Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1927, Page 3

¢ ¥ P ! . CORONER T0 PROBE DEATH OF WOMAN Inquest Ordered as Mrs. Whitesell Dies After Being Struck by Bicycle. An inquest was ordered today into the death of Mrs. Caroline F. White- scll, 83 years old, who was injured by a bicycle ridden by James Bur- russ 09 Cliftbourne place, at Columbia road and Eighteenth street the afternoon of June 27. She died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Catherine Hamlet, 1526 Monroe eet, but Coroner wwitt did not hear of Mrs. Whitesell's death until late vesterday afternoon. He imme- diately notified the police, and an in- quest will be held at the morgue next Tuesday morning. Mrs. Whitesell, a native of Balti- more, was the widow of Daniel Whitesell, veteran of the Civil W who was employed in the War partment at the time of his d vears ago. She had been a re: of this city the past 60 years, and had been an active worker in D. A. R. and church : Survivin, daughter. fon of Bu! Jet, and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 9 o'clock this morn- ing at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street and Columbia road, and interment was Arlingtor Na- tional Cemetery Theodore J. Shields, 23 gears old 2110 H street, is in Emerasncy H pital, suffering from severe injuries to face and head, received early ves- terday when his automobile struck the automobile of Ridgeway Taylor, parked in front of the owner's home at 3504 Connecticut avenue. Eugene Harold Wineland, who was driving Shields’ car, was slightly in- jured. Police held him on a charge of driving while under ihe influence of _liquor. Four-year-old Katherine E. Hage- dorn, 2611 Adams Mill road, was caught under the step of a street car at Eleventh and F streets yesterday afternoon while standing near the track whenthe motorman opened the door, having her lip severely cut. She was ‘treated at home. William W. Pearson, 44 vears old, of 216 Valley avenue southeast, was slightly injured afternoon in a collision between his automobile and a_ street car-at Fouranda-half and M streetss outhwest. He was en first aid at Casualty Hospital by Dr. Lawrence Murph: URGES UNIFORM HEIGHT WITH FEDERAL BUILDINGS Fine Arts Commission Asks Au- thority to Regulate Construction Proposed on Avenue. Whitesell are two Holding that uniformity as to build- ing height lines is as necessary on the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue as on the south side, where the Govern- ment building program will bring an imposing row of structures from Fif- teenth street to the Capitol. the Com- mission of Fine Arts is planning to discuss at its meeting the second week in December a move to keep the struc- tures on the north side of the Avenue at a regulation height. Authority to bring this about now rests only in the hands of the District Commissioners. but the Commission of Fine Arts would bring such power within the scope of control of the fine arts body and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, under a bill now being prepared for presentation to Congress similar to the Shipstead measure introduced at the last session. The commission believes that a uni- formly hizh row of structures on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue should be balanced by buildings of similar height or at least of uniform height on the north side. WEAR GAS MASKS. British Workers Use War-Time Articles in Cleaning Beer Vats. Correspondence of the Assoctated Press. LONDON.—Gas masks are one of the standbys for workers who clean the inside of vats in brewerles and pot stills in_distilleries. The display of gas masks was one of the movelties shown in this year's brewers' exhibition at the Royal Horti- cultural Hall. Another feature among the acres of machinery for making beer was a spiral rail which resembled a minia- ture scenic railway and is used for the transport of bottles of beer which shoot about over the hurdles with as much animation as if they were alive. =y In the past three years little Salva- dor has added 126 schools and 492 teachers, while the number of pupils has increased by more than 15,000. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE FOLLOW AMED FORME employes ot Cafeteria. Inc. lease communicate stv N Coe. 1360 National Press Building: ra Bray Ed Nolan. Irving Jones. D Brown. John Wil- liams_Flantz 9e ROOF REPAIRING. PAINTING. #nouting. furnaces repaired an able prices. Col. 7317, lax Roofing & Healing C zut ay or nigh 1830 Kal, rd Eem: CELEBRATED CIDER BARREL WILL open daily until December 20th: all eider on loe” choice aples: Frederick ike. 53 i VANS AVAILABLE IN OTHER CITI FOLLOWS PITTSBURGH e PA: . CLEVELAND, OHIO WHEELING. 