Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1931, Page 17

Society and General The Foening Stae WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1931 PAGE B—1 GRAND JURY HEARS VETERAN'S ATTACK ACANST HOSPTAL Joseph E. Jaffee Says He Was Brutally Treated by Gallinger Attendants. STRUCK BY EX-MARINE, HE TELLS SENATOR FESS Patient Declares He Was Forced to Remain in Institution Against His Will. Marked with a black eye received yesterday when he was attacked in Gal- Jinger Hospital by a patient, Joseph Edward JafTee, World War veteran, of Cincinnati went before the grand jury today to complain of allsged brutal treatment recelved by other patients and hinself while he was confined to the hospital for a 48-hour period end- end Sunday noon. Jaffee was accompanied by Mrs. Pauline A. Werner, secretary to Repre- sentative William E. Fess of Ohio, to whom the veteran complained after his discharge from the institution. Gal- linger Hospital officials have issued a sweeping denial that Jaffe> or other patients were mistreated by attendants. Attacked by Marine. The attack on Jaffee develop2d sud- denly when the former patient returned to the hospital and was being escorted through a ward by a doctor and attend- ants at 'his own request in order that he might point out a man who, he charged, had beaten a fellow patient. Jaffee leveled an accusing finger at Patrick Mullaly, a 6-foot ex-Marine confined to the hospital for observa- tion after a six-month jail sentence on charges of violating traffic laws. Mullaly is said to have knocked down his accuser with a blow to the face. Dr. Isaac Silverman, psychiatrist, who had accompanied Jaffee into the ward, said he and the attendants, assisted by several patients, subdued Mullaly as quickly as possible, although the doc- tor's straw hat was crushed in the struggle and several peacemakers re- ceived stray blows. Among other things, Jaffee charged no attempt was made by his escort to protect him, that the hospital refused his request for release while he was confined there, that he was forced to take a bath and sleep in the “strong room” under insanitary conditions, and that an attendant felled him with a blow to the jaw when he demurred at taking the bath. Denies He is Employe. While Jaffee described Mullaly as a “patfent-orderly,” Maj. Edgar A. Bo- cock, superintendent of Gallinger, de- nied Mullaly had any status as an em- ploye of the institution, although the patient was permitted to undertake oc- castonal ligit jobs as part of his treat- ment. Jafee sald he was discharged from Mount Alto Veterans Hospital, July 3, after six weeks.of diagnostic treatment. The same day he was in the office of Senator Morrison of North Caro- linfa, when he became ill and was given a letter to veteran officials urging that he receive additional hospitaliza- tion. There were no beds avalable at Mount Alto, however, and the Veterans Bureau here directed Jaffee to pro- ceed to Galinger. A few hours after being admitted, Jaffee said, he felt well enough to leave. Says He Was Detained. Jaffee said his request to be dis- charged was refused and he was trans- ferred to the psychopathic ward. Later, he said, he was hit oy an attendant when he objected to taking a shower bath with patients whom he feared might be suffering from various disor- ders. Jaffee also charged he saw Mullaly beating & patient and when he objected the former Marine thr2atened him so severely he was afraid to skeep in the ward that night and was compelled 1o spend the night in the “strong room.” He said the mattress was 50 unsanitary he had to sleep on the concrete floor. After his release, Sunday, Jaffe re- turned to the hospitdl Monday morning, officials said, to learn ‘rom Dr. Silver- man why he had been kept at the Hos- pital after his request to be discharged. At no time while he was in the hospital, or during his second visit, did Jaffee complain of the treatment he had re- ceived, officials said. After visiting the office of Senator Fess yesterday Jaffee went to the office of George S. Wilson, director of the Board of Public Welfare, and recelved Mr. Wilson's personal card introducing him to Maj. Bocock. Jaffee called on Maj. Bocock and requested he be per- mitted to go through the wards and identify persons who, he said, had mis- treated him and other patients. The request was granted and Dr. Silverman directed to show Jaffee into any part of the hospital he wished to visit. In a written statement, Mullaly said Jaffee had made objectionable remarks 0 & nurse. Y Dr. Gilbert explained Jaffee was in a stupor, apparently induced by an overdose of & drug, when admitted to the hospital and for at least 24 hours afterward. He said it wa$ his opinion Jaffee could not have looked after him- self if discharged before Sunday. Charges