Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers this morning. followed Lv clearing this afternoon or night: to- morrow fair with rising temperature Temperatures—Highest, 58, at 1 p.m yesterday: lowest, 52. at m5 p.m. yester- day. Full report on page The WITH DAILY EVENI NG EDITION Sunday Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” T'he Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Sta.’s exclusive carrier service FPhone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery ¢ 00, .1.99, oot RUM SALE 15 1SSUE No. B—No. #5018 FOR EVERY STATE 10 DECIDE BY VOTE, SMITH REITERATES Would Protect Dry Sectionsi by “All Safeguards” of Eighteenth Amendment and| Volstead Act, He Says. MAKES NO REFERENCE TO CANADIAN SYSTEM Entered as second class matter post office. Washington. D. C. WASHINGTON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1928—126 PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. FIVE IN WASHINGTON CE AND SUBURBS | NTS !TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE T Nominated by G. O. P. l | r }w ., ALBERT OTTINGER. ]‘ Again Voices His Opposition tol Saloon—Assails Republicans on Enforcement—Takes Fling at Mrs. Willebrandt in Milwaukee | Speech. | OTTINGER WINS 0., HOMNATON RELGIOUS PHRASE INNOTE DISCLAED BY RS, CALDWEL Virginia Committee Woman' Says She Only Suggested Letter Generally. {HOOVER REITERATES {BAN ON CHURCH QUESTION | Candidate Gets Encouraging Re-| ports From Michigan and New Jersey. Flatly denying that she was respon- | * sible for the wording of a letter calling on the women of the country to save! it from being “Romanized and rum | ridden,” Mrs. M. M. Caldwetl, n?li"'mI‘ committeewoman of Roanoke, Va., yes-| terday informed the Republican na- | | ik I <\ Today Marks End - Of Harris’ Tenure As Griff’s Manager Capitai Fans Speculate on Bucky’s Su Favored for Series. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, Sports Editor, The Star. Today marks the end of the biz league base ball season and the tenure of Stanley Harris as manager of the | Washington club. | All that remains for followers of the sport now nearing its annual eclipse by foot ball is the world series with the | New York Yankees defending their | | championship against the St .Louis | | Cardinals. | i For the Capital fans these title con- | tests will be followed with an eagerness | heightened by the fact that each con- | tender staggered to the wire in races that for closeness seldom have been ' | excelled. reessor; Cards With the local club at no time ha"h\S' | a chance for the title, what concern has been manifested in it by devot of th= sport has been confined to its iul cleventh-hour battle for a sion berth, but the identity of | its manager for 1929 is a live topic and AN SHOOTS WIFE IND COLSI HEN COMMITS SUCIDE Refusal of Spouse for Recon- ciliation Infuriates For- mer Baker. SON, 11, WITNESSES TRAGEDY IN HOME Wurst's Condition Serious. Relative Is Expected to Recover. Infuriated by her ref to permit him to return to her, Eustis Wurst of Baltimore, 34, a former baker, his wife Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Wurst, 33. and her cousin, Mrs. Amanda Rexe« roth, 58, then killed himself early last night at the home of his wife's parents at 514 Irving street Mrs. | tional committee headquarters that she | mav remain so until well into the off- “fully indorsed the policy of the na- tional committee and entirely !ppro\'fd“ b | The shooting, which occurred in the season. y | living room of the home of Mrs. Wurst, HArsExpectedito i Quies | was witnessed by the Wursts' 11-year~ That Harris' ascignment as pilot of | old son Elmer and Mrs. Alice Jeanette | Will Rur: for Governor in New By the Associated Press. } MILWAUKEE, September 20.—| York—Houghton Gets Sena- Cheered as he leveled an attack| on prohibition, Gov. Smith here | tonight called for “sane and honest” handling of the problem | and advocated sale of liquor, under restrictions, in States where the plan meets with approval of a ma- Jjority of the voters. | Outlining his program in this city, once famous 'round the world as a brewing center, the Democrat- ic nominee emphasized that the plan he sponsors would protect “all of the rights of the dry States to the last degree,” and would throw around them “all the .afe- guards” of the eighteenth amend- | ment and the Volstead law. “The dry States should be reason- able about it.” Smith told the crowd packed into the big auditorium here and those who were listening to his address by radio. Opposes Saloons. “They should listen