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.conductor estimated that the train was | Wash ington News @he Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C., ADDITIONAL SAFETY DEVICES AR URGED AT DEATH CROSSING Takoma Park Crash in Which Two Were Killed Is Held Accident. PROBE JURY HEARS RESIDENTS OF AREA Train Crew Members Testify Engi- neer Says Boiler Obstructed His Vision. Recommendations calling for instal- lation of additional safety devices at the Chestnut street grade ng were made today by a coroner's jury in de- ciding that the collision in which two women were killed in Takoma Park Saturday night was an accident. The Jury deliberated less than 15 minutes. Witnesses told of finding Mrs. Mary E. Johnson and Mrs. N. Hopkins dead alongside the railroad tracks about 50 yards from the crossing. Witnesses also told of the efforts to save the life of Miss Edith Hopkins, the third occu- pant of an automobile struck by a fast express train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The coroner’s jury made no definite llfg‘sunn as to the types of additional safeguards it believed should be in- stalled at the crossing, nor did it men- tion any other grade crossings. Resident of Area Is Witness, The principle witness at the inquest ‘was William E. McMahon, who lives on Chestnut street near the crossing. He testified he heard the automatic bells ringing just before the train struck the automobile. He sald the bell con- tinued to ring for sometime after the collision, McMahon pointed out that though he was in earshot and heard the crash, he failed to actually see the accident. Another witness, Mrs. Rose Ford, who also resides in the neighborhood of the crossing, said she was returning on foot from seeing a motion picture in Takoma Park when she saw an au- tomobile standing still on the tracks. Bhe said there was what sounded like an explosion when the train struck the car. The woman explained she thought her eyes had been' “playing tricks” and she walked on home without realizing there actually had been a collision. She learned of the accident later in the night. Mrs. Ford was unable to remember whether she heard the bells ringing before the collision. James A. Shrewbridge, the engineer of the train involved, said he blew the locomotive’s whistle four times as he approached the crossing. He added his 'w of Chestnut street in the direction from which the automobile approached was obstructed by a boiler. He said when he heard the crash he merely thought there was something the matter with the engine, and proceeded to bring the train to a stop as soon as Ppossible. Headlight Was Working. Frank Kelly, the train’s fireman, said he told the engineer the crossing was clear and then reached down to pick up a chunk of coal which had fallen off a pile and that just as he looked up he heard the apparent explosion. He testified the engineer brought the train to a stop within the length of from four to six cars. ‘The engineer and the fireman agrecd that the locomotive's haedlight was in good working order. Edward Hovermale, the condnctor, Tevealed that the train was 58 minutes late at the time of the accident. The going about 45 or 50 miles an hour when it struck the car. He said it would have been permissable to make 65 miles an hour at this point. Other members of the train crew corroborated Hovermale's testimony. M. O. Eldridge, assistant dirsctor of traffic, told the investigators Mrs. John- son only recently renewed her driver's Above: Mrs. Mary E. Johnson, who was killed in a grade crossing accident at Takoma Park Saturday night. Below: Miss Edith Hopkins, seriously injured in the erash. Her mother was W.C.7.U.T0 STUDY HOMEDRY PROBLEM Annual Convention Also to Take Up Liquor Question From Church Viewpoint. Prohibition problems from the view- point of the church and the home will be considered at the fifty-fifth annual convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of the District of Columbia, which convenes tomorrow morning at Calvary Baptist Church, H and Eiphth streets, The convention lasts two days. ’ Mrs. N. M. Pollock, president of the union, will call the meeting to order at 10 o'clock and Rev. W. S. Aber- nethy, pastor of Calvary Church, will make the address of welcome. The principal address at the morning ses- sion will be made by Representative Richard Yates of Illinois and former governor of that State. Before the close of the session Mrs, Pollock will make her annual address, outlining the problems before the convention. ‘W. M. C. Leader to Speak. ‘The morning session will be devoted largely to the reception of reports from the various committees and the board of trustees. Mrs. Eugene G. Mason, president of the Woman’s Missionary Soclety, and Mrs, George A. Ross, presi- dent of the Northwest W. C. T. U., will permit after having been a licensed au- tomobile operator for about three years. Neighbors