Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1935, Page 22

MAN, SHOT BY OWN GUN, NEAR DEATH Convent Caretaker Asserts He Dropped Rifle on Concrete Floor. Officials at Walter Reed Hospital held little hope last night for the recovery of Thomas A. Norris, 50- year-old caretaker at the home of the Sisters of tne Visitation, who was wounded on the convent grounds near Bethesda, Md., in what he described to Montgomery County police as an accidental shooting. The oullet that struck Norris entered his left shoulder near .the collar bone, ranged downward through his left lung and imbedded itself in the man’s back. Hospital * officials told police his condition was so criti- cal an operation to remove the lead slug ‘was not aavisable. Police at first were unable to de- termine definitely the manner which the shocting occurred, but Nor- ris rallled from a coma yesterday afternoon and told Police Sergt. Earle H. Burdine that he had acci- dentally shot himself with a .32- caliber rifle belonging to himself and his 14-year-old son, Alvin. He declared that he dropped the rifle on the concrete floor of the| dairy barn while preparing to feed| the cows belonging to the convent and the weapon exploded, semding a bullet into his left shoulder. His wife, Mrs Annie W. Norris, de- clared her husband arose about 4 a.m. yesterday as was his custom, and | went to the bamn a short distance| from their home on the grounds to| feed the cattle. She said that she arose a half-hour later and found her husband lying on a path between | the house and barn when she went to join him. ! “I'm shot! I'm shot!" he cried | and lapsed into unconsciousness. Dr.| Benjamin W. Perry ordered Norris removed to Walter Reed Hospital/ when he reached the scene a short| time later and the caretaker was brought to the local institution by the Bethesda PFire Rescue Squad. WALES IS REBUKED FOR “CRANK” TALK| Labor Leader Says There Are Other Forms of School | Discipline. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 15.—The statement by the Prince of Wales that only “misguided cranks” oppose military training in British schools has re- sulted in what is believed to be the first public criticism of speeches made by members of the present royal family. George Lansbury, parliamentary Labor leader, addressing a labor rally today, said he thought the prince, “after he thinks the matter over, will see there are other forms of discipline than shouldering a musket and play- ing at soldiers.” The News-Chronicle had previously rebuked the prince for the same statement, made in a speech Thursday. Hugh Franklin, prospective candi- date for Parliament, who followed Lansbury on the platform, said: “The king should stop the vaporings of his | offspring. Those in receipt of the public purse should not take part in politics " SWOPE GAINS SUPPORT IN RACE FOR GOVERNOR XKentucky Circuit Judge's Victory 1 in Getting Nomination of G. 0. P. Is Indicated. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, Strong support for King Swope of Lexington for the Re- | publican nomination as Governer of XKentucky was indicated by incom- plete scattered returns from today county mass meetings called to elect | delegates to the party’s state con- | vention in Lexington next Tuesday. | The State Central Committee’s call | for the State “recommending” con- | vention provided for the selection of a “slate” of candidates for Lieut. Governor and seven other state- | wide officers to be nominated at the | August primary. Many of the county conventions, however, went beyond | the call and indorsed Judge Swope for Governor. | A number of county meetings adopted resolutions condemning the administration of President Roose- | velt. Hopkins County Republicans | attacked the national administration | for what they termed “massing auto- cratie and dictatorial power” in one man. June 15— Circuit Judge | — {THOMAS NELSON D. A. R. INSTALLS NEW STAFF Bpecial Dispatch to The Star CLARENDON, Va. June 15—In- stallation of officers and presentation to the ex-regent, Mrs. Luther C. Dodd, of the pin of her office, featured the June meeting of Thomas Neison Chapter, D. A. R. at the home of ! Mrs. George H. Rector here. The meeting opened with presen- tation of the flag by members of Girl Scout Troop No. 38 of Clarendon. Rosemary Trone served as color gua: while Katherine Brashears and Dor- othy Crist were color bearers. Master Walter Brown was heard in two violin solos. The chapter ad- Journed for the Summer months. Boy Hero, 14, Dives From Window to Save Baby in Lake Crowd Watches Youth Attracied by Mother’s Cries, By the Associated Press. OROVILLE, Calif,, June 15.—While s horrified crowd of vacationists watched frem shore, Stanley Pitt- man, 14, dived thfough a store win- dow into Lake Madrone, 15 feet be- tow. to rescue a 17-months-old boy. The baby, son of Mrs. Irene Hilde- brandt, Berkeley society woman va- cationing at the lake resort, toddled away from his mother’s cabin and had been gone 15 minutes before she saw him ‘floating in the lake about 25 feet from shore. Her hysterical screams attracted young Pittman, who was working in the nearby stors of his father. TUnhesitatingly, the youth dived | i THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Lincoln Saved Autograph PENSION SYSTEM Adams’ Signature Valuable As He Thought, But Own Greater. The letter reproduced above shows that Abraham Lincoln had a high opinion of the ultimate value of John Quincy Adams’ autograph. The rare document was recently discovered among some old papers in Tampa. Fla. Hadyn Gunter, its present owner, is shown in the inset.