Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1928, Page 2

WOULD PUT CHERK ONUSELESSWASTE | Local Business Interests See | Mismanagement in Planning | Public Improvements. | Feeling that thousands of dollars of | public and private funds are being wasted annually due to lack of fore- thought and co-gdination in the plan- | ning of improvements, local business interests have started a movement to determine the extent of such losses and | to check them through suggestions for better planning. | Unneces: tearing up of newly re-| surfaced streets o lav new sewer lines, | gas and electric facilities, needless re- placement of street lamps with other designs regarded as no better than those | unnecessary_closing of & he main traffic arteries at time are among items to be | | Names Committee. The Board the appointm of a special committee | on municipal expenditures which in the | will start investigation | of vario e is possible ard officials stated that they hoped to be of assistance to city rather than mere critics. h such an i v that methoc the Instances of Loss Cited. 1t was declared that & number of i portant ¢ thoroughfares such as C | necticut avenue, Thirteenth street, re- cost, have been torn up within a short period for the purpose of putting in |2 new sewers and public utility conduits. | It was believed by members of the com- mittee that much of the subsequent | patching and resurfacing of streets| could have been avoided by foresight and co-ordination of these improvement projects. Edwin C. Graham, former president of the Board of Trade, is chairman of | the municipal expenditures committee. Other members are: George W. Offutt E. C_Brandenburg, general counsel of the board; Claude W. Owen. Arthur Carr, Francis R. Weller, consulting en- gineer; Roland Whitehurst, Joseph A. Burkart, John Saul, realtor; George C. Shinn, chairman of the committee on streets and avenues; C. Phillips Hill, chairman of the industrial interests committee: W. W. Ross, G. M. S. Tate, Theodore M. Judd, Charles H. Tomp: Kins, civil engineer and contractor: Rob- ert E. Beresford, architect; Charles W. Morris and F. L. Averill, engineer. Business Firm Files Complaint. Complaint recently was made to Dis- trict officials by one business concern that an unnecessarily long time was required for street improvements which closed the only means of access to and from the plant. The Board of Trade today also start- ed detatled study of budget requests of the various city government depal ments for the fiscal year 1929 and will STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY, THE EVEMING £ Trade today announced |- Mrs. Roberta Randall (center’ Moreno Friday for the | Kate Cabell, | | | Mrs. Virginia Di- 1 ! p i vorcee, Had Attended Party in Apartment. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, June 20.— Mrs. Kate Cabell, a divorcee, of Woodstock, Va., | was found dead this morning in a bath | tub full of scalding water in the suite {of Willilam Connors, in the Brooklyn' | Heights apartment house where she lived. | Connors told police that Mrs. Cabell | {and another woman had been drinking with him in his suite last night., but {that no one became intoxicated. When | {he arose this morning he found the | | body. He was not held. | Medical authorities said the woman's {death could have been caused by the scalding water or a heart attack, or| | she could have slipped in the tub and | submit recommendations to the city | drowned while unconscious. An au- heads the size of the proposed | topsy was ordered. budget at the conclusion of the study. | Police said she was a member by S DAVID LAWRENCE PRINCETON TRUSTEE President of U. §. Daily and Well| Known Writer Honored by Uni- versity Graduates. marriage of one of the most prominent | families of Virginia and that she had been engaged in charity welfare work since she came to Brooklyn about two years ago. NOBILE IS SIGHTED AND FOOD DROPPED BY PLANE TO PARTY | | | __ (Continued from First Page) WOMAN FOUND DEAD 65000 Pupil | IN SCALDING WATER Quit Schoolrooms and Bettie Proctor (right), mother and sister | widow and two sons, Beverl Widened and repaved at great | of John Proctor, leaving the Disirict Jail in company with Miss Leila Lauder | puio” of pittsburgh, Pa. and Carroll | . Short | Johnson, sweetheart of Proctor, who dies with puty 00 B slaying of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch. holas Lee Eagles and Samuel Today To Begin Vacation Sixty-five th pupils of Washington elem junior high and senior high schools will go out of the doors of thelr Tespective buildings