Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1927, Page 2

'BRIDE MAY GET POST OF WHEELER General Superintendent Fa- miliar With Duties—Other Candidates Mentioned. . | A successor to the late Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti Saloon League, will be elected by the | mational board of directors of more leading dry .advocates from every State in the Union in this city on December 11, it was stated today. The national board of directors will meet coincident with the biennial con vention of the league. It wag zener admitted among dry leaders of National Capjtal today that it will prove an extremely | difficult task to obtain as active and efficient general ccunsel as Mr. Wheel- er has proved. Whether the executive committee ¢ the league will select some one to 1 the post for the interim between now and the December 11 meeting was considered problematical today. McBride Has Filled Post. the Dole Flyers Hunt Abandoned by Navy; No Trace Is Found By the Associated Press SAN DIEGO, Calif. 6.—The last hope that searching American war craft would find some trace of the seven missing Hawaiian flyers apparently van- ished today as the scout cruiser Omaha, flagship of Rear Admiral Luke McNamee, and the destroyers Paul Hamilton, Stoddert, Thomp- son, Kennedy, Somers and J. F. Burnes rested here on their arrival from Honolulu afier searching an area approximately 430,000 square miles in extent. Admiral McNamee reported that not a single trace of the missing Dole flyers was discovered. imultaneously with the return of the Omaha and the destroyers came word hy radio from Rear Ad- miral Ridley McLean that two di- visions of submarines had discon tinued the search for the Hawaiian flve The submarines are steam- ing from the 135th meridian fo Diego. They are due Thursday. OLD GLORY LEAVES FROM MAINE COAST September called general loon ' that Francis Scott superintendent n(; League, of \\‘czu‘r-‘ virtually “filled the | Wheeler when the lat- | ad phys e during | & days of the 1 *of Mr 18 t session of | eaders for em- o \ppoint- | sermanent to call a special executive | committee meeting to consider the ad-| visability o appointing a temporary general counsel is said to be vested | in General Supt. MeBride, Bishop | Thomas Nicholson of Chicago, presi- | dent of the league, or Dr. Ernest ¢ H. Cherrington of Westerville, Ohio, secretary of the league, Other Candidates. Candidates for the vacated general couns uggested by dry leaders today included Bishop James Cannon, jr.. of Virginia, of the Methodist Epis- copal Church South and chairman of the league’s campaign committes Dr. Cherrington and Rev. E. C. Din- | Widdie, former Ohio prohibition leader and for many vears national legisla- tive divector of the league. Bishop Cannon’s friends do not be- lieve he would care to leave his pres- ent work to take up such dutie: Although the passing of Mr. Wheeler was regarded by the league officials here as leaving a place hard to fill, they asserted that, with the exception of a few changes in policy, the league's work would go forward as usual. CAMPAIGN DISCORD THREATENS AMITY OF VETERANS’ SESSION (Continued from First Page.) i ingon the permanent national head- quarters instead of having it shift to the home city of the national com- mander. Both local factions favor this change. Publication Is Storm Center. The chief issue over which the local men are fighting seems to be the Veteran, a publication edited by Capt, Fred L. Jones. who is chairman of the nominating committee and a chief supporter of Capt. Howard. Capt. Jones charges that Edward F. Sulli- van, chairman of the publicity com- mittee and an active worker for Maj. Peake, is trying to get the editorship of the publication out of his hands. Capt. Jones also charged that op- ponents of Capt. Howard had injected racial bitterfiess into the union and had endeavored to spread the impres- sion that Capt. Howard had refused to run for re-election. “Capt. Howard is a candidate. He has assured.me that he will run, and his name will be placed in the running by the nominating committee,” Capt. Jones declared. Sullivan declared that Capt. Howard promised not to run for reelection and that Maj. Peake was persuaded to run. He charged that Capt. Howard bad failed to carry out some of the plans he made for the union, and, although the member- ip had increased under Capt. Ho ard, he said *he thought the union needed a more practical man. Election Expected Thursday. Sullivan accused Capt. Jones mismanagement of the veteran declared that the publication w: the officiz] organ of the union. The proposal to make Washington permanent headquarters will proba- bly come to a vote tomorrow and the election is expected to take place Thursday. The influence of the wise counsel of those who have served their coun- try in war was emphasized by Sec- retary Work in his address of wel- come. “You have given me the thought that those who have learned to serve their country in a military capacity can, if they maintain the right attitude toward their country, render a valuable service in time of peace by wise counsel and adv he said. “If one of of and s not the first principles of your order is to encourage loyalty and maintain the stability of the Nation, a careful selection of the hest men in vour group ought establish a bulv for defense that would at-least check the dangers that grow out of unwise agitations which menace a government of the people. by the people and for the people. Tigert Lauds Warriors. If the attitude of the people toward veterans remains the same as it has been for the past 150 vears, the Secre- 2, “it seems evident from the vislation which it has becom: the duty of the Department of the Interior to admimster that you veterans -have become a of preferred ciass of citiz The $3.000.000,000 whicn has paid out in the form of pen an indication of 1 nation’s Yecog of a debt of gratitude to sort ons 1 ition the men who volunteered to offer their | es ita naval service.” John J. T commissioner education told the veterans that or the triumphs of war have made pos. the advaness of peace time. ) have n he is for th 3 s ot are : becanse your tri- vhich undertake to ation feel You world. Ours may but still we feel to the perpetuity of the deeds have dax be less ude 1o you Q sndent. ideals for which you have so nobly fought and which you have