of Mrs. Johnson, who lived at 1521 Gales street northeast, testified her hearing was good and that she apparently could see well with the ald of glasses. ‘Testimony indicating that the sig- na! devices at the crossing were in good rating condition a few minutes after the collision was offered by Lieut. J. E. Bowers of the thirteenth precinct. He stressed the fact that the automatic bell atill was ringing when he reached the scene eight minutes after the accident. Lieut. Bowers told the jurors that a watchman and a boy were killed at the same crossing about three years ago, when the man attempted to save the life of the youngster. PRISONER’S EiLASSES BURN HIM ABOUT FACE Celluloid Frame Catches Fire as He Tries to Light Cigarette ‘While in Cell. William J. Fallon, 41, 723 Sixth street, was burned about’ his face last night when the celluloid frame of his glasses caught fire as he was attempting to 1ight a cigarette in the fourth precinct lock-up, Policeman F. W. Beechner of the fourth precinct arrested Fallon on E street southwest last night on a charge ©of drunkenness. Shortly after the man had been placed 4n the precinct lock-up, attaches of the rrecinct were attracted to the room by s cries. His glasses were lying on the floor, still burning, and the victim was covering his face with his hands. He was rushed to Emergency Hospital where first aid was administered. Fallon was arraigned in Police Court this morning and sentenced to serve 30 days In jail by Judge Gus A. Schuldt. “he magistrate recommended hospital treatment. The defendant told the judge tnat he did not remember anything #bout the accident of the night before, His face 7ms bendaged. GUILD IN REHEARSAL. #The Torchbearers” to Be Season’s First Production. “The Torchbearers,” a play by George Kelly, is to be presented at McKinley Zuditorium on the evenings of Thurs- Gay and Friday, November 14 and 15, By the Community Drama Guild of V}'uhmgwn. as the opening production of the Guild's second season. The play 14 now being rehearsed under the di- raction of Denis E. Connell. deliver the greetings of these organiza- tions, ‘The principal address at the afternoon session tomorrow will be given by O. G. Christgau, assistant to Dr. F. Scott Mc- Bride, general counsel of the Anti- Saloon League. Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, national legislative director of the union, also will speak. There will be reports at this session on the work done among the soldiers and sailors by Miss Rebecca N. Rhoades, a report on the Daily Vacation Bible School by Mrs, D. W. Lum and on international rela- tions by Mrs. E. C. Stanton. Gifts and bequests will be announced by Mrs. T. A. Williams, ‘A one-act play, “Paying the Fiddler,” by Harry M. Chalfant, will be presented at the evening session, which opens at 8 o'clock. Those taking part in it are Henry Stanton, Miss Mary Norwood, Miss Norma Hoage, Alfred Staunton, Carl Carlson, Paul Burkett, Ernest Scott, Miss Francis Doran, Howard Cole and Scott Pollock. Prizes to Be Presented. Presentation of prizes to Young Peoples’ groups will be made by Mrs. Pollock on behalf of the union. Officers will be elected Wednesday morning when action is taken on the report of the nominating committee. Following the election there will be an address by Mrs. Mary R. Haslup, Mary- land State president of the W. C. T. U. There will also be reports on various activities of the union. Mrs. Laura P. Morgan, legislative sec- retary of the National Council for the Prevention of War, will be the speaker at the closing session. Luncheon will be served during the two days of the convention by the ladies of Calvary Church. In addition to Mrs. Pollock, the oth- er officers of the local W. C. T. U. ar Mrs. Lauretta E. Kress, first vice pres- ident; Mrs. James M. Doran, second vice president; Mrs, H. E. Rogers, cor- responding secretary; Mrs. Charles Montgomery, recording secretary; Mrs. ‘Willlam J." Peters, assistant recording secretary, and Mrs. George A. Roass, treasurer. “|laid in terrazo. There are 14 miles of SENDS WOM Mrs. Edna Waltham Slashed by Claws and Bitten. Feline Which Figured in For- mer Rampage Taken for Observation. A vicious attack by a large Angora cat sent Mrs. Edna Waltham, 28 years old, of 809 G street southwest, to the Emergency Hospital last night with a deep wound on her right cheek and | several severe cuts and scratches on | her right arm and side. | Mrs. Waltham was lying across the | bed at her apartment when the cat, | owned by Aubrey Stephens, who lives | in a neighboring apartment at the above address, strolled in with her 2- month-old kitten. A few moments later Mrs, Waltham arose to prepare for bed and the cat made a sudden lunge and sank her claws in Mrs. Waltham's face. Attracted by Mrs. Waltham's cries, Stephens ran into_her apartment and beat off the cat, which eluded him and made another lunge at the woman, biting her on