Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1928, Page 4

4 @ DRIE CASE DELAY | Chief Justice Says Supreme | Court Will Clean Docket of Felony Cases. The “shocking miscarriages of jus- tice” in the administration of criminal Justice in this country were blamed on Congress and the State legislatures by George W Wickersham, president of the American Law Institute, at the opening session of its sixth annual meeting at the Mayflower Hotel here today. hief Justice Wiliam Howard Taft seized the same occasion to deplore de- Jays in criminal procedure by which he said “those gentiemen unfortunate enough to have been convicted” are| allowed “a perfod of rest and contem- plation” before beginning to serve their sentences Lamenting the fact that “the Su- preme Court has become a criminai court—not so much in the cases we hear. but in_the cases we decline to hear,” the Chief Justice prais:d the wark of the institute in d 2 a code | of criminal procedure. No Period of Refl. “At no time in history." he said *have legisiators been so mvfle«u‘d m criminal codes. not so much because the legislators themselves are inters ested, but because the people are stir- ring them up and demanding better ad- | ministration of justice “The Supreme Court has determined that those gentlemen unfortunate enough to have been convicted in the! lower courts are not going to have a period of rest and contemplatien before beginning to serve the state.* The Su- | preme court, therefore, he said, is ad- vancing every criminal case that comes | before it and when it adjourns for the Summer it will have heard every crimi- nal case on its docket. The Chief Justice said he feared this would arouse from members of the bar y “[f the Constitution doesn’t forb:d such expediency.” Mr. Wickersham declared that administration of criminal justice mn this country for some time past has been a matier of reproach to thought- ful men” This is due, he said, pri- ‘marily to “the failure of the community | @t large to recognize the absolute necd of a learned, impartial and powerful Judiciary. Takes Rap at Congress. “While associations such as ours are endeavoring to reform the statutory rules of procedure in criminal cases. some members of the Congress of the United States are at work trying io reduce the powers of a judge in the trial of cases to the impotence of a moderator at a town meeting, despite | the exarnple furnished in many of the | States of the Union of the sad results | of a poorly paid judiciary, chosen by popular vote, after a preliminary pri- mary campaign, for short terms, lnd often subject to popular recall.” At no time in the history of the bar, Mr. Wickersham said. has it been “more nctively engaged in work designed to improve the administration of justice | than at the present time. He took a fling at * umm.:cn(l schools pouring out a great number ol imperfectly educated men, n'r:p'ncd“llo‘ pass the official requirements for ad- mission to the bar, but ill fitted to take & leading part in the profession or in lic life™ pub . institute council had ready for today the official l:um(emzm; wmm;m)y half the law of con- William Draper Lewis, “the mn.otm?n in three years and trusts in Consideration of the tentative draft of the code of criminal procedure. which the institute hopes 1o expedite | ® the administration of criminal justice, h set for s-mmv | CHURCH COMBINE PLAN IS SCOUTED, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, B U THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928, IPUPPY FREED FOR BITING GIRL ND IS RENAMED “NOT GULITY A!askan Huskie “Vicious,"” as Complained. | i Canine Descendant of Leon- | ard Sepalla’s Dogs Used in Heroic Northern Dash. Charges were dropped in Police Court this morning against Daufterer, a 10- week-old Alaskan huskie puppy. direct descendant of two of the Jogs on the famor's team used by Leonard Seppala in his dash across the frozen snows in February, 1925, to carry anti-toxin to the diptheria-stricken city of Nome, . who was haled into couri booked with ‘having bitten 3-year-old Frances Kane of 2809 South Dakota avenue northeast. The dog’s master promptly changed his name to “Neot t r belongs o M. M New York avenue, and while s frisking along Sevenih street between H and 1 streeis with his mas- ter last night he passed the little girl Instinctively afraid of dogs, she threw up her hands. and the puppy. taking the gesture as an invitation o romp. according to Henson, jumped up on the child. As