Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1930, Page 2

=2 200 INTHRONG " AT CHURCH RITES !E Pilgrim Steps at Washington Il Cathedral Dedicated With Impressive Ceremonies. » Before a congregation of 2,000 persons, gathered from the principal cities of the East, the Pilgrim Steps of Washington Cathedral were dedicated yesterday aft- ernoon with impressive ceremony. Bishop James E. Freeman pronounced the dedication, while Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Tlglol‘ of Philadelphia, who provided for the construction and land- scaping of the steps, looked on. Gordon A. Hardwick, jr., and Roland ‘Taylor Ely, {vun grandsons of the donors, unveiied the tablet of dedica- tion by drawing apart ivy vines which covered it. Former United States Sena- tor George Wharton Pepper, chairman of the national executive committee for Washington Cathedral, delivered the dedicatory address. Stone From Historic Quarries. Constructed of stone from quarries once owned and operated by George Washington and landscaped with masses of ancient boxwood, yew trees and mag- nolias, the Pilgrim steps, with the Pil grim road and Pilgrim path, other fea- tures in the future development of the cathedral grounds, comprise what is de- scribed as one the most impressive cathedral approaches in the world. The steps are 40 feet broad, 100 feet long and attain an elevation of 262 feet. There are 51 treads with spacious landings at convenient intervals, The design was created by Mrs. G. C. F. Bratenahl and executed under the st pervision of Charles H. Merryman. Senator Pepper’s Tribute. Tn his address Senator Pepper paid tribute to the designer and the donors, and pictured the relation of the Pilgrim steps to the cathedral when the struc- ture is completed. ‘The first part of the dedicatory ex- ercises took place at the base of the steps. The congregation was assembled in a semi-cirale in a grove of trees facing the stairway as a procession of clergy in vestments, the Cathedral choir of men and boys and Cathedral banner- bearers, emerged from the vaulted pas- sageway in the hillside, which leads from the Cathedral crypts singing a pro- onal hymn. Following the reading of responsive verses and appropriate prayers and the of two hymns, Mr. Pepper began his address, standing on one of the lower treads. At his conclusion, & silken cord stretehed across the steps was cut and the procession, followed by the congre- gation, began the first pilgrimage up- ‘ward toward the Cathedral. As they moved, psalms, which marked the ascent of pilgrims to the Temple in Jerusalem, were chanted. Dedicatory Tablet Unveiled. At the topmost landing the two grand- sons of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor unveiled the dedicatory tablet. Then came the actual dedication by Bishop Freeman. Immediately following the service Bishop and Mrs. Preeman were hosts, ‘with members of the All Hallows Guild, the garden guild of Washington Ca- thedral, at a reception and tea in the bishop's en in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. Formal use of the Pilgrim Steps as a ‘means of access to the south transept is e ted to begin in 1932, as it is the aim of the cathedral authorities to use the main floor of the edifice for services in connection with the na- tional observance of the 200th anni- versary 6f George Washington’s birth. CRUSH VARE IS AIM . OF GRUNDY-PINCHOT 7 BALLOT ALLIANCE (Continued Prom First Page.) amplifier and pledged themselves to go down the line for the ticket. Reports d that these ward of keeping all the Vo ose wards in line for Brown. Desertion Reports Circulated. While the Grundy people were caus- ing uneasiness to the Brown-Davis lead- by their reports of desertion of Davis followers of the Vare organization, Brown-Davis management, published & charge that Grundy and Pinchot had gone into an alliance. The object of this charge, spread all over the State, was to keep the wets and the labor vote in line for Brown and Davis. In effect, they asked the wets if they wished to put the Pinchot at the head of the State ,uv:mment. Of labor, which might be 'avorable to Pinchot, they asked if the Senate, Grundy whom organized labor has denounced. The story of the alliance is given ‘more color by the fact that Mr. Pinchot really owed his nomination for governor in 1922 to Grundy. Grundy and Pinchot have been ham- mering away at the Vare organization in Philadelphia, accusing it of all kinds of corruption. They have both taken to beating a tattoo on the breast of Gen. W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Republican national committeeman, because the general has been working for Brown-Davis ticket. 