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A—2 %% PROBE NEW ANGLE | IN G-MAN QUIZ Treasury Officials Hear Se- cret Service Men Got Data as “Writers.” BY REX COLLIER. Treasury officials are investigating reports that Secret Service men in St. Paul represented themselves as maga- zine writers in beginning what At- | torney General Cummings has termed | an “ill-advised” check-up on activities | of Department of Justice agents in the Dillinger case. Several eye witnesses to the shooting of Eddie Green, Dillinger machine gunner, in St. Paul two years ago have reported they were questioned last May by men purporting to be :onemngn data for a magazine article. | Some of these persons were re- interviewed on July 10 and 11 by the | same men, they have disclosed, and on | the second occasion the men identified themselves as Secret Service agents. About 10 persons in all were quizzed | on those two days. Followed Murphy’s Visit. The renewal of activity followed by 10 days a visit to St. Paul by Joseph E. Murphy, assistant chief of the Secret Service, who is in Washington for interrogation by order of W. H. McReynolds, administrative assistant to Secretary Morgenthau. Murphy at the time was making an Inspection tour of the West in com- pany with half a dozen other repre- sentatives of Treasury investigative agencies for the announced purpose of “co-ordinating” them. Harold N. Graves, assistant to Secretary Morgen- thau was in charge of the group. Murphy was called back to Wash- ington from Los Angeles after Grady 1. Boatwright, agent in charge of the St. Paul office of the Secret Service, had informed McReynolds that Murphy had ordered him to make an under- cover investigation of the death of | Green. Previously Murphy had stopped oft in Chicago. After his departure, Secret Service agents there began in- quiries into the shooting to death byl G-men of John Dillinger—exactly two vears ago today. Thomas J. Calla- ghan, agent in charge of the Chicago ~ffice of the Secret Service, also has been brought to Washington for ques- tioning. Silent on Findings. McReynolds, conducting the interro- gation in the absence of Secretary Morgenthau, who is on vacation in New England, refuses to disclose his findings. He has stated, however, that if preliminary evidence is substanti- ated, the Treasury will make apologies to the Department of Justice. The latter is said to be insistent that stern disciplinary action be taken against those responsible for the *spying” on their fellow Government agents. Meanwhile, J. Edgar Hoover was doing a little “checking up” of his own in an effort to learn more about re- norts of an investigation of his “brok- erage accounts” here. “They might as well time,” Hoover commented, “because I have no brokerage accounts. I am interested in ascertaining, however, who has been stricken with such curiosity about me.” 26 FALSE ALARMS CHARGED TO TRIO Youths Held by Fifth Precinct Police to Be Arraigned Tomorrow. Three youths held at the fifth pre- rinct station on suspicion of turning in 7 false fire alarms Monday night were today charged with 19 additional cases. They will be arraigned in Po- lice Court tomorrow. Meanwhile, Lloyd M. Myles, 41, col- ored, of no fixed address, was sen- tenced today by Police Court Judge Robert E. Mattingly to serve 180 days in jail for turning in a false alarm at Beventh and G streets July 14. The youths held are J. M. Bresna- han, 17, of 3629 Warder street; Harry 8. Mackey, 19, of 713 Shepherd street, and Harry L. Smith, 18, of 1511 Law- rence street northeast. They were arrested after a pedes- trian reported the tag number of an automobile a youth entered after a box had been pulled at Eighteenth and B atreets southeast. FORMER CONSUL DIES PARIS, Ky, July 22 (#).—Claude M. Thomas, 73, president of the Amer- ican Saddle Horse Breeders’ Associa- tion and former United States consul at Marseille, died suddenly last night after suffering a heart attack at the home of his son, Edwin Thomas. Thomas served eight years as con- sul. He received his appointment dur- ing the administration of President Grover Cleveland. He also served in the Kentucky Legislature. Landon . (Continued From First Page.) ‘ eover a wide range of subjects advisers said. One of them indicated that, in addi- tion to probate emphasis on farm re- lief, unemployment, Federal spending and taxation and the Constitution, Landon will outline his apinions on governmental attitudes toward organ- ized labor. Influences Suggested. Speaking in Indianapolis last night for the Democratic National Commit- tee, Gov. McNutt declared that the personality ascribed to Landon by his managers “inevitably suggests an in- dividual particularly susceptible to the influences of stronger minds and more ruthless wills.” “Just who are the people to whom he is willing to be obligated in the unlikely event of his election?” Mc- Nutt asked. “Can they be other than the group of which the du Pont Lib- erty