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SAYS 4 OFFERS (LA CAMPBEL SNOT HURDERER Brother of Suspect in Baker Slaying Makes Official Statement. “EXPERT” TESTIMONY IS OBJECT OF ATTACK Type of Evidence Expected in October 21 Trial Is Assailed. Four cfficials in charge of the investi- gation which resuited n the indictment | of Herbert M. Campbell on a charge of slaying Mary Baker have repeatedly | said they were convinced he was inno- | cent, Frank G. Campbell, brother of the | defendant, declared in 4 statement is- | stigators named were In- Campbell devoted mu ment to an attack on mony, including that ofthe type ex- pected to be used against his brother when his trial si: preme Court October 21 ment contended such testimony is ur Teliable. The statement follows | “The officers who have handled the Mary Baker case, in so far as it relates | Displaying the hole torn in his coat last night when a bullet scorched his shoulder to Herbert Campbell, were Inspector Shelby, Lieut. Kelly, Commonwealth | Attorney Gloth of Arlington County and | Bheriff Fields of Arlington County. All of these gentlemen have repeatedly stated, and very recently, too, that they are convinced that Herbert Campbell is innocent. Sheriff Fields told Mrs. Campbell, after Herbert Campbell was indicted, that he did not believe Camp- bell guilty and that he had told the grand jury so. Mr. Gloth told me, and he told my father, that he was satis- fled that Herbert Campbell was not guilty of the murder of Miss Baker, and he has repeated that statement within the past few weeks at Kopel Point. In- spector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly make no secret of the fact that they are convinced of Herbert Campbell's inno- cence. “In the early stages of this matter so many wholely false or misleading state- ments were published that a prominent lice official, after expressing his be- ief in the innocence of Herbert Camp- bell, said “The public demands a Ro- man holiday.” And o, in the Capital City of the United States, we will have the spectacle of all of the official in- vestigators standing mute on the side- lines watching the district attorney’s office try to so befuddle a lay jury with expert_testimony as to bring about the conviction of a man they know to be innocent. “My investigation of this case has led me to the conclusion that there is noth- ing more unreliable, treacherous and dangerous than the so-called expert testimony upon which the Government must rely in this case. I reach this conclusion from the following facts: “First: Shortly after Herbert Camp- bell’s arrest, Crandal Mackey, one of the best known criminal la“‘{grs in this city, telephoned me to say that in his experience he had found so-called ex- pert testimony to be absolutely untrust- worthy. He said, ‘T had a case in which it was necessary to prove the age of a dead child. We had nothing left but a plece of the skull and some of the hair. We sent the hair to an expert who was alleged to be able to tell the age of a person from their hair. The report came back to me that the chfld was 2 years old at the time of its death. We finally got at the facts in the case and it was ultimately developed CHARLES W while he was crossing a vacant lot. MYSTERY BULLET TEARS MAN' COKT Youthful Suspect Denies Shooting at Charles Tucker | as He Crossed Lot. An attack last night on Charles W. | Tucker of 4232 Thirty-ninth street, in which one of three pistol bullets scorched his shoulder as he was cross- ing a vacant lot near Fortieth and | Chesapeake streets, resulted today in the arrest for questioning of & young man resident of the vicinity. | ‘The suspect, however, denied all knowledge of the shooting, asserting he | could prove he was not near the scene when it occurred. He told police he | knew Tucker slightly and had gone with | girls of the latter's acquaintance. Tucker reported to police that while he was crossing the lot he heard the report of the pistol and felt the bullet scrape his shoulder. It had been shot from a light-caliber pistol. ‘Tucker said he flattened himself on the ground just as two more bullets | kicked up the dirt beside him. He lay there for some 10 minutes and then, satisfied he no longer was in danger, rose and went to No. 14 police precinct | station. Tucker later was treated by Dr. Frank W. McChesney of 3421 Wisconsin avenue. Police said they searched the neigh- borhood, resulting in the arrest this | morning of the suspect at his home, He was unarmed. MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT | quest of $50,000 is given to the step- that the child was just 2 days old at the time of death.’ FUNERAL RITES HELD “Second. A case is reported from a Midwestern city in which a police sergeant was shot and killed. A man was arrested and tried upon the testi- mony of ballistic experts, who alleged that a pistol found upon the man had fired the shot that killed the policeman. One of the newspapers of the city in- terested itself in the case, made an in- 'vestigation, and it was developed from the makers of the pistol that the pistol in question had not been ranufactured until several weeks after the date of the murder. “Third. In a comparatively recent murder trial at Rockville the ballistic experts could not make the firing pin marks on the sheil match with thel| ‘barrel markdfon the bullet, and so they went to the extreme of trying to be- fuddle the jury into believing that the man accused of the crime had used the barrel of one pistol and the butt of ai other. An expert who gave testimony at Rockville, when asked whether he intended to try to convince the jury of his far-fetched theories, responded, I am informed, ‘We are paid o conviet | and are going to convict.’ Whereupon | Mr. Stedman Prescott, a prominent | Jawyer of Rockville, took the stand and | told the jury what had been said, and | the jury promptly disregarded the ex- pert testimony in the case. *Alienist Testimony Hit. “Fourth—It is generally conceded by the legal profession of Washington that | it is possible at any time to hir ing alienists who will undertake to prove a man either sane or insane, ac- cording to the desire of the person hir- ing him.” “If the foregoing matters which have been brought to our attention are true, as I firmly believe them to be, then it | appears that we have a situation where for a fee of from $200 to $250 per day. men are ready to undertake to condemn an innocent man to death by seekirg to convince a jury that ballistics is such | an exact science it may be relied upon in a charge as serious as first- degree murder. In the defense which we shall present, against ascribing to the testimony of these expe y such | infallibility as this, we shall be fight ing the battle not only of Herber Campbell, but of the many poor men ‘who are being railroaded to their deaths by these gentlemen, because they ar: to contradict nything which the experts choose tc allege. “Half a truth is sometimes more ceptive than a lie. Those the indictment of Herbert C: proceedled upon the theory t experts saild that the Campbell amot Miss Baker and that Herbert Campbell had said that the gun was never out of his possession. This has led the public to believe that Herbert alleged that the gun was never out of his control, when, a5 a matter of fact, | what he told the investigators was the gun was never out of the dresse drawer of his home and had been there for a period of months. “He never for a moment contended that he always had it on his person or under_his observation. Herbert Camp- bell leaves home immediately after breakfast and is usually gone all day his wife works in Washington and leaves hothe immediately after breakfast and is in Washington all day; his stepson Eddie, is in high school all day. Thus his house is empty from early morning until dark every day. lead- | ¢ FOR COL. OLDROYD Former Owner of Lincoln Collection Given Burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services for Col. Osborn Hamline Oldroyd, 88 years old, former owner of the famous Lincoln collection of relics and mementos, who died at his home, 1723 Webster strect, Wednesday, | were conducted at the residence today Jason Noble | at 11 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Pierce, pastor of the First Congrega- tional Church, officiated. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were: Howard Cutler, H. P. Gould, E. F. Warner, D. A. Hart, L. G. Reynolds and G. W. Van De Mark. Col. Oldroyd sold the Lincoln collec- tion to the United States Government four years ago. He first opened the Tenth street house, in which President Lincoln died, for exhibition of a large part of the collection in 1893. He had dded to the collection through the ears, gathering together every possible relic and memento of the famous Civii ‘War President he could find. A veteran of the Civil War, Col. Old- yd had long been prominent in the and Army of the Republic and was formeriy assistant adjutant general of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., for 20_years NEW FLYING SERVICE TO0 SOUTH OPENS OCT. 17 Route Between Washington and Charlottesville Will Be Ex- tended to Other Cities. Thé Dixie Flying Service will inaugu- rate a new air transport service between | Washington and Charlottesville, Va., on further extension of |, October 17, with the service to Lynchburg and Danville, Va., and Greensboro, N. C, it was an- nounced today ervice will be operated on Priday, Sat- and Sunday. Connection will be made at Washing- ton-Hoover Airport with air transport planes to Philadelphia, New York, Pitts- burgh and Cleveland. Flying time be- tween Charlottesville and this city is 55 minutes, and between Charloites ville and New York, 2 hours and 50 minutes, as against 10 hours by rail. Though the schedule announced for | October 17 does not include service to Danville, passengers will be carried to }Lhat city on request. Marriage Licenses. | Delbert D. Mehafty, 21, and Sylvia E. | Gibbs. 