Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1928, Page 2

HODVER ARRIVES AT ANTOFAGASTA 100 to Attend Luncheon on Warship for Delegation From Bolivia. NEW YORK, December 8 (#).— ‘The All-American Cable Co. today received advices from Antofagasta, Chile, stating that the U. 8. S. Maryland, bearing President-elect Hoover, arrived off that port at 10 o'clock this morning. By the Associated Press. U. 8. S. MARYLAND, December 8.— | Making port for the third time in South America, this good-will ship brought President-elect Hoover to Anto- fagasta, Chile, today so that he might | greet the people of Bolivia. Alberto Palacios, Bolivian foreign minister, and other members of the cabinet and offi- | cials came to Chilean soil to exchange with Mr. Hoover expressions of friend- ship between the two countries. For welcoming the visitors to Amer- ican soil on the Maryland, Mr. Hoover | prepared a brief address, paying tribute | especially to Simon Bolivar, the libera- tor of South America, who is frequent- ly referred to as a disciple of George ‘Washington. The Maryland schedule was so ar- ranged as to reach the open roadstead | at Antofagasta, the center of the| famous nitrate producing section, at| 10 a.m. The battleship was accom- panied by the Chilean cruiser Chaca- | puco. 100 to Attend Luncheon. Arrangements were made to serve more than 100 persons luncheon on the quarterdeck of the Maryland after they had been received aboard with an ex- change of salutes from batteries on the shore and the guns of the Maryland. ‘These guests included beside the Boli- vian delegation, members of the Amer- ican colony at Antofagasta and offictals of the province and city of Antofagasta. After remaining at Antofagasta for five_hours, the Maryland will proceed | to Valparaiso, Chile, where it is due early Monday morning. Mr. Hoover will take a special train for Santiago at 9 am. Will Visit Santiago. The Hoover party will reach Santiago ewrly Monday afternoon and stay in the capital overnight before starting across the Andes for Buenos Aires, where they will remain for two days and three nights, The Argentine government will fur- nish a warship to take the party from Buenos Aires to Mentevideo, where a reception will be held by Uruguay. juator certificates have been issued to all those who crossed that imaginary line for the first time. They were signed by Mr. Hoover, who made his fifteenth crossing on the pres- ent trip. CHICAGO, STUNNED BY GANG SLAYINGS, NOW FIGHTS BACK (Continued from First Page.) | didn’t like policemen or who bore a racial grudge against the English. ‘With Thompson’s election came the wide-open town. Speak-easies appeared by the thousand; gambling dives grew 80 numerous, competition so keen, that solicitors were sent forth on the high- ways looking' for' the gullible; vice dens ‘blossomed it the city. gangsters and the racketeers grew insolent with power. Yes, Thomp- son was mayor. office, although hundreds had died before the guns of gangland, no gang murderer ;;s ever convicted—not even when illiam H. McSwiggin, an assistant State's attorney, met a . leaden death at the hands of machine-gun gangsters. Charles E. Graydon was sheriff, ap- pointed through Crowe on the death of the sheriff-elect. Small 1Administration Scored. Len Small was governor of the State. ‘S;lfl'l:fl‘ when sh:e mn.éuret. entered an agreement with ers, lending them State funds through what has been called “a vest-pocket bank.” Criminal action brought against him proved unsuccessful—two men went to jail later for tampering with the Jjury—but civil action forced him to return $600,000 to the State. “The disbursement of pardons and les during the Small administra- on had been flercely criticized. A complacent Legislature, harkening 1o ‘the crack of the whip in the hands of Thompson, Small and Crowe, had passed a law increasing by $100,000,000 Chicago’s bonding power. More swag for professional politicians was the view of the newspapers and the citizens who fought it. The same lature had obediently passed a law forbidding the appoint- ment of special State’s attorneys, even in instances where the regularly elected State’s attorney had a disqualifying in- terest in the grand jury inquiry or the criminal action. The law wa§ pushed through in behalf of Crowe. Crowe, Small and Graydon were again secking office. Running with them was Frank L. Smith. Smith for the second time was asking the seat in the United paign public untilities over which Smith had control- as ehairman of Gov. Small’s State Copmmerce Commission. i These and their cohorts, under the banner of “America Pirst,” went into tHe Republican primary. At their head niarched Thompson, asking approval of & $41,000,000 municipal bond issue, mearly half of the recently increased ding power. sinews of war the ?&m had the State patronage, the city })I‘-ronlge and most of the patron- age from Cook County, in which Chi- C is situated. Liv‘whnng them at the primary were followers of United States Senator Charles S. Deneen, few in number and fewer in jobs. But the April primary came and the “gmerica First” ticket was beaten— béaten . decisively—Crowe by 200,000, Small py 440,000, Smith by 244,000, Graydon by 4,000, and the bond issue by 150,000. The Crowe-Thompson cqunty -machine salvaged but a half dozen nominations, and one of these by the death of the Deneen entry. The people had risen. ©On the night of January 26 bombs yocked the homes of Thompson's South Bide leaders, City Controller Charles Fitzmorris and Dr. Willlam H. Reid. Official explanations were vague. But from the undefworld came a persistent !P?Ofl that South Side gamblers had paid hard cash for a “favor,” that the “favor” was not granted nor their money returned. The city was startled, but more star- tling events were in store. “Diamond Joe” Esposito, a picturesque figure, Joved for his charities, was an Italian Jeader on_ the West Side, allied with Senator