League is characteristic, and Willlam Randolph Hearst, whose first visit to and indorsement of Gov. Lan- don has been justly described as the kiss of death?” A statement that the Republicans’ chances of gaining a majority in the House of Representatives are in- creasing daily came from Representa- ! tive Chester C. Bolton of Ohio in Jaunching the party’s drive for West- ern congressional seats. “Practically all the territory we lost in 1932 and 1934 is leaning strongly Republican,” Bolton said at Chicago. With 114 seats needed to recapture the House, he said, the task is not impossible. “In fact, the chances are good with the present swing away from President Roosevelt.” save their | Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. MEMORY. F CARL GOERCE, North Carolina itor and pubiic speaker, does nct look precisely like the kind of man whose favorite tune would be “Valencia,” then a Washington orches- tra leader really has an astonishing memory. Goerch was in town last October, went to a night club and asked the orchestra leader to play “Valencia.” He was back the other day and went o the same center of alcohol and arpeggios. “If you'll play my favorite number, I'll give you a doll said Goerch. The leader took a casual look at Goerch’s features, turned to his men and drew “Valencia” right out of their instruments with his waving baton. Goerch gasped. * o o x ICE BOX. Mrs. Roy Zimmerman of Gar- rett County, Md., has devised some- thing new in home “refrigeration.” according to members of a com= ‘mittee which recently made a re- habilitation survey of the State. In the basement of her farm home Mrs. Zimmerman dug a pit and filled 1t with sand. Fresh vegetables from her garden are buried in the sand and served om the Zimmerman table, Winter and Summer, as tasty as if they came “right out of the garden.” accord- ing to those who “'surveyed” her. X ok K X OUT OF THE PAST. HILE the young lady who opened a bookshop over on ‘H street was w putting out her tomes for the mm'mnli THE EVENING CONSUL IN' SIEGE WELL KNOWN HERE William W. Corcoran Noted for Social and Profes- sional Exploits. One of the most colorful figures in Washington's newspaper and 3soclety life of 30 years ago, William Warwick Corcoran, dashing and debonair “man- about-town,” was back in the lime- light again today—this time as Amer- ican consul at Vigo, Spain, whence he is sending first-hand reports of battles in the Spanish rebellion. Corcoran, relaying reports through the American Embassy at London, said members of the consulate staff, their | tamilies and friends, were safe. Old friends recalled today that Cor- coran was prominent in social circles here and is an accomplished horseman and swimmer. At one time he owned a palatial yacht. From about 1908 to 1912 he worked as a reporter on Wash- ing for the diplomatic service. Back in 1921, while United States consul at Boulogne, France, Corcoran leaped into the sea from a high cliff to rescue a drowning boy. He refused to give his name and was not identified as the rescuer until it was discovered later that he was suffering from ex- posure. Rescued Girl Two other Corcoran exploits are local history. Friends said today he once rescued & girl from the back of a runaway horse. He was said to have “knocked cold” a gangster known as “the Baltimore Kid” who made an in- sulting remark to him and a group of friends as they passed along the street. Corcoran was married in 1923 to Miss Andree Ridoux, a French woman, and they were divorced in 1932. Two years ago he married Miss Dulcie Guil- ford Parsons, his present wife, a | British subject. Corcoran was born here in 1884 and browsers, along came an individual of-work steeplejack. couple of shoes. take down part of a sign hanging over the shop door. He did it with a certain gusto that attracted the young lady. the shop. as if readir.g old opera scores might be part of the daily routine, Surprise must have lifted the young lady's eyebrows. sign taker-downer. “I have sung, long ago, with the best of them—in Italy, Belgium, Germany. I traveled with form.” He sighed: “Ah!"—then, without further ado, burst into “Oh, Mistress Mine” with fine abandon, gestures and obliviousness to surroundings. The song ended. “That is the orig- inal music,” he said. “I learned it from an old manuscript score given to me in the old days in Belgium. Yes, the original music——" And he went his way. with the swinging signboard under his arm. DISCRIMINATING. Discriminating sparrows frequent- ing the west triangle at New York avenue and Eleventh street refuse to take their dust baths except in @ certain spot in the little park. Here they have flve little bathing holes, worn by constant use. When all are occupied, other sparrows in the flock wait and fight over which will be “nert” to wallow in the holes. They ignore broad bare spots all around. * % * % 1VY YARN. YOUNG matron about town re- cently ordered three ivy pots to decorate an iron stand