Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1928, Page 2

" POLICE DISCPLINE GAIN IS REPORTED Trial Board Cases Reduced | 44 Per Cent Since Reor- ganization, Hesse Told. The discipline and efficiency of the Metropolitan Police Department has im- proved markedly since the reorganiza- tion of the police trial board, accord- ing to a report submitted yesterday to Superintendent Edwin B. Hesse by In-, spector William S. Shelby. personnel officer. The new board began functioning September 15, and in the two-month period that followed, Shelby reported, 69 policemen were ordered before it for disciplinary action. This repre- sents a reduction of 44 per cent in com- parison with the number of officers who faced the f Wier board in the last two months of its existence. Cases Are Compared. $Bhelby’s report was based on a study end analysis of the cases disposed of by the new trial board in the first two months of its life, in comparison with the cases handled by the-old board in the period between July 15 and Sep- tember 15. ) Of the 69 policemen ordered before the board, five chose to be tried by Mai. | Hesse, but the 44 per cent reduction, Shelby explained, includes these 5 cases. A policeman has the option o(‘» being tried either by the trial board or the major and superintendent of police, but few officers ever chose ‘he jatter until the reorganization of the board. Ten Are Removed. ‘The new board recommended the dis- missal of 12 policemen in the first two months, the report showed, and 10 of them have been removed. The Com- missioners reduced the penalty in the 2 other cases to fines. Reorganization of the board came as | a sequel to the demand of Maj. Hesse | for better discipline and efficiency when 2 tabulation of trial board cases showed that an increasing number of | officers were going before the disciplin- ary body, principally for minor dere- lictions of duty.. A strong board to- gether with more drastic penalties for chronic ‘offenders was recommended to the Commissioners as a remedy. The reduction in cases Inspector Shelby attributes to the effectiveness of the new board, coupled with an im- proved esprit de corps. e NEEDLEWORK GUILD OF D. C. WILL MEET Branch to Distribute 4,500 Gar- ments Among Charitable Institutions. The District of Columbia branch, Meedlework Guild of America, will hold its annual meeting at the Church of the Coyénant Wednesday, December 5, at 3:30 b'clock. Thousands of new germents, collected by members, will be on exhihition;#nd will be distributed the following among the hospitals, homes_ and ‘oth#f*charitable institutions of the ¢ Last over' 4,500 garments were distributed by the local branch, which % a part of the national philanthropic body, with headquarters in Philadel- phia. The Needlework Guild is affili- ated with the American Red Cross and indorsed by the National Information Bureau, Inc. Its only requisite for membership is the giving of two new garments or articles of household linen a.year; it is non-sectarian in membership and in selection of its beneficiaries, and the organization has spread in the 43 years of its existence to every State, with over 800 active branches, collecting.last year about 1,500,000 new garments and dis- Sributing them to the needy. Mrs. Thomas J. Preston of Prince- ton, N. J., remembered as Mrs. Grover Cleveland, is the national president of the guild; Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, widow of another President of the United States, and until lately hon- orary president of the guild, is still in- terested in its work through her mem- bership in the Oyster Bay branch. In the District of Columbia branch there are now over 1,000 members. The officers are Mrs. Acheson F. Hassan, president; Mrs. Isidor Grosner, Miss Marion Crenshaw, Mrs. Boyd Taylor and Mrs. G. Thomas Dunlop, vice presi- dents; Mrs. Frank Key Green, secre- tary, and Mrs. Algernon S. Gardiner, treasurer. POLICE SEIZE RUM CAR AS DRIVER SEEKS HELP| Liquor Bunner’s Tire Repaired by ey OfMcers in His Absence, - 20 Cases Found. While a rum runner searched for help, after having a flat tire and leav- ing_his ‘car parked at the side of the hig| at Broad branch and Grant roafls, two policemen from the four- teenth precinct discovered the liquor- Jaden car last midnight, repaired the tire and drove the car to the station house. Secreted in the back of the ma- chine were 20 cases of alleged corn w) mumen were Joseph DePalmer an nas A. Brown. They reported | that they were at the dark intersection of theytwo roads looking for “spooners” | wher $iey-saw the car and approached | i, thipking to find a couple there. FALLS | i the N POLICEV'VIY'RAP. Car Used as Decoy to| i Effect Arrest. R. Wimart, 28 years old, of | 700 block of Thirteenth street | t f, fell a victim last night of a| braj for him by headquarters De- tective, Willlam Messer, when he re- ported td the first precinct that his au- tomobile’ was stolen. He was imme-| diately arrested as a fugitive from jus- tice. Messer had taken ihe car and sent word to all precincts to