The Washington Post
August 8, 1930
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ham, 30-year-old Chattanooga for the short term. Bepresentative Renominated. Répresentatives Sam D. McReéy- of the Third District; Ewin L. vis, of the Mifth; Joseph W. Byrns, the Sixth; Bdward E. Eslick, of the th, all Democratic renominated without opposition. Edward H. Crump, Memphis politi- al leader, received the Democratic nation in the Tenth, succeeding | bert F. Fisher, who is retiring. Jydge J. R. Mitchell, B. A. Albright J) P. Owen aspired to the Fourth trict seat Hull is vacating. ' ‘Representatives Carroll Reece (Re-. Wiblican), First District, and J. Will ylor (Republican), Second District, | had contests. Reece was oOp-| by Sam W. Price, Johnson City, Taylor by Judd Acuff, Knoxville. | incts out of 240 give — 206 Republican governor, six pre-| cincts give Bruce 320; Burn, 466. | N.Y.U. Professor Ends | Life by 12-Story Jump New York, Aug. 7 (N.Y.W.NS.)— An hour before his wife arrived from Virginia for an intended domestic reconciliation, Edwin Jonés Clapp, 49 years old, former editor, financial writer and professor of economics at New York University, jumped to his death twelve stories from the roof of the Hotel Grosvenor this morning. In his own apartment on West Bleventh street, police found a note addressed to his estranged wife, Susanne, in which he wrote, “Good: | “by, Sue, I've killed myself. Nobody | t3 blame but me. I'm crazy. Ed.” | Victims of Bomb Sue {- Lynched Man’s Estate “Pampa, Fla. Aug. 7 (A.P.).—Two totaling $100,000, against the te of John Hodaz, Plant City mbing suspect, lynched last April ,, were on file in circuit court to- in behalf of Mrs. J. L. Waller, ly injured by a bomb explo- and her. husband, a truck The Wallers each are suing $50,000. | e Plant City bombings occurred | fil 24. Hodaz, arrested in Tampa, | seized: by a mob as an officer the legal tussle over two different | auditing ‘which the opponents of the merger of | Youngstown Sheet & Tube with Beth- lehem Steel Corporation claim they were entitled to a greater number of | Bethlehem shares in exchange, lapsed into another barrage of figures today. Hassell Tippit, of the Cleveland firm of Ernst & Ernst, auditors, was on jals of several. hosiery mills of | the stand all day for cross-examina- + Btate whose plants will increase |tion in the hearing of the suit brought by the enjoin the merger. § taking him to jail at Bartow, extile Activity Spurt “In Alabama Predicted ingham, Ala., Aug. 7 (A.P.).— ewed textile activity in Alabama, | month and reaching | operation at some mills by | r 1, was predicted today by | it m tions soon. A. G. Patterson, president of the ASabame Hosiery Millis at Decatur, - g@Gditional machinery is being installed there which should double the-output and increasé the number of employes from 100 to 300 during the next year. Dead Tree-Sitter Made Champion | Competitors of Kentucky Boy, Who Fell to His Death, Descend. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 7 (AP.).— Nelson McIntosh, 16-year-old Ashland, Ky., tree-setter, who fell to his death | | |e ee — ee ees THE WASHINGTON POST: FRIDAY, — tion counsel and one of the attorneys for the merger group, challenged the Ernst & Ernst audit which computed |the exchange of stock on the basis of | shares of | Youngstown stockholders will receive | \if the merger agreement stands. ‘from Tippit that members of the Ernst & Ernst firm are financially in- | terested in some of the companies of |'which Eaton is a stockholder. led the initial fight against the mer- ger and i'force behind the suit to enjoin it. FIGURES OCCUPY DAY STEFL AUDIT HOUSE ADMITS EATON LINK Interested, Says Witness, in Companies of Man Who Fights Merger. Youngstown, Ohio, Aug. 7 (A.P.).— systems, through one of yrus S. Eaton interests to H. Wood, Bethlehem Corpora- 19279 earnings at 548,000 more Bethlehem than _§ the Attorney Wood obtained admissions Eaton WHEN G. 0. P. CHAIRMAN RELINQUISHED REINS Cs ts glia dial es a. — ——— Associated Press Photo. Above, members of the Republican National Committee meet- ing to recé¢ive the resignation of Claudius Huston as national chairman, Mr. Huston is at the head of the table. Below, Sena- tor Fess, of Ohio, named provisional chairman of the committee and Robert H. Lucas, right, selected as executive chairman. is said to be the guiding The Ernst & Ernst the merger terms were relative charges for maintenance and repair and for depreciation, yesterday after remaining in his tree | which by ratio affect earnings avail- for 496 hours, has been declared State able to stockholders. champion tree-sitter, by virtue of ithe Tippit’s direct testimony supported contention of the antimerger the descent of his two chief competi- | forces that Bethlehem did not show tors here today. Sherod Rouser, 11, abandoned his perch today in honor of McIntosh, nA . “I couldn't take the title | oy a boy who is dead.” He had been in the alr 408 hours. Jo | comparable rate of depreciation. The witness stuck to his testimony | throughout a rigid cross-examination today. He insisted that Ernst & Ernst was correct in distributing be- | tween \maintenance and depreciation some the two classifications of Riley, 9, only 20 hours behind Rouser,| pig items which Bethlehem charged fell from his tree today. injured, but could not keep back | the tears when he realized that the Mishap probably kept him from the Lexington record. One