Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1928, Page 2

g - GIRL HITBY AUTO OF FIRE CHIEF DIES Hope Held for Friend’s Re- covery—Inquest to Fix Responsibility Slated. Miss Cecilia D. King, 23 years old, of 3038 Otis street northeast, died at noon today at Emergency Hospital from in- Jjurles suffered yesterday when she was struck by the speeding automobile of Battalion -Chief Andrew H. Wolter on Fourteenth street near B street. Mrs. Margaret A. Connick, 24 years old, 1357 Good Hope road southeast, struck with her, is in a critical condition in Emer- gency Hospital. Mrs. Connick, how- ever, has partially regained conscious- ness and there is some hope that she may recover. Immediately after the death of Miss King Pvt. Willlam Jaeger, who drove the car, surrendered to the police and was paroled to the custody of Battalion Chief P. W. Nicholson, prnding an in- quest at 11:30 tomorrow morning. Two brothers of Miss King, Willlam J. King and E. A. King, hurrying to the hospital upon learning their sister was dying, figured in a traflic accident at Beventh street and Rhode Island avenue, when their car was in col- lision with a taxicab, driven by Geqrge R. Litz The King automobile was so badiy damaged that its occupants abandoned it and finished their trip in a taxicah, arriving just before the sister died. Both brothers were shaken up and Wil- llam King's left shoulder was injured. Litz was also sbocked and slightly bruised. The taxi was badly damaged. An official regort of the affair was made today to Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty by Nicholson, acting chief engineer of the Fire Department in the absence of George 8. Watson, who is confined to his home by iliness. The report, however, has not been made nu lic because Commissioner Dougherty engaged at the Budget Bureau. ” Thrown 152 Feet. An investigation by E. 8. Dawson, claim adjuster for the corporation counsel's office, has established the Iact | jured that both young women were thrown for a distance of 152 feet from the ¥olnt of contact, the automobile going for that distance before it could be brought to a stop. Miss King and Mrs. Connick, both employes in the bookkeeping department of the Potomac Electric Power Co., were returning from lunch on & oné-man street car when the fire apparatus start- ed to & blaze in the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, at 221 Linworth place southwest. ‘The car stopped to allow the passage of two_vehicles from No. 3 truck coni- Upper: Miss Cecilia D. King, who died today from injuries received yesterday when she was struck by the car of Bat- talion Chief Wolter. Lower: Mrs. Margaret A. Connick, in- at the same time, who is still in critical condition, OEHMANN 0 ASK ELEVATOR PROBE , D street near Twelfth street. As he engines turned into Fourteenth street from D street the street car came to a stop just north of Ohio avenue, waiting there until the apparatus had passed. Cont , the car came to a.stop M front of Potomac Electric Power Co., just as Chief Wolter’s car, operat- ed S, sped down w- teenth street. ere were 8 - drawn vehicle and &n automobile di- . behind the and an- other. automobile just behind the street car, e of the Fire De- ‘the right of the street locking ent car car, P Run in Path of Car. . The only alternative left, and one that is frequently followed by fire ratus, was to swing to the ¥ car. IS | e’ Responsibility for Lack of Safety Aphlianqes at Justice Department. Sought. Mbved by the death of Blackburn Easterline, assistant to the Solicitor General, who was struck Sunday by a descen elevator in the artment of Justice Bullding, Col. John W.. Oeh- mann, District building inspector, to- day made pre&nnmmn for legal action to determine the responsibility for com- pliance with existing regulations . re- quiring’ safety devices on elevators. The ° Wardman Construction Co., :{’h‘uh the bul occupied by eral Department 6f Justice ust to the Fed- Government, Oehmann said, would named in -the gs, along with a number of others who are to be with faflure to comply with the tions. e lack of safety appliances pn el- evators in the Department g?fitlu !ufldlx the bullding ins) said, was to - the attentionof the Wardman eoménn{ about a month ago, but the firm declined to take any ac- tion onv the ind that the lessee of a bul not the owner is respon- sible for the installation of safety ap- pliances. . Looked Down Shaft. Esterline was struck when he thrust open elevator doors THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 19%8.' BAS ESTIMATES ' DIFFER WIDELY Engineers Fail to Agree on Sum for Distribution i System. A wide variance in the estimates of | engineers of the cost of reproducing the | distribution system of the Washington | Gas Light Co. was disélosed today upon | | resumption by the Public Utilities Com~ mission of the hearings on. the gas| valuation case. The appraisal of H. Carl Wolf, the commission's cngineer, it was shown, | exceeds by nearly $1,400,000 