—Star Staff Photo. A BY JOHN L. HACENEY. ‘The letter. dated at Springfield on BRAHAM LINCOLN believed | May 17, 1859, was addressed to a Dr. that some day the autograph | Theodore Canisius, a German-Ameri- of John Quincy Adams would | CaR. in answer to two questions put be valuable. to the then future President. Apparently, it did not occur | the letter says, “whether I am for or Haydn Gunter, mining engineer and | against the constitutional provision in { “Your note asking, in behalf of ! {to him in 1864 that his own signature | yourself and other German citizens" would be the more valuable of the two. autograph collector of Tampa, Fla., regard to naturalized citizens lately| and who came to Washington re-|adopted by Massachusetts, | cently, has come across the rare docu- | whether I am for or against a fusion ment on which both Presidents’ sig- | of the Republicans and other oppo- | natures appear. It is a note penned | sition elements, for the canvass of to Lincoln's Secretary of War, Ed- | 1860, is received. ward M. Stanton, and was passed on o the cabinet offcer becauss the Iat- e Rt “Massachusetts is a sovereign and | | ter had a “weakness for oddities.” | | independent State and it is no privi- | Gunter believes the text of the note shows the war President's efforts to placate his fiery Secretary of War, | she does. (who often openly split with his chief | done an inference is sought to be on war policies. | drawn as to what I would do, I may, It came to Gunter with some old | without impropriety, speak out. I say papers recently found in' Tampa, but | then, that as I understand the Massa- in order to gain possession of it, the chusetts provision, I am sgainst the | collector had to part with several | adoption in Illinois or in any other other autographs, including one of | place where 1 have the right to op- John Hancock and another of Aaron pose it. Understanding the spirit of | our institutions to aim at the elevation jof men, I am opposed to whatever lege of mine to scold her for what | Still, if from what she has | Small Piece of Paper. The note was written on a small plece of note paper across the top of | which John Quincy Adams had placed | his_name. The note says: “My dear Stanton: { “Finding the above signature of i Adams in an obscure place in the Mansion this morning and knowing of your weakness of oddities I am sending it to you, hold on to it— “It will no doubt be much more valuable some day. Yours, “A. LINCOLN” Gunter says the Adams signature now is worth only a nominal sum, and ‘thnt Lincoln’s is worth perhaps ten times as much. Having the two of | them on the same document. he says, | naturally adds to the value of both, In Haines City, Fla, Gunter came into possession of another bit of Lin- colniana that he regards as rare. It is a letter in which Lincoln, before his nomination for the presidency. ex- | pressed a willingness to support a erner would place himself “on Re- publican grounds.” DEATH PENALTY FIRST IN COUNTY SINCE ’65 North Dakotan Doomed to Die for Murder of Highway Officer in Central Missouri. By the Associated Press. FULTON, Mo., June 15.—For the first time since the Civil War, a jury in Callaway County tonight assessed the death penalty in convicting George McKeever, North Dakota con- viet, of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Highway Patrolman Ben Booth. Booth and Sheriff Roger Wilson were slain two years ago near Co- lumbia, Mo., when they sought to question two men in a motor car. Francis McNeiley, brother-in-law of McKeever, was arrested and confessed. He testified against McKeever. The killings first were attributed to the late Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd and his companion, Adam Richetti, now on trial in Kansas City in connection with the Union Station massacre case. Ship Model for Rites. During the empire service for the navy's dead at Canterbury Cathedral, in England, a scale model of the origi- nal H. M. 8. Canterbury, now being dismantled, will be given an honored place. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, June 15.—Edward McK. Johnson, captain of the Mary- | land State police, believes that mill- | tary efficiency will win a war against crime just as it will win a struggle against a national enemy. He has had 27 years of military service to back up his judgment. In addition to being second in com- mand of the newly independent law- enforcement unit, Johnson is com- manding officer of the 2nd Battalion, S5th Regiment, Maryland National Guard. There is a similarity between the two units; each is khaki clad, gc through an open window fronting the lake. He barely missed striking his head on s wharf piling. » men are trained in the school of the soldfer and the military bearing of each is noticeable. 