Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1930, Page 17

SMITH 1S VICTOR - BY WIDE MARGIN - INCONGRESS RACE Polls Nearly Half of Vote in Eighth Virginia District. ALEXANDRIA EXCEEDS VOTE IN ARLINGTON Candidate’s Victory Declared to Give Little Solace to Either Wets or Drys. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Judge Howard W. Smith of Alexan- dris captured nearly half of the total vote of the eighth congressional district of Virginia yesterday in his race for the Democratic nomination for Congress. Returns that were complete from all | tod: but two small precincts in Stafford County today gave Judge Smith 9,327 of the total vote of 19,032, his nearest competitor being State Senator Frank L. Ball of Arlington County, with a total vote of 4,546. Smith Takes Lead Early. While the supporters of Ball and ‘Thomas R. Keith of Fairfax, the latter & member of the law firm headed by R. Walton Moore, the retiring Repre- sentative, yesterday expressed confidence in the success of their candidates, it was evident early in the day Smith’s nomination was assured. His plurality, however, was much greater than was anticipated. Keith ran third with a total vote of 3,942, while Capt. Crandal Mackey, Arlington County wet, received 980 and E. H. De Jarnette of Orange received ,237; of this number, 199 votes were in’ his own county. It 'will be somewhat difficult for either the wets or drys to derive any great comfort from yesterday's vote, for the successful nominee was the only one who had consistently refused to commit himself upon this question, all of his opponents making this the main issue of their campai . Ball is a dry, Mackey is extremely wet, Keith is wet and DeJarnette advocated the dis- tribution of liquor at the rate of a quart a month per individual. Alexandria Vote Large. Among the many surprises of yester- day's balloting was the fact that Alex- andria polled more votes than did Ar- lington County, a heretofore unheard of proceeding, and it was to this that Smith may attribute a large amount of his plurality, Ball losing on the same . basis. The heavy Alexandria voting carried out the pi of Smith supporters, but the lighter vote in Ar- lington County effectively wiped out any chance that Ball might have had in the beginning. e e i o red wit! n’s S‘Jerou.!. Of the Alexandria vote Smith received 2,718; Ball, 731; Keith, 203; Mackey, 82, and DeJarnette, 3. Arlington’s vote gave Ball 2,063; ith, 787; Mackey, 441, and Keith, 129. DeJarnette failed to recelve & single vote in the county. Deferred Announcement Blamed. Keith's failure to carry his home county, which he lost to Smith by a narrow margin, is attributed by his supporters to the fact that.he did not announce his candidacy until many in- fluential votes had been pledged to ith. n"'.l'he result in Prince William County was surprising to many because Rev. David Hepburn, director of the Virginia Anti- League, had been worl there for Ball. Smith, nevertheless, carried the county by a substantial margin. j The total vote in the district was considered extremely gratifying to the Democrats, since it had been estimated that tiee vote would be between 15,000 and 20,000 and it almost reached the latter figure. HOME TOWN FOR SMITH. xandria Gives Judge 1993 Plurality A Over Nearest Rival. Special Dispatch to The Btar. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 6.—Judge Howard W. Smith, successful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Con- gress from the eighth district, made his best showjng here, where he resides | goith 306; Ball, 75; Mackey, 1. when not attending his farm in Fauquier County. The judge’s majority was 1,668, and his plurality over his nearest rival, State Senator Frank L. Ball, was 1,993. An all-time rml’dedfnr votes cast was set, 3,825 being polled. All 'six wards were carried by the suc- cesstul candidate. His smallest vote was in the sixth, which is composed of ter- ritory recently annexed from Arlington County. This ward polled the smallest number of votes. Judge Smith received a total vote in the city of 2,724, while Senator Ball received 731. Thomas R. Keith received a total of 240 in the six wards. He failed to make an impressive showing in any. Crandal Mackey polled 81 votes, while E. H. De Jarnetge, Jr., received four. He failed o receive & single vote in the first, second or fourth wards. Forty-three ballots im- properly marked were thrown out. The heavy vote here is attributed to the zealous work of Judge Smith’s sup- porters, who left no stone unturned in getting the voters to the polls. One colored woman voted in the second ‘The mail vote was the heaviest ' VOTE LIGHT IN FAIRFAX. Thomas R. Keith Carries Home Precinct by Large Majority. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX. Va, August 6.