Deneen. Joseph P. Savage, close political and personal friend of Crowe's, was sent into the dist~'~t to organize it for “America First.” Jver- tures were made to Esposito, but Espo- &ito refused to leave Deneen. Deneen Leader Murdered. ‘The night of March 21, three weeks before the primary, Esposito was leav- ing a meeting he had called in behalf of the Deneen candidates. As h walked to his home an automobile swooped to the curb, two sawed-off shotguns thundered, and Esposito ceased to be a political threat to “America First” and became a _bullet- tomn corpse. The Thompson-cofitrolled THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. .., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1928, May Become Cadet Roy von Lewinski, son of Dr. Carl von Lewinski, member of the Mixed Claims Commission, who would be the first German citizen to enter United States Military Academy under a reso- lution introduced in the House. —Star Stafl Photo. COUNTY ZONE TEST SUT IS MARROHED IMrs, Cunningham Dismisses as Defendants All But Two Boards. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 8. gument was concluded yesis before Judge Robert B. Peter in the Circuit Court_here on the petition of Mrs. Clo- tilde M. Cunningham of Chevy Chase, Md., to restrain the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, the county commissioners of Mont- gomery County, the citizens' commit- tee of section 2, Chevy Chase, Md., and certain individuals of that section rep- resenting all the citizens of the Mary- land-Washington metropolitan district, from interfering with the operation of her private school at 13 East Lenn: street, Chevy Chase, Md. and frox her for conducting the school in viola- tion of an ordinance of the Park and Planning Commission adopted by the county commissioners acting as a dis- trict council. Counsel for the plaintiff then filed a line with the clerk of th» court, dismissing as defendants all but the commission and the county com- missioners. The principal purpose of the proceed- ing is to have the ordinance declared invalld and thus enable the plaintiff to continue conduct of her school. The principal arguments were sub- mitted by Claudian B. Northrop of Washington on behalf of Mrs. Cunning- ham and J. Bond Smith of Takoma Park, representing the commission. It was held by Mr. Smith that inasmuch as Mrs. Cunningham had neglected to appeal to the county commissioners, sitting as a zoning appeal board, the Circuit Court is without jurisdiction. During the hearing, reference was made to a decision of the United States Supreme Court November 19 in a case brought up from the State of ‘Washington, in which an ordinance similar to the one objected to in this case was declared invalid. ‘The hearing was adjourned with as. surances from the counsel for the de- fendants that no steps would be taken to interfere with ‘Mrs. Cunningham's School, pending a final decision on the uestion of the validity of the ordinance. police decided t:e killing had some-| thing to do with the gang war. The time had come for the release of tax bills. County Treasurer George F. Harding, whose duty it is to mail the tax bills, is one of Thompson’s closest allles. Various causes, the peo- ple were told, were delaying the tax ‘hicago pack- | pijjs. The people grew uneasy, suspicious that failure to mail the tax bills had its connection with the approaching pri ‘The clamor of newspapers and citizens forced the release of the tax bills, and although not all were delivered before the primary, the tax- payers learned through the press that higher than the previous year. ‘Thompson, they said, was asking for 2 $41,000,000 bond issue, and that meant more taxes. The people had muttered at the bombing of the homes of Reid and Fitzmorris, the Thompson lieutenants. ‘The muttering swelled at the killing of “Diamond Joe.” With the release of the tax figures thc mutterings became a hoarse rumble of protest. And then, on the night of March 26, hard on the heels of the Esposito kill- ing and the news of sky-rocketing taxes, came the hurling of two bombs. Candidates’ Homes Bombed. One bomb missed by seconds Judge John A. Swanson, Crowe’s opponent for State’s attorney. It crashed into his home, showering his grandson with debris. ‘The second damaged the home of Senator Deneen, imperiling the lives of members of his household. The rumbling of the people now be- came a roar, and a savage yelp was added when State’s Attorney Crowe and others issued statements assertin the bombs were hurled by Deneen fol- lowers to arouse sentiment for their candidates. A few days before the primary re- porters for the Chicago Daily News found indications of a plot to steal 100,000 votes in “America First” strong- holds. Fictitious registrations by the thousand were uncovered. Details of arrangements for the use of armed hoodlums and “floaters” were also re- vealed. Thousands of citizens went before County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki, an honest official, in charge of elections, to volunteer their aid as watchers in safe- guarding the polls, Primary day dawned, and Chicago, in a white heat of anger, marched to the polls, pushing aside as it marched thousands of public pay-rollers solicit- g;gnvous for the “America First” can- tes. By midnight Chicago knew that Small, Crowe, Smith, Graydon and the majority of the “America PFirst” candi- dates had gone down to defeat, as had Thompson’s - bond_issue. And the city learned at the same time that Octavius C. Granady, Deneen opponent of City Collector Morris Eller, Thompson boss of the “Bloody Twen- tieth” ward, had been shot to death after a savage chase through the streets of the ward whose committee- man’s post Granady had sought in op- position to Eller. The murder of Granady, the slug- ging and kidnapping of a score of poll watchers and workers opposing the “America First” ticket, the watchers’ reports of countless ballot thieverles, brought a