Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1929, Page 17

| AS LIFE OF NATION - BY ARTHUR CAPPER Senator Addresses Society of Editors’ Meeting at NEWSPAPERS CITED Press Club. SPECIAL POSITION ASKED ! FOR STORIES ON CRIMES George B. Parker Makes Denuncia- tion of “Public Relations Engineers.” “The newspapers are the breath of life for the Nation and without them the Union would perish. They cement the 48 States,” Senator Arthur Capper, himself the owner of 10 publications, told the seventh annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Edi- tors, meeting at the Press Club today. Senator Capper said that while he saw need in the metropolitan centers for crime news, nevertheless he lipved that there really ought to be a backyard in the newspapers where the crime news refuse could be thrown for those who care for that sort of thing. Senator Capper was called upon to speak on “Is the Editorial Page Going Out?” The Kansas Senator’s answer was in the negative. “The editorial page retains all of its influence with the thinkers of the community,” he said. He saw some slackening off in his own publications of the old letter to the editor writer on questions of pub- lic interest, but found that when it came to be a matter of dogs running loose in the street and similar subjects, that the community is even more inter- ested in the editorial page. He did not attempt to explain this trend, but suggested that the discovery in the past 20 years or so of local news by com- munity papers has had a great deal to do with it. Parker Speaks. Called to substitute for Senator Henry J.” Allen of Kansas, George B. Parker, editorial head of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, addressed the gathering this morning on “News and Public Utilities.” Parker denounced what he termed the “public relations engineers” employed by utilities for propaganda purposes, as just “recently exposed by the Federal Trade Commission. He urged the editors to demand a label on all news releases from utility | concerns and suggested special watch- fulness for misleading and unlabeled information. In the discussion following Parker's talk, Willis J. Abbott of the Christian Science Monitor urged the society to name a committee to investigate the activities of the International Paper Co., one of the largest paper manufac- turing concerns in the country, along the lines of power plant and newspaper purchases. Abbott took the floor in re- sponse to a request from Walter M. Harrison, president of the soclety, that an explanation be given of the recent sale of the Boston Herald and Traveler. Cites Boston Case. Abbott charged that the Herald and Traveler, along with interests in other newspapers, had been taken over re- cently by the paper concern ostensibly for the purpose of creating a market for its products. ‘He pointed out, how- ever, that the paper company also has been actively buying in stock in power plants throughout New England and the Nation and further charged the paper company. with exerting influence on the Federal Trade Commission and Agriculture Department officials to di- vert attention on the part of these offi- cials from its activities outside of the paper manufacturing field. The so- | ciety took no action -ogq his suggestion | for an investigating committee. ‘William Allen White of the Emporia Gazette was another speaker this morning. The Kansas editor traced his early experiences in newspaper work and discussed the trends of journalism in the past two decades. Ik Shuman, executive editor of the Brooklyn Standard Union, who as a reporter for the New York Times trav- | 5ince eled with Col. Lindbergh through | Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, also addressed this morning’s session. ‘The editors will be received tomorrow at 12:30 by President Hoover at the White House. “Gag” Law Assalled. The Minnesota newspaper “gag” law, ‘which permits a single judge, without a jury trial, to enjoin the publication of a newspaper which “regularly prints malicious, scandalous or defamatory matter,” came in for scathing criticism from Waltéer M. Harrison, president of : the society, in his opening address at the editor’s session yesterday afternoon. President Harrison called upon his fel- jow editors to get behind the fight against the measure, which is bel carried before the -Supreme Court: of Minnesota and which may eventually be carried before the Supreme Court of the United States. “No larger club could be held over the newspaper