1 3 Southern man in 1860 if the South- tends to degrade them. I have some little notoriety for commiserating the oppressed condition of the Negro; and I should be strangely inconsistent if I could favor any project for curtail- ing the existing rights of white men, | even though born in different lands, |and speaking in different languages from myself. | “As to the matter of fusion, I am | for it if it can be had on Republican | grounds, and I am not for it on any | other terms. A fusion on any other | terms would be as foolish as un- principled. I would iose the whole | North, while the common enemy would still carry the whole South. The question of men is a different one. There are good patriotic men, and able statesmen in the South, whom I would cheerfully support if they would | now place themselves on Republican | grounds; but I am against letting down the Republican standard a hair’s breadth, “I have written this hastily, but T believe it answers your questions sub- stantially. “Yours truly, “A. LINCOLN.” STEEL WORKERS URGE SOCIAL SECURITY ACTS Youngstown Meeting Advocates Guffey Coal Bill and Wag- ner Measure. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 15 (#). —The sixth district, Amalgamated As- sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers adopted resolutions urging social security legislation today as 5,000 persons gathered for the an- nual outing. The resolutions advocated passage of the Guffey coal industry bill and the Wagner bill for a 30-hour week and indorsed the American Federation of Laber’s social security program. Louis Leonard of Pittsburgh, prin- cipal speaker, declared the United | States Supreme Court’s action in de- claring the N. R. A. invalid left the workers with only one choice—or- ganization—"if they are going to get anything like a fair deal.” Delegations came from Akron, Can- ton, Warren, Niles and Pennsylvanis and Eastern Ohio coal flelds. —_— Can't Read Good News. Because many of the farmers in Egypt cannot read, the gevernment is employing town criers to spread the news that the cotton tax has been Soldiers Can Wipe Says Maryland Police Captain abelished. Out Crime, Capt. Johnson joined the 5th Regi- ment as & buek private 27 years ago. His father befors was a member of the regiment and now his son, Wil- lam T. Johnson, makes the third generation for the organization. During the World War Johnson went to France as a first lieutenant, then was promoted to captain in command of Company E, 104th Supply Train. When the war ended he or- ganized a new company, which was the first National Guard unit to re- ceive Federal recognition. It was Company A, §th Maryland Regiment. Federal recognition was extended on March 5, 1920. He was 3] ted ceptain of the State police mber 1, 1931, while serving in the diréctory department of the telephone company. * and | MEETING CALLED Steps Toward Setting Up County Units to Be Taken Tuesday By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, June 15.—First steps toward setting up local units to ad- Aid and Charities here. The board is to send to each Board of County Commissioners a list of names from which each county board will name the group to super- vise its old-age pension set-up. , While it has been said that the pensions system probably will be in operation by the last of August, it is indicated it will be much later before necessary details are com- pleted. One State official said he believed it would be January or later before the system will begin to func- tion. In the first place, the new State law providing for the pensions pro- vides that local units pay one-third of the cost and the State shall pay two-thirds. But the act setting up the pensions did not become effective until June 1 and by that time many of the local units had made up their year’s budgets without making any provisions for pension payments. Other units did make such pro- visions, however. The State set aside $1,500,000 for & year for the pensions, the money to be taken from revenue received from the 1 per cent gross receipts tax. Even after the local administrative units are set up, considerable routine work still must be done before actual payment of the pensions begins. Under the law, no pensioner can recelve more than $1 a day, but the pension does not have to be that much. —_— Iliad Held to Be Indian. Prof. R. A. Dara has placed in a | London safe deposit manuscripts 3,000 and 4,000 years old, which, he says, prove that the story of Homer’s “Iliad, greatest of classical Greek poems, the epic of Helen of Troy, whose face| “launched a thousand ships,” origi- nated in an Indian epic poem written | centuries before Homer was born. Recluse Leaves $3,675. While investigating the death of Rhoda Yallop, a recluse, in Islington, England, police found $3,675 in a tin can in his shack. D. C., JUNE 16, 1935—PART ONE. House Stay§ in Cabinet Beall’s Pleasure Built by Stoddert Owned by M’Adoo’s Daughter. BY GEORGE B. PORTER. | HE house in which Benjamin Stoddert, first Secretary of the Navy, resided, still belongs to a “cabinet family.” Known as Beall's Pleasure, the brick structure, an excellent ex- ample of Colonial architecture and well preserved, stands a few hundred yards from the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Landover, Md. Veiled from the railroad and the Landover highway by shrubbery, it is Washingtonians who drive by the entrance on their way to Beaver Dam Country Club