Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1927, Page 2

FORBUSH'S WIFE FOUND IN NORTH Pastor’s Mate, Lost fol Month, Discovered Living in New Hampshire Woods. By the Assoclated Pres Missing Woman, Found in Woods, and Husband | IONT. N. 1. November 14. | —A clergyman’s wife, for whom three States have been combed in a search lasting almost a month, was tempo- rarily reunited today with her husband, the Rev. Dascomb E. Forbush. before being taken to a B where alienists, thrice before b by her strange malady, will attempt to rec‘ore the 30-year-old healtih and her four children. Mrs, Forbush was found by a year-cld boy, who stumbled upon her in a shack buried in a heavy woods. In it she had made_her home for se while ’ Forbush, after fu following 1 in AMaryland and Virginia, turned North to the vicinity of their Summer home at Canaan, near here. 1. | Weak From Exposure. | The woman disappeared from f{he v of a Washington, D. C., theate Octob 19. while she and Rev. M Forbush. pastor of a church at Can daigua, Y.. were en route to Flor on a motor trip, which the mi hoped would improve his health, | When found Mrs. Forbush was worn and weak from da of wandering through woods in heavy rains and | from exposure suffered by nights in | ihe open. She was taken to the home | of Chief of Police Daniel E. White, | where she was fed and kept in seclu- | sion until Rev. Mr. Forbush could be | er wife's notified. Mrs. Forbush's discovery ended an intensive search of more than a week, most of the time under the clergy man’s personal direction. Numerous | reports were heard that a woman cor- | responding to Mrs. Forbush's descrip- | tion had been seen in the hilly | countryside, but the searchers were almost prepared to abandon the quest when news of its unexpected ending | was received. ! | Bells Are Rung. | From Canandaigua came the word that the announcement had brought general joy. The bells in the City Hall and those in the various Protestant | churches were clanged, bringing the news to many who had followed closely the minister's search for his wife, Although seemingly in a rational | state of mind, Mrs. Forbush could | give no reason for her actions in Washington. She said that _she had taken a train directly to Claremont Junction. DISAPPEARED TWICE. Mrs. Forbush Found in Woods After One Fligh Mrs. Forbush, twice before the vic- tim of an obsession to seek solitude, complicated by an hallucination of | being pursued, slipped from Keith's Theater here by one exit while her husband, fearful that she intended Boing away, watched at another. The couple were on a motoring trip to Florida, tendered them by the pastor’s congregation, in the hope that it would prove a mental cure for Mrs. Forbush, "who had disappeared from Canandaigua three weeks previously and was found three days later 200 miles away, crouching in a thicket near her abandoned car. Victim of Influenza. The first time she fell victim to the ohsession. induced hy nervous depres- sion following a long siege of influenza while doing war work in Baltimore, she was recuperating at her home at Port Washington, Wis. She was found after two days later hiding in the woods. For eight years, she appeared to be normal. She became the mother of four children, the oldest 7 years and the youngest 18 months, and was prominent in work of her husband's church in Canandaigua, besides taking a leading part in the civic and social activities of the town. Telling her husband that she Wnnl going to a meeting of a church or- ganization, of which she was president, she drove 200 miles the latter part of September. and was found by a posse of 100 fellow towsmen and friends from Rochester. As soon as she disappeared from Keith's Theater here, her frantic hus- band sought co-operation of police and four days later a posse arrived from Canandaigua. The home town group, at one time numbering 30 persons, in- cluded Mavor William J. MacFarlane, Judge L. W. Van Deusen, Sheriff John Bolies of Ontario County, Fred D. bb, city attorney; Dr. H. C. Burgess, alienist, and other prominent citizens, representing all denominations. Park Is Searched. Acting on scores of leads, the posse futilely searched Rock Creek Park and made an intensive survey of the ter- ritory lying along both”banks of the Potomac River. Bloodhounds were placed in the woods at several points where women resembling Mrs. Forbush had been | seen, but they were unable to find any trail. After they had been returned to their kennels at Occoquan, they were recalled October 29 for an all-night search of Burdoft’s woods, near Whea- ton, Md., where two colored laborers reported seeing a woman resembling the missing wife lying in a thicket | near the Kensington road. A fresh posse of four Canandaiguans and B. A. McKinney. Boy Scout ex- ecutive of Rochester. and Clifford A. Parmenter of Rochester, participated in the search which was conducted by | police of Maryiand and the District of Columbia and assisted by scores of volunteers On the following day, more than 100 volunteer firefighters of peighboring Maryland towns aided in the quest. All Clues Fail. All