Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1928, Page 2

. o the day. = c‘CIm'Iec C. Collins, attorney for the 2 oA RATEHEARING OPENEDAT.C.C. Arguments Heard Against Proposed 29-Cent Hike From Virginia Fields. Arguments against the proposed THE EVENING: BT AR, WASHINGTION, D. WEDNKESDAY, SKEPLIKMBE R freight rate of $3.13 on bituminous | coel coming into Washington from the New River fields of Virginia, West | Virginia and Kentucky, representing | an increase of 29 cents per gross ton over the prevailing rate, were begun today when the long disputed issue was reopened before Examiner C. W. Berry | of the Interstate Commerce Commis- | sien. | The basis of_contention by counsel | for the New River and Pocahontas Coal Operators’ Associations, represent- | ed at the hearing as protestants, is that | th> proposed increase from $2.84 con- #iitutes a handicap to them of a rate | disadvantage of 42 cents per ton, as| compared with rates applicable on coal roduced in Northérn flelds by their present ccmpetitors for delivery here on the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvenia Railweys. In this contention they are joined by local business organizations, | thich have fought the proposed higher rate from the beginning. Asked Hike for August. The three railroads which haul the soft coal from the New River distl’lc!—-‘ t1> Chesapeake & Ohio, the Norfolk & YVestern and the Virginian—first applied for an increase in the rate from $2.84 & ton to $3.13 a ton, beginning August 10. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sionh, after protests were filed by local interests. including the co-ordinator of traffic for the Budget Bureau, sus-; pended the higher rate to March 10, 1920, and set the date of a new hearing or today. ; ‘While {ne three railroads are actual- 1y defendants in the case, they are only nominally so, as they stated their posi- tion todey as being in opposition to the disparity in rates on the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania systems. When William C. antwl'Ar. for u'nhe ccahontas Operators’ n, aned upon the pr:llmnds to state their position, at the outset of the hearing, is was done. ‘hcounsel for the Norfolk & Western Railroad, who previously had filed an answer explaining that it had published tae higher tariff “unwillingly and under protest,” declared the suspended rates are too high in comparison to the rates from Northern and Eastern districts, and suggested that they be canceled. The rate here for delivery to_dealers | on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad £hould not exceed $2.84 s0 long as the rate on the Pennsylvania is lower, they said. Counsel for the Virginia Rallroad told Tiaminer Berry that the road had pub- ed the advance to $3.13 unwillingly 2nd was not appearing at the hearing to defend the new rate. A proper set- tlement of the question, the Chesapeake & Ohio contended, would be 8 modifica- tion in the order. The proposed rate, it was contended, was forced upon the road by others and it was contended consumers in the District should not be compelled to pay a higher rate for soft coal brought from the Southern fields and sold for 25 years at a considerably lower rate than for hard coal. ‘Want Terminal Rating. It is the position of the Washington Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and others who have joined in the pro- tests that Washington and adjacent points should be treated as one terminal &nd a uniform rate for coal shipmen should prevail. If the increased rate of $3.13 goes into effect, they claim, the Southern districts on the three roads sell coal this market' handicap of 42-cent rate ity. The new tariff had been filed, it is complained, to comply with the com- mflm‘u order to remove the prejudice and the ‘commission wbut claimed, use a small the nefil{n 1.‘9’00.000 tons of bituminous coal sol ashington. C. R. Marshall for the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co., which uses approxi- m‘myu:gsi:wmwm Ifdh‘coll. did not file a e pen: ] mh originally the ‘The Pepco very little only that rate is to be not now. 100 FACING FINES ON DETOUR CHARGES UNDER HITT RULING (Continued from First Page.) company did. company, it was said, buys coal for $2.84 a ton, and as increased, it is selves at the corner of H street end Massachusetts avenue and stopped every car coming through, giving the drivers tickets with instructions to de- posit $2 collateral at No. 6. The offi- cers on duty were Sergts. J. C. Maloney Howland. and B. J. Houch and Pvt. J. Capt. Reilley explained today that not enough men could be put on duty at the various detour points to dircct traffic away from the closed area. Sergts. Maloney and Houch said that they could see nothing else to do but issue the tickets when they saw the law being violated. The detour signs, according to Mr. Keneipp, in no instence gave indica- tion as to which way to detour and, to complicate the confusion of motorists, Fourth street and the short one-way section of H street south of Massa- chutb!s avenue were closed for strect worl The detour signs were at Massa- chusstts avenue and H street at Third | street and at the corners of Massa- chusetts avenue and Fourth and Fifth st . AN of the signs were