Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1928, Page 2

- e TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM PLANNED A. A. A. Announces Intention to Extend Scheolboy Patrol This Season. The District of Columbia division of the American Automobile Association. in its annual report today. announced plans for a thorough and comprehensive program of safety promotion for all public and parochial schools in the Dis- trict this Fall Re-establishment of the schoolboy pa- trols will be effected at the public gchools in acccrdance with arrange- ments already made, and an effort will be made this year to organize such pa- trois at parochial schools, also, it was stated, Will Follow Up Work. follow up the schoolboy through visitation of all the school: ur representatives,” the re- rt said. “We will hold rallies to instruct and inspire the members of the various patrols: appropriate posters depicting the hazards of traffic in the city will be distributed to each and every class- room: on the dav before school opens we will have attached to every. milk bottle delivered to a home a tag re- minding motorists that thousands of little children will go to school for the first time, and call on them to exer- cise greater caution. and we plan also te exhibit in the larger motion pic- fure theaters a trailer containing a| milar messag B he Teport. signed by George E.| Keneipp, manager of the District of Columbia_division. _disclosed that the | Jocal club now is the largest individual motor club in the United States, with | & membership of 20071. The local membership total is exceeded by three clubs which have branches outside their immediate jurisdiction, however. Such clubs are the California State Automo- bile Association. the Automobile Club of Detroit and the Chicago Motor Club. The District membership increased during the year by 6.498 members. ‘The goal for 1928 is 21,478 members. 28,691 Service Calls. Other interesting data contained in * report follow: { th:F‘Dl‘D \he first eight months of 1928 we received and dispatched a total ‘{K 8,691 emergency road service calls, ‘2\'h1rh is an increase of 13,650 calls, or 81 per cent over the same period last ’E'a'l{levn in the history of the District of Columbia division has our touring bureau been so busy as it has during | the present Summer months. smcci January 1st we have served 35.166 touring bureau motorists at our counter, | of which number 21456 were served during the three months ending Au- gust 31, or an average of over 7.000 people per month, or more than 200 & day. - Last year at this same time we had - served 26947 motorists, so dur gain for the present year is 35 per cent. “One of the best evidences of in- ereased caution on the part of motor- ists. as a_result of our intensive pro- motion of traffic safety principles is the ex(ranrdmar)é intt:;ense mlour bl;il:e and headlight adjusting service. ing the eiggtl)\t months ending August 3] we have adjusted the brakes of 3257 motorists and also 808 pairs of headlights, an increase of 225 per cent in the brake adjustment service and 51.8 per cent in headlight testing. In other words, approximately one-sixth of our entire membership have had their brakes tested and adjusted thus far this year. It is apparent that these may be numbered among our most popular services. Legal Burden Increases. membership nal burden on ofir departniént, which for the first eight~months of 1928 has given Jegal advice . 1.001 members, of which number 543 have asked our attorneys to assist :n the collection of claims and $6,173.01 has been collected for these members. “Our legal department also handles the collection of claims under the per- sonal injury insurance policy which is provided to all A. A. A. members, and $0 far this year, $4,882.85 has been col- lected. “A service new in motor club circles and one which has attracted much fa- vorable comment from our members and motor club officials from other cities is our theater ticket bureau. That it has proven popular is perahps best in- dicated by the fact that we have sold more than $8,000 worth of theater tickets since the service was established in March. During the past month we assumed an agency for the Washington Co-op- erative Artist concert course to be pre- sented during the coming season, and at this writing, we have sold over “600 worth of tickets for the same. Be- cause we are a non-profit, civic or- ganization we have been permitted to retain a 30 per cent commission on the sale of these tickets. “In co-operation with Station WMAL, we inaugurated, a little over two months 8go, a weekly broadcast of suggested week end tours for motorists. This sta- tion at first donated 15 minutes for this purpose on Friday evening, from 9:15 to 9:30, but recently has increased the time allotted to 20 minutes because of | the popularity of the programs and the response thereto. It is planned to con- tinue these Friday night broadcasts over an indefinite period. “The first and second orders for route direction shield signs for the District of Columbia has been received and deliv~ ered to the Traffic Bureau. There has recently been installed all of the shield signs covering route No. 1, which leads through the city and directs tourists between Alexandria and Baltimore through Washington: also route No. 50, running from Alexandria to Annapolis through Washington; also five advance ! . shield signs on our shipment of route | 211, runing between Washington and ‘Warrenton: and five No. 240 shield signs between Washington and Frederick. ‘This sign-posting project will be com- pleted by the end of the year.” AIR RACE LEADER GREETED AS HE LANDS AT HOME AIRPORT (Continue “The has also. exploded and the ship caught fire. Robertson was injured slightly J. W. Hunt. Moundsville. W. Va. fly- ing a Lone Eagle, was forced by engine trouble to remain at Indianapolis. Harry Smedley and George Bennet, Kansas City, in an Eagle Rock, were halted by engine trouble at Shelbyville, Ind. Eighty miles out of St. Louis, L. H. Con- nel, Wichita, Kans., landed his Swallow in 'a stubble field, because of engine trouble. Six planes were forced out of the race on the first day. OTHER RACES AGAIN DELAYED. Wazardous Flying Conditions Hold Up Class B and C Planes. ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y.. Septem- fer 7 (#).—Low visibility and hazardous Aying conditions over the Alleghanies in Pennsylvania caused another post- ponement of the class B and class C races in the New York-Los Angeles air derby today. ‘The 20 planes of the B class and 4 in class C will take off at 6 o'clock to- morrow morning if the weather permits. The rules of the race provide that the thips must get away before 10 am.. Fastern standard time. and when that | disgusted with | nig. howr passed. the pilot | her agreement. to the closing of Thirty- THE EVENING STAR, WAS'i‘{L\'GTOA\’. D. C. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER Warm Air Currents Rushing to Rescue { Capital From Chill Summer isn't over yet and there’s no pressing occasion to Wworry over the decreasing coal pile. It's going to be warmer tonight than it was last night., warmer to- morrow than it was today and con- siderably warmer Sunday. The cold rain is over and the sun will shine again or Washington and the At- lantic coast line generally. { ‘While Washington has been having its temporary touch of Winter, it was explained at the Weather Bureau to- day. the country across the Alle- ghanies has been having fine Sum- mer weather and is hustling currents. of warm air over the mountains to the rescue of the chilled Eastern cities. RESTRICTIONS HOLD UP ATHLETIC FIELD Limit on Stands at Western High Tying Up $45,000 Development. Restrictions upon the erection of stands on the West side of the proposed athletic field for Western High School, stipulated by Mrs. Anne Archbold in ninth street, to which the District Com- missioners are unwilling to subscribe, are proving the chief stumbling block to the expenditure of $45,000 appro- priatcd by Congress for grading and smproving the property for use by the school. ’ This was explained today by Maj. L Atki Assistant Engineer Com- missioner, who said that he and other District officials are working on the matter with more than a little hope of being able to reach a_compromise plan to which both the Board of District Commissioners and Mrs. Archbgld can agree. McCarl Rules on Case. In a recent decision on the case, Con- troller General J. R. McCarl held that the District cannot use the money appropriated for the work without the full consent of the abutting property owners to the closing of Thirty-ninth street, to be used as part of the field. This consent Mrs. Archbold, in a letter to the Commissioners, gave with the proviso that the District agree that the land not be used for stands. This proviso, according to Maj. Atkins, the Commissioners are willing to comply with in the present plans for improving the field. But Mrs. Archbold’s plan is that the restriction be recorded in the District land records, which would for- ever bar for such building purposes "rlte District’s use of that strip of prop- erty. The present temporary impasse leaves the matter hanging in the balance be- tween Mrs. Archbold and the District, with Controller General McCarl’s rul- ing that the appropriation for grading the land cannot be used until this mat- ter is straightened out. Bar to Work. _As a sort of compromise, it was de- cided to try to go ahead with the work, leaving Thirty-ninth street entirely out of the plans. This struck a snag when it was discovered that in order for the work to go ahead the square of land at the end of S street, bisecting the ROYAL PAIR RETURN HERE FOR PIGTURE Prince and Bride Married Tuesday Depart Again After Being Photographed. | Prince Alexander Bariatinsky, son of Czar Alexander, IL, of R lipped into Washington quietly night with his bride, a dancer know on the stage as “Lola Blanche":; waited long enough this morning to have his picture taken and then slipped as quiet- ly out of town. The couple. married by Judge Mat- tingly of Municipal Court Tuesday. had dropped from sight until last night. Uncertain About Plans. They were vague about their plans “My wife,” Prince Bariatinsky said, must fulfill her stagq contract. Then ‘We may both go on the stage and we may go out to Hollywood.” Prince Bariatinsky said last night he was going to Buffalo, where his wife now is appearing on the stage. The marriage is a union of two noble families of old Russia. “Lola Blanche” was Olga Messalskaya, daughter of the former Princess Vera Pleschkova Mes- salskaya, who lost her title when she married Col. Pleschkova, an officer in the czar's army, before the war. “Lola Blanche's” mother now is Mrs. Alexan- der Spiro Georgiades. She was mar- ried last Saturday by Judge Mattingly to Georgiades, a florist, 2617 Four- teenth street. Double Ceremony Planned. ‘When the stage contract is completed Prince Bariatinsky and his bride will bs remarried in a double ceremony with Georgiades and his mother-in-law, by Father Wischislav Gindlin, at the little Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church of St. Alexander, at 1317 Twefth street. The Princess Bariatinsky probably will complete her stage engagement about the middle of November. Last night the prince and princess stayed at 14 Iowa circle, Mrs. Geor- giades staying there with them. D. C. HEADS ORDER REORGANIZATION OF POLICE TRIAL BOARD First. Page) recommendation had been indorsed by the Commissioners. »Two Cases Heard. Of two cases heard yesterday after- noon by the Police Trial Board, only one was completed, the other being continued until next Thursday, after some prosecution witnesses were heard. The case continued was that of J, H. ‘Wood of the ninth precinct, who, it was alleged in the specifications, drove an automobile recklessly while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Mrs. Gladys Chewning of Mount Rainier, Md., testified that a car driven by ‘Wood collided with her machine. She testified that the officer was drunk, and when asked how she determined that, she replied, “By the way he walked.” She did not smell liquor on his breath, she said. .The case completed and taken under advisement was that of Policeman B. |F. Howze, eighth precinct, charged with violence toward Morris Gates, 15, color- ed. Dr. Alberta Gates, Morris’ mother, a colored chiropractor, testified that when her son came home after being incarcerated in the station house. his leg was stiff, and it had blue marks on it “The boy testified that he was accost- field, touches upon property on the Archbold side of Thirty-ninth street, and as a result - the McCarl decision bars the closing of S street until the Thirty-ninth street matter is straight- ened out. As it stands now the field cannot be used for athletic team practice, re- quiring a fill of about 40 feet at one e{lhdnr and a cut of the same size at iie o e NATIONALS DEFEAT NEW YORK IN FIRST HALF OF TWIN BILL (Continued from First Page.) Judge singled to right. Combs. No runs. NEW YORK—Collins fanned. Zach- ary flied to Goslin. Combs flied to Gos- lin. No runs. FOURTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Ruel walked. Reeves popped to Koenig. Ruel stole second. Cronin took a third strike. Koenig threw out Hadley. No runs. NEW YORK—Cronin tossed out Koe- nig. Gehrig singled to center for the first hit off Hadley and tried to stretch it and was out, West to Reeves. Reeves tossed out Ruth. No runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Zachary threw out West. Rice flied to Meusel. Goslin pop- ped to Dugan.” No runs. NEW YORK—Meusel fouled to Ruel in front of the Washington dugout. Dugan flied to Goslin. Durocher walked. Collins flied to West. No runs, SIXTH INNING. WASHING TON — Judge walked. Bluege sacrificed, Durocher to Gehrig. Durocher made a fine one-handed stop of Bluege's drag bunt. Zachary took Ruel’s bounder and Judge was run down, Zachary to Dugan to Durocher to Dugan, Ruel taking second on the play. Reeves singled to right, scoring Ruel. Cronin singled to left, Reeves stopping at second. Durocher tossed out Hadley. One run. NEW YORK—Zachary grounded out to Cronin. Combs fanned. Reeves threw out Koenig. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—West fouled to Col- lins. Durocher tossed out Rice. Goslin flied to Meusel. No runs. NEW YORK -—Gehrig fouled to Bluege. Ruth doubled to right when Rice failed to make a shoestring catch Meusel took a third strike. Dugan walked on four straight balls, Lazzeri batted for Durocher and fanned. No runs. Bluege flied EIGHTH IN] G. WASHINGTON—Robertson went to second for New York. Robertson threw out Judge. Bluege singled to left. Ruel singled to left, sending Bluege to third. Reeves flied to Meusel in short left. Ruel stole second. Cronin walked, fill- ing the bases. Hadley singled to left center, scoring Bluege, Ruel and Cronin. West_dropped a single in_left, Hadley stopping at second. Rice tripled through the right-field bleachers, scor- ing Hadley and West. Ryan replaced Zachary. Goslin got his eleventh homer of the year, a drive into the right-field bleachers, scoring Rice ahead of him. Judge, up for the second time in the inning, flied to Meusel. Seven runs. NEW YORK —Collins lined to Cronin Ryan watched a third strike go by. Combs popped to Reeves. No runs, NINTH INNING. | ‘WAEHINGTON - Bluege took a third strike. Ruel struck out. Reeves dropped a single in left. scoring Reeves. run. NEW YORK—Recves tossed out Koe- Cronin tripled to left, Hadley fanned. One ed by Howze while he was sitting at a street corner. He said the officer grabbed him and slapped and kicked him. He also testified that when he reached the station house the officer made an effort to make him eat a cigarette, saying that this was done in the presence of Lieut. Michael Raedy. Violence Denied. Alexander Miles, colored, testified as to the beating and denied under cross- examination, conducted by Attorney James O'Shea, that he had told the policeman prior to the trial that he did not see any violence. Julius Lindenbaum had in court his small daughter, who displayed a wound allegedly caused by a shot from an air rifle fired by Gates. He testified that Miles told the officer in Lindenbaum's presence that he hadn’t seen any Kick- ing or slapping, and had accepted car fare from the officer to be used to come to_court to testify to that effect, Nathan Rubin said that he saw Howze and his prisoner from the time of the arrest until the boy was placed in the wagon, and that at no time during this Ferlod did Howze mistreat the prisoner n_any way. Lieut. Raedy said that he was at the station house when the boy was brought in, and that the latter made no com- plaint to him of any mistreatment. He saild he examined him, but saw no con- tusion on the mouth, as had been al- leged by the youth. He also testified that he did not see Officer Howze attempt to make the boy eat a cigarette. THREE DIE AS TAR BLAZES ON WATER Dive In as Fiery Liquid Spreads Over San Francisco Bay. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 7.— Three workmen were believed to have perished under a sheet of blazing hot tar spread over a portion of San Fran- cisco Bay last night by an explosion. ‘Three others were injured, and the woodwork of a $2,000,000 pier under construction was badly damaged. The explosion occurred shortly be- fore midnight while a crew of about 20 men was applying the heated tar to the pier. A blowtorch ignited a caul- dron of tar and the ensuing blast threw the fiery mixture in every direction. Four men on a barge beneath the pier were forced to dive into the bay in their attempt to escape. Only one of these had been accounted for. The survivor, Paul Westen, who saved him- sell by swimming under water, said he believed his three fellow workmen had died under the blazing surface of the bay. COLLEGE LIMITS CO-EDS. CHICAGO, September 7 (#).—Co- eds at Northwestern University are driving young men away from the in- stitution, it was admitted yesterday by President Walter Dill Scott. The_situation has become so serious that President Scott announced that hereafter only women ranking in the upper one-fourth of their high school classes would be allowed to apply for admittance. Further regulation pro- vides they must live either at home or in a dormitory. _MAY REJOIN LEAGUE. GENEVA, September 17 (#).—The League of Nations received a cabled message from Costa Rica today ex- pressing appreciation for the League Gehrig sent a long fly to Rice Cronin threw out Dugan. No runs. ‘careful consideration™ of Costa Rica’s Monroe doctrine, the forced delay, resigned themselves|Ruth singled to right. Meusel walked. ' request for an ingerpretation of .the to another wait. > grand- | sia we may come to Washington to live.| PRINCE AND HIS BRIDE ALEXANDER BARIATINSKY AND MRS. BARIATINSKY. —Star Staff Photo. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. Staff Correspondent of The Star. CORONADO, Calif.. September 7.— Covering 960 miles of Texas, New Mex- ico, Arizona and California territory in 8 hours and 55 minutes, Lieut. J. E. Upston of Washington, D. C., path- finder for the transcontinental flight of a formation of nine Keystone bombers of the 2d Bombardment Group. and the writer, landed at Rock- well Field, North Island, San Diego, at 7:10 o'clock, Eastern’ standard time, last night. ‘The- bombers, according to word re- ceived, will arrive here today and the last leg of their mission, 125 miles to Los Angeles, will be undertaken in ihe afternoon, completing the greatest tacti- cal flight of the greatest number of planes ever undertaken in this country. ‘Taking off from Midland, Tex., at 7:556 o'clock yesterday morning, shortly after dawn cracked over the Texas plains, Lieut. Upston' flew the “pive line” course to El Paso. The “pipe line” course is so called from a pipe line 250 miles in length laid down by an ofl company. BOMBING PLANES ON LAST LEG OF CAPITAL-LOS ANGELES HOP Squadron of Nine Ships to Complete Flight From Coronado to Los Angeles in Formation. It is a direc, gompass course and “as the crow flies® It covers country so desolate that snould a plane be forced down it would take days for the occu- pants to walk to civilization. In taking the pipe-line course, Lieut. Upston cut off many miles over the route that fol- lows the railroad. El Paso was reached at 10:25 o'clock and, after 50 minutes’ waiting for fuel to arrive, Lieut. Upston took off for Tucson, where he arrived at 2:05, Eastern time. Time out was taken for lunch and a ziart was made for San Diego at 3 The heat n 'fucson was intense and held at the same degree of temperature up to 5000 feet. Lieut. Upston began a campaign of climbing and after a battle with the <hip in the hot, thin air, finally reached 9,000 feet and cool weather. However, the bumps were exceedingly numerous and the 3-hour-and-50-min- ute voyage to San Diego was the rough- est of the trip. On landing at San Diego the faces and lips of the occu- pants of the Falcon two-seater were parched, blistered and swollen. TWO CONTENDERS SEEK CALLES' POST Emilio: Portgs Gil and Gen. Trevino Are Aspirants: " for Presidency. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, September 7.—A civilian and a general today appeared to be the principal contenders for the office of provisional President. One bloc of the Congress, which will choose a successor to President Calles, is supporting Emilio Portes Gil, a law- yer, now secretary of interior and for- mer Governor of Tamaulipas. Gen. Manuel Perez Trevino, Governor of Coahuila, has the backing of other Deputies. Assassination of President-elect Al- varo Obregon has created a political situation subject to almost constant change, and another contender may come forward at any moment. There is gossip in political circles that a third bloc of Congressmen may trot forth a dark horse. There has been less talk lately of Aaron Saenz, Governor of Nuevo Leon, who once seemed destined to head the nation. Congressmen, army generals and other political figures gather daily in the lobby of one of the principal hotels, which has thus become unofficial head- quarters for