25: Rev. Mark Depp. | . Ralph F. Mortz, 26, and Ju 129 both of Frederick, Md.; rboe. Jokn D. Bird, 48, th 38, Center Point, Va. Charles E. Johnson, 22 Re arl Cameron. 18, both of Hume, Vi by on Danie] Pollock, 29, and ta K. Notnagle, Rev. Wilson T. is city, and Alma Ware, i Rev. Frank Yates, | 24, ‘and _Virginia M. F. J. Bohan’ “When these facts are understood, it places the matter in a wholly different light. What Herbert Campbell meant was that to the best of his knowledge neither he nor any one else had removed the gun from the drawer.” Anna Costea. 20, Md.; Judge Robert E. 30, and Clara Waddy, re, Md.; Rev. William ‘Wanner, 65, and Elizabeth L. "both of 'Philadelphia, Pa.. Rev. Woolfall. both ‘of Baltimore, | Mattinel | Emanuél Mackall 1 35, both of Baltimo: D. Jarvis hn Beck 80, Hulbert A For the present the | THE EVENING STAR, W/ /. TUCKER —Star Staff Photo GOLDENBERG WILLS NEARLY $500,00 Employes of = Washington Store Remembered After Family Beqyests. The will of Morton H. Goldenberg, sole proprietor of the Goldenberg store, was filed for probate yesterday in Bal- timore by Attorneys Simon, Koenigs- berger, Young & Brez, who are desig nated in_the will as counsel for the estate. The National Savings & Trust Co., Leo Baum of Washington and the widow, Mrs. Fannie R. Goldenberg, are named as executors and trustees. Specific bequests totaling nearly $500,000 are made, but Attorney Morris Simon was unable to give a figure as to the value of the entire estate. Mrs. Goldenberg is to receive a cash bequest of $200,000 and a yearly income | of $40,000 from the residuary estate, The son, Moses Morton Goldenberg, 1s | to have $75,000 and an annual income of $7,200 from the trust estate. A be- daughter, Miss Jane Bernheimer, with an income of $4,800 annually. The remaining estate after the specific bequests are paid is to be held in trust | until the death of Mrs. Goldenberg, when it is to be distributed, two-thirds to the son and one-third to the step- daughter. Charity bequests include two of $10,000 each to the Washington Com- munity Chest and the Associated Jewish Chariiies ot Baltimore. To the Rosa H Goldenberg shoe fund of the Jewish Federated Charities of Baltimore will 20_$2,500. Employes of the Washington store are remembered in the will. Arthur Abbott and Arthur Baum are each to have $1.000. Four other employes will receive $500 each and 27 others will get $200 each. 'CHARGES AGAINST POLICEMAN FILED | Capt. Stott Names Five Witnesses in Formal Complaint Burke Was Intoxicated. Henry G. Pratt, chief of police, | received {rom Capt. William G. n command of the sixth precinct, a formal complaint against Pvt. Wil- liam F. Burke, who was arrested Thurs- day afternoon on a charge of intoxica- tion. It was recommended by Capt. ott that Burke be charged with being under the influence of liquor. a]. | IN LABOR DISPUTE, HESAYS, INLETTER i Explains His Bureau Favors Neither Union Nor Non- Union Workmen. - ! DECLARES HIS ANSWER NOT MEANT AS APOLOGY Writes Manufacturers’ Association Representative Following Criticism Over Repainting of White House. The Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, which has been thrown into the spotlight recently by the pro- test raised over the employment of non-union labor in repainting the White House, favors neither union nor non-union labor, but awards contracts solely on the basis of the lowest com- petent bidder, in conformity with law. Sees Rap at Non-Union Labor. is the the Lieut. Col. U . 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, made public today to J. E. Edgerton, pr dent of the National Association of Manufacturers, in New York City, who gist of charged that Col. Grant appears to be favoring union labor. Labor leade asserted that their group was being di criminated against in the White House painting job, and this brought an ex- planation from Col. Grant. Mr. Edger- tton professed to see in this explana- tion a rap at non-union labor. Insisting that his letter is not an “apology,” Col. Grant wrote to Mr. Edgerton as follows: “Your letter of September 27, 1930, on the above subject (contract for re- painting the White House) has been received. The small extract from a let- ter written by me to