Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1929, Page 18

18 » CAPITAL TO VIEW BOOTLER EXHIBIT Comprehensive - Showing to Have Stills Seized in En- forcement Work. PFor the first time in the history of the Volstead act the whole illicit busi- | to ness of is be bared to public view in the National Capital ‘when a spectacular exhibit will be put on display suspices of local prohibition organiza- tions headed by th: Citizens' Service Association. ‘While plans for the exhibit are not | yet complete, it was learned that Prohi- bition Commissioner James M. Doran has agreed to lend such materials as will be most interesting in the form of seized liquor stills and the whole intri- | cate paraphernalia used by the rum runners in violating the law. It was made perfectly plain, however, that the Government is not sponsoring the show. The most active person working on plans, £o far as could be learned, is T. B. Jarvis, secretary of the Citizens’ Serv- ice Association, who also has an office in the headquarters of the Anti-Saloon League. Mr. Jarvis yesterday was out of the city. Anti-Saloon League Aid. ‘The Anti-Saloon League of America is lending its cordial co-operation, but did no: originate the plan, officials said, Dr. F. Scott McBride, general superin- tendent of the league, said last night he had been invited to make one of the addresses in connection with the ex- hibition and had accepted. He em- phasized, however, that the main idea of the affair was the exhibition, rather than the speeches that go with it. In the absence of Mr. Jarvis, who appears to be the manager of the show, others who knew about the exhibition appeared reluctant to discuss it, saving that their information was not com- plete. Some women's organizations are known to be considering the problem of | whether to sponsor the show, including the women's national committee for law enforcement. This women's com- mittee, headed by Mrs. Henry W. Pea- body of Beverly, Mass, was connected with a somewhat sim: show in New York City recenui at a parent-teacher meeting of some kind, it was reported, and she was represented here as being enthusiastic for putting on a big dem- onstration here in the National Capital, where it could attract Nation-wide at- | tention. Drew New York Throngs. The show in New York, where an ex- hibit was made of stills and other arti- cles, together with pictures, attracted throngs of curious people. It is be- nce leaders that put on here, with a dbpllf of illieit stills, show- ing the insanitary conditions usually accompanying the manufacture of boot- leg liquor, together with other graphic lieved big demonstration striking early next month, under | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA WOMAN HIKES TO CAPITAL FROM SEATTLE Miss Ray Abrahamson, on Return Trip, Longs for Home. i “Lifts” by Friendly Motorists,‘ Help Her Cross Continent in Two Months. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. | ‘Women have claimed the distinction | of making transcontinental trips in| automobiles, airplancs, express trains and perhaps even in canvas-covered gons, but it has remained for Miss | Abrahamson of Oakland, Callf,, to | hike from Seattie, Wash,, to this city in |less than two months. | Of course, Miss Abrahamson admits |she did a certain amount of “hitch-| | hiking,” accepting lifts from friendly motorists who offered her rides volun- tarily. “But never once,” she said, “did I ask a ride and I only acoepted from persons whom I could pretty well judge were reliable.” ‘Walking from 4 o'clock in the morn- ing until nightfall she made a point of arriving at . as possible at towns in which there were Y. W. C. homes, where she usually spent her eve- nings. “If T found no Y. W. C. As, she explained, "I would go to police headquarters, where I would ask the recommendation of a reliable place to spend the night.” Seeks Haven in Empty House. account of her arrival in as given by Miss Abra- hamson, “The night before my arrival here I had been obliged to seek shelter in an emp.® house,” she stated. “Nightfall overtook me when I was far from any | town. Seeing an empty house along | the roadside, I went in and spent the | night. I nearly froze to death, y | only covering was my leather coat. The next morning I got an early start. I had hiked some distance and was ap-| proaching Washington when a truck stopped and the driver asked me if I didn't want a life? Tired and hungry T accepted. I had been advised in New York to go to the Dodge. Hotel, which | I thought was the local Y. W. C. A.| I was dirty and untidy when the truck driver brought me before the Dodge and | it looked like such an elegant place I was afraid to go in. However, after | standing in front of the hotel for some | time, I summoned courage and entered. RAY ABRAHAMSON. —&tar Stafl Photo. them to do but lct me ge,” the ex- lained. Traveling through Washington State Miss Abrahamson said she was fortu- nate in b ing given a “lift” on her way to Chic ~o. “Particularly in going through the desert. I traveled all night in the back of a wobbly old Ford, driven by dsm‘fle {riendly traveler along thel road.” I must admit I was received very cor- dially” Miss Abrahamson is ready to dispute the claim of any one asserting that the safe for lonely travelers. “In my travels,” she said, “I. have received lifts from Indians, sheriffs, salesmen and college boys. Sometimes woman travelers picked me up on the highway. I want to say that alto- and picturesque detalls and articles, will attract a tremendous crowd in the C _P‘l“ , inclu members of Congress. general idea behind the movi ment, according to one source of infor- mation, would be to demonstrate by an “show” the “‘evils” of liquor, especial he bootleg. liquor whic now being sold in tion of the law and the benéfits of prohibition and tem- perance. 