Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1928, Page 2

NEW TRIAL BOARD " CLEARS OFFICERS Dismisses Charges of Neg- ¢ lect Against Lieutenant and Sergeant. ‘The new police trial boerd, sitting #oday at the sixth precinct for the first time, heard evidence against a private | ‘charged with intoxication and a lieu- | tenant and a sergeant charged with | neglect of duty. Lieut. J. E. Bowers and Sergt. J. R. Hood, both of the thirteerth precinet, | were alleged to have failed to arrest Policeman J. H. Turner on August 12, fwhen, it was said, they found him in an <ntoxicated condition in an automobile fin the mud at Third and Quackenbos | Hirees: board dismissed the | Scharges upon motion af Attorney Bere trand Emerson, jr., who reprsented the | two officers. | ‘Turner was convicted by the board | ipbout a month ago. | Evidence Insufficient. Attorney Emerson pointed out that | the prosecution introduced no evidence | fthat Turner was drunk at the place lalieged, and ‘that their own witness, | {Police Surgeon N. H. R. Brandenbure, Mtestified that Turner's conditions could |not be noticed by any one passing on Ithe street unless particular attention iwas paid to him. Policeman W. F. Fey of the ninth recinct was accused of being intox d while on duty and failing to con- | tly patrol his beat on the evening | K emb He was suspended at | that time by Acting Licut. Colman R. The | . 5. Johnston testified that for Fey on his beat about 50 tes, and then, when the officer failed to appear, left word at the sta- | tion house for Fey to meet him at a | patrol box at Third and G streets north- |east. Another 55 minutes elapsed, he said, and then he communicated with | \Acting Lieut. Brown and requested him ‘to come to the patrol box. According to the testomony of both officers, Fey reached the box sometime later. He was escorted to the station, where he was | interrogated by Acting Lieut. Brown | and suspended. It was brought out by the testimony * of both Fey and the accusing officers that Fey had requested that a doctor be | summoned to examine him, but that no physician could be reached. Testimony Conflicts. Both Brown and Johnston told the %oard that they smelled liquor on Fey's breath. Several witnesses were pro- duced oy the defense, however, who tes- tified that the officer was not drunk at the time and no odor of alcohol was about his person, Tey expiained that the reason he did not meet Sergt. Johnston was that he was investigating an alleged alterca- tion in the neighborhood and that he misunderstood the instructions to him from the station house. The case of Policeman Frederick 8chenck of the sixth precin¢t, charged with conduct unbzcoming an officer, was slated to be heard by the board this | afternoon. At the session today the board was composed of Inspector Louis J. Stoll, who acted as chairman, and Capts. Thaddeus Bean and Guy E. Burlingame, Assistant Corporation Counsel Walter L. ro'wler appeared in the role of prose- cutor, Three Dismissals Urged. ‘Three policemen were recommended for dismissal from the force by the old board at its last regular session yes- terday. All three officers were con- victed on charges of intoxication and one oh additional charges of assualt and using profane language. All left-over business of the board was cleared up with the exception of the case of Policeman Edward M. Tay- Jor, accused of hijacking a truckload of liquor on December 16. Those dismissed from the force were Policemen James H. Wood of the ninth precinct, Joseph E. Mullen of the sev- enth precinct and Lawrence G.' Miller of the fourth precinct. Charges against Policeman E. W. Daniels of the fourth K’,cim‘t and Policewoman Helen Stam- rger of the Woman's Bureau. were dropoed becanse of insufficient evidence. Policeman Wood was found guilty on charges of being intoxicated on August 29 end with driving an automobile while in such a condition and having a collision. The decision of the board was feached despite the testimony of Dr. Thomes E. Mattingly, who examined Wood. that the officer was suffering from an overdose of headache drug and was not drunk. Convicted of Assault. Policeman Miller was convicted on charges of assaulting a brother of icer, being intoxicated and using profane lan- age. The three offenses are said to ave occurred on different dates, Mil- ler, in the hearing of the assault charge, said that he acted in self-de- fense. Mullen was convicted of having been intoxicated on the early morning of August 8 and of assaulting