at the conclusion of the school day today to bring to a close the school year, 1927-28 While the pupils are beginning their vacations today, however, their and adminis- remain at their desks until Friday afternoon, labor- ing with the minute details asso- ciated with the closing of school When they departed today, the students were told that they are ex- pected back in class September 17, while their teachers, as usual, wili precede them two days in the re- sumption of school labors. ¥ teachers, principals tering officers mus: Most of the pupils will enjoy a vacation during the warm weather, but there are some who, either through excess ambitiont or the lack of it last term, will study in the Summer scasols. ‘These are sched- uled to open’ July 2 FOUR FLYERS TO TAKE | PLANE TO NICARAGUA {Maj. Lutz and Three Compflniuns‘g to Leave Bolling Field Tomorrow. Hection of David Lawrence,. presi- |icebreaker Braganza and started for| Barring unfavorable weather condi- dent of the United States Dally {.‘3 Lowen. An-expedition which left | tions and unforeseen delays, gMaj well known as & Writer, as & member | wahlenberg Bay afoot and established | Charles A. Lutz, Marine Corps, add his Princeton other member . A. Wilson of member of the Alumni Assoctation of the District of Columbia. He also has represented his class for eight years on the Princeton Graduate Council = Under the college from the council y. the purpose of selecting trustees. Each section nominates two candidates, who are elected by the national alumni organization, which now has 14,000 members. The candi- dates are nominated annually on Feb- ruary 22 and the secretary of the asso- clation sends out ballots containing the | names and brief blographies of the | various candidates. No campaigning of any description is allowed by the candi-| dates or their friends. Balloting is con- ducted by mail, the polls closing June 19. The results were tabulated yesterday at Princeton and announced last night AUTOISTS CAUTIONED several bases reached the Braganza. NOBILE GUIDED FLYER. His Camp. | ROME, June 20 (#) —Gen. Nobllt}lh { himself by means of radio guided Maj. | Maddalena, Italian flyer, to his camp | off Northeast Land, says an official | communique, issue¢’ by~ Stefani, the { When the major found yesterday that | he could not see the Nobile party from {his plane, he made arrangements today | {that the Nobile party should send out | radio signals which he picked up on his was able to locate of provisions, by Nobile were dropped from the Italian | plane. { | RUSSIANS PRESS SEARCH. | MOSCOW, June 20 (#).—The Russian ice breaker Maligin reported today that she was making progress through the icebound waters of the Arctic toward the survivors of the airship Italia. The commander of the vessel hoped that the airplane aboard would soon be able o take off in search of Gen. Umberto Nobile, The icebreaker Krassin sent a 50 | three companions, | Bolling Field tomorrow night, about | | midnight, for a flight to Managua, | | Used Radio to Direct Relief Plane to | Nicaragua, stopping at Miami, Fla., 1or§ | fuel. divided into eight sec- | clothes and medical supplies requested | | toward Spitzbergen. will take off “from Maj. Lutz made this announcement is afternoon immediately after his arrival from Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. Indications were that if Maj. Lutz got a good break with the weather he would stop at Miami only long enough to refuel and then would depart im- mediately for Nicaragua, The flight to the Marine base should take about 12 hours longer, and Maj. Lutz should arrive there before darkness. Maj. Lutz is making the flight to assume command of the Marine avia- tion forces. He has been succeeded as commander of Brown Field, Quantico, Va., by Maj. Louis M. Bourne. radio message telling of rapid progress 1. S. Unschlickt, head of the Soviet rescue commission, replying to a state- ment by Sansonetti, chief of the press | bureau of the Italian war ministry, charging delay on the part of Russia, said the Soviet commission had pro- ceeded with the utmost dispatch under the circumstances. Some hesitancy was due, he asserted, to the delay of the Italian authorities in requesting aid and in giving the requisite data. 9. R STANSBURY CLAIMED BY DEATH Deputy Clerk of U. S. Su- preme Court Served Tribunal for 45 Years. Philip Riley Stansbury, deputy -clerk »f the Supreme Court of the United tes for the past 45 years, died sud- Jdenly at his home, Breezeland, near 2ockville, at 1 o'clock this morning. Mr. Stansbury had been in ill health { since a heart