Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weathe: Fair tonight and tomorrow warmer tonight; i Temperature—Highes p.m. yesterday; loi day. ‘Full report on page 9. T Bureau Forecast.) ; slightly ight variable winds. 84, at west, 60, at'5 a.m. to- ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fhening The only evening paper in Washington with the A iated Press service. * Saturday’s Circulation, s Circulation, Sund: news 96,535 67 & Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 office, Entered as second class matter ashington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1928—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. * (#) Means Associated P TWO. CENTS. re: KELLOGE RETURN: *CALLS PEACE PACT OUTSE POLTIS Rushes From Liner to En-| train in New York for Washington. ANGLO-FRENCH NAVAL TREATY RUMOR DENIED Failure to Visit England Explain- ed by Lack of Time—Urges ‘ Merchant Marine. $By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 10.—Secre- tary of State Frank B. Kellogg landed at 7:50 this morning from the United | States Liner Leviathan on his return from Paris, where he signed the peace | pact which bears his name for the | United States. | secretary Kellogg, | Mrs. Kellogg and three members of his party, was taken from the liner at Quarantine by the Coast Guard cut- ter Hudson and brought up the bay to the Battery. They entered an auto- mobile there and with a police motor eycle escort were rushed to the Pennsyl- vania station, where they entrained for | i | | i accompanied by . Washington. | | | saying: “I think we ought to have more } | taken many, many photographs of me. The Secretary read a prepared state- ment to the reporters who met him on the liner. It follows: Calls Treaty Non-Political. *I do not think the treaty for the fenunciation of war should be made » party issue, either in the campaign or in the Senate, and I cannot con- ceive that it will be. It is an interna- tional matter of world-wide importance. The promotion of world peace is an ideal common to all civilizations. It is not the prerogative of any one country or any onme group Wwithin a country. The treaty was signed by 15 nations | and 30 more have already signified their intention to adhere to it. There is every indication that it will be accepted by every nation in the world.” The Secretary was interviewed by pewspaper men on the aft deck of the cutter as it speeded up the bay. In response to a question as to Herbert Hoover's attitude on the treaty he said: “I am quite sure Mr. Hoover does not wish to make the treaty a party| ssue.” Mr. Kellogg brought the original treaty with him. He said he thought the pact had,made an excellent impres- sion everywhere. He was asked whether the reported secret_naval treaty between England and France “is consistent with the anti-war treaty which you signed.” Mr. Kellogg seemed annoyed at the ques- tion, but answered: “Yes, I don't think it has anything to do with the pact whatsoever. Idon't understand that there is any naval treaty. Both countries said there is no | treaty. Asked why he did not visit England, but did visit Ireland, he said: No Time to Visit England. “T went to Dublin to return the visit of President Cosgrove on the invitation of his govemrfint. England, too, I had only five days, and it takes one day to get there. I think that’s a complete answer.” Asked whether he thought any tions would try “going further” with the treaty, he inquired, “Do you mean any sanctions?” “Yes,” was the answer. “No. I think if you read my notes u will see that this is as far as the nited States will go.” He was enthusiastic over the upbuild- of the American merchant marine, ships.” | Mrs. Kellogg, at the request of the photographers, came out of the cabin to pose with her husband. Asked! whether the reporters might finish the interview before the photographing, she said smilingly, “No, the photographers always come first. However, they have but no good one that I have ever seen.” After being photographed, Mrs. Kellogg went to the upper deck, where she manifested interest in the airplane Columbia, which was circling over the cutter and the Leviathan, as a greeting to its owner, Charles A. Levine, who was | also a passenger. | In Mr. Kellogg's party were William Hopkins Beck, private secretary; | Michael J. McDermott, chief of division | of current information of the State| Department, and Spencer Phenix, tech- nical adviser. WIRETAPPERS BARE SECRETS OF JURORS Deliberations of Chicago Body Transmitted to Interested Parties, Prober Charges. 1l By the Associated Press CHICAGO, September 10.