Sedgewick Pearson, colored, of 2610 P street. Mul- len was found when the patrol wagon Rrrived, it was testified, on the ground ith Pearson standing over him with . ¢ officer’s baton jn his hand. Claim Altitude Record. DESSAU, Germany, September 14 (®) —The Junkers' Works has made claim to the International Aeronautic Federation for a world altitude record. | ‘They state that a plane of the same | type as the Bremen, in which Koehl, Van Huenefeld and Fitzmaurice crossed the Atlantic, ascendea 23,960 feet, car- Tying 2,204 pounds of ballast. The e;:)gmccr, Schinzinger, was named as pilot. More than one-third of the' people in the United States are without public PRISONER ADMITS SLAYING OF DOGTOR Rebber Suspect Reported Confessing Murder as Re- sult of “Fence” Deal. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, September 14.—A confession that he killed Dr. Henry Dapper, young Carrick physician, has been obtained from John F. Meckley, 24, suspect in a drug store robbery, city detectives said today. Meckley said he killed the physician because | Dr. Dapper refused to pay for liquor | and drugs turned over to him for dis- posal, according to the detectives. ! The statement made by Meckley, the detectives said, related that eight casess of whisky and a quantity of | drugs had been stolen by Meckley and several companions, who also are under | arrest, and were turned over to Dr. Dapper. Meckley claimed the physi- cian refused to pay him for stolen goods and that he shot him in the lonely Lebanon Church road near here | on the night of August 20. Second Statement Tallies, Another statement tallying with that | of Meckley was made by Ralph Mar- atta, 24, a_boxer, police claimed. Mar- atta’ was charged as saying that he and & younger brother went to the phy- | sician’s office with Meckley: on the night of the Killing. The brothers | went into the office w tell the doctor | that Meckley’s mother was ill while Meckley waited outside, the police said. Maratta was said to have stated that | the doctor and his father, Henry Dap- | per, vice president of the Fort Pitt| Brewing Co., went out and joined | Meckley and drove away in the physi- | cian's automobile. | In Meckley's alleged statement he was | quoted as saying, “I was determined to | get the money o kill him.” The doctor drove out of the city, and his guide stopped. him at a quiet spot along the road. The elder Dapper was struck and knocked unconscious, and Meckley said he then shot the physi- cian, laid them both in the road and drové away, according to the detectives. This story corroborated that of Dr. Dapper’s father. The father told the same story of the attack on him and his son, but he could not name their as- sailant nor give any clue as to the rea- son for the shooting. Auto Not Found. For three weeks following the shoot- | ing the authorities were baffled by the mystery of the Dapper slaying. No mo- tive for the attack came to light as de- tectives questioned the elder Dapper in and again. The Dapper automo- bile could not be found, despite the wide search made for it. Meckley was said to have explained the disappearance of the automobile in saying that he and sev- eral companions drove it to a Western city.” where we sold the car for $350 and I divided the money among the meni- bers of the gang.” Meckley was arrested Tuesday in con- nection with a robbery near Bakers- town. He implicated several other men who he said were members of “the gang.” All of the alleged robbers were said to have admitted having robbed a g;en of pxitei” lln lnw‘r hi‘r‘e. Per- L questioning re; ng the Dap- per killing brought the statements from Mfskley and Maratta, the detectives said. PORTO RICO SWEPT BY HURRICANE; OTHER ISLANDS HIT BY STORM (Continued from First Page.) R . g Upper: Air view of the city (Underwood Photo). Lower left: The governor's palace, which was flooded. Lower right: One of the main streets of San Juan. was caused here and there was much property damage by the hurricane which passed over the island. The storm continued at full height for several hours, piling up heavy scas on the coast and driving four schooners ashore. . Communication with the rest of the island has been interrupted. but it s believed that similar conditions pre- vailed in the northern part. FOR NORTH DAKOTA; CONFERENCE HELD ‘Weather Bureau officials believed, how- ever, that San Juan had probably borne the brunt of the storm and that the south side of the island had not suffered so greatly. The hurricane ripped the roof off the Palace Hotel in the center of the city. Part of the roof of the Union Club was carried away. The governor’s palace was flooded. Windows and doors were blown in.