Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1928, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular e tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. 10, 8, Weather Burean Forecast.) Rain this aftornoon and tonight; cold- er tonight; temperature about 34 de- gees: tomorrow fafr and colder. 69, at 4:30 ‘Temperatures—Highest, pm, yesterday; lowest, 54, at 3 am. to- day. Full report on page 7. i o Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ¢ Foening Slar. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Y"_ellerdl Circulation, 105,711 as fast as the papers are printed. — Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. " No. 30,664, TWASHINGTO D, 0, APRIL 14, 1928—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. FLYERS, SAFE, HOPE TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO NEW YORK TODAY Prepare Plane for Take-Off From Icebound Island, )\ essage Says. DAMAGED LANDING IILES SHORT OF BREMEN 1.077 Yights Storm. Headwinds and Fog on East-to-West Air Trip Across North Atlantic. OTTAWA, Ontario, April 14 (By Canadian Press).—The German plane Bremen will continue its flight today at noon, according to a message to the Dominion government from its telegraph service at Quebec City. The message said: “Airplane is expected to be repaired at noon and continue flight It is presumed by government officials here that the Bremen wiil be supplied with gasoline from the wireless station at Point Amour. There is a considerable supply of gasoline kept on hand there for | the operation of the generator for the wireless. | By the Amocinted Press. QUEBEC, April 14—A plane piloted by Dr. Louis Cuisinier left | Murray Bay, Quebec, at 11 a.m. today for Greenly Island, where it | was expected to arrive in five hours. | It was his hope to bring back the crew of the Bremen tomorrow. A second transcontinental airways plane will leave for the lslam:l; | tomorrow. A message was received shortly before noon today by the Do- minion government telegraph service saying that the landing was made at 5:30 oclock vesterday (presumably Newfoundland time, which would make it 4 o'clock Eastern standard time). The message said that at first it was believed the damage to the plane was slight and early this morning the aviators intended to make repairs and continue to New York. On inspection, how- MARK | ever, the damages were found to be more serious and it was believed that the Bremen would not be abl Flyers in Gt ite the strain of the four the forced landing all the flyers we. Murray Bay, where Chief Justice Taft of the United States has & e to take off for several days. ood Shape. hours groping about in the fog and re said to be in excellent condition. Summer home, is 90 miles from Quebec on the St. Lawrence river. It was estimated that it is about 350 miles in an air line from Green- Island. +f The second plane at Murray Bay which will start tomorrow morn- ing is expected to reach the island refuge of the transatlantic avi- ators by noon. It will be piloted by Romeo Dathan. These two planes would then attempt to bring the stranded men to Murray Bay. Flying conditions of the St. Lawrence river and were said to be excellent today, although it was believed snow msze straits. ‘There Cuisinier carried enough gasoline 3 trip e 1t was said there was no place en route PARS T0 WELCOME EEE T ARHERDES HOME dis of Belleble, o o im the | Costes and Lebrix Due Back Today—Arrival at Mar- Carry Shamrock and Doll on Hop Atlantic. NEW YORK, April 14 UP.—Having made the first non-stop airplane flight orth Atlantic from East to est, the crew of the German Junkers the 13th was offset by a four- ’:lnver, a shamrock, carried in| o ! SPl PROLU AKING OF SPRING LAID TO POLIGEMEN Deneen Leader Will Ask Court| to Take Action Against i Chicago Officers. | By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, April 14.