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- BISHOPS ENVISION ONE UNITED CHURCH Joint Episcopa! Srssion to * Discuss Repc: Lau- sanne Parley. i Prospects of a united Christian Church throughout the world came be- fore the general convention of the Epis- copal Church here this afternoon at a | Joint session of the House of Bishops and Deputies at Memorial Continental Hall. This meeting, which was arranged at the insistent demand of groups in both houses, plans to discuss not only the | report of the commission on faith and order of the world conference of churches at Lausanne last year, but i possibilities of a closer communion among churches of the United States. Leaders of the church are committed to the principle that for the present interchurch movements go no further than “study and discussion.” without committing their respective com- munions. To Consider Campaign. The meeting was called also to con- ider the drift of people away from churches and the necessity for a Na- tion-wide evangelical campaign. ‘The House of ‘Bishops this morning lpdopted an amendment to the con- stitution which removed that qualifica- tion that the presiding bishop should one “having jurisdiction in the United States.” thus leaving the way open at some future date for the elec- tion of the head of a foreign diocese. “We may some day want to elect a distinguished international statesman as head of this church,” said Bishop Burleson of South Dakota in the de- bate which preceded this action. Migrations Blamed. The increasing migratory habits of jthe American people are responsible for a loss of Episcopalian communicants ranging from 20,000 to 40,000 a year, ,a special committee -headed by Right .Rev. Charles P. Anderson, Bishop of Chicago, reported to the House of Bish- ops today. “Annually,” says the report, “in every city multitudes move from section to section without leaving any address. Modern business shifts its employes from city to city with unsettling fre- quency. Communicants often move to communities where the church has neither congregation nor priest. Others move from rural congregations to city life, where they miss the old associa- tions, do not receive the pastoral care to which they are accustomed. find the church ways strange, or feel the finan- cial requirements beyond thelr power to meet. “Young people go away to school and college, breaking the old church ties and forming no new ones, frequently facing later life with faith shattered and a real antagonism to all organized religion.” Large movements of population, such as the northward migration of the ne- groes, also is noted as a reason for the seepage. To keep up. a front in the face of this situation, the report con- tinues, “there are unfortunately rectors who pad their communion classes with all who can by any means be persuaded 1o join. Inadequate Understanding. “Persons are presented all too often who have no udegunu understanding of what they are doing or whose mo- tives are most questionable. These in- clude not only little children, inade- quately prepared, and persons who come for social and business reasons, but that large class who want to join “dear Dr. Jones' church’ because they like him.” The remedy for this, the report in- sists, is a renewed emphasis on pastoral care, with more clinical practice in the seminaries and a revival of regard for the letters of transfer from h to parish. The report urges that this “be made a matter of earnest and continu- ous instruction by the bishops in an ef- fort to arouse the clergy to a fuller sense of pastor responsibility and to impress upon them the obligation for the further care of church members ‘Who have passed from their immedi- ate oversight.” Action Lgnvtnc the way for adjourn- ment of the convention of the Episcopal Church sine die Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock was taken by the House of Deputies today in adoption of the joint Tesolution. Following the adjournment of the convention, should the House of Bishops likewise approve the action, a closing - service will be held in the Church of the Epiphany at 2 o'clock. Elections Ratified. At an executive session when elec- tions and assignments of missionary bishops in accordance with the action previously taken by the House of Bishops were affirmed and ratified, the deputies devoted themselves to routine business matters. i A resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of a joint commis- slon on arrangements for. the conven- tion of 1931 in Denver, Colo. Just before the closing of the morning ses- sion, the entire body of deputies argse and remained standing during the read- ing of the roll of members who have died since the last convention. Approval of an official definition of the term “communicant” as used in the report form issued by the general church, and also a definition of the differences between the term “communicant” and “‘confirmed persons,” was blocked when 2 reservation, offered by Howard W. Diller, chairman of the committee on state of the church, was referred to the committee on canons. Presented in answer to a memorial from the diocese from Southwestern Virginia, the reser- vation committed the convention to the fact that communicants are active and nactive. Defines Communicant. It defined an active communicant as “a confirmed person who, in his parish | church, unless unavoidably prevented, communed at least once within a year.” Classed under inactive com- municants, the reservation stated, “are other confirmed persons who, for a space of a year or over, have absented themselves from holy communion, but who still are to be regarded as the chil- dren of the church unless they have renounced her doctrines, discipline and worship, for whose return and welcome the doors of the church are always open.” Action on the resolution was deferred after a brief debate, during which the church was warned that it would be “encouraging a vicious principle to call a member an active communicant if he came to communion only once a year.” Kellogg's Letter Read. A letter from Secretary of State Kel- logg and an address by Right Rev. G. Ashton Oldham, Bishop of Albany, feat- ured the open air mass meeting in the cause of world peace in the open-air amphitheater in the Cathedral Close yesterday afternoon. Approximately 15,000 attended. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, presided, and read Sec- retary Kellogg's letter. “I am sure, the Secretary wrote, “that such meet- ings as this are not only a means to turn the thoughts of men and women toward the ideal of peace, but also an expression of the aspiration of the ‘world. We are all determined that the curse of war shall not again devastate nations. The most certain insurance against this is the training of the thoughts of men in the way of peace. “But with the best good will, we know that peace cannot always be behooves the governments steadily to develop and codify in the form of treaties the great principles of concilia- tion and arbitration. These point steadily to the peaceful way. Just so, I believe, the general pact for the re-, nunciation of war, already accepted by most nations of the world, is another great forward step. This treaty is the solemn, public expression of the aspira- tion, not of governments, but of whole peoplesspeaking through their govern- ments. For this reason it is significant of a new spirit in the world. Fulfills Function. The church is fulfilling, I believe, one of its highest functions in thus carry- ing out the will of its founder, who is so fittingly called the Prince of Peace.” The Kellogg treaty, Bishop Freeman declared, “may lack certain elements that would bind the nations to fulfill to the letter an agreement to out law war, but, nevertheless, it has a moral value that transcends that of any agreement ever entered into by sovereign powers and reflects the desires and hopes of vast multitudes of men the world over. It marks the beginning of a new era. “It is becoming increasingly clear that we cannot as a Nation live in proud jsolation. We have no alliances that forbid our taking leadesship in enforc- ing the claims of world order and peace. We dare not, if we would, absolve our- selves from our responsibility of main- taining and setting forward high clfl!{ns and ideals of universal brotherhood. The coming of world peace is largely a matter of education for peace, said ldham. B“s‘gggt(:t present,” he said, “the world is spending $3,500,000,000 a year on armaments, which is equal to $2 per head or $10 per family for the whole human race, Surely there should be intelli- gence enough today—not to speak of Torality—to find some way of reliev- ing mankind of this terrific burden. It needs little imagination to realize what could be done to better this old world if this ‘vast treasure and energy could be used against the foes of the human race instead of against one another. Hits Strident Patriots. «perhaps the chief cause for possible futlfl’ee wa‘z's is to be found in the carry- ing over from a previous age of obsolete conceptions of nationalism, to which is attached a kind of so-called patriot- ism that is full of danger. A strident patriotism of the 100 per cent Ameri- can variety, scorning other races, look- ing condescendingly on other nations, touchy about its own rights and prat- ing about absolute sovereignty, is the greatest single danger to the peace of the world today. Patriotism, our own as well as others, needs to be purged of its base, vulgar and archaic perver- sions. Instead of the childish and primitive desire to lick the world, it should aim at making its country worthy of honor by its contributions to mankind. “It is futile to long and pray for peace while we continue to prate of absolute sovereignty and independence in a