Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1928, Page 2

THE EVENINfi, STAR, WASITINGTONX, 8 MAN WHO SAW LINCOLN SLAYERS | D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1928, GREENWICH VILLAGE BEHAVES, | “DPLONAMLLS" ft BILLIS APPROVED hamber of Commerce Di- Jectors Vote in Favor of Capper Measure. Indorsement of the “diploma mill" Bill now pending in the Senate and House, which would provide that all *ducational instiiutions incorporated in the District of Columbia be licensed by the Board ot Education as a means of stamping out the operation of schoo's fraudulently selling or awarding de- grees, was voled by a substantial ma- Qority last night by the board of direc: | tors of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. ‘ Favorable action on the measure, thien i approving he vepori of e committee of the chamber on uni- versities, colleges and private schools, Which has made a swudy lasting nearly | 4wo years of the problems growing out of the operation of degree-seiling scnoois how legally incorporated under he Dis- | trict code. Passage Is Expected. The bill now stands In a strategic Position to become law during the pres- ent sossion of Congress, having oeen Yaioradbly reported to the Sena.e ana Yeceived favorably by members of the Touse District committee. 1t was %lared by Ma). Wilham O. Tuits. cha man of the chamber commuiitee which* Wwas instrumental in drafting the meas- 0 He pointed out that the proposed | license law has boen Unanimously ap- | roved by the Board of Trade. tne ureau of Efhiciency. uhx'ch sent lhel lz:g | ongress as a part of its repor Sudc\ cfiml necds: the Citizens’ Ad- | visors Council and the district attor- | ney's office. which u':l: consulted in the | eparation of the bill | \\?‘hile sentiment among the chamber | directors last night was unanimous as to the need of some drastic measure; here to cope with the diploma mill sh.-) uation. which was e more than A vear ago by The Star. there was dif- ference of opinion as to the best form of law to eradicate the evil of schools | fn-orporated here for the purepose of | fraudulently selling degrees without | Fiving any educational training that | could at all be termed adequate. | The obiections to the form of the present bill. which was introduced by Senator Caoper of Kansas and Repre- sentative Gibson of Vermont. were cen- | tered on the provisions of the billl making the Board of Education the ad-| ministrative body and empowering it o license or refuse to license schools| incorporated here. Opposition to the present form of the bill was led by «Charles W. Darr. first vice president of the chamber. and by Walter C. Bal- lersion. general counsel. Both sough’ | “forther delay in the taking of fina'| 4ction on the proposal in order lhlll & moere thorough study might be made of Une best form of law to deal with the “ziploma mill" situation. Ballou Backs Measure. “2'Mr. Darr charged that the Tufts mittee had not given adequate con- | tion to a vuhsubnug. form m‘o!th which was prepared by Darr a 3T C, P Pace g;‘cnhollc Untversity. both of vl at a recent session t pper of Education the licensing body. Strong support for the measure now ndirg in th> House and Senate came rom Dr. Frank W. Ballou. superintend- ent of public schools and a member of board of directors. who the est osal for striking at the diploma mills :thhhldbeenmdehenmmmt %I poiniing 10 the need of definite 4 quick the abuse fraudalent here, BT of jucal that Washington has a very bad repu- Station : the country due to §tais situation. ~The fair name of our % edun:ht'bm ‘Tr{“ldmfi"mh'h“n‘:! While Bl nstitutions incorporated in Washington nd would not be “burdened” with “The number of legitimate tions seeking charters e an- he said. would not be large. Suggests Bureau Administer Law. Mr Darr declared that the Board of Fducation, dealing largely with elemen- ary schools. was not properly qualifies % 10 pass upon the qualifications of higher e4ucational institutions. and suggested | i!h" the admin tive body be the Bu- | %te2u of Education i 2 Dr Ballou pointed out, however, that §the Board of Education now ix called upon 1o determine the merits of insu- | tutions of higher education. in passing H the qualifications and e zgv applicants for positions of §n the District public schools. The | Board of Education thus is zlready set- | ing up general standards for the ed institutions over the country raduates scek work here, und has st hano veluable Information con- | rerning these schools and has access Lo 4 the advice of other educational ~gencies | § ' Mr Tufts as chsirman of the school 2 pommittee. outlined the purpotes and % peeds of the bill and recountea the for- % ner action of the chamber cirectors in ostponing action in order that Mr. Darr and Mgr. Pace might draft » sub- | tte bill Mr Tufts reported that the legislative ibcommittes of his schools commitiee 4 rejected verbal suggestions made | Dr. Pace and that written proposals. | n the form of amendments to the pres- t District eode had been submitted | o the commitiee vesterdey. oo late for | forMal action Bedell Elected to Board he board of directors secepted fhe resignation of W.J Waller es & mem- ber of the bourd and elected Horry M Pedell ss his successor Reort N Harper was re-elected nationsl councilor % for the local chamber v the Chamber ©f Commerce of the United Btutes S lvan C. Weld unewly elected presi- | fent. made & report on the recent sn- nusl banauet of the chamber and Dor- faey W Hyde i1, wecretary. mude a re- port on plans for the annusl induetrial $Ehow v be stuged by the chamber at Ve Washington Auditorium March 12 17 A report by the retall trade com- chulrman, was re- it iee, Lsase Cans, mmitied for further study. he bowrd elecwd 10 new members Mows Ceetl B Granill, Homer 1. Franc T Huriey, Frnest J Bertvam