local clues failed. Rey. Mr. For- bush motored to Canaan, N. H., No- vember 2 to investigate information that_his wife had been seen in the woods 40 miles from there, and had obtained food at a farmhouse in the Green Mountain region. He followed that she might be attempt- her way to their Summer sing woman, arrived here No- vember 1 and, after the departure of the husband, directed the independent angle of the local search. She was assisted for a time by Dr. Robert G. Cook, head of Brigham Hall Sani- tarium, and Rev. G. E. Finlay, pastor of the Baptist Church at Canandaigua. CLAIM FILED FOR $15,000. &Jimmie’s Barber Shop” Owner Sued for Injuries by Auto, Leon Ammaduccl, proprietor of Simmie’s Barber Shop, 3314 Four- teenth street, was sued for $15,000 damages today by Mrs. Catherine Laue and her husband, Gerhard Laue, 523 Harvard street. Mrs. Laue wants $10,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sus- tained by her July 24, last, when a car of the defendant collided with a machine in which she was riding near MR. AND MRS. DASCOMB FORBUSH SALVATION ARMY AIDS PLAZA PLAN Abandons Scheme for Build- on the Avenue as Help to U. S. Program. Because of a desire not to interfere in any way with the plans of the Gov- ernment for the improvement of the approach to the Union Station.Cap- ital plaza, the Salvation Army has agreed to abandon plans for a new building on its property on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue between First and Second streets. This_was made known today by Capt. E. R. Hull, commander of the organization in Washington, and by Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the public building’s committee. According to Capt. Hull, the army had intended to erect a $300,000 structure on the north side of Penn- sylvaria avenue in a line with the building it has now on B street be- tween First and Second. Although the army advisory board has not yet decided where else it will build, Capt. Hull said that definite decision had been reached not to place its new building on the army property near Peace Monumnet. It was emphasized by Capt. Hull that the decision was set in order not to make it more diffi- cult for the Government to carry out its proposed plan for the approach to the Capitol-Union Station plaza. The plaza plan. contemplated for a number of years, calls for a wide thoroughfare from the vicinity of Peace Monument through the plaza to the station. . GEM THIEF WORKS AS FAMILY SLEEPS Loot of $585, Including $60 Cash, Taken From Hamilton Home, Vloodley Place. The home of John#J. Hamilton at 2611 Woodley place was robbed be- tween 1 and 5 o'clock this morning while Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and their daughter, occupants, were sleep- ing. The burglar obtained jewelry vajued at $525 and $60 was taken from Mr. Hamilton's trousers. Mr. Hamilton, on awaking this morning, saw that the dresser drawers <z his room had been piled on the floor and that his trousers had been taken from a chair. Drawers of a dresser in his daugh- ter's room also had been removed. A hasty examination of the upper floors disclosed the theft of a bracelet valued at $250, a gold wrist watch, with bracelet chain attached, valued at $200; a pearl bracelet, valued at $75, and $60 In bills from his pockets. Hidden Gems Safe. Several thousand dollars worth of jewelry which Mrs. Hamilton had hidden was overlooked. The burglar gained entrance through a rear kitchen window, which was unfastened. Remains of several oranges and a number of cigarette stubs were found on the Kitchen flgor. The home of Edward H. Bond, at 1516 Hamilton street, was broken into Jast night and entered by a hurglar, who, after smashing in a hasement window, stole jewelry worth $176 from an upstairs room. The home of Charles Charuhas, at 5208 Colorado avenue, was robbed of a diamond ring, valued at §75, and $12 in cash by a burglar who gained en- trance by using a duplicate key. Clothing thieves forced a rear win- dow at the dry cleaning establish- ‘week and stole clothes valued at $100. Morris A. Baker of Baltimore, Md., reported to police that clothing valued at $300 had been taken from his auto- mobile while it was parked in front of 810 ¥ street yesterday. The report of theft of $60 worth of clothing from the Monrow Plant, at 1502 Thirteenth street, was made yesterday. Ethel Cook of 2004 Ninth street repogted the theft of two pistols and numerous articles of apparel from her home yesterday. —_— Cumming Back From Peru. Mount Zion, Md. The husband asks an additional $5,000 for the loss of s wife's services and for the ex- pense incident to her iiness. Attor- @l Maurice M. Grudd and R, N, s ller appear for the plalntifty _ Surgeon Gen. H. 8. Cumming of the Public Health Service, has re- the elght Pan-American turned from i A e THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 ACTS T0 CONDEMN SITE FOR COURT U. S. Seeks to Acquire Land for New Offices of High Tribunal. The Department of Justice at the re- | ury, today began in District Supreme | Court condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of a site for the new | Court. The