Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1928, Page 17

STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1T, 1928.} Eli’s foot ball hopes rest in tI heir hands. Head Coach Marvin Stevens (right), who succeeds Tad Jones at the helm of Yale's foot ball destinies this Fall, and Cap! eleven on. the gridiron. The eye: turned on Stevens' work and its re t. Eddy, who will lead the Biue s of the foot ball world will be esults. —Associated Press Photo. 0000000 BULDING PROJECTS PUSHED Howard University, Freed- men’s and St. Elizabeth’s Construction Start Soon. A building program to cost in the vi- cinity of $2,000,000 will be undertaken | soon by the Interior Department in conjunction with activities under its. charge in Washington. This work is necessitated by expansion and modern- ization at Howard University, Freed-| men’s Hospital and St. Elizabeth’s Hos- pital. 5 The largest building in the group will be the new medical and surgical hospital | to be erected at St. Elizabeth’s. Plans Ty the Veterans' Bureau are now before the Fine Arts Commisison awaiting ap- proval and when the indorsement of that body is given, the department will be ready to go ahead with construction. There is an average daily population of | more than 4,000 patients at St. Eliza- beth's. Howard University Projects. A chemistry building, the construc- tlon and equipment of which will cost $390,000, will be erected soon at Howard University. Plans are being prepared by Albert 1. Cassell, the architect. Plans for a girls’ dormitory at the university probably will be submitted to the Sec- retary of the Interior and the Fine Arts Commission around the middle of next month. This dormitorl, university officials said, will meet an important snd definite need of the institution. It is the aim of the university to house every woman student who comes from ont the city on the university grounds. Of the 634 women registered in the various schools, more than half usually come from outside the District, officia's | 2,268 declared. Last year there were 366 of students at Howard University, them in medicine. The department has funds appro- priated by Congress for improvements at Freedmen's Hospital and plans for this work are expected to be ready by October 1. Two new clevators costing $10,000 already have been installe the hospital. For additions to and re modeling of the nurses’ home, there i3 $150,000 available; power plant, $52,000 has been appro- priated, and for remodeling the dining room, kitchen and employes’ quarters, $40,000 has been made available. Will Modernize Hospital. Assistant Secretary Edward C. Finney of the Interior Department explained that this construction program at Freedmen’s Hospital will bring the in- stitution up to the modern standard prescribed by leading States for the Tospital and Nurses' Training School. “When that is done Freedmen's Hos- pital will be a very fine institution of its type” Assistant Secretary Finney said. It is important in that it fur- nishes an adjunct to Howard Univer- sity and materially assists in the medi- cal training of students and internes.” There were last year 4,463 indoor patients at Freedmen's Hospital and 20,190 outdoor patients who received treatment. When the plans are considered suit- able for this new construction program the Secretary of the Interior will call for bids. Curityba, Brazil, is planning to in- for remodeling the | SUBMIT FIGURES ONLOGAL HERCER Utility Expert Reports to Sen- ator Capper Valuations on D. C. Traction Systems. A preliminary report dealing to a large extent with the valuations of the local railway systems was filed with Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee today by Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the New York utility expert who was engaged by the committee to advise it on the proposed street car merger plan. Senator Capper has decided not to make public ‘the preliminary report in advance of the reconvenirig of the com- mittee, but he will forward copies pf it to the other members of the special subcommitteb handling the merger reso- lution, so that they may study the data thus far prepared by the expert and make any suggestions that may occur to them for further inquiry. Dr. Maltbie will go on with his work and submit a final memorandum to the committee just before Congress meets. Merger Agreement Discussed. Acgording to Senator Capper, the }prelfh}nnr)’ report is not in the nature | of recommendations as to what the | committee should do, but consists of information intended to give the mem- bers of Congress a clearer picture of the terms of merger as agreed upon by the companies. He said it deals to a considerable extent with the valuation, because that is the basis for fixing rates and because the valuation con- tained in the merger agreement is to remain in effect for 10 years. Senator Capper said he hopes to get | his subcommittee together a week or so | before Congress convenes. “I believe that we will