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5. THE _EVENING SATURDAY, IFUTILE FIGHT SEEN WOMEN FACE QUIZ ON NAVAL TREATY ON GANG MURDERS STAR. WASHINGTON., D. C. JULY 1930, IDEVELOPMENT OF DECLARATION SHOWN IN DOCUMENT DISPLAY ACCIDENTS ON 4TH 'HOOVER COMMENDS KILL THREE HERE More Than 60 Are Injured and 15 Arrested for Shoot- ing Fireworks. (Continued From First Page. fon were riding collided head-on with & truck on the Baltimore Boulevard near the Laurel Bridge. The two were given medical attention by Dr. Bryan P. Wairen of Laurel and removed to University Hospital. Bal- timore, in the ambulance of Eugene Kaiser, Laurel undertaker. pronounced dead on arrival, while Hal- verson was found to_ have a possible fracture of the spine, fractured leg and broken nose. 1 Car Collides With Truck. According to polies, the car in which | the two were riding hit a truck operated | by James Williams, 32 years old, of Savage. Md.. who escaped unhurt. Po- lire were nformed the car containing the constable was on the wrong side of the road at the time of the mishap. Joseph I Wilson, jr. 7-month-old #on of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson of 1312 Florida avenue, was painfully burned about the chest, arms and head yesterday afternoon by a firecracker which was tossed into the machine of his parents while the family was re- turning from an outing at Bay Ridge, Md As the Wilson car neared Mount ! Olivet Cemetery. a machine bearing Virginia tags puiled alongside and one of its two occupants flung a firecracker into the child’s hammock and sped away. The firecracker exploded, blow- ing the child’s rompers into shreds and tearing two holes in tHe hammock. The infant was taken to Casuaity Hospital. treated by staff physicians and then removed to its home. Wilson fold police he gave chase to the Virginia automobile as it sped away but was soon outdistanced. He fur- nished officers investigating the case with a description of the two men and also with the tag numbers of their car and an arrest is expected today. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and a son, Jack, 8 years old, escaped injury. Saul G. Arnoff, 10 years old, of Baiti- more, Md., was also burned by a Tre- cracker tossed from a parked machine while playing at Third and G streets vesterday. The boy was taken to Sibley Hospital by his father and treated for burns of the right leg. Says Man Drew Pistol. ‘The elder Arnoff told police one of | the men seated in the car drew a pistol and warned him to “beat it” when he attempted to remonstrate with the From the description furnished by Arnoff, sixth precinct policemen arrest- ed two men sitting in & coupe parked in | front of an apartment at Third and G| streets shortly afterward. ‘The men, who are being held for in- vestigation, are booked as Elmer Altizer, 34 years old, of Richlands, Va. and Frank Jewett, 23 years old, of the As. toria Apartmeénts. A quantity of fire- erackers were found in théir machine. | Mr. and Mrs. Wilson viewed the two | men at the sixth precinct last night, | but told police they could not positively | identify either as the man who threw the firecracker into their car, while Ar- | noff is to face the pair today in an ef- fort to identify them as the men seated | in the machine from which the fire- eracker which injured his son was thrown. Injured when a flare dropped from | an airplane exploded at his back last night on the Monument Lot during the Fourth of July celebration, Policeman | Theodore A. Schultz, 33 vears old, of No. 1 precinct was suffering in Emer- | gency Hospital today from burns and severe shock. The accident happened about 9:30 when Schultz, accompanied by Miss Freddie Ray, alsé of 1815 P street, was | watching the ceremomies. The air- | glme. high overhead, cut loose the are It fell into the ecrowd and land- ing at Policeman Schultz’s back ex- ploding with a loud report. His clothes ‘were set afire and some of them burned from his back, as those near him fran. tically fought to extinguish the flames, Schultz was knocked unconstious by the blow and when asked about it this morning said he had been in such a Brown was | Above: Mrs. Evelyn Wilson with her little son, Joseph I. Wilson, jr., who was burned on the left arm yesterday when an occupant of a passing automobile threw a firecracker into the Wilson machine, The baby was in & swinging erib in the rear of the car, Below: Policeman Theodore A, Schalts of the first precinct, who is in Emer- geney Hospital, suffering from burns re- ceived on the Monument Grounds last night when an airplane flare fell and exploded behind him.—Star Staff Photos. released before hospital officials ob- tained his first name. | Treated for Powder Burns. James Patterson, 30. of Clarendon, Va.; W. C. Johnson, 40 years old, of | 1400 block Twentieth street northeast, | and Jack Lersta of the 1600 block C street southeast, received first aid treat- ment at Emergency Hospital for powder | burns sustained in fireworks explosions. Miss Marie Williams, 21 years old, of 104 Fourth street northeast, was burned on the left cheek while attend- ing a carnival at Vienna, Va. a fire- cracker tossed by some youthful Fourth | of July celebrants exploding close to her face. She was brought to Emer- gency Hospital for treatment by Dr.| Gregory. | Robert Lee Parker, 43 years old, of 1128 FEleventh street, was arrested early last night by Patrolman Ray Aggleson of No. 1 station, on & charge of shooting fireworks. Earlier in the day, Parker had been arrested by Policeman Thomas D. Atkinson of the first precinct and re- leased when he furnished collateral Five persons were arrested by police- men of the second precinct on similar | charges. They gave their names as | Edward F. Dorsey, colored, 22 years old, of 1239 Ninth street; Booker Brown, colored,” 20, of 1242 Four-and-a-half | street sonthwest; Theodore Smith, | coloredi 1§. of 1131 Seventeenth street; | Izler Green, colored, 33, of 1506 Fifth street, and Walter H. Fields, colored, 25, o1 615 8 street. They were arrested by Sergt. B. F.