The Washington Post
July 1, 1929

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One person was killed, sixteen persons were injured, six seriously, as the result of seven motor vehicle acidents yester- day in nearby Maryland and Virginia. John Pearl, 18 years old, of Baltimore, received fatal injuries when the motor cycle he was piloting crashed into an autompbile driven by Etienne Lardy, echaarge d'affaires of the Legation of Switzerland, yesterday afternoon on ithe Buckeyestown pike, 5 miles north bf Frederick, Md. Lewis Haller, 35 years old also f Baltimore, a companion, sustained several broken bones and in- ternal injuries. | The death was held acidentii by John F. Kelelr, magistrate at Buckeys- town, in an investigation which revealed that Pearl aparently lost control of his motor cycle while. rounding a curve at high speed, and smashed intothe car occupied by Mr. Lardy and his wife, who were Proceeding toward Frederick. Both were removed to the City Hospi- J tal in Frederick, cenortly afterword. where Pearl died — Aeonard McGill, 32 years old, an au- t northwest, was in a critical con- n in Casypalty Hospital after the in Which he was rding struck & pile of ats - o'clock yesterday afternoon over- ‘turned. and Bursf into flames. He re- ceived buths over his entire body, a lacerated scalp and nose and other in- juries. Two Others in Car Hurt. : Thomas Morris, 32 years old, of Mor- ristown, Md., another occupant of the car, received severe face and scalp salesman, of 901 Twentieth dacerations. Philip S. Mitchell, of 1833 slifornia street, another automobile salesman, received fractured right ribs, ‘the right shoulder fractured and other injuries, Both Morris and Mitchell also received burns, but not as severe as ‘those suffered by McGill. They are all in Casualty Hospital. The three injured men were brought to Casualty Hospital by Charles Ww. Owens, of Aberdeen, Md. The other accident, in which four were injured; one probably fatally, oc- purred near Beltsville, Md., when a car driven by Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, 41 ears old, of 206° Adams street north- east, Overturned after the woman lost control of the car, police reported. ‘ Mrs. Thompson received lacerations of the forehead and a fracture of the right ankle. Her husband, William R. Thompson, 44 years old, same address, the most seriously injured, received a possible fracture of the — and other in- juries. - Two Other Passengers Cut. The two other. passengers in the car, Mrs. Marie H. Clements, 39 years + ld, of 724 C street northeast, received _ @ lacerated eye, and Wilbur R. Clements, her husband, same address, face lacera- tions. The condition of Mr. and Mrs. | py Clements was reported not to be seri- gn All of the injured were taken to ty Hospital. Llewellyn Luce, of $151 Mount Plea- ¥ pa. a a 7 wo Hurt Air Crashes Kill Four; in, Virgint ia > Wreck Near —— * Hurts Pair, Who May Die: : Mother Watches Husband and Son Fall to Deaths; Air Mailman Victim. Apparently unable to come out of a spin, two fliers were seriously injured when their airplane crashed in the woods. on the highway three miles south of Alex- andria, Va., edfly last night. Both were rushed to the Alexandria Hospital. They are Elvin Robertson, 27 years old, of Bancroft, Va., and Frederick Kante, 27 years old, of Easton, Md. Robertson suffered serious injury to his left eye, a broken nose, possible skull fracture and lacerations of the face. Kante suffered bruises.of the head and face and a possible skull fracture, lacerations of the arms and a deep cut in the chest. But little is known ‘of the accident nor could the identity of the airp be learned last night. Neither of injured men was allowed to talk. Residents of Alexandria and motor- ists along the highway said that they saw the plane above the dense woods fall into a tail spin and drop into the woods. The treetops broke the. fall, or Richmond Tyo ao te tee +a on LAS else it is believed both would have been killed. Where the ship is from, he destina- tion or the status of the injured oc- cupants was a matter of inquiry for the police of Alexandria last night. Sacramento, Calif., June 30 (A.P.).— Ira I. Wilkinso&, 45, an official of the Capital Airways Co., and his stepson, Charles Wilson, 18, were burned to death when their airplane crashed in a residential district here today and burst into flames. Ira Martin, pilot, escaped serious in- jurfes, but was driven back by the flames as he attempted to rescue his two companions. The tragedy was wit- nessed by Mrs. Wilkinson, wife and mother of the victims, Columbus, Ohio, June 30 (A.P.).