Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1928, Page 2

gin REPEATS DENIAL OF POLICE PROBE Kerlin, Efficiency Chief, Con- fers With Maj. Hesse at Headquarters. Malcolm Kerlin, acting chief of the United States Bureau of Efficiency, to- day reassured Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, su- rintendent of police, that the bureau ad not undertaken an investigation of the Police Department. Kerlin called on Maj. Hesse at his of- fice in the District Building shortly be- fore noon and conferred with him 10r| about five minutes. After the cnnfcr-l ence Kerlin told newspaper men that his visit was not for the purpose of in- vestigating anything, but merely to set Maj. Hessz at rest over a recent an-| nouncement by Representative Gibson | of Vermont, chairman of the District subcommittece of the House, that the bureau had been making a secret in- vestigation of the Police Department. Bureau Not Interested. “T told Maj. Hesse,” }{T‘r‘l‘:;:;‘cl:;|r‘:j§ 5 bureau is no < - Q;"{"fln'hfne affatrs of the Police De- | partment or gunning for any one con- nected with it.” { Kerlin last Monday, in a statement | to The Star, denied the reports from Mr. Gibson's home in Battleboro, Vt., that the Efficiency Bureau had been making an undercover investigation of the Police Department for the Gibson committee and pointed out that an investigation at this time is not con- templated. Mr. Gibson. however, had since telegraphed the bureau for a re- ort by October 1 concerning the gam- g!mg situation in Washington. Report on Gambling. A preliminary report on the result of the bureau's probe of the gambling gituation was given to the Gibson com- mittee shortly after the adjournment of the last session of Congress. This report listed the addresses of 20 alleged gambling houses which bureau investi- gators had uncovered. This list was turned over to Maj. Hesse. Later all of these places were raided, but, Mai. Hesse, said, a number of them fe- ed. ol’é?ngmr Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District committee, com- menting here today on police conditions said that he had complete confidence | in the ability of Maj. Hesse and Com- missioner Dougherty to handle the sit- | uation. He added that the number of eases before the police trial board re- cently justified the authorities in giv- ing close attention to police adminis- tration. TENS OF THOUSAND FACE STARVATION AND D!SEASE IN HAITI (Continued from First Page.) ———— said all local means would be hausted before outside aid was asked. It was thought, however, that if the damage to other points was as great as that to San Juan the local relief agen- cles would be inadequate. Firemen and workmen were pressed fnto service to clear the streets of de- bris. The governor called upon Col. George H. Helms of the 65th Infantry, as well as the adjutant general of the National Guard, requesting their as- sistance for restoring ani maintaining | order in co-operation with the police. Army Post Damaged. The officers’ houses and troops' quar- ters of the 65th Infantry were badly damaged, two sections of querlers being demolished. But there were, no personal fnjuries or loss of lives among the sol- aec‘:unullor Benner said trat all ex- eept two buildings of the University of Porto Rico were damaged, drobably be- ond repair. One of the undamaged gufl\flngs was the new dormitory for| girls. He placed the loss at $300.000, nd asserted the institution would ?mb~ ably have to close for a time at least. The university is at Rio Piedras, seven miles south of San Juan. X At the governor's palace of all the pictures of former governors and Presi- dents of the United States, the only one to suffer damage was that of Theodore Roosevelt. It was torn from the wall by the gale and the glass and frame smashed. the greatest suffering among !)Tmcy! will be due to the destruc- tion of bananas and other minor crops off which they live. Little of these crops was believed to be left standing. Coffee May Be Blt:o“-t-“ A5 coffee crop of whicl le be::exuthued and which had been’ estimated to be worth $15,000,000 was | the cause of serious concern. If the storm struck the coffee centers on the south side of the island, the loss will be heavy among a group of small farmers little prepared to stand it. The unmarketed citrus crop of oranges and grapefruit was believed to have been destrloyod with groves badly damaged as well. The damage to goods in the ware- houses of San Juan, which is the chief distributing center, could not be esti- mated, but it will be heavy. The Weather Bureau said that both in intensity and duration the storm was the worst that ever hit San Juan and much worse than that recorded at Miami in 1926. At Ponce, in the south central sec- tion of Porto Rico, St. Luke's Hospital was destroyed by ' the hurricane, a cablegram to missionary headquarters of the Episcopal Church in New York gtated. Miss Ellen T. Hicks, the hos- pital superifitendent, added that ul\‘ were saved. St. Luke's was built in 1996, being the first modern hospital on the island, and was valued at $125,000. ‘Word was received from Havana last nugnt that the steamship Orcoma, which sailed for Havana from Bermuda on Wednesday with Sir Austen Cham- berlain, British foreign secretary, and family aboard, had not been heard from at Havana. Officers of the line thought that the vessel's course might have been altered to avoid the hurri- cane area. 18 KNOWN KILLED, SCORES HURT, SEVEN