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SHELEY ANDRELLY SEEK SENATES AID Le.tter to Capper Carries Plea} Two Tariff ‘Board 'Members for Fuil Hearing on Grand Jury Charges. (Continued From Pirst Page.) colleagues that such an investigation might prejudice the McPherson case in soms way. Senaior Blaine took the position that if there was a question as to the scobe of the inquiry or when it should e s.aricd those matters should have been rasied on the floor of the Senate ofore the resolution was passed. He said that, the Senate having adopted the resolution in its present form, the committee cannot escape its responsibilities. King Is Supported. Senator Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan, agreed with Senator King, and called attention to the fact that the resolution authorizes the commit- tee to proceed “as saon as practicable.” Serator Vandenberg declared it is not a question of side-tracking the in- vestigation, but of using discretion as to the proper time to hold it. The Michigan Senator is a member of the subcommittee to which the question was referred and he declared that if the committee is not to have any discretion as to its procedure he would not care to serve on it. Senator Jones, Republican, of Wash- ington, also a member of the subcom- mittee, pointed out that the preamble of the resolution referred to numerous newspaper articles as forming the basis of the charges. He questioned whether the charges the subcommittee is ex- pected to investigate are definite enough. The subcommittee is composed of Benator Sackett, Republican, of Ken- tucky, chairman; Senators Jones, Re- publican, of Washington; V-.ndenbers. Republican, of Michigan; Copeland, Democrat, of New York and Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina. Senator Sackett was out of the city today. Delayed Action Seen. At the outset of the meeting Senator lease told the committee that the foreman of the grand jury had stated that the true bill growing out of the ceath of Lee King was returned in June, He sald if this was the case he wanted to learn why it was held up until September, when the indictment in this case was returned. Blease declared he was not undertaking to say just what happened but he wanted to find out. ‘With regard to the part of the reso- lution referring to the carrying of éon- cealed weapons, Senator Blease told the committee he understood there were two organizations of Chinese in Wash- ington, one rich and the other poor. He said his information was that the Senator § LOBBY PROBERS. | SUMMON MARVIN Are on Witness List for Tuesday’s Hearing. By the Associated Press. Chajrman Marvin and Commissioner j Edgar B. Brossard of the Tariff Com- mission were included today among witnesscs summoned by the Senate; lobby investigating committee for the | opening hearing Tuesday. Chairman Caraway of the commit- tee announced that H. A. Austin, rep- resentative of the United States Beet | Sugar Co., and H. C. Lakin, president of the Cuba Co. of New York City, also had been called in connection with the inquiry into the tariff situation. It has been decided to inquire first into charges of attempts to influence experts of the tariff commission in de- termining valuation. Previously William Burgess of Morristown, Pa., a former Republican member of the tariff com- mission, and Frederick L. Koch, an expért on the commission, had been ordered to appear Tuesday. Calling of the sugar representatives today indicated early attention also will be given to the contests over the pro- posed increase in the sugar duties, pro- vided by the pending tariff measure. Caraway announced the two tariff commigsioners were called in connection with the Burgess and Koch case, which involves an alleged attempt to influence the commission on a valuation appraisal on pottery. Once the committee concludes investi- gation of this it will turn to the sugar controversy, the chairman explained. The proposed increase in the sugar duty 1s one of the main points of controversy in the tariff measure, and for months there has been an active campaign by interested parties on each side of this issue outside of Congress. It also_was announced that H. R. Rylie of Marlinton, W. Va., had been asked to appear, but that he had sent word he. would be unable because of illness. clubhouse at 1313 K street. SUSPECT SUICIDES INWOMAN'S DEATH Guest at Party Called Out ————— i OFFICIAL TAKES OATH. ‘William L. Cooper Succeeds’ to Post Vacated by Julius Klein. William L. Cooper was sworn in today as director of the Bureau of For- ejgn and Domestic Commerce, & posi- tion vacated sometime ago when Julius Klein was made Assistant Secretary of Commerce. He was promoted from the post_of commercial attache in London. the Senate and that an investigation and report is to be made by that com- t rich one could get permits to CAITY |pjttee. guns, but that the other could not. He said his position was that neither group should be given such permits, and he said this should be looked into im- mediately. Question Is