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g % STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1928. LOW CHURCH PARTY 1S GIVEN VICTORY House of Bishops Votes to| Indefinitely Postpone Ac- tion on 39 Articles. Continued from First Page) | | mothers, will be held John's Church this evening The House of Deputies and the House | of Bishops plan to hold a joint meeting | next Monday for the consideration of | church unity, evangelization and work | among voung people. William Green Speaks. A social order in which there extremes of wealth and poverty is v good for the churches, William Gree:, | president of the American Federation | of Labor. told a mass meeting in Me- | morial Continental Hall under the aus- | pices of the Department of Christian | Social Service last night. | “Religion, morality and spiritual ex- | cellency,” he said, “attain their high- | est influence and strength in communi- | ties where the social and economic | order is equally balanced. Organized labor wants the help of the church in | creating a healthy environment, a fa- | vorable psychological condition in the | homes and communities where workers dwell, so that the seed of gospel truth | may not fall upon stony ground. We | wish to co-operate with the church in | promoting religion and moralty and | we ask the church to understand us | and to assist us in furthering our hu- mane undertakings. { “A.civilization without religion is in- conceivable. The organized labor movement realizes this fact, for it knows that in the settlement of controversies between emplovers and employes reli- gion and morality must control.’ ‘The church is not expected, Mr Green said, to inject itself into purely controversial questions. such as that of the open or closed shop but should con tinue to strive for a “just social order. Spencer Miller, jr., church consultant on industrial relations, said that the program of the church for the present ‘was one of fact-finding in regard to in- dustrial problems. “Two things are . clear,” Mr. Miller said. “If the church is to continue to be a living church in an industrial civilization it cannot ignore the problems of human relations that arise in industry. The church in its corporate capacity should not take sides in an industrial dispute, but it should as a spiritual teacher lay down principles in accord with the teachings of Jesus Christ, which should prevail in industry.” in St Warns Against Opposition. ‘The viewpoint of the employer was expressed at this meeting by Harper Sibley of New York. Mr. Sibiey warn- ed the church against fighting industry, | but urged that it be led to a more Christian viewpoint of its responsibility | toward the workers and the public. “Certainly.” he said, “the church must never be afraid to proclaim that | human personality is sacred and the | choicest treasure of our universe. Wherever selfishness or greed attempts | to sacrifice human values for the gain- | ing of undue profits (of course indus- try must make profits or it cannot #urvive) here is a challenge for battle which the church must never ignore.” The House of Bishops yesterday af- ternoon adopted a resolution offered by Bishop Freeman of Washington to encourage the creation of a national shrine at Wakefield, the birthplace of George Washington. The bishops set what may be a precedent by refusing to accept the proffered resignation of the Right Rev. Charles Reifsneider as| suffragan bishop of North Tokio, Japan, | on the grounds that he had offered | no canonical reason, such as age or| ill_health . In the House of Deputies a resolu- | tion was introduced indorsing the Kel- logg treaty for the outlawry of war. | iss Grace Lindley, executive secre- | tary of the Woman's Auxiliary, was | re-elected for the next three years at the auxiliary session yesterday. The following were elected members of the | Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Edwin J. Ran. €all, Evarston, Tii.; Miss Lucy C. Stur- | gls, Boston; Mrs. Blair Roberts, Sioux | Falls, S. D.; Mrs. Harper Sibley, Ro- ctl‘\:flfi!:,’ fi"};, l){lfls‘ fi(lnnle Hite Win- ston, Louisville, rs. George Wood- ward, Philadelphi: - The society listened to discussions on | religious education by the Rev. John | W. Suter, ir, the Rev. Dr. Theodore | R. Ludlow and the Rev. C. Leslie Glenn, | all of the Episcopal Church's Nation- | 2l Department of Religious Education, and Miss Hope Baskette of Nashville, Tenn., who is Episcopal Churcla stu- dent secretary at the Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee. Day of Intercession. A day of intercession is to be ob- served today by the Woman's Aux- iliary at the Church of the Ascension, | ‘Twelfth street and Massachusetts ave- nue, beginning with a corporate com- munion at 7:30 a.m., with the presid- ing bishop, Dr. Murray, as celebrant, followed by six addresses on the sub- ject of “Christ and Human Relations,” | by Bishops Page of Michigan, Dallas | of New Hampshire, Jones (not dio- cesan), Roots of Hankow, Brent of ‘Western New York and Lloyd, suffragan | of New York. Under the auspices of the Order of | Deaconesses a public meeting was held last night at the Brighton, 2123 Cali- | fornia street. 