Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1928, Page 2

P 9 g PLAN URGES PAVING WORK COMMITTEE Co-ordinator to Supervise All Street Improvem2nts Sug- gested by Whitehurst. Detafls of a plan for conserving the District’s $55,000,000 -investment in its strest pavements by supervision of all | work necessitating tearing up of streets, were made public today by Assistant Engineer Commissioner Herbert C. Whitehurst, who has executive super- vision over the highway department. His recommendation, which was made in a report to Engineer Commissioner William B. Ladue, calls for creation of a committee consisting of the three as- sistant engineer commissioners, the di- rector of traffic and the chief clerk of the engineer department. This committee would be instructed to call on other department heads to ob- tain whatever material and information was necessary and then draw up a plan for coordinated supervision of all street work. The plan would be submitted to Col. Ladue and through him to the Dis- trict of Columbia Commissioners for ap- proval. Second Recommendation. ‘This was Whitehurst's second recom- mendation and was form of an amendment to the first recom- mendation submitted October 2. In the first recommendation, he advised for- mation of a public improvements board headed by a_coordinator, who would be either an official of the High- ‘way Department or an independent of- ficer appointed for this task. The com- mittee and the coordinator would be called upon to trnnq‘e‘ & sequence of to be done involving cuts in any District agency, public utility committee or building company. ‘The object of the juence would be to tie up the street as little as ble and to tighten regulations calli for backfills to cuts made in the pavements. “In my judgment, there is no cure for the situation in sll its phases unless Mfiu is placed in charge of ition of all public improve- construction, program and ” Capt. Whitehurst wrote. “He over Dis- ¥ Granddaughter of Mark Han- na Offered Protection by Husband. S {Warning of Additional Rob-! bery Also Given Following Recent $16,000 Theft. Admitting that she and her husband, Richard Porter Davidson, had separated t | prominent socially here, four wecks ago “for our best interests,” Mrs. Betty Hanna Davidson, grand- daughter of the late Mark Hanna and sald today they were working “in the closest har- mony” to find the source of a mysteri- ous telephone call received yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Davidson from a man who _sal e was her . “friend.” ar.ld that if she valued the safety of her "; would go to her at once. ‘The Davidsons also were awaiting a police re| on an anonymous letter Mrs. Davidson received yesterday morn- , but the engineer of highways has never paved a street or repaved it until has released ! | want WIDOW OF CONSUL LOST AT SEA MAY COME HERE Japanese Woman, Saved in Vestris ‘Wreck, Is in Naval Hospital at Hampton Roads. Mme. Teruko Inouye, widow oOf the consul at Buenos Aires, who 4| tonight Mrs. here today. embassy was advised this morn- %fim their countrywoman, however, not be able to travel for two or three days. In the meanwhile Capt. Nobuichi Kusonoki, assistant military attache at is at the bedside of Mme. VAN DRIVER ARRESTED. Accused ,of Delaying Trafic With Big Horse Transport. mmfn."““‘ driver of & l\o{’g police say, was ‘Ilfloek traffic, hr(elwd $5 in y for failing to t. ted the attention of Smith of the Traffic Bu- he noticed that tratfic was creeping al Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh street, because the van was being driven in the center of the th . ‘The sergeant ordered Woltz to drive his van and its cargo of three thorough- bred race horses to the rear of the Traffic Bureau, where they were de- _rulhx:ed until the driver mu& mlnrfl?“li van was teking rses race track to the farm of their owner near Charlottesville, Va., accord- ing to police. transporf h to MUTINY IS DENIED. Coast Guard Rescues Anchorless Craft Off Delaware Coast. Coast Guard M“‘i‘x‘l.m" today dis- pelled reports of mutiny aboard a two- masted schooner off the Delaware coast with an announcement that its Lewes, Del., station had brought in the dis- tressed ship Edna B. Hough, which had lost its anchor. Pirst attempts to overhaul the schooner, which flew her ensign upside down, falled because she had her sails set, but the O smen pursued in a power boat and learned from the crew of four that the anchor had been lost, Earlier reports to the Navy were that fighting and possibly mutiny was in progress aboard the schooner. —_— German Team Visits Here. Members of the German army team which won the International Military hy in competition with teams rep- uuntLA the armies of the United ing today and pal wmm«n{ Cooli House snd to Davis and Maj. Gen. Summerall, chief of staff, at the ing at her shop, 1613 Connecticut avenue, which stated that If the in- vestigation into the robbery of the David~ son home, 6400 Rockville road, July 2, when $16,000 worth of jewelry was taken, is not called off other things wiil be taken. The letter did not state what the “other things” would be. Child Is Unconcerned. Totally oblivious of the furore that has been raised about her, little