—Fairfax County yesterasz zast 1,105 ballots for Howard Smith of Alexandria, 933 for Thomas Keith of Fairfax, 428 for Frank Ball of Clarendon and 42 for Crandall Mackey of Rosslyn. The unofficial rec- ord, with 22 of the 25 precincts ac- counted for, failed to show any votes for E H. De Jarnette of Orange. The vote was lighter than had been expected, at least 1,500 qualified voters failing 10 go to the polis. Keith carried his home precinct at Fairfax Court House by a large majority in spite of the fact that practically every county official was_pledged to Smith before Keith’s candidacy was announced. It is conceded that the last-minute attack on Ball's support of the child labor amendment hurt him with the county’s farmers, who were not well in- 1o rmed as to the real issue there. The support of David Hepburn and the Anti-Saloon League also worked no penefit to Ball in Fatffax County. Mac- key’s attacks of Keith as a power trust lawyer, while not helping himself, did harm to Keith's candidacy. ‘The voting was quiet, the only chal- lenges in the county, 0 far as known, being at Viepna, where a number of so-called Brown supporters were ques- tioned. However, as Pollard only re- ceived 54 votes at Vienna precinct last Fall and as 214 votes were polled there yesterday it is easy to see t most of the wanderers were allowed to return. The same is true of Herndon and Lang- y precincts, also strongholds last year the anti-Smith Democrats. Many who were in the forefront Will of Prominent Georgetown WASHINGTON, D. C, GIRL MAKES PERFECT LANDING WHEN ENGINE DIES 3,000 FEET UP Harriet E. Sackett, Getting Pilot’s License, Displays Nerve. First Woman to Pass Federal | Examination Wins Over Difficulties. Caught with a dead motor 3,000 feet | above the Capital while putting her plane through the necessary paces for obtaining a private pilot's license at Washington _Airport yesterday after- noon, Miss Harriett E. Sackett, State Department employe, yesterday safely brought her machine to a three-point landing on the field. The girl, the first to be given a pri- vate pilot’s license in the Capital this year, and the first girl student of the District of Columbia Air Legion to win her pilot’s license, showed, according to Alva Sole, president of the Air Legion, all the nerve necessary for a good pilot, in bringing her disabled ship to a safe landing with a “dead stick.” “It was one of the most beautiful ex- hibitions of feminine nerve and skill in flying I have ever seen,” Sole declared ay. Miss Sackett took her examination be- fore a large gathering of aviators and friends yesterday. She went through the requirements for her private pilot's license easily, and was sailing along MISS HARRIET E. SACKETT. smoothly when, suddenly, her motor went dead half & mile up. She sent the ship gently into a spiral and circled down over Washington Alrport, the ship riding easily and the pilot maneuvering expertly to get into the field properly. Miss Sackett today was modest about her achievement. “It was all I could do,” she said. “They taught me how to fly and I brought the ship in according to in- structions. That was all there was to 1" MACKALL ESTATE EXCEEDS §182.000 Physician Names Widow as Sole Beneficiary. Dr. Louis Mackall, prominent George- town physiclan who died July 27, left an estate valued in excess of $185,000, a to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Lucy H. Mackall, for the probate FIDAC CONGRESS 10 OPEN SEPT. 18 Eleventh Annual Session of Allies’ Veterans’ Group to - Be Held Here. Dates for the holding of the eleventh annual Congress of the Federation In- teralliee des Anciens Combattants, bet- ter known as F. I. D. A. C., were an- nounced today by Maj. Julius I. Peyser, of the of his 110.86. Mackall. By the terms of the will, dated May 23, 1000, the widow is named as sole the estate and as execu- by Attorneys E. Burroughs. beneficiary of trix. She is re John C. Mackal POLICE RAID HOME 85 Quarts of Whisky Seized, Vice Squad Reports. Sergt. John Leach's police vice squad raided the home of Amy Dennison, 36 years old, at 310 A street northeast, and reported seizure of 85 quarts of whisky and 126 bottles of beer last She was charged with illegal possessio) night. sale and will. He owned real estate of the assessed value of $25,836 and had personal property estimated at $160,% Besides the widow he is survived by five children, Charles M., is, Emily C., Margaret M. and Lucy H. irs and J. n, chajrman of the Washington Fidac Con- gress Committee. The convention will open here September 18 and will last through September 21. Headquarters have been established at the Carlton Hotel, and already a tentative program of entertainment for the European delegates has been ar- ranged by the committee. Many of the foremost figures in the political and social life of France, Great Italy, Poland, Portugal, Ru- Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia the guests of the American Le- gion at the congress. Among these are Comte Charles de Hemricourt de Grunne of the royal family of Bel- glum, Jean Coy, M. Taudiere, Jean Des- bond and Georges Scapini, members of the French Chamber of Deputies. FidacTs composed of 1 g ex-serv- ice men's organizations of nations al- lied with the United States in the World War. The American Legion- is the constituent member of this coun- try. and the British Legion of Great Britain. The organization was formed directly after the war with the avowed purpose of maintaining friendly rela- tions among the allies in the interest Leader Tries to Stampede Smith Dry porters. Special Dispatch to The Star. MANASSAS, Va., August 6.