Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1929, Page 2

2 ks KEY WEST REPORTS WIND OF 0 MLES Center of Storm, South oi‘| Miami, Expected to Pa§s Above Key City. (Continued From First Page) orologist here, estimated at 6 oclock | this morning that the center of the| Woest Indian hurricane was about 100 miles east of Key West and the same distance south of Miami, and was mov- | ing slowly westward at the rate of four| or five miles an hour. He said it was! indicated that the center of the storm | would pass very near Key West unless | velocities began to abate within a few| hours. Tropical Radio Station here continued | its efforts to contact Nassau by wireless | today to learn additional details of the human and property casualties effected | on the Bahaman Island capital by the hurricane. Winds of gale and moderate gale| force played about the lower east coast | early today. Storm Rages at Miami. { Miami streets were practically deserted | and business was virtually at a stand- | 1l today as winds of gale force con-| tinued to sweep over the city. i The storm that raged here all night | was unabated this morning, although | the barometer showed a very slight rise | at 9 o'clock s compared with the read- ing at 6 am Miami was still without electric power | today and as a consequence office Work- ors in the city's skyscrapers found ele vators not running and were forced (o climb stairs or not get to their ‘work at_all. No lights were to be Telephone service in the city was intermittent. A few automobiles were seen in the | reets, but their progres hindered | by the gale. In two instances the wind | was seen to rip Off the tops of the cass | as they proceeded. The few pedestrians | ! manded Engine No. g Baby Boy Is Injured As Elevator Starts In Apartment Hou:s An unusual accident befell the 3-month-old son of Mrs. Juanita Glover yesterday afternoon as the mother wheeled the child onto an elevator in the apartment building | | where the Glovers -reside at 2501 Fourteenth street. Police helieve that the carriage handle accidently threw the con- trol lever of the elevator as the woman placed the conveyance in the car. The elevator startd, and before it could be lalted, the child w thrown against the side of his age. ‘The boy was taken to the office of Dr. Thomas Linville at 2517 Fourteenth street, where he was treated for bruises about the head and face. Dr. Thomas did not regard his condition as serious. FIRE COMPANIES 5 AND 21 WIN CUPS [ IN ANNUAL SPEED TESTS | | a part of the great public building pro- | (Continued From_ First Page) of the afternoon, tying in 7 seconds | flat. But even then, they were a fifth of a second too slow to match the e lier performance of No. 21, twice vi tor_in the annual conte Capt. O. C. Basford was in com- | mand at No. 11 Truck Company. With | Driver W. H. Hill, a real veteran, and | W. C. Phelps, quick as a hair trigger at the crank, they proved a classy team. No. 26 Engine, which is located in Langdon, was commanded by Sergt. T.| S. Baber. The driver was B. C. C. Dickinson and J. G. Berry twirled the crank. ~ Lieut. W. W. Trents com-| 22, with 1. E. Bur- | ton in the seat @nd W. C. Phelps at | the crank. Phelps did another good job at cranking No. 11 Truck, both be- | under the same roof. | At some of the houses in congested | areas, crowds gathered to watch and encourage their own companies. No. ! 11 Engine Company, located at Four- teenth_street near Kenyon street, had a big “gallery” and was all set to make & new record. Sergt. R. B. Hanback, in_command, had a good man in G. J Kite, the driver, but when the latter jammed down the self-starter som thing failed to happen to happen. The Who ventured into the streets were forced to hold to the sides of buildings | and walls or else be blown backward. | The wind was whipping harbor waters | tnto churning eddics and 1o craft excepi | those firmly tied to docks. were in evi- | dence. Train Is Marooned. | A wrecking crew was dispatched at} 8:30 oclock from K West to the! relief of the passengers and crew of | a Florida East Coast train, maroone at Homestead, south of here, by high | water that blocked passage near the | beginning of viaducts conneciing the | mainiand with the first of the keys. | Passenger tra from Key West to| the mainland had been shut off last night except for trains. From the fastness of the Everglades where the 1926 and 1928 storms caused | the loss of hundreds of lives, the in- | habitants today continued their sceond | evacuation of the area within the week. | They had returned to- their homes aft- er leaving the section Thursday, but! continued threats of an approaching | hurricane and handicapped wire serv- ice increased apprehension toda; Bay Breaks Over Seawall. Biscayne Bay, normally placid as a | pond. was breaking furioucly over the seawall this morning and unconfirmed Teports reached newspaper offices that passage over the causeway fr ami | fo Miami Beach involved gr because of heavy seas b the roadway. In many scctions of the city there was evidence of last night's fury and today’s continuation of similar condi- tions. Many palm trees lay on the | ground, in many instances snapped off | just above the roots. i Likewise damage to houses was in evidence. Some had roofs partly ripped off and others were shorn of their | porches. ¢ At 10 o'clock the Miami weather | station officially placed the velocity ofy the wind at 55 miles an hour. The, barometer was 29.44. 