Dalsy, & pretty little blond child, was in the Betty Hanna Shop this morning, think- ing only of her child playmates in the park. She prattled about the place in animated fashion. “I'm going to see Grove today,” she said. “Do you know Grove?” she asked. When the nfily was negative she ex- lained, “Well you know how daddy ves me. I love Grove the same way.”, Her nurse explained that Grove is a little bog.:he plays with. Mrs. Davidson said she and her hus- band have no t in mind as to the letter or the telephone call. “It is nerve-wracking to have this thing hanging over me. It.must be some cannot lmut;m l:xyd = !hll:A luI e why anyone shoul to harm me or my child,” Mrs. Davidson declared this morning. Mrs. Davidson sald that when she recelved the call, shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, she immediately notified her husband and was assured of his utmost co-operation in the mat- ter. She then to her home, out on the Rockville road, and found that the child was out with her nurse. ‘When returned Mrs. Davidson brought her into the city and placed her in the care of friends. “I don't like to say where I'm keeping Daisy now, because if there is tn{ one plot~ ting to kidnap her the knowledge of her ‘whereabouts will ‘help them just that much,” Mrs, Davidson sald. she was talking to a reporter of The Star in her office above the shop her husband called and, she said, offered to come and stay at their home to better protect the child. . Davidson appealed to police headquarters last night. for protection and turned over to detectives the letter she received. Spends Night in Town. ‘Then Mrs. Davidson decided to stay in town herself, last night. She said to- day that the house on the Rockville road is large and isolated, and she felt that she would be better protected with friends in town. Immediately after receiving the call yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Davidson be- came highly nervous and hysterical. It ‘was several hours before she completely recovered her composure. “Daisy is our only child and I don't know what I would do if anything hap- pened to her,” she declared today. About a month ago Mrs. Davidson issued a denial to & question as to whether she was planning to file di- vorce papers, She said today that no discussion of a divorce has been held between her and her husband, and that their separation has just been for the best interests of both of them. Mr, Davidson, at his office this mnmlng in the National Savings & Trust Building, referred all questions as to his marital relations to Mrs. Davidson. He said he had been notified of the threat to kidnap his daughter and would work with the police and Mrs. Davidson to clear up the matter. Mrs, Davidson said that Mr. David- son has seen his child, who has been in her custody, every time he wished. The Davidsons were married here about four and a half years ago, and the affair was & brilliant social event. Business Excuse Wins Brief Leave For Rich Convict Daniel J. Shields, wealthy Penn- sylvanian, who recently entered Lor- ton Reformatory to start a two-year sentence following his conviction on a charge of bribing & woman stenog- rapher in the prohibition unit for advance information on the activities of dry agents in Pennsylvania, has been allowed to leave the institution under guard to attend to some pri- vate business in Philadelphia, it be- came known today. 4 George 8. Wilson, director of pub- lic welfare, said today he gave Bhields permission to make the trip on the latter's representation that he could save a large sum of money by personal attention to a real es- tate transaction. Extension of such ?rxvlleges is not exceptional, accord- ing to Wilson, when the prisoner may be trusted. Shields pays all ex- penses. He is due back Monday. Shields, formerly a brewery op- ‘War Department. R A 8aid 16 be Scotland’s oldest minister, Rev. James McIntyre, 95, lately minis- or of Seafield, died. erator in Johnstown, drew a $900 fine 1n addition to the prison term. He entered Lorton after the Su- preme Court: refused to review his conviction, He is working in the tag shap. iter, Dalsy -Gordon, aged 3, shwy THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1928, KIDNAPING THREATS REVEAL ESTRANGEMENT OF DAVIDSONS Mrs, Betty Hanna Davidson and her daughter, Daisy Gordon. | —Harris-Ewing_Photo. FEDERAL HIGHWAYS WLL BE EXTENDED = | West, Southwest and East Profit From Decision of ‘Roads Group. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 16.