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P - PROHBITON IS 2 LEGION-70 IGNORE National Judge Advocate Says Constitution Does Not ' Permit Partisan Politics. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 4.—Current re- ports that prohibition would be an is- sue before the annual convention of the American Legion here next week were checked yesterday by Scott W. Lucas, mational judge advocate, who declared prohibition to be a “closed book” as far #s the business of the Legion was con- cerned. In a prepared statement, Lucas said: “There frequently prevails In every city where a national convention of the American Legion is held an er- roneous idea as to the part the Ameri- can on, as a national organization, plays in practical politics. “Prequently the question is asked as to what the position of the American Legion 1 be upon certain partisan {ssues or candidates seeking political office or preferment. Of course the answer is obvious—absolutely nothing— and the reason why the ‘American Legion does not participate in political issueés or candidates is because of the clause in the national constitution of the American Legion which sets forth in no uncertain tones our stand upon ractical politics as it exists in America ay.” ‘The clause referred to by Lucas says the Legion “shall be absolutely non-po- litical and shall not be used for the dissemination of partisan principles nor for the prumourirl: of th; l;:mdglcy of any person seeking public office or preferment.” ' Legionnaires flocked into Boston to- L for the convention. paigns were already under way, with Los Angeles starting its boom to take the 1931 convention to the West Every Massachusetts city and town has the “Welcome” sign out and many them within the metropolitan area ve arranged receptions for the vis- Reading was getting ready to enter- d of Victory Post, Wash- gngton, D. C., for a week. Somerville, which has a Legionnaire mayor, John J. Murphy, was all set to welcome 6,000 from Illinols, Iowa, Ne- California. State adjutants of 48 States and 9 foreign country delegations. | Among the notables who arrived to- was Mrs. Donald Macrae, Who, came from Des Moines, !%!!n. prepared STAR’S INCOME TAX - DECLARED JUGGLED Farmer Revenue Collector Charged With Manipulating Assessment § of Richard Dix. By the Associated Press. ANGELES, October 4.—Samuel 'T. Curson, former deputy internal rev- ] Engaged to Wed - | | | '.\_/' > P&A Puovos | KING BORIS. PRINCESS GIOVANNA. BORIS WILL MARRY ITALIAN PRINGESS Official Announcement Made of King’s Betrothal to Giovanna. By the Associated Press. ROME, October 4.—Court circles to- day said King Boris III of Bulgaria really weoed and won his 23-year-old bride-to-be, Princess Giovanna, daughter of the Itailan King and Queen, Boris is 36. Official announcement of the betrothal was made by the ministry of interior with publication of a brief note that King Victor Emanuel and Queen Elena had consented to the marriage. Boris and Giovanna, long known as found of each other, are said to have had many difficulties in the path of their union, Most of them finally were solved by all’ but a complete surrender on the part of ‘Boris, who waived his country’s re- quirement that his bride be of Green enpe collector of Los Angeles, surrend- eréd to Federal authorities yesterday on a secret indictment charging him the 1927 income tax of Dix, moving picture used by Curson in making Tetyrn, the indictment alleged, en- l payment of $15,000. ttornéy McNab said will be summoned for qu £ have to explain many ction with his sworn nd there may civil action.” Dix, whose name is Ernest C. Brimmer, re- a gross income of $241,827.48 in 1927, and was entitled to deductions of $32,672.05, leaving a tax of $43,517.60 Acting as a tax expert and adviser, the indictment read, a return which showed a gross incom of $232,643 for the actor, making de: ductions of $81,535.86, which left a tax of $28,835.54. Curson a red before the United States eomm”l.;:!oner and furnished a $5,000 bond pending his arraignment in Federal Court next week. GUARD ORDERED COURT-MARTIALED BY ADMIRAL BILLARD (Continued Prom First Page.) chored off the mouth of the Essex River a disabled and abandoned pri- vate cabin motor launch. He found a fire in the engine room of this boat he extinguished. He suspected strongly that this abandoned boat was connected with rum running and he and the man who accompanied him fat on the cabin boat awaiting develop- ments. ‘Warning Shots Ordered. Presently they saw a light flash off the seaward, which they took to be a ”‘T,‘f' smuggler feeling his way in. ‘When the unknown boat came close enough so that Olmstead could make out her bow, he ordered the man with him to turn on the lights and to fire warning shets. This was done. The unknown boat, no; showing a}:xy run- hts, turned away, Whereupon gg!k‘?fl hailed and ordered her to come alongside. Both Olmstead and the man with him claimed that in re- sponse to this hail they heard some one | on the other boat sing out, “Give it to them.” Then, Olmstead fired r:‘ ¢ with 4 machine gun, 8s a Te- nu:!