the right arm and scratching her arm and side. Mrs. Waltham was removed to the hospital in an automobile by Hall Ellis of 811 G street, where Dr. Ignatus Rut- koski took four stitches to close the ATTACK BY NEIGHBOR'S CAT AN TO HOSPITAL MRS. EDNA WALTHAM. wound on her cheek and treated her for the cuts and scratches on her arm and body. She was then permitted to return to her home. About two months ago the cat at- tacked Stephens’ wife, Mrs. Zelda Stephens, biting her on the wrist. Mrs. Stephens also required hospital treat- ment. The cat has been taken to the District pound, where it will be kept 10 days for observation by Health Depart- ment officials to determine whether it should be destroyed. PROMENADE T0 TOP REVENUE BUILDING Feature Will Be One of Most Unusual in Whole Triangle Program. On top the colonnade of 24 marbel columns now being erected on the im- posing B street front of the Internal Revenue Building will be constructed a promenade from which may be obtained a most impressive view of the Mall, the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Me- morial Bridge and Arlington Cemetery with its monumental structures, the Lee Mansion and Memorial Amphi- theater. Progress has been rapid on the colon- nade. Thirteen of the 24 marble col- umns, each 40 feet high, have been completed, and topped with their stone “caps.” The remainder are well under way. Long stones known as “soffits” will be laid on top of the marble columns connecting them and then more structural steel will be erected and tied into the steel of the building to _act as support for the promenade. ‘Whether the promenade will be open- ed by the Government to visitors gen- erally as one of the sights’of the city will be decided later, but the prome- nade will provide one of the most un- usual architectural features of its kind in the whole triangle building program and will afford a beautiful view of one of the most picturesque sections of the National Capital. Marble From Two States. ‘The marble for the colonnade, al though all white and of the same tex- ture, came from two separate States, SQUIER AWARDED BROADCAST PATENT Device for Telephone Use in Congested Cities Given Tests. Maj. Gen. George O. Squier, retired, has had his claim as inventor of the monophone, an instrument for radio broadcasting over telephone wires, ap- proved by the United States Patent Office, he announced yesterday. Law Examiner H. H. Jacobs recently issued an opinion to this effect, thereby settling a dispute which centered on a patent issued in England and the United States which represented the Bell interests in the case. Apparatus Tested. Maj. Gen. Squier, who lives at 2400 Sixteenth street, returned to Washing- ton yesterday from Freeport, Ill.,, where he inspected his monophone in’ opera- tion experimentally. “The principle of the monophone is simplicity itself,” Gen. Squier said. “Its installation in its simplest form at a telephone switchboard does not require even a screw driver and although it is a one-way telephone, the housewife may change it from room to room by using a standard lamp stocket operated in the same manner as any other electrical appliance. Easy Distribution. “With the monophone an entire city can be saturated with multiple super- programs with but a few watts of power, instead of kilowatts as required in space radio. “The monophone employs a band of frequencies never before used either in space radio or in the so-called ‘carrier ‘Tennessee and Georgia, and from two different companies. Some of the com- plete columns came from one State, the remainder from the other, and each column, made of nine different pieces, was assembled complete- to see if it was perfect before it was shipped in sepa- rate pleces to Washington. In addition, there are also some marble columns in_other parts of the Internal Revenue Building, four “free standing” columns on the Tenth street face and eight more “engaged” columns fastened into the bullding on the quar- ter circle face of the building at the corner of Twelfth and C streets. There are also on the building at various Lhces 24 pllasters, or thin marble pil- rs of flat faces, fastened to the wall. Most of the building is made of lime- stone. Rich Effect Being Achleved. In the main entrance, on the B street front, a rich effect is being achieved in the two-story lobby with mezzanine, where workmen are now installing stone, including a Cardiff green marble base and walls of so-called Mankato stone of irregular surface and a so- called “warm gray” color. Floors of the corridor are now being corridors in the building. Plaster work is well under way, the first floor being virtually completed, and workmen are now plastering the second floor. Plans still point to completion of the building 14 months ahead of schedule, so that the Internal Revenue Bureau can move in next July 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year. BANCROFT