—Judge Daniel | P. Trude, Republican campaign leader | for the faction headed by United States | Senator Denecen, said today he would | ask County Judge Edmund K. Jareckl, | in charge of elections, to take action against 100 Chicago policemen stationed | at the polls in Tuesday's primary elec- | tion. ‘They will be charged with alding | fraudulent voting, Judge Trude said. “Forty-eight of these officers manned the polls in the twentieth ward, where a ‘bloody reign of terror' Tuesday cul- minated in the machine gun skying of | Attorney Granady, Morris Eller's rival for ward committeeman,” Judge Trude charged. Winked at Violence. “Stationed at the polls to protect the voting public they literally winked at all manner of violence and fraud. They brazenly looked on while Deneen watch- ers were thrown out bodily, slugged, | kidnaped or otherwise maltreated. “They made no effort to assist in the prevention of ballot stealing. We are going to ask Judge Jarecki in a formal petition, which will be submitted in a few days, to conduct a thorough inu- vestigation of the part played by these | Jolicemen in primary day violence.” Police captains of the district in the twentieth ward said that they had re- celved no complaints such as Judge Trude made. Judge Trude also said Deneen leaders would demand a recount | of fame at the risk of death on gntng storm, beadinds and | seilles Reported. After i fog in its flight from Dublin the plane came down some 1,077 miles short of its | destination, Mitchel Pleld, and far Off | 5 the Amocisted >l | its course, st moon SederilY, hows| PARIS. April 14 UM—FHaves, the S8 32 minutes, airline, and presumably | French news agency, today reported the | much more when deviations from | arrival of Dieudonne Costes and Joseph ed. | Lebrix, Prench round-the-world avia-| course are Plane Damaged in Landing. tors, at Marseille at 1 p.m. for the twentleth ward. Police meanwhile were seeking three | men for questioning in connection with | the shooting of Granady. Disruption Looms, | Possibility of the disruption of the Republican and Democratic State con- ventions in Springfield one week hence appeared last night with the discovery EI-EE'I'I[]N FRAUUS | ROME RECORDS QUAKE. | Shock So Great Needles Fly Out of Instruments. ROME, April 14 (#).—The Central Meteorological office recorded an earth- quake shock at 10:02 am. today. The center of the disurbance was about 560 miles from Rome. The needles flew out of the most powerful detect- ing instruments. LONDON, April 14 () —A violent earthquake was recorded at Kew Ob- servatory at 9:04 o'clock this morning. The epicenter was estimated to be 1,430 miles away, probably near western coast of the Black Sea. The disturbance was of about the same In- tensity as that produced by the de- structive quake of March 31 near Smyrna. 0 BELGIAN PRINCE Washington Girl Bride in Lon- don Despite Opposition of His Family. By (he Associated Pross. LONDON, April 14.—Prince Charles Philippe, Duc de Nemours and Miss Marguerite Watson of Washington and Newport, R. I, were married in London today. The family of the Prince, so far as known, opposed the match to the last A few days ago the Prince told the Assoclated Press that his family had another girl in mind for him, the sekl;'cdlkm of his mother being of royal Has_Different Views. “Oh_ye for me years ago,” he sald. “That fs the old. old way, ‘but with all due respect to the young lady in question 1 had entirely different views in the matter.” The prince met Miss Watson® four years ago at a dinner party in Paris The American girl was an hour late, and this aroused his curiosity for he wondered what kind of a girl it was who dared be an hour late at dinner. 00 AGITATORS HELD IN DEMONSTRATION NEAR WHITE HOUSE | Police Reserves Arrest Band Protesting U. S. Policy in Nicaragua. APPEAR WHILE VISITORS WAIT TO SEE PRESIDENT Extra Guard on Grounds Departs When Picketing Is Re- ported Postponed. Eluding police who earlier in the day had closely guarded Union Station, about 100 men and women, principally from New York and Philadelphia, mem- bers of the All-American Anti-Imperial- ist League. suddenly appeared outside the White House Grounds. where they staged a demonstration with banners in protest of the administration’s Nicara- guan policy. A hurry call to police headquarters brought a detachment of headquarters detectives, headed by Inspector Pratt, and riot squads from the first and third precinct, who drew up in automobiles » (/) Means Associated Pre Sabbath Is Man’s, | Judge Decides in Blue Law Trial By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. April 14— Municipal Judge Harb believes “the Sabbath was made for man” and last night found Ed Rowley, Little Rock theater owner, not guilty of violating the State “blue laws” be- cause he gave a charity benefit last Sunday. The show, proceeds of which went to the Arkansas Crippled Children’s Hospital, was held despite protests of the Little Rock