| Cocoanut trees and other palms in the garden were blown down. ‘Throughout the San Juan and its su- burbs houses were destroyed and others damaged. Trees broken off or uprooted by the huricane crashed in the walls of homes and fell across the streets | blocking traffice. That the hurricane which hit Porto Rico had not spent its force was indi- cated in a warning issued by the United States Weather Bureau at 9:30 p.an. yesterday. It read: “No report tonight east of lcngitude 71. However, hurricane probably cen- tral near southwestern point ot Porto Rico, moving west-northwestward and will likely pass over or near Santo Do- mingo Friday morning. “Greatest caution advised vessels near path. This is a dangerous storm.” Longitude 71 cuts through the Do- minican Republic about 80 miles wexst of Santo Domingo. There are several ships in the danger zone. The passenger steamer San Lor- enzo of the New York & Porto Rico Line was believed to be at sea neas San Juan Franz Romer, a German sailiny toward the United States in a col- lapsible canoe, was believed to be in the storm area, having left San Juan on Tuesday. A storm warning was issued at Ha- vana for Oriente province, the extrems eastern tip of Cuba. MARTINIQUE 1S HIT. FORT-DE-FRANCE, MARTINIQUE, dibrary service, EW POLICE TRIAL BOARD AT FIRST S Thomas, the Socialist nomine2 for Presi- dent, by farmers who are opposed to | both Hoover and Smith. Thomas, he said, has b2en giving Hoover the better end of the argument in his talks in North Dakota, which has distressed the Democrats. The Socialist candidate has left the impression, h2 said. that the farmers will fare better with Hoover as President than with Smith, Sces Tightening of Lines. In the opinion of Senator Nye, some of the farmers who wish to protest against the Republican administration will find it too much to swallow to vote for Al Smith, and for that reason will not vote for President at all this year. But as the fight grows hotter in the next few weeks, the lines may becoms more strongly drawn and the vote come out after all. The campaign will really get under way after October 1, he said. Senator Nye does not believe that the wet and dry issue will help Gov. Smith to any extent in North Dakota, despite the fact that in a referendum at the primary last June the State went dry by only about 5,000 or 6,000 votes. He said that the dry end of the vote was greater than when the State first adopt- ed _censtitutional prehibition. But what Gov. Smith has to say in regard to farm relief legislation on his Western trip may have iis effect in North Dakota, Senator Nye said. If the New York governor should an- nounce he would sign any tarm relief measure which Congress might send to him as President, including the Mce Nary-Haugen bill or a similar moasure, 1t would help him greatly in the Nort west, according to the North Dakota Senator. Smith Hurt by Stand. “Gov. Smith has said he would not stand for the cqualization fee of the McNary-Haugen bill and that hurt him among the farmers of North Dakota,” said Senator Nye. “There are many farmers who wish September 14 (P).—At least one deathlto spank the Republican party, but SION The newly organized Police Trial Board held its first session today. Left to right: Capt. Thadius Bean.bubstitute; H. E. Crawford, clerk (standing); Inspector L. J. St oll, Walter L. Fowler, prosecutor, and Capt. Guy E. Burlinga; : 2 —Star Stal Photo. | they are not willing to give that spank- ing at the cxpense of supporting Tam- {many and a Tammany candidates for | President. Tammany has been against | everything progressive from Lincoln’s | day down to the present. “Mr. Hoover has convinced me of his ncerity and his intention of meeting squarely the problem of agriculture, which he has cailed the all-important question of the Nation today.” Religious Issue Not Felt. |come to the fore, openly at least, in | North Dakota, according to Senator Nye. Not a few mombers of the Lutheran church have talked of sup- porting Al Smith, cither as a protest against the Republican farm stand or because of the wet issue. dock, who has agreed to run as a Demo- 3 candidate for governor, is a Catholic, Scnator Nye said. North Dakota was carried by the Re- nublicans for President Coolidge in 1924, although there was a great drive in the State for the