— Flying through heavy fog and smoke clouds which enveloped the surround- ing territory, Waldo E. Robey, 24, of Kansas City. air mail pilot for the Continental Air Lines, Inc.; crashed CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 2. CLOSE POLIGE WATCH GUTS TRAFFIC TOLL Only Nine Victims Reported as Autoists Drive With More Caution. 71 CHARGES. ARE FILED } * Maintenance of an exceptionally vig- flant road-patrol by a motor cycle &isquadron, augmented by ten special officers and markedly cautious driving by motorists combined yesterday to re- duce traffic accidents .to a minimum, with injuries to nine. Thomas Shorts, 27 years old, of 636 Tenth street northeast, was the only accident victim of the day whose in- juries loomed as possibly serious. Shorts suffered a concussion of the brain, @ possible fracture of the skull and lacerations about the face and body when he was struck late yesterday afternoon by an automobile. After regaining consciousness at Casualty Hospital, where he was re- ported in an undetermined condition, he declared he was returning to his home after witnessing the Washington- Philadelphia baseball game and that he could not recall where he had been hit. Police reported that they were seeking Charles Evans, of Great Mills, Md., as the driver of the machine which hit Shorts at Tenth and S streets southeast. He had been taken to the hospital by’ two unidentified men, —_ drove away immediately. The accidents for the most — came during a twelve-hour period ending at 6 o’clock last night.-in which traffic charges had been placed against 71 per- sons by the police precincts and the traffic bureau. The traffic bureau re- ported only mime arrests during the — eS Se Oe from traffic ‘with six, Eighth and Tenth with three each. CONTINUED ON “PAGE 2, COLUMN 7. MELLON ANNOUNCES 185-MILLION SURPLUS National Debt Under $17,- 000,000,000 for First Time Since World War.. INCOME TAX RECEIPT S BIG —* a’ erate (United Press.) A Treasury surplus. of $%185,000,000 was announced lest night by Secretary Mellon in summarizing the Govern- ment’s financial condition at close of the fiscal year. Mellon accompanied his announce- meht with a statement that “the Gov- ernment closed the fiscal year with ite finances in a highly satisfactory state,” For the first time since the war, Melion said, the national debt has been reduced below $17,000,000,000. During the 12-month period closed last night, the debt was reduced approximately $673,000,000, as compared with $907,- 000,000 in 1028. Total ordinary receipts during the fiscal year aggregated $4,083,000,000, as compared with $4,042,000,000 in the fiscal year 1928. Expenditures charge- able against such receipts were $3,848,- 000,000, as compared with $3,644,000,000 in 1928. The $185,000,000 surplus for this fiscal year compares with a surplus last year of $398,000,000 in 1928. .In the budget early this year the Treasury forecast a surplus of $37,000,000, so the actual surplus exceeded their estimates by $148,000,000. Mellon announced $124,000,000 of the surplus has already been applied to re- tirement of the public debt, and the balancé, which has temporarily been carried in the general fund, will be ap- plied to debt retirement early in. the fiscal year, 1930. Aggregate tax receipts, which include customs, income tax and miscellaneous internal revenue receipts, was €3,540,- 000,000, or $176,000,000 more than re- ceipts from these sources in 1928. In- come receipts totaled $2,330,000,000, as against $2,174,000,000 in 1928, or an increase of $156,000,000. Increased prosperity, which caused CONTINUED ON ‘PAGE 2, COLUMN 3. Post-Fox Chance ontest Offers t for Film Fame Enrollments to Get Screen Tests Made Will End * Saturday Night. Opportunity is still knocking at the doors of persons in Washington end nearby communities, offering them the chance to have a screen test made and possibly to have their pictures shown to the executives of the Fox Film Cor- = WABASH SEEKS TD FORM FIFTH TRUNK of oT EM Railroad Requests |. C. C. to Allow It to Purchase Nine Carriers. CONTROL OF OTHER LINES APPORTIONED EasternTerminals Planned at New York, Philadel- phia and Baltimore. SEVERAL PETITIONS FOR MERGERS PEND B. & O. Asked for Permission to Buy Company Now Seeking Leadership. (Associated Press.) A plan for a fifth trunk line railway system in the East is to be filed today with the Interstate Commerce Com- mission by the Wabash Railroad. The