world of equal and dependent states. It is useless to hope for peace if we are unwilling to make the neces- sary sacrifices, endure some Wrongs, take some risks, and even refuse to re- taliate some insults. These are part of the price nations must pay for peace. “Are we, or is any nation, willing to pay this price? Apparently not today. All nations are still sub-Christlan in their morality, motivated by self inter- est instead of service, dominated by fear and suspicion instead of trust; de- pending on force, not love. It is too much to expect any state at present to be guided in its relations to other states by Christian principles. “I can see arising in the future, far or near, but inevitable, as the only condition of enduring civilization on this rapidly contracting, intercommuni- cating, dependent globe, a United States of the World, patterned somewhat after the United States of America, with its 48 independent States, each sacrifiting something of its independence for the good of the whole, and all bound to- gether, not by force such as standing armies, but united by a great common purpose and conviction.” Robbed of $10 and Killed. CHICAGO, October 22 (#).—Ted Carlson, 59 vears old, was robbed and maintained unless the nations have a method of settling disputes other than We old method of war, efore it killed last night by two men. They got STAR, WASHINGTON, TEPPELINHANGARS ATAIRPORT FOUGHT Proposal Declared Menace to Stalker Bill for Field Here. Fear that the Stalker airport bill, pro- viding for establishment of a model airport on the Gravelly Point site, will be imperilled if the proposal that Zeppe- lin hangars be constructed there, is pressed, was expressed today by Allen M. Smythe, chairman of the airport committee of the District branch of the National Aeronautic Association. “Any suggestion that the hangars be built by the District on the Gravelly Point site would jeopardize the 50-50 payment clause in the Stalker which is to be voted upon by the House on the first District day during the | coming session,” Mr. Smythe said. “This | clause was kept in the bill when it was | shown'- that the proposed airport was | to be a model airport and an integral | | | Above: Mrs. Samuel T. Robertson and one of her children photographed before the courthouse at Frederick to- day, where her husband (below) went on trial on a charge of murdering Ed- ward L. Mi —Star Staff Photos. ROBERTSON TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE OPENS IN FREDERICK | (Continued From First Page.) that he did not purchase the type-| writer until nearly a week after the| shooting took place. Robertson was given a preliminary hearing on May 3 in Rockville and was indicted by a sepcial grand jury on August 9 last. His attorney, Stedmon Prescott, asked for a change of venue because he did not believe Robertson c(_)]\illd get an impartial trial at Rock- ville. The case is being heard by Circuit Judges Urner and John S. Newman. The staff of prosecuting attorneys in- cludes State Attorney Robert B. Peter, jr.; former State's Attorney Joseph C. Cissel and State’s Attorney William M. Storm of Frederick County. Besides Prescott, Robertson is represented by Alfredt M. Bouie, Maryland secretary of State; David G. Winebrenner and H. Dorsey Etchison. The State has sum- moned 30 witnesses and the defense 35. | 50 BRIDGE BEAMS REIECTED BY D. . Material for Highway Span Work Found to Be Defective. Fifteen hundred steel I-beams, in- tended for use as supports for the new roadway being placed on Highway Bridge, have been found defective and have been rejected by the District Bridge Department. The beams were returned to <the Baitimore factory which sold them to the Farris Engineering Co., contractor for the bridge work, and have been re- | placed with approved beams. Work with the new beams was start; | ed today. They are being placed under the center span of the bridge. i 1,500 Found Tmperfect. ‘The defects were found in the “clip angles” of the beams—the small steel plates riveted to the end of the beams through which are driven the rivets that hold the beams to the sides of the bridge. The defect was first discovered by A. J. Cain, an inspector in the bridge department. Cain noticed that when a bolt was being withdrawn from a beam to make way for a rivet, a crack appeared in the side of the clip angle. A rigid inspection of the remaining beams by the Bureau of Standards dis- closed 1,500 imperfect beams, and they were rejected. , The wait for the beams will not necessarily delay the completion of the bridge work, Assistant Engineer Com- missioner Herbert C. Whitehur: charge, stated. The contract call: completion of the bridge by No 21, and by “doubling up” their force the contractor will be able to get through on time. Any delay after this date will cost the contractor $50 a day in liquidated damages, besides the cost of all inspection service, now