Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1928, Page 2

Liise TORAL SENTENCE 10 DIE IN MEXICO Religieuse Given 20 Years for Her Part in Slaying of Gen. Obregon. By the Associated Press. SAN ANGEL, Mexico, November 9.— Jose De Leon Toral, under sentence of death for the assassination of Gen. Al varo Obregon, today remained firm in his assertion that the verdict held no terrors for him. Mother Concepcion Aceveda de la Liata, tried jointly with the young art student, was convicted of belng the | “intellectual author” of the crime yes- terday and sentenced to 20 years' im- prisonment. One thousand perscns cheered the Jury when the verdict was returned. Ever since his arrest on Juiy 17, im= mediately after slaying Gen. Obregon, Toral has maintained that he is willing to die. He reiterated this as the trial closed. His hope, he added, was that |'the Mexican people would forget. their ‘Thatreds. Counsel Plans Appeal. Attorney Sodi of the defense counsel announced that he would appeal to the Mexican Supreme Court. He was al- Jowed five days to perfect this appeal. Should the San Angel court's verdict be upheld the date and place of Toral's execution by a firing squad will prob- ably be fixed by the governor of the Federal district. The courtroom resembled a garrison when the trial was concluded. Rein- forcements of guards were on duty out- side the building to keep back an ever- swelling crowd. The jury of nine.men, mostly labor- ers, was out an hour and 40 minutes. The verdict was radiocast. i The jury was unanimous in Toral's rcase. Mother Concepcion was found guilty by a vote of eight to one, a majority verdict under Mexican law being suf- ficient to convict. She dropped her eyes and sat motionless. ‘When sentences were imposed every- body in the courtroom stood. From the outside came the cheers of the crowd. Officers drew their swords and saluted as the blades flashed in the late afternoon light. Policemen stood at_attention and saluted. ‘Toral arose. “May I speak?” he #sked. “No, you can speak later,” the judge answered. The guards formed quickly around Toral and Mother Concepcion. Before they could be led off a spokesman for the jury rose. He asked the judge to' give the jurymen guards to escort them to their homes. Many of the jurymen had ‘been coming to the trial armed since threats had been made against them. The judge replied that a guard was unnecessary. The juryman insisted, saying “there are lots of fanatics eround.” “You have performed your duty and CHILD IN AUTO HIT BY BRICK ON STREET » HURLED AT Missle Crashes Windshield After Missing Mark in Row. Sustains Laceration While on Ninth Street. ] | ‘While sitting beside her mother in an automobile proceeding up Ninth street, between M and N streets, last night, 5-year-old Esther Yost of 3721 New Hampshire avenue, was struck on a colored man at another just as the | machine was passing. Her head was | badly lacerated, but her condition is not | serious. Esther last night accompanied her mother, Mrs. Lorene 8. Yost, to & sew- ing class. They were returning home when two color~d men ran out into the street a short distance ahead of them. One man had a brick in his hand, and before Mrs. Yost could either stop | or drive past, he threw it at the other. | It missed its mark and crashed through | the windshield, striking the little girl | in_the head. | Persons living in the vicinity offered their assistance, and one youth took the Through| Esther Yost, 5 Years Old,| the forehead with a brick hurled by (| %. THE EVENING MAN ESTHER YOST. wheel and drove Mrs. Yost and the in- jured child home. Dr. R. Thomas West, 2519 Fourteenth street, was summoned and dressed the little girl's wound. Second precinct police have been notified of the occurrence and have been furnished with descriptions of both men. They are thought to live in the neighborhood, since they were hatless and coatless. VIRGINIA SPEEDING LAWHELD INVALID Fredericksburg Judge Rules Common Sense Alone Reg- ulates Motorists. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKBURG, Va, November 8.—Judge Frederick W. Coleman in the | Corporation Court of Fredericksburg | has upset the previous interpretations of laws governing the speed of auto- | mobiles by ruling that there is no defi- nitely’ fixed speed limits of motor vehicles in Virginia. An automobile driver, according to the opinion of Judge Coleman, is not bound by any set rate of speed, but must exercise due care and discretion with regard to the con- dition of the road, volume of traffic and the possibility of danger to the public. Emphasizes Reckless Driving. According to Judge Coleman's deci- sion, it is possible for a machine to travel 60 miles an hour and be within the. law, while under other circum- stances it may be violation of the law to go as fast as 10 miles an hour. The judge held and so instructed the jury that any person who shall drive any vehicle on the highway at such speed as to endanger the life or prop- erty of any other person, or as to un- necessarily block the ordinary and.safe returned a fair verdict,” the judge said. *The nation applauds you and you do not need guards.” The jurymen departed unguarded. ....Through double rows of troops bris- tling with weapons Toral and Mother 1 Concepcion were led from the room for the journey to San Angel prison. Toral was bundled into an automobile ,and surrounded by heavily armed army yofficers. Mother Concepcion rode to prison in an open truck, with guards around her. As they rode through the cowd, Toral saw a friend. He waved. Other cars Joaded with soldiers grouped around those which carried the prisoners. Soldiers stood or crouched on the roofs of houses along the way. Radio Cut