preserved rved the nation in o servants in time made peaceful pursuits eason that we | other ad- deep sense of re- that they 1 institutions of the republic ON FLIGHT TO ROME (Continued from First Page,) Clarence Chamberlin, hopes (o be the first to moke a transatlantic aerial | round e Everything was in readiness for the start this morning, when word was received ot ntrar winds ranging from 25 to 35 miles an hour at vari. ous spots along the route. In addition there was dense fog over the air- drome, which would have rendered a take-oft hazardous. Levine arrived at Grantham, near here, at 1 o'clock in the morning and for a time sat around the hotel there. A few hours later he came to the airdrome and preparations for the getaway began. Plane Loaded With Fuel. With his pilot, Capt. Walter Hinch- | cliffe, he superintended the loading of 505 gallons of petrol, prepared rations for the long journey and then waited for the mist over the field to lift, ex- | pecting to start soon after sunrise. At 8:45, after consulting the weather charts, Capt. Hinchcliffe anncunced that the flight would be postponed un- til_tomorrow morning. . Miss Mabel Boll, wealthy American resident of Paris, was at the field to plead again that Levine take her along as a passenger, but he declined to accept the responsibility for her safety. “She made a new if we would take her the correspondent, T refused. She may go to America and return in the Columbia to Europe with Capt. Hinchcliffe as pilot.” offer of §25,000 ' Levine told hut | Says Added Weight Was Dangerous. GRANTHAM. England, September 6 (P).—Miss Boll was almost in tears | as” she recounted here this afternoon the circumstances preventing her from undertaking the transatlantic flight with Levine. “How could I endanger the lives of the two men:" asked Miss Boll. “I was just dying to fly, but they told me this morning that it would be im- possible for any additional weight to he taken on the Columbia. Mr, Kin- kade (Doc) Kinkade, the airplane ex pert, showed me the figures and 1 said: “That will do. You can count me out of this entirely. I wouldn't risk the lives of .those two brave men.'” Givon to Tgnore Injuries. PARIS, September 6 (#).—Leon Givon will fly the big Farman Blue Bird to New York as soon as the weather permits, despite the injuries he received in his scuflle the other night with workmen, who called him a coward, friends said today. They declared that the aviator's hurts, while painful, were not serious and that he could again take his seat in the plane within a day or two. It seemed unlikely today that any of the French planes aiting at Le Bourget for the take-off could begin their transatlantic attempts for an- other 48 hours. Weather reports from Newfoundland and mid-Atlantic were considered too unfavorable. Courtney Delayed at Corunna, MADRID, September 6 (#).—Un- favornble weather conditions were re- ported by the observatory this morn- ing, making it uncertain when Capt. F. T. Courtney. the British aviator, would be able to resume his flight to America_from Corunna. | Capt. Courtney will carry a message of greetings from the mayor of Co- runna to the mayor of New York. JOHN T. BURDINE DIES, VICTIM OF APOPLEXY U. 8. Navy Veteran, Long in Serv- ice, Witnessed British Bombard- ment of Alexandria, Egypt. John T. Burdine, 74 years old, United States Navy veteran, at one time a member of the old Washington Light Infantry, and formerly a pattern mak- er at the United States Navy Yard. where he was emploved for about 40 vears, died of apoplexy at his resi- dence, 4704 Fifteenth street, yesterday. He was retired from the navy yard about four years ago. During his service in the Navy he was present at the hombardment of Alexandria, Egypt, by the British, aiding in loading refugees on Ameri- can vessels. He is survived by his widow, Mrs Edith M. Burdine; a _son, Dr. ‘A. V. Burdine; a daughter, Mrs. Arrie Boyd of Savannah, Ga.: a sister, Mrs. Isabe] Bates, and two brothers, Arthur and Bernard Burdine. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Interment will be in rlington Cemetery. . AUTO DRIVER DIES OF FRACTURED SKULL Epecial Dispateh to The Star. HAGERSTOWN. Md., September 6 Robert Boward, 20 years old, of this v, who sustained a fractured skull last night when his machine was side- swiped by another car on a road near here, died today in the Washington County Hospital. | - The police are hunting a hit-and-run driver, following the story of a Miss Nave, who was with Boward at the time of the mishap. She escaped in- jury. Boward is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boward. in leader, here, took another turn today | following up a theory that the lives of min Franklin Tapscott, who is being months her sister's family. for divorce. PROBE NEW THEORY IN LAUREL BLAST Officers Investigate Another Angle After Dog Is Found Dead in Warehouse. Ry a Staff Correspondent of The Star, LAUREL, Md., September n vestigation into the dynamiting ves- terday of a warehouse owned hy Wal ter Wiley, contractor and political when it was learned that officers were Mrs. Wiley and her sister, Mrs. Emma (Continued from First Page.) to have weighed so heavily upon Mr. Wheeler as to have been a strong contributory cause of his death. “He literally gave his life. for the dry cause,” said Dr. Francis Scott Me- Bride, general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, when he learned at Westerville, Ohio, of Mr. Wheeler's death, “Ha was for prohibition because he knew it was right. He fought not for himself, but for the cause in which ha believed. Throughout his career Mr. Wheeler had a remarkable influence upon the movement against the lguor traffic.” Tribute From Edwa At Washington, where mainspring of all Antis: logislative activity, Mr. Wheeler held the rvespect and admiration even of ds. he was the loon League Tapscott, 19-vearold wife of Benja- held in connection with the dynamit ing, would have been in danger had they followed their usual custom in | feeding a dog. | A hunting dog, under the care of | the two women, found dead in the| huilding after the explosion, was de- clared by Thomas Garrison, Hyatis ville detective, who arrested the pris- oner last night, to be the foundation for this theory. Meanwhile, Papscott, who lives in Laurel, is in the Bladensburg jail awaiting a hearing tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock before Judge Chew Sheriff of the Police Court at Hyatts- ville. He is charged with “destroying property maliciously.” Three wit nesses, it was said, are willing to tes tity that they saw Tapscott running away from the warchouse just before the explosion. According to Garrison, the two women usually fed the dog at 10 oclock and.the explosion occurred at that hour. As it happened, explained, neither of the women had come down to the warehouse and only the dog, a setter, was killed by the explosion, which partially wrecked the structure. The warehouse explosion vesterday climaxed three mysterious fires with- in the past 18 months in homes owned by Mr. Wiley in Laurel. Tapscott and his wife parted a few after their marriage in 1924 ind Mrs. Tapscott went to live with Recently she sued After a five in the Wiley home, Mrs. Trapscott left it to keep house for two brothers living nearby. Several months later the house caught fire after gasoline was poured on the front step during the night Mrs. Trap- scott and her brothers narrowly escap- ed death The word of three persons led to the arrest of Trapscott last night after the explosion in the Wiley ware- house. Dynamite had been placed under the wooden flooring of the structure and a three-foot fuse led to the explosive. it wa i, and en trance had been gained through a rear basement window. LAFAYETTE HONORED AT BIRTHDAY RITES Declaring “thoughtless complacency of the deeds of our National heroe: “one of the greatest of our sins,” and condemning those who attempted to defame them as “carrion seeker: Lieut. Col, Leroy Smith of the Gen- eral Staff of the Army, eulogized the memory of Maj. Gen. the Marquis de Lafayette, at a brief patriotic service conducted at 10 o'clock this morning at the foot of Lafayette statue Pennsylvania avenue and Madison place, in commemoration of the 170th anniversary of the birth of the great Frenchman. A floral tribute from of the United States by Admiral Edward W. Eberle, U. 8. N.. chief of naval operations. Then a4 wreath was laid on the statue by Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, 17 8. A., chief of staff, representing the District of Columbia Federation fc Patriotic Observance, under whose auspices the exercises were held. The Engineer Commissioner of the Dis- the President was presented triet, Col. William B. ed the wreath from ers. Societies participating were: The Sons of the Revolution, the Daughters of the American Revolution in the District_of Columbia, Aztec Club of 1847, District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Daughters of Founders and Patriots, the Federation of Women's Clubs, the Society of the Dames of the Loyal Legion and the Society of the United tates Daughters of 181 the Girl conts, the G. A. ., the Order of the stern Star, the Grand Lodge of Ma- sons, the Knights of Columbus, 1 yette Lodge, No. 19, F. A. A. M Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, No. 1, Daughters of Veterans; National Daughters of 1812; Naval and ¢ order of the Spanish-Amer- ican War, Reserve Officers’ Associ: tion of the United States, Sclons of Colonial Cavaliers, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, U. 8. Grant Cirele, No. 1: Ladies of the G. A. R., and United Spanish War Vet: erans. Ladue, present- the Commissio BAND CONCERTS. At Walter Tteed General Hospital this evening at 6:30 o'clock by a sec- tion of the Urited States Marine Band aylor Branson, leader; Arthur Witcomb, second leader, conduc March, *“The Stars and Stripes For- Ve L .......Sousa Overture, “Ruy Blas”....Mendelssohn Romance, “Arablan Night”. Mildenberg Cornet solo, “Lost Chord”....Sullivan (Requested.) Musician Nicholas Cichese. Scenes from *Bohemian Girl" alse Septembre”...... Ballet Music from “Faust”....Gounod Patrol, “Spirit of America”.Zamecnick “The Star Spangled Banner.” By tie United States Soldiers’ Home Miiitary Band, this evening at 5:40 o'clock. Jobn 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader. March, ica Overture, “The Boy Scouts of Amer- .Sousa Flying A rtillery, Bergenholtz Suite de concert, “Cleopatra,” Oehmler 1. “In Cleo’s Barge.” 2. “Antho Love Song.’ 3.0 in Dance.” &, 0 s Death.” Grand selection from the “PARENETINY. . v Fox trot, “In My Gondola”...Warren Valse minature, “Kisses". ..Zamecnik #inale, “Boys of the Old Brigade.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” nt Circle, by the Navy Band, Charles arles Wise, second 7:30 o'clock. opera .. Wagner United Benter, leader; At te leader G sarrison | at | those who fought him most bitterly. Senator Fdwards of New .Jersey, who has vigorously fought the dry cause, said when he heard of N Wheeler's death: “While we were poles apart on the question of the eighteenth amend- ment, I always admired him for his conviction and carnest endeavor to dry up dmeri 1 love and respect a fighter, whether he agrees with me or not, and Mr. Wheeler was an invet- erate fighter." Senator Borali of Tdaho spoke of Mr. Wheeler as a _“faithful, tireless and exceptionally able advocate of a cause in which he sincerely believed."” Mr. Wheeler, who was born on his father’s farm ‘near Brookfield, Ohio, November 10, 1869, once told reporters that he formed his first antagonism to | liquor ~when a drunken farmhand jabbed a pitchfork into his leg | Dr.Russell obtained the services of | Mr. Wheeler in May, 1893, upon the | recommendation of several professors |at Oberlin College. The young man | did not aceept the offer to hecome an assistant to Dr. Russell until after deration, for he had never looked upon prohibition or temperance as his life work. Supervised Legislation. Once aligned with the Anti-Saloon League, however, it was not long until he became one of its major officer becoming superintendent of the Ohio League and finally genel ounsel, It was at Washington that Mr. Wheeler left the indelible stamp of his value to the dry cause. Every bit of legislation remotely affecting the cause of prohibition came under his eye and was bitterly fought or ener- getically indorsed as it aimed either toward harm or benefit for prohibi- tion. He kept close watch, too, on all ap- pointments having to do with prohi- bition enforcement, and was never slow to hurl himself and the orgar zation he represented against prospective appointee who, in h fon, might not best serve th cause. There any opin- dry today