| McAllister and Privates M. H. Monta- | gue, George Absher, O. R. Van Orman and L, E. Cline. { $10. Collateral Exacted. ‘Third . precinct Policemen K. P. | Qreelow and W. R. Barco arrested Percy Saunders, colored, 32 years old, of 2224 Virginia avenue, and he was | daze he couldn't “remember _clearly what happeried. - He thought he was only partly coggtious most of the time afterward. A" Red Cross ambulance removed him to Emergency Hospital where hs was treated by Dr. L. W. Gregory. At the hospital, it was said that Schultz may be suffering also from con+ cussion of the chest. Boy Burned by Firecracker. Nine-year-old Kenneth S8wann of 643 East Capitol street was burned when a firecracker exploded in his hands. He; was taken to Casualty Hospital and treated by staff physicians. Casualty Hospital doctors also ad- ministered first aid treatment to Eugene Laurie, 9 years old, of 1625 Rosedale street northeast, when a 2-inch fire cracker “salute” exploded prematurely and burned his left shoulder. A cap which exploded in a toy pisto] held by S8amuel Mosley, colored, 8 years old. of 1452 T street, burned the young- ster about the body while he was celes brating Independence day with a group of playmates at Fifteenth and Swan streets. He was removed to Preedmen's Hospital for treatment. His condition ‘Wwas pronounced not serious and he was later permitted to go home. An exploding firecracker burned Ga- ella Garner, 24 years old, of St. Joseph, Tex.. while he was watching the fire- works display at the Monument Grounds. He was treated by Dr. Lawrence Greg- ory at Emergency Hospital. James Pat- terson and James Melroy, both of Rossiyn, Va., and’ Jack Taylor, 20, of 2400 block E street, were also treated by Dr. Gregory at that institution for powder burns of the face and hands received while celebrating in front of their homes Burns about the face and hands were sustained by Ralph Clinton of 112074 Florida avenue while cracker at Seventeenth and B streets | northeast. Casualty Hospital physicians | treated him. Silver Spring Boys Murt. Severe burns of the chin' were in-| flicted upon John Oden, ir., 13 years old. of Silver Spring, Md., by a fire- cracker which exploded while holding | it in his hand. He was treated by | family phystcian A second Silver Spring youth, W. R Van Horn, of 5809 Sligo Mills road. re- | ceived burns of the left hand in a| similar manner. First aid treatment was given by Waiter Reed Hospital at- | taches and he returned home. | Picking up A firecracker to determine whether it had exploded cost Alfred Joel, colored, 14 years old, of 1808 | Benning road northeast, burns of the Tight hand and he was taken to Cas- ualty Hospital Lacerations of the right hand and neck were suffered by Wilson Jones, .14 years old, of 206 Fourteenth street northeast when a firecracker exploded in his hands. He was treated at Cas- ualty Hospital Ciaude Woods, colored, 27 years old, of 1250 Boulevard road northeast was | rushed to the same institution when a lighted sparkler playfully stuck in his face by a companion infiicted burns about the right eye Victor Lacey, 13 years old, of 3047 Douglas street mnortheast, was also treated at Casuaity for burns of the right hand received while igniting fire- Teleased on $10 collateral. Davis J. Mitchell, colored, 23 years old, of 907 Sixth street southeast, was srrested by Policeman Thomas D. | Balley of No. 8 station. Charles Walker, colored, 17 years | old, of 24 G street: Lewis Harwitz, 40 | ears old, of Baltimore, Md., and | ymond Jones, colored, 30 years oid, | of 323 Missouri avenue, were booked at the simh precinct following their arrest by Patrolmen W. T. Burroughs, 8. J. Holloday and Rudolph Schleichert. | Sergt. W. C. Balderson of the eighth precinet arrested Herman Thomas, colored, 44 years old, of 208 D street southeast. John Cash of $20 Newton street, was arrested by Private E. D. | Lampert of the ninth precinct, while Allen DeFord, 40 years old, who gave his address to twelfth precinct police | as Connecticut avenue northeast, was taken 1nto custody by Patrohman C. B. | Kimball of that station. | Cliff Fredwell, 22 years oid, of the 1600 block of Eleventh streef, Wash- | ington, was treated in Emergency Hos- | pital for internal injuries sustained in | an automobile accident near Oxon Hill, Md. Harry Kirchton, 600 block of P street northeast, suffered face lacera- tions in an accident on the Marlboro Pike, and received treatment at Cas- usity Hospital, He reported his car was struck by another which failed to sto) Rithough trac was heavy on all | main highways, police sald compara- tively few accidents were reported to them. Autos Collide in Southeast. Mrs. Ruth Brinsfield, 27 years old, of 2101 Thirteenth atreet southeast, was reported injured seriously yesterday when an antomobile in which she was riding with her husband and another firing & fire. [Ccouple was in a collision with a car| Nearly driven South by Axel Carolina avenue southeast, Muckenbrin of 1010 | at | Eleventh street and North Carolina avenue northeast. | The driver of the machine in which she was riding, Howard Boyce, 27, of | 1222 W street southeast, sustained head | injuries while his wife received a pos- | sible fracture of the spine and pelvis and lacerations of the left thigh. They were treated at Casually Hospital Mrs. Brinsfield's husband, Dryden rinsfield, escaped uninjured, Albine D. Southmade, 21_years of Wilmington, Del., was hurled r husband, . and injured, n the truck collided with a street car ai Fifth street and Massachusetts | avenue. The woman was treated at Casualty Hospital for shock and con- tusions. Her condition is not regarded as serious BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band _this evening at the bandstand at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointer, assistant. March, “The Path of Glory”....Woods Irish overture, “Colleen Bawn"..Beyer | Buite, “Three ‘Spanizh Dances,” Moszkowsky “Allegro. Brioso” “Moderato” | “Belero Scents from the oper kavaller” “Der Rosen- .Strauss works at Pair Haven, Md A 4-year-old child known only as Kelly was treated at Emergency Hos- pital for burns about the mouth suffered when a firecracker exploded near his face.” He was brought to the hospital from Bon Air, Va, and treated, being - b Fox trot, “Chant of the Jungle,” rown Waltz suite, “Forget-Me-Not,” Waldteufel Finale, “Colonel James S. Pettit," Zimmermann “The Star Spangled Banner.” | sons were injured by sl 178 PERSONS KILLED, HUNDREDS INJURED IN U. S. ON JULY 4TH| ___(Continued From First Page.) totaled 12. This was the largest num- ber of such deaths recorded in the three years the Assoclated Press has been keeping a Nation-wide check upon Independence day fatalities.r A year ago there were seven deaths from fire- works. In 1928 there were 11. The automobile, however, took the most lives—81. 1In the past three years its holiday toll has steadily increased. In 1928 it took 54 lives: Last year, 70. Drownings Take 57 Lives, ‘There were 37 drownings, & décline of 14 from a year ago and of 49 from 1928. ° This was attributable o much cooler weather generally. hot _days of the year, heat alone being responsible for 12 deaths that day. Yes- terday, however, the water held less at- | traction for the holiday millions, Deaths from fireworks were concen- States. These sections also had lengthy lists of injured. In New York City, where the sale of fire- works is forbidden, 276 persons were treated for burns from bootleg fire- crackers, Roman candles, pinwheels and rockets. At least 17 persons were seriously injured in Chicago, where celebration of the day with firecrackers went on virtually unrestricted. Chicago, 100, had its celebrants who employed firearms and even dynamite for their nojse-making, and five - bullets. Mo others were seriously injured by dyna- mite. The two men had 100 sticks of dynimite police learned. Bomb Injures Woman. In Springfield, Ill, a 75-year-old woman, who was celebrating both her own birthday and the Nation's, was seri- ausly injured when a bomb was exploded at her home, destroying it. The largest number of fatalities was reported from the Middle West, where there were 53 from all causes. The densely populated Middle Atlantic States foliowed with 39, and the South had 33, compared with 21 a year ago. ‘The Mountain States continued to ?’I‘IVI' a low death list for the holiday. There were only two there. Kansas City had the noisest celebra- tion of many years, and yet reported no serious injuries, In Michigan, home of the automobile, the number killed in motor accidents Wwas smaller than on an ordinary Sun- day. That State had the smallest num- ber of kilied and injured in many years. | A State law prohibits the use of fire- | Wworks, except by licensed persons. Roof Collapse Kills One. SOUTH BEND, Ind., July § (#).— 100 persons crowded upon the T00f of An old stable last night to watch the fireworks display at Playground Park. The roof collapsed. G| man, 34, was killed. Fift ers w S ty others were Drops Dead at Ball Game. SUPERIOR, Wis, July 5 (@, Michael Long was watching a base ball game yestcrday between two “kid” teams. “One youngster hit a home run. | Long dropped dead. Sun Explodes Chemicals, ELKHART, Ind., July 5 (4, brate the Fourth | 18-year-old To cele- Stanley Emmert, an youth, who dabbles in chemistry, prepared a mixture of liquids ‘;:‘: A jar, D;‘HI the jar on the seat of s automobile, and then we Vi for & while, (Sl The sun’s rays penetrated the gl jar. Boom! Crash! Bang! Fiftecn sore windows went all to pieces and so did the coupe. When Emmert returned all was chaos. Mississippi Pastor Drowns. HATTIESBURG, Miss., July 5 (4 | Dr. E. H. Marriner, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, suffered a heart attack and was drowned yesterday while | swimming with a picnic’ party in Leaf | River, | His body was taken from the water | by members of the party, but efforts | to resuscitate him were futile, lled in Clash. | | Two | WRIGLRY, Ky., July 6§ (#).—Pourth of July gun and knife plays in the | general store here yesterday cost the lives of two men and left two others seriously wounded as a quarrel of long standing between two families broke ' out afresi v The Fourth, of July two years ago was nre of the! Determined But Hopeless Battle Expected During Special Session. Br the Associated Press, A grim, determined and all but hope- the London naval treaty will begin on | Monday in the Senate | At the bidding of President Hoover, the members of that branch of Congress | will assemble in special session and 1eome to grips in their last bitter dis- | pute before adjourning for the Summer. The contest against the pact will be waged by a small group drawn from nearly every faction of the Senate. Its leaders will be Johnson of California and Moses of New Hampshire, vigorous debaters both By a strange twist of circumstance, the brunt of the battle for ratification will be borne by & Democrat. Swanson of Virginia, the ranking minority mem- ber of the Foreign Relations and Naval Conimittees, Will Be Given Aid. He will receive the active support of the regular Republican leadership, and of Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl- vania, and Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, both of whom were delegates to the London Conference. In advance of the struggle, the issues are clearly defined and the voting align- ment fairly definite. The one uncertain factor is how soon the question of ratification can be brought to a vote. Sponsors of the treaty predict the roll call will be taken after 10 days or