—Walls of the grand jury room were tapped by 1 could not go to | ] Fred Way, Golfer, “Shoots” a Gopher I OGut On Fairway f | ' ed Prose MINNEAPOLIS, September —Golfing possibilities—a gopher. Players who number birdies, ea- gles and aces among their scores vesterday stood in line at Armour Club to congratulate Fred Way of Minneapolis, who shot a gopher from the twelfth tee. Way's drive caught the little fel- low squarely, just as he drilled his way out onto the fairway G 0. P. CONFIDENT AS MAINE VOTES Points to Past Performances in “Political Barometer” 10. Br the Associated Pres PORTLA! Me., September 10— | Maine, so-called political barometer of (he Union, holds its State election to- | day, {cans confident that the barometric | readings 24 hours hence will mean |“fair and warmer” for their respective | parties in the coming national election. Predictions of a heavy vote apparent- ly were being fulfilled by early indica- tions. . | Intense interest in the election, clear, {cool weather and efficiently working | party organizations resulted in unusu- ally heavy early balloting. Indications | were that the combined votes of both | parties would equal and perhaps exceed |all records. This Northeastern political garden | has sprouted what some have regarded |as a forecast of the national election every presidential year and the na- | tional ~organizations of both parties have been busy cultivating the crops during the past few weeks. | Maine takes pride in the slogan “As | Maine goes, so goes the Nation,” and | the Republicans were out to prove that ! the political crystal foretold a sweeping | Hoover victory, while the Democrats !hoped it would augur equally well for | Gov. Smith. Harding Won by 65.000. In 1920 the Republicans elected a governor by a majority of 65,000 and Harding received a majority of 65,000 | over Cox in the national election. Their i fondest hope was to exceed that figure | |today. The heavy artillery of the G.| 0. P. came here with that end in view. |Senator Charles Curtis, Republican | nominee for Vice President, and Sen- iator Watson of Indiana have both been { here booming Republican stock. The national organization of the Democratic party has not shown the same interest. Mrs. Nellie T. Ross, former Governor of Wyoming, was one of the few speak- ers of note who inveded the state to aid the Smith cause. The Republicans have set 36,000 as their minimum majority, but estimates ranging up to 55,000 have been made. | Willlam Tudor Gardiner is the Re- | publican standard bearer for the gov- ernorship. He has been a popalar State figure for years and waged his campaign on the record of both State and national administrations. Moran Is Opponent. A 33-year-old insurance agent, Ed- ward C. Moran, jr,, is Gardiner's op- {ponent. He led the successful fight to {send a Smith instructed delegation to Houston. He has made the State water power question his issue. In the senatorial race Herbert E. Holmes is opposing the re-election of | Senator Hale, Republican, who wants to go to Washington for’ a third time. Holmes has campaigned almost alon going about the State with a phono- | graph to attract crowds and then | preaching “Al” Smith. The campaign has not been without its “bolts.” Mrs. William R. Pattingall, former Democratic national committee- woman, jumped the traces and has been campaigning for the Republicans. Her husband, long an outstanding Democratic figure in this State, but now on the bench, also announced he would not support Smith. ‘The Democrats see a chance for Al- | bert Belliveau in the second congres- sional district. He is opposing Wallace H. White, jr., who has been Representa- tive for six terms. The hope is based on the fact that this district, normally Republican, sent Daniel J. McGilli- cuddy, a Democratic national commit- teeman, to Washington three times a decade ago and they hope history will repeat. The other three congressional contests seemed safely Republican. REPORT ON LOWENSTEIN. | Doctors Eliminate Poison as Cause of Death. PARIS, September 10 (#).—Drs. Paul and Kohn-Abrest, who have made an analysis of the vital organs of Capt. Alfred Lowenstein, in a report today definitely eliminated the possibility that the banker died of poison, or that he had been poisoned. The report, which was presented this iafternoon to police authorities at | Boulogne-sur-Mer, indicated that his death should be ascribed to the fall irom the pl-ne on July 4 while it was crossing the English Channel. MOSEUE COLLAPSES. ORHAN-GAZI, Anatolia, Turkey, wires which’ carried the secret delfbes tions to the ears of interested part it was charged today by Frank . Loesch, directing the grand jury in- Quiry into election violence and crook- edness, Through the electrical device, Loesch £aid, persons who were indicted or who ctment were able to get a Jurors and to lay their defense accord- ingly in advance. More than a hundred indictments, ranging from murder to fraud, have been returned since the special grana sury investigation started three months 20 Prison Farm Dikes Holding. RALEIGH. N. C., September 10 (A).