on the balcony of her apartment. She specified the size to the florist, but when the order arrived two of the pots were much too small. She complained bitterly, point- ing out that ivy in a small container does not have enough earth to grow, and who wouldn't know that? ‘The florists were abjectly apologetic, insisted on sending up & man to in- vestigate the trouble. Next day a fel- low wearing & smock, carrying tape measures and rulers arrived at her apartment, looked at the ivy stand, jotted down a lot of figures, apologized again on behalf of the company and departed. The next day she received two new pots, so large she could scarcely get them through the door. * ok ¥ ¥ SOFT ANSWER. A HUGE, perspiring motorist ran true to form the other afternoon when a woman driving behind him through heavy traffic at K street and Connecticut avenue hooked the front bumper of her car under his rear bumper with quite & jolt. He came boiling out of his car with the usual: “What the devil's wrong with you? Are you blind?” etc. “Please,” she said, “it's much too warm to argue. I'll admit it was my fault and I'll pay. Here’s my card.” The motorist shut up and, with the aid of taxi drivers, huffed and puffed until he got the bumpers separated. Then he told the woman before he drove off: “Lady, I hope you will pardon me for causing this delay. I insist it was my fault.” A couple of taxi drivers stumbled away in a daze and a street car motor- man nearly fainted. St. Thomas’ Nose Rag Honored. In medieval days, shrines display- ed the bottle containing the Virgin's of the bodies of the saints, but about the most remarkable was the shrine of St. Thomas, where was displayed several bits of rag used by St. Thomas for wiping his nose. ' “But I'm an old opera star,” said the | | Bethesda when he was attached to | was graduated from Georgetown Law ington newspapers, meanwhile study- | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEEKS T0 TRAGE KILLER'S ACTIONS Sheriff Concentrates Probe of Co-ed Slaying on Hotel. BY the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 22.—Sher- iff Laurence E. Brown carried his in- vestigation of the Helen Clevenger slaying back to the Battery Park Ho- tel today, retracing the path sup- to have been fcllowed by the killer in his flight from the girl's room and questioning & number of persons whose identity remained se- | cret. Delaying for a time his planned grilling of Daniel H. Gaddy, 28-year- old watchman, whom he termed the “key to the whole case” the sheriff sent to State chemists at Raleigh va- rious articles for test tube analysis and examination in the hope that a | further clue would be developed to | the slayer of the New York co-ed, who was shot and beaten in her hotel | | room early last Thursday. | The articles were understood to in- clude the girl's blood-stained pajamas, a stained strip of carpet from her hotel room and a piece of upholstery from a chair, upon which officers be- | Yieve the assailant wiped his bloody | | hands. The sheriff, however, refused | to confirm the list. | Brown inspected the shop of Edwin F. Frady, hotel engineer, in which | duplicate pass keys are made. He | had previously described the master | key found in the outer lock of Miss Clevenger's door and presumably used | by the slayer as the “most significant” evidence yet uncovered. ‘ | Two women were seen to enter Brown’s office this morning. Their | identity could not be learned. It was | reported, however, that they accom- | panied him to the hotel where he re- sumed questioning of possible witnesses on the roof garden. Spectators were excluded from the garden. Brown did not say when he planned who resembled a—well, maybe an out- | School. He was the son and only child | to question the night watchman aga:n, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1936. ONEDIES, S HURT : Ben F. Sacharow questions Dr. F. E. Townsend after the doctor “took a walk” from a hear- ing on the old-age pension movement, at Cleveland. Sacharo»: obtained a court order and halted the doctor as he was driving to Erie late yesterday, and t! | hearing was resumed, DROUGHT PARLEY TOBE HELD TODAY Wallace to Discuss Cattle Purchase and Farm Aid With Chairman Tapp. Ev (he Associated Press. Farmers through an immense Mid- western area scanned the rkies in vain | of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Corcoran, | but indicated it would probably be for rain today as the Agriculture De- He had on an unprepossessing, noth deceased. During the World War | soon. | sleeveless polo shirt open to & well- | he sorved overseas as a machine gun- upholstered chest, a pair of nondescript’ ner in the Army and was a gas victim. trousers and a couple of shoes—just & | 1, 1920 he entered the diplomatic serv- ' said, “we will know something, and I Watchman's Story Awaited. “When Gaddy talks,” the sheriff partment pukblished a report deserib- ing the drought’s severity as compar- able to that of 