Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1929, Page 2

WRC AGAIN TO BEAR VOTELESS . G. PLEA Dr. Havenner and Mrs. Riley to Speak Tomorrow Night Over Radio. Continuing the campaign for national representation for the Distriet of Co- lumbia, two more radio talks will be | peq, broadcast over WRC tomorrow night from 8 to 8:30 o'clock by arrangement between the National Broadcasting Co. and the Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation. The speeches will be addressed to the public and the Seventy-first Congress, especially the new members of the House and Senate, elected last November. Preliminary to Intensive Drive. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Fedcration of Citizens' Associs- tions and chairman of the Citizens’ Ad- visory Council, will speak firsi, and will be followed by Mrs. Grace Hays Riley, dean of the Washington Coellege of Law and former president of the Women's City Club. Both speakers will ask Congress to approve the proposed const.tutional amendment to give the District repre- gentation in tne House and Senate and among the electors for President and Vice Presicent. Although it is not ex- pected that the present special session ©of Congress will take up this question, the campaign is preiminary to an in- tensive drive next Winter, when Con- gress will convene in regular session. Third Program of Series. “This will be the third program of the series of radlo talks on national repre- sentation for thé District this Spring under the auspices of the citizens' joint committee. The fourth talk will be given Saturday night over ‘WRC, {rom $:30 to 9 o'clock. The speakers for this occasion will be announced later. The facilities of the National Broad- casting Co. have been granted to_the citizens' committee by Frank M. Rus- sell, vice president of the company. He has announced also that the same fa- cilities will be available to carry for= ward the campaign next Fall. . CURRY’S ELECTION AS TAMMANY HEAD HELD RAP AT SMITH (Continued From First Page) declared for Walker he forscok the Hy'an camp and backed the Tammany candidate in the last mayoralty election. Won Over Ahearn. Curry won with 121-6 votes over Edward J. Ahearngleader of the fourth district, who had 182-8. Martin G. Mc- Cue. leader of the East Side district, regarded as Curry’s strongest opponent, withdrew his name before the voting began yesterday and threw his support to Ahearn. Only one vote was taken. On the motion of Ahearn, the election of Curry was made unanimous before the general committee adjourned. Foemer Goy. Smith informed district Jeadars with some emphasis that, since they were determined that the new chief should be a district leder, it was up! %o the general committee to pick one, | is opinions were asked, Senator er and Surrogate Foley followed a “hands off” policy. - Mayor Walker alone openly agrecd with the district leaders, Ever since Mayor Walker, last of the | «Big Four” to be consulted by the Tam- many “Little Seven,” hnd declared yes- terday that he was in favor of elevating a district leader to_the position of thief Curry’s election had been regarded as a certainty. New Leader Is Congratulated. Messages cf congratulation for_the | new leader began to pour into the Wig- | Wam yesterday. Among the first was | a telegram from Judge Olvany, which read. “Best wiches and good, good luck.” | In Washington Senator Wagner and | Senator Copeland expressed complete satisfaction at the committee’s choice. Curry is known as an excellent mixer, | he neither smokes nor drinks nor uses | profane language. His attacks on his enemies are fiercest when they appear in writing. In fact he became known as a “leiter writer,” the term being used as one of reproach. He is 55 vears old and won his dis-| trict leacership at the age of 29 by leading an uprising against the old| leader. Varied Career Before Politics. Curry began his political career as a clerk in the city paymaster’s office in 1809 He served two terms in the Legislature. His present position is commissioner of records. Curry was born in Arragnatra, in County Fermanagh, Ireland, and came to New York when a boy. He herded his father's cattle in what is now his district, the west side of the “roaring forties.” i His career before he entered politics included service as a messenger boy, telegraph operator and bookkeeper. He has five children. He is in the insur- ance business and is regarded as wealthy, though living in a modest resi- dence in his district. Former Gov. Smith today made this comment on the election of Mr. Curry: “I have read of the election of Mr. Curry as leader. I have known him for 25 years. He is a man of ability and courage. I wish him success.” GANGSTERS LAUNCH WAR ON CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT (Continued From First Page.) in November, 1928, he was charged with robbery with firearms when ar- rested by Detroit police. The Detroit hijacking episode as a theory of the cause of the murders was advanced by Detective Sergt. Emil Smetana. He said he had learned that Fuerstman and Shiller hijacked a truck load of liquor near Detroit and stole 16 cases, then let it proceed on its way, butr “tipped off” Michigan State troopers, who arrested the driver. Fuerstman and Shiller also were ar- rested, Smetna satd. Shiller, 43 years old, began his ca- reer of dodging police at Duluth. Minn., in 1912. a workhouse on a vagrancy charge. Shiller Had Long Record. ‘He was arrested in Detroit three {ven fater on charges ranging from being a suspicious character to larceny, but the charges were later dropped. He was | ed in the interior.” 