land sought comprises the itol street and Ma and avenue and | First and Second streets northeast. The site corresponds to that oceu- | pied by the Library of Congress on the | | south side of Fast Capitol street. Con- | eress has appropriated $1,700,000 for | the purchase of the property. Through United States Attorney | Gordon, assistant United Sttaes Attor- v General Henry H. Glassie and As- sistant United States Attorney James O'Leary, the court is advised that the Treasury Department has been unable to acquire the land at a reasonable price from the owners and has request- ed the institution of condemnation pro- ceedings. There are 37 parcels in square 727, and 44 parcels in square 728. Citations will be ordered by the court against each of the owners and such other persons as claim any interest in the land. Advertisements will be ordered to bring in any other per- | son not so notified. Three commissioners will he ap- { pointed by the court, who will view the land and then hold meetings at which property owners and experts for the Government will give testi- mony as to the value of the land and improvements, When the award has been flled, time will be set for the owners to file objections, if any, to the amount allowed them by the com- mission and If no objections be filed. the award will be confirmed by the court. Should the property owners object, a jury of seven citizens will be im- paneled to set in review of the award of the condemnation com- mission. DAVIS GIVES PLAN ON FLOOD CONTROL | Mississippi Association Told U. S. Must Bear Cost of Program. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, November 14.—Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War, told the Mississippi Valley Association today that inland waterway navigation de- velopment and flood control are na- tional problems, the expense of which should be borne largely by the Fed- eral Government. “Loss of life, property and business incident to a flood disaster warrant the expenditure of huge sums for flood control,” Mr. Davis said. Levee Need Stressed. “Levees must be the backbone of any plan for flaod protection in the Mississippl Valley, because more pro- tection for the same amount of money can be obtained by this method than by any other. But levees alone can- not be depended upon to solve the entire problem. * ¢ * A high-levee line, bullt on foundations near the river banks and constructed of the material that must necessarily be used, cannot be made so strong as absolutely to preciude the possibility of accident. However, any plan that does not re- duce the probability of a crevasse to a minimum is unsound. “The higher the levees are built the greater the loss of life and property that will result from a crevasse.” Secretary Davis outlined his conclu- sions on flood control as follows: “1. Improvement of existing levees and relocation of levee lines where necessary. “3. Spillways of sufficlent capacity to insure protection to the city of New Orleans against super-floods and to relieve pressure elsewhere. Floodway} Proposed. “3, It justified from the engineering and economic standpoint, the provision of floodways which during super#floods will carry excess water to the gulf. “4, 8o far 1 have been unable to judge whether 1t is practicable, or economically feasible, to bring about a material reduction in Mississippi River flood heights by a system of reservoirs on the tributaries. I be- lieve, however, that such a system of reservoirs would require many years to install and that we cannot afford to wait so long for substantial results. *The entire valley must get behind and push the plan finally worked out by congressional committees, if there is to be slightest hope of success. We should always remember that the most dificult flood control problem of all is to keep the waters of the Mis- sissippl in Its banks and out of poli- ties."” A billion-dollar expenditure by the Federal Government on flood control, river navigation and conservation was the plan James E. Smith ot St. Louis today held before the Valley Associa- tion, of which he {s president. Up to Government. A speaker on today's program of the association's ninth annual conven- tion, Smith declared flood protection and waterway development “must go hand ‘in hand as national problems and the Government must ume en- tire responsibility and pay every dol- lar of their cost.” Senator James A. Reed of Missourl, another speaker, was of the opinion the Government, it it completely domi- nates navigable waters, also should harness them. Senator Joseph T. Rob- inson of Arkansas, was fearful that rivairies and jealousies among indi- viduals and associations would con- fuse the flood control movement. “The billlon-dollar program can_be completed in 10 years,” sald Mr. Smith. “Its cost will be trivial when compared with the resultant benefits which the completion of the work will bestow on our population.” He urged enactment of emergency legislation by Congress as imperative. The program, he added, must be car- ried through in its entiretly if its alms are to be realized. ; Use for Feeders: He sald all navigable streams should be put to use, smaller ones as feeders of the Mississippi, Ohlo and Missouri Rivers, which form ‘“the trunk line waterways of America.” Senator Reed declared “the nation that asserts complete domination over navigable rivers must accept the duty of harnessing their waters.” “Flood prevention, power conserva- tion and navigation are interr and interdependent propositions, said, “and closely connected with all of these problems is the development of the great interior and betterment of the condition faoturers.’ quest of the Sacretary of the Treas-| building of the United States Supreme | | two squares Iying between Last Cap. | P EXPLOSION OCCURED. TO MONONGAHELA., UNIONTOWN. NATIONAL FLOODS CONTROL IS URGED Plan Submitted to House Committee by American Farm Bureau. By the Associated Pres: A plan of flood control applying to all rivers of the nation was presented today to the House flood control com- mittee by the ..merican Farm Bureau Federation, through its Washington representative, Chester H. Gray. Ie said the farmers of the country favored the Federal Government tak- ing full charge of the national flood control problem. Mr. Gray followed Representative Leavitt, Republican, Montana, as a witmess before the committee which commenced its second week of hear- ings tod: Mr. Leavitt proposed the sstablishment of reservoirs on Montana rivers which form the headwaters of the Missouri River. one of the Mississippl’s principal tributaries. Outlines Plan. The principal features of the Farm Bureau's flood plan were outlined by Mr. Gray a: 1, Leve must be strengthened, straightened and made higher as the first Jine of defense. “2, Diversion channels or spillways must be provided for ing the lower veaches of the Mississippl River. “3. Parallel channels are recom- mended (o be secured by constructirig drainage ditches so that the principal carrying capacity of the river will be increased. Surveys of tributary streams to ascertain how navigation, power de- velopment and flood control can be all secured in one effort. “5. The construction of reservolrs at points on tributary streams ascer- tained by the surveys. “6. Reforestation. Cost of Reservoirs. Mr. Leavitt said the cost of the reservoirs should be apportioned be- tween the Federal Government and the States, the Federal Treasury paying on_the basis of flood control and the States for the agricultural benefits accruing to them. He outlined a number of dam sites on the Missouri and its tributaries in the Chain of Lakes section of Mon- including the Horn, Yel- lowstone, Milk and Gallatin rivers. “There are many reservoir sites and dams already established on these streams which could bhe utilized in flood control of the Missouri” he added, “This 1s a long-time enterprise which we are engaged upon™ Mr. told the committee, “and it is well that we have definite knowledge before proceeding to the lavish ex- penditure of money. Congress should not he asked to expend hundreds of millions of dollars for flood control until the Army ‘Engineers have, by exhaustive surveys, ascertained how the money can best be spent. It seems fnadvisable, too, that a new Federal Commission should be set up to attend to flood control affairs. Pres- ent existing Federal agencies seem tc have the technical knowledge as well as the ability properly to expend what ever appropriations are provided b Congress.” A National Tssue. “Flood control is a national issue, not only on the Mississippi River, but on other rivers which are interstate in character,” he continued. “No longer can we expect the farmers and the communities on our great rivers to bear the burden of controlling waters which flow down upon them from great areas beyond their res- pective States. “The physical carrying capacity of some of our great rivers like the Mississippi must be made larger by building levees stronger and higher and straighter than have been true in the past, and by, in some cases, dredging parallel dralnage ditches which will, in times of flood, give much more rapid progress of the water from-the flooded areas.” The Farm Bureau Federation pro- poses three reservoir sites, including on the upper Arkansas River in Kansas, the Devil's Lake region in North Dakota and Cove Creek in Tennessee. MAN DIES IN I‘108PITAL DUE TO GAS POISONING Rescued With His Wife by Fire Department Squad, but Succumbs. Couple Found Unconscious. First ald by the rescue .4q.ad of the Fire Department last Friday after- noon in the case of Mr. and Mirs. L.; R. Bee, an elderly couple residing on the third floor of 620 North Carolina avenue southeast, found overcome by gas, s ved the life of the wife, but the husband died in Casualty Hospital this morning. Discovery of the unconscious couple was made by David Myers, 16-year-old occupant of the house, while search- ing for a leak in the gas pipe. Gas had escaped from the jet of a stove in the kitchen of the Bee apart- ment, the result, it is belleved, of a gust of wind having extinguished the flame. Mrs. Bee recovered from the fects of the gas shortly after reach- ing the hospital and was turn to her home, _ ble to re- L 26-Story Building Sways Under Force Of Heavy Explosion By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, November 14.