profession by the judici- ary. Under such a tyrannical statute a corrupt judge might silence any fair comment about his derelictions and kill | a newspaper by a temporary writ that| Would ruin a going business before the editor ‘might have an opportunity to prove his case during his day in court. R.'G. Dunlap, of the St. Paul Dis- pateh, for the committee on legislation and freedom of the press, reviewed the statute in full. Criticism of Sporis News. Some editors’ methods of handling news. came in for criticism from P. Beazell of the New York World at yesterday afternoon’s session. Beazell particularly referred to the bal- lyhoo given the Sharkey-Stribling fight at Miami. Editors all over the coun “handled that story without a sense shame,” Beazell said. Editors “have bl of sports mowes e declased. o news,” He ted out, however, that there is a f’ruu‘nt fleld for lulmn-u‘flwu HArrjs EWING DR. JOHN FOOTE. OR. FODTE BECONES . U, EDICALDEAN Successor-to Dr. Kober Wide- ly Known for Extensive Researches. Dr. John Foote of Washington, widely known for his research work in connec- tion with medical history and diseases of children, has accepted appointment as dean of the Georgetown University School of Medicine, on whose faculty he has served in various capacities for 22 years. His appointment was made by Presi- dent W. Coleman Nevils, S. J, of Georgetown, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation last fall of Dr. George M. Kober, who was elevated to the board of regents and made dean emeritus of medicine. Dr. Foote comes to the head of the medical department at the beginning of a period of expan- sion and will have much to do with directing the work of establishing a new medical center at Georgetown, the first unit of which is now under construc- lon. “We feel sure that the appointment of Dr. Foote as dean of the School of Medicine will meet with the highest approval of all the faculties and will be received with enthusiasm by the alumni not only of the Medical School but of the entire university,” President Nevils said today in making the an- nouncement. Known in Other Lands. “Dr. Foote is known mnot only in America but abroad as a distinguished physician of high merit and his many publications have won him fame in the field of medical letters. He has always been an enthus: Georfi - town man and to myself personally has been an inspiration. “While we feel greatest regret that our beloved dean emeritus, Dr. Kober, has seen fit to lay aside the active direction of our Medical School, we know that in the appointment of Dr. Foote we are choosing a man who has always admired and honored: Dr. Kober.” As a former officer of the National Alumni Association, Dr. Foote has been influential in Georgetown affairs. for many years, particularly in connection with the endowment campaign conduct- ed four or five years ago by Father Nevils. He is a frequent contributor to medical periodicals and the author of a number of standard medical works that have a wide following in this and other countries. Dr. Foote said today he hoped to carry on the progressive policy maintained by his predecessor and was happy to serve as the directing head of the insti- tution from which he graduated in 1906 and has been connected with ever School to Expand. ‘With . the completion of the new $1,000,000 medical-dental building on Reservoir road next Fall, the School of Medicine will be one of the largest and most important departments of the uni- versity. In view of the fact that the size of the school has been limited to its present inadequate accommodations on H street, Dr. Foote’s first duties will be to expand its student personnel and curriculum in conjunction with Rev. Walter G. Summers, S. J., regent of the school. Dr. Foote -is - a graduate also- of Georgetown College in the class of 1904 medical and after obtaining his during 1913, he has been active in the affairs of the American Medical As- sociation, in which he is 3, fellow. Joining the Georgetown faculty first as associate professor of -therapeutics sub- beep te_uhlng since ,1011. Has Varied Interests. Dr. Foote is-a man of varied inter- ests. Since 1924 he has been a trustee g the National Geographic. SENIORS TO GIVE PLAY. —— PARASITE FOR WAR UIPON PEACH MOTH Both Europe and, Australia "* Wil Be Combed for Foe of Spreading Pest. GOVERNMENT UNABLE Nowhere, Puzzled Entomol- ogists Say. Arrangements for an -expedition to Europe and Australia this year, to hunt for an insect which will eat the Oriental