Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1928, Page 2

4 - 4 - D. C. ENFORCEMENT SHTFESLOWMAN Police Curbing Sales and Federal Men Attacking Source, Dry Chief Says. 1 Prohibition enforcement conditions 1n" Washington are satisfactory, Ashum; Sacretary of the Treasury Seymour Lowman, in charge of prohibition en- | forcement, and Dr. James M. Doran, | prohibition commissioner, announced today at the Treasury Department, in | commenting on_figures of arrests and seizures of the District of Columbia for the fiscal years 1927 and 1928. Mr. Lowman pointed out that the Washing- ton police are curbing the retailing ot | liquor, and the Federal prohibition au- | thorities are coping with the source of supply. b Dr. Doran recalled in this connection | shat there are 22 members of the Wash- | Ington police force who have commis sions as_dry agents. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, As- tant Attorney General in charge of prohibition, said informally today that | th> figures indicated that prohibition in | Washington has been tightened in the past fiscal year, and that the efforts of th2 prohibition authorities to dry un jonal Capital were meeting with | i | { | suceess. Seizures Increase. Figures which will go into the prohi- bition commissioner’s annual raport ; show that in the recent fiscal year, end- ed June 30, there were 3,578 wine gal- Figures in Police Row / Above: COL. E. W. GIBSOXN. lons of malt liquor seized, as compared with 1,421.75 in the previous fiscal year, | and that there were 1,261 persons rested by Federal prohibition officers in | the 1928 fiscal year, as compared with 879 1n the fiscal year 1927. | Informed that liquor prices in the | District of Columbia have come down | within the past few weeks, Dr. Doran | replied that that means that the mar- | ket_has dropped off in Washington. | There were 45 distilleries seized in the | pasi fiscal year, as against 54 in 1927, the Prohibition Bureau’s figures showee. | and 68 stills taken in the fiscal year, 1928, as against 90 for 1927. There were 14,382 wine gallops of spirits seized for | 1928, as against 31,702 for 1927, and 330, automobiles seised last year, as against 477 for 1927. The Prohibition Bureau figures show- ed that for Maryland there were 1,040 distilleries seized in the fiscal year 1928, | as against 732 for 1927, and that there | were 332 stills taken by the Federal agents in the recent fiscal year, as com- pared with 521 in 1927. There were 47.199.5 wine gallons of spirits seized in | Maryland for 1928, as compared with 52.499 for 1927. Maryland Increase. There were 44,588.75 wine gallons of malt liquor seized in M d in the fiscal year of 1928, the Prohibition Bureau reported, as with | 29,837.50 in the fiscal year 1927, and| 208 automobiles were seized and 2,647 | persons arrested in Maryland for 1928 as against 156 autos seized and 1,739 persons arrested in 1927. Figures for Virginia show that in 1928 there were 1,372 distilleries seized as compzced with 998 for the previous 12 months. There were 325 stills seized as against 396 for 1927. . The Old Do- minion yielded to prohibition agents 27,604.59 wine gallons of spirits in 1928 as against 21,193 for 1927, and while no figure was recorded for the number of gallons of malt liquor seized in 1927 1,105 wine gallons were taken in the territory in the last fiscal year. In Virginia during the past fiscal ear there were 132 automobiles seized conjunction with the illicit trans- tion of liquor lc.s compared with 27 in 1927, andl ‘there were 432 persons arrested by Federal prohibition officers in Virginia as against more than dou- %’2 _,lh.lt number, 999, in the fiscal year — . GLORIA MATUS GIVEN TO GUARDIAN’S CARE BY COURT DECISION (Continued from First Page.) gxd' s in the Prince Georges Orphans’ ou't at Upper Marlboro this morning. It took less than five minutes for the trial judges, John A. Schuitz, Phillip G. Miller and Millard Thorne, to decide. ‘Then Judge Schultz spoke: “We stand pat; right where we are.” Gloria doesn't know anything about law, and says she won't leave the Shaef- fers; they hate to give her up. But Mr. Meyer says everything will be done to make Gloria happy. When argument for custody of the child started today Attorney Charles C. Marberry asked the court to permit Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Scheffel, only blood relatives of the child in this country, to take Gloria to their home in Mil- waukee. He also asked the court to remove Mr. Meyer and make Mr. Scheffel ad- minist:ator of the estate, urging, how- ever, that the child’s money bz left in trust for her in a.Prince Georges Coun- ty bank. He said that the grandmother of Erich Matus, who lives in Germany, had written to Mr. Scheffel and asked him to care for her grandchild. John F. Lillard, representing Mr. Meyer, pointed out, however, that thers had never been any correspondence be- tween Mr. Matus and his first cousin, &S. Scheffel. Mr. Meyer, he said, k Mr. Matus into his home when as 2 young man he came to this country | with only 15 cents in his pocket. For Seven years, according to the attorney, Ench Matus lived with Mr. Meyer as a member of his family. When Gloria ¥7s born, Mrs. Meyer was selected as h°r godmother. £ Mr. Lillard also introduced evidence to show that Mr. Meyer is a man of considerable means, of good character and well able 1o care for the child. He objected to a request from Attorney Marberry that the estate be aken out of Mr. Meyer's hands and held for the child in a trust fund. Court Lauds Meyer. In amplifying their decision, the Judges expressed the belief that Mr. Meyer is in a position to do mors for the