no definite suggestion as to a successor to the zeneral counselship of the league. Mr. McBride expliined at Wester- ville that the office is under the direction of the executive committee and himself as general superin- tendent. “A successor to Mr. Wheeler prob- ably will be chosen at the December meeting of the directors at Wash- ington.” he said. “Meanwhile the vork of this department will be car: ried on by the several assistants in the legal and legislative departments of the league who have worked with Mr. Wheeler for many year: had come | 1 Funeral Plans. Mr. McBride made public the ar- rangements for the funeral. The services will he held at the Central Methodist Episcopal Church in C lumbus, Ohio, at 2 o'clock, Thursday afternoon. Rev. A. C. Sehatzmann of Columbus will be in charge. Other speakers will be Mr. McBride, Di Russell and Dr. Frnest A. Cherring- ton of Westervil Mr. Wheeler will he buried in Co- lumbus beside the wife whom he himself buried hardly more than a fortnight ag WHEELEF CAREER RECALLED. Chan n of Prohibition Began Work in College. Wayne B. Wheeler's active partici pation in the prohibition movement began at Obertin College in 1894, when he, like many other members of the graduating class, was wondering what reer he would follow in life. Dr. Howard H. Russell, founder of the then recently organized Ant Saloon League, needed a young man to assist him in the league work, and he later described as follows his “find” ne B. Wheeler: very much needed an earnest young college-bred man to help in the pionecr organization work. Thus 1 described the man to several Oferlin College professors: “This job calls for hard. uphill work. A league work man to succeed must be tactful, tire- less, optimistic, resourceful. He mus be a good speaker, a good mixer, a selt-sacrificing fellow who yearns to help the other fellow. Who fills that bill in the class of 18047 Every teacher consulted promptly replied, ‘Wayne B. Wheeler."" His Crusader’s First Victory. Two years after he joined ranks of the Anti-Saloon League t orzanization decided to help the pas- sage of its first temperance bill by try- ing to defeat the members of the State Legislature of Ohio who opposed it. John R. Locke, then floor leader of the lower house of the 1 was a candidate for the State Senate. He was considered a political pow a pronounced “wet” and his vot would come from the Counties of Clarke, Madison and Champaigne. During the Summer preceding the election young Wheeler rode on a bi cycle throughout the counties, address- ing church gatherings and generally pleading with the voters not to elect Locke. The political leaders laughed at Wheeler and what they considered his puny efforts. But the people went to_the polls and defeated Locke. He once called this experience his first victory, and it showed him that the real power for defeating the liquor interests lay with the voters. His life was spent in organizing and develop- ing this power. He became an expert at laying the groundwork throughout the country for campaigns in Wash- ington. Ten years ago he c: to, Washington, when the Anti-Saloon League felt {hat the time was ripe | for concentrating its forces, previous- Iy directed in the States, upon the M tional Government. He thereafter remained in Washington, keeping a watchful eye on the aCpitol, corralling by personal calls the Congressmen Whose votes were necded (o pass | som2, measure tightening the enforce- | ment of prohibition; appearing at he: ings before congressional committees 1d ever watching the newspapers for atements or propaganda from his op- ponents, in order that he might answer them with statements of his own. His last appearance at the Capitol | was during the Senate slush fund in- | vestigations. Here he was to l'la:_(h with one of his keenest and most bit- the | | “Wheelerism,” | Arkans: | the flood and deposited miles aw: ip {down here, THE EVENING' STAR! WASHTNGTON; " T C.” TUESDAY: SEPTEMBER 6 1927:° WAYNE WHEELER, RUM FOE, DIES AT HEIGHT OF BRILLIANT CAREER leader—hore down “on Mr. Wheeler considerably. After the close of the session he ostensibly began a period of systematic rest and recuperation in his ‘apartment, at 2801 Adams Mill road. but it seemed there was little rest for Mr. Wheeler. Propped up in bed there were two telephones within casy reach, and their bells jangled fre- quently, signaling calls from far and wide for advice and counsel from the actual head of the Anti-Saloon League. It was once written that nobody knew, cared, who was president of the Anti-Saloon League. In the public mind Wheeler was not only the head of the AntiSalaon League, but was the Anti-Saloon League. Backed by the league and the vast religions anizations supporting it, Mr. Wheeler fought long and stub- hornly for the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead act to enforce it, and when that bat- tle was won, he fought no less stub- hornly against every effort to modify those enactments vpifying, as he did, the very spirit of the drys, Wheeler took the leader- ship around the halls of Congress, ihout the Capitol, and even at the White House in opposition to every move by legislative, administrative or executive branches fo the Government which he thought would disturb the dry balance which he and his co-work- ers had set up. It has been said that Wheeler was abused for his activities by the wets but that his energetic fighting quali- ties had at least earned the secret ad- miration of some of them. While the wets heaped about his head an unprec- edented quantity of stingnig phrases, he dry leader worked untiringly to put more teeth into the enforcement which they denounced o bitterly. was no move to amend the ad act, however slight, that escaped the sharp eye of this Ohio born lawyer. He was inquisitive to a superlative dezree of every bill touch ing upon prohibition which was dropped into the Senate or House bill hoxes, and he was lightning-like in striking at the measures he considered objectionable. Haynes Incident Recalled. He was never slow o make known his_opposition to Treasury decisions which he considered adverse to pro- hibition interes No treasury of- ficial from the Secretary down, was immune from Wheeler criticism in such ipstances. One of the long fights made by him at the Treasury was for the retention of Roy A. Haynes as prohibition commissioner, and