3 At 10:10 o'clock electric power Was| restored to the downtown section of the city and lights gleamed in office build-| ings made gloomy by a dark haze ac-| companying the storm. At 10:20, how-| ever, the light flickered off again inj the Associated Press office and ob- servation of nearby. buildings would in-| dicate that they, too, were in the same plight. | It was said_that officials of the Florida Power Light Co. had ordered power cut off temporarily in sections where wires were reported blown down. | SAU. | NASSAU, Bahama Islands. September | 28 (#.—With 20 deaths and enormous property damage reported in a severe tropical hurricane that kept this Baha- man Island capital isolated from out- side communications for 48 hours, | colonial government officials v were completing an_inventory of the wrath of the storm that passed I slowly on a southwesterly route in the direction of | the Florida straits. i ‘Lashing the city at a velocity mated by Weather Bureau offi have been 100 miles an hour or more. | the high winds wrecked virtually all small craft in the harbor, broke the se wall in several pla unroofed houses disrupted communication lines and left the city without power. The governor’s home was badly dam- aged and the churches of the city also suffered heavily. The Baptist Church was leved and slight damage was caused to the cathedral. Nassau's famous ceiba tree was de- nuded and vegetation was whipped to shreds. Water System Undamaged. Streets were flooded by rainfall and water blown in from the harbor and telephones were stilled. No damage to | the city’s water system was reported. Officials said the storm was “‘worse collectively” than any that has struck this section in years. Scarcely a build- ing in the city escaped damage. Communieation with the outside | world which had been paralyzed since | the storm began to strike last Wed- nesday afternoon was not resumed | until late last night, when the first radio message telling of conditions was dispatched to Miami. No reports have been received from the other islands of the Bahaman group, and it was feared they felt the fury of the storm. 1 Palatial Yacht Wrecked. The palatial yacht Montagu, for- merly owned by the late Julius Fleisch- mann. but now the property of Barron G. Collier, wealthy Florida developer, was wrecked in the entrance of the harbor. but the 10 passengers and 23 crew members were rescued by life lines thrown out from shore. Among the passengers on the Mon- tagu were Mrs. Jacquellyn Duggan Mason, woman's page editor of the Miami Daily News, and her husband, Joseph J. Mavon, who were spending their honeymoon here. The storm was similar in character to that which struck here in 1926, sink: jng small craft in the harbor, driving Jarger yessels ashore, wrecking buildings | and leaving the city without power for three day At that time aerials on the steel radio tower atop a barren rocky hill near the city were leveled and it was several days before communications with the outside was established.. | The destructive winds began to enter | hurricane. velocity at 1 o'clock Wednes- | day morning. Sweeping from the west- | northiwest the blow continued until 9 o'clock that night, when there was a | 1ull of three hours, Following the lull. } which denoted the passage of the storm center, the wind came howling in great- er fury from the southeast and con- tinved until Thursday night. Squalls were occurring last night. | until 1 | roof | out I tion faster, Tr !so Smith threw motor sputtered and sputtered and sputtered and finally the engine leaped forward, only to slow down. As a con- sequence, the time was 21 secnds. The men took their - hard luck good- naturedly and are biding their time | Xt year. Rescue Squad No. 2, under the same with No. 11 Engine, got its ap- paratus out of the house in.8 seconds flat. Capt. T. S. Jones was in com- mand and C. K. Bunn acted as driver. Another case of bad luck involved No. 24 Engine Company, when the carburetor flooded. Its time was strung consequently to 204-5 seconds. R. D. Crompton was in com- with . R. Clatk driving: No. 12 Engine, commanded by Sergt M. H. Sutton, with R. E. Fennelly the driver's scat, fared better. but su ceeded only in doing the job in 10 seconds. The Brookland engine company No. 17 had Lo contend with a newly over- | hauled engine that was still stiff. Capt. R. A, Calpin anticipated the trouble in starting that slowed the time to 15 sec- onds. R E. Mideett was in the driver seat and T. O. O'Brien sweated at one of the toughest cranking jobs of the day. No. 13 Has Bad Luck. 13 Truck Company, which set a ar. just naturally had In his excitement. . A. Melcher lost a couple of seconds in trying to dash off without throwing the engine in gear. When he did start, with a bang, it w only to admit