Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1928, Page 2

e 9 LEGION WILL ELECT OFFERSTONEHT Parade Opens Convention of D. C. Department—Candi- dates Named. After participating in a colorful parade witnessed by thousands of people, the District of Columbia Depart- ment of the American Legion set about nominating officers for the ensuing THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. . WEDNESDAY. AUGUST A ! | year, placing in nomination the names | J. Thad Baker and Harlan Wood partment commander. meeting, which marked the open- { the tenth annual convention of department, was held in the North- Temple. Eighth stree and lasted until early th Officers are to be elected an important legion business trans- d at the second session of the con- n in the temple tonight jons were made through the roll call system. Mr. Baker. | a member of Sergt. Jasper Post, was nominated by E. L. Marthills, | s fellow member of the post, after the e Washington Post had yielded | w minutes later Mr. Wood, | a f Victory Post, was nominat- | ed by Francis Miller of the Bureau of | and Printing Post. mination was ssconded | olano Post, while Mr conded by the Quentin Post. the James E. Walker | by Maj. Julius I. Peyser Other Nominations. were two nominations for the of senior vice commander o Streater of George Washington was nominated by John R. Brooke, a fellow member of the post. while Walsh of Costello Post was ! ed by Austin Imirie of the ) Roosevelt Post. i hers nominated were lj fnzlovés ‘; For the position of second vice com- mander. Thomas A. Mason of Costello hominated by Earl Brown of the John M. Beauchesne Post, and Edgar Hale of the Henry C. Spengler Post, rominated by the Stuart ‘Walcott_Post. Tor third vice commander, Miss Emily Carey of Belleau Woods Post and Miss Mabel Staub of the U. 8. 8. Jacob Post. Rev. Arlington A. McCal- of the Gardner Post, the chaplain mbent, was nominated for re-elec- | the office, while Col. Thomas J. | Dickson, chaplain of the Military Order | ©of the World War, also was nominated. | Gational Executive Committeeman ! J. McGahan. National Press Club was renominated for election to | office, while William Wolfe Smith, | a member of the National Press Club Post, was named as alternate. Under a suspension it was voted to elect the outgoing ent commander and the one elect tonight o serve as delegates to the National | Legion eonventifn. ‘gnhelr ;m“".pwwfl ination for delega : . | = ?Og(\rflt?r. Col. William A. Mlu:hzll.! ning Miss Emi 3. Peyser, Howard M. y Carey, E. L. Miss Esther Hall, J. T.! Pisk, Harlan Wood ) _ Pries, Clyde V.| Stovall and Col. Names placed | in nomination for aliernates were those Close, Albert Stern. C. J. E. Walsh, William F. Painter, Thomas Feankiy Kelly and Rev. Fran- Franklin, Francis cis J. Hurney, The meeting was called to order by the department commander, Col. J.| Miller Kenyon. after which invocation | was delivered by Col. Dickson. Commissioner Speaks. | Greetings were delivered by District Commissioner Proctor L. herty . J. Callahan, of National announced he had received the follow- ing lemn;)e from Wnt Coolidge the convention: Washington during ann! - vention of the District of Columbia De- partment of !he“Aix;urlunm, I shall appreciate you good enough to find some suitable occasion curing the convention to express my hearty greetings and best wishes to 223 Jou provaviy know, 1 hm to ad “As you y know, - dress the Wisconsin State vention of the Legion at Wausau inesday.” McGahan in his annual ex- pressed regret that the District Com- missioners would not indorse the an- nual poppy sale conducted by the Le- gon. Department Comdr. Kenyon i@ his annual report said the Legion should strive for 8,000 members in the Dis- trict and sdded that this city is the proper location for the Legion's na- tional headgquarters. He advocated legislation and an ap- Congress to build of all past wars and “future wars,” » same time expressing hope that re will be no more wars. A report on the child welfare work ! the Leglon was made by Miss Helen O'Neil, chairman of the child welfare section. who reported about 75 children | sided quring the past year. Welcome Guests. thers introduced at the meeting as special guests were Willlam M. Robb, commander of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R.; J. M. Follen, adju- of the United Confederate Vet- erans’ Camp, No. 171; James G. Yaden of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mrs laura V. Dann of the American Women's Legion, W. R. Lewis of the Northeast Business Men's Association, j. W. L, Peake, commander of the Army and Navy Union; Miss Marjorie | A Prevost of the national child wel- | fare department of the American Le- | gion, H. A Garren, president of the | ¥ ..deast Business Men's Association, Maj. Gen. P. C. Harris of the na- nal education committee of the merican Legion The parade was arranged through co-operatio ! the American and Northeast Business | Association. Maj, Edwin B e, superintendent of police, was on | sand to supervise the handling of the | at Second and H sureets tne perade was headed by a | police, followed by & local | Auny Band, Commissioner | spresentatives of the North- | Men's Association, deco- and the Legionnaires, \!