1t was attended by so; many people that chairs had to be crowded into the doorways. Bishop | Perry of Rhode Island presided and | after giving testimony of his appre- | viation of deaconesses in both parish and rural work spoke of the new in- terest in the order shown by the House of Bishops when the report of the commission was presented to them dur- ing the afternoon by Bishop Rhine- lander. The House of Bishops indorsed the retiring fund for deaconesses now being raised. This indorsement was | quickly followed by a gift of $1.000 to the fund from Very Rev. Howard C. Robbins. Deaconess Gertrude Stuart, head of Philadelphia_ Training School. spoke of the value of training for deaconesses, for church workers, or for a woman's religious improvement. Deaconess Ro- mola Dahlgren, head of the New York ‘Training School, also spoke of training and of vocation. Deaconess Anna Berkeley, Cail., emphasized the chal- lenge to the church on the Western Coast to give a satisfactory training for religious work Deaconess Lillian M. Yeo. spoke of her 27 years' work as head of the House of Mercy in Wash- ington, during which time the work has increased many times in size and Tholds a place of responsibility and value o the City of Washington. Deaconess Helen M. Fuller, head of the Chicago Training School, gave a most able ad- dress on the meaning and value of the dioconate for women. The last speaker was Deaconess Katherine Phelps, who ‘has spent 23 years in China and told of the value of trained woman workers in the mission field. Bishop Speaks Tonight. Right Rev. Charles B. Conmour, D. D. Bishop of Porto Rico, will be one of the chief speakers at the public meeting of the Department of Missions in D. A. R, Hall, at 8:15 o'clock tonight. Bishop Conmour has just reached the convention from Porto Rico with a full report of the damage done by the recent hurricane which swept ti ieland and particularly to church prop. erty. It is estimated that this damage approximates $150,000, a large part of which was suffered by St. Luke's Hospi- tal in Ponce. The subiect of Bishop bishops and house of deputies resumed school service program. ence of leaders in the service program and diocesan Upper: Lieut. Comdr. MacDonald" Grace, Newfoundiand. Lower: Flyer ready to start on over: D. D., Bishop of San Juan, will preside at the meeting and the other speakers with their toplcs are as follows: Right Rev. Robert E. Campbell, D. Bishop of Liberia, “The Call of Africa”; Right Rev. Shirley H, Nichols, Bishop | of Kyoto, “The Gospel of an Oriental | City™: Rev. Thomas Burgess, secretary | forcign-born American _division, “No | More Foreigners,” and Right Rev, | | | | | | Granville G. Bennett, Bishop of Duluth, | “A Diocesan Bishop in a Missionary | District.” ‘ | | | { Convention Program THIS AFTERNOON. 2:30 p.m—Meetings of house of 2:30 p.m.—Conference of the church | Joint_confer- | educational _executives. St. Margaret's Church, Connecticut avenue and Bancroft plact 3:30 p.m.—Woman's auxiliary, sionary tea, Howard University | 4 10 6 p.m.—Woman's auxiliary. Mis- | shsnary teas. By invitation. | 6:15 p.m.—Episcopal Actors’ Guild, | ander auspices of the Commission on Church Drama and Pageantry, will pre- | sent “Adam.” a religious play of the | twelfth century, in the Parish Hall of | the Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street northwest 6:15 pm.—Church army dinner. Hamilton Hotel, Fourteenth and K streets northwest. 6:30 p.m.—Department of Christian Social Service. Dinner, Gordon Hotel, Sixteenth and I streets northwest. 8 pm—Department of Missions. Mass meeting, D. A. R. Hall, Seven- teenth and C streets northwest. “Do- mestic Missions.” p.m.—Church Mission of Help. Mass meeting, St. John's Church, Six- | teenth and H streets northwest. Right Rev. John Gardner Murray, D.D., pre- siding. Speakers: Right Rev. George Ashton Oldham, D.D.; Rev. Hugh Birk- head. D.D.; Mrs. John M. Glenn. 8:30 p.m.—Episcopal Actors’ Guild, | under auspices of the Commission on | Church Drama and Pageantry, will pre- | sent “Adam.” a religious play of the| twelfth century, in the Parish Hall of the Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street northwest. TOMORROW. | 9:15 a.m.— Devotional service. S(.i John's Church, Sixteenth and H streets northwest. Right Rev. John D. Wing, | D. D. .| 9:30 and 11 am—Classes, National | Council Training Institute, Y. W. C. A. | Building. Seventeenth and K streets northwest. 9:30 a.m.—Woman's Auxiliary, busi- ness meeting. Findings on III and IV. VI—Promotion. m.—House of Bishops, business Mis- session. 10 a.m.—House of Deputies, business session. 11 a.m—Church Periodical Club con- ference and business meeting. Willard room, Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street northwest. 1 p.m.—House of Bishops and House of Deputies. Adjournment for lunch, ‘Willard Hotel. 2 p.m.—Episcopal Actors' Guild, play ‘Adam.” See Tuesday's announceme) 2:30 p.m.—Woman's Auxiliary. busi- ness meeting: VII—Publicity. Findings on V. VI and VII. 2:30 p.m.—St. Barnabas Guild for Nurses, business meeting, Willard room, Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street northwest. ~ 2:30 p. .—The church school service program. Conference of diocesan edu- cational _executives, St. Margaret's Church, Connecticut-avenue and Ban- croft place. 3:30 p.m.— Demonstration School, church school service program. Boys 7 to 12, working on Christmas box for Philippines; girls 7 to 12, mission smd* Visitors welcome. Christ _Church, Georgetown, Thirty-first and O streets | northwest. 4 p.m.—Girls’ Friendly Society dedi- cation. The Washington National Cen- ter of the Girls' Friendly Society in America will be dedicated on Friday, Jobn Gardner Murray, D. D.. will offi- ciate at this service, assisted by the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, D. D.. LL. D. Admittance to the service and reception will be by card. In the open- ing of this National Center .on April 2 the Girls' Friendly Society in America | became the first organization of the church to establish national headquar- ters in Washington. 4 to 6 p.m.—Woman's Auxiliary. Mis- sionary teas. By invitation. to 8 p.m.—Woman's Auxiliary. B, Branch tea. Bishop's garden, Mount St. Alban. 4 pm.—Church Periodical Club re- | ception in private house, by special in- vitation, for officers and delegates. 8 pm.