attack several years ago, | but his condition was thought to have been considerably improved of late, and t his office yesterday. Stansbury was born February 25, {1862, in Washington, the son of the |late Charles F. Stansbury and Mrs. El- len Riley Stansbury of Washington, and | was a brother of the late William R. | Stansbury, clerk of the Supreme Court |of the United States until his death about a year ago. | " He was reared and educated in Was ington, having been graduated at Co- | lumbian College now George Washington | University. Mr. Stansbury entered the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court | of the United States when he was only {21 years of age. Until his appointment October 10, 1921 as deputy clerk of the | court, he served as an assistant clerk. Few, if any, living ns were more | familiar_with' the practice of the Su- | preme Court, had a broader acquaint- lance with members of the bar and bench of this country or had greater | first-hand information to the history-making incidents in- the Supreme Court during the past half century than Mr. Stansbury, according to_his associates. | Mr. Stansbury was marri Airy, Va., to Miss Sophie Tayloe, daugh- ter of the late Henry A. and Courtney | Norton Tayloe. He is survived by his R. Stans- ed at Mount Stansbury of Milwaukee, Wis. He will be buried from his home near | Rockville in the Union Cemetery at that | place at a time to be announced later. He had resided near Rockville many vears and was a member of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church there. 'EDWARDS APPEALS ' FOR PARTY HARMONY Only United Front Can Defeat Re- publicans, Says New Jer- sey Senator. A plea to the members of his party to avold discord at the Houston con- vention next week was made in a state- | ment here last night by Senator Ed- ards, Democrat, of New Jersey. Pointing out that the United States is normally Republican, Senator Ed- ards told Democrats that in order to win they must show & united front by sacrificing “their individual likes and dislikes to party regularity.” Senator Edwards declared that | harmony and concord in fundamental opinions among the delegates at Hous- | ton “will spell sure defeat of the G. O. P. in November.” He expressed the belief that the Hoover backers are praying for a repetition of the Madison Square Garden convention of 1924. The New Jersey Senator said the Republican platform “strangled farm relief and prohibition, the only two active issues in the campaign,” Senator | Edwards defended the record of Gov. Smith of New York. “If Tammany could not control Smith hile he was governor of the empire tate—Tammany's own home ground— |can Tammany control him 300 miles | away in Washington? No, and the fair- ’mlndtd critic of Smith knows it.” | WARNER DENIES REPORT | THAT HE WILL RESIGN | | Bos! on Rumor Relating to Assist- ant Navy Secretary for Aero- nauties Declared Unfounded. | Rumors printed in Boston newspapers within the past few days that Edward Warner, Assistant Secretary of the vy for Aeronautics, would resign his office in the Fall and become head of the department of aeronautical en- gineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were declared unfounded today by Mr. Warner, | “I'have not confided in any one that I would resign and return to Massa- | chusetts Institute of Technonogy in the Fall,” Mr. Warner sald. The Navy's | “air secretary” explained that he is being carried on the records of the in- | stitution as a member of the faculty, in which capacity he served when called | by President Coolidge to fill the newly created office which he now holds, Y N: | Child Killed by T;r;lado. INDEPENDENCE, Kans.. June 20 (¥) ‘The 6-months-old daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Joe McKibben was killed and | several persons were injured early to- | day when a tornado demolished the | house occupied by the families of Mc- | Kibben and Frank Woodruff, near South Coffeyville. Woodruff suffered a broken shoulder. with reference | IINLEYPUPLS QUTOLDBULDING Students March to New Structure at Second and T After Brief Ceremony. Gathering the memory lore of 27 | years from the nooks of their old build- ing at Seventh street and Rhode Island avenue today, students of McKinley Technical High School marched mili- tantly behind their blaring cadet band to take formal possession of the new buiflding mounted gleaming and un- finished upon the hill at Second and T streets northeast, with the City of Washington lying at its feet. Meeting in the old building at 9 o'clock for the beginning of the last school day of 