‘llhz hugle corps, then the floats de proceeded east on H street | h street northeest, thence | viand avenue, back 0 Eighth | the Masonic Temple. ite of the Northeast Busi- | Assoclation was parade | orthea: Prizes Awarded e stores slong H street were es- pecislly decorsted and s first prize o 815 wes awarded to the Northeast De- partment Store, Eighth and H streets, for the best decorated front blum & lubor, 8156 H etreet northeast, was second The Drum and Bugle Corps of Vic- Pust was awarded first prize for e best in the parade. Costello was second. The corps of Alex- andria Post was declared to be the best out of town er Post of Hyattsville second snd m Post third prize for “the most unusual display” was awsrded to the eau of Engraving and Printing which had two large floats in the parade one containing srmed soldiers form, while the other carried ing children The Plorestelle Beauty Bhoppe, 808 H street northeast, was awarded fyst prize for the best decorsted automobile s parade. while Frank Ruppert sberdasher, 630 H sireel northeast was second, ey i PR Upper, left to right: Chief Boatswai Torpedoman Joseph Eiben. ins Mate Willlam Jeseph Caor and Chief Lower, left to right: Chief Torpedomen Fred Geerge Michels and Raymond Charles Wilson. —Star Staff Photos. FOURNAVY DIVERS TOCET COLD STARS on S-4—O0ther Awards Announced. | divers, now on duty at the Washington Navy Yard Diving School, will be awarded gold stars. in Meu of a second Navy Cross. for sal-| age work on the Submarine S-¢, it was announced yesterday by the Navy Department. The awards were author- ized by Acting Secretary of the Navy Robinson. Three other Navy enlisted men also are awarded gold stars and | two the Navy Cross. The men on duty here will receive their gold stars with appropriate cere- monies at the navy yard next week. They are Chief Boatswain'’s Mate Wil- liam Joseph Carr, Navy Reserve of Jamestown, R. L. Chief Torpedoman Joseph Eiden of Brooklyn, Chief Tor- Fm Pred G. Michels of Newport. 1, and Chief Torpedoman Raymond C. Wilson, 1425 Ridge place southwest, | ‘Washington. ! Car and Michels were awarded the Navy Cross for heroism in connection with the rescue work on the S-4, which was rammed by a Coast Guard cutter | in Provincetown harbor, Mass. last | December and sent to the bottom with | her entire crew. Eiden and Wilson re- ceived their Navy Crosses for their work in connection with the raising of the Submarine 8-51. rammed and sent to the bottom by the 8. 8. City of Rome oft Block Island, R. I, three years ago. The gold star also has been awarded to Chief Gunner’s Mate ‘Thomas Eadie of Newport, R. 1. Chief Torpedoman | John R. Kelley of Hinckley, Me. and Chief Gunner's Mate William S. Wick- | wire. New York. Linn H. McEwan, pharmacist's mate, of Brooklyn, N. Y. was awarded the Navy Cross for administering ald to | wounded Marines during an engage- Nicaragua, last | ment at Bromaderos, Pebruary 27. Prank W, Crilley, chief gunners mate, of Verona. N. J., was awarded the Navy Cross for his devotion to duty during the diving operations in con- nection with the salvage of the S-4 Crilley recently was recommended for | the award of a Medal of Honor for the gunner’s mate, durin, the Submarine F-4, of 17, 1915, W. C. RAYBOLD DIES. Honolulu, Apri! | Washington Native, 72, Was For-| mer Prince Georges Official. Wallace C. Rayboid, 72 years ol native of this city, died at the res dence of his daughter, Mrs F. Allen, 825 Longfellow strect, yester- day, after an iliness of several weeks. Mr. Raybold resided in Riverdale, Md., for a number of years and had served as constable and deputy sheriff of Prince Georges County. In later years he was town balliff of Bladens- burg, Md Mr. Raybold is survived by his widow Mrs, 1da L. Raybold, a son, Walter Raybold, and his daughter, Mrs. Allen Puneral services wili be conducted at| gy that Naval Communication Service hat he can dry the daughter’s residence tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock be at Forestville, Md Soon Assumes New Post Rosen- | | | with the hnyder-‘ J. REUBEN CLARK, ay announced his acceptance of tment as Undersecretary of Nate rk, who will succeed R. F, Olds, resigned. will