— The force with which the big gas storage tank exploded on the North Side today was recounted by Government Weather Fore- caster W. S. Brotzman, who was seated on the top (twenty-sixth) floor of the Oliver Building. = He sald: “As if given a mighty push, the Oliver Building swayed. something like that caused by an earthquake. ‘We found that the barometer re- corded the increased air pressure vesulting. The air was so com- pressed by the violent concussion that its pressure became greater by five-hundredths of an inch.” MANY DEAD, HUNDREDS INJURED IN GAS TANK BLAST IN PITTSBURGH where he lived. He whs sent to a hospital. County Commissioner Joseph G. Armstrong, chairman of the comm! sion, arose from a sick bed and or- dered that county officials make what- ever expenditures were necesary 1o relleve the sufferers. He ordered that all facilities of the county de- partment of works be made avallable to_the police and firemen. When rescuers reached a point near the tank they found that the large factory building occuplied by the Union Paint Co. had caved in, trapping all the workers in the plant. Here a number of dead were dug from the debris. o Among the wrecked plants was the McCutcheon works of the Carnegie Steel Co., a part of the old city plant. Luckily, the mill was not operating to- day. The five men on duty were in- Jjured. The roof was lifted from the structure and the machine shop was totally wrecked. Death Toll May Mount, Indications that the death tell would increase was found in onme wrecked building alone—the plant of the Pitts- burgh Clay Pottery Co. One hundred and fifty men escaped from the build- ing with cuts and bruises, while eight or ten others, trapped in the hasement, were believed to have been drowned by the water rushing in from broken mains in the streets. Firemen were pumping out the basement in an effort to locate additional bodies. Meantime, hundreds of firemen and rescuers were digging into other piles of debrig, searching for victims. George Howland, safety department representative of the Iquitable Co., expressed the belief that gas, leaking from one tank into another supposedly empty tank upon which workmen were making some repairs, caused the disaster. Twelve men and a foreman were using acetylene torches to make the repairs when the blast occurred. he said. He thought that gas from the filled tank leaked to the other container and was ignited by the torches, — TWO POLICEMEN INDICTED FOR ACCEPTING BRIBES IN LIQUOR LAW CASE (Continued from First Page.) Howard S. McDermott for joy-riding and Charles Curtis for housebreaking. A total of 19 indictments was re- turned, including Richmond Frizzell, Willlam Frizzell, Verrion Carter, Her- bert Carter. Lemuel Garton and George P. Taylor, grand larceny and joyriding; Charles Thomas, .James Wetherspoon, Walter Burris and John H. Morgan, assault with dangerous weapon; George W. Moore, incest; Harry Milner, carnal knowledge; Blair Barghausen, grand larceny; Dorothy Woodfaulk, alias Dorothy Hammond, and Mattie Thomas, grand larceny; Wendell Smith, alias Abe Martin, and Nathan Cohen, alias Stephen Cohen, housebreaking and larceny; Charles Reed, forgery and uttering, and Robert E. Humphries, larceny after trust and embezzlement. W. C. T. U. Meeting Wednesday. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., November 14.— An executive meeting of the Prince Georges County Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held at the home of the president, Mrs. Herbert Roby, Wednesday at 1 p.m. The chairman of the various committees will be appointed and the year's work will be outlined. Lineman- Stumbles Over Dead Father In Ruins of Blast By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, November 14.— Summoned to the scene of today’s gas explosion disaster, Ray Mich. aels, an emergency electric lineman, stumbled over the body of a man in the street. He halted, turned the body over, and looked inte the face of his father, C. F. Michaels, superintend- on’;_h ot the wpecked gas works. 19217. RICHARD B. OWEN DIESINAUTO WRECK Patent Attorney in Car Run, Down by Truck—His Wife Injured. Swerving from one side of the road | to tho other, a heavy automobile truck, in which several colored men ' were riding, crashed last night into the car of Richard Blakelock Owen, 35 years old, a patent lawyer of this city on Strawberry Hill, between Uppe: Marlboro and Forestville, Md., crush ing Mr. Owen's skull and inflicting it Jjuries from which he died about {o'clock this morning in Provides Hospital. Mrs. Owen, who was sitting by her husband’s side with their 6-vear-old son, George, In her lap, suffered slight bruises of the left arm. The little boy, |who was wrapped in blankets, was unhurt. 