3 Along with the bootleggers’ materials will be placed on exhibit a great mass of pictures, charts, graphs and litérature of all kinds, prepared by the leading prohibition and TANCe Organiza- tions in the country, to carry the mes- sage of prohibition. May Be at Auditorium. ‘Where the exhibition will be staged has not as yet been definitely disclosed, but all early indications pointed to the ‘Washington Auditerjum. Dr. William* 8. Abernethy, head of the Oitizens’ Service Association, was busy yesterday preparing for his Sun- day services and could not take time to discuss the matter, but sent out word by his secretary. that'Mr, Jarvis was in charge of the nts. One guestion of much interest, which has not been cleared up. is whether the exhibit will show an illicit still in operation. The still will be furnished Ay T earned, ‘which has been seized from Wi or ne: Maryland or Virginia. It was not clear last night, however, whether the still could be put-into even imita- ‘tlm operation without violating the aw. YOUTHFUL LIFE INMATE FLEES MICHIGAN PRISON ! Guard Fires Shot, But Fugitive | Fails to Stop After Scaling Wall. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Mich, November §.— Posses of county and city officials and prizon guards were searching the coun- tryside here for Arthur Sheehan, 1! year-old life inmate of Michigan State P‘;I;xn, who escaped over the wall to- night. Sheehan was seen by a wall guard slipping down a roj ‘The guard called to him and fired when the fugitive failed to stop. The. prisoner reached the ground and fled toward the city. Sheehan been detailed to the chaplain’s office and was missed from there at about 8 o'clock. It was be- lieved he crept into a cell block under censtruction and secured a rope from among the building materials there. Sheehan was sentenced at the age of 16 years on July 21, 1926, for the hold- up of a bank in Detroit. A policeman was shot and one of the bandit gang was shot in a gunfight following the holdup of the bank. LOOT BANK OF $22,500. Five Bandits Hold Up Chicago Institution and ‘Escape. CHICAGO, November 9 (#)—Five bandits, who broke into a rear window of the Lake Shore Trust & Savings Bank tonight after the bank had closed, but before the employes had lett, forced the cashier to turn over $32,500 in cash and then escaped. Eighteen persons were in the bank when the bandits mi their appear- ance. A hush fell as #he leader of the five briskly ordered all employes to re- main in their places until he had reached the side of the cashier. Then all but the latter were lined up by the other four bandits and remained quiet under the menace of pistols. ‘The bandit leader scraped tills and counters clear of cash. Then, on his nrder, the others retreated toward the toor. Reaching it, they quickly s outside and into a waiting car. A of bullets from a teller's gun followed them as the automobile sped away. TRIAL FORT_mSS MEXICO.” Prosecutor Announces He Will Charge Her With Homicide. , 'MEXICO CITY, November & (&) The prosecutor announced that he would cha Senora Maria Teresa Delande de Vidal with' simple homicide and ask a sentence of 12 years' im- prisonment when her trial for the fatal shooting of her husband, Gen. Moises Vidal, opens in Belen Criminal Court Dext week. The defense holds that the woman shot the general when he attempted to rl‘evcnl her from killing herself after earning from a newspaper story that 15 | juneau, Skagway and Sitka. gether I have found that there are more good people in the world than bad.” Miss Abrahamson left her home on 2. Traveling by foot and by bus to Seattle, she took ship for Alaska, where she remained some time, visiting Her en- thusiasm for the northern province is unbounded. Returning to Seattie in September, she started on her eastward journey. “I had never been away from the Pa- cific Coast, and it had always been my dream to see Chicago and New York,” she explained. It was this urge to travel that prompted her to work for three years at her position as bookkeeper in a San Francisco office, never taking a day's vacation, or buying other than actual necessities, until she felt she had saved enough to finance the hike across country. Given Ride Across Desert. Although Miss Abrahamson's r- ents did not enter enthusiastically into her plans to start alone across the continent on foot, they did not put ob- stacles into her way in carrying out her_plans. “I"am over 25 and have always been independ hing ent, so there was not! for CREDIT MEN SEEK PROTECTION FUND Campaign for $10,000 Wil Be Launched at Mesting of Association Tuesday. Plans have been completed for the $10,000 campaign of the Washington Association of Credit Men in behalf of the $1,750,000 protection fund of the National Association of Credit Men, parent organization of the local unit. The campa! will be launched at a meeting of the local assoclation at the Raleigh Hotel Tuesday. Charles W. Clayton of the P. P. May Hardware Co. is general chairman of the local committee, while Frederick P. H. Siddons, secretary of the American Security & Trust Co., is chalrman of the bankers’ group. Other members of the local com- mittee are: A. W. Wright, J. F. Schlot- terbeck, E. P. D. Hathaway, Mrs. E. J. Hess, Thomas A. Cantwell, Thomas Py Burch, H. 8. Lane, W. J. Tastet, R. H. Simpson, J. Frank Kelly, W. C. Han- son, F. C. Ferber, J. N. Freedman, W. R. Little, R. L. Wheeler, Hyman Gold- man, S. F. Harper, W. B. Garrison, John Brewer, L. M. Hewlett and F. W. White. Lister T. Watts, president of the local association, in appointing the com- mittee, said: “The credit protection fund is merely a defense fund raised by financial _ institutions, manufacturers and wholesalers to protect themselves agamnst fraud losses. It is a move- ment started and maintained by the National Association of Credit Men, which has been remarkably effective in cleaning up credit frauds.” WKENZIE FUNERAL SET FOR TOMORROW Veteran Government E;nploye will Be Buried in Congressional Cemetery in Afternoon. Funeral services for Alexander Mc- Kenzie. 81, head of the arrears division of the District assessor's office, who died H at his home Friday night after a home, Fou! at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. T. Freem: by A Bishop of Washington, will sérvices. Following the rites at the graveside in Congre tery by the Temple Noyes Masonic Lodge. Mr. McKenzie died at his home, 1340 Fairmount street, Friday night, bring- ing to & close 60 years of service in the District government. Born in Balti- more, he has been a resident of the ¥> was already married when he wed her early this year. She. was “Miss Mexico” at the 1928 Galveston beauty rmtut. Capital since 1862. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Grace McKenzie; & son, J. V. McKen- zie, and a mr‘_ Mrs. Isabel Venable. United States is & lawless country, un- | brief | iliness, will be held at the Hine funeral rteenth and Harvard streets, d L. Wolven, canon of A an, conduct the at the| funeral home services will be conducted al Ceme- It took two weeks for her to reach | Chicago after leaving Seattle. Remain- ing there for a few days, she resumed her trip, her.objective being New York. A friend residing in Detroit took her ;:] far as Niagara Falls in an automo- e. Although delighted with New York, Miss Abrahamson was disappointed in the Metropolitan Opera House. “The first thing I did in New York was to | attend the Boston Symphony and the opera. Of course I could only afford balcony seats, but at least it gave me & chance to. hear the music. I do not think the opera in New York can touch the way we put them on in San Fran- co the auditorium. I do not think the staging is as artistic nor the audi- ence as appreciative.” | Remaining in Washington for a few days only, Miss Abrahamson will start | on her return journey, hoping to reach home before Christmas. She expects to go via the southern route, stopping in New Orleans, San Antonio and up to | California through New Mexico. Miss Abrahamson, while she has en- joyed her method of traveling, admits that it involves hazards and hardships and she wishes to discourage others of her sex who may entertain the idea of doing as she has done. Carrying on her back a large knap- sack, her luggage has consisted of two Fnlrs of breeches, light silk blouses, ightweight underwear, two pairs of boots, several pairs of hose, two felt hats, toilet articles, a sweater, leather and a kodak. p ‘When I get the first glmpse of the Pacific Ocean and a redwood tree, I think it will be one of the -happiest days of my life,” she declared. CHARLES W. CLAYTON, COAST SURVEY MAN BELIEVED SUICIDE | Pistol Ends Life While Lieut. Carl Ehlers Serves With Party Out of Ocean City. Special Dispatch to The Star. SALISBURY, Md, November 9.— Lieut. Carl Ehlers of the United States | Coast and Geodetic Survey, who -was | assigned as chief of a subparty of the survey organization, working out ' of Ocean City, Md., was found dead 3 miles from here shortly before noon to- day. sald to be a resident of Ogden, Iowa. State's Attorney Levin C. Bailey, fol- lowing an investigation, said that Ehlers’ death appeared clearly a case of suicide and that no inquest would be i held unless requested. The body was { ordered removed to a local morgue. ! Clutched in the dead man's hand was ! a pistol. Papers in his pocket identified {him to be a member of the American Association of Engineers, His pocket- book containing money, watch and oth- | er_valuables were found on his person. | The body, behind the wheel of a Gov- | ernment truck bearing matkers “U. S. 170 C. and G. Survey,” was found by | Harold Parsons, farmer, residing in the | Mount Hermon neighborhood, a short 1 distance south of Salisbury-Ocean City | highway and east of this city. The truck had been seen driving in the ‘yesterday about 1 pm. When he { i i