Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1927, Page 2

L2 - RIVERS MADE CHIEF ARMY INSPECTOR ,P'fesident Appoints Colonel to * Succeed Maj. Gen. Helmick, Who Will Retire. » Col William C. Rivers, inspector general's department, now on duty at headquarters, 24 Corps Area, Govern- ors Island, N. Y., today was appointed by the President to the office of in spector general of the Army, with the rank of major general. He will suc- coed to the vacancy caused by the statutory retirement of Maj. Gen. Ell A. Helmick, the present inspector general, Tuesday nest. Gen. Rivers was awarded the Dis- | tinzuished Service Medal for excep- tlonaly meritorious services during tha World War. He was then com- mander of the 76th Field Artillery and was credited with being a ‘“material factor in stemming the tide of the enemy’'s advance during the second | battle of the Marne.” Displayed “Marked Leadership.” The citation in his case says also that of his later promotion to the grade of brigadier general “he dfs- ved marked leadership and high ry attainments in command of th Field Artillery Brigade in the Argonne offensive.” Since his return from France Gen. Rivers has commanded the Brownsville district end later the Cavalry. From March, 1920, to March, 1923, he was in com- mand of the post at Fort Myer, V and after that was transferred to th inspector general’s department and as- sizned to duty at New York City. Gen. Rivers is from Tennessee, where he was born on January 11, 1866. Graduating_from the Military Acad- emy in 1887, he was assigned to the Cavalry and tock part in several im- portant Indian campaigns. He was present during the ghost dance rouble among the Northern Cheyenne end Sioux Indians, and later had charge of the White Mountain Apache Indians. Serves With Regiment in Cuba. He served with his regiment in Cuba, during the Spanish War of 1898, and afterward went to the Phil- ippines and commanded the constab- ulary of the district of Mindanao. He also served as an adjutant at the United States Military Academy from 1900 to 1903. When the United States entered the World War he was as- signed to the command of the 18th Cavalry, which was organized at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., and rt;kl;wnr’d' com- anded that regimen er was {:ua(ormed into the 76th Field Ar- tillery, which he accompanied over- seas in"April, 1918. WEST END CITIZENS LAUD WHITEHURST Association Commends Activity of Assistant Engineer Commissioner in Street Improvements. New Inspector General MAJ. GEN. HELMICK, Whom Gen. Rivers Succeeds. SENATE CONTESTS CAUSE OF WORRY G. 0. P. Leaders Puzzled Over Pennsylvania and Il linois Problems. By the Associated Press. What to do on the matter of tem- porarily seating Frank L. Smith of Illinois and Willlam 8. Vare of Penn- sylvania is a question giving 2 num- ber of Senators concern. Bound up in the answer are two other important questions, reorganiza- tion of the Senate, in which the Re- publicans have a paper majority of one, counting the votes of Smith and The West End Citizens' Association, holding its first Fall meeting in the ‘Washington_University build- con! o general _street improvements within the territory covered by the associa- tion. “A resolution also was adopted ask- ing that a traffic policeman be as- signed to regular duty at the inter- section of Connecticut avenue and K treet. a ?:nk Van Sant, president of the association, told the association that work on the M Street Bridge across Rock Creek would begin early in the Spring. He is 1:lulrmx ’ efl“\ll o{h nmme- cial committee appoin! y the - ciation to cdonler with oglch]l regard: ing the bridge construction. The question of widening H street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets was referred to the fm" committee for consideration, with in- structions to report at the next meeting. PROGRESS REPORTED "AT TRAINING SCHOOL M New Buildings Occupied by D. C. Plant at Annapolis Junction. Progress in the development of the new District Training School at Am napolis Junction, Md., is outlined in the annual report of the institution for the last fiscal year ending June 30, made public today by George 8. Wil- #on, director of the Board of Public Welfare. The report pointed out that three new dormitory buildings were occu- pied during the year and that a large amount of clearing and other work was done by the employes and in- mates. The school, it is said, has 135 acres under cultivation, which last vear produced all of the green vege- tables consumed in_addition to 2,000 bushels of corn and 1,050 bushels of potatoes. Requests were made for appropria- tions for the conmstruction'of a bridge across the Little Patuxent River to favfitate travel from the school to the farm and for the erection of a home for the superintendent, who now lives five miles distant. —_— DR. ELLISON RETURNS. Washington Man Re-Elected Head of Enights of Round Table. Dr. Everett M. Ellison, president of the Washington Round Table, re- turned here yesterday from the inter- national convention of the Knights of the Round Table at Dallas, Tex., where he served as delegate from the local Round Table and was re-elected international councilor. William M. Aitchison, another local Aelegate, was elected third vice presi- dent