‘ib?t .'ghlch Pratt was mortally 'rhede:ther boat, which Olmstead be- lieved to be & rum runner, was in fact s motor surf boat attached to the Plum Island Coast Guard Station. This surf boat was in charge of Pratt and there was another surf man with him. The surf boat had been on patrol under Pratt was requested to look for the cabin motor boat that had caught fire and had been disabled. This was the same boat that Olmstead had found anchored. The surf boat was proceed- ing in shore and Pratt was on the bow flashing a searchlight trying to pick up the missing boat. Then, he and his companions heard a number of shots which were evidently the warn- ing shots fired by Olmstead and his companions. Pratt and his assistant were convinced that a rum runner Was firing on them and they immediately swung the surf boat about and put on all speed to get away. “It is evident that the surf boat did not hear Olm-| stead’s hail,” said Admiral Billard. Previously in Army. Olmstead has been in the Coast Guard for five and one-half years and had previously served three years in the Army. His reeord is excellent, Admiral Billard said, and he bears a high reputation for courage, zeal and devotion to duty. On one occasion, he from the wing of a seaplane deck of a rum-runner and seized vessel. “There was on Olmstead’s patrol boat signal pistol with two par te flares. Curson prepared | goy; Orthodox faith, and conceded that any children born to them might be brought up in Roman Catholic faith. Dispensation Granted. ‘The Vatican considered Boris’ conges- sions sufficlent and has granted dispensation necessary in such cases. Canon law authorizes such dispensa- sister, Princess Budoxia, quent visitors at the Italian court, and there has been no secret of the romance between him and the dark-haired, dark- tageous from a itical D Linsnd o kooen the Italian position in the giving x&’.,“"m fries ?‘m‘g: ance a g 20 rear of Jugoslavis, Italy’s coolest neighbor. Announcement Published. Announcement of the betrothal was published in today’s press and official bulletin. The date chosen was con- sidered as exemplifying Giovannt devoutness and firm adherence to faith of her country. In the Roman the feat day viewpoint. to believe Catholic calendar this is of St. Francis Assisi, to whom Glovanna always has been devoted. ‘Yesterday was the twelfth anniversary !\ax Borls' accession to the throne. SARDINIA TO GREET PRINCESS. Princess and Party Will Visit Official of Father’s Court. SASSARI, Sardinia, October 4 (#).—— Princess Giovanna, whose betrothal to King Boris III of Bulgaria was an- nounced last night, is scheduled to ar- rive here tomorrow with her sister and brother-in-law, the Count and Countess Calvi de Bergolo. While here they will be guests of the Count Luigi di Sant-Elia, master of ceremonies in her father's court. The princess will come strictly and will remain here several weeks. of her engagement and eagerly pre- pared to welcome her. HOME OWNERS Retail Dealers Discuss Forming Lending Body. CHICAGO, October 4 (#).—The Na- Lumber tion vesterday discussed a plan to form a dealers’ corporation to lend home- owners money for erection of homes :hrough combined first and second mort- gages. ‘The plan has been worked out after long ctudy by a firm of investment bank- ers, cfficials said. Stock in the corpora- ers and loans could be made up to 75 T cent. Action on the plan was de- ferred, ‘The essociation elected A: J. Hager of unslm;. Mich., president, succeeding L. P. Lewin of Cincinnati, Ohio The Scandal of Boxing A Gang-Ridden Racket BY MILTON MACKAYE. A true picture of the racketeers, the beer runners, the alcohol cookers, the thugs and grafters ...those who have joined the sporting world and have taken fair play for a ride. 6 Articles, Beginning Monday, October 6th, in he hed fired into the surf boat it eontinued to fiee, Olmstead fired flares for the purpcse of sum- The Star e the ught was in the wnlw. ' mon| l‘?other Coast Guard patrol au"'vér LINGLE CONFESSION NAMES 3 N CRIME Former Convict, at Inquest, { Says Two Former Prison Mates Were in Plot. By the Associated Press. Lingle murder mystery. The confession, made to the coroner's jury last night, was by Frank H. Bell, former convict and now a county jail prisoner. He named two former prison mates— Joe Traum, Indiana gang leader, and Richard Sullivan, robber and gunman—- as being at the murder scene; and he identified a picture of Ted Geisking, another Indiana bad man, as “looking like” the third man who was present when Lingle was slain, Bell explained that he was confessing to ease his conscience and so he “could sleep again.” Lingle, & newspaper mnan whom laler developments also labeled as a “middle marn” in negotiations between gangsters and police, was