investigated. The State’s attorney is of the opinion that the fatal wound was inflicted short- 11y after the truck was seen to enter the j woods yesterday. Portugal Finds Olive 0il Fraud. LISBON, Portugal, November 9 (#)— The Portuguese Government, following upon discovery of a gigantic fraud in the adulteration of olive oil, today de- cided to clfiu the cmomml;dlw e);:hnr‘ue nding the open of an Inquiry. ge‘reuury officials lre‘nlieved to be im- plicated. | until 9 pm. in the Department of Agri- Ehlers, about 28 years old, was| woods noticed it still there today, Mr. Parsons | Aqmiral D 1 ARE ARRESTED IN GAMBLING DRIVE Police Wield Sledge Hammers in Raid in Which Eight Are Taken. With sledge hammers and jimmys | coming into play to force entry to one | establishment, detectives arrested 27/ persons in a seriss of three ralds con- | ducted in less than an hour yesterday afternoon, in continuation of a war the District police are waging against al leged gambling houses in the city. Descending suddenly on a building at 815 I street shortly after 4 o'clock, Detectives Mansfield, Wanamaker and Carrol of the first precinct, surprised several persons, alleged to have been engaged in gambling, and although severa] escaped, arrested eight persons. The raiders forced their way through two doors on the ground floor, with use of sledge hammers and jimmys, and made their way upstairs, where beaver- board partitions were smashed down. John Dee, 32, who gave his address as Corcoran ' Courts, was charged with rermlmng gambling, conducting an un- icensed cigar store, and for having no occupancy permit. Bail of $300 was asked. According to police, Dee said he rented the establi ent only Priday. Twenty minutes previously, the raid- ing squad had swooped on an alleged gambling house at 405 Tenth street, where 12 persons were taken into cus- tody. Qeorge E. Krauser, 47, of 814 Twenty-second street, and Harry C. Manning, 39, of 953 Longfellow street, were booked on charges of permitting gambling. Ball was fixed at 8100 in each case. % Leaving the I strest address, after dispatehing their prisoners to the sta- tion house in & patrol wagon, the de- | tectives visited a cigar store, which they | said contained no stock of ol Seven persons were taken into custody, and Joe Freeman, 43, was booked on charges of pe{r)mmml gambling. Bail was fixed | at $100. Others arrested were released to ap- pear as prosecution witnesses. RECORD ASSURED FOR“MUNY EXHIBIT: Attendance Is Expected to Reach New Mark With Big Crowd Today. ‘With more than 4,000 persons visiting the twenty-eighth annual chrysanthe- mum show of the Dermnent of Agri- culture yesterday, and a total of more than 30,000 for the week, it is held certain that the attendance record for these shows will be beaten by at least Sfio:t before the show closeq tomorrow night. In preparation for the big crowd to- day the show was freshened up between hour last night and opening hour this morning. The variety of plants on display and the fullness of the blooms are better than at any time during the show, inasmuch as many new plants were moved in last night that had not come into flower & week ago. School -~ children literally swarmed the greemhouses yesterday, more than 100 schools remn . Garden club members came 11 States and commercial growers from States. Large delegations are expected today from Baitimore, Richmond, Frederick, and other neighboring Society to View Show Today. Society in force is to be at the show today. A large party is scheduled from the Japanese em| . Cabinet mem- Pt carps Wi Enteriain Jarge Srovis matic corps en grou| of friends at the exhibition. Nine col- leges and academies for young women have notified the superintendent of the greenhouses that they are sending bus loads of students. The attractive seedling plants named in_honor of President and Mrs. Hoover aré in demand for exhibition at a num- ber of important shows. A request has’| been received that they be sent to the national show next week. Such requests | present a problem to officials of the Bureau of Plant Industry, as there are | no funds available for such traveling exhibits. As a result of a survey by representa. tives of commercial florists, it is dis. closed that among the most pop: varieties of the large Japanese “mums’ are the William Turner, Pure White, Vermont, Garden Club, Bol D'Or, Joan D'Are, Anola Wright and’Mrs. Wood- row Wilson. Distribute Flowers to Hospitals. Among the pompon varieties those that attracted most attention are May- belle, Pirefly, Dear Heart, Ann Hoover, Marie de Lourdes and Titian Tints. ‘The show is open today from 9 a.m. culture greenhouses, nth and B streets. Special reservations have been made for parking. After the show closes the blooms will be cut tomorrow and distributed through the National Fruit and Flower Guild to the hospitals and shut-ins. Card Party Invitations Issued. Special Dispatch to The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., November 9. vitations were sent out today for a car party to be given by the Arlington Citi- zens’ Association Friday night at the | nobody ‘Thi . C., NOVEMBER_10, TURKEY HUNT TRICK ADOPTED BY YORK |Famous Hero Shot Last Man in Line of Six in Order to" Get