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2 » MARINE IS SLAIN INFANLY QUAREL Fatally Shot as Man and Brother-in-Law Struggle for Gun. s As the outcome of a shooting at 140 C street southeast early last night, Clarence Badgley, 22-year-old Marine private, stationed at Annapolis. is deud. and Ofto Vanderford, 24 years old, employe of the naval research | Jaboratory. in whofe room the tragedy occurred,” will as the defend. | ant before a coroner’s jury this after- | noon after a night spent in a cell at the fifth pre | A quarrel with his brotherin-law, | Charles M. Bennett, a Marine, pre. ceded the fatal shooting. Vanderford Figure in Tragedy stated this morning, and his estrang: wife possessions, stood on the threshold as the tragedy was enacted. A few feet away, in the hallwa were two young girls, Anna and Er- | nestine Minter. who had come with | her from Annapolis, where she had been staying since separating from her husband on August 16. Ralph Thornton, pharmacist’s mate, statior ed at the Naval Academy, who accom- | panied the party from Annapolis, in | the automobile parked outside, heard the shot and took Badgeley to the | Naval Hospital. He died 20 minutes after his arrival. Agreement Drawn Up. Vanderford said that o his attorney drew up an tween himself and his wife, 22-year-old Mae Vanderford, in accordance which they were to live apart out “molesting or interfering with each other in any manner or form.” Mrs. Vanderford then went to Annap- olis, leaving some of her things in their room at 140 C street southeast Later, he said, he received a report which led him (o visit Annapolis and plan to obtain an absolute divorce. After making two trips to Annapolis he communicated with his wife and requested her to get her possessions, he stated. Accompanied by the Minter girls, her brother, Badgely and Thornton, she drove to Washington yesterday, meeting Vanderford at Providence Hospital, where she had been to visit her sister, Melvina Bennett, who is convalescing from an operation. “Refused to Leave.” ‘Vanderford stated that he told his wife that it would be a suitable time for her to visit his room and get her belongings. “When we got to the house the whole party went into my rogm,” ‘Vanderford stated, “but I wanted to speak to my wife privately and asked the others to leave the room. “The girls went on out, but my brother-in-law refused to leave the room,” he stated. The two men quarreled. Vander- ford said that he had a gun in his hip pocket. He carried it, he said, “because my wife had told me that the men were mad at me because I had paid the two visits to Annapolis investigating the report I had had concerning her, and would shoot me.” Speaking of his quarrel with his brother-in-law, he said: “He got me by the throat. I reached to get my gun. He reached for it, too. In the struggle the gun ‘went off.” Badgley entered the room just in time to receive a fatal wound in the abdomen. He swayed into the hall- way and crumbled down about 10 feet from the door. In the meantime the fight in the room continued. The gun was fired again, the shot going through Bennett's trouser leg. Neighbors Telephone Police. Neighbors telephoned police and the entire party was taken to the fifth precinct. Mrs. Vanderford and the Minter sis- ters, both of whom are under 16 years of age, were transferred to the House of Detention, while the other material witnesses were detained at the Navy Yard. After serving in the Marines for three years and 11 months, Badgley's enlistment was to have expired Satur- day. His mother lives at Sheridan, Mich. He was on duty at the “Mid- dies” target range at Annapolis. « HOOVER TO’/REMAIN IN CABINET DESPITE PRESIDENCY BOOM (Continued from First Page.) convention, his friends say that he is a receptive candidate. An open fight for the nomination, starting now, some of his advisers believe, would be unpolitic and unwise. They take the announcement of President Coolidge that he does not choose to run for President in 1928 in all sincerity. But it is no secret that Mr. Hoover is entirely loyal to Mr. Coolidge, and if the President should In any way become the choice of the Republicans for President, Mr. Hoover would do his best to bring about his re-election. To Avoid Any Campaign. Mr. Hoover has returned to Wash- Ington to catch up with the work of the Department of Commerce, to which he will give his full attention the rest of the week, and next week he plans to visit again the Mississippi flood district. His trip into the flood area will be strictly for the purpose of reviewing the situation there and hot for politics. It is idle to suppose, however, that Mr. Hoover's move- ments from now until the opening of the next Republican national conven- tion will not take on_ political color. Supporters of Mr. Hoover for the nomination will not be slow to capi- talize his presence whenever they can do so. But Mr. Hoover does not in- tend to enter personally into a cam- paign for the nomination. A movement in New York for Mr. Hoover for President, started by W. Ward Smith, is not sponsored or sanc- tioned by Mr. Hoover, his friends here €ay. Indeed, Mr. Hoover's friends are inclined at this time not to press the fighting, but to conform to Mr. Hoover’s own ideas that in the case of the presidency of the United States the office should seek the man. e MEMBER OF WASHINGTON FAMILY PASSES AWAY Mary W. Adams Dies After Lingering Illness at Jn- Mrs. tario Road Home. Mrs. Mary Washington Adams, who was related to George Washington died today, following a lingering ill- | s, at the home of her sister, Mis: Elizabeth W. Washington, 2724 On- tario road. who had met him to get her | Above: Mrs. Otto Vanderford, held as witness in killing of Clarence Badg- ¥, a Marine, by her husband, Otto Vanderford (below). VIRGINIA FIREMEN CROWD ALEXANDRIA City Filled With Delegates and Visitors to Volun- teers’ Convention. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 23.— Arrayed in all manner of uniforms, with red the predominating color, volunteer fire fighters from all over Virginia arrived here this morning at the opening of what promises to be the largest convention of the 41 years the Virginia State Firemen's Associa- tion has been in existence. The Covington, Va., Fire Depart- ment captured the first two of more than a score of prizes which will be awarded during the convention, which closes Friday, when it arrived early this morning, with a blare of bugles and clanging of bells. It won the $25 cash prize given the first com- pany to arrive with 25 or more men from a distance of 50 or more miles, and ‘another $25 prize by bringing the first band. Other companies af- | rived in rapid succession, and by noon today more than 30 departments were represented. City Gayly Decorated. ‘Wearing bright red shirts adorned with huge blue lapels, the citizens' fire companies of Strasburg, Va., vied in colorfulness with the company from Staunton, Va., which wore big blue shields, red sleeves and white trou- sers. The main streets are decked with flags and bunting and the quarters of the Alexandria fire companies, hosts to the convention, are elaborately adorned. Chief James M. Duncan, jr., of the Alexandria department, and vice president of the State body, is of- ficlal host to his fellow firemen, and this afternoon will lead a pilgrimage to the grave of former Chief Kenneth W. Ogden, who died two years ago. The Ladies’ Auxillary to the Alexan- dria department is entertaining the visiting auxiliaries; of which there are several, and has arranged an exten. sive sightseeing and recreational pro- gram for their enjoyment. Registration of delegates will oc- cupy the attention of the reception committee today. There will be a band concert and street dance tonight and tomorrow morning the associa- tion will hold its annual business meetin ©, which will witness the elec- tion of officers. Sight-Seeing Trips. Trips to Arlington, Mount Vernon and other points of interest in the vi- cinity will be on the program tomor- row. The big day of the convention will be Thursday, when the annual parade will wend its way through the streets, although interest is almost as keen in the program for the final day, on Friday, when reel races and ath- letic contests will be held. More than 3,000 firemen and probably 500 mem- bers of the various auxiliaries have signified their intention of participat- ing in the grgnd parade. The largest and best appearing com- pany in line, accompanied by its band, | will win a $260 cash prize, while the company making the best appearance without musical accompaniment will be awarded $125. Cash prizes ranging frm $100 to $25, will be given at the reel races. One of the principal sections of the parade will be a guard of honor marching with the historic apparatus of the Friendship Fire Co. of this city which once felt the hand of Washington upon its old-fashioned hand manipulated pump. It will be | trundled along close to modern ap- paratus which today affords protec- tion against fire. Other Companies on Scene. Companies arriving close behind the clude: Phoebus, Lexington, Harrison- burg, Clitton Forge, Hot Springs, Newport News, Pulaski, Staunton, Winchester, Galax, Eureka, Ports. mouth, Warrington, Farmville, Char- lottesville and Salem. A delegation also was on hand from Seat Pleasant, Md., and by nightfall visiting com- panies will ‘arrice from New Jersey and points in Pennsylvania. Sergt. A. G. Bargagni, official dele- | gate to the convention from the Dis- !trict of Columbla Fire Department, | ing the first arrivals and inviting them | to participate in the fire fighters' pa- rade here Labor day, preliminary to Mrs. Adams, the daughter of the Jate Willlam Temple Washington and Frances Virginia Washington, was a third cousin of the first President on hoth her father's and mother's side of the family. She was a granddaughter of Col. John W. Washington of her father's family and the granddaughter of George Washington (of ‘ginia and Ohlo) of her mother's family. She is survived by her sister, Miss zabeth Washington, with whom she lived. the annual base ball game between the | police and fire teams for the benefit } of the relief fund for families and in. capacitated members of the two serv. | ices. | Sergt. Bargagni will have 300 local | firemen, representing all of the com. | panies in Washington, in the line of march of the parade Thursday. The Pan-American Air Lines has been incorporated in Delaware to operate a commercial alr line between Covington company this morning in- ‘;’ on hand early this morning greet- | A THE EVE MAN RUNS AMUCK, - SLASHING 2 WOMEN Stitches ‘Needed to Close { Wounds—Victims Complain of Robbery Later. A man known only as “John” ran amuck in apartment 607 of Copley Courts, 1514 Seventeenth street, last night and siashed Mrs. Marion Aronica, 25 years old, and Mrs. Dorothy Lamont, 22 years old, with A razor in such a manner that 11 stitches were needed to close the wound on the former's face and nose, and eight stitches were taken in the left arm of Mrs. Lamont. When the young women returned to the apartment, after treatment at Emergency Hospital they declared, they found that $120 had been stolen from a hiding place in which they ihad left it. Apparently Was Drinking. Mrs, Gertrude A. White, manager of the apartment house, told Detec- tive J. L. Billman of the third precinct, that she had found a $10 bill at the head of the steps on the sixth floor. She said, however, that she had been in the apartment virtually all the time the occupants were at Emergency Hospital being treated for their wounds