Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1928, Page 2

THO ARE INURED IN AUTO ACGIDENT Car Goes Over Embankment Near Hyattsville—Other Serious Traffic' Mishaps. Injured when thelr automobile ran over an embankment on Queen Chapel toad near Hyattsville, Md., at 3:30 o'clock this morning, Morris R. Payne, 25 years old, 3605 Thirteenth street, and Miss Mildred Koontz, 20 years old, 511 B street northeast, were brought to Sib- ley Hospital, wh7e their injuries were found to be not serious. Miss Koontz suffered cuts on the forchead and Payne was injured about the -back. Payne told police that he failed to ne- gotiate a sharp turn in the road. Driving an alleged stolen automobile, Willlam C. Williamson, colored, 19 years old, 142 Francis street northeast, was cré ¢ infurcd last night when the car craSie@ Inw =i automobile be- Jonging to Raymond Jackson, 423 Fourth street southeast, that was parked on M street between New Jersey ave- nue and First strect. Treated for Severe Injuries. Following the crash, Willlamson was taken to Providence Hospital and treat- ed for severe injuries to the head, a laceration over the left eve and internal injuri er he was removed to Gal- , where he was charged with jo. reckless _driving and driving without lights. Police say he had stolen the automobile belonging to Lester Stewart of Abner’s court south- cast. Both automobiles were badly Gamaged. g Mrs. William R. White, 40 years old, 723 Kennedy street, and Mrs. Margarsi D. Haufi, whose address police have been unable to learn, were cut and bruised last night when the automobile in which they were riding, operated hy Lurty C. Hauff, was in a collision at Illinois avenue and Longfellow strect with an automobile operated by Charles ‘T. Schwegler, 67 years old, 904 Butter- nut street. They were treated by a mnearby physician and then went home. Young Woman Hurt in Oollision. Louise Rockwell, 23 years old, 2914 Eleventh street, was treated at Emor- gency Hospital last night for lacerations to the mouth and nose and bruises about the face, received when the taxicab in which she twas riding, operated by Charles J. White, 38 years old, 1722 I street, was in a collision at Ninth streev and Pennsylvania avenue with an au- tomobile operated by Bertha C. Cook, €12 Kennedy street. Others injurcd in traffic accidents, none seriously, were: Charles Anderson, 64 years old, 119 Pennsylvania avenu James Econom, 8 years old, 711 Sixth street; Alma K. Schadd, 29 years old, 1625 Massachusetts avenue, and Evelyn Billups, colored, 28 years old, 2813 Eleventh street. * 3 D. C. JOINS NATION IN RUSHING RELIEF TO HURRICANE AREA (Continued from First Page.) both to Porto Rico and Florida. The U. S. S. Bridge, a naval supply ship, is being loaded, with food, tents and blankets at New York for shipment to San Juan, Porto Rico. Two Army transports, with large quantities of food on board, have been diverted to Porto Rico by order of President Coolidge. The_Bridge, which will probably sail from New York by noon tomorrow, is carrying 1,200 tons of food and medi- cal supplies, 3,600 blankets, 2,000 tents and 7000 cots. The Army transports St. Mihiel and Kenowis are hurrying to _%gn Juan withmll.zso tons of food. e destroyer Gilmer, carrying Hen: M. Baker, national relief direcm% of thrg Red Cross, with several assistants, ar- rived in San Juan.today. Mr. Baker took charge of Red Cross relief work upon his arrival, On board the Bridge are doctprs end nurses from the Army end Cross and two doctors from the Public Health Service. A huge quantity of typ?n&;i ;;ld sxlra\“allpux antitoxin is being sen rto Rico on this vessel by the Public Health Service. s From varfous places in Southern States the Red Cross has called 10 re- lief workers and rushed them to Jack- | u sonville. Dispatehes received today at national headquarters here from vari- ous places in Florida indicate that the disaster is greater than was at first re- ported. One dispatch, received this morning, came from Senator Robinson of Arkan- sas, Democratic vice presidential nom- inee, who has been campaigning in the South. It was sent from Titusville, Fla. The storm area, Senator Robinson said, extends from Fort Lauderdale to Titus- ville, and is approximately 145 miles wide. In that section the destruction is greater, he said, than in 1926, but it is impossible vet to estimate the number of casualties. He mentioned that 200 persons are being treated there in hos- pitals. President Ccolidge issued his procla- mMation late yesterday after a conference Wwith Chairman Payne of the Red Cross, cting Secretary of War Robbins and other high officials of the Government, ‘The text of the proclamation follows: “To the pecple of the United States: “An overwhelming disaster has over- taken our fellow citizens in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands as the result of a devastating West Indles hurricane. Full extent of the damage is not avail- able, but several hundred thousands are known to be homeless and in instant need of food, shelter and emergency relief. Gov. Towner of Porto Rico has appealed for immediate aid. Appeals to Red Cross. “All possible assistance will be ren- dered by the executive departments of the Government, but because of the widespread suffering, which calls for not only emergency aid but some form of permanent