the figure | of R. O. Luqueer, the company engineer, | who thus far has been the only witness. Differing Estimates. Luqueer's total direct cost of repro- | ducing gas mains and service pipes new | and_installing meters amounts to $8,- 471,704, whereas Wolf's estimate on these same items totals $0,867,373. The main difference are in the items on the cost of street mains and service pipes. Luqueer's item on the cost of street mains amounts to 84,323,130 and Wolf has allowed 84,768,580, or $445,000 more, Wolf's appraisal for service pipes also exceeds that of the come pany's engineer by $700,000. Deduction Urged. Wolf, however, has urfin that ap- proximately - $1,000,000 deducted from his estimate of the cost of service pipes to represent that portion paid by consumers for their installation. Luqueer is expected to remain on the witness stand several days longer. When his direct testimony is com- pleted it is the intention of People's Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty to subject him to cross examination in an effort to break down some of his estimates, OUTSIDE INTERESTS SEEKING CONTROL OF D. C. GAS COMPANY (Continued From First Page.) vately, Some sales have been made at that figure,” Mr. Preston added. The president of the gas company stated that no outside interests have {ct obtained enough stock to gain con- rol. “Perhaps 17,000 shares have so far been_obtained by these interests,” said Mr. Preston, “and it takés 65,000 shares to get control. “I am bitterly opposed to the sale of the gas company to any one outside of the city,” the official continued. “It is & matter of local pride with me. My grandfather bought stock in the com- pany back as far as 1876. I have never sold a share of my holdings. “The board of directors, with one possible exception, also strongly against allowing interests outside of Washington obtaining control. “The manner in which utility com- g:nles in some Western cities have en juggled around by outside inter- ests has resulted in heavy losses to the stockholders. So far as I can learn, the interests after this company are more concerned in what they can make out of stock manipulation than in the property and service,” sald Mr. Preston, Recent reports that the North Amer- ican Co. was seeking to purchase the {lls company gained wide circulation ere, but were denied by local brokers close to the New York management. ‘g‘od‘u‘{s developments bear .out. this len DETECTIVE ADMITS - LYING TO PRISONER IN MILLS MURDER (Continued From First Page.) 80 that they would not have to inter- rupt the proceedings. Removing his eyeglasses, Defense At- torney Dorsey Echison jumped from his ves erning | o o0k dowr. the uiring that the street. m"&trm from dis- of fire .- Regul MGQMmutcemwulwp during the passage of the apparatus. ‘This was done. Inquest Is Scheduled. As the result, District officials were aglnmwfiyt&,cmonhl;v&- of any regulation was ) e motorists who blocked ratus. Due to Mis§ Kin| the fire appa- denth, how- ever, an est . will now.be held to ago by Maj. B.. Hesse, .super~ intendent of police, to place motor cycles in the fire houses from which runs are more frequently made, will be put into practice at the earliest possible time, he said. Maj. Hesse pointed out the regula- tion that requires motorists to draw to the curb and stop and pedestrians to remain on the curb at the ap| ch of fire apperatus. This regul is 1gn¢ to,a surprising degree, he said, and the motor cycle police will follow the engines and arrest all violators, so that the regulation will be made more impressive. olter was today in such a nervous condition that he requested leave. He falled to l]eeg any during the night and seemed highly excited even today. Jaeger, all h also in an extremely nervous condition, reported for work. Officials of the Fire Department re- vealed today that yestérday's accident is the first in the careers of both men. ‘Wolter has been in the department for the Elut 27 years, and Jaeger has been driving for 10 years. . LINDY’S AIR INSTRUCTOR ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON Ray Page, First to Teach Him Art of Aviation, Now at Naval o Air Station. ' Ray Pagé, first civilian aviation in- structor of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and president of the Lincoln-Page Air- eraft Co. of Lincoln, Nebr., landed to- day at the naval air station, Anacostia, in & Lincoln-Page training plane pilot- ed by Lieut. Walter Brooke, U. 8. N. R., and instructor of the District of Co- lumbia Air Legion. Lieut. Brooke and Mr, Page were to have landed here Semrd.ny. but stop- ped in Columbus, Ohio, at the sugges- tion of Col. Lindbergh, who landed there in the afternoon in connection with the establishment of the proposed transcontinental air-rail passenger and transport sfzrvlc‘. The Lincoln-Rage platie in which M. Page came here has been purchased by the local Air Legion for student in- struction purposes and will be operated from the organization’s airport