— Dikes protecting the Caledonia prison farm, in Halifax County, from the Roanoke River were reported safe to- day after a period of uneasiness caused by leaks resulting from high waters in the river. 8t the threatened places. ruined if the dikes had given way George Ross Pou, prison superintendent, (Y J. | worshipers at the noon prayer hour. A hundred prisoners worked Saturday and Sunday piling sandbags Crops valued at more than $100.000 would have been September 10 (#).—The mosque of this Gevout Moslem town, near Broussa, |caved in yesterday while crowded with { Two persons were killed and scores of jothers injured, many of whom were im- | prisoned in the ruins for many hours. ! The population was almost panic- Istricken. It was the first mosque dis- with both Democrats and Republi- | HANNA SAYS FARE | RAISE MUST ALSO IPLYTOW R &E i[Capital Traction Will Refuse Increase Otherwise, Pres- | ident Avers. PROCEDURE WOULD BE UNJUST, IS HIS CLAIM| !But Commission Is Told That ’ Prompt Relief Is Vital to { Car Service. Involved in the unusual situation of | being alone in making an application | | for a higher fare, President John H. | Hanna of the Capital Traction Co. to- | day served notice on the Public Utilities Commission that his directors would not accept an increased fare unless it is extended also to the Washington Rail- | way & Electric Co. In issuing the order for today's hear- | ing the Utilities Commission had upset recent precedent by failing to make the rival company in Washington’s dual street car system a party to the appli- cation. Mr. Hanna's ultimatum undoubtedly put squarely before the commission and the Washington Railway & Electric Co. the question of deciding whether the railway companies would continue their fight for a higher fare pending the out- come of the merger proceedings in Congress. i | Seen as Unjust. “If you give an increase in fare to us and do not give it to the Washing- ton Railway & Electric Co., I would not accept it,” Mr. Hanna declared. Such a procedure, he pointed out, would be “unjust and discriminatory.” His statement was particularly perti- nent in view of the fact that Chairman John W. Childress of the commission had given no explanation for the fai ure of the commission to make the | ‘Washington Railway and Electric Co. a | party to the application, a policy which | the previous commission had carried out | since the war. Needed for Dividend. The Capitol Traction Co., today based the fares on the right and necessity of maintaining the payment of a seven per cent dividend on its stock. While presenting a counter proposal for a straight 8-cent cash fare, Mr, Hanna told the commission that the alternative of a 10-cent cash fare and four tokens for 30 cents would best serve the interests of the company and the publie. Nothing was said at the outset of the hearing about the failure of the Public Utilities Commission to make Washington Railway & Electrie Co. a party to the application for a higher fare. Ralph B. Fleharty, people’s counsel, was equally as silent as Chair- man John W. Childress of the commis- | sion on this question. Nor did Mr. Fleharty make any effort, at this time at least, to explain his position in op- position to the granting of a higher fare to one company pending the out come of the merger proceedings in Co: gress and in the absence of a revalua- tion by the commission. I Others Present at Hearing. ! William H. Ham, president of the! Washington Railway & Electric Co,, | |Who is expected later to outline the | position of his directors, was present during the hearings. Brice Claggett, representing Harley P. Wilson, prime factor in the merger agreement, and John J. Noonan, inter- ested minority stockholder in the W. F. & E. Co. system, who previously had applied for an injunction to halt the merger, also attended the hearing. The Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions, directly interested in any fare increase, was represented by William | | | | McK. Clayton. Mr. Hanna, who presented the claims of Capital Traction, declares that a 10- cent cash fare would mean an increase of 2 cents over the prevailing cash rates and four tokens for 30 cents would re- " (Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) VACANCIES FILLED ON LEAGUE COUNCIL| Spain, Venezuela and Persia Elect- ed to Seats—China Denied Another Term. | By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 10. — Spain, Venezuela and Persia were