Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1928, Page 2

' RED CROSS FIBHTS FAMINE ANDFEVER Lacks Two-thirds of Fund i Needed for Relief in Hur- ricane Areas. With a little less than one-third of the estimated amount needed for relief | 0f sufferers in the Florida, Porto Rico and Virgin Islands storm sectors in hand, the Red Cross today redoubled its efforts to keep disease and famine out of the ravaged territory. An unofficial report was received at national headquarters today describing the suffering in Porto Rico, where, it was said, 15,000 persons already have contracted influenza. A successful effort to combat the spread of this diseasc will require a great deal of money and work, and Red Cross officials indicated today their major work now will be concentrated on' this stricken island. Total Contributions Reported. Contributions received at the nation- - 8l headquarters early yesterday totaled $1.324.431. It was stated, however, that this figure represents reports from not more than half of the 3,500 Red Cross chapters throughout the country. All chapters have been asked to wire head- quarters not later than tomorrow morn- ing, giving the exact sums collected in their districts. Victor B. Deyber. who has been ghepherding the drive for funds in ‘Washington, had a total of more than $17,000 in hand this morning. Em- ployes at Mr. Deyber’s office said sev- eral large contributions had been prom- ised, but had not yet been received. A. L. Schafer, director of Red Cross relief in Florida. notified officials here that his staff is now feeding 14.575 men, women and children, an increase _of 100 per cent over Friday's figures for the same area. Legion Posts Win Praise. High praise was_given American Legion posts in the Florida storm area by Director Schafer, who wired: “All legion posts in the storm area and contiguous territory are rendering valiant service to stricken Florida com- munities in co-operation with the Red Cross.” % Working in co-operation with State health authorities, Red Cross workers have innoculated more than 4,000 per- sons against disease in Florida, accord- ing to reports received here. . Officials here were advised tcday the citizens’ committee at Rockford, Il has requested the Red Cross chapter in that city to take charge of rehabilita tion work for the victims of the t nado which severely damaged that sec- tion 10 days ago. Funds have been raised locally and will be administered by the Red Cross. REHABILITAT.ION TASK IS NOW CONFRONTING FLORIDA STORM AREA (Continued from First Page.) Counties, and that a minimum of $300,- 000 was required to assure that there vill be a Winter crop. i 0.bé. Geiger, who was dispatched into the storm area of Lake Okeechobee by Chairman Selby, reported that he es- timated the dead at 1,500 negroes, mostly laborers, and 700 white persons. %ie counted destruction of property at 195 per cent and said that 98 per cent of the live" stock and -poultry had perished. Scarcely a town within a long radius of the stricken area but that had a quota of refugees. Tents and rations were being supplied to farmers who were anxious to go back to their ruined homes and try to make a start alone. Many of these were bereaved by the loss of relatives, some nursing injuries received in the storm. Seminoles Reported Safe. Definite reports that all the Seminole Indians were safe were received from E. L. Lasher, representative of an Indian village at Miami, who sdid that one party of hunters nearly met disaster but manageq to save themselves. The Indians are said to move out of danger when the saw-grass blooms and are believed to have followed- this sign be- fore the hurricane came. Health measures moved apace with general precautions being taken to pre- vent any outbreak of disease. State health officials said there was no in- fluenza epidemic among the refugees at Clewiston as reported by relief work- ers there Friday. They said only one case was found. Requests for stocks of whisky, seized by the Government, apparently had been answered by Federal marshals, ac- cordmg to a dispatch from Tampa, which stated that liquor was being moved into the stricken territory under the greatest secrecy to save it from pos- sible attempts at hijacking. Newspaper men found it difficult to | obtain news from the Lake Okeechobee area, which virtually is isolated and re- guires a 40-mile trip by truck or boat, but officials declared reports of their workers showed that the situation was “well in hand,” although there was said to be need of additional personnel to help in disposing of the dead and ad- ministering to the needy living. SMITH PROMISES | ATTACK ON G. 0. P. } FOR OIL SCANDALS (Continued from First Page.) led in at 9:45 p.m. for a 15-minute ayover, and followed the governor to a balcony where a reception was held. No speeches were made en route. Gov. Smith's address tonight was scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock, Mountain time, which is 10 o'clock Eastern standard time. More than 30 radio stations, in- | cluding those of the Columbia broad- casting chain and 16 independent sta- tions, will be tied up for an hour to| carry the speech from coast to coast. | ‘Will Go To Butte. After an overnight stay in Helena, the Smith party will backtrack over part of the Montana route covered last night and today and make several stops | for rear platform appearances by the nominee. One of these will be at Butte, home town *of Senator Wheeler and where he at one time served as diggrict attorney. Mr. Kremer has predicted" that one of the wildest demonstrations ever accorded a political candidate will take place at that mining center, where the train will be turned over to the Northern Pacific for the trip eastward to the twin cities of Minnesota. B ze- man and Livingston will be other Montana stops tomorrow evening. FIERY CROSS BURNS. Set Afire in Billings on Eve of Smith’s Arrival. BILLINGS, Mont., September 24 (®). —On the eve of the arrival in Billin, tomorrow of Gov. Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential -ominee, a fiery cross burned for almost an hour shortly after 9 o'clock last night at a high point on the Rim Rock just north of the Business district. It was visible from every part of the city. Lighting of the cross was pre- |ceded by explosions of several charges of dynamite nearby. Investigation at the scene 10 minutes later fajled to disclose presence of any one in the wicinity, ‘ <% THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. CONTRIBUTORS TO STORM FUND Contributions received by cashier, The Evening Star: Acknowledged . Mr. and Mrs. O. v M. H. Rupp E. G. Russell. B.G. A. . Rev. Mr. P. H.G.S. . Beale R. Howard. O. A. Bergren.. Mrs, Nellie G. Bergren... Geo. E. Doolittle. Croyden Inn .. W. B. Catlett (Florida relief).. W. B. Catlett (Porto Rico re- Pinkett Alexander Ferrara . C. Lim Maj. Samuel J. Heidner Sarah DeGraff Calder Total to date. Contributions received by V. B. Dey- ber. chairman of the District Red Cross ary A. Wilmer Elizabeth McN. Kehr.. John B. Larner Mona B. Gaillar Geo. C. Shaffer Cash virginia A. Bradsha Virginia C. Moore an Ellen Moore ... Joseph 1. Weller. Anna M. Lynch G. F. Ephgrave... Lindley D. Clark. Chas. W. Fairfax. Lillie B. Fairfax Cash . argare B . gfmt!h ‘Washington ~ Citizens’ Association Annie S. Hum ‘Wm. S. Spencer. Alice C. Evans. ym Collections ‘Theater Metropolitan Bank— Charles A. Browne. Cash ...... Lnnsburgh‘sxsto Palais Royal— Lillian M. Woodward. .. Mrs. Buck Miscellaneous . Garfinckel's store— Marie A. Gulick Cecilia Ivins Ircne Arons . Cash collections ... Union Trust Co— Effie E. Crain John R. Duffield Cash collections . Mount Vernon Savings Bank.. Palace Theater Kann's . Columbia Metropolita Park Savings Prudential Bank . Riggs National Bai M. M. McNamee.. Margaret L. Kerr. Lydia K. Burr. J. D. Baden. Cas| Fedrral-American Bank— George J. Heuritzy Cash Woodward & Lothrop— Frances M. Dow Catherine P. Waddle.. Second N: .J. Chester Wilfong Walter G. Dunlop. Mr. and Mrs. Char! ings S Mrs. C. Sutherland. . Dr. E. M. Chapman. F.L. H. Cash Palace, Columbia and Metro- politan Theater: Keith's Earle Theater— A. J. Kay Mrs. A. M. Wickersham. K. C. Jovee Adolphus McKenzie. Mrs. M. J. Koss Minnie J. C. Koss. J. C. Vincent.. H. W. Witcover. J M. Dunean.. Katherine H. Duncan. Effie Duncan Estelle Wood Meese { Edward E. Parker. Sarah Van Gundy.. Elizabeth R. Frances G. Fox. Hazel P. Morse. | Edith O. Eckels. Grace M. Henderson. Julia D. Smoot. . Mary E. Smoot . . Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brown Mrs. L. L. Boyee . . {Mary Mead .... . . | Through the American Security & ‘Trust Co.— Mrs. M. Virginia Devine The Security Club. . Katherine W. Hamilton. N. Thornton Hynson John Ihider Paul Sperry Howard Mora 3 25.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 50.00 2.00 A 100.00 60.25 | Safe-blowers took $300 from the safe of a Sanitary Grocery store at 714 Eleventh street last night, first having carried the 200-pound safe to a back room. YEGGMEN TAKE $300 FROM SAFE _‘Thieves Thought to Have Used 5 Explosives in Grocery Robbery. Burglars last night broke into the Sanitary grocery store at 714 Eleventh street, carried a 200-pound safe to a back room, where they broke it open, and escaped with $300. Raymond May, manager, 223 R street northeast, discovered the robbery when he opened the store for business at 7 o'clock this morning. He notified the police. Headquarters Detective Oscar Mans- field, who was dispatched to the scene, said that the safe had apparently been pushed into the rear room with the aid of a long iron bar that was found on the floor beside it. The hinges had been sawed off and the safe so badly battered that it looked as though an explosive had also been used. May told Mansfield that he visited the store at 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon and that the safe was at that time in its accustomed place. With the exception of the iron bar, the burglars had left no tools or other clues that might lead to their detection. Efforts will be made today to obtain finger prints. 4 P DR. W. E. PAIRO DIES IN G. U. HOSPITAL ‘Was Native of Richmond and For- merly Was Mayor of North Beach, Md. Dr. William Edwin Pairo, for 25 years a practicing dentist of this city and former mayor of North 'Beach, Md. died in Georgetown University Hospital Saturday after an illness of two months. He was 63 years old. Dr. Pairo was a native of Richmond, Va. He was graduated from George Washington University in 1898 and has made his home in this city since, at the time of his death residing at 31 Rhode Island avenue. He also maintained a Summer home at North Beach, where he served for four consecutive terms as mayor, resigning recently due to fail- ing_health. He was a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus anc. in_ 1905 became a grand knight of Keane Coun- | cil. He also was a member of the Alhambra and the Elks. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. FEmma Korn Pairo: two sons, Barton W. and Edwin T. Pairo. and three dangh- ters, Mrs. R. E. Hall of this citv, Mrs. Turner C. Thompson and Mrs, Wilfred A. Nicholas of Jason, Malacca, Straits Settlement. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Martin's Catholic Church, Wed- nesday, at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. —_— Miss Wilmoth Bowman . Mrs. L. Lucy Brickenstein Henry V. Davis. M. Brickenstein Rella M. Lane Margaret Smith Mrs. Bowley . Leila Mechlin . . Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Coulter. Mrs. J. T. Cunningham. O. H. Nelson .. Miss Ethel W L. Q. C. Lamar C. T. Jewell. Mary Y. Whe . Mrs. Annie B. Mackessy. A. J. Tyrer H. C. Shacke: 522225228 | 2333833383338333333338 L O e TRy~ eSOy Oy OO oY Soop2222223221 Madge Herron M. H. Howard . Edith W. Turner D P Foley. ... Corcoran Thom Miscellanrous cash Metropolitan Bank . 16.00 +Total $3,600.35 Contributions received by the District chapter, American Red Cross: Allen, Mitchell & Co J. .J. Hooper . William J. S Anonymous Anonymous Anonvmous Miss Elizabeth wel D. B. Wainwright. . Alice Benning Parks North Washington Press.... Charles P. Swope. . . Mrs. Claude A. Swanson. George D. Watrous, jr. Frederick S. Stitt H. H. Wiley.. Gus A. Schuldt. Henry C. Tranis, jr Pearl H. Clark. Etta May Wells Agnes A. Saul.. ves Donald C. McCallum. Ada C. Payne Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Martin. Dorothy Manning. Kate Weaver... > S 10.00 50.00 107.70 $10.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 25.00 25.00 Church South. Anonymous_ ... Mrs. D. J. Ramburgh Jessie D. Patton 3.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Miss Mary Wilder. Mrs. J. R. Weyrich 10.00 | T 10.00 | Ms E. A Hill.. E. H. De Groot, Ji United Spanish | RECALL O PEEH Mrs. Willebrandt Not Listed as Speaker, G. 0. P. Leader Says. | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, September 24.—Repre-| sentative Walter Newton, head of the peakers’ bureau at Western Republican campaign headquarters, today cleared ,up the mystery surrounding the recall! iast night by the speakers’ comrhittee | of mimeographed abstracts of an ad- Aress of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt i before a Methodist Episcopal Church conference at Lorain, Ohio. | He sald the abstract copies of the | address sent to Chicago newspapers | were gathered up when it was found | that Mrs. Willebrandt was not listed as | one of the scheduled speakers by the | Republican national committee, and not | because of anything in the address it- sclf or the abstract of it. - Mr, Newton explained that the na- tional committee schedules certain | speakers and that the speakers’ bureau and press department attempts to fur- nish abstracts of the addresses of the speakers so scheduled from day to day. He said Mrs. Willebrandt's advance manuscript had beeh received and was abstracted and distributed before it was | ascertained that she was not a sched- uled speaker. Avoid Complication. It was then picked up, he said, in jorder to avold complications in the| | future, including requests for abstracts of addresses not scheduled by the na- i tional committee. Newspapers which| { objected to giving up the advance ab- stract, he said, were informed that they might use it if they desired. The copy withdrawn from the Chicago | newspapers was virtually the same as that provided newspapers of the coun- try through dispatches last night. Mrs. Willebrandt, in her address bz- fore a conference of Methodist Episcopal ministers here last night, charged that Gov. Smith, the' Democratic presidential nominee, “is hiding behind his own church because he is afraid to come out and face the record that he has gmde as a champion of the liquor traf- She made this statement in denying a declaration in the candidate’s Okla- homa City speech, in which she claimed he 12d said she was oppdsing him be- cause of his religion. “Prohibition is a moral issue which the churches have long espoused,” Mrs. ‘Willebrandt continued. “It was he who injected this moral issue into the campaign. It was therefore his act that drew the churches into this cam- paign.” Reviews Opposition. ‘The auditorium was crowded with ministers and laymen of the church and her thrusts at the Democratic pres- idential candidate because of his pro- hibition stand were met with frequent cheers. In opening her address, she reviewed the years of opposition by churches to the liquor traffic. She contended that it was a moral issue and not political and that “Tammany’s candidate for the presidency, in defiance of the large dry sentiment of his own party, has drag- ged it into politics.” Friends of prohibition, Mrs. Wille- brandt said, were almost in equal num- bers.in each political party. ‘“Making prohibition therefore,” she declared, “a party issue was an adroit political trick to split the dry forces along sectional, geographical and party lines. “But you didn't split. You accepted his challenge. You are standing to- gether to fight the candidate who de- clared war on you.” Mrs. Willebrandt