at Four Corners, Md. Mr. Page flew here to study the local organization, which is sald to be unique in aviation circles, 1t is made ly) of aviation students who have banded together to learn to fly, each of the students having a part interest in the plane and in the flyin; fleld at Four Corners. Ground school classes are held at the leglon head- | ‘@uarters -in the -International Building. tion shaft, ld Hart, princi) tion counsel, poin out that the building inspector is directed by the building code to apply to the Police Court for warrants inst violators of the tlons. The building , fixes the penalty violations. The elevator regulations, Col. Oeh- mann_explained, provide that elevators shall be 80 controlled that they cannot be moved when any shaft door is opened or unlocked. Had such safety device been installed on the elevators in the Degmmnt of Justice Building, he said, Esterline probably would not have been killed. Funeral services for Mr. Esterline were ducted at the Nevius fun- eral R:"O:‘aew gorg “:eve ue, yesterday. y. George G. Cul n, associate pastor of New York Avenue ‘Presbyterian Church, officiated. Inter- ment will be in Enon, Ohio. The services were attenged by Solic- itor General William D. Mitchell, Asso- clate Justices Plerce Butler and James C. McReynolds of the Supreme Court and other Government officials. e; NOTED MUSICIAN DIES AT AGE OF 92 YEARS Camillo Schneider Was One Time Assistant Leader of U. 8. Marine Band. Camillo Schneider, 92 years old, at one time assistant leader of the United States Marine Band and the last one | of three brothers, all of whom were noted musicians, died at his resi- dence, 1000 G street southeast, Monday, after & long ‘iliness. One Mr ers wan Louls Schnelder, former leader of the Ma- rine Band, while the other was Lo- renza Schneider, who became widely known ps a mu- siclan in New York. |~ camillo Schneid- |er, who played cornet, was for e number of years a member of the old National Theater orchestra here and frequently played in concerts after he was 80 years old. It was recalled to- day that he bore a likeness to Admiral Dewey, and often was mistaken for Mr. Schnelder, Mr. Schneider came to this country from Italy and had made Washington his home for the past 60 years. Funeral services were conducted at the residence today at 11 o'clock. In- terment was in Congressional Cemetery. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs, Mamie Prender, and two “sons, John | and Angelo Schneider, all of this city. Bible Table Ordered Out. After remaining in the Jerusalem chamber of Westminster Abbey for 50 years, the trestle table, which had been Pplaced there for the use of the revisers of the Bible, has been removed by the authorities. The work of the revisers was completed in 1881, but the table, 1 assistant | chair, exclaiming, “What's that? What's hat?" He then was instructed by Judge Hammond Urner to pay closer atten- tion to the testimony in the future. The prosecution this afternoon is ex~ pected to produce three other wit- nesses, described as firearm and type- writer experts, in an attempt to show that the weapon taken from Robertson and the typewriter found in his home are the same as those used by the slayer of Mills. Counsel Clash Often. The State had made little headway as the trial reached the close of its second day last evening. ‘The pro- ceedings were interrupted by clashes between opposing counsel, but even these held nothing of interest. ‘The prosecution scored lightly in the afternoon when Theodore Voliten, for- mer mmu of the peace at Bethesda, sald had seen Robertson wearing a black shirt with white buttons, similar to the one worn by Mills' slayer, ac- cording to Clarence Miles, sole eyewit- ness of the shooting. Vollten's testi- mony was substantiated by County Policeman Joseph B. Oldfleld. The defense partially discredited this testimony when it wrung admissions from both of the State witnesses that they had neglected to mention the black shirt in- their testimony at the reliminary and grand jury hearings. heir 'statements were further offset when Mrs. Charlotte 8. Knapp, & next- door nelghbor of the defendant, sald she had rever seen him wearing such a shirt, duting the past three years. State's Attorney Robert Peter also failed to establish through Mrs, Knapp that a typewriter was in the Robert- son home prior to the shooting of Mills. She was a frequent visitor to the'Robertson home before they had a quarrel, she said, and she had seen a typewriter there, but could not remem- ber when. The State has indicated it will attempt to taken from Robertson's home subse- quent to the shooting was the ofle used In writing a note which was pinned to Mills’ body by the man who killed him. Rober! admitted uwmng a typewriter, but claims he bought it three dgys after Mills was shot. only the -evidence of firearm experts dealing with two revolvers taken from :lobrruon, on which it hopes to base ts case. Ownership of Gun. A heated battle has