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| MRS, DYKE SEEKING STATUS UNDER AW Goes to Rockville to Ask About Baby Home at Takoma Park. Under suspension by the Maryland State Board of Aid and Charities, Mre. Effie 8. Dyke went to Rockville today to find out from Montkomery County authorities whether she is to be able to continue her boaiding home for infants at 100 Cedar avenue, Takoma Park, provided she coraplies strictly with the Maryland regula- tions. Mrs. Dyke was notified last week by the authorities that further continua- tion of her baby home would bring her in violation of the laws govern- fng the custody of infants less than € months old, under a statute enacted last June, Case Presents Problem. Whether Mrs. Dyke must dispose fmmediately of the 14 young wards under her care or move out of the jurisdiction of Maryland if she wishes 1o continue her present mode of occu- g pation, it was understood, depends on | an independent inquiry conducted by State's Attorney Robert B. Peter, jr.. for Montgomery County. Mrs, Dyke carried her appeal today to Mr. in Rockville, in the hope of having the State rd rescind its refusal to fssue b cient found of the i 6 months of rtion until she has her 14 wards. Some at her home are under age and there in viola- the State hoard holds. 0 County authorities realize it is no easy matter to place the children elsewhere even in a few [could not s | ideals of the League. daye, and whatever action is decided upan in Mrs. Dyke's case. it will be s of the children Some of the habies, it was learned. 1d he turned over immediately to the parents, while in the cases of geveral others it would be a difficult matt At least four of the babies imate, their cases present- £ problems. One infant in e was abandoned recently by . whose whereabouts is un- known. 143 Homes Here. The Woman's Bureau in Wi ten, which has investigated several| eascs involving Mrs. Dyke's warde for the Maryland authorities, said to- day that it is often called upon by e Board of Aid and Charities | ke such inquiries, | During the past year it was learned | that a number of women who had been | conducting -similar baby homes in the District have removed either into | Virginia or Maryland, when their ‘per- | mits have been cancelled. Records | do not show, however, for what cause | their permits were cancelled. In Mrs. Dyke's case, it was merely for the reason that she had moved out of the | District. | Health Department records show | 143 boarding homes for minor children conducted under permits in the Di trict with 23 applications pending. These are under more or less constant observation by District authorities, though George S. Wilson, director of public welfare said today there are undoubtedly a large number of homes being operated here for which no per- mits have been issued. ' CHARLES P. WILLIAMS DIES IN POOLESVILLE | Banker of 40 Years’ Experience in Washington Had Long Been in T Health, ! Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. POOLESVILLE, Md., September 12. —Charles Phelps Williams, 73 years old, for 40 vears in the banking busi- ness in Washington, D. C., died last night at his home here. He began to fail in health about seven years ago. Miss Helen and Miss_Juliet Wil- liams of 2900 Q street, Washington, are surviving daughters and Campbell Williams is a son of the deceased The deceased banker was a son of the late Mortimer Williams of Mont- gomery County, and for many vears lived in the Poolesville neighborhood. Funeral services will be held tomor- fow at 11 a.m., with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington. TWO PETITIONS ON FILE ADMITTING BANKRUPTCY John W. Cox, Carpenter, and Wal- ter J. Abbott, Telegraph Operator, Unable to Meet Obligations. A carpenter and a telegraph opera- tor today invoked the benefit of the bankruptey laws in two petitions filed in the District Supreme Court. John W. Cox, a carpenter, residing at 18 R street northeast, says he is unable to pay a surgery bill for $400 and has no assets, exceptnig $50 worth of tools, which are exempt under the law. He is represented by Attorney J. O'Brien. The telegraph operator is Walter J. Abbott, 1480 Irving street,. He gays he owes $2.049 and has assets of $450. He is represented hy Attorney H. M. Goldstein. BIT BY SUFFERING DOG. Sympathetic Girl Snapped by Ani- mal She Was Befriending. In such pain that it was unable to tell friend from foe, an Airedale dog, run over hy an automobile truck in front of 106 Seventh street south- east, bit Louise Wayvson, 14 vears old, on the finger when she ran to its e ance this morning. The injurv was slight and medical attention was not neces The dog was shot by Patrolman M Roache to relieve its suffer shing- | Son of Oil Magnate Is Sole Donor of Fund for Building. Assembly Expresses Thanks for Much Needed Ad- junct to Labors. By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, September 12.