Ministerial Alliance. D. AR, DELEGATES RESCUED IN FIRE Firemen Carry Hotel Guests Down Ladders—Two Men Overcome by Smoke. More than a score of women, dele- gates to the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution convention, were res cued early this morning in a two-alarm fire at the Kern Hotel, 1912 G street, firemen carrving most of those rescued down ladders. The fire was discovered at 3 o'clock. All of the delegates were taken safely from the hotel, which was crowded to | old. colored porter. was badly burned, and Robert Downs, 35 years old, 1220 capacity, but James Jeffries, 54 years | TWO CENTS % KNOWN DEAD ASBLAST WRECHS AR DANEEHAL Debris of Two-Story Building Searched for 18 Missing After Explosion and Fire. ONLY NINE IDENTIFIED: MANY FOUND IN STREETS Gasoline Storage Tank Under Structure Believed Cause- Militia Called Out. By the A . WESTPLAINS, Mo., April 14 —Death stalked into t little Ozark City and turned a dance hall with its me making throng into a holocaust. With 36 known dead, rescue workers today tearing away the debris where laughter changed to shrieks of rror as an explosion wrecked the building late last night, seeking 18 per- s missing and thought to have per- | ished beneath falling walls. | Sixteen injured are in hospitals many in a serious condition. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. [t is believed that those listed as missing the | | | just as the procession was passing to i ithe rear of the White House Grounds. | | All were arrested and taken to police . ol " | headquarters and held under $25 col- | | lateral on a charge of violation of the | 'park regulations relating to parading | without a permit on Government reser- | b | vations | Appearance of the league members was just at the time the crowds of visitors were gathering at the entrance to the Executive Office, preparatory to | shaking hands with President Coolidge. Considerable excitement followed, prin- cipally because of the arrival of the riot squads. Warned by Attorney. ‘The demonstrators’ attorney, Spencer Hornback., with offices in the Throwing down the gauntlet to her | woodward Building, declared that he | President General Replies to “Blacklist” Charge on Convention Eve. | G street, was found overcome by smoke | may be included among the unidentified in the basement, to which the fire was | 9¢ad. confined. Both were taken to Emer-| A of e 53 guest " of the ests at the hotel are | 3 LA T i ot ot otel %€ | destroyed three buildings before it was Boston and New York. Mrs, Edith K. Prousht under control by volunteer Kern, proprietress, was aroused by the bucket brigades assisting the Fire De- | dense smoke. She awakened the porter, | partment. Property loss was estimated Fire Follows Blast. Fire followed almost immediately and John | who groped his way to the basement, | only to be found by firemen lying face | | down in a pool of water, burned about | | the arms and overcome by smoke. | | Awakens Guests. | | Mrs. Kerns ran through the building, | awakening her guests. As she at-| tempted 1o warn the sleeping women | on the second floor she was dazed by | the smoke and was rescued by two fire- | men. between $100,000 and $150,000. - The dead: Paul Evans, jr. Maj. Robert Mullins, 140th Infantry, Missouri National Guard. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Martin. Mrs. Kitty McFarland, undertaker. Charles Fisher, student, Ava, Mo. Mrs. Carl Mullins. John Bates, son of Rev. J. . ™. Bates, pastor of First Methodist Church. critics in the so-called “black list” con- | troversy on thé eve of the D. A. R. Con- gress, Mrs. Alfred J. Brousseau, presi- dent-general of the Daughters of the | American Revolution, today issued to registering delegates a bristling state- ment attacking her accusers and defend- advised them that if they came to Washington, they would be arrested, and they disregarded his warning. Twenty-five policemen’and detectives had been assigned to augment the reg- ular White House force early this morn- | ing on receipt of advice through the State Department that the demonstra- the family selected a wife | The lengthy printed statement, which was handed to delegates as they regis- tered at the Washington Auditorium, de- nounces the circulation by a “self-ap- pointed ~ommittee of protests5 of a pamphiet entitled “Our Threatened Heritage” and denies charges trehein contained that she Is “under foreign