Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1928, Page 17

The Graf Zeppelin gets a final charge of hydrogen for her Western flight. Two filling bags are shown being used in the Lakehurst hangar to fill the big airship to capacity and replace the leakage on the flight across the Atlantic. One of the filling bags is nearly emptied. Germany’s champion strong feld, takes the load of a horse and rider on his chest to satisfy the skeptical. Their combined weight is something of a sensation in Berlin, —Copytight by Underwood & Underwood. SWANSON ATTACKS - RECORD OF G.0.P. Sénator Telis Arlington Audi- ence Borah Has Reversed © Attitude. Epecisl Dispatch to The Star. OCLARENDON, Va., October 24— Launching a bitter attack on the Re- publican administration of seven and & half years, Senator Claude A. Swan- son, addressing a capacity audience in ‘Washi -Lee High School audito- rium last night, appealed to the voters to compare the record .of achievements of the two parties and be “broad- minded and do what is right and just for the State and Nation.” I Recalling incidents in connection with the oll case and other “scandals,” Senator Swanson declared the record of the Republican party “has brought a blush of shame on the cheeks of Republicans and Democrats alike.” “Senator Borah,” he said, “for years told us in the Senate that his'party did not deserve the confidence of the ?mle and then takes to the platform n the present campaign and completely reverses himself.” All of the achievements which the eampaigners are boasting about for the Republican party, Senator Swanson said, were initiated during the adminis- tration of Woodrow Wilson, and many of these, including the Federal Reserve system, has been “perverted from the beneficent purposes for which they were created.” He said that during the Wil- son administration America established foreign commerce supremacy, but that was dissipated with the selling of a great fleet of ships that cost millions for a few hundred dollars for the benefit of a few private owners, Commissions Are Hit. _ The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion and the Tariff Commission under the Republican administration were also assailed. Senator Swanson charged the Repub- lican administration with having broken promises made to the farmer and with having attempted to hurt labor. Declaring that Gov. Smith is the nom- ineg of the party and entitled to the vote of every Democrat, the Senator held up his right hand and said: “See that hand. It has never scratched a Demo- cratic ticket and by the grace of God it mever shall.” Religious intolerance was also attacked. The meeting was under the auspices of the Arlington County Democratic committee and the Smith-Robinson- Moore Club. William L. Bragg, who heads both these organizations, pre- sided. Other speakers were State Sena- tor Frank L. Ball, Mrs. J. Borden Harri- man, national committeewoman from the District of Calumbia. and Mrs. Alvin Dood, former national committeewoman from Massachusetts. ‘The Democratic party has no apolo- gies to make for its principles, record, platform or candidate, Senator Ball de “We haven't any cabinet mem. bers in disgrace. We haven't any Con- gressmen or governors in jail and we don’t have to tell the people we have an American as a candidate.” At right: Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, greeting Miss Kathleen Doman, captain of the woman's all-English field hockey team, on the team’s. arrival here as playing guests of the Washington Field Hockey Club. —Copyright by Harris & Ewing. —Associated Press Photo. boy, 8-year-old Helmut Lichter- was 1,320 pounds. The youngster flight. SUICIDE VERDICT INMYSTERY DEATH ‘Mrs. Shearer Declared to Have Taken Life at Mary- land Home. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, LADIESBURG, Md., October 24— The clouds of mystery that had sur- rounded the death of Mrs. Belva Shearer, 44, here Monday afternoon lifted today when Dr. C. A. Stultz held that the woman had committed suicide. Following Dr. Stultz’s finding, the coro- ner gave a certificate of suicide. Mrs. arer’s body was found in the 'well adjoingng her home, a bullet wound in the head. The well yas d ed for the -pistol and none was foind. Imme- diately the theory sprang up that she had been murdered and thrown int6 | the well. R Pistol Found in Attic. Yesterday afternoon the finding in the attic of her home of a pistol carre- sponding to the caliber of the