'regarding the Duchess of Atholl, the | malaria and sunstroke, and in the other He served 30 days there In; IMAN 1S ARRESTED IN THREAT PROBE Montgomery Police Say Large Sums Have Been Asked of Parked Autoists. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., April 24— Breaking up of what was said to have n a badger game, which has bgen worked in this area for the past several weeks by three men, was effected last night by Montgomery County Police- man Charles Barnes. Everett D. Weak- ley, who gave his address as Luray, Va., is being held in the substation here, but no charges have as yet been placed against him, The police have information that three men have been seeking large sums of money from people whom they found parked in automobiles on the highways north of Takoma Park. $600 Reported Demanded. For some time, according to Police- man Barnes, complaints have been fil- terinz into the local police substation that men have been approaching auto- mobiles and annoying the occupants. One case reported several nights ago was that the trio, after approaching the occupants of an automobile, called them up the following day and demanded $600, conveying it with a threat of ex- posure and death. Early last evening, Policeman Barnes went to the area from which most of the complaints have been received. He had with him a woman assistant. They had only been parked for a few minutes when they saw three men skulking through grass cn the side of the road. | Chased Two Miles, Barnes instructed his assistant to; take the car as soon as he left and| proceed to the Silver Spring substation | for assistance. He started after one of the men and kept up the chase over the nearby flelds for about two miles and finally landed his prisoner. The other two men escaped, but Weakley, upon examination by the police, di-| vulged their names. They also are resi- | dents of Virginia, i Weakley today said that the three ! men had been approaching automobiles ! for the last two weeks. He stated that ; they were merely doing it out of curi- | osity and denied that he had made any effort at extortion. The police, however, say they have evidence that demands for money were made of several parties. DEATHS ABOARD SHIP BLAMED ON MALARIA CAUSED BY EXPOSURE| _ (Continued From First Page.) March 10. The weather was very hot and it grew hotter daily, once reaching 136 in the shade. Two days later, after the ship had made a short call at Monbasa, the seven became very iil. First Thought It Sunstroke. “We first thought it was sunstroke,” Capt. Griffiths said, “but it turned out to be very malignant malaria contract- Previously, two members of the crew had died, one off the coast of Brazil of heart disease and the other out at sea of a disease of the liver. On March 26, Henry Norweb, 68, of Roslyn Heights, N. Y., dled. On March 28, Dr. Edward Hardenbrook, 52, of Rochester, N. Y., died. On March 30, Luther Facey of Kingston, Jamalca, and on April 1, Mrs. Alice M. Ernecke, 46, of Hollywood, Calif,, succumbed. Had to Walk Through Mud. Among those who were stricken. but | recovered, was George A. Chandler of New Haven, Conn., who told the Asso- clated Press that it had taken him four weeks to get back on his feet. Mr. Norweb, Mr. Facey and Mrs. Ernecke were members of the same party with Chandler, which the latter described as being drenched and with- out food .or water for 18 hours and which wound up with the necessity of everybody walking five miles back to| the railroad after their motor cars stuck in the mud. COMPANY'S STATEMENT. Press Rumors That Smallpox Caused Deaths Are Denied. By the Associated Press LONDON, April 24—Offices of the Canadian Pacific issued a statement to- day saying that four passengers and two of the crew of the liner Duchess of Atholl had died during its four months’ cruise to South Africa. The statement said that two of the passengers died from malaria and two from sunstroke. “The statement read: “With reference to statements which have appeared in this morning’s press following are the facts: Shortly after the duchess left Durban on March 19 several of the cruise passengers, who had been on shere excursions into the interior, complained of illness. Four of these persons died. “The cause of death in two cases was two cases, malaria. ¥ “The foregoing is a correct statement of the facts. The suggestions in press Teports as to the possioility of smallpox are quite unfounded and there is no question of infection or contagion to other passengers arising out of these deaths.” RELATIVES SEEK DETAILS. Letter From Passenger to Family Claims Ten Dead. NEW YORK, April 24 ().