child than Mr. Scheffel. They also expressed complete confidence in his integrity and declined to remove him 45 administrator. . After hearing the decision Mr. Meyer #2id he would care for the child as guardian until he can take legal steps to adopt her. He planned to go after Gloria “today. Mr. Scheffel declared he would abide by the decision of the court. Meyer's plans for his ward’s future have not been definitely completed. He hopes, however, to find a suitable school which she can attend and still receive he special attention her delicate health equires. { The death of Mr. and Mrs. Matus feft the girl with an estate of approxi- mately $6,000. This includes real estate and insurance money. Mr. Meyer plans, with the consent of the court, to use the insurance money to pay off a trust on the Matus home. He then hopes to ent the place and deposit the proceeds Gloria’s account. By this means, he pointed out, she will have a home of u‘msmenble value when she becomes of age. In one respect today's decision is cal- culated to hearten the child. She is strongly attached to her pet terrier, “Tiny,” & present from her mother on her fourth birthday. Mr. Scheffel had told her he could not afford to pay the dog’s railroad fare to Milwaukee and she would have to give up her pet. The child, Mrs. Schaeffer said, appeared ar- | - Below: MAJ. E. B. HESSE. GIBSON PROPOSES MARINE OFFICER AS ‘ D. C. POLICE HEAD __ (Continued trom_First Page.) gambling. Among the complaints re. ceived were several that some Govern- ment employes were playing the races to an extent that their efficiency was impaired. “All of the information gathered was put onto a map,” Mr. Gibson said, “showing the exact location of the | gambling places found, and that was all turned over to Maj. Hesse with the ! expressed request of the committee that these places be closed. After this the Bureau of Efficiency was requested to keep in touch with the situation and give us the benefit of any further in- formation that might be gathered. The time has now come when there should | ;be a check-up of progress made w; remedy the conditions.” HESSE “TIRED” OF JOB. But Will Not Retire When Department “Is Under Fire.” Maj. Hesse admitted today that he is “tired” of his job as superintendent of police and would willingly retire volun- tarily, but pointed out that he did not intend to make such a move at this gme while the department “is under re.” It has been known for some time that Maj. Hesse was anxious to be relieved of his responsibilities, but that pressure has been exerted to prevent him trom applying for retirement. Rumors were circulated in June that the superintend-~ ent had planned to ask to be retired, but that he was urged to remain at least until the budgetary estimates of the de- partment for the next fiscal vear had been completed and his annual report to the Commissioners written. The estimates have long since been in final shape and the annual report is virtually completed, but the recent out- break of criticism of the Police Depart- ment has, he believes, made it incum- bent upon him to remain until the “storm is over.” Seen as “Desertion.” “Nothing would please me more than a long rest,” said Maj. Hesse when told of the dispatch from Brattleboro sug- gesting that he retire. “I have worked day and night for the last three years without a vacation,” he declared, “and 1 think I now deserve a rest. I would willingly retire immediately, but I do not believe it would be the proper thing to do while the department is under fire. It would constitute a form of desertion.” Maj. Hesse said that he believes he is eligible for retirement on the ground of physical disabilities incurred in line of duty. While he has been connected with the department for 35 years, he has been with the uniform command as super- intendent for only three years of this period, and under the retirement act would be required to serve 22 years more before he would be eligible to retire un- der the service requirement. For 32 years Maj. Hesse was on a clerical status. He was made superin- tendent by former Commissioner Fred- erick A. Fenning while serving as chief clerk of the Police Department. Issues Statement. Maj. Hesse today issued the following statement: “The conditions, which, by inference in the columns of the g:bnc press, are alleged to exist in tl Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, do not exist in fact. “Such articles appearing in the pub- lic press, however, have a tendency to disturb the morale of the department, and, what is a far graver condition, will, if continued, have the inevitable effect of destroying public confidence in the police arm of the municipal service, a confidence, which for many years, has been unshaken. “Further, such articles, unsupported by any evidence of conditions of graft, | or of malfeasance or nonfeasance office, are an open invitation to mem- bers of the force so inclined to commit acts such as might justfy the charges. “To date, the Police Department, in spite of almost unsurmountable obsta- cles, is functioning effectively and ef- ciently “With respect to discipline in the de- partment, an examination of the rec- majority of cases referred to the trial board in the past three years have heen for minor infractions of discipline, the commision of which is inseparable from the opcration of any large group of individuals under rigid rules set up for its conduct, and in this connection it may be stated that an honest and concerted eCort has been and is being made to separate from the department those members of the force whose con- duct is such as to demand removal. Scores Insinuations. “Veiled insinuations