then have be- fore us all the information we will need to begin consideration of the merger proposal,” said the Senator. Discussion by Senate Expected. Tle added that he expected the Senate will want to discuss the question | thoroughly and, for that n, the subcommittee will gather all the in- formation it_can on the subject. Senator Capper also expres hope today that the coming Congress will be able to approve the proposed codification of District laws being prepared for submission to the House @nd Senate this Winter. He «aid local Jawyers had often called his attention to ‘the need for such a codification here. SECRETARY WEST BACK FROM INSPECTION TOUR Secretary of the Interior West re- turned today following an inspection tour of several of the department’s projedts in the Western section of the country. His desk was piled with sev- eral matters awaiting his attention and he arranged to attend tomorrow his first | cabinet meeting. Secretary Weit announced when he | took office that he inteded to familiarize | himself with the workings of the de- partment, and prior to his Western trip spent some time in Washington in close touch with the various functions stall a hydroelectric plant at a water- fall near the city to supply power for the municipal street car lines, of his new office and ten departed for the West to get a clear insight into the workings of the department in the field. The gallery gets an “eyeful” of super- golf as Bobby Jones wins his fourth national Bobby is seen here putting on the seventh green in his final round match with the British champion, Phil Perkins. —Associated Press Photo. amateur title. First to finish the “winnerless race.” amateur championship. The_world’s proudest caddy. Kelly of ‘West Newton, Mass., and the player with him is Robert Tyre Jones, jr., well known Atlanta golfer, whose magic cfubs Johnny earried over the Brae Burn course as Bobby annexed his fourth He is Johnny In the path of the death-dealing tornado in South Dakota. one of the hardest hit communities, shows ruins of the post office (at right) and another building This scene in the town of Davis, on the south side of the main street. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. —Associated Press Photo. Art Goebel waving his headgear to the crowds from the top of his Lockheed Vega Yankee Doodle as they cheered his arrival at Mines Field, Los Angeles, in the transcontinental =2ir derby, which was intended to be a non-stop performance. ‘When his voice could be heard, Goebel made known that he had been forced to make one stop at Prescott, Aris. No plane finished without a stop. The royal visitor at Hollywood. Prince George, youngest son of King Geo film actresses the 1t was merely orge of England, with M June Collyer, one of the rince met on his interesting visit to Hollywood. “Lieut. Windsor,” attached to H. M. S. Durban, that the prince dropped in on the movie colony. —Assoclated Press Photo. Fifty-pound pumpkin wins blue ribbon. Lyon Village, Va.,, with the huge pumpkin and several other ex- hibits with which she won prizes She not only scored in the edible line, but also won a blue ribbon in the pink rose class. —Associated Press Photo. Mrs. Jesse N. Rice of at the Fairfax, Va,, fair last week. -—Star Staff Photo. PROBE OF UTILITIES REOPENS TOMORROW 1,000 Report Forms ox Power Firms’ Financing Sent Out by Trade Commission. By the Associated Press. Preliminary to recopening tomorrow its investigation into the activities of power utilities as ordered by the Walsh Senate resolution, the Federal Trade Cowmmission today issued its sixth in- n report on its findings to date. The document showed that 1,000 re- port forms requiring comprehensive data on the financing of utilities had been sent out, with the request that they be returned to the commission filled out by November 1. Numbering 225 pages, the report form contains 78 separate schedules for the various financial operations of utilities, but only the large holding companies are required to fill out all schedules. Certain of these schedules apply only to specialized utilities interests, such as electric and gas operating companies and construction companies. ‘The interim report disclosed that more than 5,000 replies had been re- ceived from the first questionnaire sent to utility groups last Spring which called for administrative information as a basis “for measuring the impor- tance of interstate business in electric energy and gas, the relative importance of holding company groups.” Included in the report to the Senate also was a descriptive list of the n merous exhibits introduced into the in- vestigation of publicity activities of power utilities, bringing that list up to date. ‘The publeity phase of the investiga- tion is to be continued tomorrow when Baltimoreans Appeal to Washington Policeman to “Clean Up Rum Mill” Although, like the prophet, some members of the Washington police force may be “without honor in th own country,” the fame of