demand for action. A new State's attorney would be elected in November, but the public was in no mood to wait for November. Immediate actjon must be had. With the voicing of that demand, up rose the Chicago Crime Commission, a vali- ant fighter in behalf of a decent Chi- fire of "T1. And action was forthcoming. Copyright, 1928, by North American News- paper Alliance. instituting criminal prosecution against | taxes would be from 10 to 100 per cent | Ch; € | partments and the administration of it Frank J. Loesch, 76-year-old head of cago, his home since before the great URGES GERMAN FORWEST PONT House Resolution Asks Ad- mission of First Teuton Citi- zen Since War to Academy. ) | The first German citizen to enter | West Point Military Academy since the | World War would be Roy von Lewin- | | ski, & Central High School graduate of | last June, under a resolution introduced | in the House yesterday by Chairman | Britten of the House naval committee. The young German is the son of D: Carl von Lewinski, a member of th: Mixed Claims Commission, and Mrs. | Lewinski, American woman who lost her citizenship through her marriage. | Under the resolution, Roy von Lewinski would be compelled to comply with all the regulations of American cadets av vhe Academy. Roy has lived in Washington with | his Yarents for six years, the family {now residing at 3145 Sixteenth street. He completed his elementary school course at the Force School, Eighteenth street and Massachusetts avenue, after which he entered Central High School. | Since his graduation from high school Roy has been studying at the Military | Academy Preparatory School, 1918 N street | The youth’s grandfather on his moth- ide was the late Marcus Mills Brick” Pomeroy, American journalist | and humorist. One of the pioneers of ithe Colorado country, Mr. Pomeroy founded several newspapers in the West | | | and later established a paper in New ! York City. He was the author of sev- | eral books. LEHBAGH I VEN DATA ON PAY BIL Confers With Steward on In- equities in Application of We!ch_ Act. Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee is closeted this afternoon with Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Employes, in the first important conference to obtain information on which to base the bill which he has promised to introduce before the Christ- mas holidays in the interest of low- salaried Government employes to whom it has been charged an injustice was done under the provisions of the Welch bill and its interpretation. Mr. Lehlbach had several other con- ferences today with individuals who brought him specific information re- garding inequities in the administration of the classification act and the Welch pay bill. He expects to call the mem- | bers of the House civil service com- mittee into a conference early next week. Before that meeting he will make an intensive study on the follow- ing subjects: How much is involved in the proposed remedial measure to perfect the classi- fication act as amended by the Welch salary bill The objections to the present ad- ministration of the Welch act. ‘What suggestions are made by or- ganizations, officials and individuals for changes that would improve the opera- tion of this law, the morale of the per- sonnel and the efficiency of the Gov- ernment service. ‘What is wanted by Government offi- cials, by members of Congress and by the employes. How these complaints and suggestions square with what is reasonable and fair l;)r Congress to authorize by legisla- tion. Mr. Steward took into the conference with Mr. Lehlbach today data pre- pared by the National Federation re- garding the administration of the Welch act. At subsequent conferences other phases of the problem will be discussed. Mr. Steward said today that informa- tion brought to the attention of the national federation from numerous sources has been that the administra- tion of the Welch act has been not only not in accordance with the intent of Congress, but distinctly inimical to the employes. The data he laid before airman Lehibach was to substantiate this charge by showing specific in- stances in various departments. ODDIE ASKS FUNDS FOR MINE AGENCIES Reorganization of Budget Bureau Urged by Nevada Senator. Reorganization of the Budget Bureau to provide more adequately for the needs of the scientific services of the Government was advocated at the clos- ing session of the American Mining Congress convention today by Senator Oddle of Nevada, who charged that loss of many millions to the industries, national resources and the people of the country. of the Senate mines and mining com- mittee, said the Budget Burcau should be reorganized so as to provide for ex- perts along mining and other lines to pass on the final budget estimates. The mining industry has suffered particularly, he declared, because of in- adequate finances of Government min- ing agencies, such as the Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey, due to failure of the officials of tre Budget Bureau to provide sufficient money to carry on these scientific and technical investigations which are essential to the growth and development of the mining industries of the Nation. Senator Oddie charged that officials of the Budget Bureau who pass on the requests of Government bureaus for ap- propriations for their work are clerks and bookkeepers who know nothing about the mining industry and the other technical services of the Govern- ment. While the budget law is theo in "alancing Governm ceipts and expenses, he said that it has | not worked cut satisfactorily in the in- terest of the Government S, Representative Scott Leavitt of Mon- tana spoke of the interrelation of min. ing, agriculture and prosperity. The rapid increase in the use products in mining by those engaged in agriculture is striking, he said, and the reverse is equally interesting. The two industries face similar difficulties of transportation and. marketing