of the international organization. Mr. Altchison and George B. Fraser, the other delegate from Washington, were expected to return today or to- morrow, The fitth international convention ot the Round Table is to be held here in October, 1928, e U. S. EMPLOYE RETIRES. Charles P. Peake of G. P. 0. Served 84 Years. Charles P, Peake, employe of the Government Printing Office for 34 Vare, and the number of votes that ‘would be necessary to oust the Illinois and Pennsylvania Senators later after turther investigations of their primary expenditures, Democrats Are Quoted. | Even some of thq Democrats hold that Illinols and Pennsylvania should have full representation in the Senate before the vote on reorganization. The only way this can be afforded is to per- mith Smith and Vare to take the oath of office, Others, including Repub- licans as well as Democrats, insist that both should be “stopped at the door,” as was done in Smith’s case at the last session, when the Illinoisan sought to take his seat under appointment by Gov. Small as successor to the late Willlam B. McKinley. Those Senators, Republicans and Democrats, favoring the temporary p seating of the two Senators-elect argue now that only a majority vote would be necessary to unseat them later. Heretofore it has been held generally that a two-thirds vote would be neces- sary to accomplish this end. Form of Resolution Discussed. The contention now is that the ma- jority for unseating depends upon the form of the resolution proposed. A resolution for expulsion would require a two-thirds majority for adoption, it is held, but a majority would be sufficient to put through a resolution declaring Smith and Vare not en- titled to their seats. The Lorimer and Newberry cases are cited as two out- standing precedents for a majority vote decision. Some leaders hope that at least the Smith case can be disposed of be- fore the Christmas holidays, and they would like to see the Vare case put out of the way at the same tine. They say this could be done by re- ferring both to the privileges and elections committee at the opening of the session with instructions to re- port back within 10 days or 2 weeks, The Vare case, however, presents quite a different problem from the Smith case. In it is involved not only the question of huge expenditures in the primary campaign, but also charges of irregularities in the gen- eral election, Contest Based on Charges. Willlam B. Wilson, Vare’s Demo- cratic opponent, has. brought a con- test on the basis of these charges, and if this is pressed and there has been no indication from any quarter that it will not be, it will be months before the Senate reaches a final vote. Involved in such a contest would be the counting of more than a million votes cast in the general election in Pennsylvania last November. Most of these ballots now have been ordered preserved, and it is the plan now to move them to Washington as soon as the Senate has provided the necessary funds. The Smith case revolves wholly around the question of primary ex- penditures, into which enter contribu- tions totaling $125,000 made directly to Smith’'s campaign fund by Samuel Insull, Illinols traction magnate. Smith then was serving as chairman of the Illinois State Commerce Com- mission, which had control over the rates and other affairs of Insull’s com- panies. WIFE ASKS DIVORCE. Mrs. Elsie K. Harrison Charges Cruelty and Infidelity. Elsle K. Harrison, 1608 Varnum street, today instituted suit in the District Supreme Court against her husband Joseph R. Harrison, for an absolute divorce. Through Attorney Harry A. L. Barker, the plaintiff tells the court that her husband was cruel and frequently took her to her mother's home, telling her that he had to work, and that on one occasion, when she could not locate him at his years, was retired from Government service Saturday, which was made an occasion for felicitations and gifts from his assoclates in the night proof- room. Saturday night friends gave a rur- prise party at his residence, 912 aficventh street northeast. Mr. Peake is a native of this city. place of employment, she went buck to her home and there found her husband with an unidentified woman. She tells the court that she has not lived with him since June 30, 1924. The couple were married in this city September 20, 1923, and have one child, whose *uatody the plaintiff seeks. THE EVENING STAR, WA POLICE TO RENEW DRIVE ON GUIDES Aggressive Activities in Front of White House May Bring Arrests. Resumption of vity by profes- sional ‘‘city guides in front of the White House led to reopening today of police warfare against them, by order of Maj. Hesse, superintendent of police. Advised that a number of the guides have been soliciting patronage from tourists “almost under the nose of President Coolidge,” Maj. Hesse in- structed Lieut. Michael Raedy of the third precinct to drive them away im- mediately. He was ordered to make arrests, if necessary. The “aggressive” methods of the guides in endeavoring to sell their services to out-of-town motorists re- sulted recently in a police drive against them, during which one of the guides was arrested and _convicted on a charge of violating a Federal regu- lation concerning public guides. Sentence ‘Was Suspended. The court