others ap- pears to have reached “foreign fields,” as attested by a letter received by Policeman Willlam F. Burke of Sergt. Letterman’s liquor squad, asking him to come over and “clean up” Balti- more, ‘The letter received last Friday and signed by the residents of a street in South Baltimore, appeals to the local policeman to “help make this a decent place to live in.” Giving the location of an alleged ‘speakeasy” and the name of a woman who is said to run it, the writer refers to the “rum mill, full of young girls at all hours of the night, which is a disgrace to South Baltimore.” If Policeman Burke is unable to clean up the “dump,” his correspondents re- quest him to give the letler to “some agent who can help.” HORTICULTURAL CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL SHOW Takoma Park Gardeners Exhibit Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables in Library. The Takoma Horticultural Club of Takoma Park .is holding its eleventh annual fruit, flower and vegetable show in the Takoma Library, beginning this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The show will be open until 9 o'clock tonight and again tomorrow afternoon and evening, closing tomorrow. at 9 p.m. Ross C. Thompson, Mrs. W. W. Stock- berger and D. Victor Lumsden will be judges. Competition is open to all amateur fruit and vegetable growers in the District. ‘The committee in chary ments includes: 5 . Hochbaum, chairman; W. T. Simmons, Miss Mar- jorie Hansen, Mrs. C. E. Young, Mrs. A. W. Spaulding and Mrs. E. L. Crandall, Foodstuffs sent from the United States of arrange- witnesses from several different locali-' to other parts of the world in the last ties will appear. fiscal year were valued at $793,000,000. CHARGE TWO IN PLOT T0 FORGE DRUG ORDERS Police Allege Men Used Doctors’| Names to Obtain Narcotics on Prescriptions. ‘Thomas Hilton Chisholm, 33 years old, of Asheville, N. C., and John Pembrook e Bocq, 32, of New York City, were held for the action of the grand jury by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage today following a hearing on charges of conspiracy to violate the narcotic laws by forging doctors’ pre- scriptions. Le Bocq's bond was set at $1,500 and Chisholm’s at $2,000. The men were arrested by Detectives R. A. Sanders and C. E. Mansflield of the headquarters narcotic squad, last week after a druggist to whom they had presented a prescription became suspicious and notified police. The men are said to have succeeded in having four prescriptions filled previously. Chisholm and Le Bocq have been conducting an agency for a new auto- mobile advertising light here, police S8y, i ;. POLICE TRIAL BOARD WILL SIT TWO DAYS Sessions to Be Held Wednesday and Thursday in Effort to Clear Docket. The Police Trial Board will sit two | days this week instead of one in an effort to clear its docket of accumu- lated cases, it was announced today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent | of police. ‘The first session will be held | Wednesday morning and the regular session will be held as usual Thursday morning. More than a dozen cases are waiting a hearing and Maj. Hesse is anxious | to have them disposed of early as possible, particularly in view of " the agitation for an improvement in the discipline of the force. The most im- portant_of these cases involves Motor Cycle Policeman Howard J. Dorren- bacher, who was suspended last week when it was alleged he was found asleep | in the fourteenth precinct station while {on duty. Dorrenbacher is charged with | | neglect of duty, insubordination and } intoxication. i ZONING HEARING OCT. 10.| - | First Fall Hearing of Commission | Announced by-Davison. ‘The first Fall public hearing of the | Zoning Commission will be held Oectober ! | present Betty carries her Olympic Sixteen-year-old Betty Robinson, honors modestly back to schoel. , who proved herself the world's fastest woman runner at Amsterdam, is just a schoolgirl again now. Here she is back at her desk Chicago. ' —Copyri in the Thornton High School at ight by Underwood & Underwood. CAPTIVE AMERICAN FREED BY BANDITS E. J. Bumstead, Held in Mex- ico Three Weeks, Released When Ransom Is Paid. | _LOS ANGELES, September 17.—Mrs. | E. J. Bumstead, wife of a Los Angeles | mining engineer who has been held captive by Mexican bandits demanding a 20,000-pesos ransom, received a tele- gram early today advising her that her husband had been released and was en route home. The message said the release was secured by payment of the ransom. * ‘The telegram read, in part: “Released. Am on my way to Ixtlan, | Feel fine, but tired.” | Mrs. Bumstead, who has been near collapse since her husband was reported kidnaped by the bandits, was overcome when she received the news. Half of the ransom, it was said, was paid early this month, and the remainder turned over yesterday. The engineer was captured August 25 near Ixtlan, in the state of Nayarit, where he had gone to manage a mine. The bandits were reported