—St. Barnabas Guild for Nurses. Mass meeting, Church of the Ascension, Twelfth and Massachusetts avenue northwest. Very Rev. Howard Chandler Robbins, D. D., preacher. 8 p.m.—Federation of Church Clubs Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street northwest. Speakers: Right Rev. Wil- liam P. Remington, D. D., Bishop of Eastern Oregon, and Mr. George Wick- ersham of New York. 8 pm.—"The Cross Triumphant.” A pageant of Christianity, at the Wash- ington Auditorium. Complimentary tick- ets to members of the convention. For | Hotel. Seats from 50c to $3. ‘REV. OSCAR L. MITCHELL, i HERE FOR 34 YEARS, DIES Was Rector of St. Mary's Protest- ant Episcopal Church for Entire Period of Local Residence. Rev. Oscar Lieber Mitchell, for 34 | years rector of St. Mary's Protestant | Episcopal Church, died in Emergenc; Hospital yesterday after a long illness, He was about 60 years old and resided at 728 Twenty-third street. St. Mary's was made a parish only last year. Prior to then it had been a branch for colored people, coming un- der the. jurisdiction of St. John's Epis- (‘flgl] Church, Sixteenth and H streets. r. Mitchell was a native of Sumter, 8. C., where he prepared for college under Dr. B. B. Babbitt, a professor of the University of South Carolina. He finished his course at St. Stephen’s Col- lege, Annandale-on-the-Hudson, in 1893, and later attended Cambridge Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass. After a brief | | | MacDonald to flv across without any October 19, at 4 pm. The Right Rev.|State, 5:15 p.m.—Episcopal Actors' Guild, | play *“Adam. See Thursday's .n-] nouncement, others, boxes and seats will be on sale ! Newell, dean of the Training School at | 2t the Willard Social Bureau, Willard | y | s gypsy moth single-seater at Harbor. sea hop. ——— MacDonald Trying to Cross Atlantic in Smallest Plane By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. October 18.--Sal- ient facts on the gypsy moth de Haviland biplane in which Lieut Comdr. H. C. MacDonald took . off from Newfoundland for Eng- land follow: It is the smallest plane in which a long ocean flight ever has been attempted. It has an open cockpit, thereby exposing its lone pilot to the ele- ments. The majority of previous ocean flights have been in cabin planes. It has a wing spread of only feet and when folded this duced to 9 feet, 10 inches. Its weight when empty is 895 pounds. Its single motor is a four-cylin- der of 85-105 horsepower, It carries no wireless. S R A —— I | IRISH SCAN SKIES FOR BRITON FLYING ACROSS ATLANTIC ___(Continued from_First Page.) re- | to America in advance, so as to avoid | any talk about the proposed flight. He has only done about 80 hours' flying and I am afraid he has never flown at night for more than perhaps half an hour. That wouldn't make a loy of difference to him, though, because he has spent all his life in the navy and is an excellent navigator. I've never been up flying with my husband and Just then MacDonald’s little boy, Ian Crawford, 5, burst into the room, cr; ing ecstatically, “My daddy is in an air- | Ian was wearing the kilt of the MacDonald tartan. He was evi- dently in high spirits over his father's adventure and assured the interviewer that he, too, was going up in an air- glnng “as soon as daddy comes to Lon- on."” The British air ministry was on the lookout for tidings of Comdr. Mac- | Donald, but said this afternoon it had received no news of him. The prin. cipal passenger steamship lines als were without news, alhough they we confident that the masters of thei steamers would instantly report wireless if they should sight or hear anything of the fiyer. May Not See Ships. Ithough there are many liners on | the Atlantic in addition to cargo ves- sels, it would be very easy for Comdr. of them seeing him,” pany official said. “If he got a few miles off the usual track of shipping, | he might not see a single vessel, es- | pecially if the weather were misty. Others who walted anxiously for | news of the lone airman were acutely | conscious of the fact that he had no wireless equipment and that the only | possibility of hearing from him on his 1.900-mile voyage over the waters was the chance of his being sighted by some ship which would report by radio. The keenest lookout was kept along the Irish coast, which was where the first glimpse of his tiny machine might be expected, as this was his announced landfall. Weatner conditions there were none too propitious with squalls of rain. Visibility was bad, making it possible for him to get to land unseen. Some thought it possible that if he reached Ireland safely and was going well he might have decided to keep on to England. EMANUEL REAM, FORMER GUARD LIEUTENANT, DIES War and Navy Building Employe Worked Continuously for 50 Years. Emanuel Ream, 70 years old, retired lientenant of guard in the office of the | director of State, War and Navy Build- ing, died at his residence, 1243 C street heast, late last night after a long | I'm not particularly keen to do s0.” | tains, eIr | pigeons at Cedar Island Lodge. DY | told friends out at Cedar Island Lodge | tllness. On April 3, 1925, Mr, Ream was sent | 6 of the same year he was retired on | account of gisability. Mr. Ream was a member of Pentalpha { of Veterans of the United State He is survived by his widow, | Sally J. Ream: a niece, Mrs. Hornden. and a nephew, John K. Willis, all of this city, 1 17 o'clock tomorrow night from the funeral parlor of W. H. Scott, 409 | Eighth street southeast. It is to be Grand Army of the Repub! The | body is to be shipped to Sork .Pa., wher Cemetery. Funeral services in Yerk, | Pa,, will be conducied by the Masons. | conducted by the Odd Fellows and the interment will be in the Greenmount - o e KIRBY RITES TOMORROW. War Department Clerk, 42. Found Dead in Her Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Carolyn