to the State that is not in accord with their opinion. What would the dry States of this country say if the wet States proposed an amendment to the Constitution pro- }ubl,nng them from passing any dry aw?” Following the lines of his acceptance speech in the remedy he préposed, ex- cept that he made no reference to| the Canadian system of the liquor problem, Gov. iterated that he was return of the saloon * right, by the American people,” stirred up a rousing round of cheers when he promised, if elected, to en- force the law. And he was greeted with another noisy outburst when ne declared that as President, he would | regard it his duty to recommend to| Congress both ‘modification of the Vol- | s(euz law and the prohibition amend- ment. Laughter and applause greeted the | nominee when he remarked that 'in| 1919 and 1920 millions of Americans | believed hard liquor could be banished | from the country “by amending the | Constitution and passing a law.” Flays Republicans. “This is not a question of liquor or no | liquor, prohibition or anti-prohibition,” | he added. “The question before the | American people today is what is the | best thing to do about it in the interest of this country.” The New York governor, who wound up his first stumping tour here tonight, assailed the Republicans for the way they have been enforcing prohibition, declaring that they had permitted pat- ronage considerations to guide them and corruption to creep into enforce- ment. He also insisted that millions of Americans did not agree with Her- bert Hoover in his declaration that pro- hibition was a noble experiment, and | asserted that the prohibition plank in the Republican party meant nothing. “I am_ perfectly satisfied that sane, reasonable, sensible and scientific defi- nition of an intoxicant in the Volstead law would do more than any other one Congratulates Ottinger on His Nomina- |indicated that two men lost their lives {in the wreck of the little craft. torial Place on Ticket. | By.the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y. Sepiember 29.— Attorney General Albert Ottinger was nominated for governor and Alanson B. Houghton, American Ambassador loi the Court of St. James, for United | States Senator by the Republican State convention at its -closing session to- day. The complete State ticket fol- lows: Governor, Albert Ottinger, New York; Uni States Senator, Alanson B. Hough! Corning; lieutenant gov- ernor, Charles C. Lockwood, Brooklyn; controller, Harry B. Crowley, Rochester; attorney general, Hamilton Ward, Buf- falo; associate judge of the Court of Appeals, Irving G. Hubbs, Pulaski. | All nominations were by acclamation | except that of Ambassador Houghton for the United States senatorship. Mr. Houghton was opposed on the floor by | State Senator George R. Fearon of Onondaga. Senator Fearon, however, | lacked the votes to make a dangerous opponent and Mr. Houghton was nomi- nated by a vote of 911 to 119. The nomination was later made unanimous on motion of Senator Fearon. HOOVER SENDS MESSAGE. tion for Governor. Herbert Hoover today sent a telegram congratulating Albert-Ottinger, attorney general of New York, upon his nomina- tion for governor by the Republican State convention. “Accept my sincerest congratulations upon your nomination for governor,” said the telegram. R ROWBOAT HITS ROCK, GOES OVER NIAGARA | zses Dicagree as to Whether or Not Any One Was in It. By the Associated Press. | NIAGARA FaLLS, N. Y., Sflpteyber 29.—A rowboat was carried down the rapids above Niagara Falls this after- noon, crashed on a rock and went in fragments over the crest of the horse- shoe falls. Eyewitnesses differ as to whether the boat was occupied. Some said they saw two men waving signals of distress; others said there was only one occupant of the craft, while a few said it was empty. Tracy Lee. superintendent of the reservation police, to whom subordindtes reported the statements of witnesses, said the preponderance of evidence Witne: thing to take out of this country the hard liquor that can be found in every hamlet, village, town and city of the United States!” Smith shouted, to cheers. Cites Gang Profits. The Democratic leader strayed con- siderably from his advanced text, al- though, a5 in his other campaign speeches, he followed the trend of thought. Gales of laughter were pro- voked when he observed that “‘gangland sits pretty on top of the earth entirely satisfied with prohibition, in love with the Volstead law, because their presence upon the statute books h: nity.” At one juncture Smith