slain June 9 as he was hurrying through the pedestrains’ tun- nel beneath Michigan Boulevard at Randolph street. Lingle was on his way to the Illinois Central suburban station to catch a train for the race track. Flight of Killer. One bullet, through the back of the head, dropped him dead. The killer, in the sight of many ns, tossed the gun on the concrete floor of the tunnel and escaped. Bell's confession detailed his own ovements of June 9—movements which ner Herman N. Bundesen regards as highly significant. It also fixes the price presumably agreed upon as pay- ment for the murder of Lingle—$10,- 000; and it names the man who was supposed to pay it, but who didn't— and was himself slain. Bell said he and Sullivan had been partners.in some robberies prior to June 9, and that they met Traum, who hinted at the possibility of their making “jmportant” money. Bell said he was led to believe that some one was to be kidnaped. Traum wanted Bell to drive the car to the spot where the “kidnap- ing” was to take place, and it was agreed. Bell, Traum and -Sullivan drove to Mi boulevard and Randolph street. The car halted not far from east entrance of the pedestrian tunnel. Traum and Sullivan got out, Traum taking a pistol that had been hidden in the car. A “blond man” came up and talked with them. This man—police be- lieve he was the man who fired the shot that killed Lingle—was the one who Bell said “looked like Geisking.” Bell was told to have the car waiting at a designated spot not far away. He did, and half an hour later, he said, Traum and Sullivan rejoined him and ordered him to “drive South.” THE WEATHER District of Columbis—Fair, continued ht and tomorrow; gentle north West Virginia—Fair tonight; tomor- row increasing cloudiness; not much change in temperature. * Records for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 68; 8 p.m., 61; 12 midnight, 58; 4 am,, 53; 8 am, 54; noon, 62. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.22; incognito | 2 The populace here learned joyfully | El P ick 1] TO GET AID| gos-An tional Retail Lumber Dealers' Assocla- | Bitsbur tion would be held by the lumber deal- | w; 22; 8 pm, 30.26; 12 midnight, 30.27; 4 am., :g.zs; 8 a.m., 30.34; noon, 30.31. Highest temperature, 89, occurred at 2:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 52, occurred at 3 a.m. today. ‘Temperatures same date last year— Highest, 59; lowest, 46. \Tide Tables. (Furnished by United StatesCoast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 12:23 p.m.; high tide, 5:36 a.m. and 6:07 p.m. ‘Tomorrow— Low tide, 12:46 a.m. and 1:06 p.m.; high tide, 6:22 am. and 6:49 pm. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rose 6:06 a.m.; sun sets 5:47 pm. ‘Tomprrow—Sun rises 6:07 am.; sun sets :5:46 p.m. Moon rises 4:43 pm.; sets 2:51 am. Condition of Water. Potomac and Shenandoah clear. Weather in Varlous Cities. Temperature. & aes Asexo] Stations. AOUIH .‘.pmm S2EER [+ g 2 Abilene, Albany.’ N Birmingham Bismarck, N. D. wumaus e 1939w 22828523 Clear Pt.cloudy Cincinnati, Ohic Clear Cleveland, Oblo. 30.4¢ Columbia,’ 8. C. 3 Clear Clear Pt cloudy Clear Bt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Pt cloudy Cloudy Glear Clear Clear loudy maha, Nebr. Philadeiphia Phg 1 ESERNRER85R8NRES T T e 3 CHICAGO, October 4.—A surprise | confession blazed new light on the Jake | e | at Philadelphia and cracked out a WORLD SERIES TASK 'Westerners Will Have to Win j Four Straight Games if They Lose Today. (Continued From First Page.) high on the crest of a winnidig wave, made even more confident by their ability to make every hit count in the first two games. If the Cardinals should fail to break into the win column today they would have to win four straight games, pos- sible, but not probable, in a world series. It never has been done. The Cardinals already were in posi- tion to make a record, for should they win now they would do something no team has done before. There is no rec- ord of a club winning in a seven-game world series after losing the first two games. It has been done once in a nine- | game series To capture the important game today Manager Charles Street named “Wild Bill” Hallahan, his sensational young left-hander, to do the pitching for the Cardinals. Hallahan won 15 games for St. Louls during the regular season in spite of streaks of wildness, which gave him the unenviable distinction of lead- ing the National League in bases on balls. To offset the bases on balls, however, he was runner-up to Dazzy Vance in strike-outs, just one behind the Brooklyn speed-ball king. Mack’s Selection in Doubt. St. Louls players insist that Halla- han is as fast as Vance and faster than Robert Moses Grove, the Athletics’ left- handed ace, and a meeting between the two southpaws has been hailed as a base ball “natural.” There was a possi- bility that it might materialize today, but men close to Connie Mack were inclined to think