MISSING IN TORNADOES (Continued from First Page.) Belvidere, TIl., worked through the night in the ruins of the chair factory. Bearchlights were used, but the condi- tion of the structure precluded any organized relief work. Hospitals were established at the scene of the disaster. The twister came within a block and # half of three grade schools, in which were more than 1,000 children. Frantic mothers ran down the streets the storm had treversed looking for their chil- dren. Many blocks were untouched by the wind, which lifted and then drop- ped In its journey. Heports of narrow escapes were heard everywhere. C. J. Westerberg, pay- mester of the chair factory, was passing out money to men in the lumber yards when the blast struck. Sene workmen who escaped from the, chs > tactory told of machinery sliding along the floor and then crashing through the girders. Some of the men climbed out windows, saying that they had to dodge great posts and flying splinters. Workmen at the Union Fur- niture Factory said they believed one of their comrades was buried bencath a wgh water tank that fell through the eesansani ; i ter is aroused by one of their anecdotes _THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,. D. €. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER I3 I9%8: CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, 71 TODAY. CELEBRATES AT SUMMER HOME Happy as He Is Greeted by Murray Bay, Quebec, Villagers. Surrcunded by 11 Grandchil- dren and Other Members of Family. BY JOHN T. SUTER, Associated Press Staff Writer, This is a big day for a jolly big man | up at Murray Bay, Quebec. It is the birthday of Willlam Howare Taft, who has kept a cheery disposi- tion through four years at the White House, other years in cxacting admin- istrative duties shifted to him by the American Government, and more years as Chief Justice of the United States. He is 71 years old today. Most of the American residents at Ponte-au-Pic. | where his Summer home is located, are congratulating him and the Canadians living at the settlement three miles away are joining in. Annual Celebration. The observance of the birthday of this | distinguished American has taken on | the importance of an annual celebra- tion to which the former President of the United States. looks forward with genuine pleasure. On that day he can lower the bars erecled by the precedent surrounding his high office and mingle unrestrained in the society of his friends. It is like old times at his Summer homs, where all are free {o come and go as | they please, and_where Mr. Taft can meet people with his always cordial greeting; a friendly slap on the back for | the men, a_wholesome smile for all. The porch at his Summer home is the point of greatest attraction in the vil- lage. and. there his friends love to gather, to exchange reminiscences and share in the happiness which radiates from him. whether his infectious laugh- or by memories surrounding some in- cident in his eventful life. Many Birthday Cakes. The birthday always demonstrates the great affection in which the Chief Jus- tice is held by his Murray Bay friends. 'hey have had prepared birthday cakes in great profusion, large and small, and arranged to shower upon him flowers and other tokens of remembrance. Members of his immediate family—Mrs. Taft, his daughter Helen and her hu: band, his two sons, Robert and Charles, and their wives, and his 11 grandchil- dren—were there to make the day ‘memorable. The Summer home of the Chief Jus- tice, described by him as “better tha: a tent,” consisting of 10 rooms and 8 baths, having grown with the family, had been prepared for the occasion, with the porch and yard ready to take care of the overflow. Arrangements had been made to serve dinner at 1:30 in the afternoon to all who could be seated in his study, Mrs. Taft’s room, the liv- ing room and the dining rooms used by the family and the children. A bounti- ful supply of lobsters and other tabls delicacies had been ordered, and Mrs. Taft and the children had for days been preparing all details essential to the suc- cess not only of the dinner but of the entire celebration. Tmproved in Health. Freed of many of his court duties during the Summer vacation, the Chief Justice, improved in health, has en- joyed his stay at Murray Bay this year more than in recent former years. Not only has it brought him into contact | | | | | WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. ~Harris-Ewing Photo. visit and chat, but as usual there has been the family reunion, when for months his children were with him, and he could play with his grandchildren. 1t is always the most enjoyable month of each year, because he loves most of | all to be surrounded by his family. Heart weakness has compelied Mr. Taft to abandon at Murray Bay, as it has at Washington, all vigorous physi cal exercise, but that does not prectide him from calling upon his friends or wandering freely through the settle- ment, where his familiar figure is well known. At Washington, ylelding rather re- luctantly to the advice of pt the Chief Justice follows a s it and has adopted a dally routine, which has not only permitted him to transact even a greater volume of pusiness than ever before, but has also assured him of the rest and sleep so much needed for recuperation. Arises at 7 O'clock. Here he arises at 7 o'clock each| morning, submits to the hauling, maul- ing and pounding of a Swedish masseur, whose business it