Chestermsn, 1 1 C ¥ McCullough ) ) Quentell £nd S J Buebbing The chember directors ulso decided rompuiyn for the election of EAwinsC Graham presigent of the Bosrd of “Irade s & member of the hoard of di. vecrors of tie fember of Commerce of the United Glates LOAN TO D. C. REPAID. ney Provided o “Bowrding Mothers” Returned Tie 440,000 wavenced lust Aprid by selid8 Join Hays Hem sy Edwo wnd Frenk s enshie 1l e wilrds o Ve hner Ging mothiers” wien e lsst Con iy A wihou! pessing he Cigent Qeficiency spuopyistion Wil Ve returned v em undny by Com pidoners Frocwr Lo Lougheny and oy ¥ Salmtenio, who acled as s s of e fund ¥ was Jent 1o the Distiiet A spgropietion W pay off Ui jobn vee cerried i e List defiiency sppropriation b, Core fur EXECUTED VISITS WASHINGTON iLast Survivor of Ofiicialg Group Served as Prison | Clerk. ] {Alfred C. Gibson Recalls Trial | and Deaths of Four | Plotters. ! The sole survivor of the group offi { cially connected with the trial and exe- | eution of the slayers of President Abra- ¥ W Gra- | ham Lincoln was in Washington yester- day to urge evection of a monument to a Revolutionary soldier and Son of a signer ot the Declaration of Independ- ence. This lone survivor, Alfred C. Gib- son ot 19 West Phil-Ellena street, Mount Airy. Philadelphia. now 79 years old. glances back across the years and declares that nothing has come to higit in the interim to change his firm opin- fon that the plotters were gutlty and got | what they justly deserved. Mr. Gibson saw the quartermaster general of the Army yesterday con- cerning erection of a monument to| Maj. James Witherspoon, who was killed at the battle of Germantown, Pa.. | October 4, 1777. by the same cannon ball that struck his immediate superior officer. Gen Nash of North Carolina. Maj. Witherspoon's father was presi- dent of Princeton and a signer of the | Declaration of Independence. Mr. Gib- son visited the Capitol in an effort to further this project and left last night for New Orleans for a conference with Touisiana Historical Society officials. as | this man. who himself has been so in- terwover, with matters of historical mo- ment, makes a specialty of historical matters. Was Clerk in Army. | With the approach of the anniver- | sary of Lincoln's birth, Mr. Gibson's mind paradoxically turns to his death | Atzeroldt dropped through the trap, 1 and those momentous days that follow- ed fast thereon. | More than 60 years ago. Mr. Gibson | was a l6-year-old clerk in the Un\on{ Army. standing in front of a scaffold in | the prison yard of the old Washington | Penitentiary, at the foot of Four-and- | a-Half street, as four of the plotters | against the martyred President were | executed. He had played quoits with th prisoners and had “bawled out” Gen. Grant for smoking in close prox- imity to the arsenal. In those in command of th~ 3rd division. 9th Army corps, who was ordered to Wash- ' out the window of my room shz could ' cpidemic ington to take command of the prison. | Jjust af*er Lincoln's death They were at_Fairfax Court House. Va.. when | orders came. In an Army wagon, Gen | Hartranft, who was afterwards Gover- | nor of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Gibson | rode to Alexandria. coming to Wash- ington from there by boat. Participants Become Noted. With his blue eyos reminiscent, Mr. Gibson glanced back at the famous trial and recalled that fame was in the mak- | ing not only as far as the proceedings themselves were concerned. but for some of the men participating in it. There was Ben Pitman. who was the shorthand reporter of the trial, later to become the exponent of the systems | that bears his name. Then, too. there was Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace, not yet | the finished author of “Ben Hur” that was to carry his name high in the val- | halla of literature. Maj. Gen. David | Hunter was head of the military com- | mission that conducted the trial and | Gen. Wallace was one of its members. | Mr. Gibson pointed out that the| Surratt house. at 604 H street. re- cently raided by prohibition agents, ' was “the hotbed of the conspiracy.”| for there Mrs. Mary Surratt kept a| l)o-rd\nfl house. | Still hale and hearty despite his 79 | years. Mr. Gibson well remem! events of the trial of the conspirators. He enlisted as a fifer in the 215th Pennsylvania Infantry at the age of 16 years. later serving as a clerk at the headquarters of the 3d Divisios 9th Army Corps. When Gen Han cock at Washington ordered Gen. Hartranft to the Capital Mr. Gibson's | interesting experience of three months | began | Four sergeants, acting as turnkeys. gave daily accounts of what transpired | with the prisoners. of which I kept a | record and wrote a report every morn- | ing for Gen. Hartranft to sign and | forward to Gen Hancock.” Mr. Gibson asserted. “A clerk was necessary. but there was so little to do that I had o devise stunts for amusement. Some- times 1 would pitch quoits with the prisoners. when they were allowed to exercise in the prison yard After the trial commenced I found much to in- THREE SENT TO JAIL FOR CARRYING GUNS| Judge Issues Warning as He Gives | Each Defendant Bentence | of One Year. [r After trying three successive cases| involving the carrying of deadly | weapons, and sentencl] each defend- | ant to a year in jaij Police Court Judge John P. McMahon issued a warn- ing today w ali such defendants. “You might as well make up your minds that you n't carry guns| around,” he wid Fred Lyon, colored, the | third man o be arraigned before him “I am going o send every one of you o jail” All three were colored men. Lyon | and George Blackwell were charged | with carrying concealed weapons. Each | was sentenced o one year in Jall George Jones, in addition 10 the con- cealed weapon charge, was alleged Uy have assaulted Mellsse Jon~s, colored, and had