'W_V PROVIDE hour out E - B R 1. 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Co. 610 E St. N.W, AR, WASHINGTON, SCENES IN AREAS HIT BY FLOODS OF 1927 MISSISSIPPI T FLOODED Flood co cedented toll of I above, taken ol has been thrust to nd property this y ment's efforts to facilitate relief ond ear fron ar Hartford, Conn., and that below, of a Mississip G I tions in 15 States within the last twelvemonth. Herbert Hoover (Ieft), Secretary of Commerce the fore among Taine to rehabilitation. ons which have taken unpre the deluged regions. The scene 4 1 of flood_condi- FORBES 70 DEFEND HARDING MEMORY Released From Prison, Says He Has Startling Revela- tions to Make. P~ the Associated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans.,, Novem- ber 26.—Announcing his most im- portant mission in life would be to “‘correct the erroneous impression the public has been given of Presi- dent Harding,” Col. Charles R. Forbes today returned to civilian life after completing service on a two- vear term in the Federal penitentiary here. The 49-year-old former director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, who was convicted in Chicago in 1925 of defrauding the Government in awarding contracts for veterans’ hos- pitals, was released at midnight. Health Is Restored. Clad in a neat business suit, his hat concealing his gray hair, he 2merged from the prison gate with a firm step in marked contrast to his entry. Rigorous application to his profession of civil engineer in sur- veying penitentiary property and even in wielding a hammer and a saw in constsuction work, apparently has restored him to the health he en- joyed in a long Army career. He paused only long enough to issue a statement on his plans for the future before entering an auto- mobile with a newspaper man of St. Louis. They left immediately for that city. His statement, dealing largely with recommendations for handling pris- oners in various types of penal in- stitutions, concluded with the an- nouncement he “had startling facts to reveal” relative to his connection with the Harding administration. In conclusion the statement said: “In the light of the erroneous im- pression the public has been given of President Harding, I shall have some interesting facts to reveal, facts which will put to shame a lot of sycophants and calumniators whose chief purpose seems to be the de- struction of the good character of one of the noblest men it has been my privilege to know. Holds Harding Victimized. “My personal and intimate associa- tion with Warren Harding has placed me in a position to prove the falsity of much that has been furnished the public, and this shall be the most im- portant mission of my life. “Could he (Harding) defend himself, the American public would have a much different impression about some of the important happenings of his administration. He was a man who loved his friends, victimized through his belief in the fundamental honesty of men in high public office. “Some of the facts I shall reveal will be no less startling and sensa- tional than many of the charges made. “CHARLES R. FORBES.” Declaring he had spent tb 20 months of imprisonment in ‘“con- genial work,” including surveying 1,800 acres of land and designing numerous buildings, he lauded partic- ularly the prison medical staff. He also mentioned “the stupendous task™ faced by the warden in_handling thousands of prisoners and declared he would devote his best efforts in aiding convicts and attempting to im- prove prison conditions. Spent Months in Hospital. e then told how he had been con- fined to the prison hospital for months with an attack of Bright’s disease, and how he had in a large measure re- gained his health. Col. Forbes spent considerable time interrogating convicts and in refer- ring to “the hidden secrets within the souls of prisoners” advoc segregation of n. eotic addicts. “So long as narcotic addicts are sent to prison, such institutions will “ontinue to be flooded with drug: the statement said. He described the present day peni- tentiary as “nothing more than a combination prison and insane asylum; a school for post-graduate work in crime, specializing