arrest the man if he reported it stolen. Wimart is wanted at Westminster, Md., to answer charges of destroying private property and nonsupport of his wife and children. TWO HURT IN AUTO CRASH. Government Workers Suffering From Shock and Injuries to Head. James Radigan, 54 years old, 2013 New Hampshire avenue, and Joseph W. John- son, 39 years old, 1929 Eleventh street, are at Providence Hospital as a resul’ of an automobile accident near Marl- boro yesterday. Radigan is suffering from a possible fracture of the skull, while Johnson has lacerations of the foce and head. Both are suffering from shock. Both men are plate printers at tie Bureau of Engraving and Printing. » THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.. C, NOVEMBER PEACE SOCIETY HEADS CALL ON TliE PRESIDENT Headed by William Fortune, newly elected president of the American Peace Society, a delegation from the society called at the White House yesterday to thank President Coolidge for his efforts on behalf of peace. ~—Associated Press Photo. COOLIDGE LAUDED FOR PEACE EFFORT William Fortune Pays Tribute to President in Stand. for Universal Amity. | By the Associated Press. In a speech in the executive offices of the White House yesterday, William Fortune, newly elected president of the American Peace Society, expressed to President Coolidge the society’s appreci- ation of his “able, consistent and per- suesive efforts in behalf of a mutual limitation of the instruments of war without jeopardizing any essentials of our national strength.” Mr. Fortune called at the White House with a committee of the board of di- rectors of the Peace Society. As presi- dent of the society he succeeded Sena- tor-elect Theodore E. Burton of Ohio. His appointment was just announced yesterday. Informing Mr. Coolidge that the del- egation came not to urge upon him any “new or startling program” for the es- tablishment of world peace. Fortune al- luded to the foreign policy of the Cool- idge administration and said: “This society expresses to you our ap- preciation of your fine spirit of neigh- borliness, especially in our relations with other nations of this hemisphere; for your labors in behalf of the uni- versal renunciation of war as an in- strument of national policy; for your insistence upon justice between nations as the abiding bulwark against the dev- astations of war; for your emphasis upon the ways of law and order as the ‘hopeful course of nations in the set- tlement of their international disputes; for your conspicuous and unswerving allegiance, throughout your distinguished career as President, to the best in our America, always with a high regard to the interests of a better and fairer sis- terhood: of nations,” 0XFORD DEBATE HERE FOR HOLIDAY Members Will Spend Thanksgiving in D. C. as Guests of Uni- versity Club. Members of the Oxford University de- bating team, who have been meet- ing American college debaters on a tour of the country, will spend Thanks- glving day in Washington as guests of the University Club. C. S. Malcolm Brereton of Baliol Col- lege, Dingle M. Foot, also of Baliol, and Alan T. Lennox-Boyd of Christ Church College, who compose the team, will rc- main here over the week end, leaving December 3 for Marietta College, Mar- Jetta, Ohio. ‘The team is one of three now in this country under auspices of the National Student Federation of New York. Two’ are from England and one from the. University of. Sidney, Australia. ‘The British _universities’ women's team from the University of London, is now touring the South and Central West, while the Australian team will visit the Pacific Coast. Lady Astor entertained the Oxford men last month at Mirador, Greenwood, Va., and they have received social at- tention on their visits elsewhere. The tour will end December 15 at Rutgers University. The English-speaking Un- fon, which has been financing this an- nual visit of British debating teams, will entertain the Oxford team during its visit in Washington and many social features are being arranged in its honor. NEW PRESIDENT INDUCTED BY SOROPTOMIST CLUB Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher Takes Over Her Duties at Banquet. The Soroptomist Club of Washington installed its . newly elected president, Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, at a ban- quet last night in the Willard Hotel. Mrs. Locher is director of public service and education of the Stanley Co. of .America, and is a past president of the District of Columbia branch of the League of American Pen Women. The other new officers of the club are Miss Daisy Reed, first vice president; Miss Margaret Withers, second vice president; Mrs. Apna C. Winslow, treasurer; Miss Ella C. Werner, record- ing secretary, and Miss Emma A. Beuchele, corresponding secretary. After the . installation address by the retiring president, Mrs. Caroline Stephens and the response by Mrs Locher, a program was given. Répre- sentative John W. Summers of Wash- ington was the speaker of the evening, Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar, president