Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1928, Page 17

SDAY. SE PTEMBER 12, 1928, + oo o RAPHLNG ¢ a - ~<THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. WED Cameras click as John Coolidge begins his The President’s son is ing his office in the New York, New Haven & Hartford Building, at New Haven, for lunch with his secret service at- —Associated Press Photo. career as railroad man. shown here leav Conn., tendant. Scene at Marlboro track during the running of the second race on the opening card yesterday of the five-day meet. Airway Age trophy is one of trophy committee, and Miss the attraction for the big crowd which took in the first day’s races. In addition to a substantial amount of ecash, th: ner of the non-stop transconlinental air derby. shown with Miss May Lee (left), member of the air race Carl the prizis 10 go to the w 1t is Angeles. Jane Winton World Photo. telephoned Rowland, winner of the class A trans- continental air derby, recciving the congratula tions of his competitors after finishing at Los At left of Rowland are Robert Dake, s~cond in the race, and Tex Rankin, third. Photo os Angeles. A from L . —Copyright by P.& A. Photos. Perfect weather addea w —Star Staff Photo. Charles Carico of Washington taking a jump on his blue-ribbon winner in the thoroughbred hunters Horse Show, which opened yesterday at Marlbore. —Star Staff Photo. ’ class of the Southern Maryland PERSONNEL BOARD New Procedure Will Accom- | plish Work Five Times t ! Faster. A sweeping change in the procedure | of hearing appeals has been inaugu-| rated by the Personnel Classification Board to speed up the work and bring 1t up to date, it was learned today. The change. which virtually will af- fect every Government employe under | classification, substitutes ral ex- | aminers for the single Pcisonnel C fication Board in_the matter of ing hearings. Five such ex have started work. thus increasi volume of hearings by the ratio of to onc, and more may be added later Change Is Important. The change in procedure is of great importance to Government workers, as| the board is the r of salaries in the | Government servicc under classifica- tions, having authority to place all em- | ployes in the grades to which the board 'D. C. Firemen Rest For Over 24 Hours| For more than 24 hours, from Monday evening to shortly after 7 o'clock last night, the Washington Fire Department rested without re- ceiving a call. Department officials said today that not within the past several years has such a thing oc- curred. The Washington firemen have handled as many as 40 alarms a day, it was said, and will probably do so again this Fall when fires are kin- | ed. | i - | MRS. BUSCH VICTIM | OF FLORIDA POISO | Care Following Court Reversal. | By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., September 12.— Mrs | decides they belong. Grades carry sal- Leroy R. Busch, wealthy Miami Beacl: aries of various ranges, and depart-matron, whose marital difficulties have mental cxecutives decide into whicl = Sep of a grade cach cmploye shall go, |led to both civil and criminal suits But it is the Personnel Classification | against her husband, was in Allison Board which virtually fixes salaries for | Hospital here today. suffering frora | thousands of workers in the public| poison after an unfavorable verdict service. The hearings are held on ap- | Tuesday in one of the court actions she peals by the employes from a classifica- | had brought against Mr. Busch. Hos- tion which they consider incorrect. | pital attendants said her condition was In a formal statement made public | not serious. this morning. the board explained it | Fears that Mrs. Busch might take her would “contiue the present practice | life were aroused once before. | of disposing of all cases which can prop- | ~ Mrs. Busch had charged her husband | erly be acted upon without oral hearing | with choking her at their Miami Beach and in which the appeal itself or in- (hom> October 25. 1927. A jury found | vestigation at the employe’s place of | Busch not guilty late Tuesday. =mployment by a member of the board’s staff clearly brings out the facts.” | “Where the merits of the case. how- | ever. are not definite and clear.” said | the board's statement, “and oral hear- | ing is necessary, such oral hearings in the future will be had before examiners | Instead of being conducted by the board tself. “A stenographic record will be made of all material evidence introduced and this record with the other information | pertaining to the case will then be presented to the several members of the board for their consideration and decision. “Through this division of the work with competent examiners performing the task of finding the facts. leaving to the board fhe decisions upon the facts