Off. Attorney Sodi of the defense left the , courtroom under a heavy guard. The crowd, however, displayed none of the yiolence against him and the jury, which had been evident in the closing days of the trial. ‘The defense contended that Toral's crime was political and as such was not punishable by death. Mother Concepcion based her appeal for acquittal on the argument that she i knew nothing of Toral’s intention to kill lGerL Obregon. In her behalf it was targued that she did nothing more to ;mnuence him in this act than hundreds tof cthers who opposed Gen. Obregon’s religious stand and sometimes said so. Toral's story that he was tortured iwhsn police sought to obtain informa- !tion as to possible accomplices brought lan order cutting off the radio broad- cast of the trial. It was charged that the cefense was using the proceedings to * spread religious propaganda. The broad- suung was resumed only on the closing ay. Spectators were excluded from the courtroom after Toral's story. The government declared an official boy- cott of the newspaper Excelsior of Mex- ico City, charging that the stories ap- pearing in it made a hero of Toral. The last day of the trial were punc- ‘tuated with threatening cries from out- side the courtroom of “Viva Obregon” and “Death to Obregon’s assassin.” The closing arguments were bitter and Defense Attorney Sodi was forced to cut his speech short because he was unable to make himself heard above the hissing in the courtroom. HOOVER MAKING MOST OF VACATION AT SAN JUAN HILL (Continued From First Page.) of congratulation the next President has completed replies. Thousands of others are being answered by an aug- mented secretarial staff. He received much enjoyment reading some of those selected for his personal attention by a staff of assistants. A number predict- ed his re-election for a second term in 1932, as, for instance, one from Wash- ington signed “Chick and Bill Mc- Cracken.” He had a good laugh in his study over Secretary Jardine’s wire that “It isn’t a landslide, but an earthquake,” and over William Wrigley, jr.'s mes- sage stating that “Mrs. Wrigley wishes me to say she can now go to sleep, feeling safe—Hurrah for our American women, especially the next First Lady.” ) Secretary of Labor Davis sent his congratulations and added: “There are a few folks west of the Hudson and north of Harlem.” William M. Butler, Coolidge campaign manager, wired that “Massachusetts is a disappointment. I regret we have very little right to join in the rejoicing.” Theodore Roosevelt's telegram was typically Rooseveltian. It said: “Three rousing cheers. The coun- try has vindicated its idealism.” Sen- ator Vandenberg of Michigan state “While still avoiding the religious co troversy, I conclude with the doxology.” Speaker Nick Longworth telegraphed that “The best is none too good for you.” T Other more serious messages came from Vice President Dawes, Chief Jus- tice Taft, members of the cabinet, Sen- ators, Ambassadors, Representatives and other persons in public and private life in various parts of this and other countries. Among Washingtonians sent personal 3 Edward F. Colladay, District national who were acknowledgments were. use of the highway is guilty of reckless driving. Judge Coleman further held that the provision of the motor vehicle law making it lawful to drive a car at 15 miles per hour in a business district, | 25 miles per hour in a residential dis- trict and 35 miles an hour under all other circumstances, was inserted for the benefit of the driver of the car, and that this section does not neces- sarily make it unlawful to exceed these limits, the question of whether the speed was unlawful being dependent upon whether it was at a careful and firudcnt 8 under the trafic condi- lon" existing at the time. Speeding Charged in Accident. ‘The decision was given during the trial here of the case of Urban F. Bass, jr, a negro, who brought suit for $1,000 against the Peninsula Transit Corporation for personal injuries sus- tained in a collision between his car and a bus in this city last year. The jury awarded Bass the sum of $875. The accident occurred when a bus, carrying a party of State legislators to a celebration of Washington’s birth- day in Alexandria, collided with Bass' machine. Judge Coleman’s ruling was ven in passing on instructions to the ury, it having beerf contended by the plaintiff that the bus was exceeding the legal speed limit when the accident happene STREAM OF LAVA FROM MUNT ETNA WIPES OUT TOWN (Continued From Pirst Page.) to form trenches and thus divert the flow of the molten stream. The principal stream of lava was flowing in the direction of the railway station at Mascali. Although it had ad- vanced to within 250 yards of the road bed, rail service was continuing. The stream, which had been flowing at a rate of 100 yards an hour, diminished in speed and today was making only 10 to 12 yards an hour. Seeks to Save Beaches. Thousands of spectators came from all over Sicily and Calabria. They were cbliged to park their cars far from the scene of destruction and proceed afoot. Giovanni Giuratti, minister of public works, was mlust,erl_}\g all :l(} "{‘or thi stricken ple. e population of towns Whm had not been affected by the lava flow offered hospitality to those made homeless. Signor Giuratti also was having canals dug to divert the flow to the sea in order to avoid its running over the beaches at Glarre and Riposto. Pm(,p;‘onw. director of the Volcano Institute, estimated that the quantity of lava thrown out by the volcano | equaled in one day the quantity thrown | out in two days during previous erup- tions. He said the flow was five times | faster than it had been in 