8o there have been many factors which have seemed to point to an alliance between Grundy and Pinchot, strange as that alliance may seem. Pinchot Pledges Reforms. Gov. Pinchot has listed a score of re- forms which he promises to make if he is elected governor. One is to abolish the Public Service Commission and to substitute for it a fair rate board, elect- ed by the people instead of appointed. ‘This program the Brown-Davis leaders have undertaken to ridicule. The wet ticket, headed by Bohlen and Phillips, holds perha) Pennsylvania’s political riddle today. I8 has no real organization, although it has headquarters here and elsewhere. The wets have spent a lot of money adver- tising their candidates and their cause, however. Last night they held a big rally here, with former Senator James ‘W. Wadsworth of New York, wet leader among the Republicans of the Empire State, as the principal speaker. He made a good deal of the announcement of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, can- didate for the senatorial nomination in New Jersey, in favor of the repeal of the stn eighteenth amendment and a return to | the States of the power to regulate the ‘The Morrow suumm liquor traffic. has created excitement here and given the wets new courage. Some of them go to the extent of claiming they will nominate their ticket. But it would take a political revolution to do that. ‘wet tinket is drawing strength from tne Brown-Davis ticket rather then from the Grundy and No wets would vote Grundy 15 and they know it. Admittedly the Pinchot tickets. for Pinchot, a violent dry. the | 1l By the Associated Press. From the dignity and ceremony of the White House to the quiet simplicity of the oldtime “Quaker meeting,” famed for its long silences, President Hoover will go for worship whén the proposed new Washington Friends' Meeting House is completed. The President, it is understood, is joing back to the original form of Quak- er worship, which is entirely devoid of frills in the way of music or paid pastors. The new meeting house, toward the erection of which the President and Mrs. Hoover gre contributing substan- tially, will not be large. It will seat be- tween 300 and 400 persons. There will be no organ or choir loft. There will be no paid preacher. Occasionally & “rec- ommended preacher,” one who has re- ceived the sanction of some other con- gregation, but who receives no salary, will give a talk. Although plans for the interior are not yet definitely decided, there will probably be a “facing gallery,” in which the elders and visiting pastors will sit. This will place them at one end of the little edifice opposite the congregation. This gallery is a feature of all the old- time meeting houses. Speaking will be largely inspirational from members of the congregation. The old-time Quakers spoke “when the spirit moved them.” There will be long periods of silence. In these surroundings the President will inevitably be carried back to his boyhood days in West Branch, Iowa. In the little Quaker church out there he used to sit with his brother Theodore and his cousin George and look out across the waving green cornfields and the white elderberry blossoms along ‘Wopsinonoc Creek. THE EVE HOOVER'S NEW CHURCH TO LACK MUSIC AND SALARIED PREACHER Proposed Friends' Meeting House, Seating 300 to 400, Will Be Scene of Inspira~ tional Speaking by Members. It was here that his mother, Huldah Hoover, used to receive “the message,” as the inspiration to preach was called by the Quakers Sometimes she would be gone for weeks at a time, speaking n surrounding towns, often driving for miles into the country to reach some plain little meeting house far from the railroads. I was while buffeting a Winter storm to reach the little Quaker settlement of Springdale to preach that she caught a cold which resulted in her death. George Hoover, attorney for the In- terstate Commerce Commission and a cousin of the President, recalls Huldah Hoover as a woman of forceful per- sonality and great spiritual powers. ‘The new Washington Friends’ Meet- ing House, as it will be called, will have plenty of ground surrounding it. Thick shrubbery and trees already on _the grounds will be left as they are. Two lll’fe white oak trees will guard the lttle church front and back. The Irving Sgreet Meeting House and the one on I street will continue to hold services as in the past. The Presi- dent and Mrs. Hoover have been regu- lar attendants at the Irving Street Church. It has been crowded to capacity every Sunday. Rev. Augustus Murray of Palo Alto, Calif., who was selected to fill the pul- pit with the President's approval, will return to his home at the end of his year’s leave from Leland Stanford in June and will not return. Prior to his pastorate here he was professor of Greek at the university. No pastor has yet been engaged to take his place. The ulpit will be filled during the Summer gy pastors from Washington