1934. Jesse W. Tapp., chairman of the ice as vice consul at Calcutta and | think he is getting ready to talk pretty nterdepartmental Drought Committee, | | Boulogne, Warsaw, Algiers and Kings- ton. Friends described Corcoran as an | of man, physically powerful, but of “Any old opera scores?" he queried. | p\oqiym’ stature. One of his former | Wollner, | newspaper associates said he often | came to work in his riding habit. Reports Americans Safe. | In his report to the State Depart- | ment from Spain Consul Corcoran said the death toll was increasing hourly, but that the consulate was le and two British cruisers were | standing by. A resident of Bethesda, Md, Lynn Winterdale Franklin is now consul at | Barcelona, capital of Catalonia | province and one of the centers of the rebellion. He is a native of Ocean City, N. J., where he was born in| 1888, but established residence in the State Department here in 1920. Franklin entered the diplomatic many Shakespearean companies when ' service in 1912 as clerk in the lega- that poet was being sung in opera | tion at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He filled other posts in South and Cen- tral America and China, and for ' more than & year has been in Barcelona. ! Americans | | (Continued n First Page) | to indicate that any of the 1582 | Americans in the country had suffered ! harm. The dispatch of the warships, a | step rarely taken, was ol as a lpreclutlon—w afford Americans a | ready means of flight if their lives were imperiled. Oklahoma Makes Ready. ‘The battleship Oklahoma was off | Cherbourg, France, yesterday, on a training cruise with midshipmen from Annapolis when Admiral Willam H. Standley, Acting Secretary of the Navy, sent out the sailing orders after a lengthy conference here with Secretary of State Hull. The big ship immedi- ately began to take on fuel and officers | were recalled from shore leave in France and England. S8he will sail for Bilboa, Spain, at midnight tomor- row. Midshipmen on board will be transferred to the Arkansas and Wyoming. ‘The Quincy, & 10,000-ton cruiser re- cently completed at Quincy, Mass, was on the Atlantic on a shakedown cruise when the orders reached her. She sailed from Norfolk, Va., Sunday, and naval experts figured she should reach Gibraltar Priday. Commanding the Oklahoma, a re- sently modernized battleship carrying ten 14-inch guns and a crew of about 1,200, is Capt. Willilam A. Hall, who formerly was assigned to the Charles- ton, 8. C., Navy Yard. The Quincy, which carries a crew of 600 to 800 men, is armed with 8-inch guns and is skip- pered by Capt. William F. Amsden, formerly of the Naval Operations Of- fice here, BRITISH SEND SHIPS, LONDON, July 22 (#).—The ad- miralty announced today further war- ship movements for the protection of British lives and property in Spain. The cruiser London, flagship of the first cruiser squadron, was due in Bar- celona today. The flotilla leader Douglas and the destroyers Garland, Gipsy and Gallant were due there tomorrow. In addition to other vessels in Span- ish waters, the cruiser Devonshire had been ordered to Palma, the flotilla leader Keith to Valencia, the destroyer Boadicea to Alicante and the destroyer Basilisk to Almeria. PARTS OF MAN’S BODY Furor Over Gruesome Discovery at Garbage Plant Subsides After Explanation. A brief furor caused by finding of several portions of a man’s body in & carload of refuse at the District Gar- bage Plant, at Cherry Hill, Va, yes- terday, subsided when Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald stated after investigation that they were from the dissecting room of George Washington University Medical School. milk, teeth, hands and other parts | head. ARE TRACED TO SCHOOL | His present task, it appeared, was t0| soryeq thereafter at Bombay, Madras, | soon. murder was an ‘inside job’ and that the murderer is right here in Asheville The errand over, he wandered inside | aculately dressed, dashing type | now.” | Authorities continued to hold Mark 35-year-old violinist, and | Mildred Ward, 19-year-old Asheville | girl who corroborated Wollner's alibi | that he was at home last Wednesday | night when Miss Clevenger was crimi- | nally assaulted, mutilated and killed. | Wollner lives at Miss Ward's home. | His studio is across the street from the hotel where the murder occurred. | No charges have been made, i | Key and Tape Clues. | | A piece of tape from the night | watchman's time clock and a dam- | aged “super-master key” which opens | all rooms in the hotel were listed by the sheriff as | clues. the most important | Brown said Gaddy failed to punch the time clock when passing the sec- |ond floor—on which Miss Clevenger's | room was located—on his rounds at 1 |am. last Thursday morning, the ap- | proximate time officers believe the |New York University student was slain. ‘The key in question, the sheriff said, was found on Gaddy's key ring. A perfect key of the same type was found