certain members of Congress about the award of the con- tract for painting the White House is correctly quoted, but the inference you draw from this quotation is not justi- | fied and was certainly not intended. “Records Show No Prejudice.” “My original letter was written in reply to inquiries, from which it ap- peared that I was being accused of showing favoritism to an employer of non-union labor, and the fact that the practice of the office in connection with all construction contracts entered into since January 1 would not justify such an accusation was pertinent and con- clusive. The same records show that there has been no prejudice against the employers of non-union labor. Award has been made in each case in accord- ance with law, “My original letter was a statement of facts and an explanation of the legal question governing the action taken by this office. It was not an apology. Neither is this letter to be taken as an apology. It is merely an effort to pre- vent any possible further misunder- standing.” “INTO ALL THE WORLD” SELECTED AS TOPIC, Rev. Edward 0. Clark to Conduct| Morning Service at Chevy Chase Baptist. “Into All The World” will be the title of the sermon by Rev. Edward O. Clark, pastor, at the Chevy Chase Baptist Church, tomorrow at 11 o'clock. It will be the first sermon in a series on “Fa- reply that | IGRANTISNEUTRAL | | hour is held there each Sunday. | and Miss Carson. | LAW TOBE CARERR OF MEAED ORATOR Youth Here for International| Contest Has Been Perfect- ing His English. Javier Vivanco R., Mexlco's represent- | ative in the Fifth International Ora- torical Contest, is in Washington learn- ing American customs and people through personal contact, and at the | same time becoming familiar with the | city for the contest. | i | During the Summer months young Vivanco R. traveled throug rope with the national finalists of the United | States contest As a result of that contact he speaks English well, although in_the contest he will use Spanish. He won the right to represent Mexico in his country’s contet finals with an oration on “Nationalism and Its New Ideology.” In the international finals | here October 25 Vivanco R. will use that same speech. Mexico's speaker | failed to make a real showing with the | judges last year, although its represent- ative won first place and the champion- ship in 1927. Just before he left Mexico Vivanco R., who is 18 years old and one of last June's graduates of the Preparatory School of Guadalajara, dcclared that it was his ambition ‘to counteract some. of the unfavorable publi which his country has received in the press of the world.” For that reason aid, he is determined to put, his very best into his participation in the contést finals. He will study law on his return to Mexico. 'DR. SHELTON TO FILL PULPIT TOMORROW | New Pastor of Mount Vernon Place Church Here to Assume | His Duties. Dr. W. A. Shelton, the new pastor of Mount Vernon Place Church, will | preach at both services tomorrow. The vorite Texts.” Others in the series will | subject of his morning sermon will be be nto the Hills,” “Temple Builders’ T}ig Church.” ) subject | "It was ordered that formal charges | be prepared against Burke, and that he | o cited to appear before thc Trial Board next Wednesday mornir Witnesses named by Capt. Stott in- | cluded Lieut. Oscar J. Letterman, Pyts, | F. J. Reynolds and J. A. Burgess, all of No. 6 command, and Wassen P. Shep- herd, 1000 Twelith street northeast, and | . W. Tebbs, Third and D str | POLICE FAIL TO FIND TRACE OF 7-YEAR-OLD Harry Salemmo | Missing From Home in Northeast Since School Hour Yesterday. A combined search by parents and | police had failed up to noon today to | reveal any tr 7 old Harry Salemmo, mis 5 terday when he is reported to have left school for his home at 1223 H street northeast Mr. and Mrs. Frank Salemmo, the alled upon police to carch last night when | Harry failed to return for supper after | kis usual play period. They fear that | Harry went adventuring and was afraid of coming home or ran off with some other boy. Questioning of neighbors however, failed to reveal any friend of his missing from home Harry came home from the Holy Name School, West Virginia avenue and Tieal place northeast, as usual during | che noon recess. There was nothing | in his manner to which his mother could attach suspicion. He ran out of the house as soon as he had finished nis dinner and returned to school The last seen of him was at 3 o'clock when school was dismissed. FIREMEN RELEASE CHILD Firemen of No. 12 Truck Company | were called to the home of Mvs. George | B. Tennyson, 3026 Wisconsin avenue, yesterday afternoon to open a door to a room on a second floor which had closed from the