Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1929, Page 17

ot oy - Farcwell to Rio de Janeiro, the last port of call on President-elect Hoover’s good-will tour. As the bat- tleship Utah steams out of the harbor for the homeward voyage, Mrs. Hoover enjoys a view from the deck of the towering oval of Sugar Loaf Mountain. —Associated Press Photo. Novel tractor solves the Winter mail problem in California. The barrel wheels with spiral tread on this tractor seem able to “wind” their way through snow of almost any depth. The new device, supplanting the caterpillar tractor for snow use, is seen here hauling the mail sled over the 15 miles from Truckee to —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Lake Tahoe, Calif. SALVATION ARMY | * RULEIS AT STAE . Majority for Booth Removal Indicated on Eve of Lon- don Meeting. By the Associated Press. . LONDON, January 7.—There was an air of suppressed excitement today at the headquarters of the American dele- gates to the high council of the Salva- tion Army, where preparations were being made for tomorrow’s momentous meeting, which will decide the question of the future leadership of the army. Officers were coming and going con- stantly for conferences with Evangeline Booth, the American commander. Her official spokesman declined to see any one, and it was obvious that the ex- treme delicacy of the situation was reslized in all quarters. Family Complications. ‘The family aspect of the situation complicated decision on whether Gen. Bramwell Booth will continue to lead the army, although a majority of the commissioners were agreed that the larger issue of the army's future was the predomineant one. It was claimed today among those favoring the removal of Gen. Booth, that a majority now favors such a step and formation of a new and Demo- cratic government. It was regarded by them as certain, however, that Mrs. Bramwell Booth and her daughter, Miss Catherine, would canvass votes for the present head of the army in order to increase the nine sure votes *hat he now possesses. These nine “onsist of his wife, his daughters, Catherine and Col. Mary Booth, and Commissioner Lucy Booth-Hellberg, and Commissioners Laurle, Cunning- ham, Smith, Blowers and Kitching of the international headquarters. Several councilors said that the re- form movement had greatly gathered force in the past week. They expect this will result in the overwhelming aefeat of the Bramwell Booth forces. Booth May Appear. ‘There are 64 votes on the council, and it would take a three-quarter vote to adjudge the aged general unfit for con- tinuance at his post. ‘There has been some talk that Gen. Booth might leave his sickroom and make a dramatic descent upon the council meeting at Sunbury, but a high official thought that it was improbable that he would be able to make the trip. A suggestion that there has risen a strong anti-American feeling among the 40 British-born members of the council was dismissed at both international and American headquarters, as nonsense. Meeting Opens at 10:30 A.M. ‘There was no sign at Sunbury today of preparations 1o set the stage for tomorrow’s meeting. The great mansion in the beautiful grounds near the Sun- bury-Hampton road where the meeting will be held had almost a deserted look. A lone workman in the garden was the TAX APPEAL BOARD SET FOR HEARINGS Holds Organization Meeting for Opening of Sessions Tomorrow. The board of equalization and review of the tax assessor’s office, which hears appeals from property owners against the assessments levied on their prop- erty, met and organized today in readi- ness for the hearing of appeals, which will start tomorrow and continue daily until the first Monday in June. Tax Assestor William P. Richards is ex- officia chairman of the board and Fred D. Allen was chosen vice chairman. officio chairman of the board and Fred ant assessors, are Livingston S. John- son, John T. Bardroff, Dan H. Edwards, Lloyd E. Gaines, Charles A. Russell, Frank A. Gunther and Augustus Willige. The assessments from which the board will hear appeals are those for the cur- rent fiscal year ending June 30, and which were made public late last month. Tax Deeds Sale Tomorrow. ‘The sale of tax deeds to properties of delinquent tax payers will begin at office of Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers. Approximately $3,000,000 worth of property is represented in the sale. ‘The property owners whose tax deeds are sold retain the privilege of paying their delinquent taxes with 1 per cent per month added penalty for two years after the title has been bought. After that time the purchaser is given a tax deed to the property which becomes a cloud on the title. 