and other citles. It is not expected that the new preacherless church will be ready for the President’s attendance until late in the Fall, ARTS FEDERATION CLOSES CONCLAVE Vestal Bill to Protect De- signers Is Indorsed by Resolution. The American Federation of Arts closed its twenty-first annual conven- tion last evening with a dinner in the Mayflower Hotel. At the final business meeting yesterday the federation adopt- ed resolutions indorsing the Vestal bill, which would provide that artistic de- signers might copyright their work, and urging all organizations and communi- ties to patronize local artists. Frederic A. Delano of Washington zn Te-elected treasurer of the federa- lon. Miss Leila Mechlin, art editor of The Evening Star and secretary of the fed- eration, presided at the dinner. Fred- eric A. Whiting of Cleveland, president, gave over to Miss Mechlin the direction of the formalities as a compliment to her for her service in making the ar- rangements for the convention. ‘The speakers were the Italian Am- bassador, Nobile Giacomo de Martino; the Canadian Minister, Vincent Massey; Augustus V. Tack, painter; Thornton Oakley, illustrator; Flavel Shurtleff, city planner, and Dr. Henry Suzzallo, art educator. Among resolutions adopted at the closing meeting were exp: indors- ing the tennial celebration of the birth of ‘Washington, which is to be an event of 1932, and thanking MmflHerbertflgoover !'o‘r‘ };;: ;flmay in affording delega ivilege of visiting the White House. PURSE IS STOLEN A footpad, with an accomplice wait- ing in a parked machine nearby ready for the “getaway,” last night snatched a from Mary mural purse the hands of Miss Pekover of 604 Columbia road as she was wal home from the Georgia avenue car line and etcaped in the car toward Maryland. Police were told to look for two col- ored men driving a green sedan. N Portuguese Jobless Ask Relief. TORRES NOVAS, Portugal, May 17 [M,—Unemglnyment has caused the sending of hundreds of messages to the government asking that free duty of for- eign sacking into the colonies be for- ::;l‘?‘:n as the principal cause of the CEEERERS K Peggy Joyce Wants Lilacs NEW YORK, May 17 (#).—Peggy Joyce has e to Europe disappointed. She loves Iilacs, but not one was sent to her by an admirer. Instead, her stateroom was filled with orchids. “And sighed. | | DAWES T0 RETURN T0U.5. INAUTUMN Ambassador Going to Chi- cago for Exposition Business and Back to Post. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 17.— Ambassador Dawes today, commenting upon Tre- ports that he would return soon to ‘Washington, said he was not applying for leave to visit America until Septem- ber, when he was going there in con- nection with the Chicago exposition. He said he would return from Chicago to resume his duties as Ambassador. ‘The Ambassador was informed of the reports from Washington that he in- tended to confer with President Hoover with regard to the naval treaty and to tender his resignation. His answer was_contained in a formal statement. “The Ambassador states that he will not apply for his regular leave of ab- sence until next September, when he will go to Chicago in connection with his duties as chairman of the finance committee of the Chicago century of rogress exposition. At the end of his ve he will return to his dutles at London.” HUNDREDS RENEW HUNT FOR WANDERING JUDGE Strain of Long Graft Trial at Oak- land Believed Responsible for Disappearance. By the Associated Pr OAKLAND, Calif.,, May 17.—Superior Judge Edward W. Engs of Oakland still was missing today as hundreds of citi- zens renewed a hunt that began yes- terday, when he vanished at the criti cal moment of an important graft tri Oakland police, Alameda County offi- cers and citizens were conducting the search on the ground, while a dozen planes from the Oakland airport were assigned to fly above the hilly region where he was last seen. Overwrought from the strain of a long graft trial Judge Engs disappeared from his home yesterday morning. Police were told that Judge Engs had been seen wandering aimlessly. near his home early yesterday. Later a quarry worker reported seeing the judge wan- dering toward the hills. ‘The jury in the trial was instructed by Superior Judge Lincoln Church when it was learned Judge Engs was missing. Unable to agree last night, it was locked up. The case involves charges of brib- ery against former Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs J. J. Collier, A. dry enough, too. Brown has come out for o State referendum on the liguor . questiop ~=.