Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1930, Page 14

NATIONAL GUARD HOME LOCATION ~ WINS APPROVAL Planning Commission Urges Armory in Old Pension Office Building. MUNICIPAL CENTER ADVANTAGES TOLD Plans for Masonic Memorial on Dean Tract Presented—De- cision Pends Study. Housing of the District National Guard in the old Pension Office Build- ing, at Fifth and F streets, now occu- pled by the offices of Controller General McCarl, was recommended today by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in indorsing the report of & special committee of the District Gov- ernment. ‘The District Armory would be placed in the great red building in Judiciary Square, after it has been altered to make it suitable for the District’s citi- zen soldiery, under plans of the com- mission and the District Government. In taking this action, the commission said that it is advisable that the Dis- trict Armory be placed in a location where other municipal activities are to be set up in the future, The new Mu- nicipal Center group is to be situated southward of the District Supreme Court Building and the District Court of Appeals Building, which are across the park from the prospective armory. 1B EVE. GRADUATE OF NATIONAL RENEWS STUDIES AT THE AGE OF 83 Jacob Frech’s Diplomas Bear Signatures of Garfield and Arthur. Bowled 23 Games of Duck- pins Last May for Aver- age of 96. It takes opportunity & good while sometimes to reach a man, but then it takes a good man to grasp it when it comes along. There's Jacob Frech for instance, 83 years old, and a-swearing he wouldn’t trade his age for youth for anything in the world. He's had a hankering for logic ever since he reached manhood and now that he’s retired at last—they kept him in active service at the adju- tant general's office until just a month ago—he is a regularly enrolled student in the evening classes at National Uni- versity. Mr. Frech is no stranger to academic halls. In choosing National University for the formal pursuit of studies he has carried on individually for many years. Mr. Frech merely returned to his alma mater. The oldest living graduate of that school, this man, who says you don't begin to live until you reach 80, holds the degrees of bachelor of laws and master of laws from National. He took the first in June, 1881, and his diploma bears the signature of Presi- dent Garfield, who then was chancellor of the university. The second was re- ceived the following year and that diploma is signed by President Arthur, successor to the assassinated Chief Ex- ecutive as chancellor of National as well as to the presidency. His Course of Studies. Mr. Frech has mapped out for himself at National. On Tuesday evenings he takes logic. On Wednesday he has two Charles W. Eliot 2d, director of plan- ning of the commission, said that un- der this program the District’s activ- ities will be a unit. Traffic Study Asked. The commission asked the District Government to make an investigation on the bable effect on traffic and transit facilities, if C street, between Third and Sixth streets, is blocked, as is . District Government offi- cials, Mr. Eliot said, have agreed to in- this. Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer Com- missioner of the District, and A. L. Harris, municipal architect, appeared before the commission yesterday and discussed Municipal Center studies. The commission is desirous of ascertaining the effect of the blocking of C street, ‘when lfie numbers of Municipal Gov- ernmen! employes are housed in the mew structure. 2 W. T. Partridge, the commission's architect, reported on the ‘War-Navy Departments group and set it down as his opinion that if these two departments are to be con- structed in the southeast in an area bounded by Maryland, Virginia and Delaware avenues, there will be insufi- cient space to give them the monu- mental treatment, similiar to that ob- taining in the Municipal Center group at the Whil House, allowing The commission has indicated that #t considers it the function of the Public Buildings Commission to pass on the location of new governmental Harvey W. Corbett, New York archi- tect, who designed the Masonic - morial at Alexandria, Va. presented plans for the Masonic Memorial pro- posed to be erected on the Dean tract, at Florida and Connecticut avenues. ‘The commission took these plans under advisement and will render its decision after it has had time to go over them thoroughly. Fall Injures Film Director. 1LOS ANGELES, October 18 (#).— Reed, motion picture director, ‘was confined to his home today con- valescing from several fractured ribs suffered when he fell from the rafters of a small playhouse. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and con- tinued cold tonight, minimum tempera- ture about 39 degrees. Possibly light frost in the suburbs. Tomorrow fair, moderate west winds. Virginia—Slightly colder in central and east portions tonight, with light to heavy frost in west portion. Tomorrow fair, moderate west winds. Maryland—Fair tonight. Slightly colder in central and east portions. Possibly light frost in central and heavy frost in extreme west portion. Tomor- Tow fair, fresh west winds. ; West, —Fair tonight, with heavy frost. Tomorrow fair, continued cold. Record for Twenty-Four Hours, ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 81; 8 pm.,, 62; 12 midnight, 52; 4 am,, 47; 8 am, 45; noon, 54. Barometer—4 p.m., 8 pm, 29. 12 midnight, 29.90; 4 a.m., 29.92; 8 am., 29.95; noon, 29.90. Highest temperature, 84, occurred at 1:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest temperature, 42, occurred at 7 a.m. today. ‘Temperature same date last year— Highest, 63; lowest, 37. Tide Tables. 29.67; classes, one in psychology and the other in the history of sociology, and on Fri- day he takes the history of science and on Saturday more psychology. When you see Mr. Frech you're apt to marvel at his robust movements, un- less have no idea of his real age. Mr., h himself believes a balance of recreation and work is responsible for that. He bowls well. Listen to this performance. He says: “Now on my elghty-first birthday 1 bowled 21 games of duckpins and my average was 92. On my eighty-second birthday I bowled 22 games and my average was 95, and—now listen—on my eighty-third birthday, that was last May, I bowled 23 games of duckpins It's no mean study program which | JUDGE DELIBERATES WARDMAN GROUP'S PLEA FOR RECEIVER Opposing Counsel Holds Court Has Right to Enjoin Proposed Meeting. HOLD COMPLAINT LACKS SUFFICIENT SIGNERS Complainants Willing for Dissolu- tion of Corporation Under Court Order. game, the twenty-third I rolled, my score was 115!" For intellectual relaxation Mr. Frech resorts to chess. He has played the game since the days of international meets when moves were made by mailed post cards. Coming to the United States from Germany when he was 6, young Jacob left school at the age of 11 to go to work as a messenger in the Williams- burg; N. Y. office of Phillip Hamilton, youngest son of Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of Treasury. Called Into Federal Service. Mr. Hamilton retired in a few years, but h the outbreak of the Civil War he was called into Federal service by President Lincoln, who made him judge advocate of the Navy Retiring Board. Mr. Hamilton then called for Jacob Frech again, and on October 7, 1861, young Frech was sworn in as a mes- senger. Actually, however, he was recorder for the board and its records are preserved today in Frech’s hand- writing. ‘The retiring board subse- quently was moved to Washington and on New Year day, 1863, Frech came to_Washington. Mr. Frech later served under Hiram L. Sleaper, who succeeded Mr. Hamil- ton, and after traveling with Mr. per, who had been made judge advocate of the Navy Court-Martial, he returned to Washington to stay in 1866. He subsequently entered the adjutant general's office, from which he retired last August 31, as division chief, after he had been continued in service long after the official retire- ment age in recognition of his capabilities and value to the office he held. JACOB FRECH. and got an average of 96. That last PENSION BOCST AWARDED T0 17 59 Firemen and 118 Police-]‘ men Get Increases Un- der New Act. Fifty-nine retired firemen and one hundred and eighteen retired policemen were given increased pensions by the District Commissioners yesterday accordance with the terms of the recent act raising the salaries of licemen and firemen. All of those wi pen- sions were raised had served 25 years or more prior to retirement. ‘The beneficiaries included many well known names. Two former police chiefs and one former chief engineer of the Pire Department were among them. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, another former chief of police, did not apply for an increase and was given none. When he undertook to work for the pay-raise bill it was with the stipulation that he would not personally benefit from it His pension is $2,600 per annum. Had he cared to put in an application it would have been raised to $4,000 per annum. Those who benefitted, with the amounts of their new pensions, were: Fire Department Pensions. Chief Engineer F. J.