electéd to fill the three non-permanent seat | vavancies on the Council of the League of Nations today. Nationalist China must leave the Council, the Assembly today having refused to grant her a special right to stand for re-election as a non-perma- nent member. China’s membership term on the Council expired this afternoon with the election of the three non-permanent members. Refusal of the Assembly to grant her the right to stand for re- election means that China must wait three years before again posing as a candidate, that interval being the term to which non-permanent member coun- tries are elected. A two-thirds majority of the Assem- bly was needed to give China the ex- ceptional privilege she requested. She missed it by seven votes, the ballot resulting 27 to 23 in her favor. The Chinese_ representative has argued for re-election on the ground that this | would be especially desirable while his | laster in the history of this region, which |15 noted for its piety. country was undergoing reconstruction after the civil war., Arrests Others By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 10.—When the police picked up Ben Barrett, whom they had sought for a year to answer a charge of murder, they expressed curiosity as to where he had been during the past 12 months. \ “I've been a deputy sheriff,” Ben told them, “down in El Paso. Tex. I told the sheriff I was down there for my health, so he gave me a job."” “What doing?” inquired the police. “Arresting people,” said Barrett, ex- | 3 Man Sought for Year on Murder Charge | as Sheriff's Deputy plaining that he also did clerical work, filing police circulars and that sort of thing. “I often thumbed through the ‘want- | ed’ circulars,” said Ben, “and read | where this fellow Ben Barrett was wanted in Chicago for murder. I | studied his picture. I would hardly have recognized him." | ™1 ‘sure liked EI Paso” said Ben, wistfully, his gaze falling on the bars | of his ce 1. “I wish I was back there I right now, 4 l i f flin} (s, = = VEXACTLY 2 : 3 MYFEELING! == . S Sir Thomas Lipton Cannot Get Yacht For Races This Year By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 10.—Sir ‘Thomas Lipton came to the United States today with the announcement that he would issue no challenge for the international yacht races this year for the very good reason that he had not been able to get another Shamrock ready. Sir Thgmas said he hoped to be able to issue a challenge next year for the 1930 races. The design of his prospective contender has not been determined. “I'm just as keen a yachtsman as ever,” he added, “and I'm just as anxious as ever to lift the Americas cup.” COURT WILL DECIDE CUSTODY OF CHILD Claimants to Battle Tomor- DERBY AIR RAGER REACHES SANDIEGO Kansas Flyer Is First to Reach Coast in Class A Plane. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif,, September 10.— Earl Rowland, Wichita, Kans., arrived at Rockwell Field at 8:35 am. today in his Cessna monoplane from Yuma, Ariz. He left Yuma at 7 am. He was the first of the New York-to-Los Angeles air racers to arrive. YUMA, Ariz., September 10 () —Tex | Rankin of Portland, Oreg., led the Class A racers in the New York-Los Angeles air derby out of Yuma this morning on the hop to San Diego. Rankin took o ffat 7 a.m. in his Waco biplane. From San Diego the planes will fly to Los Angeles. BALLOUGH HOLDS LEAD. the | First to Arrive and First to Leave Fort Worth, Tex. FORT WORTH, Tex., Seotember 10 (#).—E. E. Ballough of Chicago, flying a Laird biplane in the class B trans- continental air race, landed at the Mu- nicipal Airport here at 8:44 o'clock this morning, accompanied by Charles Dick- enson, 7l-year-old flyer of Chicago. They took off at Oklahoma City at 7:30 o'clock. The second plane to arrive was that of J. H. Livingston of Monmouth, Ill., a Waco. He was accompanied by M. B. Allen of Troy, Ohio. They landed at 8:55 a.m. John R. Wood of Wausau, Wis., taxied his Waco plane across the finish line at 8:59:45 a.m. With him in the plane was Fred Cole, Troy, Ohio. Following by only a few seconds came T. A. Wells of Wichita, Kans., and C. Vil.lsh!ppal’d of New York in a Trav- elair. Still leading the flight, Ballough took to the air again at 9:14 o'clock, turning the nose of his ship west toward Mid- land, Tex. the next fueling point, a 286-mile hope. Skies were clearing in the vicinity ot Fort Worth and fair weather was re- ported at Midland. Rains this morning at_Oklahoma City delayed the take-off. R. W. Cantwell of Duncan, Okla., fly~ ing a Lockheed Vega monoplane, con- tinued to lead class C on the arrival of the three entrants here this morning from Oklahoma City. Cantwell landed at 9:15 am. and after experiencing some delay in fueling took off for the West at 9:51 a:m., six minutes after his scheduled time for deg:rturs. - 2 iward J. Brooks of Denver landed at 9:34:32 and took off at 10:04:32. C. D. B. Collyer of New York got away at 10:04:47 after landing at 9:35:24. LOS ANGELES READY. MINES FIELD, Los Angeles, Septem- br 10 (A).