in moral perversity. Ordered to pay a $10,000 fine in ad- dition to his two-year term, Col. Forbes took a pauper’s oath October 27, last and served 30 additional da required in such cases. He applied for parole several times, but was un successful. He was allowed 144 day for good hehavior. He indicated he planned to visit his 93-year-old mother in Plymoutl Washington, before resuming his pro (ession as an engineer. Propriety. From Life, Is he a consl “I should say . every Sunday before he tunes in the church service.” New South V ment bill provides tha shild endow fi\. Ie wag Jor a man with wife be §2 5 a week, Mass., and also would make a trip to | Bratianu, Expecting Death, Had Peasant Make Pine Coffin By the Ass: CHARE: ania, Novem- ber 26.—The late Premier Bratianu 1d premonition of death strong that he had his coffin built some time ag The premier directed a peasant carpenter at his country home to ake a pine wood coffin for him, giving the man pi e measur: ments. On the premier’s instruc- tions the peasant hid the coffin in the belfry of the little church on the country estate which Bratianu himself had built. This became known only vester- day when, after a long search, the found and shipped to SPOILS SYSTEM TABOO IN PROHIBITION UNIT Doran and Commissioners Firm in Decision to Enforce Civil Service. ciated Pres The spoils system is to be kept out of appointments to the newly created Bureau of Prohibition if the Civil Service Commission can keep it out. Politics and the “hindrances” that come in its wake in the prohibition enforcement service are to be kept out of the Prohibition Bureau, both Commissioner Doran and members of the commission believing that poiiti- cal appointments have been one of the main factors behind ineflicient pro- hibition enforcement. The first of the new year is expected to find most of the administrative posts under the Prohibition Bureau filled by ap- pointees selected through competitive examinations. Delay in completing the examinations and certifying eligibles was laid by the Civil Service Commis- sion today at the door of Congress for failure to provide funds for the exam- inations. Selections for appointment must be made from the names certified for a particular post, and the appointing of- ficer will not he permitted to pass over a certification of three names and go further down the list for the name of some one whose appointment is urged or desired. The second deficiency bill, which in- cludes provision for funds for the com- mission's examination work for the ion Bureau, is slated for con- sideration immediately after the con- vening of Congress. When the fund become available the commission will be in a position to undertake the final processes of the examinations for posi- tions below the administrative grades. $10,000 000 PRICE PAID FOR RAILWAY IN SOUTH Louisiana & Arkansas, 300-Mile Line, Will Be Under New Con- trol January 15, By the Associated Press. ARKANA, Ark Louisianan & R: o 300-mile road, changed hands at a price to_be $10,000.000. H. C. Couch of Pinebluff, Ark., and associates announced in New York that the purchase of the road was completed and control will be taken over on or before January 15. The northern terminal of the road is at Hope, Ark.; the southern, at Alexandria, Ta., with a branch from to Vadalia, La., oppo- site Miss.,, where it econ- nects with the Mississippi Central Another branch line runs from Min- den, La, to Shreveport. It was originally built by the Bu- chanan lumber interests as a log- ng road. but w: extended until it served a dozen towns in Arkansas in isi vember insas reported Buchanan until his death, four vears a his son, W. J. Buchanan succeeded. J. A. Buchanan was vice president of the road. Mexican Tax Cut Asked. XICO CITY, The Federation E merce, re; resenting izations terday ME ovember 26 (). — nbers of Com commercial ol throughout the it a petition to President s and simplification of the ta system in order to stimulate business and reduce the cost of living. Corcoran Courts 23rd & D Streets “Close to Downtown” Why spend hours riding to office when DE LUXE APARTMENTS moderate rentals (as low tor at “Best Planned Apartment in the CAFRITZ 14th & K M 9080 republic. | s asking for a general n»«hll'llun} GANG MAY GIVE UP POWER FOR PEACE Capone and Lombardo Re ported Ready to Capitulate to Prevent Killings. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, November 26.