Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1928, Page 17

D WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.' 1928.7 Here is the autogyro plane on a trial formance before its flight yesterday from London to Parié. The strange aircraft, which somewhat resembles & windmill in flight, is the invention of a Spaniard, J. de Ia Cierva, who piloted it on the fiight across the English Channel. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. = At right: Platform greetings from Gov. Smith and family at Cleveland. The Democratic candidate is throwing a kiss to the crowd as Mrs. Smith (right) and their daughter, Mrs. Warner, wave in response to the cheers. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Young performers of the sawdust ring costumed for their part in the circus scheduled to be given this evening for Friendship House. The elephant, the ringmaster and sl their friends of the biz top will be there. ~Star Staff Photo. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd meets his favorite husky, Chanute, at the naval air station at Hampton Roads, Va., where he is supervising crating of the planes for his Antarctic expedition. Chanute is a leader of the big dog pack recruited for the expedition. —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Nat Pomerants, the young Brooklyn amateur who has leaped into radio fame as the Navy Department’s chief link in wireless communication with storm-swept Porto Rico. And his set has demonstrated its remarkable efficiency despite that it is constructed of second-hand “junk” parts. —Wide World Photos. Britain’s foreign secretary arrives in Bermuda on his health voyage. This shows Sir Austen Chamberlain with his daughter Diana at Hamfifon, where he is stopping off with his family before resuming his voyage to California in quest of restored health. —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Veterans of Foreign Wars has been one of the first ory tions to respond to the appeal for relief of hurricane su of Porto Rico and Florida. This shows National Comdr. Eugene P. Carver presenting s check for $500 to Chaioman John Barton Payne of the American Red Cross. —Copyright by Harris & Ewing. < i Indian on Spree HBUVER EX"]U_ED Says “Dope” Caused Youth’s Kidnaping In Rumble Seat | Tennessean Pair Returned From Virginia Blame Plight on Narcotics. IN GOUNTY DRIVE William Tyler Page and Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff Mont- gomery Speakers. Special Dispatch to The Star. A ROCKVILLE, Md., September 19.— The Republican campaign in Mont- gomery County got ‘under way here yesterday, -~ Called by Paul Sleman, ‘chairman of the State central commit- tee for the county, as a conference of “representative Republicans from each | precinct of that county” to consider | Tegistration and make other plans. for the campaign, the meeting was a rally and love feast. Approximately 1120 of the county’s leading party men and women were present. Mr. Sleman explained that the conference was in- tended principally to make arrange- ments to enroll every eligible Republic- an. He introduced Mrs. Gertrude Brown Bischoff, 'sent out by the labor section of the national headquarters at Wi . She made a speech in which she pictured Mr. Hoover as the ideal candidate, sure to appeal to the thoughtful voters of the country. Hoover Lauded by Page. William ' Tyler Page, clerk of the United States House of Representa- tives, also spoke. He likened Mr. Hoover to Gen. Washington in that engineering was the substratum of the fitness of for the presidency, and declared .there is no comparison be- tween the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates so far as their qualifications for office are concerned. Mr. s his speech that he recently returned from a sojourn in New England and in Pennsylvania, in both of which sections he made spe- cial efforts to ascertain the political situations.. He declared that New Eng- Jand would roll up is usual heavy Re- mbhun majorities. with the exception, e thought, of Massachusetts, where he found Republitar prospects less fa- vorable because of conditions in the textile industry, and for “other influ- ences which I will net mame,” Penn- sylvania. he said, is in fine shape from the Republican standpoint excepting the city of Phlhdelrhn. and predicted that the State would give Mr. Hoover & heavy majority. County Victory Forecast. Although the Democrats of Mont- gomery County have a book majority of 3,000 ‘or mare, opinions were freely expressed by some of those attending| Wi the conference that the county would ,l:ve Mr. Hoover a majority, several plac- it at 1,000 or more. inent among those at the meet- lng‘:ere Asa M. Stabler, nearly 90, and All G. Thomas, only a few years his Jumior. Both predicted that Mr. Hoover ‘would be the next President. Some of the other prominent members of the party in attendance were Thomas E. Robertson, United States Commis- sioner of Patents; Willlam T. 8. Curtis, Grant Leet, Mortimer O. Stabler, Albert