rehabilitation, I haye asked the American Red Cross to assume the task of rendering aid, act- :’ng ‘as the agent of the American cople. “As President of the United States and as president of the American Red Cross, I am therefore urging our peo- ple to contribute promptly and most generously, so that sufficient funds may be received to alleviate the suffering among so many thousands. *“All contributions should be forwarded to the nearest local Red Cross chapter or to the American National Red Cross headquarters offices at Washington, St. Louis or San Francisco.” Contributions have begun to come in headquarters of the to the national Red Cross and to the District Chapter. ‘The largest individual contribution re- ceived so far was a check for $10,000 received today from Edward S. Hark- The Veterans of Foreign Wars, through their com- mander-in-chief, Eugene P. Carver of ness, New York banker. Boston, presented $500. To Go Into One Fund. All contributions will be placed in enc fund, Chairman Payne explained. It will be known as the West Indies Hurricane Relief Fund. Decision to send a group of United THE ~EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. KEE PING TAB ON POSSIBLE PATH OF HURRICANE MOST FASCINATING DUTY OF WEATHER MAN Quietly Sits on High Stool and Plots Chart of Death- Dealing Wind. PRESIDENT GETS REPORTS Forecaster Here Got First Word of Present Disturb- | ance September 10. Keeping tab on a tropical hurricane. as it lashes its inexorable, Whimsical way over sea and land is one of the most fascinating and withal most im- portant duties in the life of the well known weather man. Unmindful of the fact that in such an_emergency he becomes one Who is looked up to, even by the President, and that the anxious eyes of a Nation are focussed upon him and his handi- work—the fateful storm warnings—he sits quietly on "a stool in the high- ceilinged room of the Weather Burcau and charts mechgnically the course of the death-dealing winds. From far-flung points he receives by radio and ecable the reports which teil of the progress of the storm, and with calored pencil in hand, he constructs the ominous little concentric circles that enable him to trace on the map the probable path of the “disturbance.” First Noticed Week Ago. Consider the task of the torecaster in the present tropical hurricane, now on tho tampage up the coast from stricken Porto Rico. The average newspaper reader first heard of this storm when press reports began to trickle in of castatrophic damage done in the islonds far off the southeastern coast of the United States. Forecaster CharleseMitchell, the tall. smiling senior forecaster at the local bureau, received an inkling of what was to come as long ago as September 10. On that day there came to him from a merchant vessel in midocean northeast of South America and about 600 miles east of the West Antilles, a radio re- port of a “disturbance” developing in that remote ship lane. ‘The report merely said in a few words that a storm of some intensity seemed brewing. There were no details on which to base a forecast of its direction, force or extent. It was just an inkling. Not long afterward, however, there came from & second ship in the same vicinity a corroborative report that started the forecaster and his associates thinking. Circle Appeared Seat. On the maps of September 11 there appeared a y circle, in blue pencil, in the position indicated by the ships. It marked the birthplace of one of the worst_hurricanes in the history of the bureau, as it turned out later. Hurricanes have certain peculiarities that gre helpful to the weather man in plotting his maps. They always con- sist of vast areas of air whirling with great velocity about a center. The movement invariably is counter-clock- wise, and the speed of the winds at the northernmost arc of the area is more terrific than those to the south of the center. The center moves comparative- ly slowly along a more or less definite course. Once the center is determined, it is a relatively simple matter to take A. J. De Mars, assistant forecaster, tracing the course of the hurricane. ~Star Staff Photo. a pencil and draw a line of possible advance. ; ) Forecaster Mitchell did just this as more reports began to come in about the far-away storm. He soon realized that the “little disturbance” noted by the master of the vessel was really a developing tropical hurricane of seri- ous proportions. The storm was head- ing toward Porto Rico, and to the near- by islands he dispatched without delay definite of the impending storm. Hurricanes Are Fickle. casters to deal with. They have a habit of swerving now and then from the course upon which they have sét out, and which the forecaster so carefully has charted on his maps. That is why he must proceed with the greatest caution in issuing advance warnings to any par- ticular locality. A false alarm creates unwarranted distress and havoc. In the present instance the hurricane took an almost direct path across the West In- dies to Florida, and.then suddenly veer- ed northward along the Atlantic Coast line. Warnings at first were issued to Gulf Coast ports in Alabama and Mis- sissippi, which lay in the original path as extended, but these soon were with- drawn as interrupted lines of communi- cation told of the abrupt swing away from the Gulf and north