Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1927, Page 4

~gm-a NOGUCHISOLATES TRACHOMA GERM Hope Held Out That Drea Eve Disease May Be The widespread has at las First Attempt Failed g un | y ir J second | experiments was begun a Two methods were described by Dr Noguchl. The first was to reproduce the disease in monkeys from the iso lated germ and the second was by in- oculation. Dr. Noguchi said he had not only isolated the micro-organis but had recovered it after an expe ment, developed it in culture, inocu- lated with it and then recovered it again. BOARD OF TRADE BODY | TO CONSIDER PARKING| Streets and Avenues Committee ‘Will Meet to Debate Street- Widening Problem. The troublesome question of the| widening of downtown streets to provide relief to traffic congestion will be considered by the streets and ave- nues committee of the Washington Board of Trade at its meeting tonight in the offices of the board, in The Star Building, George C. Shinn, chair- man of the committee, announced to- day. The committee will study the sug- gestion thrown out a few days agp by the District Commissioners that the prohibition of parking during rush hours on certain downtown streets might prove a possible alternative to the street-widening program as a means of facilitating the movement of traffic. The streets and avenues committee also will take up the proposals that New York avenue and Rittenhouse street be extended to the District boundaries and that Fourteenth street be exended through the grounds of ‘Walter Reed Hospital to the District e Canada to Be Represented. OTTAWA, Ontario, May 19 (#).— Canada will have a representative holding a “watching brief” at the hearing of oral argument in the Chicago water diversion case before Special Harbor Master Hughes at ‘Washington May 31, it was learned today. 45 HURT, 5 MISSING, MANY HOMELESS IN MIDWEST STORMS (Continued from First Page.) low Kelly, within two hours. Ranchers de ‘ared the torrent retained its crest of nearly 20 feet. The river soon was nearly 2 mile and a half wide, but no lives were lost at Wilson, as residents had been warned to flee. As the water rushed into the Snake River at its junction with the Gros Ventre, near Wilson, warnings were issued to farmers for more than 100 miles along the twisting valley. As the torrent passed into Idaho it main- tained a head of mearly 10 feet and caused officials of the Oregon Short Line here to send out crews in an ef- fort to save bridges. Communication Crippled. Telephone communication to the upper Snake River Valley was crip- pled and only meager rumorts were avilable as to the damage to several | villages. Only a church and a store were reported undamaged at Kelly. The Sheep Mountain slide followed | & serles of earthquakes that caused considerable damage in northern Wyoming and Montana. The slide and avalanche created a_ dam nearly a half mile across and approximately 300 feet in height. This formed a lake about 7 miles long, a mile in width and 250 feet in depth at some points. State engineers who in- spected the dam declared they be- lieved it unsafe due to trees and rocks mixed with the earth. Engineers explained that the flood d) | that $300 school ta FATE SAVES SCO WHEN MANIAC’S PLOT KILLS 43 “irst_Page.) ran, an aged man, were stand- ing on the sidewalk a few feet away. Suddenly a terrific blast came from | the machine. The bodies of Kehoe and Huyck were blown to bits. Me- an was killed outright and Smith [0 badly injured that he died in a | hospital shortly afterward, Kehoe's |car’ was torn to pleces. The rear vheels and hurled icross the differential road. Kehoe's wi were was the first victim hed toda found n the Her skull the belief Kehoe | r body into ‘Kehoe farm leading to THE EVENING RES IN BLAST | bodies to take them to the impro- vised morgue in the town hail. Wom- en who had not found their children streamed down the dusty road after them. Debris 10 feet deep remains in the hasement of the shattered portion of the school today. It is being sifted thoroughly, searchers hoping that s will not be revealed. Planned. 1 some families ritual it voungsters from bby faces ized in the s whose daily the th s toda) of making funer bed for sad ub Roy i No Eye Witness. | Part of the framewo of Kehoe's | » was wrapped about a telephone rods down the road and on the t after tities of the expl have been necessary aided. Explosive Concealed in Floors. About an hour before the blast Ke- hoe, with Bert Detluff, the village blacksmith, and a number of the school board Inspected the building and reported everything all right. The dyvnamite had been cleverly concealed in the floors. Frank Smith, janitor of the building, declared Kehoe seemed xious to “get away from there.” Neither Smith nor Detluff was injured. Kehoe, a graduate of the Michigan State College, in opposing establish- ment of a consolidated school drawing pupils from surrounding farms, claim- ed the structure would make school