—Despite the last-minute efforts of David Hep- burn, State Anti-Saloon leader, by & personal visit to the county last week to stampede the dry supporters of Judge Howard W. Smith to back State Sen- ator Prank Ball, and the tactics yester- day of Keith workers in chalienging many voters, Judge Smith swept Prunce William County with a vote of 828. This was 172 votes more than the combined votes of the other four candi- dates for nomination. Thomas R. Keith ran second to Smith with a vote of while PFrank 421, supporter, 9, and De The vote by First district, fight against Pollard last year were noticed yesterday busy at the polls. ANTI-SALOON EFFORTS FAIL. Anti-Saloon lled 224; Crandall Mackey, arnette, 2. districts was as follow: Sec- of world peace. Fidac has been recognized by the governments of the various countries which are represented in its member- ship. At the last session of Congress $25,000 was appropriated to defray the costs of holding the convention in Washington this year ‘This is the sec- ond conclave of Fidac to be held in this country, a previous meeting hav- ing taken place in New Orleans several years ago. Maj. Peyser, who is chairman of the Washington Fidac Committee, is also vice president of the American Fidac. Edward L. White of New Haven is chairman of the Fidac Entertainment Committee and Col. Lemuel Bolles of New York is vice chairman. Pronti- nent Legionnaires throughout the coun- try are members of the Fidac Admin- istrative Committee. FUNERAL SERVICE HELD FOR EDWARD B. DORAN Former Army Comrades Are Pres- ond district, Aden—Smith, 49; Keith, 1; Ball, 21. Brentsville—Smith, 10; Keith, 28: Ball, 5. ith, 125; Keith, 3; Ball, 4. Greenwich— Smith, 34; Keith, 23; Ball, 6; Muk:a, 1. Third district, Catharpin—Smith, 37; Keith, 20; Ball, 3; Mackey, 2. Waterfall—Smith, 17; Keith, 2. Hay- market—Smith, 126; Keith, 46; Ball, | 15. Hickory Grove—Smith, 16; Keith, 22; Ball, 2." Fourth district, Indepen: ent Hill—Smith, 46; Keith, 28; Ball, 6 Mackey, 3; DeJarnette, 1. Token— | Smith, 14; Keith, 9; Ball, 2. Fifth| district, Dumfries—Smith, 51; Keith. 10; Ball, 6; Mackey, 1. Joplin—Smith, 23; Keith, 2. Quantico—Smith, 36; Keitb, 1; Ball, 18. Sixth district, Hoad- | ley—Smith, 22; Keith, 7; Ball, 3 Mackey, 1. Occoquan—Smith, 40; Keith, 3; Ball, 35. SMITH AHEAD IN LOUDOUN. Takes Nearly Half of 1913 Votes Polled. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., August 6.—Judge Howard W. Smith of Alexandria Te- ceived 869 votes in Loudoun County yesterday, which was nearly half of the total vote cast in the county, the total number cast being 1,913, Keith came second, with 598. Ball received 294, Mackey 146 and DeJarnette 6. Much interest was shown at all 28 precincts and, despite the intense heat yesterday, the 'vote was unusually large. RETURNS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Former Prosecutor Appears Successful for State Senate. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., August 6.— Robert White of Romney, former prose- cuting attorney &f Hampshire County, appeared the Democratic nominee for State Senate from the fifteenth district, over Adam B. Link, Jefferson County, as a result of the primagy voting yesterday. A few precincts in Morgan and Hamp- shire Counties were yet to report. The contest was one of the features in the voting in the eastern end of the State. re was no Republican entered for the State 3 In this county leading contests re- sulted as follows: House of Delegates: Democrats—A. M. Gilbert and H. L. Alexander. Republicans—James M. Dailey and J. H. Zirkle. County Court (long term) : Democrat—J. C. Ellis; Re- publican—Dick Short. Short term: Democrat—Harwood Burkhart; Repub- lican—W, M. Johnson. In Jefferson County Miss Helen M. Link was nominated for the office of assessor over former Assessor M. L. Watson on the Democratic ticket. Miss Link had been a deputy under her late father, and upon his dea! ago was named assessor. t! nomination in Jefferson is equivalent ic | match form the triple feature attrac- Beaside Park, Chesa. ent at Rites—Burial Is in Arlington Cemetery. Attended by a delegation of former Army comrades, funeral services for Edward Byrd Doran, who died Sunday, were held this morning at St. Mat- thew's Church. Interment, with full :‘Lflr’;w honors, was at Arlington Cem- Mr. Doran, a native of- California, was a descendant of the distinguished Byrd family of Colonial Virginia. He Wwas a cousin of Admiral Richard Byrd and former Gov. Byrd of Virginia, Since the Spanish-American ~War, When he enlisted after a long residence abroad, Mr. Doran had been connected with the Government. The following members of the Rich- ard J. Harden Camp, Spanish War Veterans of Washington, of which Mr. Doran had been former department historian and chaplain, served as pall- bearers: William Ohm, Frank Huhn, Willam O'Neill, James Smith, Dr. Edward Barstow and W. H. Molan. Mr. Doran is survived by his widow, Mrs. Minerva Webb Doran, of 1440 Rhode Island avenue. CONTRACT LET FOR NEW COAST GUARD GUARTERS 1, Pennsyl- vania Avenue and Madison Place, ‘Will Be Remodeled. Contracts for remodeling the interior of Treasury Annex No. 1, at Penn- sylvania avenue and Madison place, have been let to Skinker & Garrett of this city by the Treasury Department. The work includes installation of new partitions and railings ‘to make the building ready for occupancy by the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard now is located at Fourteenth and E stre in the Poli's Theater block, which 1§ to torn down to make way for the new park. Treasury An- nex No. 1 was vacated by the income tax unit, Internal Revenue Bureau, which is now installed in a new home at Tenth and B streets, The remodeling contract is to be finished in 40 days. Meantime the Government has readvertised for new bids on demolishing the Polis block and will open the same August 15. Chesapeake Beach Carnival. A water carnival, a bathing beauty contest and the first indoor water polo Treasury Annex No. tion tonight at peake Beach. WEDNESDAY, *AUGUST 6, 1930. INEW TAXICAB LINE WILL START HERE WITH LOWER RATE 200 Cars Brought Here From Hagerstown to Join Hack War Now in Progress. WILL HAVE MAXIMUM CHARGE OF 50 CENTS Start Is Delayed Until Machines and Drivers Can Meet Police Regulations. Washington's taxicab rate war, which followed the advent of the 35-cent flat rate service, is to be further intensified, it was predicted today by traffic officials, upon receipt of reports that a new com- pany is to begin operation in a few days 0“&:““‘ a new type of service at a low rate. ‘The new service, it was said, is to be modeled after the nickel-for-a-third-of- a-mile rate, introduced several weeks g0 to combat the 35-cent flat rate op- erations in the city proper. The com- pany, however, is planning to go a step further and estabMsh a maximum rate of 50 cents for the entire District. In other words, no fare will exceed 50 cents to any point in the District. New Cabs Arrive. A fleet of 200 of the new cabs, ac- cording to traffic officials, came into Washington late yesterday from Hagers- town, Md.. and are being conditioned for their debut. Six of them were ready for service this morning, but spector, would approve application for tags for only three of them, rejecting the other three because of mechanical defects of the cabs. Under a fiew system adopted about & month ago, tags for public vehicles are not issued until the Traffic Bureau testing station passes on the mechani- cal condition of the cars and Sergt. Harrington investigates and approves the character of both the driver and the owner. Some delay is anticipated, therefore, in putting the 200 new cabs into service. Need Garage Space. Unless garage facilities are provided for the 200 new taxis the operator may also be faced with considerable diffi- culty in starting the new venture. Sergt. Harrington said the new pro- cedure adopted for issuance of tags to public vehicles prevents the licensing of more vehicles than can actually be accommodated in the owner's garage. A report prepared by Sergt. Har- rington shqws it 2,453 taxicabs are now in operation in the District, 863 more than at the same time last year. The increase is due, he said, to the rate war, Since July 1 t. Harring has received 498 lpp!ifi'rl'flom for 'l"'l?oem to operate a taxicab. Two hundred were rejected, 150 because the appli- cants were unfamiliar with Washington and 50 because of questionable character. . . BUTLER RITES ARE SET FOR 9 A.M. TOMORROW Requiem Mass to Be Solemnized at Holy Comforter Church. Burial in Mount Olivet. Funeral services for Walter C. Butler, 84 years old, Civil War veteran, who died Monday, will be held at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. After brief services at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. W. G. Van Horn, 1414 North Carolina avenue northeast, requiem mass will be solemnized at ‘the Holy Comforter Church. Interment will be Olivet Cemetery, When a boy, Mr. Butler, with his parents, came to this country. He had resided here 60 years, having long been employed at the Government Printing ice. He was retired 10 years ago. A Union soldier during the Civil War, Mr. Butler had been a past commander of the Lafayette Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. When this it was disbanded, he joined the Sheridan Holy Natme Sociely and the Bely Com: ame Society and the Hol - forter Church. " dony Besides Mrs. Van Horn he is sur- 5 of New York an ©. Butler of this city. e BOY, 8, HURT WHEN HE RUNS IN FRONT OF CAR Elderly Pedestrian Injured on Be- ing Knocked Down by Auto on 14tlr Street. Gerald Bowman, 8 years old, of 522 Eleventh street southeast, received abrasions of the right wrist and shock last night when struck by a machine driven by Frank M. Pratt, 45.years old, of 1647 Lamont street. Pratt told police the boy ran from behind