said 31 national organizations, including Methodists, Baptists, ~Presbyterians, Unitarians, Congregationalists, Quakers and ‘“two influential groups of Catholics” have joined to advance prohibition. She cited a resolution adopted at a meet- ing of these organizations, in which Gov. Smith’s record was condemned, and teld of a similar resolution adopted by the Methodists. Anti-prohibitionists, she said, have charged “your church” with going into politics. “But you have replied,” she said. “The eighteenth amendment is our spiritual and moral achievement,” she continued. “We are only defend- ing it from a Tammany politiclan's unwarranted attack. If that be poli- | tics, then make the most of it. “Did the ‘Happy Warrior,' engaged in calling his anti-prohibition * braves about him for a war dance over the eighteenth amendment, actually think you pastors who always have defended prohibition from your pulpits. could be lightly waved back with the admoni- tion to keep away from worldly things?” Mrs. Willebrandt asked. Walsh Gets Praise. “Your church isn't going to poli- ties. * * * But the political trick to divide you or to deter you from pro- tecting the eighteenth amendment did not work. Gov. Smith at Oklahoma City last weck said quite truly that voters should carefully consider the ‘ability of the candidate to make his party's platform effective’ The Dem- ocratic party put a dry plank in its platform. Thz Democratic candidate | bored bungholes in it with his telegram of acceptance. He invited your oppo- sition. You are giving it to him more »("nncr‘rlcdly and intelligently than he likes.” Mrs. Willebrandt declared that if Sen- ator Walsh of Montana, “or any other law-abiding, Constitution-respecting Catholic Democrat, were the Demo- cratic _candidate” that neither the Methodist ministers nor any other min- ister interested in “the moral issue of prohibition” would have taken a par- tisan stand. “Gov. Smith has become the greatest force for disregard of the prohibition |laws in America today. As such he |draws my opposition. Religion has nothing to do with my attack upon him or the attack of the dry forces. We condemn his own record, acts and nut- terances. These make him wince. So he seeks to shield himself and his rec- ord behind a religious issue—an 1ssue which he himself raises in this cam- paign, Denies Church Issue. “Your campaign against Gov. Smith is not because he is a Catholic. That is a ‘wolf-wolf’ cry raised to cover up the fact that he is unwilling to meet you on the grounds of your actual op- position to hinf, to wit, his long legis- lative record as champion of the saloon, his Tammany training, his refusal of State co-operation in enforcing the eighteenth amendment and the illogic of his using the lawlessness, thereby resulting in his State as an argument against prohibition; these things, topped off by the Houston telegram. * * * “Denominationalism has been lost in common defense of the eighteenth amendment. You Methodists in oppo- sition to Smith are standing beside the association of Catholics favoring proni- bition, the Catholic Clergy Prohibition League and leaders in the Catholic Total Abstinence Society.” Mrs, Willebrandt declared that pro- hibition had not failed of enforcement, and added that the effect of the leader- ship of a wet President “would de- moralize enforcement and multiply law- lessness.” Couple Wed at 12:30 A.M. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, September 24— Probably the first marriage in Mary- land today was that of Willlam T: ‘Thomas, jr., and Miss Ida Childress of Lynchburg, Va,, who obtained a license at 12:20 am. and were united at 12:30 at the residence of Rev. S. J. Goode of the Christian Church. The | marriage license clerk was aroused from bed at his home at Gaithersburg, and I‘he d:.n.swr was aroused shortly after- VAT NEWTON EXPLAINS HAVANA SCHOOLBOY INORATORY FINALS Julio Cesar Fernandez Desig- nated to Represent Cuba in International Test. Julio Cesar Fernandez, an 18-year- old high school boy of Havana, has en designated spokesman for Cuba in the third International Oratorical Contest finals in the Washington Au- ditorium October 13, it was announced at contest headquarters here today fol- lowing receipt of a cablegram from Havana. The Cuban championship was de- cided Saturday in the Island republic’s national contest finals, which were staged as the concluding feature of the centest in that nation, under the spon- sorship of El Diario de la Marina. Young Fernamdez will leave Havana in | time to reach Washington several days before the finals, one week from Sat- j urday night. Contestants Planning Trip. Meanwhile the contestants of other lands already in this country are pre- paring to leave New York City at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning for the day boat trip up the Hudson River en route ultimately to Toronto, Canada. There the Canadian champion, William Fox, jr., will greet them and the United States champion, James R. Moore of Somerset, Ky. The four boys in the group at New York are Heinz Barth of Germany, Dudley Raymond Barker of England, Rene Ponthieu of France and Efrain Brito Rosado of Mexico. The three European orators were due to reach New York yesterday, but when the captain of the S. S. America, which brought them to this country, sought to run his vessel in ahead of