raged around the ownership of the gun designated as “No. 2.” The other, “No. 1,” was taken from Robertson’s home after his arrest and he has admitted ownership. It is alleged “No. 2" was purchassd from a Washington eporting goods deal- er, Max Zwelg. The first entered the Mills’ case when Robertson surrendered it to police after a fight with a man named Wilson Trout. Robertson said he took the gun away from Trout and Trout says it was in Robertson’s pos- session throughout. According to Zwelg's records, the re- volver was purchased from hi by George Bodkin. of 3102 Twentieth street northeast. Bodkin was called to the stand yesterday and sald he had never owned or possessed such a weapon. Almost the entire afternoon was de- voted to attempts by counsel of the State to trace the handling of the shells and bullets found after the murder and subsequently fired from the two re- volvers for test purposes. In cross-examination of several wit- neases, Stedman Prescott of counsel for the defense, stresesd the fact that sev- with fts red baize, remained until the order was given recently, eral tests of the eapons were made b: him in the preserice of Maj. Calvin “y Goddard, New ¥ork flrumr expert. rove that a typewriter | in T deserve our grateful throughout the land. whole againist pestilence and pursult of honest toil. spiritual: good will. tinuance of His favor. the United States the 153d. (Seal) By the President: FRANK B. KELLOGG, Secretary of State. LOOM IN GOTHAM Deputies Ready for Those Who Registered by Fraud. Evidence Found. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 24.~Whole-| timo: sale arrests for fraudulent registration are threatened in New York Oity on election day. ¢ George Z. Medalle, special assistant attorney general, said he and his 250 deputies had uncovered frauds in the city's registration and that the persons against whom the evidence had been obtained would be arrested if they at- tempted to vote. : He declared insufficient time remain- ed before eleotion to check fraudulent voting through court action alone. The atrests, he spid, would be made on war- rants to be issued by magistrates and by direct action by his assistants as peace officers. Meanwhile, the board of elections continued 1o wrestle with the problem resented by the increase of more than 00,000 in the eity’s registration. The board has created 660 new elec- tion districts to facilitate voting and ‘mission from the board of aldermen E’.: been obtained to let, without bid- umf, a $130,000 contract for 2,970,000 ballots and sample ballots for use in Queens, Bronx and Richmond. The al- dermen also authorized a similar letting of & contract for 100 additional voting machines to cost $84,865. 1t was explained that the shortness of time before election made it impossible to submit the work for public bidding. It is estimated the increased registra- tion will cost the city $350,000. FRAUD IS CHARGED. Names of Dogs on Registration Lists, Atlantic City Prosecutor Says. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., October 24 (#)~The charge that the names of boats, parrots, g)n. cast and children are on the registration lists of Atlantic City. has been ;made by Prosecutor Louls Repetto. He announced -that next Monday he would move before Judge Willlam Bmathers that over.2.000 names be stricken from, the books as fraudulent registrations. “A pet parrot whose name is John Talk, dogs and house cats, men and women long dead and others whose given residences are vacant lots, and the names of residents who never voted, are forged on the lists,” the prosecutor “Stables, garages and vacant lots are shown ‘ge ‘manent residences of doz- ens of ler men and women voters. Children who are not old enough to go to school are on the lists.” The registration of allegedly quali- fled voters in the oity comprises 76 per cent of the total population of the town. The registration books list 41,- 780 persons while the census figures as of July 1, this year, give a population of only 54,609, RECORD VOTE EXPECTED. By the Assoctated P; HARRISBURG, Pa., October 24.— With nearly 4,000,000 men and women the State qualified to cast a ballot, Pennsylvania expects to poll the largest vote it ever has recorded in a presi- dentlal election. Official figures for 64 of the 67 coun- ties in Pennsylvania and unofficial nfluru for one other county as com- &’efl by the Associated Press, show a tal of 3,852,957 ?:rsonl registered, ‘Taking the 1027 registration figures of 88,357 for Berks county and 18,471 for Greene, the two missing countles, the total would be 3,960,055. In 1924 the total vote for President was 2,144,719, The 65 countles in the commmmn have a Republican registration of 2,810,918, or npfmxlmnee{ two-thirds of the total. In 1924, the previous high presidential year, President Cool- ldfe received 1401481 votes in Penn- sylvania, just one-half of the 1928 Re- publican registration. Burglar Pleads Guilty, but Not Before Court Agrees to Pay Back His $16.10 Cash By the Assoclated Press. CHIOAGO, October 24.