defeat with a time of 1545 seconds. Sergl. C. L. Bryan was in_command No 6 Truck Company eed and clas the quar- ters in 745 seconds, due to excellent team work and a perfect working motor Their mark was just a fifth of a second behind the record for the afternoon nong the truck companies. Lieut. P. Sternman and J. S. Jones, the driver, composed this alert crew, No. 4 Truck turned out in 1025 sec- onds. Lieut. G. L. Abell, in command. trusted to the self starter. G. A. Ham- mer was in the driver's seat. A fra Company No. 11. in command of Capt. P. Cross, did the job in 10 seconds flat. E. Bowder was the driver and E. Renfro performed at the crank ! The last two companies visited during the rounds yesterday afternoon were No. 3 Engine and No. 6 Engine. Driver E. B. Smith, one of the veterans of Lieut mand, No. fast speed last y a run of hard Iuc probably, Driver showed both iNo. ? Company, showed - class that brought a word of praise from Chief O'Connor. For some reason or other, the engine wouldn't start in low gear, it into second. His time, under this difficulty, was 12 sec- onds, which was pretty good, consider- ing the handicap. Lieut. C. G. Harper was in command. i No. 6 Engine pulled out of the house in 925 seconds, experiencing better luck. Capt. J. Sullivan was in charge of the crew with R. L. Dunninghton in the driver’s seat. Isabel Pope to Wed. CHICAGO, September 28 (#).—Miss | Isabel Pope, flancee of the late William Nelson McClintock, whose death five ago resulted in the trial of his guardian for murder, will be married tonight to Melvin Veeder of Winnetka, a suburb. Both are members of promi- nent North Shore families. | | main offices of the company will THE EVENING SRE0I0 S PAD FORBULDINGSTE Government Buys TwoJ Squares Now Occupied by Electric Power Company. E s of land lying between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, B and C| occupied by the main offices everal other buildings, including a | substation power plant of the Potomac | ctric Power Co., today were pur-| chased by the Federal Government as | gram for a consideration of $3,600,000. Formal announcement of the transac- | | tion was made at the Treasury Depart- | ment today. At the office of the power company, in_the absence of President William F. Ham, no information was forthcoming as to where the sub- — | station, which furnishes electric power for the whole downtown section Of the city, vill be located. It had already been announced previously that —th be located on the northeast corner of | Tenth and E streets, | The contract between the Government | and the power company was signed for | the Secretary of the Treasury by Ferry | K. Heath. = Assistant Secretary, in charge of the public building program. | The site purchased today will be used | for erection of two portions of a magni{- icent building along B street. includ- ing the Department of Labor and a connecting wing with _another twin | building similar to the Department of | Lubor, which {5 to be erec | d between | Pwelfth and Thirteenth streets. | New Building Plan. | The Department of Labor is to go| on the square bounded by B and C| streets, Thirteen-and-a-Half and Fourteenth streets, where are located the substation, the headquarters offices and a few small buildings. The con- | necting wing which will be a great | central architectural motif between the | Department of Labor and the Inter. state Commerce building will be located on ground bounded by B and C streets and Thirteen and Thirteen-and-a-Half | streets. The contract provides that the com- pany may remain in possession of its | Sroperty for & period of 18 months by | paying a rental of 5 per cent per year | of the contract price. The company | Tetains possession of certain cables and | substation equipment, which are to be | salvaged by the power company. | The Department of Justice will be | requested to handle the legal end of | obtaining title for the Government. As | oon as the title passes and other | ecessary details are completed a check of payment will be passed Already plans for the Department of Labor building are well under way, and it is expected that the administration will go to Congress for estimates of an | appropriation to construct this building | as soon as possible. The Department of Labor is now in rented quarters. Authorized by Congress. The purchase was made under av- thority of an act of Congress authoriz- ing acquisition of the entire triangle of land bounded by Pennsylvania avenue. Filtcenth street and B styeet for the construction thereon of a magnificent | series of public buildings. Congress has authorized the expenditure of $25.000 - 000 for the acquisition of this land and nepo are under way also for ob- | taining vil ly all the triangle as soon | as possible. either by direct purchase or condemnatic i The power company deal has been | hanging fire for many months and is | considered one of the most difficult | fons so far completed for direct purchase, on account of the comple nature of the property involved. The power company not only owns the land and buildings, but expensive under- ground cables and