into Georgia and North Carolina. In the midst of the increasing turmoil created at the forecast. room by the flood of messages and reports and inquiries, Forecaster Mitchell must sit in studied concentration on the immediate and pressing work before him. Extra Work for All Hurricanes mean extra work for every one. In addition to the regular daily forecasts that must be gotten out on scheduled time, special hurricane warnings must be formulated and broadcast to affected points. He can- not allow distractions to turn his atten- tion away from the ourious lines and circles and marks which are before him. Human life and valuable property de- Hurricanes are fickle things for fore-| pend on the accuracy with which he promulgates his warnings. The almosi continuous succession of telephone calls for information as to the progress of the storm must be taken care of by assistants. There is one phone call daily that he manages to answer personally, It comes from Secretary Saunders at the White House, who re- quests latest news of the hurricane for President Coolidge. Mitchell can hear the voice of the President prompting Secretary Saunders in his questioning. Fortunately for all concerned, Mr. Cobl- | idge times his calls so that they arrive at the bureau after the pressure of the morning work is lessened. Otherwise even the President might have to con- tent himself with data supplied by a subordinate to the forecaster. Knows No Hours. Forecasting knows no hours, because storms_care neither for time nor per- son. Mitehell, and the associate fore- caster, R. Hanson Weightman, are at their desks daily at 7:30 o'clock in the morning and they do not close their desks until nearly midnight. Even when the forecaster goes to his home, his brain is burdened with thoughts of iso-bars and low-pressure areas and anti-cyclones and such. He has upon his shoulders the load that comes with the knowledge that the welfare of fhousands of fellow beings may hang upon the nature of his fore- cast. Should he have drawn that area cen- ter a little more to the south, or moved that storm warning farther northward? These and a hundred ether houghs race through, his mind as other citizens relax in quiet slumber. In spite of his multitudinous worries at such a time as this, the forecaster succeeds in maintaining, outwardly at least, a calm that creates confidence among his associates and maintains a morale that makes for co-operation and remarkable effieiency. It is an intriguing game, and Mitchell and Weightman and all their colleagues play it as though their own lives de- pended on the outcome. MAN IMPRISONED IN RUMBLE SEAT RIDDEN 100 MILES (Continued .from First Page.) names of J. H. Waldron and William Jackson Carter, and are said to have admitted robbing Chambers and taking Hayes' car. Their home is in Memphis. Chambers, left bound in his store, managed to crawl to a telephone, pull the receiver off the hook with his teeth and call police 8 few minutes after he was robbed. Detectives had to break down the door to get to him. He told Detectives Frank Varney and H. E. Brodie that the pair visited his store early yesterday afternoon, saying they would be back later to make some purchases. They passed the store at about 8 o'clock, when he was waiting pon a customer, and said they would return still later. At 9 o'clock the pair entered the store, which was attended only by Chambers, and while one of the rob- bers held Chambers at bay with a pistol the other went about pulling down the shades and closing up. With heavy twine Chambers was bound hand and foot and a handkerchief gag was placed over his mouth. Taking a handbag and a suit case from a shelf the bandits started pack- ing. They laid in a good supply of clothing, including 2 scarfs, 24 neck- ties, 10 shirts, 2 overcoats, 2 raincoats, 2 hats, 2 pairs of gloves, 4 suits of un- derwear, 4 pairs of pajamas, a dozen pairs of silk hose and a dozen imported linen handkerchiefs. Then they rifled Chambers’ pockets, taking $65 in cash, his watch and chain, valued at $50, and an automatic pistol. They closed up the store and walked over to the Stoneleigh Garage, 1630 L street, where they encountered Dunn, in rubber boots, washing the Hayes car, an expensive roadster. They grabbed Dunn, applied the chloroform and lock- ed him in. Then they sped off. Dunn says it seemed hours they were riding when, hitting a rough stretch of road, the trip became unbearable for him and he began shouting. Fear- ing the shouts of their prisoner would attract attention, the bandits stopped the car, opened up the rumble seat and let Dunn come up on the front skirts of Richmond, Dunn was put out given $3 and the bandits sped on. Give Clue to Police. Dunn immediately started searching for a police station. He walked a long distance in his stocking feet before he was able to find the police. At the police station the colored man was so frightened that his story was almost unintelligible, Richmond police say. The Richmond authorities got in touch with Washington police and pieced together Dunn'’s story. Con- sulting American Automobile Associa- tion road maps, the District of Colum- bia police sent ahead descriptions of the bandits on every road leading eut of Richmond. Danville, Raleigh, N. C, and High Point, N. C,, were points it was thought the bandits would have to