peach moth, have been made by the Bureau of Entomology of the Depart- ment of Agriculture. ‘This moth probably is the most nox- fous of local insect pests. It not only does serious damage to the backyard fruit trees of the District, but orchards in nearby Virginia and Maryland also are heavily infested. It arrived in ‘Washington with the- first-importation of Japanese cherry trees and has since made steady progress. At first the bug was thought a native of Japan, but investigation by Japanese entomologists showed it had arrived in that country. for the first time shortly before the cherry trees were shipped. It since done considerable damage there. It is aclose relative of some European insects, which led to the con- clusion it originally -came from there. It was found in Southern Europe, but investigators learned that its arrival was | almost as recept as in. Japan. Came From Nowhere. ‘The first actual report of the moth was made from Australia, about 10 years before it was found in Japan, but it has slight relationship to any insect of the antipodes. there, entomologists credible. It appears to have come sud- denly from nowhere. , Within the last year, reports have been received of an interior valley in France famous for its peaches, all of which are used in making peach brandy. ‘This has a very slight moth infestetion, as French specialists have found a para- site, which produces two broods a year, that apparently keeps it down. Some of these parasites probably will be brought to the. United. States, but they will not be released until after a care- ful study of their behavior, because when the balance of nature is upset by such an introduction, the remedy is sometimes worse than the pest. From France the e: ition, in charge of G. J. Haeussler, proceed to luly.l where moth infestations also are re-! ported. . Dr. A. L. Quaintance of the Bureau of !nwmob,y believes Europe offers the most fruitful fleld for finding the parasite which may have kept the ymoth down for centuries so it was un- noticed. first discovered in Australia, the moth has been kept in fair control there by local bugs. [ Attack Growing Twigs. i growing twigs of peach, pe: quince, cherry and plum trees, eating out tun- nels in the interior of the twigs from 2 to 6 inches long. It is not unusual for one insect to attack two or three twigs. After this process it spins a co- coon, from’ which it emerges as a moth. Sometimes every twig is injured. The prineipal damage comes from stunting the growth of the tree. The worst com- mercial loss is from the larvae boring into’ fruit. They are especlally damag- ing to quinces, sometimes attacking every fruit in an orchard. Their spread is partly due to infested fruit thrown out by housewives. 3 ¢ The adult moths do little damage and are familiar figures in orchards at sun- down. One female lays from 100 to 200 eges in & season, and in the vicinity of Washington . there are four or five broods @ year, -Several ‘native parasites have turned to-these insects and have kept down the infestations, but entomol- ists long have felt the need of a more ective natural enemy. Are Seeking Parasites. Bureau of Entomology expedjtions are in Japan and India seeking parasites for the dreaded Japanese beetle, which made its first appearance in Washing- ton three years ago and has spread rap- idly. Already several insects which feed naturally ‘on these beetles have been found, and one probably will be re- leased here this year, The worst in- fested spot is on ‘Morrison street in Chevy Chase. So far the bureau has hesitated to at- tack the bettle here with parasites be- cause the infestation was not large enougl to furnish food for the enemy insects. - This that ‘would turn to other forms of food. The parasite to be released ordinarily feeds panese beetles or on the white ibs of the brown May beetles, & close- related species, which are natives of District, and do little harm. VIt may normally be expected, Quaintance said, that there will be som increase in the Japanese beetle infe: tion this year, but it still is very patchy around Washington - and - causes little damage. % It e.:n e controlled within & given area inexpensively, and the bureau is x&umud chiefly in _checking its natu- COLONISTS DAUGHTERS | " CONVENE TOMORROW TO DETERMINE ORIGIN Tnsect Seemed . to Spring From|' . The larvae of the moth attack tender e 'WHERE POLICEMAN_MET HIS DEATH IN TRAFFIC! CRASH 16, 199 The above photograph was snapped by a Star photographer last night shortly after Motor Cycle Policeman Shirley Buchanan et his Hampshire avenue and Seventh street. teriffic impact of the motor cycle. The the driver, had to climb out through the death in a crash at New The automobile bears witness to the door was caved in and Fred L. Lanoir, rear door on the opposite side. On the vement to the left is Buchanan’s glove, where it fell as the crash came. Inset: liceman Buchanan. ~—=8Star Staff Photo. NAVAL RESERVISTS 10 GO ON CRUISES Three Trips Planned for De-| stroyer Upshur to Provide Sea Training. Naval Reservists of the District of Columbia will have an opportunity to take three cruises this Summer aboard | the training ship U. 8. 