is to stimulate circu- lation as a substitute for the vigorous physical exercise which he was forced to aband’a. 4 At 8:30 he has breakfast, consisting exclusively of bran bread, made with a generous allowance of molasses, and toasted until hard. Back in the study where he finds his secretary, he re- mains throughout the morning when the Supreme Court it not in session. When the court is meeting he leaves by automobile at 11:30 for the Capitol, where the court sits in the old Senate chamber. On court days he goes upon the bench 'at noon and remains until 2 when a luncheon recess is taken. Then he has the only real meal of the day, meats and vegetables. Going back on the bench at 2:30 to remain until 4:30 when by automobile he goes home to take a 30-minute walk. He is ad- monished to do no hill climbing, and generally walks across Connecticut Ave~ nue Bridge, where he knows he will on good days find his young friends await- ing him, breught there by nurses. He has become a great favorite with the children, and during his walks is fre- quently stopped by friends and strangers, always being approachable, and showing a kindly disposition. His supper at 6 o'clock consists of hard toasted bran like his breakfast, and he is then ready for work in his study until 9 when he rotires. It is during these early eening hours, and on days when the court is in recess that he prepares the opinions rendered by him in cases before the court and does the bulk of his home work on court business. At his home to escape the exertion of climbing the stairs to his study he has had put in an electric with neighbors with whom he could Dramatist Gives G Following graphic_description of the actual onset of a West Indian hurri- cane was written for the Associated Press by John Tucker Battle, well known dramatist. who has just returned from an extended visit in the islands. BY JOHN TUCKER BATTLE. NEW YORK, September 15.—The hurricane now raging northward through the West Indies is similar in violence and veloeity to the storm which swept the southern part of Haiti in September, 1926. I was at St. Louis Du Sud, Haiti, when the first warning of that hurri- cane was relayed by telegraph from Port au Prince. The report merely said a hurricane of considerable violence was travelling toward Haiti and was ex- pected to strike within a few hours. The report spread with incredible rapidity among the natives, and roads leading into the mountains were crowd- ed with peasants hastening to their homes in the hills. The town crier strode about importantly, ringing a di ner bell and reading in Creole a proc- lamation of warning. Black Haiti Awakes. Black Haiti awoke from its lethargy and gathered in the streets to con- template a brassy, cloudless sky, while old men and women became the center of apprehensive groups as they related stories of hurricanes of the past. Tales were told that erased the smiles from the faces of the very young and deepened the lines in older faces. In the market place the venders of altar candles did a thriving business, while sly voodoo priests sold charms against death. Far up and down the trails the word is passed “a hurricane is coming.” ~All eyes turn fearfully toward the sky— “A hurricane is coming,” rusty rosaries are resurrected and told alternately with voodoo charms. The hz" god is powerful but the voodoo “Lois” are more familiar. When a hurricane is coming it is better to be friends with both gods. There is not a cloud in the sky—the mountains to the rear stand like purple ghosts, strangely vague and indistinct on such a bright day. Church Bell Tolls Warning. Little boats on the bay are being sculled shoreward with frantic haste, their brown sails limp about the mast like beggars’ rags. The bell in the church tower groans a monotonous warning in |a curious quick time. The people stand in the streets in apathetic groups—there is no place to go—nothing to do, but wait. Sea birds come inland and circle, uttering fright- ened, mournful cries, cattle grouped }in ravines speak their fear in hoarse lowing. A thin line of devotees winds into the church, bearing candles to kneel before the saints and mumble their beads in supplication. A group of bolder spirits in the town have strength- ened their courage with affia and rum. A small drum starts throbbing ‘in Of Tropical Hurricane in Haiti elevgtor, which he operates himself. raphic Picture stands looking toward the south. Sud- denly there is a stir of apprehension and a faint sound is borne across the water —a ghostly sound like a Winter wind makes in a chimney—so far and sus- tained. The palm fronds whisper ner- vously, and far out on the glassy, yel- low surface of the bay a white cap breaks like a white puff of smoke. Sun Grows Red. ‘The sun is growing angry and red and it is becoming strangely dark. A wom- an standing in a doorway calls shrilly for children who do not appear. She runs frantically from house to house seeking them. It is strangely silent now save for the woman screaming the names of her children. A soft rushing sound like a distant mountain torrent comes nearer and nearer. An angry puff of sultry air kicks up spiral dust devils that dance up and down the street. Then with a rush and scream like thousands of express trains rushing through metal tunnels the hurricane strikes. Great strips of iron roofing are ripped off and hurled through the air, flapping and screaming like banshees. Giant palm trees roll along the beach like broom