mentioned Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, one of his outspoken foes. by name, and booing could he heard throughout the big hall, jammed beyond its seating ca- pacity of around 8.000. His first men- tion of the Vnistead law also brought booing, and there were groans when he related that a waiter in the Senate restaurant in Washington had lost his job “because of carclessness” after dropping a bottle of liquor on the floor. Put Up to States. “It must be borne in mind," said the New York governor, “that, under my suggestion, Federal prohibition is pre- served in its entirety for the States that desire to remain dry. “It will remain always the duty of the Federal Government under mv pro- posal to protect, the States desiring to remain dry from the introduction or | jmportation into them of alcoholic bev- erages. “It retains all the features of the | eighteenth amendment and the act sus taining it, except that the State itsell in its sovereignty power. after a vote of its people. decides under strict control to dispense alcoholic beverages. “Now I am fully aware.,” the Demo- cratic nominee went on. “that the 'President of the United States cannot bring this about by himself. but, re- peating what I said in St. Paul, what we lack in this country is leadership, and if T am elected President of the United States, it will be my duty to lay this matter before every community that 1 can reach and let them make their own decision. If that is not Democratic government. I must confess that I do| not_understand it “You can_expect Republican party. nothing from the The long record of | GOES 850 MILES IN TAXI. | |Newark Man, on Way to Sister's { Funeral in Atlanta, Shuns Trains. | | NEWARK, N. J., September 29 (#).— | Olin P. Drake of this city, who has !an antipathy to trains, is on his way [to Atlanta, Ga., today, in a taxicab. | He was charged $250 and the driver's | Mr. Hoover's statement in r('})udullng’ | stated that neither I nor the Repub- . planation to it. the phrase and all it implies.” Mrs. Caldwell's letter follows: The form letter under my mimeo- raph signature which appears in this morning’s papers was suggested in gen- eral terms by me, but the phrasing was not mine and the sentence attributed to me to the effect that we must save the country from being Romanized and rum-ridden was not so worded or in-; tended. I fully indorse the policy of the national committee, and entirely | approve Mr. Hoover's statement in re- pudiating the phrase and all it im- plies.” Hoover yesterday followed up his first repudiation of the letter by the flai | announcement that he wanted no sup- vort for the presidency on the basis of religion. Bars Religious Questions. “I cannot fully express my indigna- tion of such circulars,” the candidate said. “Nor can I reiterate too strongly that religious questions have no pa.t in this campaign. I have repeatedly lican party want support on that basis. There are important and vitai reasons for the return of the Republican ad- ministratoin, but this is not one of them.” 1t also became known last night that J. E. Spaulding, chairman of the Arlington County Republican commi$- tee, sent a copy of the letter.to -~ Hoover's headquarters onMessachusetts avenue late Eridey aiternoon by mes- senger.- "1 received the letter from Mrs. C. W. Harris of Lyon Village,” Spaulding said. “Mrs. Harris had received the letter by mail from Mrs. Caldwell. I was sur- prised at the phraseology used in the letter, in view of our efforts in Arling- ton County to keep religion out of the campaign, and accordingly decided to to send the letter to Mr. Hoover’s head- quarters for the information of those there. I suppose the messenger handed the paper to some one at the informa~ tion desk. I attached no note of ex- | “In_the various meetings which we have held in Arlington County in sup- port of Mr. Hoover it has been oyr strict rule to have speakers refrain~from making any allusion to the religious question and the issue has not been raised at any time.” Mrs.” Caldwell at Roanoke last night | indicated that she would have nothing further to say without first conferring with Republican headquarters here. Prohibition Also Barred. Before Mr. Hoover made his accept- ance speech he issued the instructions on which Dr. Work sent notices to all Republican party officials and workers that neither religion nor prohibition were to be treated as issues in this campaign. Before issuing his statement yester- day Hoover conferred with several of | his closest advisers, including William