—Surrender of power held by Al Capone, gang ruler, and Anthony Lombardo, 2 dent of the Unione Siciliano, ported by the Chicago Herald and Ex- aminer today as the first step in a truce to end hostilities in the present gangland warfare. Joo Aiello, recently arrested in con- nection with an alleged plot to as- nate Capone, will become virtual ad of the unione, the paper said. Meeting to Be Held. , Capone, Lombardo and repre- of several othe ngs will k in the office of a well known politician, who has never been connected with any gangs, but who will act in the role of mediator, the paper said. The account continued that the real dictators in the move for peace are a group of influential New York men who congrol the Unione Siciliano, to which the Chicago unione pays regu- lar_tribute. While Capone and Lombardo are re- luctant to accept the proposed peace terms, they are reported feartul of an alleged alliance of Aiello with the ful George Moran. The paper Capone as saying: “I'm ready to do anything to prevent more kil ing. Make Alello, Moran and the others agree to attend the conference without euns or gunmen. Lombardo and T will meet them. And we'll leave our guns at home.” 0'Connor’s Life Saved. A second attempt by gangsters on the life of Ch «ctives O'Con frustr ay with the st of three and the confiscation of some revolvers loaded with “dum- dum” bullets. A few days ago a sus- pect attempted to draw a gun and shoot O'Connor at detective bureau headquarters as the officer was about to_questicn him. Police arrested more than 50 known and suspects at the Walker: boxing match late la night, very entrance to the Coli- seum was guarded, and detectives c ated among the spectators to ar- rest those who evaded officers on the outside. All efforts to obtain the release of those arrested were met with refusal. Chief O’'Connor said every one of them would have to appear in court today. The court has released 48 men taken in a previous police round-up, tter each had n assurance he was a hard-working citizen. sentativ meet next w Attorney General Sargent today ap- proved the parole of Clark M. Perr former prohibition director for Wis consin, who was serving a term in cavenworth Penitentiary for con- spiracy to violate the prohibition law. His parole was recommended this month by the parole hoard has directed the Govern- | PERRY PAROLE APPROVED. D. SATURD A, 1LABIR 26, 1927.° 15 STATES SUFFER FROM 1927 FLOODS Huge Losses Turn National Attention to Need of Con- trol Program. By the Associated Press a_larger than the combined States of Massachusetts, New Jersey Delaware and Rhode Island has been under water in the floods of 1927 From the borders of low delta of Louisiana and all 2 New England ri nd streams left their banks, cansing dam: nd put ting residents of the lowlands to flight in parts of 15 2 a toll of millions of dollx ath to 7 persons and startlin Nation | into contemplation a comprehen- | sive program for the control of flood waters 630,000 Retugees Cared For. In the Mississippi Valley and New England, the two major cent of disaster, the American Red Ci has cared for upward of 600,000 . outside of those who sustained themselves in relief camy nd of this number 60,000 are still dependent upon the Red Cross for sustenance in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mis five months after the recedin waters. Of the 21,000 square miles of land flooded by the swelling of rivers the breaking of levees, 1,000 sq miles was in New England and the rest in the Mississippi Valley. Ken- tucky, nnessee, Arkan, . souri, Tllinois, lowa, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Louisiana felt the déluge in ( region. Vermont, Massachu ew Hampshire, Connecticut nd parts of Maine and Rhode Is were affected by the New kng flood, which came in November. months after the Central ern floods had passed their c in i Slow Rise Saved Lives. The Mississippi Valley floods b in the last two weeks of 1926 and lasted well into June of 19 Torrential rains swelled streams until every ef- fort to keep them in their hanks was futile, but in most cases the rivers rose slowly, making evacuation pos. sible on a scale which greatly reduced loss of life. As the head of water moved down the Mississippi from the Ohio and Mis- rivers and tributaries, thou- stands of men in scores of localities bulwarked natural or artificial har- viers to hold back the deluge. At La- zonia, Ark.: at Beardstown, TI., and