Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1929, Page 17

i -ONE DIES, ONE HURT INAUTO COLLISION; THIRD MANSHELD J. E. Ward, 22, Killed When Thrown Out of Car Return- Ing From Christmas Party. INJURED MAN REPORTED IN COMA SINCE 3 A.M. J. A. McGowan, Traced by Blood Spots, Denies Being Driver. One man was killed instantly and| another is in an undetermined condition at Sibley Hospital as the result of a collision between two automobiles at Sixth and K streets northeast early | today. James E. Ward, 22 years old, of 3639 New Hampshire avenue, died from a fractured skull when the automobile ‘owned by Robert E. Martz, 18 years old, of 1301 N street, crashed with his ma- chine, in which he was returning home from a Christmas night visit witn Iriends. Martz is in Sibley Hospital with | lacerations of the head, face and left| knee, and has been in a coma since the collision, which occurred at 3:50 am. Physiclans say they have been unable to determine definitely whether his condition is serious. James A. McGowan, 24, of 15 M street, who was the only other occu- pent of the Martz car, is being de- tained for investigation at the ninth precinct. Police say he was the driver of the machine which struck Ward's car. McGowan, however, denies he was the driver. ‘The latter was arrested by Patrol- man Dewey L. Guest of the ninth pre- cinct shortly after the mishap, when | blood spots leading away from the wrecked automobiles were trailed to McGowan's apartment, on M street. | McGowan was bleeding from a minor scalp laceration when found, police say. According to police, Ward was driv- ing north on Sixth street when his automobile was rammed by the Martz car, telescoping the right side of Ward's machine and throwing the driver into the street. Ward was taken to Casualty Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival by Dr. J. R. Young of ital staff. McGowan later was also treated at| Sibley by Dr. Cardwell before being taken to the {‘.’g‘h precinct ltlm“fz held & coroner’s ‘which ‘Ifii take place until Martz is able to testify. Puneral held at the services for Ward are to be late residence tomorrow night at 7 o'clock by Dr. E. V. Regester of Alexandria, Va., presiding elder of the Alexandria district of the Methodist N. C., for ‘Ward, owner of the City Service Ra- dlo Studio, at 2314 Rhode Island ave- nue northeast, was a Central High School graduate and a member of the Board of Trade. rviving him are his mother, Mrs. Allie Ward, | three sisters, Miss Ruth Ward end | o o Mrs B 3 and of Peris , i . E. J. of Parri Island, 8. C. SIX INJURED IN COLLISION. Dwight F. Davis, Jr., and Sister and Danish Counselor Among Victims. Dwight F. Davis, jr.,, and Miss Cynthia Davis, son and daughter of the governor general of the Philippines, and Peter O. de Treschow, 39 years old, counselor of the Danish legation, received minor injuries last night when the machine in which they were riding and driven by Mr. de Treschow was in collision at ‘Wisconsin avenue and Military road with & car in which three colored occu- pants were injured. The crash smashed the windows of the envoy's machine, jolting the three ' occupants, and cut Mr. de Treschow | about the face and hands and bruised * Miss Davis and her brother about the bpdy. All refused medical attention. Louise Wilson, 22 years old, colored, of 1914 R street, driver of the other ma- chine, was treated at Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital for lacerations to the scalp, later removed to Gallinger Hos- pital and by police of the four- i T arcd rati) ut s 3 - ton, l-llnkl,m 3 years old, colored chauf- feur, also living at the R street address, and Catherine Juricks, 44 years old, col- ored, of 1916 R street, occupants of the second machine, were treated at Emer- gency Hospital for body bruises and scalp lacerations. Their condition is not Tegarded scrious. Mr. de Treschow and his party were returning from Rockville, when, accord- ing to police, the machine driven by the olored. womian and coming in an op- posite direction smashed into their car, tearing off its bumper and ramming a hole in the front. The machine oc- cupled by the three colored persons was demolished. ‘The diplomat resides at 1714 Connec- ticut avenue and both Mr. Davis and Miss Davis live with their mother at 1735 Massachusetts avenue. Mrs. Leona Payne, 28 years old, of Clarendon, ., was treated at George- town University Hospital yesterday for injuries suffered when the machine in ‘which she was riding, and driven by Harold Payne, 28 years old, was struck at Twenty-first and K streets by a hit- and-run driver, causing it to strike a third machine parked near the corner. Mrs. Payne suffered