SCHOOL PLANS TO ORGANIZE DAD’S CLUB Dr. Lovell to Speak on Program With Dr. Ballou and Maj. Arkibs. A dad’s club will be organized at the Bancroft public school tomorrow night at the school with Maj. Donald Davison, assistant engineer commissioner, pre- siding. Dr. Moses R. Lovell, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, will speak on “The Public School in Modern Civilization,” Maj. Layson E. Arkibs, assistant engineer commissioner, on “The Public School Building Pro- gram,” and Dr. Frank Ballou, super- intendent of schools, on “How Fathers Can Help the Public School System.” art’ as developed in the Bell system. This band also is entirely above and re- moved from tke band used by wired radio on power lines for broadcasting service, “Space radio is not suited to cities of congested steel skyscrapers and it must be reserved for the open country, for aviation and for ships at sea,” Gen. Squier declared. CONTEST ORATORS SEE WHITE HOUSE Sightseeing Trip of Nine World Representatives Headed by Leader. Headed by Roch Pinard, French-Ca- nadian youth who was determined world champion secondary school ora- tor in Constitution Hall Saturday night, the nine contenders for the Fourth In- ternational Oratorical Contest visited the White House early this afternoon, where they were to be presented to President ‘Hoover. Prior to going to the White House the young orators, who came to Washington to participate in the conclusion of an oratrical competition which embraced 21 nations of the world for 10 months, visited the Pan-American Union Build- ing, where they were the guests of Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general of the Union, on & tour of inspection. Palmed Courts Familiar. ‘The three Latin members of the party, Roberto Ortiz Gris of Mexico. Benigno Petit Lecaros of Peru and Vicente - Pardo Suarez of Cuba, were thoroughly at home in the palmed courts of the handsome structure whose atmosphere was so thoroughly that of their own lands. These three boys pointed out familiar objects to their fellow-orators from other climes. Ben Swofford, United States candidate for the champlonship, viewed with more understanding eyes the architecture, and the exhibits which he saw in that building with the other American final- ists last May before he sailed with them on the three-month tour of South America, Pose for “Talkies.” While at the Pan-American Union Building, the young orators posed for talking picture cameramen who made Following the meeting the teachers will receive in their rooms and bulld- ing will be open for inspection. Two Runaway Boys Being very thorough, John Hosley and Thomas Montgomery planned something bigger and better in the way of runaways. John took & camper’s ax to hew ob- structions from their path. Thomas took & heavy flashlight by way of illu- mination, John took & pair of heavy blankets. Thomas took & couple of elder down ‘The committee on play recommenda- tfon of the Drama Guild, headed by J. Milor Dorey, will meet Wednesday of this week to complete plans for the scason’s 1}:’l‘t}x‘l‘nm of plays. The pro- gram will then be submitted to the board of governors of the Guild for approval. Dr. DeWitt Croissant is <! of the board. quilts. John and Thomas both tool assorted cans of edibles. Police say John and Thomas, run- aways de luxe, had everything but the kitchen stove’ on their backs when sighted early today, plodding wearily into Virginia over the Key Bridge. They set out from Baltimore last Heading West Carry Everything But Kitchen Stove in Packs night, bound West with -determination and gusto. 2023 Lauretta avenue; meanwhile they John had left his home, at | tr! visual and audible records of the speak- ers which are to be sent to the nations of the world, The speeches of the orators were re- corded as the contestants in Saturday night's competition’ delivered them again in the beautiful patio of the build- ing. The recorded speech of each speaker will be sent by the Fox Movie- tone Corporation to his own country for complete projection, while specially posed talking pictures of the entire group will be dispatched to all coun- The orators will leave Washington to- Were missing Thomas at 300 Franklin- | night for the journeys home. Some of town road. The haled to headquarters this morning, there to await the arrival of parents. them wil go directly to New York, where 14-year-old adventurers were | they will board ships at once for their homelands, while others, including F. Whitnall Allen of England, will visit When the parents arrived a tragic :ther American cities before returning scene ensued. All the equipment they had bundled k |against the hardships of the West was laid out in the cold, revealing light of the police station. pack of cards, & lenth of rope, two al clocks, camp- ing_knickknacks, extra socks. “Well,” remarked a father, only known I could have come after you boys in a van.” ome. Autogyros to Fight Fires, ‘TOULON (#).