two weeks of debate. The opposition is hopeful it will be longer—much longer. The primary objective of the latter’ strategy is to be delay. They hope to force the issue over until Fall. They conceded that their numerical stréngth is insufficlent to reject the pact at present, and th!; are counting upon several pertinent factors to aid them in their efforts at postponement. Anxious for Campaigns. height to which the mercury climbs here these July days. Added to that, the Senate is in an impatient, short- tempered humor, anxious to be away for the Summer and into the coming campaigns. They expect the administration will have great difficulty in keeping a quorum present and the first time a roll eall fails to produce the necessary 49 Senators they plan a motion for adjournment or recess until next De- cember They are ready, too, to fill many, many pages of the Congressional Record with arguments against ratification, as- saults upon the varfous articles of the treaty—particularly that dealing with crulsers—and attacks upon the admin- istration for refusing to produce- the confidential documents exchanged be- tween this and other nations in the process of negotiating the pact. the treaty have drawn up a definite plan of campaign. It consists primarily in leaving to the opposition the burden of carrying on the debate. Will Yield Floor. Only one or two, or possibly three, set speeches are in_contemplation by the supporters of the pact. Senator | 8wanson will speak, and perhaps Reed and Robinson. After that they plan to yield the floor as definitely and per- The primary issue in the coming struggle lies in the cruiser clauses of the treaty. The opponents contend they represent an abandonment of ac- cepted American policies of naval bufld- ing by the limitation they impose upon cruisers armed with eight-inch guns, Congress has authorized the construc- tiori of 23 vessels of this type. The treaty limits the United States to 18, with 15 for Great Britain. The latter in return is given a tonnage superiority in six-inch cruisers, In eontrast with the assertions of the administration that provides for parity between the two nations, the opposition contends that such is not the case; that, in fact, it means inferiority for America. Navy Officers Disagree, Behind this question lies dispute over how well suited to American needs, com- ships. On this point a difference of opinion has been expressed by the high- est ranking officers of the Navy. The opponents of the treaty claim, too, that it gives Japan a higher ratio than the 5—5—3 arrangement adopted At the Washington Conference. In addi- tion, they are vigorously opposed to the “escape ~clause,” under which the signatory nations may build beyond treaty figures if they consider their tion of nations outside the agreement. The sponsors of the pact are confi- dent of their voting strength. They have counted prospective votes many times and feel certain they have the ballots to ratify the treaty without either amendment or reservation. VACANT HOUSE RAIDED: 200-GALLON STILL FOUND Opsrators ive Away When Officers Visit Building on Tenth Streat Southeast. Important among these is the dizzy | To meet these taotics the sponsors of | manently as possible to the opposition. | this arrangement | paratively, are the 8 and 6 inch-gun | security menaced by the naval construc- | Detroit Police Think Three Can Solve Slaying of Two ‘\ Men Thursday. By the Associnted Press, DETROIT, Mich., July 5—The police lution of the slaying Thursday evening |of two men and the wounding of a [third I the city's latest outbreak of] gangsters warfare. The two men, William Cannon and | | George - Collins, reputed members of a | beer-running syndicate operatin { tween Detroit and Chicago. were shot to death at the Adelaide street entrance of |the La Salle Hotel, just a step from Woodward avenue. Michael Stitzel, & former doorman at a gambling house, | was seriously wounded. All three were {in an automobile preparing ta drive | away at the time. “The man who did | the “shooting and his companion who { acted as lookout auietly pocketed their | guns and disappeared in the erowd. Two of the women from whom the | police hope to get important inform: | tion are being detained. The third was uéstioned, but later released. Lou Mc- | Donald, described by police as the “girl | triend”’ of Collins, has been held for | investigation since 4 a.m. yesterday, when she appeared at the county morgue and identifiéd the man’s body. | Julia Kuffel Connors, widow of a slain | Chicago gangster and owner of the car |in which the three men were shot, is | being_held by Chicago police. Detroit | detectives are on their way there to question_her. Mrs. Mabel Barrett, sis- | ter of Cannon, was questioned yester- | day, but not detained | Both Collins and Cannon were known | to Detroit police. Chicago police said they had tried to “cut in” on the profits of big-time beer operators in the latter | city. Today's activities of the police | were pointed toward the gaining of a | more complete record of the activities |ot the two vietims. It is h y detectives to obtain much of this in- | formation from the women. Mrs. Con- nors is said to have forwarded consid- erable money to Cannon. 