20,000 Parcels Advertised. Recently the District advertised 20,000 parcels on which taxes were delinquent, but since that time, it is estimated, 4,000 parcels had been removed from the list | by taxpayers calling and paying_the taxes. The sale will continue until ail parcels have either been bid in or re- fused and this is expected to take sev- eral days. |FALLS ON CHURCH STEPS. Man Fined $25 on Charge of Being Drunk, Jailed. Because he fell down the steps of a church which he apparently was enter- { ing in a spirit of repentance, Thomas E. Robinson, 400 G street, will have to do his repenting in jail. | After Robinson had fallen down the | steps, injuring his face, police of the | sixth precinct were called and arrested him for intoxication. Before Judge John P. McMahon, in Police Court this morning, the man pleaded guilty and went w Jail in de- fault of a $25 fine. the white cardboard pass without which there will be no admittance. Even the | servants have been provided with passes. council hall at 10:30 am. A dramatic touch in this room is a portrait of Gen.. William Booth, the only sign of life. ‘Tomorrow there will be a policeman at the gate to challenge all incomers for “will be the first council in the Army's history, s 9 o'clock tomorrow morning in the| The council will gather in the large! The much-traveled President-elect and Mrs. Hoover arrive in ‘Washington after journeying some 18,000 miles since their departure on November 1. They are shown as they were greeted at Union Station yesterday by Chairman Hubert Work of the National. Re- . publican’ committee. $EABHY AT ek ARaBEy With all endurance flight records smashed, the big Army monoplane Question Mark was still up today, and no man is receiving more credit for the feat than Sergt. R. W. Hooe, the mechanician aboard, who is seen here crawling out of the cabin to look over one of the wing engines. —Copyright by P. & A, Photos. Missing cylinders developed in the three motors yesterday for the first time. President-elect and Mrs. Herbert Hoover on home shores again after their 18,000-mile good-will journey. They are shown just after landing on the pier at Old Point Comfort, Va. yesterday morning from the battleship Utah. From the pier they went directly to the train which brought them to Washington. —Associated Press Photo. For Philadelphia, New Year day was “postponed” until last Saturday, because of the rain which prevented the staging of the colorful mummers parade on the traditional day. But the delay detracted _ mothing from the striking features of the parade. and here is one entered by members of the William Fun- ston Club. —Wide World Photos. FIVE WOMEN RECEIVE INJURIES FROM FALLS Mrs. Rose Hanlon, 52, Fractures Arm When She Slips Leav- ing Theater. While leaving an F street theater late Saturday night Mrs. Rose Hanlon, 52, 2500 Fourteenth street, slipped and fell, fracturing her right arm. She was given surgical aid at Emergency Hos- pital by Dr. Rutkoski. Hattie Cook, colored, 2329 E Street, fell on the cellar steps at her home about 11 o'clock yesterday morning and received a painful injury to her body. She was treated at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Gribosky, who pronounced her injury’ slight. Mrs. Frances Schultz, 26, 908 Spring road, slipped on the sidewalk in front of 3559 Georgia awenue about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and was so severely shocked that she lost conscious- ness. She was treated at Garfield Hos- pital by Dr. Thomas Kelly. Alberta Carre, colored, 440 Q street, employed at 3216 Cleveland avenue, fell on the steps leading to the cellar at her place of employment about 11 o'clock yesterday morning and received injuries to her head and left wrist. She was given first aid at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Gribosky. Mabel Dent, colored, 45, 444 H street, on alighting from a bus in front of 2540 Massachusetts avenue shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning, fell and bruised her left hip. She was treated at Emergency Hospital by Dr. Mec- Carthy. Two Found Dead in Beds. Martha Ricks, colored, 54, 2263 Eighth street, was found dead in bed about 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning. Henry Dixon, colored, 45, 1808 Fift] Army's founder, looking down on what ' streef, was found dead last night at the home of a neighbor. Their deaths re- sulted from natural causes. OUTSTANDING WORLD EVENTS OF PAST WEEK BRIEFLY TOLD By the Assoclated Press. Optimism and pessimism contended for supremacy in many of the interna- tional affairs of last week, especially so far as Germany’s ability to pay for the World War was concerned. Baltic polit- ical circles, India's Nationalistic move- ment and the disturbed conditions in Afghanistan reflected the same sort of | ing contention. An exception was the rapid clearing up of the Pan-American Conference at ‘Washington, with acceptance by Bolivia and Paraguay of mediation in their border fighting and framing of multi- Iateral pacts for cdmpulsory arbitration of international disputes in the West- ern Hemisphere. Although at the end of the week Germany was in a calmer frame of mind over the annual report of S. Par- ker Gilbert, agent