made threats of personal violence sgeinst Joha L. Sulllvan, also colured. He recelved noyear in the charge of carrylng a revolver, $50 or 20 days on the ascault charge and sentence was suspended In the threat case | 1 on POOL BILL SUBMITTED. | Budget Bureau to Pass on Zihl-| man Measure, ‘The Zihlman bill ‘:mvldm. for the construction of 12 public bathing pools {or beaches n the District was referred {by the District Commissioners today fw the Budget Bureau W0 ascertain whether It Js o secord with Lhe finan jeinl program of President Coolidge The bl contemplates the construe- ton of the pools by the director of publle bulldings and public parke of U Nations) Capital at » cost not ex- ceeding 8200000 euch The method of | nnanchog the projects 18 mot set.forth in the biil, however, and the Coms | missioners fee) that the expenditure [ ot Justified until some definite pl e evolved ) Gang Leader, Hat in | CHICAGO. Felpunry B Jue Hallls L bomion wnd gang leader bins sdopted La frlendly wititude towerd Chicego o e b e dnterest of Wls young son altls wppenied nl the ofce of Dep Lty Commissioner €'Connor with hint Lin" band and hegged permission et hoxlng msteh womorrow night tee chief, my hoy 15 gelting ety g now, s Lx's been begghg | O'Loughlin. ICOMMITTEE TO BACK BILL For Permission to Attend Fight With Son ALFRED C. GIBSO! terest me in the courtroom. Testimony began May 12, 1865, and ended June 14, After arguments of counsel the commission deliberated on June 30, the trial lasting seven weeks. President Johnson gave his approval of the sentences on July 5. eight being con- victed. four of whom were hanged on July 7 Four Hanged Together. | “Mrs. Mary Surratt. Lewis Payne.| George Atzeroldt and David E. Herold | were all hanged at one time. standing in a row on two trap doors Arnold. | Dr Mudd and Spangler, the other four conspirators, were sent to prison in a fort on the Dry Tor- tugas, an fsland off the coast of Flor- ida. Atzeroldt. it was learned later, was delegated to kill Vice President Johnson. but bungled the job. “I was standing in front of the scaf- fold at the execution and shortly before heard him mumble in gutteral, broken English, ‘Shtelmen's take ware. “When th> four bodies were cut down it devolved upon me to place hermetic- ally scaled small glass vials I had pre- parcd. containing the name of each. in | the proper coffins. Scveral years later | when relatives obtained the bodies. I read an acccunt that identification was | mad possible through the discovery of thes> vials “Annie Surratt came to the prison and after bidding her mother farewell. | days. Mr. Gibson was the was taken to my room on the third |Cvery three vears since. with the ex- clerk of Maj. Gen. John F. Hartranit. | floor. just outside the prison door and |€(ptlon of 1798. when the convention lay sobbin2 on my bed Had she looked | have plainly seen the execution. Oc- | casionally some one speaks of hanging ' an innocent woman. but those on the | spot had no doubt of Mrs Surratt's guilt “Her hous: was proved to have been | the meeting place of the conspirators. led by John Wilkes Booth and her son. | John H. Surratt Payne, in hiding tor three days after stabbing Secretary Seward. was captured while entering this house, without knowing it to be in the hands of Federal officers. Payne was disguished as a laborer with a pick slung across his shoulder. and when questioned. said that Mrs. Surratt had | sent for him to s»e about digging out | a gutter. ! Went to Surra‘tsville. | “It was disclosed at the trial,” con- | tinued Mr Gibson. “that Mrs. Surratt | went to a tavern in Surrattsville, Md.. 12 miles south of Washington, owned and formerly conducted by her, but leased in 1854 to John M. Lloyd. and left Booth's field glasces on the after- noon of the murder. She told Lloyd to have ready that night some whisky and two carbines that had bsen left there on a previous occaston by her son John | and Atzeroldt. “Booth and Herold, while escaping on | horseback after the shooting of Lin- coln, called that night at the tavern | and received the field glasses, whlhk)'i and weapons from Llovd. It was also | shown at the trial that Booth furnished | the money to hire the horse and bupgy | that .Mrs= Surratt used that afternoon. | John H. Surratt. co-master of cerc- monies with Booth, gave directions to the conspirators on Good Friday and fled that night for Canada. “In June, 1836, Surratt was found as a member of the Papal Zouaves in Rome. He later escaped from the United States authoritics and was later | Iocated in Egypt. He was brought back placed on trial, June 10. 1867. in a civil court in Washington, but after a trial lasting two months, a jury could not agree, and he was reicased June 22, 1868. This was a civil action The military tribunal that tried his mother and the other conspirators had no such trouble in reaching a decision FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES U. 8. Bar Association Takes Action in Favor of Horizontal In- crease in Compensation. ‘The appointment of a speclal com- mittee Lo confer with the several com- mittees of Congress on the Welsh bill, which provides a horizontal Increase of compensation to all employes. In- cluding attorneys, in the classified civil service, was made last night by Ma). Charles Willlam Freeman, president of the Pederal Bar Assoclation, following A mass meeting of attorneys held un- der the auspices of the assoclation at the Interior Department Auditorium ‘The following were annqunced as members: Willlam R, Vallance, De- purtment of State. James A. Wetmore, Treasury Department; Plckens Neagle, Nuvy Department; Edwin A Niess, Post Ofce Department: David D. Caldwell, Department of Justiee . George A War- ren. Department of the Interfor, F. C Baggarly, Federal Trade Commission: Charles W Needham, Interstate Com- merce Commission; Ralph G Cornell, General Accounting Office, and Thom- wx G Eggleston, United States Vet- erany’ Bureau, ENDURANCE HOP FAILS. Gax Lenk F::H'—;;l Tllrh:‘ in Callfor- nin to Abandon Attempt. | IMPERIAL, Calif, February 8 (&) { A lenking gusoline 1ine cut short the [tight of the ul-motored Zenith plane Albatross, which took off here this morning with thres aviators shoard n an o attempt 1o establish a new world endurace record After about 45 minutes In the uir | the plane seturned to the alrport here | Betore lnnding the pllots dumped part | ot el hieavy load of gasoline Wito the | Bmlon en The tusl line was repored o have been dsimmged in the take-off, Charles Haocheville, designer of thy plane, A K. Peterson and Jack Roed made the flight Hand, Bcgs pollycc [me to take Wi 1o w veal fight Please can Lo 1 dan't cuny wopitol? 