8. Abel P. Up- shur, destroyer. A total of 300 from Baltimore and Washington will make the cruises. Announcement by the Navy Depart- ment today shows that the vessel will take its first cruise July 6 to 20, the same routine being followed on each of the three cruisers, calling_for | shore_liberty to be granted at Vine- yard Haven, Mass,, in Nantucket Sound. ‘The sea training of the local reservists will form part of the Nation-wide pro- am Summer in which some 9,000 men will make cruises to keep them fit for a national emergency. Second Cruise July 27. ‘The second cruise of the Upshur will take place July 27 to August 10, while the third cruise will be held August 17 to August 31. Naval Reservists from Baltimore will be in training aboard the vessel with the Washingtonians, about 50 men from each city going on_each cruise, leaving each time from Wash- gton. ‘The Navy Department said that de- | stroyer squddrons of the battle and | scouting fleets and a number of vessels | assigned to special training duty will | be employed on the cruises, which will | last for two weeks. During this time Naval Reserve divisions will be trained | in division maneuvers, gunnery exercises | and ship routine. Cruises have been planned to take advantage of the half holiday at the end of the week in docking the Reserv- ists Saturday afternoon and returning them to the port of debarkation two weeks later in time to reach their homes before the beginning of the next work- ing day. the department said. Day’s Routine Outlined. A typical day's routine aboard the Upshur and other vessels, the depart- ment said, will consists of: Morning—General quarters, all hands to station for battle; then at guns, of- ficers at fire and ship control stations; instruction in navigation and in safety precautions for.gunnery. Afternoon—in- dividual ship practical exercises and collision drill and instruction in sur- veys, requsitions, work requests, allot- ment, general storekeeper records, fire drill at night and specfal drill for the deck and engineering force. WILL INSPECT AIRPORT. Trade Board Aviation Committee Visits Baltimore. ‘The special committee of the Board of Trade on aviation left at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon for Baltimore to inspect the airport being constructed in that city. They were furnished with a police escort. b _The survey of thc air field in the Maryland city is exnected to contribute valuable aid to the plans being made for an airport here, since the topo- graphical situation of the site there is similar to that of Gravelly Point, first choice for the Washington field. - Widow Leaves $5,000 Each to 3 Women, Residue to Stepson Three tenants of _separate apartments in the Plymouth Apartment Building, 1236 Elev- enth street, are given $5.000 each by the terms of the will of Mrs. Annis H. Hart, a widow, who died April 16. ‘The beneficiaries are Miss Estelle E. Deisher, Mrs. Florence E. Pratt and Mrs. Emma A. Dev- endorf., In addition to the money, Miss Deisher is also to have two dia- mond rings. The women are described in the will as “friends.” The remaining estate, the value of which is not disclosed, is left to Errol E. Hart of New York, a son of the deceased husband: of the testatrix. The stepson is also to act as executor. INSPECT SIX SITES FOR D. C. AIRPORT Asst. Com’r Davison and Maj. Brown Visit Points Suggested " by Bingham Commission. Assistant Engineer Commissioner Don- ald A. Davison and Maj. Carey Brown, engineer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, yesterday investigated the possibilities as munic- ipal airports of six sites which had been suggested to Senator Bingham's Airport Commission for selection by their re- spective owners. j. Davison said today that, although two of the sites appeared to be available as auxiliary la; fields, the rest of them seemed fitted only for emergency landing places, and that the orginal selection of the Commission- ers—Gravelly Point, Va.