and was confident that the money did not disappear during that time. According to Mrs. Lamont, the man “John” had been admitted to the apartment when he stated to Mrs. Aronica that he wished to see Mrs. Lamont. The latter declared she did not know him. She said that he became incensed when he was ordered to leave the apartment, and apparently had been drinking. Pulls Out Razor, He suddenly pulled out a razor and attacked Mrs. Aronica, cutting a deep gash horizontally across the right side of her face and nose and made a lunge at Mrs. Lamont, slash- ing toward her head. She ducked and recived a scalp wound and the wound on her arm, which she threw up to protect herself. He then ran away, leaving the razor and a black- jack on the floor. Mrs. Aronica then rushed for a pistol she kept for protection in the apartment and, heedless of blood streaming from her face, rushed down the steps after the fleeing assailant. Police found a pocketbook devoid of money, but containing the identi- fication card of a Newark, N. J., man in the apartment and are attempting to locate him. Neither of the women know the man whose name is on the card. they declare. EVANS QUALIFIES FOR GOLF TOURNEY Chicagoian Makes Second 75, Assuring Place; Jones’ Chances Good. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,, August 23. —Chick Evans, Chicago, coming in with his second 75 was the first man to make sure of qualifying in the na- tional amateur golf championship; at Minikahda today. The former ama- teur and open title holder Wwas off with his putting, as usual, but exact enough with wood and iron to keep within two strokes of par on both rounds. Several of his putts died on the lip of the cup. At the time Evans finished, the de- fending champion, George Von Elm, and Bobby Jones, Atlanta, who is after the title the Los Angeles star took from him last year, had not yet started. Von Elm had an arduous day before him, as he took 79 in the first round and needed at least a 76 today to be safely entered in match play. Jones had little to worry about, as his 75 on the first circuit gave him some latitude to slip. John McKinley, ~Chicago, also seemed sure of qualifying with 154, while Dave Ward, Grand Rapids, was near the border line with 156. There were several leaders afield who seemed assured of qualifying handily. Dr. O. F. Willing, Portland, Oreg., was home- ward bound with a 34 to his credit on the first nine and a 77 for the initial round. George Rotan, Houston, also kept up the pace that gave him a 74 yesterday, being only 1 abo®e par on the first half. Fugene Homans, New York, the youth who led in the first round with 71, 1 below par, and Phiilips Finlay, his playmate, who was second with 72, were among the late starters today. Rudy Knepper, Chicago, was also on the precipice, his 77 today giving him 156. Evans’ card: Par. out Evans. o 3 E¥iiner i3 53 8-0=R Harry Legg of Minneapolis and Rudy Knepper, Chicago, returned 77 each today, the former qualitying with 133, while the latter was in doubt. George Rotan, Houston, took tem- porary second place to Evans with a 151, taking 77 today. He was virtually as good today, except for a seven on the long thirteenth, where he got i trouble with traps. Roland . Mackenzie of Washington reached the turn in 36, one above par, while John Goodman, Omaha, trans- Mississippi title holder, took 37. Max Marston, Philadelphia, former cham- pion was exact par on each of the first six holes. Homans Par on Three. Eugene Homans, who topped the field yesterday with 71, was par on each of the first three holes. orge Thomas, Chicago, a public links player, who works nights in a railroad office, got 75 today and prob- ably qualified with 155. Dr. Willing reversed his figures of sub-par 34 for the first 9 on the way home, slipping badly to a 48, but still having a second 77 for 154. His card. Willing— ut 72 L4434324406-04 T 154457456 4—43—77 Chuck Hunter, Tacoma, although scoring a good 75 today was sent to the gallery because an 85 in the first round gave him 160. George Voigt, Washington, apparently won a ticket back to the National Capital by tak- ing 79 for 159. Other Scores. Harry G. Legx. Minneapol RUE. Knepper: Sioux Cit; Leg ‘Herron. Sioux City. J. T Culbert. Winnipex . Frank Thompson, Chicako C. Ulmer. Jacksonville. )'Contiell, Worcenter. 8t. Loufs Ho 80—77—153 $0—77—156 ) 43—81—1 30 39—79—161 40—70—159 41—R3—180 4180161 4282163 42—83—166 42 43—85—166 46 41—87—173 5 4:3—88-—181 4 | withdrew, ! 37 38—76=100 inclalr Dean. Limi X .G, Anderson.” New York B Muxwell, Pittsbureh AL Builock, Webste Francis W. 'Rty Howard A. Tryo . D. Hunter, jr. Capt: "R K. 8o Minueanolls ..+ ——— , _He who is a law unto himself is a » nulsance to others, San Francisco and Los Angeles, trans. porting paspengers, freight and express. @ . 43 40—83—161 The Chinese had a systefinof weights and measures about 2300 B.C, ‘. The movement to save the natural Leauty of Great Falls and the Potos. ac Valley, which it is felt would be marred by water power development, will find support in Congress and among land- scape experts, judging from letters that have come to The Star. Copies of the recent issue of the rotogravure section of The Sunday Star, containing aerial photographs that revealed in striking manner the beauty of Great Falls and the sur- rounding_territory, were sent to the membership of the Senate and House and to landscape nuthorities for, their information. Although comment was not solicited, a.