1) Junt vive tiere si quictly T my woal wotd drive stwlght home alterward. It means ot o e kid 1Dty O Congior several weeks ngo 000 CHURCHMEN TO ATTEND PARLEY Ccmmittees Planning for ; Episcopal Triennial Conven- ‘ tion in October. With the triennial convention of Ill!‘; | Episcopal Church still elght months dis- tant, committees of the convention al- (ready have begun laying plans for the | entertainment of #he 20,000 visiting i bishops, officials, ministers and laymen {expected to attend. The convention i will open here October 10 and will con- tinue through October 27. The convention. the supreme law- inaking body of the Episcopal Church, 13 composed of two bodies, the house of bishops and the house ot delegates All matters ot church law, inciuding revisions of th~ prayer book, come be- fore these bodics The house of bishons is composed of 150 members, and the house of delegates has 638 members. Following a meeting at the Episcopai Church office, 1329 K street, Monday it was announced that preliminary plans for the entertainment of the delegates, the convention program and financial arrangements have already been made and further meetings of commiltces arc expected to have them in shape lon: before the convention assembles. Other Organizations to Meet. oln addition to the general convention | there will be meetings of many other organizations ot the church, including the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. the Soclety of the Nazarene and ff - ary the Daughters of the King. Girls® Friendly Society and the Church Periodical Club These conventions, with the great number of visitors ¢ pected to attend the opening service will bring the attendance on the open- ing date to about 20.000. it is esti-| mated. Abhout 4,000 are expecied to e | here throughout the convention. ‘The committee, under the chairman- ship of Eugene E. Thompson. will short Iy begin work on a campaign to ra the funds necessary to defray the cost | of entertainment. These have been | estimated at $50,000. Special rates on all railroads have been sccured by the transportation | committec, of which Merritt O. Chance ! Is_chairman. ~These rates will apply | throughout the three woeks of the | meeting The triennial conventions were or- | ganized in 1784 and have been held was postponed for a vear on account of | The last meeting was in | New Orleans in 1925, at which time | the 1928 convention was sccured for | Washington Headquarters of the convention will be at the Willard Hotel. The smail ballroom ou the tenth floor will he ! used for the mectings of the touse of Bishops and the House of D.legates will meet in Memorial Continental Hall The mass meetings. of whih there vill be five or six. will be held in the Wash- ington Auditorium and the meetings of the various church organizations will be held in downtown churches and parish halls. The opening session will be held either in the Washington Auditorium or | at the Cathedral | Dr. Freeman Honorary President. | Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. §s honorary president of the convention and Admu:! Cary T Grne/son is general chatre H. L. Rust s treasurer and Hug' Nelson | secretary. Commlittee chalrmen arc: Finence. | Sugene E. Thompson: halls, exhibits and music. Rev. Z. B. Phillips: hotels und hospitality, H. K. Boss, registration, Rev. George F. Dudley: ministerial sup- ply, Rev. Robert Jobn:iton. rervices Rev. Charles T Warner: enterta’ ments and pagcants, Rev. George W Atkinson: luncheons, Dr. L. W Gl brook: transportation, M. G Chanee: rublieity. Newbold Noyes: reception, A C. Houghton: handbook of the conven- tion, Rev. H. H. D. Sterrert VARE GIVEN MORE MEN TO SUPERVISE RECOUNT | Harmony Restored in Check of Bal- lots Before Sendte Elections Committee, By the Associated Press Mlarmony prevatled again today i the | counting ‘room of the Vare-wilson Pennsylvania senatoral contest as the Senate elections subcommittee agreed W permit Willlam S Vare to have addi- tfonal representation Acting upon the request of vare. Chairman Waterman of the subcom- mittee ounties contested by Willlam B Wilson, Democratic opponent of vare, authorized each side to employ three additional supervisors and w stenog- rapher. M, Vare hud charged that the coont- | ¢ room was “packed” with Wilson | suporvisors. ; o Ith peace restored the counting of Allegheny County ballots was resumed. SENATOR SMITH SEEKS COTTON MARKET PROBE T Investigation of Manipulation | Charges Demanded Includes Agri- culture Department, Investigation of (ation of the c exchanges and the Department otton market by cotton “undue influence” on of Agriculture fn mak. Ing cotton reports was wsked 1 n re ntlon introduced toduy by Senator Smith, Democrat, Houth Carolina Although urging Immedinte consid- eration of the resolution, Senator Smith was forced by Senate rules to refer it first Lo the committee on nudit and con- trol ‘The Bovth Cerolinn demnod particalurly the by the Department of Ageie Hepwmber ton prices MEDIEVAL GUILD TRACED. 