Kirby, 42 years old, who was found dead yesterday in her home at 213 Rock Creek Church road. will be held tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock at the fu- neral establishment of Almus R. Speare, 1623 Connecticut avenue, Burial will take place in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Kirby, a War Department clerk, as found dead by Mrs. Augusta B. 201 Taylor street, a neighbor. She the Emergency Hospital ambulance and a physician pronounced Mrs, Kirby dead. Mrs. Coe said that Mrs. Kirby had been in il health, but was not. thought. to be segiously ill. Mrs. Kirby lived alone, INDIAN SUMMER GOING. Indian Summer is expected to make its exit for a few days at least, with | W Cor | summoned the Weather Bureau prognosticator an- nounced today. service in New York as a deacon, he Conmour, will be “Prostrate Porto Rico " N The Right Rev. Lewis C. . rd, went to St. Mary's chapel. Dr. Mitche!l was unmarrjed, Funeral arrangements have not been completed It has been unusually warm during the past week for this part of the year, he says, but it will not last long. Last Octaber 18 the thermomgeter read 67 and today at nooa it A o Funeral services will be conducted at | off duty on sick leave for the first time | gy, in 50 years of continuous service. June | said that Gray is one of the most fenc. 1 Lodge, No. 23, of Masons of Washing- | commanding officer, declared him ton Lodge, No. 6, and Odd Fellows &nd , the most truthful, faithful, intelli member of Lincoln Camp, No. 2, SONS | officer in the precinct. | | | - e gy —— CODLIDGE PLANNIG REST IN VIRGINIA President and Wife Wil Leave November 28, Re- turning December 2. President Coolidge s going to a beautiful spot in the Blue Ridge Moun- about 25 miles from Charlottes- ville, Va., for a brief vacation that will include Thanksgiving day. He has sclected the Swannanoa Country Club for this rest of five days. Accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, the President will leave November 28, and will return on December 2. The President is anxious to see some- thing of that part of the country, the reports of which have aroused his in- terest. It is thought that the Presi- dent will indulge in some hunting while in the Blue Ridge country. At any It was this weapon that t Summer to shoot clay He shortly after he popped a biz crane with an automatic pistol, while on a fishing trip, that he would like to do some hunting this Fall. The clubhouse which he and Mrs. Coolidge will use for their home. is a magnificent building. It is constructed of marble and resembles a Grecian temple. “Swannaoa.” as the place is known, is at Rock Fish Gap. The club prop- erty comprises nearly 1,500 acres and the scenery is described as beautiful. The house is about 2,500 feet above sea level. TRIAL BOARD HEARS ACCUSED SERGEANT J. 0. B. Gray, on Police Force 27 Years, Arraigned on Three Charges. Sergt. J. O. B. Gray of the twelfth | precinct, who has been on the force for 27 years, appeared before the Board this morning to answer charges of neglect of duty, failure to patrol his precinct and failure to report at the sta- tion. Gray is aileged to have been found asleep in the sergeant’s room at the twelfth precinet, in the early morning of September 28 by two night inspectors. Gray admitted being in the precinet station. but denied that he was asleep. Numerous character witnesses, in- cluding three police captains, testified as to the excellence of his reputation in the department. Capt. Charles H. emmerman of the fourteenth precinct s and hard-working men on the force and his conduct_has always been b yond reproach. _Capt. Plemmons, Gray to be gent Licut. James E. McQuade, night in- spector, testified that he saw Sergt. Gray enter the station house at 4:35 {o'clock in the morning and that at | 1 o'clock, he found the sergeant eated in his room in a chair tilted back against the wall, leaning sideways on a table aslcep. The night inspector found two privates, Patrolman Kim- ball and Webber, also in the station, Trial | TRADE BODIES URGE TEPPELINTERNINUS ; Declare Washington’s Advan- tages Make Eckener Sug- gestion Sound. Suggestion of Capt. Hugo Eckener ! commander of the Graf Zeppelin, that Washington might be made the termi- | nus of the giant dirigible in its proj- ected transatlantic commercial flights, brought forth hearty indorsements to- | day from officiais of local trade groups. | all of who mhave been actively pro- | moting development of a permanent air | port. here. In addition to voicing approval of the proposal, spokesmen for' the frade bodies indicated a mavement would be started formally to urge selection of Washington as the Amerlcan terminus | of the airship transportation line and | to place at the disposal of the operators {of the Zeppelin hner information con- cerning the advantages of the Nation- Capital. Dr. Eckener made the suggestion after Ihis arrival at Lakehurst, N. J. that |cither Washington or Baitimore might !be selected for the permanent terminus, | pointing ont, that the wind to be e pected at Lakehurst 15 too strong for | safe landings. Cities Again Compete. | This suggestion again places Wash- | ington and Baltimore in direct compe- tition for the location of an air field | project. The two cities were in compe- tition last year for selection as an airport in the s by companies Y having air mail contracts, and this cily | | was awarded the stopping point, with |the understanding the local interests {would proceed at once with plans for | development of a permanent airport. Temporary |granted by the War Department. Local trade hody officials today | pointed to the advantages of Washing: | ton as the Zeppelin terminal, stressing | !the fact that the climate here is not lone of wide variation in {emperature, |that