J. Donovan, Assistant United States Attorney General, nnd officers of the national committee. When he called the newspaper correspondents into his office to make his statement public he plainly showed an intense feeling. discussion of the incident which led to his_renewed declaration. Chairman Work’s statement read: containing reference to religious ques- ions which have been issued from a local committee office in Virginia. I am informed that the national commit- teewoman did not authorize the intro- duction of the religious question, that she has always opposed it as a cam- | expenses for the 850-mile trip. 1 Drake said he received word of the | death of his sister in Atlanta, but he opened Up a | wouldn't ride there on a train, “under | any circumstances.” ‘i Girl Swims Over 60 Hours. | MEMPHIS, September 29 (#).—Miss Martha Hill, 18-year-old Mcmphis ste- nographer, | swimming continuously for 60 hours | and 25 minutes, passing by 25 minutes | the unofficial world record for women dleston. Bus Hearing Set. COLUMBIA. §. C., September 20 (#). —The State Railroad Commission has named Thursday. October 4. for heai ing an application of the Coastal Trans- | port Co of Brunswick, Ga.. to render bus vie ~botween Charleston and : Flh., via United States Vatican Organ Cites § By the Associated Press. ROME, September 29.—Cognizance of the religious aspect of the American presidential campaign was taken today for the first time by Osservatore Romano, the newspaper which the Vati- can uses as the medium for its public | announcements. An editorial said: “On the Catholic side the utmost re- scrve has been maiateined. The fa- ntics wouid n~t n~copi exnlrnations and thoes nced of them.” ‘The newspaper that the silence at 9:25 tonight had been | set September 15 by Mrs. Myrtle Hud- | aciing in badfaith have no | paitn question. The Republican party | 625 not. countenance any appeal of this | character, Refers to June Statement. | . “Istand for what Mr. Hoover has said. It is unnecessary for me 1o repeat those views. As early as last June I advised the members of the national committee as follows: | " ‘The campaign policy we propose to structive only. | science and personal liberty within the law are not proper subjects for political | debate.’ | “Those of us who have the respon: ( bility of the campaign are using every endeavor to eliminate the religious question.” Hoover received encouraging reports yesterday regarding Republican pros- ' pects in Michigan and New Jersey, in conferences with Senator Vandenberg of the former State and with a delega- tion of members of the Republican | Serv ice League of the latier Siate. Senator Vandenberg said he expected (Contt 5, Column 5.) Ci:urch‘s Silence absolute impartiality that the church proclaims constantly in regard to po- litical contests as long as they do not harm religious interests.” It added: “American legislation and practical policy have rendered possible the free expansion of Catholic life in the United | States in a way to awaken admiration, |one might even say envy, in other | countrics, even among most Catholic nations. “The two emin-n! men whn ars con- Hoover declined to go into a detailed | “I have now had opportunity to in- | vestigate the origin of a circular letter | | follow will ‘be informative ‘and con- The prompting. of con- | “THE GOOD STORY” (AFTER A FAMOUS \ PAINTING). CHINESE PIRATES SEIZE STEANIHP Methods Rival Blood-Cur- dling Stories of Spanish Main; British Slain. By the Associated Press. HONG KONG, September 29.—A story of cruelty and ferocity rivaling the wildest tales of the Spanish Main was brought to Hong Kong today by the steamship Anking, which reached port after having been looted by CI pirates. = Chief Officer David C. Jones“of New Quay, Wales, gné-Chief Engineer Henry ‘Tho) Of Greennock, Scotland, were Killed. Capt. Plunkett Cole, who com- manded the ship, was wounded, as was Third Officer A. I Campbell. The Chinese quartermaster, who rushed to the bridge to fight off the pirates, was shot dead. Boarded As Passengers. The Anking, which left Singapore, Straits Settlements, on September 23 for Hong Kong by way of Hothow, Swatow on Wednesday in the Gulf of Tonking. The pirates had shipped aboard the vessel as passengers, a method of robbing vessels frequently practiced in Chinese waters. Most of the officers of the ship were at dinner Wednesday when the pirates, numbering 40 men, dropped their passenger toles. Some of them rushed to the bridge of the vessel, firing point blank at the officers on duty there. Chief Officer