held that Pennsylvania avenue in front of the White House is Federal property, and that the guides were conducting their busine thereon in violation of an ordinance requiring a permit from the superin- tendent. of buildings and parks. The convicted guide was fined, but sen- tence was suspended on his promise not to repeat the offense. The guides since that time have been noticeably absent from the vicinity of the White House, until the past few days, when four or five of them again took their stations near the corner of Pennsylvania and East Executive ave- nues, On receiving his instructions from Maj. Hesse, Lieut. Raedy went to the VXVhlto House to look over the situa- tion. Will Issue Warning. He announced his intention of fis- suing a warning to the guides that they were operating in violation of law, and of then making arrests if his warning was not heeded. The guides make their living by piloting tourists about the city and its environs in the tourists’ own auto- mobiles. As an automobile with an out-of-town license plate slows down to afford its occupants a view of the ‘White House, the guides have been in the habit of stepping forward and of- fering their services to the apparent strangers. The persistence of some of the guides was resented by a number of tourists. and the complaints result. ed in police action to stop what Maj. Hesse tcms “‘a nuisance.” — o MRS. HURD BEATEN INGOLF TOURNEY Three-Time Champion Elim- inated by Mrs. Pressler. Other Results. By the Associated Press. GARDEN CITY, N. ¥., September 20.—Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, &uladelphh, three times holder of the tional ‘woman's golfing title, was eliminated from the championship tournament today by Mrs, Henry Pressler of Los Angeles, Western champion. Mrs. Pressler won by a margin of 1 up. Match play began today with a blazing sun beating down on the heads of the contestants. Miss Ada Mackenzie, the medalist, woman champion of Canada, was first from the tee, playing against Mrs. E. H. Fitler of Philadelphia. Miss Mackenzie ended the match at “’!l: thirteenth green, 7 up and 5 to y. The Canadian champlon, who won the medal with a 77 yesterday, was not hard pressed in her match, Al though taking 44 for the first nine, she led Mrs. Fitler 6 up at the turn, and on the next four holes added 2 more to her margin to clinch the match. Miss Orcutt Wins. The cards: ‘Women's par— out ......... 4 Miss Mackenzie 4 Mrs. Fitler..... § ‘Women's par— D ooenrsese 8155 T—21 Miss Mackenzie 5 6 6 4—21 Mrs. Fitler..... 6 6 6 6—24 Miss Maureen Orcutt, Metropolitan champlon, who had a 78 yesterday, was playing even better golf in her match with Mrs. Elnora P. Harwood of Chicago, whom she defeated 8 and 6. Miss Orcutt was 6 up at the end of nine holes which she covered in 2 below par, and ended the match on the twelfth green. ‘The cards: Miss Orcutt, out 454, 534, 355—38. Mrs. Harwood, out 556, 555, 366—46. Miss Orcutt, in 555, xxx, xxx—15. Mrs. Harwood, in 656 xxx, xxx—17. After being 1 -down at the turn, Miss Virginia Van Wie, hard-hitting Chicago player, came back to win her match with Mrs. B. F. Briggs of the P‘elham Country Club, 3 up and 1 to play. - Miss Helen Payson of Portland, Me., eliminated Mrs. Gregory Lifur, California entrant, 4 and 3. Wins at Eighteenth Hole, In a hard-fought match, which was not decided until the eighteenth green, Miss Rosalie Knapp of Women’s Na- tional, Glen Head, N. Y., scored 1 up over Miss Peggy Wattles of Buffalo. Miss Knapp took the seventeenth with a par 5, and Miss Wattles’ brave at- tempt to even it on the eighteenth was thwarted when her opponent matched her birdie 3. Even more closely contested was a match in_which Miss Edith Quler, Reading, Pa., won out on the twen- tieth green, 1 up, after a nip-and-tuck battle with Mrs. J. D. Woodfin, Brae- burn Country Club, West Newton, Mass. They were even up at the end of 18 holes and broke even on the nineteenth, before Miss Quier could gain the deciding hole. . Bernice Wall Wins. Among the easy winners was Miss Bernice Wall of Oshkosh, Wis., final- ist in the recent Western tournament. Miss Wall won by 5 and 3 over Miss Beatrice Gottlieb, Wqlf Hollow Coun- try Club, Delaware Water Gap, Pa. Miss Virginia Wilson of Chicago, gave Miss Marle Jenny, former metropoli- tan champlon, a hard battle before succumbing, 1 up. One of the forelgn bids for the title was ended when Miss Eileen Pat- tison, champlon of Bermuda, went down by a 2 and 1 margin before Miss Jane Brooks of Englewood, N. J., an upset. 