Investigated. Both Dr. Gilbert and Maj. Bocock investigated Jaffee's charge that he was hit by an attendant at the shower bath. They obtained statements from the attendant and numerous witnesses denying such an incident occurred. They were unable to verify charges that Mullaly beat another patient. . Bocock explained both white and colored patients must use the same hydrotherapy baths, but they are ad- ministered at different times. He de- nied thé baths or the mattresses in the “strong rooms” could have been un- sanitary. Only mattresses are placed in these rooms to prevent patients of unsound mind from inj them- 1ves. “Mnj. Bocock said when Jaffee com- plained of being afraid to sleep in the ‘ward he was given the aption of spend- ing the night there or in a “strong room,” and Jaffee chose the latter. Jaffe also complained of being kicked by an unidentified patient before he could rise after he was knocked down by Mullaly. Dr. Silverman said this ¢ might :::e“been p{)&!lble durmgmcugo scuffle, probably was an acciden- low administered tal bl as several men struggled to subdue the ) ex-Marine. BOY SWALLOWS POISON ‘Bdward Taylor, jr., 19-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Taylor, 1342 E street northeast, today was reported in a serious condition at Casualty Hos- ‘The child is reported to have ob- ed the poison while his mother was #a another part of the house, Drivers Take to Lanes IEW of the newly painted traffic EACH CAR IS GIVEN A DEFINI TE PATH TO TRAVEL. lanes on Pennsylvania avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, with drivers sticking to their lanes and ‘The lanes are expected to JO-YEAR-OLD MAN HELD BY INQUEST | IN GIRL'S SLAYING | \’ Ve Tegula; ssage along the street. ;;g::me%n‘clle::gt“mr apl‘:fln[glhe opgfln!lon of the “inside” left turn, which will replace the lett turn now in use September 15. ‘Witheut the co-operation of drivers, traffic officials declared, ts:e purpose of the lanes will b2 defeated. There is no regulation now requiring drivers to keep within the lanes, but one will be w{‘l‘tk‘n u::a the traffic code, it was said, unless ! litions improve at the marked intersections. cmdslow-mogmg vehicles must %eep in the lanes to the extreme right, traffic | authorities pointed out, leaving the other lan<s for faster-moving machines. | Painting of the white t#&ffic lanes is an idea of Willlam A. Van Duzer, new | traffic director, who believes that the movement of traffic across congested inter- sections will be facilitated if vehicles keep in an o‘derly line. —Star Staff Photo. FALED 0 SE LS Baptist-Speaker Holds They Were Not ‘Crooked’ Enough to Forecast Violation. The drys were not “crooked” enough to forecast what would be brought about through the enactment of the prohibi- | tion amendment and were so naive that | they thought the mere passage of an | anti-liquor law would dry up the coun- try, Dr. Robert E. Corradini, executive secretary of the Alcohol Information Committee of New York, asserted dur- ing an open forum on “The Truth About the Eighteenth Amendment,” at this morning’s session of the fortieth lnnunli convention of the Baptist Young Peo- ple’s Union of America. | Du Pont Called Distiller. In his discussion of prohibition and the current law breaking which is asso- ciated with it, Dr. Corradini character- ized Plerre du Pont as “the country's largest distiller today,” and accused the Army, which, he sald, is obliged to wink at the use of alcohol by its personnel, of “killing manhood.” Dr. Corradini was discussing the rela- tion of the reign of racketeers and gangsters to prohibition. “We were mot crooked enough to forecast what the crooked liquor traffic would do,” he declared. “We were so naive as to think that merely by passing a prohibition amend- ment, all the boys would sit meekly by, stop their drinking and that there- by. the country would be dried up. The truth is, our minds were not of a crooked enough turn to warn us that the interests which, by the com- plete enforcement of prohibition, would deprive them of a $3,000,000,000 busi- ness and which already had broken all kinds of laws in their traffic, would not simply go ahead and violate the prohibition amendment itself.” Problem of Eugenics. The trouble with all dry leaders to- day, the speaker continued, is that they “belong to the last generation.” “Any dry leader today would have a conniption fit at the mere mention of a saloon,” Dr. Corradini declared, “whereas, as a matter of fact, the liquor question today is not & problem of salvaging a few bums who want to SAYS HONEST DRYS ASK CONDEMNATION FOR PARK PROPERTY U. S. Engineer Office Re- quests Proceedings to Com- plete Development. ‘The Federal Government moved to- day to acquire by condemnation the property still outstanding in the Ana- costia Park