—Relatives today were seeking detalls of the deaths of four ngers during the African cruise of the Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of Atholl. Officials of the line at Montreal said the dead were: Dr. Edward Harden- brook, Rochester, N. Y.; Henry J. Nor- web, Roslyn, N. ¥.; Mrs. A. H. Ernecke, Hollywood, Calif, and’ Luther Facey, Kingston, Jamaica, The liner was due at Cherbourg, France, today. First news of the deaths, which placed the number at 10, was received in a letter to relatives at Old Lyne, Conn., from Miss Louise Terry, & pas- senger on the ship. The company’s statement said two deaths were the result of sunstroke and two were caused by malaria. Relatives of Hardenhrook, Norweb and Facey, | sentenced to the Ohio Penitentlary 10 years ago after convictiori on a burglary charge in Cleveland. Seven charges of burglary_were lodged against him at Scranton, Pa., on January 10, 1922, and he was convicted on_three of the counts and served in the Eastern Penl- tentiary, Philadelphia. Barry Takes Warpath. Investigating the pair of bombings, police arrested two brothers, known to them as bootleggers, &s suspects of having hurled the explosives. In ad- dition, another man, believed by police to have been implicated in the at-|also tempted assassination of Edward Spen- cer, business agent of the bricklayers' union in 1926, when sticks of dynamite were placed under the hood of his automobile, was being sought. Stirred by the flare-up of gangland warfare, Safety Director Edwin D. Barry, sald that “every boctlegger in Clevelgnd will be under arrest by night- fall and every bottle of hooze in « city will be destroyed.” -~ ¥ the | that her husband, who however, said cablegrams announcing the deaths gave sunstroke as the cause. A letter received by Mrs. Florence Wa- terman at the Ernecke home in Holly- wood said Mrs, Brnecke had died of tropical fever. Says She Saw Victims. Miss Terry in her first letter, dated from Cairo, Egypt, said the victims had been four stewards and six passengers. She said the ship's doctor had diag- nosed the cases as maiaria, but that a puzzled port health officer had sent ashore for two other physicians, who were mystified. In a second letter Miss Terry quoted a physician at another port as saying he believed the deaths due to_ the of an insect while the victims had been Upper: with _the smoke screen, with which it center picture shows the device which ALWINGTON DOLLY WINS FIRST EVENT Trainer Trueman’s Filly Pays $16.80 to Beat Camp- fire Maid. HAVRE DE GRACE RACE TRACK, Md., April 24.—The best card of the meeting and good racing conditions brought out a large crowd for the ninth day of the meeting. Although the $10,000 Aberdeen, dash of 4'; furlongs for 2-year-old was regarded as the feature, there w just as much interest in The Shenal doah, a race of 1 mile and 70 yards, that attracted seven candidates for the Dixie. Among these were Victorlan and Toro, which ran one-iwo in the Preak- ness last Spring. Alwington Dolly Wins, Alwington Dolly led from start to finish in the first race, & sprint of four and a half furlongs. Campfite Mald a third. Breaking from the inside, Alwington Dolly went into a lead of & couple of lengths immediately. Campfire Mald challenged in the stretch and for & while it looked as though she would ‘tvargake the leader, but Alwington Dolly held on well in the drive. Fire Girl raced on the outside most of the way. An eighth of a mile out it appeared as though she might come on and win, but she hung at the end, although having no trouble keeping Dr. Jim Clarken out of the third place. HAVRE DE GRACE RESULTS FIRST RACE—Maiden 2-year-olds; 41, furlongs. Dolly, $16.80, $7.60, $4.80, Alwington won. Camp Fire Maid, $4.60, $5.10, second. Fire Girl, $3.10, third. Also ran—Eveline F., Mainrock, Mabel Basil, Dr. Jim Clarken, Royal Equity, Willow, Sun Coat, Kwen Lun, Clifton’s Maid, Panivana and Treacle. off the coast of Africa of sunstroke after a fainting spell. She said her son, Raymond H. Nor- ‘web, who is first secretary of the Amer- ican embassy at The Hague, had been endeavoring to learn the circumstances of his father’s death. She said the son would meet the ship at Southampton, England, and claim the body. Mrs. Norweb sald the family had not been satisfied with the explanation that Norweb's death was caused by sunstroke, but had been unable to ob- tain any further information, “I cannot understand it at all” she sald. “Mr. Norweb was in good health when he left on the trip, and he would not have been so foolish as to sit out in a tropical sun on the deck until he had a sunstroke. We are still wait- ing word es to the details.” ‘Walker Facey, a student at Gardner. Mass.. said he had been notified that his tather had died of sunstroke while the Duchess of Atholl was en route from Durban, Africa, to Port Said and had been buried in the Red Sea. Father Accustomed to Tropics. He sald it was difficult for him to hm“"' the sunstroke report. as his fa- her, who was a retired British gov- ernment official, had lived In the tropics most of his life and knew how to avold the effects of the climate. ‘The body of Dr. Hardenbrook arived in New York yesterday and was for- warded to Rochester for burial. It was accompanied by Mrs. Hardenbrook. Mrs. Florence Waterman, who lived since the couple left for the cruise had suffered exhaustion when she and storm while ashore on the coast of Africa. The letter said the couple had the storm and had taken shelter in a shack in the bush, 30 Caught in Storm. from Cape Town, American tourists from the Duch disabled their two omnihuses. the, night and