810 and Osgantzation Diwcuned | by Dr. E. A, Pace. The orlgin and organization of the “medlevil guilds” was traced thelr simtlarity (o the university, espectully i the gradution of guildsmen a nppren- Yees, Journeymen and mustors, wis ex- plained by RIGHE Rev. £ A Pace. viee roctor, Catholle University of Americs, | I Jecture at the Knighta of Cofum bus Evening Hehool last night, 1 which | D polted out that the gullds had sug- uested the sertes of ncademic degrees from bachelor to doctoy Dr. Pace emphasized I particular the spirit of fellowship and good will which animated the members, and also potnted out the slgniticunce of the merchant gullds and thone of arts and orafi. Dr Pace will lecture on “Education I the Middle Agen” next Tuesduy night at B o'clock at the Kalghts of Columbus Evening Behool Henator con- | port tstied | ulture Jnst predicting s decline in cot- | Reward for Dead Handits CHICAGO, Febuavy i (A% - Phe Oh capo Counetl ol s Hnols Mankery Assoctation Jast nlght announeed Gt BO,000 tevward woild he puid for bk rabbern, *dend o wlive” who operate in Chivago, The award was tecommended o the ordered Wis men 1o arrest wil known Unngsters al cked up several Hm | unemered Haltis” plea yea i posilive “Ho,” connell by e utive committoe, which oftered a teward of 3 for | consideration OHIO G. 0. P. WARNED conducting the recount in the | charges of manipu- |!° | man STREET CAR HEADS GET MERGER PLAN W. R. & E. Directors Will Pass on Consolidation This Afternoon. ‘The board of directors of the Wash- ington Rallway & Electric Co. are meet- ing this afternoon to consider the merg- er agreement drawn up by subcommit- tees representing the three transport tion companies which would be consoli- dated under the plan. No delay in the approval of the agreement by the dirce- is anticipated, as their action is re- 4 as a mere formality. The board of directors of the Caplital Traction Co will meet tomorrow morn- ing, and it is understood that the merg- er agrecment will be considered by them at this time. As this company's sub- committes which assisted in the prep- aration of the agreement was com- posed of the majority of the directol approval by this board witaout de also Is expected. Before Board Saturday. The agreement,”according to present indications, will bc formally submitted to the Public Utilities Commission for Saturday and be made public at the same time. Hearings on {he plan will be held by tte commis- tion within two weeks after its receipt Guarantees to labor employed by the new company will be sought in connec- tion with the merger plan by W. Jett Lauck and Arthur Sturgis, representing W D Mahon, president of the Amalga- mated Association of Street and Elec- tiic Railway Employes of America. it was announced today Guarantees in- sisted on by the unfon are: The right of employes to-organize and bargain col- lectively through representatives of their own choosing: no discrimination against employes because of labor union membership: a basic work day of 8 hours. just and rcasonable wages, and arbitration of differences which cannot be adjusted through negotiation. It is desired these be made “a constituent part of the company’s charter.” Mr. Lauck and Mr. Sturgis. who have | been retained by Mr. Mahon, will pre- sent this matter to the three local com- panfes. it was said. with the statement that “if a voluntary agreement cannot be secured. the matter will be carried to the Public Utilitles Commission and Congress ™ Mr. Lauck, in a formal statement. said that it is expected that the guarantecs “will be accepted by all | the parties interested in the mergerl | plan now boing considered.” Labor Claims Interest. Letters embodying the proposals of guarantees for labor have becn sent o the boards of directors of the irans- portation companies concerned in the merger plan. The letters asserted that “these guarantees, or fundamental rights, are clementary and have teen sanctioned throughout the country by enlightened public opinion and the best industrial statesmanship, so we think that undoubtedly they will be readily aceeptable to you."” “The organized employes feel that they have a vested right in the industry and that they are accordingly justified In expecting that any merger pian should acknowledge these fundamental rights if the plan is not to be opposed by the Amalgamated Assoclation of Street and Electric Rallway Emgloyes as well as by organized labor in gen- eral,” the letters said The announcement said Mr, Mahon took action after conferences with John H. Cookman of the local division. Mr. Mahon's group is affillated with the Amerlcan Federation of Labor. | AGAINST PARTY SPLIT| tate Chairman Seos Democratic Victery if Hoover-Willis Fight | Is Staged. ! By the Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 8.—The Ohio Republican organization was warned yesterday by its State chatrman, Fred W. Warner of Marion, that the impending fight between Senator Frank Willls and Seeretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover for presidential support in this State will deliver Ohlo into the l';:\nd.’