she leaped, one of his teeth or one of nis toenails, his master said. scratched her finger Henson took the child. who was ac- companied by her mother, 10 a nearby drug store, had the wound disinfected expr ed his apologies and. left. he said today He thought the matter was closed until (wo policemen went to his home last night and informed him that a complaint had been lodged against ‘dog.” The complaint charged that th dog had bitten the little girl, the police said, and ordered that Daufterer ap- pear in Police Court today to answer a charge of viciousness. When Henson appeared at the cor- poration counsel’s office this morning the diminutive huskie won the affecticn | of all who saw him. and it was decided that he was not “vicious." No infore mation was filed. so Daufterer and Hen- son went home, after Daufterer had been formally introduced to Frances. Henson, a brakeman for the Wash- ington Terminal Co. said that when Leonard Sappala appeared here on the stage of a local theater he told him how nx\l(h he ndm(r!‘d the dogs and asked Henson RS, W.D. HOOVER COMMITS SUICIDE Banker Fmds wlfe Dead, | With Pistol Nearby—Had Been Il for Several Years. Mrs. William D. Hoover, wife of the president of the National Savings & Trust Co., shot hersel! to death in their home, in the Presidential Apartments, Sixteenth and L streets, early this morning. Her body was found on the fioor of her room by her husband when he en- | tered shortly after 6 o'clock, a bullet through her head. A .32-callber re- volver was lying nearby, and it is be- { lieved that Mrs. Hoover had shot her- | self several hours previously. 8he had | been suffering from a serious sinus in- fection for several years, and several | operations had been performed without | aucteu She was about 50 years of Mr Hoover notified Coroner Nevitt, | { who issued a certificate of suicide after | visiting the apartment. A police of- | ficer who investigated the case report- ed that Mrs. Hoover had been despond- | f ent for some time, and had intimated| The officer reported that yesterday Mr. Hoover had searched the apartment | Presbyterian Official Denies Official | Move Toward Merger With Methodists. B the Assnciated Pross. s PHILADELPHIA, April 26 —Rev. Dr Lewis 5. Mudge, stated clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer- ies, 'm a formal statement today said there is not*in existence at present any movement looking toward the union of the Presbyterian Church in the United Btlater of America and the Methodist Episcopal Church North, “which is under the jeadership of men of promi- pence and influence in either church.’ The statement follows a report from Chicago yesterday that William P. Mc- Dermott of the promotional department of the Methodist Episcopal Church had | predicted 4 union of the Presbyterian | #nd the Methodist Episcopal Churches involving 17.000.000 communicants in 25.000 churches, Dr. Mudge in his statement sald that “these two churches are and alway have been on the most cordial terms e happlest fraternal relation- FRENCH AIRMEN COMING. Experts Will Btudy U. 8. Lines—To Visit Distriet of Columbia LE BOURGET. P Apri American sir mail service and com- mercial sviation in genersl will be studied by & group of ezperts w ba sent 0 the United Blates by the Prench com- mivse of meronsutical propagancs This B n, traveling much by air will yisit New York, Washington, Cleve- lsnd, Detroit, Chicago, £t Louls and probably i Coust_since there s particulsr in the Los An- gelesBan Frar 26 @) for a revolver which he suspected his wife had secreted, but that he had fail- ed to find it. He sat up with her until midnight last night, and it is believed that she shot herself shortly afier he retired. The report of the shot was | not_heard. Mrs. Hoover, a former treasurer gen- eral of the National Bociety Daughters of the American Revolution, leaves a son, Reeve Hoover, and a daughter Mrs. P. 8. Landstreet, jr, of Hunting- ton. W. Va. Puneral services will be held at Mount St. Alban’s Church Sat- urday afternoon by the Rev. C. T Warren. SAYS AMERICAN BOY IS WITHOUT SUPERIOR Adolph E. 