so placed that they appeared to have been used by | the sewer workmen during the day to block off the street, but had been placed nedr the curb when the work had ended A. A A, was defending the cases in | court, : | Those who posted collateral at No. 6 last night and this morning were: Lawrence Mills, Jefferson D. Neldell, ‘Willlam T. Alvey, Randolph C. Scherf, Olin D. Hutton, Joseph W. Frensel, Edward E. Gasch, George E. C. Hayes, | Leo Fowler, Frank E. Yates, Charles E. Willard, Carey H. Freemen, Stephen Essex, L. T. Chase, Alfred Pace, Herbert | W. Lewis, William J. Eckstorm, Beatrice Carney, Sterling Salhown and John A. ‘O'Donoghue. The cases being tried today as tests were those of Lawrence J. Mills, 1018 Eleventh street northeast, a lawyer, and Douglas W. Winter, 915 Sixth street northwest. RIFLE TEAM DEPARTS. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., September 26. =The team which will resent Com- ny F, 1st Infantry, ryland Na- ionaj Guard, of Hyatis:ille in the State National Guard rifie matches, begin- ning tomorrow and continuing through Sunday, left here today for Camp Ritchie, Cascade, Md., the State camp and ‘scene of the competition. In the party were Capt. John N. Brooks, First Lieut. Hugh T. McClay, Second Lieut. Samuel L. Crosthwait, Corps. Norval H. Spicknall, Harold F. Kreider, Joseph B. Troy, Clifton R. Shanklin and Thomas, and Pvts. Wil- liam L. Spicknall, Rufus H. Vincent, Frank Hawkins, Edward L. Kessler, l Baby Left With Taxi Driver Perplexing A lusty-lunged baby boy, abandoned in the arms of an abashed taxicab driver yesterday afternoon by an un- identified mother, has pried the lid off a Pandora’s box of worries far local hospital, policz and charity officials. The tiny infant, scarcely one month old, is being cared for temporarily by the Children's Hospital while the authorities wrack their brains over the question of future guardianship. The hospital will turn him over to the Board of Public Welfare unless some wfl claims him shortly, it was said y. Named Edward Brown. On the records of the institution the baby has been given the name of Ed- ward Brown, the name used in an al- most illegible note tied around his neck. The nurses say he is healthy and well contented, after a rather hectic day yesterday in the hands of the em- barrassed taxi driver, of dubious po- licemen and of vexed officials of the House of Detention. According to the taxi driver, Marvin E. Williams, 713 D street southeast, a young, well- woman approached his cab about 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Seventh and I streets and requested him to_take blanket- wrapped infant, which she thrust into his arms, to Sibley Hospital, where her h d, a “Dr. Brown,” was awaiting it. “Dr. Brown” was to pay for the fare. “Dr. Brown” proved to be a fiction, however, as far as Williams could dis- cover, since he wasn't waiting for the baby and hospital attaches did not know of any such persons connected with Sibley. Searches for Mother. ‘With a tiny baby in his lap and no immediate p getting rid of f ts | it, Williams was ‘at a loss, so after re- turning to the spot where he had last seen = mother, he began to drive down k;wll‘d the clante'; %1‘ the myd. hoping for a ‘‘miracle” \ppen and the ‘womar' t6“again aj A At Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue he met Bicycle Policeman J. R. Birch of the first inct and, follow- ing a brief council of war, the two decided that the station house was the proper place for the waif. The stalwart officers there, however, did not feel capable of coping with the situation and the child was taken to the House of Detention. The good ladies of the Woman’s Bureau were sure he didn’t belong there so thsy suggested that he be sent to tie C n's Hos- ital where he was at last taken n, ed and washed and put to bed. Note Abeut Neck. scapular on a blue ribbon into was knotted a penciled note. The writ- 115: was bately legible. It was as fol- vs: 3 “Virginia, Va., “September 26, 1928 . “Dear Sir: “Here is a little boy, which is Cath- olic and his name is Edward Brown. He was christened by a priest. He has a medal on his neck which I would like for him to wear 2ll his life. Who ever gets hole of my little son take care of him and {l‘: him plenty of school for his mother had only the No. 4 grade. He is a month old and weight, 972 pounds. “By by and good luck to the baby from Mrs. Edward Brown.” RASKOB SEES 26 STATES FOR SMITH Bases Claim on La Follette-Davis Combined Vote for Four Years Ago. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—Chair- man John J. Raskob of the Democratic national committee predicted today that Gov. Smith will carry 26 States in which four years ago the combined Davis-La Folleite vote exceeded that polled by President Ccolidge. He added that these do not include Massachu- setts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey, from which he said “fa- vorable” reports already have been re- ceived. Raskob sald that the total electoral votes in the 26 States referred to is 235. Adding New York's electoral vote alone the total is 280. the number re- quired for election being 266. Raskob made this announcement after eiving a telegram from Fred W. Joilason, Democratic manager at Balt Lake City, declaring that Utah certainly would go for 8Smith. This and other reports received from States in which La Follette polled a substantial vote at the last election are the basis of the pradiction. Asked about reports that prominent Democrats have appealed to her supe- riors to have Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille- brandt, Assistant Attorney General, withdrawn as a Republican speaker, Mr. Raskob said smilingly, “Why should any Democrat do that?