assume his new duties in about 10 days Assoclated Press | Whe h the a Photo, ASKS PARKING BAN N F STREET AREA | Men to Be Honored for Work Harvev of kictor Club Cal's | Conditions Between 9th and 15th “intolerab'e.” Describing traffic conditions on F street between Ninth and Fifteenth streets as “intolerable,” W. Ford Harvey, manager of the Greater Washington Motor Club, in a letter today to Maj. Edwin B. Hess, superintendent of police, advocated a prohibition against parking in this area from 4 to 6 pm., and a police regulation against cruis- |ing of unoccupied taxicabs during the daylight hours. Harvey said he had | received many complaints from mem- bers of the motoring body. Harvey also bitterly denounced the so-called “drug store cowboys” who make F street their rendezvous, and ap- pealed for the restoration of the street to “its rightful owners.” Harvey wrote. “How long must we wait for the police and the District Government to restore this important thoroughfare to its htful owners? “Between dodging the cruising taxi- cabs and the car in the hands of ir- responsible boys, the woman driver who seeks to use F street suffers a nervous strain that calls for action.” Referring to the cruising taxicabs, he | sald, “Hackstands, conveniently located | on cross streets, offer ample taxicab service for F strect at all times.” Maj. Hesse d to give Harvey's recommendations serious consideration. SECOND WRIT IS SUED FOR P. €. KNOX, JR.! | Judge McMahon Demands His Ap-| pearance for Hearing on Charge of Reckless Driving. For the second day iIn succession Trafic Court Judge John P. McMahon | today ordered an attachment issued for Philander C. Knox, jr., who is charged with reckless driving. Knox came to court this morning | rescue of Willlam P. Loughman, chief | and attempted to talk to the judge after the raising of | court opened, but was informed the | cowrt could not Liear him at that time, LA few minutes later, he left the court- room and when his case was called his bondsman could not produce him. Knox - forfeited $40 collateral | terday when Judge McMahon ordered an attachment issued and was rear- rested later by Policeman J. W. Carroll at his home, 2705 Thirty-fourth place. He was released again on $500 bond for | appearance today | The charge against Knox is the result | 1(;1 William J. Patterson, Navy machinist | mate, on Bowen road southeast, Mon- day night INAVY PLACES RADIO | ATBYRD'S DISPOSAL Naval radio stations were advised to- {facilitles have been placed at the dis- Comdr. Richard E. Byrd | _In his messages to the stations, Capt | €. 8. Hooper, director of naval commu- | nications, said | “The facilities of the Naval Communi- { cation Bervice have been placed at the expedition’s disposnl for all but press and personsl dispatches, This will in- | clude messages on sclentific or profe | slonal subjects and the usual corr | spondence with its United Btates hea quarters, Such traffic will be handled |85 class A business, the radio al Wask- | ington finally distributing to addresseos and making proper absiracts of tele- graph charges.” MRS, L. W. MULLIN SUES HUSBAND FOR DIVORCE s | | Mrs, Lelia W. Mullin, 1628 Nicholson | | street, today asked the District Supreme | Court’ for a limited divorce from her | hushand, Bernard J. Mullin, whom she | accuses of dissipating $22,000 In u few months from an inheritance of $63,000 from his father's estate. She also asks an injunction against the Becond N tional Bank to prevent further witi drawals by the husband. They were married March 22, 1023, and have two chiidren. The wife charges cruelly and | drunkenness and asgerts that he struck {her with a footatool Justice Hitz directed the bank to hold | the remaining funds and issued & tule | | on_the husband, who is sald to he | Atlantie City, to show cause August 31 why he should not arrange for the support of his family. Attorgeys New- myer & King sppear for the wife, yes- | 22. 1928. ’ ALBANY CROWDED :. \ \ Notification Ceremonies Tonight. (Continued from First Page.) in New York State, every part of the State,” sald Mr. Mack. “They do in | Buffalo,” his home town, “agd I do not | see how we can lose. The Republican orgenization, moreover, is shot | peces.” Sees Missouri Victory. Charles M. Hay of Missouri, recently | nominated for the Senate to the great | disgust of “Jim” Reed, whose seat Mr. | Hay will occupy if he is elected, declared his confidence in a Smith victory in his own State. Hay is a dry, a bone dry, |but he has declared he will support | Smith, although he will oppose his anti- - prohibition program. | This is the first notification of a | presidential candidate in Albany since 11884, when Grover Cleveland was Gov- ernor of the Empire