contusions to ‘both legs and the head and shock. Her condition was ribed as undeter- mined. Langford Wiggins, 31 years old, col- ored, living at 1711 U street, suffered serious injuries yesterday when run down at Florida avenue and V street by a truck driven by Richard P. Clagett of Leesburg, Va. Hf was treated at Freedmen's Hos- ital. 2 Dorothy Reeder, 22 years old, colored, and Clifton Reeder, 23 years old, col ored, both of 4905 Clay street northea: were treated at Emergency Hospital ye: terday for injuries sustained when their machine was in collision at Seventh and D streets southwest with an auto- mobile operated by Harry N. Smith of 711 Eighth street southwest. ACTOR IS BURNED. Tellegen Falls Asleep While Smok- ing Cigarette. ATLANTIC CITY, N. (#).—Lou Tel the actor, was burned on the when he fell asleep ‘while smoking a cigarette in his room at the Hotel Jeflerson yesterday morn- ng. Guests in » room adjolning: aroused by the smell of smoke, notified the management. Tellegen's room was en- tered with a pass key. His bed clothing ®nd mattress were found to be ablaze. ‘Deeemwio’ @he Foening Star Society and General ] SUEAR FGHT SEEN ASLESSONTONANY Hoover’s Defenders Warn Rich Employers Lobbyists Not Worth Pay. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. High officials of the United States, at both ends of Pennsylvania avenue, hail the Shattuck-Cuban sugar affair as a | blessing in disguise. They hope and be- | lieve it will go far toward curing “big “go-getters,” with pretended “pulls,” | can work miracles in Washington. Fat fees and retainers paid to such men are described by important mem- bers of Congress and of the executive branch of the Government as money almost wholly squandered. Cases like the Shearer and Shattuck episodes are warnings, or should be, Federal officials say, that even men of the acknowledged skill of the Navy and sugar lobbyists are supersalesmen, usually of nothing but their own services to rich em- ployers. They rarely “sell” their special Ppleadings on Capitol Hill or in the Gov- ernment departments downtown. One of the most distinguished Re- publicans in the country, occupying a position which is a constant target for would-be establishers of “contacts,” has | just opened his heart to this writer in | these terms: “In the first place, if Shattuck’s de- sire for low sugar tariffs is realized, it will be mainly Democratic votes that accomplish his purpose, despite his al- leged ‘drag’ with the White House. Now, l; tf the broad aspects of the Shattuck affair. “Nearly every man in public life has innumerable rsonal friendships and acquaintanceships which have, or think they have, the rla::t to ask important favors now and then. No one denies that right. It is inseparable from our system of government. But it is an en- tirely different thing when a man enters into & cold-blooded business deal with business interests to capitalize, for his own profit, a Washington friendship or acquaintanceship. We have come, especially here in Congress, to recognize that kind of a ‘contact’ man on sight. He is on an entirely different footing from a comrade or a constituent in quest of a job for himself, or a friend, or a relative, or in search of some other Government favor for which he has a legitimate right to ask. “Believe me when I tell you that the professional highly-paid attorney or lobbyist seldom gets anywhere nowadays in Washington. He cannot deliver the goods. We may listen to him with more or less patience. But the number of oc. casions on which he does his stuff to any real advantage for his plutocratic clients is extremely rare. Nine times out of ten, his expense accounts ought to be disallowed. He is getting money under false pretenses.” Another aspect of the Shattuck-| Hoover sugar lobby controversy is pre- sented in Republican quarters. These recall a case in the Democrats’ own camp. which is depicted as not without a certain analogy to the colors in which the opposition is painting the Presi- dent’s alleged connection with Shat- tuck. In the 1924 presidential cam- paign, certain Democratic leaders want- ed John W. Davis, their nominee, to attack Calvin Coolidge hip and thigh as the second in command of the “Tea- pot Dome administration.” The oll scandals were looked upon as the big- gest shot in the Democratic locker. Coolidge, as the Republican presidential candidate, was thought to be vulnerable because he was Vice President and sit- ting in the cabinet when the oil deals were made. But Dayis, it was always understood, stubbornly refused to as- sail his opponent on those grou His position was that Coolidge personally had nothing to do with the oil mess. ‘What some of the President’s defend- ers are now saying is that Herbert }oc- ver bad actually just as little to do with Shattuck’s sugar tariff maneu- vers as Coolidge had to do with Teapot Dome, and that Hoover should be left out of the Shattuck business just as John Davis insisted on leaving Ccolidge business” of the belief that high-powered | k This machine was being driven by James E. Ward (lower) of 3639 New Hampshire avenue at the time he re- ceived fatal injuries in an accident at Sixth and K streets northeast early to- day. —Star Staff Photo. BILL TO LEGALIZE BOXING IN VIRGINIA Measure Will Specifically Ex- clude Prizefighting in State. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 26.—A bill to legalibze boxing, but excluding prizefighting, is to be introduced at the next session of the General As- sembly of Virginia, and will have the approval of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, it has been learned here. A resolution favoring a boxing bill and specifically excluding prizefight- ing, was adopted by the chamber direc~ tors at a recent meeting on recom- mendation of & special sports com- mittee, headed by C. M. Bain. This ac- tion has been made public through copies of the minutes of that meeting just distributed here and elsewhere in the State. ‘The directors, after adopting the reso- lution, asking the General Assembly to enact legislation legalizing boxing, re- ferred the matter to its legislative com- mittee, with the request that the latter draw up a definite bill and submit it to the rd. . BUCKEYSTOWN MAN, AGED 85, KILLED BY CAR Speclal Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 26— Martin L. Shankle, 85, Buckeystown, died late last night at his home of in- juries sustained on Tuesday, when he was run down by an automobile oper- ated by Austin Murray, Adamstown, while walking on the highway in Buck- eystown. According to Murray, Shankle, walk- ing along the road, started to cross in {ront of the machine and as he cleared it turned around and walked in front of it. The injured man was taken to his home by Murray and a physician summoned. Murray is being held under nominal bond pending an investigation by State officers. France Lacks Hospitals. PARIS ().—A hospital survey showed France well down in the list of nations possessing facilities for caring for the sick. Five towns were discovered whose hospitals contained only one bed each and many more had out of the old business. (Copyright, 1929.) Workmen on the roof of the executive offices, damaged in the blaze of Christmas eve, room for only two or three patients at a time. REPAIRS FOLLOW WAKE OF WHITE WASHINGTON, D. C. SCIENCE RESEARCH ADVISORS NAMED TOLIBRARY STAFF Appointment of Consultants Marks New Departure in Pro- viding Corps of Specialists. OTHERS ARE DESIGNATED FOR IMPORTANT POSTS Col. Laurence Martin Outlines Steps | at Opening Meeting of National Geological Society. Appointment of two research con- sultants in science at the Library of Congress was announced at the opening meeting of the National Geological So- ciety at the Wardman Park Hotel this morning by Col. Lawrence Martin, head of the division of maps. They are Prof. Albert C. Lane of Tufts College and Prof. Albert Perry Brigham of Colgate University, both members of the soclety. This represents, Col. Martin said, a new departure for the National Library in providing & corps of specialists who will have no administrative duties, but wil be engaged purely as consultants for those with research problems. Others Are Appointed. He also announced the appointment of Prof. Charles S. Lane as specialist in church history, Dr. Victor S. Clark specialist in economics, Prof. Willam A. Hammond specialist in philosophy, Dr. Mark A. de Wolfe Howe specialist in English literature and Prof. Henry N. Fowler in classical literature. These are provided for in a grant from the General Education Board. The appointment of specialists in biblio- graphy and in Hispanic literature was announced some time ago by Librarian Herbert Putnam. A corresponding in- novation, Col. Martin said, was the es- tablishment at the library of “chairs” with endowments. There are already four such chairs—in music, American history, fine arts and aeronautics. ‘The grant from the General Educa- tion Board, Col. Martin said, was in- tended to demonstrate the utility of such consultants and if the service proves to be effective, it will require a permanent provision for a staff of ap- proximately 15. Describes Survey Work. ‘The American Geological Soclety, with two allied groups, the American Paleontological Society and the Amer- ican Mineralogical Soclety, started their annual meetings with business sessions this morning and the reading of & few scientific papers, ‘Triangulation work of the Coast and Geodetic Survey was described by Dr. Willlam Bowie. When the program is completed, he said, there will be no place in the United States more than 25 miles from a triangulation station. ‘The work up to date, he said, has re- sulted in such accuracy that distances can be measured across the country with an accuracy greater than one part in 200,000. A new nomenclature for sudivisions of geologic time was proposed by George Halcott Chadwick of Catskill, N. ¥. LAST LINCOLN GUARD DEAD AT EASTON HOME Samuel Gladding, Aged 97, Union Army Veteran, Expires After Long Illness. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. EASTON, Md., December 26.—Sam- uel Gladding, 97, Union Army veteran, died yesterday at his home in Easton after ‘an illness of four months. Mr. Gladding joined Company I, 187th Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the outbreak of the war and saw service at White Oak Swamps and Petersburg, Va. He was wounded at Petersburg June 20, 1864, having had a finger shot off. Born in Bristol, R. I, his father moved to Pennsylvania when Mr. Glad- ding was 6 years old. The change of residence was due to the fact that the father did not want his children to fol- low the water after his uncle was killed by a whale. In 1875 Mr. Gladding moved to Chapel, Talbot County, where he en- gaged in farming for three years. From there he moved to Easton and followed his trade as a carpenter. He was the last of a large family and is survived by an adopted daughter, Mrs. Reuben N. Greenhawk. He was the last of the guard which watched over the body of Abraham Lin- coln as it laid in state in Philadelphia. Funeral services will be conducted at his home at 2 p.m. tomorrow by the Rev. T. . Combs of the Baptist Church, Easton. HOUSE FIRE ~—Star ‘Stafl Photo. HURSDAY, DECEMBER | in the accident. Backgren. | Memoers ot the expedition aboard the yacht Carnegie, | 29, came to Washington today to attend the funeral tomorrow of Capt. James P. 26, Left to right: W. E. Scott, Fritz Lyngdorf, Henry Jentoft, S. L. Seaton, Einer which was destroyed in an explosion in Samoa, November Ault, the vessel'’s commander, killed Unander and Oscar —Star Staff Photo. DR, ZAHM NAMIED TOAVATON CHAR [Appointed by Congressional| Library Chief Under Gug- genheim Fund. ‘The appointment of Dr. Albert H. Zahm, since 1916 director of the aero- dynamic laboratory of the Navy, to the | Guggenheim chair of aeronautics at the Library of Con- | gress was an-| nounce today by Librarian Herbert Putnam. The chair is es- tablished by a fund from the Guggen- heim Foundation. Dr. Zahm's work will be the inter- pretation of the aeronautical litera- ture at the Nation- al Library and as v s and adviser of re- search workers. Dr. Zahm long has been a prominent figure in the science of aeronautics. He holds degrees from Notre Dame, Cornell and Johns Hopkins. He has been pro- fessor of mathematics at Notre Dame and associate professor of mechanics at the Catholic University. In 1925 he was awarded the Laectare medal of Notre Dame University for his work n seronautics. He is a member of the ! American Society of Mechanical En- | gineers, the Washington Philosophical | Society, the Washington Academy of | Sclences and the Cosmos Club. He is the author of “A Treatise on Aerial Navigation.” . HOLD-UP VICTIM AIDS IN CAPTURE OF MAN Struck on Head With Revolver, Recluse Locks Intruder in Cabin. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 26.— Held up and struck on the head with the butt of his own revolver, which was lying nearby, Theodore Lowe, 60, a re- cluse, near this city, was last night slightly injured and robbed of about $14, the proceeds from the sale of Christmas wreaths during the pre-holi- day season, Emery Jackson, colored, identified by Lowe as his assailant, is held in the county jail for a preliminary hearing. ‘The colored man, Lowe told officers, appeared at his shack neer the city and demanded money. Lowe’s Tevolver was lying on a table. Seizing it the intruder is sald to have struck Lowe, who, while his assailant pocketed the money, dart- ed from the shack and locked the in- truder inside. Lowe went to a neigh- bor's home and summoned police. The colored man escaped from the shack through a window, but was picked up by officers near the scene. STEVENSES A'RRESTED AFTER FAMILY ROW Head of House and Son-in-Law Taken in on Two Charges—Girl Disappeared Recently. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. BRENTWOOD, Md., December 26— Christmas turned out to be a more or less tumultuous occasion for the Stevens’ family of Balker street, Brent- wood, when the head of the house, Lee W. Stevens, and his son-in-law, Charles Bolton, were arrested on charges of illegal possession of liquor and dis- orderly conduct respectively. ‘The Stevenses figured prominently in the news last Summer when their daughter, Wyona, left home a few days before she was to have been married to Bolton, and was the object of a police search for several days before being found in North Carolina. The arrests yesterday were made by Brentwood town officers who sald Bol- ton created a disturbance when he found his suit case on the porch of his father-in-law’s home. After taking Bolton to the Bladensburg jail, ‘the police arrest:d Stevens for illegal pos- session of two half-gallon jars of liquor. ‘The latter was relased on bond. SMUTS TO BE FETED. Former South African Premier to Be Luncheon Guest at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, December 26 (Special). —Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, former rremler of South Africa, will be the luncheon guest of the Baltimore League of Nations Association January 16. He will .come to this city for a talk at the Johns Hopkins University under thf George Hunting Williams lecture- ship. One ot the framers of the covenant of the League of Nations, he recently completed a series of lectures at Oxford University dealing with British-African relations. He is expected to arrive in New York the first week in January. United States Issues 1,040 New Patents— Record Established A total of 1,040 new patents, a record number for any one week since 1927, will be issued Tuesday by the United States Patent Of- fice. The forthcoming issuanceisinac- cordance with the regular weekly routine of the Patent Office, and the only explanation given for the large number was that more inventors than usual had the money to pay the final fees. Next week's batch of patents represents those on which such fees have been paid within the last 26 or 32 days. On May 10, 1927, the office is- sued 1,091 patents. The nearest approach to the forthcoming is- sues since the former record on May 14, 1929, when 1,028 patents were granted, and June 4, when the number totaled 1,017. SOCIETY TO HONOR GOVERNOR BYRD Colonial Wars Organization in Virginia to Dine Execu- tive for Work for State. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 26— Gov. Harry P. Byrd has accepted an invitation to attend a dinner in his honor to be given by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Vir- ginia. The dinner is a token of ap- preciation for the services rendered the State by the retiring executive, especial- ly in recognition of what he has done to preserve the historic background of the State. Several other distinguished guests of national and international note have been invited to the function. The din- ner will be served at the Westmoreland Club here. The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia is a historic, patriot- ic and social organization to perpetuate the memories of men and events in the colonal period prior to the American Revolution. It was founded in 1904 by Gustavus A. Walker, Joseph Bryan, Virginius Newton, Richardson T. Duke, jr.; Thomas Bolling, jr.; Edward Carrington Mayo, James Lyons, William J. Walker, John Garland Walker, James Alston Cabell, Thomas Nelson Carter, Irvin Jones and Thomas Atkinson. S. BROWN M.ERCER HURT. Retired Government Employe, 80, Injured in Philadelphia. 8. Brown Mercer, 1466 Clifton street, a retired Government employe, was serfously injured in Philadelphia Christ- mas eve night, when a taxicab in which he was riding was in a collision with a street car, it was learned here to- day. ly?rlends of Mr. Mercer, who is 80 years old, hurried yesterday to Pihla- delphia, where the injured man is in a hospital. Mr. Mercer was on his way from the Capital to New York to spend Christmas with friends when the accident occurred. He is reported to have suffered concus- sion of the brain and internal injuries. 3. » RETIRED OFFICER BURIED. Lieut. Col. Luther Hare Was 78 Years Old When He Died. Funeral services were held at the Ar- lington National Cemetery this after- noon for Lieut. Col. Luther R. Hare, United States Army, retired, who died at Walter Reed General Hospital last Sunday, in his seventy-eighth year. Col. Hare was from Noblesville, Ind. He is survived by a brother, Judge Silas Hare of Sherman, Tex. w.