proposal, details of which were made public last night by the Wabash, calls for acquisition of control either by lease or purchase of stock of nine railroads and joint interest in other carriers. This would provide a new trunk line, with Western terminals at Chicago, St. Louls, Kansas City, Omaha and Des Maines, and Eastern terminals at New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. The four trunk lines now established in the East are the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio. Two of these, the Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio, already have submitted plans to the commission for absorption of other railroads. Would Buy Nine Railroads. Control of the following lines is sought by the Wabash: Lehigh Valley, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Pittsburgh & West Virginia, Western Maryland, the Lehigh & New England, the Akron; Canton & Youngstown, the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, the Toledo, Peoria & Western and the Chicago & Ilinois Midland. The Wabash desires a one-sixth in- terest in and joint use of the Montour Railroad Co., the Monongahela Con- necting Railroad Co., the Union Reail- roati Co. of Pittsburgh and the New burgh & Soyuth Shore Railway. Under the proposal, the same interest in these railroads would be given the New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Lackawanna & Westeren. A one-seventh interest and joint use of the Toledo Terminal Railroad Co. also ig to be requested. Control of Others Apportioned. The petition proposes that the re- maining control be apportioned equally to the New York Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & hio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and the Grand Trunk Western. Trackage rights desired by the Wa- bash are: Over the line of the Pennsyl- vania, between Logansport and Effener, Ind.; between Harrisburg and Rockville, Pa. and between Delphos, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Ind. Over the| Grand Trunk Western, between Ashity ‘and Muskegon, Mich. Over the Reading Co., between Shippensburg and Harrisburg. Pa., between Rockville and a point at or near Blackwood, Pa., and between South Bethlehem and Philadelphia. “This additional system is proposed,” the Wabash announced, “in the belief that no four-system grouping in East- ern teritory, such as is proposed by cer- tain of the railroads’ competitors is humanly possible without such merg- ing of strictly competitve lines, such suppression of established identities in transportation servce, such distortion of existing channels and such disrup- tion of trade adjustments as to defe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 65. Southern Star Fails In Hop for Panama Biplané Lands in Honduras After Take-Off From Tampa, Fla. ¢ Tampa, Fla., June 30 (A.P.)—Capt. John EK. Montgomery and his crew of five in the giant biplane Southern Star failed in their attempted nonstop flight from here to Colon, Panama, the big plane bei duras, at 1:16 p. m. today, according to to land at Tela, Hon-. FRENGH DECIDE TU oTART DEST DEOATE JULY g Public Opinion Reconciled to U. S. Refusal to Delay Payment. AMITY IS PROMOTED BY STIMSON’S REPLY Caillaux Pledges Himself to Early Ratification of Accord. ALL DANGER OF SPLIT IN CABINET IS PASSED Reservation on Receipt of Sum From Germany Seen as Possibility. Paris, June 30 (A.P.).— Parliament virtually has decided upon July 9 as the date for opening debate on the ratification bill for the Mellon-Beren- ger debt accord in the Chamber of Deputies, now that French public opin- ion has become reconciled to the im- possibility of obtaining delay on the maturity date for France’s $400,000,000 ; war stocks bill. Admission by the United States of its inability to delay the payment beyond August 1 was received with fine sport- ing spirlé by. all France. This was re- flected in newspapers of all shades of political opinion. The friendly’ manner in which Sec- retary of State Henry L. Stimson couched his refusal to Ambassador Claudel’s request for postponement raade a deep impression here. Relations Are Unaffected. The semiofficial’ newspaper Temps said today: “The Washington Govern- ment’s reply is negative, but the form in which it was made by the repre- sentative of the American Republic at Washington proves that the United States Govermment umderstood the spirit in which the Paris government ‘uhdertook the mission entrusted “to it by Parliament. “Although deploring the negative re- ply, we must note