'KINGSFORD-SMITH IN CUPID’'S MESHES | Noted Wing Commander Hastening | Plans for Reunion With Fiancee in Australia. | By the Associated Pr OAKLAND, Calif., July 5—8hedding his role as round-the-world flyer, Wing Comdr. Charles Kingsford-Smith today | became very much the prospecti | bridegroom, ~ eagerly completing | rangements for his return to Australia and his flancee. Kingsford-Smith's career as an aerial | globe circler came to an end here yes- | terday at 2:36 p.m., when he and his flying companions, arriving from Sait Lake City, landed the Southern Oross where it took the air for the worid flight in May, 1928. The landing was the signal for the parting of long-time flying partners As the wing commander arranged his trip home, the famous old patchwork monoplane, with its history of Pacific and Atlantic flight was wheeled in a ngar to be sold on the block. The conqueror of oceans and Aus- tralian jungles will fly to New York City and take a steamer to England, then to the Antipodes to claim Miss Mary Poweli as his bride. He will take with him a chest of silver presented as a wedding gift by Oakland admirers at a meeting last night at which the wing commander praised his crew, Capt. J. Patrick Saul, navigator; John W. Stannage, radio operator, and M. E. Van Dyk, co-pilot. PILOT OF WRECKED PLANE UNIDENTIFIED Damaged Craft Below Surface of Bay Only Clue to Driver of Airship. By the Associated Press. ALAMEDA, Calif, July 5.—Wreckage of an airplane 20 feet below the surface of San Francisco Bay today furnished the only clue as to who perished in a 1,000-foot power dive of a stolen biplane yesterday. The plane, owned by the Alameda Flying Club, was taken from its ar by an unidentified pilot when the field crew was welcoming the monoplane Bouthern Cross at the Oakland Field nearby yesterday. After the crash, heard a mile away, | wreckage appeared on the surface of the bay. ‘OMcials of the club sald the craft had | been taken from its hangar without per- mission. FORMER LOG-ROLLING CHAMP REGAINS TITLE ‘Wilbur Marx Defeats Pacific Coast Ace in Birling Contest at Clogquet, Minn. B the Associated Press be- | A 200-galion capacity still was dis-| CLOQUET, Minn., July 5.—Regaining the title he len White- | covered by Sergt. T. T. Dalhouse and | Prohibition Enforcement Officers F. L. | Arrington and T. M. McVearry of the | fifth police precinct in a raid on a vacani house at 201 Tenth street | southeast last night. No arrest was made. Police said the house had been watched for some time. Sixty 50-gallon barrels of mash were destroyed. Op-| erators of the distillery were away from the house when the raid was made. FLEES TRAINING SCHOOL Eleven-Year-0ld Boy Walks Off, Unseen by Guards. Louls Means, 11 years old, escaped from the Boys' Training School at Lochraven, Md., yesterday afternoon by | walking off while guards were not | watching him, it was reported to local | police last night | The boy is sald to have relatives liv- | ing here In the 300 block of Twelfth | street northeast and the 100 block of V| street northeast lost a year ago, Wilbur Marx, 20, Eau Claire, Wis., today was renamed world's champion log roller by winning a birling contest here. Marx yesterday defeated the cham- pion. Lawrence Bergeron, Cloquet, In the semi-finals, and then quickly won from Harry Foster, Aberdeen, Wash,, Pacific Coast champion, in the final. Falling Bottle Hits Man. A bottle dropped from the second tier of the stands at Grifith's Stadium yesterday afternoon struck Robert R. Turner, 45 years old, of 1935 Lincoln road northeast, a glancing blow on the forehead. Dr. d Larkin of 1801 I street, who was seated nearby, ad- ministered first aid Competes With Speakeasies. NEW YORK, July 5 (#).—Saloons once served free lunch and now a com- petitor of speakeasies does so. The Salvation Army sells buttermilk for 2 cents a glass al a place on the Bowery in order to offset “smoke” shops which dispense bad liquor. A restaurant chain donates its daily surplus of perishable 00ds. PILOT GETS TICKET FOR LANDING PLANE IN CHICAGO’S FRONT YARD Tinkers With Motor and Takes Off Again From Grant Park After Receiving Scolding. CHICAGO, July 5 (A).—Grant Park is Chicago's front yard, and the front yard is no place to land an airplane. J. L. McGrady, a pilot who made no claims to being much on endurance fiying. dropped his plane there yes- terday when the motor began acting up. People ran hither and thither, out of the way. A policeman gave him a balled Mr. McGrady out good. there's a law against landing planes in public parks. Mr. MeGrady tinkered with his molorl and finally flew away, ticket. He d. He said A remarkable exhibition of historical | documents showing evolution of the Deciaration of Independence was opened to public view today at the Library of less battle against the ratification of looked to three women today for a m-:ConlrmA Grouped in a case adjoining the shrine of the original declaration itself, the papers show. among other things, that the declaration was signed not o {July 4, as many persons suppose, but on August 2 or later; and how the in« | strument had its origin in George | Mason's Bill of Rights, Thomas Jeffer- | son’s preamble to the Virginia consti- | tution and Richard Henty Lee’s motion for independence in the Continental Congress, June 7, 1776. | There are eleven documents in the display, all but one of them being brought together from other collections already in they Congressional Library. ‘The exception is the original first “fa! | copy of Jefferson's plan for a Virginia | constitution, just received at the library | from Willlam E. Benjamin of New York, authority on American histori manuseripts and founder of the library's | William E. Bénjamin Chair of Ameri- | can History. It was Mr. Benjamin's suggestion that the library make a special group- | ing of the related manuscripts so u‘ to show the path of independence {rom | the old Virginia Convention to the Con- | tinental Congress in Philadelphia. | ‘This is what visitors to the library | will have the opportunity of seeing: | 1. Instructions from the Virginia Convention to the Virginia delegates in | the Continental Congress, May 15, 1776: | As & rtesult of the deliberations of the | committee of the whole, the convention | voted unanimously to instruct the Vir- | ginia delegates in the Continental | Congress, then sitting in Philadelphia, to propose that the Congress “deciare the United Colonies free and inde- pendent States, absolved from all alle- giance to or dependence upon the crown or parliament of Great Britain.” ‘The eonvention further resolved that & | committee be appointed to prepare a declaration of rights and plan of gov- ernment for the State. ‘Thomas Nelson, jr., & member of the convention, immediately set out for Philadelphia with these resolves. He arrived In that city and the resolves were read in Congress May 27, 1776. Thomas Jefferson, one of the Virginia delegates, at once set himself to the task of devising & plan of government, or constitution, for his native Btate. 