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Iowd.'l!.nCA.n.w page 9. report on Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 |89 31,101. post _office, DISTRICT' REQUEST FOR $48000000 15 LIKELY TOBE DENIED Bailey’s Statement Indicates Budget Bureau Will Disapprove Sum. HOOVER PROGRAM HELD APPLICABLE TO CAPITAL Contemplated Use of Part of Sur- plus Is Not Expected to Influence Federal Group's Action. Plans of the District Commissioners to seek an appropriation of $48,000,- 000 for the District for the 1931 fiscal year most likely will be disapproved by | the Bureau of the Budget, it was indi- | cated today in a statement of F. J. i Balley, assistant to the budget directqy, that the financial program lald down | by President Hoover to keep the 1931 | appropriations within the amount ap- | propriated for the coming fiscal year July 1, is applicable to the District ‘as ; well- as Federal Government depart- ments. The fact that the Commissioners are ‘building the 1931 budget with a view to using a portion of the surplus reve: nues to the credit of the District in the Federal Treasury, Bailey pointed out, is not expected to influence the Budget Bureau in its treatment of the new es- timates of the Municipal Government. Esxplains Status of Surplus. Bailey gave the impression that the Bureau does not look upon the lus revenues as an unincumbered | Sinclair Exploration Entered as second class matter ‘Washi: D. ngt Lhe WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE .25, WITH SUNDAY MQRNING EDITION Foening Star. DAY GREETS FORMER CHIEF, SINCLAIR, WITHIN JAIL WALLS District’s Two Best Known Prisoners Renew Old Friendship at Breakfast. Newcomer Will Be Clerk. The District’s two best known prisoners—Harry F. Sinclair and Henry Mason Day, associates in the far flung activities cf the Sin- clair ol interests—met for the first time in nearly a month at break- | fast this morning in the District jail. Between the two fellow prisoners there was a hearty and sii gnthetlc greeting. It was “Well, Mason,” and a “How are you, as the oil ma; in the gloomy dining nate and his trusted lieutenant shook hands ?mu of 200 Nineteenth street southeast, where the clerical prisoners meet three times a day. To the athletic and debonarie Day, the present jail pharmacist will always be the “chlef.” Day has no regrets for the ole he played in the shadow- 2 jurors, and in a statement last n!]ht, upon his arrival at the jail, he renewed his pledge of loyalty to Sinclair, Day has started a four-month term for contempt of court in the Teapot Dome trial. Will Meet Often. | Day, who is vice president of the | Co., had to wait until breakfast time before seeing the oil man, but their meeting this morn- ing wfll be repeated at each meal time, a ing to Maj. W. L. Peake, jail superintendent. While Sinclair's busi- ness interests would be served best with Day attending to his affairs in| New York, it is not at all improbable that the two men.can hold many busi- ness consultations during the short rec- reation hours after supper each evening. Awake early this morning after he had been lodged temporarily in a north room and his name had entered the books as No. 12,146, Day shaved and dressed in a llxht gray Summer suit, white shirt and blue tie and waited im- patiently for the breakfast hour which would give him the first opportunity to see Sinclair, since the latter’s departure from New York to begin his sentent After breakfast Day was “fin printed” ““’lz uestioned by Maj. Peake as to his qualifications for a prison Q-lsk A few minutes later he was as t to J. W. Pratt, the ch!rl :metkeeper in the commissary depart- ment. During the World War Day served as (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) FEAR OF DISASTER T0 FLYERS GROWS Two Seaplanes and Four De- stroyers Leave to Join Hunt for Franco. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, June 25.