development. E. Schmidt of the United States Engineer Office explained that his office has re- quested the Department of Justice to initiate court proceedings, which will be done immediately. While the lands of two property owners, with whom negotiations are pending, have been included in the condemnation list as a precautionary measure, the Federal Government hopes to close the deal soon. These two parcels in_negotiation total 60 acres, but the Department of Justice will tentatively include these in the whole acreage of 70 acres, owned by nine persons. The famous Shaw water lily gardens at Kenilworth, which are ultimately to be included in the park, comprise eight and a half acres, but this land is extra and still remains to be settled. While it bas always been intended to include all of the water lily gardens in the park development, Mr. Schmidt |said that only about one-third of this | property owner’s land is being acquired by purchase. This portion covers only marsh area. “Due to the peculiar condition and utilization of the llly ponds, no con- clusion has been reached as to the ac- quisition of the ponds themselves,” Mr. Schmitt stated. A large part of the unacquired prop- erty in the Anacostia Park develop- ment covers a number of small lots in the Kenilworth subdivision. To make a final clean-up for these properties, on which no agreement of purchase price with the owners could be reached, where the owners are unknown or here titles are defective, Mr. Schmitt | raid that proceedings will now be thrown into the courts. WORKMAN BREAKS LEG IN THREE-STORY FALL A. | 8t Elste when he struck Mrs. Campbell Sister of 14-Year-0ld Victim Says Shots Followed Refusal of Kiss. ACCUSED MAN CLAIMED HE FIRED AT YOUTH Young Man Tells Coroner's Jury Elsie Bryant Locked Door When Man Entered House. i A coroner's jury today ordered Wil- llam Owens, 70, held for the action of the grand jury in the fatal shooting of his 14-year-old sweetheart, Elsle Bryant, who died yesterday. ‘The girl's sister, Mrs. Gertrude Camp- bell, 17, who also was wounded by the elderly Capitol Heights dredge captain, described the shooting last Thursday in her home, at 456 M street southwest. When Owens arrived at her apart- ment and asked to see Elsle, Mrs. Campbell testified, her sister told her, “I don't want to see that old man.” Nevertheless, Mrs. Campbell said, Owens insisted on ‘“seeing Elsle,” who had! locked herself in her bed room. +Refused to Kiss Him. Elsle, according to her sister, at first/ refused to unlock the door, but finally relented. Owens, Mrs. Campbell con- tinued, pleaded with Elsie to “make up | with me and drive my car.” As an in- ducement, Mrs. Campbell said. Owens assured the girl he had “brought some money for you.” Despite the fact Elsie spurned Ow- ens’ plea, Mrs. Campbeld related, the dredge captain, a married man, begged her to kiss him. When Elsie refused, Mrs. Campbell declared, Owens drew a revolver and opened fire. The first three shots struck Mrs. | Campbell's arm, and she crouched be- hind a radiator to avoid being hit again. At that moment, Owens' gun clicked harmlessly in his hand and she ran from the house as he was reloading it. Policeman Testifies. Policeman William A. Iink testified | the dredge captain said he was firing | and that he was aiming at James T.| | Wilmer, a visitor at the house, when ! he hit Elsle. After wounding Mrs. Campbell, Owens admitted, according to the officer, he reloaded the pistol and fired three times at Elsfe. Wilmer, who lives at 210 Thirteenth street southwest, testified that Owens’| wife, Mrs. Maggie Owens, 67, arrived at the M street apartment a short time before her husband. At that time, Wil- mer sald, he and Elsie were sitting in the girl's bed room. When Owens reached the apartment, Wilmer added, Elsie locked the docr. 1 i | Mighty Buildings to Rise From Scrap Heaps MALL TRIANGLE FROM AIR, SHOWING SITES FOR NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING DEVELOPMENT. ! 1 SHACKLING OF GIRL INMATES ADMITTED BY SCHOOLS' HEAD Miss Richardson, Training Institution Superintendent, Holds System Necessary. WICKERSHAM CHARGES Use of Handcuffs Resorted to in Order to Prevent Damage to Buildings, She Says. Supt. Lottie I Richardson of the Na- tional Training School for Girls at Muirkirk, Md., today admitted that girl inmates there had been shackled at times, as charged in the report made by the now disbanded Wickersham P from the piles of debris that now surround the new Internal Revenue Bureau Building will rise the mighty masses { of stone and mortar that will form the center of the administration of the Nation’s principal activities. The ground has been cleared in most of the triangle and work will be started soon on several of the new buildings. View shows the Internal Revenue Building, first