—Tests are to be con- ducted here to adapt the autogyro air- plane to fighting forest fires. It is sug- “if T'd 'gested that such a machine might hover over a fire and drop extinguishing bombs. g 2 MO ] | N OCTOBER '28, TOWER T0 WORLD PEACE DEDICATED BY UNIVERSALISTS Impressive Sunday Ceremony Held at National Memorial Church of Denomination. AY, OWEN D. YOUNE—IS PAID RICH TRIBUTE IN SPEECH Representative Fish Attacks Arms Exports as Manifestation of Greedy Motives. Before a crowd of hundreds of Uni- versalists from throughout the United States, the tower forming the central architectural feature of the Universalist 19 ¥ DESECRATED MEMORIAL MARKER ¥ P £ One of the 18 copper name plates torn from the concrete markers placed in PAGE 17 VANDALS DANAGE Y NEWORAL O WORLD WAR DEAD Copper Shields at Base of Trees Are Destroyed by Desecrators. BULLETHOLE FOUND IN ONE OF MARKERS Fragments of Broken Whisky Bot- tles Are Discovered Around Some Plates. Wanton desecration of Washington's only memorial to the District World ‘War dead was reported today in the local department of the American National IMemorial Church, Sixteenth | front of trees on Sixteenth street planted in memory of District soldiers killed and S streets, was dedicated to the cause of world peace, international justice and brotherhood, and as a tribute to Owen D. Young at an im- pressive ceremony yesterday afternoon. A large Sunday afternoon crowd was attracted by the gathering in the church grounds. Representative Hamilton Fish, jr., of New York, principal speaker, made a stirring plea for world peace and at- tacked the agencies of war. Mr, Fish urged the support of Uni- versalists to prohibit the export of arms and munitions to belligerent na- tions by private manufacturers in the United States, declaring: “The United States should cease from being the potential slaughter house of the world.” Greed Seen as Motive. “There is no sound reason why we should permit our munitions makers for the sake of profit and greed to ship munitions to belligerent nations with which we are at peace without the con~ sent of Congress. If we must have wars in the future let it be in defense of the United States and not in defense of war profiteers or the greed of muni- tion manufacturers.” ‘Taking a slap at professional propa- gandists and lobbyists, Mr. Fish said: “The eyes of the.public have heen opened by the near treason of that paid lobByist and propagandist, Willlam B. Shearer, at Geneva, and the American people know now what they may ex- pect from the paid propagandist of the armament trust.” Elsewhere in his address he declared: “Although the guns have been silent since the armistice we have had no peace; we have had nothing but inter- national discord, bitterness and hatred. Later, he asserted that “the Briand- Kellogg peace. pact renouncing war as an instrument of national policy is the greatest bloodless revolution in the his- tory of mankind.” The speaker paid tribute to Owen D. Young and his plan worked out last Spring in settling World War repara- tion disputes, Monument to Peace. In his introductory remarks the speaker declared, “This tower will stand for ages to come as a monument to the cause of peace, humanity and religion, and will commemorate ‘the great achievements of Owen D. Young in re- storing co-operation understand- ing in a war-torn world.” A further tribute was paid to Mr. Young by Dr. Frank D. Adams, re- elected president of the Universalist General Convention, Dr. Adams made an additional plea for world peace and brotherhood. An earlier telegram from Mr. Young, expressing regret over inability to at- tend the ceremonies, read, in part, as follows: “I deeply regret my inability to at- tend the dedication exercises of the ‘Tower of World Peace on Sunday after~ noon. The dedication of Hepburn Hall at St. Lawrence University by Mme. Curie on Saturday makes it physically impossible for me to reach Washington in time for your service. That the Uni- versalist General Convention should dedicate the tower of its national church to world peace is strikingly con- sistent with its traditional faith. No oge can aspire to world peace and en- courage the necessary practical steps to attain it without a deep conviction of the moral soundness of human be- ings everywhere. That you have asso- ciated my name with this tower makes me sensible both of the high honor and my own unworthiness. Ministers Officiate. Dr. Prederic W. Perkins, pastor of the Universalist National Memorial Church, presided. Invocation was delivered by Rev. Charles H. Emmons, vice chair- man of the National Memorial Church campaign committee, and benediction by Rev. Herbert E. Benton, chatrman of the Universalist Commission of Foreign Relations and World Peace. ‘The congregation took part in the formal dedication in the form of re- sponsive reading. Many of