found. the action upon appeal cases will be greatly expedited, and the board will be able to devote more time t0 other phases of its work which are equally pressing and important “There are now heing conducted four or five sets of hearinas daily before in- dividual examiners as compared with one set. when hearings were conducted by. the board fiself, and it is expected | that the number of cxaminers will be increased as soon as the board’s staff tan be cxpanded to assimilate the ad- | 4itional work.” Docket Piled Up. The old system, which now has been | supplanted, was inaugurated January 1, 1926, and consisted of hearings by the board personally on cases. The business piled up so fast. however, that by the last of August the board found that it had a total of about 1600 appeals on_file. The examiners who have been charged | | money and later had her declared in- Pending in court is a sult started by | Mrs. Busch early this year, in which she | is seeking to have a receiver appointed for her husband's property, on the ground that everything he has was purchased with her money. She charges Busch married her for sane. Mrs. Busch inherited a large estate as the widow of Judge W. H. Roland of Lancaster, Pa., her first husband. S S SR HURT BY HIT-AND-RUN CAR Colored Woman, 60, Struck; An- other Faints in Front of Auto. The police are today seeking a “hit- | and-run” driver. who yesterday struck and injured Bertha F. Clark, colored. 60 years old, 329 Missouri avenue, in front of 321 C street. The woman was treated at Casualty Hospital. Daisy Phillips, colored, 22 years old. | 1216 Fairmont street, suffered slight u\-! juries yesterday when struck by an automobile operated by William Alflen of Strasburg, Va. She is thought to have fainted and fallen against Allen’s car, according to the police report. Joseph Spilman, Lester Evans and Leroy W. Valentine. Another, John A. Overholt, has been appointed examiner, but at present is engaged on a study of the field service, a report on which must be submitted to Congress when it meets in December. ‘The new system necessarily brings about increases in the investigation and clerical force of the board, which will with the hearing of the employes' com- plaints were said by the board 1o he eperienesd men Those who were hold- ing heanngs togay were Joho Hapvey, have to he adjusted to meet the new | conditions. This adjustment. it is be- lieved. zaon can be ascompliched snd the hearipgs increased even more, REPORT MANY HELD IN SPANISH PLOT. uation in Madrid Remains Quiet. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 12.—Reports from the Franco-Spanish border say numerous arrests have been made in | Spain after the discovery of a plot | azainst the government of Primo de | Rivera, who is about to celebrate his fifth anniversary as dictator of Spain. A disptch from Hendaye, France, says | the arrests were reported to have been made in Madrid and other Spanish cities. The Havas Agency of France was| notified, however. by its Madrid corres- | pondent that official circles in the Wealthy Woman Under Hospital Spanish capital asserted the country | was tranquil. | Censorship fmposed. There were indications of the impo- | sition of a strict censorship. The West- | ern Union Cable Co., notified the Asso- ciated Press that the Spanish authori- | ties had refused to deliver a message to the Associated Press Madrid bureau ask- ing about the reported plot. Although the usual run of news was received from Madrid, the cables made 110 men- tion of any movement against the state. On July 14, there were border reports | of a widespread plot against the Span- ish government. At that time fron- tiers were under a strict guard and pas- sengers on international trains were | subjected to a searching investigation. | The official government organ, La | Nacion of Madrid, at that time pub-, |lished a denial that the movement was | of grave proportions, saying only a few | dozen persons participated. Outbreaks Frequent. When Primo de Rivera power on September 15. 1923, Spain was torn with discord both at home and in Morocco. The foreign situation has | been quiet for a long time, but every | few months there have been fresh | domestic outbreak. These _troubles have been attributed to general opposi- tion to taxes on small incomes, ambi- tions of some Catalonians, labor organi- assumed jzations in Barcelona and infiltration of communist doctrines. A state of war was proclaimed in the Summer of 1926, when the most serious revolt occurred. France assisted Spain in breaking up a Catalonian plot later in the same year. | and Policeman Michael Dowd of the POLICEMAN DOES HIS DUTY: “BAWLS OUT" HIS SUPERIOR Group, Discussing Ills of Department. Sees Instance of One Officer Who Is On the Job and Gets His