2. The Virginia Bill of Rights—George Mason was appointed by the conven- tion & member of the committee just mentioned and drafted the Bill of Declaration of Rights, which was sub- mitted to the convention on May 27, the very day on which the instructions (No. 1) were read to the Congress in Philadelphia. The manuseript shown is the earliest known draft and is in the handwriting of George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee. A copy of this draft, also in Mason’s handwriting, is in the Virginia State Library. It was from the first three propositions in this Declaration of Rights that Thomas Jefferson drew the important funda- mentals of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. 3. First publication of the Virginia Bill of Rights—The Virginia Gazette, published in Willlamsl June 1, printed Mason's Declaration of Rights as submitted to the convention. It was through this publieation that Thomas Jefferson, then in Philadelphia, ob- tained his first knowledge of George Mason's ideas. 4. Thomas Jefferson’s first ideas for a constitution of Virginia—As & pre- amble to his plan of government for Virginia, Jefferson felt the need of stating the reasons for abruptly sever- ing all politieal relations between his native State and Great Britain. In fulfilling this need, and thereby justi- fying the momentous step, Jefferson presented reasons in a formulation of charges against King George III. These charges are the first presentation of the indictments later incorporated in the Declaration of Independence. 5. The first “fair” copy by Jefferson of plan of a constitution for Vir- ginia—After working over this plan until it was fairly satisfactory Jeffer- son next made a fair copy, from the rough, of the “first ideas.” The manu- seri) shown is the original of this “fair” copy, but the form did not com- gkuly satisfy Jefferson, as may be seen ¥y his later alterationa. |13 for the Vi | by Richard Henry Lee in the Conti- 6. Final copy of Jeflerson’s plan of | government for Virginia—Another and final fair copy was drawn off (from No. 5), and this document, & photostat of which is shown «he original being in the New York Public Library). was the one Intrusted to George Wrythe, | who set out from Philadelphia on June | inia Convention at Wil- | liamsburg. yfhe reached the con- vention too late, as that body had al- ready decided wpon A& constitution for Virginia, but when Jefferson's plan was read his preamble met with such ap- proval that it was incorporated introduction to the constitution i the convention had siready adopted 7. Resolution of independence offered nental Congress: Meanwhile, on June 7. in Philadelphia, the Virginia dele- gates in Congress, in obedience to the nstructions from the convention (No. 1), moved & resolution that the United Colonies were free and independent States. ‘The resolution was drawn up and offered by Richard Henry Lee, em- bodying the words of the instructions of the convention of May 15. The mo- tion was debatéd and, as it was piain to Congress that Lee's resolution must eventually pass, & committee was ap- pointed on Juneé 11 to draft a declara- tion of independence in preparation for the adoption of Lee's motion This committée eonsisted of Thomas Jeffer- son, John Adams, Benjamin Frankiin, | Robert R. Il"nrtm\ and Rogér Sher- | man. It was left to Jefferson to draw | up the form of declaration. He im- | meédiately set to work, and as the politi- cal situation dernanded speedy action Jefferson most naturally seized upon the idea of revising his preamble to the Vir- ginia constitution as the best method of introducing and justifying the action of the Congress in assuming independ- énce. A comparison of the charges against the king in the Declaration of Independence and those in the pream- ble to the Virginia constitution (Nos. ‘fl and 10) will be found most interest- ng. 8. The resolution of independence, July 2, 1776: The resolution as reported to Congress by the committee of the whole, was evolved from Richard H. Lee's motion of June 7. It is in the writing of Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress, and shows the vote by States. 9. The first publieation of the move for independence: The news of the ac- tion of Congress on July 3, 1776, was fi'\.mn‘vggnnr:‘a ’,’,’ :na Pennsylvania Eve- that day, & photosta which is shown. i 10. Jefferson’s draft of the Declara- tion of Independence: This manuscript in Jefferson’s handwriting is the eopy which he retained for his own files, In the text he has inclosed in brackets those parts of his draft which were stricken out by Congress in the course of the debate on the subject, when sit- ting as & committee of the whole. In the margins Jefferson has noted a few of the alterations made by Benjamin Pranklin and John Adams, who were Apparently the only members of the committee to suggest changes. It was from this document, it is lleved, that Jefferson drew off a “fair” copy which Was submitted to Congress as the report of the committee for & form of the Dec- laration of Independence. This “fair" ©opy has never come to light and is presumed to have been destroyed. Con- gress struck out various portions of the Jefferson draft and made but ons addi- tlon—that of the Resolution of Inde- pendence adopted on July 2. The al- tered draft was immediately seni to John Dunlap, the printer of Congress, to be