La Follette Independ- ent ticket and both Senator Frazier and the late Senator Ladd openly sponsored the La Follette cause. But the feeling ntment among the farmers today to he stronger than it was in TWELVE KNOWN DEAD AS TORNADOES SWEEP 'MIDWESTERN STATES (Continued _from First Paga) frame building. The walls collapsed and the roof fell in. Scme of the chil- dren were pinned in the wreckage. Others were hurled as far 25 300 feef. Not a board of the school remained standing. Miss Stewart herself was so badly injured that her recovery is doubtful. Caught under the piano, she suffered a broken ankle and internal injurie Despite the fact that he, too, suffered injuries, Keyser remained to direct the rescue work, After the last child was taken to the Walthill Hospital he him- self became a patient there, delirious and in a semi-conscious condition. NEW ENGLAND SWEPT. | | | BOSTON, September 14 (#).—A series of terrific wind and lightning stofms which swept four New England States late yesterday cost at least one life and eft in their wake a heavy toll of prop- erty damege. rom Rhode Island and New Hamp- shira came news of unroofed. houses, uprooted trees, felled chimneys and temporary paralysis of communications. Rindge. N. H.,, 22 miles east of Keene, was probably the hardest hit of any place. Wind of tornado velocity swept an area four miles in length and half a mile wide, causing general havoc and unroofing many houses. Property dam- age was cstimated at $50,000. Golfer Is Killed. Lowell and other places in North- eastern Massachusetts experienced a sharp eclectrical storm which was ac- companied by heavy rainfall with wash- outs frequent. At Hartford, Conn,, James Brown, 63, a go!f architect, was killed when struck by lightning in Goodwin Park, and Wil- liam Watson of Hartford, a brother-in- law, who had taken refuge with him under a tree, was injured. They were playing golf when the storm broke. ‘The storm in Rhode Island was of near cloudburst proportions. The ac- companying wind felled enough light- ning polls to plunge wide sections on both sides of Narragansett Bay into darkness. FLYER'S CONDITION BAD By the Associated Press. DECATUR, Ind, September 14— Considerable anxiety was felt today over the condition of Col. Willlam Thaw of Pittsburgh, co-pilot of one of the planes in the transcontinental non-ston air race, who was injured when his plane crashed in a forced landing near here Wednesday night. Col. Thaw developed & heavy cold las night, due to the exposure. He and his pilot, Capt. John P. Morris, also of Pittsburgh, lay unconsclous in th: wreckage of hours before they were found by a {armer. Rain fell part of the time, The so-called religious issue has not | Mr. Mad- | AFTER LONG EXPOSURE | their plane for several| M NANY SHPSINPATH OF TROPIGAL STORM | Cape Haitien Expects to Get! Brunt of Hurricane—Ba- | hamas May Be Hit. By the Associated Press. .NEW YORK, September 14.—Local officials of the French Cable Co. at 11:30 am. today received a messags from Cape Haitien, Haiti, saying that thz tropical huricane was expected to strike tHat point In an hour and a half. The st-rm was reported as traveling north- westward. The news was interpreted here as in- dicating that the disturbance was bound to sweep the Bahaman Islands and cross the lanes usually used by Cuban- bound steamers. In the path are many vessels, includ- {inz th> Pacific liner Orcoma, on which | Sir Autsen Chamberlain, British foreign | minister, i3 voyaging toward Havanz, Panama and California. The Orcoma is |due at Havana on Saturday, it having sailed from Hamilton, Bermuda, late | Wednesday. PORTABLES T0 AID CROWDED SCHOOLS AGAIN THIS YEAR (Continued _from First Page.) appointment by the Board of Educa- ton at its meeting next Wednesday. Congestion in Georgetown will be greatly relieved this veas by ~he onen- ing of the new Gord:n Junior Iligh School, at Thirty-fifth and T streets. Although not yet completed, ‘the build- ing will be rcady for cccupaney Octo- ber 1, when its classes, naw being or- ganized in neighbiring eclementary schools, will be moved to *helr perma- nent home. The opennig of this build- ing, Mr. Haycock soid today. will per- mit abandonment of the Threlkeld School, at Thirty-sixth street and Pros- pect avenue, erccted Juring the Civil War period. The second day's sessions of the board of admissions gt under way today with the examine of 107 pupils’ creden- tials by noon. During the same time yesterday 200 prosvective students of Washington's iic senior high schools were interviewed. Those applicants un- able to furnish acceptable credentials to the local authorities will taks exam- inations in *he requirad en‘ry subjects at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning in the Franklin Building, Thirteenth and K streets. MARLBORO ENTRIES I WEATHER CLEAR. TRACK FAST. First race—Purse 3$500: claiming; maiden ear-olds; 5'a furlongs. 