545453 5565538 6475654 The distinction of being the first married woman to join the survivors went to Mrs. Alexa Stirling Frazer, thrice champion of America, who now lives in Ottawa, Canada. Mrs. Frazer defeated Mrs. Arnold Jackson, Green- wich, Conn., 6 and 5. —_— German progress in the making of synthetic gasoline is causing appre- henslon among petroleum mgn of the Netherlands, A Death of Infant at Hospital Laid To Negligence of Nurse by Jury After 15 minutes’ deliberation to- day, a coroner’s jury returned a ver- dict that the death of George 3-week-old infant of George Carry Newby, colored, 1427 W street, on September 18, was due to negli- gence on the part of the nurse at Freedmen's Hospital, where, accord- ing to testimony, the child received scvere scald burns. The negligence was held, however, not to be of criminal degree. The child was born in Freedmen's Hospital on August 27. On September 4, while washing the child, Florence Atkins, a night nurse, it was brought out, laid the baby on a washboard while she turned aside to attend to the needs of another patient. When she returned she found that the baby had rolled into the wash basin, into which a stream of hot water was trickling. It was brought out at the hearing that the baby's condition was con- cealed from the mother by the nurse as long as possible. The child was removed from Freed- men’s Hospital by the mother on Sep- tember 6 against the advice of the hos- pital _authorities. Dr. R. B. Taylor, 1329 T street, who attended him upon his return home, testified that he showed continued improvement unti! the morning of September 18, when he was called by the parents, who said he had suffered a sudden relapee. The doctor declared that the child was taken with an attack of pneumonia due to exposure the day before. Its condition was such, he said, that he lived only a few hours after he reached the home, The autopsy on the body performed by Dr. Joseph D. Rodgers, assistant coroner, showed that death was due to burns and pneumonia. TIPPETT IS HELD UNDER MANN LAW Washington Resident Ar- raigned on Charge Relating to Infant’s Cremation. Arraigned before Judge Robert E. Mattingly in the United States branch of the Police Court today on a charge of violating the Mann act, Clarence E. Tippett, 37 years old, 3616 Connecti- cut avenue, was ordered held for ac- tion of the grand jury, which con- venes Thursday. Tippett was arrested Sunday by police of the fourteenth precinct fol- lowing investigation of the reported cremation of an infant born August 27 to Mrs. Clara Ruth Butterworth, 22 years old, also of the Connecticut ave- nue address. To police Tippett ad- mitted he was the father of the child, but denied that he had smothered it before burning the body in the fur- nace of a Harvard street apartment. Mrs. Butterworth was held today as a witness in the case and was re- manded to the House of Detention until next Thursday at the suggestion of United States Attorney Ralph Given. 'When arraigned in court Tippett pleaded mnot gullty to the Mann act charge and waived hearing. The charge was placed against Tip- pett yesterday when it was found there was no evidence to hold him on a charge of murder in connection with the baby's death. Mrs. Edna Jones of Newark, Ohio, mother of the girl, told the police in a signed statement, however, that Tippett had sent her daughter the money to buy a rallroad ticket from their home in Newark to Join him here. Socenas PRESIDENT SELECTS DWIGHT MORROW TO BE ENVOY TO MEXICO (Continued from First Page.) President readily, consented and fis understood to have assured Mr. Mor- row that he need not hurry in turning the matter over in his mind. Definite acceptance of the offer is understood to have been received by the Presi- dent since his return to Washington from the Black Hills and in the mean- time the State Department has con- ducted the necessary correspondence with the Mexican government to de- termine if Mr. Morrow would be acceptable to that country. Will Retire From Firm. It was sald at the White House that Mr. Morrow will retire as a member of the firm of J. P, Morgan & Co., with which he has been associated for many years. Mr. Morrow is a lawyer by profession and was a classmate of rresldem Coolidge’s at Amherst Col- lege. Mr, Morrow’s knowledge of the law as well as his financial and business experiences fit him for the Mexico City post, ifnasmuch as he will be called upon to represent the United States in its endeavors to solve the oil and land laws, problems which have been so troublesome in the past few yea President Coolidge first drafted his old schoolmate into public service two years ago, when he appointed the air- craft commission to investigate the aviation situation in the Army and Navy and to make recommendations for the Government’s policy and de- velopment of aviation in the imme- diate future. Mr. Morrow obtained a long leave of absence from his firm and served as chairman of this board throughout its long period of inves. tigation and during the contemplation of its recommendations.. He been a frequent visitor at the White House during President Coolidge's adminis- tration and is looked upon as one of the President’s political and business advisors, . ‘With Congress out of session, Mr. Morrow's selection becomes effective at his own pleasure, although if he continues in office Senate confirmation will be ultimately necessary. The post has been vacant since Ambassador Sheffield resigned last July. At the time Ambassador Sheffield resigned, President Coolidge announced that he would be in no hurry to ap- point a successor because of his ap- preciation of the importance of the Mexico City- post and because of his desire to obtain the services of some one whom he considered especially well fitted for this diplomatic work. The President was represented to- day as saying that he looked upon the ambassadorship to M:xlco as one of the most important appointments in the diplomatic service, particularly at the present time when there are