—John D. | Rockefeller,” jr., is the sole donor of the §2.000,000 fund for the erection of a library for the League of N: tions, it was announced in the League | Assembly today. There had ben con- | siderable speculation as to the aonor {'since news of the gift became publi | The donor was announced by I'res {dent Alberto Guani of after the assembly had | gift unanimously. | was zreeted with prolonged applause, ) Guani’s tribute to the humani avian work of the Rockefeller Foun- dation. Gift Ts Accepted. | President Guani opened the League Assembly with the announcement that the council of the lLe: decided to accept the Ame for the erection of the librar: Dr. Giuseppi Motta, President of Switzerlan paid glowing tribute to | the American’s generosity and said r a permit or obtain a suffi- [ that he rejoiced that Geneva would ) | benefit from the donation. Stephan Osusky of Czechoslovakia, who hefore the citation of his country was a ed America and a’ lawyer o, said that, though the United States was not a | the League, its people remain indifferent to the The donation just announced was tangible proof of that, he declared, and was the source of stimulation and encourage- ment to the League. Dr. W. J. M. Van Eysinga of Hol- land characterized the announcement of the gift as “a joyous message.” He compared it to the library with which Andrew Carnegie endowed The Hague. He urged the assembly’s rati- fication of the council's acceptance. Donor 1s Thanked. Guani closed the discussion by ex- pressing the gratitude of all the 47 represented in the assembly. The gift was then accepted unanimously. After the assembly’s ratification Guani declared there was no further reason to conceal the name of the donor—John D. Rockefeller, jr. U. S. HAS NO OBJECTION member of Rockefeller Statement Says Library Will Meet Need. NEW YORK, September 12 (#).— Before John D. Rockefeller, Jr,, do- nated $2,000,000 for the erection of a library for the League of Nations he ROCKEFELLER GIVES $2.000.000 LIBRARY TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS The announcement | JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. received assurance that his action would meet with no objections on the part of the gowesnment, said a state- nent issued from his offices here to- day | "“The council (of the league) will continue its own support,” said the statement, “‘so that Mr. Rockefellers zift is simply supplementary to what { the council had already been engaged lin doing in prosecution of the more pecific activities of the league itself.” “Since the establishment of the and the international labor e Geneva has rapidly developed as 1 center for the study of problems in | the field of tional relations,” | Mr. Rockefeller sajd. *“In the develop- ment of the work of the Teague of Nations and the international labor office a working libi has been built up relating definitely to the work in hand. “The members of the League sec- ret , accredited representatives of governemnts and students of inter- national problems from all parts of the world, have found, however, the need for extensive supplementary library facilities, going far afield from the fmmediate work and comprehend- ing the entire field of international re- lations. ‘It has heen suggested, therefore, that under the joint administration of the seerctariat of the League and of the international labor office a com- modious and thoroughly equipped li- brary be established ~which would serve the purposes of the officials in Geneva and would likewise be open to students and investigators who, natur- ally, come to Geneva in prosecution of studies dealing with economic, hu- manitavian, geographic or other prob- lems affecting world peace. “Toward this end Mr. Rockefeller has given $2,000,000 to be used for building and endowing the proposed library.” FIRE CHIEF IS GIVEN PROTEST