political movements and maneuvers. One of the noteworthy features of the gatherings is that there are fewer uniforms among the military men. than might be. expected. Apparently it has become the fashion for army officers to attend political meetings in civilian clothes; also comparatively few pistols are in evidence. . BODY OF HOUSE PAGE _ RECOVERED FROM RIVER Robert Richardson, 16, Monday at Chain Bridge, Found Near Key Span. The body of Robert Richardson, 16- year-old page at the House of Repre- sentatives, who was drowned in the Potomac River helow Chain Bridge Monday, was found floating early today off Camp Colonial, on the Virginia shore about 100 yards above Key Bridge. William A. Carter, colored cook at the camp, recovered the body and notified harbor precinct police. Richardson was drowned in an at- tempt to recover a pair of water wings which he lost while attempting 10 launch a boat in the swift water below Chain Bridge. He was just learning to swim. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Richardson, live at 130 East Capitol street. Drowned 30 AEROS TO OPEN PLANE EXPOSITION National Air Races to Form Greatest Aviation Exhibition in History. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 7.—Final plans for the 1928 national air races, described by Clarence M. Young, direct- or of the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce, as the great- est aviation exhibition in history, were being rushed toward completion here today. The races begin tomorrow after the arrival of various groups of planes now headed Westward. “The entire achievement of the avia- tion industry, both military and civil, for the year 1928 will be on exhibiton,” said Young. “Every new type of plane, motor, instrument and aviation neces- sity will be on display. 300 Planes to Open Exposition. At a given signal tomorrow, 300 air- planes will roar out from Mines Field to mark the exposition opening. Then their pilots will mass into formation to fly out over the countryside in a great demonstration. As the exposition opens, another ad- junct to it will be in progress through- out the continent. Somewhere in the Southwest, the leaders of the class A Transcontinental Air Derby probably will be winging their way to Los An- geles. Behind them in New York, fyers in classes B and C are due to hop off over a similar course in another derby. Behind these will be the racers in the non-stop transcontinental derby and the Windsor, Ontario, to Los Angeles flight. : Will Finish Next Week. All are slated tos finish their con- quest for air fame on Mines Field next week, The exposition will continue for nine days. Thus far 216 flyers have entered the races, 62 of whom were in the transcontinental derbies and 11 in the non-stop flight from New York. Tomorrow night Los Angeles will cen- ter its attention on the opening of the night program, Famous air pilots, stars of theater and screen from Hollywood and noted citizens will participate. More than 100 Army and Navy planes are at the field or en route to the races. COFFIN FALL. KILLS MAN. Driver Crushed to Death by Cement Casket in Auto Crash. CHICAGO, September 7 (#).—TIt was a coffin that killed Stanley Gates. Driving a truck for an undertakers® supply company, Gates was thrown to the ground when his machine and an- other collided yesterday. A cement coffin, jarred from his truck, crushed him to death. Fokkcr plane After many hours of effort last night in attempting to communicate with the crew of the big tri-motored Fokker monoplane now on its way from this city to California, to inform one of the members of the crew of the death of his father, officers at Bolling Field early today located the flyers at Han- cock, Mich., and delivered the message by telegraph. The message, delivered to the flyers shortly before the time set for their de- parture from Hancock for the Pacific Coast, informed Staff Serzt. Paul A. Ritter of the dcath of his father yes- terday at Stanley, Wis. It was expected that Lieut. Harry A. Dinger, pilot of the Fokker, would depart from his l Death Message For Flyer Locates En Route to Coast schedule long enough to take Sergt. Ritter to Stanley today. The Fokker landed at Hancock at 2:30 yesterday afternoon, it was learn- ed here today, and was to pick up Rep- resentative James of Michigan, chair- man of the House Committee on mili- tary affairs, who will make an inspec- tion trip of Western air flelds and at- tend the air races next week at Miners' Field, Calif. ‘Word of the death of the elder Ritter was recovered at Bolling Field abuot 10:30 last night. All the radio operators were off duty at the time, but one of them was located and a lookout for ! {. 1928, NES 15 SLENT ONCUTINGLEAVE ILegion Committee Makes Inquiry Into Curtailing Vet- erans’ Bureau Vacation. L While Department Comdr. Harlan Wood of the American Legion named a special_committee, headed by Gen. John J. Pershing, to inquire into the charge that Gen. Frank P. Hines, di- rector of the Veterans' Bureau, is cur. + tailing the 30 days’ annual leave to 15 | ; when a request for.leave to attend the | Reserve Officers’ training or National | Guard camps is desired, Gen. Hines | maintained silence in the matter. It was said in his behalf at the burenui today that “no statement will be made | at_this time.” | The executive committee of the | Legion desires to obtain first-hand in- | formation on Gen. Hines' position, and ! the committee met Wednesday and in- structed Department Comdr. Wood to name the special committee, so that the executive body might