Raised. It was at this point that Senator King raised the question as to the ad- visability of having the investigation go into matters that might relate to the McPherson case at this time. One part of the resolution calls for an in- “We assume you desire to ascertain the facts, nat only as to the suspension of Officer Allen, but also as to the blanket accusations of a majority of the grand jury against Assistant Su- perintendent of Police Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly in connection with their testimony as chief of de- tectives and head of the homicide squad” at the secret sessions of the grand jury in what is known as the McPherson case. They and we, as their quiry into the reasons for the suspen: sion of Policeman Robert J. Allen, made an independent investigation of the McPherson case. Some members of the committee took the view that an inquiry into Allen’s suspensiorf would necessarily lead into the McPherson investigation. Senator Blaine contended the com- mittee could go forward with an in- vestigation of police inefficiency with- out passing on whether the death of Mrs. McPherson was a suicide or & homicide and without determining the guilt or innocence of any one. Senator King said that if he had been in the Senate when the resolution was brought up he thought he would have asked that it be not acted on at the present. “I think that with the grand jury working, the Department of Justice making a thorough investigation and the Commissioners having designated a board to inquire into the police phases, we are piling it on rather thick at this moment and I would have preferred to wait,” Senator King said. Predicts Early Trial. The McPherson case, Senator King said, probably will go to trial at an early date and that a Senate committee in- vestigation would “stir up the public and make it more difficult to get a jury.” The Utah Senator recalled that the Gibson subcommittee of the House has spent nearly two years investigating the Police Department, as well as other branches of the, District government, with the aid of the Bureau of Efficiency. Investigations of the - District govern- ment, he declared, have been going on without interruption for a long time. Senator King said he was not pre- pared to assert that an investigation such as Senator Blease proposes is not needed, but felt that “these constant investigations cannot do otherwise than have a demoralizing effect.” Senator Blaine said the charges in the preamble of the Blease resolution may not be specific, “but the Senate has adopted it and it is too late now for this committee to escape its re- sponsibility for going into everything in the resolution, indefinite as they may be.” Says Senate Apprised. Senator Blaine suggested that the committee could go back to the Senate and ask to have the resolution recon- sidered and redrafted, but he pointed out that the Senate had knowledge of what was in the resolution when it passed it. think that Washington has the most inefficient direction of its police department that I know of,” Senator Blaine asserted. He said he had no fault to find with the rank and file of men in the department but that “‘the rank and file is far above the directing force of the department.” The Senator from Wisconsin then extended his criticism of the police administration to the Commissioners and other branches of the city government, de- claring that Washington is not a city but a “conglomeration of politics.” Senator King interrupted to point out again the District government has been investigated from many angles by the Burcau of Efficiency and the House committee, and that the Senate commit- tee in recent years had also made in- vestigations, particularly into public school Tequirements. Senator Blaine re- plied that argument should have been made in the Senate before this resolu- tion passed. Suggests Postponement Senator King answered that he thought the Senate committee was al- lowed some discretion as to the proper time and manner of conducting an in- vestigation, adding that he thought this matter should go over to the December session. Senator Vandenberg pointed out that it was agreeable to Senator Blease to let other portions of the resolution wait if he could get immediate action on the particular questions he raised regarding the death of Lee King. Chairman Capper, who presided, said he did not think any one wanted to avoid going into. the matters raised in the resolution and expressed confidence that the sub-committee on police affairs would take whatever steps seemed best in handling of the matter. counsel, offer you our fullest co-oper- who | ation to that end. “They welcome an ?pommuy to an- swer accusations, which opportunity has heretofore been denied, and ask that those, who will now be required to Ag- pear, be asked to specify and make definite the precise acts of omission and commission, which are the basis for their accusation. Otherwise, they ‘would be col lled to detail their en- tire activities that case, as they are conscious of no wrongful or