1927-28, the students wandered informally about the halls they were quitting, storing up memory impressions to call upon in future years in the new school. Cheers at Assembly. In brief assembly, the last to be held in the building occupied since 1902, A. L. Woodward, vice principal of the school, led the students in responsive | Bible reading. Tech’s yells resounded | with parting zeal and Ruth L. Stauffer of the school's English department, read {her original poem in which she paid tribute to the years spent in the old and hopes for the future in the new. With a flourish of trumpets and the | resounding and rolling of drums the student body and faculty. headed by the | uniformed cadets, trooped from the building to take up the march to the | new structure. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, among those who participated in Te mov- | ing day. Frank C. Daniel, principal of | Tech, walked the distance with his fel- low teachers and students, carrying | with him the first flag to be hoisted on the old Tech Building 27 years ago. | | The marchers entered the new build- | | ing, dank and dark with the unfinished construction operations, to stand in the dusty and seatless auditorium for the | first formal function in the new struc- ture. Class Gives Bible. | Ward Oehmann presented to McKin- ley High School a new Bible, the gift of the class of February, 1929, which is to be the first group of graduates to receive thelr diplomas in the new Tech. Mr. Daniel accepted the book on behalf of the school. Mr. Daniel wished his students a pleasant vacation. ‘The exercises were opened with prayer by Dr. Abram Simon, pastor of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, who asked God's blessing for the success of the new institution and those associated in its direction. Following the exercises, which were ended with cheers and the school yell, the students strolled about the damp building and its grounds, familiarizing themselves with the institution that will be their's beginning next September. HOOVER CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE SLATE (Continued from First Page.) camp. ‘gn, but withheld comment their -onference. Fin' ‘ng himself free for at least one day oi aard office grind, Senator Curtis deterri.ned to make the best of it. He is ‘usually a very early arrival at the Capitol, but this morning he pretty nearly made a record. He had break- fast at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gann, 3508 Macomb street, before 7:30 o'clock and promptly at 8 o'clock was at his office, on the fourth floor of the Senate Office Building. Faces Stack of Mail. “Look at the pile of papers on my desk,” the nominee said rather gloomi- {1y, as he pointed to a formidable-look- ing pile. “I've got my own work to do before I can do anything else just now. | My duty to my constituents must come { 'st.” on He had no appointments today with Secretary Hoover, so far as could be learned, although he talked over the telephone with the presidential nominee early in the morning. Although there were & number of politictans and others seeking engagements with him, Senator Curtis was compelled to forego any further political conferences until to- morrow. He was supposed to have seen Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the foreign relations committee, and Senator McNary of Oregon, who has withdrawn his fight for the equallza- tion fee in the McNary-Haugen bill Senator Curtis, however, made no ap- pointment with either before lunch. He took enough time off to rush down to the War Department to attend to | some “business back home,” as he ex- plained, and at several times found before whom he posed. In Complete Accord. Following the luncheon conference between Hoover and Curtis v afternoon at Hoover’s home, it was a nounced that all phases of the cam- paign situation had been discussed in- formally and that the two nominees found themselves in complete accord. Hoover later resumed his conferences with Republican leaders and with friends desiring to extend congratula- tions to him. Senator-elect Vare of Pennsylvania, who has been credited with swinging the Pennsylvania delega- IS READY FOR 0. K. | his way interrupted by photographers, | | | esterday | Sembling graphite slide, with holes | - | filled with water to conceal their depth. | burden himself with work, also that he | is going to choose to remain out of the | for these many day: JUNE 20, 1928 Scene this morning as students of McKinley High left the old school at Seventh street and Rhode Island aven: ue to take formal possession of the new structure at Second and T streets northeast. Left to right: Ruth Humer, Mary | Dudley, Alma Nussear, Adell Walker, Margaret Nussear. 