of the Americen Federation of Soroptomist Clubs, made the presentation of prizes for 100 per cent attendance. Mrs. Stephens was presented with a pin as a token of regard from the club. The toastmaster was Miss Marjorie ‘Webster. Guests of honor were George Whitwell, president of the Rotary Club of Washington; Mrs. Whitwell, Mr, and Mrs. Merritt O. Chance, Dr. and Mrs. J. D, Dimon and Mr. Summers. A.A.A.Manager Asks Centralized Traffic Control in District Case of Many Autoists Being Given Ticke Cited in Letter. Ernest N. Smith, general manager of the American Automobile Association, suggested that the District Commission- ers consider controlling traffic movement in the District of Columbia froni a cen- tral source rather than from 14 cifferent precincts scattered widely throughout the city. In a three-page letter to Commis- sioner Proctor L. Dougherty vests:day Mr. Smith detailed at great .ength the incident of November 17, when numer- ous motorists were given tickets for passing a detour sign at Second wnd H streets northeast. An officer was placed at First street and gave tickets to the motorists after they had passed *he de- tour sign. Mr. Smith wrote that he had requested No. 6 presinct to place the man at Second street, but was told that this was impossible because Second street” was out of ‘the territory control- led by the sixth precinct. “Apparently the sole . reason,” Mr. Smith wrote, “for so many motorists re- ceiving tickets was because the jurisdic- tion of - No. 6 precinct ended at First street. It is our bellef that if a man had been placed at Second street in the first place this whole situation would have been averted.” CAPPERTOTAKE LP TRANSIT MERGER Senate Committee Soon Will Be Ready to Tackle D. C. Problems. - With Chairman Capper of the Sen-: ate District committee due back in, Washington today and other members| of the committee -expected to arrive from their homes during the week, the committee soon will be ready to tackle the local problems that are most likely to he considered »t the coming session’ The street railway merger, probably the most imporwant issue confronting the committee, will be brought to the attention of Senator Capper shortly after he arrives, through the report of the Bureau of Efficiency, which is read; for submission to him. Within a weel it is expected that Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the committee’s expert from New York, will be ready to file his final report, representing several months of study of the local traction situation and the plan of merger that is pending. Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, a member of the subcommit- tee handling the local traction merger, was at the Capitol yesterday, but said he has not had an opportunity yet to study the preliminary data submitted several months ago b% Dr. Maltbie. Senator Glass said he expected to get consideration of the farmers’ market bill by the Senate early in the session. The Virginia Senator is sponsor for this measure, which contemplates placing the market near the water front in the Southwest and which has passed the House. There has been strong opposi- tion to the bill in the Senate by Sen- ators who contend the market should go north of .Pennsylvania avenue. The bill retains the position it had in the last session, on the calendar of the Senate awaiting a vote. AN L 'BIG TEN ALUMN | MEET AT ‘ROUND-UP’ i SHETANRS, | Western Conference Foot Ball Sea- | son's Close Is Gelebrated at Affair Here. Celebrating the end of the Westetn Conference foot -ball season, a large crowd of alumni of the Big Ten insti- tutions gathered at the Washington Hotel last night for the eighth annual round-up, dancing, contests and cards. Representatives of Illinois University which this year won the foot ball champlonship of the Big Ten led the grand march. Ohlo State University was awarded first prize for having the largest attendance at the round-up, while Indiana University was awarded second prize, as having shown the greatest percentage of increase over attendance at the previous party. Col. Don Sawyer, chairman of the committee in charge, was master of ceremonies, and the secretary of the committee was Miss Mary Wells. The official representatives from each school on the committee were as fol- lows: Chicago, David L. Wickens; Illi- | nois, George F. Ward; Indiana, Miss Marie Mount; Iowa, Karl S. Hoffman; Michigan, Norman C. Damon; Minne- sota, Mrs. 8. M. Stellwagen; Ohio State, Dr. J. W. Duvel; Purdue, J. F. Gebhart; Northwestern, Miss E. B. Smith; Wis- consin, Miss Emily Clark. Is .Forced to F By the Associated Press. ALAMOGORDO, N. Mex., November 24—A rancher in the San Andreas Mountains was captured by the band of horse thieves that has been making depredations in this section recently and was forced to shelter them for the night and kill his own goats to feed the raiders. The rancher, who was re- leased unharmed, gave out this news to- day. It was the first word concerning the thieves reaching here for days. The rancger reported that the men, who had a string of 69 horses, first Rancher, Captured by Horse Thieves. eed and Shelter Band | threatened to take him with them, but | later let him go. | Believing that the men may have | turned east from San Antonio, N, Mex, in an effort to escape through Texas, | deputies at the Otero County sheriff’s | office have asked Sheriff Sam Kelsey of Lincoln County to watch the passes through the White Mountain section. The horses. stolen were taken from the best saddle stock in this section. The series of thefts from ranches started shortly after three men broke | jail at Hilisboro. Local officers ‘believe two of the men to be jall breakeps, BIG PROPERTY LOSS - INBRITISH STORM |Some Deaths Are Reported. French Coast and Den- mark Also Lashed. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 24—The gale which buffeted the British Isles and Northwestern Europe yesterday and today, causing some loss of life and great property destruction ashore and on the waters from the Western Coast of Ireland to beyond the Danish Penin- sula, was still blowing with menacing violence tonight. In most of England, however, it had dropped to moderate force. The Alr Ministry, in a survey of prospects, warned that more stormy weather was on the way and predicted that cold would be an unwelcome ac- companiment to the angry winds. Near Hurricane Force. Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales all expecrienced the destructive might of the gale, which often ap- proached hurricane strength. The coast of France from Dunkirk to Bor- deaux and the western Fam of Den- mark also felt the fury of the winds as they raged up the channel and across the North Sea. Huge seas on the Atlantic were de- laying liners to and from Northern European ports, while every cove and sheltered nook along the coasts was a haven for fishing craft and smaller vessels. At Plymouth there was a hun- dred miles an hour gale which held back the Hamburg-American liner Alicia, bound for West Indian and Cen- tral American ports. Bantry said that the harbor there was feeling the effects of the third day of the storm, and that all Irish shipping ., was indefinitely delayed. i Heavy Rains in Scotland. Unusually heavy.-rains accompanied the destructite winds in Scotland. The rallway bridge on the main line be- tween Edinburgh and Perth collapsed tpday @s & result of the abnormal rain- fall. but traffic was rerouted. The Isle of .Man suffered under its worst tempest in many years. Numer- ous ‘roofs were ripped off and steamer service was delayed by mountainous seas. Telegraphic communications in North- ern Ireland and England were de- moralized. The British Channel was still very rough tonight, but the steamer services were operating to and from France. Captains of the cross-channel boats re- ported that they were having much difficulty. Denmark tonight reported that about 30 fishing boats had not been accounted for. -The west coast of that country got the full force of the gale and the leavy seas demolished dykes and flooded considerable areas of lowlands. The gale seemed to be somewhat abat- ing in Denmark tonight: ENTIRE FRENCH COAST SWAMPED. Property Damage Large, But No Lives Are Reported Lost. PARIS, November, 24 (#).—The en- tire coast of France from Dunkirk to Bordeaux was swamped by a south- westerly gale which blew all day and at times was almost a hurricane. There was much property damage, but up to early this evening no loss of life had | been reported. Cherbourg reported that the liners Muenchep and Tuscania were 15 hours Tate and”that the Acquitania, due at 2 P, did not arrive until after dark. The Muenchen and Tuscanip rode mountainous waves outside the harbor for 20 hours before venturing into port. The Rochambeau, bound to Hayre from New York, sent a wireless mes- sage explaining that she had been forced to heave to in the face of the waves for several hours, She was due at Havre at 7 p.m., but because of the delay was not expected to dock there until 7 o'clock Sunday morning. Cherbourg added that the wind shifted from southwest to northwest this evening and that the temperature was falling fast. L'Orient wireless station reported that the steamer Goldenic had been flashing 8 O S signals from 30 miles south of Ushant Light. In the region of Hazebrouk all telegraph and tele- phone wires were down in one stretch of eight miles, Street Lighting Outline. / Maj. D. Az Davidson, Assistant Engi- neer Commissioner, will outline the Dis- trict’s new street. lighting program at the luncheon meeting of the City Club, Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Total Moon Eéiipse Due at 3:30 O’Clock Tuesday Morning There will be a total eclipse of the moon early Tuesday morning, officials at the Naval Observatory anncunced yesterday. The moon will go into a partial shadow at 1:25 am., and at 2:24 am. it will be partly in the total shadow. At 3:33 is will be’ entirely in the shadow and will not begin to emerge from the total shadow until 4:39 o'clock. It will be entirely out by 5:39, and will leave the partial shadow at 