igainst the wild beasts which on_excursions re. Line officials at Montreal said the deaths occurred on March 26, 28, 30 e Norieh sald she Was_motified rs. Norweb sal e ol was a retired -a>month ago 8 through the game finally ‘There was nothing in th indicate that any of passengers were made was second and Fire Girl, the favorite, | in the Ernecke home in Hollywood on the Duchess of Atholl, sald she had received a letter saying Mrs. Ernecke her husband had been caught in a been obliged to walk 16 miles through Dispatches to the Associated Press South Afriea, on March 11 described how 30 British and o Atholl were marooned overnight in the wilds of the Kruger National Game|and a 4-bit mayor and brags about Reserve when a sudden tropical storm ot m_s:ame of the tourists took to the trees | terest. a native kraal for shelter and safety |a camel to pon Toam e reserve. ~Rescuers | that arrived with food and blankets. | cities e report to the smmnhlpl ill by their ex- The automobile in which Ottmer Herman Fleming was shot to death this morning during a police chase, is equipped, in operation. Lower: Policeman Clyde O. Rouse, who killed Fleming, and (right) Policeman B. R. Campbell, his companion. The produces the smoke. LIQUOR CAR DRIVER SHOT TO DEATH BY PURSUING OFFICER (Continued From First Page.) purpose, but the tank was untouched. the bullet which he said was intended for it striking Fleming. Both officers were detained at the precinct, but on a duty status, The other shooting in which Camp- bell figured was in July, 1927. On that occasion Policeman Willlam S. Buchan- an, who was killed last week after crashing into an automobile at Seventh street and New Hampshire avenue, was | riding in a motorcycle side car with Campbell. The policemen were chasing a stolen automobile in which four men were riding. Fired In Line of Duty. ‘The testimony brought out at the in- | chanan were crulsing early Sunday morning on July 10 in the vicinity of | Michigan avenue and Harewood road | when they observed a car swerve around a corner into Harewood road at terrific | speed. ‘The policemen gave chase and | on two occasions were said to have been | forced to the side of the road by the | machine they were pursuing and at one time nearly crashed into a fence. Campbell fired twice at the fleeing |car and one of his bullets struck Hall. The man was pronounced dead at Ger- field Hospital and the car in which he was riding later was found by police to have been stolen the day before from David Samakow in front of his home at 2101 New Hampshire avenue. ‘The coroner’s jury held that “Camp- bell had fired the fatal shot accidentally and in line of duty.” PASSOVER FESTIVAL Jews Start Eight-Day Period of Thanksgiving at Sun- down Today. ‘Washington Jewry begins at sun- down today, the celebration of the Jewish Passover Festival, an eight-day period of thanksgiving for deliverance from the four major oppressions of the Jewish race, the .persecution by the Pharoahs of Egypt, the Babylonian exile, the Persian rule of oppression and the later and longer period of captivity under the Greco-Roman domination. Special services have been arranged by all of the synagogues in the city, and these services will continue until next Thursday. Preparations were being made today Rabbis Louis J. Schwefel of the Sixth Street Synagogue and Julius T. Loeb of the Fifth Street Synagogue to bring before the Jews of the city the latest developments in the homeland cause, and they will devote a part of their time during the forthcoming ser- vices to appeals for support for the United Palestine appeal. Speakers also will address the various Jewish societies and fraternal orders “in the Capital during the weck. The formal launch- ing of the drive will be on May 12, Principal passover services at the synagogues will begin tomorrow morn- ing at 8:30 o'clock, the services to con- tinue until noon. At the Fifth Street Synagogue tomorrow morning, Rabbi Loeb “will preach on “The New Freedop.” By the Associated Press. HOOPESTON, Ill, April 24.—Let the big towns have their city hall scandals if they will; in any chronicle of Hoope- ston's municipal affairs there is no place for the headline, “City Broke, Ald Sought.” Hoopeston is run by 25-cent aldermen it. It has $29,000 in the lends it to citizens at Down here the bu&ar, boutm:hrofluu among might study advant the ton operates. The idea of ‘mayor 80 centa was incorporated in town's charter, . The village found- - i &he the | quest disclosed that Campbell and Bu- | DBSERVANCE OPENS Aldermen Get 95 Cents Annually And Mayor Four Bits in Illinois Gity : ! —Star Staff Photos. CAPT. PECK DENIES URGING ARMS USE 1Says He Was Quoted Cor- rectly on Statement About Smoke Screens. Capt. Charles T. Peck of the eleventh | precinct today reported to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, that he was quoted correctly in substance in a published article recently in which he sald that there had been no de-| crease in the number of liquor cars entering Washington from Maryland through Anacostia since the passage of the Jones-Stalker act and that the use of smoke screens on rum-running cars had increased. He denied, however, that he had in any way criticized the Jones law, or that he had advocated the use of fire- arms by policemen in coping with the | situation. Information From Maryland. It was in Capt. Peck's precinct that the rum chase killing took place this morning, but his report was prepared prior to that. Capt. Peck said that his information as to the making of smoke screens in Maryland and carrying of sawed-off shotguns in the rum-running cars, was given him by A. C. Johnson, the con- | stable at Marlboro, Md. He said that several of his men had encountered smoke screens when chas- ing rum cars and named the men specifically as follows: Lieut. S. J. Marks, Sergt. G. M. Little, Pvts, M. Znamenacek, C. O. Rouse, M. Chmylko, M. Deakins, 8. H. Miles, J. J. Tolson, C. E. Ripperger, B. R. Campuell, A. J.