of the new structures, and the most cleared and ready for the builders to start -work. (The photograph was m ound on two sides of it al- e from a Washington-Hoover airport plane.) HAIGHT 1S NAMED CHEF OF BATTALON Veteran of Fire Department to Take Place Left by Virnstein Death. Capt. A. S. Haight of the Fire De- partment was promoted to battalion chief engineer today to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Chief John H. Virnstein, who died as a result of in- juries sustained in fighting a fire in sn abandoned church building in Ana- costia last Sunday. Sullivan Also Promoted. Haight had formerly been acting chief in charge of the seventh talion. To fill the place in charge of the seventh battalion, Capt. Patrick J. Sullivan. who commands No. 3 Truck, was made acting battalion chief engi- neer. Haight will command the third When she opened the door in re-| battalion, with headquarters st No. 8 sponse to Owens' ples, he testified, she | engine house, North Carolina avenue Robert Petree Hurled to Sidewalk ‘When Rope on Scaffold Parts. Robert Petree, 27, of 917 Twelfth o on & spree, but instead is a greater :roblem o‘t’ eugenics and public safety. It is not an anti-saloon crive, which ought to be made under the amend- ment, but it is very emphatically a narcotic issue. “I don’t think that the fact that a man will sell his baby’s shoes for an- other drink is a big enough question for the wl{:)letcal;lntry l? get hot and both- ered about.” he said. 'continumg. Corradini asserted that the aviation concerns had recognized that alcohol unquestionably is a nar- cotic and that they absolutely forbid their pilots and mechanics from using it in any form. “Army Kills Manhood.” Asked why the Al;'ny did xlm'!.i enforce rance as strictly as aviation con- ?e’?xg? the speaker said that in his opinion it was because “the Army kills | manhood anyhow and has io wink at a ilot of offenses te make up for the kind i of life it imposes on men.” cemmumgp he said that Plerce S. duPont, whom he characterized as “the financial angle of the mnuo“ Against the Prohibition Amendment,’ bas publicly said he would not drive his automcbile if he had a single drink of beer. Opened With Singing. Today's session was cpened at 9 o’clock with congregational singing un- der the direction of Robert H. Cole- man, Rev. Theodore F. Adams of Toledo, Ohio, conducted & half-hour re- ligious service, speaking on “Living at Your Best.” J. Milton Johnson of Los Angeles, president of the union, delivered his address, after which Mrs. George Caleb Moore of New York spoke on “The Perfls and Privileges of the Pathfinder.” President Hoover was enthusiastically applauded by the young Baptists last night when speakers paid tribute to his ability and presented, on his behalf, greetings 1o the convention. W. W. Everett, Washington business man and chairman of the Executive Committee <f the Columbia Association of Baptist Churches, drew prolonged acclaim for the President when he asserted that Mr. Hoover is a Chief Execuu;e whnmh carTying out a program based upon the principles on which the Nation itself was founded. In Mr. Hoover, he added, “we have a President wé can all stand behind.” Greeted by Newton. ‘The President's grectings were pre- sented to the convention at its open- last night by Walter Newton presidential secretary. He said that in Washington the union should receive the inspiration that will enable its mem- bers to return to their homes prepared to carry on the work awaiting them for the betterment of their country. He added that he hoped the tion would enjoy here “its most enthuslastic and inspiring convention.” street, was injured today when a scaf- fold on which he was working on the Twelfth-street side of the Raleigh Hotel broke, dropping him to the side- walk three stories below. Petree, one of four men engaged in cleaning the exterior of the building, landed on his feet, breaking one of his ankles and injuring the other. He was taken to Emergency Hospital, where physicians sald his condition was not serious. Petree's plunge was seen by his fellow workers—Jack Bocher, 1220 O street, and Bill Whittington and David Hall, both of 410 Sixth street. Many passersby also saw Petree fall as one of the ropes supporting the scaffold snapped. The other men were working on another scaffold. WHISKY-HAULING PLEA FAILS TO WIN JUDGE Husband Gets 90-Day Sentence on Charges of Beating His Wife. A plea by Austin William Browne, 24, 1121 Third street northeast, charged with kicking and beating his wife, that he had “hauled whisky for three years in order to get money to support her and the family” failed to impress Police Judge Ralph Given, who sen- tmc;dmmnw’nu!orlfldnys Mrs. Browne told the court her hus- band.gave her a severe beating last night when she refused to give him