Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1927, Page 2

EFFICIENGY BUREAU ABOLITIONIS URGED American Legion Department! Elects Kenyon Commander. | Boxing Is Favored. | | | | | ‘After hearing TUnited States Bureau was digressing from mapped out for it by the parunental convention of the A can Legion of the Di t of Colum-| bia at the concluding session of the | Interior Department ~Auditorium last | night went on record as fa \\".v'\: !.1:'1 ebolition of this bureau and allied of-| ces and transfer of the f e Commussion o elected charges that (hfl: Efficiency | e course | w the de- | meri- | of Kenyon, ‘4 ; torney, to head 1 for the ensu olution wh ed boxing in the I mbla. ler local 2 partmy adopted a r s leg: trict of Col Charge of Negligence. The discussion re: of Efficiency was vent of the concludi & ted when Harlan Wood of Victe Post, chairman of t mittee, pr solution chat ficiency with negligent 2 A perform uties r £ in establishment a ntenance .»r| a system of efficiency g based | upon fact, whereby ex-service men | and women may have the protection | afforded by law. | He asked that the co the resolution. D Daniel J. Donovan, the Costello Post del the floor immedi dence to support the charges. | Wood replied in a haif-hour speech. in which he' indicted the Bureau of | Efficiency for failing to carry out vhui provisions of the law ve it stence by n gs | fact”” but rath g | act” standards of rating. | Cites Concrete Case. | spokesman was on ng evi- in “absf { flow |ing of July 28. He cited a concrete case bearing on an employe of the Government Prin ing Office, which he said was 1 v eran out of 29 dropped from the ro without regard to the preference given | by law to veterans whose rating in- | cluded such things as ‘‘co-operative- ness, alertness. dependability and adaptability He said these abstract | qualifications were sufficient to bring | the veteran below the grade necessary for his retention in the prem whereas he was in the fi linotvpe operators in the Printing Office if the quality and quantity of h! ‘were considered. Wood declared that the bureau had | departed from its legally charted | course in going into the District gov- | ernment offices for investigations. “Brown's investigation in the Dis- trict government was unwarranted, and outside of the scope of the generic act of the bureau.” he said. The resolution favors congressional legislation to consolidate the functions of the Bureau of Efficiency, the Per- sonnel Classification Board and United States Employes’ Compensa- tion Commission as far as personnel matters are concerned, and transfer of all these functions to the Civil Service Commission. The resolution was adopted with few dissenting votes. Kenyon Election Landslide. The election of Kenyon was a land- slide. He piled; up 44 votes to 10 votes for Capt. Harvey L. Miller, the “Navy candidate.” Thse slate of nominees for other officers contained no contests, and the convention went through the formality of electing them. o The new commander of the Legion in the District served in the military intelligence section of the Army in the World War. He was tendered an ova- tion as he ascended the rostrum after election. He is 57 years old, a native of Saratoga, N. Y., and came here in early life. He was educated at George- town University, the University of Virginia, the National Law School and New York University Law School. For many years he was associated in the practice of law here with the late Henry B. F. Macfarland. The boxing resolution was a victory for the man Kenyon defeated. Capt. Miller sponsored the boxing project, whereby the Legion would be desig- | nated to carry on bouts on the floor of Miller’s “home post,” Costello, and had it brought before the resolutions com- mittee of the convention. The resolu- tions committee tendered it “disap- proved” to the convention. William F. Franklin, retiring adjutant of Costello Post, moved to rescind the, action of the resolutions committee and to adopt the resolution. A compromise 'was egreed upon whereby the specifica- tions of personnel of the proposed hox- ing commission were eliminated and the resolution was adopted, placing the department on record as favoring a bill for regulation of boxing in the District of Columbia under an athletic commission of three members. Other Officials Chosen. In addition to Comdr. Kenyon, the new officials of the Legion in the Dis- trict for the ensuing vear, elected at | the convention last night, are | J. Thad Baker of Sergt. Jasper | Post,, senior vice commander; Wil-| liam Morrell of Lincoln Post, second | vice commander, and Miss Beatrice | Bowman of Jane A. Delano Post, third | vice commander. | Delegates to the national conven- tion in Paris are: Thomas J. Frailey of Sergt. Jasper Post, Col. William Mitchell of Costello Post, Miss Mar- Jorie Dice Woodsell of Jane A. Delano Post, Howard S, Fisk of George Washington Post, Floyd W. Wooley of Stuart Walcott Post and Miss Esther V. Hall of Jacob Jones Post, in addition to Past Comdr. Amos A. Fries and Comdr. Kenyon, who were elected by acclamatio Alternates to the national conven- tlon are: Thomas D. Walsh of Cos- tello Post, Stephen B. Miller of James Reese Europe Post, Walter M. Walsh of Beauchesne _Post, Robert. M. Zacharias and James F. Pierce of Cooley-McCullough __ Pos Richarc Seelye Jones and Malcolm Coles of National Press Club Post and Thomas t- | 1k of sovernment | as to work alone | | District association and is continuing 200 Bootleggers Must Pay $300,000 In Tax Penalties By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.