| Walters, Guy Rone, Peck Points Out Record. Capt. Peck pointed out the record of the eleventh precinct since March | , 1929, in support of the accuracy of his statements. ‘This shows that since that time until yesterday when his report was written, | 11 automobiles had been captured, | five of them arranged for attaching smoke screens and one with a smoke screen device already attached. Thel men at the precinct confiscated 1,670 quarts of whisky, 15 persons were ar- rested for illegal transportation of liquor, 19 for possession, two for sale, and one establishment s padlocked. VERDICT OF SUICIDE. - Coroner Reports on Death of Dr. John 8. Dorsey. A certificate of suicide was issued to- day by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt in the death’ Monday night of Dr. John S. Dorsey, 61 years old, of 2560 Rhode Island avenue. Yesterday an autopsy performed by Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy coroner, sdisclosed traces of poison. Dr. Dorsey was found dead in bed by Garrett L. Brown, with whom he roomed. PUBLISHERS CONVENE. American Newspaper Executives Open Meeting. NEW YORK, April 24 (#)—The forty-third annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Asso- ciation opened at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel today. ‘The delegates, in executive session, listened to the report of President Ed- ward H. Butler of Buffalo and of va- rious committees, The convention lasts through Frida ers belleved the community would be built more substantially if city fathers spent their time in working for the community good instead of worrying about ‘E:y day. In time that has intervened the people have never seen fit to change the charter, even though the popula- tion has 600 to 6,000. The jobs of aldermen and mayor, de- spite the trivial annual emolument, are rhuch sought, the citizens taking a cer- tain pride in seeing how well they may serve the city. Candidates for mayor have spent as much as $500 in their o for mayor. . Donald J. McFerren, son of the town's first mayor, retired from office this week, and the council solemnly approved ‘his bill of 50 cents for the year's mayoral 'CANADIAN FLYERS KILLED. 150 feet and 1ts ,the earth, LA GUARDIA REPLY HALTED BY BISHOP Methodist Prelate Declines to Be Disturbed on Query About Wet Ship. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 24—Bishop James Cannon, jr, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, arriving to- day on the White Star liner Olympic, declined to be disturbed by a wireless message seni him yesterday by Repre- sentative La Guardia, New York, ask- ing “why he traveled on a wet ship instead of a dry one.” The bishop admitted having received the message, but did not know wheth'r he would answer it or not. He char- acterized the message as being “an at- tempt to achieve the spectacular.” Bishop Cannon sat in his second cabin quarters as the big ship came up the North River. He was returning home from a Winter cruise on the Calgaric to the Mediterranean. With the exception of a few messages ex- changed with his office, he said he had been, for the most part, out of touch with’ prohibition and anti-prohibition matters which had developed since he Jeft. He is chairman of the board of temperance and soclal service of his church. Sees Temperance Gaining. The bishop saw little likelihood of rohibition in some of the countries he had visited, such as Egypt, France and England. Foreign influences in Egypt prevent_prohibition, he said, although the Mohammedans are abstainers. He said he thought England was becoming more temperate, but did not think the question would be of much moment in the coming British elections. “I found they have no sympathy in | England for the commander of the I'm Alone, who was & confessed liquor smuggler,” he said. “Rather the tendency is to condemn & man of this sort. They do nu} bedlnkvc in flaunting the laws of other lands.” Olfi!