5 Truck Driver Held. Charles Herbert, colored, 37 years old, who lives oqn M street between New Jersey avenue and First street southeast, is at Casualty Hospital under guard of a policeman from the ninth precinct, who is holding him for the Maryland authorities. Herbert is understood to have been the driver of the truck which killed Mr. Owen. He is suffering from a possible dislocation of the right shoulder and injuries to his head. It 1s alleged that Herbert was under the intluence of liquor at the time of the accident. Mr. and Mrs. Owen took their son George, who is the youngest of feur | children, for a ride to their cottage at Shady Side, Md., yesterday. After Mr. Owen had drained the water from ‘the tanks and pipes and otherwise prepared the cottage for the Winter season, they started back home about 8 o'clock. They had passed through Upper Marlboro when, about 9 o'clock, they noticed a truck coming toward them, and apparently out of control of the driver. Car Smashed in Collision. Telling his wife to sit tight, Mr. Owen pulled as far as’ possible to the right side of the road and came prac- tically to a stop. His car was in the ditch when the swiftly moving truck tore into its side. Three of the col- ored men in the truck were thrown onto the road and both cars were bad- ly damaged. Mr. Owen crumpled up in his place at the wheel. Jumping to the road, Mrs, Owen waved a coat and flagged th automobile of A. M. Cahn of Up- per Marlboro, who brought the in- jured man and his wife and child to Providenc . Hospital. Mrs. Owen was treat~d for shock and remained with h r husband until he died this morn- ir -, when she removed to her home. Native of Washing*- Mr. Owen was a native of Washing- ton. He belonged to the Society of Natives and the Congressional Coun- try Ciub. He was a graduate of Cen- tral High School and of George Wash- ington University. His father was © __s1*. Owen O\. n of this city. He had a l.rge patent practice, with offices in the Owen Building, 622 F street, and a branch office in New Y~:k City. M. . Owen was formerly Miss Fred- ericka Smith. Their children are M Frances E. Owen, 16; Richard A Owen, jr.. 14; Fredericka Owen, 10, and Geor; C. Owen, 6. Funeral arrangements have not yet heen completed. Miss Wilson Dies of Injuries. Miss Elizabeth M. Wilson, 81 years old, who was knocked down by a car of the Capital Traction Co. in charge of Motorman George Chrisman of Cherrydale, Va., as she was crossing the tracks at Pennsylvania avenue and Eighth street shortly before 6 o'clock last Wednesday night, died vesterday afternoon at Providence Hospital, as a result of her injuries, Miss Wilson, who resided with a maiden sister at 1211 Fifth street, was on her way to catch a street car, when the accident happened. A coroner's in- quest will be held at 11:30 o'clock to- morrow morning. Auto Driver Hurt in Collision. Raymond Barnes of 2011 Monroe street northeast. suffered cuts and | bruises about his head and legs. when the automobile he was driving was in collision with two others driven by Detective Louis M. Wilson of 708 K street northeast, and Louis Steele of the Eckington apartments, at North Capitol and P streets shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Wilson and Steele escaped injury and Barnes was treated at Sibley Hospital. Willlam R. Price, 52 years old, of 119 Pennsylvania avenue was seri- ously injured when knocked down by an automobile driven by Tony Astore of 236 Four-and-a-half street south- west, as he was crossing Pennsylvania avenue at Sixth street at 6:45 o'clock last night. He was taken to Emer- gency Hospita) suffering from con- cussion of the brain and possible frac- ture of his right leg, where his condi- tion was pronounced grave. Woman Seriously Injured. Mrs. Helen Fistag, 56 years old, of 1555 Ninth street, was knocked down and badly injured at Ninth and Q streets at about 11 o'clock last night by an automoblle owned by J. F. Allen of 1330 Belmont street. She was taken to her home and treated by her family physician for fractured ribs and bruises of the face and body. ‘While attempting to cross the street at Twenty-fourth and K streets. at 10 o'clock last night James T. Sommer- ville, colored, 65 years old,, of 2022 M street, was knocked down and slightly injured by the automobile of Harry Roche, 1238 Columbia road. He re- turned to his home after being treated at Emergency Hospital. TREAT FOR STUDENTS. Free Tickets to Buhlig Piano Re- cital Are Announced. Free tickets for a recital to be given by Richard Buhlig, American concert planist, November 25, at 3:30 pm., in the Central High School auditorium, will be given to local high school students who are major- ing in instrumental music or those students who are studying music out- slde of the school system upon ap- plication te the community center de- partment of the schools. Mr. Buhlig's concert is being pre- sented under the sponsorship of the Arthur Jordan Piano Co., and a com- mittee composed of Miss Sibyl Baker, diractor of the community center de- partment; Frank Kimmel and Mrs. L. B. Swormstedt is arranging the detalls of the performance. Alleged Highway Robbers Held. Charged with highway robbery, James Johnson and James Howard, colored, were held under $5,000 bond, each to await the action of the Grand Jury, by Judge Hitt in Police Court this morning. The accused are alleged to have