conduits. ‘The con- tract signed was an acceptance of the ! offer of the Potomac Electric Power Co Announcement of the Government's se was made in a brief state- “The Secretary of the Treasury has accepted the offer of the Potomac Elec- tric Power Co. to sell to the Govern- ment for a consideration of $3.600,000 squares 259 and 260, together with the buildings and all_equipment thereon, except certain cables and substation equipment. which the contract provides is to be salvaged by the Potomac Ele tric Power Co. The contract also pro- vides that the power company may remain in possession of all or any part of the land and bulldings for a period of i8 months, rental at the rate of 5 per cent per annum of the contract price to be paid to the Government after title to the property is vested in the United Staes and unil theé prop- erty is vacated.” Plans for the Department of Labor and the Interstate Commerce Commis- | n, which ar> to be twin buildings. | onnected by a central wing are being drawn in tentative form by Arthur Brown, jr., of San Francisco, a member of the Treasury board of archit=ctural consultants. The Treasury entered into contracts with the architect for fur- | nishing plans for the building and will use the plans to draw up estimates to be_submitted to Congress. Congress has authorized the entire building program for the triangl® through the general legislation on the | triangle, but there still remains the necessity of getting further authoriza- | tion and specific appropriation for the | Department of Labor Building. | unnec | Meanwhile Ishbel JAPAN GALLS SHIP PROGRAM T00 HIGH Will Compel Other Nations to Enlarge Their Fleets, U. S. and Britain Told. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, geptember 28.—Tt is learned here that the Japanese government, through Ambassador Matsudaira in Lon- don and Ambassador Debuchi in Wash- ington, has informed Great Britain and the United States of its belief that the level at which Anglo-American cruiser parity has been tentatively fixed is so high that it will compel other nations to enlarge thelr fleets msu-ad‘ of reducing them. 1t is understood that Tokio authori- ties have expressed the earnest desire that Anglo-American parity, expected to provide the starting point of the whole cruiser discussion at the forthcoming arms conference, be es- tablished at a point which will make it ther uisers in order to maintain a proportion adequate to her defensive need: 1t is stated in official quarters that it is a foregone conclusion that Ambas- sador Matsudaira will be Japan's second delegate if the conference is to be held in London. The chief delegate has not been chosen. serts that Admiral Hyo Takarabe al- Teady hns been selected for the post but this is declared groundless. MACDONALD BOARDS LINER FOR AMERICA: GETS BIG SEND-OFF From First Page.) engaged in last-minute preparations, onferences and farewells with callers busied herself with packing the six bags in which her father’s clothes and her own packed for the trip. When they arrived at Waterloo Sta- fon to board the train & huge work- aday crowd of Londomers was on hand “good old Mac; good old Ram- say.” The inevitable “Red Flag”’ was sung by workmen perched on tops of taxicabs, but as the moment of de- parture neared everybody joined in the tribute “For He's & Jolly Good Fellow and in “Auld Lang Syne.” Given Send-off by Dawes. Ambassador Dawes, spick and span in evening dress and shiny silk bat clbowed bis way through the crowd to give MacDonald a parting handclasp and speed him on his wey toward an- other phase of the armament negotia- tions which the Ambassador initiated here under instructions from President Hoover. ness suit and soft hat, talked seriously with friends just before leaving. As the (rain guards urged ordinary pussengers to take their seats in the carrlages Ishbel bade her two sisters good-by and tugged at her father’s coat sleeve, urging him to step aboard. Ishbel wore a long gray coat with an astrakhan _collar, gray hatan d stock- ings and black shoes, A sprig of heath- er stuck in the lapel of her coat. As the train pulled out to the strains | of “Auld Lang Syne.” Ishbel and her father waved farewell and then retired with their party to the dining car for the evening meal, which was eaten on the way to Southampton. A similar demonstration awaited them at South- ampton, where they were greeted by crowds ‘at the waterside terminal which is | ary for Japan to construct fur- | MacDonald, in ordinary busi- | The morning press as- | | | | were | | | | | { 6 No. 1, Ward T. Van Orman, America No. 4, Dr. Hugo Kaulan, jr., Erich Leimkugel, Germa rman; REINSTEIN'S DEATH LAIDTO SLAVE RING [Fifty Other Slayings in Four | States Are Charged to Girl- | Bondage Gang. By the Associated Press. BOSTON. September 28.