the delegates to the Uni- versalist General Convention, which concluded its business sessions in the Hotel Mayflower Saturday, left for their homes following the dedicatory cere- mony. Many, however, remained over for services in the First Congregation- al Church last night, arranged as a part of the convention program VIRGINIA WOMAN HELD. False Pretenses Charged in Obtain- ing Money From Auto Dealers. Miss Rita Miller, 28, of Lyon Village, Va., was arrested here yesterday after- noon by Detective Henry M. Jett, of the automobile squad, on two warrants charging false Fre'.emes in the alleged embezzlement of $1,650 from automobile dealers here. She was held at the House of Detention for appearance in Police Court today. According to the dealers who obtained the warrants, Felix L. Sutton of 24 H street northeast and F. N. Justice of 1610 Fourteenth street, the woman pur- chased automobiles by down payments, then took them out of the District and disposed of them without completing the payments. Sutton charges she fleeced him of $700 in this manner, and Justice of $950. CITY BOY HONORED. James E. Douglass, jr., Captain in Pennsylvania Reserve Unit. James E. Douglass, jr., of Chevy Chase, Md., formerly a student of West- ern High School, has been made cadet captain in the University of Pennsyl- vania battalion of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, according to an an- nouncement reaching here. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Douglass, 10 Hesketh street, Chevy Chase. As a student at Western High School, he served as assistant and manager of the basket ball team, captain of high school cadets, secretary of the u- ating class, and was a member of the Dramatic and Glee Clubs. in the World War. —Star Staff Photo. YOUTH 1S SEIZED AFTER CAR CRASH 14-Year-0ld Colored Boy Faces Charges—Victim, 75, Is in Hospital. Joshua K. Wright, 75 years old, of Hall, Md, was shocked badly and bruised last night when the automobile in which he was a passenger figured in a collision with another car operated by Leo Patterson, 14 years old, colored, 337 McLean avenue southwest. Patter- son later was charged with reckless driving, driving without a vermit and leaving the scene cf an accident with- out identifying himself. ‘The machine in_which Wright was riding, operated by Hugh W. Astermyer, also of Hall, was on Benning road be- tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets when the accident occurred. Police say that Patterson made an attempt to leave the scene of the accident follow- ing the crash. ‘The injured man was removed to Cas- ualty Hospital, where his condition was undetermined today. Man Is Hit by Car. Louis Shamberg, 64 years old, 1416 N street, received a possible fracture of the skull and internal injuries early yesterday at Pennsylvania avenue and Fourth street southeast when hit by an automobile operated by Roger Cook, 18 years old, of 1629 Frankford street southeast. Cook was arrested and was being heldat No. 5 precinct today pend- ing the outcome of Shamberg’s injuries. Shamberg was removed to Casualty Hospital. His condition was reported as_“favorable” y. ‘William Nasrey, 41 years old, of McLean, Va., was recovering today from injuries sustained Saturday when a jack slipped out from under an auto- mobile he was working on and let the weight of the car down on his chest. He was brought to Emergency Hospital from a garage in the 2800 block of M street and treated for possible fracture of the ribs. Woman Is Injured. Mrs. Evelyn Ferris, 19 years old, 1228 Sixth street southwest, was bruised and lacerated yesterday afternoon when the automobile in which she was a pas- senger was in a collision with a taxicab at Seventh and F streets. She was treated at Emergency Hospital and later sent home. ‘The taxi was operated by Fred A. ‘White, 1505 Twenty-second street. James Dixon, 37, colored, and Lucille Gladden, 17, colored, were cut and bruised last night when the automobile in which they were passengers skidded and struck an electric light pole on Sheridan road near Jasper road south- east. The automobile was operated by Willlam ' Miles of. T. and. Hill street northeast. Both were treated at Providence Hospital and discharged. . GEORGIA WOMAN HERE IN INTEREST OF YAM Virtues of Southern Sweet Potato to Be Told on Tour. ‘To bring to the North the Georgia yam, properly prepared, is the mission in Washington today of Mrs. Laurence ‘T.” Mitchell, representative of the Georgia State Bureau of Markets. Mrs. Mitchell is stopping in the Capital on |im] the first leg of a journey in the inter- est of the Georgia yam and its distribu- tion that will take her to the principal cities of the East and the Midwest. Mrs, Mitchell is accompanied by Mrs. S. R. Dull, famous Georgia cook, and is arranging for demonstrations in local stores. Cook-books, giving 50 ways of preparing yams will be given. WAR COUNCIL TO MEET. Discussion