of widespread graft and corruption in the department have a more far-reaching and damag- mg effect on a greater group of per- sons than is generally realized. Such charges affect not only the 1,348 men connected with the department, but their wives and children, their mothers and fathers, and other members of their families. *“As head of the Police Department, I reiterate former statements to the effect that I have always welcomed con- structive criticism, and at this time feel | that T must avail myself of the oppor- tunity to deplore the unfust criticism that has recently been heaped upon this department.” Policemen to Meet. Announcement also was made today that the Policemen’s Association, aroused by the criticism, has called a special meeting to discuss plans to offset the fears that have been imbued in the men and their families as a result of recent developmients. The meeting will ‘heartbroken at this news. Mr. Meyer #aid he would be glad to have Gloria hring the dog with her when she comes W Lve with him. be held Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the sixth precinct station. As the new police trial hoard made arrangements today to sit for the first {its ratification by the Senate. Presi- ords proves conclusively that the vast | THE EVENING KELLOGG RESUMES | ~ DUTIES AT UESK} Secretary Gratified at Ap-; proval of Anti-War Pact | by 33 Other Nations. | B —— | Secretary Kellogg is hard:at work at his desk in the State Department today following his return to Washington yes- tefday bearing with him the treaty for the renuncia’on of war, signed by 15, powers in Paris August 27. Awaiting him was the news that 33 additiofal nations had officially associated them- selves with ‘he movement for world ace. Simultaneously with Mr. Kellogg's ar- rival came word from Paris that Soviet Russia, invited by France to adhere to the pa ., had delivered its official docu- ments of adherence to the French Am- bassador in Moscow last Thursday and that it would be transmitted to Wash- | ington for deposit. { Mr. Kellogg expressed himself as be- ing very much gratified at the rapidity with which other nations are adhering to the treaty. He said the promotion ! of world peace was an international matter and that he thought it should not be made a party issue either in the present presidential campaign or in th> Senate. | With the document reposing safely in the State Department vault, Mr. Zellogg's next concern for the treaty is dent Coolidge, it is expected, will trans- mit it to the Senate as soon as that body convenes in December, where ad- ministration leaders are confident of favorable and prompt action. Concerning the Franco-British naval agreement, Secretary Kellogg said he | knew no more about it now than when he started for Paris. He announced his intention before leaving Washington that he was going to Paris for the sole purpose of signing the anti-war treaty and would not discuss any other mat- | ters. TREASURY GATHERS INCONE TAY DATA Consolicated Returns of Cor- | porations Are Object of Caecial Study. The Treasury Department continued | today to gather advice on its proposed | regulations covering consolidated income tax returns of corporations at a special | hearing, before which several experts | expounded their views. M. A. Finke of New York, attorney, economist and tax authority, presented his views upon the fundamental prea- lems affecting the valuation of assets of a new subsidiary and a basis for de- preciation and subsequen! sale. Mr. Finke also gave attention to the prob- lems of gain or loss on liquidation of a subsidiary and the problem of gain or loss for the sale of stock of a subsidiary. J. B. Peary of Baltimore proposed to the special commission a formula for determining gain or loss on the sale of stock of a subsidiary. Other speakers on the program of the hearing, which is being presided over by Assistant Secre- tary Bond, are: F. J. Fell, controller of the Pennsylvania Railroad; W. R. Brown of Chicago, C. B. Clarke of the National Retail Dry Goods Association and Robert M, Miller and George Mor- ris, representing the taxation commit- tee of the American Bar Association. WOMAN PROVES ALIBI Police Informer May Face Indict- ment as Result of Hearing by Commissioner. United States Commissioner Need- ham C. Turnage today dismissed the charge of selling liquor against Mrs. Lo- vena O'Dell, 1416 Sixteenth street, which was based on a sworn statement of a “buy” by Marion F. Lee, a police in- former, working for Policeman S. 'F. Gravelly. Attorney Harry Whelan, rep- resenting the woman, presented wi nesses to show that she was at Piney Point, Md., August 13, when Lee said he bought two pints of liquor from her. The commisisoner cautioned Gravelly against further use of Lee as an In- former in liquor cases. Lee was employed at a gas filling sta- tion and some weeks ago reported he had been held up and robbed of a sum of money. Gravelly investigated the case and found the money hidden in the station, he reported. The police:an had Lee held for the grand jury on a charge of grand larceny. and then used Lim to make “buys,” it was stated, in connec- tion with the liquor investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, who appeared for the Gov- ernment, said he would report the result of the hearing to United States Attorney Rover. Whelan declared he would ask the prosecutor for an indictment against Lee for his connection with the case. RHODE ISLAND AVENUE WORK TO START SOON Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 11. —Construction of the extension of Rhode Island avenue from the Wash- ington-Baltimore boulevard at Hyatts- ville to the