™ Luray Citizen Succumbs. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va.,, September 26.—James Burrill, a native of England, but sin:e ecfl{“mnhood a resident of Luray, died at home in East Luray after a ring illness. He was a Mason and palian. He is survived by h's Funeral services were held to- Epf widow. day. o Dr. Ballou Leaves Tonight. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools of the District of Columbia, will leave Washington for Atlantic City tonight, where he will address the Ki- wanis Club of that place tomorrow. Or. Ballou's absence from the city was Authur P. Shanklin, jrg F. F. Claflin, lr’}efi, Poore and 100ty sutherized by the Board of Education @t its meeting lasfh Wednesday, To QCifficials Here| Around the baby's neck was tied a | firsf CARE OF WAIF PUZZLES AUTHORITIES MISS FLORENCE ABBOT, Children’s Hospital nurse, with the baby who was abandoned yesterday by the mother, who, by a ruse, left the child in care of a taxi driver. —Star Staff Photo. GLENNA COLLETT IS EASY VICTOR Defeats Mrs. Disston 8 and 7 in National Golf Cham- pionship Play. By the Assoclated Press. CASCADE GOLF CLUB, Hot Springs, Va., September 26.—Miss Maureen | Orcutt, Englewood, N. J., advanced to fBe third round fn the national women's golf championship today by defeating Mrs. Harley G. Higbie, Detroit, 5 up| and 3 to play. i One under par at the turn, Miss Orcutt had gained only two holes on| Mrs. Higbie, out in 43. Birdies at th2| girl th> advantage. Miss Orcutt finished strong, making a 70-foot putt to win the thirieenth, approaching dead from a trap at the fourteenth to get a half and placing her tee shot squarely on th: 237-yard iif- teenth, where the match ended when she had missed her putt for a 3. Glenna Collett, Providence, defeated Mrs. J. S. Disston, Philadelphia,'8 and 7. Mrs. Di (“failed to win &4 hole and the only. Balf she obtained on thé first nine was presented by Miss Collett, whose putt drove Mrs. Disston’s ball into the cup. 8 % The Philadelphian rallied gamely to score par on the tenth and eleventh holes, t Miss Collett matched her shots and the contest was over. Edith Quier of Reading, Pa., conquer- or of Mrs. O. 8. Hill, was leading Vir- ginla Van Wie, Chicago, 1 up, at the but both were playing carefully. Marion Hollins, New York, was 3 up on Rosalie Knapp, also of New York, at the turn. Miss Hollins won the first thrze holes, getting an eagle 3 at the Sensational Finish. Miss Virginia Van Wie of Chicago defeated Edith Quier of Reading, Pa., 1 up in 19 holes. Miss Van Wie's triumph came in sensational manner, the Chicago ghl sinking an eagle 3 on the 357-yard nineteenth to win from Miss Quier’s fine birdie 4. Mrs. G. H. Stetson, Philadelphia, de- feated Miss Helen Paget of Ottawa, Canada. 3 and 2. Miss Dora_Virtue, Montreal, defeated MMLB} Helen Hicks, New York, 1 up, 19 es. Miss Marion Hollins, New York, won from her cousin, Miss Rosalie Knapp, New York, 4 up and 2 to play. PAINTERS AT BANQUET. Washington Group Is Eentertain- ed by Lewis Bros. o. Eighty-six master painters of the District of Columbia last night were guests of the John T. Lewis & Bros. Co. of Philadelphia, parent company of the National Lead Co., at a banquet at the Continental Hotel. The purpose of the gathering was ta “educate the painters in their own linc of business.” The production of lead, from the time it is mined until it ic placed in the paint can, was explained by J. C. McArihurs, chief of the pro- motion department of the National Lead Co. in a lecture {llustrated by motion pictures. B. G. Lehman, sales manager of the lead company for Vir- ginia, Maryland and the District, made the cpening address and Charles E. Ott of the painting promotion depart- ment was toastmaster. ‘The gathering last night is the sec- ond of 25 planned by the John T. Lewis & Bros. Co. between now and Chrisimas as part of an educationzl campaign. " SUPERVISOR TO SPEAK. Lyon Village Citizens’ Association Meeting to Be Tonight. | Special Dispatch to The Star. LYON VILLAGE, September 26— B. M. Hedrick, Arlington district su- ervisor, will address the first Fall meeting of the Citizens' Association to- night, in the offices of Lyon & Fitch. The executive committee of the as- sociation met Monday night and planned for a community “hot dog and corn roast,” to be given in the public mrk. op&oslte the Lee Highway Serv- Station. The committee on ar- rangements consists of Mrs. A. A. Vaughan, chairman; E. H. Harris, C. W. Clever, Mrs. Amos C. Crounse, Mrs. H. E. Stelle and Mrs. H. N. Crichton Th:e dpm']z will be decorated and illumi- nated. A membership drive was launched by the - committee with the following in cha George Kirkley, chalrman; C. W. Clever, Mrs. Rex Collier, Herbert Smith and A. C. Clements. C. E. Branner was elected a delegate to the County Civic Federation, and George Kirkley was elected delegate to the district council. J. I Cason was in- ing those who helped in m: g a success of the annual carnival, | not leave the Navy Department entires seventh and eighth gave th> Englewoodl Mrs. Higbie comceded a birdie’ 3 after | turn. Neither appeared in best form,! 