—Two hundred convicted bootleggers and illicit distillers in northern Califor- nia and Nevada were under notifi- cation today to appear at prohibi- tion headquarters within 15 days and pay approximately $300,000 in tax pengities The siep was taken under the old internal revenue law of $6.40 on each sallon of whisky illegally manufactured, a penalty of $1,000 | operation of a_still without a license and a penalty of $500 for selfing liquor at retail without & Government license. The new policy was formulated at a recent conference in Washing- ton. at which officials decided to cement of the Volstead self. make enfo) act pay VOIGT TO PROTEST 1 Indicates He Will Ignore Ban Pending Meeting of U. S. Association. BY W. R. McCALLUM. Staft respondent of The Star, ALTIMORE, July orge J. Bannockburn, premier golf- round Washington yesterday by ac- n of the District of Columbia Golf ition, today declared that he is unwilling to abide by the action of the latter body and is not satisfied with the rulin Voigt said he had no idea of the sis of the charges declaring him in- for amateur play and will rest his case 1 a meeting of the eligibility committese of ‘the United States Golf Association at the May- Hotel at 10 o'clock the morn- h elicible Voigt indicated «that he will take no cognizance of the ruling of the play in the Maryland Country Club tournament here today. The acton of the District association was quickly communicated yesterday to the Maryland Country Club au- thorities and the golf committee and r ely officials held a hurried meeting, but decided to take no action pending formal notification of the ction of the District Golt Association. Officials were plainly disturbed over the entire matter, but indicated their willingness to permit Voigt to play through .the tournament, which he won last year. REDS DENOUNCED IN LABOR CONGRESS AS “CONTEMPTIBLE” ‘ontinued from First Pa, confiict with freedom and demoecracy. We know full well the measures that have been taken by the communistic propaganda to undermine the trade unions of this hemisphere. “We commend our executive board for bringing this attack out into the light in its report. The red propa- anda, as we have seen it at work, the propaganda of destroyers, in- sidious and treacherous. A gallant foe we might respect; for this foe we have only contempt and enmity.” Relations between the United States and Mexico, the report said, “have been such as to promote the welfare of the massces of the people of both countries and such as to exert a powerful influence upon the govern- mental and diplomatic relations be- tween the two countries.” The re- port praised President Green for his work in preserving peace with Mex- ico and for his protest against the termination of the smuggling treaty. It commended the stand of the Mex- ican Federation of Labor *in defend- ing itself against the insidious ac- tivitles of Communist propagandists.” Migration From Mexico, Referring to migration from - if:!?d'[o the United States, the renxp::l “It is our belief that in the - ment reached between the repre:g::» lives of the two countries there has been given to the world the gBreat ex- ample of the value of international labor co-operatfon and understanding and that a fundamental principle re. ;m."r: to- migration has been laid The report on the Nicar: tlon was very brief and vesommar ey that the federation's work in behalf of the Nicaraguan people he con- tinued. Referring 1o the Panama treaty, the report recommended that the executive board continus its vigi- lance “to the end that neither this t ,a;ymrs‘r;r - ;uhnr treaty be used as ans of inflictin j international relatio !”g oot ; The executive hoard was instructed to exert every effort on every oppor- tunity” to help gettle the Tacna-Arica dispute. “No action we can take,” the report said, “in so far as your committee is awgre, will facilitate a proper and a juSt settlement of the dispute.” Condemns Peru Conscription. _The report condemned the conscrip- tion law of Peru and authorized the executive board to take any steps it deemed advisable to bring it to an end. Communism came in for another at- tack in that part