borne by the District. Capt. Whitehurst stated that the bridge would surely be ready By\December 1 at the latest. Precautions Taken. As an extra precaution, Whitehurst has ordered that every I-beam shall be additionally supported by riveting a 10- inch “shelf beam” fo the framework of the bridge immediately below. This beam will be_enough to support the I- beams even should clip angles give way. The additional work will be done at the expense of the contractor. The great importance of strong Work under the asphalt foundation, White- hurst said, is that the bridge has the heaviest traffic load in Washington. A survey by the Virginia State Highway Commission showed that the bridge carries an average load of 22 vehicles per minute, 26 per cent of which are heavy trucks. Any weakness in the sub- structure will be shown up by an irregu- larity in the asphalt surfacing, which will ‘be quickly pounded into a large hole by the wheels of the heavy trucks. WILL FLY ON ZEPPELIN. War Secretary Dwight F. Davis has gone to St. Louis to enter the political campaign in the interest of the Re- publican presidential ticket. He will make speeches in Missour, Kansas and other Midwestern States and will not return to this eity until after the elec- tion. In his absence Assistant Secre- tary Robbins will be only 810, but clubbed Carison so se- verely that he died shortly afterward. i charge of affairs at the War Depmnt i R | air transport and passenger | row morning at 9 o'clock. part of the boulevard and park system planned by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission.” Favors Mooring Mast. Mr. Smythe declared that in his opinion Gravelly Point is not suited to the construction of a huge dirigible hangar, but voiced the opinion that a dirigible mooring mast _should be | erected there so that dirigibles may tie up temporarily to take on or discharge passengers and mail. “If Gravelly Point is developed as an airport and the site is extended down the river for 6,000 feet it will contain 416 acres,” Mr. Smythe said. “The river and low land surrounding this site will give an area sufficient for airships to maneuver and approach a mooring mast. “This. proposed airport, however, should be only a terminal and the airships should be housed in nearby Virginia or Maryland. The cost of the dirigible hangars should not be forced upon the District but they should be constructed by the private companies operating the lines. Could Discharge Passengers. “Passengers, mail and freight could be loaded and unloaded at the municipal airport, and a mooring mast should be provided for this purpose. Storage, re- pairing and inflation of the dirigibles, however, should be done by the private operators at their own field. “The municipal airport would be operated jointly by the Federal and District governments and should have facilities for serving local flying schools, aircraft factories and repair depots and ines in much the same manner as the Union Station, of which the Government paid half the cost, serves the railroads.” WELCOMED AT CHICAGO. Dr. Eckener and Crew Draw Acclaim on Their Visit. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 22—Dr. Hugo Eckener, with dreams of future airships thet would make the Graf Zeppelin a midget of the skies, was Chicago's guest today. The commander of the transatlantic dirigible Graf Zeppelin, with Lady Drummond Hay, a passenger on the Atlantic flight, and members of his crew, arrived last night by train to be greeted by cheers of “Gut Heil!” and a pageantry of tribute that bespoke the acclaim of “the sixth German city.” Long hours of vigil on his flight and the strain of America’s welcome, how- ever, had not lessened Dr. Eckener's ardor for dirigible travel. Predicts Huge Ships. ‘Transoceanic airships carrying 250 or 300 passengers were among his pre- dictions. They would be like the Graf Zeppelin, he said, but much larger. They would cross the oceans twice as fast as the fastest liners and would fly on regular schedules. To a crowd in the huge stadium of Soldier Field, where he was officially welcomed, Dr. Eckener promised Chi- cago a glimpse of the Graf Zeppelin during its westward continental flight. The giant ship is to fly over Chicago F;lldayn:inner it leaves Scott Field, Belle- ville, Il Ceremonies in Stadium, The martial music of two nations greeted the commander and his party as they arrived in Chicago. They were ushered to the stadium in a procession marching to fife and drum music of the “victory song” of Prussia. Chicago- ans of German descent presented a pageant depicting man’s conquest of the air. German singing societies provided music. There was a program at the | German theater. Today Dr. Eckener was to tour down- town Chicago and confer with Mayor Thompson and the City Council. Fol- lowing a banquet to be attended by 5,00 persons, the commander and his party will leave for New York tonight. JOHN F. KELLY DIES. John F. Kelly, 67 years old, brother of the Lieut. Edward J. Kelly of the homicide squad of the Washington Po- lice Department, died at his residence, 406 K street sputheast Saturday. Mr. Kelly, a bricklayer, was the son of the late Lieut. John F. Kelly of the Sixth precinct. He was a lifelong resi- dent of this district and a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Peter's Catholic Church. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Peter's Catholic Church tomor- Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Kelly is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mamie Kelly; three sons, William, John and Frank Kelly; two daughters, Mrs. Kay Offenbacher and Mrs, Annie Feaster; his brother, Lieut. Kelly, and six sisters, Mrs. John Brennan, Mrs, Daniel Myers, Mrs. William Barrett, Mrs. Harry Reed, Miss Elizabeth Kelly and Miss Alice Kelly, all of this city. Neglect Blamed in Elevator Death BLACKBURN ESTERLINE, bill, | APPRAISALS DELAY GAS CASE HEARINGS Comparative Exhibits Com- plicate Rather Than Expe- dite Proceedings. The 10-day delay in the gas valuation | case for the preparation of comparative exhibits of inventory appraisals by en- gineers of the company and the Public| Utilities Commission, appeared to have | complicated rather than simplified the | animated proceedings, it developed today when public hearings were resumed. The commission had hoped that a| comparative statement of the two dif- ferant sets of appraisals would expedite | | the hearings which gave indications of | dragging on indefinitely under the pro- | cedure adopted at the outset, but when | the exhibits were presented at the open- | ing of today's hearing there seemed to be considerable confusion due to the methods of listing and classifying the appraisals adopted by R. O. Luqueer, | the ccmpany engineer, and H. Carl Wolf, the commission engineer. The gulf be- tween the two plans was so wide that it was difficult for the lawyers to find | | the identical items in the comparative reports. | [ | Grand Total Separate. Swager Sherley, chief of the gas company's array of legal repre- sentatives, pointed out that Luqueer had included physical units of the gas plant ignored by Wolf in his statement, and, conversely, Wolf had inventoried items not listed by the company engi- neer. The grand total of the adjust- ments were in a separate tabulation, however, which the engineer prepared to aid the lawyers. As a result of the involved procedure | necessary to check the items at vari- ance, Sherley refused to accept the comparative exhibits as company evi- dence, despite the efforts of Col. Har- rison Brand, jr. vice chairman of the commission, to have him do so. The exhibits were then accepted as “Exhibit X,” so that they would not be identi- fied as either a company or commission exhibit, and put into the record merely for the information of all parties con- cerned. Prepared at Conferences. The comparative statement consisted of a number of double-column index pages and was prepared at a series of conferences last week between Luqueer, Wolf and B. McK. Bachman, chief ac- countant of the Utilities Commission, who made a historical appraisal of the gas company’s property. The commis- sion did not hold any hearings last week, waiting for the com, letion of this exhibit. After a discussion over the compara- tive exhibit, Sherley proceeded with the examination of Luqueer, who was on the witness stand when the hearings were halted October 12. Lugqueer was questioned particularly about items in- cluded in his reproduction cost ap- praisal of oil drippers, tar tanks, fences and lighting equipment on the gas com- pany's property. TANK STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON AMUNDSEN’S DEATH Indicates Plane Remained in Air Until Last Wireless Signal Was Received. By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, October 22.—Military experts have examined the petrol tank believed to have been part of the Latham plane in which Capt, Roald Amundsen and his companions perished in an attempt to rescue survivors of the dirigible Italia. The experts say the tank, which was recently found off Haltan, seemed to indicate that the plane had remained in the air after its departure from Tromsoe until the last wireless signai was received from it, and had then crashed into the sea. ‘The tank appears to have broken off in the same manner as a float which was recovered at the same time. ' An inscription, almost illegible, on the tank was not regarded as a message from the crew, but merely the factory registration mark. Convention Program THIS AFTERNOON. 2:30 p.m.—Meetings of House. of Bishops and House of Deputies resumed. 2:30 p.m.—Woman'’s Auxiliary. Find- ings on VIII and IX. Unfinished busi- ness. 4 p.m.—Demonstration school, church school service program. Girls 11 to 15, mission study. Visitors welcomed. St. Margaret's Church, Connecticut avenue and Bancroft place northwest. to 6 p.m.