—Several | new Federal roads in the West, South-! west and East were announced yester- day after the close of the convention of the American Association of Highway | Offictals. : Texas will acquire two of the roads, | parts of both of which are now com- pleted. One will go from Oklahoma City, through Fort Sill to Del Rio, Tex., on the Mexican border. The other is routed from Fort Smith, Ark, on the Arkansas-Texas border, almost due south through Oklahoma and Texas to Beaumont, Tex., on the Gulf of Mex- | ico. Neither as yet has been designated by & number. Both are.expected to be ready for travel late next year. United States Highway No. 36, start- ing at Indianapolis and.ending at the Colorado-Kansas border, will be con-| tinued as a gravel road to Denver. It 1s almost ready for traffic. Dawes Asks Extension. Vice President Charles G. Davwes | made a personal plea for the extension of United States Highway No. 50 to in- clude Marietta, Ohio, his birthplace, and Athens, Ohio. The highway now leads from Washington, D. C., westward through Parkersburg, W. Va. That route will bg known hereafter as United States Highway No. 50 South, while the new route, leading from just east of Parkers- burg through Marietta to just west of Athens, where it again will join No. 50 South, will be known as United States Highway No. 50 North. United States Highway No. 20 has been split at Norwalk, Ohio, it was an- nounced, to lead southeast through ‘Wooster and New Philadelphia, Ohio, to] connect with United States Highway ' No. 50, thereby considerably reducing the distance by highway between Chi- cago and Washington, D. C. Montana also will profit from a split in United States Highway No. 10 at Three Forks. The highway now goes | through Butte to Garrison. The split Will be known as No. 10 North, and will go through Helena, the State capital, to Garrison, where it will join again with No. 10 South. PRISONER PAROLED ON MODEL BEHAVIOR Shirley Cockrell Was Serving 20- | Year Term in Slaying of His Wife. After serving nine years of a 20-year sentence for the murder of his wife, Shirley Cockrell, the model prisoner at the District workhouse, at Lorton, Va., | was paroled today by Attorney Generai | SBargent. He plans to make his home | | with his mother and sister in Alex- | andria. Cockrell killed his wife, Pearl N. Cockrell, near Sixth and F streets northeast, in the early morning of July . 1918. He surrendered and gave a graphic account of how he beat her to death with a piece of iron pipe after a long period of disagreements between | the two. While he was in the workhouse he was assigned to the piggery as a helper. He showed such interest in his work and in the development of the piggery that he was eventually placed in charge. KEART, FOUND GUILTY, WILL ASK NEW TRIAL Atterneys’ Plea That He Be Re- by Court. Nick Keart, 737 Ninth street, was convicted this efternoon by a jury in | Criminal Division 1 before Chief Jus- | tice McCoy of all eight counts of an indictment charging him with maintain- ing a gaming table for the receiving of bets on the result of horse racing and for playing “black jack.” Attorneys Whelan and O'Connell for the accused gave notice of intention to ask for a new trial and sought to have Keart remain at liberty on bail. The ‘court denied the latter request and committed the prisoner to jail to awalt action on the motion for a new trial. The penalty is imprisonment in the penitentiary for not®more than five years. JKeart was arrested August 15, fol- lowing a raid by the vice squad under Seorgt. O, D. Letterman at 737 Ninth | street, where 50 men were taken into The trial began yesterday e and the jury wa§4ocked up over night by order of the éourt. As- sistant United States Attorney Willlam ‘. Collins conducted the prosecution. leased on Bond Is Rejected | POPE RETERATE FASBST VARNIG Official Newspaper of Vati- can Voices Opposition to Contests for Girls. | By the Associated Press. { ROME, November 16.— The Pope's ! opposition to public athletic competi- |tion by girls was reiterated yesterday in the leading editorial published in | Osservatore. Romano. The newspaper, | which is used by the vatican to make |its public announcements, found occa- sion for reviving the subject in the Fascist scheme to hold another athletic meet for girls and young women in Rome next Spring. There had been opposition to the rifle-shooting event in the 1928 games, |and this has been met by substitution of an archery contest. Despite this change Osservatore Romano said that the games “will repeat the offense to sense and the Christian customs of our civilization.” The newspaper answers a Fascist ar- gument that such games are a revival of old Roman. customs by remarking that Romans never admitted women to their stadia, armed or unarmed. It adds that if any example of women's contests are to be found in ancient times one must go back to Greece and to the most corrupt of Greek cities. Pope's Warning Cited. The editorial hints that the proposal ito hold games in 1929 aroused con- siderable opposition in the October 30 meeting of the Council of Ministers. It cites the letter which Pope Pius sent to Cardinal Pompilj, vicar general of the Roman diocese, last May, and adds: ‘If the Fascist state desires to be Catholic, as 1t has many times pro- claimed, it should hearken to the ad- monition of the pontiff.” The pspal letter declared that the games were contrary to the spirit of womanhood. The competition was es- . pecially disagreeable, the Pope said, be= cause it came in the month of May, which is dedicated to the Blessed Vir- gin. He said that public performances by female athletes were contrary to “sane pedagogy” and added: “Nobody can think that Christian ed- ueation excludes all that gives the body ability, grace, health, true good and force on the condition that this is done in a fitting place, manner and kind, avolding everything not agreeing with reserve and modesty, which arc the bulwark of feminine virtue.” POLICE HEAD HIT INSALTIS ESCAPE High Chicago Official Held to Blame for Release of ““Beer Baron.” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 16.-—The Her- ald and Examiner sald today that a high police official had been named to grand jurors as responsible for the re- lease of “Big Joe" BSaltis, a fugitive from State and Federal officers ,for many months. . Among those who testified before the special grand jury investigating the “alliance” of crime and politics in Chi- cago were Deputy Police Commissioner Stege and Capt. Schoemaker. The Herald and Examiner understood that these and other police officers had given information which led Frank J. Loesch, prosecutor, to state that much “aston- ishing material” had been obtained by the jury. The newspaper said that Saltis, known to police as a “beer baron,” had been arrested by Capt. Schoemaker and his squad when orders for Saltis’ ap- rehension were first issued. The re- ease of Saltls, however, was imme- diately ordered by a high police official, the jury was told, according to the newspaper. Saltis faces a 90-day jail sentence for carrying concealed weapons, having lost an’ appeal to the United States Supreme Court. He is wanted by the Federal Government on a liquor charge. AUTOIST SENT T0 JAIL" FOR TERM OF 390 DAYS Pleads Guilty to Four Charges, In- cluding Driving While Under Influence of Liquor. Pleading guilty to three charges of leaving- after colliding and one of driv- ing while intoxicated, Charles W. Neuman of the 300 block of Thirteenth street southwest today was given jail sentences totaling 390 days by Traffic Court Judge Gus A. Schuit, Two of the leaving-after-collision cases against Neuman were filed yes- rday, according to police of the third precinct. . The officers say that after striking a parked car on K street yes- terday, Neuman went to Balley's garage, helped himself to another car and a few moments later struck a second parked car on Eighteenth street. Returning to the garage the second time he became embroiled in a fight during which police were called and placed him under arrest. They say he was in’ an intoxicated condition. In court this morning it was found another leaving-after-colliding charge was pending against him. This was & result of a collision in Potomac Park on October 20, when, in getting out of a parking space, Neuman is accused of backing into another parked machine and then eluded capture by park police. His sentence consisted of 30 days for the collision on October 20; 90 days for the first leaving-after-colliding case yesterday, and 180 days for the second and 60 days, together with $200 or 30 days, for driving while intoxicated. 'WINTER LECTURE SERIES TO BE OPENED TONIGHT ‘The first of a Winter series of lectures | sponsored by the American Assoclation | of University Women will be opened to- lmght at the clubhouse of the assocla- tion at 1634 I street with an address by Dr. Mortimer Adler of Columbia Uni- versity, who will discuss “The Psycho- logical Approach to Modern Art.” Dr. Adler, who is a lecturer at the Theater Arts Institute of the Laboratory Theater of New York, will lay special emphasis on the French contribution to modern painting and try., His sub- fect is considered timely because of the nterest in the biennial exhibition at the Corcoran Art Gallery and the exhibit of modern masters at the Phillips Memo- rial Gallery. The series will offer “Interpretation of New Forms for Old Atts" with Mile. Antia Zahn, Forbes Watson of the “‘Arts” and Miss Theresa Helburn of the New York Theater Gulld on the speakers’ Wit 215 Persons Saved, 111 Lost, Is Latest Disaster Check-Up By (he Associated Press. Revised figures issued by Sand- erson & Sons, agents for the Lamport & Holt Line, show: Aboard at nfl;l’lg—fls persons, 128 passengers, Crew. Rescued—80 passengers, 155 crew, total, 215. Presumably dead — Passengers, 68: crew,.43; total, 111 Bodies recovered—-22, Missing—-89. Dead and missing include 27 women and 13 children. VESTRIS OFFICERS CALLED IN PROBE * OF SEA DISASTER __(Continued From First Page) _ wish to harass their feelings further by | making them recount the terrible ordeal they had been through. | he spoke of his wife and baby; how they had to-go without food Sunday because he could find no one to cook it for them. He told of seeing his wife and baby being lowered in a lifeboat, and how he tried to follow them: “‘Keep that man out of that boat, don’t let him down there,”” he said ! the captain called. “I. called back: ‘My wife and child are in that boa “‘That makes no difference. A That boat "15 too full’ the captain called i That was the last he ever saw of the WO, He testified that two filled lifeboats were still hanging to the ship when she went over. What happened to their oc- cupants he did not know. Sees Lack of Plan. Sinclair, who was calmest of all the witnesses, and who had traveled much at sea, said what impressed him most was the “lack of any intelligent plan of lowering the lifeboats, or getting the | passengers into them.” He also testi- fled that the lifebvat in which he finally escaped was unseaworthy, its paint gone in many places and its equipment either missing or in poor