Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1931, Page 2

A—2 = LEGION'S JOBLESS | CONFERENCE READY) Governors and Mayors to Join Other Leaders Seek- ing Aid Plan. Guards Watch Church Row 16 MORE MILITIAMEN WITH MACHINE GUNS GO TO TENT. ‘The first national program for the; purpose of relleving distress arising | from unemployment this Winter is ex- | pected to be mapped out tomorrow when “ QGovs. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New ‘York, Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania and 15 other chief executives of States | or their representatives assemble here to attend & conference called by na- tional officers of the American Legion. The meeting, which will be held at | the Mayflower Hotel, also will be at- tended by mayors of many citles and representatives of labor and industry. Ralph T. O'Neil, national commander, will preside, and Hanford MacNider, American Minister to Canada and for- | mer national commander, and Howard P. Savage, chairman of the Legion's | National Employment Commission and | former national commander, Wil be among those present. Giftord Out of City. Legion officials sald yesterday they ‘hoped the meeting would bring out & program under which the services of its | more than 1,000,000 members could be | used effectively in combatting distress | and providing work for the jobless. They emphasized their desire to work | in harmony with existing relief agen- cies. Walter S. Gifford, national relief di- rector, will not be in the city, but the President’s Organization on Unemploy- ment Relief will be represented by Fred C. Croxton, assistant director. Officers of other relief agencies have been invited. Legion officials said that industry generally would be represented by Silas H. Strawn, president of the United States- Chamber of Commerce, and la- bor by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. Mr, Strawn will outline to the con- ference the efforts being made by the Chamber of Commerce to work out a plan to remedy unemployment distress. Job Guarantee Considered. Mr. Green is expected to propose to the conference & plan for guaranteeing employment to workers in order to en- courage them to spend their wages. The American Federation of Labor yesterday completed its survey of con- ditions and declared in a statement that “business at home is under the shadow of catastrophes abroad and the Septem- ber upturn has been delayed, and fore- casters now believe that revival will not begin this Fall.” The conference will be ‘informed by Mr. Green that the federation's esti- mate of unemployment for this Winter is 7,000,000, an increase of 1,000,000 from its prediction made one month 2g0. 'Accepmnces have been received from high officials of & number of industrial concerns, including Maj. Gen. J. Q. Harbord of the Radio Corporation of America, Col. N. C. Kennedy and R. V. Massey, vice president of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, and James L. Madden, vice president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. GANDHI'S ARRIVAL IN'LONDON WATCHED BY AMUSED THRONG ‘(Continued From First Page.) half an hour. When his devotions were completed he appeared in the chily, cement-floored room where the press awaited him. Curls Up and Shivers, Gandhi grinned and so did the re- porters. Then the Mahatma sat on a chalr, slipped his feet out of his san- dals, curled his legs up under the long warm robe and shivered. “Perhaps you have a message for England after your welcome?” an Eng- lish newspaper man said. “Havn't I given messages enough to- day?” Mr. Gandhi replied. “Perhaps you have a message about English weather,” another interviewer suggested. Mr. Gandhi heartily. “Oh, this English weather, how well I remember it!” he said. “But I don’t anticipate any difficulties with it. I have been through it before.” Then he grew serlous. It is im- probable, he said, that he will go to America. “Friends have told me that Amer- ica wouldn't know what to do with me,” he said. “I should like to go, but I feel I can speak moét usefully to America by doing my work in India. He added, however, that he might change his mind, explaining: “If‘my inner voice says to go, I shall go." Receives Petticoat. Gandhi admitted today that he had received a petitcoat from an anonymous Englishman, accompenied by a sarcas- tic letter urging him to ‘“cover his nudity” with this femlnine garment. The Mahatma took it good-naturedly, however, and is preserving the petticoat, which he said is the oddest scuvenir in his already large collection. Prom the moment he entered France and England he was pursued by re- porters, photographers and movie cam- eramen who, in many instances, were more numerous than the spectators. At Marsellle a French woman, upon secing the half-naked, bronzed Indian Jeader in his weird garb, exclaimed: “What & horror! A man wearing lingerie.” When he boarded the steamer to cross the Channel for Folkestone the British passengers stared at him as if he was a freak escaped from a circus, but the Mahatma was entirely indif- ferent to their gaze. While Gandhi was seeing the press