high winds that might endanger safety of the ship do not prevail here |and the fact that there is easy access | to the proposed Gravelly Point airport land to Bolling Field, unobstructed by | high buildings or other interference. The advantage of haviny the ter- | minus in the American Capital, where | there is close contact with the Fed- | eral Government ugencies and officials, also was cited. I Mooring Tower Planned. Lawrence Williams, chairman of the aviation committee of the Board of Trade, declared that the location of the | Zeppelin terminal here would tie in | nicely with plans for the development | of the Washington airport at Gravelly Point. Tlans for the Gravelly Point airport, {he said, call for construction of just such a mooring tower as would be | needed by the great air liner. He an- ! nounced plans to call his committee to- | gether shortly to consider means of | promoting the airship terminus here. | W. W. Everett, president of the Board |of Trade, heartily indorsed the pro- |posal and declared he would recom- mend any action by the trade body that would further the proposition. Se- lection of Washington as the terminal for the airship, he said, would greatly y | accelerate plans for the development - |rate he is going to take his shotgun |here of “the greatest airport in the 0 | with him. Te | he used las country.” The Board of Trade is ar- ranging to push plans for the airport during the approaching session of Con- gress, when a bill providing for start- ing work on the Gravelly Point site will be_considered. merce will be glad to do anything in its power to further this undertaking, it was declared by Ivan C. Weld, cham- ber president. “Washington,” he said. “is the logical location for the American terminus for the proposed transatlantic Zeppelin service. It is the heart of America and offers ideal conditions for such a | terminus which would be of particular importance in expediting exchange of mail between the new and oid worlds. “There are no boat connections be- tween Washington and Europe to com- peta with such a service which would meet the needs of innumerable persons who would prefer to land at this point.” “Sound Reasoning.” Dorsey W. Hyde, jr.. executive secre- ry of the Chamber of Commerce. said apt Eckner’s proposal to make Wash- ington the terminal point for a .Zep- pelin line between Germany and the United States is based on sound rea- soning. The climate of the upper Po- tomac area is ideal for flying pur- poses, furnishing the maximum number of usable flying hours with a minimum of temperature extremes and with ab- sence of troublesome winds and air cor- rents. Washington also s a natural point for the distribution of incoming mail, light freight and passengers’ by air, rail or road to the varfous sections of this country. There would seem to be no other region on the Atlantic seaboard offering parallel advantages. . Gen. Anton Stephan, president Association, declared that the proposed Zeppelin terminus would be of great | value to Washington and that the asso- ciation certainly would heartily indorse the suggestion and work for its reali- zation. He pointed out that the Zeppelin air- line probably would carry light rather than heavy freight, which could be well cared for here, and air mail and pas- sengers, who would find Washington convenient because of its good transpor- |tation connections with other sections |of the country. LEASE ZEPPELI! Spaniards to Start Dirigible Mail Sery- | ice to Argentina. BUENOS AIRES, October 18 (#).— A contract to carry mail by dirigible between Spain and Argentina has been | signed by Argentine post office officials |and representatives of the Spanish FOR 2 YEARS. use of Bolling Field was | The Washington Chamber of Com- | SAVES LIFE OF A | {Former Slave Defies Police and Veterinarian to Kiil Senile Steed. Owner Ready for Battle To- day With Humane Society for Animal. HAving successfully combatted !hp‘ efforts of the police and a veternarian to shoot his aged horse who was “only scorehed” early this morning when he | kicked over a lantern and sct the | stable on fire, Edward P. Moore, a for- | mer slave from Virginia, who “reckoned that he might be this side of a hun- | dred,” was ready to do battle today | with' the Humane Society or anybody | who wanted to take his horse from him. The police report of the incident | stated that the Humane Society would | be called in to take charge of the case. | For a little less than a year the old | red man has been the owner of the | Roebuck and has >ecome | greatly attached to him. Together they | do odd jobs of hauling trash and dirt and Rocbuck fecls for his master every whit as much affection as Edward bestows upon him. At any rate that i# his master's view of the matter, Tangled in Halter. About 2:30 o'clock this morning Ed- | ward heard a noise in the stable below | his sleeping quarters. He descended the | ladder with a lantern in his hand and | found Rocbuck tangled in his halter. | | He had tried to reach a pile of hay in | the adjourning ctall and the leather had become knotted about his neck and the animal was frantic. | As Edward leaned over him to discn- tangle the strap the horse tried to get | up, kicked over the lantern and hurled his master against the wall, stunning him. The hay caught_fire. ‘Some one | summoned the Fire Department and i | | | | GED HORSE “ONLY SCORCHED™" IN BARN FIRE “ROEBUCK."” Star Stafl Photo. the police. The firemen arrived in time to drag the beast from the stable be- fore he was badly burned. Only slight done to the ztable old and feeble and that, together with his fright and hurts. con- vinced the five officers from the eighth precinet, who responded. that it would be an act of kindness to shoot him. 0 sir."boss, that's a high-blooded hawse: you caint kill