6:38 a.m. During the eclipse the moon will as- sume a reddish-copper color, unless there are s0 many storms in the earth’s atmosphere as to preclude all light. The eclipse is of particular interest to sclentists because the absence of strong light enables them to calculate accurately the moon's position by not- ing the time it passes certain stars. They will also study the effect on the Hght of the sun when it is passing through the earth's atmosphere, 1., WILL ABANDON 534,000,000 CLAM Treasury Officials Do Not Plan to Further Press Suit ¢ for Taxes. By the Associated Press. | Treasury officials are preparing the | final papers upon the issuance of | which the Government will formally abandon any further attempt to col- {lect 'about $34,000.000 from former mi- nority stockholders of the Ford Motor Co., among Whom is -Senator Couzens, ! Republican, Michigan. No official an- !nouncement was available yesterday, | but parties to the long and hard fought contest over the collection attempt were | |agreed that the definite announcement | would be made shortly. Accepted $20,000,000 Tax. When Henry Ford several years ago bought out the entire minority holdings in his motor company enterprise the Government accepted & payment of ap- proximately $20,000,000 from the mi- nority as income tax on the transaction. Senator Couzens and John and Horace Dodge, automobile manufacturers of Detroit; John W. Anderson and Philip, } Paul and David Gray and Mrs. Rosetta House, Senator Couzens’ sister, were among those involved. i The Treasury reopened the whole proceeding; and though Senator Couzens | charged he was being attacked in the | matter for political reasons, demanded payment of $34,000,000 additional. The Government brought its case before the board of tax appeals, which body ruled last Spring that the minority had paid taxes in full and in addition indicated that they had overpaid their taxes on the transaction by approximately $2,- 000,000. The case was also taken into the Federal cousts by Alice Kales, an- other member of the minority group, who won a directed verdict against the Government. Appeal Action Not Taken. ‘There is still time for the Govern- ment to appeal the tax board’s decision to the Federal courts, but Clarence M. Charest, general counsel for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, sald no appeal had so far been taken. At the same time revenue collectors involved exchanged correspondence With minority members indicating that the matter was to be dropped completely. At the law firm of Butler, Lamb, Foster & Pope, representing the Ander- son minority interests, it was said that no notices of the Government’s intent had yet been received. Under the provisions of the act gov- erning tax board decisions, the Goyern- ment is entitled to six months for fur- ther proceedings in the courts if officials are dissatisfled with the board ruling. While this time has not elapsed, there was every expectation that no further step would be taken to press the claim. hesgeloct Sas KING'S CONDITION STILL UNCHANGED Bulletin Reports Monarch Helding His Own—Palace Quiet at Midnight. | | ! By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 25 (Sunday).— ‘The condition of King George was un- changed at midnight. All was quiet at Buckingham Palace. The King's personal physicians had issued an earlier bulletin at 7:45 o'clock last night as follows: “The King has passed a quiet' day. ‘The condition of the lung is un- changed.” . King George maintained his strength yesterday, and there was a very definite relaxation of the anxiety which his ill- ness stirred throughout Great Britain. After a restful night his majesty showed improvement yesterday morning and maintained this improvement throughout the day, so much so that Queen Mary was able to attend a con- cert by the Royal Choral Soclety in Al- bert Hall yesterday afternoon. “The King Is Very Much Beiter.” Queen said to Dame widely known woman whom she chatted. While the Queen looked rather tired when she left Buckingham Palace to go to the concert she did not show any evidence of worry. . For the first time it was learned yes- terday that pleurisy had set in, but this did not cause any additional con- cern since it was understood that pleurisy in the King's type of lung con- gestion was nothing out of the ordinary. In cheerful harmony with the opti mistic news from the royal patient's bedside were several happy circumstan- ces or events hailed by a watchful public. One general blessing was a vast improvement in the weather which for three days had bred depression of spirits with dismal skies and persistent heavy rain. Yesterday, though squally, was blessed with a high sky. lndu;requent bursts of sunshine. ~ While Friday's dripping crowd before the palace was depressed because the palace guard was mounted without its customary band music, yes- terday’s guards’ band played snappily at the daily spectacle. This revived popular spirits remarkably. Then the Queen’s attendance at the musical concert was taken as an ex- cellent omen by