in the door to Miss Clevenger's room. | There were only 11 such keys au- Brown stated, but 12 keys have been | | accounted for, including a damaged | | key and the one found in the door. | Sheriff’s Theory Questioned. | | Heads of the Asheville city police department were openly skeptical of | the strength of Sheriff Brown's case. Municipal detectives, however, col- | laborated with the sheriff’s deputies | in working on the mystery. | ! Gaddy was reported to have said | the damage to the master key on his | ring was caused by his using it in an | attempt to open a vacant house he ! planned to rent. | Sheriff Brown indicated he had not | been successful in tracing the extra | master key. © | His theory is that the Killer entered | the girl's room by means of the mas- | ter key found in the lock, shot her | once, and, when the pistol jammed, | ! beat her in the face with the butt to | silence her screams. [CROSLAND, DIRECTOR, BLAMED FOR OWN DEATH | | Witness Tells of Film Notable Drinking Brandy, but States He Was Sober. BY the Associated Press. | LOS ANGELES, July 22.—A coro- | ner's jury decided yesterday that Alan | Crosland, noted film director, met his death in a traffic accident “due to careless driving.” Crosland's automobile overturned July 10. He died July 16. | Frank Freeman, proprietor of a cafe, testified that a few hours before the accident Crosland drank two ponies of brandy in his establishment with Alice Brady, film actress. “Was Crosland sober when he left?” | | asked Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort. “Absolutely,” said Freeman. Miss Brady was not called. The something from experience? that loans will advice of the headed for Kansas City to confer witn “I am convinced the Clevenger Secretarv Wallace today on Federal | catile purchases and financial aid to farmers in blighted sections. The Crop Reporting Board in a spe- cial report said the condition of pas- ture lands on July 15 averaged 44.7 per cent of normal, compared with 48.9 per cent July 1, 1934. The board used pasture lands as the yardatick by which to measure the effect of the hot dry spell on general vegetation. Heat Since July. No definite figures were available on changes after mid-July. but since then the West has suffered some of its hot- test days. “By July 20 the condition probably was down almost to the all-time rec- ord low set August 1, 1934," said the board. “In ecomparison with the drought at this time in 1934, the pres- ent drought appears to be about as se- vere in the Western corn belt, and | more severe in the Eastern corn belt and as far East as Central Pennxyl-l vania and East Central New York.” Most of the Nation enjoyed relief | yesterday from the intense heat suf- fered for more than a fortnight, scat- tered showers broke the dry period in parts of many States, but the vast save the 1936 crop. Speculators short of supplies for future delivery, particularly July and September, rushed corn prices up 4 thorized and distributed to emploves, | cents a bushel in the Chicago pits |they helped make. | yesterdey. July corn closed at 913 and September at 887%. It was understood that Tapp, pre-' paring for his conference with Wal- lace, drew up recommendations of a | special A. A. A. committee for mini- mum Federal purchases and maximum financial aid for private purchases by farmers who have plenty of grain and forage for Winter feeding. Wallace's immediate aid was sought because of the difference between problems facing Northwest ranchers and Midwest farmers. The ranchers seek to have the Government buy up surplus market supplies of stocker and feeder cattle, while the farmers are opposed to any move which threatens to inorease the cost of cattle | they expect to buy and fatten up for the beef market. Before Wallace left the Capital to g0 West he estimated Federal purch- | ases might total 1,000,000 head of live stock. PILGRIMAGE PLANNED High school girls from all parts of the United States will be brought to Washington next April in another of the series of “good -citizenship pil- grimages,” sponsored by the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution. The 1937 pilgrimage will be a feature of the Congress of the D. A. R. Arrangements for the pilgrimage are being made by a newly appointed committee headed by Mrs. Raymond G. Kimbell of Niles Center, Ill, Mrs. William A. Becker, president general of the D. A. R, said. This committee has as its honorary chairman the for- mer Ruth Bryan Owen, Minister to Denmark, now Mrs. Boerge Rohde. 