- of the Diomreats nest Novems If the Willls and Hoover factions sist upon contesting in the April pres dential primary for the Buckeye State's | 51 delegates to the Republican national convention, discord in all the county anizations will be created. Warner declared. The State chatrman issued e ate- ment urging the party leaders to re- frain from any tactics that will endan- ger Republican standing Not only are the State ofices tn peril, | out also a number of seats in Con- | gress at present held by Republicans, Warner asserted He predicted that n Willis-Hoover contest will bring about A split fn the party ranks comparable to that of 1912 when the Bull Moose d the Republican organization r charged that Hoover's sup- | voreers. headed by Thad H Brown, for- mer secrol of state. are not in- ted in clecting the Commerce St y as President hey are more interested in the se- lon of delegates,”” he sald. "It looks as though they were not trying to elect Hoover—just to nominate him* LAUDS MASbNIC ORDER. Bishop Freemun, in Address, Com- | mends Frater Musiont: principles wight by Blshop Freeman in an addr atn dinner given embers of tedra! Lodge, No. 40, . A. A M., members of Temple-Noyes 1 7 32, I the Cariton Hotel. Hishop Free- reviewed the atma of the order sinee ity founding and pratsed the work and organtzation of the two lodges. Other apoukers included James ‘T Gibba, grand master of Muasons In the Distriet of Columbla, Willlam 1. Rad- clitfe, worshipful master of ‘Temple- Noyes Lodge, and Rev. Homer J. Coun- ollor of Cathedral Lodge. W Bpenoer Brenlzor, worshipful master of Cathe- dral Lodge prowided C Fred Cook, funtor grand warden of | the Grand Lodge and past master and tremsurer of ‘Temple-Noyes Lodge presented an Amerlcan flug 1o Cathe drnl Lodge on behall of his lody, Templo-Noyes Todge sponnored the ajy plication ot Cathedral Lodge when 1t SOUghL @ chirter I 1929 HOOVER CLUB FORMED. ity's Prineiples. were prated last Firat Organtzation of Kind in State Meet HPOKA at Bpokane, uary B (4, Lor-Proatdent” Club n wnhiington was organieed heve last night, with 175 membora Blate Ropreamtative Bdgar A Sima of Pork Townasmd w Republican leader win expocted to tond D Hoover e AHE I s HEe I was sniouneed SALVATI Door-to-Dobr BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, February 8.—A month ago the Salvation Army threw out fts dragnet over Greenwich Village, seek- ing the “devotees of the pagan Psyche,” as it announced at the time. They sent thelr troops into every low batik shop, studio and attic in the village—and ON ARMY Reputed Symbol of Sophisticated Wicked- ness One Of MDSt Conventional Sections. RAIDERm | ' INLIQUOR TRIAL Florida Judge Directs Verdict for 19 Men Charged With | Conspiracy. corners and Yerreted Into cellars and | attles, searching out evi | Lieut. Col. Edward B. Underwood, manager of the campaign dcpartment, t:?;y summed up the resulls of the “We found those people Giffered from | other people chiefly in having different klnd&f‘ of lamp shades and things like | that,” he sald. “They had homes | Canvass S]’lOWS. By the Associated P JACKSONVILLE, Fla., February A directed verdict from the court, s gested by Government counsel, today freed 19 men on trial in Pederal Court since Monday on charges of conspiring to smuggle whisky into Washington King Fuad Recetves Lamont CATRO, Fgypt, by 8 4 1 W Lmont of 0 B Molgan & Coo wan tocolved o audionee today by King the nrroat wnd convietion of the “time Joek™ yabbers of the Ravenswood Na Honal Bank of Ravenswood, a suburh, Fuad of Kgypt. Mr. Lamont will lunoly tomorrow Wil Lovd Lloyd, British high commissloner, iand children and pald their rent and | seemed to be working hard. They re- ceived our workers most courteously and everywhere we seemed to be wel- !come. We didn't find any orgies, or ex- travagant wickedness of any kind. Our |wurkcm were astonished at the kind- {ness and hospitality with which they | were received.” One Backslider Found. Col. Underwood's eyes brightened as he sought to appraisé the gl eanings of the month’s campaign. “We found one backslider from one of the churches,” he said. “Our men induced him and his wife to go to a meeting and I have not gotten him back into the church.” ‘This man, however, was not an artist, or in any | way an abandoned person, other than | hnxr_)lgh recrrnn': in churchdnundance | . “The speak-easies and the more Every Doorbell Is Rung. | flagrant forms of evil are moving up- Every doorbell in Greenwich Village | town.” said Col. Underwood, “and we was rung in the month’s “raid” as it|are concentrating our future compaigns was called. The published appeal left | In this section.” on every doorstep and emblazoned on | Apparently the Prince of Evil is in-| banners was headed as follows: “Art-|trenched somewhere near Forty-sixth ists, connolsseurs, devotees of the pagan | Street and Broadway, for it is there Psyche and others of the village! Sic|that the Salvation Army holds mid- | transit gloria mundi! ~ Prepare for | night meetings with ali its reserves eternity!™ Three hundred specfally | of bands and evangelists. trained crusaders under the direction| The army workers found that all of Lieut. Comdr. Richard E. Holz moved | the young giant killers of other years. out into every convolution of the | launching their arrows against Phillis- tangled streets of the village with | tia, have scattered to lower rent areas bands, banners, literature and doorbell | they found that the free verse poets brigades. - were working for advertising agencles ‘The village was chosen, not only for |and living in the Bronx: they found its intrinsic wickedness, but as the | quaint old Minetta Lane, beloved haunt “underworld of thought,” harboring | of Vagabondia, stuccoed and painted strange and subversive doctrines and | and inhabited by bond salesmen: they enshrining false gods. It was a shin- | found Washington Square rimmed ing citadel for the armies of righteous- | around with skyscrapers. aess. Night and day. the army blared They are now closing in on Forty- through the streets with its bands. and | sixth and Broadway. its evangelists thundered at the street | 1Conviizht 19781 GERMANY IN PROTEST TBEATEN WITH CANE, OF EDITH CAVELL FILM| SAYS EX-SECRETARY Goverument Resents Showing of Former D. C. Woman Sa: Motion Picture Representing Ex- execution of English Nurse. Promise of Riches. By the Assuciated Press | By the Associated ivress BERLIN, February 8.--The German | LOS ANGELES. Pebruary 8.