of their com- : several days ago was enticed m his perch by parental promises | of-& new bicycle. McIntosh, who earned the tree-sit- | tihg championship at the cost of his | life, fell while he was pulling up his — fractured. He planned to de- nd when he reached the 500-hour . Another was forced down by a skunk. McIntosh’s friends are iming the national championship ‘him in addition to the State ampionship. * Pupil Fund Set Up ‘By Teacher’s Will rmer Member of Central = High Staff Leaves : Trust Legacy. trust fund for education in col- of students of Central High ] is established under the terms the will of Halstead Pierre Hoover, er teacher of music at the school, hh was filed for probate yesterday District of Columbia Supreme . Mr. Hoover died on July 27. © value of the estate is given, Dut will directs that all the income t $60 a year, which is to be paid Nannie B. Kelly, the deceased's keeper, during her life, shall be toward the tuition and board of ntral High graduate, who shall attending college or a university. principal of the school is in- cted to select the student, from to time, who shall benefit by the » and he. also is given au- estate. ‘ ’ : & 3 (New York Reserve Bank Afire. York, Aug. 7 (N.Y.W.NS.)— ew York Federal Reserve Bank po gow fire today. The blaze started twelfth floor, near the cafe- ew » N 4 a, where a pile of waste paper be- | ite smoulder. The smoke fright- | employes and an alarm was din. The firer--n arrived just e to complete putting out the with hand extinguishers. Mexican Immigration Order. (Associated Press.) w immigration regulations re- mg Americans and other aliens mg Mexico for employment or purpose to procure permis- from the secretary ol government Mexico City were announced yes- y by the State Department. The does not apply to tourists, but apply to commercia) travelers. Garrison Named Mitchell Aid. (Associated Press.) Department of Justice an- 5 ’ aN —83— woe ‘a ~ * * J —— ee ‘ 4 ee oy * a 3.2 94 va - f anced yesterday that Lloyd K. Gar- of New York. has een ap- & special assistant to the At- Genera! and will direct the in- mation being made into admin- HOr bankruptcy law ted States. — ry — — — — — lunch. His neck was broken and | | ’ | ' He was not | only to maintenance. ACCUSED MAN SEEKS OWN ARREST VAINLY Continued from Page 1. rant was taken out in Prince Georges County because one payment of $1,000 was said to have been made by Erb to Walsh at the First National Bank of Hyattsville, Md., where the old | solder had an account. The warrant was taken to Mont- gomery County for service by Deputy Sheriff A. W. Hepburn, of Prince Georges County, but he was unable to serve the paper. In the mean- time Walsh learned that he was want- ed and journeyed yesterday to Marl- boro, where he called upon Sheriff Charlies 8. Early and asked to be placed under arrest. He was accom- panied by a bondsman, Clay Plum- mer, of Gaithersburg, in Montgomery County. Not having a warrant for Walsh, Sheriff Early was unable to arrest him, but suggested that if Walsh was anxious to be apprehended he might gO to Capitol Heights, Md., where | Judge 8. Chew Sheriff was sitting in |aged veteran, | ' police court. Court Found Closed. Walsh and Mr. Plummer returned to Capitol Heights, but by the time they arrived court had adjourned and Judge Sheriff had left. Being unable to find any one to issue a duplicate warrant for him, Walsh was obliged to return home a free man. He de- clared, however, that he would return to Marlboro today and see that the arrest was consummated. According to Louls Rothschild, sec- retary of the Washington Better Busi- ness Bureau, which has undertaken to prosecute Walsh in behalf of the Walsh induced Erb. to invest $3,000 in his company by ex- Plaining that whereas banks were not permitted to engage in insurance business, nor insurance firms in banking, his corporation was s0 or- ganized as to be able to engage in both forms of enterprise, with re- sultant enormous profits held out as an inducement to stock purchasers. Claimed Baltimore Office. In addition to an office in the Barr Building here, now ciosed, Walsh also is said to have claimed to have offices in Baltimore. He was subjected to a Federal indictment on a similar charge some time ago, but was not convicted, Mr. Rothschild stated, adding that most of the com- plaints received against Walsh by the Better Business Bureau have come from aged men and women, several] of whom were more than 70 years old. Mr. Erb reported that Walsh had given a party for him in celebration of his eightieth birthday anniversary two years ago, while trying to sell him stock in the Insured Savings System. Asheville Man Kills Self, Asheville, N. C. Aug. 7 (A.P.).