9 Esther C May Bar. 108 Smokestack 5 *Wave 2nd. Sir Barley CogtBy....0l 13 A up: 6 n s and up; 6': s 2 Appellate 10 Girasol olds and up; 1 [ *Always ... *Polly” Leighton. Altissimo . The Ally, 17 112 *Virginia's ‘Choice 107 56 $700; claiming; 3-year-| miles. Starry .. | panger Signal.: Sixth rac olds and uj Laurel .. “Wormwald *Battle Shot *Florenda . o Seventh Purse year-olds and up, 1. m! *Delusive 07 *Shelton 104 CHICAGO TURFMEN START “TIP” PROBE AFTER JOCKEY’S CALLS __(Continued from Pi;xpil’flgz-.v i) to collect a bill charged to Allen, Horns- by made emphatic denial of any trans- actions with the jockey. McGraw sald | he would start an investigation imme- diately to learn how his name was brought into the story. It was learned that he had called Judge Landis on the long distance telephone carly today. McGraw declined to reveal the conver- sation. At Braves Field, Hornsby sald, “I don't know Jockey Allen; wouldn't know him if he was to walk into this office this very minute, There is nothing to th story so far a€’ I am concerned. If anybody called me from Chicago that's something I can't help. But it lcoks to me as though the telephone company was merely trying to collect the bill.” At his hotel, McGraw said, “I have read the story and don't know Jockey Allen, but I will do some investigating to find out how my name was connected | with the story. After discussing the story with news- papermen, Hornsby sent a telegram to the Illinois Turf Association denying knowing or having any transactions, financial or otherwise, with Chicago persons. McGraw reiterated his denial in a telegram to Commissioner Landis which he made public this noon. “Absolutely no truth in newspaper reports that I have heen betting on horses on information furnished by Jockey Allen or any one connected with him,” the telegram said. “Purthermore. I have never heard from him over-the telephone directly or indirectly.” AIR STUDENT KILLED. Another Jumps to Safety With Parachute as Planes Collide. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Scptember 14 (#).—Cadet Gaynor Tostegin crashed to | his death and Cadet Sheldon C. Yoder jumped to safety with his parachute when their planes collided at an alti- tude of 8,000 feet 20 miles west of h today. Both were students of the ad- vanced flying school at Kelly Fic:d. BRITON HAS VOIGT DOWN; JONES 9 UP Perkins and ex-Capital Play- er Stage Sensational Battle. Champion Scores 70. ___(Continued from First_Page.) in 2. Finlay was much closer, but could | not get his putt down, while Jones | dropped his long one for a birdie 3 to g0 5 up. ‘The cards: | Par—Out.. Jones—Out. | Finlay—Out. Bob's drive was in the rough from | the tee starting home, while Phil was in good shape. Both were short in 2 and took two putts for a half at par 5. | /Both Jones and Finlay reached the | eleventh with their seconds, with Jones | well inside. Phil's putt was short and ;]ll‘ _missed his putt for the 4, Jones| taking his par te win and go 6 up. Jones Becomes 7 Up. At the short twelfth Jones missed the green. but came beck eight feet from | the cup and sank the putt for par 3. vith his tee shot and took | Phil was on two puts to halve, Jones won the thirteenth with a | birdie 4 to go 7 up. Finlay was in the | rough and above the green with his third, while Jones reached the green in | 2 and sent his approach putt dead. | Both were trapped on their seconds {on the 556-yard fourteenth. They came out on the green with Jones away. Finlay’s shot from the sand was a sen- sational effort, leaving him a short putt for a birdie 4. He made it and reduced the champion's lead to 6. | lea}y drove to rough on the fifteenth. inlay’s second caught the side of the | green, while Jones' dropped well on. | Phil went past the cup g-om a bad lie | and was still away. Bobby got his | par 4 to win and again got 7 up. |, _Bob drove to the rough on the slant- im;z sixteenth, but was ahead of Phil. | Finlay’s second was in rough to the | left, with Jones on the green. Jones 3%":‘"’ d-lnd. Finlay 'zhlpped on short. | Finlay's long putt stopped shkort an | Jones dropped