or to Marlboro and Chesapeake Beach. At present the estate belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Brice Clagett, the latter a daughter of Williams Gibbs McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury during Wil- son’s administration and now a Sen- ator from California. Beall's Pleasure is a part of a grant made under that name in 1706 by almost unknown to the hundreds of | | Charles, Lord Baltimore, to Col. Ninan Beall, who at one time owned a large | part of what is now Georgetown and | Prince Georges and Montgomery Counties. | Secretary Stoddert owned it from | 1794 until his death in 1813. In 1781 he married Rebecca Lowndes, daugh- | ter of Christopher Lowndes of Bost- | wick House, Bladensburg. l Estate Was 2,000 Acres. After acquiring Beall's Pleasure, | Stoddert bought additional land until he owned an estate of 2,000 acres, ex- tending as far west as the Eastern Branch, at Bladensburg. | The house at Beall's Pleasure, which | was called the Dairy by Mrs. Stod- dert, is built entirely of brick, made of clay taken from the place. as is shown by large excavations still to! be seen there, J. Chew Sheriff, Prince Georges County's first Police Court judge, who died in 1934, was born there. He said the timbers used in the house were taken off sailing ves- sels from England. The structure has double chimneys | at both ends flush with the wall, | with a brick curtain rising above the ridge as in London houses. Its archi- tecture is unusual for Prince Gcorges County, but almost identical with a group of Charles County houses, in- cluding Cobb Neck, Waverly, Mount Republican, Hard Bargain and West Hatton. The latter was built in 1790 by William Truman Stoddert, 8 ma- jor in the Revolutionary War, anu a cousin of Benjamin Stoddert. The house still has its old wide floor boards, and its original manteis and six-panel doors, but the old chair rails have been removed except in the present Kkitchen, formerly the dining room. Georgetown Merchant. Benjamin Stoddert was educated as a merchant, but in 1776 joined the Continental Army, became a major, was wounded in .he Battle of Brandy- wine, and then bscame a successful merchant in Georgetcwn, where he built 2 home known as Halcyon House, During the laying out of Washing- ton - as the Capital City, he and George Washington and Maj. L’En- fant were in frequent communications as is shown by the Washington cor- | respondence :n the Congressional | Library. In addition to living at| Halycon House ‘n Georgetown and at Beall's Pleasure. he also lived at Bostwick House. He became Secre- | tary of the Navy under John Adams | and continued in office under Thomas | Jefferson, but resigned in 1801. SON, 8, TAKES STAND IN KILLER'S DEFENSE | T | Says He ‘Wouldn't Go to Heaven,’ for Untruth—Describes Shooting. 11LOUDOUN MEN FACE U. . COURT Quesenberry to Be Arraigned in Alexandria in Police Killing. By a Staft Correspondent of The Btar. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 15— Eleven Loudoun County men, includ- ing Thomas Quesenberry, alleged slayer of Alexandria Poiice Corpl. Clarence J. McClary, are scheduled to be arraigned before Judge Luther B. Way in the United States Court here Monday on assorted charges of violating and conspiring to violate the internal revenue laws pertaining to liquor. Ex-Postmaster on List. Also included in the number is L. Clarke Hoge, former Leesburg post- master. After the formal court charges are | presented, Judge Way is expected to set dates for trials of the alleged rev- enue law violators. The men, all indicted by a Federal grand jury at Norfolk in May. are listed as Shelby Cole, Harry Adams, Robert W. Edmonston, Abraham Cole Phillips, James Monroe Gray, Posey F. Phillips, Clifton Charles Jewell, Raymond Jewell, Graham T. Legge, Thomas Quesenberry and L. Clarke Hoge. Arrested After Raids. ‘Their arrest followed liquor raids conducted by Federal and State offi- cers in the county March 16 and 17. McClary was slain while participating in a search for Quesenberry on March 17 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 15—Eight-vear- old Tommy Cronin spent his first day of vacation from school today testify- ing as a State's rebuttal witness in the murder trial of his father who admitted killing William Bahnfleth. 40. It was a case of “unwritten law” vs, written law. Thomas Cronin, 27, labor union official, in testimony, ad- mitted shooting Bahnfleth, oil com- pany salesman, in the Cronin home on the night of April 5. but said he did so because his wife preferred | | Bahnfleth to him. Before the case went to the jury today Tommy took the stand. said he knew he “wouldn't go to Heaven if I don't tell the truth,” and told of the killing of Bahnfleth, whom he called “Uncle Billy” and “Bill.” Mrs. Cronin did not testify and at the inquest said her friendship with Bahnfleth had been platonic. In in- terviews since the trial started she was quoted as saying her husband should “get the chair.” stating the killing was unwarranted. The jury was locked up for the night. Both grand and petit juries have been summoned for the June term of the United States Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which will convene here all next week. 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