0., DEMOCRATSHT SHITH RADIO ROW Comdr. Ashley Answers Cos-| tello Charge of Interfer- ence With Speech. The static of hurled accusations and | determined denials filled the air today | between local Democratic headquarters | and the Navy Department as the out- growth of the tangling of wave lengths locally during the broadcasting of Gov. Smith's speech Monday night. John F. Costello, Democratic national committeeman for the District, issued | a statement today declaring that! Comdr. John Ashley of the naval com- _mnications service “admits my charge of undue and flagrant interference,” but the commander himself told The Star he had admitted nothing of the kind; and that the whole affair was a “tem- | pest in a teapot.” | Ashly Explains Report. ! Costello previously had charged de- liberate interference by the naval radio siation. NAA, intimating that the sta- |80 tion “ruined” the reception of Gov. Smith’s speech here because the Demo- cratic candidate was attacking the Re- publican administration. | Comdr Ashley explained that NAA - merely followed its customary procedure | of broadcasting the weather report for | Ithe Department of Agriculture at five minutes after 10 o'clock Monday night, jusing a wave length of 690 kilocycles 1as usual. WOR, in Newark, at the i same | cycles. Lasted Six Minutes. ! “The weather report lasted only six | minutes,” Comdr. Ashley said, “and any | one with a good, reasonable selective | radio set could have heard the Newark station without difficulty. Persons near the navy yard, where the navy station is located, might have had trouble with non-selective sets. When the weather report was over we resumed routine radio traffic, communicating with Rear Admiral Wiley, aboard the Texas, off the Virginia Capes. “The communication with Admiral Wiley was conducted on a wave length of 355 cycles, in accordance with regu- lar practice. It will be seen that this wave iz exactly half of that used by "7OR, and it was therefore a most un- fortunate coincidence that the first har- monic of our wave coincided with the Newark broadcasting. We had no means of knowing this in advance, and all we can say is that we are profoundly surry.” “Should Have Known.” Costello charged today that Comdr. Ashley, as a radio expert, should have known there would be interference. “Yet they happen to use a wave length,” he said, “which conflicted with the wave length used in a spesch which was to expose and tell the truth about the derelictions of members of the | present administration, and which do| ly blameless.” Costello also charged that the naval station unduly prolonged the weather report so as to cause interference. —_—— UTILITIES PROBERS | HEAR CARTOONIST| Albert T. Reid -Testifies to Re-| _ ceipt of Salary and Ex- plains His Activities. | By the Assocfated Press. t Services performed for the joint com- | mittee of National Utilities Associa- tions by Albert T. Reid, who operates a news cartoon,and advertising service from New York. were outlined by him today in the Federal Trade Commis- slon’s investigation of power utilities. He estimated that $8.000 had been paid him in salary by the joint com- mittee since August, 1927, and said this was for preparing advertising matter and editing and fllustrating pamphlets dealing with utility subjects. Robert E. Healy, commission counsel, developed that at first Reid had been paid directly by the joint committee. but that sbout a year ago he bagan receiving his salary through Maj. J. E. Richardson. publicity representative of | the committce, without the checks be- | ing_drawn in his name. “Why were the payments not made to you directly?” asked Healy. “I haven't the least idea,” { | i | | replied | Reid. The witness testified that his emnloy- ment by the ccmmittee had terminated June 1, 1928. Prior to that, he said, he was in_touch with the organization al- most daily “My plan was for an educational campaign as to utilities,” he continucd, adding that this plan had not been adopted. The work done by him, he continued, was primarily in the pre] aration of pamphlets, including illus- trations for stories. Reid denied that any connection ex-| isted between this employment and | his news cartoon service, which was sald to go to about 35 daily news- papers and 2,000 weeklies. On request of Healy, he said, repre- sentativés of the commission were wel- comed to examine all of his cartoons. The commission counsel inquired whether the subjects had related to Government operation of utilities . or the Muscle Shoals and the proposed Boulder Dam projects. Reid said such topics had been touched on in six or seven cartoons out of 330 he had drawn since accepting pay from the joint committee. The inability of two witnesses to appear precluded the investigation from covering activities of the South- ern Appalachian Power Conference, which was scheduled for today, and after Reld's testimony was completed the inquiry was recessed by Commis- | sloner McCulloch to October 3. Commissioner McCulloch also set Oc- tober 10 as the day when the investi- gation into publicity activities of power :Mlxmes in Pacific Coast States will egin. 40 BELIEVED DEAD By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, September 26.