ON FLOATS Commissioners Refer Resolutions Regarding Parade Awards to Watson for Action. A formal protest against the award of prizes for the best decorated floats in the firemen’s Labor day parade was received by the. Distriet Commission- ers today from a group of four women who served on the decorating commit- tees of different fire companies. The protest, which took the form of resolutions, adopted at a recent meet- ing at No. 10 fire engine house, de- clared that the awards were made hastily and witkout much attention to the detailed decorations of the vari- ous floats and that the judges were unfamiliar with artistic “decorations. The resolutions asked that the three floats awarded the prizes be paraded before a committee of judges selected from decorative artists in the employ of the firms which donated the tro- phies and that the awards be based on their findings. The Commissioners referred the resolutions to Fire Chief George S. Watson for his consideration and rec- ommendation. . FIGHTS COURT EDICT. Theodore R. Dorsey Claims Jail Sentence Was Illegally Imposed. Declaring that he was illegally sen- tenced August 31 by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court to pay $275 fine or spend 60 days in jail foi | changing the name on an operator's permit, Theodore R. Dorsey, from the District Jail, sued out a writ of habeas corpus. Through Attorneys Cedric ¥. Johnson and John 8. Phelan, the District Supreme Court is told that the maximum imprison- ment provided by the section of the traffic law under which he was sent- enced is 10 days in jail. Hearing has heen fixed for September 27 and bond fixed at $500. . BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. By the United States Marine Band, at the Marine Barracks, 4:30 o'clock: March, “Capt. Branson,” Harry S. Morris Overture, “Russland and Ludmilla,” Glinka, Clarinet solo, “Introduction and Vari- ations” % ... Kalliwoda | Lugaresi 7>rzo. Intermezzo, “Petite Bijouterie”. Trombone &olo, *Wonderland”. Hervey J. Clark. “Second Polonaise” Xylophone solo, “aprice. Wieniawski Withur D. Kieffer. icana” Herbert “Reminiscences of Tschaikowsky,” S Godfrey Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte- | zuma.” | “The Star Spangled Banner." Montrose Park, 7:30 p.m. March, “F: Overture, “Oberon Waltz, “Danseuse”. .. Fox trote— fe a Night in June".Friend “You Don't Like It—Not Much.” By Dick Mansfreld This carry you back to other days —the days when you were a boy or girl in Washington. daily feature will Beginning On Page 22 OF TODAY'S STAR I 1D 2 ‘ Remember“ 1 | Miller Selected picce, celebrated “‘Minuet,” | Paderewskl March, “Marine Corps Institute, R | Selection, “Sari”. . | Serenade, “Midsummer Nig Concert plece, “Southern Rhapsod: | Hosmer | March, *Sesquicentennial | tion | omn By the.United States Navy Band, |at the Capitol, 7:30 o’clock: “Militaire, No. 1", of ‘Baden” Herbert odermann Chant From | Morceau, Overture, Symphonic episode, | “the Great Plaini Ballet, “Dance of the Hour; “La Gioconda’ | Caprice, “Italian”. | Grand scenes from #'The Star Epangled Ban: . Ponchiellf ‘Tschaikowsky a p o oZ8m Morceau characteristique, “Pan-Amer- | By the United States Army Band, at | AGREEMENT SOUGHT TO END MINE STRIKE Illinois Coal Operators and Em- ployes Continue Confersnce on Wages, Begun Week Ago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 12.—A com- mittee of Illinois coal operators, which has been here for a week con- ferring with a similar committee rep- resenting the Miners' Union, today went into conference with a sub- committes of the operators which had spent the week end with the miners’ subcommittee attempting to reach an agreement that would end a five-month suspension of work. ‘While nothing official was forth- coming from the conference, it was indicated that the operators had r fused to accept any agreement that would not reduce the cost of produc- tion. It also was reported that John L. Tewis, president of the International Miners' Union, had suggested to the two subcommittees last Saturday that a commission of two miners and two operators be named to investi- gate the entire situation and report not later tham next February 1. Meanwhile, according to this re. port, Lewis suggested that the miners go back to work pending the com- mittee’s decision under the terms of the Jacksonville agreement. TWO CRACKED ON HEADS WITH BASE BALL