straws. The stout stone walls of the hotel groan and complain and the | crash of clay tiling smashing against walls is like a shrapnel barrage. The woman looking for her children is trapped in the streets; a wall gives way and blocks her progress, the wind seizes her and she disappears skyward in a cloud of rubble and dust. Sea Rushes Into Town. One seems to hear the surf breaking, but the sea is too far away. A bucket of salt water dashes through the window with incredible force. The wind has pushed the sea into the town. The people near the water front must be drowning. Slowly the noise grows lighter and one dares open the door. The hotel is high on the hill, yet the streets run with salt water. Long brown rollers sweep over a large area of what less than half hour before was a city. The fisher boats are smashed and tossed high in the center of the town. Women and men dig frantically in fallen ruins sob- bing with effort and fear. Black women crouch in the mud over broken bodies of children. The roof has been blown from the church and the pews are tumbled and overturned. An old woman lights a pink candle before a wooden saint, who holds out his hand in benediction. Clinton F. Brown Dies. Clinton F. Brown, 46, died at his resi- dence, 3249 P street, last night, after an illness of about seven months. Mr. Brown was & member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Bessie E. dance rhythm and is quickly silenced by a gendarme. Every one who is outside Brown, and a son, Clinton F. Brown, ., 12, 50 Miners, Stranded By the Associated Press. HUDSON, Ontario, September 15.— Fifty miners, stranded in the wild Red Lake district without food or clothing, have been saved by aviators who flew in to them with the needed supplies. Their bunkhouses and all their food and clothing except what they were wearing were destroyed in a forest fire Swept 3 wide 41ea At Clearwales Food or Clothes. Are Saved in Wilds Without by Airmen Lake early this week. The men are employes of the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. The plight of the men was discovered by aviators investigating the fire. Emer- gency rations were dropped to them, | struction work that has been done. PRESIDENT T0 KEEP SILENT ON TRIP White House Announces Offi- cially He Will Make No Speeches in Vermont. The White House has announced | officially that President Coolidge will deliver no speeches in the course of his forthcoming trip to Vermont. It was said in behalf of the President that he is going to his native State primarily for the purpose of visiting his old home at Plymouth Notch in the Green Mountains, and to make a trip through that area of the State that was affecied by the floods last year, for the purpose of noting the recon- ‘This inspection trip is to be madc with Gov. Weeks of Vermont, and other State officials. It was Gov. Weeks who several weeks ago wrote to the Presi- dent inviting him to make this inspec- | tion trip. When it was learned that the Presi- dent was going to Vermont at the request of the governor. it was gencral- Iy supposed that the trip was to be' flavored with politics. At least it was thought that there would be some occasion during the President's trip that for him to make his initial speech of the national campaign. Chiefs Puzzled. ‘The fact that the President would not break his silence on this proposed would present a splendid opportunity | - visit to Vermont was exclusively stated | in The Star yesterday, and since it ha: | been confirmed by the White Housc the question being asked now by Re publican leaders here is, When is th resident going to speak in behalf o: the Republican ticket, and where? While discussing the subject with callers vesterday the President declined | to throw any light on the subject. He is understood to have given a promise to do something, but other than that he has not been specific or definite, The impression is, however, that he will make two speeches during the height of the campaign and that one of them Wwill be in Massachusetts, where the | Republicans are at present being hard | pressed by the opposition., In that | event he will make a second journey to | New England, inasmuch as he has stated definitely that he will do no talk- ing on the visit he is to make at this time. The President will leave Washington for this trip the middle of next week and return the following Sunday. Mrs. Coolidge will accompany him and before they return to Washington they will go to Northampton, Mass., where they maintain a permanent home, for the purpose of visiting Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, Mrs. Coolidge’s mother, who has been 1ill for nearly a year and who is at the Dickinson Hospital in that city. There is no indication yet that the President and Mrs. Coolidge will drop off at Hartford, Conn., to see their son John, who has just entered upon a railroad career in that city. May Speak in Virginia. The President is said to have tenta- tively accepted an invitation to make an address at the dedication of the Spotsylvania-Fredericksburg Memorial, at Spotsylvania Court House, Va., som= time late this month. It has been said in behalf of the President that if he does make a speech on this occasion that it will have nothing to do with the S:i'mb)lcln campaign or politics in any | It is understood that political dis- cussion had no part in yesterday's cabinet session, the first one held by the President since last June, when he