Man. There is at least one policeman in Washington who is no respecter of per- sons and who enforces the law without fear or favor. Yes- terday, for in- stance, he even “bawled out” a su- perior officer and a fellow policeman, not to mention a couple of news- paper men, for “loitering” public piace. he’'ll probably surprised to hear of it. n_« But The incident. oc- curred in front Police Court, wher Capt. Guy Burlin- game of the sec- ond precinct — in civillan _clothes - sixth precinct—also in civilian clothes —were discussing with two newspaper men the police department troubles. So engrossed was the group in their discussion that they were not aware of the presence of the officer until he stuck his head over Capt. Burlingame's shoulder and said: ‘“Hey, you fellows, no loafing here. Now move on.” Capt. Burlingame was the first to re- cover sufficiently to speak. “You heard what the man said,” he declared smil- ing. “Guess we'll have to beat it.” So Capt. Burlingame, smiling to him- self. went off in one direction, Police- man Dowd went away in another, and the two newspaper men, laughing, started into the building. Singling them out, the policeman yelled: “It's nothing to laugh at. I'll take you be- fore the judge and see how you like it." And the newspaper men, whose daily work takes them literally before the judge, continued without further words into_the building, leaving behind them a self-satisfied policeman. COMMUNITY CHEST PLAN UP AT TWO MEETINGS | | - | Interested Groups Will Henr Re-| ports on Orzanization Work | Friday and Saturday. Two meetings, at which the prelim- | inary organization work leading to the establishment of a local community chest will be further gone into, have been called for Friday and Saturday in the United States Chamber of Com- merce by the organization committee of the Community Chest of Washington. The Friday meeting will be for the purpose of acting upon the report of the organization committee. Executives of all the organizations which are to be members of the Com- munity Chest will confer with Elwood Street, director of the chest, at tie meeting Saturday. Last night Rudolph Jose, treasurer of the organization committee, made a re- port of the progress that had been made in behalf of the Community Chest here at the dinner of the Civitan Club in the La Fayette Hotel. {Boy, Ashamed of Fail Flees Rather Than Tell His Mother!| Thirteen-year-old Thomas Fealy won't be punished if he'll only return home, and he may go to any school he chooses, his mother, ‘Mrs. Margeret Fealy, of 1722 D street southeast, declared today following her request yesterday that the police help her search for her son, who left home Monday morning because he just couldn't tell his mother that he hadn’t been promoted last June. At the Holy Comforter School, where Thomas had hoped to go up from the sixth to the seventh grade and had failed, his teacher told Mrs. Fealy that the boy had fainted when told last Spring “that he would have to spend another year in the same class. Thomas kept the knowledge of his failure from his mother by saying that he had lost his report card. All Sum- mer he repeatedly implored her to send him to some other school, heping that al another institution he could enter l ure in School, r the seventh grade. His mother only Jaughed the matter off. Monday morning came and the time for all pupils to troop back to the class- room. Thomas left home, but instead ! of going to school he purchased a | supply of doughnuts from the corner grocery store—the storekeeper had only 18, so he took them all—and set out. Mrs. Fealy thinks he hasn't gone far, as the children of the neighborhood tell her that they have talked to Tommy. But he never comes near his home be- cause, as he explained to several of his small friends, he is ashamed. Bethesda Meeting Today. The Bethesda Parent-Teacher Asso- | that would enable persons living on the REPUBLICAN LEAD Gardiner Gets Biggest Major- ity for Governor in His- tory of State. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., September 12.— Late returns which today continued to trickle in from outlying precincts swelled the proportions of the Repub- lican victory which in Monday's elec- tion swept William Tudor Gardiner into the governorship by the largest majority ever given a gubernatorial candidate in the history of the State and at the same time returned to office United Representatives. Not only were all major Republican candidates safely elected, but the’ elec- tion ousted from the State Senate its last remaining Democrat and cut the representation of that party in the State House of Representatives from 22 to 16 or 17, depending on returns not yet complete from two Knox County towns. of political observers not realized and that was in the size of