money with which to purchase whisky. She sald he stayed home all day on “a drinking party” and attacked her when she returned in the evening. “I have always worked and taken care of her, judge,” said Brown. have hauled whisky for three years and mfi fl':ml:;fi f’o &ltog‘ a week and given or support an derly cl Browne brought fines muhmr:m — e SCHOOL BIDS RECEIVED Bennett Figure of $106,900 Is Low- est of 15. Charles S. Bennett, Inc., of Philadel- phia, Pa. submitted the low x:':‘aa of $106,900 for the job of bullding the Ben- Jgtln Stoddard Elementary School, y-first and Calvert streets. Fifteen contractors submitted bids, two of them s high as $130,000, went into an adjoining room with the ! dredge captain, leaving Wilmer in the | bed room where he was jolned a mo- ment later by Mrs. Owens. Mrs. Owens Present. Mrs. Owens was present at the in- | vestigation, sitting beside her husband. | She conferred with him from time to |time as the inquiry progressed. She | declined to testify. | Owens also waived examination, in- | forming the coroner that he would tell | his story in the event he is indicted and placed on trial. | _ An autopsy report showed that Elsie Bryant was shot five times, dying from a bullet penetrating her spine. Her sister's wounds, it was explained, were only superficial. ORDER VALUATION | OF W. R. T. PROPERTY | Figures Will Be Used in Fighting | 3.Cent Car Fare Case in Court The Public Utilitles Commission yes- terday ordered a valuation of the prop- ertfes of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., which operates busses on Sixteenth street and other routes in the District, as well as a service to Maryland. There is no valuation of this company on the commission’s records. A former commission began a valua- tion proceeding, but abandoned it be- cause the company was being operated at a loss, so that it was considered that questions of resaonable return on a valuation could not arise. The com- pany is still being operated at a cor- porate loss, after payment of interest on its notes given for purchase money for its busses, but according to the “reasonable return” rules, the return must be calculated before payment of interest, and consequently the company earns a small return, which it claims is 2.926 per cent on ts own estimated value of $895,959.63. The valuation will be used in fighting the 3-cent car fare case now in courts as a result of an attack on the school children’s special rate on constitutional grounds made by this company and the iwo street car companies. The bus company was ordered to deposit $5,000 for the cost of the valuation, Under the law the costs of valuation progeed- ings are paid by the utilities affected, which are allowed to charge the sum to operating expenses, amortized according to_the rules of the commission. Most of the stock of the company is owned by Harley P. Wilson, who took it over when the commission objected that purchase of the company by the North American Co. of New York was a violation of the La Follette anti-merger act. Mr. Wilscn is a member of the board of directors of the North Ameri- can Co., and after this objection was made the company transferred the stock to him. MRS. HARRlE'} M. CHILES TO BE BURIED TOMORROW Mrs, Harriet Maxey Chiles, a direct descendant, of one of America’s first families and & member of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, will be gerl&d tomorrow afternoon in Cemetery/ Funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. Cald- well Jenkins, 2014 Connecticut avenue, where Mrs. Chiles died branching into the prom! “n'l,gll:. of Shelton, Haf er. Mrs. Jen- Mrs. Chiles is survived by Richard son, Lieut. ‘of Dover, N. J. ‘Tucker kins, Buessing of New York, Samuel Chiles, U. 8 N, Rock | was equipped with telephones, bussers, tained between Sixth and Seventh streets northeast. Haight has served a trifle more than 30 years, having been appointed July 1, 1961. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1911 and to captain in 1918. He has been in charge of the seventh bat- talion since its organization June 24 last. He has a record full of com- mendations of heroic work. He was commended for assistance to the Colonial Beach Fire Department in 1914, commended for service at the Loffler factory fire the next year, and {for his work on War Registration Day in 1917. , Cited for Child's Rescue. | He received & ribbon decoration for | work at the Knickerbocker Th!a.ter‘ disaster in 1922 and was commended for his work at the Kann warehouse fire in 1925. Lest year he received honorable mention for the rescue of a child at a fire at 1635 Vermont avenue. a.Sumvln Joined the department in 1897, WOMAN RECLUSE LEFT $60,000 ESTATE Miss Blanche E. Williams Has No Relatives Here, Court Petition Reveals. 