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GRABILL CO, INC. 709 “G" St N.W. |GEOLOGY RESEARCH WORK IS EXPLAINED Chandler Addresses Illinois State Society—Others on Program. | Mra, | . Recent geological rescarch in the | INinots Valley was explained to several hundred members of the Illinois State Soclety at its final meeting of the | season in the Willard Hotel Iast night {by, Mrs. Josephine Craven Chandier, vied president of the Tllinols Chapter of the National Pen Women's League | Addresses were also delivered by Jus- tice Fentan W. Booth of the Court of Claims and Representative Mississipp. Representative Rathbone | president of the soclety, presided Guests of honor at the reception prior to the speeches included Minis- | fer and Mme. Sze of China, Minister and Mme. Simopoulos of Greece, Ma) Gen. and Mrs. Amos A. Fries. Mr. and | Mrs. Charles H. {e Fevre, Mr and Mrs. E. H. Harriman and John W. | Holcombe and John H. Whitmore of | Northwestern University. | In the receiving line with Mrs. Rath- | bone. chafrman of the reception com- mittee, were Leslie J. Johnston, A. R | Bailey, Mrs. Henry T. Rainey. O. F James, Gertrude Van Riper, Mrs. Carl R. Chindblom, Mrs. Jamef, Mrs. Bailey and Maynard Risley. 'BENNETT T0 REST NEAR PEARY GRAVE: HONORS ARE PLANNED (C nn(h\nvd (rnm First Page.) Iy audible in the death chamber. Not until he reached New York aid Lind- bergh learn Bennett was dead Condolences were received by Mrs Bennett from German Ambassador von_Prittwitz at Washington: from T A. Smiddy. Irish Free State Minister at Washington. and many others. Ben- et Was en route to the German-Irish crew of the Bremen at Greenly Island when stricken Comdr. Byrd was heartbroken over his ‘riend’s death, “Bennett was one of the coolest and bravest men I ever knew.” he said. “He was a man of the greatest energy. en- durance and skill. both as a navigator and as a mechanic. We had planned to | make the South Pole flight, but it was { not to be." Later. in a message to his expedi- tion's headquarters b New Comdr. Bvrd sald “I intend to go the through with Antarctic expedition as a memorial toy Floyd Bennett. I shall name the Ant-! arctic plane to be used in an attempt ta fly over the Pole the Floyd Bennett." He refused the offer of friends to send a plane to Quebec for him. “I will stay with the wife of mv verv good friend.” he answered, “until he is back at home." Mrs. Bennett asked that the Rev. L E. Smith, pastor of the Christian Church at Norfolk. Va. of which she | and her husband were members. be asked o officiate in the services at the grave, special offering in easonable flowers lcamrex every week-end at the popular C & C Stores. Current Specials include BEAUTIFUL FRESH-CUT— "Roses & Carnat:ons $1.50 Doz. Two Dozen, $2 IH NRY A: I)I\I ER - YEAR-OLD RO Francis Scott Key, Souvenir «de Claudius \merica, Red Radiance, Templar, Pink Radianee. \aron Ward, Mrs, Chas, Double White Killarne \merican Legion, Columt P Funerol Fowers Deli 807 Iflh Street N.W, i Lowry of | | 'and engine. | York. | ernet, Russell, a Sree—Nominal i safely on the harbor | much WILKINS FORESEES PASSENGER PLANE LINES OVER ARCTIC ontinued _from_Pirst _Page.) Storerooms, workshops, dog barns and other outhouses give the place a vil- Iage-like appearance from the air. When we first sighted it Green Harbor to us was a golden city paved with gold. Our five-day snow-bound stay on Dead Man’s Island, so called because during one Winter not long since 13 men ma- rooned there starved to death, was the fillip necessary to help us to realize our | wonderful good fortune and to appre- clate the splendid qualities of our plane Tt was more than ordinary care we gave the mechanism which brought us safely across the 2000 miles of ridged Arctic Sea ice Conscious of Good Luck. Throughout the main journey, the delay and the second short, quick mnhl we were deeply consclous of our good luck, but only now, as we gather news, is the magnitude of that good fortune evident. During the storm In which we land- ed the radlo operator st Kings Bay lost his way in passing from the radio station to the village and was frozen to death in the blinding snowstorm. Two other men, experienced trappers, In a cabin on the coast nearby, were unable | to move from their shelter. Without food or fuel or suitable clothing, one | froze his feet. and the other's hands were badly frost bitten. Both now await the earliest transportation to a hos- pital for surgical operations. Herr Varming, a permanent resident in Svalbard sis Iy that never in all his long experience has he seen such weather before in April. It was, he said. a period worse than that tisually experienced during the equinoxial storms or even in the middle of March our slim, eager-looking plane rests ice. During the warm days since we arrived here the tail has settled in the snow. She seems to have