BATS Colored Men in Separate Fights Sent to Hospital, One With Fractured Skull. Two young colored me.. were cracked over the heads with base ball bats in two separate figts vesterday and today hoth are in hospitals, one with a fractured skull and the other with Jacerations about the cranium. Bennie Thomas, 20 years old, of Lakeland, Md., was hit by his brother William, and is in a serious condition at Frecdmen's Hogpital. O'Dell Wil years old, of 84 Defrees street, @ t by Levi Jenkins, colored, 14 years old, during a fig! © in the Wil- son home. Wilson is at Gallinger Hospital, where his condition is unde- termined. {MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Believed Victim of Fall or Hit-and- Run Driver Returns to Home. Found lying unconscious in street under the railroad viaduct over H street northeast last night, the vie- tim of either a fall or a hit-and-run driver, Mathew Ash, 58 years old, 1005 Third street northeast, was taken to asualty Hospital _and treated for ock and bruises, He returned to his home this morning. Thomas McGraw, 839 Fourth street, { was driving home from church when a {Golored boy ealled to him and directed Ihl! attention to the prostrate man. | He picked him up and took him to the hospital. . ASKS ABSOLUTE Di\;ORCE. Howard N. Lalor Charges Wife With Misconduct. Howard Nicholas Lalor, who is said to be treasurer of the Du Pont inter- ests which operate the Willard Hotel and other hostelries throughout the country, today filed suit in the Dis- trict Supreme Court for an absolute | divorce from his wife, Anna Theresa Dwyer Lalor, 1361 Fairmont street. They were married in New York City. The husband names a co-respondent. Attorney Abner Siegal appears for the husband. Lmh R Ordered to Hospital. First Lieut. Albert G, Phillips, U. &. Infantry, at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., hag been ordered to this city for treatment at Walter Hoepital, __ . #* DOUGHERTY SCANS MAKE-UP OF POLICE Number of Officers in Rela- tion to Patrolling Force Is Surveyed. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty revealed today that he has started a study of the organization of the Met- ropolitan Police Department, over which he has supervision, to deter- mine whether there are too many offi- cers in proportion to the patrolling force. Comparisons will he made, he said, with police departments in cities | which compare in population with Washington, ‘With this information, Mr. Dough- erty explained, he expects to reach a decision with Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, on the ad- visability of filling the post left vacant by the recent death of Assistant Su- perintendent Charles A. ans, There have been rumors that th vacancy would not be filled, but Mr. Dougherty and Maj. Hesse both declared em phatically that they have not yet reached even a tentative conclusion. If the study should show that the department is “too heav: with of- ficers, Commissioner Dougherty said, it is not likely that another assistant superintendent will be named at this time. Inspector Henry G. Pratt, cljet of the Detectives’ Bureau, is the only as- sistant superintendent now in the de- partment. The organic act of the Police Department provides for only one assistant superintendent, but this h: heen amended in various appro- priation bills and at oene time there were four assistant superintendents serving at the same tim, - RUTH CLAIMS ALIBI ON ATTACK CHARGE Ball Player’s Case Continued Whe~ He Appears to Answer Complaint. EW YORK, September 12 (#).— The most widely known ball player in America was haled into court to- day on a “John Doe” warrant alleg- ing assault. George Herman “Babe” Ruth, slug- ging Yankee outfielder, was the *“John Doe” meant. When he heard the story of the assault “Babe” ex- pressed pity for the victim, Bernard Neimeyer, and produced witnesses to prove that he was in Garfield, N. J., at the time the assault is alleged to have occurred on Broadway here. Victim's Story. Neimeyer told the court that on July 4, shortly after he had been re- leased from hospital after being treated for a fracture of the spine, he was walking along upper Broadway. Two women passed him, he said, but he paid no attention to them. In their wake came a man, identl- fled in court by Neimever as Ruth, Who brushed against him and called to the women, asking them if Neimey- er had spoken to