domination.” Mrs. Brousscau lists the individual members of this committee and shows that 12 out of 16 of its members, in- cluding Mrs. Helen Tufts Bailie of Mas- sachusetts, leader in the “protest move- ment,” have held no chapier, State or national office in the D. A. R. Denies a “Black List.” | She specifically denles the existence | of a “black list" of speakers not in | accord with policies of the D. A. R., in 50 far as the national society is con- | cerned, and charges that the whole dis- pute arises from the determined stand for national defense taken by the socety | Mrs. Brosseau states that she has steadfastly refused to comment in the press on the statements contained in | “Our Threatened Heritage,” now being widely circulated, but that “to the mem- bers of this organization I assert the right of defense upon the grounds of | my own long service." The president general's follows: | “Through the press of the country {and upon the lecture platform has poken one Mrs. Helen Tufts Baille of Cambridge, Mass. in condemnation of Mrs. William Sherman Walker, vice | president general and chairman of na- | ional defense, and myself, as your | prestdent general. |ing policies of the national officers. | tion would take place at 9:30 a.m. Later the State Department advised the police that the demonstrators would arrive about 5 p.m., and the extra guard was withdrawn. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, declared that the sudden ap- pearance of the demonstrators did not take the police unawares. He that the extra guard at the White House when the police learfied that the agi- tators would not arrive by train. Leaders of the demonstrators de- clared that they had given the police the impression that they would arrive by train, whereas they had been as- sembling here quietly since Wednesday. No disorder marked the breaking up of the picketing. The large group walked in orderly fashion with Capt. Beane of the first precinct at their lead to the station house. Many Carry Posters. Just before the noon hour members of the league in single file, and muny of them carrying large pasteboard (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) MERGER PROPOSAL SENT T0 CONGRESS statement d Union Station had been withdrawn | yg Guests on the first floor ran from the doors clad in night attire. They took refuge in a garage in the rear. while the hotel annex and homes across the street cared for other refugees. Responding to the first alarm, turned in by Charies Higham, for 25 years | chiet of the Middletown (N. Y.) Vol | Kern Annex, 1913 G street, firemen | ‘Iound women leaning from the upper | | windows of the hotel, attempting to es- | | cape the choking smoke. | The big extension ladder was raised to | | the fourth-story eoping and other lad- ders were placed against the second and third story window ledges. Ascending the ladder, which uvnied dizzily from récarjous perch ol a soft terrace, | Sergt. L. 1. West of No. 2 Engine Com- | | pany crept along the fourth-story cop- |ing and carried down Mrs. Audley K.| Leon, 38 years old, 57 Wadsworth ter- | | race, New York. Mrs. S. Dufficld Swan, | 2623 Sedgewick avenue, New York, was| rescued in a similar manner by Pvi. {1 J. Beers of No. 2 Engine Company, | | driver for Chief Carrington. | " Two Are Rescued. | | _Mrs. J. E. Van Emburg, delegate from General Nathaniel Woodhull Chapter, | New York, and her roommale, M\x‘ Carrie B. Woodford, also of New York, were carrfed from their fourth-story | room by two firemen, characterized by Mrs. Van Emburg as “very charming | and capable men.™ | Lieut. I W. Lusty of No Company carried two women down the | ladder from the second floor, but, in | common with most of the rescuers, was | too b least eight delegates, besides those men- | tioned, were carried safely down the| ladders, while other were guided | through the murky halls. Men from No. 3 Truck Company car- | ried on rescue work from the rear win- | dows, while No. 2 Engine Company and 2 Engine | usy to obtain their names. teer Fire Department, a guest at mrw‘;'a“;;“ totter County | the Arkansas line J. W. Weiser, head of Weiser Motor | Co.. in whose bullding the explosion | occurred. | . Twenty-three unidentified bodies are in two undertaking establishments. | Many of the injured were picked up jon the streets tar from the scene of the H. C Allen, merchant, was blown and found with both legs broken and an-arm