a parked machine in front of his home into. the path of his car. ‘The youngster was treated at Provi- dence Hospital and sent home. ‘William A Phillips of Cabin John, Md. was in- jured at Fourteenth and Waler streets southwest last night when an automo- bile operated by Isador Burka, 20, of 255 Tenth street northeast felled him. !n:!fl;gency Hospital physicians treated ips. in Mount SNYDER PLANS V';CATION U. 8. Marshal to Attend K. of P. Convention at Tampa. Edgar C. Snyder, United States mar- shal for the District of Columbia, will leave Saturday for Tampa, Fla, to at- tend the national convention of the Knights of Pythias. Snyder is taking in the convention as part of his annual leave and e: to be absent from the District for at least two weeks. In his absence Chief Deputy Stephen B, Calla- h:ln will be in charge of the marshal's office. ‘Woman Dislocates Her Jaw in Staging An Expansive Yawn Mrs. Alice Benesch, 23 years old, of 3801 Halley terrace south- east, yawned 5o vigorously upon arising yesterday that she dis- located a jawbone and had to be rushed to Casualty Hospital for treatment. X Hospital attendants managed to work the bone back to its proper m and Mrs. Benesch returned Sergt. Joseph Harrington, hack in- | DISTRICT GUARDS GET NEW COLORS - AT CEREMONIES Gen. Stephan Witnesses Pro- _gram of the 121st Engineers. REGIMENT REVIEWED BY VISITORS AT CAMP Health Is Excellent, Maj. Allen Declares, With Physicians Keeping Close Guard. Hris By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FORT HUMPHREYS, Va. August 6. —The 121st Regiment of Engineers, Dis- trict National Guard, turned from its camp labors this afternoon to receive in the presence of its commanding general the new. colors presented the regiment by the War Department. The ceremonies were the first of a distinctly formal character held since the tents were put up last Sunday. Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, command- ing the 29th National Guard Division, comprising troops of the District, Mary- land and Virginia, traveled from Wash- ington to take part in the ceremonies. Col. John L. Oehmann, commander of the regiment, was master of ceremonies. Col. C. E. Schulz, commanding Fort Humphreys, was present. Lieut. Col. H. A. Finch, assistant com- mandant at Fort Humphreys, in charge of the Engineers’ School, presented the colors to the regiment. Col. Finch was in the Militia Bureau of the War De- partment at the time the 121st Regi- ment was transferred from Infantry to Engineers. Officers Speak Briefly. Each of the officers made a brief speech after a concert by the regiment’s own band, Warrant Officer Myer Gold- man conducting. At the conclusion of the exercises the regiment passed in re- view in honor of the distinguished visitors, Later Gen. Stephan threw the first ball in a contest between the base ball teams of the 1st and 2nd Battalions for the Commanding General's Cup, em- blematic of regimental supremacy. Intensive work on fortifications and pontoon construction was conginued at the camp today. In view of the intense heat, close order formations and drills had been curtailed at the suggestion of Maj. George W. Allen, chief medical officer. The water supply was said by Col. Oehmann to be adequate, with a 1,500-gallon tank borrowed from the District Water Department furnishing 6,000 gallons of District water each day. Bathing facilities were restricted, but Col. Oehmann said that such restric- tions would be placed on any camp, re- gardless of the water supply. Physiclans Are Vigilant. .Close scrutiny was being kept over the men by the medical staff. Maj. Allen said that so far the 469 officers and men had mPonded in a gratifying man- ner, the only cases for medical atten- tion being of the “sore toe” variety, typical of large groups of men unac- customed to outdoor life. Athletics assumed a major place on the camp program today. With Sergt. C. Dunn of the Headquarters and Service company as construction fore- man, a detail was at work on a regu- lation boxing platform, 24 by 24 feet, and it was expected that bouts would be staged, beginning tomorrow. Motion pictures were to be shown tonight. Tomorrow the camp will entertain the District Commissioners, who are to inspect the regiment’s headquarters and remain at the camp for supper. Commissioner Reichelderfer was a ma- jor commanding the second battalion of the 1st Regiment in the District when Col. Oehmann enlisted as a pri- vate in the National Guard, in 1899, Col. Oehmann said today he had a warrant signed by Maj. Reichelderfer, which attested to his promotion to corporal. After several years with the National Guard, Maj. Richelderfer be- came a medical officer, attached to the regiment. WATER CONSUMERS TO GET BILLS SOON Tardy Apprppriation Measure Pas- sage Delays Date of Mailing. District water consumers, many of whom have not yet received their bill for this year, will receive ir bills in the course of the next few®days. The delay was calised by the lateness of the passage of the District appro- priation bill, carrying with it an in- crease in