his to !oppa m':!p a Jones Just Misses Birdie. Jones' tee shot reached the 255-; seventeenth, with Finlay off tf) y?l:g right. Bob almost holed a long putt |and took par 3. Finlay came on 30 fect from the cup and rammed the putt home for a half. Jones still 8 up. | Jones pulled his drive on the eight- centh and was in bad rough. He was far short of the green with his second. Finlay had a long drive, but missed the green with his second and landed in a trap. They were on in 3. Jones holed out from 15 for the par 4. Finlay's stopped on the lip of the cup, and Jones went to lunch 9 up. The cards: 3 4-37—-72 in.. Briton Takes First Hole, Perkins sliced his drive from the first tee into the edge of the rough, but played a beautiful mashie iron 15 feet from the pin. Voigt, straight down the middle, pushed his aproach to the left, a trifie closer. The Briton sank his birdie 3 and became 1 up when Voigt missed. They were only a few feet apart on a side hill approaching the 304-yard second from the tee. Voigt pitched nicely to the back edge of the green, while Perkins was hole high, 20 feet to the right. Voigt overran the hole, missed coming back with a 3-footer and conceded the hole. Perkins 2 up. Perkins and Voigt halved the third in | 53, one over par. 4 Perkins put his second shot in the third into a trap to the left of the | green, but got his half in 5, one over par, when Voigt approached timidly and rimmed the cup from four feet. Both were in trouble on the 446-yard fourth, but Perkins shot his third, a beautiful pitch, dead to the pin, holding in par 4, to become 3 up. The Briton played the long fifth per- {fectly and won easily with a par 5 to become 4 up. Voigt's game seemed | about to collapse. Both his drive and | sccond shot were in the rough, his third short and his fourth over the green. He took 6. Voigt Gets Hole Back. Voigt got a hole back when he laid his tee shot dead at the 150-yard sixth and scored a deuce. Perkins, however, rimmed the cup with his putt from 25 feet. Perkins, in the rough from the tee and short on his recovery, sank a 5- foot putt to get a half in 4 at the sev- enth. He was still 3 up. Voight won the eighth hole, but Per- kins took the ninth and they turned with the British champion still 3 up. Voigt reduced Perkins' margin to 2 up at the eighth when he drove the 227- yard green to get an easy par 3, while Perkins failed to carry the ravine from the tee and took 4. Voight's second shot up the steep hill on the 299-yard ninth went clear across the green. Perkins sank a 12-foot putt for a birdie 3 and made the turn 3 up. The Briton was even par, 35. The cards: Par—Out Voigt—Out. Perkins—Out Perkins Outdrives Voigt, Both played the tenth rly around the green, Voigt, after missing his ap- proach, saving a half in 5 when Perkins missed a 3-foot putt, due to a clod of mud on his ball. Perkins was outdriving Voigt consist- ently by 15 to 30 yards. Both put nice second shots on the 463-yard eleventh. Perkins' putt, from 25 feet, rimmed the = 53434-35 CANDIDATES PART FOR CAMPAIGN TALKS Herbert Hoover bids Senator Curtis adieu as “ Senator leaves for his cam- L Dalgn in the West. _ i~= —Associated Press Photo. | service overseas, FABER M'FADDEN, 33, DIES IN EUROPE Former State Department Attache Expires While on World Tour. Stricken while on a world tour, Faber J. McFadden, 33 years old, well known in Washington, where he was formerly connected with the State Department, died yesterday at Montana Vermala, Switzerland. News of Mr. McFadden's death was received by friends in the State De- partment from his wife. The McFadden's had made Washing- ton their home up to the first of the year, when the trip abroad was started At that time Mr. McFadden was em- ployed by the Hudson Brick & Supply Co. of this City. Mr. McFadden was born in Dubuque, Towa, September 28, 1895. He went 17 Cornell University for three years, leav- ing to enter the Army in 1917 He was commissioned a first leutenant and saw at _one time serving on the American Military Mission to Spain. He returned from abroad in 1919, resigned from the Army and took a post in Guatemala with the Sta‘te Department. From 1920 to 1922 he traveled abroad. Then he re-entered | the State Department and remained in | Washington until 1926. Upon his resig- | nation from the State Department at | that time, he became associated with Fditorial Research Reports, Inc. and later with the supply firm. In 1926 he was married to Miss Janice Foss of Nyack, N. Y. Mr. McFadden’s