improper acts, either in this connection or at any time during their more than 20 years of service on the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia. Unless they can know the specific na- ture of the acts which were the basis for the alleged charges, they will be entirely in the dark. They not only will be unable to prepare for their defense before your committee, but will be required to waste much of your valuable time and to speculate as to the information desired by the committee. Promise to Answer. “We assume that your committee will be desirous of conserving as much time as possible and minimjzing any posssible interference with the investi- gation and trial of Robert A. McPher- son. If you will permit them to testify after their accusers have testified, we believe that they will be able to answer them fully, completely and finally.” ‘The joint statement issued by the attorneys follows: “Assistant Supt. Shelby and Lieut. Kelly and their counsel have offered the Senate District committee the fullest co-operation in ascertaining all perti- nent facts relating to their activities in which is known as the McPherson case. “They welcome this opportunity to be advised of the specific acts of omis- sion and commission which were the basis of the sweeping accusations of the grand jury. e “They hope that the Senate investi- gation can be conducted 50 as not to interfere with the investigation and trial of Robert A. McPherson, who has been indicted for the alleged murder of his wife. While they are willing to co- operate to that end, they are not re- sponsible for the accusations against them or the time or manner of their investigation, and will answer all ques- tions fully and completely in justice to hose who have expressed faith in them and to themselves.” Enters Conference. Inspector Shelby returned today to the Department of Justice for another conference with Government agents in charge of the Government's inquiry into the McPherson case. Since the department is not con- cerned with the accusations against the Police Department, it was assumed the inspector was questioned again regard- ing details of the findings which led local police authorities to believe Vir- ginia McPherson & suicide. A police private, whose name was not disclosed, also conferred with the Gov- ernment agents this morning. In view of the opinion expressed by a physician to the effect that Mrs. Mc- Pherson may have had a fractured skull when her body was found, it is known the Justice investigators are considering the possibility that some instrument tributed to her death. Might Explain Trip. It is believed the re-examination of police witnesses with this theory in mind may explain the visit"to the de- partment today of Inspector Shelby and the policeman. result of the new autopsy to be under- taken in China Grove, N. C. The exhumation of the girl's body was ar- ranged primarily to determine the evi- Dr. Edward A, Gorman. Dr. Gorman who pronounced the nurse dead, has informed the Government he found some evidences pointing toward a frac- ture, slthou&.h the official autopsy per- formed by the coroner’s office failed to disclose any significant marks of violence beyond those caused by the pajama belt garrote. Among others questioned at the De- partment of Justice today were Mr. and Mrs. James Copperthite, proprietors of a boathouse on the upper Potomac. They were called to testify concerning The letter to Senator Capper, which bears the signature of all three at- torneys for Shelby and Kelly follows: “We understand that Senate resolu- tion 127, introduced by Senator Blease, now a member of the District of Co- lumbia committee. has been passed by ) a report that a woman resembling Mrs. McPherscn narrowly escaped drowning other than a pajama belt may have con- | | ‘The theory hinges, of course, on the dences of a skull fracture reported by | and Slain by Former Roomer. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, October 12.—Walter Chaney, 36 years old, believed by police to have shot and killed Mrs. Harriet Steinbrenner, 33 years old, after calling her from a bridge party yesterday, com- mitted suicide today when officers broke into his home. Police, who had located Chaney at a west side address, broke in the door and were chasing him upstairs when the turned the gun on himself. Elght women were being entertained at the apartment of Mrs. Irene Mount when Chaney, a former roomer at the Steinbrenner home, asked Mrs. Stein- brenner to step out in the hallway. He engaged her in a brief argument, shot her three times and fled. Chaney, police said, had twice served terms for carrying concealed weapons and for robbery, and they considered it possible he killed Mrs. Steinbrenner be- cause she suspected he was the man who held up 80 guests at a tea room at the fashionable Lake Shore Hotel last week. Mrs. Steinbrenner was a cashier at the Lake Shore Hotel until two days before the robbery. She had loaned Chaney her car several times and in it police fouhd a pair of blue overalls e ‘worn by