the water rates. Normally the bills for unmetered water service are mailed out in July and are payable in_August. N No bills were mailed in July, but the staff of the water register's office is working on them now and it is expected that most of them will be in the hands of _consumers this month. ‘The new rate for the unmetered water service is $9.85 per annum, payable in advance, for buildings of one or two stories in height and not more than 16 feet frontage. An extra Story in- creases the bill by one-third and there are extra charges in the case of houses with a frontage greater than 16 feet. Meanwhile, the rush of taxpayers making out ?ermnul tax retwns in the last days of July was so -great that the returns have not yet been tabulated fl?d it is lm‘goutblc to tell the number of persons flling returns, according to Deputy Tax Assessor Charles ' Russell. On July 29, 30 and 31 his office was so crowded that it was necessary for him to take his clerks off the tabulating work and put them on the counter T cxicied ‘to. 36 compicied by HeR e ne: Saturda > s y. Immediately after the returns have been tabulated some effort will be made to use the new law under which tax- payers failing to file returns on per- sonal property can be compelled to do S0 by mandamus proceedings in Dis- trict Supreme Court. The penalty for failure to file during July is the addition of 20 per cent of the assessment. The tax is eomvuteflf at the rate of $1.70 per $100 valuation. SLANDER SUIT FILED Damages of $25,000 are asked in a suit for alleged slander filed yesterday in the District Supreme Court by San- ford Edie, 1408 Buchanan street, against Walter Davis, 1526 Eighth street. He charges that June 10 last Davis made statements in the presence of other le reflecting on honesty of the plaintiff. Attorney Richard L. Merrick ts the plaintiff, Retiring from Government service today, Albert B. Bushnell was the recipient of felicitations from his associates, who also He is shown here with Mrs. Bushnell, while F. A. Tilton, Third Assistant watch. Postmaster General, presents him with the watch. 'SEARCH FOR COE PROVES FUTILE Missing Laundryman Be- lieved to Have Been Robbed and Beaten. Police and friends today were con- tinuing their unsuccessful search for Joseph E. Coe, 28-year-old superintend- ent of the Home Laundry, of 3122 Mon- roe street northeast, who disappeared mysteriously Saturday night after at- tending a wedding at the Fourth Pres- byterian Church. A former employe of the laundry, James Mason, of the 1600 block -Mon- tello avenue northeast, told police yes- terday afternoon that he saw Coe driv- ing toward Washington on the Bladens- burg road Sunday, but a renewed hunt last night failed to bring any further developments. The wife, who is visiting her brother, 8. W. Dulcett at Annapolis, told police she received & telephone call from her husband about 8:30 o'clock Saturday night and that he promised to come direct to Annapolis to see her, but never appeared, A hunt of the.road between Wash- ington and Annapolis was made by fellow employes of the laundry, but no trace of the man could be found. Rela- tives and business assoclates had ex- pressed the belief that the man had been given a “lift” and was probably robbed and beaten. He had $100 with him Saturday night. —_— POLICE SEEKRELATIVES OF MAN FOUND IN PARK Gives Name of John Schwartz and Says He Was Once in St. Eliz- abeth’s Hospital. A white man found wandering around in Rock Creek Park this morning by Park Policeman J. N. Browning is being held at Gallinger Hospital while author- ities endeavor to definitely establish his :‘tjient".y and communicate with rela- ves. The man could not tell Browning where he lives, but said he is John Schwartz and told police that he was a patient of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital until 1916, when he obtained his dis- charge. The man appears to be about 65 years old, has a gray mustache and whiskers. He was wearing shell rim- med glasses, a light gray coat with white stripes, blue trousers, light soft hat and rubber soled shoes when picked up by Browning. RADIO DEALERS MEET Southern Wholesalers Entertain and Display New Sets. More than 300 radio dealers of Wash- ington, Southern Maryland and North- ern Virginia were the guests of the Southern Wholesalers at a dinner last night in the grand ball room of the Mayflower Hotel. The dinner was one of the series of 87 held in various sections of the country at which the new At- water Kent radio sets were displayed for the first time. ‘The dealers listened to a radio ad- dress by A. Atwater Kent and talks by P. A. Ware, sales manager of the At- water Kent Co., and others. William E, O'Connor, president of the Southern Wholesalers, Inc., presided. Al SPECIAL BAND CONCERT Program in Honor of Inauguration of Colombian President. In honor of the inauguration of Dr. Enrique Olaya to the presidency of Colombia to be held at ta tomor- row, the United States Marine Band, under the direction of Capt. Willlam J. Stannard, will give a concert featur- ing a grou of popular