1 Miss Blanche A. Williams, who died July 2 at a local hospital after living a solitary life, left an estate valued in excess of $60,000 and had no near rel- atives in Washington, according to a petition of Safford A. Crummey, a New York lawyer, one of her first -cousins, filed today in the District Supreme Court. Mr. Crummey requests that let- ters of administration on the estate be issued to the Munsey Trust Co. He says many of the other relations will consent to the application. Among the securities included in the estate are 208 shares of New York Central Railroad, 596 shares Pennsyl- vania Rallroad, 131 shares United States Steel, 16 shares Philadelphia & Read- ing Coal & Iron Co., 16 shares Union Pacific Railroad. There is also $1,154.55 in cash, jewelry worth $250 and a small quantity of household furniture. cal ‘The petition sets forth that all the heirs are first cousins and reside in va- rious parts of the country, including Wisconsin, California, New York and Florida. The petitioner is represented by At- torneys Wilton J. Lambert and Austin F. Canfleld. JURY TRIAL DEMANDED; BOND IS FIXED AT $500 Gustave: B. Rhinehardt to Face Court July 20 on Charge of Permitting Gaming. Arrested in a raid yesterday after- noon on what police describe as an elaborate gambling establishment, lo- cated in the 1200 block of H street, Gustave B. Rhinehardt was held in $500 bond in Police Court today after de- manding a jury trial on a charge of permitting gaming. Police said that the place raided, in the second floor of the H street house, loud speakers and cont some other alleged gambling paraphernalia. It also was equipped with heavily barred doors. Judge Given set Rhinehardt's trial for July 29. > —_— Five Killed in Prison Break. SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 9 (#).—Five prisoners were rted killed last night in an attem] Jall break from the Slivene Central Prison, in which & num- particpa ber of other were o whom were reported —Star Staff Photo. | REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH N, HEMPHILL. 'DMIRAL HEMPHLL - DIES AT AGE OF 84 War Veteran of Civil and Spanish-American Wars and on “0ld Ironsides.” Rear Admiral Joseph Newton Hemp- Bill, retired veteran of the Civil and Spanish-American wars, whose first naval cruise was aboard the famo U. S. 8. Constitution, will be buried t morrow in Arlington National Ceme- tery with full military honors. Ad- | miral Hemphill died yesterday at his home, 2139 Wyoming avenue, following | a nine-month illness. He was 84 years ol CUNMANS ViCTIM | * BECOMES WEAKER ‘William Taylor, Shot by | Chauffeur, Believed Near Death at Casualty Hospital. | ! Victim of an enraged colored man's | gunplay, Willlam Taylor, 59-year-old Salvation Army truck driver, was be- lieved near death at Casualty Hospital today following an unexpected relapse last night. Taylor was shot in the abdomen late Tuesday afternoon by Robert E. Turner, colored, 33, of 130 B street, in front of the charity organization's headquarters at 102 B street. ! ‘The shooting followed one hour after Turner drove his automobile through | an alley at the rear of the Salvation | Army's depot and crashed into th:i fender of a truck operated by Frank Sanders when he found his path blccked. The colored man fled, but returned to the front of the building with a gun and asked a group of drivers for the man in charge of their trucks. Sensing trouble, the chauffeurs tried to pacify him, but he suddenly drew a .25-caliber revolver and fired point blank at Tay- lor, who had taken no part in the proceedings. Turner was arrested shortly after- ward by detectives and park police in a nearby apartment, where he had taksn refuge, and is being held at the third precinct station pending the out- come of Taylor’s injury. 'ENUMERATORS COUNT 'SOUTHWEST CHILDREN | Fularged Staff to Take School Cen- | sus for Figures on Transfer i of Greenleaf School. | An sugmented staft of school census | numerators was sent today into South- | d. One of the last surviving old line & Navy officers, Admiral Hemphill entered | west Washington to make an actual |the United States Naval Academy a| |lad of 14. He left the academy before | | the completion of his first year to par- | ticipate in the Civil War, taking active | part in the chase of the Confederate | ship Alabama. Returning to Annap- count by August of both white and colored children from 3 to 17 years of age. ‘The result of this census, ordered by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, school superin- olis after the war, he graduated in| tendent, will be compiled by the school 1866, making his first midshipman’s cruise aboard the Constitution. With Dewey at Manila. In the Spanish-American War, the naval veteran took part in the siege of Manila, with Admiral George Dewey, serving aboard the