—At least 40 persons are believed (c have been killed and 200 injured in an explosion in the powder magazine of Fort Cabreriza, on the outskirts of Melilla, Spanish Morocco. Gen. Jordana of the Spanish war office received advices from Melilla stating that at 1 o'clock this morning there was an explosion which wounded seven soldiers of the garrison and caused heavy damage among houses around the fortress. There were many victims in the poorer sections. not be determined, but every effort was being made by the authorities to aid| the victims. More than a ton of black powder was stored in the magazine. The cause of the, explosion was not known. The fortress in which the magazine was lo- cated was shattered and a quarter made up of barracks was completely de- stroyed. Furit venders in Aberdeen, Scotland, structed to prepare resolutions thank-|are protesting against the new restric- | Mrs. C. H. Conner. tions on the sale of fruit after 9 o'clock Saturday nights, time was broadcasting Smith’s ! |address on a wave length of 710 kilo- | IN MAGAZINE BLAST . I The exact number of casualties could BUTIZTAKESLEAD N TOURNEY Turns in Score of 74 for First Round—McCarthy in Second Place. S. H. Buttz, champion of South Da- keta and a member of the Indian! Spring Golf Club, took the lead over the first round of the District amateur championship today at the Columbia Country Club, with a score of T4, 4 over par. In second place as the second round was being played this afternoon was Maurice J. McCarthy, the intercol- legiate champion and a member of the Washington Golf and Country Club. McCarthy turned in a score of 75. The first round of the 72-hole title competition was played in a high wind, which carried soaring tee shots far off | the line. Other scores in the first round follow: W. C. Evans, Columbia, 73; A. L. Houghton, Manor, 78; C. B. er, Columbia, 80; Harry G. Pitt, Manor, ; M. B. Stevinson, Columbia, 81; Albert R. MacKenzie, Columbia, 82; Page Hufty, Congressional, 84; Reid Digges, Frank K. Roesch, Washington, 86: G. F. Miller, Manor, 8 G. B. Sherwood, Chevy Chase, 87; M. A. Shipley, Argyle, 88; Tom Moore, In- dian Spring, 89 Thomas P. Bones, jr., | Columbia, 90: W. J. Cox, 90; J. A. | Cox, Argyle, 93. STORM RELIEF CONTRIBUTIONS The following additional contribu- Red Cross and \Victor Deyber, chair- man for the relief fund, Second Na- tional Bank, 1333 G street. Harris E. Starr. Sarah F. Burt, . Mrs. Francis G. Newlands W. E. Clark. Ceeeeee Nancy M. Spalding. Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church E. C.. Collect! Store Merchants’ Bank Mrs. Austin Kautz. Cash collection L. A. Sledge. American Security Harry W. Howard. Henry R. Gibson. J. T. Hendricks. Allen Johnson. . Mrs. K. B. Woodward. Mrs. A. E. Wetmore. Dr. Mark F. Finley. Metropolitan Bank: Glinton B. Alexander. Cash .. National Savin, Cash Pederal American Bank: Charles R. Allen Joseph D. Ashby Cash . Cash o el .o Prudential Bank, District Na- tional Bank and Commer- ciai National Bank: Mrs. Harold Keeting. Cesi collections. Secend National Banl R. Craig Greene Cash collections. s Collections through miscell necus theaters . Palace Theater ... Metropoiitan Theater Providenc® Baptist Church Miss Maude G. Sewall Jacques Obitz Williem M. Do Cash .. Perk Vie: e Mrs. Annie Bright. . Mrs. R. S. Williams Frances A. Barber, Faustine Dennis Cash .. Cash Cash .. Wilhelmina Cash ................. .. Office of the Chief of Inf War Department United States Railroad Admin. istratien ... Richard E. Pairo Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Finley A. P. Clark, jr.. Pearl H. Mauldin. G. R. Mansfield C. A. Burdick. M. A. Hannay Mrs. Laurence Watts. Mrs, Charles Glover ‘The Widow's Mite G. A. B. 100.00 1645 190.49 47.06 14.85 fantry, Cash Department of Commerce Woodward & Lothrop: Lucy Buford . Cesh .... Palais Royal: Mrs. Marion B. Woodbury.. Juliet M. Master Cash . Lansburgh Ida F. O'Neal... Cash .... Dulin & Martin'’ Mrs. Charlotte Nagle. Mrs. Sol Lansburgh. . Mrs. Frances Corbett. .. Mr. Fearson S. Meeks. . Mrs. Grace F. Meeks. Mrs. David Froom. Kann's Department Store Tivoli Theater . E. L. Smead R J. Grant. Harry F. Wagener, Mrs. John Campbell White. D. W. Boyd. Anonymous Edward J. Dorn Cash Grace Harper .. Georgetown Pry Church ‘The Rotary ] Members of the Rotary Mr. and Mrs. M, P. Ward. Frank N. Holmes J. Marion Shull. Alida Henriques James E. Smith. Alpheus S. Mowbray . Ella L. Coggins. W. E. Burnside. Georgia Robertson . R. Washburn . M. 8. Fleming Mrs. A. A. Hurd Elizabeth M. Hill Kate A. Willes. . Edith B. Jackson . Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Ross Virginia_Stoltz . Mrs. J. B. Lane. Miss Mary A. Ingle 100. 25,00 5.00 Miss Kittie Brawley Ales Susie Campbell. tions have been listed by the District, ¢ | Evelyn P. McEnery.. 00 | Bstor | 5 El A. L. Jones. 