snatched a bag containing a pair of spectacles and money totaling $20 from Mesilla Weston, 1740 L street, and $25 from Mrs. Margaret Buchanan, 2123 High street. The two men were arrested by Policeman James L. Dill- man of the third precinct. #o.stuck up that | | Some people are their friends find it oL Crash Victim RICHARD B. OWEN, PROCF OF MEXICAN PLOTTING CLAIMED Papers Said to Show Calles Fomented Recent Revolu- tion in Nicaragua. DBy the Associated Press. The Washington Herald, a Hearst paper, today published a copyrighted article in which were incorporated facsimiles of documents said to have come from secret files of the Mexican government supporting the claim of President Coolidge and Secretary Kel- logg that the recent Nicaraguan revo- lution was fomented and supported by Mexico. One document, dated June 2, 1926, purported to be an order for pavment of $50,000 to Dr. Pedro Jose Zepedo, Mesican representative of Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, who led the revolt, for the express purposs of purchasing arms and ammunition for the insurrection- ists. Bears Cal s’ Sibnature. As published, it bore the signature of President Calles. Oother orders pur- ported to call for payment of sums ranging from $5,000 to $25.000 to Zepe- do and Dr. Carlos Leon for perform- ance of secret missions confided to each, they sail!, by President Callcs or th chief of the presidential staff. The arms were charged in the docu- ments to the secret expenses of the presidential staff. The Herald said that these papers, b.ought to this country by Mexican officials and obtained from them by the Hearst newspapers. All, it de- clared, would be placed at the dis- posal of the State Department and of Congress. Explaining American _intervention in Nicaragua, President Coolidge in a r .sage to Congress early ir the year asserted the Nicaraguan revolution was being fostered by the Mexican government, and a few days later Secretary Kellogg issued a statement supporting the views of the President and declaring that bolshevism had gained a foothold in Central America. Russia Also Implicated. Considerable controversy was pre- cipitated and the subject was defeated at length on the floors of the Senate and House. _The Herald article said that at the time of Secretary Kellogg’s state- ment he had not the documentary evi- dence to supporrt his claim. It de- clarci, too, that the paper was in pos- session of information seriously impli- cating the government of Russia. Kellogg: Is Silent. Secretary Kellogg declined to com- ment today on the publication of docu- ments purporting to be reproductions of Mexican official communications. “The Department of State cannet comment on a story based on documentary material concerning the existence and authenticity of which it has no knowledge and no informa- tion whatever,” he said. Mexican embassy officials declared the documents were falsifications and not worthy of comment. Ambassador Tellez was in San Antonio today. RELATIONS NOT SHAKEN. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. _Revelations showing how Mexico aided the revolution in Nicaragua will not disturb the relations of the United States with its southern neighbor. Had the incident occurred at the height of the excitement over the Nicaraguan revolution it might have meant a rupture in diplomatic rela- tions. Coming at this time it is look- ed upon as an interesting piece of history with no practical effect. The fact that Mexican government officials were aiding the revolution- ists in Nicaragua has been known to the American Government for some time, indeed President Coolidge charged this openly in his message to Congress. But this is not a viola- tion of international law, but merely an action unfriendly to the policy of the United States Government, for Washington had recognized a_ gov- ernment in Nicaragua and the Mexi- can government was using its funds to upset that government. Development in Policy. This is a new development in the policy of mutual recognition which the nations of this hemisphere have informally adopted. Hitherto the lead of the United States has been followed by other governments In- cluding European countries in ex- tending recognition. When once the government is recognized it remains a matter of discretion with each out- side government as to what policy it will pursue, but there is no case on record in which one government actually used Its funds and re- sources to support a revolution against a constiuted government. Much Discussion Likely. The vevelations probably will cause a good deal of discussion in Latin America, and particularly in Havana, where the next Pan-American Con- ference meets in January. Some of the polit opponents of the United States in Latin America were getting o attack the United States for its Nicaraguan policy, but the revela- tions may put a damper on such criticlsm, ds the policy of the United States in seending Marines to Nica- ragua to uphold the constituted gov- ernment, at its request, can be more easily defended when it is shown that the revolutionary forces are not in- spired by their own