the threat- ened hurricane, which was reported moving out to sea, 18 hours was clipped from the scheduled running time and the party landed in New York Saturday. Final Test Due October 13. After being augmented by the United States and Canadian spokesmen at Toronto, the oratorical party will visit Niagara and Detroit on their way to Chicago for a week's entertainment. Following the Chicago stay, the con- testants will resume their round-about | trip to Washington to rest for the finals. The conest meeting will be held in the Washington Auditorium. at 8 o'clock Saturday night, October 13. TRY TO REVIVE BOY PRONOUNGED DEAD Father and Pastor Call Rescue Squad After Hospital Fails to Resuscitate Son. Refusing to give up hope even after Casualty Hospital physicians had pro- nounced his 3-year-old son dead, Samuel B. Crum yesterday carried the body to the home of a friend and him- self attempted to revive it, later call- ing the Fire Department Rescue Squad, when he believed he had renewed a faint spark of life. The child, Lee Crum, who with his brother, Samuel jr. 5 years old, and his parents had been spending the Summer on & house-boat at the foot of Twelfth street southeast, fell overboard unnoticed while playing near the boat yesterday morning. A few minutes later—the father doesn't believe it could have been more than two—he and James Chancy of 1212 I street southeast pulled the boy out and rushed him to Casualty Hospital in the auto- mobile of Clarence H. Haurick of 124 Sixth street southeast. There Drs. Hall and Brogan attempted to revive him without success. After the physicians had pronounced him dead the father took the body to the home of a friend, Rev. F. L. Doncell, in the 900 block of M street. Together with Doncell, Crum went to work applying what he de- scribed as “the usual methods of re- susscitation.” Belleving their efforts were meeting with success, the Fire Depart- ment Rescue Squad was summoned. which, under the direction of Sergt. O. K. Anderson, worked for about 50 min- utes before abandoning all hope of bringing the child back to life. The body was taken to Tabler's undertaking establishment. Funeral arrangements had not been completed today, but probably will be held there tomorrow afternoon. The place of in- terment_has hot been selected. | The Crum family formerly lived at | 1340 I street. PRESIDENT’S FAVORITE PET DOG, ROB ROY, DIES AT WALTER REED (Continued_from First Page.) always profited tq the extent of receiv- ing choice morsels of food. The Presi- dent never failed to look in the direction of Mrs. Coolidge when he would slip something from his plate to Rob Roy. The President once told some friends while discussing the qualities of his pet that Robert was a real friend: that he liked Robert because he had never lied to him, had never broken a confidence and never had a favor to ask. Presented Five Years Ago. Rob Roy was sent to Mr. Coolidge a | few months after he became Presideut | more than five years ago. He was a present from the Island White Kennels of Oskosh, Wis. His name at' that time was Oskosk, but he was soon afterward rechristened Rob Roy by Mrs. Coolidge. Rob Roy was full grown when he ar- rived and had been trained as a sheep dog. Soon afterward another white collie was sent to the White House as a companion for Rob Roy. She was named Prudence Prim. She and Mrs. | Coolidge were great friends. But Pru- dence was never robust and died while out in the Black Hills two Summers ago. Besides Diana, a white collie, the White House pets now include Tiney Timm, a red chow; King Cole, a black Belgium police dog, and Bessie, a yel- low collie. Palo Alto, the half-grown setter presented to Mr. Coolidge while out in Wisconsin last Summer, is in Kentucky being trained in the arts and fci;nc&s of a bird dog. But the King s dead. MRS. J. R. OLIVER DIES. Wife of Army Officer Succumbs at at Walter Reed. Mrs. Jessie Rowe Oliver, wife of Col. Robert Todd Oliver, Dental Corps, U. S. A, died in Walter Reed Hospital Saturday after a long illness. Col. and Mrs. Oliver resided in this city a number of years while he was chief of the Dental Service, and sta- tioned in the office of the Surgeon General, U. S. A. They formerly resided at 2400 Sixteenth street. Col. Oliver is now stationed in Philadelphia. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church tomor- row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Inter- ment will be in Arlington Cemetery. Besides her husband, Mrs. Oliver leaves a son, Lieut. Robert Chaffee Oliver, Field Amfly U. S A MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1928 DAVID J. DUNIGAN. DAVID J. DUNIGAN, BUILDER, IS DEAD Developer Dies After Brief lliness=—Was Known for Charity Work. David J. Dunigan, wealthy Washing- ton builder, died early this morning at his home, White Oaks, Thirty-second street and Woodland drive, after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow, Helen ‘Whyte Dunigan; three children, David, jr., Helen and Robert; three brothers, Francis S. and Walter A. of Washing- ton and Raymond I. of New York City, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph J. Cotter of Washington. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle and burial will be in Mount Olivet Ceme- tery. 48 Years of Age. Born in Washington 48 years ago, Mr. Dunigan, in the past 20 years has amassed a_ fortune conservatively esti- mated by his friends to be more than $1,000,000. His building operations in and about the Capital have included more than 2,000 residences and other buildings and he played a large part in the development of several large sub- urban sections. During the war he was a captain in the Quartermaster Corps and was ac- tive in the construction of the war cantonment at Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Dunigan was a member of Spaulding Council, Knights of Colum- bus; Columbia Country Club, Con- gressional Country Club, Racquet Club, Riding and Hunt Club, City Club, the Board of Trade and the Washington Real Estate Board. Aided Church Charities. His philanthropic work, mostly mat- ters associated with the Catholic Church, was of large proportions, it was said at his office today. He had just completed and moved into the large estate, White Oaks, one of the show places of the city. While he had been complaining of ill health for some time before his death, it was not until about a month ago that the state of his health be- came serfous. He was operated on for sinus trouble at that time and since then other illnesses complicated his | condition. He died of heart failure. | _Mr. Dunigan's father was the late Police Lieut. D. T. Dunigan, who was shot and killed May 21, 1918, by a col- {ored man in a house in the 1200 block | of Carrollburg place southwest. WATER POWER IS REAL ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN, NORRIS DECLARES (Continued from_First Page.) country. When we see what the power trust has been doing in this coun- try, we may well fear that it will be- come the greatest monopoly which the world Las ever seen, a monopoly which in the end may control the government. “Gov. Smith's speech on water power Saturday night was a great speech.” He said that it would be a “calamity” if the group of Progressive Senators now up for re-election men who have opposed the water power trust, failed of re-election. He listed the Senators for whom he proposed to campaign as: Senator La Follette, Wisconsin, Re- publican; Senator Frazier, North Da- kota, Republican; Senator Shipstead, Minnesota, ~Farmer - Labor; Senator Wheeler, Montana, Democrat; Senator Dill, Washington, Democrat; Senator Howell, Nebraska, Republican; Senator | Johnson, California, Republican. Senator Norris said there were other progressive Senators, but that these were the only members of the pro- gressive group who were up for re- election this year. Plans Stump Trip. He is planning a campaign trip, soon to begin, which will start in Minnesota and carry him through North Dakota. Montana and Washington. He regards the re-election of Senator La Follette in Wisconsin as absolutely sure, as well as the re-election of Senator Johnson in California. He will wind up his cam- paign in Nebraska for Senator Howell, his_colleague. Senator Norris declined absolutely to commit himself in regard to the na- tional ticket of either party. This is much the same attitude he maintained during the campaign in 1924, when President Coolidge was running against the late Senator La Follette and John W. Davis, Democrat. The Nebraska Senator pointed out| that Senator Dill and Senator Wheeler were running as Democrats in States that are usually Republican and that Senator Howell and Senator La Fold lette and Senator Frazier were running as Republicans in States that might be considered doubtful. He did not, he said, propose to embarrass their cam- paigns for re-election by talking about the national tickets in his speeches in those States. Senator Norrisis a powerful figure in Nebraska politics today, the most pow= erful. If he remains neutral, the Re- publicans will be content, though they would be delighted if he came out for the Hoover-Curtis ticket. If he came out for Smith it would be a great blow to the Republicans in Nebraska and a corresponding joy to the Democrats He retains the right, of course, to make any statement he may desire when he finally gets back into Nebraska at the wind up of the campaign. Views Farm Stand. In reply to a question as to whether the speech of Gov. Smith in Omaha 0% the farm issue had made votes for the Del;ocrlhc candidate, Senator Norris said: “To any one who believes in the prin- ciple of the McNary-Haugen bill and | considers the farm issue the paramount issue in the campaign, Gov. Smith’s speech must make a strong appeal. He declares himself for the principle of having the cost of handling surplus crops allocated to the producers of those crops. That is the principle the McNary-Haugen bill was built upon.” EXHIBITS ARE FILED | AT FARE HEARING iFIeharty Seeks to Show W.| R. & E. Co. in Good Finan- cial Condition. The taking of testimony in the street car rate hearing was completed today [ with the presentation of a set of exhibits by People's Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty, intended by him to show that the | Washington, Railway & Electric Co. is in good financial condition. Shortly after noon. final arguments in the case began with Attorney G. Thomas Dunlop of the Capital Traction Co.. making the first statement. His company was the original apphcant for an increase in fare, and he explained at the outset of his argument that the object of the company in making the application was to secure at least a part of the return on valuation to which it is entitled. The Washington Railway & Electric Co. was made a party to the proceed- ings by the commission after the case had started, and the position of that company, as made known last week, is that if an increase is to be granted to the Capital Traction Co., the com- mission should adhere to the policy of keeping the fare uniform.