Jones was instantly killed and Capt. Cole fell with bullets in both legs. It was at this point that the Chinese quartermaster rushed to the bridge to assist his commander, but was shot dead as soon as he appeared. Meanwhile other pirates had rushed into the engine room and murdered Chief Engineer Thomson. The other offi- cers were wounded nad beaten with clubs, while campbell was knifed in the back and fell beside the body of Chief Officer Jones. Throw Dead Overboard. The pirates seized the ship's armory and took full control of the vessel, overawing the 1400 passengers aboard her. After throwing the dead men over- board, the pirates permitted the ship's surgeon to dress the wounds of Capt. " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 PAGES. Generai News—Local, National Foreign. Political Survey of the United States— Pages 17, 18 and 19. Schools and Colleges—Pages 24 and 25 and PART TWO—16 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Review of Autumn Books—Page 4. Army and Navy News—Page 7 | Serial Story., “Blue Murder"—Pag» 8. Cross-Word Puzzle—Page 10. Spanish War Veterans—Page 10. Civilian Army News—Page 11, TART THREE—16 PAGES. Society. News of the Clubs—Pages 9 and 10. Marine Corps News—Page 10. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 11. D. A. R. Activities—Page 12. Parent-Teacher Activities—Pages an. w | 12 | d 13. | W C. T. U. Activities—Page 13. PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. ' News of the Motor World—Pages 5, |6 and 7. | Aviation Activities—Pages 9 and 10. | Fraternal News—Page 13. District Naval Reserve—Page 14. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. | Pink Sports Section. | Screen i PART SIX—20 PAGES. Classified Advertising. District National Guard—Page 1. Radio News—Pages 2 and 3. Around the City—Page 4. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 5. Financial News—Pages 8, 9 and 10. Veterans of Great War—Page 20. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Hu GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. Werld Event: in Plotyres. tending for the presidency have made absolutely correct - declaral on_the COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jef; Reglar Pellers; Mr. and hinese Two British officers of the m"(l/ and Amoy, was attacked by the pirates] Ex-Premier of China Enters Benedictine Monastery as Novice | By the Associated Press, | BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sep- tember 29.—Lu Cheng-Hsiang, former premier of China, who is an ardent Catholic, today was admitted to the order of Bene- dictine Monks of St. Andrew near Burgess as a novice. He will take his full vow on January 15, 1929, SISTERS, STAND %, SR Misses Virginia and Alice Berry Carried to Neighbor’s Home During Blaze. Helpless when fire broke out in their _home, 3100 Dumbarton avenue, Jate hresterflay, Miss Virginia Berry, 97, and Miss Alice Berry, 95, sisters, were res- cued by a rmeighbor, Leonard Block, 3110- Dumbarton avenue and Police- man J. T. Nash. | Fire broke out in the room next to | that in which Miss Alice was in bed | with an injured hip. It was started | when curtains blew into an antiquated gas heater in the room of Miss Alice Martin, a nurse. Occupants of the house knew noth- ing of the blaze until a small boy rang the doorbell and informed Miss Martin that the house was burning. Then an alarm was turned in. Block and Nash entered the house, the former taking Miss Virginia and the latter Miss Alice, and carried them out and down the street to Block's home. The sisters were not told that there was a fire for fear of too greatly disturbing them. Firemen, arriving on the scene, soon had the fire under control The blaze was confined to the room in which it | started. The house is more than 100 years old and is furnished with rare old fur- niture and antique art objects. Some damage to these treasures resulted from the water and chemicals used in quenching the blaze. ‘The Misses Berry later were moved to the home of Mrs. A. B. Davis, 2538 | Wisconsin avenue. 'MAN HELD IN PROBE OF MINER'S SLAYING Exoneration by Coroner's Fails to Gain Freedom | for Merchant. | By the Associated Press. CLARKSBURG. W. Va.—Although absolved of blame in_connection with the fatal shooting Friday night of Loren Heldreth, 30, coal miner, of Brown, by a coroner’s jury late today, Antonio Romano, 40, of Dola, a mer- chant, was held in jail here tonight pending further investigation of the case. Heldreth was shot, witness said. as he and a companion were rolling a | barrel of wine from a storage building |at Dola, while another man waited in a nearby automobile. 