in many another community these ef: forts are epic, even though they failed in_the end to stem the tide, Louisiana bore the hrunt of the Mississippi flood, and territory was | Inundated that had not heen under | water for 40 years. So great was the menace of the flood to the eity of New Orleans that an artific was made to relieve the pressure. Christmas of 1926 in Nashville, Tenn., found more t 0 blocks under water. Arkansas v, Ar was deluged thrice in Spring and Summer. Heavy Toll in New England. _ TIn New England no more damaging inundation ever was felt ath toll in Vermont was 212, almost 245 a in the Mississippi floods, and property a sed at upward of $50.000,000. Three State capitals were flooded— Montpelier, Vt.; Concord, N. H., and Hartford, Conn. The little Winooski River of Vermont became a torrent overnight, and the dead in its valley alone were counted at 75. Los of live stock in both reglons mounted to thousands of head. In- tangible losses, due to consequent stagnation of business, added to the total, and in the Central South and the Middle West at least 6,000 square miles of farm lands were so washed by flood waters that they could not be tilled in the Summer. The Red Cross reccived for Mis- sissippi Valley relief more than _fl?,fl'm,l\fl(‘. of which it had expended in late October some $15,500,000. Al thoush it was called upon for less wssistance in New England, if appro- 75,000 for .immediate relief received $35,000 in voluntary contributions and found its relief work_supplemented by the Vermont and M achusetts societies of New York, which sent $65,000 and $30.000, respectively, into their own States. . Apple juice is often combined with nt!wr fruit in jelly because it con- tains pectin, the necessary jellying | ubstance Valley was Desirable Apartments all sections of the city gne room and bath to 7 rooms and 3 baths Randall H. Hagner & Co. 1321 Co ve. wiTH CONFIDENCE FROM LOCATION BUILDING &, kitchenette and bath to six rooms halls, all outside windows. buil element of convenience and finish. SERVICE night or day through our own absence. 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By the Associated Press RICHMOND, Va., November When Ms Atherton H. Stevens, ji entered Richmond on the morning of April 3 bed to the roof of the Capitol and removed the Virginia banner, it meant that the Feder: troops had arrived. The Confederate flag was almost all lost to souvenir hunters at the me t Ithough a large section was retu and is now | in the Confederate Mu om. But Maj. | Stevens carried off the State flag and Monday afternoon his grandson. Fred erick Atherton Stevens of Arlineton, Mass, will come to Richmond to ormally return the flag will be held in the House of Delegates. hall ording to an BIGGEST BARGAI Frigidaire Electric Lights Concrete Front Porches Semi-Detached Four Bedrooms Two Tiled Baths announcement by Gov. Byrd. cial detachment of National Guards- men will mount to the roof and run the flag up at the same point from which it was flving in 1863 ance of the banner will by a salvo of artillery of the Richmond Howitzers stationed in Gen. Jo Lane Stern has been invited to preside at the ceremonies, will begin at 3 pm Cowell, | Stevens' ownership of the flag. form: Mr. sxercises | h of the | g ) ia, |Virginia Flag Seized in '65 to Be Returned By Stevens' Kin With Ceremony Monday pitol Square. Mrs. W. who first learned v pr Stevens ent him to Gov. will then return INSPECT A spe- Appear- be heralded rom a section which of Mr will Byrd the oric banner to the State of Vir- and it will be accepted by the zovernor. » g $1,000 AVERAGE FORTUNE ! LEFT BY WILL IN FRANCE Correspondence of the Assocfated Press. PARIS.—A thousand dollars is the average fortune left by will in France, This s the country of many but small proerty owners. The division of an estate among the heirs is obliga- tory. in obedience to Napoleon's idea, incorporated in the “code” that still is the hasis of French la 1t was in- tended to break up great land hold- ings and to make France a nation of property owners, result that has been accomplishe All but 1%, per cent of the people who die leave more than enough to pay their debts. The averaze fortune left _is 25,000 francs. Only one estate in 25 exceeds $1,000. Less than 1,000 fortunes of 1,000,000 francs are left each year. TONIGHT OR SUNDAY 1731 to 1737 Upshur St. N.W. 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