the total vote. DETOUR SIGNS ASKED| BY CITIZENS’ GROUPS | American University Park Body| Holds Visiting Motorists Puz- zled by Street Work. A drive to obtain adequate street signs at all detours throughout the city and especially in its own territory was | begun by the American University Park | Citizens' Association at its meeting last night when its members requested the | Commissioners to take immediate ac- tion. It was indicated thai out-of-town motorists passing through Washington are often at a loss to find their way because of the frequent detours neces- sitated by repairs to streets. The as- sociation urged particularly that direc- tion markers be placed at detours on Wisconsin and Massachusetts avenues and at Dupont Circle. Massachusetts avenue north to River road is impas- sable for a few blocks, it was sald, and signs warning unsuspecting motorists of the fact should be installed. A plea was made to the engineer de- partment of the District government to grade three streets in the community and put some sort of surface on them streets to reach their homes in their cars. The streets mentioned were Upton street between Massachusetts avenue and Forty-eighth street and Brandy- wine and Chesapeake streets between Forty-ninth street and Western avenue. It was announced that the prize win- ners in the association's lawn, flower and garden contest will be determined upon between now and the next meet- ing. The judges are Commissioner | Contrary to early expectations of an unusually heavy poll, the total ballots cast were about 35,000 less than for governor in the last presidential year. With 17 precincts out of ¢ "3 missing, | the vote for Senator today stood: Sena- tor Hale, Republican, 144,22 E. Holmes, Democrat, 64,232 For governor—Gardincr, Republican, Herbert 66,555. Gardiner, who had a lead over his Democratic opponent of 84,891 votes carried every city in the State with the exception of Biddeford and Lewiston, where the Democrats are normally strong. Representatives re-clected were Car- roll L. Beedy. Wallace H. White, jr.; ohn E. Nelson and Donald F. Snow. HOWARD TALBOT DIES. LONDON, September 12 (#).—Howard Talbot, 63, American-born composer and conductor, died today at Reigatec, Surrey. Howard Talbot was born in New York on March 9, 1865. He was educated in London and received his musical train- ing at the Royal College of Music. He conducted orchestras in various London theaters and his revues, operas and musical comedies were produced on the London stage. IN MAINE GAINS States Senator Frederick Hale and four | | In only one respect were predictions 151,446; E. C. Moran, jr, Democrat, | Will Rogers comes East to “pinch hit” for his friend, Fred Stone, in his new musical show. The humorist is being greeted as he steps from the train at New York by Dorothy Stone, daughter of the famous comedian whose injury in an airplane crash prevented his playing with her in the show in which Rogers is taking his place. —Wide World Photos. are Atican Poto, Y|V FEAST UNTES 00D FOE | | ‘ |Blair Lee, Bruce and Lewis i Join in Praise of Nominee | Reaches Zoo Here Traveling in a special Pullman compartment, one of the queerest animals ever seen in Washington ar- rived at the Zoo this morning. This was the potto, or slow le- mur, of West Africa, which came as a gift from Harvey Firestone, jr. It was captured by one of the employes of the Firestone company in Li- beria and sent immidately to Mr. Ohio, whence it was sent to Washington. The potto is about the size of a large squarrel, has enormous, glar- ing eyes which shine like small searchlights in the darkness, and is entirely a nocturnal animal. Dur- ing the day it remains rolled up in a ball. It is a distant relative of the monkey. This is one of the rarest of all ani- mals in captivity and one never has been seen in Washington before. at Hagerstown. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 11. —More than 700 members of the Junior . Democratic Club of Western Mary- land. attending the annual banquet of the organization here last night, | heard leading Democrats of the State, several of them bitter rivals in recent vears, plead for the support of Go: | Alfred E. Smith and the entire State ticket of the party. Blair Lee of Montgomery County, former United States Senator, fur- nished a stirring climax when he called for the support of Senator William ! Cabell Bruce and former Representa- tive David J. Lewis, party candidates, respectively, for the Senate and House. |and his enemies when he was defeated | for_the Senate in 1916. | Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, Senator Bruce, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Lee each extolled the qualities of Gov. Smith. Officers of the club were elected as | follows: William P. Lane, Jr., Hagers- town, president; Joseph D. Mish, Cum- | berland, secretary, and F. Ross Myers, Frederick, treasurer; Richard F. Mc- Mullen, Alleghany County; J. Ward Sl‘\ln‘l.g.ln. Excn;nitgburg: Harvey Gortner, DOVER, Del, September 12.