set up in printed form. 11. Journal of the Continental Con- gress showing the Declaration and part of the proceedings to July 4, 1776: Rather than copy ouf the long Deciara- tion, or perhaps because the only avail- Able copy was then in the hands of the printer, Secretary Thomson waited until the next day (July 5) and wafered into the Journal of July 4 one of the printed (broadside) coples, which were 1eady that day. | On July 19 Congress ordered fhat the | Declaration be engrossed on parchment | and signed by the delegates. This parchment was ready on August 2, and most of the signatures were affixed on that day. Others were added later. This signed parchment, which is the Declaration of Independence, is on ex- hibition in the permanent shrine built | for it and for the original manuscript of the Constitution of the United Stat: BRIDE T0 DELAY NAMING O ADE Announces William A. Rob- erts Is Only One of Se eral Candidates. The position of special legal assistant to the Public Utilities Commission pro- vided in the District appropriation bill recently signed will not be filled for sev- eral weeks, Corporation Counsel Wil- liam W. Bride said today. Mr. Bride | sald he was leaving soon for a trip w0 | Europe, and the appointment will not be made until after his return. Reports that William A. Roberts will get the job are premature, Mr. Bride said. He sald Roberts is one of several candidates under consideration. The new position calls for a salary of $6,500 a year. The holder will be an assistant corporation counsel, but will take his orders from the Publio Utilities Commission and devote his entire time to public utilities cases. Mr. Roberts has had experience in these lines, being now employed as a senlor atforney examiner on valuations for the Interstate Commerce Com- mission. Mr. Bride asserted if ‘Roberts were not appointed, the apg:lmmem would 80 to some man of Mr. Roberts’ qualities, as he said he regards Roberts as made” for the job. MRS. GEORGIA W, PRECOTT EXPIRES AT AGE OF 91 Native of Boston Was Oldest Mem- ber of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Georgia W. Prescott, 91 years old, a resident of Washington for near'y 70 years, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter I. Gideon, at Clarendon, Va. Mrs. Prescott was & native of Boston, Mass, Since coming to Washington, Mrs. Prescott had remained actively asso- clated with the Fourth Presbyterian “tailor- TICKET “SCALPING” LAW BROUGHT OUT Court Authorities Find Old Historic Papers of Awembies Trending AVERHARBOR BILL Toward Independence Open to Public in Library of Congress. Foresees Labor Greatly Ben- |efited in $145,000,000 Out- lay for Public Improvements. It was with great satisfaction that President Hoover affixed his signature to the rivers and harbors bill providing for the construction of more than 180 projects to cost ultimately Approxi- mately $145.000,000, inasmuch as it represents the final authorization of the engineering work for the eonstruetion and co-ordination of a greal systéem of waterways and harbors which he has advocated for more than five years, and which he promised in his campaign for the Presidency and which he has rec- ommended to Congress since becoming President. This attitude of the President toward this legisiation was revealed vesterday in a statement issued At the White House. 0. K.'s Inland Waterways Extension. This statement also called attention to the fact that this inland waterway undertaking represents a larger project even than the Panama Canal, will pro- vide employment for many thousands of men and. according to the opinion of the President, will be fruitful in bringing About reduced transportation rates on bulk goods and should bring great benefits to the agricultural see- tions and industries. He believes also that. it should result in better distribu- tion of the population away from con- gested centers President's Statement. ‘The President’s statement in full fol- lows ‘It _was with particular satisfaction that 1 signed the rivers and harbors bill, s it represents the final authoriza= tion of the engineering work by which we construct, and co-ordinate our great systems of waterways and harbors, which I have advocated for over five years; it was promised in the last eam- paign and in my recommendations to Congress: “We can now build the many re- maining segments of a definite canliza- tion of our river system through which modern barge trains of 10,000 to 15000 tons of burden can operate systematically to the Midwest and to the Gulf of Mexico, ard through the lakes to the Atlantic. The syttem when completed will have 12,000 miles of waterways, and will give waterway connection between such great cities as New Orleans, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, St. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and Souix City, Keokuk, Min= neapolis, St. Paul, Chicago, Evansville, * Cincinnati, Wheeling and Pittsburgh. ‘Through the Great Lakes and the Erie Canal many of these points will have access to Central New York and the Atlantic. By its authorization for deepening of lake channels we shall support the present commerce of the Great Lakes and make preparation for ocean shipping by the uitimate deepen- ing of the St. Lawrence. Harbor Imprevements Cited. “It 1s a long-view plan for the future, ments in our harbor: “It 1s a long view plan for the future. It will require many years to complete its construction. I 'do not propose that we should proceed in a hephazard man- ner, that we should approach the prob- ” lem on sound engineering lines, com- pleting the main trunk systems and gradually extending the work outward along the lateral rivers. ‘Some of the items authorized have not yet been recommenced by the 5!,:1;:::.knend n!l course they will not be aken unless they a - FLEE y are so recom: “The bill does not call for any in- crease in the budget