bullet Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, is feted in Chicago. This shows the famous Zeppelin skipper at luncheon with Mayor Thompson, who sits between Dr. Eckener and Lady Drummond-Hay, the only woman passenger on the transatlantic ~—Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Just before the drop. To produce a thriller for the movies, Reed Howes, Holiywood stunt man, drops from the wing of a plane into a fast moving touring car. He landed in the right place and lived to tell about the sensation of his sudden change of vehicles. Center Market catches the spirit of Halloween. Miss Catherine Newman shows off a display of prize pumpkins from the Frederick, Md., Fair, arranged by John L. Emmert. The pumpkins are cut and decorated in true Halloween fashion. —Star Staff Photo. This Washington angler, John F. Murrell, had a big day at Solomons Tsland Sunday. He is shown with nine big rockfish of a string of 23 he landed at the famous fishing ground. They range from 4 to 9 pounds, and all were caught by trolling. ~—Star Staff Photo. found in her head strengthened tI theory. The pistol was found wrapped ON SCHOOL ITEMS ever, it was shown that the bullet, Officials Agree on Method to which entered on the side of the right temple and lodged in a bone at the Be Followed in New Build- ing Program. back of the head, had not caused the fatal wound. Dr. Stultz also discovered a quantity of water in the woman's lungs, which segms to show that she was alive when she fell into the well. Former Suicide Attempt Claimed. According to Sheriff William C. Rod- erick, several days ago Mrs. Shearer had attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the well, but had been prevented from doing so by a niece who lived with her. Mrs. Shearer is reported to have been wealthy, being the owner of several farms in the county. She is said to have been despondent since the death of her husband. While it'was the consensus that items not reached in the delay incident to carrying out the first five-year school bullding program need not be re-au- thorized in the proposed second build- ing program, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, su- perintendent of schools, said today that the school officials who met in execu- tive session late yesterday to discuss a new program, agreed to ask W. W. Bride, corporation counsel, for an opinion as to the advisability of allow- ing those untouched items to remain in their present status. It was at first thought that the authorized items which were not reached under the first five-year pro- gram should be included with the needs which have arisen recently in a new building program, while the unfinished initial program would be abandoned. Dr. Ballou’s Views Prevail. Dr. Ballou, however, had contended frequently that items already authorized need no new authorization and that only the new needs should be con- sidered in discussion of the second pro- m. Although no definite informa- jon was forthcoming following the executive meeting yesterday, it Wwas learned today that Dr. Ballou's senti- ment prevailed with the attending them playmates of the victims, watched | members of the Board of Education age man, and telling of how he had en- deared himself to the people of New York through the administration of the affairs of that State. Mrs. Dodd called attention to the fact that Gov. Smith had been elected to office 17 times and declared that he has succeeded because he has been right and has kept his promises to the people. “We can win with Smith,” Mrs. Dodd declared, “but we have got to keep at it. Make people listen and understand Smith’s record. During Senator Swanson's address a person in the audience shouted out a | question which could not be under- stood’ This was greeted with cries of “THrow him out!" Persons arose from their seats, and for a time it looked as though there might be trouble. An appeal by Senator Swanson to “let him alone” and the appearance of Sheriff Howard B. Fields and his deputies on the e;cene resulted in quiet being re- stored. : More than 2,000 children, many of Mrs. Harriman paid high tribute to the iife rd of Gov. Smith, de- the funeral procession near London|and school officers. have arisen since.the first program was drawn, so that the toal np}.)ropnn- tions necessary to- provile the facilities will be kept to a minumum, thus avoid- ing the necessity of a higher tax rate in_the District. The school officials at the meeting agreed to invite Municipal Architect