# wavis has declared that hs & for President Hoover's program with regard to prohibition. If the wet Rcket takes enough votes from Brown and Davis it is likely to put Grundy end Pinchot across in the election Tues- ey, Vare leaders here are trying to keep ir wet followers from straying to the hlen-Phillips ticket. It has been a . In the wards where Vare always ‘been potent, however, the ar ent that a vote for Phillips and Bol is really a vote for Pinchot and Grundy is hlfllz its effect. The air is full of rumors of deals, with division leaders as well as ward leaders involved. ‘The Grundy and Pinchot forces are far more confident “today than they were two or w‘ee weeks ago. Scene at the ceremonies at the Pilgrim steps yesterday afternoon, Shurleft and J. L. Davis and Jack Gar- della, Livermore resort owner. ING NATIVES BEGIN PLAN FOROUTIG, Site Committee Authorized and Several New Mem- bers Elected. The Society of Natives held the final meeting of the season last night at the Washington Club. President Frgd Emery was authorized to appeint a committee to select a site for the annual Summer outing of the society, to be held in June. The following members were elected to the soclety; after their names had been favorably reported by Ralph L. Hall, chairman of the membership com- mittee: Victor Kauffmann, R. M. Kauffmann, George Adams Howard, Mrs. Nellie Colman Charlton, Mrs. Louise M. Linthicum, James E. Dal- gleish, Mrs. Allan Davis, Mrs. Beulah T. Davis, Charles G. McQuiggan, Joseph F. Rose, Daniel Lee Chamberlain and Guilford S, Jameson. Ballot Fight Outlined. A report outlining Tecent progress in the fight for national representa- tion and advancing arguments for local franchise based on population and tax assessments was submitted by Jesse C. Suter, chairman of the na- tional representation committee of the society, Mr. Suter called attention to statistics showing that the amouxt paid by the District in internal revenue taxes dur- ing the last fiscal year was greater than that paid by each of 25 States and in excess of that paid by 10 States com- bined. He said: “The District of Columbia paid in internal revenue tax during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, $17,- 094,719. The District with its estimated Eopu]ltion of 552,000 represents 46 one- undredths of 1 per cent of the entire population of the country. The amount we paid in internal revenue tax is 58 one-hundredths of 1 per cent of the entire total pald by the Nation. The tax rate for the entire Nation was at the rate of $24.41 per capita, while that paid by the District of Columbia was at the rate of $30.97 per capita. In this connection it is interesting to note that the per capita contribution to the internal revenue tax from one of the States was as low as $1.11.” Two members have been added to the personnel of the committee, the chairman reported. They are Miss Etta I Taggart and Mrs. Marguerite Z. Baugh- man. He said further additions to the committee would be made later. e report stated that the cause of national representation for the District was given first place in the program of work at a recent convention in Louis- ville, Ky., of the National League of Woman Voters. Suggests School Names. A list of suggested names for six new schools was indorsed by the so- clety. The erection of the schools has been assured by congressional appropri- ation, it was said. J. F. Duhamel proposed the follow- ing names, which were approved: Daniel Rapine, a mayor of Washing- ton; Zalmon Richards, first superin- tendent of schools in the District; Hugh ‘Taggart, prominent Georgetown resi- dent; Andrew Rothwell, tax collector and builder; Nathan Loughboro, Ten- leytown property owner; Willlam Mur- doch, Wesley Heights property owner; Benjamin Stoddert, firet Secretary of the Navy, and Crosby S. Noyes, forme: editor in chief of The Evening Star. President Emery, in a brief prepared talk, expressed the hope that the Fed- eral Government eventually would as- sume the ownership of Mount Vernon. A varied program of entertainment was presented at the conclusion of the business meeting, the last until the society reconvenes in the Fall. The en- tertainment, under the direction of Mrs. Ella C. Robinson, included a dramatic sketch, recitations and music. Contributors to the musical entertain- ment_were Miss Lena Parks, readings; Mrs. Florance Price, contralto solo, as- sisted at the piano by Mrs. Robinson, who also rendered a piano solo, and Mrs. Eva Whitford fSovette, assisted at the plano by Miss Elsie Crammer. A comedy sketch, “A Dramatic Club,” presented by the Wigs and Queues, con- cluded the program. PAYS HONOR TO VISITORS Miss Dell Gives Regeption for Civil Service Secretaries. Miss Jessie Dell, member of the United States Civil Service Commission, held an informal reception yesterday after- noon at her residence, 2400 Sixteenth street, in honor of 13 civil service dis- trict secretaries now attending a Civil Service Commission conference here. Among the 200 guests were the fol: lowing_district secretaries: E. L. Re nolds, Boston; G. P. Parkes, New York; Stewart Wilson, Philadelphia; W. J. Hamacher, Washington, L. A. Moyer, Atlanta; I. L. Earhart, Cincinnati; J V. Swanson, Chicago; J. M. Shoemaker, St. Paul; B. H. Clemmons, St. Louis; E. H. Jennings, New Orleans; C. W. Paine, Seattle; C. L. Snyder, San Fran- cisco, and J. G. Teicher, Denver, exing from 1 :oughout the Eest. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1930. CHURCHILL DOWNS ALL SET FOR KENTUCKY DERBY , ¥ 1 § % 4 Where the fifty-sixth annual running of the $50,000 added Kentucky Derby will be held today at Churchill Downs. In foreground is shown the pagoda from which the Earl of Derby, Engl The other white shelter, in back, is the judges’ ally named, will view the big race. cially for the distinguished English visitor, crown the winner with floral decoration. The flower garden, in between the Killed in Crash L. F. INGRAM. MOTOR CYCLE RIDER 1S FATALLY INJURED Lunch Room Employe Thrown to Pavement as Machine Crashes Into Curb. L. F. Ingram, 26 years old, an employe of a lunch stand in the 5300 block of Wisconsin avenue, was fatally injured shortly after last midnight when the motor cycle he was riding on K street hit the curb as he attempted to turn near Fourth street and threw him to the pavement. Ingram had been visiting a friend in Southwest Washington after geltmg off from work at the lunch stand and pre- sumably was on his way to his rooms, at 5508 Wisconsin avenue. Police were in- formed the motor cycle was traveling at a high rate of speed. ‘The young man was removed to Emer- gency Hospital, where he died several hours later. Ingram’s relatives live at Biltmore, N. C. He came here about a vear ago after completing a four-year enlistment in the Marine Corps, most of which was spent in Nicaragua. During his service Ingram was cited for bravery in action. Funeral arrangements will be com- leted on arrival of members of his amily. EVICTED WOMAN SITS PATIENTLY ON STEPS AWAITING NEW HOME (Continued From First Page.) women told welfare workers who called on them last midnight where they had arranged themselves on some quilts upon the front steps. “We'll have our new place in a little while,” they said. “We don't want to bother you.” Mrs. Stevens was behind with her rent—five and one-half months behind the real estate agency which handles the property said. The agent gave no- tice for them to move last February, he sald, and returned a month’s rent to provide for the moving expenses. The firm also expressed itself in readiness to pay moving expenses even after the eviction process. At one time it offered to remit four months’ rent if the regu- lar payments could be kept up, the firm claims, But things went badly at the room- ing house, Miss Gale told welfare work- ers. First, Mrs. Stevens had been sick, very sick, last Winter of pneumonia. Then some of the roomers had left them, Miss Gale herself was none too well, she admitted. Savings Running Low._ The latter woman had been living at the address since her brother, a District fireman, died some months ago, Her savings are running low, Queried by a kindly spokesman for Department of Justice workers in an office building nearby, Miss Gale confessed somewhat reluctantly that a contribution would be useful. “I don't want to impose on you, though,” she added. “It's not charity,” the spokesman said quickly. “We're just neighbors and wanted to help a bit. The department employes are taking up a collection, "t‘:‘il Tl be baci with it in a little whilo.” Tio traffic officer nodded approval, but regulations were regulations, and the furniture undoubtedly was hinder- lnzlpcd:strunx near the busy inter- szcidon, ‘But when are you going to move it?” he repeated. “When are you going to move it3” “In a little while,” Miss Gale replied. “In a little while, T guess. Come back, Spotty, don't growl so. We'll have some place to go in a little while.” Meanwhile the Associated Charities announced that a house had been found for the women. Knight DERBY FACTS AND FIGURES Gallant Fox Favored to Win With Odds of About 7 to 5; Tannery Is Second Choice and Gallant sh sportsman after whom the event was origin. tand. The pagoda was built espe. two stands, is where Lord Derby will & A. Photo. Third. By the Associated Press. The race—Fifty-sixth running, since 1875, of the Kentucky Derby, $50,000 added, for 3-year-olds, at a mile and a quarter, ‘Time and place—Approximately 5:15 p.m, (Central standard time) at Church- hill Downs, Louisville, Ky. The favorite—Gallant Fox, owned by Willlam Woodward of New York, with Earl Sande up, at odds of about 7 to 5; Tannery, owned by Edward P. Prichard of Paris, Ky, second choice; Gallant Knight, owned by the Audley Farm, third choice. ‘The field (with jockeys and in order of post positions)—Longus (R. O'Brien), Uncle