10% of Mexicans Pure White. Only 10 per cent of the popula- tion of Mexico is classified as pure white. National Scene BY ALICE LONGWORTH 8 IT possible that the New Deal and Prof. Tugwell have learned Apparently profiting by bad results of haphasard shifting of farm pooulations from areas affected by the 1934 drought, the ‘Resettlement Administration has set up a bureau of information through which farmers may ascertain conditions prevailing in places to which they plan to migrate. The only hint of dictation is in the statement not be made to farmers who ignore bureau. That seems reasonable, provided the bureau is administered by people with first-hand knowledge of conditions, and on & non-partisan basis, without suggestion of politi- cal pressure or influence. There is universal desire to relieve suffering caused by the present drought crisis, and, so far Alice Longwerw a8 is humanly possible, to safeguard against its recurrence. Soil conservation is approved by every one. But it can- not be too strongly emphasized that such work must not be used as & eloak for crop curtailment, coercion and regimentation, . (Copyrisht. 1936.) For 30,000 on 75th Anniversary | BY MARSHALL BAGGETT, 1 8taff Correspondent of The Star | MANASSAS, Va, July 22—The First Battle of Manassas was again a matter of history today as the modern military units that re-enacted the fight here yesterday afternoon had retired from the scene almost as quickly as did the Union troops in 1861. Bull Run battlefield that felt the tremor of cannon, horses and troops for the third time had already regained its peaceful appearance this morning. while nearby farmers were working as calmly as if yesterday's artillery fire had never occurred. And despite the hard “fighting,” the throng ot 30.000 people and the more than 5,000 automobiles that swamped parking areas and jammed the high- way and nearby farms, the aninversary | battle had not a single casualty. Stand Three Hours for Spectacle. Principal suffers at the re-enact- ment of the 75-year-old war scene were most of the spectators whose ach- ing feet and ringing eardrums were their chief souvenirs of a spectacle they patiently stood up three hours to see. Yet they showed the historic drama was worth it all. Long after Stonewall Jackson's Vir- ginia regiments had chased the “Yankees” at bayonet point over the crest of Henry House Hill for the last time, they stood reluctant to leave the | scene. They waited to applaud Cav- |alry and Artillery troops in special | drills and to strain their necks to watch 35 Marine airplanes whirl about in | | | corn country still awaited rains to combat flight. The only regret of it all was that there were less than a dozen veterans ‘ol the War Between the States present | to witness the “flash-back" of history Occupy Seats of Honor. | Dressed in the remains of their Blue and Gray uniforms, they occupied seats of honor near Assistant Secretary | of War Harry Woodring, Gov. George C. Peery of Virginia and other distin- | guished guests. Like the thousands who stood on INGAR ACCIDENTS {Carl Owens Killed in Crash Near Aldie—Woman Hit- Run Victim. A young filling station attendant was | killed and eight other persons were | injured, three seriously, in traffic mis- | haps in Washington and Virginia dur- | ing the last 24 hours. | The dead youth, Carl W. Owen, 23, of Roanoke, Va, a roomer at 327 i Bryant street northeast, was killed when his car crashed into the rear of a parked truck on the Lee Highway near Aldie, Va,, early today. | Although the car was demolished, Robert Jackson, 221 H street, who was riding with Owens, escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Virginia authorities said the accident occurred when Owen's machine col- lided with a truck that had been stop=- ped by tire trouble. The truck driver, | Earl Hendricks, Glosbury, N. J.,, was | unhurt. Owen was employed at a fllinz station at Eighteenth street and Rhode | Island avenue northeast. Virginia Woman Injured. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. 'Manassas, Battle Is Re-enacted “Yankees” Again Meet Defeat as Army Units Show Details of Confed- erateVictory In 1861. the slope overlooking the batile “theatre,” they thrilled sgain to the rattle of rifle fire and the booming of Field Artillery pieces as Uncle Sam's modern soldiers d onic ability on a historic spot Although not scheduled to do so Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, Rich- mcend editor and historian. continued his narration of events and explana- tion of military maneuvers throughout the battle when the first booming of “Confederate” artillery cut short his address He had previously explai strategic value of Manassas Junction to the South. had referred to Lin- coln’s blunder in calling for 90-day enlistments of Union troops as one of the reasons w e North forced the battle before troops had been trained, and spoke of the inadequate part played by the Federal “political generals.” Introduced by Peery. Dr. Freeman was introduced by Gov Peery, who in turn was presented to the audience by Wilbur C. Hall, chair- man of the State Commission on Con- servation and Development, under auspices of which the 75th anniversary battle was staged. The program was opened with an address by State Senator John W. Rust of Fairfax The “mob scenes” of vesterday’s sham battle were enacted by the 5th