1923, the last . serious eruption. The director made | a reconnaisance by airplane. While the excessive humdity made the working of his special instruments difficult, he: said there was no diminution in the volume of flow indicated yet and that incandescent material continued to erupt with the same violence. The central streak of lava has ad- vanced about 10 miles in a week. The length of the front over which it and two subsidiary streams were advanc- ing was just under one mile. | BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW. ‘By the United States Soldiers' Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, at| 5:30 o'clock, John 8. M. Zimmermann, | bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant | leader. March, “The American Legion,” Vandersloot “The Four Haymons Chil- Balfe appey Berch “The . Friml weeter,” ‘Youmans Waltz, “Beloved” . Sanders Finale, “No Wonder I'm Happy”..Akst “The Star Spangled Banner.” Overture, ren” Entr'Acte, “Serenade Grotesque”. Excerpts from musical col Vagabond King” Fox trot, “Nothing of merit. Washington were present at the in- spection and presentation. 50000 SEE “NUNS” AT ANNUAL SHOW Mrs. Jardine Names New| Japanese Pompon for Peggy | Ann Hoover. More than fifty thousand persons have viewed the twenty-ninth annual “Mum"” show of the Department of Agriculture. Mrs. William M. Jardine, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, today named the most attractive of the new im- ported Japanese pompon seedlings “Peggy Ann Hoover,” for the grand- daughter of the President-elect. More than fifty women of the cabinet circle and leaders in the social life of the Capital attended this ceremony. The Washington Florists’ Club, after | an official inspection of the show, voted | to award their much-prized certificate Granville Gude, president of the Florists’ Club, in presenting the award raid that the chrysanthemum shows are better each year. More than twenty-five of the leading florists of The big attendance at the show, which is breaking all records daily, is largely due to the interest shown by the public schools. Daily a dozen or more teachers are bringing large classes to see the chrysanthemums and to see the oranges, grapefruit, lemons and kumquats growing in the orange houses. Today bus loads from a number of academies and private schools are at the show. Dr. William A. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, under whose direction the exhibition is being held, announced that the report that the show will close Saturday night is in- correct. It will remain open all day Sunday from 9 am. until 9 pm. A number of fresh plants are being placed in the show almost every day. MAY BE ALL NEW EXCEPT MELLON| (Continued From First Page) of War, may be offered appointment to a diplomatic post abroad. The West will be given recognition in the appointment of both the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, it is prédicted. Roy O. ‘West, the present Secretary of the In- terior, mgiht be continued in office. He hails from Chicago and formerly was| secretary of the Republican national committee. But here again the question arises as | to whether Mr. Hoover will make a clean | sweep of the cabinet and start anew. Secretary Jardine of the Department of Agriculture has been an ardent Hoover man, and declared for him early in the preconvention campaign. Mr. Jardine has stood consistently for the policies of the Coolidge administration in regard to the farm problem, and, indeed, for lhedpollcl&s of Mr. Hoover in this re- gard. ‘There is a f‘rowing opinion, however, that Mr, Jardine will step out, perhaps before the close of the present admin- istration, to take an important busi- ness position. James W. Good of Iowa, who was the Western manager of the Hoover campaign, former member of the House, might well be the selection of the next President for the agricul- tural post in his cabinet. Knows Farm Problem. Mr. Good knows the farmer’s problem and is a capable administrator. Sug- gestion is made also of Senator Mc- Nary of Oregon, one of the authors of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill, as a possible appointee to the office of Secretary of Agriculture. Senator Mc- Nary is chairman of the Senate com- mitfee on agriculture and has al- ready declared he would introduce a bill to carry out the farm policy an- nounced by Mr. Hoover during the campaign. In the Department of Lohor James J. Davis of Pennsylvania has made an effective record. His retention is pos- sible, too. The name of William Green, {resldent of the American Federation of abor and a Republican, 13 mentioned as a possible Labor Secrctary in some quarters. Whether Postmaster Gereral Harry New desires to remain in the cabinet is likely to have much to do with the selection of & Postmaster General. Mr. New has made a capable head of the Post Office Department. He has been friendly to Mr. Hoover and was one of the members of the cabinet who early announced his support of Mr. Hoover's aandxdny for the presidential nomina- on. Commerce Department. Mr. Hoover is expected to give especial attention to the selection of the head of the Department of Commerce. He gave many years to building up that department himself. He naturally wishes his own palicies in that depart- ment to be carried forward. Secretary Whiting, appointed by President Cool- idge to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Hoover, is regarded as a purely personal appointee of President Coolidge and is not expected to continue in office after Mr. Coolidge retires, Julius Klein, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce, i3 considered a possible appointee as_head of the department. Dr. Hubert Work, former Secretary of the Interior, who resigned that office to become chairman of the Republican national committee and to manage the Hoover campaign for President, might be restored to the cabinet. But Dr. Work, it is belleved, would rather retain STAR, WASHT FEATURES LISTED FOR ARMISTICE DAY Event to Honor War Dead. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to Attend. The Capital will stop in its celebra- tion of the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Armistice tomorrow and of the Nation. The observance of the anniversary will begin tomorrow morn- ing at 11 o'clock with a Boy Scout service at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and end Sunday night with President Coolidge, Gen. Pershing and Paul V. McNutt, newly elected national commander of the American Legion, giving thefr Armistice day messages over a Nation-wide radio network from the Washington Auditorium. her intention of attending the special Armistice day service to be held at the tomb of the wartime President Sunday afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Wilson will attend the services, it is announced, as the guest committee of followers of President Wilson, which originated the custom of paying tribute to him on Armistice day before his death. The first of such tributes was pald him on November 11, 1921 The_services will be held in Bethle- hem Chapel and will be conducted by the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, with the Rev, James H. Taylor, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, of which Presi dent Wilson was a member, assisting im. Tomorrow night the annual Armi- stice ball at the Willard Hotel will be the week end celebration. The Boy Scout services tomorrow at Arlington National Cemetery will be attended by 500 Scouts and officials of the organization, with Col. E. L. Mattice, chairman of the program committee for the service, ‘master or ceremonies. Services at Unknown Tomb. Roll call, followed by a two-minute interval of prayer, and then taps will be sounded over the Unknown Sol- dier's tomb at 11 o'clock, the dead- line hour for hostilities 10 years ago. Eagle Scouts will place a wreath on the tomb and Richard Babcock, Wash- ington Council bugler, will sound the bugle calls. Honor also will be p.'d at the graves of Brig. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, who was a vice president of the Scouts; Lieut. Edward Comegys and Sergt. Lawrence Azbell, members of the organization. The latter two gave their lives in France. The ball tomorrow night promises to be a brilliant affair. Mrs. Coolidge heads the list of patronesses. It will be attended by Comdr. McNutt, Maj. Eugene Carver, national commander- in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Vice Comdr. Paul Wolman of the same organization. Secretary Mellon of ‘the Treasury De- partment has placed his box at the dis- posal of the patients of Walter Reed Hospital. Box holders for the affair in- clude: Mrs. Larz Anderson, who has turned her reservation over to the Wom- en’s Overseas League, of which Mrs. | Herbert_Hoover is third vice president; Frank B. Noyes and Maj. L. E. Atkins. Assistant Engineer Commissioner for the District. Mrs. Coolidge Heads Patronesses. The list of patronesses, besides Mrs. Coolidge, included: Mrs, Anderson, Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, Mrs. C. W. Dyson. Mts. Charles P. Summerall, Mrs. John A. Lejeune, Mrs. Charles F. Hughes, Mrs. F. C. Billard, Mrs. Amos A. Fries, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs. Frank T. Hines, Mrs. Harlan Wood, Mrs. Frank Lockhead, Miss Jessie Dell, Mrs. John Hull, Mrs. Edgar Jadwin and Mrs. Ed- ward Stillwater. Battle flags of the World War and th: signal pennants of the presidential yacht Mayflower will be used in decorating the ballroom. Girl Scouts will sell forget-me-nots for disabled veterans at the ball. Sunday at the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier members of the Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army, the Y. W. C. A and Y. M. C. A, the War Camp Community Service, American Library Assoclation and National Cath- olic War Council will hold services. Richard Babcock, Boy Scout bugler, will sound roll call and taps, sepa- rated by & two-minute interval of prayer. Five hundred veterans from the serv- ice hospitals of the city will attend the special Armistice day concert at the Auditorium, beginning at 3:30 Sunday afternoon, under the auspices of the Washington Co-operative Vesper Con- certs and the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross. Concert Artists Listed. The program will include three New York concert artists, Loulse Lerch, Metropolitan Opera Co. soprano, in her first Washington appearance; Dr. Henry F. Seibert, officlal organist of Town Hall, and Sigmund Spaeth, critic and writer on music, who will talk on “America and American Music.” ‘Two sermons, one by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washing- ton, and one by Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of Washington Cathedral, will mark the day at Mount St. Alban. Bishop Freeman will speak informally at 3 o'clock in front of the tomb of Woodrow Wilson during a service which has been arranged by the Woodrow ‘Wilson memorial committee as a tribute to the war President. At 4 o'clock he will preach a sermon on the spiritual significance of the tenth Armistice day. His sermon will be delivered during the choral evensong service, which will be devoted to Armi- stice day commemorations and special music by the Cathedral choir. Canon Stokes will preach at the morning _service, beginning at 11 o'clock, which will have special Armi- stice