Luther (R, Creese), Ned O (J. D. Mooney), Alcibiades (L. Jones), High Foot (C. Meyer), Crack Brigade (G. Ellis), Gallant Fox (E, Sande), Gallant Knight (H. Schutte), Kilkerry (P. Walls), Gone Away (M. Garner), Dick O’Hara (N. Barrett), Busy (L. Pichon), Tannery (W. Garner), Breezing Thru (J. Smith), Broadway Limited (T. May), Buckeye Poet (E. Legere), Kil- kerry and Broadway Limited coupled as the entry of Three D.'s Stock Farm, Dallas, Tex.; Breezing Thru and Buck- eye Poet coupled as entry of E. R. Bradley of Lexington, Ky. Fastest Derby—OIld Rosebud, 1914, with record of 2:032-5 for mile and a quarter. Jockeys’ record—Earl Sande, winner on Zev in 1923 and Flying Ebony in 1925, seeking third victory to equal mark of Isaac Murphy, colored rider, who won in 1884, 1890 and 1891. Owners’ record—Two victories each and Sir Huon in 1906; by H. P. Whitney, with Regret in 1915 and Whiskery in 1927, and by E. R. Bradley, with Be- have Yourself in 1921 and Bubbling Over in 1926. Bradley's horses finished 1-2 in each winning race. Bradley has two horses in today's race, Whitney none. Field and stake records—Reigh Count, 1928, won richest purse, $55,375, in race that drew biggest starting fleld, 22 horses. The smallest field was three, 1892 and 1905, and the smallest purse, $2,850, went to the first winner, Aris- tides, in 1875. Derby oddities—Three woman own- ers have won the Derby, Mrs. Durnell in 1904 with Elwood, Mrs. Hoots in 1924 with Black Gold, and Mrs. Hertz in 1928 with Reigh Count. Longest odds, $184.90 for $2 mutuel ticket, paid on Donerail in 1913. Regret, 1915, only filly to win. Omar Khayyam, 1917, ‘only imported horse to win. GAMBLING LAWS “TEETH" SOUGHT Rover Submits Amendments to Be Introduced by Senator Robsion. Amendments designed to “put teeth” in the local gambling laws have been submitted by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover to Senator John M. Rob- sion of Kentucky and will be introduced by him shortly in the Senate, it is un- derstood. Possession of paraphernalia intended for gambling is sought to be made a misdeameanor and punishment of per- son frequently gambling places is pro- vided. Changes in the “padlock” law 50 as to reach gambling houses are also requested. The proposed new legislation pro- vides that “whoever shall have in his possession or under his control any game, device, contrivance, scheme or plan at which money or any other thing may be bet or wagered, with intent to use same in violation of sections 863, 865, 866, 867 of the code of laws of the District of Columbia, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both.” It is also provided that “whoever fre- quents or visits a gambling house or a house of assignation or prostitution shall, on conviction, be fined nos less than $10 nor more than $200 or shall be imprisoned for not less than 10 days nor more than 50 days.” A maximum fine of $1,000, instead of $500, for violation of section 866 of the code is sought, and the addition of a fine of $10,000 to the maximum of five years' imprisonment for violation of sec- tion 865, which forbids the setting up of a gaming table. A maximum sen- tence of six months, instead of 90 days, is requested for violators of the n‘umbers game and similar law viola- tions. GOLD STAR MOTHERS GREETED BY PARIS Women Will Attend Ceremony To- day at Tomh of Unknown Soldier. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 17.—Paris, glittering in sunshine and warmth, looked her most beautiful today for the first contingent of 6,000 gold star mothers who are to visit graves of sons who died in the World War, and see for themselves the things he used to write about in letters back home. This morning most of the 233 women, who arrived yesterday from the liner America, contented themselves with short trips in the neighborhood of their hotels, or resting for the ceremony at the Unknown Soldier’s Tomb this after- no"]":; ceremoney, will be strictly private and informal in nature without military representations. ;en Captain Lost. SAVANNAH, Ga, May 17 (®)—A telegram received here vesterday from Emory Sexton Co. of New York, agents for the schooner Azua, which was sunk Thursday in collision with the steamer City of Atlanta near New York, that Capt. J. E. McClean, owner and master of the Azua, was not saved with Volcano Erupting. TE . Chile, May 17 () —The volezr ), Lizima, near here, has entered an e v stage Unconfirmed ad- viees say b the nea village of Hueni- a d ed by lava. I ’;z:;:‘:is from New York had said the captain and all seven members of the crew were picked up by the City of At- lanta bound for Savannah. SOLDIER REPUDIATES BAKER CONFESSION ON CRIME SCENE TOUR _.. (Continued From First Page.) | and annoying women by offering to | carry their coats while they played. Details to Be