Regiment, United States Marines, dressed in blue to represent Union forces: the 12th Infantry Brigade of the United States Army, the Reserve Officers Training Corps. the 3d United States Cavalry; Battery B, 16th Field Artillery, and the 1st Battalion, 10th Artillery, United States Marines The principal roles were enacted by Maj. Stonewall Jackson, collateral descendant and namesake of the Southern general: Col. J. C. Miller, Marine commander. who impersonated the Union leader, Brig. Gen. 1. S. Mc- Dowell;, Lieut. Col. James G. Ord, commandant of Confederate Infantry troops: Maj. Melville Jackson and Capt. John D. O'Leary of the Marines and Col. Jonathan M. Wainwright and Capt. John B. Reybold in charge of Cavalry detachments. ained BROTHERS BATILE TOHOLD PROPERTY Callaghans File Injunction Against Park Body Over Rock Creek Strip. Br a Staff Correspondent of rne Star | ROCKVILLE, Md., July 22.—Pos- session of a strip of land separating the recreational and equitation fields in Rock Creek Park has thrown two | Chevy Chase residents and the Mary- | land-National Capital Park and Plan- | ning Commission into legal conflict. | Holding & patent for the pmperty’ | obtained recently from the State Land | Office, the commission has appealed to the Montgomery County Circuit Court for an injunction restraining two brothers, William J. and Michael P. Callaghan, from interfering with any park work in the tract. An answer filed yesterday by Miss | Vivian Simpson, counsel for, the Gal- | laghans, contends the hm‘hen are | the rightful owners of the land by | virtue of adverse possession, charges the patent for the property was er- roneously issued and therefore worth- less, and declares the injunction suit | should be dismissed. Says Land Held 35 Years. The Caliaghans’ attorney asserted the brothers have held the strip of | 1and for 35 years, whereas statutes of | Maryland require that a person need hold an unrecorded tract for only 20 years to obtain legal ownership through adverse possession. A survey made eight years ago dis- | closed the lack of a recorded title on the land, which is approximately 50 feet wide, about three-quarters of a mile in length and located imme- diately south of the equitation field adjoining Meadowbrook Saddle Club. Counsel for the Callaghans said that despite the lack of a recorded title, however, the park commission recog- nised the brothers’ legal right to the | ground by negotiating for its purchase | 30 the recreational and equitation areas could be joined. No agreement on a purchase price could be reached at the time and condemnation proceedings were in- stituted. The commission refused to pey the amount awarded the Cal- Iaghans by the jury which heard the case and allowed the proceedings to lapse automatically. Acquired Abutting Land. Still anxious to secure the strip, attorneys for the planning group, which has bought virtually all of the abutting property on each side of the contested tract, went to An- Mw-fl!udmrflluunl D.C. DRIVER JALED AS CRASH HURTS 3 Driving Under Influence of Liquor Is Charged at Rockville. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., July 22.—John F. Hoover of 1363 Meridian street. ‘Washington, D. C., was arrested on charges of driving while under the influence of liquor and reckless driving after an automobile accident in which three motorists were hurt late yes- terday. His wife, Mrs. Lee Hoover: Mrs George E. Wilson, jr., of 7611 Georgia avenue, Washington, and Paul D. Wil- liams of Richmond, Va., escaped with minor cuts in the mishap, which oc- curred on the Rockville-Frederick pike near Gaithersburg. Police said that Hoover was proceed- ing toward Washington when his car crashed into Williams' machine ap- proaching from the opposite direction. Passing motorists carried the two women to the office of Dr. W. S. Mur- | phy and Williams to Georgetown Hos- pital for first-aid treatment. Neither Mrs. Williams, who was ac- companying her husband on a business trip to Emmitsburg, Pa., Hoover nor Ralph Sweet of the Meridian street address, who were accompanied by Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Wilson, were hurt. Both cars were badly damaged. Sergts. Roy Bodner and James S. McAuliffe arrested Hoover and beoked him on the two charges. He was freed on $500 bond pending arraignment in County Police Court on Friday. Scottish Golf Club Oldest. The Royal and Ancient Golf' Club of St. Andrews, Scotland, is the pre- mier golf club in the world and the ruling authority on the game. from the State land office for pesses- sion of the property. Park workmen attempted to lay & water line through the property after the patent was secured, but the Cal- laghans restrained them. Officials of the commission, who had sought to install the pipe line to expedite con- struction work on tennis courts in the recreational area, then started in- junction . ‘The Callaghans retained Miss Simp- son to contest the land office’s right to