musical selec- tions of lombia. The concert will be held at Mount Alto Hospital tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock. ted him with' a —Star Staff Photo. P.0.CLERKATCLOSE OF 50-YEAR SERVIGE Albert B. Bushnell Receives Gift as He Passes to Retired List. After more than 50 years in the postal service, Albert B. Bushnell, re- tiring this morning at the age of 76 years, put his final “stamp” on an ex- ceptionally meritorious record. Surrounded by the entire personnel of the division of classification, of which he has been a member for many years, Mr. Bushnell was tendered a final tribute. An Elgin watch, donated by fellow workers, was presented by F. A. Tm‘on. ‘Third Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral. Through an intimate acquaintance with President Rutherford B. Hayes, whom he occasionally visited at the ‘White House, Mr. Bushnell received an appointment to the Ohio postal service in 1881. He was later transferred- to the Washington office, serving here 49 years. During his postal service he has gradually progressed through all the major divisions, having an extremely wide knowledge of postal work. He is one of the two originators of the present division of classification. A native of Ohio, Mr. Bushnell was educated at Western Reserve College, now Western Reserve University, Cleve. Nand, Ohio. A brief legal career pre. ceded his enf into the postal service. Mr. Bushnell, with his family, re- sides at Forest Glen, Md., where he has long been active in Masonic activities of the community. |YEGGMAN THWARTED IN ATTACK ON SAFE Colored Burglar, Frightened While in B Street Store, Escapes by Leap Through Window. A colored yeggman, who attempted to crack the safe of N. J. Ward & Co., at 927 B street, was frightened away last night by the approach of the night watchman. The man fled, leaving be- hind $400 in cash and approximately the same amount in checks in the |IGI‘TD'I':5 boah George H. Hatch o e watchman, . Hatcher of 4213 Eight stréet, discovered a light on the second floor of the building and started up the stairway to investigate. The interuder snapped off the light when he heard Hatcher’s footsteps on the steps, scampered across the s leaped through a window to a low roof below and then dropped to the Ninth street pavement and safety. Detective Sergts. John W. Wise and J. J. Tolson found that the burglar had pried off the tops of the safe’s hinges, but no tools or fingerprints could be found. Entrance to the build ing is belleved to have been ined through the window from which the burglar made his hasty exit. FEDERAL ROAD FUND AN AID TO WORKERS Agriculture Officials Report $50,- 000,000 Increase Voted by Con- gress Reduces Unemployment. By the Assoclated Press. The $50,000,000 increase in funds for Federal aid highways made at the re- cent_session of Congress was reported today by the Department of Agriculture to have “helped materially to reduce un- employment throughout the country.” The Bureau of Public Roads said the increase, which brought the total for Federal aid highways to -$125,000,000, had caused 4,000 more men to be em- loyed in construction in April; 4,800 May and 1,300 in June. In addition to the contractor’s forces, it was pointed out, more men also were employed in the preparation and trans- portation of the larger quantities of Tial ired by the augmented “SAFEST” DRIVER FOUND Assistant Traffic Director Awards Palm to Stewart Chapman, With Record of 26 Ye: Like Diogenes searching for an hon- est man, M. O. Eldridge, assistant di- rector of traffic, has been on a hunt for the last several months for Wash- ington's most careful automobile driver ;un:l this morning he thinks he found Unless some other driver can. pro- duce & better record, Mr. Eldridge will ars Without Accident. his record is free of accidents or traffic violations. Driver's license No. 81 was issued Chapman back in November, 1904. At that time he was the owner of a one- cylinder car which took him three weeks to drive from the factory, in Detroit, to ‘Washington. Mr. Eldridge asked him his rule for X any one,” pman re- plied. “I fust trust myself” PAGE B—1° l POSTAL WORKER HONORED I:“RAIN_MAK'NG” AR]' FRAUDS EXPOSED BY WEATHER OFFICIALS Statement That Air Lacks Nuclei Is Shown to Be False. FAKERS VICTIMIZE MANY BY SCHEMES TU. §. Meteorologist Points Out Why Attempts to Produce Precipi- tation Are Worthless. BY ARMISTEAD W. GILLIAM. ‘Those who subscribe to machines for the making of rain are being swindled and those who profess to be able to bring precipitations from the heavens are “scoundrels.” In these words, the officials of the United States Weather Bureau sharply designated the various devides that now are being offered in hundreds of com- munities to break the drought which prevails in almost the entire country. These officials said that there is noth- ing any individual or group of indi- viduals can do to bring about immediate relief, regardless of the claims. Dr. Charles F. Marvin, chief of the bureau, made it plain that the Govern- ment neither the resources nor the energy