them. Neimeyer said the women replied that he had not spoken to them, hut Ruth “struck me a terrible hlow in the eve with his left fist anyway.” s “I'm partially Dlind in one eye,” Neimeyer said, “and I pleaded with him not to sirike me again. Then I asked him why he had struck me.” “Why did you speak to my wife?” Neimeyer quoted Ruth as saying. A crowd had gathcocd by this time, said. He heard a chauffeur h.” *Nei- seen Ruth, but had read of him and knew who he was. Neimever related how he hesought the crowd to “grab” Ruth, and of how no one responded. Then a traffic officer intervened. he traffic cop told me to get the patrolman on that beat,” Neimever recounted. “I left him and followed the man and the two women to where they were getting into a taxi. I asked the traffic cop to arrest the man, but he told me to get a sum- mons. Ruth Expresses Sympathy. When the man and two women had speeded away in the taxi. Nei- meyer said, a patrolman shoded the crowd away and he went to a station to make a complaint. After much dif- ficulty, Neimeyer said, he got a. “John Doe” summons, which he served on Ruth at the Yankee Stadium July 29, Neimeyer said he was ‘“positive” the man was Ruth. Ruth, dressed in a neat blue suit, &tood in the col as Neimeyar pointed im out. Repeatinz that he was sorry 'or Neimeyver, Ruth deciared he was “much surprised” at the charge. The home run manufaclurer had with him two witnesses, who corrohorated his statement that he was in Garfield at the time of the alleged assault. After hearing the story of Nel. meyer, an interior decorator, and of Ruth, Magistrate Stern continued the case until Friday to permit Neimcyer to obtain witnesses to corroborate his story. Three Army Officers Retired. Three officers of the Army have been found physically incapable of further active military service on account of disabilities incident thereto, and have been transferred to the retired list. They are Lieut. Col. George P. Hawes, jr. 5th_ Field Artillery, at Fort Bragg, N. C.; First. Lieut. Louis C. Simon, Alr _Corps, recently at Miami, Fla., and Capt. John C. Schwi ger, Medical Administrative Cor cently _stationed at Carligle racks, Pa. Bar- Yk Divorce Awarded Husband. Justice Siddons of the District Su- preme Court today granted a final decree of absolute divorce in favor of George H. Ofenstein from M. Gwin. ette Ofenstein. A corespondent was named in the husband's petition, filed through Attorney Clyde D. Garrett. 1 STETSON S 1305 F ALL 28 AUTO TAGS | SEEN READY JAN. T Capt. M. M. Barnard Assures Commissioners in Annual Report of Early Work. The entire supply of the District's 1928 automobile identification tage, now being manufactured at the Dis- triet Reformatory in Lorton, Va., will be delivered before January 1, Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of penal Institutions, assured the Com- missioners in his annual report sub- mitted to them today by George Wilson, director of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare, Capt. Barnard originally planned to deliver all tags by November 10, but pointed out that a 60-day delay in getting contracts for machinery’ and material for the new tag manufactur- ing plant would necessarily cause a delay in_delivery. Incidentally, told the Commissioners that the plant “is one of the hest in existence.” Satisfactory progress has been made during the year on the building pro- gram at both the reformatory and workhouse, Capt. Barnard said, and as a result the canning factory has been completed and the foundry will be ready to begin operation by No- vember 1. It has been impossible, he caid, to increase the output of the brick plant on account of the dilapi- dated condition of the kilns, An ap- propriation of £25,000 was recommend- ed to put this plant in good condition. Complaint was made of the wi dition, as the source Oceoguan Creek is =0 muddy that the pipes become clogged, and it is difficult to draw water through them. “We are now getting estimates and information to ask for an appropria- tion for driven wells.” he said. “This is a matter that should be given seri- ous consideration.” PLANS TO PROMOTE WELFARE OF YOUTHS Association of Manufacturers to Establish Educational Facilities and Safeguards for Children. By the Assaciated Press. NEW YORK, September 13.