be better guided | in taking any action it chooses on a resolution containing the charge, intro- duced in the recent department con- vention, referred to the executive com- mittee. Gen. Hines, who returned to the city carlier in the week after attending the national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Indianapolis, was closeted with his aides during this morning, going over official matters which had cropped up in his absence. Friends of Gen. Hines have challenged the accuracy of the charge that he is trimming the leave of Reserve officers, and they point out that the disabled emergency officers act has thrown a great amount of work on the Veterans' Burcau force, which has been con- siderably curtailed, they insist. Pershing Named Chairman. Comdr. Wood named Gen. John J. Pershing as chairman and Gen. W. A. Bethel, U. S. A, as vice chairman of the special committee, with these mem- bers: Frederic Willlam Wile, Gen. C. E. Kilbourne, Paul V. Collins, John O'Connor Roberts and Forrest F. Bartl. Mr. Wood is asking the committee to organize itself and take necessary action, and while the next meeting of the executive committee, which author- ized the action, will be held the third Monday in the month, it is considerably likely that the special committee will not be able to make a report then, due to the absence from the city of some of the members. The executive com- mittee, which consists of the depart- mental officers and representatives of the Legion posts in the District, will awalt the report of the special com- mittee before taking any action in the controversy. MAID IS ARRESTED ON THEFT CHARGE Brought Back From Virginia on Accusation of Having Taken Jewelry and Clothes. Margaret Smith, colored, 23 years old, was brought to Washington today from ! :PILOT KILLED, FOUR Elkton, Va., where she was arrested in connection with the theft of $2,000 worth of clothing, jewelry and tollet articles from Mrs. David Bornet, 3627 Ordway street. The Smith girl, according to police, had been employed by Mrs. Bornet as a maid. When the family left the city for a week on September 1 the maid we 13) her position, Mrs. Bornet said. e girl returned later in the day, however, got a key to the house from neighbors and packed a trunk and suit case belonging to Mrs. Bornet with the alleged stolen articles. She called a truck driver and had the trunk and bag shipped to Elkton, where she has an aunt iiving. Detective Sergts. E. E. Thompso and Thomas Nally went to Elkton yes- Vietim of Accident ARTHUR JAMES SCHATZ. DEATH HALTS PLAN [0 ATTEND REUNION Arthur J. Schatz, Prepared to Leave for G. A. R. Gather- ing, Victim of Accident. Death has thwarted the plans « Arthur James Schatz to march again ‘\;,ith the blue-clad legion of the Civil ar. ‘The veteran had made all his plans, even to purchasing a ticket, to fore- gather with his comrades of the Grand Am‘:(y of the Republic at Denver next week. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Schatz was found dead in his home at 918 G street southeast. Gas was pouring from a stove. It was indicated that Mr. Schatz was overcome when fumes filled the house. The body was discovered by Jo- seph Dean, the son-in-law with whom Mr. Schatz resided. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of accidental death. Mr. Schatz served in the Union Navy under Admiral David E. Porter when a mere boy and took part in numerous battles in the Mississippi River. His father, Leon Schatz, was a surgeon in the Union Army. After the war he entered the Govern- ment service in the Pension Office here and served until retired about five years ago. He was a thirty-second degree Mason, and belonged to Mount Pleasant Lodge, F. A. A. M.; Lafayette Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M, and Columbia Com- mandery, Knights Templar. He also had long been active in the Grand Army of the Republic, and was a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. He was 79 years old. He is survived by a son, Elmer Schatz; ;}geecdnul?hte;:s, Mrs. Clara E. Dean, s. Caroline Kenny and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Long, all of thl.syclty. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow, the time to be decided later. Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery. HURT IN PLANE CRASH Sister Ship of Hassell's Greater Rockford Drops Into River. By the Associated Press. ROCKFORD, IIl, September 7.—The sister ship of Bert Hassell's monoplane, the Greater Rockford, today was sub- merged in the Rock River, a World n | War aviator was killed and four Rock- ford men seriously injured. when its terday, took the girl into custody and recovered the property. All of the articles were in the suit case and trunk, with the exception of three diamond rings, which the girl had concealed in her hair, police say. The arrest was made on a warrant issued by Commissioner Needham C. Turnage. She will be arraigned before him tomorrow afternoon. o UTILITIES INQUIRY TO BE RESUMED Trade Commission Will Introduce Additional Matter on Propaganda. By the Associated Press. The Federal Trade Commission’s In- vestigation of power utilities will be re- sumed on September 13, when matter relative to the paganda phase al- ready received will be introduced for the record. Present plans do not call for any wit- nesses to be heard on that date, and it is expected that further hearings will not be held until September 17. These sessions are to be concerned with the clearing up of the propaganda evidence available, especially in relation to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Louisiana. The commission then plans to go into the propaganda activities of utilities groups in the Pacific Coast States, but no date has been decided for the open- | ) ing of that phase of the inquiry. Neither has any date been set for turning to the investigation of the financing of utilitics groups. The questionnaire concerning finan- cial details of utilities promotion is now ready for distributing and it is expected to be sent to holding companies within the next few days. LOS ANGELES RETURNS. Dirigible Back at Lakehurst After Training Flight. LAKEHURST, N. J. September 7 (#).