—was still the best possible site. Maj. Davison will report his findings on the six fields to Senator Bingham's committee at its meeting, 10 am. Monday. The fields investigated included one at Oxon Hill, Md., about 8 miles from the ‘city, containing 200 acres; one at Silver Mill, Md., of about 100 acres, characterized as an excellent auxiliary field; one on the Suitland, Md., road, about 8 miles from the District; the old Benning Race Track; a site on the flats ndjolnsng Beltsville, Md., near the United States Agriculture Department’s experimental farm. 15 miles from the District, and a site at Landover. Md. north of the Beaver Dam. Country Club, but so located as to provide: but one runway. o SOCIETY DANCE TONIGHT. The reception and dante of the Mas- sachusetts Society of ‘Washington, at which Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles Francis Adams will be honor guests, will be held tonight at Ward- man Park Hotel. Dancing starts at 9 o'clock and: the reception will begin an hour later. ¥ The entertainment m includes numbers by Fred East, e; Willlam F. Raymond, tenor, and several dance selections by a troupe of professional entertainers. Dick Mansfield, cartoonist, will do some sketches for the guests. Assistant Attorney General George R. Farnum is FRATS WILL FIGHT AGTION OF BALLOU To Present United Front to Attempt to Expel Two Members.. The high schoal fraternities of Wash- ington will present a united’ front to the attempt of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, to expel two of their members on charges of making false statements, it was indicated today by P. S. Pearson, president of the local chapter of the Pi Phi Fraternity, who has called a meeting of representatives of the Greek letter itions of the high schools for Sunday night to take up the matter. Meanwhile he announced that sev- eral fraternities have stated that they will back Pi Phi in its fight. The two boys over whom the contro- versy arose are Joseph Matthew Neale, 18 years old, df 1324 Emerson street, and. Joseph S. Cochran, 17 years old, of 2949 Newark street. Both are stu- dents at Central High School and mem- bers of Pi Phi. > A meeting of Pi Phi was held last {night and the interfraternity session decided upon. The following state- ment was issued: “We. do not intend to commit our- selves until we receive the advice of our lawyer. There will be an inter- fraternity meeting at 8 o'clock Sunday night at 2517 Fourteenth street to which interested fraternities are in- vited to send two representatives with full arbitrary powers and introductory credentials.” Neale and Cochran are alleged to have signed cards, stating that they were not members of any approved or- ganization, while- they belonged to Pi Phi. Both boys admit the charge. ‘The fdte of the two students is now in the hands of the personnel commit- tee of the Board of Education, to which it was referred Wednesday afternoon at & board meeting. The committee has not.yet met. Dr. Charles F. Ca- rusi, president of the board, has an- nounced the case probably will come up again for action at the next meeting of the board, May 1. Both Dr. Carusi and Henry Gilligan, a board member, have e: them: selves as opposed to expulsion of the — CHISHOLM IS CONVICTED OF THREATENING WIFE Léonard- Chisholm of the 400 bl threatening ‘his wife by Given in Police Court today. It was while responding to a tele- phone call instituted by a member of Chisholm’s family that . Motor Cycle Policeman Willlam S. Buchanan was killed when his motor cycle collided with a machine operated by Fred L. Lanoir ‘of the 900 block of H street northeast. A member. of the family telephoned /for police aid.. After the death of Buchanan, Officer Thom O'Donnell re- sponded-to the call and arrested Chis- holm.' When:the case was brought to trial this - morning, -Assistant United States 'Attorney * Irvin- Goldstein at- tempted to introduce a statément per- | taining_ to the death of Buchanan. Judge Given orderéd that it be stricken ! and contended the facts irrelevant would - repeat released .on his personal bond. of $10 for intoxication was imposed the court. -FLYERS REACH HAVANA. s WOMAN HIT BY CAR DIES FROMINJURIES Miss Sarah Lowenstein, 35, Will Be Buried Monday i in Mount Olivet. i | Miss Sarah Lowenstein, 35, of 2140 | N street, injured by the automobile of | | Edward Wilson, 40, of 1420 Morse street | northeast, near Pifteenth and H streets northeast, Monday night, died at Cas- ualty Hospital yesterday afternoon. Miss Lowenstein is sald to have | stepped from the H street curb in the path of the car. Wilson took Miss Lowenstein to Cas- ualty Hospital, where sbe was treated | for shock and a possible fracture of the skull.