tonight, his disciple, Miss Madeline Slade, was upstairs preparing his bed and warming the room with an electric heater. After a brief arpearance at a dance given by the settlement for its “usual bunch,” the Mahatma went to ‘bed—back again in the London he first krew 40 years ago as a law student. He will see a few friends tcmorrow ard hopes to visit sgome of the homes of the poor in the district. Meanwhile, a strong detachment of police was on duty near Kingsley Hall all night. Porters Register Disgust French and British porters found Mahatma Gandhi a poor customer throughout his trip from Marseilles to London. ‘The Mahatma gave them no tips for carrying his spinning wheels, goat's milk, mattress and loin cloths. “I'am as poor as a church mouse,” he told them. “I have nothing for you. Besides, I don't want to bribe you for performing a mere public duty.” The porters invariably registered dis- 8t. 'uLut night Gandhi slept in a pull- man with his sandals on for fear sou- venir hunters might get them. “Next, they'll be stealing mgeloi.n cloth,” he said, “and then I'll be- reft altogether.” The Mahatma said he came to Eng- land on a mission of peace. He means to write to Winston Churchill and Lord Rothermere, he said, and ask to see them in the hope of winning them to_his side. He said he also hoped to visit the Lancashire cotton mill district, which more than any other English district, has suffered from his spinning move- ment, if he is invited, laughed loud and| o | g REV. JOE By the Associated Press. ONESBORO, Ark., September 12.— Sixteen extra guardsmen, armed with a machine gun, sawed-off shotguns and tear gas bombs were dispatched to Rev. Joe Jeffers’ tent tabernacle here tonight after Jeffers had launched into a de- nunciation of the officer commanding the detachment of the Arkansas Na- tional Guard. The guard is patrolling the streets here because of a factional difference in the First Baptist Church. The guardsmen were to supplemet the regular detail of some 60 troopers stationed about the tent. Immediately after the extra detail of Guardsmen was dispatched to the tab- ernacle, Capt. Harry E. Eldridge, in charge of the troops, went into & con- ference with the mayor with the an- nounced _intention " of determining whether charges could be placed against the evangelist. Jeffers Challenges Captain. Jeffers, in his talk tonight, charged Capt. Eldridge had exaggerated the situ- ation with his statement that about 25 armed men attended services Thursday night and challenged the officer to prove the statement. Two additional arrests were made to- of the controversy. Guy and Ray Chambers, father and son, were taken into custody and tried on charges of attacking Mayor H. J. Bosler and Chief of Police Cralg dur- ing an attempt by Jeffers to hold a prayer meeting on the city hall lawn Thursday. Guy Chambers was fined $10 on 8 charge of assault and battery and $5 on a charge of resisting an officer. His son, Ray Chambers, was acquitted of resisting an officer. Had Refused Permit. Chambers and his son were alleged to have knocked down both the mayor and chief of police after the latter re- fused to grant Jeffers permission to hold a prayer meeting on the city hall grounds, Guy Freeling, Gov. Parnell's secre- tary, and Lieut. Col. Garrett, assistant State adjutant general, left at noon, saying they considered the situation was being well handled by civil authorities, with the assistance of guardsmen. Freeling sald he saw no reason for asking for martial law under present day as & result of clashes growing out | JEFFERS. conditions. The men were the Gover- nor's representatives. Dr. Hugh Lile, dentist and adherent of Rev. D. H. Heard, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and George Cox, jr., & supporter of Evangelist Jeffers, were fined $5 on simple assault charges to- day in a courtroom guarded by soldiers with machine guns. Charges against Cox’ father were dismissed. Denunciations of Dr. Heard by the evangelist was the forerunner of diffi culties between the church factions which 1ead to requests for martial law. While court was in progress, Evan- gelist Jeffers spoke to a gathering of followers assembled for prayer meet- ing, and continued to denounce Dr. Heard and members of his faction, de- spite warnings of officials. Officers said they consider that the personal attacks root of the trouble. Is Former Actor. The evangelist, a former vaudeville actor, turned evangelist about 15 years ago with the announced intention of making “the preaching of the religion of Jesus Christ a bigger proposition than Ringling Brothers’ circus.” Coming here to conduct a revival, he accused Dr. Heard of improprieties while the latter was pastor of a church at Big Springs, Tex. He criticized “pussyfooting” tactics of church leaders in the matter of oust- ing Dr. Heard and announced he would remain hers until a “real” pastor had been obtained and ridiculed the sug- gestion that he wanted the pastorate himself. Trouble Became Serious. Serious trolible came after an aiter- cation between Dr. Lile and George Cox, sr., at the church Wednesday night when a ‘“vindication service” for Dr. Heard was held. The dentist was accused of striking Cox after the latter was alleged to have { used abusive language to the minister's | wife. The younger Cox was charged { with attacking Lile at the end of th: | service. Cox was arrested after the fight and Jeffers led a band of 500 to the jail and demanded and obtained his re- lease. Authorities said they had learned many men attending tha revival began | carrying arms and requests for martial law followed Gov. Parnell declined to declare mil- | ttary rule, but the area around the tab- ernacle was turned over to guardsmen last night. TWO MORE WOMEN IN POWERS PROBE Fathers Inquire Regarding One Missing and Another Reported as Suicide. By the Associated Pres: BURLINGTON, Iowa, September 12. —The name of Harry F. Powers, Clarksburg, W. Va., slayer, whs linked with two more mysteries today as Iowa fathers sought explanations as to the fates of their daughters. Archie Raines of Burlington asked that a photograph found in Powers’ effects bearing the name of Maude L. Johnson be sent him to determine if 1t was his daughter, Mrs. Maude John- son, who disappeared six years a while the family was living in Ba- tavia, Il The other mystery was that of the death of Golda Brown, 37, in a pur- ported suicide at Cleveland, July 25, 1920. Her father, C. S. Brown of Iowa Falls, Towa, wrote to the chief of police at Clarksburg saying he suspected Pow- ers' confederate, Charles Rogers, of be- ing implicated in the girl's death. DEATH REPORTED SUICIDE. Towa Father Asks Police to Investigate Cleveland Case. CLEVELAND, September 12 (#).— Police today said that Miss Golda Brown, whose name was drawn into the investigation of t activities of Harry F. Powers, alleged Clarksburg, W. Va., slayer of five, was living in the same apartment bullding as a Rob- ert Rogers of Pittsburgh when she died here July 26, 1929. Miss Brown's death was reported a suicide. C. 8. Brown of Iowa Falls, Iowa, father of the girl, today asked Clarksburg police to investigate Pow- ers’ activities at the time of her death. WOMAN AND TWO MEN ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT ‘Three persons, including a well known Jockey and a woman, were arrosted early today after a fight at the Lotus Restaurant, Fourteenth street near New York avenue, during which several uhle;‘edvmn overturned and dishes ashed. Joseph QGuerra, 24, the jockey, charged with disorderly eorfduu.. 30, 3117 Hyatt rl; Jane Burnice Smith, lace, was charged with drunkenniess. ‘he other man arrested, Frank Gurney, 22, of 813 Tenth street, was charged with drunkenness and destroying private property. No one was injured. The three were arrested by Traffic Policenen F. J. Rowen and M. G. Randall, who were passing the restaurant on a motor cycle and me summoned the manage. menf , Was while BYRD WILL REVISIT ANTARCTIC, HE TELLS FRIENDS AT DINNER (Continued From First Page.) trip, the occasion marking the third an- niversary of the event. Detailed preparations have been made for the trip, he sald, adding that he did not want to give out the plans yet | because there was still plenty of scien- tific work to be done on data collected in the last expedition. “AS is my custom,” he sald, “there will be no public campaign for the rais- ing of funds for this expedition. In the past, friends of mine who are in- teresied in the work have contributed the bulk of the money. In this partic- ular case they will contribute probably all of 1t. When I get further along with the work resulting from the last trip, I will be willing to start again.” Feted by Companions. Ten members of the last expedition to Antarctica called the admiral from his Summer home at Mount Desert Island, Me., today to observe with him the anniversary of the expedition three years ago. The 11 men Who spent so much time in one another's company cn the long adventure in lands virtually unknown gathered once more, and their dinner was private. | The 10 men presented the admiral an Annapolis class ring of gold and Jjade, bearing the date 1912, the year |the admiral was graduated from the | Naval Academy. They gave him also |a_testimonial telling of their love and | affection, | ‘The presentations were made by | Capt. Ashley C. McKinley, United States Army, of New York City, & | member of the last expedition. Receive Medals. | The admiral expressed his thanks and in turn presented five of the men ! with " expeditionary medals suthorized | by Congress, The others had received | theirs before. As a conclusive expression of his !faith in the men who made the_trip | with him three years ago, Admiral Byr | sald that every one who will go on the new expedition will be members of the old. No other indication of what work { will be carried out on the announced | trip to the South Pcle other than the | declaration that there was a consider- | able mystery down there, lnBc)uddlnz the yr |ice barrier, was given by 3 | Those attending the dinner besides Admiral Byrd and Capt. MeKinley were: Gunner Kennard Bubir, Quan- tico, Va.; Frank T. Davies, Washing- | ton, now engaged at Carnegle Institute on data of the last trip; Malcolm Han- son, Washington; Willlam C. Haincs, United States Weather Bureau, Wash- tached to e n Navy i e ward E. Goodale, Ipswich; Jueg? De Ganahl, reporter of White 2lains, N. ¥.; E J. as, now a student at New York University- and: Lloyd Grenile, attached to the City of New York, the ship that carried the expedition 1o the Pole three years ago. Mayor Splits Pay With Idle. BOSTON (#).