-number of members have replied, indicating they are op- posed to the destruction of the scenic attractiveness of the Potomac. Members Promise Aid. * “I assure you that I am’a firm be- liever in a beautiful Washington and you can count on my support for any- thing that will add to the beauty of our Nation’s Capital City,” wrote Rep- resentative F'rank Murphy of Ohio. “In my opinion,” read a letter from Representative John C. Speaks of Ohio, “'the Federal Power Commission should not dispose of this area containing such fine natural park possibilities un- til Congress ha; opportunity to consfder the subject.” Reépresentative Edwin L. Davis of Tennessee advised The Star that he had written to the power commission as follows: “I am advised that an application 1s pending before you for authority to develop for hydio-electric power the Valley of the Potomac River g above Chain Bridge, near Washing- ton, and T respectifully but earnestly protest against such a concession be- ing granted. In my opinion this ter- ritory proves to be much more valu- able and useful as a park than for its beauties to be destroyed for the sake of commercial enterprise. The time has arrived when we should cease destroying the beauty spots in the Eastern United States. Not every- thing should be prostituted for com- mercial profit. America’s greatest fault and future menace are un- bridled commercialism.” Bruce Not Convinced. Senator Bruce of Maryland, a'mem- ber of the Senate District committee, indicated in his letter that he is not convinced the power project would mar the attractiveness of the area. His letter, which differed from the others, read as follow: “Should you be so certain that the flooding of the valley of the Potomac River, lying above Chain Bridge, would destroy the scenic beauty of that area? The flooding of Dulaney’'s Valley, created by the elevation of the Lock Raven Dam, which is a part of the Baltimore City water system, added very greatly not only to the beauty of the surrounding country, but to the value of all the property in_that'locality.” Representative Ralph F. Lozier of Missour! wrote that he would “‘oppose the Potomac River power project and support the National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s program for the development of a park in the valley of the Potomac River lying near the Chain Bridge near Washing- ton. I know of no reason why this RUMANIAN VISITORS LUNCHEON GUESTS “Good Will” Delegation Is Creeted by Legation Offi- cials on Arrival Here. Rumania’s “good will” visitors, who arrived here late last night from Phil- adelphia for a brief stay in the Cap- ital, were guests at an informal lunch- eon today at Georgetown University, where a number of educators and members of the Rumanian legation staff were invited to meet them. They were welcomed by Dr. Edmund A. ‘Walsh, 8. J., regent of the School of Foreign Service, who inaugurated ex- change visits between the United States and Rumania two years ago. Included among the 30 visitors are six prominent Rumanian women, léad- ers in women's affails, as well as a number of leading university profes,) sors and educators. The delegation also includes Dr. Vlad Danulesco, noted radiologist; Col. Trajan Grigor- esco, director of the Military School of Cernauti; Neagu Boeresco, inspec- tor general of the ministry of public health; C. Oranesco, ex-secretary of the ministry of the interior; Dr. Eiger, Mr. Dumitresco, official of the National Bank of Rumania, and Dr. V. Adler. The women are Mrs. Boldur-Vionesco, Mrs. Corinne Emmanuel, Mrs. Mitu- lesco, Miss Mitilesco, Mme. Helene Noica and Mrs. Nina Seidmann. Met by Legation Attache, The visitors were met at Union Sta- tion last night by George Bonesco, financial counselor of the Rumanian legation, and are making the Hotel Driscoll their headquarters. Since the primary purpose of their visit to Washington is to inspect the educational facilities in the National Capital, they were conducted through Georgetown -University, which is well known to most of them by reason of the visits of Georgetown professors in Rumania a month ago and last year. They were particularly inter- ested in the astronomical observatory and in the operation of the seismo- graph machines which detect the most distant earthquakes, Will Inspect G. W. U. After the luncheon today the Ru- manian _ visitors were to inspect George Washington University, where they will be met by Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, the new president of the Uni- versity. Then they will be taken on sightseeing trips about the city. The cogimittee in charge of their sntertainment consists of Prince Mi- hail Sturdza, counselor of the Ru- manian legation, and Mr. Bonesco; Dr. Walsh, Dr. Marvin and Willam W. Bride, District corporation counsel, | sonally | i STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1927: THREAT TO GREAT FALLS BEAUTY - AROUSES STORM OF PROTEST | Star photos Showing Scenic Wonders at Stake Bring Assurance That Power Project Faces Fight. reglon should be withdrawn from pub- lic uses and turned over to private interests for exploitation.” Assurance that he will do every- thing he can “to help preserve this area for a park” came from Repre- sentative H. Rowbottom of Indiana, Project Seen as Calamity. “I hope that the protest against the plan for a water power develop- ment will be heeded and the petition denied,” wrote Representative Schuy- ler Merritt of Connecticut. “The beauty of the District of Columbia is a national asset and it should not be destroyed or jeopardized for any al- leged " commercial advantage. = The granting of the application for this vower projects would be a national calamity."” Gov. H. M. Towner of Porto Rico, who lived in Washington for 12 years while a member of the House from Iowa, expressed the hope that “the better judgment of the pesple and of Congress will prevent such an un- fortunate act as the destruction of the scenic beauties of the Iotomac would mean.” “It would be better,” Gov. Towner continued, “that the people of Wash- ington should pay double the prices which they are now paying for elec- tric light and power