-Wagner, $333.33 per month; Deputy Chief Andrew | Jackson Sullivan, $208.33; Fire Mar- shal L. V. Seib, $208.33; Battalion Chiefs T. J. Donohoe, J. J. Hanlon, W. P. Lanahan, each $187.50. Capts. H. D. Burch, W. A. Dixon, C. C. Fling, W. J. Garner, C. E. Gib- son, Robert Hayes, F. Hellmuth, P. J. Hollohan, J. E. Hooper, William Nally, G. H. Reynolds, J. T. Rossiter, W. J. Seitz, Charles Thomas, each $125; Lieut. C. H. Bray, $118.33; Sergt. M. J. Barry and Sergt. T. Inscoe, each $108.33. Pvts. F. R. Brill, F. W. Brown, G. F. Burga, P. J. Carroll, J. A. Cot- ter, James Creamer, Alexander Elliott, H. W Fletcher, Orville Fraser, M. Gallagher, J. L. Glasscock, P. N, Jef- fries, George Kennon, C. R. Kuhns, | Henry Lambert, P, T. Leahy, W. J. | McElwee, C. V. Mackintosh, E. T. Martin, W. H. Melchoir, H. L. Neu- mayer, C. T. O'Brien, J. D. O'Connor, | H. J. Raley, J. F. Reynolds, J. F. Rick, | W. C. Ricks, 8. B. D. Rollins, 8. N. | Rollins, J. 8. Trodden, C. H. Ward, R. I. wiliams, J. M. Wooster, J. T. | $100. (Purnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Surviy.) y—Low tide, 11:26 am. and 11:50 p.m.; high tide, 4:3¢ am. and 6:11 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:19 pm.; high tide, 5:33 am. and 6:06 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:20 am.; sun sets 5:26 p.m. ‘Tomorrow- sets 5:25 p. Moon rises 2:14 a.m.; sets 3:57 p.m. utomobile lamps to be lighted one- balf hour after sunset. Weather in_ Vari Sun rises 6:21 am.; sun ‘Temverature + seywmceR 0.08 Clear ... Clear Pt.cloudy 4 Cloud Police Beneficiaries. | Retired officers and privat:s of the | Police Department, with the amounts of their pensions, follow: Richard Sylvester and Maj. L. Gessford, each $333.33 monthly. Capts, William T. Anderson, Guy E. Burlingame, Russell D:an, William F. Falvey, Collin E. E. Flather, James | Hartley, Thomas Judge, Edward | Keefe ‘and George H. Willlams, each | $150. Lieuts. James Conlon, Yule= Hodges and Joshua L. Sprinkle, each $127.08. Detective Sergts. Frank Baur, George W. Boyd, Charles H. Bradley, Harry Evans, John T. Jackson, Robert Liv- ingston, Thomas D. Walsh, Richard E. Weed<n, each $125. Sergts, Willam H. Adams, John A. Boyce, Philip Browne, Hasry T. Burlin- game, Edward Curry, Simon J. Harry, John L. Kilmartin, Thomas 8. h James H. Lutton, Jeremiah J. Murphy Owen C. Ryon, Charles A. Stevens, John J. Whal:n and Robert C. Yates, each $114.58. Pvts. Edward Anderson, William W, Andre Henry Backenheimer, William | J. Barbze. Wiillam W. Bateman, John Boland, Charles H. Bradley, Walter 8. Brady James S. Bryan, Wilbort Callo- way, Owen Cooney, Charles H. Cowne, | Clarence S. Creel, James A. Davi | Jackson /Edwards, Samuel D. Edwar | Charles C. Estes. Anthony Fennelly, | Simon S. Fraser, Harvey E. Gilpin, Rob- iert L. Garrison, Charles E. Garvey, {Henry Gilbert, Willlam H. Haller, ‘Thomas Hanley, James R. Harrover, jr.; John D. Hauze, John C. Heide, John T. Herbert, Edgar H. High, Henry C. Hoag- land, Herman Holz, Charles Hooker, Abram Houghlan, Harry S. Hutton, Jacob Jacobsen, James Kavanagh, John T. Kennedy, Gustav W. Kramer, David E. Langley, James Law, John T. Leavell, John E. Lightfoot. And Joseph W. McDaniel, James M. McGrath, Alexander McKlie, Thomac B. McNamee, Archibald Mellon, Rich- ard O. Melton, Edward Mudd, James Mulvey, John E. C. Nebb, Thomas J. Maj. | Harry Nevitt, Laurence J. O'Dea, Romanus A. M. Wolfe and Robert A. Pence, Charles P. in | Young, J. A. Sullivan, A. Nelson, each JEWISH CONGRESS OPENS TOMORROW Several Hundred Delegates! Expected at Two-Day Session Here. The American Jewish Congress, com posed of delegates from the chief | national Jewish organizations, through: | out the country, will convene tomorrow afternoon at the Willard Hotel. Sev- | eral hundred delegates are expected to attend. The congress lasts two days, The congress will open at 2 o'clock | tomorrow afterncon, when there will be | addresses and reports from Dr. Stephen | 8. Wise, Bernard 8. Deutsch, Nathan D. Perlman, Bernard G. Richards and ou;gm ogo:‘rs of the congress. | stration will bey ‘ w}}}}?rd. gin tonight at the | e annual banquet of the congress | will be held tomorrow evening i | o'clock, when Harry Snell, member of | the British Parliament, will be the guest | | of honor and principal speaker. Snell | is chairman of the Labor party of the | House of Commons, has served as a | member of the Palestine inquiry com- | mission for the past two years and is a | | champion of the restoration of the| Jewisn national homeland in Palestine, || He is a distinguished Brifish diplomat, having served long and with distinction |in the diplomatic service. He was a member of the parliamentary delegation |to South Africa in 1924 and of the| | British Guiana Commission in 1926. He is | | @ member of the Fabian Socicty, the | | Royal Empire Society, the Empire Par- | | iamentary Association, and the African | | Bociety. | The Executive Committee of the con- gress, in charge of arang:ments, in- | cludes: Leopold