Harris and an Assistant Engineer Com- missioner to act with an assistant su-'| perintendent of schools as a committee to determine which of the old school buildings may be abandoned by virtue of adequate replacement. Maj. R. O. Wilmarth, assistant su- perintendent in charge of business af- fairs, it was indicated today, probably will be the school officials’ representa- tive on that body. Dr. Charles F. Carusi, president of the Board of Education; Henry L. Gil- ligan, member of the committee on leg- islation; Stephen E. Kramer, first as- sistant, superintendent of schools, and Robert L. Haycock, assistant superin- tendent in charge of .elementary schools, were amonk those who attended the meeting yesterday. KELLOGG, ON AIR, GREETS ARGENTINE OFFICERS Radio Speech Extends Welcome to Training Ship Now in Gotham Harbor. By the Associated Press. Secretary Kellogg last night extended a welcome to the officers, cadets and crew of the Argentine training ship, the Presidente Sarmiento, and sald that such contacts 'as their visit promote a firmer friendship between the United States and their government. By radio, Secretary Kellogg, made his brief talk on the occasion of the visit of the Argentine ghip, which is in New York Harbor, and the call made at the American Capital by the cadets late last week. After his talk in English, a transla- h was read for the tion into Spanis S s 1 REPORTS FUTILE HUNT FOR MISSING TANKER Captain of West Carnifax Tells of Finding 0il Spots and Floating Box. EX-TELLER FREED OF BANK CHARGE Grand Jury Exonerates Den- nis D. Walker—25 Indict- ments Reported. By the Associated Press, BOSTON, October 24.—Fear that the American tanker, David C. Reid, with 45 men aboard, foundered in the mid-| Dennis D. Walker, former teller of Atlantic during a heavy gale on Octo-) the National Capital Bank, was exoner- ber 15, was expressed here by Capt. :"f" "":‘ryv?u};.ég; g:ndb.l‘“" Mu:t. Thomas F. German and officers of the 'mg arrested October 12,“‘“‘“26, and American steamship West Carnifax, in | held lnTblll of $5,000 b:l;e U. 8. Commis- from Alexandria, Egypt. sioner Turnage November 2, 1926, He has since been at liberty. Capt. German said that on the after-1 "qhe " acac in which the grand jur- noon of October 14 the West Carnifax {ors refused to report indictments in- picked up an SOS from the Reid saying | clude: Carl E. Davis and Thomas W. that she was sinking in a position not | Martin, grand larceny; Lewis A. An- derson and Henry A. Dratfinsky, =, far from the Azores. riding; William Harris, forgery; W}l?le ‘The West Carnifax had been hove to | Johnson, John H. Hall and Earl White, because of the severity of the storm, but | 8sssult with dangerous wespon. = ‘William at once proceeded under forced draught. | onts fl:fimfifi’:fiom, On the following morning she arrived | Jones, three cases, housebreaking and on the scene. No trace of the Reid hrué\y'g e Mothershglld -gg Ray- could be found. The sea was covered |Mond Burch, two cases, housebreaking for miles With oll streaks and a large | 314 larceny; Walter B. Rowe, Charles vegetable box was sighted. R A s While cruising about the West Carni- | Iiteeny: Tiwate, REDASD, Wvam B fax was joined by the Leyland Line | Taylor and Louls Franklln, joy and grand larceny; Elmer Cox, Harrison steamer Delilian and the Dutch tank R. inson, Willlam H. Tayior, Louis steamer Rofterdam, both of whom had picked up the calls for aid. The Reid left Samarang, Java, o E:ntember 1 for Philadelphia. She was ovned by the Jay Shipping Co. of New 3 “k City. guson, larceny after trust; Arthur Car- ter, Chester Williams and Willlam H. Fortune, carnal knowledge; Arthur Fre- man, Mamie Coleman and Henry A. Johnson, assault; John P, and A method of preserving milk in sheet | anti-narcotic law, and Geos Ww. form, like tissue paper, has been invent- | Smith, Frank V. Passene, Frenchy Da- ed by a Danish agriculturist, and is|vis, John M. Donnelly, Heber G. radlod A o e o SRkl QRRRgRge 1o nckly aad Jqln, . ey Fred Heimach rarely goes up —Wide World Photos. in the air when he pitches for the New York Yankees. But the steady hurler of the World Champions makes up for it when the base ball season is over. He is shown with one of the passenger planes he pilots at the Camden, N. J., airport. Fred is a wartime pilot. NAVY GUN WORKERS SEEK HIGHER PAY Wage Board of Review Opens Hearings Affecting 3,500 Yard Employes. A plea for a higher wage scale for the 3,500 workers in the naval gun fac- tory in the