—Five government is making protests against | times Mrs. Isobel Klein. former Wash- | the showing of a motion picture bulit | on the career and execution of the Eng- | Wgton. D. C.. attorney. left the employ | lish nurse Edith Cavell {of E. G. Wheeler, 77-year-old Nevada -he foreign office today issued this millionaire. only to return again as statement { “his secretary for life,” she testified yes- “The German Ambassador at London | terday in her suit for $270.000 against and the German Minister at Brussels | Wheeler. | are making all efforts to prevent the| In her action, a counter suit to one Nurse Cavell film being shown to the ' filed by Wheeler to recover $25.000 on | public, their standpoint being such a | promissory notes. she declares she left | Olm can only revive painful memories | her law practice to become his perma- and embitter relations between the nent secretary when he promised her | countries.” a mansion. fine automobtles. $100.000 in The film version of Edith Cavell's stocks and the greater part of his for- execution differs from the German offi- | tune on his death. clal account. The official account con- “Sometimes when Wheeler would get | tains nmmnr| about a German officer drunk and beat me with his cane 1 felt | in Belgium having shot her to death | I couldn’t stand it any longer.” she with his revolver or about a German | testified. “I left him five times telling | <oldler in the firing squad having re- | him that the agree! t was off Then fused to obey the order to fire. | he would write me ul letters. say- — - | :né;u lge cou;ccuknmdg h:llhorut me and 1 WOMAN SHOPPERS LURED' ™" BY AUTOS AND MOVIES NE President of National Retailers’ As- | they didn’t dredge up a single pagan. Today officers of the army report that Greenwich Village, long the symbol of sophisticated wickedness, is one of the most conventional and well behaved sections of New York. They found that Beelzebub had moved his headquarters farther up town. ‘They thought they had trapped one real pagan, writing free verse in an attic, but he turned out to be a Metho- dist in good standing. The haul did yield a few backsliders and a few can- didates for a bed and a bowl of hot soup, but so far as artists, models and poets were concerned, it was love's labor lost. The army found them con- ventionally married and buying things | on the installment plan. | ys She Re- turned to Millionaire on W YORK SEEKS TOBAN | PRESS AT EXECUTIONS sociation in Address Notes Dimin- | gj; Would Exclude All Reporters ished Volume of Trade. as Result of Mrs. Snyder's By the Associated Press Pleture: NEW YORK, February 8.—Automo- | * biles and motion pictures are luring | By the A woman shoppers away from the depart- | ment stores. Ralph C. Hudson, president f @ National Retail Dry Goods Asso- Hellenic ated Pross, ALBANY. N. Y. February 8—A | sequel to the recent executions of Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray at | 8ing Sing prison found its way into the | New York Legislature yesterday in the Vfomen are no longer spending all | form of a bill intended to exclude all | their money on clothes in_department newspaper representatives from any “tores,” Mr. Hudson of O'Naill & Co., | execiution. Baltimore. continued. The measure seeks to provide that Carlos B Clark of the J. L Hudson the only information regarding an' Co.. Detroit, chairman of the associa- | exacution would come in & statement ton's tax committee. outlined the stand | from the commissioner of correction, t of the organization for stmplification of | be released to the public and the press the Federal income tax system | immediately afterward. The measure Directors elected today were R. B | obviously was intended to preclude a Guthrie, Paducah. Ky: Edwin F. Man- | repetition of the occurrence at the del, Chicago: Marshall Hale, San Fran- Snyder-Gray execution, where one of sco: Ralph C. Hudson, Baltimore. Md . | the newspaper witnesses succeeded in and Frederick A. Ayres. Indianapolis. | obtaining an unauthorized photograph Ind. | of Mrs. Snyder as she sat in the electric e e | chair. Former Washington Resident Suc- SeRGS cumbs in Woodbury. N. J. Fraternity Received at George A. Fagan, 43 years old, son of White House. Thomas and Mrs. Ida C. Eagan, 1934 | Prestdent Coolidge today received the Biltmore street, and & former resident | members of the Supreme Lodge of the here, died at his home, In Woodbury. | Archontic N. J. Wednesday, after a short lllness | Fraternal Organization of America | Funeral services were held in Wood- ' Citizens of Hellenic Ancestry. The in- bury Sunday. | troductions were made by Representa- Mr, Eagan was graduated from Cen- |tive Kelly of Pennsylvania. tral High School in the class of 1902| He explained to the President that | and from Cornell University, 1906. He | this organization had been dedicated was senlor member of the frm of [to th: task of inculcating respect for | Eagan & Beahm, engineers. of Phila- | the inalienable rights of man, loyalty | delphia. He served as a captain in the [to the United States and reverence for Ordance Department during the World | the history, culture and traditions of | War, | tthe Hellenic vace. | Mr. Eagan s survived by his parents; | his widow, Mrs Helen S Poolesville Woman Dies. POOLESVILLE, Md. February 8 | Mrs. Nannte Dickerson White, wife of Harvey J. White, a member of the | Maryland House of Delegates. died this morning after a complicated llness of wveral weeks. She was the daughter SEEKS SENATE POST. { the late Wallace Poole of Poolesville Dr. H. D. Hatfleld Out to Succeed | ang lw., "““I““rlll“b:nln;h section. Fu- e | neral services wi held at the home Neeley of West Viyginia, jat 11 am_ Friday, burial to be in HUNTINGTON, W Va, February | Monocacy Cemetery. Beallsville 2 8D Henry D Hatfield, promi- | - . . surgeon and former Governor of | cei t Virgluda, Jast night announced he | FOPe Receives Head of