inside, catching a latch, and locking Mrs. Tennyson's infant daughter Christine inside. Firemen climbed a ladder to a window, entered | and unlatched the door. and “All Things.” In the evening service, at 8 o'clock, all of the Protestant churches co-op- erate, making it a service in Christian unity. The sermon will be preached by Rev. John T. Spicknall of the Chevy Chase M. E. Church, A men's “fun and fellowship” eve- ning will be held Tuesday for all men of the church, congregation and Sun- day school. The meeting will be in the nature of a buffet luncheon, after which a program will be given. The Intermediate B. Y. P. U., under the leadership of Miss Edith Gaylord, is planning a Halloween social in the near future. The young people meet at 7 pm. SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY IN CHURCH SCHEDULE | Program for Tomorrow at Sixth| Presbyterian Will Open at 9:30 A.M. sy will be observed in the hool of the Sixth Presby- terian Church tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock. The program, “Fishers of Men,” will be in charge of James Platt. At ‘the 11 o'clock service, the pastor, Godfrey Chobot, will speak on couragement,” from the text aunch Out Into the Deep.” The Sunday evening service will be resumed at 8 o'clock, when the pastor will begin a series of talks on the fol- lowing topics: “Shelley’s Opinion of the World,” “Sir Walter Scott on _the Bible,” “Shakespeare’s Fear,” “Lord Tennyson and the Crossing of the Bar.” The Christian Endeavor Society will hold its rally meeting at 7 p.m. Miss Lum will preside. DR. GOODELL WILL SPEAK Federal Church Council Official Coming Here October 29. Dr. Charles L. Goodell, chairman of a Commission on Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches, will come here October 29, under the auspices of the Evangelistic Committee of the Washington Federation. A dinner will be given at Calvary Baptist Church to which pastors in the city and its suburbs will be invited. Dr. Goodell will speak and an open forum will be held. At 8 o'clock he will speak at & public meeting to be held upstairs in the same church. To the latter a general invitation will be extended. The chairman of the local committee in charge is Dr. Chesteen Smith, pastor of Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church. Wilbur Class to Meet. ‘The Wilbur class of Calvary Baptist Sunday School will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the home of Miss Lucie Bernhart, chusetts avenue. The hostesses will be Misses Bernhart, Austin, Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Weingartner. Injured in Fall to Pavement. Charles Knott, 55 years old, of 3604 O street received severe head injuries when he fell on the pavement at Thirty- The evening will be “Human Values.” Dr. Shelton came to Washington from Atlanta, | where for 16 years he was a professor in Emory University. | Dr. Shelton will speak Thursday at 8 p.m. at the prayer meeting service. Im- mediately after the meeting there will| be a_welcome reception for the pastor and his family and for Rev. Dr. Deal and his wife, who have been returned to the church for another year. The Epworth Hi-League will meet in Room 8 Sunday evening. The Mission Study Class of the Wom- | |an's Missionary Society will be held Tuesday at 10:30 am. | The Junior Missionary Society will meet Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The Standard Training School for Sunday School Workers for Washington and vicinity will be held November 9-14 EARLY CHRISTIANS’ TEXT | OF RECTOR'S DISCOURSES: = | Dr. Herbert Scott Smith of St. Mar- garet’s Announces Series of | Kathleen Carson telling tales from “Huckleberry Finn” to the children at Children’s Hospital. Left to right: Carlton Parrish, Guy Ewell, Martha Geesling, Mary Davis, Mexico’s Orator JAVIER VIVANCO R., Who will represent Mexico in the Fifth Internatioral Oratorical Contest finals here October 2. CRINE BODY PLANS STAND ON DRY LAW Eleven on Enforcement Com- mission Reach Tentative Decision About Report. A tentative formula for solution of the perplexing prohibition enforcement question has bezn adopted by the Pres- ident’s Law Enforcement Commission, which is prepared to “go to the bottom’ of the matter.. According to the commission’s pres- ent schedule, the members are pre- pared to determine first whether the dry law is being enforced, and if it is not, whether it can be so perfected that it can be enforced. ‘Then, it is the tentative plan of the commission, should it reacn the con- clusion that prohibition cannot be en- forced, to decide whether to recommend modification or repeal. Unanimity Is Lacking. There is no unanimity among the eleven minds on all details of such a program, particularly over the