him.” the old colored man protested vigorously, and finally the policemen agreed to call a veterinarian.. ‘The doctor,came to the same conclusion as the officers. how- ever, but Edward remalned obdurate and this morning Roebuck is still alive. | He is a shaky old horse and his neck is scorched and the hide knocked from |revolver, the same size weapon from off his knees. { which the fatal shots were fired. An Edward explalned that when he examination revealed, however. that bought the animal the vendor said he was 14 years old. HOSPITAL IN NEED OF INMEDIATE AID Columbia, Incurring $3,000] Monthly Deficit, Cites Rec- ord as Relief Argument. Finances at Columbia Hospital are in dire straits and the institution is faced | with the necessity of securing adequate | assistance in the immediate future, it | { was disclosed yesterday, with the an- | nouncement that the hospital is incur- | ring a deficit of about $3,000 each | | month. Definite decision to join the | | Community Chest was made Tuesday |at a regular monthly meeting of the board of trustees. H. P. Blair, its presi- | dent, said yesterday, although definite financial plans have not been worked {out as yet. ‘The deficit is ascribed to the fact | that 42 per cent of the hospital's pa- | | tients are District charity patients, for | whom only $2 daily is paid, compared with $5.50 cost of actually caring for | them. Patients of moderate means se- cure beds a $4 dally, it was explained, making another factor in the deficit. Congress appropriates $15,000 an- | { nually to the upkeep of Columbia Hos- | { pital, and a surplus that the hospital | | carned during the World War and| shortly thereafter was turned over to | | the Treasury. Congress last July gave $25.000 surplus to the institution, and | | of this $12,000 was applied to the $3,000 | GEN. POTTS DIES Retired Officer’s Funeral Will Be Conducted Tomorrow at Arlington. Brig. Gen. Ramsay Douglas Potts, U. service in the Army and the holder of moreland_Apartments. . Gen. Potts was born in_this city. September 1, 1850, the son of John and Louisa E. Potts. from the District as a sscond lieutenant in the 3d Artillery in March, 1867. He years later and to the rank of captain in 1892. Subsequently, he was promoted to major in 1901 and detailed to duty as inspector general in February of that year. colonel of the Artillery Corps in 1903 and to colonel in 1905. After further service in the 3d and 5th Artillery Corps respectively. he was promoted to the grade of brigadier general in 1908. He served in Cuba during the Spanish- American War and in the Philippines from 1901 to 1903. He comanded the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va., from 1904 to 1906. monthly deficit. ! The fact that the hospital has re- | duced its maternity death rate below | i that of any hospital in the United | | States. Mr. Blair sald, was a reason | P. Morrill made known these figures on maternal mortality: Only 6 mothers, | 3 white and 3 colored, have died of the 1,042 white and 533 colored mothers treated this year. During the period 1924-1926 Columbia Hospital's death rate was 5.7, against 9.6 for the District and 6.5 for the Nation. An increase in prenatal care was given as the cause | for the low maternal mortality rate at Columbia Hospital. . HASSELL AND AIDE FETED IN CAPITAL Coolidge and Hoover Among Those Who Honor Flyers Lost in Arctic. After being honored here yesterday by | Federal officials and aeronautical lead- |ers, Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, | who crashed and were lost for 10 da: in Greenland during an atempted flight (fi.m Rockford, Ill., to Sweden. today {are on their way to Rockford, where a huge reception has been planned in their honor. The two flyers left for Rockford late | vesterday after a brief visit to this | city which was a continuous round of | testimonial functions. Arriving here by railroad yesterday morning, they re- ceived the praise and congratulations | of President Coolidge, Herbert Hoover !and other: ! ‘They were presented to the President | by Willlam P. MacCracken. jr. As-| Recognized as an authority on artil- lery drill, he served as president of the Artillery School Board for the revision of drill regulations for Coast Artillery and a member of the national board of | campaign and regret tha why It shotild be kept going. Supt. W | ordinance and fortifications from 1904 | ui to 1906. He was a member of the general staff from 1906 to 1908 and commanded the Department of the Gulf from the la ter year to 1909. Later, after serving 2gain in the Philippine Islands, he was appointed commander of the Army Service School at Leavenworth, Kans., in 1911, and also served as commander of the Central Division during that year. He was retired, at his own re- quest, in 1914. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. W. S. McNair, wife of Col. McNair: two sons, Col. Doug- las Potts. United States Infantry, and Maj. John Potts, United States Ma- rine Corps, and ‘a sister, Miss E. H. Potts. Burial services will be conducted in Arlington Cemetery tomorrow after- noon. INSOLVENCY DENIED BY KLAN OFFICIALS Heads Here Assert There Is No Foundation for Suit for Receiver. Denying that there is any foundation for a suit filed in Federal Court at At- | lanta, Ga.. yesterday. seeking to enjoin | | the Ku Klux Klan from opposing Gov. | ceiver upon claims of insolvency, offi- cials of the Klan here issued a state- ment today asserting the organization has spent no money in politics, that it is entirely solvent, has no debts and that it has “money in the bank." “The plain truth is that the Klan's AT WALTER REED 8. A. retired, a veteran of many years a silver citation from th> War Depart- | ment for gallantry against Spanish forces, died in Walter Reed Hospital yesterday. He