—Fear increased ined, | today that disagter had overtaken Maj. Ramon Franco and his three com- panions in their Dornier Wahl “16” hydroplane, which disappeared Sat- urday morning in the course of a trans- atlantic flight adventure. remarking Jupiter, as the plane sometimes was that the Ythe | designated, could perhaps float for a "} present, agreed with this in seaj es left the airdrome at Mn:wl e for refuel at Estimates of the ents for their needs in year were under discussion at to- of discussions were sidetracked all last week for a variety of causes. Engineer Commissioner Willam B. Ladue had to attend several meetings of the Public Utilities Commission, including a public , and also two meetings of the ferro was at Montauk Point, N. Y, with a convention of the District Bank- ers’ Association. A full board was nt today, however. "‘efi:e estimates must be sent, after the be:!fi cut them down lo tg: figure they eve proj Bureau for further u”r July 15 They then will be returned by Budget Bureau for further prunmg before submission at the next session of Congress. The Commissioners are far along in their work for the time of the year, The Park and Planning Com- mission and the Playgrounds Depart- aent estimates remain to_ be acted , in addition to the Police and m Departments. 29 HELD IN MEMPHIS ON BOOTLEG CHARGES Total of 251 Warrants Issued as| Result of Activities of Undercover Agents. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 25.—Twenty- mnine alleged bootleggers were arrested this morning and a fotal of 251 war- rants have been issued as the result| of the activities of undercover prohibi- tion agents who have been working here for several days. The agents started out this morning w".h warrants and began serving them. Banet, prohibition agent assigned 'a m: Memphis territory, was stationed at the county jall to receive the prison- ers, whose numbers gradually increased. Officers said that the raids were the few hours in & sea as calm as & mill pond. , he continued, it was and if the than The ministér - 'of ‘marine, who was pessimistic view. Efforts Are Increased. !flmwbflhflnmhln‘ lane, which set out from Cartagena a p 5Q pmmmmmwmynme lunrunmuwlwvork.wmm- Punta Sebo, Hueivn. and then peued over the sea in the the Aszores. Four destroyers left Ferrol in the di- rection of the Azores intending :‘e‘:ruu a sea base for reconnoitering dispatch from Lisbon ' said an Ihll.n army aviator, Comdr. lnn'o. would fly there today, immediately ceeding to the Azores in search o{ t.he Spanish aviators. Gunboat’s Hunt Fruitless. *The Portuguese gunboat Zaires was still_searching today in the neighbor- hood of the Azores, where it generally was believed the fiyers probably had come down, but its efforts had been un- availing when it last reported. Several othgrhlnunzr craft were engaged in the search. Much of the seeking centered around a locality at latitude 23 N. and longitude 33 W., where a British boat, Grelden, was said to_have sighted the remains of a plane with no one aboard. This announcement, made over mili- tary radio, was accepted with reserve in Madrid, one commentator remark- ing the large Dornier was so construct- ed it would have been difficultfor its crew of four to have left it if it had been wrecked. ‘While the premier was pessimistic as to the possibility of the plane remain- ing afloat in the event of forced land- ing, other aviation authorities were less s0. Col. Kindelan, director of Span- ish mmury lvhunn said in le’lg:fl it probably would have floated indefi- s it has done on past occa- He hoped for more favorable reports soon. __Commandante Ayman, inspector of "(Continued on Plga '3, Column 7.) MRS. WILSON 'DENIES PURCHASE OF TAROVER Declares She Has No Intention of Buying Old Homestead in Virginia, Purchase of Tarover, old Colonial homestead. in Halifax County, Va., was denied today by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Widow of the President, A dispatch to The Star yesterday from Danville, Va., | f; declared that Mrs. Wilson had visited the homestead several weeks ago and |in had bought it to be reconditioned and occupied as a Summer home. It was sald today at Mrs. Wilson'’s home that she made a tour of Virginia during the State’s garden week, but | most sweeping ever made by prohibition agents here. that she did not vun Tarover and had | no intention of buying it. Contractor Seeks Household Effects He Says Daughter Illegally Retains Charles W. King, 88 years old, blind and partially deaf, sat before Justice ‘William Hitz and a jury of nine men udmnew}r‘r‘:::mlponme!w: Courthouse W, s @ prosperous con- tractor he built in 1682 and asked to be awarded a quantity of silverware and effects, a radio and an auto- mobile which he claimed were ‘wrongly detained from him by has dnushler Al-l(.nmneq.mdherh | erty mw.hzrh-dmedout.lwmo( July 22, 1927, and the case was 4 reached for ,’:LmMIIIMUIMM the jury box and was emphatic in his testimony that he had never given any of the property to the daughter and that he was entitled to its possession. The g#ds are being held in a storage establishment under the care of the marshal. (A"::” Ra:efln E. Lynch appeared for plain ~ The in their answer to the suit through Attorneys Ford & Grove | Genled that they had held m pmp-‘ VIRGINIA G. 0. P. 10 NAME SLATE Dr. William Moseley Brown of W. & L. to Receive Guber- natorial Nomination. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The Republicans of the Old Do- minion are to meet in convention at Richmond tomorrow night to nominate candidates for governor, lieutenant gov- ernor and attorney general. Dr. William Moseley Brown, a mem- ber of the faculty at Washington and Lee University, is to receive the Repub- lican nomination for governor, accord- ing to the plans of the Republican leaders. Dr. Brown has already been nominated for governor by the anti- aunlnx Democratic party of the State. Wm it is thefr hm:mm c. Berhlq of Nnmn News for attor- ot Shat oftics f Berkley i t office of the mfl-&ufll\w craf Coalition To Be Cemented. ‘The political coalition between the Republicans and anti-Smith Democrat- ic organizations for the coming cam- will be cemented by the action en at tomorrow's vention, it was Illfl today. lun?. according to Republican and anti- to re- | Deme ‘The Republicans are willing to go along with the arti-Smith Democrats this year in their effort to smash the regular organization, more particularly since the anti-Smith Democrats made it possib@ for the Republicans to carry the State for Presicant Hoover last year and to Congress. G. O. P. Hopes for Big Showing. ‘The Republicans are expected to make elect three members to tomorrow as possible, even though the nomination of the candidate for gov- ernor is apparently a cut-and-dried af- fair. This is the first Republican State convention to be held foll#wing a State- wide victory of the G. O. P. in Virginia. Delegations from all parts of the State ;;;'mm to Richmond for the con- convention in Roanoke last week, did not nominate a candidate for lieuten- ant governor. The Republicans, there- fore, are at liberty to name their own candidate for that office if they desire without any friction between the two organizations. There is some sentiment for the nomination of John A. Ander- son of Bristol for that office. However, it 1s possible that the Republican con- vention may decide not to nominate a candidate for lieutenant governor, but leave that office to the regular Demo- cratic candidate, James H. Price. Mr. Price is widely popular and is a mem- ber of fraternal and other organiza- tions in the State. Dr. Brown, before he was nominated by the anti-Smith Democrats to make ther ace for governor, rnnounced that he would be glad to accept the nomi- nation of both the anti-Smith Demo- crats and the Republicans. He is an eloquent speaker and it is possible that he may be on hand to address the Republican convention, if it nominates him tomorrow night, Looking Ahead to 1930. While the Republicans this year are preparing to support the anti-Smith Democratic State ticket, it is expected they will look for a measure of support rom the anti-Smith Democrats when it nf'rgas to the congressional elections President Hoover carried the State last November by nearly 25000 votes over Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic candidate. The Hoover Democrats were numerous. It remains now to be scen whether they can hold their organiza- tion together and deliver approximately as many votes to their own candidate for governor this Fall as they did to tie Republican candidate for President last,_year. The regular Democrats insist that they cannot do it. The'anti-Smith out- fit, however, has launched its campaign for governor with much enthusiasm. Just what_effect the attack now being made on Bishop James Cannon, jr., a leader of the anti-Smith Democrats, will have on the campaign is still a matter of conjecture. RV Flyer Killed in Spin. CRESTON, Jowa, June. 25 Paul Ritter, 27, was unable to bring his alrplane out of a tailspin yester- it crashed on a highway, kill- unlawfully and asserted tha of the things in controversy were to Mrs. Romey,m:onu coming hugnunumwmm lo:t or 000 damages, ‘% ,-.':: | him. Flames broke out in the wrechle be}m Rmer'l body could be taken out. thxo Pro‘nmt—-—Pqe 34 as big a showing at their convention | ing the The anti-Smith Democrats, at their | # | BRITAIN PROPOSES RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUSSIA Communicates With Domin- ions Seeking Agreement on World Court Clause. AUSTRALIA HITHERTO RELUCTANT TO SIGN MacDonald Hopes to Show Complete Agreement When He Visits Geneva in September. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 25.—Important nego- tiations by the new Labor government on empire affairs, including the question: of resumption of diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia, were announced to- day to be in progress on Labor's first day of parliamentary life. The government has communicated with all the dominions in an effort to galn agreement on signing of the op- tional clause of the World Court statutes, under which questions of in- ternational law would be submitted to the Permanent Court of Interhational Justice at The Hague. Report Dominions Informed. ‘The Laborite Daily Herald today said also that the Labor government has in- !ormed the dominion governments that roposes to resume diplomatic rela- uom with’ Russia. The World Court matter requires agreement of all the dnlnhlwnl. and it is expected this can be secured with- out much trouble. Australia hitherto was believed ‘'to be the only dominion reluctant to sign the optional clause, and it is understood this reluctance has now been removed to a_great extent. In“any event, Premier Ramsay Mac- Donald is hap;l‘:'le‘ of being nl:lset to lh&' comy agreement on the Court when he visits the League of Nlmm Assembly at Geneva in Sep- tember. So far as Russia is concerned, the Labor government is already pledged to renewal of diplomatic negotiations. This is by the Laborites as a toward h trade y necessary and important ste) the desired increase in Bri with the Soviet unicn. FARMER IS JAILED Aoccused of Holding Boy Swimmer Over Bonfire, New York Man Awaits Hearing. By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y, June 25.—Ac- cused pf torturing a 14-year-old boy by holding him over a bonfire until his right leg and hip were seriously hurned, Prank Cromwell, 56, a tarmer, living in the town of Greece, was in jail today, awaiting a hearing on an assault charge. ‘The boy, George Foley, has been un- der the continuous care of a physician since he limped home last Thursday afternoon and told his mother that he had been tortured by the farmer. According to the story later reported to -Assistant District Attorney Napo- dlno by lhe mother, Mrs. Elva !hley had been swimming, com- ny wlth several wmp.nlons ‘They had just lighted a fire to warm them- pelves when Cromwell appeared and grabbed young. Foley, who denied star®- bonfire. Lawrence Casterchino, one of Foley's companions, corroborated his playmate’s story that Cromwell had held the youth in the flames until he had been critically burned. Cromwell was arrested yesterday and held in jail without bail. e ——e 'INQUEST POSTPONED IN DEATH OF SINGER Adjournment Ordered to Permit Examination of Body for Poison. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, June 25.—An inquest into the death of Sir Mortimer Singer, a native of Yonkers, N. Y., and member of the Singer Sewing Machine family, was adjourned today until July 13, after preliminary testimony to enable an analysis to be made of the contents of his stomach. Dr. Robert Bakewell, who had at- tended Sir Mortimer, said that he could not state the cause of death definitely, although it might have been due to coma, but that he did not think it was due to natural causes. Sir Mortimer died in a nursing home, where he had been undergoing treat- ment for intestinal disorders and sleep- lessnesa. During today's inquest a letter left by him was read, saying among other Ings: “1 am still wide awake notwithstand- ing all the drigs I have taken. I can- not stand it any longer.” er was the eldest son of Sln er Sewing Machine, He was born onkers 66 years ago and beelme : naturalized British subject in 1900. He was widely known as a eommm and for his philanthropic wo R RAIL HEADS SILENT. Pennsylvania Officials Decline to Comment on Purchase Rumor. PHILADELPHIA, June 25 (#).