Tobber. Mrs. Steinbrenner also had confided to friends at the party that Chaney h‘ifi: énmuned her life last Thursday n FALL NOT TO TAKE STAND AS WITNESS DURING TRIAL HERE (Continued From First Page.) circumstances yesterday afternoon. Preferring to risk another setback, the elderly defendant was brought into court in a wheel chair to plead through crl;l;;el against a mistrial being de- clared. Improved Condition Reported. His condition had been reported “somewhat improved” before court re- convened at 3 o'clock to hear Justice Hitz’s ruling. Basing his arguments for a mistrial on the report of four physi- clans that Fall's life would be endan- gered by continued presence in court, former Senator Atlee Pomerene of spe- clal Government counsel, said it would be an injustice both to the' Government and the defense to continue. Mr, Hogan, however, had asked the court earlier in the day to deny the mo- tion. With Fall appearing personally, Justice Hitz elicited from the defense counsel that he was ready to proceed with the trial. He therefore denied the ;nouon for a mistrial and called in the ury. The groundwork of their cases was laid by opposing counsel early this week, before the recurrence of the long-stand- ing bronchial trouble caused Fall leave court Tuesday. Providing a foundation for further evidence having to do_with the $100,- 000 Fall received from Doheny, his son- in-law, C. C. Chase, former customs collector at El Paso, Tex., told the court of the purchase by the former cabinet officer of the Harris Ranch, in New Mex- ico, with the money. Fall brought the money in cash to El Paso, Chase said, and it was paid out of their joint bank account. Terms of the Pearl Harbor, Hawall, naval oil storage tank contracts, as well as th: Elk Hills lease, are to be brought before the court. E. C. Finney, t Assistant Secretary of the Interior under Fall, produced the documents and agreements and explained that most of the negotiations had been carried on while Mr. Fall was out of the city. in the river at the hands of two men, who had taken her out in a boat. Mr. and Mrs. perthite said they were unable to sul These children took prizes in the parade at the Bloomingdale Playground tantiate the report, mommeumnmmumrm N \ » OCTOBER 12, 1929.° ‘Wisdom D. Brown, grand master of Masons of the District, laying the corner stonme yesterday of the new Shrine —Star Staff Photo. Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—That certainly was nice of Connie Mack not to discourage the National League entirely. He will keep fool- ing around and have to start some of his best pitchers yet. If the serles can go seven games and play to capacity they have a chance to merge with the City National of New York. By the way, an old country boy banker from Colorado slicked the city slicker bankers out of one-half million bucks and they give him 15 years so fast that you would have thought he had assassie nated a big Government official. You let a city banker slick an old country boy out of something, and before night he will merge with an- other bank and finally wind up as & member of the Federal Reserve. DROP IS REPORTED IN RUM SMUGGLING Government Officials Express Gratification Over Cana- dian Liquor Figures. By the Assoclated Press. Evidence that the Government is succeedifig In its intensive campaign to stop liquor smuggling across the Cana- dian border was seen by officials today in figures made public by Assistant Secre- tary Lowman of the Treasury. “Quite a reduction” in the amount of liquor cleared from Canadian ports for the United States in the vicinity of De- troit was reported by Lowman, who has charge of the Treasury's prohibition en- forcement efforts. Only 48.625 cases were cleared last month, he said, in comparison with 54,520 in August, and 154,439 in Sep- tember, 1928. Much of this, he added, never reached the United States, being seized en route or smuggled back into Canada after being cleared as a means of evading the Dominion’s liquor tax. Expressing gratification over the showing, he ascribed it to the addition of enforcement agents and Coast Guard personnel to the prohibition forces in the Detroit area and increased vigilance on theiz part since the vigorous anti- smuggling campaign was undertaken there several months ago. They are maintaining a 24-hour watch along the boundary, and he expects their efforts to bring further decreases. in the Canadian clearance figures. TAVERN KEEPER SHOOTS CHICAGO GANGSTER Gunman, Looking for Trouble, Runs Into Bullet Barrage in ‘West Side Grog Shop. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 12.— Joseph Touhy went to the Windmill Tavern on the Northwest Side last night look- ing for trouble and found it. Bullets from the tavernkeeper's pistols in- gu:t'e‘g wounds that may cause Touhy's eath. ‘Touhy, police said, is a brother of Frank Touhy, who was killed in the Lone Tree Inn in Niles, Ill, a year ago. ‘The tavernkeeper, Victor Willert, sald Touhy on a previous visit had threatened death to him unless he bought beer from Touhy. When Touh; returned to the tavern last night witg several oomg_‘lnlon!. Willert fortified himself behind - the bar and opened 2?