to have car- ried him to a mountain stronghold and then demanded a ransom. Later Mexi- can troops were reported to have gone to his rescue. THOMAS EDISON DENIES HE WILL VGTE FOR SMITH Electrical Wizard Announces That He and Henry Ford Will Support Hoover. The vote of Thomas A. Edison will be cast for Herbert Hoover in the com- ing election, the inventor declared in a letter to Republican headquarters, denying a published report that Edison expected to support Gov. Smith. He said Henry Ford would also vote for Hoover. “Both Mr. Ford and I are strong for Hoover, and we both intend to vote for him,” Edison wrote. “I enclose a clip- ping in which it is stated that Mr. Ford and I are on opposite sides in the presidential _campaign, _and that Mr. Ford is for Hoover and I for Smith. These statements are 100 per cent false. Similar clippings are coming | in from various parts of the United ! States.” I Mr. and Mrs. Hoover will be the| guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edison in New | Jersey when the Republican candidate | goes to Newark for his speech there Monday. POLICE SHOW VIGILANCE. | ! St gl ¢ Two Officers in Southwest Make 38 Week End Arrests. It Southwest Washington, in the! neighborhood of Clark’s court, isn't a law-abiding community it isn’t the fault | of Policemen S. L. De Vaughan and | R. S. Warner of the fourth precinet. | The two officers patrol their beat to- | gether, and between them they arrested ! 10, it was announced today by Maj. Donald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner and executive officer of | the commission. i The last date on which petitions may | be received for that hearing, Maj. Davison said. is at the close of business September 26, 38 persons over the week end for in-| toxication and- disorderly conduct. Their biggest “haul” was made at 1261 Third street southwest, where 13 | By the Associated Press. | REVEAL ITINERARY OF COOLIDGE TOUR President Will Inspect Re- construction Work on’ Vermont Trip. President Coolidge's visit this week to Vermont will be devoted principally to | traveling about that State to inspect | the reconstruction work accomplished since the floods last year. The itinerary for his trip, which has just been com- | pleted, calls for stops at Montpelier, Burlington. Rutland and Proctorsville. ‘The President also will stop going to and from Vermont at Northampton, Mass.. to visit Mrs. Lemira Goodhue, mother of Mrs. Coolidge, who has been ill at the Dickinson Hospital in that city since last December. It is very likely that Mrs. Coolidge will not re- turn to Washnigton, but will remain in Northampton for a week or so to be with her mother. Governor Will Meet Party. Very little time will be spent by Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge at Plymouth Notch, t., the birthplace of the President. he present schedule calls only for an overnight stop at the old Coolidge home at the Notch. Gov. Weeks of Vermont, at whose invitation the President is to make his inspection tour, will board the presi- dential train at some point close to the Vermont line and will remain with the party for the rest of the tour. The schedule calls for the President’s arrival back at the White House Saturday morning. The President made few engagements today, desiring to devote all the time possible to dispesing of governmental business. From sgieral of his callers the President was informed that the political situation generally is improving from the Republican report. John P. Adams of Iowa, former chair- man of the Republican national com- mitte, who has visited a number of States of the East and Midwest, spoke very confidently of Mr. Hoover's pros- pects. Hoover will carry all of the Western, Central and Eastern States \\'ildh the exception of possibly two, he said. Secretary West Calls. Secretary of Interior West, who- was on an inspection trip in the West. when President Coolidge arrived back in Washington last week, informed the President today that the tide is turning in Hoover's favor and that states that might have been considered doubtful a few weeks ago are now “safe.” Senator Nye of North Dakota, one of the progressive group in the Senate, who has come out for Hoover and Cur- tis, sald at the White House today that he believes the farmers, while not en- thusiastic over the Republican prom- ises, would prefer Hoover .to Gov. nator Nye called at the White House with Senator Frazier, from North Dakota, to ask the President to issue an g{&er to increase the tariff duty on One Dead, One Hurt iz} Plane Crash COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sep- tembei 17 (#).—Lieut. Charles OP. Wefls of Denver, pilot, was killed and John persons were arrested early this morn- ing for disorderliness. All of those 33 of them forfeited collateral. et T. Long, Bogalusa, La. was probably fataily Injured When their plane went into a tail spin 300 feet from rested were colored and | ground and crashed on the municipal ding field here