U. S Society would be a Republican candidate for | ROME, February 8 (9~ Pope Piu- (he United Stalen Senate o suocecd today received George Qillesple of New Senator MO M, Neeley, Damocrat, West | York dent of the Vineent be Virginia | Paul atlon — The Bonut asked Gov Howard M Qore antounced on | after the welfare of the soclety mem January 11 that he would be a Ropub- | bors and imparted a benediction upon llean candidate for the same post ; hand thelr work Bridc.v ll;;te at Bcit;g Called Wkti;\\' ‘ In Maryland, Is Married in Virginia Miss Helen ¥, and two brothers, Walter 1 Eagan of Philadelphin and Thoma: | L. Eagan of this eity. ’ The mystery of the fate of an ab- sent-minded bridegroom and an irate bride. who tore up the marviage - vense, Whs solved today when 1t be. me known that Raymond ¥ Mickum il Mias Jean Dempaey, who wouldn't | wetomarted I Aayland. were sue And sald he had made a uistake, and | Miss Dempsey wasn't a widow after M Wiy suggested (hat she ap DEAT 1 person, s there wouldn't b any doubt about 1t this tme Mis, Dempsey did veturn, 1 what Ay Wiley deseribed as & very vude man eontully untted o Virginin [ner and then pocdeded o tear up The couple appeared ot tha Heense | the Heenss et At Bockvitle vesterday and ve rhat spoiled el fested of the etk 0 W WHley, o fmmevted 1 Montgom. oense o wed MR, wWho Hves st Avington: County, Vi 430 Madison stveet, (this eity, woted as| word that they had n‘qwunl At the polkeamnn for the paile and gave his | conrthonse theve. obtaliied & Hoonse Ale A% and his condition as unmars fand had been jolned 1y matiimony by vled, wnd sald that Miss Depsey wan | Rev. Qeorge B Fielding of Olarendon 26 and 4 widow My Wiley orthwith | The maiiage Woense deseribed Miss tatied the Neense. Dempaey ax alngle f Plans Ty Y Qo o however came wetting I ton policeman: Mickum veturned a fow mnutes Inter | \vel, w from Jacksonville by railroad. A story purporting to reveal how rum was smuggled into the hands of United States Senators, Representatives and high Government officials was unfolded lr:’.!:l the witress stand yesterday in the ‘rial. The story of rum smuggling was told by John J. Hickey, former New York bootlegger, who since has become a pro- hibition department informer. Hickey was not asked to name any of the high Government officials, who, he said. had been the ultimate consumers of liquor, smuggled into Jacksonville and ship- ped to Washington by conductors, por- ters and runners. He was on the stand three hours. 3 The transactions in which Hickey said he figured occurred over a period of two years, prior to Pebruary, 1925. when indictments naming 32 men were returned by a Pederal grand Jur The ndants include Joshua Sp: kle. former Washington police lisuten- ant; Willlam Haller. foriner Washing- P. H Bartleman and Charles Marshall. former United States deputy marshals, and others. * Under cross-examination Hickey told of “sales” of liquor to men in hign political and public Iife in the Nae tional Capital. It was not indicated that the names would be brought out at_the trial - The principal point sought in ques- tioning Hickey was to establith the ori- gin and disposition of the liquor. Hickey testified that he did not know what disposition had been made of indictments returned against him several years ago. Hickey named H. N. McDonough. one of the defendants, as a local man who had procured a quantity of liquor and sold it to an undercover agent. who posed as a liquor buyer. Hickey was “in” on that deal, he said. and traced the liquor to Washington. Freed by the verdict were the follow- ing men: W. B. Benedict. Sprinkle, Hal- ler, P. H. Bartleman. Charles Marshal. R.'N. McDonough, John E. Kennedy, Marshall L. Brown, W. M. Masters, G. W. Keyes. James Hunter and Joseph Boudwin, sr. Washington: G. F. Cobb, Wallace Barsdale. Claude McNeill Bromley Hunter. Emil Krauss, Martin Williams and B. Kirkland. TWO TRIED HERE. Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart. who prosecuted Joseph Boedwin and James W. Hunter w%hen they were first tried in Police Court here for the liquor law violation three years ago, had made all preparations to g0 to Florida with the original affidavit, and was to leave this afiernoon. when he recelved word of the acquittal of all the defendants He was requested vesterday by the prosecution to appear with all papers in *ne original cases. Hunter was tried at the District Po- lice Court on November 23. 1923: Febru- ary 1, 1924, and Pebruary 25. 1925, Boedwin was tried on November 28, 1923. with Hunter. and also on Janu- ary 2. 1924. Mr. Hart prosecuted all the cases. which were simpla viola- tions of the national prohibition act. Later the men, together with the other defendants in the Plorida conspacy case, were charged ¥ith conspiracy in this city. After some investigation. how- !ever, the charges were dismissed. Later the men were extradited to Florida. Police Court records show that on September 2, Joseph Boedwin pleaded guilty to three counts of il- legal sale of liquor and to one count of n. He was fined a total of $300. On March 19, 1925, he was con- victed on an identical charge. The records show no other convic- tions in the other cases against the two men. e VIRGINIAN GRIP VICTIM. Spectal Drapated to Th FREDERICKSBURG. Va. 3.—Richard L Beale, commonweal! attorney ot Caroline County. died about y at his home in Bowling . tollowing an illness of grippe. He was 45 years old. He was a native ! Westmoreland County. but located n Caroline after finishing college. He had served several terms as commo: wealth attorney and was on the staff of Gov. Harry C. Stuart. He was a Bap- tist and a leader in charitable work His wife. who was Miss Frances Glas- sell of Bowling Green, and three chil- dren survive, Gt BAND CONCERT. TONIGHT. 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