lost something of the eager and spirited look she had and now ‘appears like a tired seagull dozing on the snow. Receive Many Messages We congratulate ourselves on our | | safety and comfort and scan the hun- | dreds of congratulatory telegrams. Among them are greetings from King of Norway. from the Secretaries of State and War at Washington. from premiers. ambassadors end other high dignitaries. from aero clubs and scienti- fic bodies and from explorers. including Nansen and Stefansson, and one from Roald Amundsen. who must surely know more than most of the others how for- tunate we were. We cannot thank ple separately, but would ch of these peo-| like to ex- | the | | | | press through the medium of the press | bur sincere appreciation We ruminate on the incidents of our journey, speculate as to the future of Arctic flying, wonder what we have done and what we have done. Who can tell? The flight we made might be the fore- runner of transarctic transportation, a scenic air route which in years to come would serve curious tourists speeding from Alaska’s sea-level tundras to awe- inspiring Grant Land. glaciated Green- land and Svalbard’s jumbled peaks. a | ! trip per! nnm in the future not more un- ENTURY ’l"“l""‘ Week-End Speaals PRILAD BUSHES. \\Rll' RLE SPECIAL $ 1 EACH C&CF lower Stores Charae on Oiher Orders 804 17th Street N.W. Phone Franklin 10391 F S§TREET FRIDAY ONLY SPECIALS! One Day Only Prices for “Ties” and *"Union Suits” Regular $1.50 Genuine UNION SUITS osshar and 'illlpul New Patterns, All-Wool Biased Linings. MOGADOR TIES 85¢ 3 for $2.50 Regular $1.50 and $2.00 Athletic - 85¢/. might | | | | usual than now from the plains of Lower California to the high Sierras. But_the possibility of that is not here ‘There 18 still much progress to be |. made in aeronautical engineering and still much advance to be made in weath- er forecasting. The book of Arctic ex- ploration is not by any means closed. Many morg, chapters may still be written. Views Nobile's Flight. A flight from Wrangell Island to Dixon, the Russian meteorological sta- tion near Nova Zembla, a distance of about 2,000 miles, would be over 1500 miles of unexplored Arctic, more in fact than we covered, and more likely to re- sult In the discovery of new islands. Perhaps Nobile will cover this route We hope he does and wish him all success, but we fear that his misfor- tune and delay will mean that by the time he is ready to proceed it will he too late in the Summer season for pro- ductive long-distance flying in the Aretic. After all, Arctlc exploration by air- craft is but reconnal Much groundwork of sound scientific value has yet to be done. From the evidenee colleeted, it ap- pears that not even islands exist in the center of the Arctic Ocean: depths have yet to be fathomed. That cannot be done in an economical way | with facility of thoroughness. by air craft: neither can it he done by old- fashioned dog-team methods. We must find other means. I be- Heve they are at band. Perhaps it will he my fortune to use them. Since my eight vears of polar ex- perience has not been gained without effort and the support of many kind | and generous friends, I feel that the value of such experience should not be wasted Ready to “Chance It."” Much might be done with an air- vlane from Grant Land. We saw through the clouds near Cape Columbia an ice floe that would make an ideal landing fleld: in fact. ! was tempted to land there Meteorological training enabled me to know that we would strike a violent storm at Svalbard while in flight. I told Ben Eielson this “There are two courses open.” I wrote. Down there we can land and wait till it i« over. Can we get off again? 1If we go on. we shall meet the storm at Svalbard and perhaps never find the land. Do you wish to land now?"” Ben. with his stolid courage and calm. considering mind, wriggled in his seat. I could see a few inches of hic shoulders above the gas tanks. In les¢ than a minute he replied: “I am willing to go on and chance it.”" he shouted through the speaking- tube. That was my desire. We had been 13 hours in the air, long enough to be tired and cramped The exploratory part of our flight was over. The weather ahead was forbid- ding. Our gas consumption was more its | “We are above the storm now | than had been anticipated and there were miles of open water to be crossed at the extreme end of our journ Ofi the other hand, there was a fine landing fleld below us, In case of acci- dent, north Grant Land