torn off. The intense heat of the fire and total | darkness, caused when the power plant was damaged. hindered rescuers. Sc after the explosion the walls of the building collapsed. Gasoline Tank Believed Cause. The dance was being hel second floor of a twmsmrvuhw The ground floor was a_garage and motor car salesroom. Officers today are investigating a report that a large gasoline storage tank. thought to have been under the building. was the cause of the blast Several score persons had just left a moving picture theater located. th the same block, and many of them knowing their friends and relatives were attending the dance, made fran- tic efforts to enter the wrecked and burning_structure. Out-of-town residents who attended the dance were not included in the list of missing. but it was believed that many from surrounding towns woul among the victims. . &4 A rain early in the evening had re- duced attendance at the dance. which a was a weekly affair The injured were d up tn the streets or were taken ndows of the upper story as ked their way through the g W plains, the county seat of Howell is located about 20 miles from National Guardsmen from the loca! | unit were called cut to assist in the { rescue work and preserve order. When Miss Watson appeared the prince | No. 3 Truck Company operated from | Agreement Must Be Ratified% The fiyers are expected to continue 10|,y ynexpected provision in the pri- Paris, where an enthusiastic Welcome | mary law passed hurriedly by the last | Gives Data on Crities. “Not satisfied with these public at- the front. Sergt. T. D. Lyons and Pvis. | More Than 60 Floor. F. J. Balik and G. T. O'Brien of No. 1 |« - was impressed by her personality, and The propeller was broken and the | they sat side by side at the dinner. Janding gear damaged. It was assumed that this occurred when the plane land- ed. It was regarded as impossible for the plane to have landed on the isiand itself, which 15 a little more than a square mile in area, and §t was assumed that the landing was made on the ice As soon as word was recelved from Baron Enbrenfried Gunther von Huene- 1rid, fiight sponsor, and participant of the landing, preparations were made 10 bring him and his companions, Capt. Herman Koehl, German war fiyer, and Commandant James Fitzmaurice of the Irish Pree Btate Alr Force, co-pilots, o New York The Canadian steamer Montcalm Lawrence patrol the 8t r, o Wirelessed that n‘m roceeding &t once some 200 miles c’u"‘;: island %o take the fiyers off. If the ship gets through, she will take the men 10 North Bydney, Nova Sootia “The shamrock was carried by Fitz- maurice lust Seplember when he tried 1 fiy the Atiantic with Capt R H and brought him safely back ands of Baliybunion government now in Beach e plane was unable to fight its way through us off the Irish coast Whe s arrived st Baldon- nel from March 26 Pt manrice gave s his cherished shamroce 0 e as Qecided carry that P bing World, alely wa [P traveied either Qg e Foint (Louroe the wmainland went by land Amour, Labra tion sent it he first mes ohne, Newiounclsnd ’ “Pomt Amou German enly lsiand. W med) W ¥, Barrel Barreit 1 the radio ope Amour. on \he Bor, where U ment mainlr proweetion of S Later Radio enester, N 1 Trom the Cunadisn government sation Bt Loutshurg, Nove Bootia S cermen plane Janded st Greenly Jsland, Kown Lty Gamuged. Crew well Fhen essage engel of the North n New York “Made safe Intermedinte Jending on Oreer Ielond. Buaits Belle sl Coutipued e Pegs 4, Columi 34 slation for U n 1HA st picked up ths e M Beron von Huenefeld sent this 0 General Munager H. Bchy German Lioyd Line awaits them. Word of the arrival of the men at | Marseille caused some mystification at |Le Bourget, as their departure from Athens, where they landed yesterday | from Aleppo, Syria, had not yet been | reported. The safety of the Bremen was an- nounced in extra editions of the morn- ing papers when all had about con- cluded that the gallant German-Irish trio had shared the fate of Nungesser and Coll and other martyrs to the cause of aviation In the hearts of the French, Costes | and Lebrix were regarded as having | had thelr revenge on the relentless | ocean which snuffed out the lives of Nungesser and Coll. Carrying the French colors around the world has | placed them in the front rank as con- | querors of the air | |~ Prom Paris they went down the coast | of Africa, across the South Atlantic