& Touhy fell wounded and the others Willert was arrested. yesterday. Left to right: Selma CHARLES | HRZOG FATALLY STRIEAEN Cafe Proprietor Collapses Suddenly on Way Home Yesterday Afternoon. Charles J. Herzog, 43 years old, of 2014 Pierce Mill road, proprietor of Herzog's Seafood Cafe, Eleventh and Water streets southwest, died in Emer- geney Hospital early last night after having been stricken with a sudden ili- ness several hours earlier. Leaving his place of business at Eleventh and Water streets southwest shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday after- noon, Mr. Herzog, who had been suffer- ing from heart disease for some time, decided to go home and rest. Arriving at a gasoline filling station at Eighteenth and S streets, he called to a boy there to take him home, stat- ing he was ill. Several persons, in- cluding a nurse, were in a nearby auto- mobile and the nurse realizing Mr. Her- zog's condition urged that he be rushed to the hospital. was done, with the nurse accompanying him there. He failed to regain consciousness, however, when treated by physicians. Mr. Herzog was in business for a number of years with his father, the late Fritz Herzdg, and later established his own business. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Henrietta Herzog; a daughter, Miss Emily Herzog: & brother, Conrad J. Herzog; a sister, Mrs. U. Eberhardt of Bernardsville, N, and Mrs. P. S. Baum of Baltimore. Details of the funeral ngemernts have not been completed. The services are to be conducted at the residence Monday afternoon. Interment will be in_Prospect Hill Cemetery. Mr. Herzog was a member of Con- cordia Lutheran Church. Although Mr. Herzog was identified at the hospital a few minutes after he reached there at 4:30 o'clock in an unconscious condition, members of his family did not learn that he had been stricken until after his death, which oct three hours later. As soon as they were notified they hurried to the hospital, arriving about 8:30 p.m. Dr. L. G. Lewis of the hospital staff, who attendéd Mr. Herzog, sald today that the police of the third precinct were notified of Mr. Herzog's condition a few minutes after his arrival and again after his death. At the third precinct it was said that the case was referred to the eighth precinct, in whose terri- tory Mr. Herzog was stricken. The delay in notifying the family was not explained. President Listens In on Radio to Talk Of Prime Minister Declines to Answer Tele- phone While Macdonald Makes Peace Address. Among the millions who heard Prime Minister Macdonald’s peace and dis- armament speech in New York last night, none was more intensely inter- ested or derived more genuine pleasure than did Herbert Hoover, who heard every word as he sat close to the loud speaker in his study, on the second floor of the White House. ‘The President personally tuned in some little time in advance of the pre- mier’s message 80 s not to miss any- thing the latter said. He made it plain that he was interested when during the middle of the premier's address he de- clined to answer a telephone call. The message, he was informed, was from an intimate friend, that macde difference to the e BYeye I am too busy at the moment,” was his only answer. PRIZE WINNERS IN PLAYGROUND CONTEST Moore, Eli: —Star Stafl Photo. MINISTERS AGCUSE " AIMEE OF FRAUD Charges’ of Misappropriation of Church Funds to Be Investigated. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 12.—Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, who has been involved in a series of sensational inquiries in recent years, today was the | focal polnit of two new investigations by the district attorney's office. Affidavits filed by five pastors of her churches, two of whom were dismissed this week, accused Mrs. McPherson of misappropriating church funds. The complaining pastors were Dr. John Goben, former executive of Angelus Temple, Mrs. McPherson’s “mother” church, who was dismissed by the evangelist because of disagreement over policles; Rev. H. E. Alford of Rev. Willard Pope of night; Rev. R. L. Larson of Hollywood, . J. H. Stilton of El Monte, Calif. They allcged the evangelist con- verted to her own use an unnamed sum donated to the church. Books ‘Turned Over. Church books covering receipts and expenditures from August, 1927, to March, 1928, were turned over to the district attorney by Dr. Goben. He said the alleged fraud would be revealed in the books. Dr. Goben sald he hired private de- tectives to watch the evaangelist and informed the district attorney’s office afidavits were available that Mrs. Mc- Pherson. attended a mysterious confer- ence in Alexander Pantages' home within an hour after the theater man's wife was convicted of manslaughter. ‘The detectives later filed the affi- davits. General denials that there had been such a conference were made by Mrs. McPherson, Pantages, the, theater man's two sons and attorneys alleged to have been present. * Reprisal Move Checked. “Dr. Goben's statements are merely an effort at reprisal because I fired him,” said Mrs. McPherson. “Anybody can look at the books of the church. I have had them audited frequently and I am too busy to pay any attention to Dr. Goben's statements.” Deputy District Attorney Daniel Beecher, who is conducting one investi- gation, while District Attorney Buron Fitts personally conducts a parellel one, said if sufficient corroborating evidence was uncovered the matter would be placed before the grand jury. Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of the evangelist, who arrived in Los Angéles yesterday from ,Seattle, Wash, where she, as the defendant, recently won a $50,000. breach of promise suit, said her visit here was for the transaction of personal business and that she would take no part in the fund controversy. SHIP POOL DENIAL PLEASES LAWRENCE Writer Says He Is Glad Stimson Explained “Maintaining Peace” Phrase. By the Associated Press. David Lawrence, Washington news- paper man, said in a statement today he was glad Secretary Stimson had ex- plained the phrase “maintaining the mue of the world,” used in a joint an- uncement by President Hoover and Premier Macdonald. Stimson, in a formal statement, said in asserting that “Great Britain and the United States have in effect agreed to pool their navies to maintain 4ng was a moral one and not a mili- tary one. Nothing, he said, could be further from the truth “than to sus- pect we contemplated any joinder or poianng“olt:\‘x: navies.” iy " n statement toda reply Mr. Lawrence said: % i - “I have just read Secretary Stimson’s statement and am gratified that he has cleared up the use of the phrase ‘main- taining the peace of the world’ as meaning the application of moral and not physical force, which was the basis of the misconception, particularly since the was lied in an an- nouncement of an agreement on the equality of naval strength.” POLICEMAN SLAYS * REVELER TO STOP ATTACK WITH CLUB (Continued From First Page.) names,” the officer related today from his hospital bed. “I walked into the room and Smoot swung at me. I dodged and made a motion as if to strike him that frightened him away. Then one of the girls got between me and the door and both the men began coming toward me. Smoot hit me in the eye with his fist and knocked me down on the sofa. “Then the big man, Douglas, snatched my night stick from under my arm and began beating me on the head. T got my gun out as soon as I could and pointed it at him. He struck me twice more while I had the gun leveled direct- ly at him and then I fired. “Smoot ran out and called an ambu- lance and then came back. He tried to g0 out again, but I wouldn't let him. A few minutes later Policeman Willlams got ther Howze's gun was examined and found to contain three exglodgd shells. The other two shells, making up the normal contents of the magazine, were later found unfired by Headquarters Detéc- tive Geeorge Darnall under the lounge | where Howze had been sitting. The | policeman explained their presence there by saying that once before the gun had thrown bullets from the cylin- der as it revolved. One of the shots struck Douglas on the left side of the abdomen, another in the right chest and the other high up on the left side at the juncture of the neck and body. Death apparently was instantaneous. When Dr. John Baker of Emergency Hospital arrived a few minutes later with the ambulance, he was dead. The body was taker the District Morgue. Howze, said that as he entered the apartment one of the men threw what appeared to be a bottle out of the win- on_the pavement of the alley outside. Police have notified Douglas’ mother of his death. She lives at 1117 La- Verne avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. He is sald to have other relatives in Chi- cago. HOP FOR SEATTLE TODAY. Soviet Flyers JReported Ready at ‘Waterfall, Alask: SEA’ October 12 (#).—Advices reaching here sald the four Russian aviators flying from Moscow to New York would take off at Waterfall, Alaska, for Seattle today, weather and the mechanical condition of their plane permitting. The flyers were forced down at Waterfall October 3 in attempting to reach Seattle from Sitka. Damage to the plane necessitated installation of a new motor, which was sent to them from Seattle. Waterfall is about 450 miles from here.: . |FARNI LEADER AND COL. JOHN McELROY. Harris-Ewing Photo. COL. JOHN MELROY CLAIMED BY DEATH National Tribune Editor and G. A. R. Post Commander Was 83. Col. John McElroy, managing editor of the National Tribune, past com- mander of the Department of the Po- tomac, Grand Army of the Republic, and long a picturesque figure in Union Army Veteran circles, died at his resi- dence, 1412 Sixteenth street, today after a lrmh'm[ed illness. He was 83 years old. He had been managing editor of the National Tribune since 1884. He had served three terms as commander of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R, and in 1901 was senior