Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1928, Page 17

Young New York Republicans pledging their support of the party nominee in a noisy demonstration at Mr. Hoover's headquarters yesterday. who journeyed here by airplane and train. Stratton, chairman of the club, on the right of the nominee. They are members of the Young Republican Club of New York Mr. Hoover is seen in the center of the group, with John M. —Copyright by Harris & Ewing. An‘Unusual wreck on the North Western Railroad of South Carolina, near Tindals, in which the rails fiared up almost to the height of the locomotive. Two trainmen lost their lives in the freight wreck, which was caused by a bad washout. DR, WHITE IS GIVEN TESTIVONIAL BOOK St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Workers Observe Silver Anniversary. Fellow workers lauded 25 years of service given St. Elizabeth's Hospital #5 its superintendent, when they gathered yesterday at Hitchcock Hall to observe the silver anniversary of the coming of Dr. William A. White to the institution. A testimonial book, written by employes of the hos- pital and surveying the quarter of a century of Dr. White's work there, was presented to the noted alienist. Rear Admiral E. R. Stitt, surgeon general of the Navy, who is president of the board of visitors of St. Eliza- beth's, praised Dr. White for his ser- vices and Dr. Louis H. Taylor, a mem- ber of the board, added a brief laudatory address to the program Appropriate souvenirs were distribut- ed for the occasion and music was furnished by the Army Band. Dr. W. M. Kenna of the hospital staff con- ducted the rendering of “The ‘Twenty-Fifth Anniversary March,” which he had specially written for the ceremony. Dr. White made a brief response to the congratulations extended by the hospital’s 1,200 employes and he introduced the institution’s veteran workers who had acted as his guard of honor. The veteran employes are: Twenty- five years—Joseph W. Kelly, Charles W. King, Benson Taylor, Mrs. Mary M. ‘Thompson, Mrs. Julia A. Wood. Twenty- six years—Richard E. Craig, Miss Lorena D. Cropp, Charles R. Dodge, Miss Rosie King, Hippolyte Taulelle, E. H. Weis- brod. Twenty-seven years—Mrs. M. E. Cox, James Liston, Augustin Stewart, James White, Herman Willer. Twenty- eight years—William D. Barry, Miss Alice Gawen, John F. Jenkins, Samuel Keese, E. T. MacDonald, sr. Twenty- nine years—Clarence T. Carter, James H. Goddard, Alvan Gooding, Harry L. Kelly, William F. Kelly, Miss Nora Mur- phy, Timothy Neligan, Bessie Taylor, Frank Tennyson. Thirty years—Richard H. Batton, Mrs. Addie B. Suthard. Thirty-one years— William R. Montgomery, Thomas Queen, Mrs. Lessie Readmond. Miss Emma Williams. Thirty-two years—Miss Emily L. Martin, Miss Ora Omohundro. Thirty- | three years—Samuel Briscoe, James R. Burch, George Hooper, William_Sellner. { Thirty-five years—James M. England Thirty-six years—Frank Blinn, J. A Dixon, Edward J. Kidwell, James H. Sayles. Thirty-seven vears—Henry B. Burch, B. O. Cox, Mrs. Honorla O'Brien, { . Margaret Schultheis, Mrs. Martha | Weedon. Thirty-eight years—Mrs. Janie Mullikin. Thirty-nine ‘years—George E Baxter, Charles J. Harbaugh, M. C. Por- | ter, James Simms, J. S. Edelin. Forty years—Clifford Pumphrey, Miss Mary Quaid. Forty-two years—Patrick Con- ner. Forty-three years—Charles J. Burch. Forty-six years—Willlam Cator, James E. Toner. Forty-seven years—Miss E. N. Butler. Forty-eight years—J. O. Stewart. Court English. Prom the Nashville Tennesseean Marathon Talker Claims 4315 Hours In Distance Chat By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 4.—“Herr Parlatus,” a marathon spell- binder, whose real name is Ellen- berger, announced at 10:30 o'clock this morning that he had talked for 43%; hours. After an examination by a phy- sician, Parlatus said he would continue until he had spoken for 130 hours. He talks for 57 min- utes out of every hour and then rests or takes nourishment during the remaining three minutes. 