is a hunter's paradise. We could easily live there, and if we could not rise again in the alr we could walk with comparative ease and comfort to the Northwest mounted police station on Bac¢he Penin- sula, opposite Etah, and return in the Fall' by boat. Stick to Their Ship. But the true fiyer, as does the #aflor, sticks to his ship. It would have grieved us more than enough to have wrecked our machine or left it behind. I was willing to trust Elelson's skill as a pilot In bad weather conditions. He was will- ing to trust my navigation. We flew onward without wavering. Our experience last year in making three forced landings on the Aictic pack ice far from shore proved beyond doubt that. if need be, one can land on the Arctic ice and, with a reason- able load, get off again. We saw many places this year that looked as good as the place we landed on lasf year. but these landing fields were i« fre- quently scen on the Grant Land, Green- land side of the ocean I feel certain that men of experience could fly from Grant Land to the Nerth Pole, land and sound and return: make | another flight to the pole of inaccessi- bility, sound and return. then. on a flight from Grant Land to Barrow. land | 500 miles from Barrow. take a sounding | and go on, with not too great risk and | with reasonable expense, and gain a general dea of the Arctic Ocean’s con- tours. Why we did not land and sound this ear T hope is clear. From Barrow, we arried a load sufficient for 2,600 miles | of flying. a load three times the normal {load of the machine. Long before the time when our load was half as much | 1gain as normal, we had passed the area | mn which soundings are particularly de- sirable. On the possible flights mentioned. it would be necessary to carry gas for nn! more than 1.300 miles. Landings wou be made with only half that load do not propose that we should do that work. but it could be done. Ground Staff Not Necessary. We have proved that low temperatures | if not essential, this year, but witl: nore mal loads and normal ctmdlnom el pre} nu.km 8 not necessary. fourld That ol of the same dual- ity nu was used by us and many mail lines: operating in the States served out engine admirably. Our gasoline was splendid, but not special Californian Our arrangements for keeping tha engine warm and for heating it just prior to starting were simple and ade- | quate. Any oil stove in a tent will warm . { the ofl. or it can be done as we did it |on Dead Man's Island—warm it in_the | cabin of the machine. It might be said that it took us three years to gain the experience necessary to complete our recent flight. but be assured that our equipment in 1926 in- cluded everything we found necessi this year. The weather conditions ex- perienced were practically the same, if not worse. But the Arctic is a mistress who will not be stibdued by idle gestures. nor can the work of exploration be carried on without the continued help of many generous friends. We owe much to many people. far too many to menisn individually. but to the faith uphela by and the encourazement received frem the American Geological Society and the Detroit News, we owe immeasurably | Thanks Supperters. | Today a blizzard is blowing. not weather to be outdoors in. afoo. afloat |or aloft. The snowdrifts are increas- ing. It appears as though a whole Summer's sun will be necessary to melt The depth of snow this year will prob- ably delay us leaving here. One boat, a possible means of transportation, i3 frozen solid in Kings Bay. A ship that will call at Long Year City. an active mine about 50 miles from here, mav |arrive about the middle of May. It | may serve to carry us to Oslo, a journey | of 10 days or more | From Oslo we expect to ship the | plane to New York and then accept the generous offer of the Norwegian-Amer- | ican Line to be its guests on its steamer from Norway to New York. ! WILKINS TO RETURN | ON NORWEGIAN SHIP need not necessarily interfere with en- | gine operation. Servicing machines in Arctic conditions does not require ex- ceptional facilities nor expensive con- veniences, and. unless the machine is to be loaded to its utmost capacity. a larze ground staff for preparation is not necessary This year the two of us served our machine and cared for our engine right | from the start of the expedition to the | end of the flight, and that through four attempts to start. as much work | as for four successful flights. 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