vice commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. At the time of his death he was serving his sixteenth con- secutive term as commander of Kit Carson Post, G. A. R. Col. McElroy also had various other interests. As a member of the Fine Arts Commisison he took an active part in planning for the bullding of the Arlington Ampitheater. He was a past president of the National Association of Ex-War Prisoners and also past presi- dent of the Army of Tennessee-Associa- tion. In addition he was a thirty-sec- ond degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Almas Temple of the Mys- tic Shrine, Native of Kentucky. A native of Greenup County, Ky., Col. McElroy was the son of Robert and Mary McElroy. He was twice martied. His first wife was, before her marriage, Miss Elsie Pomeroy of Ottawa, Ohio, who died a number of years ago. In 1925 he was married to Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, member of the editorial staff of the National Tribune, with whom he had b&lz been associated for many years on paper. He is survived by his widow, a daugh- ter, Mrs: H. D. Slater of El Paso, Tex.; a son, K. P. McElroy, and a grandson. John McElroy Slater, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Early in career Col. McElroy learned the printing trade. He had followed it only a short while, however, when he entered the Union Army, be- coming a member of the McClernand Body Guards in October, 1862. Taken Prisoner of War. He became an active sergeant major in the 16th Illinois Cavalry. He was taken a prisoner at Jonesville, Va., January 3, 1864, and confined to An- dersonville and other prisons until the close of the war. Following the Civil War he was a r on several Chicago newspapers, working in that capacity until 1874. From that year until 1884 he was an editor of the Toledo Blade, when he became the managing editor of the Na- tional Tribune. He had written & number of books dealing with various phases of the Among these of which he was the author was, “Andemnvill‘lie." mic Punctions of Vice, the Tennessee,” 1907; Potomac,” 1908; “The Struggle for Missouri,” 1909. = Funeral arrangements are being com- pleted today. Tentative plans were to have the services Tuesda; EIGHT OFFICERS “ HELD IN KILLINGS Sixth Striker Dies of Wounds Suf- fered in Textile Mill Riot. By the Associated Press. MARION, N. C, October 12.—Prob- {dow and he heard the crash of glass |three able cause having been found against them, eight McDowell County officers, charged with murder as a result of a strike riot October 2 at Marion Manu- facturing Co.’s cotton mill here, in which six strikers were wounded fatally, were under bonds of $3,000 each today for their appearance at the next term of Superior Court. Judge W. F. Harding dismissed charges against eight other officers at the conclusion yesterday of a week’s investigation, He ruled there was not sufficient evidence. ‘The eight held had admitted firing at strikers during the riot but con- tended the shots were in self defense. Judge Harding held that a jury should pass upon whether they were justified in shooting. f} Some 60 strikers charged with rebel- lion against the State, rioting and re- sisting an officer, previously had waived preliminary hearing and given bonds for appearance in Superior Court. ‘The gun battle between officers and strikers was precipitated when efforts were made to disperse with tear gas a group of strikers who were refusing to permit the mill's day shift to enter the plant. Testimony was given that both sides fired several shots. Two men were killed instantly and others died within a few days. ‘The sixth victim, T. L. Craver, died yesterday. ‘The_officers held for Superior Court were B, L. Robins, W. A. Fender, Dave Jarrett, Jim Owens, Charles Tate, Tay- lor Green, Willilam Twiggs and Robert Ward, all sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff O. F. Adkins and Deputies W. G. Bigger- staff, Allle Steppe, Forest Smith, Ed Cannon, Segie Halliburton, Adam Hunt and R. M. Owens were released. Solicitor J. Will Pless, jr., announced he would ask only for conviction of second degree murder. Gilberts Happy Though Married. NEW YORK, October 12 (#).—John Gilbert is glad to disappoint some of WIFE IN-CRASH Gray Silver, Former W. Va. State Senator, and Mrs. Silver in Wreck. Special Dispatch to the Star. HAGERSTOWN, October 12.