Washington Navy Yard based on production rather than set standards was made before the Navy Wage Board of Review, which opened hearings today at the Navy Building to representatives from all over the coun- try of the various trades employed in navy yards and stations. J. M. Guethler, committeeman of the local blacksmiths, pointed out that in studying data for a report on the wage scale in the Washington Navy Yard comparable with wnga paid in factories doing the same work outside the Navy he has found a discrepancy in favor of the latter. James O'Connell, president of the metal trades department of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, was the first speaker this morning. O'Connell made his plea for higher wages in the Navy Yard on the basis of the general prosperity of the coun- try and the possibilities of even great- -er prosperity and in the interest of a better standard of living for the wage earner. Use of enlisted men in the Navy Yard to do the work generally assigned to civilians was decried by O'Connell. O'Connell also scored the practice of using prisoners of the naval prison at Charlestown, N. H., in the work which he said civilians ought to be doing. Representatives of all trades employ- ed in all the Navy yards in the country Franklin, joy-riding; Clarence W. Fer-|rocks were before the board today. The hear- ings will continue until Friday. The board will reconvene about the middle of November to take up reccommenda- tions for the rates of pay for 1929. ‘The board is com| d of Capt. Yan- cey S. Willlams, aide for navy yards, senior officer; F. S. Curtis, chief clerk of the Navy Department, and John F. Frey, secretary of the metal trades council, American Federation of Labor. Willilam D. Bergman is recorder of the board. Submission of its re by the board | is expected not. llwr.mlnl; December 1. | e, OFFICIALS AWAIT WORD FROM VESSEL ON ROCKS By the Associated Press. he north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence last night. After sending out an 8 O S and a that the Lebrocq R I Thomas H. Chisholm, violating Harrison | here 1 be saved. He gave no detalls, however. ' stalled on two new Gerrhan linérs. The Cairntorr, 5,387 tons, was bound | beam is said to the distance through which the hi eye can see, and is as effolent by ‘The from Montreal for Newcastle, !:nlllnd,l :l.gs‘ ua. lnquy.\n‘ a large mvm- S -Wide World Photos. BlG CROWD HEARS RITCHIE AND BRUCE Maryland Governor ' Lauds Smith Liquor Stand at Rockville Rally. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 24.—Ap- proximately 600 men and women from all sections of the county crowded inta Seco Hall here yesterday afternoon to hear Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, Senator William C. Bruce, who is seeking re- election, and David J. Lewis, candidate for the House of Re) itatives. It was one of the est Democratic meetings held at the county seat in & long time. Party leaders interpret the big crowd as meaning that the party in the county is in good shape. Prohibition Plan Lauded. In referring to the eighteenth amend+ ment, Gov. Ritchie declared the United States Government to be in the liquor business and argued that Gov. Smith’s plan to control the liquor trafic would place it in the hands of the various States and bring about real temperance, which is an end, he said, the prohibition act has failed to accomplish. He de~ nounced religious intolerance and in dealing with that subject called attens tion to the fact that the millions of young Amerfeans who risked or gave their lives in the World War were ace cepted without regard to their religious affiliations. The addresses of Senator Bruce and Mr. Lewis preceded Gov. Ritchie’s speech and were warmly received. The meeting was called to order by Robert G. Hilton, chairman of the Democratic State central committee for the county, who introduced Charles W. Wr::ldw- flf" the Rockville h-rd:? presiding officer. King’s Select Ban King’s Valley, Md., played. In conversation with friends, both Gov. Ritchie and Senator Bruce ex- pressed confidence as to the outcome of the election in the State, and hope- fulness regarding the result in the Nation, and former Representative Lewis seemed to'be satisfled that he would be able to overcome the big Republican majority in this district and succeed Mr. Zihlman in the House of presentatives. Big Bethesda Meeting. and Dat Invisible Ray on Liners. Apparatus for projecting an invisible increase by 20 it 1s by ‘dan