* Wilson appeared at the ninth precinct police station shortly after Miss Lowenstein diea and was paroled to appear at an inquest at the Morgue this morning. | Funeral Set for Monday. Miss Lowenstein, a native of this | city, resided with her mother, Mrs. Mary A. Lowenstein, and a sister, Miss Loretia Lowenstein, at the N street ad- dress. Her body will rest at Gawler’s funeral parlors, 1730 Pennsylvania avenue, until Monday morning, when funeral services will be conducted. In- terment will be in Mount Olivet Ceme- tery. ‘William Legrand, 38, of 2117 Eleventh street, was knocked down at Tenth | and Q streets yesterday afternoon by the automobile of Thaxter Smith, 52321 Illinois ‘avenue. He was taken to| Preedmen's Hospital by Smith, treated | by Dr. Dodson and removed to his| home. . Robert Ginter, 47, of Harrisburg, Pa., received a slight injury to his face last night when he drove his automobile | against a stanchion at the safety zone at Connecticut avenue and L streets. His injury was dressed at Emergency Hospital. Patrick McCarthy, 38, of 1225 Morse street northeast, was knocked down in | front of 302 Pennsylvania avenue southeast last night by #n automobile driven by Helen Singer, 1700 Thirtieth street southeast, and slightly injured. He was treated at Providence Hospital and taken home. Miss May Earley, 18, and Miss Cather- ine Wurst, 17, of Cornwell, Pa., were in a taxicab that collided at Seventh and H. streets northeast last | night with the automobile of George B. Ingles, 1711 Lincoln road northeast. Miss Wurst, slightly injured, was taken to Casualty Hospital. 'BODY OF WOMAN FOUND IN RIVER| | Husband ~ Believes Mrs. Dorothy H. Reichert Ended Her Life. { Ralph R. Reichert of 2121 New York lvenu} 4his morning identified the bodpof a woman which was found floating in the river off Giesboro Point last night as that of his 25-year-old wife, Mrs. Dorothy H. Reichert, who! disappeared April 6. ug.pe;eienegm said his wife was af- fected by the death of her father a year ago. Increasing despondency so undermined her strength that she was semi-invalid at the time of her dis- appearance, the husband said. He be- leves she ended her life because she feared she wouldenever recover from the shock of her parent’s death. Mrs. Reichert’s maiden name was Dorothy Hayek. .Her mother lives in | Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a brother in New York. Mr. Reichert is manager of the shoe | department. of W. B. Moses Co. Be- | fore her health failed, Mrs. Reichert was employed at the Department of Commerce. They were married five ars ago. ye‘rhe body was found by George San- ford, 5. years old, who lives near the notified his father, who re- to the eleventh - FINDS LINCOLN STATU IS ADMIRABLY LIGHTED Sculptor Pleased With Equipment for Illuminating His Memorjal of “Great Emancipator.” MOTORIST IS HELD FOR JURY N DEATH OF POLICEMAN F. L. Lanoir to Face Action in Crash Fatal to W. S. Buchanan. AUTOIST IN COLLISION IS RELEASED ON BAIL Fellow Officer Testifies Indications Pointed to Avoidance of ‘Accident. Fred L. Lanoir, 28 years old, of 5113 Fifth street, whose machine figured in the collision last night in which Motor Cycle Policeman William Shirley Buchanan, 26-year-old policeman of the tenth precinct, was killed, was today held by coroner’s jury for the action of the grand jury. Lanoir was taken to Police Court in the custody of his lttol;r‘xly l:gd Capt. Ira Sheets, com- manding the tenth precinct, released on bond. 2 e Testimony leading up to the fatal ac- cident related how Buchanan, who answering an emergency call on his mo. tor cycle on Allison street, was in col- lision at the intersection of Seventh Street and New Hampshire avenue with the car driven by Lanoir. James B. Jones, a fellow officer of the dead policeman at the tenth precinct, | testified that the position of the ma- chine and the motor cycle at the scene of the accident following the collision indicated that the accident might have been avoided had Lanoir given the mo- tor cycle policeman the right of way. Lanoir, who took the stand in his own defense, said that he was driving at a moderate rate of speed and did not be- lieve he was