cer- tain differences existing between the two countries which must be handled in a delicate manner before satisfac- torily adjusted. Comment on Appointment. The ultimate effect of appointment of an Ambassador of the Morrow type became at once today a subject of diplomatic conjecture. Like his suc- cessor, Ambassador Sheffield was a New Yorker and a lawyer, but there were plain indications that in urging the American case at Mexico City Mr. Sheffield favored a more drastic course than was countenanced by Washington. There is no hint that the American Government is prepared to desist from its demand that Amer- jcan property be protected, but be- hind that demand always stands the public declaration of President Cool- idge himself that the United States wants to be friends with Mexico, and will seok every practical means to that end. Besides the controversy over the Mexican land and oil laws, relations between the two governments are complicated by the ever-recurrent at- tacks on the persons and property of Americans by bandit groups in Mex- ico. Washington has been urged from many quarters to take a more pro- nounced stand in regard to the en- forcement of :eace and order through- out the Southern republic—a course which might have far-reaching possi- bilitles in view of the approach of another Mexican presidential election. Land Quarrels at Deadlock. For several months the quarrel over the land and oil laws has been at a virtual deadlock. In the closing days ot 1926 the Washington Government served notice that there must be no confiscation of American property, H ADAMS RE-ELEGTED AT AIR GONVENTION Becomes Second President of Aeronautic Association to Serve Two Terms. Porter Adams, president of the tional Aeronautic Association, was r elected at the annual convention of the association in St. Joseph, Mo.. to- day, according to a telegram received at national headquarters, 1623 H street, this afternoon. As far as could be learned here, the aeronautic assoclation president w: selected to serve another year with- out opposition. Prior to the conven- ing of the civilian air organization in the Missouri city there had been rumors that a faction which sought to put Willilam Mitchell in the presiden- tial chair at the convention in Phila- delphia last year would make an ef- fort to have Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh run for office. Had that been the case, Mr. Adams would have withdrawn as a candidate to succeed himself, he said before leaving Washington several days ago to attend the convention. Learned to Fly in 1912. Although a Californian by birth, Mr. Adams, who -is 35 years old, is a New Englander by selection. He has been prominently identifled with aeronautics since 19 when he learn- ed to fly in one of nn L. Martin's ploneering machines in California. Mr. Martin now is one of the leading aircraft manufacturers of the United States. Mr. Adams is the second president to be reelected for two terms in office, the other being Godfrey L. Cabot of Massachusetts, whom the incumbent succeeded at Philadelphia last year when Mr. Cabot declined to run for a third term. Under Mr. Adwmns’ administration, the Aeronautle Association, organized in 1921, has grown to include chap- ters and members in every section of the country. During the past year the organization has come to the fore in promoting aeronautics in a tical as well as educational m ~n Mr. and Mrs. Adams resid~ .. Martinique Hotel in this city. $25,000,000 FUND URGED T the Congress May Be Asked to Back Air Training Program, ST. JOSEPH, Mo., September 20 (#).—Recommendation that Congress at its next session appropriate a mini- mum of $25,000,000 for the inaugura- tion of an aviation training program was made in a resolution submitted at the sixth annual convention of the National Aeronautic Association here yesterday. Equipment of Reserve Air Corps units with airplanes, and mainte- nance of the aviation training pro- gram for a year was asked. “An adequate development of com- mercial aviation in the United States cannot be attained except through a comprehensive program for the train- Ing of a large number of American cm:en- as pllots,” the resolution read. e —— ————— and officials here indicated they would reserve complete freedom of action should confiscation ensue. Presumably nothing construed by the American Government as actual confiscation has taken place thus far, and the Amer- ican Government still is in the atti- tude of a hopeful but none too opti- mistic observer. Last April President Coolidge said in a public speech that he had assurances no confiscation would be attempted, and more recent. ly President Calles declared publicly that there had been no violation of American rights. Instructions Not Indicated.' Whether Mr. Morrow will go to Mexico City with instructions to re- open the diplomatic_discussion is un- known outside the White House and the State Department. Mr. Coolidge is largely keeping his own counsel re- garding any plans he may have for a composition of the situation to the south of the Rio Grande. His appoint- ment of Mr. Morrow was determined upon in the quiet of Summer retreat in the Black Hills, where he had ttken with him a list of more than a dozen names of eligibles. It is the assump- tion of those