departed for his vacation in Wiscon- sin. It is known that the principal topic of discussion at this cabinet meet- ing was the matter of curtailing ‘ex- penditures between now and June 30 next, with the view to averting a deficit. The President told friends later that since talking with the members of his cabinet and Gen. Lord, director of the budget, he feels very - certain that the Government will effect savings dur- ing the next eight months sufficiently large to put the Government on the right side of the ledger. He seemed very positive that there is no need to worry about the predicted $94,000,000 deficit, if the economies he is insisting upon are resorted to in the meantime, He has urged all department heads to refrain from expending any appropria- tlons which were not absolutely neces- sary for the efficient operation of the Government. The President has been represented as | having pointed out to his cabinet mem- bers many appropriations for the cur- rent year which would not require ex- penditures, and by which the predicted deficit would be wiped out. Mr. Coolidge is represented as re- minding those with whom he discussed the subject that one of the real finan- clal burdens, and one that was not expected at this time, has been the $45,000,000 expenditure resulting from a recent decision of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, increasing the rail- way malil rates by $15,000,000 a year, | retroactive for three years. President Coolidge contends that he has not accepted any position to step into when he goes out of the White House next March. He insists that he has not even given the slightest thought to his future work. He realizes, how- ever, that there will be all sorts of stories printed about what he is going to do. and while mentioning this to newspaper correspondents yesterday he informed them that they could get a “scoop” if they would deny any of these rumors, as he will positively accept no offer or give one serious consideration until after March 4. RED CROSS NAMES NEW NATIONAL MEDICAL HEAD | Dr. William De Kleine of Salem, Oreg., to Fill Post Recently Va- cated by Dr. Redden. | The post of national medical officer | for the American Red Cross, vacated by the recent resignation, due to ill | health, of Dr. William R. Redden, has been filled by the appointment of Dr. William De "Kleine of Salem, Oreg., noted director of child health demon- strations. This announcement was made here today by national headquar- ters of the American Red Cross, which said Dr. De Kleine will report for duty on November 1, Medical and health work in disaster relief will be under his charge. He first entered Red Cross service | during relief work following the Mis- sissippi River flood, when he was di- ector of the child health demonstra- tion at Fargo, Ill. After graduating from Hope College, at Holland, Mich., he did post-graduate work at North- western University, Chicago, and later did extensive work in public health at the University of Michigan. He has also studied at Harvard and the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. De Kleine will maintain close relation- ship between the Red Cross and various | associated agencies in his new duties. BAND CONCERT. TODAY. By the United States Soldiers' Home | Band, at the grandstand, at 5:30 o'clock. | March, “Invincible America”..Losey. Overture, “Athalia”....Mendelssohn. Solo for chimes,"Bells On the Water,” Watson. “Cathedral Chimes". Lindhal (Musician William Giacchetti) Grand Selection from the Opera, “Hansel and Gretel”. Humperdinck and when further supplies were rushed by train from Winnipeg, the flyers took them to the mining camp, which is 109 miles from Hudson, the nearest rallway Deint - 3 4 Fox Trot, “Old Man Sunshine,” ‘Warren, Valse, “Paupee Valsant"”. .Poldini. Finale, “The Iron Division ..A‘nd\u. -Bapner,” ‘Zhe Siar Spangled - G 0 | | side his British rival by 12 feet. sent is on but wi Large 12-story structure. to he known as the Shoreham Building, which soon is to be erected on the site of the famous old hotel, at the northwest corner of Fifteenth and H streets. Faces Trial BEATRICE LA ROCQUE. Charged with reckless driving and sell- ing liquor. —Star Staff Photo. EOBB} JONES SVUP ON PERKINS AT END OF FIRST 18 HOLES (Continued from First Page) was not playing his usual sterling game from the tee, his drives finding much rough. He was again in the rough at the 412-yard seventh, par 4. Perkins' second to the green rolled to the grass on the edge, with Jones on but away from the pin. The Briton had a diffi- cult lie but went only a foot past the cup. Jones did not get inside, but drop- ped his putt for the 4 and half. Jones placed his tee shot inside that of Perkins at the 277-yard part 3 eighth. Phil putted to the edge of the cup. Jones putted from 15 feet to within a foot for the half at 3. Jones 3 Up on Turn. At the par 4 299-yard ninth, with the green on top of a high hill, Jones drove on the side of the hill with Per- kins at the bottom of the small moun- tain. The British champion made a minute inspection of his tee and then made a poor second, his ball catching the hill and rolling back several yards. Jones was on, but far short of the cup. Phil was short with his third. Jones took his par 4 to go 3 up. The cards 444 453 43435 Par, Out Jones, O 644 453 434—37 Jones Continues Winning Streak. Starting home Perkins' second was short of a trap on the 491-yard par o tenth, while Jones was on the