0 B. 00 | mother of Mrs. A. L. Baldwin, 5603 Member of Florida Commit- tee Which Confers Here With Red Cross. Public Believed Not Fully Aware of Terrible Toll Taken. Bringing with them a tale of horrors far worse than those which followed any other disaster in the history of | this country, three men from the midst | of the Florida storm area, one of them | a Washington resident, conferred with | Chairman_John Barton Payne of the! National Red Cross today in an effort | to “get across” a full appreciation of the actual extent of suffering in Palm Beach County. The_visitors from the storm region are Cooper C. Lightbown, former mayor of Paim Beach and a resident of this city: Howard W. Selby, chair- man of the Palm Beach County Red aging_editor of the Palm Beach Post. Money Declared Insufficient. Mr. Selby said he discussed the need of money with Judge Payne, and de- clared that the sum of $5,000,000, fixed as the absolute minimum nzeded by the Red Cross, would not be half enough to care_ for the sufferers in Florida alone. It is impossible at this time, he asserted, to tell how much money must be had in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, where damage from the storm is probably greater than in Florida. ‘The Florida Red Cross worker said he had not definitely asked Mr. Payne to increase the amount of the relief fund, ibut he intimated that this will have to be done if Palm Beach County is to be_put back on its feet. Red Cross officials are. trying to ar- range for the three a conference with President Coolidge this afternoon so that they may describe to him the true conditions in Florida. 1t is feared that the people of the country may not appreciate the full seriousness of conditions in Florida and, consequently, may fall short of contrib- uting enough money to rehabilitate the stricken “people. 2,000 Bodies Disposed Of. Mr. Lightbown, who lives here at 4803 Colorado avenue, said more than 2,000 bodies have been disposed of and that more are being found each day. Many, he said, will never be found. ‘To prevent the spread of pestilence, hundreds of hodies must be stacked and burned, he declared, many of them hav- ing become decomposed. Separated families and orphaned chil- dren also require much attention from Cross Chapter, and W. A. Payne, man- | quarte: ITALE OF HURRICANE HORRORS TOLD BY WASHINGTON RESIDENT COOPER C. LIGHTBOWN. —Star Staff Photo. the Red Cross. Mr. Sglby told of one young girl, who came to their head- rs in Palm Beach seeking a four-year-old brother, who, she feared, had been drowned. Other members of the family were safe, she believed. was taken to the morgue, where the body of the boy, together with those of the mother and father, two sisters and two other brothers were found. If the storm had struck Washington RED CROSS SEEKS | $12,000000 FUND | Call for Florida “Rehabilita- tion Money Made as Fu- neral Pyres Burn, | By the Associated Press. | WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Septem- i ber 26.—While the ashes of funcral pyres still smoldered in parts of the | Florida hurricane-swept area today, an | appeal had gone to the national head- | quarters of the American Red Cross ! at Washington for a fund of $12,000,000 to be subscribed by the American people for permanently rehabilitating the dev- asted section. Funeral fires cast a ghostly aspect over sections of the Everglades in the Okeechobze section last night as work- ers cremated bodies washed up by the | flood which followed the storm more ! than a week ago. Cremation was re- sorted to in an effort to- improve sani- | tary conditions. In the Belle Glade i section yesterday 165 bodies were | burned, it was reported here. { The appeal to the national Red Cross | was made by the Palm Beach County 1 chapter in a formal report of the hurri- | | said. with the same force it struck Palm | cane’s toll, which placed the number of Beach County. the loss here, based on | dead in southestern Florida in excess comparative populations, would be 25.- | Of 2,300 and the number of refugees at 000 dead and property damags reaching i 12,200, who lost their all in the blow to the $250,000,000 mark, Mr. Belby.all;ld be:ubscqucm flood of Lake Okec- chol N Rain Adds to Discomfort. While means of alleviating the situa- tion were being worked out, the remain- ing citizens bent all efiorts toward The total sum raised over the coun- try for the relief fund was believed today to be a little in excess of $2,000,- ' 000. The total reported by Victor B.| Deyber, chairman of the relief fund| committee in Washington, was $29,- 961.70. This did not include several hundred dollars received by the cashier of The Evening Star. The largest sin- gle contribution, $2,470, came from the Rotary Club. Nothing but the relief work of the American Red Cross is preventing actual starvation of thousands of Porto Ricans and intense suffering throughout the devastated sections of Porto Rico, Henry M. Baker, Red Cross director of disaster relief, reported to National Red grrost headquarters here from San uan. I. H. Herk, president of the Mu- tual Burlesque Association, has desig- nated Thursday afternoon, September 27, for a “Red Cross appeal perform- | bringing order out of the chaos. Intermittent showers during the week and heavy rains yesterday added to the