'PRESIDENT CHO OSES TO PLAY. SHUNNING WORK AND POLITICS Because of Much Needed Rest; He Will Not Overburden Self With Office Routine and Part in Campaign. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. | Staff Correspondent of The Star. CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, Brule River, Wis,, June 20.—Qut in the Black Hills last Summer, Calvin Coolidge | chose not to run again for President,’ and since coming to the North woods | of Wisconsin he is giving the impres- sion that he does not choose to over- political picture during the coming na- tional campalign, just as much as pos- | sible. The President stood that he is rest as the office has let it be under- anticipating as much of President will per- mit. He longs for an ease and ideness that has never been his, at least to any full extent. Now that the Nation's | attention is turned toward the election of his successor in the White House, | he is going to take full advantage of | his stay up in this remote section | Accustomed to Hard Work. i President Coolidge is one of those | unfortunate humans who have never | known anything but hard, grinding | work and who never had time to lean | how to play. Moreover, he had been absolutely hobbyless, until he got his first taste of trout fishing two Summers ago in the Adirondacks. This sport | has gripped him so strongly that his one thought now is apparently to fish | and he seems determined to indulge | himself. Before leaving Washington for his | outing. he insisted that he would give a large portion of each day to the Na- | tion's business, but since settling down ! here he has apparently developed dif~ ferent ideas. He has not yet visited the executive office in Superior. He has in- dicated little curiosity to inspect the spacious offices in the high school build- ing. Some Government business is be- ing brought out to the lodge for him to dispose of, but otherwise everything that can be attended to by his office | international convention opening today | March, associates without bothering him is be- ing done. Thus far he rather likes the idea of all this, even though it is so un- like his customary way of doing things. Weather and Roads Bad. [ Besides his desire to remain at the lodge, his staying away from the office could easily be at- tributed to the stormy weather and the resultant bad condition of the roads. All but 12 of the 38 miles from the Lodge to Superior are over dirt high- wa The constant wetting has turned the red clay roads into something re- | Their condition is such now that travel. ing over them has become dangerous. President Coolidge appeared dread- fully tired and worn when he reached this scction. disappeared. He has had a strenuous year and has just finished with a very difficult and trying session of Congress, and he gives every outward indication | of needing A rest, of being out in the | His paleness has not yet | the several other house employes who are part of the Summer White House retinue. Hoover Visit Not Immediate. ‘The impression here is that Secre- tary Hoover is not expected to pay a visit to’ Cedar Island Lodge for some little time—at least not before August. This is in spite of the predictions and { reports emanating from Washington. The general belief is that the Pres- ident would like Secretary Hoover to continue at the head of the Commerce Department as long as he can convient- {ly do so without interfering with his campaign _plans. is thought also that Mr. Hoover will tender his resig- nation in person, at which time, the President and he will discuss the filling of the post he will vacate and certain features of the Republican campaign plans. Butler Tells of Nomination. Former Senator Butler. chairman of the Republican national committee, who was the first overnight guest at Cedar Island Lodge since the Cool- idges arrival, before leaving for Boston last night, said that he told the Presi- dent how the nominations of Secretary Hoover and Senator Curtis were brought about in Kansas City. He acquainted the President with other matters deal- ing with the convention and the future of the party, but made it clear that their political talk did not have bear- ing upon any future participation of the President in the general campaign. In compliance with the President’s desire for rest, no engagements are be- ing made for him. To those who have called at the executive office to make appointments or to invite the President to