very edge of the green in 2. Perkins long putt just missed. Jones got his birdie 4 and went 4 up. Jones was ahead of Perkins from the tee at the 463-yard eleventh. He wait- ed while a bunker near the green was cleared of spectators. Perkins' second went among trees to the right of the green. Jones sent his second spinning to the green 18 feet from the pin. The British champion made a great recovery and was at the cup, but Jones sank his long putt for another birdie to | g0 5 up. At the 163-yard twelfth, par 3, Jones pitched on from the tee, while Perkins went in a trap. He came out too strong and went 20 feet past the cup. Putting from 25 feet Bobby was off the line and curled 3 feet away from the cup Perkins’ bid for a par was 2 inches from the cup. Jones took his par to win and g0 6 up. Jones Stung by Bee. Jones’ tee shot landed in bad rough at the 470-yard par 5 thirteenth. Per- kins was on the fairway, but hooked into a trap on his second, while Bob's second almost reached the green. with a great shot. Perkins just out of the trap and on in 4. Jones got in- Per- kins conceded the hole and was 7 down. Jones had a reasonable putt for the birdie 4. It developed that Jones had been stung by a bee on the tenth tee and since then he had turned in three birdies and a par. Halve Next Three Holes. Jones had an advantage of only 4 few yards on the drives on the 556-yard par 5 fourteenth. Jones sliced his bra: sie second into a trap. Perkins w: down the middle 120 yards from the green in 2. He sent his third well on Jones made his most sensational shot of the round when he fired his ball from the trap to the green 100 yards away. Perkins just missed after Bobby wi dead in 4, and it was a half at par 5. Bob was again on the edge of the rough on the par 4 311-yard fifteenth, but Perkins in the fairway was away. Perkins pitched on the green hole high. | Jones failed to get inside with his pitch | and had to putt first from 30 feet. He went 3 feet past the cup. Phil putted to the lip. It was a half at par 4. Jones remained 7 up. At the 370-yarder, the sixteenth par 4, with a fairway running up and down, Jones was on the hill with his drive and Perkins in the valley. Per- kins was short with his second. Bobby away from the cup. ' day, GIRL SUSPECT HELD Wanted on Reckless Driving Charge. | apartment of Miss Beatrice la Rocque, violations, it was revealed today. Miss la Rocque was arrested by mem- squad, who say they found 2 gallons | bonded red liquor. sult of a sale, police say. For Reckless Driving. Following her arrest the police learned that warrants charging Miss la Rocque with reckless driving and operating without a permit, as the result of an automobile accident that occurred sev- eral weeks ago. They had been unable to find her, it was said. The case will be tried next Tuesday. Two men who were found in the woman's apartment were questioned, but not taken into custody. Miss La Rocque told Sergt Letterman that she was selling liquor in order to make enough money to open a beauty parlor, he declared. A raid on the dry goods store of Alexander Matthews, 3346-48 M street, brought to a close a clever bootlegging business that - has been successfully running for the ‘past nine yvears, the police declare Matthews told them. Secret Button. When they entered they discovered a button and slide that had been con- cealed beneath a book that lay beside the cash register. |~ The button summoned a colored an, who is supposed to have packed orders in shoe boxes and sent them up cn a dumb waiter from the basement. Rows of empty shoe boxes were found on the shelves in the store, it is claimed. In the basement they seized six pints and three half pints of alleged red liquor and three quarts of alleged gin. Mat- thews is said to have told the police that this is the first time that he has been caught in ninc years in the illicit | liquor trade at the same place. The same squad also arrested Liza Burns, colored, 45, 1075 Wisconsin ave- nue, for sal> and possession of one pint. She has been arrested many times, the police claim, and is now awaiting grand jury action. Clara Gardner, 1037 Thirtieth street, from whom they seized 22 quarts, w ar- rested only three days ago for the same offense, it is claimed. NAVAL ATTACHE DIES. Lieut. Comdr. P. C. Ransom Suc- cumbs at Santiago, Chile. Lieut. Comdr. Philip C. Ransom, | naval attache at the American embassy, | Santiago, Chile, died yesterday at noon. the Navy Department is advised." Lieut. Ransom is survived by his wife. Mrs. Mary Sheefe Ransom; his mother, Mrs. W. G. Ransom; a daugh- ter, Joan Ransom, all of Woodstock, | Vt., and a brether, Maj. Paul L. Ran- ?om. on duty’ at the War Department her —— Perkins putted close, but Jones was even closer. It was a half at 4, and Jones was still 7 up. Jones Loses Seventeenth Hole. At the teasing 225-yard seventeenth, a hard par 3, Jones went into a trap from the tee, while Perkins remaincd on the green. Bob came ont 8 feet from the cup. Perkins putted to within 3 feet of the cup. Bob studied the line of the putt, but it rolled off, Perkins then dropped his to win the hole with par 3 and reduce Jones' lead to 6 up. The dunes at the home hole, 427 | yards and par 4, were almost lined up on the fairway well over a dangerous stream across the fairway. Perkins was short with his second, but Jones went on the green hole high. Perkins played his third to the green past the pin. Bob was close and the hole was a half at par 4, Jones going to luncheon 6 up. The cards: Par, in. 4434-31-72 Jones, in. 4444-35—-72 Perkins, in 443 43981 MISS WILSON 3 UP. 5 543 43345 . 