internal elements alone, but by ageneles outside the country which were attempting for reasons of their own to thwart the policy of the United States Govern- ment. . Since the Nicaraguan revolt was put down an era of comparative peace has followed, as all sides await the out- come of the elections which will be supervised by American officials. So far as Nicaragua is concerned the ald once given by Mexico is purely an academic subject, likely to be discuss- ed in international conferences as an interesting precedent, but more likely administration :as ‘‘water aver the dam"” so far as relations with Mexico | *A, b @ (Commans, soar.x and more to be published later, were | to be considered by the Washington by @ OBREGON ESCAPES BOMBS AND SHOTS Mexican Presidential Candi- date Lays Attack to His Political Enemies. By the Associated Pres MEXICO CITY, November 14— ¢ Alvaro Obregon, Mexico's sole idential candidate remaining as a result of the recent revolt, today ex- pressed belief that the attempt to ussassinate him yesterday was of pol! nature, The general undoubtedly had the narrowest escape of his life when he emerged with but slight injuries from his automobile, at which two bombs had heen thrown amid a rain of bul- lets by three assailants. The back of the window of the automobile shows y a bullet hole in the place Obregon was seated and the former President be- lieved that he was saved by the fact that he leaned toward the side of the car when the first explosion took place to avoid flying pleces of glass from the shattered windows. Two of the general's assallants, both ¢ seriously wounded, were captured by members of Obregon's staff who pur- sued them with pistols, while a third escaped after a mad e through the city streets which took place near the United States embassy. Threw Bombs in Car. Gen. Obregon, who had been in the city scarcely more than two hours, was motoring with a party of friends to a bull fight. As they passed down the avenue of insurgents, in the heart of the fashionable residential district and near the United States embassy, another automobile drew alongside. Three men were in it. As they passed Gen. Obregon's car they threw two small dynamite bombs. Both bombs exploded. They shat. tered the windshield and damaged the automobile. A plece of glass from the windshield scratched Obregon’s cheek. Obregon’s chauffeur, Catarino Vi lanova, drew his pistol and opened fire on the bombers. Ignacio Otero, a companion of Obregon, who was in 4 tanother car, also opened fire. Two of the bombers, Lamberto Ruiz and An- tonio Tirado, were seriously wounded. The automobile bearing Otero took up the pursuit and captured the trio. The | third man was Francisco Olivero. Police said the three men appeared , to be workingmen who were acting for enemies of Obregon. The two wounded men were given medical at- tention at police headquarters and their condition was described as grave, Police did not make public any state- ment they or their companion may have made. Continued to Bullfight. The companions of Obregon in his automobile, Arturo Orco and Thomas Bay, at first thought that he had been seriously wounded in the attempt. The former president laughed and told them not to worry as his face was only scratched. Perfectly calm amidst the excitement, he ordered his chauf- feur to continue to the bullfight. He m:!v the performance he had plan- ned. President Calles was also at the bullring. When he heard of the at- | tempted assassination he warmly con- gratulated Obregon on his escape. The anti-re-electionist organization former minister of finance; Jose Vas- concelos, former minister of educa- tion, and Dr. Francisco Vasques Gomez as their candidates. Tt is said that none of them has yet consented to make the race. Gen. Obregon told the Nogales, Ariz., Herald over the telephone that the bombers were “political enemies,” but not men of importance. Gen. ,Obregon notified his wife, Senora Maria Tapia de Obregon, who is in Nogales, Sonora, of the attempt and assured her that although he had a “narrow escape” he was all right. He also said that his chauffeur and / Orco were cut about the face and hands by flying glass. Obregon, who usually travels with. out a bodyguard, left Nogales, So- nora, about two weeks ago for his ranch at Cajame. Sonora. He left his ranch five days ago for Mexico City. R GETS YEAR IN JAIL. Roscoe Turner, who was recently released from the penitentiary, after serving a five-year term, today plead- ed guilty before Judge Hitt in Police Court to stealing a suit of clothes’ and an overcoat belonging to William G. Barnard. The accused, according to Policeman Claude Ezell, was caught in a tourist camp, where he broke into Mr. Barnard's car and stole t clothes which he was wearing when arrested. He will serve a year in jail. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.300: claiming: | olds: 6 furlongs. - [EITIsr e SECOND RACE—] arse. $1.300: claimi ) 3.vear-olds and up: iles. S ] 2> iEReEEaN ody . *Warfare Hoi_Polloi . *Alita Alley *Roval Flay Twilight Soni Long Joe. John 8. 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