the veteran manager of the Athletics would give Grove an- other day of rest and send either Bill Shores, young_ right-hander, or George ‘Walberg, a big left-hander, to the mound. Connie maintained his characteristic Machian reticece with no suggestion that he would reveal his pitching choice until shortly before game time. A change in the starting line-up the Cardinals was announced in the substitution of Jimmy Wiison for Gus Mancuso behind the bat. Wilson, hurt September 12, has caught only one game since, but his injured ankle was reported on the mend, s0 T Street decided to send him out as a Hallahan, Mancuso caught well enw{‘l’é in each game. But Mancuso is even in the crisis. Cards Not Down-Hearted. Man: selection by St. Louls. He has three the plate, Cochrane, Bishop and Haas. field in place of the left-hand hitti left in the game, “Sunny Jim” Bot- tomley. Street declared today as his team prepared to do battle & test that neither he were down-hearted. w,” sald Gabby, “ai good a ball club as 3 win two, or more, straight. In the outhit the Athletics 15 to 12 but were outscored 11 to 3, chiefly because the winners specialized in extra base hifc and ‘were able to co-ordinate their safeties more effectively. Game time, 1:30 o'clock (central standard time) was to find slightly in excess of 40,000 a long wait for the chasing seats. privilege of pur- e g il LEAGUE ASSEMBLY ENDS SESSION WITH SPEECH BY CECIL (Continued From First Page.) ended also gave a full hearing to the minister, for a Euro) delivered this proposal to a committee of representatives of European member states for study. .Under M. Briand's chairmanship this committee will meet to the Assembly next year. ‘The Assembly and Council elected a new bench of 15 judges for, the World Court, including a distinguished Amer- ican, former Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. Latin Americans realized their aspira- tions to be represented on the bench when the tribunal secured the election of Dr. Antonio de Bustamente of Cuba, and Senors Urrutia of Colombia and Guerrero of Salvador. ‘The Assembly, by a resolution, eff an increase of judges from 11 to 15, and also introduced a higher salary scale and a pension system for court per- sonnel. Another positive advance scored by the Assembly was conclusion of a finan- cial assistance convention which when effective will provide loans to a state which is attacked by another. :No more than partial success was at- tained in efforts to revise the covenant of. the League and to bring it into accord with the Briand-Kellogg pact for out- lawing wa Encountering differences of opinion regarding the effect of pro- posed changes upon the operation of the League's sanctions against & recal- citrant state, the Assembly referred the proposals again to the governments for study comment. ‘The Assembly also failed to effect the revised statute for the Court which contains provisions deemed to clear the way for the entry United States into the Coprt. Cuba exercised its sovereign right to object to immediate enactment of this statute and -its enactment now awaits ratifi- cation or consent by the island gov- ernment to its becoming effective with- into EE A BRI P PR SO e e o ar ! Ptlcloudy out her ratification. SON-IN-LAW In his best frock-coat manner, Willlam Jeffries Chewning, jr., son-in-law of Senator James Couzens of Michigan, wealthiest member of the Senate, will start, Monday morning, making thin; as comfortable as possible and socially ;lp::‘nble to the guests of the Mayflower otel. Young Chewning, whose elopement several months ago with Margo Couzens, heiress to the Couzens millions, stirred ‘Washington, will become an assistant manager of the Mayflower Monday, leaving his present position as “cus- tomer’s man” in & local brokerage house: According to an announcement by the hotel this morning, Chewning, a former bank clerk and social leader in the yo“l:fer set in the Capital, will put his social activities to good account in his new An in the Pumon. Bachelors’ Cotillion here, has fre- OF RICHEST SENATOR WILL RECEIVE MAYFLOWER GUESTS William Jeffries Chewning, Jr., Resigns Brokerage House Position to Become Assistant Hotel Manager. quently arranged for affairs of that or- ganization, handling the many details of such a party, and it will be in that sort of work, handling the hotel end of such -affairs, that young Chewning will devote molt of his time. The son-in-law of the richest man in the Senate will report for work at 8 o'clock Monday morning, according to the announcement, and, until he be- comes a full-fledged “hotel man,” will work 12 hours a day. He will be frock-coated and will “take up a receptive post in the main lobby at the Connecticut avenue entrance.” ‘There he will greet distinguished guests, attend to pheir comfort, and look to the social end of things. ‘The hotel management Kolnu out that, as an unexperienced hotel man, young