exceeding 18 miles an hour at the time of the crash. He said he did not see the policeman nearing him at a high rate of speed on the motor cycle until it was too late to do any- thing about it. He said he jammed on his brakes when it became apparent that a crash was imminent and swerved his car sharply to the left, thinking the officer might dodge in back of his automobile. Lanoir said that the next thing he knew was that the motor cycle had struck his car and he threw his hands over his face in order to avoid being serfously cut by flying glass. The boisterousness and laughter so common at a police station was lacking at No. 10 this morning and there was not an officer or private but had a word of praiss for his former friend and of regret at his death. “Buchanan was one of the best men in the precinct,” Capt. Sheetz said to- day. “He was honest, efficient and fear- less and when he was told to do a thing, he always went at it willingly and cheerfully.” Buchanan was to have been married May 15 to Miss Madeline Stoner of 4018 Seventh street. The accident occurred within a block of her home, where she was at the time. She hur- ried to Garfiecld Hospital, where Buchanan was taken, but he was dead. The shock was so great that the young woman had to be returned to her home and a physician summoned. To- day she was prostrated. The right side of the auto was stove in and the motor cycle was left a mass of tangled wreckage. Buchanan was thrown against the car. His head was crushed and hs right leg broken. La- noir tried to open the right front door but found it jammed. He climbed over the seat and clambered out through the rear door. He tried to extricate Buchanan from the debris, but before he had succeeded in doing so, Sergt. Nelson O. Holmes, who was nearby and had heard the crash, arrived. As the men were extricating Buchanan, th: tenth precinet patrol, returning from th» same call to which Buchanan was re- sponding, reached the scene. Pvts. James E. Lowery and Thomas ODonnell, who were in the patrol, hailed a passing truck and rushed Bu- chanan to the hospital. He was pro- nounced dead upon arrival. Lanoir Released. Lanoir was taken to the tenth pre- cinet, questioned and then released in. the custody of his attorney, Joseph Kelly, to appear at the coroner’s in- quest. Lanoir sustained several cuts about the face from broken glass and was treated at Garfield Hospital. ‘The call to which Buchanan was responding was a telephone message . from a woman in the 400 block of Al- % lison street, who said her husband was threatening her with a revolver. It de- veloped that the husband and wife were quarreling, but there was no gun in_the house, police reported. Buchanan saw the patrol pass and another officer with him called the station house and was directed to send Buchanan to the place. . Surviving the officer are his father, Dr. Robert E. Buchana: Mrs. Loretta Buchanan, lived at 835 Allison brothers, Charles A. and Eldred H, Buchanan of the Allison street address, and E. A. Buchanan, who lives on Eighteenth street near California, and two sisters, Octo L. and Elizabeth Buchanan, who live with their parents. Funeral arrangements are awaiting the arrival in the city today of Dr. Buchanan. Eldred Buchanan blames his brother’s death on the fact that police motor cycles are not equipped with sirens, but only with horns. He thinks that. i the officer had a siren on his ma- chine, Lanoir would have heard it in sufficient time to pull to the curb. Buchanan was well known in local athletic circles, having played on club base ball, foot ball and basket ball . _He recently joined Petworth , No. 47, F. A. A. M. He had been a member of the police force since 1925 and had figured in two prominent cases. He was the captor of Samuel Moreno, one of the three slayers of former Policeman Leo W. K. Busch, who was executed last Summer. He was also one of the officers acquitted in the fatal shooting of Riley Hall two years ago. JURY AWARDS $126,000 TO WASHINGTON MAN Lee Benoist, 2222 Q street, h 5 awarded a verdict for $126,000 a‘.“m':'.'e'i by a jury in Circuit Division 2 before Justice ‘William Hitz against the Lake Glenda Co., s Delaware corporation, having a local office at 710 Fourteenth street, when the suit was filed in Feb- ruary, lfls.m R a contract with the compt;y elo?k.hg: Which e was 10 Fecelve 86,000 1 cac ve $6.f i and $120,000 in bonds of the c%‘x:: by the company at the trial. Attore neys Bell, Marshall, Rice & Carmody FDpsazed. fnx the vlainiie, {