State. Cleveland | received the notification committee, a small one, in one of the rooms at the governor's mansion, not in the Capitol. | There was little or no ceremony, nor crowds. Mr. Cleveland made his address | to a handful of men, and it was not | carried by radio to millions of listeners- | in. n one even dreamed of radio in those da Claims Pennsylvania. Joe Guffey, Democratic national com- mitteeman, who went to Houston with rly all of the big Pennsylvania dele- ion safely in his pocket for Al Smith, here insisting that the Keystone State |15 going to break all records since the Civil War and cast its electoral vol for a Democratic candidate for Presi- | dent. He said that the Smith sentiment 'in his State is growing by leaps and bounds. He was quite serious about it, too. Reports spread about the city today that 200 prohibition agents had filtered into Albany for the big day. comin; from various parts of the State is to be & dry party, if the prol | unit has its way. { The notification committee, headed by Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, is here “in person,” a member from ever: |State and Territory. The committe and, indeed, the crowds which will at- |tend the ceremony tonight have been |slow getting here. Most of them rolled into Albany today. Somehow or an- |other " these Democrats ~from _distant | parts look upon Albany as a kind of {suburb of New York City, and hundreds lof them “stopped off” In the big city, | planning to arrive here only a few | hours before the event. But they are here in force today. Literally thou- |sands of them have come from New | York City alone, in special trains, by | automobile, by boat and some by air. The city is decorated gayly with flags |and bunting, and here and there tre- | mendous pictures of Gov. Smith look {down on the crowds. The notification | ceremony is to take place on the front |steps of the Capitol. It was up these | steps that Al S8mith came a quarter of in century agc _when he first entered the Legislature. He had no more idea then of bein, his party's candidate for Pres- {ident of the United States than he had {of flying, and he admits it himself. | City for AL ! There are seats on specially erected platforms for the notification commit- hi hibition | tee, members of the Democratic na- | tional committee and other distinguish- | ed guests, the press, and a stand for the Governor himself. |and microphones for the radio “hook- {up,” which is to carry the governor’s | voice and address to homes throughout | the country are in readiriess. Out in front there are wide park spaces where the crowds will stand to hear him. It is estimated that there is standing room for 144.000 persons, giving each four square feel. This is an Al Smith city. Make no mistake about that. Your dent was looking for a Republican, the county chairman. He stepped into a puilding and asked a native where be found. “The Republican,” was the ly, “Qh, he's in the next block. You'll ind him'in a house with a picture of Hoover ! hanging on the outside.” And it sounded for all the world as though “the Republican” was the only Republican in the city. But that is an exaggeration. The county chairman is domieiled in “the Unconditional Re- publican Club,” a club which was formed in the days of Gen. Grant, one of the oldest Republican clubs in the country. | And there it is the plans are being made for “holding down” to the limit | the majority which Gov. Smith is ex- pected to get in Albany County. “Rough Stuff” Banned. | Four years ago this county gave Smith lead over his opponent, Theodore | Roosevelt, jr., in the gubernatorial race of a littie less than 10,000, and two years ago Smith carried the county by some 17,000 votes over Ogden Mills. In the old days, when “Bill” Barnes was the Republican boss, the Republicans | used to roll up majorities in Albany County, but that's a thing of the past. The Democratic organization in Albany has apparently a hard and {ast grip. It is described as a “Little Tammany" it- | self, by the Republicans here. | The word has gone out there must be {no toes stubbed. there must be no “rought stuff,” in Al\wn{ when the gov- | ernor of the State is being notified that he is a nominee for the presidency. | What with raids in Saratoga, some 60 William | of ‘4 collision between his car and that | miles away, and more raids in New York City, the Empire State and its capital | must be on good behavior. N The funny part of it all is that here in New York, where the people are more thirsty than anywhere else ‘in_the | country, according to reports, t | ocrats want to turn the national Re- | publican administration out of ofice because it has failed to enforce the dry “honestly,” and