—At P),— | road Co. culation several days, firmed nor denied by ficlals, ON-TORTURE CHARGE | News Note: 1929 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. Associated service. The only evening in Washington wm Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,999 . TWO CENTS. Army-Navy Gridiron Peace Terms Sought by Secretaries Good and Adams. LEGISLATORS OPEN ATTACK ON HAGUE Jersey Lawmakers Renew Feud With Mayor Over Wealth. By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J, June 25.—The battle between Mayor Frank Hague, na- tional figure in Democratic politics, and Telephone in Plane In U. S. Successfully Linked With London Reporter 3,000 Feet Up Goes 90 Miles an Hour While Talking. BY WILLIAM W. CHAPLIN, Associated Press Staff Writer. HADLEY FIELD, N. J, June 25.— the Republican Legislature, which seeks | Do i, i, Miss Marthe Da to learn the source and whereabouts of his alleged wealth, shifted today from the State Capitol to the courts of this city. Opposing counsel came here to argue before Vice Chancellor John J. Fallon in the first stage of a legal hattle which ‘The Legisiature has held Hague in contempt for refusing to answer ques- tions of its committee. The mayor, after his arrest in Trenton last night, obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Fallon. Application to set aside that writ will be the technical bone of con- tention. The Legislature, with a ne'ly enacted law au maxim Third Attempt to Probe. The arrest marked the climax of the third attempt of State legislative agencies to compel the mayor to dis- close the sources of $400,000 he is re- puted to haye spent in the last 10 years. It was ordered in a joint resoiution after the mayor had appeared as a wit- ness before a joint session of the Sen- ate and Assembly and had invoked the protection of the fou th amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States in his refusal to answer 10 key questions. The key questions all had to do with whether Mayor number of real estate investments. The mayor answered freely that he had no other gainful otcupation than political office for 34 years and that his l.:m'la salary during that time had Asks Democrats o Vote Arrest. He added an ironical touch to the proceedings when, learning that the Assembly lacked a Republican majority to pass the resolution his ar- vest, he instructed Democratic mem- bers (o vote for it. Two legislative committees have at- tempted to compel Mayor Hague to re- vnl details of his private business af- fairs in connection with investigations of municipal affairs in Jersey cn.y After his refusal to testify before lhn case committee was ' sustained in Dbody re uuncfl ‘in hla citation before the Jolnl, session and the contempt charges, maximum penalty under the chaxn is six months in jail. Advised by Owen J. Roberts. Discussion during the joint session re- vealed that counsel for the investigating committee had obtained ' advice {rom Owen J. Roberts of Baltimore, special counsel for the United States in the prosccution of Harry F. Sinclair, now serving a jail sentence for contempt of the United States Senate. Roberts was quoted as telling the Re- publican leaders “not to be discouraged,” since it took five years to get Sinclair into jail for refusing to answer ques- tions of the United States Senate. Sir M Hague triumphed in a recent city elec-| Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor of the | tion. the NAME BATES’ ASSISTANT. By the Associated Press. leflmmt of Jus!!u lnnoumed todn! that Austin McCormick New York clty had been appointed u l.!lh to Sanford Bates, superintend- McCormick's ent dulllu have M%&b deter- PERIDE e Two Killed in Auto Crash. seriously injured w:’ at Broussard, of ISthmPnul.nlll,I It wasn't a “story,” in the strict news- paper. sense, but more in the nature of a social call ited in a aueeeuln but using separate , were representatives of other associations ive of “‘u‘ug:‘m British All FLETCHER QUTS. <2 DIPLOMATIC CAREER . *| Resignation Accepted at Own Request—May Seek Penn- sylvania Senate Seat. The resignation of Henry P. Fletcher as Ambassador to Rome. has been accepted. Mr. Flctcher, whose home is in Penn- sylvania, retires on his motion after 27 years’ service in the diplomatic corps. During that time he has represented the American Government at such