—Es- tablishment of better educational fa- cilities and strengthening of safe- guards for the physical welfare of employed children hetween the ages of 14 and 15 is the goal of the National Association of Manufac- turers, which announced vesterday the inauguration of a continuing pro- gram of eduction to be carried on throughout the country. To make for broader educational and vocational opportunities the pro- gram will seek to supply adequate elementary and high schools for all normal children and make _proper provision for the teaching of back- ward children. Teachers' training schools also would be provided at either public or private expense, rep- resentatives of the association said. The association recommends adop- tion of standards requiring issuance by the State of employment certifi- cates for each job sought by chil- dren and requiring physical examina- tion of all children applying for em- ployment. Four hours a week of school fs recommended as the mini- mum for all employed children who have passed the =sixth grade, and work would be limited to 48 hours a week for children between 14 and 15. with prohibition of work after 9 oclock, and a ban on employment of children in hazardous occupations. DRY OFFICIAL ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN JURISDICTION Connecticut Taken From New York District—Placed in New 5 England Unit. In a redistribution of prohibition areas to provide for better law en- forcement, the State of Connecticut today was taken from under the jurizdiction of Maurice Campbell. prohibition administrator for the eastern and southern judicial dis- tricts of New York, comprising most of New Yory City proper, and was given to the New England area. For the present, Connecticut will be ad- ered by the deputy prohibition administrator, Frank T. Putney, with headquarters at Hartford, Conn. In making the announcement, Pro- bibition Commigsioner James M. Do- ran said that New England was a logical unit for the enforcement of prohibition to which Connecticut belonged, rather than to New York. SLASHES WIFE'S HANDS. | Louis L. Parker Accused of As- sault With Razor. Called by the children of the pair, | police tound Mrs. Pauline Parker with her hands slashed with a razor by her husband, Louis L. Parker, 47 years old, of 1347 L street southeast, in the family home, yesterday morning. Policeman Thomas Bailey of the fifth precinct said he found Parker trying to cut his wife with the razor. { Mrs. Park was sent to Casualt) Hospltal, where 14 stitches were taken | in her lacerated hands. ! Parker was lodged in a cell at the fifth precinct on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. . Pleads Guilty to Fraud. CLEVELAND, September 12 (®).—| George W. Stone, former president of the defunct George W. Stone Co., Cleveland investment brokers, today in Federal Court entered a plea of guilty to using the mails in a scheme to de- fraud and was sentenced to three years i in the Atlanta Penitentiary and fined $10,000 and costs. Gilda Black patent leather, T strap, 9/8 Spanish heel. HOE SHOP Street BRITISH EXPLORER. CAPTIVATED BY JUNGLE, MAKES HOME THERE Lieut. Col. Fawcett, Scien- tist and Sportsman, Re- ported on Farm in Brazil. Was Seeking Lost City Be-i lieved to Contain Treas- 1 ures of Gold and Gems. | By the Associated Pregs. LIMA, Peru, Septemher 12— Sue cumbing to the lure of the jungl Lieut. Col. P. H. Fawcett, British e plorer, scientist and sportsman, is described as Jiving the life of a na- ive farmer in the wilds i into which he disappeared ?.(n Fata entific expedition more than two vears ago. The tale Is told by Roger C Wil a ¢ Beazilian: con o claims to have found Col. his son and another white r isting i séttlement of their own construction near the River of Doubt. which was discovered by President Roosevelt. ¥ Courteville was on an automobile expedition across Matto Grosso State, Brazil, blazing the trail for a trans- continental highway, when he en- countered Col. Fawcett. The engi- neer, who claims to be the first man to traverse the jungles of Brazil and Bolivia by motor car, arrived here Saturday. Seeking Lost City. Col. Fawcett, he relates, received 000 from the Matto Grosso vernment to finance the se n ancient lost city, said to have been founded by white Indians, al- though never seen by a white man. Legend was that it contained vast wealth in the form of gold, diamonds and other precious articles. As the search progressed, Col. Fawcett's party encountered trouble