to put Gov. Smith, wel hope.” in the White House s0 up the whole country. But whether it Is funny or not, the | law: the Interment, will | yosal of the Antarctic expedition under | prediction s made confidently by those who know the governor most intimate- |1y that if he Is elected next November he will enforce the prohibition laws rigidly Gets Round of Golf. The governor motored to Massachu- setts yesterday afternoon for a round of golf with his friend Norman H Davis, Assistant Secretary of State In - [ the Wilson administration. “I have to get away from my friend | here,” said the governor, pointing to the telephone on his desk. "I have got to save my voice for the spoech tomor- row night. It must carry over the Na-~ tion.” When the governor speaks over the telephone, he speaks. The telephone vang during his conference with the re for the notifica- the last conference before the peech. It was "Bill" Kenny, his old |Triend in New York, who 'financed | single-handed practically the entire | expense of CGov. Bmith's pre-conven- | tion campaign, Apparently he wanted to know what the governor was going | to wear at the notification ceremony | tonight | “Oh, just was the governor added, “Oh, no, no." | there ‘would be no evening dress and | fuss and feathers at_the notification And finally at “Well, I'll be looking for you " And the telephone was put by. | Gov. Bmith tested out the loud speak- ers and the radio at noon yesterday | while & crowd of several hundred per sops listened and looked. Loud shouts, “Hooray for Al" made the governor smile. But he swung into action with- out delay. Batterles of cameramen and | newspaper men that double-breasted gray ‘s reply. And he suit Evidently saying - FOR SMITH SPEECH | Candidate in Good Humor for Loud speakers | George W. Green, the chairman, could | he Dem- | to, | Upper: Workmen arranging seats on the lawn of the State Capitol as the time draws near for the Al Smith noti- ion and acceptance speech. The city is 2!l astir over the coming ceremony. | Lower: The Democratie nominee pho- tographed at his desk yesterday. ap- | parently the calmest person in Albany. —P. and A. Phoios | movie pholographers were on by | “shool” him. | ““Step forwerd closer,” one | shouted to the governor. ! May Enlarge Tour. | “can’t do it, boys, unless you either | saw something off from me or this | board,” shouted back the candidate, as | he tried to get closer to the microphone, | Every one roared, including the gov- ernor. He's no longer as slender as he used to be A moment later the governor was | golng through the regular stunts which and to movi> man is | the movies demand of a public speaker; | going through them without any prompt- | ing, shouting his own directions and convulsing the cameramen. He has done it so often he says he could do it in his sleep. | The governor is fit and ready for the | campaign of his life. While he will go to New York after the notification and hold conferences with Chairman Raskob | and others handling the campaign to | determine just where he should go and | how hard he should go on the road, it is expected here that he will conduct | an intensive campalgn, traveling into | many States. More and more it is being | impressed upon the governor himself and upon his aides that he has much to gain by getting out on the stump and meeting as many people as he can | in the two months and a half that re- main before election day. What he and | his managers are anxious to bring| about is that the people of the country | generally shall know him as-do the peo- | ple of his own State. | The governor is no early riser. He works hard, but burns the candle, mot the early morning sun. If he goes to | the White House, the Secret Service | men won't have to get up at dawn to be in readiness for a before-breakfast | walk, unless the governor changes his | habifs. He does not come to his office in the Capitol usually until 10:30 o'clock in the morning or even later. Today was no exception. At the | governor's mansion, Gov. Smith met and talked with some of the leaders before noon. v 4 RECORD RADIO HOOK-UP. { 114 Stations Will Carry Smith Mes- sage to Nation. By the Associated Pre: ALBANY, N. Y., August 22.