—An uproarious reception awaited class A airplanes in the New York-to-Los Angeles national air races due here late today from Yuma, Ariz., fifth and last overnight control point, Aviation enthusiasm unloosed by a mighty aerial pageant at the field yes- terday afternoon, an even larger at- tendance than the 40,000 people who turned out then was expected to greet air derbyists. Earl Rowland of Wichita, Kans., fly- ire a Cessna, held nearly an hour lead over the field of 21 planes remain- ing in class A last night at Yuma, ac- cording to unofficial tabulations. Although Rowland arrived there 10 seconds behind Tex Rankin of Port- land, Oreg., flying a Waco, he increased his leading margin 12 minutes during ;he day’s three-stop flight from EI as0. W. N. Emery, jr., Bradford, Pa. in a Travelair, was third onto the field to hold third place. Robert Dake of Pittsburgh landed his American Moth fift:, but held second place, 52 min- utes behind Rowland. Today’s flight was a mountain coun- try hop to San Diego, Calif., and then a final dash of slightly more than a hundred miles to the finish line on the grandstand-bordered field here, where the national air meet and ex- position is under way. In addition to the winner's $5000 prize money, the race includes $2,500 for second ,place and other awards down to $300. The survivals are from an original field of 37 planes which left New York last week. by The Star through Station WRC. nant race. Denies University of but Tells of Narrow central Canada, P. C. Boddum, Max J. weeks ago yesterday. Our first news on our return to HUNTER DEFEATS WIS ATNET Davis Cup Player Bests One- time Champion, 6—1, 6—4, 7—5. By the Associated Press. FOREST HILLS, Long Island, September 10.—Possibility of a big upset loomed in the second feature match of the day, when Dr. George King of New York took the first two sets from John Hennessey of Indianapolis, Davis Cup player, 7—5, 6—4. By the Assoclated Press. FOR™S3T HILLS, N. 7., September 10. —Frank Hunter, who heads the Amer- ican tennis 1anking now that Bill Tilden is out, defeated Richard N. Williams, 2d, of Philadelphia by scores of 6—1, 6—4, 7—5 in the first feature match of the national championship tournament today. Willlams, who won this champion- ship back in 1916 in a final round duel with Maurice McLoughlin, showed the effects of lack of practice. He scored more placements than Hunter, but could not match the st>adiness of Hunter’s ac- curate forehand drives. In the third set Willlams flashed some of the brilliance as well as the fighting spirit which marked his prime and he came up from 4—- against him to deuce. In the tenth game Hunter stood at match point, outnetted twice and Williams won the game with an ace In the twelfth game the stocky Davis Cup player would not be denied and put over a perfect placement drive for the match on a break through service. Leslie Johnson of Madison, Wis., Northwestern champion, was beaten, 6—2, 6—4, 8—6, by R. C. Cummings of Australia, but Frank Shields, national junior champion, in turn, trimmed an- mh:r Anzac, Harry Hopman, 6—1, 6—1, the first division of transcontinental | 6— Ben Gorchakoff, Los Angeles, downed the veteran Philadelphia chop-stroke artist, Wallace Johnson, 6—3, -3, 6—0. Johnson is a former runner-up to McLoughlin and to Tilden for this title. E. T. Herndon, New York, defeated Alphonse Unda, Mexico, 6—0, 6—0, 6—2. Fritz Mercur, Bethlehem, Pa., defeat- ed Edgar W. Dawson, New York, 6—4. 6—3, 6—1. First of the French players to ad- vance to the second round was Rene de Buzelet, who plays like a second Rene Lacoste. He trimmed Charles S. Garland of New York, 7—5, 4—6, 6—3 6—2. TRAINMEN IN PARLEY. CHICAGO, September 10 (4).—Efforts directed toward defining a peace plan for settling their wage dispute with 55 Western railroads were resumed today by officials of the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen and the Order of Rail- ‘}v‘vny Conductors in joint conference ere. THE STAR TO BROADCAST YANKEE-ATH| ‘The Philadelphia-New York games tomorrow and Wednesday in the Yankee Stadium will be described in detail for the benefit of radio fans LETIC GAMES Thornton Fisher, The Star’s announcer, will go on the air at 2:20 o'clock each day and give listeners-in a graphic account of every move on the field in the struggle for leadership in the American League pen- EXPEDITION CHIEF DESCRIBES HARDSHIPS IN CANADIAN WILDS Iowa Party Was Lost. Escape in Rapids and Shortage of Food in Wilderness. BY GORDON C. ARMSTRONG, Chief of Northern Canadian Expedition. (Special Dispatch to The Star and North American Newspaper Alliance.