Chewning is in for an extensive the fact that most Ge: perind of appten batsmen who hit from the left side of | Brosseau c| lan of Aristide Briand, French foreign | Washington. . n :Immn, .nl: culties arose, he was always an attend- in January to make recommendations | Fal | Alw of the | goric An acquaintanceship made during the World War was renewed when Gen. Henrl Gouraud, former military governor of Paris, visited President Hoover while en route to the American Legion convention in Boston. right); Gen. Raymond Casanave, military attache; Hannisan, Gouraud’s aide.: Show above are (left to Ambassador Claudel, President Hoover, Gen. Gnllnud__xn‘l Maj. J. P. Photo. MRS. BROSSEAU WINS DIVORCE: : ‘ SILENT ON SETTLEMENT RUMOR Former D. A. R. President " Says Husband Slapped Her in Quarrel. of Couple, Well Known in Capi- tal Society, Were Married 31 Years Ago. veteran battery mate for the youthful'|py the Associated Press. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., October 4.— No confirmation was forthcoming today younger in years and experience than |from attorneys for Mrs. Grace Hill Hallahan, Street evidently decided that | Brosseau of Greenwich, prominent in the counsel of an elder was needed |society and former national president of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, of repore" that a considerable financial settlement was arranged in ger Mack was not expected to|connection with her divorce, granted meke any change in his line-up on | yesterday, from Alfred Joseph Brosseau, account of the left-handed pitching | president of the Mack Motor Truck Co. In her uncontested action Mrs. cruelty and testified her husbari had struck her last May Manager Street at Philadelphia sent in | when she réfused to give him the keys Blades, a right-hand hitter, to play right | to the wine cellar in their home. She had changed the cellar lock, she said, Watkins and had only one left-hander | while Brosseau was abroad. Says He Slapped Her. A quarrel arose from her refusal to third con- | surrender the keys, she testified, and his players | Brosseau slapped her face and left the house. The testimony was corroborated e Athletics havedwon two in a|by Mrs. Wilson Felder, a friend, who we have as| witnessed the incident. s0 we can | Brosseau said, she went to a fashion- Later; Mrs. able dinner party with the mark of the first two games the Cardinals | blow still visible on her cheek. The Brosseaus were married Decem- ber 20, 1899, ‘and their life until two years ago was happy, Mrs. Brosseau said. T hen, she said, her husband's affection seemed to cool and he seemed hmwhm she was away from him. au did not appear in court expected Sportsman’s Park filled to its capacity, | when the divorce was granted, but was represented by counsel who said reports P! All the reserved seats were sold well | of his client’s fortune were exaggerated in advance and thousands lined up for | and that he possessed not more than a fifth of the $5,000,000 he was reputed 5,000 available bleacher | to have. News of Mrs. Brosseau's divorce caused no surprise in D. A. R. circles or to Washington soclety, where it has been generally " known that Mr. and Mrs. Brosseau had been estranged for the Jast ars. Well Known in Capital. _Mr. Brosseau, who is president of the Mack Truck Co., and a vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, is a well known figure in Until their martial diffi- ant at the Continental Congresses of the D..A. R., and was conspicuous in a | box during the early years of Mrs Bros- | seau’s administration as president gen- On numerous occasions he was a gen- erous contributor to funds raised by the D. &A. R. for various purposes. Just be- fore Mrs. Brosseau’s retirement as president general, in 1929, he presented the A. R. with a beautiful and val- uable* tablet of the Declaration of In- dependence wrought in silver. The in- scription on the tablet testifies to the fact that it was nted in honor of presel : | his wife. It is placed in the wall in the trance enl to Memorial Continental Hall and is one of the chief attractions of the hall ‘The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Bros- seau, on December 20, 1899, was the culmination of an early romance. They grew up together. Mr. Brosseau at the time of his marriage was a resident of Ka ee, Ill. i lent General Three Years. For many years Mrs. Brosseau has been one of the most prominent lead- ers in the D. A. R. She served as presi- dent general from 1926 to 1929 upon her rTetirement was. made an honorary president general. As chair- man of the Finance Committee prior to that time she took a leading part in the movement that sponsored the erection of Constitution Hall. The General rd of Management, on her retiremeht from office, installed a $10,000 stained-glass window in her honor in the library of Constitution orld | 7o s prominent in national defense Mrs. Brosseau was a member of a