—John Taylor, who numbered his adventures in grlmn at 207 before he -wgped counting, was willing to plead gulilty to burglary yes- terday, but for a price—816.10. ‘Taylor made no bones about the bur« fllry under consideration—the wreck- g of a gas station safe—but he told Assistant District Attorney Byrne that he would plead not guilty unless he were given $16.10. It must be “cash that Jingles,” Taylor said, ‘“Checks ain't no good with me.” By the President of the United States 4 Proclamation HE season again approaches when it has been the custom for generations to set apart a day of Thanks- giving for the blessings which the Giver of all good and perfect gifts has bestowed upon us during the year. is most becoming that we should do this, for the goodness and mercy of God which have followed us through the year recognition and acknowledgment. Through His divine favor peace and tranquillity have reigned He has protected our country as a in the ways of national prosperity. Our fields have been- abundantly productive; our industries have flourished; our commerce has increased, wages have been lucrative, and comfort and contentment have followed the undisturbed As we have prospered in material things s06 have we also grown and expanded in things Through Divine inspiration we have enlarged our charities and our missions; we have been imbued with high ideals which have operated for the benefit of the world and the promotion of a brotherhood of man through peace and Wherefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, do hereby set apart Thursday, the 20th day of No- vember next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, and I recommend that on that day the people shall cease from their daily work and in their homes and in their ac-- customed places of worship devoutly give thanks to the Almighty for the many and great blessings they have re- ceived and seek His guidance that they may deserve a con- In withess thereof I hereunto set my hand and cause to be affixed the great seal of the United States. Done at the City of Washington, this 23d day of October, in the year of our Lord 1928, It disaster and has directed us and of the Independence of CALVIN COOLIDGE. SUES ARCHBISHOP T0 OBTAIN $25000 Contractor Alleges Malicious Prosecution Against Bal- timore Prelate. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of\ Bal- re, was sued today in the trict Supreme Court for $25,000 damages by James W. Campbell, a sand and gravel contractor, residing at 224 Eleventh street northeast, for alleged maljcious prosecution. The archbishop is alleged to have rven his approval and ratifi- cation of the action of his alleged agents, Alfred J. Wise, a sand con- tractor, and Rev. Franz M. W. Schnee- weiss, pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, at Fifteenth street and Morris road southeast, who are sald to have caused the arrest of Campbell on a charge of removing 100 tons of sand valued at $2 per ton from the church property May 24 last. Campbell says he was held three hours at the eleventh precinct and taken into Police Court, where he was required to give a bond of $500 to await action of the grand jury. n ] matter was investigated United States Attorney Rover entered a nolle pros after one of his assistants had declared {here was not sufficient evidence to pre- sent to the grand jury,: Attorneys Harry A. L. Barker and Leckle, Cox & Sherfer appear for the plaintiff. Three other suits growing out of the same _transaction asking damages totaling $75,000 were flled by Camp- bell. Slander is charged in_ two separate suits, one against Rev. Franz M. W. Schweeneiss, pastor of the church, and the other against Alfred J. Wise, the contractor, Both are al- leged to have made statements reflect- ing on the honesty of Campbell in the presence of other persons. The third sult for alleged libel against the National Catholic Welfare Conference, 1312 Massachusetts ave- nue. It is alleged that an agent of the conference wrote a letter May 25 to officials of the Washington Navy Yard, where Campbell had a contract, in which it was charged that Camp- bell had stolen from the church prop- erty a quantity of sand, which he had delivered at the navy yard. The same counsel appear in all four suits. . MRS. E. A. STEPHAN DIES. Funeral Tomorrow, With Burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Eustena A. Stephan,. 79, widow of Albert Stephan, died yesterday after- noon at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. George E. Walker, 1607 Crittenden street. : Mrs. Stephan, who has lived in Washin since her early childhood, has resided with her daughter since the death of her husband in 1923, She is survived by four children, Mrs. James T. Fink, Mrs. George E. Walker, D, E. Stephan and A. Ralph Stepha , and several grandchildren and great-grand- |" children, Mrs. Stephan has been an active member of Grace Lutheran Church and has taken a prominent part in its work and activities. She has been in failing health for some time. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30- o'clock from her daughter’s residence at 1607 Crittenden street, with interment in Rock Oreek Cemetery. Dr. G. E. Lenski of Grace Lutheran Church will bfficiate. - s A WALL SAFE BLASTED. $20,000 Jewelry Believed Stoler in Chicago Apartment. CHICAGO, October 24 (#).—A nitro- glycerin explosion blasted a wall safe in the “gold coast” apartment home of Charles F. Bowey eatly today. The con- tents of the'safe, belleved to have con- t‘::(nud $20,000 worth’ of jewelry, were en. Bowey told police his wife is visiting in Savannah, Ga., and that he was un- certain whether she had taken the gems with her." He explained that the $16.10 was his own money, taken from his pocket by police who arrested him at the scene of the burglary. “If we give you the $16.10, will you lead guilty?” the assistant district at- rney wanted to know. “Sure,” sald Taylor. They gave him the money, he plead- ed gullty and was sentenced to serve from cne year-to-life. F.B.NOYES DEFENDS NTEGRTY OFPRESS Newspapers Worthy of Confi- dence-of Their Readers, A.P. " Head Tells Industrialists. By the Associated Press. _NEW YORK, October 24.—Frank B. Noyes of The Washington Star, presi~ dent of the Associated.Press, told a group of representative industrialists to- day that American newspapers, as a whole, were “worthy of the confidence of their readers.” Speaking at the fifth annual con- | ference. of major industries, held at Co- lumbia University, Mr. Noyes said he thought every one famillar with jour- nalism in America in the last 50 years would agree “that in accuracy of statement, breadth of informa- tion, in ethical standards” there had been a steady progress upward. Mr, Noyes, lppearlnr as ‘the repre- sentative of the publishing industry, said that the reflort« of new-pn&- and press assoclations did cortain “many inaccuracies,” since they were the products of human beings, but he gave assurance that “the intention is to fairly and accurately depict the sit- | | uation described.” Assalls Unjust Critles. He defended American journalism against forms of attack and criticism which, he sald, were unjust and un- warranted. “I have ho reply that I care to make,” he sald, “to those who ma- liclously and falsely impute motives that do not exist, or those who pro- fess not to believe anything they see in the nzw-{:n rs, though in truth most of the little they know that has fact as a basis has been garnered from those same newspapers.” 5 “Perhaps the largest class of critics, Mr. Noyes said, “are those who find partisanship in the news reports of both press assoclations and newspapers. 1 think these critics are in the main of entire good faith, but, unfortunately, the real trouble is that they are so par- tisan zhgmlvumw‘?lt‘ d:hey want is T nsl on eir side. v'"'immvepbem in this business for many years and if the time ever comes when "the Associated Press 8 mnot charged by all parties and most candi- dates with adverse partisanship I will be very seriously perturbed. “As 1t is, I am serenely conscious of tlie fact that we are doing our level best, day in and day out, to keep in the middle of the road, having no par- tiality for any party, any church, any economic theory nor any cause or man whatever, and, on the other hand, no hostility to any of them. True of All, He Says. ' “I know that this is true of the As- sociated Press, and I believe it is also now trué of the other large press asso- clations.” Another form of attack “more or less ?upulnr with critics with undeveloped ntellectual honesty,” Mr. Noyes said, “fs to make a charge so vehemently, so didactically, that one is apt off- hand to conclude that If true, sinister conclusions must be drawn.” “An example of this,” he continued, “can be given in the excited attacks on the Associated Press when it sent a story from Washington stating that our State Department was much disturbed over what it regarded as an attempt to establish a bolshevik hegemony over Central America and that the depart- ment's attitude toward that section ot the world was governed by that frame of mind in the Department of State. “The ehn{: was made that in dis- tributing this story the Assoclated Press became the servile fool of the State Department, but, when all is sald and done, the fact remains that the attitude of our Government was ac- he | curately given in the story and in my judgment (although I had no knowl- 1 gm!lll.