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., September 10.—After spending six weeks exploring the unmapped country lying north of the sixtieth parallel of latitude in northern Kane and J. Fuller of the University of Towa and I beached our canoes at Brackett, a trading settlement on the northern end of Lac du Brackett, “the jumping-off spot of the North.” ‘That was three civilization startled us. The factor of the Hudson Bay Co. at Lac du Brackett informed us that we had been reported ing somewhere on Reindeer Lake.” While we were neither lost nor starv- ing at any time, the report brought back vividly the days when we were woefully short of food and the narrow escape our expedition had from disas- ter as we were running the rapids of the Neultin. On leaving Brackett, on our way north, we ascended the swift Cochrane River for a’distance of 150 miles to a gotnntl where a series of 10 portages used | e Indians led us over a range of hills tc the headwaters of the Neultin, or the Thlewiaza River. _The_portages on_this river vary in (Continued on P AR LINE OPENED. oY CHAMBERLI Atlantic Flyer Inaugurates New York-to-Capital Service. Inaugurating the New York-Wash- ington passenger air service, Clarence ‘Chamberlin, piloting a Loening amphib~ ian, landed at Hover Field at 12:50 o'clock this afternoon, a little over two hours after his take-off from New York. He was accompanied by D. J. Sargent of Jersey City, Cap® Frank Courtney, Shannon C. Ormack of the New York Times and Mrs. Chamberlin. The party left the field for luncheon at the Carl- ton Hotel. Chamberlin’s trip today opens the regular daily service of the Chamber- lin Airways, Inc., between New York and Washington, with round-trip pas: senger travel. For the next two or three weeks the transatlantic pilot will pilot his big amphibian both ways, but later other machines and other pilots will be used in the service. A big Sikorsky cabin ship and a larger Loening amphibian have been ordered for use between Gotham and the Capital. After a slightly delayed start, Cham- berlin got under way from New York this morning at 10:30 o'clock and he was over Hoover Field at 12:50. At 4 o'clock this afternjon he was to take off for New York, with the same pas- sengers, landing first at Newark to al- low Mr. Sargent to go to his home. Chamberlin said the trip down was ureventful. He has flown from New York to ‘the Capital a score or more times and knows the route like a book. The future schedule of the airways will enable the Gothamite to come to Wash- ington about noon, transact whatever bisiness is at hand and get away by 4 o'clock in the afternoon, being back in New York for dinner. When the traffic warrants it, Cham- berlin plans to have his planes make two trips a day, with morning and after- noon takeoffs. Upon_their arrival here this after- noon, Chamberlin and his party went immediately to the Carlton for luncheon as guests of C. W. Gerson, manager. Capt. Courtney, who made trip today made unsuccessful attempts to make the westward crossing of the Atlantic by plane, his last attempt ending in his being forced down on a hop from the A:ores to New York and being rescued at sea. | By the Assoctatd Press. Violations of air traffic rules from the carrying of explosives to illegal park- ing came under the stern hand of air traffic police of the aeronautic branch of the Department of Commerce during the year ending July 1. There were 219 detected violations of flying regulations. “Violators have run the whole gamut | of the air traffic rules,” the depari-| Y rew for Possession of Gloria Matus. The future of 5-year-old Glorla Ma- tus, whose parents were drowned in the tled in the Orphans’ Court at Marlboro, Md., tomorrow, when the rival claim- ants for possession of the child will ask the court to decide between the merits of their respective plans for her welfare. Gloria, it is expected, will accompany Mr. and Mrs. Alvin SchefTel, relatives of the father, who will ask the court to permit them to take the child to their home in Milwaukee. Henry F. Meyer, 1259 New Hampshire avenue, admin- istrator of the Matus estate, however, wants to keep the child in his family or send her to a school. Totally disinterested in all the talk of court proceedings, adoptions and property settlements, Gloria .continues to play with her pet dog and appears well satisfied with the hospitality of Mrs. John Schaeffer, 1428 Irving street northeast, who has cared for her since the tragedy. Dispute Over Estate. In addition to their