for this fiseal year, the appropriations having pro- vided by which work will be pushed At all avallable points in assistance to the temporary unemployment situation, Program of ‘Operation Ontlined. “I have, in co-operation with Secre- tary Hurley, established during the past year a new organization for the con- duct of these works. In this organiza- tion we have created under Gen. Lytle Brown eight separate divisions, headed by responsible directing engineers, as follows: Lakes division, Col. E. M. Markham; ¢ Upper Mississippl Valley, Lieut. Col. G. S. Spaulding; Lower Mississippi Val- ley, Brig. Gen. T. H. Jackson: North Atlantic dlvision, Col. W. J. Borden; South Atlantic division, Col: H. B. Fer~ guson; Guif division, Lieut. Col. Mark gn;ok‘:‘ North Pnc)%: division, Col. G. ukesli; Soth Pacific division, Lieut. Col. T. M. Robinson. pics “In aggregate this inland w undertaking represents a larger project than even the Panama Canal. 1t will provide employment for thousands of men. It should be fruitful of decreased transportation charges on bulk goods; should bring great benefits to our farms and industries. It should result in bet- terment of our population away from the congested centers.” aterway Regulation Has Been Repealed. Seven persons arrested for ticket “scalping” yesterday will be prosecuted for violation of police regulations at Police Court, instead of a violation of the United States code, as police ex- pected. Court authorities discovered today that the old law under which soalpers had been arraigned has been repealed. Oscar Herbert Glassman was arrested Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania enue yesterday afternoon after a base ball fan to whom he had sold tickets had chased him from Griffith Stadium In a taxicab. The fan charged that the tickets the man had sold him were not the same that he had represented them to be. Other persons arrested for selling tickets in public were Martin Kline, 22 years old, and Arthur Abrams, 332, of Philadelphia; Oscar Metz, 40, a painter, of Park road near Georgia avenue: Benjamin Fletcher, 28 years old, M street near Thirteenth; Joseph Pru- litsky, & chauffeur, of the 900 block of ‘Twenty-fourth street, and Martin John- son, 21 years old, Ninth and H streets. All of the men were arrested by headquarters detectives and police of the eighth precinct. hey were re- leased under $500 bond each. It 18 expected that the arrested per- sons under the new charge which will be made out against them—namely, that of selling tickets in public without a license—will be allowed to forfeit small amounts of collateral at court, according to Charles B. Murray, assistant District attorney. The former charge under which they were arraigned, a more serious one, degranded a straight jail sentence. ACCUSED. OF TAKING $785 Former Tile Company Treasurer Is Held for Grand Jury. Ohurch. being the oldest member of the congr Aon. Last year, at the age of 90 yea she cast her first presiden- tal vote for President Hoover. She was well known for her anecdotes and intimate knowledge of Civil War con- d#tions in Washington, Besides Mra. Gideon, with whom she 0. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Episcopal Church in-Rock Creek Cemetery, In- terment will be in the cemetery. Frank C. Lombardy, 3200 block of Monroe street northeast, former treas- urer and manager of a tile company at 114 C street, was held for grand jury action under $2,000 bond when ar- taigned in Police Court today for al- leged embezziement of $785 from his employer. tective H. E. Ogle testified Lom- bardy received his company pay roll check of $1,100, paid off some of the employés and kept the rest for himself, George Ronohl, president of the com- puy'u listed as complaintant, CORONER'S JURY DENIES NEGLIGENCE IN DEATH A verdict of accidental death without criminal negligence was returned today by a coroner’s jury following an in- vestigation of the killing of George Mackie, 26-year-old steel worker, at the Bureau of Standards Thursday. The jury deliberated less than 10 minutes. Seven witnesses were ex- amined by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, Leroy Lewis, foreman of a crew em- ployed by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Works Co., testified that his men were dismantling a water fower when a, 48-foot strip of steel fell. Mackie was pinned underneath. The foreman and other eve-witnesses were unable to ex- plllnm what caused the heavy beam to slip. Mackie's death was broken back. —— CAMP GOOD WILL SHARES. IN HOLIDAY MERRIMENT Camp Good Will had its share in the holiday, yesterday with a mock Indian fight in the woods by the boys and and with outdoor sports and contests in which both girls and boys took part while the mothers gave a play in the evening for the entertainment of all. The boys under the direction of John Germeck, captain of councils lors, divided into two groups called the “blues” and the “reds,” the latter taking possession of an imaginary fort, in the woods and the former advancing Indian style under cover to the attack, When the attackers had tagged a cer tain number of the fort group the latter were declared captured. Winners in the athletic contests were as follows Swimming, free style—Ralph Owen, first; Paul Merriman, second. Same, for girls—Lillian Tucker, first; Margaret Duck, second. caused by &° Dlvlnl—J:hn Wall, first; Paul Merris man, second. Stunts—Don Simmons, first; Ralph Owens, second. Potato race—Paul Merriman. Same, for girls—Margaret Duck, first: Dolly Schriver, second; Evelyn Gooding, third, Sixty-yard race, for older bo; Elmer Tull, first; Allan Weaver Paul Merriman, second. Same, for younger boys. Buddy Birch, first; Buddy Tull, second. Obstacle race, older—Allan Weaver, firat; Elmer Tull, second. Same, for younger boys—Buddy Tull, first; Buddy Birch, second. Basket, ball throw for girls—Dally Schiiver,