(THEODORE KAUCHER, 81, FOUR PAGES USED INTI-CENT RULING Controller General Disallows Sum Added to Voucher by Labor Department. Controller General McCarl, in a four- page decision, going deeply into the law, formally has ruled that a voucher for payment of a bill to the Lamb Seal & Stencil Co., of 824 Thirteenth street, must be curtailed by 11 cents. The question, which appears to have aroused the controller general to con- siderable length over 11 cents, was whether the Department of Labor, which bought some goods from the stencil company, had a right to change the voucher from $5.42 to $5.53. It was a great mistake, judging from the contreller's ruling for the 11 cents additional to be added by the Depart- ment of Labor and the 11 cents con- sequently flatly disallowed. The 11 cents, which may become famous as a result of this decision, was the difference between correct and in- correct multiplication, it was learned. The Lamb Co. had made a slight error in submitting a bill for $5.42, when, as a matter of fact, the mathematics of the thing should have made it $5.53. This error was caught in the Depart- ment of Labor, which changed the voucher to read 11 cents more. The controller general promptly disallowed it. Correspondence followed, and the controller today, in his four-page deci- sion, which has been mimeographed and made available to Government services, declares that “it is requested that proper instruction be issued to your subordinates” to comply with an order that vouchers could not be changed ex- cept by the claimants. “The interests of the Government re- quire,” sald McCarl, “that there be no increase by way of correction or altera- tion in the total amount claimed on a voucher, unless such correction or al- teration be made by the claimants and then only in the form of & new voucher for the correct amount claimed.” Rather than go through all this red tape of having a new voucher go through the Government’s devious channels it was understood today the company accepted the settlement 11 cents short. — FORMER POLICEMAN, DIES Retired Sergeant of Metropolitan Force Was Native of Germany and Former Soldier. ‘Theodore Kaucher, 81 years old, re- tired sergeant of the Metropolitan Po- lice Department, died yesterday at the Soldiers’ Home Hospital following an illness of a month. Kaucher, a native of Germany, immi- grated to this country when a young man, coming directly to Washington, where he enlisted in the U. S. Army. Following a six-year term of enlistment, he was appointed to the police force, completing 40 years of service and holding the rank of sergeant at the time of his retirement in 1917. He resided at 1915 I street. Funeral services will be held tomor- Tow afternoon at the chapel of Frank Geler's Sons Co., 1113 Seventh street. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery. |FIGHT FIRE IN BOAT HOLD. | | Big Freighter Blazes at Pier in| Brooklyn Five Hours. NEW YORK, December 26 (#).—Two fire boats and two engine companies were required to check a fire in the hold of the Cosulich line freighter Lucia C at her pler in Brooklyn yesterday, ‘The fire was discovered just before noon but was not brought under control SIX FROM CARNEGIE HERE FOR FUNERAL (OF CAPTAIN OF SHP Commander of Non-Magnetic Craft Killed When Vessel Is Blown Up. FIRST FULL ACCOUNT OF TRAGEDY IS GIVEN James P. Ault's Body Recovered From Water After Explosion Hurls Him in Sea. Four members of the crew and two of the technical staff of the ill-fated survey yacht Carnegie, non-magnetic vessel of the department of research in terrestrial magnetism of the Carnegie Institution here, which blew up in Apia Harbor, Western Samoa, on the after- noon of November 29, arrived in the Capital today to attend the funeral services for Capt. James P. Ault, who was killed in the explosion. The institution issued a statement this morning stating that “the cause of the explosion, which almost entirely destroyed the Carnegle, has not been definitely determined, but it was un- doubtedly partially due to the ignition of gasoline vapor during the loading of gasoline, Body Rescued. “The explosion threw Capt. Ault, com- | mander of the Carnegie, from the quar- ter deck into the water, from where he was rescued by Fritz Lyngdorf, steward; Einer Unander, second watch officer, and F. M. Soule of the scientific staff. The explosion also killed Anthony Kolar, cabin boy. “‘Five members of the crew also were injured, one of whom has completely recovered and returned to San Fran- cisco with the other survivors. The other four injured are still in Samoa, but are expected to recover. “Salvaging operations on the Carnegie are now in progress at Samoa under the direction of W. C. Parkinson, second in command of the Carnegie.” Those who returned to Washington today gave the first complete account of the wrecking of the Carnegie. They are: Lyngdorf, the steward; Unanderm, the second watch officer; Henry Jentoft, third watch officer; Oscar Backgren, cook; 8. L. Seaton and W. E. Scott of the scientific staff, Contained No Metal. The Carnegie was a ship built entirely of wood, put together with wooden dowells and pegs, and contained no metal in its general construction. It was designed especially for the study of terrestrial magnetism on the seas, and was practically impervious to magnetism itself. It sailed on its last journey from ‘Washington. All of the survivors of the Carnegle who are in Washington will attend the funeral services for Capt. Ault tomor- row afternoon at Wesley M. E. Church. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Capt. Ault lived in Washington when not on jaunts for scientific information for the Carnegie Institution. He had been with the institution for 25 years and at the time of his death was chief of the ocean work section. COUNTY COURT HEAD DEAD IN HOSPITAL Stricken at Church With Stomach Ulcer, Judge Smith Sue- cumbs. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va. December 26.—Almon W. Smith, 64, president of the Berkeley County Court, died at a local hospital today after a four-day illness resulting from stomach ulcer. He was stricken while at church Sun- day. ‘The deceased was serving the fourth year of his second term on the county bench and the fourth year as president of that body. He was a native of New Jersey, an ordained minister in the Methodist ‘Episcopal Church and a for- mer railway mail clerk, but in recent years had given his time to trucking outside of his court duties. Surviving are the widow and one daughter. MURDERED WOMAN’S BODY FOUND IN GRATE Series of Tragedies Mark Christ- mas Holiday in Dan- ville, Va, Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., December 26.—The murder of a colored woman, suicide of @ colored man and a fire which de- stroyed part of the Colonial Garage marked Christmas day here. Albert Stone is held for killing Min- nie Cobb, whose body, half consumed by fire, was found in the grate of her home. Ed Bailey, railway employe, choked himself with a towel on a doorknob, COUPLE ADOE’TS NEPHEW. until about 5 pm. The damage was mainly to the cargo. The ship arrived yesterday from Mediterranean ports. VETERINARIAN ASKS DETECTIVE TO RECOVER PIG LOST IN SACK No Trail Is Found and Would-Be Benefactor Fears Animal Has “Lost: one small pig in a sack. For, inasmuch as you have the distinction of being very highly regarded as a Detec- tive in this Community, I feel that you will make every effort to retrieve this animal.” This is a section of a letter Precinct Detective John F. Baxwell of the sixth pital for treatment. “As a further incentive,” the letter continues, “I wish to state that should ou recover the said animal I shall re- ward your efforts with a sufficlent remuneration. ald pig is white and black spotted, contained in a gunny sack, dropped t assistance two of description of t | the route he toor:;’gn the pl(n:'u lost. Been Eaten. from the rear compartment of my Ford coupe. The time is between 11 a.m. and noon December 23. “The pig was hel;ilzu in the sack, but ‘wild’ at large. lease notify me in the event this nbove-memlonej pig is ln‘:llm Due for treatment at my hos- pital” ‘The doctor included for the detective's The porker was being carried from a road, Md. farm on , Md. Detective Baxwell reported at Police l?h he ‘had id not con- Court today that, al falled to find the pig, he sider it a public menace as from the owner’s description he would infer that the animal was “hog-tled.” “I think he probably has beer ecaten for Christmas dinner,” was the bereaved veterinary's only comment this morning Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McClosky Give Little George Condron New Home. Justice Peyton Gordon aided Santa Claus in bringing new parents to lit- tle George A. Condron Tuesday, when he signed a decree permitting Howard A. McClosky and his wife, Mary, 404 Seward square southeast, to adopt :.l;llnt as their own child and heir- W. McClosky's sister, the mother of the child, died January 5 last when the baby was only two months old. The uncle and aunt became so fond of the little one that they obtained the con- sent of his father to their adoption of the child. The application was imme- diately approved. McClosky is a skilled bookbinder. He grll represented by Attorney Ernest H. ver. GOLF COURSE TO CLOSE. East Potomac Greens to Get Chance to Get in Trim for Summer, ‘The East Potomac golf course will be closed after January 1, Lieut. Col. U, Grant, 8d, director of public and public parks, announced today, order to give the greens a chance to get in trim for coming season. e Rock Creek golf course will be open until March 1, the announcement said. to take care of Winter playing. \ ¥