—The naval dirigible Los Angeles returned to its station here at 8:50 o'clock last night. The ship left here late. Wednesday afternoon for an ex- tended training flight and was reported over New York at 4 am. and above Al- bany at 9:25 am, L'A tc"i:w oé 4EHofl§;:ers and men, with ieut. Comdr. H. V. Wiley in charge, was aboard. 5 w AUSTRALIA TO LEAVE. Last Group of Cruiser's Crew Being Entertained Here Today. The last group of the official visitors from H. M. A. S. Australia, now anchored off Annapolis, Md., is being entertained today by the warrant of- ficers of the United States Navy on duty in Washington. The vessel is to leave Annapolis tomorrow. A group of warrant officers will be met at the Washington Navy Yard this afternoon and will be taken on a sightseeing tour of the city by the American officers, after which they will the fivers was broadcast, resulting in 'be tendered a dinn.r at the Occidental a response {rom Hancock early today.. Hotel, to be followed by a theater party. motor failed at a height of 200 feet {: tgppled over a wire into the river y.ems‘3 rday. M. E. Headley, the pilot, who serve overseas with the 28th Pursuit. suuwdrm?. was instantly killed. The injured, ali passengers, were: Rickard Ives, who may die of a fractured skull, broken leg ;?dk mt:lr‘r,lsul g;junes; Horace H. Tuck, oken : Dean Pringey, brok v, and Paul Charn, bruis i ks e plane was owned by the Packard Electric Co. of Warren, Ohio, and had only two stops remaining before a 10,- 000-mile reliability tour of 35 cities would have been completed. MRS. MORAN IS.SLED OVER NEW OIL BURNER Company Seeks $975, Claimed Due for Apparatus Installed in Hoover Headquarters. Claiming that Mrs. Francois Ber; Moran, society leader, and owner “S; the Massachusetts avenue residence being used as Herbert Hoover's cam- paign headquarters, owes $975 for an oil burner, the Domestic Service Cor- poration, 1706 Connecticut avenue, yesterday filed suit in Municipal Court. Through its attorney, James C. Wilkes, the company charges that in July Mrs. Moran contracted for the oil burner to be installed in her resi- dence at 2150 Wyoming avenue, for which she has not paid. It is said a dispute has arisen between Mrs. Moran and the company over the marring of her front walk by fuel The case is set for hearin; - ber 20. Sl MRS. ANN STONE DEAD. Was Native of Georgetown and Widow of Dr. L. P. Stone. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.. September Mrs. Ann J. Stone, 85 years old, died yesterday at the home here of Miss Margaret Dawson, where she was spending the Summer. She was a vic- tim of paralysis, with which she was stricken Saturday. She was born in Georgetown, D. C., and spent most of her life there. She was the widow of Dr. Llewellyn P. Stone and the daugh- ter of Reuben Daw. Five nieces who survive Mrs. Stone are: Mrs. George A. King, Mrs. Jesse E. Swigart, Mrs. Henry Latterner and Mrs. Patrick H. Loughran, all of Wash- ington, and Mrs. W. A. Ough of Sac- ramento, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm. tomorrow at Oak Hill Cemetery. BAND CONCERTS. TOMORROW. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, at the bandstand, at| 5:30 o'clock. i Goldman Overture, “The Joys of Spring". Wagner | Morceau, “The Broken Melody,” " Van Biene Excerpts from the musical comedy “Hit the Deck” Youmans Sweet. .. Donovan ‘Au Revol | | thought he had lighted the burner, then | DETENTIONHOUSE - - ANSWER TS FILED iDistrict Officials Deny Ex- 1 travagance and Zoning | Violation Charges. |, Following the refusal of Justice Wil- liam Hitz of the District Supreme Court to grant a preliminary injunction against the use of the Stanton Park | Hospital, at 225 and 227 Sixth street { northeast, as a receiving and detention | home for children under 17 years of age, the District Commissioners and George S. Wilson, director of public | welfare, today filed an answer to the unction proceedings instituted June by Mrs. Mary V. Lipscomb, 623 C treet northeast, to prevent the pro- posed use of the building. ‘Through Corporation Counsel Bride and Assistant Corporation Counsel Al exander H. Bell, ;~. the officials deny they are guilty of any tortious act in arranging for the leasing of the building from the Stanton Park Accident & Receiving Hospital, a corporation, and for its use for which Congress has pro- vided. They deny there will be any waste of public funds, as claimed by the plaintiff, in paying a rental of $6,000 for the property. They deny the valuation placed on the property by the bill filed through Attorney George E. Sullivan and assert that the prop- erty is worth between $50.000 and $60.- 000. for which $6,000 is a fair rental. Sullivan’s bill of complaint had placed the valuation at not exceeding $30.000 1 and had quoted the assessment as $27.