54465 | Chicago Girl Leading for Canadian Women's Golf Title. MONTREAL, September 15 (#).— Miss Virginia Wilson of Chicago was 3 |up on Miss Peggy Wattles of Buffalo | at the end of the seventh hole in the all United States final for the Canadian women’s golf championship here to- When police last night raided the! | 21, Apartment 403, 1631 S street, they | found that she was wanted by sixth| precinct police for two serious traffic | | bers of Sergt. O. J. Letterman’s liquor | | of alleged gin and 3 pints of alleged | The raid was made | ,on a warrant that was issued as a re- | 4 Nothing IFRUNRRD, Miss Beatrice La Roque Also | FREDERICK A. SCHENCK. —Star Staff Photo. POLICEMAN SCHENCK CONVICTED BY BOARD; DISMISSAL IS ASKED ___(Continued_from First Page.) that while standing on the Police Court steps some weeks previous to the raid Schenck admitted to him that “beer parties” were held in the apartment and that he frequently went there. Gravely said that Schenck requested him “to let me know when you are | going to raid the place so I won't be there.” whe she found a card in her husband s name “Catherine Joyce.” in the apartment, and said he had been invited to take a nap in the apartment Bevans, Bevan's home after taking Mrs. Bevans her little daughter. Charges Are Dismissed. Lieut. Bowers and Sergt. Hood were alleged to have failed to arrest Police- man J. H. Turner of the Thirteenth precinct on August 12, when they found him in an intoxicated condition in an automobile at Third and Quackenbos street. The board dismissed the charges without hearing the defense, upon mo- tion of Bertrand Emerson, jr., attorney for the two men. |ing intoxicated while on duty and with | failing to constantly patrol his beat | on Beptember 3. Several witnesses tes- tified that they saw him at the time he was supposed to be drunk and that he was sober and did not smell of liquor. Bailey was aileged to have entered the apartment of Frank Coleman, colored professor, of 41 Quincy place, about 2 o'clock in the morning of July 18. The colored man also said justification. Coleman, taking the stand, demanded that Bailey apologize to him before his colored citizens' association. He testi fied that Balley already had apologize to him in private, but Bailey denied this. The board held no apology was due, since Bailey had testified that he entered the apartment in answer to a call that a woman was being murdered in the neighborhood. | _One other case was partly heard at the session yesterday and then con- tinued until next Thursday. It was that with conduct prejudicial to the good order of the department. John Edward Singleton, jr.. a private investigator, told the board that he fol- lowed Vaughan and a party of friends to Atlantic City, where Vaughan regis- tered at a hotel with a woman other than his wife. Singleton admitted, however. that Vaughan entered a room occupied by another man, |CLOTHING THIEVES GET $3,500 LOOT AT G STREET SHOP __(Continued from First Pages basement and made their wi upstairs, taking 43 dresses and 18 fur coats from the second floor and 10 fur scarfs from the main floor. All the dresses were cheap, the burglars ignoring a number of expensive gowns nearby. The 1219 G street building, formerly the shop of a fur company, was the seene of a large fur robbery last year for which two men now are serving jail senwl]c’i‘s’fi?l Douglas chiffely, a druggist, re. ported this morning that his drug store at 1205 Connecticut avenue was entered through a rear door last night and $50 worth of narocotic drugs was stolen frompa drawer under the counter, was molested, An element of comedy was injected into the proceedings when Gravely testi- fied that Schenck knew he was suspi- clous of the apartment because the de- tective’s wife had telephoned the place pocket bearing the address and the Schenck, taking the stand in his own behalf, denied knowledge of any liquor | by Mrs, Bevan's husband. He met Mr. | he said, when he came to| to Clarendon, Va., that morning to see | Policeman Fey was charged with be- | the officer searched his house wnhaulJ of Policeman C. B. Vaughan, charged | BUILDING PLANNED ON SHOREHAM SITE Wardman Announces Proj- ect—Represents Invest- ment of $4,500,000. The onetime famous Shoreham Hotel, built in 1889 by Levi P. Morton, then vice president of the United States, | which was closed two years 220 when it went on the auction block, is to e razed in the near future to be replaced by a large modern 12-story office build- ing, Harry Wardman, owner, announced today. Plans have been drawn and financing arrangements made for the new de- velopment and work is expected to be started within a few days. It is an- nounced the new project will represent an investment of approximately .4,- 500.000. ‘The new structure. the Shoreham Building. will be of modern archetectural style, with the two upper stories set back from the main building line, in conformity with zoning regulations, running to the maximum height of 130 feet. The building will front 164 feet on H street and 125 feet on Fifteenth street. It has been designed for the Wardman Construction Co. by M. Mesrobian of the Wardman office. It is to be fl- {nanced through the office of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey. ‘There will be shops on the Fifteenth and H street. sides, on the