—On the cast steps of the State Capitol, familiax {to him from the long years he has de- voted to service as an assemblyman and as governor of the State of New York for four terms, Alfred E. Smith will be | notified this evening of his nomination | as Democratic presidential nominee and in an acoeptance speech inform the Na- {tion where he stands on the issues of the day. The address, in which the governor had promised to discuss all subjects, in- cluding his attitude toward prohibition, in “clear, unmistakable hnlungv will formally launch the Democratic drive for a change in administration at Washington and leave the nominee free to map out the nature of the fight he will make. The largest radio hook-up ever ar- ranged, 114 stations, including six short wave transmitters, will carry the spzech to a waiting electorate | Senator Robison of Arkansas, Dem- | ocratic candidate for Vice President; Mrs. Robinson, Senator Pittman of | Nevada, carrying the notification mes- sage. and Mrs. Pittman, will be the only house guests of the nominee and Mrs. Smith tonight. They were motor- ing today from Hyde Park, N. Y. with Mr, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Southern Governors. Among those present will be Gova.| Ritchie of Maryland, Byrd of Virginia, | Mayors Walker of New York Hague of | Jersey City, and Holcombe of Houston, Jesse H. Jones of Houston, Judge Joseph M. Proskauer of New York, and scores of others, including men identi- fled with the party for years and lfe- | long friends of the nominee. Amplifiers have been strung up over the speaker's platform. At the De wm; Clinton Hotel, headquarters of the na- tional committee, just off the Capitol i ground, nrlniemenu have been made | fo seat more than 100 persons on the, roof. Eight hundred city police and State troopers will keep order. Special pick- pocket squada from cities throughout the State will work among the vast, audience on the lawns, where huge lights have been swung from towering elms. Gov. | Smith's speech of acceptance is expected to take more than an hour ‘Tomorrow, accompanied by Mrs. Smith, | the nomines will leave for New York, to talk over with his lleutenants at na- | tional headquarters plans for his cam- | paign, Mrs. Smith will attend a dinner to be given in her honor at the Hotel | Astor tomorrow night. | _ Leaving Pl'ldli' for Sea QGirt, N. J., Gov. Smith will review the National Guard regiments of the State in camp | there and spend the week end at Spring Lake, close by. He either will return to | Albany or go straight to Syracuse, where he has non-political eng ts Au- gust 20 at the annual "farm dinner” | given by Jerome G. Barnum, publisher | of the Syracuse Post-Standard, and Al- | | gust 3¢ the State fi 12 HELD IN PROBE OF PLOT AGAINST | MEXICAN LEADERS (Continued from First Pag: the Catholic clergy having noth- | | 0 do with his actions, | ’lr sald he planned to destroy the | Ohamber of Doputies to punish those | who would not amend the contitution to remove undesirable religlous clauses. | “Those m?lannhla for the religlous | confilet are the legislatora and that ! why I attempted to kill a few.” he told the newspaper men. Castro, whose capture led to discovery of the plot, confirmed his fancee’s atatement that he had sought her as- sistance in the manufacture of bombs, i | committeeman. Senator from North Dakota, also scheduled. 1a |4 ALBANY PREPARES FOR SMITH NOTIFICATION TILT WITH MRS. SEEN OVER NIGHT CLUB PROBE u. S. Atto;r;ey Tut_tle of New; York Stops Wholesale Quiz of Guests. Scores Following Raids—Raskob Flays Procedure. By the Associated Press. DON‘t?),d YORK, !A&s‘uat “22.—Ne‘ubs‘|l;“- TS today sugpest thate 2 possibility of & eonnfcv. between Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt and United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle over the summoning before a Federal d jury of 125 night club patrons, which has created a stir in New York, Sul were issued during Mr. Tuttle's absence from the city and on his return he stopped the wholesale quuthnlnT deprecating the “pitiless publicity” to which th2 prospective wit- nesses had been subjected. Says Tuttle Knew. Mrs. Willebrandt, Assistant United States Al ey General in charge of prohibition ‘enforcement, speaking over the telephone from Washington, told the New York Times.that Mr. Tuttle “personally knew of the calling of wit- nesses.” She sald he had set the date when the grand jury was to come back to hear their testimony. and all of the subpoenas were issued from his of- fice and he appointed his assistant, who nas been working on the case. She dded : “I do not intend to enter into a public comment about what any sub- ordinate officer of the Department of Justice may or may not say to the press with respect either to the method of the investigation or the policies that are or are not to be followed " Mrs. Willebrandt made her state- ment after she had been read one mad during the dey by Mr. Tuttle. In his statement Mr. Tuttle upheld the Gov- ernment’s right to subpoena witnesses | irrespoctive of social position, but as- | serted such witnesses are entitled to all possible protection from unnecessary or avoldable publicity. Raskob Raps Action. ‘‘he names of the