—Gray Silver, former State BSenator, repre- sentative of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Washington for years, re- cently elected president of the East- ern Grain Growers, Inc., a co-operative farm organization with headquarters here, ‘and his wife, of Martinsburg, W. Va., were possibly fatally injured last hight near here when the car in which they were riding collided with a Penn- sylvania freight train. Concussion of Brain. Silver, who suffered concussion at the base of the brain and a probable fracture of the skull, besides other serious injuries, and Mrs. Silver, who suffered fracture of both legs and prob- able internal injuries, were taken to the Martinsburg Hospital after being found by William Snyder, Williamsport, Md. Silver, according to Snyder, was wandering in the road, dazed, while Mrs. Silver was still in the wreckage. No Raliroad Report. Silver was returning home after ad- dressing a farm co-operative meeting at Brethedsville, four miles south of here, and is belleved to have driven his car into the side of a passing freight train. The railroad had no report from any of its crews that a collision had occurred and officials of the Pennsy said it would hardly be possible for an engine to have struck the car without the engineer seeing it. Part of the wreckage was lying be- side the track this morning, but most of the car was reported missing. AMERICAN U. TRIMS GEORGE WASHINGTON 8-to-0 Score Gives Grid Game to Methodist Players at Stadium, American University defeated George ‘Washington, 8 to 0, in their foot ball game this morning in the Eastern High School Stadium. It was a sweet victory for the Methodists, who last Fall were beaten in & 19-0 contest by ¢ the Colonials. American_University scored its first points in the opening on a period . McGrew’s kick was blocked behind the G. W. goal. line and it automatically became a safety when ' the ball rolled out of bounds behind the goal line. In the final session, Jack La Favre plunged over for the Metho- dist’s touchdown to culminate a long drive. La Favre tried to add the point on a place kick, but the boot fell short. La Favre, “Red” Olson and Orville ‘Targee were the aces of the A. U. attack. FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Mrs. Pauline Kinney Asks Abso- lute Decree and Alimony. Declaring that she is embarrassed and humiliated by her husband’s in- fatuation for another woman, Mrs. | Pauline Kinney, 918 Eighteenth street northwest, today filed suit in the Dis- trict Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Thomas L. on statutory grounds. She also asks per- manent alimony. According to the bill exhibited by the wife, August 30, polis, Md., have no children, and lived together until September 11 last. when, it is claimed, Kinney deserted her. She is represented by Attorney Ray- mond Neudecker. SEEDS NET GOOD_PROFIT. Exceed Returns on Melon Sales, Texan Finds. RUSK, Tex. (#).—Melon seeds, & nec- | essary evil to the layman-consumer, represent commercial success for I - | Palmer Schochler, Texas watermelon breeder. . He has marketed more than 14,000 pounds of seed in the last seven years. Profits from seed sales, he has found, exceed returns from melons themselves on his 60-acre patch. Frequently 1,000 melons will produce 100 pounds of seed. Mr. Schochler’s record yield is 32,000 melons per acre. Yacht Greets Princess Xenia. NEW YORK, October 12 (#).—Wil-, liam B. Leeds, Princess Xenia of Russia and her five-year-old dnuihter are back from abroad. The first g they no- ticed when entering the harbor on the Mauretania was Mr. Leeds’ motor yacht, decorated with flags, which escorted the ship to the pier. Flying Fan Undaunted by Crash. ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa., October 12 ().—Charles Shenk, a determined young aviation fan, is going to try again. He made an airplane out of some old wagon wheels, a baby carriage, a bed- post and such things. It flew 25 feet and crashed. ks Navyjfi;t;e Dame Game to Be Radioed ToMembersof Fleet , Station NAA to Give Prog- ress to Ships, Where It Will Be Translated. Officers and men of the fleet will have an opportunity to learn the result of the Navy-Notre Dame foot e, being played today at the Baltimore Stadium. = Arrangements have been completed to send a play-by-play de- scription of the game over a special telegraph wire direct from the stadium to the office of naval communicationy at the Navy Department. Station NAA, the naval sending sta- tion, will broadcast the game by tele- graph to the fleet, where it will be tanslated in the various radio “shacks” on the various vessels. Part of the fleet is now in the Chesapeake Bay area, scattered around Hampton Roads, Va., undergoing gunnery practice and en- fllnl in other service maneuvers. The light cruisers and the battle are in the Chesapeake Bay area, wi the destroyers are at Charleston, 8. C. Large numbers of naval officers and men left Was| n during the morn- ing and early rnoon to ey to Baltimore to see the game which is cre- ating great interest in the service. Ar- rangements were made to get the latest tidings of the progress of the game for the public, who he says seems to want motion_picture people to be unhappy. Back flom Eufope with his smhlng bride, Ina Claire, he said a five-hour motor trip he took alone on the Riviera was interpreted to mean that he and Ina had separated. He called attention LT T ety 4 those at the department unable to get away, and at least one office,planned to * have a small radio receiving set to get the news from the national broadcast- P estary, Adams and big an h rankin, naval officers were included in thog dy that made their way to Baltimore dur- ball classic ing the day to see the foot