District line at Mount Rainier will start soon, it now seems certain. Bids for the work are now being sought by the State Roads Com- mission, it was announced today. Bids for the construction of the overhead bridge over the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- rcad here to eliminate the grade cross- lng also are being sought. rvin Owings, chairman of the com- mittee to secure rights-of-way for the Rhode Island avenue extension, an- nounced that except for one or two pieces of property all rights had been secured. Property that cannot be had at a satisfactory price is to be con- demned. Some property owners al- ready have been paid damages by the State. The road will be 40 feet wide on the west side of the City & Suburban Rail- | way track: time, Friday morning, Maj. Hesse started another investigation of charges of mistreatment against a member of the force. The policemen involved is William Burke of the special liquor en- forcement squad, who was accused by E. A. Rickert, 2112 Eightenth street, of kicking him when police and revenue officers raided the Ambassador Oyster House. Rickert also named J. J. Quinn, deputy prohibition adminis- trator for the District, as the man whe drew him into the oyster house follow- ing his criticism of the methods used by the raiding party. Rickerts accusation was made to newspapermen after he appeared before Assistant United States Attorney Harold W. Orcutt, who also is investigating the manhandling charges. Maj.gHesse said that Burke denied kicking Wickert. S t- [@nd took 7, including 3 putts, TAR., WASHINGTON, I O, SOMERVLLE TAKES BARLYCOLFLEAD George Voigt Recovers After Bad Start and Likely to Take First at Braeburn. By the Associated Press. BRAEBURN COUNTRY CLUB, Newton, Mass., September 11— George Voigt of New York continued his sensational golf today in the na- tional amateur golf championship, jumping into the lead for the two- day qualifying test when he shot par 72 for his second round. His 36-hole total of 143 put Rim 7 strokes ahead of his neares! rival, R‘D&! Somerville, Canadian cham- pion. By the Associated Press. BRAEBURN COUNTRY CLUB, Newton, Mass., September 11.—C. Ross | Somerville of London, Ontario, Cana- dian champion, took the early lead in the qualifying play of the national ama- teur golf champlonship today, when he finished his second round in 78. giving him a 36-hole total of 150. This was | two strokes better than the previous | leader, George Von Elm of Detroit. Voigt Forging Ahead. George Voigt, in a tie for the lead at | the start of the second round, got a bad start when he hooked his drive from the first tee and took 6 on the par 4 hole. He got one of the strokes | back with a birdie 3 at the second, and | played the third in par 4. Voigt, after his bad 6 at the first| hole, held par to even terms for the next eight holes of the outgoing 9 and scored 37. He had a birdie at the| treacherous fifth, but slipped a stroks over par at the ninth, His card: ‘ ! Voigt, out..6 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 537 Voigt got a fine start home with 4—4—3 on the tenth, eleventh and twelfth holes. He was even fours for the twelve holes and neceded only to :teeé) that pace to be sure of taking the ead. < Voigt clipped a stroke off par at the 556-yard fourteenth, when he laid his mashie third dead to the pin. He was 5—4—4 on the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth. { Von Elm Putts Badly. Von Elm was out in 38 and back in 41. His putter was completely out of order, especially on the fifteenth, where he took three putts from a distance of | 10 feet. His partner, Fred Wright of Boston, took an 80 for a two-day total of 154. Both scores were safely within the qualifying fold. The cards: Par out .. 444 453 434—35 | Von Elm out .. 445 563 533—38 Wright out .. 445 553 544—39 Par in ......543 554 434—37—72 Von Elm in ..542 665 544—41—79—152 Wright in ...463 55 436—41—80—154 Mackenzie Is Eliminated. Roland Mackenzie, young Washing- ton, D. C., star and Walker Cup player, who had a bad 88 yesterday, compietely dissipated what slight chances he had to qualify by losing three strokes to par on the first six holes. Mackenzie made the turn in 40, five over par, thereby settling the elimina- tion of the youth who topped the quali- | flers at Oakmont in 1925. | Watts Gunn, young . Atlanta team- | mate of Bobby Jones, whose 80 yester- | day put him on the ragged edg®, got ' down to more serious business today. | starting even par with 4—4--4: l Gunn kept up his sterling work by | negotiating the Waterloo fifth hole in a birdie 4 after going one over par with a 5 on the fourth. He got his 3 on the sixth to_make it even 4s. | Gunn skidded on the seventh and | eighth holes, losing a stroke to par on | ‘el.c:t;’.' but finished the. outward nine | n 37. Somerville Takes 37. 