—The inves- tigation into the slaying here several weeks ago of Samuel Reinstein, New York racketeer, received added impetus today with the publication of a state- ment by Frederick H Tarr, United the ! States district attorney, that at least 50 mayor and mayoress of Southampton |siayings in this State, Rhode Island. Gets Message From King. From King George down to the girls who sell tea on the platforms at Water- loo Station. Premicr MacDonald seemed | to be carrying away the confidence and best wishes of the British people. The monarch expressed bimself in formal and official manner in this message to his chief minister, delivered to 10 Down- ing street just before Mr. MacDonald left for the train: “On the eve of your journey I wish you godspeed. It is & departure that will be surrounded with good wishes, for it is a contribution to those happy re- lations between two great peoples which must be an article of faith among all men of good will. GEORGE R. L” The prime minister replied: “With _my humble duty to your majesty. I am decply grateful for your majesty’s gracious and kindly thought in sending me good wishes for a journey which will indeed, I trust, be a fruitful innovation “RAMSAY MACDONALD.” Statement to Journalists. To journalists the prime minister said: o contact have always felt that personal botween those actually re- sponsible for government in Washing- | ton and London is essential if that understanding is to be developed as fully and as well as we all wish it to be. Both nations have a great role to play in advancement, not only of disarma- issues with which their history is as- sociated. I am off in the hope of being able to do something to narrow the Atlantic.” The Berengaria is due in New York next Friday. MESSENGER BOYS MAKE SAFETY PLEDGES Telegraph messenger boys met at {he Y. ast red signal lights, to say nothing of " ger of George E. Keneipp, District mana, wind the American Automobile Association. is photograph with —Star Staff Photo. | | | | | M. C. A. yesterday and agreed fo obey the tarfiic laws and avoid running ing in and ont of automobile traffic. They posed for th { welcoming them Lo the city and escort= | oo o A : | e tties abgerd e ltnes. New York and Pennsylvania have been traced to the activities of the white slave ring in which Reinstein was al- legedly a leading figure. Three new arrests. two in this vicin- ity and one at Easton, Pa., swelled the ever-growing number of persons held in heavy bail in connection with one phase or another of the cese. In a statement summing up the Te- sults of his investigation into the Rein- stein case, in so far as it concerned the white slave traffic, United States District Attorney Tarr declared that “it appears that a regular circuit of houses of ill fame is established in a chain of cities in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and Pennsyl The story ® one of murders. probab corruption of some public officials and most sordid and revolting vice. proprietors -of these houses are equip- ped with ample_funds, are experienced and cunning. It is difficult to secure legal evidence of facts of which we are morally ceratin. “It appears that not less than 50 murders are directly traceable to this trafic and to disputes between proprietors who operate it. No less than eight murders have occurred within the last few weeks in this circuit alone. The unfortunate girls are transported or shipped from one house to another or from one city to another as a regular ! business program.” {VOTE ON FLEXIBLE ment, but of many democratic and moral | PLAN IN TARIFF BILL EXPECTED MONDAY ‘ontinued ] First_Page.) ation and the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers and secretary of the National Dairy Union. Position of Industry. The position of that industry, he wrote, “is that a flexible proviso better than the present one, corrected to pro- vide for more definite and effective ad- ministration, should be written and re- main in the bill; that substantially the same kind of a tariff commission as now exists, should be continued, and that the right of approval of veto, and if approval of enforcement of recom- mended tariff changes snould continue in the hands of the President.” Senators Robinson of Arkansas, the minority leader, and Connally, Demo- crat, Texas, led the opposition to the flexible provisions in yesterday's de- bate, while Senators Fess, Ohio, and Gillett, Massachusetts, Republicans, spoke for the proponents. The flexible policy, Fess contended, represented the most progressive step taken by the Government in 40 years. Although doubting the wisdom of a President voicing his opinion of leg- isiation pending in Congress, the Re- publican whip stoutly defended Presi- dent Hoover's action in issuing a state- ment urging retention of the flexible principle in the bill. He said he prob- ably would have advised against the course had he been consulted, however BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, John S. M. Zimmer- mann, conductinga nd Anton Pointer, assistant leader, at the Soldiers’ Home this evening at 5:30 o'clock March, “Glory of the Seas” Overture, “Willlam Tell” (requested), Rossini "The Death of Melange, Scotland” ..... . pe Fox-trot, “I'm Just a Vagabond Lover,” Zimmermann ‘Waltz suite, “Lure of the Night, Finale, “The Banner of Liberty,” . Zimmermann “The Star-Spangled Banner.” 