witnesses were se- cured from the guest books of clubs re- cently raided and against which indiot~ ments are pending. Amon summoning of night club patrons was | John J. Raskob Democratic national were examined yesterday. DEMOCRATS HERE WILL “LISTEN IN” Mectings Arranged for Mayflower One Fined, Four Others Forfeit and Smith Club to Hear Acceptance. Local Democrats will gather at the Mayflower Hotel and also at the head- quarters of the Al Smith Democratic | Police Court today for theft of news- | Club, in the Southern Bullding, this eve- ning to listen in on 8mith's acceptance ceremonies. Pinal arrangements for the Mayflower meeting were anndunced today by John F. Costello, Democratic District national The program was ar- raged by John B, Colpoys, chairman of the Democratic central committee. Tho Mayflower meeting will begin at o o'clock and will be addressed by Henry Olay Hansbrough, former Republican ‘Those In oharge are arranging (o have Walter Reed veterans who are Smith uuw\nmn attend the meeting, and a aimilar invitation may be extend- ed o men at Mount Alto Hospital. The headquarters of the Al Smith Club, room 220 Southern Building, will be open at 6:30, and the public is in- vited to listen to the broadcast of the Smith speech there, with other speakers Mr. Costello sald today Demoeratic | headquarters here I8 recelving numerous | requests for information on the absentee | voting laws In the States | Ool. Rebert N. Harper, a local Demo cratic leader and a.slstant treasurer of the Democratic national committee. has | one to Albany to attend the notifica. lon ceremonles and will sapend Thurscay st Demoeratic headquarters In New York, . “Pitiless - Publicity”| WILLEBRANDT MRS. WILLEBRANDT. | U. 8. ATTORNEY TUTTLE. | chairman. Twelve uniformed patrolmen questioning today. ~About ITHEFT OF PAPER " BRINGS 30 DAYS Collateral in Drive Against Rack Pilferers. . One man was sent to jail, one was fined and four forfeited collateral in papers from “honor system' racks. Willlam Archie, colored, 35, 1335 Fifth street, was sentenced to 30 days in jall for the theft of a newspaper from th rack at PFifth and New {"‘;rl -venu: Two_others, John David Spaight. 48, 417 Seventh street southwest, and Sally Clark, colored, 33, 425 New York ave- nue, forfeited $10 collateral each. Mattie Chapman, colored, 43, 6 John. son court, was fined $10 or 10 days in Tt eourt, forfeited $10 collateral. Both arrested by Policeman Gentry a s Willlam Miller, colored, 59, rear 734 Now Jersey avenue, forfeited l% collateral, He was arrested by Police- man E. G, Smith of the sixth precinet at Seventh and F streets. Phe arvests were the result of a city-wide campal fi:{:}ul 'r‘h:u’: of newspapers from , that has resulte in the past 10 da; PN A Water System to Be Extended. Npecial Muspateh to The st CLARENDON, Va., August 22, Ex- tenslon of tho water system into Rad- or Helghts was started yesterday by the county water department. This Gregory Sullivan, blind aince birth, finlshed the four-year course at the University of Chicago in three years, operation, ‘which 1s estimated to cost 700, will_provide service for approxi= ly 30 homes. Laterals will be latd along Military road, Whippel street and Arlington n\’:uc. . - ’d'll seems to me" Mr. ¥ askob sald, “that it's just another Valse, “M evidence of the insults to our liberty S and citizenship to which the adminis~ tration feels it is necessary to subject | Characteristic, us in order to try to enforce the law.” | & are e to volce criticlam of the [ among those scheduled to appear for 15 persons | % | ‘:fihlnd Lotta Collins, coloved, 30, 514 | of the third precinct at Tw | And ¥ atrests 8t Tweniy-seoond | ay | Waits, WO AREALED * FORPETTY THEFTS ’Third of Group Charged With Stealing From Autos De- mands Jury Trial. [ | | Three of the 15 persons arrested Sat- | urday in a round-up of automobile | suit case thieves were arraigned in Po- lice Court today. and two of them given maximum fines and sentences, while the thrid demanded a jury trial Samuel Stewart. 23, 311 Seventh street southwest, pleaded guilty to five cases of petty larceny. Judge Robert | E. Mattingly sent him to jail for 360 | days for the first offense and ordered him to pay 3 $500 fine or serve 360 days for each of the others. Everett Stedford, 42, 353 L stree | southwest, was given a similar penalt on three charges, making his sentence | 360 days and $1,000 or 720 days more. | Edward Matthew, 38, was tharged with three cases of petty larceny, but demanded a jury trial and was held | under $500 bond in each case. Several cases of grand larceny also | are pending against the three men and i will be presented September 4, when three others, charged with receiving stolen property also will be arraigned Henry Muse, colored, 47, 18 N strect southwest and Rachael Ghase and | Daisy Prance, both colored, of 1008 | Third street southwest, are the per- sons charged with receiving stolen | goods. = All were arrested by Detect | Robert Barrett and police of th= four | precinct. | Augustus S. Johnson, colored. 