V. Freudberg, chair- man; Maurice Bisgyer, executive secre- tary; Mrs. John Safer, chairman of the | woman's division and Isidore Hershfield, | Joseph A. Wilner, Mrs. David Alpher, | Louise E. Spiegler, Morris Garfinckle, | | Bernard Danzansky nd Joseph Tepper, | vice chairmen. |EMMET McBRIDE SENT | TO GALLINGER HOSPITAL Brother of Dry Leader Held for Mental Observation at Sug- | | gestion of Police. | Emmet McBride, brother of F. Scott | McBride, superintendent of the Anti- | Saloon League, today was sent to Gal- linger Hospital for mental observation | at the instance of the Detective Bu- ! | reau. | | _Police of Steubenville, Ohio, Mc-| | McBride, who has been held in custody | here for several days on an “investiga- | tion” charge. MecBride is charged in | Ohio with bad check operations and | | was arrested here at the suggestion of | bis brother, the dry leader. When word came today that the | Steubenville police would not send for | | McBride, the decision was reached by | Inspector William S. Shelby of the De- | tective Bureau to send the prisoner to | Gallinger Hospital. | " F. Scott McBride is anxious to have | his " brother returned to the Middle West, where he will be among friends | {and get the treatment members of his | family feel he needs. e [FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR COL. J. E. MILLER Funeral seryices for Col. James E Miller, former inspector general and | chief 'surgeon of State and national soldiers’ homes, who died in Naval Hos- pital Thursday, were conducted at Hysong's funeral home, 1300 N street, this afternoon, with Rev. Dr. Leon A. Sheater officiating. Chaplain’ Albert F. Vaughan of Fort Myer was to officiate at burial services in Arlington Cemetery, where full military honors were to be accorded at the grave. Rout, Christopher C. Saunders, Gus- tavus A. Schraver, George Shannon, William H. Skinner, Hillary M. Smith, Otto Sonntag, Henry C. Stroman, James ‘Talbot, Robert Tapscott, Augustus ‘Thompscn, Louis C. Trumbo, Charles O. ‘Turner, Henry Turner, Rufus Vander Schaff, Louis S. Vanglewalker, Walter A. Walker, William ‘Wheler, Holton each, $100. | Chureh, With Monday set as the day for a meeting of the stockholders of the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Cor- poration to consider dissolving the corporation, Judge William P. Wools of the Corporation Court of Alexandria is deliberating on the plea of a group of stockholders who applied for a receiver and for an injunction to prevent the proposed stockholders’ meeting. Judge Wools took the case under advisement late yesterday afler listen- ing for two hours to arguments of opposing counsel. Attorneys Harry F. Kennedy and Harry A. L. Barker of counsel for the group seeking court intervention, argued that the answer filed early yesterday by the mortgage and discount corporaticn was not suf- ficient. They took the position that, under the laws of Virginia, the court has jurisdiction to name a recewer and enjoin Monday's meeting, and they urged such action. Claims Lack of Petitioners, Attorney Daniel Thew Wright, ac- companied by Attorney Meredith M. Daubin, argued that the bill of com- plaint was not joined in by a sufficient number of stockholders to give the court jurisdiction to name a receiver. He contended that under Virginia law 25 per cent of the stockholders would have to join in the petition. In the answer filed early yesterday, Attorney Wright set forth that the directors deemed it advisable and for the benefit of the corporation that it be dissolved. He contended, however, that the directors have taken tife prop- er legal steps for that purpose by passing an appropriate resolution and then calling the meeting of the stock- holders for October 20 to act on the resolution. ‘Want Court Order. In the argument of the case yes- terday afternoon Attorney Kennedy declared that if the defendants ’want the corporation dissolved, the com- plainants are willing, but want the dis- solution under court order. ‘The arguments of opposing counsel were devoted to an elaboration of the contentions set forth in the bill of complaint and in the answer. The petition for receiver and injunction was filed early this week by bert Smythe, Theordore 8. Grape and Charles D. Davis, stockholders of the mortgage and discount corporation. Those listed as defendants were the ‘Wardman Mortgage and Discount Cor- poration and Harry Wardman, Thomas P. Bones, Henry J. Robb, J. Floyd Cis- sel, Robert N. Taylor, K. Parrish Wood, jr., and James D. Hobbs. '6. H. RONEY INTERRED WITH MILITARY RITES Death From Collision on Connecti- | cut Avenue Called Accidental by Coroner’s Jury. Funeral services for George H. Roney of 3940 Livingston street, whe was killed by a police emergency car early Tuesday