who know him that he also gave much thought during the Summer to the question of a way out of the diplomatic deadlock. Mr. Morrow and the President frequently have exchanged views on other subjects at the White House and on week end trips down the |3 Potomac on the Mayflower. Native of West Virginia. Mr. Morrow is 54 years old and Is a native of West Virginia. He and Mr. Coglidge were classmates at Am- herst in the class of 1895, Later he took a law degree at Columbia, and | was a practicing lawyer in New York I until he became a partner in the Mor- #an Co. in 1914. He has served vari- ous philanthropic-and social service as- sociations in officlal capacities, and dur- ing the World War won a Distin- guished Service Medal for his work as a member of the Military Board of Allied Supply. Besides his connection with the Morgan house, he is a direc- tor of the General Electric Co., the Bankers’ Trust Co. and the Palisades Trust & Guaranty Co. of New York. Borah Is Silent. Chairman Borah of the Senate for- eign relations committee, when in- formed of Mr. Morrow's selection, de- clared he did not care to discuss it at this time, Senator Nye, North Dakota, Republi- can insurgent, sald “he had hoped there would be a more fortunate se- lection.” 2 Senator Frazier, North Dakota, an- other insurgent, said: “It does not look as though the appointment will har- monize conditions with the Mexican government. “It seems to me,” he added, “that it will stir matters up instead of look- ing to a peaceful solution of the situa- tion." Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, sald: “Mr. Morrow will be confirmed by the Senate.” e Although the Danube was open to navigation all Winter for the first time in years, ania’s exports in he past year weub less than usual. GTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEP'1;E IBER 20, 192T. GERMAN AVIATOR HOPS FOR ORIENT Otto Koennecke Plans to Reach U. S. by Route Over Pacific. By the Associated Press. COLOGNE, Germany. September 20.—Otto Koennecke, German aviator, who recently gave un his plan to make a transatlantic flight to the United States, started on a long-distance flight to the Far East at 2:22 p.m. this afternoon. The German aviator's plan is to fly to the United States by way of the Orient, making long hops in between. He took a running start of about 450 yards and then took the air, flying in the direction of Wiesbaden and Munich, but his first scheduled stop will be at Angora, Turkey. Lieut. Koennecke was accompanied by Count Solms Laubach, his financial supporter, and Johannes Hermann, Desau radio expert of the Junkers Works. The aviators carried enough gaso- line for 40 flying hours. In the early morning the wind was blowing about 38 miles an hour, but this dropped to about 30 at 1 o'clock and Koennecke decided to hop off, leaving the ground at 2:22 p.m. 62719 ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Attendance First Day Totals 1,407 More Than Was Re- corded Year Ago. Washington’s banner opening day school enrollment of 62,719, or 1,407 more pupils than on the opening day of 1926, was expected to be boosted today, it was announced at the Frank- lin School. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent, and other school of- ficials are watching with interest the enrollments during the first 10 days of school to see whether the wun- precedentedly high opening day enroll- ment is to be sustained or whether it was due to the fact that residents have returned to the city earlier than usual, Substantial Increases Noted. The first three enrollment ‘figures turned into the Franklin School short- ly before 1 o'clock from the Hine, Langley and Jefferson Junior High Schools all showed substantial in- creases in today's enrollments over yesterday's enrollments. The Hine Junior High School today had an enroliment of $38 pupils, as compared with 720 yesterday; the Langley an enrollment of 603 pupils, as compared with 562 yesterday, and the Jefferson Junfor High School an enroliment of 594 pupils, as compared with 576 pupils yesterday. Assistant Superintendent of Schools Stephen E. Kramer stated today that it appears certain that all the high schools -are to have capacity enroll- ments this year, with particular con- gestion maintaining at Eastern and Western High Schools. Sees High Schools at Top Figures. Mr. Kramer expects that the al- ready high enrollments at the high schools will be augmented during the next week, due to the fact that most of the transients enroll in the high school classes, As was expected, due to the starting of the three-year course at the Wilson and Miner Normal Schools, the enroll- ment fell off ut Loth institutions. The enroliment this year at Wilson Normal is 177, as compared with 261 last year, while that at the Miner is 872, as compared with 415 last year. There are more girls than boys at each of the high schools except Mc- Kinley. At McKinley there are but 227 girls, as compared with 1,027 boys, but at Business there are 217 boys, as compared with 911 girls. At Central, there are 1,217 boys and 1,314 girls; at Eastern, 727 boys and 1,096 girls; at Western, 592 boys and 693 girls. Total Enrollment Compared The total enroliment yesterday at the normal, high, junior high and ele- mentary schools as compared with the total enrollment on the opening day of 1926 follows: Normal schools . 