that Secretary of State Stimson gave his refusal a most courteous character, so that the incli- dent had no bad effect on the friendly relations of France and the United States.” The Petit Parisien remarked: “Mr. Stimson put into the refusal of Ambas- sador Claudel’s request all the courtesy which real friends owe bne another. Ratification Is Pledged. Joseph Caillaux, former premier and minister of finances who negotiated the Franco-British debt accord, pledged himself to ratification of the Mellon- Berenger accord today. M. Caillaux, who is a bitter opponent of Premier Poincare and still commands great influence in French political life, declared today, “My vote, as well as those of my friends, is pledged to rati- fication. “The great nation to which we be- long can not dream for one minute of even the possibility of having its signa- ture unhonored.” It is expected that the Chamber of Deputies will finish with the ratifica- tion bill by July 16, when the bill will be sent to the Senate. The chamber will considér it agaih on July 23, which gives the deputies a full week to put the finishing touches to tever res- ervations or other annexes they may desire to incorporate before final ratifi- cation, about July 30. All danger of a cabinet crisis, which seemed imminent for a time last week, is now considered to have been passed. Reservations Are Hinted. Paris, June 30 (N.Y.W.NS.).—FPrance is now expected to ratify the Mellon- Berenger agreement for payment of the French debt to the United States be- fore August 1—with reservations, in- directly expressed. The procedure which the French Par- liament appears most likely to follow is that of authorizing the Poincare government to ratify the by decree, this authorization carrying no reservation. Then, when the government has rat- ified the accord, Parliament will pass an act epproving the ratification and in that act express a reservation to the effect that France will pay if Germany meets her obligations under the Young plan for a final reparations settle- ment. This procedure is regarded in the Chamber of Deputies as an’ adroit method of ratifying the debt accord without attaching any direct strings to the ratification. There would then be nothing in the French ratification, it is thought, which would lead the United States Senate to hesitate over ratification. Yet France would have Some Want Actual Clause. In the Chamber of Deputies, where lively discussion over ratification con- mier Raymond Poincare is expected to CONTINUED ON PAGE. 8, COLUMN 5. 10647» 7 Ee h. agreement Atlantan Wins His Third National Open With 72—69—141 Score. By ALAN 3. GOULD © (Associated Press Sports Editor). Winged Foot Club, Mamaroneck, N. Y., June 30 (A.P.).—Bobby Jones, once again the most fientiess golfing ma- chine the game has ever known, ground out his third open championship of the United States today with Al Espin- Jones Beats Espinosa ay 23-Stroke Margin Ag *s —* BOBBY JONES,’ famous amateur golfer, 0 swamped ose as his vici > DROWNED, 6 RESCUED | AT BEACHES NEAR CITY; HEROIC WIDOW SAVES 2 | Young Woman Pulls Girls From South River as Friend Perishes. | BOY TRYING TO ASSIST DOOMED FRIEND SINKS Companion Dies in Poto- mac as Hundreds Watch in Belief of Prank. SAVIOR OF PAIR MAY Others in Sunday Mishaps Suffer No Ill Effects After Being Revived. nan Two Washingt a boy—were drowned and young persons of this city and gn five rescuers at nearby resort beaches. . -lone of the rescue efforts a local Al Espinosa, Chicago professional, in the play-off for the epen title yester- day. Wis victory marked the third time that he has won tite champion- ship. in the most lopsided title play-off of all time. The Atlanta amateur mervel crushed the veteran Chicago professional by the record-smashing margin of 23 strokes in the 36-hole play-off of the tie result- ing from their twin scores of 204 yes- CONTINUED ON PAGE 16, COLUMN 1. EDUCATOR 15 BEATEN TO DEATH AN HS AUTO Georgia Professor Is Robbed and Left Dead in Front Seat of Car. NO CLEW TO ASSAILANTS Atlanta, Ga., June 30 (A.P.).—Prof. Alexander Hamilton Johnson, of Hart- well, Ga., widely known Georgia. edii- cator and a delegate to the conven- tion of the National Education Asseci- ation, was found dead in his automo- bile today, his head and face battered and bruised. Police said he apparently had been beaten to death. — The office of the Fulton County so- licitor said no trace of his assailants had begn found. ‘The educator, who was 41 years of age, was principal of two schools at Hartwell, and served as Federal voca- tional director for the Hartwell area. He was married and was father of two small children. Police learned that Mr.Johnson last night telephoned his sister, Mrs. J. R. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 2. HOOVER 10 COMPEL INITY IN ORY OFFICE Complete Reorganization Is to Follow Soon, Say Close Observers. TINKHAM HAS COMPLAINT New York, June 30.—A Washington dispatch to the New York World says: President Hoover will compel har- mony of action In the enforcement of the prohibigion laws; he has no sym- pathy with an administration divided againat itself. His purpose has been made known to persons close fo him, and it is just a question of time until a complete reorganization of the dry forces in the Treasury Department and the Depart- ment of ‘Jdstice is effected. The retirement of Alf Oftedal as as- sistant prohibition commissioner is ex- pected to create a fourth vacancy for tt President to fill in conformity with reorganizatién plans. With the substitution of a successor to Oftedal, of two good lawyers to fill the places of CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 32. Two Professional Gunmen Held in Murder of Marlow IF your copy of : THE WASHINGTON POST Has Not Been Received by | 7 A. M. you may obtain delivery ’ by calling National 4205 |. lone of Pair Wi as ' Witness Wanted for Mail Robbery. New York, June 30 (N.Y.WNS.)— Two professional gunmen, one of them wanted for the Bligabeth, N. J.. mail robbery and murder in 1926, were ar- rested in Long Island City today as material witnesses to the murder of was “taken for a ride” last Wednesday was pulled from the bottom of the Po- tomac River after he had gone fur the third time. In another 6 J Washington widow and mother nai twe others at a risk of her own lite, displaying such heroism that she is 1 be recommended for a Carnegie medal. The dead are: , Delia Sesso, 11-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs. Henry Sesso, of 1420 Fif- teenth street northwest. Charles Gessford Thayer, 17-year-old son of Policeman and Mrs. C. C. Thayer, of 56828 Colorado avenue northwest, The Sesso girl was drowned in South River. She perished, while Mrs. Marion Boyd Hurley, 26-year-old widow and mother of a 7-year-old son, saved two of her companions—Alva Gammaring, 19-yeor-old telephone operator, of 1686 Sixetenth street northwest, and Filor- ence Sesso, 15-year-old sister of the dead girl. Colonial Beach Is Scene. Young Thayer was drowned in the Potomac River, off Colonial Beach, while hundreds of bathers watched him and his compenion, Carl Davig, of 1614 A street northeast, sink for the mere boyish prank. Carl Markwich, 4 Colonial Beach High School boy, found © Davis on the bottom and carried him to shore, where he was resuscitated. Markwich also aided in rescuing Mat- vin Bldunt, of Lynchburg; Va., who hed who was pitched into the water slong with Thayer and Davis when their ¢a- noe overturned. Blount succeeded im clinging to the capsize dboat until aboard. The Sesso girl's death was a tragic end to a picnic celebrating the fifty- first birthday of Tony Vettori. After lunch was served, a group composed of the two Sesso girls, Alva Gamme- rino, the latter’s 10-year-old brother, Armando, Mrs. Hurley and Louis Vet- trol, 22 years old, of 2316 First street northwest, rowed across landing on Mount Holly Farm, the property of Lieut. Comdr. Richard Knight, U. 8. Navy. The beach on the farm slopes down several feet past the, water's edge, then y The party was playing on this . . when suddenly the Sesso and Miss Gammarino stepped off the shelf and s..k. None could swim. ‘Gtrl. Grabs Her Sister. In the confusion Delia Sesso grabbed her sister Florence, and in the struggle they moved farther from shore. Flore ence Sesso succeeded fh freeing hre slef and was rescued by Mrs. Hurley, who was some distance away when the three girls plunged beyond thelr depth. Mrs. Hurley also rescued Miss Gammarino. She made futile efforts last collapsed on the beach. Persons who witnessed Mrs. Hurley's feat described it as most heroic. said that in the two she endangered her own Iife, to struggle with each as she ashore. , . Hurley when questioned last ff * * NEWS of SUBURBAN Washington and the 8*8 ——— GET CARNEGIE MEDAL itor were saved from a like fate 4J third time, thinking their plight a - been visiting at the Thayer home, and. Markwich righted it and aided him | the river, to find the ohter Sesso girl and et bs REA - 3 — — te Big me Se Re 4 Re ‘ 3 * 5 q 4 28 — * *