—Woman's Auxiliary. Tea. Bishop's garden, Mount Saint Alban, 7 pm~—Dinner to the Houss of !Blrsht;p:hhy “:heh ‘hlsltmp, cdean and chap- er of the Washington Cathes Chaevy Chase Club? d.ral APie p.m.—Meetings of the 3 ]Bl;le Society, Place to be a:r?égrlx%:i‘ ater. TOMORROW. 9:15 a.m.—Devotional service, St. John's Church, Sixteenth and H streets northwest. Right Rev. Frank A. Mec- Elwain, D. D. 10 a.m.—House of Deputies. Business session. 10:30 a.m.—Woman's Auxiliary, Clos- ing service. Address by the Right Rev. Philip Cook, D. D., Bishop of Delaware. Trinity Church, Third and C streets northwest. 1 p.m.—House of Bishops and House of Deputies. Adjournment for lunck. 2:30 p.m.—Meelings of the House of Bishops and House of Deputies re- sumed. 3 8 p.m.—Night session of the two houses will be held if- found necessary (Continued From First Page.) Government service since 1911, As special assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral he had appeared for the Govern-\ ment in many notable rate cases before | the Interstate Commerce Commission. Esterline was bern August 5, 1877, in Clark County, Ohio. After studying at a private school in Springfield, Ohio, he came to Washington, where he ob- tained his law degree from the National University Law School in 1902. Subse- quently he pursued special studies in international and constitutional law at George Washington University, For some years prior to his appointment to the Department of Justice he was asso- clated in law practice with Frederick S. Winston and Judge Barton Payne in Chicago. Was in Office All Day. Esterline left his residence in the Benedict Apartment, 1808 I street, yes- terday morning. Presumably he went direct to his office, for he was seen there nearly all day, working on several cases in which he was to represent the Government, Officials of the Department of Justice Zeppei}n Return- Trip Tickets on Sale in New York By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 22.—The first hooking office in America for passen- ger travel by dirigible was opened to- day when Thomas Cook & Son, In- ational Travel Bureau, an- nounced that by appointment of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Co. of Akron, Ohnio, it had taken over passenger arrangements for the return trans- atlantic flight of the German Graf Zeppelin. What the fare would be or just how many paying passengers could be accommodated has not yet been de- termined, but it was intimated that approximately 100 applications are on file and that from these about 12 persons will be selected, each of whom will pay in the neighborhood K DURNFALLS DEAD FROM HORSE Owner of Baltimore Base Ball Club Succumbs at Field Trials for Dogs. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, ~October 22.—Jack Dunn, owner and manager of the Balti- more Orioles, seven times pennant win- ner in the International League, died suddenly today while riding at the dog trials of the Maryland Field Trial Asso- ciation, near Towson, a Baltimore suburb. Dunn's death was believed to have been caused by a heart attack. Others attending the trials said he had ex- hibited intense excitement just after one of his dogs, Bell the Devil, had come to a peautiful point. A moment later, they reported, his head sagged forward, and -he slumped from his horse's back. First to reach the base ball manager was one of his dog handlers, Dr. Roy- ston Green of Towson, who was sum- moned, pronounced Dunn dead when he reached the fleld, and several of those who saw him fall from the horse ex- pressed the belief that he was dead be- fore reaching the ground. Jack Dunn was an outstanding figure in minor league base ball for a number of years. His first experience was as a player with Binghampton, in New York State, and after an apprenticeship in the minors he made his way to the malor leagues as a pitcher, playing with the New York and Brooklyn National League clubs. Dunn had been in Baltimore as a player in 1901, under the managership of John McGraw. He came here as manager in 1907, succeeding Hughie Jennings, who accepted an offer to pilot the Detroit Tigers. He bought the club in 1910 and since that time had been | president, owner and manager, and had established hi: ord of taking St‘\‘elll consecutive pennants in the league. It was Dunn who introduced “Babe" | Ruth to league base ball. Brother Paul, head of the St. Mary’s Industrial School here, called Dunn's attention to the boy. who had played for the school, and the Oriole manager took an interest in Ruth and gave him a berth on the Baltimore team. From here Ruth went to Boston. where his major league experience began. | MAN ACCUSED IN SLAYING | HELD BY ATLANTA POLICE | i South Bend Detective Said to anel Been Hired to Get Woman Out of Town, By the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind, October 22.