Stabler, Capt. Frank L. Hewitt, John W. Coffman, Willis B. Burdette, John W. Case, James M. Mount, Thomas L. Daw- son, Wilson L. Townsend, Charles R. Hartshorne, Henry Latterner, Harold C. mith, F. Barnard Welsh, Maurice M. wning, Walter R. Tuckerman, Walter P. Plumiey, J. William Garrett, Frank ‘Two frank-faced Tenessee youths who came here to see the sights and who sought the added thrill of an initial “shot of dope,” just to see what it was like, were in the firm grip of the law here today, facing charges of robbery, kidnaping and joy-riding. ‘They were brought back here today from Danville, Va., by Detective Brodie, to learn that their first experiment with narcotics had netted them rugful re- sults. The youths, James Henry Wald- ron, 25, and William Jackson Carter, 27, of Memphis, Tenn, are charged with holding up James H. Chambers in his haberdashery, at 1110 Connecticut ave- nue Monday night. They esci to Virginia in an automobilé taken from the Stoneleigh Garage, where it was being washed by Walter Dunn, colored, whom they locked in the rumble seat and carried to Richmond. A delightful sightseeing trip to Mount Vernon with a group of schoolgirls was interesting, but it lacked the real “kick” that the boys were seeking in the strange city. When a genial stranger in Lafayette Park suggested “dope” a3 ,providing such a thrill, the boys agreed to try it out, they told police today. They gave the stranger all their money for a supply of drugs &d instruments with which to use m. The pair claim they were under the influence of these drugs when they robbed Chambers of money and mer- chandise valued at $400 Monday night, Detective Brodie asserted. Dunn, the car washer, was placed in the rumble seat and released as the car reached the outskirts of Richmond. The youths gave him $5 with-which to return to Washington. In stockinged feet, since the robbers had forced him to remove his rubber boots, Dunn walk- ed a Jong distance to police headquar- ters at Richmond and told them of his j®lights The Richmond authorities noti- fied local police, who caused apprchen- sion of the two men as they reached Danville, Brodie said that their return trip was fraught with ~disaster. First they struck the wind and rain at Thornberg, | Va., and the automobile, which was being driven by James E. Hayes, the owner, broke down, so was towed to the nearest service station. All four men then took the bus and came on to gton. Waldon said that he had been em- glwed for the past five years as a lacksmith helper in an iron works at Memphis. Carter had been employed as a laborer for a construction com- pany of the same city. A month ago they decided to travel, sp combined | their resources and started out. ‘When they reached Charlotte, N. C., they decided to come to Washington. They arrived here last Wednesday. On Friday, they said, they met the dope peddler. | Dwyer, Harry L. Willard, Thomas M. Anderson, E. Maurice Crawford, Alfred C. Warthen, Clarence E. Keiser, AUs. John A. Holmes, Mrs. Elisha Harfsen, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman and Mrs. Edward L. Stock. Py . . An Army tank goes up in smoke. Foreign military attaches saw this “blowing up” of a tank as one of the high spots of the demonstration put on for them yesterday at Fort Leonard Wood, Md., by the Army's experi mental mechanized force. Sergt. Kelly, Hero of Indian War of 1898, To Be Decorated Friday fpr Gallantry STUDENTS FILLING HIGH SCHOOL SEATS More Than 4,000,000 Atténding in U. S, Dr. Morgan Informs University Class. More than four million students are filling the high schools of the United States and more than two million are going to college this Fall, Dr. Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the National Educa- tional Association Journal, told the! students of American University College of Liberal Arts, at the formal opening chapel of the year this morning at; Hurst Hall. There had been a tremendous growth of interest in education throughout the country, Dr. Morgan said. Dr. George B. Woods, dean of the college, officially presented the students | to Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of | the university, who welcomed them Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor of Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, conducted devotions and Mrs. Elvina Neal Rowe sang. ‘The social season of the university was opened last night by a on given by the chancellor and Mrs. Clark at their home on the cempus in honor of the new faculty members. Registration continued today and classes will open tomorrow morning at the college. The downtown School of the Political Sciences and the Graduate School of American University, however, will not open until next week. Planes Seek Bandits. BAGDAD, Irak, September 19 (#).