- | 685, for which it was claimed a rental |~ $6,000 was excessive. | | Cite Bill Signed in M | The officials advise the court that | their actions m sccuring the premises i question 1s in conformity with the | provisions of the act of Congress ap- (broved May 21, 1928: that the rental is a reasonable one: that the use to which the property is to be put is a reason- able and lawful one and does not con- stitute either per se or otherwise a nuisance. The intended use of the premises, it 1s asserted, constitutes no violation of the zoning law or of any law in force in this District. ‘The Board of Public Welfare. the answer says, has the direect supervision and control over the receiving home contemplated by Congress, and its duties and powers are outlined by act of March 16, 1926. It is specifically de- nied that the proposed use of the build- ing will disturb the peace, quiet and good order of tne Stanton Park neigh- borhcod. The Stanton Park litigation is an- other phase of the fight caused by ef- forts to relocate the House of Detention, which is vacating its present site on Fifteenth street. In this latter connection, it was said today that District officials are confi- dent’ that the law is on their side, and consequently are unworried in the face of recent court action to turn the main branch of the House of Detention out of its temporary quarters at 908 B street southwest. “The bird of ill omen must alight somewhere,” Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, de- clared regretfully today in explaining that the Commissioners are making no efforts to obtain an alternative site in event the court orders these newly oc- cupied premises vacated. “‘We are confident that the court will refuse an injunction because we feel that the law is on our side in this case,” Maj. Davison added emphatically. So firmly seated is this confidence that the work of putting the rented apartment house in condition as a re- ceiving home is going ahead steadily, at the expense of the District govern- ment, instead of being halted in the face of court proceedings initiated by the residents of the Southwest vicinity. In explaining that the ‘bird of ill omen must alight somewhere,” Maj Davison said the Commisioners had carefully studied the situation in all its aspects for more than two months, realizing that no matter what location is decided upon for the House of De- tention, complaints similiar to those resulting in the present court action would arise. While sympathetic in his attitude, Maj. Davison let it be under- stood distinctly that the House of De- tention must be quartered within the city limits. Must Be in City. “We have 14 police precincts in Washington, " he declared. “Nobody relishes living next door to a police precinct station, but every thinking citizen in the District knows the neces- sity of having station houses located in the respective precincts. The House of Detention constitutes another pre- cinct. one for the police women and like the others, it must be located in the city.” Maj. L. E. Atkins, Assistant Engineer | Commissioner, who had direct charge of selecting the present temporary quarters for the House of Detention, was of a similar aninion. Replying to re- ports that repairs on the apartment house being made under the direction of Lieut. Mina Van Winkle without 4 permit having been issued, he expressed himself as confident that there was no illegality attzched to the work. “The work is being done by the Dis- trict and is being paid for by the Dis- trict Government.”” he said. While it is true that the lease of the building rented from the Wardman Construction Co. does not provide for occupancy until October 15, Maj. Atkins said possession had been made possible under verbal agreement. So far as the right of Lieut. Van Winkle to take possession at this time, he believed the position of the District authorities is unassailable. With respect to the receiving home for minors, which raised the Stanton Park fight, Maj. Atkins declared that “several other sites” are under con-* sideration. *Ie indicated that no effort would be made to take possession of the Stanton Par’. site prior to the final ruling of the court. OFFICERS' ARE ASSIGNED. Army Men Are Ordered to Duty at Other Posts. Col. John H. Allen, Medical Corps, has been relieved from duty in Hawaii and ordered to Richmond, Va., for duty; Maj. Benjamin Norris. Medical Corps, at Fort Benning, Ga.. and Maj George F. Lull, Medical Corps, at Fort Sam Houston. Tex.. have been ordered to the Philippines: Capt_Floyd W. Ferree, 12th_Infantry, from Fort Howard, Md.. to Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: Capt. Philip Schneeberger, Air Corps, from Hawaii to Rantoul, IIL; First Lieut, Homer W. Ferguson, Air Corps, from Hawaii to Hampton, Va.; First Lieut. Don L. Hutchins, Air Corps. from _Bolling Field, Anacostia, D. C. Panama E?nnéz«mc; ‘an Lieut. Paul W. Wolf, r Corps, from the Philippin y Mount Clemens, Mich. g BUS DRIVER APPEALS. Denies Police Have Authority Over Common Carriers. Contending that the regul the Public Utilities Commlullmnlh r;‘l“:{ the Police Department of authority over a common carrler, John Paul | Jones. attorney for Henry C. Leonard, v awiver of the Washington, Bus .. _today was grlfi'ned Yp‘eumumlf sion by Traffic Court Judge Issac R. Hitt to file a motion to quash the infor- mation which charged Leonard with * speeding. He was given until Septem- ber 12 to file the motion and the case Ve Waldteufel Blarney Parade.” Wolerstein “The Star Spangled Banner.” “The was set for hearing September 15. Leonard was arrested by Sergt Milton Smith of the Traffic Bureau on Pennsylvania avenue this morning.