of Advantages of Mili- tary Training Is Feature Topic. The health and educational adVan- tages of military training will be dis- cussed at a meeting tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. in Pierce Hall, All Souls’ Church, | tory. under auspices of the National Council for Prevention of War, Rev. Thomas Guthrie Speers, pastor of the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, in Bal- timore, presiding. The speakers will be Prof. J. B. Nash, New York University, ani A. J. Gregg. national boys’ work secretary of the Y. M. C. A. WANTS BROOKHART IN DRY LAW PROBE U. S. Attorney Suggests Sen- ator Tell Grand Jury'About Alleged “Liquor Party.” As the grand jury took its first step in an investigation of the so-called liquor situation in Washington today, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover reiterated his willingness to have Sen- ator Brookhart appear before the jury and describe the “liquor party” said to have been given for a number of Sen- ators by a New York broker in a down- town hotel about three years ago. Senator's Statement Quoted. Senator Brookhart is reported to have stated that unless action was taken be- fore December the statute of limita- tions would have run, preventing any prosecution of persons who might be held responsible for the alleged party. Daniel E. O'Connell, city editor of the Washington Times, appeared at the office of Mr. Rover this morning in an- swer to a subpoena issued against him last week to tell the grand jury the in- formation he is supposed to have in his possession as the result of an investiga- tion by members of his staff as to a number of places where liqguor may be obtained in Washington. He was the only witness to appear today. Assistant United States Attorney Har- old W. Orcutt, chief of the prohibition prosecutors, will take the witness befcre the grand jury. Reporters May Be Summoned. Mr. O'Connell said he had no personal experience in the purchase of liquor of which to tell the grand jurors, but was presenting only the result of the in- vestigation by his subordinates as con- tained in reports to him. The report which he laid before the grand jurors covered a number of typewritten pages. Orcutt may call the individual report- ers to tell a first-hand story of their experiences at the.various places cov- ered in their reports to Mr. O’'Connell. POLICEMAN SUSPENDED ON DRINKING CHARGE Ellery’s Superior Officers in First Precinct Say His Record’ on Force Otherwise Good. Bicycle Policeman William R. Ellery ‘was suspended from duty at No. 1 pre- cinct late last night by Capt. F. S. W. Burke and Lieut. J. F. Beckett on a charge of drinking while on duty. Capt. Burke said he would make a ‘f‘\)udl report of the matter to Supt. Pratt ay. Ellery’s superior officers said he had a*good record with the force. CHILD BITTEN BY DOG. Four-Year-Old Lad Treated for In- jury to Eye. Four-year-old John W. Giannini of 618 A street southeast was treated at Emergency Hospital last night for an injury to his left eyelid and forehead, having been bitten by a dog while visiti friends in Southern Maryland with his parents. It is said he was petting the animal when he was bitten. Physicians reported his sight was not paired. Hugh C. Ferguson, 8 years old, of 1409 A street southeast was bitten on the arm by the dog of a neighbor while playing_on the street yesterday after- noon. He was given first aid at Casual- ty Hospital by Dr. J. Rogers Young. 171,840 ON D. A. R. ROLLS. Board of Management Reports Membership at Peak. ‘With its total enrollment of 171,840, the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in an announce- ment of the board of management to- day, reports that its membership has reached the highest peak in its his- Ty. Since the organization of the society more than 350,000 women who are lineal descendants of soldiers of the American Revolution have been en- rolled, according to Mrs. Loweil Fletch- er Hobart, president general. Deaths have reduced the membership by al- most half, she said. Revolving Door Brings Back Prisoner Fleeing D. C. Builfling Some hasty people, like Edward Christman, are irritated by revolving doors. ° As a means of entry, they lack proper exit facilities, if you follow Christman. And that i8 just what Detective Larry O'Dea did—he followed Christ- man. Christman, 18, had leaped a 5-foot guard rail at detective headquarters, and was “making knots” for the door. It happened to be a revolving door, and CI tman went through so fast he virtually met himself re-entering the District Building. * So Christman returned in time to be embraced by Detective O'Dea, who was following. He will be questioned further today as a suspect whom, police say, tried to start another man’s automobile Legion. Along upper Sixteenth street in 1920, the District of Columbia Department of the American Legion, as a simple trib- ute to the memory of those Washington men who made the supreme sacrifice for their country, planted 568 trees. A small copper shield, bearing the name and the service of one of the dead, was set in concrete and placed at the foot of each tree. On an inspection tour of the trees and markers yesterday, William Frank- lin, American Legion member, found that many of the latter had been ma- liclously destroyed. 