Checked. ‘While the investigators are strongly inclined to believe that Brewster fabri- cated the story of the slaying, there are certain details to be checked before he is released as.a suspect. The points which stand out to show that the soldier had no connection with { the crime, in the opinion of the author- ities, are these: He is left handed and handles a weapon _exceedingly clumsily in his right. The position of the two bullets removed from Miss Baker’s body showt conclusively that she was shot by a right-handed man if she was seated on the right of the driver. ‘Three times Brewster took the investi- gators over the route he said he fol- lowed when he drove Miss Baker's car into Arlington County the night she was murdered, and each time he went a different way. The first time he di- rected them across the P Street Bridge, the second time across the Q Street Bridge, and again last -night he led j them across the M Street Bridge. The M Street Bridge was not open to traffic on the night of April 11. Fumbles With Switch. Given the keys to a sedan of the type which Miss Baker owned, Brewster was unable to start it for 15 minutes, in fhe meantime fumbling with the ig- nition switch and turning on and off the headlights, indicating that he was unfamiliar with the starting and oper- atlvovx;1 of the car. en told to park the car in the posi- tion he found !tpwhen he met Ml.up%l- ker, the soldier, the investigators said, parked it on the north side of B street near Seventeenth street, but had it fac- ing the east instead of the west. A machine parked in this position would be in violation of the traffio, regulations. Moreover, the three witnesses who saw Miss Baker struggling with a man in the machine said it was properly parked. Although the soldier said he assaulted Miss Baker on the cemetery road just before dusk at a point not far from the culvert where her body was found, the investigators do not believe it could have happened there at that time, since it is known that a number of machines passed over the road before dark. The assault took place in the car, the soldier declared. Brewster, it was said, is a type of man who likes to attract attention, and the investigators think he concocted the story of the crime as a medium of seeking notoriety. He repeatedly dem- onstrated this characteristic, it was said, during his interrogation. Previous investigation of Brewster's story had brought out & number of dis crepancies between the actual occul rences and those to which he had con- fessed. One of these was a statement by the soldier to the effect that he had purchased at a storé in Georgetown a .32-caliber revolver with which he slew Miss Baker, but when this clue was run down it was discovered that the store did not sell pistols. Brewster was, however, off duty on the night of the murder, according to the records at the barracks of the Third Corps Area near Potomac Park, at which he is stationed, but the time of his return to quarters could not be ascertained. Brewster’s Original Story, According to the first story told the authorities Brewster said he had ap- proached Miss Baker after she had gotten in her automobile at Sixteenth and B streets, and when he smiled at her she lowered the window and re- marked, “There must be some mistake; I don’t know you,” to which Brewster claims he replied, “Oh, that's all right” and then struck the young woman in the mouth. Following this, according to the au- thoritles, Brewster said he got in the said | machine, placed the then unconscious girl on the right-hand front seat and drove through® Georgetown, across Key Bridge, and over the ofl tank rcad to @& point 200 fest north cf the Arling- ton Cemegery wall where he attacked and :hot §2r. If this were true, the murder W’\/Ild have occurred in Arl et by George J. Long with Azra in 1892 | 400 MARCH ON SALT WORKS AT WADALA Police Make Elaborate Plans for Arrests if Raid Is Attempted. By the Assoclated Press. BOMBAY, India, May 17.—Four hun- dred civil disobedience volunteers this evening began their march upon the salt works of Wadala. ‘The procession started from Congress House. Pandit Mukund Malaviya, son of Pandit Madan Mohun Malaviya, led the volunteers. The procession marched past one of the largest concentrations of armed po- lice mustered since the beginning of Mahatma Gandhi’'s campaign of civil resistance. Six hundred officers, 100 of them with firearms, were stationed at Jacob Circle and elsewhere on the route to the salt depot seven miles from Bom- bay. Elaborate preparations for arrests if necessary to thwart an actual rald included preparation of quarters in the development department buildings of Worli, around which is a barbed wire barrier through which electric current can be circulated. Moslems Causing Anxiety. Growing unrest