17 | 1615 Twelth street, was given 360 da: | in jail yesterday fof two cases of pett larceny and was held for the action of the grand jury on two charges of grand | larceny. TAKOMA PARK SIDING VANISHES AFTER ROW | Railroad to Transfer Freight Handling Which Caused Arrest and Election Fight. The unloading platform at the North | Takoma siding, which figured largely in the everyday life of Takoma Park. Md., and was the cause of a hot town election last May. has ceased to be a cause of strife. This week a Baltimore & Ohio rallroad crew, under the super- vision of Freight Agent Reutenberg, demolished the platform and today pre- ired to send it elsewhere for unload- g gflw- ‘The town constable placed Mr. Reu- tenberg under arrest when the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad attempted to unload coal at this platform and siding last May a few days after Mayor Ben Davis had announced the land at the siding was the property of the town and the siding could no longer be used as a place for unleading freight. Mr. Reutenberg, after being arrested. appealed to the attorneys for the B. & O. Rallroad, who abtained an injunction against the town, This was met by a cross bill and answer filed by the town and since that date the North Takoma siding issue has been before the courts. After the answer was filed by the town authorities the railroad filed a demurrer. the heari being set for next August 29, at l!olxvfllz. Removal of the plat- form, authorities declare, supports their | contention. WILL OPEN QUARTERS | Colored Democrats to Have Cam- paign Office Here. Plans for the opening of a colored | Democratic headquarters this week in the Lewis Building, Eleventh and U streets, have just been announced by Robert J. Nelson, regional director of Smith campaign work among colored ‘::’wlm in neal States and the Dis- | trict. Nelson also is direcior of the eivil liberties commission < the colored Elks. Firemen Go to Convention. Spectal Dispatch o The Star POTOMAC, Va., August 22.—Eighteen members of the Alexandria Pire De- partment left yesterday for Ocean View | to attend the annual convention of the Virginia _State Firemen's Associacion Engine No. 3 was taken along by the | local delegation which hopes to win | the prize tomorrow for the departmen coming the longest distance with sp- paratus. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Navy Band, 2 the band stand, Navy Yard. at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Charles Benter leader March, Spanish, “Cadiz” Valverde | Overture, “La Princess Jaune,"” | Saint-Saens | Cornet solo, “The Southern Cross.” Clarke “Ls Puceini « ... Selected | ...Strauss imrp(- from “The Show Boat.” Kearn of frey | Grand scenes from the opera | Vocal solos. . . “Reminiscences England” S L “The Star Spangled Banner By the United States Marine Band, it the Capitol, at 7:30 o'clock tonig! lor Branson leader. Arthur S, wi b, second leader, conducting: March, “Semper Fidelis". sousa (Offictal march of the Marine Corps) Overture, “Summer Night's Dream.” Suppe de ... Jeanjean .ohengrin." Wagner Waldteufel! !Clarinet solo, “Le Carnaval | Venise" ... X | Grand scenes from * | | Waltz. “Tres Jolie” | Descriptive fantasia, “A Dream in | _Helvetia™ . ... . Sellenick “Danses Norwegienne, Nos. 2 and 3." Grieg “Military Polonaise”. .. .. .Chopin “The Star Spangled Banner." | By the United States Army Band, at the Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds 1;‘1‘1‘” o'clock ;o‘:‘ll(llt“.’ Capt. Curtis D. Ay comman , William J. Stan- {nard leader . e | March, “Gen. Rosenbaum”. (United States.) Potpourri, “Amparito” | (Cuba.) :s«u oo "Bpunh\:h Sere- | M. Eilenberg | T‘ United States.) | ‘homas F. Darcy. Walts, “Remembransa Honduren De Adalid (Honduras.) Dedicated to Dr. Frankiin Adams, counsalor the Pan-American Union Nord To gia, “Lament and Glorifieation.” Valde-Riestra (Poru.) (Arranged for band by Theodore ) Bingert. March, “Chamber of Commerce . Cisell (United States.) Dedicated to Isanc Thomas F. Darcy conducting Excerpta from “The Lady of Slipper” - (United’ States)) "Vuum{nnm". Arr. by Schmobl (Venesuela.) “The Black Man." from “The Dwell ers of the Wostern World™ suite sou | | Gans the erbert (United States.) “Irish Reel" from the “Silhoustte” auite “ane sonvness Hadley (United States.) Mareh, “La Giralda” «Juarrans (Mexico. “The Star Spangled Banner." ' ¥ ' 3 >