delegation’ representing the Women's Patriotic Conference, which called upon former President Coolidge to urge that lend his ald to the passage of the cruiser bill in Congress. She was prom- inent in women’s work outside as well as inside the D. A. R. and was a fre- quent attendant at patriotic sessions. Mrs. Brosseau, while head of the D. A. R. in 1928, was one of a small group of American women presented at the Court of St. James. During her term as president general she spent much of her time.in Washington and fre- quently came here at other times to take part in the soctal life of the Na- tional Capital. HAS FAITH IN GERMANY Former Ambassador Minimizes Talk of German Fascists. ITHACA, N. Y., October 4 (#)—Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, former Ambas- sador to Germany, in an address here last night minimized the flery talk of German Fascists newly risen to politi- cal importance, and expressed confi- dence Germany would strain every nerve to meet reparation obligations and to abide by treaties. He said his beliefs were grounded, first, on the “Stresemann spirit” of peace which would govern Germany's foreign policy no matter what party ained control; second, on the “Hinden- urg influence” which insured orderly {ovemmzm at home and friendly rela- ions with other nations, and, third, on mans were sick of war, ' > | | GRIME IN CHICAGO MRS. ALFRED J. BROSSEAU. ALFRED J. BROSSEAU. LAID TO ALLIANGE Jury Report Charges Police, Politicians and Gangsters With Collusion. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 4.—A confederacy of crime and racketeering embracing | police, politiclans and gangsters, was | charged in a grand jury report today. Its annuel tribute was placed at $100,000,000. ‘The September grand jury, conclud- ing its existence yesterday, recom- mended to the Criminal Court that a special grand jury attack the “well established alliance between the Chi- cago Police Department, the corrupt politicians and the criminal elements” which it said it was convinced was in existence. “We are convinced,” said the grand jury statement, signed by the fore- man, G. F. Slaughter, steel executive, “that the forthright destruction of racketeering is of the utmost impor- tance to the people of Chicago and Cook Couny 5 The “three-cornered alliance” was blamed for the murder of three business men and eight labor union officials and 86 bombings in the last three years. The grand jury's letter held that the pressure from the corrupt league had become so great that otherwise re- sponsible business men had adopted racketeering methods and hired hood- lums to meet competition. “The indirect cost to Cook County,” the letter continued, “in damaged repu- tation, withdrawal of business from the city and county, and refusal of business to locate in a racket-infested area is incalculable.” The grand jurors also expresséd “amazement” that the State’s attorney should have dropped the sanitary dis- trict investigation on which previous grand juries spent considerable time. CHARGE ENGINEER SWORE FALSELY TO GET POSITION Charged with making false state- ments to obtain a position through the Civil Service Commission, Mark A. Wingate, an_enginer, will be given a hearing October 13 before Needham C. Turnage, United States Commissioner. A warrant under which Wingate was arrested yesterday charged he obtained his position as an_assistant- mechanical engineer in the office of the supervising architect here through false statements under oath as to his education, train- ing and experience. He was released und®& bond of §1,000. ‘Wingate orginally was appointed in 1926 and was promoted in 1929. His present_annual salary is $2,800. ‘The Civil Service Commission will be represented at the hearing by Henry {to me by TAIMANY LEADERS AVOID TESTIFYING Offer to Tell of Official Acts Only in Job-Buying Quiz Rejected. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 4.—Efforts to have seven Tammany district leaders, who hold city jobs, walve immunity and testify before the special grand Jjury investigating judicial office-buying was at an impasse today. Availing themselves of the technical- ity presented in Qov. Roosevelt's letter and Mayor Walker’s ultimatum that they must sign waivers and testify “to their official acts and conduct,” the seven sent letters to Hiram C. Todd, special prosecutor, yesterday, offering to sign limited waivers. ‘The offer was promptly rejected by Todd on the ground-that the special gnnd jury convened by order of Gov. oosevelt to investigate charges that former Magistrate George F. Ewald paid Martin J. Healy $10,000 for his appointment, had no power to inquire into official acts of city employes. Mayor Walker, upon learning that the offer to sign limited waivers had been rejected, ex(rresaed regret, but in- timated he intended to do nothing more in the matter. He sald if there was anything wrong with the conduct of his appointed