1'1“ will conclude the outdoor- con- ser . No. 8, Eduardo Bradley, Argentine; ‘The ! the | jiam E. Kepner, Am erica; No. 3, Gordon Bennett Trophy: 5, Georges Blanc het, French; No. 6, Lieut. T. G. W. Settle, America; No. 7, 0. 9, Capt. |SECRETARY WILBUR | | FINDS WATER IS CHIEF | CONSERVATION ISSUE | ___(Continued From First Page.) | royalty basis of discoveries and with | due consideration to conservation for the future. The policy of transferring Federal lands for school purposes is well established. It could be further | Initiated wherever State laws and State policy warrant the transfer. Public Domain Abused. | Secretary Wilbur talked plainly and convincingly to many Western leaders | jured. one losing his sight, in a series of | and audiences on the vital issues that confront them. He told them that the | public domain had been abused, over- grazed and not respected in many se tions. Unless Westerners cherish and care for the lands now in possession of the United States, in forests and pub- | lic domain, Dr. Wilbur roundly warned | that “we of the West will repeat the | fall of ancient Ninevah and Tyre, which | was due to the abuse of plant life and water failure, or suffer the degredation | of Korea and parts of China, with man- | made barrenness, floods, erosion and | aecay.” | The Secretary of the Interior adjured | the West “to stop thinking in terms of immediate production, in viewing the | land of today. The forests must be pro- tected or harvested constructively, over- grazing must be checked and experts in plantl ife and water conservation must be our guides.” Dr. Wilbur freely ac- | knowledges that it is difficult to under- | stand and properly control such prob- lems from Washington. He thinks the National Government can still be help- ful in building dams, in protecting navi- gable streams and in assisting with State compacts like the Colorado River | agreement regarding Boulder Dam., but he believes Uncle Sum should withdraw from the details of management of com- munity enterprises properly subject -to | State laws. | | 'Adequate Federal appropriations for | care of the Indians comprise the biggest | | problem with respect to the Nation's| | redskin_wards, Secretary Wilbur says. | | More money is needed for education | and for safeguarding the health of the | | Indians. The national park system is | | becoming an _increasingly ~important | governmental interest. Visitors to the | parks are increasing at the rate of about | a third annually. Dr. Wilbur points out, due to constantly improving travel fa-| cilities and the country’s growing desire | 10 see the aboriginal America in its wild | {and primitive state, especially animal | life. This is being preserved to the | fullest possible degree that circum- stances permit, Secretary Wilbur ex- | plains. (Copyright, 1920.) 'D. C. SUPREME COURT T0 CONVENE TUESDAY Three Branches Will Undertake Task of Cleaning Up Criminal Docket. From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star. This District Supreme Court will be- | gin its Fall term next Tuesday with | three criminal branches in an effort to clean up the criminal dockets. Justice | Gordon_will preside in Criminal Divi- | sion 1, Justice Hitz in Criminal Division 2 and Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 3. ‘The other assignments of the justices as announced yesterday by Chief Justice McCoy include Circuit Division 1, Jus- tice Siddons: Circuit Division 2, Justice Bailey; Equity Division 1, Justice Staf- ford, and Equity Division 2, Justice Wheat. Justice Hitz, it is expected, will be occupied throughout the month of October in the trial of- Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, charged with accepting a bribe of $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny, mil- lionaire oil magnate, in connection with the leasing of the EIk Hills ofl reserve in California. ©On request, one of the justices will be assigned to preside at the hearings of the condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of property by the Govern--| ment within the Avenue triangle and in District condemnation cases, e Road Contract Is Let. BALTIMORE, September 28 (Spe- cial).—The State Roads Commission yesterday awarded a contract to the Southern Maryland Construction - Co. for paving with concrete a section of the State highway from the Riggs road toward the Old Powder Factory | road, a distance of one mile, on its bid of $20,618. Work will be started within l 10.days and finished by November .15, according to the contract. (\ . o | pital for minor injuries !right leg suffered when nest Demuyter, Belgian. THRE CHILDREN HIT BY PASSING AUTOS Two Believed Fatally Hurt, One Loses Eyesight, in Traffic Accidents. ‘Two children perhaps were fatally in- traffic accidents reported to police last night and this morning. Little 3-year-old Donald Smith of 1000 M street is in a critical condition | at Emergency Hospital as the result of injuries suffered last night when run down at Tenth and L streets by an au- tomobile operated by Michael Hedder mann of 5215 Connecticut avenue. The child was treated at the hospital by Dr. Domingo Monseratte of the hos- pital staff, who said his