issue the deed to the commission and it is expected the contest will be heard before a jury at the November term of Circuit Court. ayed their histri- - | Mrs. Helen Souaillard, 75. of West Falls Church, Va,, is in a s dition in Georgetown Hospital injuries received last night when s was struck by a hit-and-run car ne. her home. She suffered a dislocated shoulder and may be injured internall: physicians said Fairfax County arrested a 45-vear listed as Connie Weaver of V on a hit-and-run charge as the machine that struck Souaillard. Sheriff E. P. Kirby said Weavers license numbers coincided with those obtained by a bystander after the ac- cident. He is being held in the Fair- fax Jail pending the outcome of the woman’s injuries. Man Injured Here. Henry J. Hallman, 49, of 1430 Locus street, suffered injuries that may prove sericus when he was knocked down on Thirteenth street between K and L streets by a machine police said was operated by John D. McKinney, 1307 Trinidad evenue northeast. At George Washington Hospital, it was said Hall- man’s skull may be fractured. Three sisters were hurt, one seri- ously, when the car in which th were riding ove ed after colliding at Seventeenth street and Constitution avenue with one driven by Mrs. Annie C. Wood, 62, of 960 Sixteenth street. Mrs. Wood was charged with reckless driving by park police end was re- leased on $1,000 bond. Those hurt were Mrs. Margaret Patzer. 30, of Cabin John. Md., wife of William Patzer, driver of the car that overturned, and her sisters, Miss Emily White and Miss Rita White, both of New Haven. Conn. Miss Emilv White may be injured internally, it , was said at Emergency Hospital where she and her sisters were taken. The others were cut and bruised. Struck by Street Car. Two other women—Mrs. Ann 8, Seitz, 60, of 2514 Fourteenth street, and Mrs. Julia E. Campbell, 62, of 2503 Fourteenth street — narrowly escaped serious injury when they were struck by the rear end of a street car as it tarned at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Both were taken to Emergency Hospital, Mrs, Seitz suffered from shock and cuts. Mrs. Campbell refused treatment, police said Robert Dulin. 31, of 1802 M street northeast, received severe chest in- juries when his car crashed into a lamp-post in the 3200 block of Cleve~ land avenue. He was taken to Emer- gency. Meanwhile, an inquest was scheduled today in the case of Walker Shrode, 12, of 4926 Forty-seventh street, who was fatally injured Monday night when struck by an automobile at Forty- second and Fessenden streets. When the accident occurred the youth was riding his bicycle on his way home after trying to recruit a new member for the Elks' Boys Band. in which he was trombonist. The driver of the machine was C. Holden Ourand, 30, of 3428 Oliver street An investigation by Coroner A. Ma- gruder MacDonald disclosed that Con= well Long, 16, colored, 2424 Seven- teenth street, who was injured when he fell from his bicycle against a parked car, died of an infection. The accident occurred Monday night and | the youth died a few hours afterward. 'PATIENT'S DEATH WILL BE PROBED Colored Man Had Charged St. Elizabeth's Attendants Beat Him. Howard Hawkins, 32, a colored pa- tient in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, who has been critically ill there since last May, when, police were told, he was forcibly returned to his room by two attendants, died early today. An autopsy to determine the cause of death was to be performed by Cor- oner A. Magruder MacDonald. Haw- kins claimed he was kicked and beaten by the attendants after an argument with his wife over some laundry. His | wife was visiting him at the institu- tion. Charges of assault were filed against | the attendants, John Ferguson, 28, of 3219 Ninth place southeast, and Robert Brunner, 27, of 613 Morton | street northeast, but in Police Court | May 28 the case was continued be- | cause Hawkins' condition was still un« determined. ‘The charges were nolle prossed yes- terday when the case came up before Judge Edward J. Curran, in order to permit the attendants, who had been under suspension since the incident, to return.to work. The police homicide squad will take no action toward re-arresting Fergu- son and Brunner, it was announced, ‘unul after the autopsy. An inquest to | set responsibility is expected if the | autopsy shows Hawkins’ death was the | result of his injuries at the hospital last May. $11,832,264 FOR REFUND Ohio Utilities Order Against Tele- phome Company Upheld. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 22 (#.— The State Supreme Court today af- firmed the Ohio Public Utilities Com- mission order directing the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. to make $11,832,264 in refunds. The case affected refunds for more than half of Ohjo’s 6,600,000 residents, Tt had been in the proceas of adjudica- tion before the Utilities Commission d Supreme Court almosi }4 years. Mrs, ”