and both are closely dependent upon gen- eral prosperity for a continuance of their own, Mr. Leavitt said. Referring to this close interrelation, Mr. Leavitt pointed out that the farm- ing industry uses 2,000,000,000 gallons of gasoline and 18,000,000 gallons of lubricating ofl annually, besides great quantites of coal, copper, zinc, lead, aluminum and all the commercial metals and other products of the mines. Col. W. R. Roberts of Chicago sub- mitted to the convention a report on the progress in development in mining standards by the. National Standard- ization Division, of whose coal mining branch he is chairman. The service to industry of mining standards was outlined by William J. Serrill of Phila- delphia, president of the American Standards Association. Removal of tax inequalities in_the iron ore mining industry by State Leg- islatures and governmental agencies ‘was urged by S. L. Mather of Cleveland. Tally Meets Delegates. The newly elected president, Robert E. Tally of Clarkdale, Ariz, general manager of the United Verde Copper Co., was introduced to the delegates at the annual banquet last night in the Mayflower, which was attended by sev- eral hundred persons. President Tally succeeds J. G. Bradley of West Virginia. He was formerly first vice president of the congress and is regarded as one of the progressive leaders in the mining industry. Other officers elected were: Willlam H. Lindsey, Nashville, Tenn.,, first vice president; Jesse F. McDonald, Lead- ville, Colo.,, second vice president; S. L. Mather, Cleveland, Ohio, third vice president, and J. F. Callbreath of this city, secretary. An executive committee consisting of Mr. Tally, J. B. Warriner, Lansford, Pa., and Otis Mouser, Philadelphia, also was named. At the banquet the keynote of and Prosperity” was “Government sounded by Carl D. Marshall of Mis- sissippi in the only address. Philip P. Campbell, former Representative from Kansas, was the toastmaster, and the re- tiring president, Mr. Bradley, presided. An entertainment by radio stars, with George F. Ross, WRC's announcer, as master of ceremonies, featured the evening, which concluded with dancing. WARDE AND TUFTS CLEARED OF CHARGE Hearing Show Men Had No Con- In making his survey Chairman Lehl- bach will be aided by the printed re- port of a special hearing held on the subject November 28 before chairmen and ranking Democrats of the various subcommittees of the House appropria- tions committee. This document will be_available next week. For their guidance and in order that the subcommittees in dealing with per- sonnel questions might have the proper background showing the effects of the Welch bill in operation, Chairman An- thony of the House appropriations com- mittee arranged this special hearing at which the Personnel Classification Board was called upon to testify. These witnesses included Carlos C. Van Leer, alternate for the director of the Bureau of the Budget; Guy Moffett, alternate for the Civil Service Commission, and Victor G. Croissant, alternate for the director of the Bureau of Efficiency. The operation of the Welch pay bill as affecting the work of the various de- was thoroughly discussed in this hear- ing, which has not yet come from the public printer. SEES FIRST-CLASS MAIL CARRIED ONLY BY AIR IN 5 YEARS (Continued from First Page.) block new developments in air passenger lines, ot every turn,” Lord Thompson said. “Instead, America’s railroads have taken a deep interest in the infant— aviation—and is fast developing it into a giant of commerce and transportation. America’s strides along these lines are garuculsrly important because you ave a vast country over which a net- work of transportation lines, both rail and air, can be developed without the complications of international diplo- macy to interfere.” ‘The American Air Transport Associa- tion announced today that due to safe- guards added to travel by airplane, the majority of insurance companies have enlarged their aviation insurance mar- ket, reducing rates in many lines and broadening the coverage. The National Airport Association, co- operating with the the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, yesterday form- ed a permanent committee to aid in de- velopment of the country’s airports. The committee is composed of repre- sentatives from each geographical sec- tion of the country. Those on the com- mittee are' Texas Rankin, Portland, Oreg.; Cliff Henderson, Los Angeles; Howard B. Shaver, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Prancis J. Geng, St. Paul; C. P. New- house, Houston, Tex.; A. H. Heermance, Miami, Fla.; H. W. Bredow, Kansas '|City, Mo.; E. P. Fulton, Akron, Ohio; Charles Dion, Newark, N. J.; Clarence Kenn, Hartford, Conn.; A. M. Duffy, Buffalo, and Stanley Seymour, Chicago. Plans for a national airport contest 'after hearing testimony as to its value,* are under way, nection With Alleged Fraudu- lent Stock-Selling Scheme. Charges of using the mails to defraud against Charles R. Warde and Gorham Tufts, jr,, local brokers with offices at Fifteenth and K streets, were dropped Thursday by Assistant United States Attorney Spieler of the southern dis- trict of New York, it was learned here today through the attorney for the men, William E. Leahy. ‘Warde and Tufts were arrested here November 21, and released under $2,000 bond each upon their promise to appear before the district attorney in New York. At the hearing there it was proved that they had no connection with a fraudulent stock selling scheme as alleged. Tufts told the district attorney that he thought he and his partner became involved in the case through the machi- nations of another man, now being held in New York, who threatened to li- cate him in the alleged fraud unless Tufts supplied him with a certain amount of money. Tufts refused. The affidavit upon which the warrant for their arrest was issued alleged that Tufts, Warde and two others posed as