of the report dealing with Argentina. isunderstanding has been assid- v spread by Communist propa- gandists, whose purpose always is to destroy the true trade union move. ment in favor of a dictatorship which must be repugnant to every person Wwho cherishes freedom,” it said. The | Argentine workers, the report con- | tinued, “have been divided among | themselves and must “learn the les. son that has been learned everywhere, Edward Jones of James E. Walker Post. . THREE ARE INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH Two Women and Man Hurt as Cars Collide—Boy Knocked Down in Street. Three persons were | lision last night betwe n Pmo- bile driven by Alfred T. Alston, col- 19 years old, 1009 U s utomobile of Clarence nhouse street at s northeast. Busie Green and Frnes both colored, were ct and Alphonso Pevic, colored, Riggs street, sustained a fracture of the right arm. Tke three injured per- sons, all occupants of the car Alston was operating, were treated at Cas- ualty Hospital. Seven-year-old David Milloff, 1624 Seventh street, was knocked down in front of his home yesterday afternoon v an automobile driven by Percy al, 1503 Fourteentn street. ,was given first aid at Fregdmen's Hos- rital Tor u Iecerated scalp: - jured in a col- He | which is that divided councils result n an advantage to a common op- | ponent.” | The report called upon the workers | of Argentina to organize in trade | unions of their own creation and in- structed the executive board to con- | tinue its efforts to bring about a | conciliation to the bona fide Argentine {trade union movement. Argentina | has no representation at the conven- | tion, Morones Returns Home, | An election of officers was held last | night to permit Luis Morones to re- turn to Mexico immediately. Morones was re-clected vice president, and Santiago_Iglesias was chosen secre- tary to fill the post which has been held by two officers, an English speak- & sccretary and a Spanish speaking | tary, and Matthew Woll was clected treasurer. | 3 E Marriage Licenses. Edwin S Randall and Mabel . Sanders. Fred Henson and Beatric Reid. George A. Grebe of Baltimore,” Md.. and Linnie Preston’of Hampstead. Md | “John R. Lillard and Emily'C. Ross. George A~ Bradford of Boston. Mass. and {sabna H Willlams of "Attlabors. Mass. Sanford H. Brown of Brookivn: N.Y.. and {and parks, Chairman Charles Moore STUDY T0 REDUGE SMOKE 1S PROPOSED Fine Arts Body Urges Con- ference Looking To- ward Abatement. conference hetween officials of the Distriet Government and the Bure of Mines to discuss what steps may taken to reduce to a minimum the amount of smoke issuing from large heating plants has heen proposed by the Fine Arts Commissiqn. In a letter to Lieut. Col. 1. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings of the fine arts group points out that the problem of eliminating smoke be- comes a question of first consider: tion in view of the Government's §! 400,000 building program in the Dis- trict. Grant Heartily Agrees. Col. Grant said he is in hearty ac- cord with the aim of the Fine Arts Commission and that he would take up the question with the District Commissioners soon. The problem was _discussed last vear from the standpoint of recommending a new smoke law, Col. Grant said, but since Congress was meeting then in short session, there was no definite legisla- tion formulated. Health Officer Fowler, who is charg- ed with enforcement of the existing law against the emission of dense smoke, recalled today that some time | ago he advocated some mcthod of ex- pert inspection of boilers and heating plants at the time they are being in- stalled as a means of preventing dense smoke, There is a boiler inspection service connected with the building inspec- tor's office, but it was said at the Dis- trict Building today that under exist- ing regulations its function is to su- pervise boilers from the standpoint of safety. Smoke Can Be Reduced. letter of Mr. Moore to Col. Grant rea in part, as follows: “After consultation with the Bu-| reau of Mines, the Commission of | Fine Arts became convinced that the production of smoke due to burning soft coal can be greatly reduced by the formulation and enforcement of regulations governing the construe- tion of furnaces used for producing heat and power. “Washington formerly was a hard- coal-burning cit The public build- ings and semi-public buildings used hard coal, but owing to changed con- ditions the burning of soft coal is now almost universal. However, the furnaces have not been changed to correspond with the change in the fuel. Nor have new furnaces been so designed as to minimize the produc- tion of dense smoke. “This subject is one that deserves first consideration in the proposed construction of new buildings in the triangle. The Commission of Fine Arts suggests that a conference be set up between the officials charged