2 FFIERS FNED BY TRAL BOAR Session Is First at Which Some Have Not Been Rec- ommended for Dismissal. Yesterday's session of the Police Trial Board at the sixth precinct marks its first meeting at which gome policeman has not been recommended for dismis- sal, it was learned today with the an- nouncément that of the four officers brought before it two were convicted and fined a total of $125 and two were acquitted. _The’ board has come together six times since its appointment and has urged dismissal of nine policemen. Fred Antonelli of the tenth precinct was fined $100 yesterday upon convic- tion for failure to report at the station at the proper time. It was brought out by the testimony that he was riding in an automobile when he should have been patroling his beat. Charged with failure constantly to patrol his beat, Policeman C. E. Kelly of the third precinct, star pitcher of the Police Deparment base bali team, was convicted and fined $25, The charges dismissed were against Policemen L. H. German and W. D. Young, both of the ninth precinet. Ger- man was alleged to have neglected to pay his just debts and Young was ac- cused of conduct unbecoming an officer. It was specified that on September 14 he cursed and verbally abused a citizen GIRL IS ORDERED HELD. Public Welfare Board Given Cus- tody of Child by Court. Roxie May Young, 12-year-old school- girl, was yesterday ordered placed in the custody of the Board of Public Wel- fare for 30 days by Judge Kathryn Sel- lers of Juvenile Court, after the child had been found guilty of three cases of larceny. The complainants were Eliz- abeth and John Cordes. Further action may be taken in the case at the expira- tion of the board’s custody. It was upon a statement of the girl made while she was being questioned at the House of Detention that police ar- Lawyer—Can you tell me if the de- fendant was expensively garbed?” Rastus (a witness) —Deed #ah. Ah knows expensive garbage when 1 sees it. she was, | rested Curtis Richard Chaney, 29-year- |old chauffeur for a statutory offense of which he was later aqguitted following The cars are seen piled up behind the wrecked locomotive. ~—Copyright by P. & A. Photos. opens today. Two fair gypsies who will preside at the fortune-telling booth at the Washington Barracks benefit carnival, which opens today to continue through tomorrow and Saturday. and Miss Betty Schneider. SLAYING OF RECLUSE STARTS PROBE OF WILL Victim Quarreled With Kin Over Terms of $250,000 Bequests, Authorities Find. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSPORT, Ind., October 4.— The slaying of a 60-year-old recluse has prompted investigation into terms of a $250,000 will left by the dead man’s father, Victor Briggs, a wealthy farmer, was found dead on the porch of his home near West Lebanon yesterday. Five, bullets had pierced his body. Briggs' father, Joel S. Briggs, died several years ago, leaving a will naming his son and two nephews as bene- ficiaries. Police said there was a dis- pute over terms of the will. Authorities were to examine the document at La- fayette, Ind., today in an effort to learn its precise terms. Police sald they would question the nephews regarding the reported dis- agreement with Victor Bri over set- tlement of his father's estate. WILL DISCUSS ISSUES. Hoover Minute Men Will Spuh} Over Radio. Plans were made yesterday at the ! meeting of the campaign committee of | the Republican State committee for the Hoover Minute Men to go on the air from now until election day to discuss the issues of the campaign in five-min- ute talks. The District has organized 8 nit of the National Hoover Minute [en. William T. Galliher, member of the ways and means committee of the Re- publican national committe will go on the air tonight at 9:05 o'clock over WMAL. National Republican Commit- | & hearing before Judg# Gus A. Schuldt i Police Conrt, teeman Edward P. Colladay will go on the als Saturday at 9:45 pm, CALLES SENDS MESSAGE. Congratulates Coolidge on U. 8.- Mexico Air Line, By the Associated Press. President Coolidge yesterday received a message from President Calles of Mexico congratulating him upon the es- tablishment of the aerial postal service between the two countries. ‘The message read: “I congratulate your excellency most cordially upon the establishment of the aerial postal service between our two countries, which, being initiated today, comes to mark a new spirit toward better relations between the peoples of Mexico and the United States.” ARGENTINA SPURNS REDS. Refuses to Establish Diplomatic Relations With Bolshevists. BUENOS AIRES, October 4 (#).—Ar- gentina will not establish diplomatic relations with Russia as long as the Soviet government refuses to give suf- ficient guarantees regarding the respect due other states and until promises to abstain from propaganda are given, the minister of foreign affairs said in his report made public today. The report also states that the Soviet relations with the Third Internatfonal, “which proposes to destroy present day society,” is a bar to normal relations. SURETY MAN HANGS SELF. Ernest Miller, 53, Found in Cellar by Landlord, NEW YORK, October 4 (#)—Ernest Miller, 53, assistant secretary-treasurer of the National Surety Co. of New York, committed suicide last night by hanging himself in the cellar of his Brooklyn home. 3 Mrs. Miller, who returned