taxes burdensome. Recently a mort- gage on his farm was foreclosed. His neighbors said he had a “dynamite complex.” He was always “blowing something up” around his farm. He was also an accomplished electrician and recently completely wired his house. The wiring for the explosion of the farm house and outbuildings was a complicated affair. A timing apparatus was found, wired in the chicken coop, the only structure not destroyed. Wires were found leading to the house and barns from the tele- phone lines passing on the road in front. Nailed to a tree in front of the house there was a rude sign, “Crimi- nals are made, not born.” The equipment with which Kehoe appatently had planted the explosive in the basement ceiling of the school consisted of six lengths of eaves trough pipe, three bamboo fishing rods and four wihdmill rods. Such equip- ment was removed from the basement of the undamaged wing of the school. Blamed School Tax. The mortgage on Kehoe's farm was held by Lawrence Price of Lansing, V] Mrs. Kehoe's uncle. Sheriff Fox, who served the foreclosure notice, declared Kehoe at the time said, “If it hadn’t been for , I might have paid off this mortgage.” Mrs. Price said that when she men- tioned foreclosing to Kehoe he de- clared, “Well, if I can't live in that house no one else will.” All the little victims of the school blast were pupils of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades. They ranged in age from 6 to 16. Bernice Sterling, first grade teacher, described the ex- plosion as like a terrible earthquake. Most of her pupils escaped unhurt. They had Jjust started marching around the room for morning exercise when the explosion rocked the build- ing. “It seemed as though the floor went up several feet,” she said. “After the first shock I thought for a moment I was blind. When it came the air seemed to be full of children and flying desks and books. Children were tossed high in the air; some were catapulted out of the building. Outside the scene was one of hor- ror and confusion. Children were hurled through win- dows and over crumbling walls to light in the school yard, dead. The bodies were laid out in long rows on the grass. Only their feet showed. Mostly they were shabby feet, with soles worn through or shoes, sizes too large, seemingly handed down from father to son. Many Carried Home. | Mothers, flushed from bending over Kitchen stoves, rushed to the scene when _they heard the blast. Thoss | who had children in the school ran frantically up and down the line of childish feet. A scream, and one would selze a limp form and hug it to her breast. Some of them, half crazed | by the tragedy, clasped their dead chil- | |dren in their arms and ran home. | Scatterea around the yard were the forms of injured children. Mothers whose love overcame their judgment carried many of them to their homes, not realizing that every available physiclan from nearby towns was at the school and medical attention at home was impossible. Ambulances drove up and loaded in ative plans cal h hil fces was looked beca his superior ng and extraordinary intelli- ence hav en . marked trait to I idents of Kehoe 1s THOMPSON FLAYS Says Officials’ and Citizens Wrong Thinking to Blame for Mutilations. “wrong ms responsible for the citizens for pe by Lompson | Club_in day, Mr. Thompson declared Was| ton has lost much of its main in “making room for the automobile.” “We have a great deal of wrong thinking in Washington,” Mr. Thomp- son said, and cited the tr & as | a potent example of it. He ded that f business houses whe tting of trees and stre | widening | trade W occasion and cks ceased In the interlude, it was believed by i rrived upon the sek s ¢ the school and its oc pant t of the dictates of hl« Mine Carefully Planned. According to information pieced to- gether by officials Kehoe is believed to have mined the basement of the schoolhouse with dynamite several days ago. Kehoe was seen running from the school shortly before the blast yester- day. The first explosion lifted the floors and burst the walls of the building, hurling the children through windows and crashing walls. A second and heavier explosion completely demol- ish the frame building, burying children and their teachers under tons of debris. When the blasts occurred, according to witnesses, Kehoe was seated in his automobile nearby. Prior to the explosion Kehoe had set fire to his farmhouse and out- buildings, which were burned to the ground, and he even destroyed the trees on the place. On the fence of the place was found a sign which read: “Criminals are born, not made.” An investigation was begun today by State police and the State fire marshal to determine if Kehoe had the ques. o going to do with multitudes of people that are saved?” He then discussed the possi- ble distribution of people in the Na- tion in the future, at the same time deploring the tendency of people to leave the farms for the citie he development of large city