shape. The canister containing the flares was so rusty the lid had to be chopped off, he said. | Quiros testified to one instance of imutiny in the crew, a negro member, he said; jerking a pistol from an offi- cer's hand and throwing it overboard. He had words of praise only for Alfred Duncan, the second steward, to whose clear-headedness in helping load life- boats he credited the saving of many lives. The captain, he said, appeared kgslg;nt throughout and uncertain what o Santa Anna, who said he was one of the last men to leave the ship, told of seeing the captain running along the side of the capsized vessel just before she sank. The captain was wearing no life belt and was drowned. Lifeboat Is Subpoenaed. A Federal subpoena was issued today for lifeboat No. 13 of the foundered steamer Vestris, and Department of Justice agents were assigned to take it to the Federal Bullding from the pler where it was deposited by the rescue ship Berlin. ‘The lifeboat was wanted to check up on sworn statements of passengers as to its unseaworthiness. The manifest of the Vestris was also subpoenaed ‘o permit a study of the nature of the ship's cargo, shifting of which is be- lieved possibly to have had something to do with the ship's tipping over. Did Not Inspect Valve. Frederick L. Dennis, assistant inspec- tor of boflers of United States Steamboat Servi one of the three men who passed tilf steamer Vestris as seaworthy, said y that he had not inspectéd the ash hopped valve in the bottom of the ship, but even if it was cracked, as some of the crew are re- ported to have sald, it could not have caused the sinking. Dennis sald he did inspect the sea valves, through which water is taken into the condensers in the engine room, and found them in good condition. The private inquiry into the disaster, which had been started by Lamport and Holt officlals, has been dropped, g o line’s agents. He explained that the company’s investi- gation was not regarded as necessary in view of the broad Federal inquiry. U. S. ADMIRALS PUZZLED. ) Cause of Disaster Evokes Various Opin- ifons in Washington. By the Associated Press. High naval authorities generally ex- pressed perplexity today over the cause of the sinking of the steamship Vestris. Secretary Wilbur voiced regret that Capt. Willlam J. Carey of the Vestris had not earlier called for assistance and Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval operations, was of the opin- fon that had Carey sent his SOS call 12 hours earlier, every person aboard could have been saved. “Victim of Free Water.” ‘When he learned of the ship's list to starboard and its quick sinking, Ad- miral Hughes told fellow officers that the vessel acted as if it were “A victim of free water,” washing about in its in- terior, In the opinion of Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, retired, one of the world's foremost naval construction experts, the Vestris disaster likely was due to an “error of judgment” by Capt. Carey. He cautioned against condemning the captain, however, until all the facts were available. Criticism of the crew, Taylor said, for -alleged mishandling of the lifeboats should be made only with consideration of the knowledge that the Vestris was listing at a sharp angle when the boats were launched. Difficulty With Boats. “I do not know of any crew aboard any ship that could launch boats in a high sea and with a vessel listing at such a degree as the Vestris was| without encountering great difficulty,” he_said. Rear Admiral W. H. Standley, assist- ' ant chlef of naval operations, said that Capt. Carey probably firmly belleved that he could keep the ship afloat or he would not have hesitated to send the'call. He added, however, that con- ditions aboard the vessel should have prompted Carey to at least notify ships in his vicinity of his ship’s condition. RESCUE SHIP RECALLED. All Cutters and Destroyers Leave Dis- aster Scene. NORFOLK, Va. November 168 (#).— The last of the fleet of rescue ships from all sections that went to the rescue of the survivors of the ill-fated Vestris were withdrawn today. ‘The Coast Guard cutters Manning and Mascoutin were ordered back to Norfolk _and the destroyers Shaw, ‘Wilkes, Davis and Perkins were ordered to their respective stations at New Lon- don and New York. The Davis carried 13 bodies. ‘Wants Good Name Protected. LONDON, November 16 (#).—The Imperial Merchants' Service Guild has cabled their New York lawyers, in-| structing them to protect the good name _| 8. Miller of Baltimor: Mr. Puppe’s voice broke at times as Wil | PROBE BY CONGRESS | pitals here today. UTILITY VALUATION HEARING ADIOURNS Case to Be Resumed Nov, 6. Appraisal Witness Asked About “Fair Value.” ‘The Washington Gas Light Co. today completed introduction u, direet evi-| dence in its valuation case befors the | Public Utllitles Commission, and ths hearing was adjourned until 9:30 am November 2i At that time either H Carl Wolf, engineer, or Byers McK Bachmann, accountant, employed by th commission, will be called to the stanc The day was spent in hearing th company’s third appraisal witness, Altor He eompletec his picture of the valuation, which he set at $34,000,000. He was then cross- examined by Peogle'n Counsel