im- portant posts as Mexico City and Santfago, Chile, as well as Rome. He also.gerved as Undersecretary of State under Charles Evans Hughes, and he accompanied the President on his South American tour made shortly after Mr. Hoover was elétted President. The effective date of Fletcher’s resig- nation 15 yet to be determind but it probably will be September 1, at the expiration of the leave of absence upon which he soon is to start, So(lruhubundhchud,the?resl- dent has not yet determined uj successor to the veteran dlphmlt lt the Rome post. A survey .of O.he vhnle diplomatic corps by Secretary Stimson is now in process and ‘a ‘number of changes are expected during the next few months. Mr. Fletcher will return to the United Republican, ot,. declared vacan or at the expiration of the term for which Vare was elected. HINDENBURG DRAWé uP VERSAILLES MANIFESTO President Will Publish June 28 “A Sad Memorial to the Ger- man People.” By the Assoclated Press. , June 25.— President von Hl.ndenb\n‘. in collaboration with hl.l et, drawn up a manifesto to German people, which he will s and have pubuxhed June 28, on tenth annive: the signing of the treaty of Ve u Reference to the manifesto was made by Dr. Gustav !t.rusm-nn. foreign min- | ister, in the course of the Mhstlg debate yesterday. It was understood it | wuold be brief and would call nmnunn | wmdty"u.udmemoflalwme | u‘mnmlft probably will deny Ger- sole responsibllity for the World I Bank Statements l ‘Washington clearing house, $4,244,- 7.4, u’fl‘ll\lr! balance, $419,613,639.73. New York clearing house exc! "F‘ '”4":‘;’ v hows CATHEDRAL IS LEFT §1,000,000 IN WILL {Alexander S. Cochran Be- queaths Endowment Fund for P:jeachers’ College. 1By the Associated Press, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, June 25.— Many charitable bequests are made in the will of Alexander Smith Cochran, wealthy carpet manufacturer, sports- man and philanthropist, which was filed for probate today. The value of the estate was estimated at about $35,- 000,000 and upward. Among the charitable bequests was one ‘of -$1,000,000 to the chapter gf the National Cathedral, Washington, D. C., 8s an_endowment fund for the Col- lege of Ewing, during the ‘'Wilson Its value is estimated $10, liounn and sisters will receive NWUM each and emp! , who have served 20 years or more for the estate will receive $1,000 each. It is estimated m;z 1,000 employes will share in the es- n.- A gift of $250,000 for the Imlld.lnl f the College of Preachers at Wuhmmnc.mmnmmnounud inunhllo(ln‘lupmlheuwmol lshup.vmul.memmrmmmmpe {and at the same time Bishop Freeman there was a likelihood of securing an endowment fund from the same source. summated in Europe. The name of the donor was not announced. Since then work on the College of Preachers has gone ahead rapidly and workmen now are putting the finishing touches on the interior work. A plrt of the building, it is expected, will be used for the first time at a conference of clergymen in September, and it will be dedicated formally in November. RESCUE NAVY AVIATOR AFTER DROP IN OCEAN Lieut. Paul M. Clyde Makes Para- chute Jump Into Pacific * ‘Waters. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO. Calif, June 25— Lieut. Paul M. Clyde, an aviator of the United States battle fleet, was rescued from the waters of the Pacific near here last night after making a para- chute jump from a light bombing. plane when it developed trouble. Two sailors ‘reported having seen the parachute descend to the mr(lce of the water and a large searching party, made up of both Army and Navy forces, headed for Point Loma, where the parachute struck the water. Lieut. Clyde, sighted from the barge of Rear Admiral H. V. Butler, was pulled aboard. He had been in the water 312 hours. He seemed none the worse for his experience. HOOVER'S LINE “0UT.” Radio Sending and Receiving Set Are Installed at Camp. By the Associated Press. Reinforcements have been ordered for the telephone line that connects rreuaem Hoover’s camp on the Rapi- dan River with the White House. !lectflw storms over the week end put the telephone out of commission for a period and now a radio sending and re- celving set has been installed at the camp for emergency use. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS BRING APPEAL FOR SAFETY CRUSADE Director Harland Calls on Police After Four Fatal Mishaps. MRS. IRVING HENDERSON AMONG CRASH VICTIMS Inquests Are Ordered to Be Held When Witnesses Can Be Present. Aroused by the deaths of four persont in traffic accidents yesterday, Traffie Director William H. Harland today an- nounced he would appeal to the Polict Department to conduct a special cru- sade against reckless and careless drivers and other flagrant violators of the trafic regulations, Mr., Harland made arrangements for a con{erence with Maj. Henry G. Pratt, tendent of police, at which he phm to discuss the traffic situation in detail and map out a safety campaign. ‘The traffic director said his recent appeal » ‘motorists to drive more cau- tious; tly had fallen upon deaf ears or s ce its pronouncement traffic ;ecldmtt md increased instead of lecreased. “Thers has to be a tightening up all along the line,” said Mr. Harland. “Motorists have got to drive more care- fully. There are entirely too mn! accidents, and most of ‘them are due to carelessness, either on the part of the driver or the peds “I cannot enforce the trafiic regula- tions,” he said. “That is the duty of the Police De, And I am “There is too much xpeed.ln‘ driving, and too x:;::h Arrangements for the gift were con- | sal lesman, killed in traffic accidents yesterday eve- ‘ning, which crictically injured thres others, two of them policemen. Cliffon Floyd Kirkpatrick of 222¢ Th.\rty-mth street, was absolved of blame by a coroner's jury in connec: tion wn.h the death yesterday morning of Isiah Thomas, 10-year-old colored boy, who was run down and fatally injured by Kirkpatrick's truck at New cross the intersection when struck by the truek. Mrs. Henderson was fatally injured when a collision hurled her from the seat of a small coupe onto the sidewalk at Twelfth and Water streets south- west. The machine in which she was & passenger, driven by Charles Kenneth Francis, 44, of 2305 Eighteenth strect, an accountant in the office of the Geo- logical Survey, was going east on Water | street at the time. Collides With Taxicab. At Twelfth street it was in a collision with a taxicab driven by Norman S. Clark, 29, of Ballston, Va.. and owned by the Black & White Taxicab Co. ‘The force of the impact tore away D:;'t of the body of the Francis ma- chire. ‘When picked up from the street Mrs. Henderson's shattered wrist watch marked 5:55 o'clock. She was placed in a motor truck operated by George Shaffer, 608 Tenth street southwest, and taken to Emergency Hospital, where she died a few minutes after Irfl'l\ 'llt.hmn T ness. cis was treated at the same time !m- lacerations about the head and face, but his condition was not regarded as (Om‘mnuefl on Plle 2, Column 6.) Xnil Does Biz Damage. DURBAN, Natal, Junc 25 (#).—The most destructive hailstorm in this city's history occurred here during the night, causing damage which some estimated at 5500000 (about $2.500,000). A few minutes after the hail started it lay 8 inchey deep on the streets, some of the stodes being 4 inches in diameter. Firemen and Police Reserves Called To Extricate Boy's Foot From Pipe Both the Fire Department rescue squads and police reserves were called out this morning to extricate 5-year-old chk MelIntire of 111 Seyenteenth street theast, who put his foot into a nzu' pipe and was unable to get it Thn was phytnfi in front venteenth street a lraup °Lp:oa into m'mm ofa 3 lneh s e e bt cast iron sewer vipe. was partly concealed 'l"ln 3-inc] the main sewer line, about 18 inches below the ground surface, and Ju:ka foot went gll uu way through. and his playmat !uued and punoa. e ‘ release the foot. Then the firemen and police were called. Members of the rescue squad tried " was screwed into | the various means, but they, too, were unable to dislodge Jack's foot and leg from the pipe. Finally a resourceful fireman conceived the iflea of unscrew- ing the pipe, boy and all, from its connection. The dirt was dug away from the sides and a wrench fitted to the pipe. One fireman turned Jack while another turned the pipe, and after a few seconds the boy was lifted tne. his leg still encased in its iron A hammer and chisel were then called into play, and after a few deft blows pipe was cut away from the boy's leg. So carefully did the firemen work, that the youngster's skin was not scratched. None the worse for his experience, Jnck was taken to