night at Connecticut avenue and Livingston street,*were held this | afternoon at All Saints’ Episcopal Chevy Chase Circle. Inter- ment, attended by full military honors, was in Arlington National Cemetery. The death of Roney was held by a coroner’s jury yesterday to be “acci- dental,” and Pvt. Arthur H. Gelhar of the fourteenth precinct, driver of the police car, was restored to duty. Of the 15 witnesses who testified, the majority declared that the police au- tomobile siren could be heard nearly a block away before the accident. Wit- nesses said that the driver was forced to go around the left side of a street car because the right side was blocked by parked automobiles. Gelhar took the stand in his own defense. He said he stopped as quickly as possible after Roney stepped suddenly before his car. WOULD CHANGE NAME Mary Patricia Anderson, 5 years old, through her mother, Mrs. Viola B, Kael'n, 125 Eleventh street southeast, yesterday applied to the District Su- preme Court for permission to change her name to Mary Patricia Kaelin. The mother, through Attorney F. Regis Noel, tells thq court that the child's father, James C. Anderson, is a ‘“hopeless, in- competent ward of the Veterans’ Bu- reau” and has been divorced from her. She married again, and the new hus- band, ghe mother declared, has nurtured | the child and she wants her to have the legal right to use the name of the | present husband. gt Get Five-Year Prison Term. Justice Luhring. in Criminal Division 3, today send Albert Jamerson and Helen Speaks, alias Ford, both colored, J. | Bride’s heme, have refused to send for to the penitentiary for five years each for robbery. They were convicted of holding up Robert R. Bridges and rob- bing him of $15 July 26 last. B, | and Fire Chief Watson. GRAND VISITATION " Groups Accompanied by Officers. Continuing the series of Masonic | grand visitations of 1930, the Grand | Master of Masons in the District of Columbia, accompanied- by the officers of the Grand Lodge, last evening made official calls of ceremony on three of | the constituent lodges that hold their meetings in Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue. The lodges visited were Lebanon, No. 7; Justice, No, 46, and Columbia, No. 3, the latter next to the oldest in the Dis- trict of Columrbia, having received its | eharter in November, 1802. The first visit was to Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, of which Rudolph W. Santel- mann is the master. Tpen, half an | hour later, a call was madle on Justice Lodge and Columbia Lodge, meeting | jointly. Thomas F. Baughman is mas- 1 ter of Justice Lodge, and Alfred Paster- nak is ma of Columbia Lodge. In- cidentally, Lebanon Lodge has been in | existence since the year 1811, while Justice Lodge is one of the babies of the | jurisdiction, having been chartered in | December, 1926, In Columbia Lodge, Grand Master James A. West took occasion to pay a | special tribute to Grand Secretary J. Claude Keiper, who is a member of and | former secretary of that body. Com- | plimentary remarks were also made concerning the secretaries and the treasurers of all thgee lodges, and the | masters were congratulated on the rec- ords of the organizations for the Ma- sonic year just closed. | 'The next in the series of grand visi- | tations is scheduled for Monday eve- ning, when calls will be made on Ana- costia Lodge, No. 21, and Naval Lodge, No. 4, meeting jointly in Masonic Hall, | Anacostia, D. C Isham A;er Divo;e. Herbert 8. Isham, 3320 Ely place southeast, has filed suit for an absolute civorce from Lillian L. Isham, whose address is given as Garfield Hospital. They were married May 15, 1924, and the husband charges the defendant de- serted him April 24, 1928, and has trans- ferred her affections to another man, whom he names as co-respondent. At~ torneys Charles F. Sabford and George H. Happ appear for the husband. ANACOSTIA FLYING A’CROBA;TS OFF FOR STUNTING AT TRENTON Crack Navy Pilots, Accompanied by Fidelia, Santo Domingan Burro, as Mascot. Accompanied by Fidelia, infant Santo Domingan mountain burro, clad in her new flying equipment, three crack Navy acrobatic pilots, composing the famous Anaccstia - acrobatic section, took off from the local station at 10:05 o'clock this morning for Mercer Afrport, Trenton, N. J., to fly in the aerial demonstration there to raise funds for the American L:gion “Cathedral of the Air,” to be erected at Lakehurst, N. J. The Anacostia trio, flying Curtiss Hawk single-seater fighters equipped for inverted flight, are to give the first public demonstration today at Trenton of the “sec roll,” new acrobatic maneuver they have just perfected and which was flown yesterday before David S. Ingalls. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics. - PFidelia was flown to the National Capital recently from Santo Domingo. She was purchased there by Lieut. A. P. Storrs, one of the members of the acrobatic trio, during the Navy relief expedition following the fatal hurri- cane last month. Fidelia, according to the Navy, holds all world records for long-distance flying by jackasses or beasts of like breed. For her trip to Trenton today Fidelia wore a handsome new blanket, goggles and parachute, built to her order and befitting her new position as a naval aviation mascot. When not on duty as a mascot she is the pet of the young son of Lieut. C. F. Harper, Anacostia Naval Air Station, who led the Santo Domingo relief flight. The section was led to Trenton by Lieut. Matthias B. Gardner, operations officer at Anacostia, the other pilot be- Lieut. Frederick Trapnell of the 1fled Alight test department. Pidelia | made the trip in a Navy Fairchild | photographic plane, piloted by Chief Aviation Pilot Phillip I. Gunn. Fidelia's flying companions were two aviation mechanics, who were charged with the double duty of minding Pidelia and taking care of the mechanical neces- sities of the acrobatic planes. Lieut. Leland S. Stranathan, Army Air Corps, took off from Bolling Field for Trenton this in P-12 pursuit_pj morning an Army e to represent the Army Fyin, with an acrobatic dzmtrl&m. and Lieut. R. J. Holmes of No. 4 Engine Company. MADE T0 LODGES Masonic Master Views Three! Prizes were awarded at the District Building last night to the winning fire companies in the Labor day parade. Above: No. 4 Engine Company receiving The Evening Star’s Cup for the most beautiful float in the parade. company entered “Cleopatra’s Barge,” regarded as the feature of the whole parade. Hesse, former chief of police; Odell Smith, chairman of the Awards Committee; Commissioner Crosby, Pvt. J. H. Briscoe On the extreme right is Fire Chief George S. Watson. Below: The Star Cup for the best out-of-town company being awarded to the Alexandria Fire Department. Left to | right: Sergt. Bargagni, marshal of the parade; Odell Smith, Commissioner Crosby, Fire Chief J. M. Duncan of Alexandria RELIEF ASSOCIATION GIVEN $12,116 CHECKS Receipts of Policemen-Firemen Base Ball Game Are Awarded to Charity Organizations. The relief associations of the Fire and Police Departments were each $12,- 116 richer today as the restilt of the annual Policemen-Firemen base ball game held last month. Checks for these amounts were presented to the depart- ments last night by Commissioner Herbert | B. Crosby, at a ceremony in the Board Room of the District Building at which | prizes won at the annual Labor day pa- rade of the Fire Department were pre- sented. Odell Smith, chairman of the citizens' committee in charge of the ball game, presided. Commissioner Crosby _ dis- tributed the prizes. The Boys' Inde- | pendent Band, which won one of the band prizes, played several selections. Among those who made brief addresses were Isaac Gans, Mark Lansburgh, Mr. Smith, former Police Chief Edwin B. | Hesse, Sergt. A. J. Bargagni, marshal of | the parade, and Commissioner Crosby. . IMRS. E. E. HERBERT DEAD AT AGE OF 73 Buried Monday in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Herbert, 73 years | old, a lifelong resident of this city, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. James R. Nash, 1822 Massachu- | setts avenue southeast, yesterday, after |a long iliness. A native of this city, Mrs. Herbert | was educated at Holy Cross Academy | here. She is survived by her husband, James J. Herbert; two sons, Joseph W. Herbert of this city and William A. Herbert of Houston, Tex.; two daugh- ters, Mrs. Marie R. Clement of this city and Mrs. Elizabeth Affelder of Chi- cago; seven' grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. ~ She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Charles D. Leiberman of this city and Mrs. Oscar T. Schmidt of Philadelphia. Funeral services will be conducted in Holy Comforter Catholic Church Monday morning at 9 o'clock, follow- ing brief services at the granddaugh- ter's residence. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Herbert was the daughter of the late Dr. Joseph Walsh, at one time a prominent physician here. McMAHON FUNERAL TO BE HELD MONDAY Six Grandsons to Act as Pall- Bearers for Lifelong Resident of District. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Cecelia. | McMahon, 79 years old, who died at her | home, 5716 Eighth street, yesterday, will be conducted at St. Aloysius’ Catholic Church Monday morning at 10 o'clock. One of her grandsons, Thomas Francis McMahon, will be altar boy at the services, while six of her g:andsons will be pallbearers, the list including Frank Hurley, Adolph Miller, Harry Miller, Leo McMahon, Francis McMahon and Wil- lie McMahon. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. McMahon, the widow of Thomas | McMahon, was a lifelong resident of this city. She was the daughter of the late Peter McNamara, at one time a prominent contractor here. She would have been 80 years old the first of next April. nshe leaves four sons, Capt. William L. McMahon of the District Fire Depart- ment, R. C. McMahon of Mount Ranier. Md.; John G. McMahon and James Mc~ Mahon, and three daughters, Mrs. Josie T, Prailey, Mis. Philip Buettner and Mrs. Henry A. Miller. ‘The great wall of China was begun in the year 214 B.C. | Native of Washington Will Be' | and later conducted a school of music | " This In the photo, left to right: Edwin J. —Star Staff Photos. DRNENETS . OFC. * DANEW NEMBERS Reports From Plural Group) se Will Increase Total, Already Above Quota Set. | The Washington Chamber of Com- | merce increased its membership by 42¢ during the nine-day campaign which | ended with a luncheon meeting in the Washington Hotel yesterday, = final | tabulations show. This figure, although | considerably above the quota set as | the goal of the drive, will be materially increased as reports continue to come in from the plural group, which is en- gaged in soliciting memberships of busi- ness houses. Winding up the campaign with as much enthusiasm as when it started, the team workers made the final day of the drive the greatesi in point of new memberships reported, turning in | | a record total of 134. All-Gas Team Regains Lead. ‘The final summary compiled yester- day showed that the team workers re- | jorted 96 new members and the piural group, with Martin A. Leese as its chairman, contributed 38 new members for the day. The All-Gas Company team, comprised of members of the ‘Washington Gas Light Co., won back its lead with a total of 32 member- | ships and was awarded the banner for | the day. A. Ewaldsen is captain of this team. With a grand total of 78 new mem- berships acquired during the drive, the gas company team is winner of the large sitver cup voted by the chamber | to be presented to the team securing | most members. Presentation of this award and other cups and souvenirs will take place at the chamber’s an- nual meeting in the Mayflower Hotel Tuesday. The new. members will be elected to, membership at Executive Committee meetings today. Standing of Divisions. The standing of the four divisions of the teams at the conclusion of the campaign follows: Division 2, Maj. H. A. Brooks, 129 new members; Division 4, Maj. Ernest J. Spitzer, 64 new mem- bers; Division 3, Maj. George E, Keneipp, 61 new members, and Division 1, Maj. Darrell P. Aub, 28. The Plural Committee secured a total of 142 for the drive. The standing of the individual teams follows: Team 8, Capt. A. Ewaldsen, 78; team 11, Mrs. Ada C. Payne, 30; team 16, Capt. Harry T. Peters, 26; team 22, Capt. Fenton M. Fadeley, 18; team 21, Capt. Martin J. McNamara, 18; team Capt. James M. Denty, 17; team 1 Capt. F. E. Rogers, 15; team 15, Capt. Grant Leet, 12; team 12, Capt. R. V. Russell, 11; team 18, Capt. Eliot H. Thomson, 9; team 7, Capt. Willlam Werner, 9; team 20, Capt. H. Bocor- selski, 8; team 17, Capt. E. L. Huffman, 8; team 24, Capt. Allen V. De Ford, 6, DEFENSE GIVES (P PLAN TO EXAMINE BAKER DEATH AR Microchemists Busy Today Compiling Report on Campbell Pistol. EXPERTS SAY BULLETS’ MARKINGS NOT ALIKE Attorney Smith Declares All In- formation Regarding Auto Has Been Obtained. Plans to have defense micro-chemists Journey to Oak Grove, Va., tomorrow to examine the automobile in which Mary Baker was last scen alive were abane doned today by Charles Henry Smith, chief of counsel for Herbert M. Camp- Dell, charged with the slaying. Smith revealed he had obtained from other sources all the information he needed concerning the physical descrip- tion of the car, and the condition in which it was found after its owner was slain, Dr. Albert H. Hamilton and his Robert A. Hamilton, micro-chemists Auburn, N. Y, drove to Oak Grove Thursday in company with Smith to ine spect the machine. They failed to see the automobile, however, because Dr, Thomas D. Baker, Jather of the girl, was away from home, Making Report Today. Dr. Hamilton was busily engaged day in completing his report of & mot m\srefles hde made with the assistance son during a '-hl'm Xami= nlflonolls::{l mmodwer:om- thorities by pbell, bullets removed from the body of Miss Baker and her personal effects. The report was ex= to contain m correspond with scratches left on test bullets fired from Camy 's revolver. They said many of striations were visible to the naked eye, while the others could be easily seen with the aid