day music. All services will be in Bethlehem Chapel. Plans for Overflow Audience. Arrangements have been made for overflow congregations in the afternoon services In the Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathea and the Chapel of the Resurrection and its adjacent ante- chapel. Amplifiers will be used. An eplsode in the celebration of Ar- mistice day in Paris 10 years ago will be broadcast, beginning at 9 o'clock tonight on WRC, and will include many of the war-time songs. Reproduction of the sounds and songs of Paris streets his job as chairman of the national committee. The committee will main- committeeman; Mrs. Virginia White Speel, national committeewom and Rabbi Abram Simon, Scotland’s poor grouse hunting season this year is ascribed to the bad heather £rop, the birds having starved to death. tain a considerable headquarters here in Washington, having for the next four years! .. NGTON, Sunday to honor the World War dead | Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has announced | of the| one of the most brilllant affairs of | Pt Ui BRITAIN MAY KEEP WRIGHTS' PLANE Co-Inventor Sees This Possi- bility Unless Wishes Are Met Here Before He Dies. (Editor's Note.- on the sands of Kitty Hawk. ville and Wilbur Wrizht of flew through the air in the machine, The attention o bas been focused on the approachin quarter century mark of that epoc event in human progress and on the ‘urviving _co-inventor. Orville Wright Mr. Wright has revealed the status of the Kitty Hawk plane in an interview with the Associated Press aviation editor On December 17, 1903, vk. N C. Or- BY W. E. BERCHTOLD, Associated Press Aviation Editor. DAYTON, Ohio, November 9.—Orville Wright, co-inventor of the airplane | which he flew at Kitty Hawk, N. C., | December 17, 1903, says he belleves the tight plane has gone to Eng- to return to American sofl. | ““The inventor, who sent the plane to the Kensington Myseum of London for exhibition when the Smithsonian In- | stitution’s controversy over the priority of the Wright and Langley flights reached its height, sces no_hope for the return of the historic plane as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the flight nears. Seeks Definite Decision. “The Kitty Hawk plane will not be brought back to this country unless the controversy over our claim to the de- velopment of the first heavier-than-air machine capable of flight is_definitely | settled during my life time,” he says. “If the controversy is not favorably settled before my death, I plan t6 make definite_arrangements that will make impossible the Teturn of our Kitty Hawk plane to this country at some later time. “There is a technical problem at the seat of this controversy and it will be possible only for technical men to decide it. Airplane bullders, not theo- retical scientists, but men who have actually built airplanes and are willing to stake their reputations on any deci- sion they would make, should constitute the group intrusted with the problem involved in this controversy. Confident of Verdict. “I am confident that any such group of half a dozen technical men would examine the Langley plane and agree that it could not have been flown with- out radical changes, based on technical data unknown to Langley. “Of course, I hated to send the Kitty Hawk plane away from our own coun- try, but I felt that it was the only method by which the controversy would be brought squarely up tc officials con- cerned and cause a possible readjust- ment. I should, personally, like to see the plane deposited in the National Museum, but honestly feel that it has gone abroad to stay.” The twenty-fifth anniversary of the first Wright flight is to be observed this year, Mr. Wright and Charles A. Lind- bergh were appointed by President Coolidge on a committee to represent the United States at the International Conference on Civil Aeronautics, in Washington, December 12, 13 and 14, during which the delegates will make a special pilgrimage to Kitty Hawk to take part in the laying of a corner stone to a monument to be erected by the Government in recognition of the Wrights' work. MAN ON STRETCHER WITNESS IN COURT ARt e v Auto Victim Comes in Ambulance to Testify to Jury About His Injuries. Brought to Police Court in a private ambulance and carried before a jury |on a stretcher, Bert Richard Hudson, | 29 vears old, of 461 M street. foday testified in a scarcely audible voice how he had been injured by an automobile driven by Louis Armstrong, 32, of Upper Marlboro, Md., on September 29. Aim- strong is charged with driving while intoxicated. Hudson's voice was so low that it was necessary to lift his stretcher over the rail into the space reserved for lawyers to enable the jury to hear him. ‘The injured man said that he ran out of gasoline on the Pennsylvania Ave- nue Bridge and was pushing his car across when struck Ey Armstrong’s machine. When he regained conscious- ness he was being driven to Providence Hospital by Armstrong. Hudson is suf- fering from fractured hip and internal injuries and physicians say it will be several months before he will walk, Armstrong, taking the stand in his own defense, admitted that he had taken two drinks several hours prior to the accident, He blamed the glar- ing headlights of an approaching machine for the mishap, FLOOR LEADER’S CHOICE HANGS ON CURTIS’ TENURE Speculation Continues as to Suc- cessor of G. 0. P. Chief in Senate. ‘The question of how soon the Senate Republicans will select a new majority floor leader depends romewhat on whether Vice President-elect Curtis, the present floor leader, continues in his senatorial position during the coming short session. Senator Curtis, who will be Inaugurated Vice President on March 4, has not yet indicated wnat his plans are for the remaining short session. Meanwhile speculation continues as to who will succeed him as majority leader. Among the names that are heard in connection with the selection of a new floor leader are Senators Wat- son of Indiana, Reed of Pennsylvania, Fess of Ohio, Edge of New Jersey, Jones ;‘i‘ Wa}.:?lngmn and Moses of New r and a gay Montmartre cafe will fea- ture the program. Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson of this city, chaplain of the Military Order of the World War and District department_chaplain of the American Leglon, will deliver the Armistice day address at a citizens' mass meeting in Akron, Ohio. TO VICTIM TESTIFIES FROM STRETCHER BERT RICHARD HUDSON, Stafl Photo. As he appeared In Police Court today to give his version of accident which dncapacitated him. m”" wcd its offices FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 |SALLY McADOO TO BE MARRIED | TO LAW PARTNER OF FATHER Brice Clagett and Bride Going to Europe After Ceremony Tonight. Romance Began Several Sea- sons Ago—Will Reside Here on Return. eral seasons will be the wedding tonight of Miss Sally McAdoo, daughter of the former Secretary of the Treasury, and Brice Clagett of Washington, law part- ner of the bride's father and former newspaper man. Washington since her graduation from Bryn Mawr and has been connected with the Holton Arms School, from which she graduated before entering Bryn Mawr. The bride-elect did not figure soclally while her father was Secretary of the Treasury in the cab- inet of the late President Woodrow Wilson, as she was still a schoolgirl. Recently she has had an apartment on Phelps place. The ceremony will be performed at 9:30 o'clock, in Holton Arms School, Rev. U. G. B. Pierce of All Souls’ Uni- tarian Church officiating. The bride will {be given in marriage by her brother, F. H. McAdoo, as her father was unable to come from California in time for the wedding. The arrangements for the wedding are simple and only the immediate fam- ilies and a few close friends will be in attendance. Mr. Glagett and his bride will sail tomorrow from New York for Europe, and upon their return will be at home at 3207 O street, the house Mr. Clagett recently purchased. A culmination of a romance of sev- | Miss McAdoo has made her home in | MISS SALLY McADOO. —Bachrach Photo. BRICE CLAGETT. —Harris & Ewing Pholo. GIVEN TOPS LIST OF THOSE CONSIDERED FOR POLICE JUDGESHIP (Continued From First Page.) 16 G. 0. P. MAJORITY IN SENATE AND 100 IN HOUSE PROBABLE (Continued From First Page.) years at the Police Court is familiar with the procedure of the court work. and the laws and regulations uj which a judge of this court is called upon to pass judgment, nas shown sound judgment and fairness in his work. Moreover, it is pointed out that in actual practice as an assistant dis- trict attorney the office which Mr. Given now holds passes upon all cases prelimi- nary to their presentation to the Court, determining in the first instance wheth- er or not there has been a violation of law and whether or not the evidence presented in any given case is sufficient to_conviet. During his consideration of those who have been suggested for this appoint- ment President Coolidge has received the names of upward of a score of local attorneys as well as names of some not living or practicing within the bor- ders of the District. Prominent among others who have been seriously consid- ered by the President are Judge Robert E. Mattingly of the Municipal Court and Alexander G. Bell, prominent member of the local bar. The President assigned to the Attor- ney General the task of investigating the various aspirants and others recom- mended and it was through the medium of Attorney General Sargent’s report that_the President was able to reduce the list to two or three names. It is understood that the President was im- pressed by Mr. Given's qualifications. ‘The fact that Mr. Given had served 50 many years at the Police Court as a prosecutor carried considerable weight in having his name placed at the top of the list of the several whom the President took under serious considera- tion. Native of Washington. Mr Given is a lifelong resident of the District of Columbia and is probably one of the best known members of the bar of this city. He was born here 60 years ago. His father, the late Geo H. Given, was born in this city in 1832 and his mother, Mrs. Isabelle Given, now 90 years of age, has resided here for 82 years. Mr. Given attended the public schools of this city and graduated from the Georgetown University Law School with the degree of LL. B.and LL. M. in 1901. He was admitted to the bar of the Su- reme Court of the District and to the gn of the Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict the same year. Before entering upon the study of law Mr. Given' was employed in the office of the United States attorney for the District. He accepted this position be- cause of his ambition to become a law- yer and calculated that the experience would prove valuable later when he practiced law. After receiving his de- gree he was appointed an assistant United States attorney and his duties consisted principally of the preparation of pleadings and indictments. After four years of this work Mr. Given showed such merit that he was assigned to the United States branch of the Police Court to assist in the pros- ecution of cases before that court brought in the name of the United States. Later, when his immediate su- perior was named as a judge of the Po- lice Court in 1904, Mr. Given was in charge of the United States prosecutions in that court nn‘dmhls served continu- sly