with building in the District of Columbia and the Bureau of Mines, to the end that in all new construction, whether for the Government, for the District of Columbia, or for corporations, pro- duction of smoke may be reduced to a minimum. Smokeless Design Approved. “‘One has but to look at the deposits of soot on the Lincoln Memorial, to consult merchants who are suffering loss through the effects of smoke on their stock, or institutions like the Freer Gallery of Art, which is sub- Jjected to deluges of smoke, to under- stand how serious this matter really is. “Receptly the Commission of Fine Arts approved a design for a central heating plant at the Bureau of Stand- ards, which will be smokeless. The Capitol heating plant rarely produces dense smoke, mor does the electric plant at Benning. “The three elements in smoke re- duction are, first, a fire-box 80 con- structed as to permit the largest pos- sible degree of combustion; second, proper stoking, and, third, strict atten- tion on the part of the firemen. The last element is the most difficult to se- cure. “The announcement in the news- papers that the commission was giv- ing attention to the smoke nuisance brought visits from the representa- tives of the soft coal industry. There are no_fundamental differences of opinion between them and the experts of the Bureau of Mines. All are agreed that the production of dense smoke is excessive, and that it can be greatly reduced by intelligent regulations in- telligently carried out in construction and operation.” 3 HERBERT WADSWORTH IS CLAIMED BY DEATH TUncle of Former Senator Expires at New York Estate at Age of 76 Years, Herbert Wadsworth, 76 years old 1801 Massachusetts avente, died \'v:s! ;Ie‘;daym«:t h:;rt disease, at Ashantee, estate at Avon, N. Y., i word received here. Vs He was the son of the late W! Wadsworth and_uncle of fonm United States Senator James . Wadsworth, jr. His wife, Mrs. Martha Blow Wadsworth, survives. Private funeral services will be held at his Summer home tomorrow morning, after which the body will be cremated and the ashes placed in_the Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N. Y. Mr. Wadsworth was born in Geneseo, November 2, 1851, He was educated abroad and’ traveled exten. sively in Europe during his boyhood. He was a_member of the Cosmos and Metropolitan Clubs and the Riding and Hunt Club of this city, and the Geneseo Valley Hunt = Cl Rochester, N. Y. S During the war Mr. and Mrs. Wads- worth turned thelr home on Massa- chusettes avenue over to the Ameri- can Red Cross to be used as a head- quarters. HELD ON CHECK CHARGE. Wanted by the police to answer charges of having passed several worthless checks on business and pro- fessional men in this city, Aubrey Ethelbert Patterson, 27 years old, of Idylwood, Va., and this city was ar- rested in Lafayette Park last night by Detectives Keck and Thompson. Patterson is said by police to have admitted passing nine checks for sums of $50 and less. Tt is charged that he purchased a wrist watch at an F street jewelry store, giving a worth- less for $50, and pawned the time- piece for $12 later in the day. Another allegation is that he gave his attending physician a check for $50, receiving $25 in change. He will be arraigned in Police Court Monday. Births R.eporled. and_Mary Capone. hoy. ries F. and Iva Daley, boy. Aitiiico ¥, and Bernice I, Pivin. boy. Robert and Bessie Greenfield, boy. boy. irl, r The Teo « Gorald C. and Ruth Gro Danfel F. and Olga E. Har Thomas F. and Mary T, ¥rank and Gertrude Holtzman, Walter and '1da_Long, girl. Robert A. and Esther T. McConnell, #irl. Paul I.'and Mas ¥. McDanlel. girl. rd R. and Alice L. McKenna, boy. ry D. and Ida J. Randall, boy. Max and Annie Raphelson, boy. ) Smith. boy. athan_and Sarah Walker, girl. losd W and sabell Winebarg. boy. SY. STEPHEN'S CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL OUTING Excursion Goes to Marshall Hall. Prograrh Includes Athletic Con- tests and Enteytainments. The St. Stephen’s Club is holding its annual excursion to Marshall Hall to- day. The program includes athletic contests and other entertainments. Thomas L. Bromlay is general chair. man, with the following committees under his charge: Athletics—Michael land, chairman: Thomas McGuire, mes Parrott, J, W. Davis, Patrick Gallagher and Felix Murphy; advertis- ing, William Robert and Thomas Mc- Donough; _prizes, John Holloran, James McDonnell, Matthew O'Calla- ghan, Laurence Niland and Thomas B. Stanton; tickets, Matthew Noone, William Robert, James McDonnell and Harry Frank; reception, William V. Griffin, Michael E. Buckley, Rev. T. Vincent Fitzgerald. Thomas Noone, Victor Schulz, Patrick McDermott and Laurence Connor. W. J. CAULFIELD DEAD. Well Known Singer Once in Church of Epiphany Choir. William J. Caulfield, 60 years old, for many years a well known singer here and ‘formerly a tenor in the choir of the Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal, for about eight years, died at his residence in the Olympia Apartments Thursday after a long iliness. Mr. Caulfield was a native of the District of Columbia and was em- ployed as a special representative in the commercial department of the Chesapeaks & Potomac Telephone Co., for which he had worked for 30 vears, He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nanna Hughey Caulfield. Funeral services were conducted in the chapel of John R. Wright, 1337 Tenth street, today at 10:30 o'clock. Interment was private. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight and tomorrow: slightly cooler tonight. Maryland—Generally fair, som: what cooler in east portion tonigh tomorrow fair, slightly warmer in north portion. Virginia—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly cooler in the in- terior tonight; warmer tomorrow in extreme west portion. West Virginia—Fair and continued cool _ tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer. Records for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 76; 8 p.m., 75: 12 midnight, 74; 4 am., 73; 8 am., 74; 11 am., 79. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.00; 8 p.m., 29.92; 12 midnight, 29.90; 4 a.m., 29.78; 8 a.m., 20.80; 11 am., 20.80. Highest temperature, 79, occurred at 11 a.m.; lowest temperature, 72, occurred at 6 a.m. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 93; Jowest, 75. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Today—T.ow tide, 9:51 am. and 10:02 p.m.; high tide, 2:57 a.m. and 8:23 pm. Tomorrow—Low tide, 1050 a.m. and 11 p.m.; high tide, 3:58 a.m., and 4:26 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 5 a.m.; sun sets, 7:28 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:01 a.m.; sun sets, 7:27 p.m. Moon rises, 12:34 a.m.; 2.25 p.m. Automobile lampe to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Temperature and condition of the water at Great Falls at 8 a.m.: Tem- perature, 81; condition, clear. Shen- andoah River muddy, Potomac Riv clear this morning. sets, Upper picture shows American embassy in Buenos Aires, now under heavy guard as the result of the bombing yesterday of the W: ument, pictured below. LOS ANGELES FLIGHT TO HAWAII CALLED OFF Diribible Ordered to Continue Training Operations With Lakehurst as Base. By the Associated Press. The crew of the airship Los An- geles must forego the thrills of a flight across the continent and then overseas to Hawaii this Summer, it was announced today by the Navy Department. Orders are for the big dirigible to remain based on Lakehurst and to continue the training operations in which she has been engaged. Reports that the craft would sail for the West Coast on August 1, prompted the de- partment’s announcement. The Los Angeles now is being re- conditioned at Lakehurst with the overhauling of her engines and the building up of her gas cel MRS. D. E. GIVEN DIES. ‘While Former Resident Expires Visiting Brother Here. Mrs. Daisy E. Given, 56 vears old, died early yesterday at Providence Hospital. She had been ill only a short time. Mrs. Given, formerly a resident of ‘Washington, had been visiting her brother, Herbert C. Easterday, at his home, 3214 Macomb street. She is sur- vived by two brothers, Willam A. Easterday of Pontiac, Mich., and Her- bert S. Easterday and a sister, Mrs. Charles T. Dulin of Falls Church, Va. Mrs. Given was the widow of Lieut. Arthur Given of Wolfboro, N. H., who died several years ago. Although born in Leesburg, she spent much of her early life in Washington. Her Weather in Various Cities. s 3 °E Stations. &= Weather. Abilene, Tex. Albany Atlanta Atlantic Ci Balimore ... Birminghari Bismarck Boston Buffalo . Charleston Chicago Cineinn: Cleveland . Columbia - Denver Detrait El Paso. Galveaton Helena . . Huron. § Indiananolis. Jacksonville. Kansas Ci Los_Angel Louaville Mami_ Fla. Now Orle New York.. Okla. Cit} Omaha . Philadelohi gln'wslx ittabury Yor!llm(er Portland Ore. Raleigh . Salt Lake §an Anton San_Diego. 8 Francisc §." Louis. St. Paul Seattl Spoka WAS Pt.cloudy ok Cloudy Cloudy udy Cloudy =hoo 2192: 222020 92 ie= ERC 3 98 ittt ERGPEIES 83 20 £53 335013001 5322333 22305030 2 ISARID AT I IBRIBBI EBPRCER LR REE NS 8582558852 S rxmnozosann oL oD 2ZEESREZI3V83385333 o3 288 FOREIG (8 a.m., Gresnwich time. today.) Stations. Temperature. Weather. London, England....... A& Cloudy Paris. France. . 58 Clear Vienna. ‘Austria &8 Clou Stackholm. Sweden. Clou 1 Elizabeth H. Kendrick of 1 7 Green and Ruby Mitchel. boy. W, and G Brown, girl, Corbitt, boy, son, bo: rlll! o Clear orta (Faral). Azo 't eloudy :?::lt.r\n.c B‘:Fmfldl t anudy Colon ‘conl B4 parents were William D. and Mary Easterday of Leesburg. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Gawler's Chapel, 1730 Pennsylvania avenue, and the body was interred in Glenwood Cemetery. pseb s CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Kenilworth Council, No. 13, Daugh- ters of America, with Woodrow Wil- son Council, No. 11, Junior Order of United Mechanics, will hold the last of their series of lawn fetes on the carnival grounds at Kenilworth ave- nue and Douglass street, for the bene- fit of their buflding fund. ington Mon- GLADYS COOKMAN PICKED AS “MISS WASHINGTON” Contest Ends With Southeast Girl Chosen to Represent D. C. at Atlantic City. Miss Gladys Cookman, pretty 18- year-old brunette, of 214 Kentucky avenue southeast, has been chosen “Miss Washington,” and will parti pate in the Atlantic City nationat beauty contest in September as the representative of this city. Five judges, confronted with 15 beauty contest finalists at the Riaito Theater last night, out of an original fleld of more than 40 fair aspirants, selected Miss Cookman. She is an em- ploye of a local department store, Miss Kathleen Nestor, 819 Buchanan street, a brunette also, was named as alternate to the winner. The con- test ran for a week, elimination trials being conducted nightly. Miss Cook- man_ will appear there each night un- til_she leaves for Atlantic City The judges were Sol Herzog, mer- chant; Harwood Martin, artist; Jerome Connor, seculptor; G. A. Lohr, artist, and T. M. Royal, photographer. BRITISH DELEGATES TO MEET CABINET AGAIN ON MONDAY (Continued from First Page.) | the conference after conversations be- tween the British and Japanese dele- gations. Washington Backs Stand. The Americans now are beginning to doubt the wisdom of inaugurating this system of *‘active obsolete” war- ships and are wondering whether it would not be best frankly to specity a total tonnage with the understand- ing that some of this might be com- posed of so-called obsolete war craft, The American delegation is seem- ingly more determined than ever not to cominit itself concerning the sizes and armament of future American secondary cruisers, and so far as can be learned will defend to the end its contention of right to build these ships large enough to carry batteries of eight-inch guns. There are clear indi- cati 1 here that the Washington Gov- ernment is strongly supporting the American delegation on this point. Right of Motorist to Hit Pedestrian Violating Traffic Rule Raised in Appeal Whether the legal doctrine of the “last clear chance” applies to an au- tomobile at an intersection when a pedestrian is proceeding against a traffic signal has been put up to the Court of Appeals. James M. Lang- horne, through Attorney Arthur A. Alexander, has petitioned the Court of Appeals to issue a writ of error to the Municipal Court, asking to re- view a case decided against him in the lower court. The particular matter involved, and on which the higher court’s opinion is sought, is whether or not an automo- bile driver, who could stop his car, has a right to proceed and hit a pedes- trian who is goimg the wrong way of traffic. In the lower court Judge Mary O'Toole decided against Langhorne, who sued James W. Donovan for $500 damages. Jydge O'Toole held that the \doctrine of, ‘the ''last .clear chance did Dot apply; doctxi) st F5E22 8 means that a person who is able to avoid an accident must do so, despite the fact that the other party is guilty of contributory negligence. The al- leged accident happened at Fourteenth and Irving streets. Previously the Court of Appeals had decided that the party able to avold an accident must do so or be liable, but these cases did not involve the violation of a traffic regulation on the part of the plaintiff, In the Langhorne case, the auto- mobile was going from 8 to 12 miles an hour and Langhorne was far enough from it when he saw it to enable tha driver to stop, although it appears that the automobile had the right of way. Langhorne jumped when he observed the car approach- ing, but the automobile also turned. Langhorne’s counsel insists that the doctrine of the last clear chance should have been applied in this case, but the lower. court thought other- P SUBWAY STRIKE PEACE PLAN FAILS President of Interborough Refuses to Attend Parley Called by Mayor. n.nm PENNSYLVANIA HIT BY SEVERE STORM Cloudburst Washes l\ways | Bridges—Three Counties 4 By the Associated P NEW YORK, July of anather subway stri loomed today. After Mavor Walker had arranged to hold a conference with union offi cials at City Hall this Frank Hedle: president of borough Rapid Transit Co., the mayor declining to attend The specter afternoon, tha Inte wrote to Mr. | Hedley asserted that the membhership Amalgamated Association of ctric Railway Employes serious of the Street and was too small “to cause an strike.” Belong to “Company Unio The emploves of the ¢ belong to “a company union, men for the amalgamated tion, which has the backing of American Jeration of Labor, clared that 75 per cent of the Inter