than that they should lose this unsurpassed beauty Spot which nature has placed almost providentially within the reach and use of the Capital of the Nation.” Architect Protests. Bradford Willlams, executive secre- tary of the American Society of Landscape Architects, in acknowledg- ing receipt of the aerial photographs of the Great Falls region, said he planned to bring the matter to the attention of the trustees of the society, Edward €. Kemper, executlve sec- retary of the American Institute of Architects, wrote that he would place The Star rotagravure pictures of the Potomac region before the board of directors of th~ Institute at its next meeting. He said it is probable the institute would take action on the pro- posal at that time. “As a Washingtonian and per- 1 wish to express the keenest appreciation of the editorial policy of The Star concerning the proposed nower development,” eaid Mr. Kemper. “It is a great comfort to Washing. tontans who know the. Pltomas Vo, (o realize that The E. ley and love it Star is against the outrage.” Urges Saving of Beauty. Warren H. Manning, a landscape designer and regional planner of Mas- sachusetts, in acknowledging receipt of the rotagravure pictures, said that if water power development must come, “then they should be so de- veloped as to retain as much of the natural shore line beauty as possible and the draft of water from storage reservoirs should be o controlled as to avold the wide variation in water levels that would exnose wide, muddy shores and bottom: Mr. Manning said it is important to save enough of the natural beawty of rivers, waterfalls and rapids fer fu- ture generations to recognize the as- pect of primitive condition, and espe- cially so near the Nation’s Capital, TWO UNDER ARREST INMINE OUTBREAK Man and Woman Held as Operators Are Stoned by Crowd. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 23.—Two persons were under arrest today and Marshall Borthwick held a Federal warrant for a third as a result of Bel- mont County’s latest outbreak result- ing from differences of coal operators and union miners. Those arrested were William Brown, 55, and a woman whose name was not learned, both alleged to have par- ticipated in an attack on two mine officials and an Associated Construc- tion foreman at Martins Ferry yes- terday. They were brought before Alfred W. Otte, justice of the peace, and charged with violation of the Fed- eral restraining order issued by Judge Benson W. Hough for four mining compantes. A crowd of 100 men, women and children gathered on the streets of Martins Ferry yesterday and hurled bricks, stones and eggs at the three officials as they were going to the Florence mine. One of them, C. L. Chalker of Wheeling, W. Va., was knocked unconscious with a Dbrick. Shake Hathaway, superintendent of the Florence mine, and Matt Ander- son, foreman, were slightly injur:d by stones. MINE RESUMES WORK. CADIZ, Ohio, August 23 (#).—The Monaco mine near here, which sus- pended operations yesterday when a group of alleged union sympathizers blocked the roadway and prevented part of the non-union workmen from reaching the property, was opened again today. Only six pickets were on hand and there was no disturbance. Reports were conflicting as to the number of men who went to work, but it was agreed that not more than 15 entered the mine. Deputy United States marshals were on duty today at the Rose Valley mine, near here, and at the Provident, Florence and Webb mines in Belmont County. All four mines are named in a Federal restraining order directed against union officials and miners and forbidding picketing. Roadways to the mines have been blocked, how- ever, in several cases and persons passing by have been stopped and questioned. Dy the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, August 23.--On the ground that he was referred to in its pages as a “Don Juan” and a “hand- some parson,” in connection with “what the newspapers politely refer to as an indiscretion,” Rev. Grant W. Speer, pastor of the Central Christian Church at Toledo, Ohio, has brought liber action for $100,000 against the | Truth Seeker, a New York agnostic | and free-thinking weekly. Rev, Mr. Speer claimed he was well and favorably known throughout the brotherhood of the Christian Church in Ohio, New York and western Penn- sylvania, and that the artiele; which he sgid appeared in October, 1925, circulated among persons who knew Minister Seeks $100.000 Libel Damages, Charging Paper Dubbed Him “Don Juan.” him and caused them “to shyn and avoid the plaintiff as an unworthy character.” The Truth Seeker answered in de. fense that it had “an exceedingly small total circulation,” and would not be read by any one interested in the plaintiff or any other clergymen, a its subscribers were non-church mem- bers, agnostics, atheists or adherents to scientific truth. The Truth Seeker denied malice and offered to print gladly retraction if the plaintiff would accept it. Counsel of the clergymen applied to the Supreme Court to strike out the f answer presented by the periodical, on the grounds.that it is not a suf- ficlent defense, it GUARDSMEN HOLD ALL-NIGHT BATTLE District, Maryland and Vir- ginia Troops Take Part in War Game. BY WILLIAM J. WHEA™_EY, Staft Correspondlent of The Star. HEADQUARTERS, NATIONAL GUARD DIVISION, Fountain Dale, Pa., August 23.