—Mayor James M. Cur~ jey has arranged to share his pay with the unemployed. He has instructed the elty treasurer to tr:xe:srkcl; 22. 1."?,5 cent of the mayor's weel check to _the Public Welfare Depart- ment. The contribution will amount to $4,000 & Feask. et of the evangelist on the minister the: U..S. AGENTS SPEED SMUGGLER PROBE Doak Asks Public to Aid as Round-up of Huge Gang Is Started. (Continued Prom First A ) ring, serving, among other chlnfi‘, in the capacity of “spotters,” who intro- duced the smugglers to aliens with whom ‘the attorneys had come into professional contact. The Secretary issued a_warning to all aliens, "here legally or illegally, to keep away from gangsters and such attorneys and to come direct to him when in doubt as to their status in the United States. He promised he would see that justice is done them. Mr. Doak explained that shortly after | he entered office, nine months ago, he | discovered there were schemes being | g;actlced whereby “poor people were ing subjected to all forms of graft and what I may call rank racketeering:| by the use to a large extent of our im- migration laws for furtherance of these damnable practices.” An investigation, he sald, disclosed that various devices were being used Eg.whmh to smuggle allens and that | price extorted for this service has been limited only by the abllity of the immigrants and their families to pay. Assistant for Agents. He appointed Murray W. Garsson of New York as Assistant Secretary of Labor to supervise and assist the agents investigating the racketeering. A short time ago Mr. Garsson #nd United | States Attorney Medalle announced they had unearthed “several gigantic systems of alien smuggling and meth- of extortion of money from sllens” who had been legally or m;l:lly admitted. . Doak cited one case where de- rtation warrants had been counter- demand that money ranging from $100 to $507 be immediately turned over to the bogus warrant holders or they would be deported. He declared that 88 to how much money had been ex- torted in this scheme could not be es- timated, but he believed it had reached ! considerable proportions. The cabinet officer also cited othe: cases whereby a number of re-entry blanks had been forged, enabling racket- eers to receive from $1,000 to $5,000 | upon delivery of af alien hefe. He! warned against faked ager@ies having letter heads and advertising matter pretending to be able 1o aid immigrants to enter the country, and cited other | methods employed to extort money. ! Although not diréetly indicated by | Mr. Doak, one case was cited which | probably originated in this city and concerned a woman who was smuggled | into this countty. She entered into a | Lttle business which proved successful | over a period of six years, during which time she contributed regularly to the agent who brought her in. Scheme to Legalize Stay. Finally, according to Secretary Dok, | she became desperate over the con-| tinued blackmailing, and desiring to legalize her illegal entry, she entered | into a contract “on the advice of an attorney whom we now have under arrest, and the smuggler who brought her into the United States to accom- plish a legalization of her stay in the country by marrying a man she had | never seen until she met him at the marriage license bureau.” ! “With four letters of personal intro- duction from a prominent attorney in | ‘Washington, who specialized in mel-i gration cases and who never had seen her or the man she was to marry, and A crisp, new marriage certificate in her hand, this couple proceeded to enter Canada, accompanied by the ' attorney and the smuggler.” | Mr. Doak pointed out that no time was lost in getting a non-quota im- migration visa from the American consul for the bride by which she was able legally to return to the United States as the wife of an American citizen. The bridegroom was rewarded with an automobile and $45 in cash for his part in the transaction, but he was forced by the racketeers to bring back in the machine two undesirable eiti- zens. They also promised him an an- nulment of the marriage, which so far has not been obtained. | ‘The Secretary said & number of in-| dividuals and eocieties “who are so vehemently rmtestm[ against our. ac- tivitles” perhaps have seifish or per- sonal interest because, he said, in some instances “we have found that these same individuals and socleties have been used in the furtherance of the ne- farious practice.” Ald Asked Against Graft. In conclusion, the Secretary said: “I therefore partiéularly sppeal not| only to the native-born, but the for-| eign-born people in this country to join with us in the effort to see that this graft and extortion is stopped, whereby millions of