officials, he was “anxious to :‘toowfl:t'l:i and t:d(:gl,“‘lf the inquiry is e domestic affairs of city officials, that is different. v OIL PROBE GOES ON DESPITE REFUSAL "OF KELLEY TO HELP (Continued From First Page.) routine on the recommendation of the commissioner of the General Land Of- fice. Only such applications have come before me sgn ‘ry-l as were referred e General Land Office for instructions or on appeal. “Kelley had written me voluminously in critic] of conditions as he found them in the fleld and he was brought to Washington that he might be given every opportunity to present to me any facts in his possession - regarding the Fcndlns claims for patents on oil shale ands. He arrived in Wa n in my absence, was not in the department upon my réturn and made no attempt to see me, despite the fact that the purpose in bringing him to Washington was to give him every opportunity to correct the ills of which he complained. “In contrast to the 62 patents which have been issued (50 of which were passed upon by Kelley, 12 came from other offices), the record shows that I have personally ordered more than 5,- 700 claims, mvolvinf 1,400,000 acres, to be repossessed by the Government as defaulted. This latter fact was well xl;l;%'emh:g lK!e}(l]es’ at l‘;le time that he ckless and aj - splr’;g smn?fim& PAbRaNy: 1t “These res are very modest in comparison with Kelley’s sweeping fig- ures of 800,000 acres of shale land, with an estimated value of $40,000,000,000. As an example of the false impressions given by these figures, it is intere: | to note "that $40,000,000,000 is the esti- mated value of 40,000,000,000 barrels of oil. This oil is still in the shale, and estimates for its extraction therefrom are placed at $3 per barrel, or $120,- 000,000,000. The figure of present value of this shale oil is therefore quite mis- lendléng. “Kelley evidently fell into designin hands of those who could use hg‘nn t.g their advantage. He is being exploited. He prefers this to being given every op- portunity to cure the {lis of which he complains.” Writinz to Richardson after his con- ference with Nye, Kelley said he de- clined to lay the facts before him be- cause “the public interests require an| investigation partial body.” He added he had made arrangements under which the principal facts support- ing his allegations would be placed be- fore the public. A New York newspaper is to begin Fubllcltlun of a series of Kelley’s articles next Monday. “Kelley would have helped himself and us, too, if he had given us a ctate- P:tm'" Rlchn;dson commented on this letter, expressing surprise at being con- sidered prejudiced. b3 % It was stated, however, the investiga- tion would proceed “notwithstanding his attitude.” Fyf these charges by an im- Bus Overturns, 71 Injured. KASSEL, Germany, October 4 () — Seventy-one persons out of 76 aboard a motor bus were injured today when the big interurban liner skidded and | overturned near Niederzwehren. Thirty-one of the victims were seri- ously hurt. They were mostly farmers’ wives taking butter and eggs to market. Learn Backgammon The New Fad In Pive Minutes a “Day. A Serfes of Six Articles Beginning Monday in The Evening Star H. Hesse, chief of the division of in- vestigation and review. ADMIRAL BAIRD, RETIRED, EXPIRES Formerly President of D. C. Board of Education and Long Prominent Here. Rear Admiral George Washington Baird, U. 8. N, retired, noted naval inventor, former president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Board of Education and long prominently identified with various organizations here, died at his home, 1505 Rhode Island avenue, today after a long fillness. He was 87 years old. Admiral Baird was the oldest past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Masons in the District of Columbia. in seniority, having served in 1896. He was a thirty-third degree Mason. He also was a former president of the Dis~ trict of Columbia Soclety Sons of the American Revolution. He was a native of this city and edu- cated here and at the Naval Academy. He was appointed third assistant en- gineer, U. S. N, in 1862, and was pro- motéd through the various grades, re- ;Agrolglg with the rank of rear admiral in He was a_member of the American Society of Engineers, ‘the Washington Society of Engineers and the Soclety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. éile b‘l‘m also a member of the Cosmos lub. Admiral Baird's wife, Mrs. Lila Baird, died about four years ago. He leaves a cousin, Maj. Overton C. Huxford, of this city, and a niece in Baltimore. One of First on Board. Admiral Baird was ons of the first nine persons appointed to the District of Columbia Board of Education, under the present method of appointments by the justices of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, in 1906. He was im- mediately elected president, thus having been the first educational board presi- dent under the new