to | | Bouth America, through Central Amer- | lica and across the United Btates iIn | their plane, the Nungesser-Coll, they uraveled by ship Tokio and then re- sumed thelr sir pllgrimage “The lust leg of 10,000 miles from Tokio wan regarded as an even more brilllant chievement than what preceeded 1t It was claimed that on it, they beat all records for daily fiight, averaging more | than 1600 miles, whereas the best pre- | v was 1,350, made recently | Army plane fiylng over Fxettement grew from the Ume Costes Labrix left Toklo last Bunday reached Hanol, French Indo- Caleutts, Indian Karachi, India . Irak Allepo, Byris snd Athens, Greece with elock-work regularity of man and machine, and Parls was ready welcome them todiy and They China Bt FLYERS OWN To Appear Commandant James Fitzmaurice, chief of the Irish Free Blale Alr Force, accompanying and Baron von Huenefeld, in'thelr now epoch making flight 1o the American continent from Germany and Ireland, will write of the Bremen's effort navigalors, ‘This graphic slory will be in The Brar. Watch | | A | Legislature, That the newly-chosen counly com- mittees meet Monday, organize and clect delegates to the State conventions based upon the votes cast in the pri- mary, was the provision uncovered. It was pointed out that in the smaller counties such action could be taken, but that it would be impossible in Cook County (Chicago), because the canvass of last Tuesday's primary vote will not begin until next Monday and will re-| quire at least three weeks. The old county committee in Cook cannot function, because it went out of | existence, according to the new law, when s successor members were | chosen, A State Supreme Court deci- sion has held that candidates have been “chosen” when the polls close. Agreement Seen Solution. The only hope appeared to be to have the Cook County delegates act by | agreement of the opposition factions. There still was no indication from Kankakee, Gov. Small’s home, that he intended immediately to appoint @ new United States Senator from Illinols to take the place Col. Prank L. Smith, re- signed when he determined to go before the people for & third mapdate to washington! FIVE CHICAGOANS HEI Men Arrested in Jersey City as Bombing Suspects, JERSEY CITY, N. J., April 14 (4 Five former residents of Chicago's nine teeith and twentieth wards, scene of homb outrages preceding the it election in that eity, were arrested hey Just night by detectives from Cirand street station and booked ab police hendquarters ws disorderly persons (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) STORY in The tar the German fiyers, Capt. Koehl and the experiences of s published In Washington only for It Became Quickly Engaged. 'he next day we were invited to tea at a friend’s home, and a weck later we were engaged,” he added. "It was a great secret, but gradually got to my parents, who disapproved from the very beginning, in the first place because of my age. The prince afterward saw Miss Wat- son frequently in New York, Paris and London, but he never visited Newport. Wed in Registrar's Office, ‘The couple were married at the reg- istrar’s office in Convent Garden. Miss Watson wore & navy blue dress. 8 smart long coat also of dark blue and & close- fitting navy blue straw hat setting off her falr halr. She was accompanied by an official of the American consulate. The prince with the witnesses, Toby Charlton, husband of Lady June Charl- | ton, and Claude shortly afterward, an friend with the bride, and when the wedding was over she left alone, driv- ing off in a taxicab, while the bride. groom and his friends followed in an- other taxi, Marcel, appeared Miss Watson was born in Richmond, Vi, and has lived In Parls for a num- ber of years. Her engagement to the late Reginald Vanderbullt was rumored In 1019, but Inter was broken. The duke 15 the only son of the Dike id Duchess of Vendome. His mother 1s consin of King Albert of Belglum It bad been rumored that the wed- ding would be postponed until May be- ause of objections by the duke’s fumily. The duke, however, sald they would be married as soon as Miss Watson's health permitted. She was recovering from an operation for appendicitls. He also denled rumors that King Albert objected to the match, LIVED ON Q won Connected With Old Fam- flles Here and Abroad. Miss Marguerite Carrington Watson Is 1he daughter of Mrs, Garrett Watson of 1621 Q street