resided in the West-| He was appointed was promoted to first lieutenant two He was promoted to lieutenant | CHINESE ROUND-UP NETS TWO MORE |Four Now Held for Question- ing Following Tong Murders. The police investigation, which fol- | lowad the Chinese murders of Sunday, resulted in the arrest Jast night of fw more men, both of whom are now ield to_await a probe by the immigration officials nto the legality of theif entry into this country. % Inspeetor Charles E. Prank of the Baltimore immigration office is here to assist, police in a drive to rid the city of undesirable Chinese, Four are now being held Those arrested last night are Hing Lee, 68 years old 2 G street. and Coy Neem Lee. 33 years old, 823 Ken nedy street, both laundrymen. T! were seized by Headquarters Detec! Joseph Waldron at the Kennedy street address. Tried to Conceal Friend. When Waldron arrived at Coy Neem Lec's laundry he was told that there Was no one clse there but Lee and his wife. Not satisfied. Waldron started to a small room adjoining the one in which | they were talking, but Lee rushed past him, entering the room first. Following close behind, Waldron said that he Lee grab his clothing and then stand in a corner as he prepared to dress for his trip to police headquarters. Waldron walked over and puszhed him aside. The elder man was crouched in the corner. Neither have been able to produce birth certificates or other papers to prove their right to be in this country, although both claim w0 have been born here On the bed in the room in which Hing Lee was found was a .38-caliber the pistol had not been fired recently The weapon. it was explained, was kept in_the house for protection. If it is found that the four are here illegally they will be deported. The other two men are Lai Yee, who w: arrested as he boarded a New Yo train, and Lee Manto of the 300 block Pennsylvania avenue, who was taken into custody Tuesday night in China- town, on lower Pennsylvania avenue. Neither has been able to furnish ere- denilals. Search for Lee Park Spreads. A search for Lee Park, who was identified by witnesses as having been | with Lee Loi. member of th» On Leong | Tong, at the time two Chinamen were |killed and two others wounded in Hip Sing headquarters Sunday, has spread | throughout the entire country, but_has (so far been unsuccessful. Loi was held | for action of the grand jury by a coro- { ner's jury Tuesday. USING LEGION NAME IN POLITICS SCORED IN TWO STATEMENTS (Continued_from First Page.) | | place, the Democratic head- i quarters. “It is true that the Victory Smith- | Robinson veteran clubs, a part of the | District of Columbia federation of local Smith-Robinson veteran clubs, holds a {land or Virginia each Friday nigh These are called “flying squadrons.’ Refused Her Request. { _Capt. Conway Cooke. attached to the | Democratic headquarters in an execu- j tive position, today said. “Miss O'Con- | nel came in here to get autherity to | form a Smith-Robinson Club at Ward- | man Park Hotel and it was refused her. | I do nct think she intended to bring | the name of the American Legion into the campaign in any way to infer that | the Legion is backing the Democratic | party. We appreciate her wor:u]n z'm mis- nderstanding has come up. The announcement of the Wardman meeting was as follows: Democratie Club meeting. —Members of the Hy:la Squadron of the American Legion | hold their meeting of the Wardman- | Smith-Robinson Club at Wardman Park Hotel, Wednesday, October 17, at 8 o'clock. Speakers and music. Miss O'Connell today said that she | did not see that she was bringing in the inference that the American Legion is | committed to tha Democratic campaian. | “Tt was perfectly plainly stated that the { meeting was to be a Democraic one and ilhe members of the ‘Flying Squadron® (are really Democratic members of the | American Legion. | I do not see why.” she said “any offense can be taken from the an- | nouncement I sent out.” She said that | she had organized the club after, as ishe termed it. “hanging around the Democratic headquarters for two weeks | without getting any satisfaction from any of the persons in charge there.” | | Railway Official Dies. | NEW YORK, October 138 (#).—R. I Va.. assistant | Cheatham of Norfolk. manager of the Seaboard Air Line. died jsuddenly today at the Hotel Waldorf- | Astoria. He was 66 vears old. i | | LAUREL ENTRIES | FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.300. claiming: 3- vear-olds and up: € furlongs. *Hypnotism ..... *Manscrint | *Son_Am! 3 Heattache . | All Blue 118 Bond Slave | *Bedford Saint.. Also elizibie Trappy 108 Scotland ........ oanna *iigh Game 1Grev 6: Daw: Tetra Glass.. | Star Goti reita | TS eaiver | +Netie d | Fair Goid - §8858 S8es | Transaerial Co., which is reported to | have leased the Graf Zeppelin from | German interests for two years. The e is expected to begin in six | servies nths. ‘he agreement calls for a flight at ieast once a month in either direction. Trips will be more frequent when mails hen they should have been patroling | ™M their beats. [ Both Lieut. McQuade and Sergt. F.| sistant Secretary of Commerce | Aeronautics, Later they were guests of | honor at a_ luncheon in the Carlion | Hotel, at which they were lauded by Secretary MacCracken and o other members of the “air cabinct.” | F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary | of War for Aeronautics: Edward P.| the two for | fight against Smith is hurting him,” the | statement read. “and t his frien fear his introduction of the religiot issue at Oklahoma City. “The Klan is solvent, believes In, complies with and supports all Amer- ican laws and officials, hence it has nothing to fear from a grudge suit ds M. Dent, the other night inspector, | exceed 10,000 kilos. The Argentine ter- Warner, Assistant Secretary of the | brought in indirection by the friends SECOND RACE_—Purse, $1.300; elaiming | 2-year-olds; 1 mi | owepspaze {11 sGobiin Classy 1z de 2 Joe Enzel i A {Artie Kav 11110 108 1 “Cleve Pierce. " 103 Also elizibie Earl of Warwick 111 Blazinz Cinch ... 