‘l’flnc! the bishop said it “is the most alcoholized nation in the world. Bishop Cannon will go direct to Washington. At the close of the inter- view he again Teferred to the radio- gram of Representative La Guardia. much fce whether this ship is wet or dry,” he said. "I don't see why a man should shape his trip just to get a morning toddy.” Temperance aboard ships, he added, is becoming more and more general. When the newspaper men swarmed about the bishop, he said, in answer| fo & barrage of questions, that he did | not know what difference it made as to | what ship a man salls on, “if he has! business abroad.” Preters Dry Ship. | The factors of comfort and speed are | always to be considered, he said. But| if it were a case of leaving a port on| a wet ship or a dry ship, he wculdi naturally prefer a dry ship. He remarked that traveling upon a wet ship did not in any wise imply | that & man was sympathetic toward the wets. He did not feel he could say any- thing at this time as to the cpangod program of the United States Line, Inc., in adopting a wet westbound pas- | sage, as he “guessed the line had the right, as an independent organization, to chose whatever program it lhouzmi best.” “I should say,” he said, “the United | States Lines, Inc., having purchased | the once Government owned ships has | the right to run these ships as they please.” * “But how do you feel on the matter | of American flag ships being wet,” he was questioned. Constitutional Question. Texan Rides toVictory Astride “Hot Dog” in Race for Mayor’s Job By the Associated Press. DALLAS, April 24.—The lowly “hot dog” has swept J. Waddy Tate, former minor official in a railroad office here, into the of- fice of mayor of Dallas. Tate, independent candidate, whose third campalgn for the mayoralty was featured by “hot dog” rallies at which he served thousands of frankfurter sand- wiches to voters, was elected* yes- terday. He received 12,069 votes to 8557 for Temple Houston Morrow, supported by the United Dallas Assoclation. He will' take the oath of office May 1, succeeding R. E. Burt. REPARATIONS MOVE, END-SEEN IN PARIS Comprohise Called Remote. Japanese Believed Ready to Go Home. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, April 24—There were few indications today that the door to fur- ther negotiations left open yesterday by the conference of experts on reparations would provide a way to prevent dis- bandment a few days hence. Preparation of a report to the gov- ernments concerned occupied a subcom- mittee composed of the chiefs of the national delegations. Although tech- afcally this subcommittee might find the means necessary to a compromise in the course of its labors, few held it possible and the tendency was to conclude the work in best possible shape with the least possible delay. One of the delegations even—the Jap- anese—had, it was understood, arranged passage for home. Attitude of Schacht. This situation might be altered in- stantly by a change in the attitude of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German spokes- man. His position, however, remained as it was yestcrday, a refteration of last week’s stand, that Germany's capacity to pay was less than the allied demands. ‘The possibility was advanced here that Dr. Schacht might not even re- main with the subcommittee drafting the report to the governments until it bad finished its work. Some regarded the German cabinet's continuation of his freedom of action at their confer- ence last Sunday as not an expression of confidence, as first appeared. It was sald that on the contrary it represented knowledge of the cabinet that no agreement with the creditor nation delegates was possible on the basis of their present demands, and was an effort to pass the blame for failure to Dr. Schacht, upon whose shoulders .I\L’lGd!‘rman side of the negotiations had rested. Speculation About Schacht. Reflection, it was argued. might per- suade Dr. Schacht that this was the case and lead either to withdrawal from the final work or request that he be supplanted. ‘The matter did not go past the speculative stage, however. The allied delegations remained will- ing to do everything in their power to rake things smooth for Dr. Schacht | - in the event he should show a disposi- tion to reopen the negotiations, but the general feeling was that they had whit- tled their claims down to an extreme limit and that they could do little more The bellef was that drafting of the “I should say,” he replied, “that| American persons or properties accept- | ing the protection of the flag. should be | subject of the law of the flag. I am not & Constitutional lawyer and do not know what the technicelities are. Per-| haps I shall go into these technicalities | later. It seems to me a cowardly pro- | cedure to claim protection and then | not be amenable to the law of the land.” | Asked if he had read President Hoo- ver's address before the membership Mi the Associated Press, Bishop Cannon & said: “I only got & digest of the speech on i the ship. It was sent in the reguiar| wireless news dispatches, which are posted on the ship's bulletin board. Ijand prominent scientist of the Depart- | think in saying what he did he was | doing the very thing he must do if he | is golng to get Tesuits. He had to in-| dicate to the people that he is in ear- | nest about this proposition and as as is possible he is going to throw in- fluence and leadership to the principle that the Constitution is to be upheld.” FOUR PERSONS HURT IN TRAFFIC MISHAPS Only Minor Injuries Noted in Re- port by Police of Accidents Since Yesterday. Traffic accidents last night and early today resulted in minor injuries to four persons. Robert Wesley, 18 years old, 1328 Eleventh street southeast, was cut about the face and hands this morning when an automobile driven by Bernard W. Wesley of the same address, was in a collision at Eleventh street and Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast with another machine operated by Harry Carter, 27 years old, 921 C street southwest. Wes- ley, an occupant of the former car, was treated at Casualty Hospital. Charles W. Cox, 1218 Thirty-first street, and Edna Scott, 1447 S street, were drivers of automobiles that col-| lided at Eleventh and R streets yes- terday afterncon, the former car over- turning and injuring Carl Shepherd, colored, 17 years old, of 641 L street northeast, a pedestrian. Shepherd, not serlously hurt, was taken to Freed- men’s Hospital, l Frank Hamilton, 32 years old, 623 Morton place northeast, was treated at Emergency Hospital last night for in- Jjurles to his ribs, having been knocked down by an automobile while crossing the roadway on Fifth street. Jacob Tsenberg, 450 Q street, driver of the car, took the injured man to the hospital. Samuel Taylor, 56 years old, 810 Four-and-a-Half street southwest, was hurt yesterday afternoon as a result of being thrown from his wagon when his horse ran away near Ninth street and Maryland avenue northeast. He was treated at Casualty Hospital by Dr. Louis Jimal for an injury to his head. Grandsons of Two Noted Men Vic- tims of Crash. TORONTO, Ontario, April 24 (P).— Noel Marshall and William Mackenzie of Toronto were killed yesterday in their ""'"ifi‘ when it crashed near the Leaside Mackenzie, & ndsori_of the late gir William' Mackenzie, recently had been granted a pilot's license. Mar- shall, also a pilot, was a grandson of the late Col. Noel Marshal, former head o e Siames Motk piade. fell sbout Gypsy Moth pl ‘motor ‘was buried in | report to the governments would take from & week to 10 days or two weeks. AT SIBLEY HOSPITAL Department of Agriculture Work- er Resident of Capital for 40 Years. Alfred Charles True, 70 years old, ment of Agriculture, died suddenly at Sibley Hospital last night. Dr. True had been associated with the Department for 40 years and was far | known personally to most of its em- | Representative Is ployes. He served first in the office of experiment stations and was later for many years director of the States Relation Service. He also occupied a prominent position in connection with agricultural research and extension in the several States. It was Dr. True who organized the States' Relations Service, of which he became director, as well as reorganized extension work in agriculture and hom o economics when the reorganization wadl provided for by act of Congress in 1914, For several years Dr. True was in charge of agricultural investigations in Alaska, Porto Rico, Hawaili and Guam, as well as irrigation d drainage projects in the United States. Dr. True was widely known in scien. tific circles. The high regard in which he was held by his associates was ex- pressed by a gold watch presented by his fellow-workers at the department in 1923 on the occasion of the dis- banding of the States Relations Service as a unit, and the reorganization of the department under Secretary Wal- lace, which marked the completion of Dr. True's service as director of the service and assumption of his duties as specialist in States’ relations work. Born_in Middletown, Conn., June 5, 1858, Dr. True was graduated from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, in 1873.© He was awarded an M. A, de- gree by the university in 1876 and an Sc. D. degree in 1906. Dr. True was a post-graduate student at Harvard from 1882 to 1884. In 1886 he received a Ph. D. degree from Erskine College of South Carolina. Following graduation from Wesleyan, he was principal of the high school at |; Essex, N. Y., from 1873 to 1874. From ns versity from 1884 to 1888. Since coming to Washington, 40 years ago, Dr. True had been prominent in the Found Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a member of the board of trustees and chairman of the committee on religious education. He was honorary president of the Wes- leyan University Alumni Association of Washington, a member of the Cosmos Club and also of the American Associa- tion for. the Advancement of Science. He was a contributor to encyclopedias on_the subject of agriculture. Dr. True is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Twamley, of Flushing, N. Y., and a son, Henry Hyde True, of Lake Wales, Fla. He resided at 1604 Seventeenth street. “DEAD” YOU'TH REVIVES. MANISTEE, Micl An undertaker called to take charge of the body of a youth pronounced dead yesterday, turned physician this afternoon when he detected signs of life and revived the boy while mourneys sat_in an adjoining room. The youth, Leo Rakosniewskl, 22, wos | injured by a runaway team of horses. A physician summoned after the under- taker's first-aid efforts s~ 2 Rakosniew: ski probably would rec , April 24 (P— | MELLON-TO AID .. . CITY ARCHITECTURE | Secretary Sponsors Program for Development of Capital. S0 much interest has been evinced in the special presentation of the de- velopment-and future of architéetural ‘Washington to be held tomorrow night al the United States Chamber of Com= merce that Secretary Mellon, who is sponsoring the program, has arranged to hold a second meeting on the next evening, in the same place, when an- other group of distinguished speakess Wil talk on the development of this cif¥. The size of the hall has limited tite first audience