discomfort of the residents, many of whom had not had time to rebuild the roofs which were blown from their homes. “A complete tragedy,” was the way the situation was described by A. A. D. Rahn, chairman of a survey committee for the Imperial Council of Masons, Mr. Rahn has recommended that funds be furnished by the organization for the relief work. In Jacksonville, Gov. John Martin, who has just completed a tour of in- spection of the storm area, has issued ia call for the people of the State to “Cive till it hurts.” Attorney General Fred H. Davis, who ance” in all of the 48 theaters consti- | also made a survey of the situation, tuting the Mutual circuit. | declared the storm-stricken communi- Fifty per cent of the gross receipts |ties would receive whatever temporary of those performances will be con-|aid and eventually what permanent tributed to the $5,000,000 fund the Red ! relief from flood danger the State can Cross has appealed for. Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Jones. Max Hansmann . | Mabel Hegin . Violet Horwath Howard P. Safford. Mary E. Peck. | Annie May Hegeman. Mrs. Thomas 8. Wiles Mary K. Lamberton.... Samuel G. Steer S. A. Reeves.... Middaugh & Shannon ‘The Hay-Adams House. . Barion, Duer & Koch Paper Co. ‘W. Hall Trigg... | A. L. Christman. | Anonymous_... I Mrs. G. Mrs. S. Miss Margaret L. Johnson. Edith Harlan Reed Robertson A. M. Hoppe “ Noble Lewis i Mildred M. Rinemon | M. H. Rit/ 5858800 e en. - PPy Toreyes-—o 8883835858335883383835858588382383355: | Frank . Gorrell. George C. Jordan . | Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bryan | Grace Lincoln Temple . | A. H. Baker & Co.. The following contributions had been received by the "a:uhler of The Evening Star at noon ay: | viedged . .$5,204.62 Acknowle a1 A.E N... Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Garner. C.D. A Cash . . Washington Heights Citizens’ Association . L. M. H. r R. Walters. ... Elizabeth B. Jackson. 9 Sovwubtinarons: =3 P | Mrs. J.A. W. 8.. nt - Teacher st Reformed Church A. . 8883833 3383388 S ZEHZRS Sommmmmmn Q g 8 882358823858553383223333853332533233582 Mrs. E. T. E.. Newcomers Club of Washington G. W. 8. LM W... jeorge C. ersm . Mrs. Lena Bakersmith. Carolyn N. Behrend.. ! Miss E. Mae Bentley. | W. Russell Willhide Mrs. C. P. Davie ]sah Johnson 8 PO SO UHNNNNRND RN WO NNO AN ND SN 2188388338 | 3. R. Hoover | Howard S. Gott. Florence L. Giles Dh“l-llond taxie léfe Insurance Co. of D. C. B mompoan Total to date. MRS. HUNTLEY DIES. Services for Woman, 81, Will Be Held Tomorrow Night. Mrs. Alice C. Huntley, 81 years old, » - 2 Chevy Chase Parkway, Chevy Chase, D. C, died at Garfleld Hospital yes- terday, after a brief illness. Mrs. Huntley was the widow of Dr. A. O. Huntley of North Bloomfleld, Ohio. She had been living here with her daughter for several years. \MELLON DENIES LIQUOR CHARGES Seerctary Says He Has No Connec- tion With Any Distilling Business. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., September 26.— Denial ‘that he is connected with the liquor business in any way and that he was “the biggest liquor distiller in the world” prior to prohibition was made by Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, in a letter made pub- le hf today by C. M. Setzer, chair- man-of the Mecklenburg Tounty Re- publican executive committee. Secretary: Melon took cognizance of statements sald to have been made by Democratic party speakers in the State, when Mr. Setzer telegraphed him for “the truth of the situation.” The referred was one made at Kannapolis {by L. L. Caudel of Charlotte. The Secretary wrote: *“I have from you a telegram stating that Democratic :g:uker in your city made charges that I own and control more liquor than any man in the United States; also that previous to adoption of the eighteenth amendment I was the largest distiller of whisky, and you re- quest that I send to you as chairman of the Fspublican county executive committee of Mecklenburg County a statement of the facts as they relate to the charge. “In response to your request I have to say that the Democratic speaker’s statements are completely false. I never was actively engaged in the dis- have had no interest in or connection with the distillation of liquor or any liquor business. “In this connection I am sending you a copy of a letter which I have written within a few days to the associate State superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of West Virginia in response to a similar request and my answer as stated covers the whole of the subject.” ‘The West Virginia letter follows: “I oncc owned some stock in a dis- tillery company as I owned stock in many other business enterprises. The stock In this company was disposed of before I took office as Secretary of the Treasury. In fact the distillery ceased from doing any of its manufacturing business over three years before prohibi- tion amendment went into effect and the entire business was wound up. At no time was I ever actively engaged in the distilling business. I have no in- terest in or connsction with the dis- tillation of liquor or of any liquor business.” RARE PAINTINGS ON SALE. 0ld Masterpieces Gathered 300 Years Ago Offered. Daily Express said today that one of