inability to agree on plans for Gloria’s future, Mr. Meyer and the Scheffels are at odds as to th proper disposition of her small es- tate, totaling about $6,000 in real es- tate and insurance. Mr. Scheffel thinks the better plan |would be to sell the little home in | Greater Capitol Heights, which Erich | Matus built with his own hands, and place the money in trust for the child If the house is rented out and kept for Gloria it will have greatly de- preciated when she becomes of age, he believes. Furthermore, he would like the girl in his home as a playmnate for his 6-year-old son Gerald. Mr. Scheffel, however. was emphatic in declaring that his only interest lies in doing the best thing possible for the child. “My own means are limited,” he said, “and if they can show me that Gloria is to be adopted by a family who can do better for her than we can, I will not oppose such action.” | "Mr. Meyer, who is custodian of the | pronerty room at the Smithsoniar. In- stitute, said he would go to Marlboro tomorrow prepared to resist all efforts of the Scheffels to adopt the child. Was Father’s Friend. “When Erich Matus, unable to speak a word of English, came to Baltimore, 15 years ago, he made his home with me,” Mr. Meyer said, “and I have a deep per- sonal interest in the welfare of his child. “My wife and I were like parents to him and at the baptism of the child Mrs. Meyer was its godmother. It i true that Mrs. Scheffel is a first cousin of Erich Matus, but.so far as I can learn they never corresponded with each other. I believe that the ties of long and intimate fricndship are closer than a distant relationship.” Mr. Meyer is opposed to selling the Matus home. ,He thinks it should be rented to a responsible family and kept for the child when she becomes of age. The house is on a double lot and in a rapidly growing community, he says. and will increase in value each year. If the court grants him custody of the child, he will send her to a high-class boarding school, unless some family with greater means can be found who would adopt the child and provide her with better things. The life of the little girl is in. tragic parallel to her mother’s childhood days. Mrs. Matus, according to friends, was left an orphan at the same age as Gloria. A similar struggle over her future fol- lowed the death of her parents and was terminated when she was placed in a Paris convent, where she passed her earlier years, LEAGUE MAY MOVE. Difficulty in Acquiring Lands Is| Seen as Reason. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 10.—Genevese are alarmed, fearing they may lose the headquarters of the League of Nations because of difficulties in acquiring enough land to erect new buildings, in- cluding the Rockefeller Library. Lausanne appears to be making a s:mng bid for offering an attractive site. ALBANIA Ti] Jom’ACT. Will Adhere to Kellogg Treaty Renouncing War. Albania has signified her intention to adhere to the Kellogg treaty re- nouncing war, American Minister Charles C. Hart today informed the State Department. Thirty-two of the 48 nations invited by the United States to become parties to the treaty by ad- herence now have signified their in- tention to do so. Eagle Eyes of Plane Police Uncover 219 Air Law Violators in Past Year ment said today, including low flying over congested areas, acrobatics with pay passengers and carrying explosives. Unauthorized parking, or the establish- ing of landing fields. was one of the infractions Cases closed totaled 195, with repri- mands being given to 116. Fines of | $500 to $3,000 were assessed in 65 cases. Hearings were requested only twice, and one of these was canceled. | Potomac River on August 5, will be set- | GIBSON T0 BE BACK BYQOCT. 1TOREQPEN PROBE INTO POLIGE Says Committee Will Protest Against One Member of New Trial Board. BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY DENIES MAKING INQUIRY Taylor Indicted—Three Otaer ka- trolmen to Go Up on Charges. BY WILL P. KENNEDY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. | BRATTLEBORO, Vt., Septersh® 10. | —Announcing his return to Washtagion | not later than October 1 to take per- | sonal charge of the reopening of the ‘in\'(‘stigatlon into the Police Depart- | ment, Chairman Gibson of the special | committee investigating the municipal administration of the Distrizt today wired Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, asking him to be prepared on that dace to repors on what progress has been made 1if cleaning up the gambling conditions shown in a preliminary report turned over to the Commissioners last May. Mr. Gibson also announced that he had telegraphed Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of Efficiency, whose