—The |Alleghany County: Robert Peter. ir.: i Montgomery County, and C. Waiter | State Republican organization has | Baker, Hagerstown, vice presidents. | Firestone at Akron, 'BUCK IS NOMINATED | BY DELAWARE 6. 0. P. | Sussex County Delegates Walk Out | of Convention When du Pont Kin Is Named. By the Associated Press. A commiftec acting for an fnsane widow is without power to make selece tion for her as to renunciation of a bequest under the will of her husband. it is held in a decree signed today by Justice Jennings Batley of the Distriot Supreme Court in the case of the widow of Charles A. Ford, one of the vietimy of the S-4 disaster. The court deoided that it is the duty of the chancery court itself to decide whether the best Proctor L. Dougherty, Col. U. S. Grant and James G. Yaden. The citizens were told that the Allen E. Walker Co. has given to the com- munity a strip of land through which Forty-ninth street may be cut from Mn.:’su,chusetts avenue to Murdock Mill roa ciation will hold its first mesting of the new school year at 2 o'clock this alternoon, L William Monning was named as chairman of the nominstion committee, The presicent, Thomas E. Lodge, pre- | sided, e e o interests of the incompetent widow are to be conserved by renouncing a be- quest and selecting her dower right, Mrs. Roselle A. Ford, now in a sana- | $6,000. torilum at Los Angeles, Callf, was left the life income of an estate of $12,000 under the will of her husband, probated in the District of Columbia. Her sis- ter, Mrs. Mabelle A. Fagin, of Los An- geles, who was acting as committee, pe- tioned the court through Attorneys Pal- Widow of S-4 Victim Will Get $6.000 Under Judge's Reversal of Insane Board Neale. to permit her to renounce the bequest and take the dower, which would be $6,000 in cash, instead of the income. The matter was referred by Justice | Hitz to Attorney Pearl M. Klein, as special master, and she made a report holding that the best interest of the in- competent widow would be served by taking the income from the estate. Jus- tice Balley, on the filing of exceptions by counsel for the committee, assumed Jurisdiction and as chancellor made the selection so that the widow will get the The law point never before has been decided in this- district, but the court followed a decision of Chancellor Bland of Maryland in 1826, when that court decided that the cuardian could not make a selection for infant, but mer, Pavis & Scoty. and such selection must be made by the | emerged victorious in a bitter factional v exi v mmi fight over a gubernatorial candidate. ‘Pffi"“;fi;‘ nv';é}l;.:e‘cmovcvlws‘}f c(‘a:l."dt'- m:}:; l::,mtgfcemn‘smg. slzs‘?g‘!nss‘_g:tt:; Martin, Ruger R. Rice, Stewart Hamill, son-in-| S | by Co‘llemlm:hdusfom. W)\rn‘ Buck was 5‘,'"‘}3;:0“ T Ve T |named at the State convention yester- | ™ Frederick’s more than 150 re) - |day over I D. Short. the Sussex|atives at the banquet hendeg";;ml County delegates walked out of the|band and each wearing a small brown Ah!‘"-ddecl-rlng lhdn ltheys had ncnt re-| derby, marched to the Y. M. C. A. to |ceived a “square deal.” Sussex County t e Ve 1 ork. " mdd‘fih':ne? e e th;'the tune of “Sidewalks of New York. candida or governor by right of =y P rotation. Frank V. du Pont. a son of Senator | CREW OF SHIP SAVED. du Pont, and Buck were the only mem- | bers of the du Pont family who fig- | Four-Masted Schooner ‘Wellington ured openly in the convention. Frank du Pont was a delegate from Wil-| Destroyed After Rescue of Men. mington. NORFOLK, Va., September 12 (#).—— Rescue of the crew of the American | four-masted _schooner Wellington of |New York off Diamond Shoals Light- | ship was reported to the Coast Guard | here yesterday in a radio message re- | 1ayed by the lightship from the German | steamer August Leonhardt. The mes- | sage gave no details other than that the | crew of the steamer had set fire to the schooner after taking the men off, evi- |dently with the idea of removing her as a menace to navigation. The mes- sage also did not state the number of men in the crew, but as the schooner was of only 878 net tonnage, it was be- lieved they numbered under a dozen. e NEW YORK, September 12 (4).—The resignation of Mrs. Margaret Sanger as president of the American Birth Control League was announced yester- day following a meeting of the board of directors of the organization. Mrs. Sanger, who founded the league, said she was retiring from active direction of iis affsi~ to devots her time to study of methods to reduce maternal mortality, oo i o SRR Y