Ralph V Fleharty and oy Engineer Commissioner m B. Ladue. | Asked About Fair Value, Col. Ladue asked the witness if he | would be prepared to pay $34,000,000 | for the property. “I'm afraid that would involve the extent of my confidence in the commis- sion,” was the reply. Col. Ladue aban- doned this line of inquiry and asked what Mr. Miller's definition of “fair value” was. The witness had previously said that the $34,000,000 represented the “fair value” of the plant. “It is the investment necessary, or what a purchaser would consider pay- ing for the property,” was the answer. Question Withdrawn, Miller extended his reply by saying | that the $34,000,000 would bZ lyfllf' price if he could assume that the com- mission would allow a fair return on fair value. | Col. Ladue then inquired if the re- | turns of the company’s business re- mained unaltered, if $34,000,000 would be a fair price to pay for it. Mr. Miller caid he did not know what the returns | were. He was handed a financial re- | port, which he started to examine, but Col. Ladue withdrew the questfon. ‘The company reserved the right to introduce further direct testimony on any detail of the company's value over- looked in presenting the case in chief. People’s Counsel Fleharty made no objection. | | | | VESTRIS DISASTER LOSS IS $5,000,000 Value of Ship and Cargo Placed at That Figure by Ship- ping Men. By ":W Associated Press. NI YORK, November 16.—The cost of the wreck of the Vestris, exclusive of claims for damages by survivors and ;l;nves of tcm;o:t in the disaster, lay was estimal shi] me¢ 35'.2;::,000.c i i cost to insurance companies in the loss of the ship and cargo was placed at $4,000,000, about $1,000,000 of this being estimated on the vessel. Another large item is the amount ex- pended by other ships to rush to her eld. Each line stands its own loss in the knowledge that in similar circum- stances to one of its own ships others would rush to the scene regardless of cost. Estimates made by the various lines follow: The North German Lloyd liner Ber- lin, $10,000; the Grace liner Santa Bar- bara, $5,000; the Porto Rico liner San Juan, $2,000, and the American mer- chant liner American Shipper, $2,500. A fair estimate for five other commer- cial vessels involved in rescue work might be $20.000. This expense is mostly extra fuel burned, food consumed by rescued 'pas- sengers, equipment lost and damaged and the cost of radio messages. OF VESTRIS SOUGHT Senator Fletcher Favors Inquiry in Interest of Promotion of Safety at Sea. By the Associsted Press. A congressional investigation of the sinking of the Vestris is favored by Sen- ator Fletcher, Democrat, of Florida, the ranking member of his party on. the commerce committee. v Senator Fletcher sald yesterday that he would await developments of other inquiries into the disaster pending the openina, of Congress, but he was pre- pared ask for a congressional study. He was a member of the specfal con- fonal committee which e to the sinking of the Titanie. “In the interest of promoting safety at sea,” the Senator sald, “I think Con- gress would do well to investigate this disaster. I am not pre) to state definitely whether I shall ask for such an inquiry until Congress meets."” 14 SURVIVORS TREATED FOR HURTS AND COLDS Many in New York Hospitals Suf-| fering From Shock and Exhaustion. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16 (#).— Fourteen survivors of the wreck of the Vestris, including eleven members of the crew, were under treatment in hos- Several were suffering from fractured bones, nmwugn most mercly were ex- hausted and in need of resi. Passengers were E. M. Walcott of Halifax, suffering from fractured ribs; Miss Henrietta Cubbin of New York, il from shock and submersion, and Otto Ulrich, suffering from a broken leg. Several others were under physiclans’ care at their homes for shock and severe colds. The most seriously injured of the crew was George Hogg, a steward of London, who suffered fractures of both arms. The others, including Mrs. Clara Ball, stewardness, of Pleasantville, N. Y., who was afloat in the water for 22 hours, were being being treated for sub- mersion and shock. Their condition was sald not to be serious. Vestris’ Sister Ship, Voltaire, Arrives In Crippled State By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—The Lamport & Holt liner Voltaire, 00 of their member, the late c-g‘t‘. ‘Willlam J. Carey of the Vestris, at the official inquiry in New York. Duke Makes Canoe Trip. NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, British East _Africa, November 18 () the Prince of Wales is on a_shoof trip, en route to Broken Hill, Rhodesia, his younger brother, the Duke of Glou- cester, and a pafty are making a trip on the Chambezi River by canoe. Yes- terday the duke and his party were 400 auiles from Kasama and all were well, which Capt. W. J. Carey was to have commanded after the voyage on the Vestris, which proved his last, ar- rived today from Buenos Aires a day late because 'of head winds and a broken propeller, Capt. W. E. Norman sald he was more than 400 miles from the Vest: when Capt. Carey sent out his dis- tress signal Monday morning. If d | Christmas Club, thnlp ‘ Prize Bal | MRS. T. W, NOYES CLAIMED BY DEATH Wife of the Editor of The Star Il for a Year—Funeral Tomorrow. Mary Prentice Noyes, wife of Theo- dore W. Noyes, editor of The Evening | Star, and a resident of Washington for more than 40 years, died early today at the family home, 1730 New Hamp- shire awenue, after an illness of more { than a year. | Born in Stafford, N. Y., and spend- ing her girlhood on her grandparents’ farm near that town, Mrs. Noyes, after MASTER WILLIAM LADD PROHASKA, 2505 Park place southeast, who captured first place yesterday afternoon in the best-baby contest at the food show. ANONYMOUS BOOK LAIDS . OLCE Hesse Receives Unsigned En- comia as Gibson Announces Probe Reopening. Shortly after an announcement by Representative Gibson of Vermont that his committee soon would renew its in- vestigation of the Police Department, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent, to- day received from an anonymous source a 58-page booklet designed as a testi- }mmhl to him and members of his orce. “Words of Praise,” is the title of the booklet.» Its preface is captioned “Maj. Hesse and the Police Department Merit Public Approval.” According to an announcement in-the booklet it was inspired and printed- by a “committee of friends.” It confains pencil sketches of Maj. Hesse andchis administrative assistants and a nufber of letters from individuals and or an- izations of every character paying “ib: ute to Maj. Hesse and his adminiiira- tion of the Police Department. - “Twice in this year of 1928 the B:trp- politan Police Department of theD, trict of Columbia passed through #r: of criticism which threatened to down its morale and destroy ficlency,” the preface read: “While the attacks were & primarily at certaln members i uniformed personnel, Maj. Ed#§ Hesse, superintendent, and corps of assistants did not insidious and vilifying tactics to disgrace the department. ‘The letters printed in were sent to the Police and support were needed.” mittce which bled and letters are in no way connected with the Police Department, the booklet an- nounced. CHRISTMAS CLUBS TO GET $7,000,000 IN CHECKS DEC. 1 (Continued From First Page.) to that of permanent savings is th- total distribution for the whole coun- try. It is now estimated at national Christmas club headquarters, 45 West Forty-fifth street, New York, that 8,000 banks and other financial institutions will pass out approximately $550,000,000 on the first of next month. In the distribution more than 8,000,- 000 members will participaie. The sum is about 10 per cent larger than last year’s distribution of about $500,000,000 d over five times the amount in 1920. The average distribution per member amounts to_$59.10, a siight increase over 1927. In addition to being a rec- ord distribution for the Christmas Club, more banks participated in the move- ment than ever before. On the basis of a direct by mail in- quiry to individual Christmas Club members, it is estimated by Herbert Rawll, founder and resident of the $213,000,000 of Christmas Club savings will flow into the country's stores to pay for Christ- mas purchases, $165,000,000 will be de- posited in permanent thrift or savin accounts or used for permanent inves! ment, $72,000,000 will be used for year- end commitments and conclud! in- stallment payments, $30,000,000 will pay insurance premiums, $29,000,000 for in- terest and reduction of mortguu. $25,000,000 for taxes, $11,000,000 for education and travel and $5,000,000 for charity. Analysis of these figures shows more than 60 per cent of this vast sum is used for constructive purposes. 10,000,000 New Savers. Checks to members will, on the aver- age.run from $12.50 to $1,000, although in some cases individuals and corpora- tions who have planned for the pay- ment of insurante premiums and divi- den;‘ls will be paid as high as $25,000 each. Massachusetts leads thé States in per capita savings in_this movement, with New York and Pennsylvania not far léelhgd.m ;l;‘he twou_;u'gen Christmas lul e country are operated by the Bank of the Mnnhn!mp.c!o‘. in i many branches in Brooklyn, and Manhattan, and the Bank of Italy in California and its afliated institu- tion, the Bank of America, National As- sociation, in New York. These banks will distribute about $10,000,000 to about 200,000 members. In Manhattan one of the largest dis- tributions will be made by the State Bank & Trust Co.; 27,000 members of their Christmas Club will 1eceive about $1,300,000. The Mount Vernon Trust Co.. in Westchester County, N. Y., the first bank 1}; New York Siate to install the plan, will pay out about $375,000 to its 7,600 members. suxnntfl-buut the first of December and continuing to the middle of Jan- uary, enroilment for the Christmas Club for the next year will be undertaken. These accounts are opened at the bank, trust company or financial institution and the members select the class of payments best suited to their individual requirements and the total accumula- tion they desire for the following Christ= mas season. Payments continue in the classes selected for the ensuing 50 weeks. There are mo fines, ne dues and all the money is returned by the bank in one I sum just before Christmas. Mr. Rawll estimates, from