horough employes helong to the Amalgamated. The attitude of the officials of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Co. in to attending the conference ot yet been made known. The Amalgemated claims that 68 per cent of the Brooklyn employes are members of the organization. Letter Follo Threat. Mr. Hedley's letter followed a threat of James H. Coleman, general or- ganizer of the Amalgamated, that the failure of Mr. Hedley and William Menden, president of the B. M. T., to appear at the ma conference would result in an immediate demand that they recognize the Amalgamated or_a strike would be called. Mr, Hedley declared that the failure of the Amalgamated to muster mol than 150 persons last night “in-the- much-heralded great mass meeting mpany spokes organiz th his view. He declared that not more than eight 1. R. T. employes were present, excepting others there to ob- serve what took place. He declared that he was advised that the injunction obtained in the Supreme Court during last vear's strike, enjoining interference with the relations “between the Interborough and its employes, was still effective and any one aiding or abetting inter- ference with those relations would be in contempt of court. BIRGER AND AIDES HEAVILY GUARDED Extra Precautions Taken as Gang- sters’ Trial in Illinois Nears End. By the Associated Press. BENTON, Ill, July 24.—Extra pre- cautions were being taken today to safeguard the principals in the Charlie Birger murder trial as the three weeks’ procedure drew near its close, Attorneys for the former gang leader and two of his one-time aides, Ray Hyland and Art Newman, charged with the murder of Mavor Joe Adams of West City, completed their pleas yesterd: ‘There re- mained only the closing argument by State’s Attorney Roy C. Martin and instructions by Judge Charles H. Miller before the case was turned over to the jury, ‘While there have been no intima- | tions of a demonstration in case of an acquittal or a life sentence, Sherift James Pritchard ordered the defend- | ants placed under heavy guard and provided a personal bodyguard for Judge Miller. It there are signs of disorder in «he town, in event of a verdict favora- ble to the gangsters, the findings will be withheld from the public until the spirit subsides. FRANK W. DOLBEY DIES. Funeral Services to Be Conducted This Afternoon. Frank W. Dolbey, 66 vears old, for- merly a machinist at the navy yard where he was employed for about 25 years, died in his home, 807 B street southeast, yesterday. He had been in failing health for several months. He was retired about 6 years ago. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. A. E. Barrows, pastor of the Eastern Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Cleveland, N. Y., Monday afternoon. v his widow, M Mary Dolbey, and a son, Frank Dolbey, the latter of Long Beach, Calif. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 (Spe- cial)—Gov. Harry Flood Byrd has been invited to attend the forty-first annual convention of the Virginia State Firemen's Association, and he is expected to review the parade staged here by that body August 25. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Fire Department chief will be invited. The contract for street lighting for the conclave has been awarded a local firm. Colored lights will be strung| on Washington street from King to Prince street and on King street from Fairfax street to Union Station. The Richmond, Kredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Co. will remove its on the three sqnares of Fayette street from Duke to Cameron streets, and has signified its intentions of pa ing its proportion of the cost of laving of a new roadway on the 100 block North Fayette street. The tracks for- merly were part of the main line from Washington to Richmond. but were practically abandoned with the con- struction of the present Union Station in 1905, Mrs. Marian F. Kelly, years of age, wife of Russell Kelly, died Thursday night at her home, 326 North St. Asaph street. Funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, con- ducted by the Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector of Grace Episcopal Churel Burial will be in §t. Paul's Cemetery She was a daughter of Frederick Kaus. Alexandria Post, No. 24, American Tegion, will stage an automobile and style show In the Armory Hall the week of September 26 to October 1, inclusive, according to an announce- ment made here by George ¥. Birrell, chairman. ‘W. Rathbone Smith, formerly of this city, who was recently named town manager of Manassas, Va., has assumed his duties. Linwood Jones and Russell Smith, 10-year-old colored boys, will be sent to the reform school until they reach the age of 21 for striking Miss Evelyn Howard of 207 South Washington street as she left the George Mason Hotel Thursday night. They were arraigned before Police Justice