with the Indians; his son was af- flicted with malaria, and finally after severe hardships he settled at a place about sixty-three miles from Dia- mantina_ City, in the geographical center of South America. There, amid a tropical paradise he passes the time fishing in the rivers | and shooting the brilliantly plumaged tropical birds and other game. There is plenty of good water and the ex- PRESIDENT, HOME, FACES OPPOSITION TO EXTRA SESSION (Continued from First Page.) rt | | | | | MOORE WANDERIG ON FARM. IS FOUND Former Masonic Leader, Vic- tim of Amnesia, Fired at as Chicken Thief. George Fleming Moore, 79 years old, amnesia vietim, former grand commander of Suprame Council of Scottish Rite Masons, Southern Juris diction, and one of tha fhunders of the Fellowship Forum, found wander- ing near Darnestown, Md., vesterday, after his disappearance, last Friday had been reported to the police, nar- rowly escaped death by two bullets | when he was mistaken for a chicken LIEUT. COL. P. H. FAW plorer and his companfons are free | from the most of the complexities of modern life. Enjoys Primitive Life. Couteville describes the Col. Faw- x an of dull spirit but as one \thoi ing the primitive | life of the jungl [ Diamantina City is within e communication with Rio de Janeiro by | telegraph and railroad. The corre- spondent there of the Correio Do Manha_reported to his paper Satur- day: “No trace of Fawcett here.” “ol. Fawcett's address is given in the British Who's Who for 1927 as “Care of the Royal Bank of Canada, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.” The explorer was born in Torquay, England, in 1867. He served during the war with distinction. In addition to his exploration work, he is an artist of ability, archeologist, a stu- dent of philosophy and a yacht de- signer and builder. FLOOD STATES SEEK SPECIAL SESSIONS TO-MEET CRISIS ___(Continued from First Page.) made another tour of inspection this morning and was loud in her praise of the appearance, The President and Mrs. Coolidge, with their son John, arrived at the White House about 10: o'clock last night. The special train _which brought the party from South Dakota arrived on the dot of 10, the hour scheduled. An unusually large crowd was on hand to cheer the presidentia! party on its arrival. Members of the cabinet and their wives and other offi- | clals were among those at the station to extend a welcome home. MISS MARY ANDERSON TO ADDRESS MEETING| Will Speak at Reception to Na- tional Officers of Daughters of America Tonight. Miss Mary Anderson of the Federal | Women’s Bureau will deliver an ad- dress at a reception by the District of Columbia Daughters of America to the national officers of that or- ganization in the Northeast Masonic Temple tonight, as a preliminary to the ‘opening of the thirty-first an- nual State convention of the local | Daughters of America tomorrow morning. | Nominations of officers is scheduled to be held at tomorrow's session, and | a theater party will be held tomorrow | evening. The convention will end Wednesday, following the election and installation of officers. Mrs. Carrie Faulkner, Xenia, Ohio, is the present national councilor. Members of the committee in charge of arrangements for the convention include Charles H. Miller, Mrs. Eliza- beth Shepherd, Mrs. Cora Thompson and Mrs. Pearl Grand Fountain Meets. The Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reform, national negro busi- ness organization, opened its forty seventh annual convention in the Met- ropolitan Baptist Church, R street be- tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, |learned to love the rugged people of . Sessions will be held tomor- row, Wednesday and Thursday. R. E. Bondy, Walter Wesselius and Dr. William Dekleine, of the Red Cross; L. W. Baldwin, president of the Missouri Pacific Railway, and various others interested in the flood situation. Accompanying him here were George Akerson, assistant to Mc. Hoover; Allan Hoover, the Secretary’s son: Capt. L. A. Pick of the Army Engi- neers and a group of correspondents. Today Mr. Hoover will conclude his tour of Arkansas by speaking to an assemblage of several hu.dred busi- ness men of Hot Springs and Little Rock at a_Chamber of Commerce luncheon. ~ Members of the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and other clubs will | attend. This = ening he will go by special train