2 Romano was said to have admitted shooting Heldreth. He said Heldreth and his two companions were robbing the storehouse. Lida Davis, 31, an ex-convict, and Rufus Smith, 25, both of Brown, who were alleged to have taken Heldreth to a doctor’s office at Wallace shortly after the shooting, are under arrest. | | Jury | | Stunt at Legion Fair in Indiana. By the Associated Press. VEEDERSBURG, Ind., September 29. —Miss Bobbie Owen, 28, Sidell, IIl., was instantly killed today when her para- ichute failed to open as she was making ' a 2,000-foot drop from an airplane. Miss Owen had gone up with Harold Johrnson, Chicago aviator, as one of the stunts for an American Legion fair at . Veedersburg. The cause for fallure of the parachute is not known. Miss Owen has been making para- chute drops for about one year. Her body fell in a cornfield near the city and was removed to underiaking par; lors at Veedersburg. The coro | Safety Device Fails to Open During | STONE MOUNTAIN FORFEI DECLARED 'Co-owner Says Monument | Association Hasn’t Com- plied With Deed. - | By the Associated Press. ="~ ~ | ATLANTA, September 29.— | Samugle#” finable. ol ne of the owners _~+of"Stone Mountain, where a memorial to the Confederacy is being carved, is- sued a statement here today declaring that since conditions in the deed had not been complied with by the Stone | Mountain Memorial Association, “there |will be a forfeiture of the property !under terms of the document conveying | title to the association.” The organization's executive commit- | tee recently voted against further nego- tiations with' Venable in an effort to compose their differences after declar- ing unacceptable his proposals for a new working agreement. Assoclation in Debt. “In the very beginning of these negotiations,” the statement said, “it was freely admitted by the committee appointed by and representing the as- sociation that it was not only practically without funds, but was several thou- sand dollars in debt; that it would be tions unless and until the differences were settled, and that unless the nego- tiations were successful, it was prac- tically certain that no monument could or ever would be built. “While these negotiations were in | progress the association was unable tc meet its pay rolls and all work was suspended on the mountain and has | remained suspended for the past five months. “After collecting and spending the stupendous sum of $1.195845.18 the association today is in debt in the sum of more than $225000. * * * So completely is the association without funds that it was unable to pay the Stone Mountain Granite Corporation for the last carving done by it and Mr. Willls (G. F. Willis, president of the association), gave his individual note for $1,800 to said corporation to meet this indebtedness. “Under the conditions in the deed the association was bound to complete the central group of seven figures within 12 years. * * * The 12 years expired on April 30, 1928, and the association has failed to carve one complete figure on the mountain. Not a single condition of the deed has been complied with, and there is and will be a forfeiture of the property under the terms of the deed conveying title to the association, * * ** Backed Borglum. One of Mr. Venable's proposals was for the return of Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, who was dismissed by the as- sociation, to design and execute an en- Jarged undertaking to harmonize with the work of the present sculptor, Au- gustus Lukeman. “Had the plan which I proposed been accepted by the association,” he con- tinued, “we already had at our disposal sufficient funds with which to complete both groups. . . . “It is out of funds and in debt and . . . I shall insist upon the forfeiture of the property which we conveved to it in order thai the South may not be further discredited by the acts of this association. “The reveesionary interest in the property has already been deeded to a board of trustees for the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, who will un- dertake to build a monument along the original lines and we have every as- unable to secure any further contribu- | the Nationals will cease this evening | with the final game of the campaign at | St. Louis there is no doubt. | No statement to that effect has been | made by either of the two persons most | interested, but Harris is said to have told close friends that he does not care | to carry on as manager here, and the invariable reply of President Griffith to all ingquiries on the subject may be regarded as significant. It is: “I don’t! want 1 talk about that until after the | | close of the season.” | | " Whether official announcement of " change in the leadership of the Wash- ington club will come from-Gfiffith or | | Harris remains to_be -seen, and when | it will emanate.