Them All. ‘The fate of the famous Lost Battalion of the Argonne Forest hinged on 80 in- significant a thing as a trick learned by Sergt. Alvin C. York on a turksy hunt in Tennessee. This was revealed last night after | Sergt. York had addressed an Armistice day meeting in Central High School under auspices of the Community Insti- tute. Sergt. York's unit had been ordered to capture a railroad which was being used by the enemy to reinforce the Germans_surrounding the Lost Bat- talion. The Americans advanced to- ward the railroad, but were unable to pass a certain point, upon which was concentrated German machine gun fire from the front and both flanks. Sergt. York and 16 other men were ordered to deploy to the left and silence the enemy machine guns on that flank. Charged With Bayonets. “We went around behind the ridge on which the German gunners were stationed,” Sergt York s “and at- tacked from the rear. As we lfpronch- ed, 24 Germans threw up their hands and surrendered. One of them was a major. While we were discussing the best means of getting the prisoners out, German machine guns opened fire on us. The Americans on either side of me were killed or wounded. The Ger- man major blew his whistle and six of the enemy charged down the hill to- ward me with fixed bayonets. They never reached the bottom. “Tha German major could talk English and I covered him with my pistol, teiling him that I would kil him unless he ordered his men to sur- render. He obeyed, and as A result I was able to bring in 132 prisoners and silence the machine guns which were keeping our men from reaching the Lost Battalion.” ‘This was the u"‘:lnt'u explanation of how he accomplished what has been described as the greatest individual act of bravery in the World war, but it seems he didn't go into all the details. He neglected to exguln just why the six German, with the drawn bayonets failed to get down the hillside in their attempt to rescue the captured major. Howard Wade Kimsey, song leader, who came to Washin, with Sergt. York, cleared this point up after the sergeant had finished his address. Shot Last Man First. “Those six men had to be stopped,” X “and Sergt. York -mpfia m. He shot them all, be- ginning with the last man in line first and coming down to the leader in in- verse order. When I asked Sergt. York why he opened fire on the rear of the Iine first, he explained that if he had shot the leader first the others would have seen their danger and taken shelter until they had killed him.” The sergeant sald he first learned the value of this strategy while hunting turkeys in his home State. He ex- plained that wild turkeys frequently walk through the woods in single file and the birds are so wary that they will fly awag if they see their leader fall. Therefore. he said, all moun- tameers direct their first shots at the rear of the line and then work toward the front. about many changes among the moun- tain people of Tennessee, Sergt. York declared. Not the least of these changes ;u.s been a slackening off in religious ervor, “When I was a boy,” he sald, “our mothers used to walk miles to get to camp meetings. When they got there they would throw off their sun honnets and shout all over two or three acres of ground. Now they hardly go at all.” Make Some Moonshine. He admif it whisky is made in the mountains, and he is opposed to it. Still, he believes that “most of are who would like '.an ..:?Mm those some and can't.” ‘Sergt. York declared that the people in some sections of the mountains have become 5o modern in their ideas that boys as young as 5 or 6 years old wear collars and ties on Sunday. He never had shoes or a store suit, he said, until he was 21, Sergt. York closed his address with two storles which proved, he said, that “all the dumb people in the world aren't from Tennessee.” He told of an American captain who rebuked a group of doughboys for ne- glecting to salute a foreign offiger in France. A lanky private from Ala- bama spoke up, according to Sergt. York, and sald: ain’t been no officers g0 _by here, tain. There aint been around here but an old woman."” is “old woman,” he said, was a high ranking officer of the Scotch High- landers dressed in kilts. The Interview Stopped. His story concerned a New York author who came to Tennessee to “write %%" the “backward” mountain people. e author picked out a 7-year-old boy and proceeded to cross examine him. ‘Taking a picture from his pocket, the New Yorker showed it to the boy and asked him what it was. 4 “A camel,” the youngster answered “Very the author said, “and what does a camel have that no other animal has?" ‘The boy thought for a moment, Sergt. York said, and then swered, “Little camels.” e “write-up” never ap- peared, Sergt. York declared. Portuguese Africa Asks Capital. LISBON, Portugal, November 9 (#).