this contest was carried to the White House. Mr. Haynes finally lost out, but with his departure Li coln €. Andrews, Assistant Secre- tary in charge of enforcement, who was opposed to Haynes, resigned from the service. Wheeler's friends claimed he got at least a draw in this skirmish. Soon after d act enactment of the Vol- »me one coined the word which was freely used on the floor of the Senate and House by those who asserted that the Anti-Saloon League had set up a “super-government.” which cracked the lash on the backs of Congress as well the officials of the ad- ministration. “Wheelerism” was the tarzet of invective wherever the never-surrendering wets came to- gether, and to the drys it was a force that even the wets recognized as almost all-powerful and against which their shock-troops were sent time and again in vain assaults. st CITY HIT BY FIVE FLOODS THIS YEAR AIDED BY HOOVER (Continued from First Page.) saw groups of these frame buildings clustered alang the highway in every conceivable position. Many of them were on the road itself uatil recently, when they wers dragged off by teams or_tractors, Desha and Chicot Counties bore the brunt of the flood in Arkansas, a motor trip through both counties yes- terday revealed to Mr. Hoover the widespread damage not only to the built-up communities, but to the farms and plantations, The Secretary and his party visited Lake Village, Me- Ghee, and Dermott in addition to as City and there was ample opportunity to get first hand informa- tion on the flood and its effects. In the open country much reconstruction work is under way. Roads are being scraped, bridges repaired and houses put into habitable state. Most of the farm land is overgrown with weeds instead of cotton. 0 use a plain expression Hoover himself, this community is “busted.” Tts only bank, which be- fore the flood had resources of $600,- 000, is on the financial rocks. The bank's principal owner, not so long ago rated as a millionaire, is almost penniless. Everybody in business so0 deeply in debt that they are almost hopeless of ever getting out. The two remaining saw mills, the town's prin- | cipal ndustries, have been able to maintain operation only with the help of the Red Cross. Vast quantities of their lumber were carried away by of Mr, story of ruination by the flood was unfolded to Mr. Hoover and Vice Chairman Fieser of the Red Cross by town and county rep- resentatives, At the conclusion of the report the $£85,000 donation was ordered without hesitation. This will forward the relief and re- habilitation program here until the | first of next year, Hoover estimated. | Gets Vote Promises. It is the plan of the Red Cross to extend such aid wherever needed until Januar; at least. Arkansas i extremely grateful for the min- istrations of the Red Cross generally and the sympathetic aid of Secretary Hoover personally. Some of the citi- zens have adopted somewhat amus- ing methods of expressing their ap. preciation. On two oc ions veste day Secretary Hoover was ap- hached by strangers who shook his hand and promised quite solemnly that they were “going to vote for| A pitirul ' fire D.C. RIFLEMEN WIN HONORS ON RANGE Local Contingent Takes 38 Prizes at National Matches at Camp Perry. Special Dispateh to The Star CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 6. —Winning two bronze medals and <h prizes in the most strenuous day’s program vet experienced in the na- tional rifle matches, the District of Columbia_ riflemen yesterday made record that is the ‘envy of all other National Guard and civilian State teams, The honor of being the first Distric Guardsmen to land in the coveted medal class resulted in a tie betweer gt Prescott J. Blount, Batte 260th Coast Artillery, who captured seventh place in the Chemical Warfa Service trophy match of 193 entric and First Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley, Company F, 121st Engineers, who won seventh place in the Leech Cup match of 1,007 entries. During the day six matches were fired, the Navy Cup, the Leech Cup, the Chemical Warfare Service trophy. the Scott, the Crowell and the individ: ual palm. “Comical Warfare" The least popular, spectacular, of these matches was the so-called ‘“comical warfare” match. The competitors donned gas masks of the latest type and fired 10 shots for record slow fire in the standing position and 10 shots 1 sitting a 10-inch bull's 200 yards aw One minute was ‘allowed for the firer to the sitting position from the s ing. to draw the mask from its to adjust the mask to the head, to load the rifle and to aim and fire 10 shot Sergt. Blount proved himself the most nimble man of the team by hanging up a 46 out of a possible 50 in the offhand stage and a 44 in the rapid fire stage for a total score of 0. Other adepts to win cash prizes were Sergt. Hugh E. Company E, Engineers, s 87, seventeenth place; Marcus Dinwiddie, civilian, score 86, twenty- third place, and Second Lieut. Henry C. Espey, Company I, and Serzt. George Votava, same company, scores 85 each, thirty-first and thi ty-second places, respectively. The Leech cup match, extending over the S00, 900, and 1,000-yard ranges, was a much different type of competition and required steady, con- sistent holding and accurate ‘“wind doping,” consisting of two sighting shots and seven shots for record from cach of the above ranges at a 36-inch bull’s-eye having a 20-inch inner ring. It was possible to s points with 21 bull Nine “Possibles” Score. Out of the 1.007 entries there were only 9 “possibles.” Pvt. (first class) Roy F. Seitzinger, United Statss M. rine Corps, won the gold medal, with 15 o fhis 21 shots in the ring, while Lieut. Riley landed in seventh place with a 4. The third and most popular match of the day was the 200-yard 20-shot off-hand Navy match of 1,018 ent Twelve District competitors finishe in the prize money as follows: David S. McDougal, 2601 Thirty-sixth street northwest, Western Iigh School, score 91 out of a possible 100, twenty- sixth place; John A. Schricker, =16 ineteenth ‘street northwest, George Washington ~University, score 91, twenty-seventh place; Staff Sergt. Baxter Smith, Company E, 121st n- gince newcomer on the Guard team whose 91 for thirtieth place, represents his first “crash” into the prize_money; Second Lieut. Richard M. Cutts, U. S. M. C., 3101 Thirty- fourth street northwest, score 90, thirty-sixth place; Marcus W. Din- widdie, 2012 A street northwest, thirty-seventh place; Sergt. Hugh E. Riley, Company E, 90, fifty-first place: Willis T. Frazier, 6620 First street. Takoma Park, retiring Central High chool rifle team captain, 90, sixty- second place; Capt. Just C. Jensen, Guard Ordnance Department, 89, seventh-fourth plice; Sergt. Prescott Blount, Chemical Warfare medal win- ner, $8, ninety-ninth place;: Leo Kase- hagen. 