#léo is problematical, | as are the.sefiSons that will be ascribed. | flnhfvee our own ideas as to the lat- . They are, briefly, that Harris is fed up” on the razzing he has been, subjected to by unthinking fans, and that Griffith is disappointed by Bucky’s apparent inability to provide repl-ce-‘ ments for slipping athletes through the | medium of developing raw material sup- plied him. N There undoubtedly are factors aside| from these that contribute to the im-| passe reached by the club president and | piot and one of them is salary. Piloted Series Winners. | Tt is understandable that Harris might feel that, having been boss of the team that won the only two pennants the Capital ever has known—and when first | placed in charge, too—and that having finished in the first division the three succeeding seasons he has fairly earned the $100,000 he is reputed to have re- ceived for 1926, 1927 and 1928, and is entitled to a continuation of this scale. Contrariwise, there would seem to be nothing illogical about a conviction on | the part of the club president that the comparatively lean financial seasons the club has suffered since the Nationals have been relegated to the also-ran class do not justify the expenditure of | $33,000 a year to a playing manager whose playing and managing both have taken a decided slump. | But as to the identity of the man | | who will ever take over the reins when | Harris lays them down this observer must confess to having not so much [as hunch, much less any informa- | tion. Since it first was rumored, many weeks ago. that the Nationals would have a new field leader in 1929. con- siderable speculation has been indulged | in by writers all around the circuit | and a number of gratuitous nomina- tions made, but none of them has been | more than a guess. and. in the opin- | :r}v'ntof this chronicler, poor ones at| at. Walter Johnson Eliminated. ! One has had Walter Johnson coming | here to lead the team he starred with as a pitcher for two decades. Barney is under contract to continue as pilot | in Newark for at least another season at a salary exceeding that paid a| majority of major league bench bosses. This eliminates Johnson from con: sideration, even if his services were | desired. | Another and even more persistent report, but equally unfounded, has had | George Moriarty of the Detroit Tigers swapping places with Harris in connec- tion with the transfer of several play- | ers. This may be wholly discounted b; the fact that the Detroit officials would | not dare antagonize their fans by giv- ing up Second Baseman Gehringer, the only player on the Tiger roster that Washington conceivably might covet, and by the further likelihood that if Moriarty's regime as Detroit manager is ended he will return to umpiring. a field in which he boasts undeniable class. In their efforts to figure out what active members of the Washington club might be considered for elevation to manager in the event that the policy of selecting a leader from the ranks is followed. as was done with Harris and his predecessors, McBride. Milan and Bush, local fans are inclined to believe | Muddy Ruel and Joe Judge are most | eligible. | As to that this writer prefers to main- tain a discreet silence. It js not our | province to advise those who are Jistat- | ing the policies of the club. It fs to| their advantage to please the fans by selecting for manage: one who is calcu- lated to get the best results. As fo who | it will be we haven't the faintest idea | i surance that funds will be supplied with which to complete this undertaking.” (Continued on 2. Sports Section.) i By Frederic The Evening Star wi morrow and appearing series of articles on “The Elections,” from George Coolidge. of American politics. Every voter will be in this record of our stranger than fiction. Do not miss the o Haskin. History of Presidential Elections J. Haskin ill publish, starting to- each day thereafter. a History of Presidential Washington to Calvin This accurate fact series telling the dra- matic tale of every presidential contest in Amer- ican history has been written especially for The Evening Star by Frederic J. Haskin, author of “The American Government.” This is a history absorbingly interested political history, far pening article by Mr. Exclusively in tomorrow’s editi?y g™ Schench, Mrs. Wurst's mother. At least two bullets from the re- volver held by the enraged husband struck Mrs. Wurst described a at Freedmen's Hospital where she wi taken. following the shooting, by Mr. and Mrs. Georze M. Lucas. 