latter part of it, but as the commissioners went home over the week end to study | further the voluminous reports on pro- hibition there appeared to be signs that this plan was gaining favor. It has been contended by an element of the commission in the three days of meetings that prohibition is the main issue confronting its inquiry into law enforcement and is the problem to be acted upon before going further with the work. TLis group has won its demand that the wet and dry problem be tackled now with a view to submitting an early report to President Hoover. Law's Merits Undebated. During the hours of discussion over procedure there has been no division ol the commission whatever on the T I Her weekly story is,” Roy Arnold Star Staff Photo. SIK PERSONS HURT - INAUTOACCIDENTS | Traffic Policeman Among In- | jured in Mishaps Here Last Night. Traffic accidents in Washington last night resulted in injuries to six persons, Jacqueline Hare, 2-year-old daughter of Marshall M. Here, 2108 Fourth street northeast, and Catherine Jones, 5 years old, 323 W strect northeast, were cut and bruised cn the face when an auto- mobile in which they were riding with Mr. Hare collided with another ma- chine at Rhode Island avenue and Fourth street northeast. Louise Zinberg, 24, and Bernice Zin- berg, 21, both of 1616 East Capitol street, were injured when their auto- mobile was in collision at Thirteenth and East Capitol streets. Neither was seriously hurt. Traffic Policeman R. S. Montgomery received an injury to his spine when the drive chain of his motor cycle be- came entangled in the sprocket, throw- ninth and Q streets. Carl P. Wheeler, 8 years old, 123 Tenth strect northeast, was knocked down in front of 141 Eleventh street northeast by the automobile of Dr. Augustus C. Gray, 1242 Newton street northeast. The physician took the boy to Casualty Hospital, where he was | treated for a leg injury. SPECIAL EXERCISES AT BRIGHTWOOD PARK Sunday School of Methodist Church Will Hold Rally Day Pro- gram Tomorrow. Rally day will be observed in_ the Sunday School of Brightwood Parl ing him to the pavement at Twenty- | DELEGATES OF 60 NATIONS TO TOUR HEHWAYS OF .S Three Sections of Road “on- gress to Travel in 16 States. ASK GOVERNMENT AID AS CONFERENCE CLOSES Ritchie Entertains Members With Luncheon and Reception at Annapolis, The highways of 16 States will be shown as models of road development- to highway authorities from 60 countries who attended the Sixth International Road Congress, beginning today. The congress adjourned last night after & full week of meeting in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The delegates approved the recommendation that their governments be urged to give finan support, to road building everywhere, and asked for creation of national bodies to co-operate with the permanent international asso- ciation of road congresses in stimulating highway development, Ritchie Holds Reception, The broader aspects of road financ- ing, correlation of highway transj with rail and other _transporta methods and general traffic and par} problems received equal attention at the congress with such technical questions as surfacing, maintenance and road construction in new countries. Before beginning their tours today, many of the delegates traveled to An- napolis for an inspection of the United States Naval Academy as guests of Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, They were to be entertained by Gov. Ritchie at a reception and luncheon at the An- napolis Roads Club. The 300 official delegates sent by governments frony all parts of the world will travel by rail and by bus in three groups, on tour, one group through the Northeastern section, one South to Florida and the third into the Middle West. The post-congress tours ocon- ducted by the highway education board were designed to give the visiting road men a first-hand knowledge of the construction, maintenance and use of all types of modern highway in the United States. Three Tours Planned. Leaving Washington at midnight fol- | lowing a visit to the Naval Academy at Annapolis and a reception by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, today, the first group will be taken through Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachu- setts, New York. Ohfo and Michigan. This group will arrive in Detroit Octo- ber 23, where the other tours also will end and the entire delegation proceed to New York for disbandment. Virginia. North Carolina, South Caro- lina, Georgia and Florida will be visited by the second touring group, which will end in Deotroit, October 26. The third will be taken over the roads of Minnesota, Iowa, Illincis, Indiana and Michigan, reaching Detroit the 25th. The Northeastern