18 Are Missing. Eighteen of the copper shield were found to have been chiseled from their base. Some were gone, but others were found nearby, battered and twisted by blows from a hammer. * One of the shields was found with a small hole just above the name of the man whose memory it was designed to perpetuate. Some one had fired a bul- let_through it. Careless truck drivers are believed to have been responsible for the destruc- tion of 10 more markers. Heavy- wheeled frucks, apparently backed over the curbing, had crushed the concrete bases and crumbled the copper markers, At other points fragments of broken ! whisky bottles were found _clustered around the shields. Franklin said he believed the bottles had been thrown at the markers from passing auto- mobiles. One Marker Disappears Four Times. ‘The marker on the tree planted in memory of William Strong, jr., nephew of former District Commissioner Mac- farland, has been chiseled from its base four times. It was replaced each time, at a cost of about $3.50 to the Legion, only to vanish again in the same man- ner. In the block where the entrance to Walter Reed opens on Sixteenth street all but two of the markers have disap- peared. Others were gone from various points along the line of trees, which ex- tends from Varnum street to Alaska “"The police have been making diligent e police have been mal efforts to apprehend the vandal. SUSTAINS KN.IFE WOUNDS IN ATTACK AT HOME i Colored Man Is Seriously Injured. Unsuccessful Search Made for Assailant. Although police of the third precinct scoured the underbrush in the vicinity of the bridge at Rock Creex and P street early this morning, and fired several shots at what they believed to be the fugitive, the assailant of Howard Ford, colored, of 917 Hughes court, was still at large today. Ford is in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital suffering from knife wounds in the body and head. He was attacked at his home, police say. Other vietims of week end alterca- tions were William Scott, 14 years old, 107 L street; Willilam Allen, colored, 24 years old, 1526 Corcoran street; Mary Lawson, colored, 23 years old, 344 B street southwest; Prederick Crenshaw, 27 years old, 1211 Delaware avenus southwest; Beale Hall, 61 years old, Fairmont Heights, and Paul Johnson, 29 years old, Seventh and N streets, CHAPLAINS TO HONOR UNKNOWN SOLDIER 1 Wreath to Be Placed on Tomb and ' on Cenotaph in Armistice Day Ceremony. } . Chaplains of the Army and Navy on duty in this city and vicinity will unite in ceremonies at the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier at the Arlingt on Am- phitheater at 8:30 a.m. Armistice day, Monday, November 11. Wreaths will be placed on that tomb and also on the Cenotaph nearby, erected in memory of the chaplains who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War. Col. E. P, Easterbrook, chief of Army chaplains, has invited the participation in these ceremonies of all members of the clergy, military and civil, who may be in the National Capital on that day. 8-YEAR-OLD BOY INJURED. Attorney Amussen’s Son Stumbles Into 15-Foot Ditch. John Amussen, 8-year-old son of ‘Theodore Amussen, a local attorney, of 3000 Forty-fourth street, sustaine & severe laceration of his forehead late yesterday when he accidentally stumbled and fell into a 15-foot ditch, striking his head against an iron sewer pipe being installed at a house under construction near his home. The boy was playing around the ditch with several children when he fell. A passing motorist removed him to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for his injury, and later taken to his home. “CANNED HEAT” FATAL. World War Veteran Dies on Way to Hospital. Continued drinking of what police sald was “canned heat” contributed to the death early today of Miles L. Wood- Tuff, 30 years old, a veteran of the World War, who made his living by near - Thirieenth and F streets last night. ‘The owner of the car, returning, saw & man and yelled for police. Policeman James Kenney appeared and ran the youth down after a chase which en- livened the evenlnfnlor theater crow Christman was being held for inves n&on to No. 10 precinct this morning they g. the absence of revol «doors, locked. Christman in a selling trinkets on the street. From _his third-floor room at 1321 Rhode Island avenue Woodruff called to another occupant of tNe building, who summoned an ambulance from Emergency Hospital. The veteran was pronounced dead on kla. An auf bably will the Dmrli:%mm e Mu.‘y o DD