— To advertise opportunities for Ameri- can capital in Portuguese West Africa the Lobito Railways have decided to New Idea Country Club in Alcova Heights. Chicago. ' ADMIRAL BEURET TO RETIRE AFTER 30 Chief of Bureau of Construc- tion and Repair Will Retain Present Rank. George H. Rock, Assistant Chief, Is Nominated by Hoover as Successor. Rear Admiral J. D. Beuret, chief of t Construction and Repair, oy Deparis t, will retire, after 30 Novem- - su hlznur his assistant for many years. Admiral k’s nomination_for this m has ident Hoover, w‘{ffi: Admiral Beuret would not to the Senate by reach the statutory age limit of 64 years until 1938, he is taking advan- tage of the law which permits him to & retired with his present rank. | been chief of the bureau since July 2, 1922, During his regime construction of Unclé S8am's new cruisers has gone forward and legislation adopted au- thorizing construction of 15 new cruis- YEARS IN NAVY 1929—PART ONE. SUCCESSOR TO DR. VELARDE RATIFIED BY PERU SENATE i Relinquishment of Post by Ambassador Is Surprise to | Host of Friends. | Manuel Freyre Santander,| o | Minister to London, Wins | Unanimous Approval. By the Assoclated Pre LIMA, Peru, November §.—The Peru- vian Senate has ratified the appoint- ment of Menuel Freyre Santander, now Peruvian Minister in London, as the new Peruvian Ambassador to the United States. He will succeed Dr. Herna Velarde, who is retiring after long serv- ice. The appointment was ratified uranimously. The Senate also ratified the appoint- ment of Tlejandro Puente as Minister to London, 22 to 1. Action Fomes as Surprise. Dr. Hernan Velarde, Peruvian Am- bassador, who soon will be replaced by Dr. Manuell Freyre Santa Peru- M r to London, best beloved diplomats in Washington. Reports of relinquishing of his post here is a great mrfinu to the diplo- matic corps, which had anticipated his assuming next year the honorary post of dean of the eoT. Dr. Velarde has held his present post more than flve years, since March 24, 1924. In point of ambassadorial serv- ice he is second only to the present dean of the corps, Sir Esme Howard, Am- bassador of Great Britain, who assumed his post March § of the same year. Sir Esme expects to retire next year. DR. HERNAN VELARDE. years, but is taking an extended leave of absence. He will depart for Europe when he leaves Washington, Mme. Velarde and & daughter being now in Paris. He has one son. In Diplomatic Service Since 18! Dr. Velarde is one of the most dis- tinguished men in the Peruvian diplo- matic corps, in which he has serve: continuously since 1886. His length of service is one of the reasons given for his desire to relinquish his post here at this time and take a long and deserved rest. ‘The Ambassador first came to Wash- ington as special commissioner of his Manuel C. Tellez, Ambassador from | country in the settlement of the Tacna- Mexico, is now in line for the deanship. | Arica dispute with Chile. He returned He became Ambassador here February | to Peru and later came back under ap- 24, 1925, after more than six years In | pointment as Ambassador to Wash- the Washington embassy. n. Few envoys here have gained so many rough his long career in the rer- staunch friendships in governmental | vice of his country, Dr. Velarde has re] N Peru as Ambassador and circles as Dr. Velarde and his de- ted znr'ure from Washington will cause ister to Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela. een regret in the official and social | Argentine and Uruguay. He started life of the Capital. At the embassy | his diplomatic career at the end of a last night it was explained that Dr.|term as secretary of state and for a Velarde is not retiring from the service | number of years was in the national congress of Peru. [y o] |ORANAGE SOUGHT Good roads and schools have brought ! establish agencies in New York and | Ce! | LUKE C. O'BRIEN. FARM LOAN BOARD WORKER EXPIRES L. C. 0’Brien Dies at Hospital From Complication of Diseases. Luke C. O'Brien, assistant secretary |of the Federal Farm Loan Board, died at Georgetown University Hospital yes- terday morning from a complication of diseases, following an .operation for ap- pendicitis. He was 40 years old. Although he was born in Far Rock- away, Long Island, Mr. O'Brien had been in the Government service in Washington for many years. As assis- tant to the Assistant Secretary of Agri- of purchases for that department. He subsequently was assistant to the secre- tary of the war finance corporation, which position he resigned to enter the prohibition service. In that service he was at first fleld office inspector and later acting prohibition administrator for the State of New Jersey. ‘Whe Parm Loan en the Boa organized in 1927, Mr. O'Brien was appointed assistant secretary and it was that position he held at the time of his_death. He was a graduate of the Georgetown University Law School and was a mem- ber of the District of Columbia bar. He was the son of Willilam J. and Mary Clarke O'Brien. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, M. Katherine O'Brien, formerly Miss Shehan, and four chdldren, Joseph Clarke, Mary Elizabeth, Anne and Elea- nor. ‘The residence is at 4220 Seven- teenth street. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning when N%A’I;: mass will be celebrated by Rev. as Cunningham at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart. Burial will be in Mount my Olivet TEXAS WOMAN SHOT DEAD AND HUSBAND IS WOUNDED | Couple Had Been Estranged and Shotgun Carried by Man Shows Two Shots Used. By the Assoclated Press. FORT\WORTH, Tex., November 9.