condition this morning was undetermined. Ralph Wright, 8-year-old colored boy living at 1817 Tweifth street, suffered ! injuries which caused the loss of his eyesight when struek near his home by & machine driven by Charles McKendree Towson of 3237 Hiatt place. The injured boy was taken to Chil- dren’s Hospital, where it was said he sustained a fractured skull and nu- merous cuts and bruises to the face! and body sight. Another Child Under Treatment. in addition to losing his Six-year-old George Bergling of 332 | Seaton place northeast was treated at | Sibley Hospital for injuries suffered when run down at Fourth and T streets northeast by a hit-and-run driver. The child was taken home after treatment. A general lockout has been broad- cast by police for the car which is said to have had an out-of-town license plate. Samuel Talford, 23 years old, col- ored, was treated at Emergency Hos- ered when he was run down at Eighth and O streets by an automobile operated by James H. Broderick of Albany, N.Y. He was taken home after treatment. Francis E. Baker, 23 years old, of 1503 Buchanan street, was slightly in- jured about the right' hand when the machine in which he was a passenger and operated by Charles H. Baum, 3407 Holmead place, was in collision at Six- teenth and Fuller streets with an au- | tomobile driven by Gilbert Cephas of 1318 Twen! econd street. The man was treated at Garfleld Hos- | pital and later taken home. Youth's Ankle Fractured. Warren Besse, 19 years old, of 1444 Rhode Island avenue, was treated at Emergency Hospital . for a fractured ankle and bruises suffered when run down by an automobile at Vermont ave- nue and L streets after it had collided with another car. Edward F. Kelly of Brentwood, Md., driver of the machine which struck Besse, was in collision with an automo- bile operated by Denver S. Rhodes of Ballston, Va. Neither machine was badly damaged. Raymond W. Black. 32 years old, col- ored, of 1015 New York avenue, was treated at Emergency Hospital for minor injuries suffered when run down at Fifth street and Massachusetts avenue by an automobile driven by Walter G. Gouldbourn of 4212 Rhode Island ave- nue. Brentwood. Md. Michael Kapneck of 1358 Spring road was slightly injured about the face and head when the machine he was driving ran into a hole in a side drain along the road in front of 4329 Blag- den avenue, i2-Year-Old Man Run Down. William S. Cavender, 72 years old, of 612 Columbia road, was treated at Garfield Hospital for lacerations of the head and body when run down at ‘Thirteenth and Kenyon streets by an automobile operated by Lillian B. Free- man, 29 years old, colored, of 1619 Marion street. Charles Diggs, 23 years old, colored, of 734 Navy place southeast, was treat- ed at Casualty Hospital for a fractured run down at Eleventh and M streets southeast b a Washington Railway & Electric Co. | street car. He was not seriously hurt. HOTEL MEN FLYING. Eight executives of the Maddux Hotel system, headed by Maj. H. C. Maddux. left Washington Airport in two cabin monoplanes piloted by L. H. Dice of Baltimore, and Willlam J. Moore of Washington Airport, at 11 am. today for Buffalo, N. Y., to attend a monthly conference of hotel executives there to- MOTTOW. ‘This is the first time an entire ex- ecutive staff has made the trip to one of these conferences by air, it was said. Although the weather was hazy' at the time of take-off it was expected ‘better flying conditions would be encountered. DRIVER IDENTIFIES - MYSTERY VISITOR Says He Took Passenger to Park Lane Night of Nurse’s Death. (Continued Fram First Page.) driver 50 cents, and disappeared up the alley, according to Frye's statement. i The driver's statement was of such {a startling nature that he was sum- moned before the grand jury as the firs: witness this morning to repeat his stor; i The affidavit wes sworn to after Frye had been taken to the home of the i man whom he is alleged to have identi- fied as his “fare.” Authorities Moved. Authorities connected with the in- vestigation plainly were moved by this new “development and from one high official came a prediction that an “amazing” development may be ex- pected during the day. The taxi driver first told his story to newspaper men last night. He declared the man he touk to the Park Lane { was young and smooth shaven, and ex- | pressed confidence he would be able to identify him if he met him again. He said the street lamps had illuminated the man's features so that he could be sure of identification. Frye agreed to 80 to the home of a man suggested to him and there, it is said, identified this man as his passenger. Frye was taken before Assistant United States Attorney Coilins, who is assisting the grand jury with its in- vestigation, and made out the affidavit. _ Fiye was guestioned by the grand jury ‘tor nearly an hour. He refused to talk to newspaper men as he came out of the jury chamber. Then Dyer, owner of the taxi cab which Frye was driving, followed the chautfeur into the grand jury room, presumably to undergo questioning as to the movements of his cab on the fatal night. Company Checks Trips. Meanwhile, the