some function or another or to some nearby city or section, Secretary San- ders has said that the President wants to remain in retirement for at least a month, that he is not going to accept any invitations before that time. mong those to recelve that answer as Representative Carss of Minnesota. who called with a small delegation to extend an invitation to the Rotary in Minneapolis. Among those in this group was George Harris, photographer of Washington JUDGE VOIDS $40,000 IN D. C. ASSESSMENT Bills Against Cemetery Company and Others for Paving Denied. | REMUS WINS FGHT 70 GAN FREEDOM “Bootleg King” Ordered Re- * leased From State Hospital by Court Order. By the Assoclated Press. COLUMBUS, June 20.—George | mus, Cineinnati “bootleg _king | killed his wife, Imogene, last Octobe { won his fight for freedom today ir | State Supreme Court. By a fo | three vote the court affirmed | cision of the Court of Appeals orderir | Remus’ release from the Lima St Hospital for the Criminal Insane | which he had been committed after & |acquittal on a first-degree mu | charge on the ground of insanity. Ends Long Battle. The Supreme Court’s decision ended Remus’ long battle to gain his freedom through action in courts of Hamilton County and later in Allen County. The | case was brought to the Supreme Co! |on an appeal of the State, which took | exception to the decision of the Court io( Appeals, at Lima, that Remus was sane and should be freed | Remus’ acquittal at Cincinnati came | after a colorful trial, in which the for- “bootleg king” acted as his own R T, 3&85aq | Remus insisted that he was “tem- | porarily maniacally insane” at the time | he shot his wife, but that he was sane | at the time of the trial and capable of acting as his own c sel After his acquittal Remus was g a sanity hearing and declared “dange ous,” the Probate Court recommendi that he be sent to the Lima State Hos pital for the Criminal Insane. hearing was denied, applicat bond denied, and writ of habeas corpus refused in rapid succession, forcing Re- mus to change his battleground. Shortly after the habeas corpus writ was denied at Cincinnati Rem was speeding toward Lima with his attor- | neys. He applied for another it of | habeas corpus in the Court of Appeals | there, declaring he was unlawfully de- | tained and was “sane.” Release Is Ordered. g The Court of Appeals, after a lengthy | hearing, declared him sane. The State | appealed to the Supreme Court, clai | ing the Court of Appeals had no right | to pass upon his sanity. The State held | the superintendent of the hospital alone was capable of deciding whether Re- mus was sane and he should be freed | Remus applied for bond as sogn 3;he case reached the Supreme Coyrt, '1! was denied. | The decision of the Supreme Co: | announced today grants Remu: | freedom and instructs the superinter- | dent of the hospital at Lima o releas: | him immediately. Gist of Decision. Laying down the law in such cases. the court held, first, that any persor who has been acquitted of murder on |the ground of insanity and eommitted { the Lima State Hospital for the | Criminal Insane is not deprived of the | right to seek his release from the hos- E:;al through habeas corpus proceed- s. Second. the statute giving th | Superintendent of the Lima Hospita! | authority to free prisoners when * | his judgment they are recovered doe |not bar the prisoner from seeking his release in the courts through habea jcorpus.” Third, the verdict of acquitta jon the ground of insanity is “prima )rme evidence of the inmate’s insan and the presumption of insanity eon- tinues, and in ‘order to abtain refeese from the hospital the inmate has the burden of removing that presumpti and of establishing with reasonable cer- tainty his sanity.” , the fact that the probate court had ordered his commitment to the Lima Hospital is no bar to a sub- sequent application for a writ of habeas corpus, “where the sanity or insanity of the inmate at a later period may be determined by the court.” Remus Leaves Hospital. . June 20 (P).