popu- lations tends to do away with indi- viduality of thought, Mr. Thompson said, indicating that the loss of it in Germany was largely responsible for the World War. In this connection he expressed the belief that Germany, without Berlin, would never have gone to_war. Individuality of thought, he indi- cated, is developed to its highest de- gree on the farm. He also pictured how ridiculous and almost impossible it would be “to get a bunch of farm- ers to do the goose step.” He added, however, that America is liable to be “ruled by the goosestep principle if the migration of people from the farms to the cities continues in the United States at the rate it h during the past two year he said, there was a drift of 600 persons from the farm to the cit and 900,000 the year before. Urges Correct Thinking. He said crorect thinking and great ideas must be developed in America, STAR, WASHINGTON. CUTINGOF TREES D. C. THURSDAY, Surgeon Extracts Pin From Throat Girl of Seven Sevenyearold Lucy Campball, colored, 804 Twenty-second street, was operated upon successfully at Emergency Hospital last night for an open safety pin lodged in her throat. Dr. William Clyde Cantrell re- moved the pin by forcing the point into his finger, enabling him to | withdraw it before the child had | been ser ected., } | POLES AND REMOVAL OF TREES ASSAILED Dahlglen (lmzem OpanP Mutila- tions and Placing of MAY 19, REMOVAL OF RARE Kehoe’s Accounts TREE IS OPPOSED| Found to Balance, | Bondsman Declares 1927. Chevy Chase Citizens Would Keep Franklinia at Present Loca- tion Near Circle. By the Associated BATH, Mich., May 19 Kehoe, _demented tr Bath's Village school b vesterday wrote himself record of crime, remained honest in his petty everyday affairs. On May 14 he mailed a pr age to Clyde Smith, a Lan surety bond agent, containing his records. His accounts balanced within 23 cents. The pa was not received in Lansing today because it was missent another post office. Polic called in to th Kehoe's bond chool treasurer was written by Sm Chevy Chase Citizens’ Assoclation | last night adopted resolutions pro- testing against the removel of the Franklinia tree, which recently came | into publicity as the onl - living speci- | men of its kind known te exist, from | its location on the south side of ‘hevy Chase Cirele between Connect| and Western avenues. ‘The tree been known by residents of the long time, it was said, | bu its rarity was unknown. Recently the office of public buildings and publi parks ordered the transplanting of the | tree to a park. A committee d of Arthur Adelman, H. and Maj. John R. Wh W ppointed to determine the wishes of the residents of the community the curb are her only source of hap pin On this little plot of ground she has cultivated a small tree an Obstructions rees and § S Dear Lhe Tooe At the r e deplored Dahlgren Citiz ation, | Social | and avenus northeast. The| i s took action along this| line following clalms made by persons living in that section that several had been removed The committes on streets and side- walks announced the receipt of a com- munication from the office of the en- gineer of streets and highways to the effect that Twelfth street will be paved from Phode Island avenue to Monr street northeast at an early date 5. I, . Brannin spoke to the as- sociation briefly, telling of her observa- tions, conducted over quite a period of time, which have revealed the fact that small birds of the nesting age are very useful in the elimination of un- desirable insects. The association adjourned until the third Wednesday in September. John G. Miller presided. 1th the ter Fourte rode Tsand sciation Rt 1 have been accomplished in any other country, and that it was accomplished in Denmark because of the individu- ality of thought as a result of 90 per ent of the population of that nation ng engaged in farming. Pottenger stressed the need of preventing tuberculosis before “the in- fection develops,” and quoted statistics to show the great decréase in the dis- se in recent years. He said 204 ymnmm per 100,000 died in ]‘)Hlfl!o be I of | lab some shrub: ich, she sald, wou be repla by a parked automobi it the street is widened. with respect to the proposed removal, and if sentiment. is favorable an effort will be made to ve other growths surrounding it removed and sultabls s placed upon it. The Commissioners will be urged to remedy sidewalk conditions on Con- ecticut avenue between Military road nd Legation street, which have been recently laid and are below the street level, Pedestrians and school children compeiled to use the street be- cause of the mud and water alwags there. Tt was also voted to request that the trees on the east side of Con- necticut avenue from Military road to Livingston street be trimmed to per- mit pedestrians to pass without dan- ger of injury. The association voted to be non- committal on the question of married school teachers, and also directed the secratary to inform the