— Harvey L. Smith, South Bend private detective, wanted in connection with the murder of Mrs. Genevieve Stultz, Mishawaka, Ind.., beauty shop operator, | was arrested in Atlanta, Ga. this morning. He is being brought to South | Bend in charge of John B. Keuspert, chief of detectives here. Smith waived extradition, Mrs. Stultz disappeared March 24 Her body was found last week in a shallow grave near Elkhart. Olive Varney pointing to the ruins left_by a fire in her home. Olive smelled smoke early this morning, gave the alarm and saved the life of her aunt, Miss Mary Varney, below. —Star Staff Photo. NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAVES HER AUNT BY GIVING FIRE ALARM (Continued from First Page.) flue over the fireplace and it was necessary for the fireman to cut holes in both the outside and Inside walls to reach the blaze, which they con- fined to one side of the house. The blaze at the Smith home was discovered shortly after 1 o'clock this morning by Edward Adams, colored, 19 years old, 127 Sixteenth street northeast, who was passing. When firemen arrived, the front of the house was in flames. Met By Flames. Lieut. E. J. Trainer of No. 8 Engine Company, and Lieut. R. E. Moreland of No. 7 Truck Company attempted to reach the front stairway to investigate. Flames frustrated them, so they went through the basement and raised a ladder to a rear window. By the time they gained entry, the hallway upstairs was also in flames, so they covered their faces and started a a search. In the second floor front room, Lieut. Moreland found Mrs. Smith lying fully clothed in a corner of the room. The fire had not yet eaten its way into the room, but the woman was unconscious from the heat. Moreland wrapped the woman in a | comfort and then called Trainer. | Together they started back to the lad- der, but found their way blocked. They braved the burning stairway and emerged uninjured. Mrs. Smith was turned -over to two other firemen, who carried her to Casualty Hospital, across the street. An examination there revealed that she had been burned from head to foot. by physicians. Smith Is Quizzed. While firemen were fighting the blaze Policeman F. L. Reinhardt of the ninth | precinet found Smllg among the spec- tators in front of thd house. When his answers to questions did not satisfy the officer Reinhardt took Smith into custody. Questioned at the station house, Smith is said to have told police that he and his wife and another man, a friend, had a party earlier in the night and that it had ended in a quarrel be- tween his wife and the other man. The friend left, Smith is quoted as having said, and his wife went to bed. Later he, too, went upstairs and was reading a paper in his room when he smelled smcke. Going back downstairs, he found the davenport in the front room in flames, so rushed back upstairs to notify his wife and then ran to the street to seek assistance. Upon his re- turn the flames had spread so rapidly that he was unable to again enter the house and did not know what had be- come of his wife until he saw her car- | ried from the building. The alarm came in from a box at Seventh and C streets northeast and the firemen were delayed by having to look for the fire. They did not reach the building until thé flames had en- veloped the front room, stairway and upper and lower hallways, The work was directed by Battalion Chief J. H. Vernstein. Horse Dies in Fire. A rumor was circulating among fire- men today that a street car motorman saw the house burning as the car passed and that he ran his car for several blocks before making an at- tempt to call the Pire Department. His excuse, it was said, was that he could not locate a fire alarm box any sooner. A horse belonging to James Gar- land, 120 M street southwest was burned to death yesterday morning in a fire which destroyed the sheds in the rear of his home and the homes of Buster Prince, 116 M street; Tere: Miller, 118 M street; Katie Holmes, M street, and William Robinson, 124 M street. Damage was estimated at $500. The cause is unknown. Refused Money Smith, with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reyher, who are in jail, is charged with were today attempting to communicate with Esterline's relatives, none of whom live in the ctiy, murder in connection with her death. Mrs. Reyher said she had hired Smith “to get Mrs. Btultz out of town." HERMAN G. CHAPIN, | Booked for investigation in connection | with druggist's tale of attempted i P PRI SSSNED Y3 Her death is almost certain, it was said | | Handicap: ‘all Id Dutch . | Corporal CXPERTS ATTACK DOUBLE TAXATION Payments by Persons Domi- ciled Abroad Target of Session at Geneva. By the Associated Pre GENEVA, October 22.