thousands who eagerly watched for every good sign. Throngs Stir King's Pudding. Another happy occasion was prepa- tion of the King's Christmas pudding at the cookery exposition at Olympla. This was seized as an opportunity for expression of good will and sympathetic affection for the alling sovereign. The public was admitted to help mix this vast_confection, and for seven hours a steady stream passed by the great bowl. Never were the big stirring spoons wielded _with more vigorous ardor. Nurses, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, police- men, soldiers and newsboys gladly par- ticipated in this ceremony. Two baby girls, one 18 months and the other 6 months, were helped by their mothers to move the giant wooden spoon to the rich, doughy mixture. Every one who stirred was told to make a wish. “God bless King George,” spid one woman while another seizing the spoon added: “May he be well enough to eat the pudding.” PLAN LANSBURGH TRIBUTE Friends of Late Almas Temple Po- tentate to Gather at Grave Today. A large group of friends of the late Henry Lansburgh, former vice president of the firm of Lansburgh & Bro., and three times potentate of Almas Temple, will gather at his grave in Rock Creek Cemetery at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon to pay tribute to his memory, on the occasion of the second anniversary of his death, with special memorial serv- jces, A wreath, sent by former Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick of Philadelphia, one of Mr. Lansburgh's closets friends, Ethel Smith, composer with | “The King is very much bette:,” the | i | the manner in which John J. Grady Police of the third precinct yestes rday seized this bar which they claim they found set up in a remodeled stable in the rear of the fashionable 2100 block of Massachusetts avenue. In the photo, left to right, Spottswood F. Gravely, Capt. W. D. Scott and R. F. McCarty, all of No. 3 precinct. POLICE CAPTURE OLD-TIME BAR Two Men Caught After Roof Chase in Different Raid. Louis Traintafillos, 46 years old, who conducts a tailor shop at 725 Second street, was arrested last night by Sergt. Oscar J. Letterman's vice squad on charges of manufacturing and posses- sion of liquor following a chase over neighboring roofs, when the raiders dis- covered, they said, a 50-gallon still ia the rear of his shop. ‘When Traintafillos met the raiders coming in his door he is said to have turned around and run toward the back of the establishment and climbed out of a window and up onto the roof. He was pursued and captured. Twenty-two quarts of alleged liquor and 250 gallons of mash were seized. What is said to have been an old- fashioned bar, installed in a stable in rear of the fashionable 2100 block of Massachusetts avenue, was raided yes- terday afternoon by a detail of police from the third precinct led by Capt. Willlam G. Stott. Two men were ar- rested and 8 quarts of alleged beer were seized. On the outside, police say, the old building, which in its younger days was a stable, had been remodeled to resem- ble a garage. Inside it was fitted up in exact counterpart of a barroom of pre- prohibition days, counter, brass rail, ‘bartender and all. Twelve patrons were in . the place when the raid ‘was made. The alleged proprietors were booked as Joseph Donovan, 42 years old, charged with illegal possession of liquor, and Meyer Johnson, 32 years old, charged with illegal sale and possession. The others were charged with disor- derly conduct, and allowed to depart after depositing $5 collateral each. GRADY DEATH STILL BAFFLES OFFICIALS Detectives Get Same Story of Fall Through Light Shaft in Apartment. in their Baffled investigation into came to his death early Wednesday morning, when he is reported to have fallen through a glassed-over light shaft in the apartment of Mrs. Vera Berry, 1614 Fourteenth street, the headquarters detectives last night were forced to admit that they had made no progress in substantiating their theory that a party and an altercation | preceded the fatal fall. Mrs. Berry, Arthur Green, 30 years old, of 93¢ New York avenue, and Wil- | liam A. Kappel, 30 years old, of the same address, all of whom admit being in the apartment Wednesday morning, told detectives yesterday at another grilling the same story they told the day when Grady died. John J. Maddock, 28 years old, who, with Kappel was arrested Friday, again denied that he knew anything of the case. All four are being held for inves- tigation. Meanwhile police of all precincts are searching for two more men wanted at headquarters for questioning. Both are thought to have been in the apartment and members of the homicide squad suspect they may be able to supply some motive for an assault on Grady. The inquest into the death is scheduled to take place tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock at the District morgue. All the eye-witnesses questioned so far say that Grady and the others were drinking and Grady stumbled over the sill of a window opening onto the shaft and fell through. CALLES TO BE RAIL HEAD. MEXICO CITY, November 24 (#).