastern European policy _seer ° have changed suddenly. From | rather hostile to Poland, Great Britain has become exceedingly friendly. She |is trying to persuade Lithuania to | make up the old quarrel with the ‘Pole& She is asking Germany to re- sume commercial relations with Po- land. . | "Poland, delighted at this British sup- port, is ready, the writer is informed. to make an alliance with Great Britain for any purpose, if the latter will guarantee her for 20 years in her present frontiers, especially against possible German attack. Great Britain is unwilling to go that far for the present. One reason is that Great Britain needs Germany in its anti- Russian combination. Germany Will Bargain. But German policies are based on the idea of keeping a careful balance between Great Britain and Russia: If — | Germany consents to the British diplo- matic plans, she will certainly ask Great Britain for support in realizing certain major German aims, for exam- ple, immediate evacuation of the Rhineland or revision of Germany's eastern frontiers at Poland’s expense. It i3 such questions which will be the real issue at Geneva Monday. All Europe will watch intently the outcome of the Geneva conversations. To some extent, the fate of Shanghai itself perhaps depends upon them. HARDING FUNERAL RITES REPRODUCED ON SCREEN Jack Slye of Secret Service Presents Moving Picture Feature at Cara- van Club Luncheon. The showing of a motion picture of the late President Harding’s funeral by Jack Slye of the United States Secret Service featured a luncheon of the Caravan Club of Almas Temple in the Ebbitt Hotel, Tenth and H streets, yesterday. George D. Horning, jr., assistant District attorney, who was a guest at the luncheon, was congratulated by Henry C. Steln, the president, for securing the convictions of the slayers of Policeman Leo K. Busch and pre- sented with a box of flowers, Other guests introduced at the luncheon included Chief Engineer George S. Watson of the Fire Depart- ment, Wisdom D. Brown, grand senfor warden of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of Columbia: L. P. Steuart, imperial outer guard of the Mystic Shrine of Ameriea; Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of the Occo- quan Prison; A. W. Hall, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing, and Mark Lansburgh, past presi- dent of the Kiwanis Club. A novel feature of the luncheon was the serving of corn crisps made with popcorn grown from the grains used in the dedication of Brightwood Lodge, No. 43, F. A. A. M., the corn having been planted by O. A. C. Oehmler. Mr. Stein, the president, presided. e NEW HOSPITAL PLANNED ON SITE OF CASUALTY Campaign Headquarters to Kept Open Another Week, Workers Hear. A new hospital will be built on the site of theh present Casualty Hos- pital, it was definitely announced at a meeting of the campaign workers at_the Mayflower last night. Roy L. Neuhauser, general chair- man of the campaign, anounced that the total of cash, pledges and agree- ments to furnish material, labor and equipment is $135,423.75, Headquarters for the campaign at 604 Fourteenth street will be kept open for another week for additfonal pledges. There was dancing by Miss Virginia Macomb and Miss Helen Dulin, and singing by the star radio twins. Luncheon was served to 200 workers and guests. The British shoe and leather trade has developed a stainless woman's tration here. At _the hurried board meeting of the Commissioners vesterday no offi- cial action was taken looking to for- mal invitation te the Bureau of Efficlency to take up the survey work, but it was predicted that at the next hoard meeting of the Com- missioners some action] would me taken along this line. EX-VIRGINIA STUDENT INDICTED IN SLAYING Tennessee Man Asserts Innocence in Death of Young Woman Found Shot in Her Home. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, Tenn. March 5.- Charged with the slaying of his sweet- heart. who was married to another man and_who was killed by the re- volver of a third suitor. Liliard Foutch, jr., former University of Vir- ginia student, today maintained his innocence in’ connection with _the death of Mrs. Mildred Marr Ruff. Mra. Ruff was found with a bullet wound through her head on the night of June 20, 1926. A moment before she had been seated beside Foutch on the front porch of her home. In her hand was a pistol, later identified as belonging to another young man with whom she had gone automobile riding a few days before. Foutch was arrested on a murder charge. He told police that he had known Mrs. Ruff and loved her since childhood days as Mildred Marr, the adopted daughter of a prominent real- tor. He was engaged to her at the ilme of her death, Lilliard told county officials later, and only learned of her secret marriage when Paul Ruff of Quitman, Miss., attended her funeral. been married, Ruff sald, was attending school in They ha while the girl Mississippi. Foutch could give no reason why the girl had shot herself. Yesterday an indictment was returned against Foutch by a grand jury. No date has been set. for his tria . U. S. CONSULAR AGENT BEATEN IN NICARAGUA W. H. Desavigny, at Matagalpa, Assailed by Two Unidenti- fied Men. W. H. Desavigny, American consu- lar agent at Matagalpa, Nicaragua, was beaten up and left unconecious by two unidentified assailants one night recently, according to an official report received by the State Department from Minister Eberhardt at Managua. The two men, according to the re- port, followed Desavigny as he re- turned from a club at 1 a.m. and at- tacked him as he entered his house. The assaflants used only their fist The consular agent was found uncon- sclous three hours later and is suffer- ing from ipternal injuries the extent of which have not been determined. Desavigny s a native of Quebec and is 67 year old. He was naturalized in Minnesota, in 1892. He has held the post at Matagalpa since 1905. The Nicaraguan government, the re- port said, has promised to spare no effort toward the apprehension and punishment of the assailants. SRRy s INJURED YOUTH MOVED. Francis Wayland, Hurt at School Fire, Able to Go Home. Francis Wayland, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wellmay Wayland, 127 Oak street, Lyon Vilage, who sus- tained a wrenched back and fracture of the right leg while alding in rescue work during the fire which destroyed the main building of Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal, Va., January 10, where he was a student, was re- moved to hig home today from Sibley Hospital. Young Wayland was taken to Win- chester Memorial Hospital the morn- ing after the fire, but was transferred the next day to Sibley. He will be un- able to return to the school this ses- sion, his father said. He is a member of Troop 100, Boy Scouts of America, the Y. M. C. A. troop, and is an Hagle Bcout, the highest rank in scouting.