3d, 1248 Irving street north- west, 88, one hundred and sixth place: Robert A. Leighey, 2123 Eye street northwest, George Washington Uni- versity, crack shot who celebrated his second day in camp with a score of 87 for one hundred and sixty-seventh place. and Second Lieut. Henry C. Espey, Company 1 121st Engineors, score 86, one hundred and ninety-first place. Match. though most eve only seyes. Other Matches. The remaining matehes of the da the 900 rd Scott, the 1,000.y Crowell and the individual Palma, each with 583 entries, were very simi- lar to the Leech Cup match, and com- prised 2 sighting and 15 record shots at each range. The Palma aggregate of the 800 memorial mateh fired st Saturday and the Scott and Crowell matches. Those who were fortu e enough to place were as follows: 800-yard Scott matel MeDougal, 9 v possihle,” place; Lieut. Cutts, 8 v nineteenth place Marens Dinwiddie, 10 v 74, fortv fourth piace: First Lien Everett, jr., Company A, neers, v 74, seventy Lieut. Kspey. same sc third place: Sergt. Vota 10 v 78 pne hundred and third plac Clarence S. Shields, Company 1. 121st Engineers, 8 v 73, one hundred and ninth place, 1.000-yard Crowell Votava. 6 v T4, twenty Lieut. Thaddeus Riley, 6 v place; Leo Kasehagen, 3d | eventy-sixth place; Lieut. Everett, 6| v ., eighty-second place; David Me- | Dougal, 72, one hundredth place; Sergt. Baxter Smith, & v 71, hundred and fifteenth place. The individual Palma match—§ seventy place; . fiftieth him for President.” One of these was a farm woman, who rushed up to him | and exclaimed, “we're just farm folk Mr. Hoover, and we're all | but we're going to vote | Democrats, for you The other was darky in Eudora, Ar his way forward to Mr. nd d “Yo' all's de man dat’s help- ed us sufferers, ah'm gwine ter vote fo' vo' for President.” Mr. Hoover smiled hoth times and shook hands with his unintroduced admirer | The Star Will Issue a Special EDUCATIONAL old | ished | Hoover's car | venerable who | a zingham-cld | 2 Votava, 221 points out of a poss 5, 24th place; Lieut. T. A. Riley, me score, 26th place; Lieut. Everett, 220, 51st place: Lieut. Richard Cutts, same socer, 57th place; Leo Kase agen, 3d, 218, %4th place; David Me- Dougal, 218, 98ath place, and Lieut. Espey, score 218, 116th and last place in the money. Contests Today. Today there are 1,220 of 3 leading experts competing for the Ma- rine Corps Cup, the course of five in- cluding 20 shots at each 600 and 1.000 yards. In the late afternoon the 600- yard any rifle match is scheduled with 478 entries. In the 22.caliber small bore events the riflemen of the District have hown how accurate they are by win- ning 11 cash the first five matches, R MeG: 1 Quincy street northwest, who holds the world record of 134 consecutive bulls-eyes at 200 yards, took first place in pi | | playing core a total of 105 | | Bluege. 'HAUGE WILL GIVES | Relatives and Institutions Share | maintenance of a | dren’s 80 I e it NATS TAKE OPENER OF DOUBLE-HEADER BY SCORE OF 14T0 9 (Continued from ¥ er, Boley to Bishop. Judge singled to right, sending Goslin to third. Ruel tripled to the right fleld corner, scor- ing Goslin and Judge. Bluege got a homer with a drive against the upper left fleld stands, scoring Ruel ahead. Reeves swung for a third strike, Coch- rane let the ball get by and Reeves ot to first. Walberg threw out Mar- berry. Four runs, PHILADELPHIA — Bluege threw | out French. Cobb walked. Ruel pro- | sted against Umpire McGowan's de- | cislon and was put out of the game Berger now catching for Washington whrane singled pa Stewart, send- ing Cobb to third. Dy flied to Goslin. Cobb_scored and Cochrane ook second after the cateh, Jacob- son doubled down the left field line, | scoring Cochrane. Boley fiied to | Speaker. Two runs. FOURTH INN WASHINGTON—Boley MeNeely Stewart got a dropped at Cobb's feet in ter. Boley made a fine S s drive and cut it a si . Stewart stoppin; Goslin flied to Cobb, Stewart took | | third after the catch. Judge singled | | to center, scoring Stewart, Speaker | | taking second. Berger fanned. One run. PHILADELPHIA—Walberg walked. | Bishop doubled to right center, send ing Walberg to third. Hale fiied to Speaker. Walberg scored and Bishop took third after the catch. That was the end of Marberry. He was re- placed by Braxton. French was then taken away from the plate, and Sim- mens Dbatted for him. This is the | first time Simmons has been in the me since July 23, Simmons fanned. | Bluege threw out Cobb. One run, FIFTH INNIN WASHINGTON — Simmons now right field for Philadelphia e lined a single to center. Reeves sacrificed, Walberg to Dykes. Brax- ton walked. Walberg was taken out and replaced by Gray. Then McNeely < pulled from the plate and Rice tted for him. Rice forced Braxton, Bishop to Boley, Bluege took third. Stewart got to first when Gray fumbled kis bunt, Bluege scoring and Rice taking second. Speaker singled to right scoring Rice while Stewart stopped at second. Gray was then taken out and was replaced by John- son. Stewart and Speaker worked a double steal. Goslin singled to short At center, Stewart and Speaker scoring. Simmons backed against the fence for Judge’s liner. Four runs. PHILADELPHIA—Cochrane singled to right. Dykes forced Cochrane, Braxton to Reeves. Jucobson forced Dykes, Bluege to Stewart. Reeves went back to left field for Boley's pop fly. No run SIXTH INNING. HINGTON—Hale threw was called out Reeves fouled to Dykes. threw out single that hort cen- | stop o | down to | at second. | Blue; out on No wa HUGHES BELIEVES COOLIDGE WILL RUN Former Secretary Thinks President Will Be Candi- date in 1928 and Win. By the Associated Pross NEW YORK. September 6.