among the Moham- medan population of India is being viewed with concern in European circles. Coupled with progress of the Hindu civil disobedience campaign, the situa- tion provided a particularly disquieting outlook. Moslems, who for weeks have ab- stained from participation in the eivil disobedience campaign, now appear to be drawing near the Nationalist leaders through agitation of a cause entirely exterior to India itself—treatment of Moslems in Palestine. Moslem quarters here observed a hartal, or day of protest, Friday in sympathy with the Arabs of Palestine. Although nominally confined to Moslem shopkeepers a number of Hindus closed their shops also. Huge Parade Staged. In connection with the hartal the Moslems celebrated a “Palestine day” ind passed resolutions warning the British that if Moslem claims in Pales- tine were not satisfied the Mohamme- dans would take steps to compel rec- ognition. The Moslems staged & huge parade, carrying banners inscribed “Down With the Balfour Declaration” and other pro- Arab mottoes. Mohamed Ali, Moslem leader, an- nounced that he had applied to the Bombay government for permission to see Mahatma Gandhi, Nationalist lead- er, in his prison at Yeroda, and consult him as to measures of bringing about peace in India. He said he also had discussed the situation with the vice- roy, Lord Irwin. Secret trials are being held for those | arrested at Sholapur in connection with recent rioting there and several severe sentences are said to have been passed. Volunteers Intercepted. Marching down to the docks today to take a steamer for a raid on the Shiroda salt depot, 100 Nationalist vol- unteers were intercepted by police who arrested the leaders. They were later released, all embarking on the steamer, which sailed with an additional 17 vol- unteers from the suburb of Villeparle. Police made elaborate preparations to thwart a raid planned for Sunday by Nationalist volunteers on the salt de- ! pot at Wadala, a suburb seven miles from Bombay. A strong police force has been g:ud at the depot, and another detachment | has been stationed at Dadar, a short | distance away. A third detachment has been sent to Jacob Circle, on the route the raiders plan to take to the depot. POLICE HALT THIRD RAID. Mrs. Naidu to Mobilize Volunteers at Dharasaana Tomorrow or Monday. DHARASAANA, India, May 17 (P).— Government police today halted a third raid upon the Dharasaana salt pans. Followers of Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, with- d j out her personal leadership, marched upon the depot and were stopped and surrounded by police in the roadway, as they had been in their attempt on ‘Thursday. They began to sing religious songs and to spin, duplicating their behavior when with Mrs. Naidu at their head they submitted to the previous passive frustration of their plans. Fifty volunteers arrived this fore- noon at Untadi from Ahmadabad and 150 from Bombay. When they had been gathered to- gether Mrs, Naidu told them they would be mobilized tomorrow or the day after. The total of volunteers arrested yesterday around the salt works and subsequently released numbered 224. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band this evening at the bandstand, at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster. Anton Point- ner, assistant. March, “Anchors Awei Overture, “At the Well”. b * uette’ Waltz suite, “‘Confidences”. ! Finale, “From Sunrise to Sunset”. Miller “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band Orchestra this evening at the Marine Barracks at 8 o'clock; Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Whitcomb, second leader. Grand march, “The Pilgri vess Overture, “Benvenuto Cellini”..Berlioz Characteristic, “Gnomes Parade,” Noack “Elsa’s Bridal Procession,” from “LOhengrin” ...ccoccaeiioees Selection from valler,” Richard Strauss Nocturne, “Dreams of Love”......Liszt Waltz, “Jolly Fellows”........Vollstedt Grand scenes from “Andrea Chenler,” Gilordano M:'II;:!L hymn, “The Halls of Monte- “The Star Spangled Banner.” er m;fifiun‘ty and h:ot on Federal . wing the shooting, water claims that he placed the body of the girl in the culvert, drove to the point where the car was found lbm&pd and walked along the Military road to the rice pond on the Department of Agriculture farm, where he washed his hands and proceeded back to town. He denied any knowledge of the identity of the person or persons who placed the girl's coat and a numbver of articles in a catch basin along the Experimental Farm drive, claiming that he distributed nothing in the car be- fore he left. . Suspicion first was directed to Brew- ster, it was learned today, when soldiers the uarters conflicting stories and confessions {')’u":: they P‘O:\f‘ out the h:_of g excepl own story plicate him in the crime. "