and has lived for the past two years on Bellevue avenue, at New- port, R, L Her grandmother on the maternal side was Baroness von Ketteler and her reat-grandmother wis Countess von chwerin of Baxony, the oldest house of nobility in Kurope, Archbishop von Kettoler was her grent-groat-uncle and Baron Frederick von Kelteler, Minlster o China, who was killed in the Boxer uprising, wis her cousin Her family has the orlginal medals of Leglon of Honor and & r)m wword presented h( Napoleon to her great- randfather for his n oy On_her paternal side she 5 related to the oldest families in Virginia, including the Cabells and the Oarringtons, Miss W, bravery ‘There was no wom- | tacks, she has formed a self-appointed | committee of lay members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and under the caption, ‘Our Threatened Heritage, has tssued a pamphlet which she has given to the newspupers and circulated freely within and without | the organization “The following women constitute the | personnel of this ‘committee of protest.’ |and with each name is hereby given | the record of membership as contained |in the official files of the National | Soctety: | Mrs William Franklin ~Anderson, | | Paul Revere, Mass.; has held no office | in organization; admitted 1923; Mrs Charles A. Eastman, Betty Allen Chap- | ter, Mass.: has held no office ir organization: ndmitted 1925; Miss Anna | Dill Gamble, member at large, has no chapter, State or national privileges admitted 1899; Mrs, Danlel Howard, Abigail Walcott Ellsworth Chapter, has held no office in organization; admitted | 1920; Mrs. Danlel Philip Kliendinst, Irondequoit Chapter, New York: has held no office in organization: admitted 1000; Mrs. Willlam D. McRae, Mercy Warren Chapter, has held no office in organization: admitted 1923; Mrs George L. Munn, Sumbit Clark Chap- | ter, chapter reglstrar at organization, | 1895; vice regent; 1902: regent, 1903-04: | State vice regent, 1905-06; admitied 1895 Mrs. Jeanne Maury ¢ teen Colonles Chapler, has eld 1o offic In organization; admitted 1897; Mrs. | Dalias Lore Sharp, Old Colony Chapter [has held no office in organization; ad- mitted 1016, Mrs, Walter A. Peck, Gas- ipre Chapter, regent, 1897-9; admitted 1802; Mrs. * John K. Pember, Anna | | Adams Tufts Chapter, Mass.. vice re-| gent, 1902; admitted 1001, resigned Feb- 1, 1008, reinstated October 18, Mrs. Willlam Lyon Phelps, Eve ar Chapter, Conn.; first vice regent, | May, 1023~ present tecond vice re- |url||: admitted 1022; Mrs, Edward Tall- | madge Root, Anne Adams Tufts Chap- | ter, Muss,; has held no office in organ- 1lml'lnu‘ mitted 1021; Mrs, Augustus B. Tripp, Parson Roby Ohapter, Mass.; has held no office in umunlunnn: ad- mitted 1924; Mrs. Hendrik Vossema, Bunker Hill Chapter, Mass.: has held 10 office In organization, admitted 1908; Mis, Helen M. ‘Tufts Bailie, Ann Adams Tufts Chapter, Cambridge, Muss., has hield no office i organization; admitted 1016; vesigned, 1021, reinstated, 1015 Asserts Right of Defonve. “The pamphlet I have steadfastly re- fused to comment upon through the medium of the press, but to the mem- bers of this organisation 1 assert the rlght of defense upon the grounds of my own long service, “In the language more forcible than courteous or cautlous, this committee asserts that T am ‘hypnotieed’ and “(Gontinued on Page 2, Column 8 vie Patten, ‘Thir by Both Houses to Become Effective. W= . The proposed merger of the transpor- tation lines of the District took another forward step toward consummation to- day when the Public Utllities Commis- sion transmitted the revised unification agreement to Congress. The agreement will have to be ratified by the Senate and House before it can be made effec- ty Acting s @ messenger for the com- mission Earl V. Fisher, its executive secretary, carried the important docu- pent 40 the Capitol and submitted cop- es to Viee President Dawes, President of the Senate, and Speaker Longworth of the House. The commission's of transmittal contained the draft of a proposed bill to make the merger agree- ment effective, together with a brief regtew of the history of the merger agleement and the correspondence be- tween the District Commissioners and thé Bureau of the Budget with respect to certain provisions providing for the transfer of the cost and maintenance of paving between car tracks and the pa ment of the salaries of crossing polices men from the