system. Prior to 1906, the board members were appointed by the District Commissioners. ‘The possessor of a long and distin- ished career in the Navy, Admiral ird was noted for his e achievements and jnventions while in the service. Naval officials recalled today that Admiral Baird installed the electric lighting in the White House and other public buildings in Washington. He invented ' the fresh water evaporator and other machines that bear his name and he designed the first capstan engine used in the Navy. He is credited with having invented the system of ventilating ships by drawing the air out from below decks and in his capacity as an engineer, he had & prominent part in the development ef 'mmy high-powered ship engines and other naval equipment. During the Civil War he served en the Mississippi, Calhoun and Pensa- cola in the west Gulf blockade and took part in more than 20 engagements. Appointment in 1866, Due to his engineering ability, he was appointed second assistant engineer on the U. S. S. Shamrock in 1866. In 1869 he was stationed for awhile at Mare Island, Calif. He was promoted to the grade of chief engineer in 1892 and in 1899 was transferred to the line in the Navy with the grade of com- mander. He subsequently was made captain in 1002. Shortly before the Spanish-American War he was assist- ant superintendent of the State, War and Navy Building and later super- intendent. While serving with the grade of chief engineer, he was sta- tioned at the Navy Yard here. This was about the time of the war with Spain. Admiral Baird took a prominent part in the installation of incandescent lights aboard the U. S. S. Albatross, the first flhlp to be equipped with the new ights. ‘A deep student of various scientific and _engineering . problems, Admiral Baird had writtenl extensively on these, some his own inventions. Among the important articles of which he was author were “Absorption of Gases by Water and the Organic Matter Con- tained Therein,” “An_Improved tilling Apparatus for Steamshij Pneumatic Steering Gear,” an tilation of Ships.” He also_was the author of “Flight of Flying Fish,” which caused a French scientist to state that it remained for the American naval officer to prove, b¥ mechanics, the flight of this type o fish, High in Masonry. Besides having served as grand mas- ter of Masons of the District of Co- lumbia, Admiral Baird was past master of Hope Lodge, No. 20, F. A. A. M, havlng served as master in 1883; was past high priest of Washington Cen- tennial Chapter, Royal Arch Masons and & member of Washington Com- mandery, Knights Templar. He was elected a thirty-third degree Mason in 1906. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Committee on Cor- respondence of the Grand Lodge of Masons, having served continuously since 1900. Admiral. Baird was the third oldest admiral on the retired list of the Navy, Rear Admiral Benjamin Franklin Day, who was born on January 16, 1841, and now lives at Buena Vista, Va. is cred- |ited with being the second oidest ad- | miral on the retired list, the first place being held by Rear Acmiral John Lowe, who was born on December 11, 1838, and makes his home at Biddeford, Me., but has been living recently in Wash- ington. Besides having served on a number of famous old ships, and in 1882, he served with the Fish Commission, doing duty aboard the Albatross. On April 13, 1911, Acmiral Baird was commissioned on the retired list, with the rank of rear admiral to date from April 22, 1905, under the act of March 14, 1911, He was appointed in January, 1922, as a member of Perry's Victory | Memorial Commission. Funeral arrangements are to be an- nounced later. 'WASHINGTON WOMAN DIES IN W. VIRGINIA Mrs. J. E. Thropp Was Daughter of T. A. Scott, Former Railroad President. A 'Ven- Special Dispatch to The Star. 'WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., October 4—Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp, 80, daughter of Thomas A. Scott, former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and First Assistant Secretary of War under President Lincoln, died here early this morning after a long illness. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs, Henry W. Farnum, Bryn Mawr, Pa, and two sons, Douglas S. Thropp o New York and Thomas A. Scott T! of Washington. Mrs. Thropp was the widow of Joseph E. Thropp, Representa- tive from Pennsylvania and president of the American Tariff League. Sur- viving brothers are Edgar T. Scott and James P. Scott and a sister, Mrs. Clem- ent B. Newbold, all of Philadelphia, Funeral services will be 1d at Stevens’ Church, Philadelphia, 1 Interment will be in West Laurel Cemetery, Philadelphia. Services will be conducted by Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rec- tor, Epiphany Church, Washington, where Mrs. Thropp spent the last 30 yent‘s at 1701 Twentieth street north. west. 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