—An interns- tional conference met today in an effoft to deliver an effective blow at double taxation by which a person domiciled abroad must pay taxes both in his home country and in his place of residence. The conference was composed of gov- | ernmental delegates, the United States being represented by Prof. T. S. Adams of Yale University, Ellsworth C. Alvord of the Treasury Department and | Mitchell B. Carroll of the Department of Commerce. Frame Four Conventions. For years taxation experts, on invita- i tion from the League of Nations, have been devising means of meeting the complicated problem of double taxa- tion. Finally, with the assistance of American economists, they framed four model conventions, two on double taxa- tion and two an tax evasion. The first of the conventions on double taxation has to do with direct, real or personal taxes and the second is concerned with death duties which, under existing system, two or more countries often seek to collect. _Such vast sums of money are affected that governments have been careful to . tell the league in advance that their presence at the conference cannot of ciaily engage their future policy. The great aim of the conference was to weave general underlying principles out of the existing chaos and approve treaties which will serve as models and be cbserved as far as possible when na- tions negotiate direct bilateral treaties on double taxation and tax evasion. No hope was held of agreeing upon a general multilateral treaty, because tax system Giffer in practically all countries. Hence a treaty good for a given two countries would not be adapted to three or four, Oppose Two Payments. The controlling principle of the main model convention before the conference was that people living abroad will pay taxes to the country whence comes their revenue. There would henceforth be no double imposition of taxes, or if there was a double levy, it would be divided so that the taxpayer would not have to “pay-up” twice. Prof. Adams held the conference was of real importance to the peqple of the United States. Pointing out that several countries have already negotiated con- ventions reducing or eliminating double taxation, he wrote that unless the United States participates effectively in | this movement, American business con- cerns might find themselves competing with foreign rivals who are relieved from the burden of double taxatiom: TAVENNER I; FREEB OF THREAT CHARGES { Former Legislator Promises to Re- main Away From Estranged Wife. | A charge of threats against Clyde | Tavenner, former memb-r of Congress | from Illinois, was e in Police Court today w he promised to keep away from h’; cstranged wife, Mrs, Isabel Tavenner who had him arrested on a warrant urday. When the wife said his prom-s was satisfac- tory, Assistant United States Attorney lJu.sepl'n Bruce requested the nolle prosse. i ., The couple appeared at Bruce's office | this morning for a preliminary hearing. | Tavenner denied having threatened his wife who has been separated frim him since September 13. Following his arrest Saturday when policemen broke down the door of his residence at 1801 Belmont road, Tav- | enner claimed his wife took a moving \van to the house and removed some furniture. Previously, he said, he had reol&ed to give her their household goods. ‘Tavenner obtained his liberty after posting bond of $300. | |ALL-ENGLISH HOCKEY SQUAD HERE TOMORROW Women Will Be Received by Brit- ish Ambassador and Will Be Luncheon Guests. Members of the All-English field hockey squad will be in Washington as the guests of the Washington Field Hockey Club tomorrow instead of Wed- nesday, as was reported through errors to the newspapers. The Englishwomen will be received at noon by the British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, after which they will be entertained at luncheon at the Wom- en's University Club by the local players. President Coolidge will be unable to receive them, owing to the pressure of official business. Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock (not_Thursday as previously anounced) the British team will play an All-Bal- timore eleven at the Baltimore Sta- dium. Tickets for this game may be obtained in Baltimore or through Mrs. V. H. Russell at George Washing- ton University. ACE- Purse, $1.300: maiden fil- “olds: 31y furlons: Bonvo; Rose S # Jubilee aller Gal Sewanee 3 © Ruby Thomas. | b Phalara .. Satubria_stable. © Audies Farm elaiming THIRD RACE--Purse, $1,300; claimin; urlong: 6 1 *3 *Jane 8" <Oncor ;. claimi d 70 yards Enola 3 - *Rosiugnte FIPTH RACE—Purse, §2,000; Blueri azes: 6 furlones. .. 112° Oh.' Susana 112 Clean Play, okio 110 Barbara Poiisn Agitator SIXTH RACE—Purse. $1.500;: the ton: 3-year-olds: 1 mile and 70 va Hot' Toddy 107 Marsh Viole Charlemar Cadet Byo ana Bramabiau RACE—P: nd up 1 claiming: . 104 . 101 SEVE! year- ance Copayeior Fairy Maid 09 *Apprentice al ce claimed. " WeMher clest, (rack taste T Lt SeS xe, $1,300; miles. NTH olds a ilor . iva

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