Public Utili- ties Commission that it was not inter- ested in the one-man street car propo- sition at present. Chairman Schreiber of the ety committee gave an illus- trated lecture on traffic conditions about the E. V. Brown School. J. Francis Moore, president of the association, presided at the meeting, wkich was held in the E. V. Brown School, Connecticut avenue and Mec- Kinley street. aleaiitiey SUSPENSION STIRS BITTER DISPUTE ON STREET PROJECTS (Continued from First Page.) ge, belleving that it would improve traffic conditions and prevent collisions of automobile: V! of the street caused b of machines on either s Considerable emphasis was laid o the expense to whi owners will be put in share of the strect ope: taking care of the private c work, such as removing steps and trances. One property owner if the assessment | ! gress conver | ment never will be fee which it will levy a, property ow Proprietc ments on have protested to the against the suspension ing activities and urged s the work without further delay are H. D. Copenhaver, O. L. Veer. hoff, P. Vanderloo, jr, and Will D the work of widening Connecticut avenue as a number of trees already destroved. Mr. Vanderloo declared that the trees are ‘“dilapitated” and are not worth saving, inasmuch as practically three-fourths of their roots were cut away during the ex- cavation for sewer mains. PEERLESS FURNITURE widening is boosted to nearly six to one. Many residents of one or more decades along Thirteenth street were a ate residents voted in favor | hoff pointed out that it is | |CIRCUS HERE NEXT wsms Preparatlons Made for Show 4 Camp Meigs. Ringling Brothers & Barnum Ba) y us will arrive here for it visit Friday and Saturday, Maj nn\! 28. Four trains, comprising | 100 double-length cars, will bring th{ ravan to Washington with its popy fon of 1,600 people, more than 80| horses, 40 elephants and big menageq ie. Camp Meigs again will be use| 15 a show grounds. a third larger this yea) efore, and is using thf ter-pole tent eve| rcus. The show thi( 1 announces a list of 800 pes formers in the five rings and riggin circus will give afternoon an rmances here for th The seat sale is no REMIER 0il Bu Burne $250 installed—Tank 275 gal. 1319 F St. N.W.—Main 7408 \|For Porch Furniture Becker* ENAMEL, $1.25 Qt. Best Craig & Hook, Inc.. trading as BECKER PAINT & GLASS CO. 1239 Wisconsin Ave. West 67 NOTHER USED CAR SALE The Automobile Dealers of offering another bargains at at and terms, W list of used-car shington are ive prices resumption | 1 These announcements, includ- ing automobiles of practically all makes and models, may be found in the Classified Section “ of today’s Star. have been | | Better read them and find | the car to suit you at a | bargaln price. CO., 829 7th St. N.W. which will live throughout the ag ng the belief that the a airplane and radio of the pres- ent time will be laughed at as ancient relics in a thousand years from now Mr. Thompson declared sanity is shown in Denmark by its act of de- claring total disarmament, stating mat _such a_thing probably could not 77777777777, //////§ Phillips Terrace Apartment 1601 Argonne Place Just North Col. Rd. at 16th ccomplices. Admitting such a pos- sibility to be slight, the officials, how- ever, held it would have been difficult for one man to do the wiring and plant the explosive. Investigation re ealed that except for a ort circuit probably the en- tire village with its 250 residents might have been wiped out. More than 500 pounds of dynamite and sev- eral sacks of gunpower were found under a portion of the building that remained standing. An inquest which was to have been held today was postponed until next Monday to give officials a chance to make a final check of the dead. GOVERNOR CALLS FOR AID. // State May Help Community Already Heavily in Debt. LANSING, Mich,, May 19 (®.— Gov. Fred W. Green today fissued a State-wide appeal for funds for the relief of Bath township, stricken by both death and grief yesterday when dynamited explosions, touched off by Andrew Kehoe, revenge-crazed treas- urer of the district, killed 43 persons, 37 of them pupils in the consolidated school. The appeal, contained in an official proclamation, indicated that the wrecked schoolhouse will be replaced either by popular subscription or by the State. The township is heavily in debt, it was learned today, a bond issue passed in recent years having proved a heavy burden on the meager population. Destruction of the school promised to place a heavier financial burden on the taxpayers. Several very attractive Apartments ranging in size from one room, reception hall, kitchen, bath, to four rooms, kitchen, reception hall, bath and porch. William S. Phillips & Co. Inc. 1432 K St. NW., Adams 8710 Main 4600 ZzzzzzzzizzzzzZ7?77 Drink High Rock Ginger Ale - - it is highly recommended by those who rec ognize a quality Ginger Ale. 10 For sale by A & P Stores. 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