1 Ross Somerville, Canadian champion who shoved himself into the spotlight | with a brilliant 72 yesterday, was off to a fast start with a birdie three on the first hole and 4-4, even par, on the next two. He missed a four-foot putt on the third green in his bid for another birdie. Somerville finished his outward jour- ney in 37, two over par. He got most of the mistakes out of his system on the short sixth, pushing his tee shot into the rough, then overshooting the green | and finally taking 5, two over par. D. J. Armstrong, Aurora, Ill., had his troubles today scoring 80 after a fine 73 yesterday, but his 153 put him well to the front among the early finishers, a stroke behind Von Elm. Sweetser in Trouble. Jess Sweetser, big New Yorker, d 1922 champion, with a 78 to work B‘:’l, got into a peck of trouble at the third Sweetser finished the outward nine | in 39, four over par, as he steadied down, but he was in a position where he could afford to waste few strokes Among the early starters, the best outgoing card, 36, one over par, was' turned in by Frank K. English of Water- bury, Conn. Te needed ti, for he finished yesterday with 88. D. J. Armstrong, Aurora, IIl., who sur- prised the boys by shooting a fine 73 yesterday, wasn't quite up to the same pace on the outgoing nine, taking 39, four over par, but never was in serious | difficulties. Scores for 36 Holes. Qualifying scores, showing, respective- ly, yesterday’s 18 holes, today’s 18 holes and the 36-hole total George T. Dunlap, jr., Maplewood, N. H., 75—81—166. Arthur Sweet, Chicago, 79—83—162. Dwight L. Armstrong, Lancaster, Pa., 86—178—164. Joseph P. Lynch, Newton, Mass., 80— 84—164. Liohn G. Jones, Deal, N. J. 86—82— wg'uu M. Newton, New York, 85—83— Harold V. Kaler, Boston, 87—83—170. James J. Conroy, West Newton, Mass.. 86—84—170. John S. Vavra, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 97—withdrew. Joseph M. Batchelder, Salem, Mass., 82—79—161. uSalrg;Ael M. Parks, jr., Pittsburgh, 80— Frank M. English, Waterbury, Conn., 88—79—167. . ! ng L. Babcock, Pittsburgh, 81—87— Frederick J. Wright, jr. Newton, Mass., 74—80—154, Willilam F. McPhail, Norfolk, Mass., 18—19—1517, Henry M. Gartner, Providence, R. I., 80—83—163. lfizvflts Gunn, Atlanta, Ga., 80—75— ‘Winthrop 84—87—171 Benjamin W. Estabrook, Boston, 80— 80—160. John F. Dailey, Rochester, N. Y. 18—82—160. Robert L. Wintringer, Steubenville, ©Ohio, 90—84—174, D. J. Armstrong, Aurora, Ill, 73— 80—153. W. C. Fownes, jr., Pittsburgh, 80— 79—159. Billy Sixty, Milwaukee, 84—81—165. E. W. Haley, New York, 92—with- P. Herzy, Wellesley, Mass., drew. Willilam K. Lanman, jr., Columbus, Ohio, 83—81—164. Gordon Taylor, Canada, 80—175—155. J. A. Cameron, Canada, 83—86—169. Paul !'l.2 Hyde, Buffalo, N. Y., While work is progressing on the 1,920-sheet atlas in which all the world is mapped on the same scale and each | Special Dispatch to The Star. ! of War, and a number of other Gov- | sham battle which will be staged in ! Heflin and Dr. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1928. DECIDED FUTURE FOR ORPHANED GLORIA MATUS Theag gmdges of the Prince Georges Court sitting at Marlboro today guardian. Left to right: Millard Thorne, ‘ecided that Gloria Matus must go to her legal —Star Staff Photo. RITES TOMORROW ATFORTMHENRY “Rockets’ Red Glare” to Be Duglicated at Dedication of National Shrine. BALTIMORE, September 11.—Scenes | depicting historical events dealing with the bombardment of the old stronghold in 1814 by the Britisb will feature the dedication of Fort McHenry as a na- tional shrine tomorrow. The ceremony, the chief event in Baltimore’s annual celebration of De- fenders' day, is designed as a tribute to the heroes who repulsed the advanc- ing Britishers 114 years ago, and will b2 attended by Curtis Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, Dwight Davis, Secretary ernment officials from Washington. Addresses will be delivered by Sec- retary Wilbur, Gov. Albert R. Ritchie and Mayor William F. Broening. Three warships will take part in tie the upper harbor, and troops from Fort Myer, Va.; Fort Howard, Fort Leonard Wood and the Maryland National Guard will pass in_review before the war memorial. Both the United States Marine Band and the United States Army Band will take part in the cere- monies. In the evening a dinner will be given the visiting guests by the Society of the War of 1812. HEFLIN CHALLENGES FULLER TO DEBATE| Senator Takes Umbrage at Gov- ernor's Remarks Linking Him With Dr. Straton. By the Associated Press. Senator Heflin of Alabama today chal- lenged Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts to a joint debate. The Alabaman took exception to a re- cent statement by the governor that American soldiers faced no worse ene- mies on the fields of France than “Sen- ator Heflin and Dr. Straton.” Both John Roach Straton have been fighting Gov. Smith of New York. “This is the second time this year that you have been guilty of falsely and maliciously attacking and misrepresent- ing me,” Senator Heflin said in a letter directed to Gov. Fuller. “This attempt to injure me with the brave American boys who defended our country during the great World War is another one of your miserable efforts to serve your secret Roman masters in Massachusetts.” ‘The Senator also replied to a state- ment to the effect that Frank E. Webb, presidential candidate on the Farmer- Labor ticket, had declined to run with Heflin as the vice presidential candi- date. U MRS. R. W. MACDONELL IS DEAD IN NORTHWEST Former Missionary Society Secre- tary Had Lived at Somer- set, Md. Mrs. R. W. MacDonell, secretary for 19 years of the Home Department of the Woman’s Missionary Soclety of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, died in Yakima, Wash., yesterday ac- cording to word received here. She was on a visit to her son, R. W. Mac- Donell, jr., of Hanford, Wash,, at the time of her death. Since 1919 she had made. her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Balcom, in Somerset, Md. Born in Macon, Ga., September 8, 1861, Mrs. MacDonell was educated at Wesleyan College, Macon, graduating in 1878, She attended the fiftieth anniversary of her class June last. In 1880 she was married to Robert | Walker MacDonell and two weeks later went with him to his mission fleld in Mexico. Mr. MacDonell lived only eight years after their marriage. After his death Mrs. MacDonell returned to Macon with her three children. For seven years she served as secretary of the South Georgia Conference Mis- sionary Spciety, and in 1900 went to Nashville, Tenn., as secretary of home | department of the Woman’s Missionary | Society. She came to Washington in 1919 to live with her daughter. She was president of the Missionary Society of the Francis Asbury M. E. Church South for several years. She had written a book, “Belle Harris Bennett— Her Life Work. Mrs. MacDonell is survived by her daughter, Mrs. R. Wilfred Balcom of Somerset, Md.; her son, ‘R. W. Mac- Donell, jr. of Hanford, Wash.; five grandchildren, and one brother, Dudley Williams of Georgia. Funeral services will be held in Mul- | berry Street Methodist Church, Ma- ! con, Ga. i FIVE HURT IN NAVY BLAST. By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., September 11.