since that time. a“slice then Mr. Given has either per- sonally prosecuted, or supervised and directed the prosecution of all criminal cases covered by the Code of Law for the District and violation of all acts of Congress involving criminal prosecu- tions where the penalties were such that jurisdiction to_ try such offenses was vested in the United States branch of the Police Court. During Mr. Given's service of a quar- ter of a century as prosecutor: the work of the United States branch of the Police Court has increased from 4,000 cases a year to 12,000 cases. As the assistant United States attorney is in cherge of prosecutions at that court, Mr. Given has working under his di- rection at the same court, three assist- ant United States attorneys and one clerk. Is Bank Director. Mr. Given is married and has two| sons. He resides with his wife and two boys at 3716 Morrison street. He is & member of the Chevy Chase Citi- zens' Adociation, a director of the Chevy Chase Savings Bank, a member of the vestry of All Saints' Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase, and a member of the examination committee of the bar of the Supreme Court of the Dis- | trict. . He is a Republican and was a mem- ber of the organization committee of the seventh district of the District of Columbia for the selection of delegates from the District of Columbia to the Republican national convention in Chi- cago in 1920. BISON TO GET NEW TAIL. ‘The big bronze bison that adorns the southeast pillar of the Q Street Bridge, which has been tailless since October 20, when a practical joker, with a wild West complee, bobbed it with a hack-; saw, will have its tail restored Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, ‘The bison’s tall, weighing from 8 to 9 pounds, will be welded back into po- sition, At the time the bronze beast lost its tall no clue as to who the joker was could be found. The police were first informed by some one callng them on the telephone. out of Wisconsin's delegation of 11 who supported the candidacy of Mr. Hoover. One of the two Farm-Labor members from Minnesota, Representative William L. Carss, in the eighth district, was defeated. The Democrats gained three seats in Northern districts, while the Repub- licans were making heavy inroads in the Southern States. Probably the severest blow to the Republicans is the capture by Joe L. Smith, Democrat, of the sixth district in the usually stanch Repub- lican delegation from West Virginia. Louis Ludlow, a veteran Washington | correspondent and former president of { the National Press Club, has the distinc- tion of capturing a usually strong Re- publican district, the seventh Indiana, where he defeated Representative Ralph E. Updike. In the third Rhode Island district, Jeremiah E. O'Connell, a former member of the House, defeated Repre- sentative Louis Monast, Republican. The three districts still in doubt are the first Pennsylvania, now represented by James M. Beck, Republican, and former solicitor general, from which re- turns have alternately given the seat to Mr. Beck, and to his ratic op- ponent, Willlam L. Rooney. Here a recount of the votes is to be made. As has been previously stated, Repre- sentative Milligan, Democrat, faces the probability of being unseated. The only ?:pubueu:xr Repreunuuvenninnn( the from Texas, Representative M. Wurzbach, in the mrmmtfl'fi trict, has gone through the closest con- test in the political history of the State, and latest reports indicate that he will probably be defeated by Augustus Mec- Closkey, Democrat, of San Antonio. in the House of approximatel; far in excess of that during the Cool- idge administration, it will not reach the majority of nearly 165 in the House which followed the 1920 landslide for Warren G. Harding. None of the lead- ers of either party in the House suf- fered during the balloting on Tuesday. The minority leader in the present Con- gress, however, Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, will be missing from the next Congress, as he was an unsuccessful candidate for the sena- torial nomination against Senator Mc- Kellar, who was re-elected. HUNTER IS CLEARED 100 is Shell Left in Weapon Exploded, Court Is Told as Case Is Dismissed. Charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and discharging firearms placed against J. Bernard Gass, 3400 block of Sherman avenue, were both dismissed in Police Court today when it was shown conclusively that the gun which he carried had been fired accidentally. The complainant in the assault case was Mrs. Mary Johnson, who lives in an apartment over the coal and ice store which Gass operates at the Sher- man avenue address. Mrs. Johnson and the other witnesses told of the | occurrence in the office of Assistant | United States Attorney Ralph Given | in the case. Testifying in Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly’s court, before whom Gass stood trial on the discharging firearms count, | Mrs. Johnson said she was attracted | by a noise on the street about 10 o'clock last night, rushed to the win- dow, and as she reached there Gass fired his gun. The defendant, dressed in hunter’s garb, told the court he had left a shell in his double-barreled shot- gun when he returned from a ’possum hunt the night before. Planning to go hunting again last night, he carried the firearm to his office, Gass said, “broke” it at the entrance, and was | himself frightened when it exploded. | The court took the incident to be en- | tirely accidental and dismissed the peared for Gass. LA FOLLETTE WINS OFFICE WITHOUT ANY EXPENSE Wisconsin Senator Received No Contributions—Other Candi- dates Make lepoth‘ By the Associated Press. Senator La Follette, Republican, Wis- | consin, today reported to the secretary | of the Senate that he had received no contributions and reported no expend- Itures in his campaign for re-election. Senator Greene, Republican, Vermont, also re-elected Tuesday, reported no receipts and no expenditures. Samuel Platt, Republican, Nevada, reported that in his campaign for the Senate he received no contributions, but had expenses of $2,250, of which $1,000 was listed for publicity and $1,000 for printing. Assurance Official Dies. LONDON, November 9 (#).