home soon after the landlordyfound the body, said her husband had Ssuffered from heart disease for the past four years, Miss Mertie West (left) RESUME SERVICE. Ile de France Will Again Have Ship-to-Shore Air Line. ‘The Post Office Department was noti- fled today by the French postal service that the ship-to-shore airplane .mail service from the liner Isle de France will be resumed with the departure of the ship from Havre October 10. ‘The plan, providing for an amphibian plane to leave the ship when several hundred miles from port, cuts approxi- mately 24 hours from the regular sched- ule to and from Europe. The service was discontinued September 20 after an eastbound plane was destroyed making a forced landing. INVESTIGATE CRASH. Auto Hits Tree—Occupants Re- ported Recovering. While Capt. C. P. M. Lord of the thirteenth police precinct directed an investigation into an automobile crash near Sixteenth street and Colorado ave- nue yesterday, the police were advised that Mrs. Della Byroads and Henry Behan, who figured in .the accident, are expected to recover. Emergency Hospital surgeons reported today that Mrs. Byroads is recovering and a similar report was made to police by Walter Reed Hul!;n‘kluthoflt es, who said that || Behan, who 1§ suffering from fractures of the collarbone and right leg and numerous cuts and bruises, is much im- proved. Behan is recovering also from the severe shock experienced when his automobile crashed into a tree. Police have thus far failed to find any witnesses of the smash-up. it SRR 0 iy High School Girl Suicide. CHICAGO, October 4 (#).—Sixteen- year-old Dolores Melcher, who was called “Taffytop” by her high school mates, ‘was found dead her girl chum’s room yesterday. The gas had been turned on and there was a -10- word note: “Ah, Chuck, honey, T love you, I love you, Good-bys.” Crowds examining the wreckage of one of the two planes which crashed together 490 feet in the air near Curtiss Field, Long Island, yesterday. All were seriously hurt, but are expected to live. Claude Herrick, with H. D. Olson flying as a passenge r. collided with it. Three men in the two planes had a miraculous escape from death. The wreckage shown is that of a Travelair plane, piloted by J. J. Byrnes piloted the old Curtiss Jenny which —Wide World Photos. Herbert Hoover, Republican presidential candidate, accepting on behalf of his home State of California a silver model of the Santa Maria, presented by Senor D. Angel Cabrillo y Vazquez as a gift from the King of Spain. “War is on” at Washington Barracks. A doughboy’s impersonation of an enemy machine gunner pouring a hot fire into an advancing column from the cover of a cedar tree. Re-enactment of the “Battle of the Lost Battalion” will feature each of the three days of the military carnival, which KANSAS EX-POLICE CHIEF CLEARED IN LIQUOR CASE Former Federal Dry Agent and Druggist Dismissed by Court on Alleged Rum Plot. By the Associated Press. WICHITA, Kans., October 4.—I. B. Walston, former Wichita chief of po- lice, and three others have been cleared in Federal Court here of charges of ;-onspirucy to violate the prohibition aws. Judge George T. McDermott yesterday held no evidence had been produced to show the men were members of an alleged bootleg ring here. Those dismissed besides Walston were Harve Ogden, former Federal prohibi- tion agent; Earl Fitch, druggist, and Marcus Georges. REBELS ATTACK TRAIN. Mexican Guards Repulse Charge Near Verdia. MEXICO CITY, October 4 (#).—Dis- patches from Guadalajara today said that insurgents had looted the railway station at Verdia and attacked a pas- senger train between Verdia and Techa- uta. A brief report from the commander of the military escort aboard the train stated that two bombs had been ex- ploded on the track, after which the train was fired ugon. ‘The insurgents ‘were repulsed by the escort. Portes Gil Backs U. . Road. MEXICO CITY, October 4/ (#).— President-elect Portes Gil in opening the second Mexican National Highway Congress last night announced that he would continue President Calles’ policy 1|of road construction. He expressed the hope that an international highway be- fore would join Mexico and the Unity tes. A number of American highway engineers were present, At right are Secretary of State Kellogg and Senor Vazques. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Woman, Hit by Foul, Claims - Negligence And Sues for $3,000 By the Associated Press. KENOSHA, Wis., October 4.