— Mrs. W. E. Kerlee, 25, was shot to death, and her husband, W. E. Kerlee, 32, was seriously wounded here tonight. The body of the woman was found on a vacant lot near the Kerlee home. The husband was found beside his automo- bile not far from the woman's body. He carried a shotgun from which two shots had been fired. He is not ex- REAR ADMIRAL J. D. BEURET. the outcome of the London naval limi- tation conference to be held in January. Admiral Rock has been assistant chief of the Bureau of Construction and Re- pair since November 8, 1023. He came to Wash| from the Norfolk, Va., ers and one aircraft carrier. However, further work on these depends upon Navy Yard, and was made a Klmnlflfi rear admiral on Aygust 1, 19: They were est . A f t before the umfl c.: w“w‘{ hamegun:um.tm v hhm‘ of ocouj ol pants of the TR FIRE SWEEPS STREET. Gasoline Truck Explodes After Hitting Street Car. culture he at one time was director rd was IN POLLUTED AREA Mt. Pleasant Citizens Re- quest Relief for Overflow During Heavy Rains. A resolution demanding effective drainage of poliuted waters in the basin | of Piney Branch and Parkway valleys | caused by sewerage overflow in time of ! heavy rainfall was adopted last night at | & meeting of the Mount Pleasant Citi- | zens’ Astotiation in the Public Library, | Sixteenth and Lamont streets, ! The resolution will bs addressed ‘to i the chairmen of the District House and | Senate committees for consideration. | The resolution stated that stagnant | water constitutes a menace to the | health of the community. The resolu- tion further declared that this insani- tary drainage was gradually polluting the entire lower basin of Rock Creek Park. Dr. C. B. Campbell presented the resolution. & C. 8. Easterling, president of the Citizens’ Forum of Coiumbia Heights, addressed the meeting on matters of real estate development and protection in the territtory of his organisation. He particularly stressed the need of a community covenant, signed by prens erty holders and designed to limit real improve- unt re- estate ownership. In & report on the public ment committee, Fred. G. Hu viewed the recent repaving and illumi- nating installations on Seventeenth street north of Newton, a long desired posed by Dr. Campbell, requesting the Federation of Oitizens’ Associations definitely to fix the bound- ary limits of all citizens’ associations was passed. This motion was tabled until further action at the next meeting. ‘Three new members were admitted to the association. They are Louise H. Earll, R. J. Bowen and R. N. Trezise. President A. Dwight Marsh presided at the meeting. BRADFORD RIDES WINNER IN MILITARY CONTEST Victors in National Horse Show Events at New York Are Announced. By the Associated Press. « NEW YORK, November 9.—Capt. William E. Bradford of the United States. Army team, for the second suc- cessive d)‘ur. rode the winner of the international military competition to- night at the national horse show at Madison Square Garden and won his second leg on the Jan Ciechanowski Challenge Cup. Joe Aleshire, a chestntu sidewheeler which flirted his heels over the jumps after 18 of the class of 20 had failed, carried the officer to victory. Redgleadt exhibition by Lieut. Gzow- ski of the Polish Army team, was awarded the reserve ribbon, the honor being decided by lot after the officers tying for second place refused the Jjump-off. Fairfax, owned by H. Hollon Crowell of Boston, Mass., won the Brooks Bright Foundation Challenge Cu&llor Jumpers. Mr. and Mrs. J. Macy Willets of the Cassilis Farms, New Mariboro, Mass.. swept the fleld in the Seaton Pippin Challenge for harness ponies. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Paimer of Man- chester, Mass,, and Gross Point, Mich., | saddle hors:s with Emily Brickley, a chestnut mare. ‘The Koch Memorial for heavy har- | ness horses shown with road coaches went to the Coaching Club’s Pioneer, driven by Edwin W. Rives of New York. BLOW BY BOTTLE BLAMED FOR DEATH OF ACTOR Chicagoan Dies From Injuries After Being Found in New | ernment officials have never before won the Biltmore Challenge Cup for | VRS GORGASPAD THBUTE BY WRITER Funeral Services for Widow of Yellow Fever Congqueror Set for Tomorrow. The funeral of Mrs. Marie Dought Gorges, widow of Maj. Gen. Williani Crawford Gorgas, will be held tomor- row afternoon at 1:30 at the Church of the Epiphany. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery beside her husband, the noted surgeon general of the Army, who gained famz for his victory over yellow fever in the Panama Canal Zone. Mrs. Gorgas died suddenly Friday midnight from ‘5, heart attack, in her apartment, 1661 Crescent place. An only child, Mrs. Willlam D. Wrightson of Plainfield, N. J., survives. ‘Writer Pays Tribute. In a tribute to Mrs. Gorgas, Col. Ed- ward B. Clark, Washington correspond- ent of the Chicago Evening Post, and an intimate’ friend of the family, re- calling her popularity and personal charm, writes that: “There perhaps is no more dramatic life story than that of Gen. and Mrs. Gorgas. There was romance in it, but a romance of such direct connection with one of the great ills of life that perhaps the word by some may be thought misplaced. “In the year 1884 Mrs. Gorgas, then Miss Doughty, was visiting