—While scores of air- planes droned overhead, their engine explosions cracking echo after echo against the mountainside, amid the noisy discharge of pyrotechnic signals of the communication’s company, the odor from the powder charges of which gave a smell of realism to the scene, the 29th National Guard Divi- sion staff, commanded by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, National Guard of the District of Columbia, today is carry- ing out one of the most advanced war games ever given to a Natlonal Guard division. All through the sleepless night for these guardsmen taking their annual field training in the field messages poured into the headquarters of Gen. Stephan in a little tent beside a moun- tain stream at the foot of a great ridge which towered overhead. They came by radio, by telegraph, by tele- phone, by motor cycle courier, and even by horse, for the mountain trails are yet too much for the modern motor transportation, and only these beasts of burden can negotiate the slopes on which the mimic warfare is being fought. The division signal company, from the Virginia National Guard, has netted the surrounding mountain sides with wires of all descriptions, leading from the outposts to the nerve center at Gen. Stephan’s headquar- ters, with party lines to the brigade headquarters at various points along the front. Mules Carry Radios. Up the mountain slopes the Army mules have trundled compact but heavy radio sending sets, which in- sured communication should the “en- emy” locate and clip the land wires, lald unceremoniously over the wet ground. ‘While the outposts and signal com- pany dispatched messages during the night, describing the conditions in the fleld, which required the direc- tions from command headquarters as to dispositions to be made to combat the imaginary enemy, the welcome roar of the first planes was heard just as dawn broke over the mountain peaks, and within a few minutes Gen. Stephan was in posses- sion of graphic information, illus- trative of the dispatches sent during the night, for the planes carried photographers, who took pictures of the situation on earth, developed them, and dropped them down on the command headquarters so that the officers might see just what the enemy is doing. And they will keep incessantly at it, until Lieut. Col. Louis C. Brinton, jr, the regular Army instructor, calls a halt'at § o'clock this evening, when the war- riors will break their fleld camp and motor back to permanent station at Camp Albert C, Ritchie, at Cascade, Md., wheve, after obtaining some much needed sleep, Col. Brinton to- morrow will conduct a critique, to explain to the commanding general and the others who participated in the maneuver, just where they were successful and where they failed, they did, in working out any of the field problems which confronted them during_the 24-hour maneuver. Makes Militia History. In this gigantic maneuver, the 29th Division Staff and the troops engaged in it are making National Guard his- tory, for, according to Col. Brinton, probably no other National Guard Division in the country has advanced as far in its training as has the 29th Division, which is composed of the militia of the Natoinal Capital, Mary- land and Virginia. Col. Brinton called all of the ojcers to his headquarters at 4 o'clock yes- terday afternoon and handed each of them a voluminous description of the war problem which confronted them. The motor caravan was all lined up, and he told them that the command station must be established at & o'clock. After a briet delay, required to make sure that the food supply would be forthcoming during the night, the entire caravan moved out of the camp at full speed, and the command was in place at 5 o'clock, the tents pitched, 20 miles away from the post, and the telegraph instru- ments began their clicking of mes- sages, and the radio started to buzz, and this was kept up during the night. The problem as laid down by Col Brinton was this: The Red or enemy force, consisting of an army division, had_established a defensive line on the Waynesboro-Emmitsburg turnpike, on South Mountain. The Blue Army theoretically consisted of the 3rd Corps, composed of the 28th and 29th National Guard divisions and the 1st and 8th Regular Divisions. On August 17, the 29th Division was supposed to have fought an indecisive engagement and 3rd_Army Corps staged a come- back at 5:30 o’clock this morning. It is a staff maneuver, and the members of the staff from the commanding gen- eral down are being required to per- form and act just as they would in real combat. fienal System Installed. The 29th Division Signal Company, a Norfolk organization, installed a complete signal system from Emmits- burg to a mile west of this place, which is the line of command bri- gade posts. The Headquarters Detachment and the special troops of the 29th Divi- sion, all from the District of Columbia, are assigned to the various officers of the division staff to carry out their particular duties. An observation po:t was established at corps headquarters, where continu- ous lookouts were kept to pick up the signal rockets, flares and position lights which flashed during the night, meaning little to the laymen of the countryside, but conveying a fund of information to the warriors, who in- terpreted each and acted accordingly in the disposition of the theoretically vast army which was operating. The enlisted personnel, heavy packs on their backs, left camp ahead of the officers’ contingent and went to des- ignated posts and put up their pup tents, in which they lived during the maneuver, whenever they could get a respite long enough to get under a tent, which was seldom during the night. Will Leave Sunday. This is the major problem of the two-week encampment which will end Sunday, when the officers and men will depart for their hom tion in Washington, leaving camp early by motor bus, Gen. Stephan is enthusiastic regard- ing the facilities at Camp Ritchie for the training of troops and will make an effort next year to have all of the District contingents sent there for their two-week encampment. Elabo- rate buildings of native stone are be- ing built for the use of the officers and men, and it planned to make per- manent