\rm.l after it had been printed), it was news of high im- portance w‘czhlm re-der: h:‘ the nle'::a s - whi comj Assoc! E:é’:- were ammamd the withhold- ing of which, not the printing, would have been a gross betrayal of trust. Information Called Reliable. “As to whether the apprehensions of the Department of State had a sub- stantial foundation, as to whether the bolsheviks were, or are, right or wrong, was and is no concern of the Asso- clated Press—the prime fact was that we had definite, reliable information that our Government was dealing with our rzhu&m m Mexico and Nica- ragua on 'l r. Noyes found that most of the attacks on the integrity of newspapers or press associations ‘“resolve thom- sclves essentially into attacks on indi- vidual workers—not owners or man- agers—for every man engaged In this work knows that no executive would or could personally distort news &c- counts and survive. “There have been venal mewspaper men, lu mereh hrve been ve‘nnl‘; ed:,):.‘; tors, lawyers, business men, venal politicians, but, God be thanked, that the newspaper crooks are few and far between.” Mr. Noyes concluded with a tribute to the news gatherers who are “serving nobly, suffering proudly, dying bravely, that you and I may have our daily tidings of what is happening in cynical old world of ours.” Tribute to Steel Industry. Products. of the iron and steel in- dustry are so vital to the country’s hap- ?lmu. welfare and safety that the Na- fon may well protect and encourage it in-all fair ways, Myron O. Taylor, chalrman of the United States Steel Corporation’s finance committee, told the conference. Pointing out that the public and many industries are dependent upon industry for the smooth running of the general commerce of the country, but that few. realize with what perfection the system of production must be synchronized, Mr. Taylor declared that the industry “Is serving the public for an_exceedingly modest reward.” # He said it is estimated that the in- dustry has a capital in excess of $4,750,- 000,000, or, considering property values at reproduction cost, of at least $6,000,« 000,000, yet the combined results of 13 leading companies in the past four years show profit ranhging only from 4.96 per cent in 1924 to 6.89 per cent in 1926 and 5.20 per cent last year. He laced the average annual profit of the nited States Steel Corporation be- tween 1902 and 1906 at 6.67 per cent, and between 1024 and 1927 at 5.66 per cent, a relative reduction of 15 per cent be~ tween the two periods. Explains Swift Production. Efforts to reduce production costs when prices have declined through re- habilitation of plants with later-type facilities and by production of previous- 1y purchased raw products or nearer ap- proximation of finished products, has resulted in overexpansion of plant ca- pacity, increased production and ad- vance in the ability to produce faster than the demands of the country have increased, Mr. Taylor explained. He es- timated excess of capacity today at 20 per cent and placed the probable out- ut for 1028 at 60,000,000 tens of open earth and Bessemer Steel ingots and castings, a new high record, as com- rred with 1928 requiremhents of 50,- 00,000 tons. GAETANO CARDINAL DE LAIL CARDINAL DE LA DES AT AGE 0F 7 Death of Member of Rota Gives Non-Italian Group Sa- cred College Majority. By the Associated Press, ROME, October 24.—Gaetano, Cardi- nal de Lai. secretary of the Consistorial Congregation since 1908, died today at the age of 75. His health had been poor for a year and on Saturday his condition became grave. The death of Cardinal de Lai leaves the non-Italian cardinals in the Sacred the Roman Catholic church. The fig- ures now are 32 “foreigners” and 31 Italian cardinals. As the college is rarely fllled to the authorized number of 70; there are now three or four va- cancles at the Pope's disposal for the,| coming Winter consistory or the early Summer of 1920. Gaetano Cardinal de Lai, born in Male, Italy, July 30, 1853, has been for g:’ll‘l one of the 12 members of the ta, which is essentially the supreme court of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal de Lai received the red hat in because of his krfywledge of canon law, he had been & member of & codification commission. His first important appointment was in 1886, when he was made undersecretary of the oengeu of the Council, of which he later became secretary. He was ordained in 1876 and was e ted at_the Seminary of Vicenza. In March, 1927, de ‘Lal had a_serious attac when he work with such leartiness that his associates sald he overworked himself. CERMAN CONCERN ONPAGT GONTINUES Publication of Anglo-French Treaty Fails to Satisfy Republic. By the Associated Press. , October 24.