—Five men were slightly injured today in an explosion aboard the battleship North Dakota, which is being dismantled at the Norfolk Navy Yard. were treated at the yard dispensary for cuts and bruises, and one, Julian M. Moore, draftsman, who had cuts about the face, was sent home. The explcsion occurred in the maga- zine of the vessel while the men were conducting a heating test, according to natfon is doing its own area, the pro- moters sav that it will require several years more to complete the work. in >rmation givenjout at the yard office. | i Gen. A board of inquiry may be convened to determine the calise of the blast. John A. Schultz and Philip G. Miller. Mutilating Paper In Library Costs New Yorker $60| A fine of $60 was imposed by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today on Perry L. Goldman, whole- sale clothing dealer of New York city, charged with mutilating news- papers in the Library of Congress. Zoldman admitted clipping an ar- ticle from an Indianapolis paper of September 6 in the Library last Sunday night. He declared the ar- ticle was about the fair at that city which he had attended, and his pur- pose in clioping it was to show his 9-year-old-niece “what a girl can do in regard to raising cows and pigs.” Although the defendant offered to replace the papers, the court ruled that he should have obeyed the signs placed prominently about the period- ical room prohibiting clippings, and imposed the fine. W. R. E. FARE RAISE PLEA THREATENS TO HALT HEARING ~ commission in applicationy of the Capi- tal Traction Co. in which the other com- panies did not join, Dunlop declared the commission plainly stated its grounds for maintaining a unified rate. In thesz’ cases the commission had pointed out it would be disastrous to the public interests and possibly involve bankruptcy for a weaker company un- !less all competing companies are given the same fare. Furthermore, Dunliop contended that the public utility law provides against discrimination. Former Policy Asked. “The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Co., not being a party in this case, we are in no position to compel the commission to pursue_its former policy, he said, “but the commission can do so and has done so in the t.”" Fleharty replied that he had no fauit to find with the uniform fare, Lut con- tended solely that the commission lack- ed authority and jurisdiction in this case to apply an increase in rates to the Washington Company without having given public notice to that effect What the commission is now undertaking to do, he claimed, is a futile thing Reasons for Exhibit. Explaining the reasons for the exhibit over which the controversy arcse, coun- sel declared that before the commission can determine on any order for the hearing it must have knowledge of the effect an increass in rate would have on other competing lines. Fleharty replied if that was the sole purpose he would have no objection to the figures going in, but insisted that he would not withdraw his mo- tion to dismiss the procedings on the grounds stated. It was during this controversy that Curtain, declaring the Washington com- pany has no place in the consideration of this case, charged the Capital Trac- tion officials were making an under- cover effort to get them in. John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co., and Mr. Hamilton both scored Clayton for this charge. Hanna declared the Capital Traction Co. was justified in assuming that the commission would follow the precedent of years by making the Washington Railway & Electric Co. a party to the proceedings. “1 wish to refute the statement that this company is trying to deceive the public,” Hanna said. On the other hand Mr. Hamilton de- manded that the issue be joined im- mediately in urging the people’s counsel to make his motion to dismiss at this time rather than at the conclusion of the hearing. Position Defined. ‘The position of the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. was defined by Presi- dent Ham. The interests of the two companies, he pointed out, are so af- fected that the question of rates cannot be considered separately. “T think we are entitled to feel that precedence will be followed here,” he said. “There has been no intimation up to now that the application of rates to other companies would be illegal.” Mr. Ham stated that the Capital Traction officials had applied to the commission without consuiting him or his directors and that his company had no knowledge of the application when it was made. “But we do ask if the Capital Trac- tion gets a higher fare that we get it also,” he added. “In no other way can we serve the public properly. We are entitled to the same rate as the Capital Traction Co. without filing an application for it,” Ham said. Mr. Ham drew a picture of conditions which a dual rate of fare wouli§!mpose in Washington. With the alreaay over- crowded condition of cars on his line during rush hours, he declared that the higher rate of fare for the rival line would superimpose a load on cars which would be disastrous to effcient manage- | ent. | NO. 14 TRUCK COMPANY " GETS CUP TOMORROW | Anton Stephan to Present Merchants and Manufacturers’ Trophy at 4 O’Clock. The Merchants & Manufacturers’ Association trophy, which was won by No. 14 truck company in the annual speed competition will be presented at j formal ceremonies tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the station house, Con- necticut avenue and Ordway streets. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the assoclation, will make the presentation and the trophy will be received for the company by Commissioner Dougherty. AT More than 600 qualities of cotton tex- tiles were coilected in India by the recent India Trade Mission, ANGANESE MEN £ SEEK-RESEARGH Association Deplores Simall| Amount Given by Congress for Study of Mineral. i A resolution deploring the small amount of money appropriated annually for research work in the manganese field and asking Congress to appropri- ate larger sums in the future was adopt- ed by the American Manganese Pro- ducers’ Association, in annual meeting in the Mayflower Hotel today. Another resolution was adopted ex- pressing appreciation of the amount of research in manganese by the Bureau of Mines and the United States Geo- logical Survey with the amount of money at hand. Cites Importzace. A H. Hubbell of the Engincering and Mining Journa! in an address before the association this afternoon declared that “it behooves the country to develop its manganese ® ources in every possi- ble way,” and aavocayed “adeuate tar:if protection” from foreign competitors. He pointed out that manganese is a most important product both in times of peace and in war, stressing the need| of safeguarding this Nation's supply in the event of a sudden conflict. ‘The importance of manganese as a “strategic” mincral was stressed by Maj. A. H. Hobley of the War Depart- mont at a banquet of the association last night. The association’s officers and others were called upon for tuasts and brief addresses. A scientific treatise | on manganese’and mining was delivered by L. B. Miller at the convention yester- day afternoon. Officers and members of the execu- tive committee were re-elected for the ensuing year late yesterday. They are: dJ. Carson Adkerson, president; John H. Cole, first vice president; A. J. Selig- man, treasurer, and H. A. Pumpelly, | secretary, and members of the executive committee: Mr. Adkerson, chairman; Richard H. Brown, Mr. Pumpelly, Mr. Seligman and D. H. McCloskey. New directors were elected as follows: O. D. Hutchens, Manganese Ore -Co. Watauga Valley, Tenn.; Ottomar Stange, Stange Construction Co., New York City; W. R. Spencer, Luna Man- ganese Jackson, Mich.; - W. J. Staunton, Cuban American Manganese Corporation, New York City, and Her- bert Wilson Smith, Union Carbide Co., New York City. URGE COMPLETION - OF PARK ENTRANCE Piney Bfucl‘x Citizens to Ask D. C. to Speed Work in Rock Creek. The Piney Branch Cjtizens' Associa- tion voted last night to ask the Com- missioners to take action to bring about the completion of the proposed Roose- velt entrance into Rock Creek Park. The resolutions stressed the need for the opening of Seventeenth street into Piney “ranch Valley, which, with the ultimate completion of the parkway to Lincoln Memorial, would afford more convenient z -cess to the parl and elim- inate ~cessity for traversin, the heavy traffic of the downtown section. The proposed memo.:a' entrance would be at Seven ~enth and Shepherd streets. Undue occupancy of public roadways for the storage of building materials was scored as a menace to safety, and resolutions were adopted requesting the Commissioners to draw up regulations governing the practice. It was pointed out that in a number of instances. the roadways in front of new construction work have been unnecessarily blocked, placing automobilists and pedestrians in danger. E. E. Pabst was directed to investi- gate requirements for architects to op- erate in the District and to report at the October meeting with recommenda- tions for imrrovement in the practice of the profession. ~Mr. Pabs. said that thousands of dollars have been wasted through the employment of incompetent architects and declared there should be some means of protecting persons against the employment of an, one un- able to draw plans satisfactory to build- ing inspectors and regulations. It was voted to ast: District officials to draft stricter regulations for the mu“;l:']ntgd o'l‘::uu W. J. Le dev‘lnu appo porary treasurer, pending ~'ection ~f new officers in November. ..2sident Edgar B. Henderson presided. o YOUTH IS CHARGED WITH AUTO THEFT E. H. Vincent on Way Back to Au- gusta, Ga., Admits Taking Auto There. Picked up on suspicion Sunday morn- ing by headquarters detectives, Edgar Harvey Vincent, 18, Westfleld, N. J., vmo sct!:'m:o m'ze“ L:r;ome:{l atudent at t] unton Academy, today started back to Augusta, Ga. to face an_automobile theft charge. ‘When first arrested, the youth said his name was Johnson and that he had bought the car that he was driving two months ago. He was unable to identify either himself or the car. Police were advised from ia that the car was stolen last Friday night at Augusta. ‘The boy then admitted having stolen the car, police say. Vincent’s mother and Deputy Sherift L. H. Wilkins both arrived here this morning, the former from Westfield and the latter from Augusta. The mother is returning “gome. Vincent safi that h e ran away from home two weeks ago. o — ROCKFORDFLVERS AGAN RESCUED Boat Carrying Them to Oufi- side Hits Rocks and Founders. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, September 11.—Twice victorious over geath in the Arctic, Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, pilots of the airplane Greater Rockford, were safe today after having been shipwreck- ed in the icy waters of Greenland. The airmen, who were rescudd two weeks after a forced landing and a trek across a wild and unexplored waste, were traveling down the coast on Sunday in a motor boat When it struck a rock at the mouth of Simiutak Fjord, en the | southwestern coast of Greenland. The | boat sank, but the fiyers and their six companions, including Prof. William H. Hobbs, leader of the University of Michi- gan Greenland expedition, escaped to the desolate shors. Once they had gained land the eight men found themselves in need of food end fuel. Two natives made their way ‘n a small boat to Kanganing and obtained Seek to Raise Ship. The sheriff of South Greenland in reporting the latest mishap of the fiyers to the Greenland administration depart- ment said that efforts were being made to raise the sunken boat. The vessel had been chartered from a company of Greenlanders at Holsterborg for trans- rtation purposes. pO'I'he message from the sheriff did not name the boat, but it was believed to be the sloop Nakuak of 20 tons., ‘Ehis | vessel recently took in Winter supplies to the Mount Evans Observatory of the Hoobs _expedition and was to take out Prof. Hobbs, the two flyers, Assistant Director Belknap and Stewart, Potter and Estes of the expedition. Other motor sloops were to be used, however, in stages of the journey to Ivigtut. where they were to take a steamer for Philadejphia. < Hassell and Cramer were restugd by members of the Hobbs expedition”Sep~ tember 2. when their smoke signals were seen. They made a forced landing at' Point Sukkertoppen August 19 when trying to reach Mount Evans on the second leg of their flight from Rock- ford, T, to Sweden. Hassell and Cramer apparently were making their way to Ivigtut to catch the ore steamer Wagland, which is scheduled to leave there about Septeme ber 29 for Philadelphia. Prof. Hobbs had arranged for some members of his party to go to America on that vessel and+had xequested the Danish govern- ment to pérmit Hassell and Cramer to nmy this group. A bbs, with Potter, the expedi- tion photographer, were to go on the Nakuak to Holstenborg and sail from there on the motorship Disko for Copen- hagen and thence to the United States. The University of Michigan expedi- tion is studying the effects of Arctic weather on Atlantic storms in an effort to devise a system of forecasting. Sum- mer quarters have been maintained on Greenland for two vears and an all~ year-round observatory base established at Mount Evans. Several scientists were left there last Winter and will remain next Winter. 8 DRIVER, SHOT BY POLICE, IS SENTENCED T0 JAIL “| Colored Autoist Faces 95-Day Term on Three Traffic Convictions. George Hargrave, colored, 1241A Car- rollburg street southwest, the shooting of whom by Policeman L. C. Thompkins of the Traffic Bureau was Investigated by police officials, ™as today found guilty of three traffic offenses by Judge Isaac R. Hitt. who sentenced him ta 60 days in jail and fined him $55. in default of which he will have to serve 35, _xgn{ls more, estimony ~showed that Hargrave drove through a safety zone at Wiscon- sin avenue and M street. nearly run- ning down three persons, and then barely missed hitting the officer. Com- mandeering a passing machine, Pelice- man Thompkins gave chase out Wiscon- sin avenue, and shot Hargrave after he jumped from his car, saying Hargrave ;lgg:w a brick at him during pursuit on Hargrave demanded a jury trial on a charge of assaulting the policeman. Funeral services for Mrs. Mas T. Gaddis, 90_years old, who died arly her residence, 503 A street southeast, Sat- urday, were conducted at the residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment was in Congressional Cemetery. Mrs. Gaddis, who had been a resident of this city since the Civil War, was the widow of Adam Gaddis, for many years 2 prominent merchant of Southeast Washington and active in fraternal cir- cles here. He conducted a mercantile business at Eleventh and M streets southeast. Mr. Gaddis died in 1915 at the age of 86 years. BAND CONCERTS. The United States Army Band - cert at the Sylvan Theater Wedne:do:v k“cnnc‘ellelg. as the band is partiel- pating in Fort McHenry dedi, - ercises at Baltimore, ¥ R The United States Marine Band wijl not play Wednesday night at the Cap- itol, as the band is participating in the Fort McHenry celebrations in Bal- timore. By the United States Navy Ba i Lincoln Park, 7:30 o'clock vz’&mg:?.' N March, “Salute to Seattle”. ..Alex Overture, “Exotica”........ Beu‘;;:el: 80:1:): tg;' cornet— a) “Were My Song With Win, Provided”. % v (gg “Estrel alse, 3 Figuet ‘nes from the opera “Ernani”.. eral Salterello from “The Ttalian i . Symphony” - ... Fletchér Humoresque, “Comin’ Through the Rye”. Bellstedt Excerpts from “The Only Girl”, Herbert “The Star Snangled Banner.” By the United States Army Band, at Walter Reed Hospital, 6:30 :'cluckd ((.)- night. March, “Panama" Overture, “Vasco Gy Nunez de Balboa,” Danza, “Luz Graclela™ ) Pesos. . “Rain or Shi; March, “The Pathfinder Panama”.. “The Star By the United States Soldierg' Homr Military Band, at the blndgtad. 5:30 o'clock. March, “Glory of the Seas” Overture, “Grand Festival” . Relssigger Sacred song, “Ava Maria” .’ Mascheroni Selections from the grand opera, .Jerome en,” Greenberg Finale. “Arms and Honor"......Grrbel “The Star Spangled Bannes,”