to spectally invited guess of official Washington, so the secong ¢é= casion will accommodate many "wio could not be present at the first meet'£g. ‘The sperkers tomorrow night clude President Hoover, Secretary ot the Treasury Mellon, Senator Smoof, Representative Eliiott of Indiana, and Milton. B. Medary of the Treasury board of architectural consultants. Moore to Preside. At the meeting Friday night Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Com- mission will preside and the speakers will be Representatives Cramton of (Michigan and Montague of Virginia and Edward H. Bennett. chairman of the board of architectural consultants of the Treasury Department, and Maj. L. E. Atkins of the District of Colums bia municipal government. Aside from the speakers the same fea- tures will be presented both evenings. “The Toy City,” model of the architec- tural development of Washington, will be on display, together with other ex- hibits of the fature of this city. The Marine Band Orchestra will play, and following the program of specches the special moving picture film of “The City of Washington,” made especially under orders of Secretary Mellon for this oc- caston, will be exhibited. Admission on both evenings will be by ticket cnly on invitation from the Treasury Depart- ment. The motion picture film which will be presented for the first time on this subject will give the story of the city of Washington from the time when it founded up to the present, and it deals with the future developments t. are now or soon will be under way. Mellen's Statement. “It is the first time, Mellon’s _statement, story of the city has ever been told with moving pictures. The photography was by Lawrence Kroger and in the mak- ing of the picture various Government The_Signal jdepartments had a part. | Corps laboratories of the War Depart- ment assisted; the motion picture sec- tion of the Department of Agriculture furnished its facilities, and the Department has also contributed h It is expected that the film will shown in other places follow presentation h Friday evenings. The meetings on both Thursday and Friday evenings will begin at 8:30. /$30,000,000 PR * sald Sccretary het a complete p. 5 be g its first | on Thursiay and 0 PROJECT | PLANS OUTLINED | | | By the Associated Precs NEW YORK. Aprii 24.—Piens for a $30,000,000 hydroelectric project on the Osege River at Bagnell, Mo. about 3 between St. Louis and Kansas Ciiy. were outlined yesterday by the North American Co., following acquisi= tion by Union Electric Light & Power Co., a North American subsidiary, of options on the stock of the Missouri Hydroelectric Power Cc Missouri Hydroelectric 000 acre site for the de will require two years Work is cheduled to Tt soon on & 100-foot earth and concrete dam. Ini- tial generating capacity will be 120.000 kilowatts and upon completion of the ;JYBJPC{ t!‘i!!l{nlfln Electric system will have a total generating capacit, 750.000 kilowatts. P Transmission lines will connect the development with St. Louis and the Southeastern Missouri lead belt and will tie in with plants at Keokuk, Iowa, and Cahokla, I, both on the Mississippl River. A long-term contract for power has been closed with the St. Joseph Lead Co. and Union has taken over the | latter’s plant at Rivermines, Mo. CANFIELD IS HONORED. Elected Presi- dent of Indiana Society. Representative Canfleld was elected president of the Indiana Society of Washington at a meting last night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mock, 2960 Newark street. Vice presidents elected are Senator Watson, Representa- tive Elliott, Mrs. John Mock and Judge Oscar E. Bland: secretary, Miss Meda Ann Martin; financial secretary, John A. Huston, and treasurer, Victor L. Garrigus. Miss Nina Greenwood gave several readings. owns a 60~ velopment. It to complete. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.200; vear-old fillies; 4%z furlongs. Lessetto ... Fair Wanderer Merry Mack . Evergreen . Zeves Gold " Sweet Yvette . b Precaution Sunaibi a Mrs. E. Trueman and G. Willing Brown ntr. b Foxcatcher Farms and Montvelier Farms ntry. maiden 2- Tsuruga . e SECOND RACE—Purse. 3-year-oids and up: 6 furlongs. y Cock . Cudgeller *Aversion X *Cherokee Maid. Hizhland Fling.. *Vovage . 50| i claiming: THIRD RACE- 4-year-olds ani a Candy_Hog 108 Pink Lilv Golden Spite ..., 108 Cabellsdal & Polamiie ...... 106 Sun-Chen a H. Teller Archibald entry. FOURTH RACE_Purce. $1,200: the Ad- miration: 3-year-old fillics: 6 Turlongs. On Her Toes .... 115 a Penant Lass ... ea ... {111 & Rauccna 3 Nearby' 111 Regency aEastland Farms Stable entry. FIFTH RACE—Purse. $1,400; the Tanley- town Claiming Handicap;' 3-year-olds and upi 1, miles. Harry Beal Edisto Stronghes: Santorio 103 5 IXTH RACE—Purse. $1.200; : Fooids Ang P L ileey cleiming: ¢ *Acrostic £1.200; 6 furiones. _Purse. the Flash: up: 102 Rock Slide 103 Gadalong L 114 Max ick . Frances Rock *Lucie Ann . Also_elizibie— *Gigiden Tinted Pallegrino . Shadowdale | | *Kosclusko 10 Last Prince’ " . John F. *Gen. Tripp ..... aMrs. W. L. Brodle and W. L. Brodie entry. CE—Purs $1.200: clalmine: up; 1% miles. | SEVENTH RA( ! 4-year-olds and i +3un Allos .. 1 Tazewe: R acondn Pack Rope | panger Signi PGex awk 1101 *Apprentice allowance, claimed. Weather clear; track fast.