police began a check on Prye's trips during the night of Sep- tember 12. E. O. Turner, president of the Diamond Cab Co.. said bulletins | had been issued three successive days, the week following Mrs. McPherson’s death, asking for drivers to search their | manifests for records of a trip to the iPnl’k Lane early on the morning Mrs. McPherson died. He said a copy of this bulletin was placed at every call box of the company’s cab stations. Mrs. Brown, petite young wife of an | insurance salesman, called to testify |about the screams, told The Star that | she was the woman referred to by police as having engaged in an altercation with her husband late on the night of Mrs. McPherson's death, but she de- nied having raised her voice loud | enough to be heard by her neighbors, | and declared further that she had been {awakened herself about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning by agonizing screams of !a woman. l Tells of Shrieks. | Mrs. Brown refuted the purported statement of her husband to Lieut. Ed- | ward J. Kelly, head of the homicide ‘l squad, to the effect that Brown and his wife had been “squabbling” about 1 o'clock in the morning and that Mrs. Brown had screamed a number of times. Mrs. Brown admitted having had a disagreement with her husband around 1 o'clock, but denied having velled loud | enough for any one outside to hear her. She said she was asleep half an hour or so later and was awakened around 2 or 3 oclock by piercing feminine | shrieks. She said her husband was not awakened and that she did not disturb | him, and went back to sleep. | Mrs. Brown's statements would tend | to corroborate the assertion of Mrs. | Roy Heavrin, a resident of the Park Lane. and Robert Mills, colored, janitor, of the Lombardy, who said he was awakened around 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning by a‘.woman's screams and groans. The Detective Bureau has at- tributed these screams heard by Mills to the couple in the Brown apartment. Tells of Tennis Ball. In the late session yesterday the | grand jury called E. Russel Vass, oc- | cupant of an apartment in the Lom- bardy, across the court from that of the McPhersons. to tell of the tennis | ball that muysteriously vanished from the roof adjoining the dead woman' apartment. Vass is believed to have told the jury of having observed the tennis ball lying in one spot outside of | the McPherson window for two months, but after the tragedy he said that the | ball had completely disappeared. | Ralph D. Palmer, a reporter, who | has covered the grand jury proceedings, was grilled for 15 minutes. The testi- mony which he gave has not been di | closed. Although he has been questioned on numerous occasions, Policeman Law- rence Botts, Allen’s partner on the night of September 12, was recalled late | yesterday. Allen had said that he and | his_partner had been in front of the Park Lane Apartments on the night Mrs. McPherson met her death and that a man had been seen to emerge | from he window of the McPherson | apartment, cross the adjoining roof and | disappear in the darkness. In accordance with a previous agree- ment with United States.Attorney Leo | A. Rover, Allen, after it was believed | that all witnesses had been heard. sum- marized events which he believed indi- cated murder in a discussion which oc- | cupied half an hour. He was then or- dered from the courtroom, but was re- called and_remained a similar length of time. It is believed. however, he made a plea that the grand jury should not smirch the dead girl's reputation by reporting a nnding of suicide. | i | | | ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF Y. W. C. A. STARTS i Sessions of Staff Workers Open at Kamp Kahlert, Md.. Ending Monday. [ ‘The annual conference for stafl work- ers of the Young Women's Christian Association began today at Kamp Kalhert, Md. Sessions are to continue until Monday, when the Fall conference of board members, staff members, com- mittees, chapters, clubs, departments and individual members of the asso- ciation will open at the Y. W. C. A. Building here. Sessions for the second conference will be held afternoon and evening, with dinner between. Mrs. Frederic Paist of Philadelphia, former national president, and Miss Helen Thoburn of New York City are to be the principal speakers Monday. The subject of the conference is “As= sociation Thinking,” and will be de- veloped by the various speakers along the lines of the individual, the com- munity and the world, with Mrs. Wil- liam Adams Slade, Mrs. Elwood Street, Miss Helen Hudson, Mrs. John T. Schaaff, Miss Bertha Pabst and others | taking part. | Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown, president of the board of directors of the asso- ciation, will preside at the afternoon meeting, and Mrs. Edwin B. Parker will occupy the chair at the dinner. ‘The committee for the Fali con- ference includes Mrs. Harry E. Hull, chairman: Mrs. T. E. Brown, Mrs. Edwin Parker, Miss Hettie P. Anderson, Miss Lols Gates Gorman, Mrs. Irving W. Ketchum, Miss Saida L. Hartman, Miss Gertrude Enness and Miss Mignonette BRuekingham,