U. S. S. Buffalo. He also saw service in the Andrade-Castro revolution in Venezuela during the early part of his career. Admiral Hemphill was retired June 18, 1909, his last service being as presi- dent of the Naval Examining and Re- tiring Boards. Since his retirement he has divided his time between Wash- ington and his Summer home, Canada. Born June 18, 1847, in Ripley, Ohio, Admiral Hemphill was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1862. The year after his graduation he was aboard the Mo- nongnhela. wrecked in the West Indian uake. Promotion in 1906, Promoted to the rank of rear ad- miral in August, 1906, coincident with his appointment as president of the Examining and Retiring Boards, the veteran officer previously had served as chief of staff of the North Atlantic Fleet, captain of the New York Navy Yard, president of the Board of In- spection and Survey, commander of the Asiatic Station and Fleet. ‘The miral is survived by one daughter, Miss Oro Joe Hemphill, 2139 ‘Wyoming avenue; two stepchildren, Dr. John C. Hancock, Dubuque, Iowa, and Mrs. Edith Hancock Allen, wife of Capt. Walter Allen, C. E. C, U. S. N, and & sister, Mrs. Eugene Wambaugh, wife of a retired ‘Harvard University professor. Admiral Hemphill also was the step- father of the late Dora Hancock Mason, deceased wife of Rear Admiral Newton E. Mason, U. 8. N,, retired. He was a member of the Washing- ton Commandery, Military Order of the Loyel Legion; a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, and belonged to the Army and Navy Club and the Cariboa Soclety of the Philippines. FALLS SEVEN STORIES Henry James, calored, 49, of 1425 Duncan street northeast, was critically injured this morning when he fell from the seventh floor of a building on which he was working at 3900 Fourteenth street. ‘The iaborer was throwing lumber off the building when a nail caught in his clothing and the weight of the lumber pulled him off ted. They | buil by armed guards, two of injured. ¢ lding. was taken to Garfleld Hospital, w) his conditfon was sald 10 be serious. in | statistical office for use in the pending protest against the transfer of the Greenleaf School from the white to the colored division. Dr. Ballou's action was taken today in accordance with the decision of the Board of Education a week ago to delay final action on the transfer of the school until August 1 so that the Southwest Washington Business Men's Association and other groups opposed porting their position. At the same time the school authorities, who recom- mended the transfer, were given the to the transfer could present facts sup- | date. same opportunity to take another census of the white and colored pop- ulatfons. The census will embrace the entire Southwest section lying south of the Mall and extending to the Potomac River on the south and west and to the Navy Yard on the east. CAPITAL MAN TO GET D. S. M. AT FORT MYER ‘Three troops of the 3d United States Cavalry, with th> regimental band and colors, will participate in ceremonies at Fort Mpyer Monday morning at 10 o'clock . at the presentation of the Dis- tinguished Service Medal to Levi Ander- son, formerly private, Troop D, 10th Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct in rescuing a comrade from drowning near Fort Ethan Allen, Ver- mont, July 6, 1911. Since his retirement from active military service Anderson has made his home at 1121 Nineteenth staeet, this city. The presentation will be made by Brig. Gen. Edgar T. Collins, command- ing the 16th Brigade, with headquarters in this city, and the official citation will be read by c-g}tl. William E. Bergin of his staff. At the War Department it is stated that the ied Service Medal to be awarded Private Anderson, will replace the “Certificate of Merit” awarded that soldier August 21, 1911, FRANCIS’ RITES SET Funeral services for Edward S. Fran- cls, retired employe of the Government Printing Office, will be held tomorrow at the W. W. Chambers funeral parlors, Fourteenth and Chapin streets, burial in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Francis, who was 73, died yesterday 2305 Eighteenth street, . A native of Phil- adelphia, he came here in He is survived by a son, Charles ¥X. Francls, Lot this city. 3 Commission, in which conditions and Qisciplinary measures at three District and Federal institutions for juveniles were singled out for perticular criticism, In the absence of George P. Wilson, director of public welfare, however, Miss Richardson refused to discuss :Iex;tol;:r the charges in the Wickersham Wilson Visiting Schools. “Anything I may have to say about these ciiticisms for the press will be made in the presence of Mr. Wilson.” she explained. The public welfare di- Tector was absent from his office early today making routine visits to Sarious institutions and she was unable to "*Miss ien s Richardson is also superintend- ent of the National Training Schoo! 