—George Remus left the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane today within half an hour after the decision of the Supreme Court giving him his freedom had been telephoned to W. H. Vorbau, superin- | tendent of the hospital. BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT By the United States Navy Band at | the bandstand navy, yard, 1 Hand veass Overture, “The Force of Dest! 30 o'clock. Benter v “Verdi | Solo for cornet, “The Song of Songs.” | De Moya | Grand scenes from the opera, “Manon.” | Bacchanale from “Samson s | RO ok st n paen e s Saint | Valse, “Tour Paris” . Waldteu: | Excerpts from the musical comedy | “Rose Marie". esseces. .. Friml | Rhapsodie, “Espania Cha Fox trot, “Sorry for You De “The Star Spangled Banner." By the United States Marine B at the United States Capitol o'clock. | March, “Old Ironsides™ Los Overture, “As Nocturne, “T | Justice Hitz, in Equity Court, today | signed decrees canceling Borland | amendment paving and curbing assess- ments on Bladensburg and Bennng roads amounting to more than $40,000, | which had been assessed against Mount Hamilton, the lands of Mount Olivet the rights of way of the Trombone Solo Grand scenes per (@) “Prelude” | | “Queen of the N Suite Bab - TO WATCH CHILDREN A A A Reminds That Extra Care Should Be Exercised During Vacation Time. Washington motorists today were urged by the American Automobile As- soclation o take extra precautions to d running into children who have been turned out to play by the closing of schools and who are likely 0 wan- From September motor- ssts should dri th extra care,” de- cisred T. F Behler, manager of the District division. “A motorist tannot be when driving through a e & number of children are . surrounded with ! b but this 18 doubly 50 when a 3 ster is lkely to dash into the street al & moment's notice. Despite the expansion of our playground s3 are many chifldren wh y in el outside thelr homes. The motorist must be ced through a on bis guard, and to there are children 1% the any moment. If an auto- r has his car under abec ol and is prepared o shift brake as soon as he sees & about W step from the curb, cel reasonably ceriain that he have o snswer for snuffing not t & e Blast Kills Engineer. ALTOONA, Pa., June 20 (®) —Joseph Mann, engineer, was killed and he e department of the Harb son-Walker Co. st Blandburg was dam sged 10 the extent of $50,000 Scene at Blair, Okla,, k towns, taking toll of seven knovn dead, with millions of dolter ¢ exnioded today 4 thre ness buliding in Blair was demolished and mow of the residen damage. flattened by o tormado, which struck Saturd night, 2,000 and swept on to HWeadrick and nearby persons were made homeless. Every busi- to pieces. Not a structure in the town escaped P. & A. Photo Brown and later spent a few minutes with Hoover. Others who saw Hoover yesterday afternoan included Secretary of Labor Davis, William ‘Butterworth, president of the United States Chamber of Com- merce; James Francis Burke of Pitt burgh, & member of the Republican national committee; Lewis Strauss, who was secretary to Hoover during the Belgium relief days: J. R. Nutt, Cleve- land banker; Willlam _Anderson of Wenatchee, Wash., and R. B. Creager, national committeeman from Texas Secretary Hoover has been invited by Secretary of War Davis to review the parade of the 2d Squadron of the 3d Cavalry from Fort Myer at a public | military exhibition on the Monument | grounds, Friday afternoon, There is no | certainty that Hoover will find time to accept the invitation. ST. LOUIS GROUP COMING | T0 SHARE IN EXERCISES | i Commerce Chamber Air Board Members to Attend Ceremony Honoring Lindbergh Plane. Fifty members of the air board of | the St. Louls Chamber of Cnll\msrrc.‘ with their families, left that city tod: for Washington to participate tomor- row morning in a ““pirit of 8t. Louls” t-lflemuny at the Smithsontan Institu- ton. The ceremony under the wings of Lindbergh's famous monoplane prob- ably will consist of brief addresses by Harold M. Bixby, one of Lindbergh's chief backers, and Clarence M. Young, director of aeronautics of the Depart- ment of Commerce. The Institute will | be closed to the public during the cere- | mony, which s scheduled to begin at 10 am. After thelr brief stay here the party from St Louls will sall for Europe, | Where they will study flying methods on Unfortunately the weather since his arrival has been such as to keep him within doors virtually all the time. Today broke clear although there is a terrific wind blowing down from the lakes and there is a biting chill in the air. The President was not long, however, in tak- ing advantage of the lull in the rain. Shortly after breakfast, accompanied by Col. E. W. Starling of the secret serv ice, he went up the Brule for some real fishing. What little angling he has done thus far has not been very productive of result, but he appeared to be bother- ed none ‘at all. His expression as he left this morning indicated a determination to fill the Summer White House ice box for the next day or so at least It was noted yesterday that the Presi. dent’s larder was running low and