floors of concrete for the tents which will be used. : The cost of transportation from Washington can be more than offset by the saving in the construction of temporary buildings which are re- quired at every encampment, and, fur- | COL. ARTHUR WOODS. By the Associated Press. Appointment of Col. Arthur Woods, former New York police commission er, as a representative of the Treas- | ury in obtaining agreements with European police authorities for unified control of trafic in narcotics, will be | recommended to Secretary Mellon by Assistant Secretary Dewey. Mr. Dewey, who is acting as Secre- | tary of the Treasury, has just return- | ed from Europe, and while in Paris | conferred with Col. Woods, who wag there on vacation. No treaties for control of narcotics trafic are contemplated, Mr. Dewey sald today, the only object being to obtain the co-operation of European countries in plans for exchange of information as to effective methods of combating unlawful uses of nar- cotics, Col. Woods is willing to serve Treasury representative, Mr. Dew: id. s a sal some distance from their home sta- tion, near a well known Summer re- sort, and with facilities for recreation of all kinds right on the camp ground, including boating and swimming. CAMP CONDITIONS IDEAL. Mountain Air and Entertainment Beost Troops’ Morale. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. CAMP ALBERT C. RITCHIE, Cas- cads, Md., August 23.—Under condi- tions that have been ideal from the beginning, troops of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, who have been in camp here since a week ago Sunday, have been doing an in- tensive period of training. In addition to the exoellent facilities for drills, the weather of the high altitude has kept the troops in fine fettle, and the recreation facilities of the camp proper and a Summer resort only a short distance away have raised the morale. RADICAL UPRISING IN SHANGHAI SEEN Influx of Communists From Hankow May Be Fore- runner of Violence. By Cable to Tha Star and Chicago Daily ws. Copyright, 1027 SHANGHAT, August 23.—With the arrival of numerous Communists from Hankow, municipal authorities here confidently expect a workers' uprising with possible attempts at violence within the foreign settlement in o nection with strikes at mills and toiles in native territory. Gen. Bel Chung-Hsi, who controls the Shanghai area, is known to be sympathetic toward the radicals, hav. ing sanctioned a recrudescence of the General Labor Union. This is the radical organization that Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek abolished because it was the instigator of all radical uprisings here. Communist handbiils are freely cir- culating in the native city with no attempt on the part of the Chinese officials to stem the rising tide of disorders. BODTLEGGERS FACE fac FINGERPRINT ORDER Hesse Tells Police to Photo- graph “Flagrant Violators” for “Rogues’ Gallery.” “Flagrant violators” of the prohi- bition lJaws in the National Capital today joined the ranks of other criminals as prospective clients of the local “rogues’ gallery,” by virtue of a special order issued by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police. Effective immediately, all persons arrested in Washington for major liquor offenses will be carefully photo- graphed and fingerprinted, and their “criminal identification records” will be filed at police headquarters in the Bureau of Criminal Identification. “Flagrant” flouting of the national prohibition act is specified in the order as embracing transportation and sale of intoxicants, illegal possession of a etill, “and so forth.” Order Is Surprise. “Transporting™ is further qualified to mean transportation of liquor in vehicles and apparently does not in- The organizations camped here are the 29th Military Police Comnapy, headed by Capt. Claude Burlingame; the 29th Division Special Troops and Detachment, commanded by Maj. E. H. Grove, who also has been designated by Gen. Stephan as camp commander, and Company A, 372d Infantry, com- manded by Capt. Arthur C. Newman. In addition, Capt. Fletcher F. Berns- f|dorff of Washington has been desig- nated as camp quartermaster. ‘The division headquarters troops are functioning with the division staff. consisting mostly of clerks and spe- cialists, while the military police, in addition to learning their duties as such, are put through a vigorous drill in infantry each day. Practice on Rifle Range. The 372d Infantry has been engaged for the past week in close and extend- ed order Infantry drill, with the 1st Separate Company of the Maryland National Guard. These colored troops also are taking their annual period of target practice on the range here, and Capt. Newman says that he hopes to qualify all of his 65 enlisted men be- fore the encampment closes. Company A has held one athletic meet since it has been in camp. Pvt. Oscar Blue won the 100-yard dash, while Pvt. Tomlin was second and Pvt. Mason third. In the 220-yard dash, Blue also was first, with Brown second and Mason again third. This District command also staged a battle on the base ball diamond with a team representing the company of Maryland State police, also in train- ing here, the latter being defeated by a score of 10 to 4. However, the 1st Separate Company of Maryland In- fantry saved the honors for Mary- land by defeating the District con- tingent In a subsequent game by a close score of 10 to 7. A drum and bugle corps already has been formed and furnished music at the composite battalion parade of all the troops in the camp last Sun- day on the parade ground, when they were reviewed by Assistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider. ENGINEERS BEAT SCHEDULE. Distriet Militia Two Days Ahead; Spar Bridge Is Completed. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FORT HUMPHREYS, Va., August 23.—Two days ahead of their engineer- ing schedule the 121st Regiment of Engineers of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, taking their annual period of fleld training here have completed their spar bridge. As soon as the last spar had been put in place, it was inspected and ap- proved by Lieut. Col. Harry I2. Glad- man, acting commander of the regi- ment. A company of troops was sent over the bridge to test its stability and it did not shake as they tramped across its corduroy floor. Later, Maj. Julian 8. Oliff, commanding the 2d Battalion of the regiment, drove an automobile over {t. It was designed and built only for a movement of foot troops, but jt was pointed out that it ha been so well constructed that it will withstand automobile traffic. As soon as the bridge was completed, Company C, commanded by Capt. F. ther, there will be the inestimable value in ral ‘the morale of the men obtajned by them to a camp Jorgensen, began the construction of a corduory road under the bridge, when troops will be marched over and under it. The particular problem involved in the work was te move two divisions of troops without inter- fering with the traffic of either. Each Section Labeled. Each section of the bridge has been labeled by the company that built it and a large sign has been ordered to tell that it has been built as a foot- bridge so that it will stand as a mon- ument to_the District Engineer Regi- men for future study by members of the Officers’ Reserve Corps and mem- bers of Citizens' Military Training Camp. It was announced today that there will be a parade and review by the combined District Militia and Regular Engineers at this post Thursday afternoon. It is now expected that both Maj. Gen. Creed C. Hammond, chief of the Militia Bureau of the War Depart- ment, and Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Engineers, will be present. . London will have the finest air station in the world when the new balconies and terraces the hotel gu will be able to watch glant three- motored passenger planes ascending Berlin, Moscow and Con- clude cases where intoxicants are being carried on the person. The order, which came as a sur- prise in police circles, follows: “It is directed that from and after this date all persons arrested for flagrant violation of the national pro- hibition act, such as transporting in vehicles, selling, illegal possession of a still, etc.. are to be carefully finger- printed and, wherever possible, pho- tographed. “The said fingerprint records will be forwarded to the assistant super- intendent commanding the Detective Bureau for proper classification and file in the Bureau of Criminal Iden- tification."” The order, which was sent to all police officials, precinct commanders and other authorities in the Police De- partment, was signed by Maj. Hesse. It was being printed for distribution to_the precincts this afternoon. Maj. Hesse, explaining issuance of the order, said that it had heen found necessary to obtain a complete record of all law violators in Washington in order to facilitate investigations. May Deter Crime. “Rum-runners,” he asserted, “often graduate into other types of criminals, and in the past we sometimes have found that a fingerprint and photo- graphic record would have been of in- estimable value in locating a criminal who formerly had been arrested for breaking the liquor law. “Furthermore, the new policy may act as a deterrent to would-be vio- lators of the prohibition act. An example of the effect of such a plan was noted by the police some time ago, when, during a big convention and parade here, we fingerprinted and photographed evcry itinerant peddler who appeared on’ the streets. We noticed that the next time there was a similar large gathering the peddlers were conspicuously absent. They didn't like the rogues’ gallery busi- ness at all.” Under the plan promulgated today, the fingeryrints will be taken at the precinct station houses, and whenever possible photographs also will be taken. This will be done immediately upon arrest of ‘flagrant violators” and the records will go into the gallery re- gardless of whether the prisoner later is cleared in court. It is the belief, it Is said, that the records not only will greatly assist police in identifying *“old offende: but will aid materially in the cam- paign to obtain respect for the pro- hition law in Washington. —_— BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. By the United States Navy Band, at the Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, 7.30 o'clock: March, “Belle of New York"...Clark Overture, “William Tell” .Rossini Cornet solo, “King Carnival”... (Musician E. Hruby.) Rhapsody, “Hungarian No. Suite, “Peer Gynt, No. 1" forning.” 'Ase’s Death.” “Anitra’s Dance.” d, “The Hall of the Mountain King." Andante from the “Fifth Symphon: Beethoven from the opera “Dle Wagner . Waldteufel aughty Marietta,” He! Valse, Excerpts from ert “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, 5:40 o'clock: March, “Coronation” (from “The Prophet”) . e Meyerbeer Overture, “Euryanthe”. Descriptive, “Grand English Mili- tary Tattoo" ...Regan Excerpts from the musical comedy “Katfa the Dancer" .Gilbert Fox trot, “Havan Rose Waltz suite, * . Vollstedt Finale, “Side by Side" . Woods “The Star Spangled Banner.” Body Recovered From Debri: LOS ANGELES, August 23 () The body of one victim, A. Costas, & laborer, ‘today had been removed by rescuers from the debris resulting trom the coliapse of a part of a tWo- story store and hotel building on the edge of t'ie industrial district yester- day. Eaulier reports were that per- haps four persons were buried in the cuins. - Five persons received injuries. Eight kinds of fleas carry bubonic f plague.