dollars have been wrung from the poorest of the poor within our lend. It is not my inten- tion to persecute any class or classes of people, but I am endeavoring to enforce the law and to protect the for- eign-born people within our country from the damnable methods resorted to by those crooks and gangsters, many of whom are parading under thé guise of friends and protectors of the poor. In this effort I will in no manner slack, | but shall increase the activities of the | Labor Department from coast to coast in the hope that I may effectively | break up these practices. However, in doing so I want it distinctly under- stood that we will not permit illegal or improper methods to be resorted to in the accomplishment of our purpose” | ‘The text of Secretary Doak’s speech js in the editorial section of today's aper. | Durango Governor Named. MEXICO CITY, September 12 (). — The Benate tonight appointed Senator Pastor Rouaix governor of Durango. | He succeeds Gov. Ramon Valdes. In political circles tonight it was said that Gov. Valdes, who has here- | tofore refused to surrender his post, has agreed to vacate in favor of Sena- tor Rouaix. " eited and exhibited to allens with a | thrysi | Wholean would stand as the helr CITY T0 SWELTER UNTIL WEDNESDAY Series of Showers to Toll Knell of Departing Summer. Clinging to the high temperatures that have caused the Capital to swelter for several days, the mercury reached & maximum of 96 again yesterday, and from all indications will hover about the same daily maximum until the middle of this week, the Weather Bu- Teau announced last night. About Wednesday, however, the heat wave is due to break and give way to “considerably cooler” weather, the bu- Teau promised. Relief will come with a serles of showers, which probably will toll the knell of 1931's Summer. Until then, forecasters say, it will be gener- ally fair, with little change, if any, in temperature. The 96-degree maximum readings of the past several days have come near to giving Washington a new all-time record. The last time this part of September suffered under such a ther- mometer reading was in 1911. The all- time high for September was set Sep- tember 7, 1881, when a temperature of 104 degrees was recorded. HEAT RELIEF SPOTTY. ‘Though Summer stubbornly held its ground over most of the Nation yes- terday, seasonable temperatures brought spotted rellef from the torrild wave which has been accompanied by loss of a dozen lives, As Middle America from the South- west plains to she Atlantic Coast sweltered, New England was accorded comparative comfort, New York re- rted a maximum of 83 compared to its near record of 95 of the day before, and 'cloudy skies over the central plr# region heralded relief from the late t of Summer. Baltimore, however, brolled in an afternoon reading of 94 and at Wash- ington, D. C, the mercury reached 95. Maximums of around 90 were reported from Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Indianapolls, Atlanta and New Orleans. Matching or exceeding these figures were those from many Western points. St. Paul, Pierre, 8. Dak., and Oshkosh, Wis, reported 93; at Omaha, Des Moines, Lincoln, Neb., and Kansas City, the maximum was 92; Oklahoma City steamed in an unsea- sonable 94 and at Chicago the mercury maintained its mark of the previous day at 90. A sudden shower and drop of 10 degrees in two hours brought the tem- perature at Sioux Falls, 8. Dak., to 78 and raised hope that welcome coolness would spread to other sections. Other cities in the fortunate class were Boston with a 70 maximum, | Providence, 76; Duluth, Minn, 70; St. | Louis reported 85 at noon and Dallas, Tex., one degTee less. ‘Though the weather man said tem- perature changes would b2 unimpor tant until Monday, Minnesola. No Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska were con- ceded weather “not quite 50 warm’ for the week end. Wind and the extreme heat made fighting forest fires in several sections the country more ficult. persons were killed in Minnesota fires in addition to the 10 deaths previously reported from the heat over the country. HENDERSON HEIRS SEEK AGREEMENT TO DIVIDE ESTATE ___(Continued From First Page) proaching a satisfactory one could be arranged. The first_argument is that she has already received a conside: e fortune irom the Henderson estate. Secondly. it is said that Mrs. Wholean looks with | disfavor upon publicity, and & court contest would undoubtedly attract wide attention. It was pointed out that under an adoption decree approved in 1924 l‘I:rs. W if all the wills should be decla: il- legal because of the incompetency of the maker. Justice James M. Proctor, how- ever, in ruling on a motion made by her attorney, held that the adoption decree was illegal when made, because Mrs. Wholean was more than 18 years of age and because her mother’s con- sent to the adoption was not obtained. If this ruling stands, it was contended she would take nothing under the rules of descent. Mrs. Henderson's last will left the bulk of her estate to Henry N. and Frances Arnold of New York City, a nephew and niece. g ‘The Arnolds, as in the case of Mrs. Wholean, have made no public an- nouncement, but it is believed they would look with favor upon a reason- able plan of settlement. They are re- ported to be of the opinion that pro- longed Iitigation would impoverish the estate and, in the end, accomplish noth- ing tm“ could not be secured out of court. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg of the Battle Creek College is the other prin- cipal beneficlary under Mrs. Hender- son's several wills. He has already publicly stated that he has left his in- terests in the hands of his lawyers and will abide by their decision whether to file suit or seek a settlement. If the negotiations for a settlement fall through, however, the last must be attacked before September 28, unless it is to be admitted to probate. There were indications that a caveat attacking the will might be filed re- | gardless of the progress of the potential settlement. If a caveat should be filed under such circumstances, however, the sole purpose of the move would be to keep the will from being probated at this time, However innocent the pu e of the attack, it is belleved, nevertheless, that the filing of & caveat will ?reflpium a lengthy ‘and sensational legal battle. All partles, therefore, are hoping that he matter can be disposed thout public trial. Tuberculosis If you have tuberculosis the sooner you know it, the more quickly and surely you can be restored to good health. ‘ Do you tire easily? Are you losing weight? *Do you cough persistently or have frequent colds? 1 512 Eye Adult’s Clinic Every Tues, Thurs, Sat, 1:30 P.M. Friday, 7:30 PM. Does a tuberculous person live in your home? If so, go at once to your physician or have yourself examined at the free Health Department Clinic St. N.W. * Children’s Clinics Every Mondsy 9-11 AM. Friday 9-11 AM. For further information telephone Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Two | | Commissioners yesterday to con: recommendations of the grand J 3 is Henry P. Blafr. BOARD IN STAPLES CASE LAYS PLANS i A Will Relieve D. C. Heads of | Responsibility of Passing ‘ on Jury Report. i (Continued From First Page) | board have any definite plan of pro- cedure in mind they have not dis- closed it to either the Commissioners or Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, who solicited their services m‘ this so-called civic duty. One of the first questions to be settled, however, ‘s whether the board's sessions are to be open to the public, or held behind closed doors. ~District officials it to put a stop to the “whitewash” gossip which usually foilows the exoneration |of a policeman, and for this reason, it iis believed, the board will conduct | public_hearings. the Commissioners went outside the municipal government to pick an in- vestigating board because the reaction | to nearly il police trials is said to a “frame up” if the officer is dismissed, and a “whitewash” if he is vindicated. Four voluminous lmnorrlpmc trans- cripts of the Staples trial in 1928 have | been collected for the use of the in- | vestigating board. It is likely that the members will review this testimony to familiarize themselves with the case before conducting any hearings. Other- wise, without this background, District officials realize the board would have difficulty in proceeding. Bride Conceives Idea. ‘The idea of an mvuu‘ntlng board composed of lawyers exclusively was conceived by Corporation Counsel Bride because he wanted his office excuse fron taking any part in the inquiry. The prosecution of the Staples case was conducted by Bride's office, and he felt this prior association might lead to a charge of gre)ud\ce in the present proceedings. ride’s office, however, ‘will concuct the prosecution, if any members of the police force go before the extraordinary civilian trial board as a result of the findings of the board of lawyers. Although the Commissioners an- nounced thelr intention of creating the civilian trial board more than a week .11' actual steps to select its personnel will not be taken until tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock, when the presidents of the five major civic and trade or- ganizations get to gether to suggest & slate of potential candidates. The meeting was called by the Commission- ers in an appeal to the five organiza- tions to aid them in finding the type ggm;ntheywmtmmvemmmd ard. Invitations were extended to George Offutt, persident of the Washington Board of Trade; Harry King, president of the Washington Chamber of Com- merce; Mark Lansburgh, president of the Merchants' and Manufacturers’ As- sociation; Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citisens’ Associaticns, and Dr. George H. Rich- srdson, president of the Federation of Civic Associations. The last nanted is a colored organization. The Commissioners intend to ask ,these men to suggest the outstanding members in their respective organiza- tions who might serve on the proposed trial board as & civic duty. From the combined list, five will be selected. Department of Justice investigators jare understood to have uncovered ramifications in their