15 Central High . Eastern *High Western High Business High McKinley High Columbia Junior ‘High, nfrth grade . Hine _Junior grade ... Macfarland ninth grade Langley Junior® High, Armstrong _ High Dunbar High . Shaw Juniol e ncls r;l“m]e 118 Enrollment By Divisions. First_division . 5234 Second _division i Third diyision Wilson Normal Practice Fourth_ division Fifth divi Sixth_divi nth d t Vocation Dennison Vocational Columbia_Junior High. ' sev- enth and eighth grades.. Hine Junior High, seventh and eighth grades ... .. Macfarland Junior Hich, sev- enth and eighth_grades. . 0ld_Brightwood, seventh and eighth grades : Langley Junior High, sevent and eighth grades . Jeffercon Junior High, enth and _eizhth L Powell Junior High, seventh and eighth grades Stuart Junior High. sé and eighth grades . Total ...... Tenth division Eleventh divis.on g Miner Normal Practice Twelfth divicion Thirteenth _division Phelps Vocational . Washington Vocationai "1 haw Junior High. seventh and ‘elghth grades...... Randall_ Junior High. ' sév- enth and eighth grades. . Francis Junior High, s enth and eighth grade Elementary_total Grand Tot: ‘otal BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, at the bandstand, 5:45 p.m. March, “Under Orders”.......Glogau Overture, “The Wedding of Figaro, Mozart Two Mexican songs— “La Medla Noche . Melange, “Songs of the Ol Fox-trot, “Ma Coal Black Rose" Destitute Upper: Mrs. Charles P. Gundlach, whose husband (below) was killed in s battle with dry agents near Leonard- town, M‘l‘; Mrs. Gundlach is penniless, DRY AGENT IS HELD INFARMER'S DEATH One Freed on Bond, Another Exonerated in Shooting of Maryland Man. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., September 20.—Randolph Brewer last night was held without bond after a preliminary hearing in the case of four prohibition agents from Washington accused of killing Charles P. Gundlach, 77, during a raid on the latter's farm near here last Friday. Dana M. Jackley, another of the dry agents, was released on $2,000 bond, while Robert F. Cornett, a third member of the raiding party, was exonerated after a sensational session in Justice of the Peace J. Roland Duke's court. The case of John T. Fisher, a fourth prohibition agent, who was wounded during the affray, was not considered. Fisher is in a serious con- dition at Walter Reed Hospital, Wash- ington. The prosecution was carried on by State’'s Attorney Phillip H. Dorsey, jr., who is expected to ask the grand jury to indict Brewer on a charge of first degree murder. At the hearing Mrs. Fannie Gund- lach, widow of the slain man, testified that her husband was shot down while he was sitting on the ground after having been wounded in a prelimi- nary skirmish when the officers a vanced on his house. Brewer and Jackley have been sus- pended by the Prohibition Bureau, but ::ornett was on duty again this morn- ng. —— TWO FATALLY SHOT AT PTTSBURGH POLLS Victims of Auto Gunmen Die in Hospital—Election 0f- ficials Held. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, September 20.—The deaths of two men, shot during pre- election disorders here, and minor dis- turbances in polling places today marked the progress of the primary in Pittsburgh. George Faber, wounded Friday by automobile gunmen who invaded the Strip district, notorious for its elec- tion disorders, and John Rohan, skot (request) ..A......,...‘....Wpltln' Waltz suite, “Spring and Love,” Von Blon Finale, “Lucky Strike”. .Crosby “The Star Spangled Banner." in the Oakland section Sunday, died in hospitals today. Two election board officials were arrested in con- nection with Faber's death. Police reserves patrolled many dis- tricts in the Strip, Oakland and other sections in an effort to prevent clashes between political factions. Shortly before the polls opened an automobile, carrying a banner signaling the can- didacy of a constable, rushed through several districts, the occupants firing Fe; pistols. A free-for-all fight developed in one precinct, resulting in two ar- rests. At another voting place a police commissioner and members of the election hoard were ordered brought into court when voters com- plained about the manner in which the election was being conducted. Nominations sought by a big field of candidates were for county, city and ward offices. Most of the bitter fights centered about the nominations for aldermen and constable: Political observers belleved a total vote of more than 150,000 would be cast, ex- ceeding the vote of the last mayoralty election. Claiming Injuries In “Electric Chair,” |} He Suesfor $50,000 Alleging that a seat which he oc- cupled in a car e an electric chair, and burned and shocked him, Kaspar Burner today filed suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in which he asks $50,- 000 damages from the Washington & Old Dominion Railway for al- leged personal injuries. Through his attorneys, Stearman & Stearman, the plaintiff - says that while traveling in a car of the defendant between McLean, Va., and Rosslyn, Va., on November 3 last the seat which he occupled be- came charged with electricity, and RELIEF 15 RUSHED TOMEXICAN CITES Presidential Train Speeds to Sections Visited by Flood. Thousands Homeless. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, September 20.—A presidential relief train was speeding today toward the flood-swept Lerma Valley in the state of Guanajuato, bearing provisions, clothing and med- ical supplles for the stricken inhabi- tants. The train is commanded by Gen. Jose Alvarez, chief of President Calles’ staff, who hcs with him mem- bers of the army medical corps and Red Cross workers. Meager reports from the flooded area, of which Acambaro is the most important town, indicate that most of the inhabitants escaped with their lives but that 30,000 persons or more are homeless and bereft of their pos- sessions. Six known deaths have thus far been reported. Subscription lists for the relief of the sufferers are being opened by the Mexico City news- papers. 10.000 Homeless. Considerable parts of Acambaro, Salvatierra and Salamanca are de stroyed, and all three cities are flooded throughout their entirety. In Acambaro 10,000 of the 15,000 population are homeless. The water is nine feet deep in the lowest sections and three feet in the highest parts. The inhabitants have taken refuge in the nearby hills, where the huddie wretchedly, unprotected from the continuous downpour. A repert forwarded by a railway telegraph operator says the Interna- tional Hotel in Acambaro collapsed, and that the fate of the 150 guests is unknown. Acambaro dispatches reaching the Mexico City newspapers say that the crash of collapsing houses is con- stantly heard as the torrent of flood waters pours through the streets. Three Men Drowned. Ot Salvatierra’s population of 7,500, nearly all are refugees in the hills. The country for miles around re- sembles a vast lake. Three men were swept away and drowned there. At Salamanca the inhabitants at- tempted to build dykes after the dams protecting the town had broken, but their efforts were futile and the waters swept in, covering the entire city. Apparently almost all of the city's 9,000 population succeeded in gaining the highlands. Numerous villages _through the valley are in an equally bad plight. Many bodies of horses and cattle are seen in the flood waters, indicating heavy losses on the farms and ranches, and the crops are belleved to be destroyed. SUICIDE IS BLAMED ON UNEMPLOYMENT William John Kelley, 39 vears old, & former lleutenant colonel in the Vermont National Guard and an over- seas veteran, ended his life shortly before last midnight in the apartment of a friend, James W. Boyer, jr., 1830 K street, by inhaling gas pouring from the open jets of the- kitchen ;:‘nge] Deré J. Ramsay Nevitit, cor- er, issued a certificate Lo L of death by ‘When Boyer returned to his apart- ment from the tli‘cu.ler last nlghr‘ha found his guest, who had been spend- ing the Summer with him, lying pros- trate, his body on a table and his head resting on a pillaw which had been placed over the open jets on the gas stove. Efforts were made to revive him at Emergency Hospital, but he bad been dead evidently about an hour. Mr. Kelley is survived by a widow and two children, a son and daughter, living at Rutland, Vt. They are on the way here to attend the funeral, which will be held in the Fort Myer Chapel Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock. In- terment will be in Arlington and_the services will be conducted by the *Dis- trict of Columbia Post of the Veterans ofMFDreign ‘Wars. r. Kelley was believed to have been g:glanden!‘bec]:uas of continued un- oyment. le was a fellow offic with Mr. Boyer overseas. SR -— TWO PERSONS INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY AUTOS Joseph Glashowell, 38 years old, 910 D street southwest, was knoc ked down by an automobile at Virginia avenue and Four-and-a-half street southwest about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon and his head and leg cut. He was treated at Emergency Hos- pital, where his condition was re- ported undetermined. Police did not learp the identity of the drive ‘While at Fifteenth and H streets about § o'clock yesterday afternoon, Letitia Wilson, 18 years old, Delts- ville, Md., was knocked down by the automobile of Edward S. Myers, 1815 Twenty-fourth street, and slightly Injured. She was treated at Emer- gency Hospital by Dr. Edward Kelly. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. (Horses Listed According. & ek A do B Poseen Eoonxnm SECOND RACE—] : - view Furse: Fyearoiderd Taitenge " B4 b Purr ++v. 105 Inquisitor 1 aCat's Piay 105 George McCrann. Rosinan 108 Sea"Hed 1 b Honker 108 Plok Ly aGreentree Stable sntry. BH. P, Whitney en{ry.” THIRD RACE—Purse. $1. 3.year-oide and up: 1 mile 8% fusiomes *Bethlehem Yachtsman . *George J. Sun Rock FOURTH RACE—Purse, c uickfire Handicap: a?;'m'n olad " ‘u: urlonge Adamas 102 b Ethel Dear ... 112 :;l.v J‘)&r 118 Montferrat 118 bindn Love Cail 100 AllBlus 158 Canter . 118 Macaw 1% Mot a Green abl . B1ilana Farm entryr ™ RACE—Purss, $1.400: the i 3-year-olds: 1 mile and 108 H 12 T3 110 Contempl a Greentree Stable entry. SIXTH RACE—Pu 00: claiming: 3.year-olds a0 up: 1 mile wid 70 yarde, *Tractor_ . Danger, 8i Catvepves 5 3 Backrope Maxiva SEVENTH RACE—Purse, ing: “3-year-olds and up: 1 s 1.300: claim- ¢ and a fur- that as 3 result of the shock he was pernanently damaged in his body and ous system.