— Damages of $3,000 are asked of the Milwaukee Base Ball Club of the American Association in a suit filed in Circuit Court by Mrs. Ida Anderson. Mrs. Anderson says she was walking outside the park on Sep- tember 16 when a foul ball came over the stands and struck her on the left temple, knocking her un- conscious. She charges negligence on the part of the ball club. U S. WILL REOPEN CHINA CONSULATE ‘Tangle Over Nanking Diplo- matic Etiquette Not to Impede Action. By the Associated Press. ‘The United States consulate at Nan- king, China, which was closed March 24, 1927, following an attack on the city by Nationalist troops, will be re- opened within a short time, despite a present tangle between American and Chinese authorities about a question of diplomatic etiquette. Unofficial reports from Shanghai in- dicated that the question revolves around which country should give the first salute. and that the reopening of the consulate was being delayed for that reason. Nationalists, it is under- stood, ‘desire American naval craft to fire the first salute, because of the firing on Nanking by American destroyers during the assault on the city. Accord- ing to the reports, American authorities in China feel that the Nationalists should render the first salute to make | amends for the flag desecration in the Nanking incident. MARY AMBROSE SMITH CROWNED AT FESTIVAL Former Capital Student Is Queen of Love and Beauty at 8t. Louis Civil Fete. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 4.—Coronation ceremonies patterned from the fete d'or, or golden festival, of King Louis XIV of France were carried out here last night, when Miss Mary Ambrose Smith was crowned queen of love and beauty by the veiled prophet. The fes- tival, followed by the ball and the queen’s supper, climaxed two days of celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first coming of St. Louis’ mystic majesty. Miss Smith, who is 20, was born in St. Louis and is also a lineal descendant of one of the city's founders. She was graduated from the rgetown Visita- tion Convent in apent a year abroad. EPISCOPAL GUILD TOPRESENT“ADAM Religious Play Will Be Given Five Times During Convention. Under the auspices of the Episcopal Actors’ Guild, of which George Arliss is president, “Adam,” a religious play of the twelfth century, will be presented | to the General Convention of the Epis- copal Church at the parish hall of the Church of the Epiphany in five per- formances, beginning on the evening of October 17 and continuing with two performances a day on the two follow= ing days. “Adam” is the work of an unknown author. The present text was translated from the Norman French and Latin into English verse by Edward Noble Stone. Anton Bundsman, the youngest meme ber of the cast, and who is to have an important role in a New York produc- tion when his present work with “Adam” is completed, will play the title role in the presentation. Miss Miriam Cutler, New York actress and a mem« ger of the guild, will have the role of ve. Some of the other members of the cast will be Albert Phillips, who played as Gen. Grant in the recent produc- tion of “Abraham Lincoln,” and who wil be The Figure in the religious play; Charles Underwood will have the role of David, and Frank Ferguson, lecturer, playwright and actor, will be one of the prophets. Miss Kate Ogleby, wealthy patron of the arts in New York City, is chairman of the committee in charge of the pres- entation. ‘The Episcopal Actors’ Guild is an or- ganization of about 40 years' standing and for many years it has maintained headquarters in the second floor of the guild hall of the Church of the Trans- figuration, Twenty-ninth street and Fifth avenue, New York City, known the world over as “The Little Church Around the Corner.” It has numbered among its members some of the great- est actors of the American stage, and its membership largely dovetails with | that of the Lambs’ Club, in New York. The guild is working in co-operation with the committee on drama and pageantry of the Episcopal Church, of which the Rev. Phillips E. Osgood of Indianapolis is chairman. It is to further the presentation of religious plays and pageantry within the church that the production of “Adam” has been decided upon. Admission to the five performances will be by invitation. A large number of invitations will be sent out to mem- bers of the Episcopal Church during the convention, and due to the limited space in the parish hall of Epiphany Church tickets will be allocated by the com- mittee in charge to insure the broadest Tepresentation possible. Zey HEnRe ey Utah Editor Dies. SALT LAKE CITY, October 4 (®).— Harold Goff, 44, managing editor of the Deseret News, died here today following an {liness of 9 months. He toured Burope last year with a rty of American editors under a pa gton and then ! Efil of the Carnegle Institute