—Charles Evans Hughes, who returned yester. day from a trip abroad, parried vol. leys of questions as to whether ha again would seel the Republican nomination for dent by save “I think Pres. ident Coolidge w be renominate] and re-elected.” it is necessary to say anything more than I have al ready said.” re. plied the smiling former Secretar of State, as news- paper men on the Leviathan persist ed in questioning Charles E. Hughes. that Republican State leaders would ask him to recon- sider his recent declaration that he would not be a candidate. Mr. Hughes, who ran for President rinst Woodrow Wilson, politely side- stepped all sorts of questions designed to throw light on the subject. He said he had not seen Charles C. Lockwood, roklvn Republican leader, whe sailed France recently with the an. nouncement that he would see Mr. { Hughes and “sound him out” as to | how he felt about seeking the nomi- ation. Mr. Hughes had been abread two months touring southern France and the Pyrences. ' He expects to go to Washington this week and argue a case before the Supreme Court. HUGHES' SERVICES I — Government Said to Desire Drafting Him for Pan-American Parley, RBY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Whether Charles Evans Hughes be- comes a candidate for the presidency or not. the administration is credited with the desire to d other important national service. United States’ Pan-American next January _President ~ Cooli and Secretary Kellogzs expect to attend the formal opening of the conference, hut take no part in its deliberation These will be left, as far as our inter e concerned, in the hands of a delegation. To give the dele- n hoth strength and_distinction, the name of the former Secretary of ate is sought for its head. Issues of paramount importance for the im- delegation at the sixth Conference out Foxx. Reeves Johnson. Bluege threw Bishop fouled to Berger. threw out Hale. No runs SEVENTH INNIN WASHINGTON—Powers now pitch- ing for Philadelphia. Braxton was safe on Boley’s fumble. Rice singled over Bishop, Braxton stopping at second. Braxton was caught off second and was out at third, Cochrane to Boley to | Hale. Stewart hit into a double play, | Hale to Bishop to Dykes. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Simmons flied to Rice. Cobb flied to Goslin. Cochrane flied to Goslin. No runs EIGHTH INNI) WASHINGTON—Speaker went out, Powers to Bishop to Dykes. Goslin walked. Goslin stole second. Judge grounded to Hale and Goslin was alled out when he went out of the line to avoid being tagzed. Berger singled to right, Judge stopping at second. Bluege tripled to left field, scoring Judge and Berger. Reeves got a sin- gle with a slow grounder to Hale and Bluege scored. Bishop threw out Brax { ton. Three runs. PHILADELP HIA—Berger wa charged with an error when he dropped Dykes' foul. Dykes popped to Reeves. Jacobson sent a long fly Speaker, Boley flied to Rice. No | runs, NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON —Perkins now catch ing for the Athletics. Rice flied to Speaker flied to -Simmons, Stewart scoring after the catch. Goslin hit a home run over the right field wall. Judge grounded to Dykes. Two runs, PHILADELPHIA—Galloway batted for Powers and was safe when Stew- art fumbled his grounder. Collins bat- ted for Bishop and popped to Bluege. Hale hit a Texas leaguer.to right, Gal- loway stopping at second. Simmons fanned. Cobb singled to center, scor- ing Galloway, while Hale stopped at second. Perkins tripled past Speaker, scoring Hale and Cobb. Dykes lined to Three run NEPHEW $100,000 Remainder of Diplomat's Widow's Estate. The Hauge, former will of Mme. widow of Christian Hauge, Minister from the Nether- filed today for probate, leaves to Jouett Ross Todd, 23 of Louisville, K; a Tounise Todd nephew. The Harper Hospital. at Detroit, Mich. is given $30.000 for the room to he called ¢ room. The Chil- Free Hospital of Louisville, Ky. and the Home for Incurables in the District of Columbia are each given $3,000. Other specific hequests include $15,000 to Margaret M. Todd: $10,000 each to Florence and Edith R. Todd and §1.000 to Ada Buchanan. Premises 2319 Massachusetts avenue and all other real estate with the household effects are left to her brother, James Ross Todd of Louisville. The remain- ing estate is to be divided between her neice, Louise Todd Gilbert, wife of S Parker Gilbert, agent general for rep arations. and her nephew, Jouett F Todd. The Fidelity & Columbia Co. of Louisville is named as utor. the Frederick exec- T ST DENEEN UNDER KNIFE. | CHICAGO, September 6 (#).—United States Senator Charles Deneen of Chicago has heen at a local hospital for several days amd is recovering | ing, | mediate future of this country's rela- | tions with the other 20 republics of | the Ame: will be at stake at | Havana. ~ The United States is not in | unalloyed repute on either side of the | Isthmus of Panama. Our principal oljective at the forthcoming confer- ence will be to remove prejudice, clear up misurderstandings and restore onr old-time prestige throughout Latin America. Hughes is considered the man for the joh. Former Conference Unfriendly. The preceding Fifth Pan-American Conference, held in Chile five ears ago, wound up in nominally good feel- but its atmosphere to the last was unfriendly to the United Stat We were then in the midst of our chronic crisis with Mexico and found sympathy nearly everywhere in Latin America’ on_Mexico's side. Recogni- tion of the Obregon government soon followed, but there also ensued, a year or two later, three new Latin Amer- fcan “messes,” which poisoned opinion against this country everywhere be- tween the Rio Grande and Cape Horn. They are, in_the order of their oc- currence, the Tacna-Arica controversy, strained relations with Mexico under the Calles regime and our “invasion" of Nicaragua. It is notorious that Latin _American views in connection with all these questions, have been highly unfavorable to the United ates, and still are, Our diplomacy and military actiol no matter how justifiable in the State Department's eves and in American public opinion, have unquestionably strengthened the belief that Uncle Sam is pursuing “imperialistic” policies in Central and South America During Secretary Hughes' four years at the State Department, he special- ized in cementing friendly relations with Latin America. He visited Rio de Janeiro and made the personal ac- auaintance of many South American statesmen. Hughes recalled to this writer a few hours after he left offica on March 4, 1925, that his farewell act as Secretary of State was one that literally kept