the most famous privateecollections of oid masterpieces gathered 300 years ago by Burgomaster Six of Amsterdam, would be sold at auction on October 16. The collection contains among other paintings the work of Rembrandt, Hob- bema and Paul Potter. The sale is due to the death of the last owner, Proi. Jan Six. MRS. WILLEBRANDT IS SPONSORED BY (Continued from First Page.) the interest of fair play Mrs. Mabel ‘Walker Willebrandt “ought to be si- lenced, at least officially.” “I hope your voice will be raised in your party’s counsels {o squelch her,” Celler said. “She might rave all she wishes for prohibition, but setting one religious group against another is a dangerous game. The Republican party in s viclous attacks is spit! itself. “She was on Monday morning dis- owned by your national committee, but in the evening she is acknowledged as its speaker,” Celler wrote, adding: “The Republican national campaign commit- tee are experts at withdrawing repudi. ations and repudiating withdrawals.” Funeral services will be conducted in Gawler's chapel, 1730 Pennsylvania 00 ! avenue, tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. Interment will be in North Bloomfield Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, PO 200 Educational films made by the Hun- garian Dutch Pedagogical Co. during the first year of its concession have been shown in 170 communities of Hungary, ticular statement to which Mr. Setzer tilling business, and since taking office | LONDON, September 26 () .—The ' 35 masters in the world, consisting of Dutci1 | & G. 0. P. COMMITTEE | »% her t'lnl in the wind. It spits upon |® {give. ‘Water Receding Slowly. Davis remained here, while the gov- 35 Chtaln nds for Keeping 5. 3 troops w0 ol for 2 tr in the storm area. 5 Meanwhile in the coast country here, and across Lake Worth at Palm Beach, hope was held out in a report that the water in some places was receding gradually, and that the Palm Beaches ukely would not feel the effect of the siorm on its coming Winter season. ngor Barclay H. Warburton of Palm Beach declared the big tourist hotels would open, as scheduled, in December, and that social activities would be com- mensurate with usual seasons. 224 DEAD IN PORTO RICO. Gov Horace M. Towner of Porto Rico has cabled the Bureau of Insular Affairs that cfficial reports to the police department show 224 persons killed, 1,158 injured and 10 mising as a result of the recent hurricane. The report covered 71 of the 76 municipalities of island. Army equipment for three refugee tent camps has been ordered sent from the New Orleans Army supply base to the Red Cross in Florida to care for the housing of refugees who will not be able to return to the Lake Okeecho- bee district for an ite period. A. L. Schafer, director of disaster re- lief for the Rad Cross in Florida, said 2,000 of the tent camps would be sent to West Palm Beach, 1,000 to Pahokee and 50 to Clewiston. Ten thousand cots and 10,000 blankets also were given by th> Army to the Red Cross. ‘The Red Cross national headquarters reported that the West Indies-Florida relief fund had reached a total of $1,920,689. HOOVER GETS REPORT. A report that bodies were being burned by the hundreds in the Florida hurricane area coupled with a predic- tion that at least 2,200 deaths would be recorded as the result of the si was brought to Herbert Hoover t« by E. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia and J. Leonard Replogle of New York, " who visited the Republican presidential nominee on their way to thefr homes from Florida. The two said that the public author- ities and the Red Cross were thoroughly organized and hold the situation well in hand, with relief streaming in from many quarters, MAJ. HESSE LEAVES. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, left Washington this after- noon for a belated and brief vacation. He expects to return early next week. Inspector Henry G. Pratt, assistant cuperintendent, will act as superintend- ent in Maj. Hesse's absence. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOE TOMORROW. PIRST RACE-Purse, $1,300: : 3 sear-olds: ¢ micoag S10: claiming: 3 ora eligibie— *Charles tae Pirst *Beau Wrack ... SECOND RACE—Purse, $1.300; maiden 3- year-olds; 1 mile and 70 vards. 109 Gertrugde Soissons 109 109 Scattered et 109 Troll .. 12 104 *Merano .. 107 ld Ormonbird Cupid’s Dart THIRD RACE_Purse. $1,300: the Prospect; 2-year-olds: 6 furlongs. Sunny Port . 108 Lester W. 108 nning 106 Shephe: Air Chief . 109 Rapidity Compass. 112 Nemore " at ...... 115 Cady Hill . URTH RACE—Purse. $1.5¢ bassador Handicep: 3-year-ol 116 Greenock 124 Fair Anit. 109 Bobashela Marine Grey Co FIFTH RAC) Handicap; 3- Aucilla Chancello; Scimitar 3 Nat Evens 107 Buck: 122 Recreation - SIXTH RACE—Purse. $1,300: ;8- sear-olas and up: 1 mile aRd 10 Taras e 3 *Villager aNolse *Houston Fairy Maid sAlgol . *Turt King *Spanish Aster.. aAudley Parm entry. SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $1, 3-year-olds and up: 1, biles. *Tillte 108 The Maid . Lelsch_ .. e Cacoos 300; claiming: swflm:kv;‘.vm o apelizte Wormwold -sgg:myc tle ... 109 ;5‘:{1’!.'.\’!:‘!‘:! *Highland Daisy 108 A Mrs. W. H. Denham and Chastl: a1 ea- *Apprentice allowance W ok claimed. exiher Clear, irack fase