to produce enough rain to pro- vide even an infinitesimal amount of relief from the drought, and that the Weather Bureau stands ready to brand as a faker any man or group of men who say they can make rain in the air in sufficient volume to provide relief from the drought. Humphreys Exposes “Art.” Prof. W. J. Humphreys, meteorologi- cal physicist with the bureau and the author’ of a somewhat humorous book on “Rain Making axd Other Weather Vagaries,” was the principal spokesman for the bureau in the matter of rain making. He pointed out that the ‘Weather Bireau has investigated every }flmse of the rain maker's “art,” and ound that in every instance the man who sold the idea of making rain to & suffering community was making capi= tal out of that community's misfortune. “I am aware,” said Prof. Humphreys, “that there are persons reaping a rich harvest by claiming to bring rain that will relieve the pitiable plight of the country. They are all fakers and the people should be warned. ~ Many Plans Proposed. “There have come to this office in the years I have been here a vast au:lbel" of plans for producing precipi- jon, “The most common of these fakes is the proposal that the air has not ‘enough of the fine particles in it for the moisture particles to form the nuclei for rain. Let me say right now that there are always in the air a thousand times more particles than are needed. “The ‘rain maker’ who pursues these tactics takes up into the air, by bal- loon, some of the substances about which moisture particles will form, re- leases them and down they fall damp with the moisture, but doing more harm than good when they hit the earth. It isn't rain. “There are several chemicals about which water will form high in the sky, particles of which the air is already full, which these ‘rain makers’ ‘take up and distribute, hoping for a natural rain to come and vindicate iheir efforts. Some- times they are lucky and the natural rain comes. Then they are vindicated. There are thundershowers running about all the while waiting for the atmos- pheric conditions that will bring about a precipitation. Amount of Rain Needed. “But suppose we take to figures. One inch of rain on-a city block is enough water to provide all the persons living on that block with water for their normal needs (if they go easy on baths) for eight years. W ing we have the chemical par- ticles which will form the nuclei for 10 times their weight in atmospheric moisture (which we haven't) it would take 150,000 pounds of the chemical to bring about that one inch of rain on that one city block. “So you see, we haven't the facilities to bring about getting 150,000 pounds of chemical into the air. The cost of the chemical, if such we had, probably would be prohibitive. The one inch of rain for one city block would be wholiy inadequate for breaking the drought, and e the er’s’ claims, the whole_thing d be absurd.” Prof. Humphreys says history never has been without its rainmaker. Plu- tarch referred to the rain following bat- tles as being the result of the perspira= tion of the men fighting. Other Greek writers found rain following battles due to the desire of their gods to wash away the stains of conflict. Gunpowder Won't Bring Rain Prof. Humphreys thinks that more likely than not rain often did follow big battles, but he says that it has been proved to the complete satisfaction of the Weather Bureau that rain does not come after the discharge of big guns and that the discharge of gunpowder exerts no physical effect in bringing about precipitation. ‘The professor also says some rain- makers have advocated building great fires to carry moisture-laden hot air into the upper regions, there to con- dense into rain. To bring about rain this way, he added, one would have tc burn down the town to get a little, if any, rain. “And that,” he went on, “would be like the man who burned down his barn to get rid of the rats in it and only succeeded in providing a name for the notorious political party in New York State which was known as the Barnburners.” Other would be rain makers, Prof. Humphreys added, have gone so far as to suggest building mountain ranges to force the warm, moisture laden air cur- rents into the colder upper atmosphere, there to condense and fall as rain, “Ice” Rain Wouldn't Work. Still qthers, said Prof. Humphreys, wants to,cool off the upper atmosphere to the point of bringing on condensa- tion and causing rain by distributing ice about the sky from baloons and air- planes. This would be fine, he said, but the only rain that would fall would be the melted ice. “We'll have rain, not because the rain makers make it,” concluded Prof. Hum- 'y, “But when the atmos, ic con- ions are such that precipitation is warranted.” FINDS HER HOME ROBBED Mrs. Sarah Myers Loses Clothing and Jewels Worth $235. Mrs. Sarah Myers of 1427 Perry place returned home from her vlcnnnnpyu- terday and discovered the theft of $235 worth of clothing and jewelry from her fild;:‘?:e. g!;lnee had been gained to e forcing a basement door, police of the tenth precinet found,