of a microscope. Dr. Hamilton stressed the bullets in Campbell's ‘when it submitted to authorities were very while the slugs which killed the penetrated far into her body, indicat- ing they werg mew. my " Dr. “When I finish . Hamilton said, “I intend to devote the remainder of the time betweéh n and the trial Tue District preme Court to the latter told the Arlington County aus= thorities when he turned in the gun g::tk“'n. was the gun that killed Miss H_}_sh‘ statement follows: = ““The newspapers of gton hdh repeatedly carried statements within the past few days that Herbert Camp- published under existing con<i. do a great deal of harm. Horbert Campbell informs me that hs me4s no such statement as that, but merel; re- quested, when turning in the gun, that it be examined by comps:tent experts, since it might have had something to do with Miss Baker's death. Hs ex- plains this by saying that had in thel n:wspl'pen f-:hlt thes lutl:thuu were 100 for & cheap Spanish gun and nncehl:fs was a cheap Spanith gun, he turned it in for the purpose of exami~ nation. It should be und:rsiood that these cheap guns were sold by maile order houses and that the country has been_literally flooded with them since 22, VIot you vl give this prom “I trust you ive publication in order that the effect :t‘ the false statements that have been published will be minimized as much as possible, JURY VALIDITY ATTACKED. Two Petitions Allege Body That In- dicated Campbell Was Tilegal. Two additional attacks on the validity of the grand jury which indicted Here bert M. Campbell, Virginia real estate operator, for the murder of Mary A, Baker have been filed in the District Supreme Court. Attorneys Alvin L. Newmyer and Tobriner & Graham, on behalf of Ja= cob Shapiro, real estate operator named in a number of indictments for sales without disclosing “hidden trusts” om the property, and Mr. Newmyer alone, on behalf of Roy Marks, charged with white slavery, call the attention of the court to the fact that A. Em- mons, who, he declares, is the sole or principal owner of George A. Emmons, Inc., September 2 last, while serving on the grand jury. accepted a contract with the United States to furnish to the Coast Guard of the Treasury Depart- ment guns and ammunition and thus assumed contractual relations with the United States, which would disqualify him for service on the grand jury. There are still pending a number attacks on the validity of any Summer grand jury on the theory that there is no law permitting the swearing in of & July grand jury. The presence of s woman pensioner of the United States on the grand jury last year resulted in e dismissal of an indictment t Robert A. McPherson and the resubmission of the case to another grand jury which refused to indict. A number of other cases had to be re- submitted for the same reason. $1,600 IN GEMS STOLEN FROM WASHINGTON HOME Mrs. Louise D. Kent Loses Valu- able Brogch and Pearls—Visi« tor Robbed by Pickpocket. A platinum brooch and team 13, Capt. Vincent Saccardi, 5. ENGINEERS RESUM MONUMENT DRILLING Believe They Will Strike Rock Bed Soon; More Pipe Line Received. Drilling operations on the Washing- ton Monument grounds, suspended for several days pending the arrival of a number of lengths of pipe line, were resumed W by the Giles Drilling Corporation of New York, which is ex- ploring the subsoil to supply data for the proposed sunken dens program under _consideration the National Capital Park and Planning Gommission. Although the engineers have gone down 100 feet below the surface, they lieve they have hit the top of it. Sam- ples brought up from that depth show that the drill is now operating on green- ish pistgghio rock, and the indications are phis is the proper bedrock. said solid bedrock has not yet been | street nortneast, w.iose skull was encountered. The drillers, however, be- | tured in a leap from a rear window of and Ah‘lg' of pearls, valued at $1,600, were Stolen from the home of Mrs. Louite D. Kent, 3100 Thirty-fifth street, in three days, it was refuomd last night, Mrs, Kent told the police that entrance was gained through a second-story wine dow and the jewelry taken from & dresser drawer. Gamaliel Green, 2836 Observatory avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, yumhfiew the victim of pickpockets wi a passenger on a Capital Traction car at Nineteenth and E streets, being relieved of a billfold containing $15. SUICIDE VERDICT GIVEN Man Who Leaped to Deatk From ‘Window Declared Irresponsible An investigation into the ecircum- stan: ttending death of Andrew ;v-uc:c.e .Bplrh, « ars old, of 641 his home Wednesday, ner J, Ramsay Nevitt issuing a cate of suicide. The coroner Sparks was mentally irresponsilyle the time. resulted in {