salesmen of the Atlantic Utilities Cor- poration, which they represented as controlling water rights along the Poto- mac above Colonial Beach. The affida- vit further alleged that they told pros- pective buyers that the Pennsylvania Rallroad was trying to get control of the corporation. GOVERNMENT SEEKS BOTANICAL SQUARES Condemnation proceedings for the ac- quisition of two squares of ground in Southwest Washington for the enlarge- ment and relocation of the United States Botanic Gardens, were commenced to- day in the District Supreme Court by the Government. The squares are known as Nos. 567 and 578, and lie between First and Second streets, Maryland avenue and Canal street southwest, directly south of the present site of the gardens. The petition for the condemnation was filed through Assistant Attorney Generals Harry H. Glassie and A. Left- wich Sinclair, and Assistant United States Attorney James J. O'Leary. The court is advised that the Gov- ern. .ent has been unable to agree with the owners on a price for the desired area and so has recourse to condemna- tion. Citations will be issued against all the owners of the land and adver- tisement against all other bodies and interests. A commission of three citi- zens will be selected by the court to view the property to be condemned and, will report its finding to the court, failure in this respect had caused the; Senator Oddie, who is the chairman | of | 5 Crash Vietim REV. J. 8. CUDDY. PRIEST 1S KILLED Rev. J. S. Cuddy of Gaithers- burg Victim of Accident Held Unavoidable. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 8. —Re' J. S. Cuddy, pastor of St. Martin's Catholic Church at Gaithersburg and St. Rose’s Mission, Cloppers, Md., was | killed at the Gaithersburg crossing of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad about 0 o'clock yesterday afternoon when a work train struck his automobile. An 1nquest was held before Justice of the Peace John Jones, acting coroner, in the Circuit Court room here this morning, after the coroner’s jury visited the scene of the accident and viewed the body of the victim. The jury decided that the accident was unavoidable, fix- ing no blame. The automobile was shattered and dragged some distance along the tracks. George Gloyd, crossing watchman, said he whistled for the priest to stop as he drove toward the tracks, according to police information, but that his signals were not heeded. Father Cuddy was on his way to the residence of Mrs. Ed- ward Schwartz, with whose family he made his home, and supper was held ia wait for him. Mrs. Schwartz collapsed when told of the tragedy. He had just left the town drug store after making some purchase. Firemen Extricate Body. ‘The body was extricated from the wreckage by firemen of Gaithersburg, called by O. Trundle, a local motorist, who was driving in a car behind that of the priest, and Policeman Dosh. Trainmen, including the engineer, J. E. Durkins, aided in the rescue, and a physician was called when the body was taken from the wrecked machine, but life was found to be extinct. The train was stopped within a few yards after striking the automobile, showing, it is said, that its speed was moderate. The trainmen were sum- moned, with other witnesses, to Rock- ville for the taking of testimony, which was completed about noon. Born in Baltimore. Father Cuddy was born in Baltimore October 20, 1879, son of the late Michael Joseph and Mrs. Mary Ward Cuddy. He was educated in the parochial school of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church there, Loyola and St. Charles colleges and St. Mary’s Seminary. He was or- dained a priest by the late Cardinal Gibbons December 22, 1905, and his first charge was as assistant pastor of St. Michael’s Church at Frostburg. In 1913 he become rector of St. Joseph's Chuarch at Taneytown, Md. In August, 1918, he became chaplain in the Army and served at Edgewood Arsenal and Camp Jackson, S. C., two years. He became pastor of St. Mary’s Parish upon leaving the Army in July, 1920. St. Mary’s Parish included St. Mary's Church at Barnesville and St. Rose’s Mission at Cloppers, Md. He became pastor at Gaithersubrg in 1922, St. Rose's Mission becoming a part of that charge. The church, school and con- vent at Gaithersburg are achievements largely due to his efforts. He is survived by a brother, Michael F. Cuddy of 404 Sixth street southeast, and two sisters, Miss Winfred Cuddy and Miss Catherine Cuddy, both of Baltimore, and a nephew, the Rev. Michael J. Cuddy, who is pastor of a church in Cumberland. OFFICER DETAILED TO PROBE MYSTERY Park Employe Alleges Accidental|” Injury While Being Driven From Jail to Courthouse. In an effort to clear up the mystery surrounding the injury suffered by Wil- liam Davis, a park employe, of the 2300 block Nicholson street southeast, United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder has requested a police investigation and Headquarters Detective Arthur T. Figelly has been assigned to the case. Davis was arrested on December 1 by Deputy Marshal Elmer J. Graves for faflure to pay his alimony and was taken to the marshal’s office in an auto- mobile operated by an attorney for Davis’ wife. From the marshal's office Davis was taken directly to the jail, where he was held until Tuesday morning when his father paid the back alimony. At that time he was called for by an automo- bile from the marshal’s office and taken | back to the courthouse, where he was | released. 1 ‘Twenty-four hours later he was taken to Casualty Hospital and found to have what physicians think is a fracture of the skull. When questioned, he said he was injured at the time of his ar- rest when the automobile in which he was being taken to the courthouse struck a depression in the street as they neared the courthouse. Graves, who was sitting beside him on the rear seat of the car during the ride, and who is a much taller man than Davis, said that he was not aware of the accident and thinks his head would have struck the top of the car if Davis’ story was correct. Efforts are now being made to trace Davis’ movements from the time of his release until his arrival at the hospital. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, in Stanley Hall, this evening at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster. Anton Pointner, assistant lead March, “Strenuous Life . .Beehme Overture, “Ruslan and Ludmilla,” Entr'acte (a) “ 8", ... (b) “Astarte” .........Mildenberg Grand selection, “Stabat Mater” Rossini Russian fox trot, “Sonya”. Popular waltz song, “Anita”. Finale, “Lonesome in the Moonlight,” aranthu: “The Star qpnnzled Banner.” IN GROSING GRASH Baer | ASPINWALL AIDS COMMUNITY CHEST Named Vice Chairman of Vol-i unteer Workers by John Poole. Clarence A. Aspinwall, president of the Security Storage Co., has accepted the position of vice chairman of volunteer Chest campaign for funds, it was an- nounced by John Poole, chairman, yes- terday. Mr. Aspinwall’s duties’ will be to assist Mr. Poole in securing chairmen of the | various units into which the campaign | organization will be divided and to help |in supervising the organization of the | units themselves. The campaign, which |is to be for more than $1,000,000, is scheduled to begin in January. Mr. Poole, who recently accepted the position of chairman of volunteer work- ers for the campaign, in referr:: to the selection of Mr. Aspinwall, said: “I selected Mr. Aspinwall for the important position of vice chairman of the campaign because I believe him the best qualified man in Washington for this position.” Familiar With Work. “He is thoroughly familiar with the work of the Community Chest; he has had experience in many campaigns for public_purposes in Washington; he is one of the city's most respected and able business men. I am sure that with him as vice chairman we are off to a fine start in our campaign organization which will insure complete success when our 3,000 volunteer workers complete their work about the end of January.” Mr. Aspinwall in accepting declared: “I am delighted to work with Mr. Poole as vice chairman of the campaign. 1 have the highest regard for him as & citizen and know the sacrifice he is mnkmq to assume the campaign chair- manship. I am glad to help him in any way that I can, “In_addition, I believe thoroughly in the Community Chest. I realize that it can only succeed if busy people with many other responsibilities take an active part in its organization, and I am willing to do all that I can to make it the greatest possible success in financing the services of its 50 or more member organizations in this, its first, campaign, which will necessarily be most difficult. “I believe that Mr. Poole will find it possible to command the services of Washington's most important and most effective citizens and that he will se- cure such a volunteer army for human service as never has been assembled in Washington before and which will wage a_victorious fight for the funds with which to assure adequate and effective service for Washington’s people in every kind of need of every race and creed during the year ahead.” Secretary of Chest. Mr. Aspinwall, who is secretary of the Community Chest, which he has been active in organizing, holds numer- ous important positions and is promi- nently identified with various organiza- tions in the District. He is vice presi~ dent of the Sons of the Revolution, a trustee of George Washington Uni- versity and a trustee of Garfield Memo- rial Hospital. He also is a director of several large business concerns and a member of leading clubs and trade bodies in the District. Although the Community Chest offi- cials do not yet know exactly the amount it will seek for its first year's budget and the campaign for funds is not scheduled to get under way until sometime in January, a check for $500 was received yesterday for the chest treasury from Mrs. Laura M. Sum- merall, wife of Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, as a part of the proceeds from the military exposition and carni- val held at the Washington Barracks in October., Mrs. Summerall in a letter to Elwood Street, chest director, stated that she had been directed by the executive committee of the exposition and car- nival to send the check to the chest. ‘The letter concludes: “The carnival in question was held primarily to raise funds for Army re- lief purposes, and as the success of our efforts is due in large part to the loyal support of the people of this com= munity, it is felt that the Community Chest, which is all-embracive in its re- lief activities, should share in the pro- ceeds thereof.” b st o REVIEW OF KING’S CASE BRINGS FIVE DOCTORS TO PALACE (Continued from First Page.) stance, who is spending the Winter as usual at Cap Ferrat, on the Rivera, has the bulletin telegraphed to him daily and is kept constantly informed of changes in his majesty’s condition. The Prince of Wales has been receiv- ing the news each day by wireless. PRINCE REACHES CAIRO. Heir to British Throne Shows Fatigue Upon Arrival. CAIRO, Egypt, December 8 (#).— The Prince of Wales, en route to the bedside of his father, arrived in Cairo early this morning, accompanied by Lord Lloyd, British high commissioner for Egypt, who had traveled with the proice from Suez, where he left the cruiser Enterprise. At _the station there was an at- mosphere of sympathy for the bronzed but tired-looking young heir to the British throne. It was an unusually cold and cheerless day, with rain threatening. The hair of the prince had been bleached by the tropical African sun. He wore a shepherd’s plaid overcoat over a double-breasted gray flannel suit. He had on a blue shirt with a blue bow tie with white spots. He wore brown suede shoes and a brown hat. ‘The prince alighted briskly from the train and was greeted by officials, in- cluding Said Zoulficar Pasha, King Fuad's_grand chamberlain. He drove to the British residency with Lord Lloyd and read the latest bulletins from Buck- ingham Palace. After a short rest the prince played sqlu;sh racquets at the Geriza Sporting ub. W. S. CLEARY EXPIRES. Funeral Services to Be Held at St. Matthew’'s Monday. ‘William Stephen Cleary, 59 years old, for the past 22 years manager of the gas range department for the firm of Barber & Ross, Inc., died at his resi- dence in the Sherman Apartments to- day after a long illness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes Smith Cleary, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Watkins. The sister resides in San Francisco. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, Mon- day morning, at 9:30 o'clock. Inter- ment will be in Bonnie Brae Cemetery, Baltimore. MRS. RAFTER TO SPEAK. P.-T. A. President to Address Branch Group Monday Night. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, State presi- dent of the D. C. Congress of Pareni- Teacher Associations, will address mem- bers of the Cranch-Tyler Parent-Teach- workers for the Washington Community | ! Will Aid Chest C. A. ASPINWALL. ARCHIVES BUILDING INCREASE BACKED $8,750,000 Appropriation| and Change of Location Get Approval in House. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. | The House today approved the pro- | vision in the Treasury-Post Office ap- propriation bill authorizing an increase from $6,900,000 for the Archives Build- ing to $8,750,000 and the change in lo- | cation for this building. The House also approved continua- tion under the lump sum of $23,040,000 of other public buildings now being erected in Washington, including the Administration Building of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, the Extensible Building for the Department of Agri- culture, the Commerce Building, the ad- dition to the Government Printing Of- fice and the Internal Revenue Building. $5,000,000 Sum Approved. ‘The House approved the appropria- tion of $5,000,000 during the next fiscal year toward acquiring sites in the tri- angle south of Pennsylvania avenue to the Mall for new public buildings. An item of $350,000 for remodeling public buildings in Washington and an- other item of $800,600 for rent of tem- porary quarters here were also ap- proved. ‘When these items for Capital im- provement under the five-year public building program came up in the House today, Representative Black, Democrat, of Texas, offered an amendment to re- store the original authorization of $6,900,000 for the Archives Building, arguing that the supervising architect had stated in hearings that Congress had not yet designated what class of records should be kept in this building or_how it should be administered. Representative Dallinger of Massa- chusetts, one of the ori boosters for an Archives Building, expressed very strong interest that the Archives Build- ing should not be too small in size, and that it should be given a sufficiently large and adequate location. Urges Importance of Work. Representative Wood of Indiana, in chs of the bill, emphasized that nothi should be done to interfere with or impede the public building pro- gnm, pointing out that the Archives uilding is one of those most urgently needed and that the architects in changing the site and providing for a larger structure are considering this building not by itself alone, but also as it fits in with the co-ordinated plan for developing the entire triangle area south of Pennsylvania avenue. Mr. Wood explained that the Archives Building is not being erected to take care only of immediate needs, but to provide adequate space for 150 years to come for housing the valuable historical records, many of which are now stored in cellars and in buildings of fire-trap character. The Black amendment was rejected. TWO MORE ARRESTED IN DRIVE ON BANDITS Pair Held Accused of Association With Quartet Charged With Killing of Bitner. The police have arrested two more | men who are declared to have partic- ipated in the banditry activities of the four colored youths who were held by a coroner’s jury this week in connection with the murder of Philbert Bitner, filling station manager, which climaxed a series of robberies. The more recent arrests are Melvin{ Strothers, colored, 22 years old, of the 2200 block Sixth street, and Richard Bundy, colored, 19 years old, of the 2200 block Eighth street. They are charged jointly with Benjamin A. Bran- son and Milton E. Terry, two of the youths held on the murder charge, with having held up and robbed Sol O’Kun and his son, Samuel O'Kun, of $75 in their store at 1803 Nineteenth street in_September. Strothers also is charged with having: been one of the seven colored youths who participated in the hold-up on the night before Thanksgiving of Julius Goode, tailor, 200 block Florida avenue. According to the Heaquarters Detec- tives L. M. Wilson and Carlton Talley, who made the arrests, Strothers accom- panied the Bransons and Terry on two robberies, while Bundy participated in only one. Both are said to have ad- mitted their part in the robberies and police say that they found pistols be- longing to each. Milton Terry, although held by the coroner’s jury, did not accompany the other youths the night Bitner was killed, the police say. He had intended going, they claim he told them, but became so drunk that he was too helpless to go. Police say that he owned the gun with which Bitner was killed. WILLIAM A. O’BRIEN DIES; PENSION BUREAU CLERK Lifelong Resident Succumbs Short Illness—Funeral Set for Monday. William A. O'Brien, 60 years old, clerk in the United States Pension Bu- reau and a lifelong resident of this city, died at his home, 1448 V street, yesterday after a short illness. Mr. O'Brien was a member of Car- roll Council, No. 377, Knights of Co- lumbus, and an honorary member of the Spanish War Veterans. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary C. O'Brien; three sister, Miss May O'Brien and Mrs. Margaret Hay- wood of this city and Mrs. George E. Rowe of Chicago, and two brothers. John J. and Michael O'Brien, both of to er Association Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the auditortum of the Hine Junior High School. She will talk on “Parent-Teacher ' Associations and Their Significance,” this city. | Funeral services will be conducted | in St. Paul's Catholic Church Monday i given COUZENS IS GIVEN §369,833 REFUND Ford Stock Sale Tax Suit Award Returned—Senator Hits Bureau. By the Associated Press. A tax refund of $989,833 has been by the Treasury to Senator Couzens, Republican, Michigan, from whom it had sought tc collect an addi- tional assessment of $10,000,000. The fund follows failure of the Gov- ernment’s attempt of three years' ago to levy additional assessments amount- ing to almost $33,000,000 against the original holders of Ford Motor Co. stock. Senator Couzens was the principal defendant in the Government's action, which followed closely the dispute in which Couzens engaged Secretary Mel- lon over administration of the Treas- ury. The suit was to collect taxes, ad- ditional to those paid. Reiterates Mismanagement Charge. In connection with the refund, Sena- tor Couzens said: “This is a concrete piecc of evidence of mismanagement of the Bureau of Internal Revenue under the greatest Secretary of the Treasury since Hamil- ton’s. time. If Congress were able to compute the entire losses to the Gov- ernment under such management, it would be found to have run into the hundreds of millions. “It is this power in the Treasury De- partment to punish any one who dis- agrees with it which has intimidated thousands of taxpayers who otherwise would feel free to criticize.” Senator Couzens still has pending a resolution proposing that the Senate ask for the resignation of Secretary Mellon on the grounds of mismanage- ment. The Treasury lost before the Board of Tax Appeals when it sought to col- lect the additional tax from Senator Couzens and the other Ford stockholders Paid $7,000,000 on Profits. The board ruled that the Gover: ment owed Senator Couzens and tl other stockholders a refund on the in- come tax paid by them from the sale of the Ford stock in 1919 instead of the stockholders owing the Government. Senator Couzens paid into the Treas- ury between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000 income tax in 1920 on profits he had made from the sale of the Ford stock in 1919. His dispute with the Treas- ury was over the value of the Ford stock as of 1913, and it was finally held that the Senator had overvalued the stock rather than having under- estimated it. The Senator understood that the re- fund check would be received today by his son in Detroit. SEPARATE DRY LAW FOR DISTRICT TO BE URGED IN CONGRESS (Continued from First Page.) 1927, but most of the items show an in- crease. Stills decreased from 54 to 45; still worms from 98 to 72; fermenters rose from 627 to 821; spirits seized fell from 21,702 wine ons to 14,302; malt liquor rose from 1,421 to 3,578; wine in- creased from 173 to 1515; cider from half a gallon to. 217:50 gallons, while mash jumped from 41764 to 55,972 gallons. Wine shipped or delivered for sacra- mental purposes in ,the District in- creased more than a thousand gallons during the year, from 703215 to 8,350.70. There were 18 liquor permits revoked %2;927. as compared to 14 rc Dked in® Operating with 4,396 perman.nt and 92 temporary employes, the burzau, in the Nation-wide activities, seized 1,048,- 636 gallons of illegal spirits, 4,254,029 gallons of malt liquors, 399,603 gallons of wine, 16,220 illicit distilleries, 18,980 stills and 217,278 fermenters. During the year the prohibition forces seizeu 6,93¢ automobiles, valued at $3,057,132. and 81 boats, valued at $144,240. Commissioner Doran said 77,799 pro- hibition violation cases were terminated in 1928 and of the convictions 15,793 persons were given jail sentences equal- ing 5,631 years and fines aggregating $7,031,109 were assessed. In addition tu the Federal cases, agents of the bureat aided in 15,077 cases in State courts i which 9,025 convictions were secured. During the year 169,000,000 gallon of alcohol were manufactured, 92,000, 000 gallons of denatured alcohol an 159,000,000 gallons were withdrawn fo denaturing. Pure alcohol withdraw: from bond amounted to 8,670,000 gal lons. Distilled spirits withdrawn frox warehouses on which tax was pai amounted to 1,613,534 gallons, leavin in bond, according to record figure: approximately 20,000,000 gallons of suc! spirits, but actually, due to evaporation only about half that amount, the repor sald. At the end of the year there re mained in warehouses a total of 22, 498,714 gallons of still wine, while 743, 226 gallons were withdrawn during th year for sacramental purposes. Commissioner Doran also reviewed th* work of the Narcotic Division during the fiscal year, which showed that witi old cases there were pending durin: the year 13,569 cases of violations o: the narcotics laws. Of the new cases 2,498 were by per- sons registered to handle narcotics anc 6,119 by unregistered persons. During the year he said, that narcotic agents had seized or purchased as evidence 26,332 ounces of narcotics. In this branch of the bureau’s work 4,738 convictions were secured with sen- tences totaling 8,786 years and fines ag- gregating $182,000. Importations of drugs during the fiscal year dropped slightly, amounting to 140,172 ounces of opium and 234,000 ounces of coca leaves, but sales to domestic sources for the 12 months amounted to 433,900 ounces. Illicit traffic in narcotic drugs, Com- missioner Doran said, has not decreased and could not be curbed with the pres- ent forces. AT DocToR examiNED me L BROTHER IN SCHOOL YESTERDAY AN' SAYS HE'S SicK il Ten per cent of all School Children morning. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemelo’\'y, are Underweight