Mis Ellen Riley, the housekeeper, was quickl dispatched to Superior with a long lis compiled under the direction of Mr: Coolidge. Besides buying food for him- self and Mrs. Coolidge, the President must provide for the 16 servants and Selling Liquor to Pay First Dry Ca Cost, Suspcct Says on Second Arrcst‘ Arrested for the second time in a month on a charge of illegally possess- ing and transporting liquor. Willlam Oliver Donaldson, colored, 25, 512 R street, 1s reported to have told the po- lice he was running liquor this time to repay losses caused by the flrst arrest When he was picked up last night on Benning road northeast, Donaldson re- peatedly said to Sergt. George M. Little and members of his liquor squad: “It's too bad: I'll not do it any more." He explained that he was hard pressed for money as a result of his first arrest, when his automobile and 218 quarts of liquor wero confiseated. Last night he lost another car and 168 quarls of southern Maryland corn liquor o the dry squad, it i3 alleged. Frederick Oliver Rinker, 20. 3339 P the continent with a view toward mak- ing their home city the aviation cap- tal of America. “ street, also was arrested last night by the liquor squad on charges of transs porting and possession, His oar was | ington Railroad Co. and properties of the Kellogg estate, the Manor Real Es- tate & Trust Co. Leslie E. F. Prince | A. Montgomery and James A. La Fon- taine. The court perpetually restrained and enjoined the District and its Com- missioners from carrying, continuing or permitting to be carried or continued upon the tax records the assessments, and also restrained and enjoined making | ru{er:‘jm‘l‘ thereto in any tax certificate sue The assessments canceled were levie i {Sr paving work done in 1921, 1923 and | 1925, | _'The decrees of Justice Hitz followed | the decisions of the Court of Appeals | in the Nailor road and Rhode Island avenue cases. The plaintiffs were rep- sented by Attorneys Willlam C. Sulli- | van, Peelle. Ogliby’ & Lesh and Me- Kenney and Flannery, and the District as represented by Assistant Corpora- n Counsel Robert L. Williams sighted near Massachusetts avenue and | D street northeast and was seized aftet it had been abandoned in front of 419 Second street northeast. Rinker was | captured nearby | olice report finding 66 quarts in the car. They reported that Rinker was ar- | rested about four months ago and charged with transporting liquor. | A third car seized last l“l‘\l by Lit. | tle's squad was taken on Georgia avenue | near the District line before midnight. | the driver abandoning it when the squad | started pursuit. It contained two cases of corn whisky. | Search of the vecords revealed that the car was lsted as the property of J. | W, Hill, 1738 Seaton street. Early this morning Hill reported that he was held up on the near Wheaton, Md., by g\ll‘{du\llthd mo;u:‘\d fi'h‘ru lnl;;l u:-l no whisky when taken bandits, he emphasised. N\ Charles H. and Lida R. Tompkins, Lee | X Cemetery, - tion into line for Hoover at Kansas City, | open for long hours; exercise and re- | Washington Railway & Electric Co. and | . lon’ . E called on Asistant Secretary Walter | laxation of the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Wash- | CSPriccio Espagnol, Opus 34 2 Rimsl “The Star Spangled Banx Korsak. | By the United States Army Ban Sylvan o Grounds, March, “President | Overture, uarte ™ | Selection, “High Jinks, Hauberba March, gy ‘Waltzes. jems from Bolivia™. Sq | Traditional Piece, “El Condor Pa: | Rob! | fexican Dance, “Jarabe Descriptive, “The Mill M . “On the Mall® The Star Spangled Ban: TOMORROW By the United States Soldiers' Hon Military Band. at the bandstand, 5:30 o'clock, John S. AL March, “The Sixteenth Reg Overture, “A Calm Sea Voyage™ : Mendelsso se | Duet for baritone and trombone, A Night In Venice™ Lampe-Lucanto Grand Selection, La Gloconda,” Fox trot, “Swanee Shores™ Walta popular, “Auf W Finale, St. Andrew™ “The St lar Spangled Banner.” Baptist Brotherhood Meets Special Dispateh to The St POTOMAC, Va.. June 30.-~The Ray tist Brotherhood of the Del Ray Bapt Church at its monthly meeting Monda night In the church auditorium deotde: to study “Our Lord's and Our™ a book on stewardship. beginning with the nex meeting, July 16, at the chureh. Tw ty-five members were preseiit. program was in change of George Wa ter’s group. Rryan Gordon, J. J. Ovick enberger, Cleorge Crews, George Walier and the Rev. John 8. Sowers, pasto: made short talks on “Loyalty.™ Thre itted to new members were adm! brotherhood. Following the bustmess refreshments were sexved.