hit in their night chief of detectives, and Sergt. Charles J. P. Weber called police at those points. The arrest was a matter of chence, according to reports from Danville. After the police were warned of the pos- sible approach of the thieves, vigil was kept, and a home-going a car bearing a District of Columbia license tag approaching the city and ran to a telephone. Officers at police headquarters hasten- ed to Main street and saw the car hemmed between two trucks, and they covered the occupants from both run- ning boards and compelled them to seat ang sit with them. At the out- | flight South, and Sergt. Charies Mullen, | yo]iccman saw | of MRS. BEATRIX K. DALEY DIES AT WALTER REED Burial Thursday From Catholic Chapel of West Point Mili- tary Academy. Mrs. Beatrix Koehler Daley, 42 years old, wife of Maj. Edmund L. Daley, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, died in Walter Reed Hospital last night after a short illness. Mrs. Daley was the daughter of the late Lieut, H. J. Koehler, for many years Master of the Sword at the United States Military Academy. She is sur- vived by her husband and three sons, Lieut. Edmund Koehler Daley, United States Army Engincer Corps; Cadet John P. Daley, United States Military Academy, and Donald Martin Daley, student at St. John’s College here. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. R. R. Reeves of .Defiance, Ohio. Mrs. Daleys will be buried Thursday from the Catholic Chapel on the Mili- tary Academy grounds at West Point. NO DEATHS REPORTED. Small Damage Caused in Nassau, Radio Says. MIAMI, September 18 (#).—A mes- sage received here at 5:42 p.m. yester- day by the Tropical Radio rcported that Nassau, Bahama, suffered no ca8- ualties from Sunday’s severe hurricane, but that small damage was caused in the residential scction, confirming the brief report received here at noon when the Hialeah station first succeeded in establishing communication with Nas- sau. The last message reported that Nas- sau had not yet been able to commu- nicate with the outer islands. GOING TO AID OF MAJOR AND LIEUTENANT TIED IN ARMY GOLF PLAY Walter X. Dunn of West Point, N. Y, and E. A. Baldwin of West Orange, N. J., Make Same Score. Maj. Walter K. Dunn of West Point, N. Y., and Lieut. E. A. Baldwin of West Orange, N. J.,, were tied for the lead over the first elghteen holes of the“36- hole qualifying round for the Army golf championship at the Chevy Chase Club today, with scores of 82. ‘Twenty-eight Army officers from wide- 1y soattered parts of the country start- ed in the 36zhole qualifying play today. Only 16 were to qualify in the cham- plonship flight, while the others will be divided into one flight of eight and another of four. £ Two 18-hole matches will be played tomorrow, with the final round sched- uled at 36 holes on Friday. W. A. CRUPPER HELD. Alexandrian Arrested on Rock- ville Warrant, Charging Bigamy. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. September 18.— Willlam Ashton Crupper cf this city is being held at Rockville on a warrant charging bigamy. The complainant is the former Miss Mabel E. Varner of Fairmont, W. Va., who charges he mar- ried her in Rockville on July 16 while he had a wife living in Alexandria. Through a clerical error the warrant and Montgogiery County records list the man held as William E. Crupper and the name was carried so in The Star. Since then the prisoner has been identified as Willlam A. Crupper. STORM SUFFERERS PUPLENROLLNENT SHEARNG 1000 Second Day’s School Regis- tration Figures Considerably Swell Opening Total. With a total registration of 63,128 boys and girls in the elementary and high schools of the District yesterday, indications at 1 o'clock today were that this figure would be materially raised toward the 70,000 mark when all schot had reported their second day's en- rollment. One of the most interesting “scholas- tic upsets” in the school system is the decrease in the enrollment at Central High School and the increase in the number of students entering the new McKinley High School. Today 1,505 students had entered McKinley, as compared with the second day'’s en- rollment last year of 1,197, representing an increase of 308 students. Although McKinley's old rival, Central, had not reported its second day's attendance (at 1 o'clock, its attendance yesterday showed a deerease in its first-day en- iTollment over last year with 2,266, against 2531 for the corresponding day of the last school year. The only other senior high school to report early this afternoon was Business, whose en- rollment showed an increase of 52 students for its second day over the corresponding day last year, with 1,219 in class today as against 1,167 last year. With severe congestion in schools of the Takoma Park section the school officials will open tomorrow morning the group of portable buildings on the Kalmia road site at Fourteenth street. In these buildings will be moved classe which were organized yesterday and to- day in the Takoma Park schools, repre- senting children of the Takoma Park and Rock Creek Estates sections. Based on last year's increase in en- rollment on the first and second days of the sciwool year, today probably will witness 5,000 pupils more in the city schools than were enrolled yesterday. A year ago the opening day enrollment was 62,643, while the second day’s regis- tration swelled the figures to 66,157, an increase of 4,514 in one day. CHARGES NEW PLOT ON“MURDER FARM Northcott’s Nephew Alleges Slaying of Entire Family Considered. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 18.— After more than three days spent in checking-'15-year-old Sanford Clark’s account of the torture and murder of four boys by his uncle, Gordon Stuart Northcott, 21, on Northeott’s isolated Riverside, Calif, “murder” farm, au- thorities today frankly admitted they were unable to strike a balance be- tween the contradictory evidence thus far uncovered. While spades of officers probed the three-acre farm, uncovering evidence which alternately ténded to support and disprove Clark’s story, the lad piled on the already heavy load of accusations against his uncle the ac- count of a plot to do away with a whole family. This story gained quick corroboration. Young Clark told the officers that Northcott last Sunmner planned to kill a man named Dahl and his wife, and succeeded in luring them to the farm last July. Clark saild Northcott’s plan was to add their four sons to his list of alleged torture and murder victims. Mrs, James C. Bell, wife of 'a Re- dondo Beach, Calif., brigadier general of the Salvation Army, told the of- ficers that young Northcott came to her husband and, giving his name as Gray, asked the name of a family with several children, preferably boys, who would work on a farm. Dahl's name was_given Northcott, she said, and he made an appointment for the family to come to the ranch that night. Frightened by Voices. ‘The Dahls told the Salvation Army officers that they kept the appointment, but were asked to wait a few minutes on the front porch of the Northcoti house. They waited for two hours while subdued voices were heard in argument in the rear of the house, then became {rightened and left. ‘When Mrs. Bell saw young North- cott’s photograph she recognized him as “Gray.” A check of records showed that the license number of Gray's au- tomobile as jotted down by Mr. Bell was the same as young Northcott's. Meanwhile City Chemist Rex Walsh emerged from his laboratory to an- nounce that bicod found on an ax at the so-called “murder farm” probably was that of an animal. But thres strands of hair ndhnrhg to the ax blade were from a human head, the chem sald, Detectives making an examination of the Northeott home found a blood- stained board and a hatchet, the blade of which was ground to a razorlike edge. From a laboratory where microscopes and_scientific instruments are used in trafling crime J. Clark Sellers, crim- inologist employed by Riverside County authorities, announced he had ‘“vital bits of evidence corroborating younsg | Clark's story.” Police Doubts Grow. Police doubts of Clark’s story began to grow again, however, when he told them that at least 30 boys had bocen taken to or visited the Northcott farm within the last two years and that Northcott owned a cabin in Mint Can- yon, north of Saugus, Calif., where some of the boys might have been taken. De- tectives said they would take Clark them today in an attempt to find ihe cabin. ; Riverside authorities, faced by he baffling mixture of contradictory evi- dence, said no murder complaint would be filed against young Northcott or his mother, Mrs. Louisa Northcott, until more definite proof had been obtained. The Los Angeles police said they had told Riverside officers they must take Cyrus G. Northcott, father of the sus- pected youth, or he would be released, He has been held here as a material witness. }I{lh(‘ elder Northcott described his son las an “ape-man,” and declared he had jknown that Gordon was abnormal in his emotions. Mother and son are believed to be hiding in Canada. They were reported to have been seen in Vancouver, British | Columbia, last Sunda BAND CONCERT. By the United States Navy Band, at the band stand, navy yard, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. March, “Under the Double Eagle‘,v" 2 = TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, JANITOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER BATTLE Cameira Man Taking Pictures of Girls’ Rolled Hose Starts Row. Three Roll Down Steps as Stuart Junior High Pupils Watch. ‘When he objected to a photographer taking pictures of schoolgirls, ranging from 12 to 15 years of age in what he considered undignified poses on the east front of Stuart’ Junior High Schocl yesterday, Claus J. Schwartz, principal of the school, became involved in a scuffie with the photographer and both men with the janitor of the schoo! rolled down a flight of stone steps. Although none of the participants in | the affray, which was witnessed by a crowd of students, was seriously in- jured, Schwartz has referred the case to school officials and is awaiting their advice as to whether he should fil> charges against O. B. Troup, the pho- tographer, who is employed by the Washington Times. Schwartz's and Troup's trousers were torn and the camera damaged. The photographic plates, however, wera saved. According to Mr. Schwartz, M. A. Sheenan, janitor at the building, re- ported to him shorfli" after 3 o'clock yesterday that a photographer was ‘taking pictures of a group of girls with their stockings rolled.down. Schwartz immediately went outside the building and asked the photographer what