- Deal With Balance. ‘The exhibits introduced today were not confined to analyzing the return of the W. R. & E. Co. on fair value, but dealt also with the balance in the company's surplus account, the rate of dividends that have been paid on both common and preferred stock for a number of years, and the accruals to the company’s depreciation reserve. After the exhibits had been filed Samuel R. Bowen of counsel for the . R. & E. Co. declared that these statements do not help to show whether or not the Washington Railway & Elec- tric Co. is making a fair return on the fair value from railway operations. ‘While the exhibits were being pre- sented, officials of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. pointed out in some of them are included items re- ceived from the Potomac Electric Power Co. The Fleharty exhibits were pre- pared by J. D. Murray, an accountant of the Public Utilities Commission, and there was some delay in getting under way with the hearings because of the illness of Mr. Murray. They were pre- sented by Earl Fisher, executive secre- tary of the commission. Brand Questions Ham. Col. Harrison Brand, jr., a member of the commission, questioned William F. Ham, president of the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co.. and John H. Hanna, head of the Capital Traction Co., as to what the rates of fare would be for a ride that included both a street car and a bus, if the proposed increase in car- fare to 10 cents cash. with four tokens for 30 cents, should be allowed. Both officials stated with a 10-cent cash carfare there should be no charge for transfers to busses, but there should be some charge for bus transfers where the_lower token rate of carfare is paid. Col. Brand followed this up by in- quiring how much revenue the com- panies now derive from pay transfers. Mr. Ham figured his company derived approximately $36,000 annually from 2-cent transfers and_$31377 from 1-cent transfers. Mr. Hanna said his company received about $56,000 from pay transfers. In beginning his final argument, At- torney Dunlop of the Capital Traction Co. declared resérves set aside by the companies, and which were made the basis of some of the. exhibits of the people’s counsel, represent property of the company and are not to be applied by a commission in making up a deficit in return. Mr. Dunlop argued what a company has earned in the past has no direct bearing on what it is earn- ing at the present time. Earnings Listed. One of Mr. Fleharty's exhibits set forth that the Washington Railway & Electric Co. had earned 4.06 per cent return on a valuation of $18,976,991.83 for the vear ending last July, as com- pared with a return of 3.93 per cent last year and 3.78 per cent in 1926. It was explained that these returns were figured on the commission's estimate of the value of the property. Another exhibit set forth that the balance in_the surplus account of th2 W. R. & E. Co. in 1927 was $6,027.- 506.99. The exhibit gave the surplus balance for each year from 1914, at which time it was $1,020.429. Another exhibit showed the rate of dividend paid by the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co. on its common and préferred stock in various years. For the preferred stock the rafe was 215 per cent in 1904 and 5 per cent for each vear from 1905 to 1927. The exhibit showed that the rate of dividend on the common stock varied from 1 per cent in 1909, 2 per cent in the follow-| ing two years. 4 per cent in 1912, 6‘2! per cent in 1913, 7 per cent for the fol- lowing three years, 6!> per cent in 1917, 5 per cent in 1918. It showed that in | 1919 the dividend on common stock dropped to 1'4 per cent and that no| dividend was paid in 1920, 1921 or 1922. In 1923 there was dividend of 334 per cent, in 1924 5 per cent. In 1925 the rate on the common stock was 25 per cent, due partly, it was explained, to the Washington Railway & Electric Co.'s share of the Potomac Electric Power Co.’s impounded fund. The rate for 1926 was 5 per cent and 1927 6 per cent. CITY NEV;S IN BRIEF. TODAY. meet, 8 o'clock, at Thomson Community Center. meet, 8 o'clock, at G. A. R. Hall. Engineer Commissioner Ladue will address the Deanwood Citizens' Asso- ciation at the Catholic Hall, Browning | place northeast, 8 o'clock. Municipal Council Royal Arcanum will meet, 8 o'clock, in Odd Fellow: Hall. L. S. Grigsby, regent. o The City Club will open its new dining room with a membership dinner, 7 o'clock, to which families of mem- bers are invited. ‘The Tuesday Evening Christian En- deavor Society and the Red Triangle Outing Club will hike tonight at _7:30 o'clock from Sixteenth street and Blag- den avenue to Pierce Mill in Rock Creek Park. John Smith will lead. | This hike was postponed from last | ‘Wednesday. FUTURE. ‘The Cosmopolitan Club of Washing- ton will meet Thursday, 12:30 p.m., at the Carlton Hotel. ‘The Civitan Club will meet for luncheon tomorrow, 12:30 pm., Lafayette Hotel. Howard Gottlieb, John Jacob and Walter Humphrey in charge of the program. Friendship Chapter, No. 17, O. E. S, will meet tomorrow night at the Ma- sonic Temple, 4511 Wisconsin avenue, 3 o'clock. The matrons and patrons wil be the guests of honor. The Eckington W C. T. U. will meet tomorrow, 2 p.m., at the home of Mrs. B. J. Wrightsman, 120 Bryant street!g, northeast. Mrs. Mattie Ewald will be hostess at the ciub party to be held Thursday, 1:30 pam,, at 1750 Massachusetts avenue. Mid-City Citizens' Association will| Lincoln Woman's_Relief Corps will |} ‘w at | R SRITAIN IS WILLING TODROPNAVYPACT Looks to American Aid in Abandoning Negotiations With France. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Special Cable Dispatch to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1928. LONDON, September 24.—"If any powers object to the draft of the naval agreement with France, we are willing to drop it,” a high official of the Brit- ish foreign office told the writer today. The cabinet is meeting this afternoon and it is likely that an official com- munique about the whole matter will be issued in the next few days. Meanwhile the writer's informant went over the entire history of the Anglo-French naval pact. “The difference between the views of the United States and Great Britain regarding naval disarmament,” he said, “is less important than the difference between France and Great Britain. For this reason, in order to prepare the ground for the new naval disarmament conference, we had to come to an un- derstanding with the French. “Conversation started, at the sug- gestion of Lord Cushendun, between the chiefs of staff of the French and British navies, and we finally succeeded in bringing the French into line to agree to restriction of navies by cate- gories and not by gross tonnage. It was not an easy matter, and in order to induce the French to yield to our point of view we were compelled to yield to their viewpoint regarding land disarmament. That is to say, we ac- cepted the thesis that reserves should not be included in limitation of the size of land armies. Deemed Great Success. “We considered this achievement a great success, and when Sir Austen | Chamberlain made his announcement in the House of Commons we expected to see the whole world wejoice. In our draft agreement we never intended to dictate to the world how strong navies should be. That was a matter to be de- cided by all the interested powers at the naval disarmament conference, for which we firmly believed we had paved the way. “Out of courtesy for other govern- ments we could not publish the details of that agreement. We had to hear first from Washington, Tokio and Rome and see what comments or objections they might have and make amend- ments, if necessary, in the original agree- ment. “The main cause of the failure of the naval disarmament conference at Geneva was that none of the partic- ipating powers had prepared the ground before the meeting. We did not want to repeat that mistake and were sincere in our belief that by ipterchnnze of views with various governments we might come to an agreement which would facilitate early resumption of |naval disarmament parleys. This was a delicate matter and naturally all the conversations had to be kept strictly confidential. Call Dealings Bona Fide. “Owing to the indiscretions of the French press last month, this perfect- ly” honest attempt of the British gov- ernment now is described as a Mach- iavellian plan to form a united Euro- pean front against the United States. It is unfortunate, but we hope that full publication of all the documents relat- ing to the entire business will convince everybody that'.our-attempt to reach an understanding with the French was perfectly bona fide and prompted enly by a desire to prepare the ground for a successful naval disarmament con- ference. “I may add that the United States was kept fully informed of all these | developments * and " possesses "all - the facts relating to the Anglo-French un- derstanding.” The writer learns from unimpeach- able sources that the British govern- ment has been seriously worried about the effect of the Anglo-French agree- ment upon public opinion in the United States and Italy, and contemplated, as far back as August 2, quietly burying the whole matter. This, however, did not suit the French, who, on August 3 asked the foreign office to publish all the facts. This the British refused. The French press® then began to be “indiscreet.” ~ Newspaper men known to be closely connected with the gov ernment began publishing extracts {rom the agreement, while one Warsaw paper published in the French language gave an almost complete resume of the el said tn well 1 said in well informed quarters that in order to force Great gmain's | hand the French themselves found a way to aid an American newspaper to obtain possession of the, circular letter to French legations abréad which was published last week. Now if the Brit- ish should decide to abandon the pact it would appear that they had done so because they were scared by the out- cry of the American press. All the same, the writer understands that the British are ready to bury the Anglo-French pact, but are looking to President Coolidge to help them do this by an American State Department announcement that the pact is unac- ceptable to the United States. 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