in- vestigators submitted the report on gambling places, asking that a report be prepared by October 1 regarding the undercover investigation of the Police Department, which has been under way this Summer. Will Protest New Board. He also disclosed that at least one member of the new trial board, an- nounced last week, was unacceptable to one of the committeemen, who planned to protest vigorously against his ap- pointment. When he reaches Washingtor Mr. Gibson intends t spend several days in conferences ith the Commissioners, po- lice officials, investigators for the Bu- reau of Efficiency and othe - agents and to make a personal study of the situa- tion before calling the other members of the Gibson subcommittee together about the middle of October on a date convenient to the members. In this Mr. Gibson is carrying out the plan out- }lined by Representative Gilbert of Ken- itucky, one of the Democratic members tof h~ -committee, at the last meeting, held on May 31. “It was our intention at that time, said Mr. Gibson, at his home here today, “to return during the month of August, but for various reasons it was found im- possible to be here. “It is the determination of all the members f the Gibson committee,” he said, “that police conditions in the Dis- trict must be cleaned up. The National Capital is entitled to have a model force. - The whole inquity on the part of the subcommittee has been along constructive lines, and it is the desire of the ommittee to he of every assistan.e to Maj. Hesse and the Commissioners in giving ““ashington a police force the morale of which will be the standard for all the cities of the country. Has Confidence in Hesse. “If there is any trouble with the Police Department it should be remedied by the administrative officials of the District. If the department is now efficient and has been doing every- thing humanly possible to control the situation in respect to law violations, the members of the department are entitled to have that fact made known. “The officials will have the backing of the committee and Congress in every effort made by them to put the de- partment on an efficient basis. We do not intend to criticize for the purpose of tearing down, and any suggestions which may be made will be for the purpose of building up and making efficient.” Representative Gibson was greatly surprised when informed of the fact that 454 policemen had been before the trial board during the last year and that 39 charges of intoxication had }):ren lodged against the members of the ce. “These facts indicate that conditions in the department are not what they should be.” said Mr. Gibson. “It is my personal hope that the new trial board will do much better.” Maj. Hesse, Mr. Gibson feels, has shown a disposition to be helpful in our inquiry into the Police Department, and said he believes it is his desire to do_everything possible to bring the Police Department to a high state of efficiency. BUREAU DENIES PROBE. Taylor Indicted—Three Other Police- men to Go On Trial. That Representative Gibson will be disappointed if he expects a report from the bureau of efficiency on the police department by October 1, was the im- pression given today by Malcolm Kerlin, acting director of the bureau in the ab- sence of Herbert D. Brown, who, in the face of Mr. Gibson's statement that the bureau had made an undercover investi- gation this Summer, denied emphatic- ally that ne or his investigators had concerned themselves with police affairs since last May when a report on the gambling situation in Washington was submitted to the Gibson committee. The “undercover” probe referred to by Mr. Gibson, according to Mr. Kerlin, probably was an uncompleted inquiry made into gambling conditions for the Gibson committee by a man employed temporarily by the bureau. “This fellow never gathered any data that could be substantiated,” said Mr. Kerlin, “and when he tried to get some money out of the Gibson committee we let him go. I also have learned that this man tried to sell the story of his investigation to several Washington newspapers.” Denies Receiving Request. Moreover, Mr. Kerlin declared that he had received no recent request from Mr. Gibson for an investigation of the fi’ou;:lgapn:l::m nnddg!d not expect 3 e Biaitieboro f the contrary. o Neither Commissioner ~ Proctor L. Dougherty nor Maj Edwin B. Hesse, su- perintendent of police, had received at noon today the telegrams Mr. is reported to have sent, asking for a report by October 1 of the activities of the police in connection . with the gam- :flu::'fl.u:nflnm Thegen officials seemed surprised, however, when told that Mr. Gibson had received a protest from one member of his_committee Radio Programs—Page 28