the peace in South America, He was referring to his < cess in inducing Colombia, Peru and Brazil to accept a compromise which settled a boundary dispute between iose three countries. It was actually sizned on Hughes' desk at the State Department on the day President Coolidze was inauzurated at the Capi- tol and the Secretary of State's : graph. which was attached to t agzreement, was his fina signa i (R amotet Ganmetty: o e e Other Names _The other names tion for the Havana not t been Mention under ¢ Conference have g revealed, but in Lat American quarters at Washington men are heing mentioned whe are thought likely to he included in the administration’'s slate. Among these are Senator Borah,' chairman of the foreign relations committee; Senator Bingham of Conneeticut, Senator actively interested in Latin American affairs; Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director gen- eral of the Pan-American Union: R resentative Porter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House committee on foreign affairs; Dr. John C. Merriam, divecotr of the Carnegie TInstitution at Washington: Dr. Tulius Klein, chisf of the foreign and domestic commerre in the Department of Commerce; Col. George T. Weitzel of Washinzton, former American Minister to Nica. ragua: Wallace Thompson, edito, Ingenieria International, a lnnguage magazine in New Yor liam Franklin Sands of Washing- n. a_former member of the diplo- maite service with a creditable record 1t Latin American posts, RITES FOR R. P. TEELE, SR. Commerce Department Economist to Be Buried Tomorrow. Funeral services for Ray Pglmer Teele, sr., economist of the Depart- “I do not think' him on the report, DEMAND., aft him for an- 0 He is wanted for the post of chief of the in Havana will [ ‘ King of T'tah, as a Democratic leader ¥ the following three unlimited re- entry matches: The 100-yard meta'lic sight, the 50-yard any sight and the 100-yard any sight, making scores of 208 ‘out of a possible 300 in the first two and 296 in the third. He alse won second place in the 50-yard metalli sight match with a 298. New combe, 1954 Columbia road northwest placed Sth in the 100-yard metallic sight match with 29 The first preliminary Dewar match tryvouts which were held Sunday and | provement in that Capt. Jensen wo | Monday brought out over 250 small- | second place in class A, with 198 poin bore shooters. In class A of the first | out of 200, while First Lieut. Edward relay, McGarity took fourth place with [ A. McMahon, headquarters and serv- points out of a possible 400, while | ice company, 121st Engineers, was sec- Capt. Just C. Jensen made fifth with [ond in class B, with 194 points. 393: in class B, Lieut. Hugh Everett.! Furtheigtrvouts are to finished third with 386, and Gunnery ing the = this evening at March, “Ponderoso”. . Oxerture, “Jubilee”..... ..Bach Duet for cornet and baritone, “A Night in Venice”.........Lucantoni (Bandmasters De Giorgio and Manganaro.) Scenes from the opera ment of Agriculture, who died in Myton, Utah, last Wednesday, will be conducted at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase Clrcle.pmx:'::- row afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Inter- ment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Teele. who was 58 years old, was detailed to the Interior Depart- ment by the Department of Agricul fure to head a special commission 10 § investigate economic conditions on reclamation projects in Indian reser- vations, and was engaged in that work when stricken. Pennsylvania is the leading min- eral-producing State of the Union, be held dur- Oklahoma coming second and Cali- fornia third, ter enemies, Senator Reed of Missouri, chairman of the committee conduct- ing the investigations. The expecte clash was heralded far and wide, and the committee room was jammed for days awaiting the battle of wits that was to take place between the steely- eved Missourian and Wayne B. Wheeler. But though Senator Reed used his traditional skill at cross-ex- amination, Wheeler was no mean wit ness. There were no fireworks. No decision was rendered after the hattle for whether Reed or Wheeler was the vietor depended upon the point of view of those who occupied the side- lines, The strain of the last session of Con- gress—for a session of Congress al- ways meant hard work for the dry from a minor operatiom, it was learned yesterday. Ilis progress has been ex- cellent, his physician said, and he plans to leave the hospital Thursday. Capt. Malcolm Rice Dies. Capt. Malcolm Rice, United States Infantry, serving as instructor of the Kentucky National Guard, at_ Ash- land, Ky., died at his post iast Satur- day, according to War Department advices. He was awarded the Distin- guished Service Cross for extraordi- nary heroism in action near Exer- mont, France, October 1.8, 1918. The citation shows that Capt. Itice was se- verely gassed early in the action, and although suffering greatly remained with his company for four days, until forced to evacuate by temporary blind- ness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Calla L. Rice, who is a resident Kt «of Winchester, Ky, _* __ = Chaplain John T. Axton, 1. S. A, welcomed the delegates on behalf of the churches and read extracts from the Bible to show that war should not be outlawed by the churches. Louis E. Van Norman welcomed the veterans on behalf of Secretary Hoover of Com- merce, and Mrs. C. E. Wagner spoke for the War Mothers Association. . . Jewish Town Destroyed by Fire. WARSAW, Poland, September w) reported to have been children, destroyed prac- tically the whole of the market town of Koch last night. Most of the 7,000 inhabitants are Jews. The authori- ties are taking measures tg.provide Whelter for the homeless. ' SECTION NEXT SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11 —devoted entirely to Schools and Colleges ‘of Washington and vicinity. ..King “‘Martha,” Flotow Sergt. Ollie M. Schriver, United States Marine Corps, coach of Central High hool rifle team, was fifth, with the same score. The second relay showed much im- Two concert pleces. (a) *“Badine.” Serenade. .Gabriel-Ma (b) “Gipsy Idyl”,. ssens .Piercy Selection, “The Behind the Gun” cene veos ey JCATYI Waltzes from “Babes in Toyland,” Herbert the Sudan.” Sebek March, “Givenchy .. Karius "% “The Star Spa; Banner,” 6 Furnished on Application Dervish chorus, “In r