— Royal air force machines have gone in pursyit of bandits, who yesterday crossed the border from Turkey and raided three Irak villages on the northern frontier, three persons were killed in the raid and a number of cat- tle were stolen. Stirring days in the Old West and the engagament with the Chippewa In- dians at Leech Lake, Minn., October 5-6, 1898, were recalled here today with the announeement that Thomas Kelly, ex-master sergeant of the Army, would be decorated at the Monument Grounds Friday afternoon with the Distinguished Service Cross for his gallantry in that fray in assuming command of "skir- mishers when death took his command- ing officer, leading the force to victory. Mr. Kelly, a native of Ireland, who lives at 2106 F strcet, will be the center of a colorful military ceremeny as a fitting_sequel to that thrilling feat, for Brig. Gen. H. O. Willlams, commanding all the Regular Army troops in this vicinity, will personally decorate him at the general parade of troops. The vet- eran of the Indian wars is now a guard under the director of public buildings and public parks of the National Capi- tal and is assigned to_that section of the National Press Building, Four- teenth and F streets, occupied by the LEGION GUEST ON WAY. Maj. Scapini, Blind Veteran, Com- ing From France to Session. PARIS, September 19 (#).—Maj. Georges Scapini, blind war veteran and now a member of the French Chamber of Deputies, today started for the United States to attend the American Legion convention at San Antonio, where he will be a guest of honor. ‘The major, who is a leader in the movement for the rehabilitation of sol- diers blinded in the war, was invited to attend the convention by the Ameri- can Legion as a special representative of the French people. United States he will lecture at several universities, » While in the | Income Tax Division of the Treasury Department. Retired from the service in August, 1906, at his own request, after more than 30 years of service, Mr. Kelly had since made Washington his home. The War Department announcement of the dec- oration, glancing back three decades, recalls that “in an engagement with hostile Chippewa Indians at Leech Lake, Minn., October 5-6, 1898, he displayed extraordinary heroism in assuming, upon the death of his commanding ng- ficer, the command of the skirmishers on the right of the line, and, with utter disregard for his own personal safety, so gallantly led and directed his men that this action had much to' do with the subsequent victorious result of the engagement.” Mr. Kelly enlisted in the United States Army at Fort Snelling, Minn., in 1876. At the time of the ens-fiemt for which he will be decorated he was first sergeant of Co. E, 3d United States In- has fantry. MAN AND WIFE HELD. Pair Taken in Camden, N. J., Ac- cused of Swindling D. C. Firms. Special Dispatch to The Star. SCRANTON, Pa., September 19.—Ar- rested in Camden, N. J., by Govern- ment agents, H. O. Hagner and his wife, Julia, former owners of the Em- pire Sales Co. here, are under bail pending a hearing on charges of hav- ing used the mails to defraud. It is charged that the Hagners swin- dled the Merchants' Transfer and Storage Co. of Washington, D. C., by faking claims and notes against a number of Scranton merchants and selling the forged papers to the Wash- ington company, PU —Copyright by Harris & Ewing. RIOT IN MARYLAND PRISON RENEWED Threat of Punishment b& Gov. Ritchie Ignored—268 Inmates Segregated by Warden. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 19.— Ignoring Gov. Ritchie's threat of pun- ishment if order was not restored today. prisoners at the Maryland Penitentiary | Started another rioting demonstration { this morning. Fearing that the most serious trouble would come today, War- den Patrick J. Brady took steps to fo) stall it by segregating the 268 prison- iers who are still on strike for & public ;investigation of the charges of cruelty [ to inmates, which has been denied by Gov. Ritchie. Warden Brady is moving the strikers to cells in one tler of the west wing of the building, and as soon as this been accomplished expects to put a stop to the rioting. Stuart S. Janney, { director of welfare, announced this morning that the strike' would be ended today and that drastic measures would be taken if the strikers did not submit voluntarily and return to work. The nitentiary force has been reinforced y a hundred city police armed with {short guns and a company of the city |fire_department 'is constantly on duty to prevent fires, as a number of the rioters continued to toss burning papers from their cells. After the rioters are segregated in one tier prison officials contemplate turning the fire hose on them in their cells in an effort to re- | store order. According to a Maine paper “the | Fauquembergue family of Gorham is getting its name changed to Triouleyre because the latter is easier to pro- nounce.” We never heard of Triouleyre before, but it seems wonderfully adapted in progunceability in case the grfl‘ { With Mental Bow And Arrow Fined Arrested in Madison court yester- day by Policeman F. B. Knoff of the sixth precinct, who noticed him go= ing through the motions of shoot- ing with a bow and arrow without hlvl:’lu:‘lth!r