111 Highland_Pling.. 108 “Lafrar . i TEher O i I vt Sands 100 bRhapsody Ann.. 105 b*Roval Bettie. . 103 : 108 a Eider Blossom. 103 testified that they saw Gray open his s and look up when they flashed of e light in the darkened room. Sergt. Gray explained that he was in the room but said he had a severe toothache all evening. The case of a colored officer, charged with conduct prejudicial o good order and discipline of the Police Department, and with patrolling his beat accom- panied by a citizen, was also heard by the board this morning. He was Police- man L. C. Stevenson of the second precinct. He is alleged on the night of October 9 to have walked from Lincoln road and Randolph street northeast to First and Q street northeast with a married colored woman. WIFE DIES INTESTATE. Auto Victim Leaves $333,816, Hus- band's Petition Says. Mrz. Mary E. Jaeger, who died Sep- tember 30, after being struck by an automobile at Twelfth and I streets, left no will, but had an estate valued at $333,816, according to the petition the arrival of rain here this afternoon, | of her husband, Carl Jaeger, for letters of administration on her estate. She owned real estate valued at $287,100 and had personal property es- timated at $46,716. She is survived by her husband and three children, At- torneys Toomey & Toomey represent e estate. | dalena ! minal for the airship will be Mag . | while Seviile will serve as the Spanish | aerial port. JUSTICE McCOY PRAISES DEAD COURT ATTACHE Josaph M. Green, 14 Years Deputy Marshal, Victim of Heart Diseasé at 58. Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy today announced in open court the death of Joseph M. Green, 58 years old, who has been his deputy marshal for a period of 14 years. The justice paid a tribute to the faithfulness of the deputy and declared his passing would be a dis- tinet loss to him. Green had been in attendance on the urt Tuesday but was taken with a cart attack yesterday and died at his home, 234 Fourteenth street southeast, about 7 o'clock last night. His widow, Mrs. Lillie Green, was the first woman to be served with a subpoena to do jury duty under the new law permitting women {o serve. of Pennsylvania and came here April 1, 1914, to accept the position in the M Office. Funeral services will be held at the residence Priday ing at 8 o'clock *and burial will b’:? ton, Pa, on Saturday. Green was a native | Navy for Aeronautics. { of a candicate who dares not face the They were received by Mr. Hoover ' issue which he injected into the cam- at his campaign headquarters and sn | paign.” impromptu reception was held there. PR VS & L COURT ANNULS WEDDING. WELCOMED IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, October 18 (). -Met b | a throng of cheering Rockford friends | Mrs. Mary A. Ishmael, 1100 Seventh and relatives, Bert Hassell and Parker |street southwes Cramer, whose attempted flight last |final decree of annulment of her mar- August ' from Rockford to Stockholm. | riage to Orvail T. Ishmael, a former Sweden, ended when their plane was'Marine. Ishmael wrote a confession to | forced to land in Greenland, arrived a local newspaper in which he claimed here today from the East. |that he had been married four times | Among the first to greet Hassell was | without the formality of a divorce. He his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hassell of | is residing at Bridgeport, Conn. Rockford, who wept with joy on her son's shoulder, _They had not seen ' inat Ishmael had not been divorced each other since Hassell's flight started. | yhen he went through the marriage His wife and two children met him n | ceremony with the petitioner, Septeme m; E;':::» delegation Yepresenting the | 2%, 5 193 "‘"“'“'-"h“""““““ Neu- 1 s o Rockford Chamber of Commerce. which | 10KeF &ppeared "': the petitioner. sponsored the flight, greeted the fiyers — o BAND CONCERT. and told the aviators of the great cele- bration p'anned for them when they reach Rockford late toda By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at 5:30 o'clock: March, s“g{: a Duble Oratory Choice Tomorrow. Overture, ‘ Entr'acte, | The results of the audience hallot taken at the third international oratori- | cal contest finals in the Washington | 4 Auditorium last Saturday night will be | Scenes from the musical comedy. published in Evening Star w-l “Five O'Clock Girl morrow. The various ramifications of ; Fox trot, the vote analysis have delayed the com- | Waltz, pilation of the ballots, but the task'Finale, was being completed at noon today. ‘Cannibal Dance’ a has been granted a | 3-vear-olds and up: ‘The decree is based on the evidence | L 106 AW. H.Smith and J. A. Stis entry. b Samuel Ross entry. THIRD RACE--Purse. $3.000: Warrenton Steeplechase: 3-vear-olds: about 2 ARurning Bush.. 133 Pirefieh er A Tattletale ......0 130 Age of Reason Redbridee 133 Fairfield 3 Beolzebun 143 a Sir Sveep B. Jones and Jefferson Living | . $1.370: the Gun- | vowder s: 6 furlonas. Minotau 108 Shipmaster L oom .. 115 Neddle ! 12 Merano 109 Bewu wrack 106 Igloo 112, Durat 106 | , FIFTH RACE. Purse. $1.500: the La Pla 1/ miles. ta: | Shasta Kian . Auctlla Bye and Bye Saxon ... SIXTH RACE year-olds and up u 100 113 108 Purse. $1.360; claiming: e aiming: Racing Star e b 5 Omran Also eligibie— el Leontd §oeedy Prince by ge ... Immolator . *Orama ... *Middts Temple . rtnér ... 3 Breckenridge long and Samuel Ross entry. SEVENTH RA CE— P . $1,300; claiming: 3-year-olds: 1. mlltl‘."“ LI, gaim Lane Alieo . Light Air Lincoin Plaui *william T. A T Beat .