her sister, Mrs. Lyster, whose husband, an Army officer, was stationed near Brownsville, Tex. While at the garrison there was an epidemic of yellow fever, and many of the soldiers and civilians at the post were stricken. Miss Doughty was among the first to take the disease. At the post as a lleutenant of the Medical Corps was stationed Willlam C. Gt . It was he who attended Miss Doughty in her iliness. It seemed cer- tain that she must die. There was no chaplain, and one of the duties of the medical officer was to.read the burial service over those who died. It was fully expected that he must gemmn thie duty for Miss Doughty. HW. however, she recovered. Shortly after- ward Lieut. s was stricken with the disease, and Miss Doughty, whe later became his wife, was his nurse. Wife Aided Fever Fight. “The experience at Brownsville In those days turned the attention of Dr. Gorgas to the necessity of studying yel- low fever in an attempt to discover its cause. His name ai became in- separable from the story of the constant struggle to overcome . In all that did Mrs. Gorgas was his sym- pathetic and faithful encourager and % Gen. Gorgas performed his great task driving yellow fever from Havana and making it forever immune from the disease, y. “The life of Willlam Crawford Gorgas was written by his wife. It is a com- pelling story, with a stron but a wife of the deepest understand- !ing, a fellow laborer, could have write ten so human a document. “Mrs. Gorgas was a worker in many organizations intended to benefit man- king and womankind. The a) of her charm and marked ki brou’lht to her thousands:of She lived to see he: beyond most men. Honor is due for her womanly share in achievements.” Sttt MELLON TO CONFER WITH ARCHITECTS ON BUILDING PLANS (Continued From Seventeenth Page.) on the site now the tomac Electric Hmfiwm- state Commerce Building, which is 10 be a twin to the Department of Labor, and will extend eastward along B street, and Willlam A. Delano of New York, who has developed, plans for what is known as the Independent Offices Building, to be located between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, B street and Pennsylvania avenue. Shape to Be Peculiar. ‘This building will be ofJnc\llhl shape, convex on the east and west fronts, facing on the great plaza on the west, looking toward the Department of Com- merce, and facing on the great circle on the east, looking toward the In- ternal Revenue Building, which is now nearing completion, south of the Post Office Department. Mr. Simon, who is superintendent of the architectural division of the office of supervising architect of the Treasury Department has brought back from Europe a mass of infermation about how the countries of the Old World house their public resords. Mr. Simon visited Iondon, Paris, Vienna, Dresden, Berlin and The Hague, The Archives Buil ts liar problems to the ernment, which have never before been faced here and which have stirred up | many issues. These groups of T;‘va to relinquish control over their historic files, and the question as to how the; shall release control and what contr shall be established in the new archives has been puzzli to all concerned. Mr. Simon said he found in Europe that virtually all of the archives or- ganizations emphasized the need of & centralized control point through which u;fld;cu::}:am.s are recelv_:hd and mrvulll: whic! ey go out. e ib} head of each archives "u?“" in Europe, Mr. Si what is in the a of a certain date for the release of offi- cial documents. ' Earlier than that date, Mr. Simon explained, the public could have access to the records; later than that date the records were closed to the public generally. A selective use of certain outside archives is allowed, in some instances to persons outside the government. British Office Is Interesting. One of the most interesting f archives, Mr. Simon said, lm. t:m :{ % ?l:buc records office of the British \pire. Under the jurisdiction of of the Rolls, ’nm of this or":':m‘:‘.mr York Subway. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 9—Nicholas J. Nelson, jr., 28, an actor of Cl died in Bellevue Hospital today of Ll;fl:‘l" rted to _have been inflicted today in ormed the au 3 fracture g:“m skull lndwr’l.lmn"thn. of the brain as the causes of death. He wrote “‘Homicidal from the history of the case by _the police” on his re] Nelson was found in a coma on the | EL PASO, Tex., November § (#).—A | stairway of a subway station this morn- gasoline truck colliding with a street | INg. b car here ly was overturned and sent blazsing stream flowing down gutters of a business street, injuring two per- sons and causing property damage of| NEW YORK, November § (). several thousand dollars. great big Irishman has been attracting Peiroleum Go.. wan bucned. ooy | Fee, Siate, 1114 hafids hian. the want 3 'y 2 it fatally, before he could leap of | of the Show in the tank. Madison Irishman Attracts Attention. up with The British plan, he explained, calls for a periodic examination ‘docu. ummm‘:fimfi ve Filing space course, strictly limited, E ported, and regulations of various are set up to govern the admissibility material. The - newest be to give the new quate capacity, to & much as possible,