Wil- liam 8. Snow yesterday. ‘The Alexandria Police Courtroom has been remodeled, and was reopened vesgerday. Court had been held for the®past week in the Corporation oyrtro . in New York in Brooklyn proved the correctness of | Suffer Damage. ’ HARRISBUR 5 2 was t up and damage runnin; dollars r nto the thousands of from the storm part of Daup! sulted Whic the nor of Cumber early today In the fe] miles northwest of heve, a clo new station of River and Western R apse, and also w @] v of Dune cansed quehan Co. to A number of bridges on t t is said will tie up traff months 1st. - hetween nnon : fleid The Juniata River rosa s within a short Lanis and cutting I part waters reached the houses | reced Du oparate 1d Liew Bloom lower before Storm Hits ¥ PINLADELPIITA, Tratfic suffered were covered with lars were flooded doliars damage severa elect by an unusi Philadelphia and vicinity In Philadelphia sewe and many streets were for a short period. | mobiles were stalled, Ju water, and was a rm | ~ompani rain swept today. s were choked under water | indreds of autos Heavy Rain in New York. NEW YORK, July 23 (#).—A little more than halt an’ inch of rain fell within a few minutes here today. Twq | points nearby—-Stapleton and New | Brighton on Staten Island—reported |0.68 of an inch in a seven-minuts downpour. Tlundreds of automobiles | were stranded in the rain section of | Staten Island. e WALLACE RITES TODAY. Phone Company Foreman Lenve’ Wife and Son. The funeral for William Wallace, 51 vears old, foreman of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co., who died Wednesday, was to be held his late home, 1347 G_street southwest, afternoon. Rev. Charles V. Jarrett, pastor of the Fifteenth Christian Church, will officiate, terment will be at Cedar Hill Ceme-? ter Mr. Wallace had heen an employe of the telephone company for 2 vears. He was a member of the La Favette Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons and the Washington Centennial Lodge of Masons. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Charlotte Wallace; a son, Willlam Wallace, jr.; a brother, Benjamin L. Wallace of Brooklyn, N. Y., and three sisters, Mrs. Emerson Stone, Mrs. B. G. Levwgls and Mrs. Mabel Kuntz of this city. SMITH AND BRONTE SAIL. Flyers Who Crashed on Molokal Leave for Mainland. HONOLULU, July 23 (#).—Ernest L. Smith and Emory B. Bronte, wha crashed on an island 60 miles from here in their recent San Francisco. Honolulu flight, today were en route to the mainland aboard the President Jefferson. They were tendered g series of farewell receptions yester: day. lvaged Instruments, charts and other parts of their wrecked monos plane, City of Oakland, were stowe, away aboard the President Jefferson SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at_and_Sailings Fro New York. TR | ARRIVED YESTERDAY. Maurstania—Southampton resident Roosevelt—. | Roma—Genoa P DUE TODAY. nw Amsterdam—Rotterdam. cis—Para e DUE TOMORROW. Belgenland—Antwerp s Mexico—Tampic Canieronia— iascow Franconia—Liver Suffren— Toloa—FPo, Frederilc L] i i 3 I b N Tuly July | a—Bremen | Srenada—Kingston . DUE TU! LY 26, Olymple—Cherbourg and Southamp: eria " Coiombia La Bourdonnais—Bordeaux Grizaba—Havana . Voltaire—Buenos Alires AY. JULY 38. President Monroe—World cruise. Fort Vet Bermuan. <o Mayaro—Port of Spain- . . Santa Marta—Pbort Limon Siivia—st. “Toha: .--" DUE FRIDAY. JU Aquitania—Cherbourg and ampton % adoe Conte Blancamano—Genoa. . Manchuria—sSan Franci OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY. Transylvanla—Moville and Glasgow. Samaria—Queenstown and Liverpool. innekabdi—I.ondon, Boulogne and Ro| Veendam—Ply gouth, terdam. altie—Queenstown and Liverpool. Hellix Olav—Christiansand, Oslo and Copem) haken. Siboney—Havana. Arapahce—San Juan Dorothy—Santo Domingo City. Zacapa—Santiago, Kingston and Puertq san arrio n antiago, Kingston and Puerig ot fombia. erisan—St. Johns Fort Vietoria—Bermuda. ¢ Ulua—Havana, Cristobal and Port Limon. Alhan—Ta, Cado Torres—Lisbon Commerrial Pilot—Buenos Alres. Gronland—Monte Chrrsti Howick Hall—Ruenos Aires. Nordfarer—Nasean Clan' Macnair—Capetown. SATLING TOMORROW. —Cristobal and Pacific Coast. SATLING MONDAY, JULY 28. Blue Triangle—Pir: SAILING TUESDAY, JULY 26. Cristobal—Port au_Prince and Cristobal. Matura-—Grenada, Trinidad and Demerars, SAILING WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, Carlllo—Kingston. Maracaibo—San Mar: ibo. Mauretania—Cherbou: President Roosevelt—Pl. 1 Hrenen Roma—Naples and Geno: SAILING THURSDAY. JULY ), American Trader—Plymouth and TLondom, Clrfiw bd—(‘nzrbour:. Southampton 1 Amburs, Dominica-—8t. Thomas. Martinique and Trini. Aad Mexico—Havana. Progreso. Vera Crus Tampico. san ‘Torenio—San Juan. Shftven—Havr SAILING FRIDAY. JULY 29, Raracoa—Puerto Colombia_and Cartag Flora—La Guasra. Puerto Cabello an | Maturs—Granada. Trinidad and D South-