to Charleston, Mo., where re- ports will he received tomorrow r garding rehabilitation work in Mi sourj ayd Illinois. Tuesday he will ar- rive in St. Louis and take a train for Washington, where he will present a comprehensive flood report to Presi- dent Coolidge. Between conferences yesterday the Commerce Secretary addressed-a col- orful group of Ozark mountaineers, gathered in front of the palatial log lodge fo- the purpose of ‘“seeing what Mr. Hoover looks like.” While barefooted children tugged at their mother’s gingham dresses and amid the sporadic howls of restless infants held in their arms, Hoover predicted a bright future for Arkansas. He recalled that in his younger days, while engaged in mining engineering, he had * _mped across the Ozarks and this State. He was given a big hand by the somewhat awed but enthusi- astic natives, some of whom had come for many miles in wagons. REPAIRS TO BE KEPT UP. Federal Work on Flooded Levees May Continue Until November 1. By the Associated Press, Federal work on repair of flood damage to the Mississippi levees will continue at ieast until November 1, despite retusal of the controller gen- eral to permit the transfer of unal- lotted river »nd harbor funds to that work., Secretary Davis of the War Depart- ment said today he was now satisfied that funds from various sources thief, it was learned today. John Curtis, a farmer who found Mr., Maore, fired two shots at a dark fiziive he found wandering a farm. Later Mr. Moore appre Curtis’ home and asked for assistance, honed the pofce and Offi- Clagsett identified Mr, a son, who has heen searching for his father since Saturday, declared today that his father ept ever sinca he had been brought home early this morning. He makes his home wita Dr. Moore. The movements of Mr. Moore since he last seen in the Union Station here, Friday, were accounted for part by Charles B. Klopfer, 131 1 street northeast, taxi driver. Klopfe reported to the police last night tk he had d up a man answeri Mr. Moore’ deseription Silver | Spring, Md., Friday night and taken him to Alta Vista. When tha car arrived at Alta Vista, the taxi man said, Mr. Moore contended that tha chauffeur was wrong and ordered h to carry him farther. This re ed in Klopfer leaving Mr. Moo bout a mile outside of Rockville. Fearing that Mr. Moore was suffer. ing from amnesia, his son had te! graphed relatives in Montgomery, Ala., and Denver, Colo., on the theory that his father might have decided to g0 to one of these points. SALESMAN IS MISSING POLICE ARE INFORMED | George Hines Left 3122 Mount Pleasant Street Saturday, Wife Advises Officers. ted today to 46 vears old, Police were requ search for George Hin 3 automobile salesman, said by mem- bers of his hcusehold to have been a lieutenant of aviation during the war ard to have susta‘ned shrapnel wounds when his plane was shot down. e disappeared Saturday after leaving 3122 Mount Pleasant street, The only clue to his disappearance was obtained vesterday when an un- identified woman telephoned J. H. Morgan, manager for Joseph McRey- nold, atutomobile dealer, his employer, and said that he “was on the way down.” Morgan, however, stated that he believes the message {o be & hoax and said that Hines came to his firm 1 few days ago with exceptionally high recommendations from an automobile agency in Des Moines, Iowa. Although Mr. Hines reported to police that he was carrying a revolver in a_brief case Saturday morning, it developed today that he sold a revol- ver the day before to a eolored chauf- feur. When last seen, early Saturday afternoon. he was wearing a_gray suit and gray felt hat. He is of frail physique and has a thin face. A finger of the left hand is crippled. uld be available to continue up to November 1, and perhaps thereafter, although it was estimated a short time ago that funds on hand woul®@ be cxhausted within a week or two. Hopes for Contributions. The Secretary is hopeful that eol lections made by State authorities 1 the various districts along the riven, and which are in arrears, will provide a considerable hum to continue thg repair work. There is about $1,000,» 000 due from these sources, while the unallotted balance which the departe ment sought to transfer to leveq repair work from other uses amounte ed to approximately $2,000,000. Seeking Emergency Funds. 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