—Alfred Corduroy Thompson, chairman of the rr:denul:l ur;n{:g C6.. Ltd., died oday. Te company’s serv- ice 56 yt a3 an office boy, While_the new Republican majority | & IN ACCIDENTAL GUNFIRE |z this morning. No papers were issued | B! charge. Attorney J. Willlam Shea ap- | § TERMINAL STORES EXCAVATION BEGUN Project Launched to Help Distribution of Perishable Products. Excavation work was expected to statt | today at Twelfth and Water streets | southwest on the first unit of terminal | stores along Water street for the accom- | modation of commission merchants and wholesale distributors of perishable products. The first block of stores, which will be part of a large plan for the gen- eral development of the Water street terminal market area by the Potomdc Freight Terminal Co., associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., will be located between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, across from the Municipal Fish Market. iy Work to Be Pushed. The preliminary excavation, it was announced by Col. Wrisley Brown, presi- | dent of the Potomac Freight Terminals | Co., is expected to be completed within 10 ‘days, leaving the way clear for actual construction. Bids already have been requested by the company for the construction and work will go forward without delay as soon as the contract has been awarded. In accordance with the complete plan for the development of the South- west mdrket site, Col. Brown said to- day, “the area bounded by Fourteerith street, D street, Twelfth street, E street, Tenth street, Water street and the Washington Channel will include en- larged railroad yards for the direct de- livery of produce, poultry, meat, fresh fruits and vegetables: the Water street stores for the commission and whole- sale trade, tracks directly serving these stores; yard team tracks for direct truck delivery, adequate cold storage facilities and the Municipal Fish Market—all conveniently located for the -economic handling of perishable food supplies re- celved by rail from the South and West, by water transportation, or by truck from nearby farming regions. Building New Bridge. “To properly serve the Water Street Terminal area the Pennsylvania Rail- road is building a new bridge across Water street to carry additional track- age into this wholesale market district from its main running tracks to and from Potomac Yard and the South. The total cost of this bridge wiil be ap- pmar’x‘m‘ely sioo.oooA “When work is under way on the Water Street Terminal s!oresythe rail- road will begin the construction of the track facilities which will extend from the new bridge into the terminal area serving the receiving and marketing :fi‘,’,‘&'f’ which will be housed in the QUAIL SEASON OPENS. Ovening of the season in Maryl. for ~the "shooting of quail, ib‘("‘ld. pheasants and wild turkeys at dawn to- morrow will be celebrated by thousands of residents of the State and visitors. Licenses are required of both residents and non-residents for the privilege of p{?&l;&ltlg‘a in the sport. ucking season opened November 3 s since September 1. befn s PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. Pirst Race, 1:15 P.M. U!ornl Listed According to Post Positiogs.) RA( 3 ,300; 2 RASE—Purse, | 31,300; 2 n:}?u’a .12 ) ineer Also eligibie— Pantomime pe Hampton Song & D'ce M Ben® Marshall - & Audley Farm éntry. SECOND RACE—Purse. $1.300; 4-year- and up; clalming 1o miles +Iear-olds b South Breeze.. 108 *Valentin *Resourceful 107 * {Resourcetu ‘Tallade: Dari 113 *Drawing Board. aE. P. Sanford-C. R. Fleischm try. Birs. 3. M. Black-0. B. Mellor entry: THIRD RACE—Purse. £1.300; 4-yvead-olds and up; claiming: 14 miles. Fairy Lore Harry Carroll ... Grange . *Hol Palloi Fire Dog Alsoeligl Puget ‘Sound *Paddy . Rockthorn Billy Warre ' *Bonet Drama : Rim .. “Piotenda . o0 ™ FOURTH RACE—The Carroll all ages: purse, $1,500; 6 furlong: J. Pred A. 100 Son of John Hildreth d 105 S a Polish a Stupend aJd. B Handicap: s. jandy 113 Tantivy 97 Clean Play is entry. FIPTH RACE-_The Walden year-olds: $10,000 added; Voltear (Peternell) Twink (Fator) . Essare (Catrone) ' Fortune's_Favorite (E. Wi D Handicap; miles. RACE—The Calveft : purse, $1,300; 3-year-old: 113 a Campanini a Breckinridge Long-J. J. Moran entry. SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $1.300; 3-vear- olds and up; claiming: 12 miles. *H Al “L'Aine .. +Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather clear: track fast. October Circulation. Daily .. 105,106 Sunday, 110,233 District of Columbia, ss.: FLEMING NEWBOLD. Brsiness Manager ( THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR. does solemnly swear that the actual number ;"Ihrfig‘d!‘ldnrl:ll:.':hwr n‘lr;“!(“ sold and dis- “imited during the monih o AD 1928, was s follows: T DAILY. Conies. - 53 Total daily net circulation. Average daily net paid circul Daily aver: e Tumber of copies. 1o 2 er of copies m.r Daily ce. average net’ circuiation. SUNDAY. SiRes B Days. 7 . Lo1z200 28 Less adjustments. Total Sunday net circulation. Average net paid Sunday ice, Average Sunday net clreulation. . .. FLEMING NEWBOLD. a4 _sworn® {0 efore me {h an ovember.. 1028 ELMER ; \';mrr' it