first floor, and the upper floors will be arranged for offices in flexible units. The new building is ‘to be of rein- forced concrete construetion, with facades of limestone and brick. Pilasters will feature the facades of the building in spaces between windows. The Shoreham Hotel, which has housed many a famous person and com- mission. stands on the site of the former home of Samuel Harrison Smith of the { National Imtelligencer, and its neighe | bors once were the houses of Gen. Wil- liam T. Sherman of “Atlanta to the Sea” fame, at 817 Fifteenth street, and of James G. Blaine, at 821 Fifteenth. Woodrow Wilson had a suite there i until he moved to the more noted resi- | dence at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue, and | Vice President Thomas Riley Marsball lived there for two years. Gen. John J. Pershing stopped there at periods be- fore and after the World War and during the Wilson administration the hotel maintained a White House table, where cabinet members often gathered. Special delegations from foreign coun- tries often stopped at the Shoreham, including those sent here for the arms conference. ‘The hotel was named for Shoreham, Vt., the birthplace of its builder and first owner, Mr. Morton. J. Maury Dove purchased and remodeled the property in 1912 and in 1926 it was abandoned as a hotel and sold at auction to Harry Wardman. Since then it has been stripped of its furnishings and boarded up, awaiting destruction. {VETERAN AIRMEN RELIEVED AS LINDY ENDS STUNT ACTS (Continued from First Page.) to be known as | | | | | | | | ders were received from the War De- partment to be in Cincinnati on Sep- tember 22 to participate in an aero- aautical celebration at that time. So the nifie lumbering bombers took off for Rockwell Field, San Diego, for a two- day overhaul and plan to leave tomor- row morning for the Ohio city. The public was shown a genuine bit of air ambulance work when Lieut. George H. Hasselman of the Navy crash- ed while turning the home pylon Sun- day, was transported to the San Diego Navy Hospital in the Mammoth three- engined Boeing passenger plane, which has just been built for transcontinental passenger service and is on exhibition here. The big ship, flown by Lieut. Erik Nelson, Army world flyer, now general sales manager of the Boeing Airplane Co. of Seattle, Wash., was taxied up to the grandstand and a few moments later an ambulance carrying the injured officer appeared. Lieut. Hasselman was on a stretcher, and his head and face were swathed in bandages. The patient was placed in the big plane, accompa- nied by his wife and a Naval flight sur- geon. Lieut. Nelson then taxied slowly up the field, turned around and rose smoothly into the air. A few hours later the big Boeing returned. It was said that while Lieut. Hasselman's condition is better, it still was such that an auto- | mobile or train trip would have been too fatiguing. Lieut. Nelson on the return said the air was smooth and Lieut. Has- selman’s ride was equivalent to canoeing on a placid lake. While Lieut. Hasselman was being Iiff. ed aboard the plane the crowd gave him | a rousing cheer and the injured officer | acknowledged with a wave of the hand. As the shades of night descended on Mines Field. Sergt. George W. Wehling | of March Field, Riverside, Calif.. wom | the precision parachute jumping con- | test limited to service jumpers. He land- ed within the 100-foot circie on the fleld. Another jumping contest will be held | this evening and the big finals, for-a 1$350 first prize will be staged Sunday: Just prior to the contest, pilots of the 95th Squadron staged a contest and | Lieut. Cornelius carried off first honors, |PHYSICIAN'S HEARING CONTINUED BY COURT At the request of Assistant United | States Attorney Joseph Bruce, the pre« liminary hearing of Dr. James William Hart, charged with having performed n illegal operation, was continued in Police Court today until September 2. Dr. Hart was arrested at his office, 2156 F street, yesterday afternoon ona warrant charging him with operating on Miss Bernice Carter, 17 years old. of Spottsylvania, Va.. on August 22. The doctor is said to have admitted treat- 1ing the girl, but denies performing the, {operation. He is at liberty on bond of $1.000. | . Richard O. Seay, 17 years old, 221 Fifteenth street northeast, was arrested on September 3 on a charge of haviig aided and abetted in the alleged opera- | tion. His preliminary hearing was also continued and he was released under bond of $500. TURKISH PREMIER LAUDS | KELLOGG PEACE POLICY By the Associated Press. ‘The position of Turkey regarding the Kellogg-Briand peace treaty was mace clear in a speech by Prime Minister | Ismet Pasha at Malatia, made publ¢ last night by the embassy here. The prime minister declared that the “work of the emlnlmt Secretary of State corresponds exactly to the peace policy o the Turkish republlc.m ® o Turkey has accepted the United States’ invitation to adhere to the treaty. “The prime minister,” sald the em-, bassy's statement, ‘particularly em-' phasized the fact that Mr. Kellogg's note concerning the pact, and not ex- cluding wars of legitimate defense, con- cords exactly with Turkey's views. He added that people should not seek to weigh the treaty exactly as a means of preserving peace in international rela- tions, but that the essential meaning of the fact is that it will present new diffi- culties to any nation’s attempting to the peace,” <3 1ty