a b&\:’ ,:r u:low. chhu‘: Longfellow, an n, giving address as 312 C street, pleaded %y to {ntoxication before Judge rt E. Mattingly in Police Court today and was fined $10. The po- liceman said the Indian explained that if he had only had a bow and arrow he would have been able to escape arrest. \OFFICER BARNETTE BEFORE Newspaper Man of Violating Trafic Regulations. Policeman Emlous Barnette of the eighth precinct charged with conduct prejudicial to the good order and re- putation of the Police Department went before the trial board today. The charges are a result of an automobile accident on September 8, in which J. | Leo Sugrue, automobile editor of the Washington Times and the officer fig- ured. Barpette was alleged by Sugrue to have recklessly and unlawfully operated his automobile and to have berated Sugrue and falsely accused ‘him of violating the traffic regulations. Sugrue said the accident occurred at Fourteenth and T streets, that Bar- nette’s automobile darted out from be- hind a street car and forced him to halt his own car on the tracks to avoid a collision, only to have the trolley strike him. % TRIAL BOARD Charged With Falsely Accusing; TRIANGLE MODEL BIDS OPEN MONDAY Miniature Will Show All De- tails of Federal Building Projects. Bids will be opened September 24 |3 pm. in the office of the supervisine architect of the Treasury for the con- struction of a large size model, eithe: in plaster or cardboard of the grer Fedexral triangle, on which Congress he: authorized the Government's buildin: rogram. ‘The mode]l will present a likeness of the entire triangle with its buildings, parks, pools, fountains and landscaping in color. Such a miniature of the great pro- gram of the Govers®ient projected for the future, and already well under way, is expected to be not only interesting to the public, but of much use to archi- tects, engineers and others planning and executing the plan, as well as to Congress, which will be called upon to appropriate further funds. ‘The model will be ahout 26 feet long by 8 feet wide at the widest point. Two different bids are asked, one for the model made of plaster and another of cardboard. The specifications call for the most minute details to be repro- duced in the toy city, every depression or extension of 6 inches or greater in the original plan of a building must be represented in the model. Only one model of any of the build- ings so far,authorized in the public building program was ever completed— for the Bureau of Internal Revenue Building. But it was decided to change the plan of the building after the model Following the accident the matter was thrashed out in Police Court and Barnette was convicted of reckless driv- .| ing and Sugrue acquitted of the charge or failing to give right of way, pre- ferred by the officer. It was introduced into the testimony today that a motion for a'new trial on the reckless driving charge against Barnette is pending be- fore Police Court Judge Isaac R. Hitt, who convicted the officer. lv‘vcu made, and it was never made pub- ‘Two buildings already under way on the triangle are the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue, for which foundation work is well along, and the Department of Commerce for which the excavation virtually has been completed, and for which foundation bids will be opened September 25. The triangle is bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, Fourteenth street and the Botanic Garden. Taking the stand in his own behalf, Barnette denied that ke berated Sugrue or that he drove across the intersection ' Wife Refuses to Testify Against at an unlawful speed. ‘Two witnesses, Assistant Corporation Counsel Chester H. Gray and William 5 the prelinineey nearinie Sugroe said at the prel ary hearing Sugrue sal he did not move his car from the tracks because he wanted to see that the mo- torman had control of the street car. BYRD SHIP DISABLED. By the Assoclated Press. - BALBOA, Canal Zone, September 19. —The City of New York, advance supply vessel of Comdr. Byrd’s South Polar ex- pedition, wirelessed late last night she :;:s ;letumin: to. Balboa owing to engine uble. The ship cleared Balboa this morning and was off Bona Island, about 25 miles “from here, when the trouble developed. She is expected to reach here tomorrow, morning f6r répairs. SCHENCK IS ACQUITTED. Policeman Taken in Raid. Prederick _A. , Schenck, who was recommended for dismissal from the police force by the trial board last week, was this morning acquitted of a statutory offense charge in Police .| Court when a-jury under Judge Robert E. M:mxfily returned a directed verdict of not guilty, after the.policeman’s wife refused to testify against him. Schenck was arrested in a raid by police of the third precinct several weeks ago. TWwo young women were ar- rested at the same time. Italy Backs Convention. GENEVA, September ;19 () .—Italy has notified the League of Nations of her adhesion, subieet to ratification. to ile Geneva opium convention of 191’