consolidated company to the taxpayers of the District ‘The merger plan had been before the | Utllities Commibssion sinee last October a1, when Harlee Peyton Wilson, prinet- pul owner of the Washington Rupid Transit © outline of & the transit formed the basis of the merg ment, which was later subs by the boards of directors and stock- holders of the companies. The agree- ment, however, was modified by the Public UtItids Commission before it placed approval on the document. UNE IN ON Station WRC, when Washingt week-day games out of town, Get the Edition of scheme for consolidating companies. y and you will have every detall of the Natliona Boston Games Start 3 P.M, ) The Star's base ball experts are furnishing you graphic descriptions by air, wire and press, letter | . submitted a skeletonized | Base Engine Company and Sergt. West and Pvt. W. K Bouthal of No. 2 Engine Company participated in the rescue of the unconscious men in the basement Dow it developed. was an unau- | thorized visitor in the basement. His | presence in the house until he was found by firemen. Damage Set at $500. The damage was confined to the base- | ment. Firemen estimated it at $500 The fire, they stated, was caused prob- | ably by defective wiring. The basement is used chiefly as a storeroom. The front windows are barred, preventing the escape of the two men who were groping towards them when overcome by smoke. Battalion Chief B. V. Weaver turned in a second alarm. Chief | George S. Watson responded to this alarm and took charge of operations. Guests did not sufter the lass of any of their belongings, save for one woman who threw her coat. containing her pocketbook, from the window smoke did not greatly damage the build- ing and several of the delegates stated that they planned to reoccupy thelr rooms, Most of the delegates, some of them grandmothers and veterans of many D. A R conventions, were surprisingly vlacid in the face the excitement One delegate stated that the only - conventence she suffered was having to Another | W0 fires |on her trips to € since she was at the Willard Hotel sev- | eral years ago when It eaught fire dur- ing the D. A R wmeeting Firemen Praised. All of them praised the work of the firemen, and Higham was especially warm in his praise. stating that the | fivetighters arrived “almost instantly,” (Continued on Page 10, Column 3) | THE RADIO on's base ball team is playing and then | | Ball Final | The Star contests. i | | not known The | | killed instantly. | bone Thirty to forty couples were dancing when the blast came. Among the my | rymakers were many of the prominent | young men and women of the city. | © At 11°30 o'clock the dance was at its | height. The three-piece orchestra was nearing “Home, Sweet Home™ Miss Dimj AL n, at the piano, was ra a popu embers the t iser, owner of the i the back door of the below. A mot m his home to s garage door s | open there was the thunder of a ter. | rific explosion. The floor of the dance hall above | lifted almost to the cel | of terrible silence fo | floor crashed in fragr gasoline-fed furnace be | the forms of a score of | Some Blewn Through Windows. | Some were blown t dows and survived. able t0 crawl away from the flames fety, Others were blown free of the ains to the street below. eut and man- gled, burned and bleediny The pianist was believed to have been b Batl on, the trom- plaver, w ho was sitting next to her was blown through a window and lived The third member of the orchestra is believed also to have perished The blast awoke sleeping farmers for a of 3 miles and the leaping tided them (o the wene of the rough the w ee or four were difsast Al sfon of gasolae in the ga- y blamed for the ca- Wolser was fouad not far from the wreckage. his hand holding the doorknob of the shattered garage. an‘\kl\'l knows what happened to the motoris The common bellef fs that Weiser lighted & match and ignited the fumes M gasaline The missing include Ren Jolly, 68 Mrs. Mary Adair Mrs. Francis Drago KMn Wallace Rogers, Pleasanton, ans Mrs. Robert Murphy, Springfie o Lev Reed, West Plaths sislb Niss nuu;:‘- Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Q. Mart iR artin who \tere Clinton Clemmons. Miss Ruth Fisher, Otto Kellett, :lll'l\lll i\!lll Evelyn Conkin, Kansas \ ) flr u;\fl h.l‘n. Byeo luh_v‘.“’ - Miss loy Risner, yer, Mo Boyd Qarner, ul:-:‘;th Charles Murk, 13, St . Carson MeClelland. Ru«iio l‘rofimm—l;m 36 ‘