general for repara- tions, the start of the year saw an odd debate between the viewpoints of that country and France, the subject being whether Germany is prosperous or staggering under a burden of economic ills and mistakes. Indorses Pessimistic Report. Governments generally are inclined to resent implications that all is not well within their borders, but the pres- ent situation saw the further oddity cf German sources indorsing a pessimistic report by the American commercial at- tache at Berlin, Fayette Allport. This report was for the second half of 1928. It said that German business was showing “the cumulative effects of declining activity.” Mr. Gilbert emphasized that Germany had met her reparations payments fully and promptly, a fact which was stressed by Germany at the September meeting of the League of Nations. Polish-Russian Situation. Polish official first hailed and then viewed with#uspicion a proposal by Soviet Russia for immediate appli- cation of the Kellogg pact to those countries. It appeared as a practical way of quickly clearing up halting negotiations for a treaty of non-aggres- sion, but when Poland learned that the same proposal had been made to Lithuania she saw in the plan a pos- sibility that the Soviet was maneuver- to become mediator in the acri- monious Lithuanian-Polish frontier dis- pute. The Kellogg pact also was proposed to Rumania, and Bucharest said that it looked good as a virtual recognition by Russia of the attachment of Bessarabia to the kingdom of the infant Michael. Baltic Conditions Reviewed. An interesting sidelight of the Baltic situation came from Stockholm, where semi-official sources heart that mon- archists of Lithuania, Latvia and Es- thonia were -organizing a campaign for {union of those buffer states and_that they were considering election of Count Folk Bernadotte as King. No less than four native gatherings have been held in India recently to de- bate home rule and governmental re- forms. In many respects the various conventions differed and British com- mentators described the results as “chaotfc.” The Afghan rebellion seemed to be approaching an end, but information as to whether King Amanullah’s social and political reforms were to continue was lacking. Japan said nothing about the recent joining of Manchuria to the National- ist government of China. It was stated, however, that the act was no surprise to the Japanese authorities. Paul Rader, evangelist, declares the influence of theological schools “which have placed a question mark upon the Bible” is responsible for the curtail- ment of the mi issionary programs of many Dar— FINE REFUND WRIT UPHELD BY COURT McCarl Ordered to Draw Voucher * for Payment in Immigra- tion Case. A writ of mandamus ordered some months ago by the District Supreme Court ‘against J. R. McCarl, controller general of the United States, to_compel him to certify to the Treasury Depart- ment 2 voucher for $7,000 for a refund of an immigration fine, was upheld to- day by the District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Chief Justice George E. Martin. The flne had been assessed against the Societa Ligure di Armamen- to, an Italian corporation, which owned the steamship Marto, from which seven seaman escaped while the vessel was tilg'::ed at New Orleans, November 20, After the escape of the men the ves- sel was permitted to leave port and later put into Norfolk to coal. Here immigration officials insisted on the payment of the fine and payment was made by the Smokeless Coal Co. for the owner of the vessel. Investigation by the Immigration Bureau disclosed that the fine had been collected by error and the Secretary of Labor au- thorized a refund. McCarl refused to’ certify the voucher and the owner and the coal company brought suit for a mandamus. McCarl opposed the mandamus, de- claring that the court lacked jurisdi tion to review his action because it re- quired an exercise of judicial discretion. The lower court held against him and he appealed. In affirming the action of the lower court the appellate tribunal declared that McCarl was called on only to per- form a purely ministerial duty after immigration authorities had _decided that the fine had been collected in error and as the proceeding related solely to the disposil of funds which Congress had appropiriated for the refunding of mmdration i o st A paper snowstorm added to the gayety of the occasion. —Associated Press Photo. VIGTORY FORESEEN FOR KELLOGG PACT Borah and Swanson, Treaty’s| Chief Backers, Predict Rati- fication This Week. By the Associated Press. Confident of the votes, Chairman Borah of the foreign relations com- mittee was pressing the Kellogg anti- war treaty today before the Senate in the hope of obtaining final action this week. Advocates of the treaty, led by Sen- ators Borah, and Swanson, Democrat, of Virginia, have placed their case be- fore the Senate, and debate will be left largely to the opposition hereafter. Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri is the outstanding opponent of the pact, but he is going to concentrate his ef- forts on obtaining the adoption of the interpretative resolution composed by himself and Senator Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire. Concede Ratification of Treaty. How much strength the “resolution- ists” can command was doubtful today, but they have abandoned any hope of defeating the ratification of the pact it- self. However, the treaty advocates are just as anxious that the pact be rati- aed without the accompanying resolu- on. Negotiations have been going on look~ ing to a compromise whereby a state- ment could be recorded of America’s interpretations of her rights in con- nection with adherence to the treaty without the necessity of an accompany- ing resolution. Should these discussions be successful, Senate leaders look for an early solution of the entire treaty ques- tion and its early approval. Compromise Outlined. VThe compromise proposal now under consideration calls for a report from the foreign relations committee stating its views on the treaty as respects the right of America to maintain the Monroe Doctrine. It is believed by those who look skeptically on the interpretative note of Great Britain that such a report would ur&e the same purpose as the British note, ? SAMUEL Z. AMMEN DIES. Founder of Xappa Alpha Order (Southern) Was 85 Years Old. BALTIMORE, January 7 (#).—Word was received .here yesterday of the death at Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday of Samuel Zenas Ammen, founder of the Kappa Alpha order (Southern). Dr. Ammen, who was 85 years old, was a Confederate veteran and was an edi- torial writer for the Baltimore Sun for 30 years. After his war service Dr. Ammen entered Washington and Lee University, then known as Washington College, graduating in 1869. As founder of the Kappa Alpha order, he was au- thor of its ritual and code. It now has chapters in virtually all the principal colleges in the South. After a period as teacher in private schools here Dr. Ammen became editorial writer for the Sun in 1881, retiring in 1911. Since then he had divided his time living in Baltimore and Florida and going to Florida during. the Winter-months, sug- DAVAGES AVARD OVDES COT Majority Opinion Holds Physi- cian Should Pay $10,000 to Woman. The District Court of Appeals was di~ vided today on the question of affirming a verdict for $10,000 damages awarded in the District Supreme Court against Dr. Edward J. Gunning in favor of Ger= trude L. Cooley, who claimed that he poured acid into her ear when treat- ing her for an ear affection. The doctor said he poured a mineral oil into the ear, which gave relief and did not burn the patient. Attorneys Neumyer & King appeared for the patient. The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice George E. Martin and concurred in by Justice Van Orsdel, sustained the verdict and judgment against the physician. This opinion de- clared the case was properly submitted to a jury and presented a question of fact which it was their province to de< cide. The right to have the facts des termined by the jury, the majority opinion asserts, ceases only when bul one reasonable view can be taken of the evidence and of s every intend- ment, and that view is utterly opposed to the plaintiff’s righs to recover. “The profession of medicine will be- come hazardous,” said Justice Charles H. Robb in a dissenting opinion, “if judgments such as these are to be sus- tained.” Justice Robb asserts that the testimony of the plaintiff was almost completely discredited through the tes- timony of an intelligent and disinter- ested witness who was present on the occasion when the acid was supposed to have been put in plaintiff’s ear. “The majority opinion,” continues Justice Robb, “states that the evidence was circumstantial. In my opinion there is no basis for the verdict and the jury ought not to have been permitted | to guess away the reputation and money of this physiclan.” ASSOCIATION TO MEET. Reservoir School P.-T. A. Convenes Tomorrow Afternoon. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes has desig= nated a representative of the Play~ grounds Department of the District to discuss “The Meaning of a Supervised Playground” at the meeting of the as- sociation tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., at the school building, Clark and Elliott places. ‘The officers of the assoclation are: Mrs. Kirk Logan, president; Mrs. Mary Burr, first vice president; Mrs. Eleanor Kendrick, secretary, and Mrs. Guy Bure OFFICIALS FACE QUIZ. Hubert Work, former Secretary of the' Interior; Attorney General Sargent, As- sistant Attorney General Parmenter and Solicitor General Mitchell will be called before the Senate Indian affairs committee to explain why a grand jury investigation of distribution of funds exceeding tn:,nou.omoo belom: to Jacke son an incompe Creek In. uum.mm e