1gr Girls on the Conduit road, which, wjth the National Training School for Blse on the Bladensburg 1oad, were sub- lected to criticisms in the Wickersham Teport. “Any ons knowing conditions at our training schools realize that nobody is recelving cruel trextment st either school,” Miss Richardson said by way of explanation. “It has been necessary occasionally in the past eight years to handeuff some unruly girls to keep them from damaging the building.” Both District Institutions. The two institutions, it was explained at the Board of Public Welfare, are Dic- trict institutions, although the property is own:d by the Federal Government. Ths Department of Justice contributes to the support of the few Federal pris- onxexr’sfis‘zntww them, e Wickersham report _conditions at the Muirkirk Training Senool for White Girls cited the handcuffing of in- mates as one of the objectionable fea- tures, and also asserted that no pro- gram of vocational training or recrea- tion was provided. It was less scvere in its criticism of the other two insti- tutions. In connection with the Na- tional Training School for Boys, & Fed- eral institution, the report made refer- i ence to condiiions which have since i been corrected to a large degree. Admits Crowded Conditions. Col. Claude D. Jones, superintendent of the boys’ training school on the Bladensburg roed, explained that it would hardly be proper for him to com- ment upon conditions pointed out in the report, which existed before he took charge of the institution, a year ago. He did refer to the “crowded cendi- tions” mentioned in the Wickersham report, explaining that it was a matter which the officers and trustees of the institution could not help at this time. These crowded conditions, Col. Jones sald, are due to the activities of the courts in sending boys to the training school. Appropriations for improve- ments, he explained, unfortunately have not kept pace with the increase in the number of boys received. During his ye: at the training school, Col. Jones at all times has kept the doors open to personal and official investigators. Seeking to Correct Ills. “We are alive to the situation here,™ he explained when questioned today, “and the board of trustees is doing all it can to have them corrected. “The report of the Wickersham Com- mission criticized the central dining room and kitchen, but stated that ap- propriations for new service buildings :‘1‘“’ been requested by the administra- on.” Col. Jones explained that appropria- tions had been sought last year for a new kitchen and dining room, but the Budget Bureau evidently had thought that the new dormitory cottage and vocational shop for which appropria- tions were made were sufficient for that year. “We have every reason to believe that the budget “will allow for the kitchen and dining room this year,” Col. Jones said. It is proposed to com- bine the kitchen, bakery and dining room and have it complete and up-to- Conditions under the circumstances are very creditable to the institution, he believes, and the trustees are work- ing on ambitious plans for the future. Work on Vocational Courses. An investigation conducted recently by The Evening Star at the institution revealed that the training inaugurated there has cut down the number of escape from 30 a month to 1. Col. Jones explained today that more and more attention is being paid to vocational courses. The school now has a full time psychologist, who is making a careful study of vocational training and placement of the 5. The policy now in vogue, he added, is making for increased use of the recreation rooms. So far as the disciplinary treatment of the boys is concerned, Col. Jones sald that any one visiting the institu- tion could see for himself that harsh treatment is lacking. “There is & constant effort at im- provement,” he said, “and the voca- tional training is helping a great deal to improve the mental state of the DE KRAFFT BURIAL SET Ashes of Miss Frances B. de Kraflt, 79, daughter of the late Rear Admiral J. P. C. de Kraflt, U. 8. N, will be buried tomorrow in Arlington National Cemetery. Funeral services for Miss De Krafft, who died Monday at her home, 3106 N street, were held yester- day at Jough Gawler's funeral home, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue. e DEATH HELD SUICIDE A certificate of suicide was issued to- day by Coroner Nevitt in the death of Mrs. Jennie Gedeon, who ended her ith | life yesterday in the kitchen of her apartment at 1107 Eleventh street by inhaling illuminating gas. The woman carried her three pets, two cats and a bulldog, to death with her. The woman's husband, mx. n v Gedeon, & printer, who is Cleveland, was notified.