authority he had to make the pictures, to which query the principal says Troup responded, “None of your business.” ‘Then Schwartz picked up the camera, CLAUS J. SCHWARTZ, —Harris-Ewing Photo. intending to take it with its offending plates to his office, when, he says, Troup Jumped on him. At that moment Sheenan is alleged to have sought to pull_the photographer from his grip on the principal, when somebody’s foot- ing slipped and the trio with the camera turfl‘bled down the steps to the side- walk. Mr. Schwartz is awaiting advices from his superiors in the school system as to_the outcome of the encounter. The Stuart principal declares that only two of the five girls were students of his school, while two of the others were from Eastern and one from Mc- Kinley. None of the girls wore their stockings rolled until the photographer asked her to do if. Schwartz claims. Secretary Whiting Named in Suit in Fight Over Tree Court Action Sought to Prevent Him From Inter- fering With Choppers. The new Secretary of Commerce, William F. Whiting, was brought into the controversy which has been prevail- ing over the efforts to remove a black walnut tree. standing at Sedgewick and Tilden streets, near the Bureau of Standards, today, when there was filed in Equity Court a complaint seeking an injunction against the Commerce Secretary to restraixyflm and his agents from interfering h the removal of the tree. The suit was filed by Frank R. Porter, 1320 Vermont avenue, who was arrested on_ August 29, here, on complaint of J. W. Shea of Baltimore, on a charge of taking money under false pretenses. Porter was released on August 30 on a writ of habeas corpus. According to the bill filed in the case today, Porter says he purchased the tree for $10, after submitting a pub- lic bid to the general supply committee, which awarded it to him. Subsequent- ly, he says, he sold the tree, less the limbs and laps, for $150 to a dealer in walnut lumber, but, he alleges, when Shea went to take the tree he was prevented from doing so by the em- ployes and agents of the Department of Commerce, who said- that the tree did not belong to the Bureau of Stan- dards. It was following this refusal to permit Shea to take the tree, Porter alleges, that the former had him ar- rested. Porter further tells the court that the land on which the tree is located was transferred by the Department of Commerce to the District of Columbia on June 24, 1925, for use as a street, and that, therefore, the Department of Commerce had nothing to do with it. The case is to be argued before the court on September 20. DROP PLANTO GIVE OUT TEXT OF PACT French Delegates to Geneva May Await U. S. Reply on Naval Agreement. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 18—It is un- derstood that the French delegation at Geneva has abandoned its plan of making public the text of the Franco- British naval “compromise” during the coming deliberations of the disarma- ment committee of the League of Na- tions Assembly. The impression prevails in political circles that the Washington Govern- ment itself would prefer that no pub- lication of the terms be made until it has had an opportunity to reply. In Franco-British quarters the be- lief is expressed that the explanatory statements made by Foreign Minister Briand and Lord Cushendun at Geneva have done much to remove any idea that the accord contains something sin- ister or secret. There is some ex- pectation that a compromise basis of agreement on the methods of limiting navies may be found which would justify the convocation of the prepara- tory disarmament commission. Ambassador Claudel, French envoy to the United States, who is now here, today conferred with Foreign Minister Briand on matters of interest to France and the United States. URGES SYMPATHY FOR TRIAL BOARD Police Official Asks Public to Maintain Open Mind on Palice Situation. The Police Trial Board, under the new plan of organization and procedure recently adopted by the District Com- missioners, should be given sympathetic consideration by the public, so that it may have a fair trial, Lieut. F. S. W. Burke, head of the police training Fall meeting of the public order com- mittee of the Board of Trade at the Raleigh Hotel. Lieut, Burke, while declaring that the vast majority of members of the metro- formed trial board, but rather should await the results of its disciplinary measures with an open mind. Hits Overzealous Officers. The statement by the lieutenant, who is a member of the public order com- mittee, was made during a discussion of the whole police —situation, in which Matthew O'Brien, an attorney, asserted that the police courts are cluttered up with “respectable” citizens who should not be there and who are arrested for minor infragtions of the police regulations due to eagerness on the part of policemen to make a record of arrests. However, Mr. O'Brien added, the re- cent outspoken criticism of the police department as a whole has done more harm to the morale of the members of the department than anything else. 25 of 1,500 Pass. Lieut. Burke explained the difficulty of getting a sufficient number of high type applicants for positions in the de- partment, explaining that out of 1,500 Wwho some time past sent in requests for formal applications for positions, 400 appeared for examination, 125 passed the physical tests, and of these but 25 were finally approved. Odell S. Smith, chairman of the committee, suggested that in order to avoid congestion of cases before the Police Trial Board, minor complaints against policemen should be taken care of by precinct lieutenants or captains, but Lieut. Burke pointed out that this system is not in accord with the police manual. The meeting was addressed by Francis_V. Thompson, superintendent of the Boys' Club of Washington, who emphasized the importance of this or- ganization to the proper training for youths, both the white and colored. CHURCHES ORDERED OPENED IN MEXICO But Edict Does Not Permit Re- sumption of Services—Few Had Remained Closed. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, September 18—Or- ders to open to the public all churches that are closed were issued last night to the governors of all states by Emilio Portes Gil, secretary of the interior, with the approval of President Calles. This does not mean the resumption of religious services by priests or set- tlement of the religious question. Most Catholic churches throughout the re- public have been open to the public ever since the religious laws were put into effect, but all have been without the services of priests, who were with- REPORTS ON DAMAGE. Nassau Consul Says Hurricane Sur- passed One of 1866. By the Assoclated Press. A report on the damage caused by the hurricane that struck over the Bahamas was received today by the State Department from Vice Consu! James Franklin Points at’ Nassau. “Hurricane of great intensity swept Bahamas Sunday morning from 1 to 5; heavy rains until 7 in the evening: barometer 28.02,” .the message - read. “Big loss of property. No lives lost. Far surpasses hurricane of 1866. Big loss of property in outer islands.” DELAY ACTION ON POLICE. Action on the recommendations of the police trial board for the dismissal of five policemen tried and convicted drawn by orders of the Mexican episcopate. However, have heen closed, usually because of a| lack of understanding with local au- thorities, or because no local commit- tee was appointed to take charge of the church when the priests left. The governors now are ordered to see that such committees are appointed and that the doors of all churches are thrown open to the public. No official explanation of the orders has been given. Some believe it to be a con- ciliatory gesture, SCHOONER IS LOST. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. September 18 (#).—Loss of the Lunenburg schoon- er William A. Gauglier in the West In- dian hurricane was reported in a cable received yesterday. Capt. Alvin Mosher and his crew were reported safe. The Gauglier had just arrived at| ¥ Turks Island in ballast from Madeira, | and was to take on a cargo of salt for Lunenburg. school, declared last night at the first politan police force are striving to serve as good officers worthy of public trust, suggested that the public should not *“throw bricks” of criticism at the newly Ca churches here and there Blade NEW YORK HOLDS | ELECTION TODA Vote Expected to Give Light on Results in No- vember. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 18.—The | slze of the vote, especially that of the women, was the chief point of interest for the political leaders of both parties in the State-wide primary elections toe. day. The size of the vote, it was hoped, would give some Indication as to how the State will go in the presidential elections this Fall. Of the faction fights, which werg few, the most bitter was that ged ‘in Queens Borough, New York Ciry, | where Borough President Bernard e, | Patten is seeking the Democratic nom= | ination, backed by the Queens regular Democratic organization. He is op-| posed by James T. Hallinan, who has| been indorsed by George W. Olvany, head of Tammany Hall, and two inde-} pendent candidates. The winner of the Democratic figh will face Alderman George U. Harve; the polls in November, the man whe >xposed the Queens Borough sewer scan dal, which led to the resignation of for: mer President Connolly. ‘Woman in Contest. ipal fight in Manhattan was| Ruth Pratt and Assembly-| man Phelps for the Republican nomina- tion to Congress in the seventeenth co: gressional district. Altogether there were| 21 contests in Greater New Yol The main upstate fight was between Representative S. Wallace Dempsey and H. W. Hutt in the fortieth district in Erie County. The polls in the city will be open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. and upstate from noon to 9 p.m. More than 1,622,000 ballots were dis- tributed to the polling places in the five boroughs of New York City. EXPECTS HEAVY VOTE. Massachusetts Has Many Contests in Primary Today. BOSTON, September 18 (#).