inves' -1 tions undertaken from time to . that more than 10,000,000 perr savers have been developed fro ranks of Christmas Club memb the 18 years the plan has been 1. eration. HE graduating from Ingham University at | Le Roy, N. Y., moved to the then Ter- ritory of Dakota in 1884. It was here | that she met Mr. Noyes, who was prac- ticing law in Sfoux Falls. Soon after their marriage in 1886 she accompanied her husband to Washington, whither he had been called by his father, Crosby S. Noyes, to become associated | with him in the editorship of The Star. Active in Civic Work. During the entire period of her resi- dence here, Mrs. Noyes took an active part in the social and civic life of the city and was keenly interested in the development of the National Capital. Known for her unostentatious philan- thropies, she participated in charitable movements of all descriptions. She was a member of the board of gover- nors of the ‘House of Mercy, and, until failing health lessened her activities, took a prominent part in Near East Relief work. As a member of long standing in the Women’s City Club, she interested herself particularly in all its activitles looking toward the fruition of plans for national representation for the residents of the District of Co- lumbia. Mrs. Noyes was first taken ill ‘after a Summer and early Fall trip to Alaska, in 1927, and underwent an operation | in Philadelphia last December. Fol- lowing the operation and a period of convalescence she- rallied strongly and for a time during the Winter appeared to have regalmed her health. Spent Summer at Resort. With her sistéy, Miss Dalsy M. Prentice, and Mr. Noyes, she spent the Summer at Atlantic City, but was con- fined to her room for almost the dura- tlon of her visit to that resort. Early in September shé was brought back to ‘Washington, but with her recuperative powers weakened by the long struggle, she steadily lost ground, and succumbed &t 12:45 o'clock this morning. At her bedside when she died were her husband, her sister, two daughters, Mrs. Ralph W. McDowell and Mrs. Smith Hempstone, and son, Theodore P. Noyes. Funeral services will be held at St. Thomas' Protestant Church, Eighteenth and Church streets, at 3 o'cl tomorrow afternoon, with Rev. Dr. C. Ernest Smith, the rector of the church, officiating. - Interment will be made in the Noyes vault at Rock Creek Cemetery. HENRY E. BERGMAN DIES AT AGE OF 91 Was Known as Oldest Member of 0dd Fellows Order in District. Funeral Monday. Henry Ernest Bergman, 91, reputedly the oldest Odd Fellow in the District of Columbia, both from the standpoint of age and membership, died at his resi- dence, 1434 Longfellow street, last night. He had been in falling health for about a year. Mr. Bergman had belon; to the Odd Fellows for 66 years. ‘el‘ie was a past noble grand of Priendship Lodge, L 0. O. F, and a_member of the S art Encampment, I. O. O. F. He also was a member of Stansbury Lodge of m and of the First Reformed C 4 A native of Germany, Mr. Bergman ‘had been a resident of this tity since the was 7 years old. He followed the 1 carpenter con! business until re- tiring about 25 years ago. He had sub- %fl::“w The Evening Star for the last Funeral services will be conducted at thdemr:lm;nce Monéhy “:mmoun at 2 [X 3 iterment will be in i3 Creek Cemetery. s W. OCKERSH;\USEN DEAD. Retired Cigar Manufacturer's Fu- neral Set for Tomorrow. William Ockershausen, 74 years old, | retired cigar manufacturer, died at his residence, 950 L street, yesterday. He had been in failing health several F. | years. Mr. Ockershausen was a member of the Arminius Lodge of -Masons. He was born in Germany, but had resided ip_this city since he was 15 years old. He is survived by 3 sons, Charles, Edward and William Ockershausen, Jr.; 8 daughters, Mrs. Lottie Walthers, . Nettie Foster, Mrs. Charles Vogelsber- g;.cm-sh Annie Maxwell, Mrs. Mary Mrs. Louise Christ, Mrs. Grace Rlley and Miss Florence Ock- ershausen, and 17 grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. PFirst Race, 1 P.M. (Horses Listed According to Post Positions.) PIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300; P2 year-ods: 1 furiongs 00 claiming:2 Pepper Pot *Caravan Marinette *Royal Lot ck] Miss Onine +Jake Jacoby s Parachute ... -~ SECOND RAC) Burnie: 3-year-olds: etcher s Gre: Campanini . Sun Priar . RAC] -year-o Purse, $1.400; 1 urse, $1400; the Glen 106 William T. 104 fi: §“th 1 104 Golden Auburn.. 104 ule Brittania .. 101 T} —Purse. $1,400; the Prome- :-u ds: 6 furlonge 2 un Shado Soul of Hono Shatre Bagpiper .. Neddie ... POURTH RACE—The W. P. Burch Memo- rial” Handica, 1. 3-year-olds and up: 6 furlon; Mivida .. Knapsack. 117 Ramone: FIFTH RACE—Purse. 52, HAnGIEAD; s exr-olds ‘indun: 3 Jook Recreation 10 Black Pantnér'.. 113 Crossco ', Gaffsman 114 Chance Piay . SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1.300; claiming: 3- year-olds and up: 1. miles. the Voltaire had been able to main- tain her schedule he might have been passing within sight of the Vestris at about that time. M. Herlott, former premier of France, has been in Berlin, where he is gather- ing information in connection with_ his on Beethoven. Casting *Apprentice allo Weather clea, claimed. fast.