third-degree in- | quiry so wide in extent as to dispute i the contention that brutality has oc- icurred in isolated instances only. ! While the department itself may not | feel authorized to draw conclusions on | this point, the grand jury undoubtedly twill have available & mass of data on ‘which to bass a special report to the {eourt on administrative aspects of the ‘thh‘d-t‘.e.rel problem. ! Work to End Inquiry. ! Director J. Edgar Hoover of the Bu- 'reau of Investigation, in charge of the | probe, is said to be reluctant to attempt | to single out certain police officials for ! criticism. It 18 the duty of his bureau, he holds, to investigate criminal and present legal evidence in connec- tion ewith to the court authorities for prosecution. ° Under ent plans, the last appear- tor Hoover and members - day. 'l'he‘:xut number of cases in which indictments will be sought by United Leo A has not Lo tmnd 3 xttuu % ‘L‘m‘c’:& ision on number 5:m not be made until the agents have concluded every angle of their probe. The investigators were to continue their 1022 11th St. N.W. .. Telephone District 8311 ™I "rind i "ouh - right: Col. Walter C. Clephane and Col. J. Miller to right: Daniel W. O'Donoghue and Stanton C. Pee! As a mattér of fact,! d | OUR of the five prominent Washington lawyers appointed by the District stitute & special board to pass on the ury in the Staples case. Upper, left to Kenyon. Lower, left lle. The fifth member —Harris & Ewing Photos. RIVER CLAIMS TWO' - NBATHING PARTY ‘@ride, Visitor from Roanoke, and C. Rickitt of D. C. Alexandria Victims. Stepping suddenly into & deep chan- | nel off Jones Pcint, near Alexandria, as | they sought relief from the heat yester~ | day afterncon, two members of a swim- | ming party of 12 were drowned when | swept away in the swift currents of the lower Potomac. They are Mrs. Albertina Caldwell, 19, of Roanoke, Va. a visitor to Washing- | ton, and Calvin Richitt, 21, of 512 Som- erset place, an employe of a local auto- mgcbile concern. Mrs. Caldwell, a bride of eight months, drowned before the horri- fied eyes of her husband as she at- temptéd to learn to swim under the guidance of Richitt. The 40-foot | channel into wrich they dropped is one receatly dug to allow the U. S. S. Wel- atka, & dredge, to journey to Hunting be | Creek, Va, where a hydraulic fill s in operation. The party had left a wharf at the foot of Eleventh street southwest shortgy after 4:30 o'clock, aboard the speed- boat “Whoopee,” owned by W. T. | Keefee, 912 Irving street northeast, who | was navigating the craft. Other members of the party included Keefee's brother, John L. Keefee of the Irving street address; Arthur E. Cald- | well, husband of the drowned woman; Frank L. Caldwell, 1400 block of Kear- ney street northeast, his brother; Miss Nellie Adams, Roanoke, Va., who jour- neyed to Washington for the week end with the Caldwells; Mr. and Mrs. S. WATSON BOLSTERS POLICE. MORALE Senator Praises Force in Letter to Pratt, Wants Judgment Withheld. Confidence in the Metropolitan Po- lice Department as a whole is expressed by Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, in a letter to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, su- perintendent, which was broadcast to the entire force yestefday through the medium of & special police bulletin. Senator Watson also deplored the “hysteria in some quarters on the part of some people in dealing with the charges made against a few policemen by men of criminal records.” Maj. Pratt directed that the letter be read at each roll call for two consecu- tive ‘d:n bnen? th;;l e;ve:lyhmember of orce urn th & of the special bulletin. = Copy of Letter. “As l.flgru:%lgraw:‘: the Council I feel that I should say Clqm to maintain the lrle’nflld morale of the Metropolitan Police Department, which has been rendering such fine service during your admin] tion. It occurs to me that it would be a tragic thing it this morale Were destroyed either by outside attacks on the department or by & lack of confidence in the force by !h’c:ed:ehul .dmlnum;l:u affairs. ply regret what I regard as a tendency to hysteria in some querters on the part of some people in dealing with the charges made against a few :lc'nemen byd xge;lhof t(:}'l."ixnll'lll’ll records. Tsuaded that these charges do not reg:c', the feeling of the v:{)gllc to- ward the department as a whole and it behooves us to withhold judgment on individual cases until the accused po- licemen have a fair trial open to the public. It may be that we shall find that the charges are unfounded; but, it they be true, I feel sure that you the proper action and ad- the proper punishment. Personnel Praised. “As one member of Congress, I de- sire to say that you have my confl dence and, judging from the general trend of the conversations I have had, the confidence of the public as well. The fine body of men and women who make up the Metropolitan Police De- partment should not be subjected to general charges of lack of discipline or of improper conduct simply because a few men have overstepped the bounds of propriety in attempting to secure con;dc: e “I_trust at you will urge these le to continue the fine service they ve been rendering the public. There :!r:auldl be n& wastkednlnuuol the morale, 8 lessening of devoton to dut; service to the public on the pnr{ g’l’ these people, ‘Would Follow Hoover. “It occurs to me that the general public will do well to adopt the common- sense platform so aptly announced by he?ruldmt Hoover in this regard when said: * ‘We must not overlook the fact that Washington has an able and devoted police force. The vast mafority of its honest men should be protected by de- termining if there are unworthy men in their midst. It is always possible that occasional individuals may have over- stepped the law and humanity in treat- ment of criminals and those charged with crime and, if so, they should be severely punished. But even in such charges, the police should not be pre- Jjudged on the allegations of criminals themselves, although accused of crime. There 18 too much tendency on the part of some people to forget the devoted work of the police, to forget the safety of society and victims of criminals. out ::lv aymc”.pflthy with criminals them- es. HOOVER FLEES HEAT TO CAMP ON RAPIDAN Party of 13 Accompanies President to Virginia Mountain Retreat. | By the Associated Press. LURAY, Va., September 12.—Escap~ | D. Pugh, 3736 Thirtieth street, Mount Rainier, Md., and their three children. | The speedboat was anthored in shal- | low water off Jones Point and the mem- | bers of the party were bathing when | Mrs. Caldwell and Richitt were ob- |served to be in difficulties. The Kee- | fee brothers and the woman's husband started immediately to the assistance of | the two, but they were quickly carried out of sight in the treacherous cur- |rents. The sp-edboat was about 300 |feet away from the spot where Mrs. Caldwell and Richitt disappeared. Richitt’s body was brought to the surface by three brothers, Gardner, Harvey and Joseph Arnold, who were aiding police in the dragging opera- tions, shortly before midnight last night. Search for the woman's body was being continued at a late hour. Arthur Smith, vice-president of the District of Columbia Divisicn of the American Automobile Association, who was cruising with members of his fam- ly aboard the launch Holiday, was first to :\’Axnmon the aid of police after the drot The police beat Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, in command of Sergt. C. R. was the brother of attached to the Traffic Bureau. The Caldwells were married December 24 last. The tragedy is the second this year in which the speedboat Whooj has been involved. On»July 12 Clarence Shipley of Baltimore was drowned as he slipped from its decks into water off Seven-Foot Knoll, Md. e Accepts Whist Challenge. NEW YORK (#.—Ely Culbertson George enge of the Knickerbocker 200 rubbers, while Reith wants 10 eve- nings’ play. Bieh POl Difcias, 11 Hkely the eHi offic] ely criti- p:fll be besed on the contention in so many instan f ‘m‘ :mT had desired seriously to stamp Some of the jurors are understood to feel that officials either “winked” at the practices of their subordinates, or were duped by their men. In either it is :r,lund. the officials evi- p d grand J to date are Louls J. Bw)‘r,;nd Capt. W. lm and Lieut. Myers of the acts | denc Court. The accused of $1,000 each, are Detective Jam M and Policemen v.‘fl'lllfl R. es A. Laf- n.zug S i abtaryd T ing from one of the hottest spells of the year President Hoover tonight was ene joying the coolness of his Rapidan Camp in the mountains of Virgina. Leaving Washington at noon, the Chief Executive, accompanied by Henry M. Robinson, Los Angeles banker, and Mark Sullivan, Washington newspaper man, did not even stop for his usual picnic lunch, but ate in the moving cn‘rJ ‘b:uuse o{! the h;at. eT guests at the camp includedr Secretary Stimson and Mrs. Stimson, Postmaster General Brown and Mrs. Brown, H. C. Ogden, Wheeling, W. Va., publisher; Robert Armstrong, Washing- ton correspondent of the Los Angeles Times, and Mrs. Armstrong; Assistant Secretary Ballantine of the Treasury Department and Mrs. Ballantine: and G. Gould Lincoln, of The Washington Star, and Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Hoover already was at the camp, h!vlng remained there since last week :;Iledf. he probably will spend next week to Washington The President expects to return early Monday. Murder Is Suspected. SALUDA, 8. C., September 12 (#)— Sheriff E. Gary Davis of Saluda County said tonight he was investigating a possibility that Clarence W. Cummings, Wwealthy Boston, Mass, man may have been attacked in his automobile near here, “beaten to death or kidnaped.” —— e " August Circulation Daily... 104,397 'Sunday, 114,419 Digtrict of Columbla ss.: - i S R et of that the actual number of solemnly swear 3 coples of the Daper named gold and distrib- uted during the montn of August, A.D. 193! was as follows: DAILY. Days. g i EEsERGEaE 25 Less adjustments ... al daily net eirculation o T S w R P Sunday net net paid umber of freulation day circul coples for Average Sunday net circulation ING NI usines . 114,419 st re me this Fudie. . otary