517-Jrving street. Onme of the bullets ‘fodged in Mrs. Rexroth's javhome. She was taken to Garfield Hospital where doctors said last night that her condition was not_sewiGis. Separated After Quarrel. According to Mz Wurs father, Ludwig Schench. Wurst and his wife had been separated :ines lost February when, the father said, Wurst tried to attack his wife h a butcher knife when they were living with her par- ents at the Irving strect address Since that time Wurst had made his home Elizabeth Len- with his_sister, Mrs. | nings in Baltimore. and had made sev- eral attempts to effect a reconciliation with his wife. He returned to Washington yester- day afternoon and called on her at about 6 o'clock. The couple had talked several minutes on the front porch of her home when Wurst whipped out a .38-caliber revolver and began firing at his wife as she fled through the front door into the living room and the dining room immediately behind. Five bullets were fired in rapid succession— two entered Mrs. Wurst's back, one crashed into Mrs. Rexroth’s jaw as she stood in the living room and the re- maining two were sent by the man into his own chest. Waurst fell near the dining room door and died within a few minutes. Mrs. Wurst reached the dining room, where she collapsed, although retaining con- sciousness, and Mrs. Rexroth reeled in {the living room. Young Son Sees Shooting. At sound of the shots Mrs. Schench ran from her kitchen to the front of the house in time to see the fusilade complete its work in the death of her son-in-law. Elmer, son of the Wursts, who had been reading a newspaper at | his writing desk in the dining room, crouched in terror behind his desk and peered out to see his mother flee bc- fore the shooting of his father. Just before the shooting started Schench left his home to go to that of a neighbor to assist in repairing a fur- nace, passing his daughter and her husband in the de . He greeted the son-in-law with “Hello, Eustis,” and passed on hurriedl; As he left his tront porch he heard his daughter say, “No, Eustis, you can't stay here,” Schench told detectives. Scarcely had he reached the interior of the next- door house when he heard the shots. By the time he rushed back to his own house, the shooting was over and Wurst was dying in the living room. Wife Barely Escapes Death. One of the bullets fired by Wurst shattered the middle finger on the right hand of Mrs. Wurst. Examination at Freedman's Hospital indicated that one of the bullets passed entirely through her chest narrowly missing the lungs, heart and spine. This bullet may have been that which shattered the finger only to pass on and lodge in the liv- ing room wall near the dining room door. Detectives found a bullet in the plaster at that point. The bullet which remained in Mrs. Wurst’s body was jremoved from just beneath the surface of the skin on her chest by Dr. H. H. Huggins, where it lodged after entering the back. After it had been viewed by Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt. the body of Wurst was taken to the District morgue to await word from the man's sister in i Quostmeaping Pxesy O ANOTHER IS HELD IN RANERI CASE Herrin Police Arrest Man Alleged to Have Kept Kid- naped Boy. | By the Associated Press. HERRIN, Ill., September 29.—Andros Cappellano, believed to be the man who kept Billy Raneri at his farm near Kankakee while the abduct sought $60.000 for his release, was arrested tonight by Herrin police at the home of his brother here. An American Legion card issued by A Kankakee post, was found in his pocket and contained the name of Andros Capellano. He had $100 on his person. Police Chief John Stamm stated that hr“wns holding the man for Chicago police. THREE FLYERS KILLED. Plane Returning From Nobile Search Falls in Rhone. LYONS, France, September 29 (#).— Three Italian aviators were killed today nlnr V'llfl;:ed, l'hmlr. when their seg- plane tripped on_electric T and crashed into the Rhm\;mr. ’lx mechan«cs were rescued, although The dead were Comdr. Pinzo, pilot; Lieut. Crosio, and Non-commissioned Officer Cellagatta. The plane was on of several based at Spitzbergen during’ the unsuccessful search for the re- mainder of Gen N xpedition