—Public con- cern has in no wise been assuaged, in the opinion in German government cir- cles, by the publication of the Anglo- French naval compromise. There is speculation as to future developments in the event that the opposition of the United States should lead to cancella- tion of the agreement. It is semi-officially declared in the Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz that the question of the Anglo-French compromise is interesting to Germany only in connection with the general disarmament idea. “The actual purport of the Anglo- French negotlations,” it says, “seems to be conservation of the respective mili- armaments of both countries.” ratification is expressed over the significant statement that nothing con- tained in the Anglo-French compromise conflicts with the Locarno pacts. Re- flecting foreign office views, the Korre- Ammunl finds it significant also that the general opinion at Washington is that the agreement has not promoted the plan for general disarmament. ADMIRAL GRAYSON’S RETIREMENT 0. K.D President Wilson's Personal Physi- cian to Leave Navy to Head Gorgas Institute. By the Associated Press. The application for retirement made by Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, for- merly personal physician to President ‘Wilson, has been approved by President Coolidge.” Admiral Grarson has been rial Institute here. Admiral Grayson retires after 25 years service in the Medical Corps of the Navy, and in addition to his services to Presi- dent Wilson he was surgeon on the Mayflower during the Roosevelt and Taft administrations. duties as president of the Go: Insti- tute at an early date. The for its object the study and prevention of disease, with particular emphasis on tropical diseases. SMITH REJECTS PLAN Extra Legislative Session to Permit Late Voting Unnecessary, He Says. By the Assoclated Press. Traffic Cops for Cyelists. 8o great has become the number of cyclists in Amsterdam, Holland, that police ' are being employed to control the bicycle traffic, as is done with au- tomobiles in this country. Nearly ¢ 'nr{ man, woman and child has a wheel “A fellow can live a long time on J’lg_.io." sald Taylor, “Especially in all.” They ride them ta business or to school, and every week day morning scend upon the city like an army. was by Harvey of New Y and others, decision letter announcing overnor said a special session would ,\‘vholly impractical” in view of. - already taken to assure a complete poll. College in & majority. This is an un- mum usual circumstance in . the history of " elected president of th> Gorgas Memo- | Fru itute has | p TO PROLONG POLL HOURS|:% INFORN I LAVS REUREED Church Deputies Also Debate Question of Vagrant Clergymen. Runaway and unregulated marriages, vagrant clergymen and the golfing pro- clivities of bishops held thé attention of the House of Deputles of the Episcopal Church today while the House of Bish- ops remained in executive session for the election of a missionary bishop. Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley of Wash- ington, secretary of the commiission on home and family life, presented a reso- lution asking the clergy to urge upon Federal and State authorities stricter and more uniform marriage laws, which would prevent the marriags of defec- tives and place a curb on hasty mar- riages. Investigation has shown, the report said, that such marriages have an im- pértant bearing on the divorce problem and on the problem of defective chil- dren, * Referred to Committee. Dr. W. Sinclair Bowen of Washing- ton urged the necessity of “taking as much pains in caring for humans as arc taken for cattle and sheep.” “It iy dreadful to realize how many homes are broken from such hasty mar- riages,” he sald. The resolution was re« ferred to the committee on the investi- B e qossnion. ot t clergymen e Vi came ux?“fnI onnmctlnno ww??h .c proposed ehnngz in the canon law of the chureh which would enable a bishop to semove from his list the of a cle who had been absent the diocese for two years. The name would be on a special list kept by the placed presiding bishop. : The deputies refused to concur ir which has been approved b A P b It mupotl:‘ud out that the bl:nt: order the trial of lmmln under canon law, and that a man whose name had been removed from the dio- cesan list would automatically be out- side any jurisdiction which might try him for church offenses. This type of el , sald Dr. Wyatt Brown = l1'111:1';0 to. commit ot commit offensec which should be tried by church courts. Change Is Refused. The deputies also refused to conour in a proposed change in the constitu- tion of the church by which a consti- tutional majarity of the House of Bishops would be & majority of all tho® present, provided that at least tiwo- thirds were t, rather than a ma- wmum,w vote. ot of Bishops starts with a handicap of approximately 2¢ e votes. H. Powell of the Di ity School the Pacific, who led t against this change, said ::l'htet hvubhmwl.l'mh xw-u'ug’u:m ".lt. & wit- faith in the Capi- Leonard ‘hurch flag and seal. ‘The House of Deputies ernoon concurred in the terday att- ction of 9:15 am.—Devotional service, St. John's Ohureh, Sixteenth and H streeis northwest, Right Rev. Frank A. Mc- D. D. 9:30 a.m.—House of Bj 3 - Pt e of Bishops. Busi: 9:30 a.m.—House of Deputies. ness session. 1 p.m.—House of Bishops and House of Deputies. Adjournment-for lunch, FOR TOMOREOW. RACE—Purse. ; and weiding 5 year-oids; S1a Y ir & Graydal E‘:“n' archer & Audley Parm entry. i-quuz: l‘nfi.—kuru $1,300; claiming: Meadow Lark .. 103 cArtie Kay . o fit o Busi- fmaiden colt ongs. ebla o, '-"‘1%‘3&1 Kai't 113 mes E. Gafiney and Miss M. E. 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