tour. planned for a study of high-type heavy-traffic roads in densely populated industrial areas, including metropolitan area devel ments, will be taken by highway offi- clals from 15 countries, Delegates from 35 nations will visit the Southern States, while 23 countries will ‘he represented on the Western ex- cursion. THE WEATHER Methodist Episcopal Church tomorrow with special exercises. Those who were promoted last Sunday will meet in their | District of Columbia, Maryland and new classes and a special Rally day | Virginia—Fair, continued cool tonigkt; offering will be taken for the mission- | icmorrow, fair; gentle north and north- | merits of prohibition and little time has | been spent in ‘an actual discussion of Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, rector of St. | the wisdom or unwisdom of the dry law. Margaret's Church, Connecticut avenue | The commission has been represented and Bancroft place, will begin tomorrow | by its members as having an_ open Seven Sermons. 1226 Massa- | a series of sermons to be deliversd on | seven successive Sundays under the gen- eral title of “The Early Christians: Their | Names and Ours,” which will be an analysis of the character of the early Christians as evidenced by the names| applied to them, with an application of their_characteristics to modern Chris- | tian living. The subject October 12 and October 19 will be “Disciples”: October | 26, “Saints”; November 2, “Witnesses”; | November 9. “Revolutionists”; November | 16, “Friends”; November 23, “Chris-| tians.” Holy communion will be celebrated tomorrow at 7:30 am. There will be| morning prayer for Sunday school pu- | pils and parents at 9:30 a.m.; morning | prayer with sermon by the rector at 11 | am.; evensong with sermon by Canon | Missioner Swady of the Jamaica Islands at 4:30 pm. Holy communion also| will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thurs- | day and Saturday. Rev. Robert Shores, superintendent of | the Sunday school, announces the fol- lowing assignments: Miss Eleanor Cham- bers to be director of the teacher train- ing class, Mrs. Marion Early Sears to be | superintendent of the Little Helpers, Mrs, C. H. Tavenner to be bursar, Mrs. S. H. Souther to be secretary. YOUNG MEN FORM BIBLE STUDY CLASS S A 2 | or-| | Gunton-Temple Presbyterian ganization Elects John E. Larson as President. Last Sunday at Gunton-Temple Pres- | byterfan Church a young men’s Bible study class organized with John | E. Larson, president; Douglas B. Horne, | secretary, and R. Glenn Slicer, treas- urer. The class will meet in the church gallery every Sunday morning at 9:45 o'clock and ‘will study “The Social Sig- | nificance of the Teachings of Chris- tianity.” Dr. Willlam Knowles Cooper will lead the class tomcrrow morning. At _the 11 o'clock service tomorrow Mrs. Tennyson reported that a sud- first and M streets last night. Knott is Dr. Bernard Braskamp will have for den gust of ywlnd bg% blown the door now confined in Georgetown University his subject “Cultivating Life's Spiritual shuty Hospital, Areas.” L [} mind, ning "to read the evidence just as a court would prepare to go over the facts before rendering a decision. The rule of secrecy has been invoked | again and a determined effort is obviously being undertaken to enforce it as the commission approaches its decision on prohibition. There has been no hint or even a guess from the com- mission chambers as to how the mem- bers stand on this subject after their long investigation. Resume Here Wednesday. The commission will reassemble here again next Wednesday and it is the present plan of Chairman Wickersham to continue the sessions almost until election time. However, there seems little prospect of a report before election, | which is only three weeks hence. Some of the members remained here over the week end, but these were from far-distant points and there was no indication that any specal group was combining to draft a prohibition report. “THE CULT OF COMFORT” Topic for Sermon Is Chosen by Rev. A. F. Elmes. At the morning worship tomorrow at People's Congregational Church the pastor, Rev. A. F. Elmes, will speak from the tople, “The Cult of Comfort.” At 8 o'clock he preaches a special ser- mon to the Osceola Household of Ruth “Marks of a Good Citizen” i5 the theme for discussion at the Young People's service at 6:30 o'clock. Home-coming night will be held Thursday. The Men’s Club, assisted by the Ladies' Auxiliary, will have charge of the social. with the commissioners b(‘lm-; ary catise. At 11 am. the pastor, Rev. Walter M. Michael, will preach on “Giving What We Have.’ At 8 p.m. he will give the fifth sermon in a series on Human Atti- tudes, the subject being “Man'’s Attitude ‘Toward the Christlan Ministry.” The Oxford and Epworth League chapters | meet at 7 p.m. | Tuesday a supper and social evening | will be given by the Sunday School | board in honor of the teachers in the jschool from Rust Hall. C. C. Helmick is in charge of arrangements. The rally midweek service will be | addressed Thursday at 8 p.m. by Rev. | Ralph D. Smith of the Woodside Meth- | odist Episcopal Church. | The Wesley Men's Bible Class will meet Friday at 7:45 p.m. with election | of officers. At 8 p.m. the Young Peo- ple's Societies will hold a rally serv- ice, with Miss Jessie Smith, Maurice N. Thompson and Mrs. F. O. Stred in charge of the program. Circle No. 3 will hold a bake and food sale Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. Bishop Francis W. Warne of India will preach at 11 a.m., Sunday, October 19, and Miss Edna Jones, a returned missionary from Mintsing District, China, will be the speaker at the eve- ning service. DR. PIERCE WILL TALK ON SPHERE OF RELIGION Minister of All .Soule‘ Unitarian ! Church Will Preach at Morning Service. | Continuing his course of sermons on | “The Expansion of Religion—The Growth of Spiritual Values,” Dr. Ulysses | G. B. Pierce, minister of All Souls’ Church, Unitarian, Sixteenth and Har- ‘vard streets, will preach at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow on “The En- larged Sphere of Religion.” The church | schocl will assemble at 9:45 o’clock For the young people there will be a hike, with outdoor supper, starting | The monthly meeting of Pierce Hall | Players will be held Tuesday evening. | Dr.” Dewitt C. Croissant of George | Washington University will speak on | | the subject, “Some Tendencies of the | Modern Drama.” A one-act play will| be presented under the direction of Wil- ! | liam E. Bryant. EVANGELIST SERVICE WILL OPEN TOMORROW | Meetings at Maryland Ave- | nue Baptist Church. | Charles Clark, known as Charlie,” will begin a series of evan- | gelistic services at the Maryland Ave- nue Baptist Church, Fourteenth street and Maryland avenue northeast, tomor- | row and contining through October 26. | Meetings will be held nightly, except | Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. from the church promptly at 2:30. | e Bl e it Charles Clark to Conduct Series of | bl “Radio | & e G There v;;l!l bf ] jcgnt sessiontomor | row morning of the Sunday school an B. Y. P. U. Meets at 6:30. | (00 BOUNEE Rolly® Day program. Rev. “The Christian’s Great Need for To-|H. W. O. Millington, executive secre- | day” will be the subject of a sermon at | tary of ihe Columbia Association of | 11 am. tomorrow by the pastor of | Baptist Churches, will deliver an ad- Mount Olive Baptist Church, Sixth dress. Rev. W. A. Emmons, the pastor, street, between L and M streets north- | will preach at 8 p.m. on “Does thel east. The B. ¥, P, U. will meet at 6:30 | Church Meet the Needs of Today?” pm. and at 8 p.m. there will be a spo-\n. Y. P. U. meets at 7 p.m., with Wil cial se) liam Heflin as leader. ion tomor- | east wind: West Virginja—Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in tem- perature, | Record for 24 Hours. 4 Thermometer—4 p.m., 78; 8 p.m., 66; | 12 midnight, 59; 4 am, 55; | 59: noon, 73, | Barometer—4 pm., 30.20; 12 midnight, 30. 8 am, 30.29; noon, 30.30. Highest temperature, 78, occurred at :30 pm._ yesterday. Lowest temperature, 54, occurred at 6 a.m. today. | . Temperature same date last year— | Highest, 63; lowest, 36. | Potomac and Shenandoah—Clear, Tide Tables. (Futnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 4:48 am. and 4:28 pm.; high tide, 10:08 am. and 10:28 pm, Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:27 am. and 5:03 pm.; high tide, 10:46 a.m. and | 11:12 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:12 am.; sun sets 5:37 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:13 a.m.; sun sets 5:35 pm. Moon rises 7:40 p.m.; sets 10:12 amm. Condition of the Water. Potomac and Shenandoah clear, Weather in Various Cities. 30.18: 4 Stations. Weather. -+ gupI9ISas 159031H Cloudy Clear Bismarck, N. D, Hoston, . Buffalo, N. Charleston, Einetitoan "hio 30 incinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio. olumbus, S." C. 3 Denver, Golo, Detroit, Mic El Pasd, Te Galye Helen, ndianapolis,Ind 3 Jacksonviile Fia. 30 Kansus City, Mo Los Angeles. Louisville, K Miami, Fl N. O1 ew Rain Pt.cloudy Clear Clear rieans, L. N.tY< y. Antono. & San Diego, Calft an Francisco. 29. §i- Rouls, Mo.: 3030 . Paul,’Minn. 30,10 Seattle, ‘Wash.. 20.98 Spokane, Wash’ 29.98 Tampa, ' Fl 29. . Ge Fra Stockhoim, Gbraltar, Horta Hamilton, Havana, Colon, noe i Sweden D38 Spain 72 (Noon. Greenwich time, today. (Fayal), Azores... Par (Current observations.) u k. art cloudy - d Olear -