—An un- usually heavy vote was expected at the polls today as members of both major parties reacted to the most active pri- mary campaign Massachusetts has seen in years. Practically every important nomina- tion within the gift of either party was the subject of spirited contest with one exception. United States Senator David 1. Walsh was unopposed for renomina- tion on the Democratic ticket. Elsewhere there was little unanimity, and in this respect the Republican party was faced with a volume of candidates for several important places seldom if ever seen before. The contest for the Republican nomination for the United States Sen- ate was three-sided. Eben S. Draper, Gen. Butler Ames and B. Loring Young made whirlwind finishes to active cam- paigns. In the congressional fleld the out- standing disputes were in the twelfth district, where nine candidates sbught the Democratic nomination for the place left vacant by the death of the late Representative James A. Gallivan, and in the eleventh, where four aspir- ants were contending for the Demo- cratic place. e S POLICE INFORMER HELD FOR GRAND JURY — Marion F. Lee to i‘nce Perjury Action After Prelim- inary Hearing. Marion F. Lee, 715 Mount Vernon place, former police informer charged with perjury, was held for the action of the grand jury following a pre= liminary hearing before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today. Bond was fixed at $1,500. ‘The charge against Lee was placed after he had sworn to making a “buy” from Mrs. Lovena Odell, 1416 Sixteenth strect, on August 13. Mrs. Odell was subsequently acquitted following a hear~ ing before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, when she proved to the latter’s satisfaction that she was in Piney Point on the day specified. Six witnesses testified téday that they saw Mrs. Odell at Piney Point on August 13 and two that she apparently was not home on: the same day. De- fense Attorney Abner Siegal succeeded upon cross-examination in bringing out some apparent discrepencies in the witnesses’ testimony, but the court ruled them irrelevant. He also attempted to learn from the witnesses what was Mrs. Odell’s occupation, but all such efforts Wwere overruled. Mrs. Odell herself, however, said she was a housekeeper. Among the witnesses called by As-" sistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, who is prosecuting the case, were Guy Mason, prominent local attorney; Joseph S. Macias, local or- chestra leader, and Morris W. Odell, husband of Mrs. Odell. Lee had worked ds a police informer only a few weeks. He was so employed by Detectives S. F. Gravelly of the third precinet after being released on $500 bond on a chaige of grand larceny. l Harve de Grace Entries l Wednesday, September 19. First race—Purse $1.300; maiden 2-vear- s: colts and geldings; 5'z furlongs: 115 Nonstop ...... 5 Nymoh King Uppity ... Fortung's Fave Coin Collector Film ... Abingdon . d Golden Clo fLemonade Vimont Island Lad Cadyhill . o—Purse ds; 6 fu $1.300: The Red Ar- 6 furlongs | row: 2-y Ship Master 108 Neddie . Baron King 113 Bosky Zoom A1 Third race—Purse $1.500: The Handlcap: 3-yeat-oids and up: 8 farlongere Twitter Susanna. .. ) Pe of Wal 21 24 ireenoc 7 Clean Play 109 Shakeitup .. 105 E. B. McLean entry Fourth race—Purse $2.500, Th sear-olds up: 1 mile an n_Demey Lady Marie. Classte: 3- Joek 2 17 :iNoreaster ... ictorian 113 Tan eau % trolling Player. . vdromel {11 Crusader ..... fH. P. Whitney e Gamden’ en Fifth race—Py, 0: The Graduate: 3-year-olds: 1 mile and 70 yards: 10 105 107 108 B Sixth race—Purse $1,300; olds 6D, 1h mijes; V0% claiming: The Diver. last week for various offenses was de- *Cockrill agn States Public Health surgeons to Porto Overture, “Merry Wives of Windsor,” drive to headquarters. KELLY IS SENTENCED. Rico to r;:a;i : Redhgross m‘edic:} ':nlt m'rhleret a xgaa:ltel ?r z‘“&.‘i“ bgtlis‘claaed % Nicolai | layed by tfhe hComl;lisslonen; tgna:ly“ on e ‘was reachet ere tl morning T 8 e loot an ac men “O Promise Me,” account of the absence of eer 9 conference attended by Surg. Gen.|were armed. . Song for comnel, "0 Promise & wen [ Commissioner. William B. Ladue, who | Court Orders Woman’s Slayer to Be | _seventh race—p: Hugh 8. Cumming and Assistant Surg. left for West Point, N. Gen. W. F. Draper, representing the of his Y., to attend the brother-in-law, Col. AT Selection of “Nautical Melodies,” San Francisco Gives $10,000. Arr. by Tobani Hanged November 23. . o Wormwold Brahman funeral rah Gnome _2d Public Health Service, ard Jamcs L. Miss T. Malinde Havey (right), assistant director of Public Health Nursing|Song, “Indian Love Call”.....Remberg | George P. Howell LOS ANGELES. September 18 (#).— | 3 Fieser, vice chairman of the Red Cr SAN FRANCISCO, September 18 (#). | for the American Red Cress, who will sail tomerrow for Porto Rico to wum: Sc;‘gés from “The Chimes of Nor- Col. Ladue's absence caused the post- | Leo (Pat) Kelly, convicted of the mur- .’{,‘D‘é{,fi‘,’,’;‘ Dr. L. L. Lumsden, s surgeon, | —The San Francisco board of super- charge of {he narsing situation there. She is shown with Mrs. August Belmont| mandy” : .Planquette | ponement of the regular semi-weekly |der of Mrs. Myrtle L. Mellus, his so- | Lefseh s ditect fhe unit. which will include | visors last night appropriated $10.000| tleft), member of the coniral committee of the Amesican Red Cross, and James | Valse from “Mile. Modiste” .. ..Herbert | meeting of the Board of Commission- | ciety woman sweetheart, today was sen- | (317, Parisian Dr. J. W. Mountin and F. R. Shaw, anitary enzinecrs from the city treasury for Florida storm sufferers, relief nll L. Fieser, vice chairman oi the Ked Cross, Y after-a conference here today. . Mal ers at which the trial board recom- vis-Ewing Photo. tenced to be hanged at San Quentin mendations were to be considered, Penitentiary November 23 next. f! i, *Apprentice claiming Clear and fast. Listed poss 3:15 p.%e