illness that resulted in death struck him in India. He was moved to Switzerland in the hopes thaf the climate and the altitude would help him He had memberships In the Kiwanis, Metropolitan and Montgomery Country Clubs. . MANY DEAD, DISEASE THREATENS, SAN JUAN EDUCATOR REPORTS (Continued from First Page) Medical supplies, food and shelter are needed at once. Within the area observed by me all coconut, coffee and banana plantations and groves of minor fruits have been destroyed. The }osses will reach many millions in dol- ars. Many lives have been lost and further deaths are in prospect from disease and famine, unless relief becomes avail- able at once. Immediate action is vitally important. The measured wind velocities on the ground reached 85 miles an hour at 11 am. This was 3 hours before the storm developed its greatest intensity. Heavy rains completed the damags that was started by the wind. | FACES MURDER CHARGE, VICTIM'S BODY MISSING By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, September 14.—Although the body of Jamoes E. Bassett, supposed murder victim, had not been found, officials said here today they would swear out a murder warrant against D. E. Mayer, arrested yesterday in Oak- land, Calif., in possession of Bassett's automobile and watch. Bassett, son of the secretary of the Annapolis, Md., Chamber of Commerce, disappeared September 5, four days be- fore he had planned to sail for the Philippine Islands. He had left the home of his brother-in-law, Comdr. Theodore H. Winters of the Puget Sound Navy Yard, to attempt to sell his automobile, Investigators adopted a theory that Bassett was killed to obtain possession of his car and its bill of sale so that it might be sold. hole and Voigt was lucky to get another half. Perkins holed a beautiful, curling 40+ foot putt on the 163-yard twelfth for & birdie 2 and became 4 up. Voiat was 20 feet inside the Briton. but mi Voigt was still short of the 470-yard thirteenth after two wood shots, but He won the hole with s, in the rough on his first two shots, chipped to within 8 feet, but missed the putt. Voigt sliced Perkins' lead to up when he holed a 22-footer on the 556~ yard fourteenth for a birdie 4, to Per- ins' 5. The New Yorker was making a great uphill fight. Both laid niblick shots close to the fifteenth pin. Perkins was 10 feet away and missed his putt. So did Voigt from 8 feet and they halved in s. a Voigt became 1 down to Perkins on the sixteenth, where he won the hole with a par 4. Perkins smoked cigarettes incessantl, lighting a fresh one from the end of each butt. Voigt got another hole back, leaving him only 1 down at the sixteenth, where Perkins took 3 putts for the first time. He missed a 4-footer, while Voigt sank one of the same length to win. Perkins drove to the rough on the seventeenth, but chipped on beautifully and got his 3 for'a half after the hole seemed hopelessly lost. Voigt had laid his approach a foot from the cup. Voigt sliced into the woods from the eighteenth tee and was lucky to club out on the fairway from a bad lie. Per- kins with the door open, walloped his iron second into a trap. Both were on in 3. Perkins missed his putt from 30 feet by 3 inches, and Voigt went past the cup an inch to one side. They halved in 5s, leaving Perkins 1 up. The cards: Par, in. Voigt, in... Perkins, in. IS HELD IN BALTIMORE A colored man who said he was George Watkins, 22, and gave an ad- dress in Southwest Washington that does not exist was arrested this morning in Baltimore on suspicion that he might be Charles Henry Shepherd, the colored man sought in connection with the slaying of Neville Hatcher, Virginia traffic policeman, at Warren- ton, and Sergt. E. B. Hummer of the Alexandria force last month. . Policeman Ferdinand Kummer of the Baltimore force said the description of the suspect tallies with that of the man hunted. The prisoner was to be questioned by Baltimore detectives this afternoon. BAKER SENT TO ISLAND. ‘The American Red Cross today or- dered Henry M. Baker, national director of disaster relief, to Porto Rico to direct activities of the organization in ths hurricane-swept island. Mr. Baker leaves today. X ‘The Red Cross is preparing to fut- nish assistance and has asked its £an Juan chapter to cable imediately a “rull report of the hurricane and relief rec- ommendations.” The organization has reccived no de- tails of the storm from the State De- partment, upon whose advise it usually acts in regard to disaster relief outsidq of the country.