— The newspaper Excelsior says that President . Calles will be elected to the | board of directors of the Mexican Na- tiokal Raflways at the next meeting of the board. He then will be named ex- ecutive president of the lines. The newspaper says that American Stockholders already have approved the designation of President Calles. Held—Another | —Star Staff Photo. NOBLE KANE. Fourteen-year-old Boy Scout, who died yesterday from a gunshot wound, re- ceived on a duck hunt, when his own gun accidentally discharged. lic From Inquiry Starting Monday. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. November 24.—The grand jury investigation into the slay- gambler, today gave promise of being conducted somewhat in the manner of a Broadway melodrama. | District Attorney Banton, in making { known that 50 to 60 witnesses will be called in the presentation of the case to the grand jury next week, disclosed | that unusual precautions will be taken to exclude every one not concerned with the investigation. Police guards will | be stationed in the vicinity of the grand | jury rooms to keep away persons not | having business there. Banton declined | to_disclose his reasons for this action. | He sald the grand jury would begin | consideration of the case Monday morn- ing and it was prepared to sit all day every day until the presentation was completed. = One reason for proceeding at this time was the fact that Mrs. | Ruth Keyes, Chicago dress model, de- | sired to return to her home shortly. | Mrs. Keyes, who was in the Park Cen- | tral Hotel room a short time before | Rothstein was shot, came to New York | voluntarily to aid police in their in- | vestigation of the killing. | | 'SENATE CAMPAIGN Expenditures Will Meet Tomorrow. | By the Assoctated Press. ‘The Senate’s special committee to in- vestigate expenditures in the presiden- tial campaign will meet tomorrow to consider further inquiry. Senator Steiwer, Republican, of Oregon, chairman of the committee, said yesterday he had several possible avenues of investigation into some of the expenditures in the presidential campaign. Suggestions have been made to him that he ask for an accounting of the more than $300,000 turned over by the Democrats to George Peek of Illinois. a leader in the farm relief. Also sug- gestions for examination of Republican expenditures in the South and of the money spent by the Anti-Saloon League and the Assoclation Against the Pro- | hibition Amendment are before the committee. Four members of the committee-of | five are naw in the city, including Sena- tors McMaster of South Dakota and Dale of Vermont, Republicans, and Barkley, Democrat,. of Kentucky. Sena- tor Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico, is expected to be here late this week. Great Confusion Is E AS Western Calendar IS Ordered Ufled By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, November 24.—The minister of the interior of the Nationalist government has ordered the use of the solar, or western calendar throughout China instead of the lunar calendar which has been used for centuries. Inasmuch as three-quarters of the pulation of China know only the| r:nlr calender, by which the year Is divided up into 12 months, each having 29 or 30 days, there is much speculation as to how the order can be enforced. will be placed on the grave with the floral offerings of other friends. The Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson will officiate. The order is in line with events dur- ing the first year of the republic when a wave of adoption of western institu- xpected in China tions swept the country. As far as the calendar was concerned this was inef- fective except that the western system is in official documents and by a small group of the educated classes. The merchants cling to the lunar calendar because the months are shorter and those who are pald on’a monthly basis, as in the case of rents, receive greater revenues. A mafjority of Chinese of this genera- tion were born under the lunar calendar and do not know their corresponding T0BE DRAWATE | District Attarney to Bar Pub- | ing of Arnold Rothstein, Broadway | GROUP TO PUSH QUIZ, Committee Named to Inquire Into VESTRIS SURVIVOR SUUES FOR DAMAGES Buenos Aires Banker Asks $50,000 for Loss of Wife in Disaster. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. November 24—While Federal officials were going over the lengthy testimony already taken at two inquiries into the sinking of the Vestris, a survivor of the disaster today filed suit ‘in Federal Court for $52,000 dam- ages against_the owners and operators of the vessel. The complainant was Orrin 8. Stevens of Boston, who asked an award of $50,000 for the death of his wife, a Vestris victim, and $2:000 for the loss of his baggage. . He alleged in his com- plaint that the Vestris was unsea- worthy, that she was improperly loaded 50 as to cause a list, that she was in- competently manned and that she was not supplied with proper life-saving equipment. Stevens makes his home in Buenos Alres, where he manages a branch of the Pirst National Bank of Boston. He anmounced yesterday a plan for organ- izing the rescued passengers into & committee for joint legal action. The suit was the first direct move for damages resulting from the dis- aster. Stevens also filed libel against the Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation: Co., owners of the Vestris, and the Lamport & Holt Line its operator. He further obtained from Federa! Judge Bondy an order for sub- poenas directing 123 members of the ship'’s crew to appear for examination on_Monday. Federal Attorney Tuttle's inquiry into the sinking of the ship resumes its ses- sion Monday, while the Federal Steam- boat Inspection Service hearing reopens Tuesday. No indication of how long the investi- gations are to continue was given. . Mr Tuttle said he planned to call Leslic Watson, second officer of the Vestris, as a witness as soon as the officer was able to leave the hospital, where he has been a patfent since reaching this city on a rescue boat. PLANE IN TROUBLE ON LINDY'S ROUTE OBJECT OF SEARCH ___(Continued From First Page.) | about 240 miles and ordinarily is made by air in less than 3 hours. The scouting ships.will be piloted ry Maj. B. Law of the Texas-Mexico Fish eries, E. A. Anding of the Internationu! Airways, and Frank Bogier of Browns- ville. Charles Quinn, Quincy, IIL, pilot |'also will go along, as will Harry Sex- ton of the Brownsville Herald. - A plane used by Capt. Ralph Stond pilot for the Texas-Mexico Fisheries i has lights for flying at night; but Maj | Law said he had instructed Capt. Stone who was in Sota la Marina today, to re- main -there until tomorrow. Messengers were dispatched to Mata- moras Jate last night with the request that a troop of Mexican cavalry be started fram there at) dwylight to bea* through the brush and rocks. As the | topography is forbidding, it was sa'é tfrml t; start before dawn would not be easible. HOPS OFF FROM TAMPICO. |Lindbergh Due to Cross Border During o Night. | TAMPICO, Mexico, November 24 (). | Col. Charles ‘A. Lindbergh left here late today, by air, for the United States. He was expeeted to cross the border tonight. . | He flew this morning to. the Hacienda | Atascadero, near the .San Luis Potosi border, where he remained until early afternoon. <ty Before leaving on his homeward trip Col. Lindbergh said he had been very much pleased with his visit in Mexico. The municipal president decorated hiny with a gold medal. Lindbergh, who had visited ;Unlud States Ambassador Dwight M. Morrow for two weeks in Mexico City, had expected to spend several days in duck hunting and fishing in.the vicinity of Tampico. He had sald that his home- ward flight would be by way of Browns- ville, Tex. Col. MENDEZ PLANS TO MAKE -HAVANA FLIGHT TODAY | Colombian* Aviator Is Feted at Jacksonville on Arrival From New York. By the Associated Press. N JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 24 —Weather permitting, Lieut. Benjamin Mendez, Colombian aviator, will take off in his seaplane, the Ricuarte, at dawn tomorrow for Havana, Cuba, the next leg on his long journey to Bo- gota, the Colombian capital. Mendez arrived here yesterday in a single hop from New York. Both Mendez and John Todhunter, his American mechanic, who will make the journey with him to Bogota, spent most -of the day working on the plane. ‘Tonight they were guests at a dinner and dance. From Havana, Mendez plans to hop 700 miles to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. in Central America, after which he will follow the coast line into Colombia. 40 MOEE ARE HELD IN GAMBLING RAIDS WITHOUT WARRANT (Continyed From Pirst Page.) | fore the last of the 42 witnesses identi- fled himself and was released to ap- pear in court tomorrow. Fire Inspector L. A. Radcliffe, ac- companied by Sergt. E. K. Shelton and Officers G. R. Browning and John R. Lefoe were making their ordinary fire inspection visits in the precinct when they entered the H street building. They said there was no intention of a raid on their part as no complaints had been received. “We simply walked into one of the rooms and found betting and card games in progress,” said Sergt. Shelton. “There were no casualties.” The occupants of the two rooms made no effort to escape and waited quietly until the patrol wagons appeared. A large crowd gathered outside the build- ing as the men were loaded into the wagons All but 12 of the witnesses taken yesterday displayed membershir cards in the Radio Social Club for identifi- cation. These 12, the police declared, admitted they had never been members of the:club but had gained admission without any difficulty. It was Capt. Burlingame who poked a tear gas pistol through a peep hole in a birthday dates in the western calendar. This confusion is one of the principal reasons that the “full adoption of the western system is exceedingly difficult, gambling establishment Friday night and let go the contents to drive the ve- cupants to cover when the lookout man refused to let him enter.