—N. T. Robinson, Asheville real estate man, fired a bullet into his head this afternoon and died almost instantly. He left a note attributing the act to were | HUSTON AS G. FESS SELECTED TO SUCCEED 0. P. CHAIRMAN Continued from Page 1. town now in order that they could get in to see the impressive ceremony. Williams’ Case Puzzling. Nothing at all was heard at head- quarters from Williams and this will arouse comment. Nearly every time there has been a change in chairman- ships his name has bobbed up be- cause he is next in line, but usually the explanation comes from some- where that he is too busily engaged to give the time to the work. There was really no need, of course, | for any of the absentees to attend | udit arrived at | ; conclusions widely different fr@m the, nd dried ‘report of the Price, Waterhouse & Co., | * on which based. Important among these items | because t ogram had been cut only sérious work to be done was to sée that Huston did not explode at the last minute over what he considers the raw deal he received. And one man, James Francis Burke, the committee's general coun- sel, admirably looked out for this. Huston’s retiring statement was shown to the President Wednesday night and approved. There was & touch of bitterness in it and one fling at his attackers when he said he was unwilling to impose any risk upon Republican candidates in the forth- coming campaigns although he did not think his continuance as chair- man would be such a risk. Other- wise, it was the graceful retirement which Mr. Burke's excellent mission- ary work had prevailed upon him to make. Text of Matement. The statement follows: “As heretofore announced, I have determined to retire as chairman of | the Republican national committee. “For a lifetime I have been a mem- ber and an active worker in the Re- publican party. I have never sought office or reward in any form. It was with a desire to promote its success and that of the administration that, upon the urging of party leaders, I agreed to accept the chairmanship. I realized that this course involved many sacrifices and in order to serve more effectively, I withdrew from ac- tive business. “When I became chairman, I ex- pected to bear philosophically the usual burden of criticism and abuse that has come to be recognized as the penalty attaching to high places in American politics. Almost immediate- ly a persistent campaign of perse- cution was instituted for the pyvrpose of injuring my effectiveness. No man in political life has ever been sub- jected to more unjust and unwar- ranted attacks. Attacks Are Recalled. “The attack was directed generally against the Republican party and the administration, but as chairman I be- came the main target of abuse and of a whispering campaign with its usual accompaniment of falsehoods. The subsequent evidence established the | fact that there was no truth in these charges. “Every accusation made by the Sen- ate committee was so completely re- futed that its final report to the Sen- ate charged no wrong doing and the opposing party, since that time, has found no advantage in pursuing me further. “I am conscious of my own integ- rity. I have never been accustomed to give ground under fire. Every per- sonal inclination I have is to fight this thing to a finish, especially in view of the unfair tactics that have been employed, and it is on that ac- count that I have delayed my present action until now. Motives Are Explained. “In the past it has been the policy of the party leaders to maintain a solid front when under the enemy fire, but as this has not been the policy in the present case, I have réached the conclusion, putting the interest of the Republican party ahead of personal consideration, that I should tender my resignation, for 1 am wholly unwilling- to be accused of imposing any burdens personal to me upon the party during the com- ing senatorial and congressional cam- paign. “T am sure that no such risk exists, but rather than incur the charge of creating it, I prefer to withdraw “My withdrawal will «give the or- ganization an opportunity of selecting a leader free from the present fac- tional opposition and will permit me sue a course that will insure in the minds of the Republican@ of the country my right to their continued esteem and confidence.” Second Statement Hinted. It. was learned afterward that this was not Mr. Huston’s statement to the committee, but inasmuch as It ls a a ~ ait ce Mr without embarrassing others to pur-. a the only one that will get publicity it is all the leaders were concerned about. Mr. Burke made the motion that Mr. Huston’s resignation be accept- ed with the added resolution express- ing appreciation of his services. q Incidentally; the meeting, perhaps emboldened by the smoothness with which things were running, decided to name Senator Fess permanent in- stead of a provisional chairman, Mr. Burke, reaching into his bag for an- other legal ruling, decided that it was unnecessary for the full national com- mittee to come here to ratify the ap- pointmént and the senator subée- quently announced no such meeting was anticipated. It doesn’t seé¢m to make any difference either way. Keim Choice Surprise. Something of a surprise came with the appointment of George DeB. Keim, of New Jersey, as secretary to succeed Representative Franklin W. Fort. Mr. Keim is a retired Phila- delphia banker who became interest- ed in politics a couple of years ago and Gov. Larson of New Jersey ap- pointed him as that State’s member of the Port of New York authority. His committee secretaryship will sort of cap off his career and the secre- tary doean’t have much to do. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jahncke was named to fill the vacancy on the national committee from Lou- isiana and Bzra R: Whitlaw to the one from Idaho. The meeting lasted slightly more than an hour and at its conclusion everybody went to the White House for lunch. They took Oliver D. Street, committeeman from Alabama, but not a member of the executive committee, with them. Dr. Work on Scene. Who should be there when they arrived, too, but Dr. Hubert Work, sort of eying them philosophically. He used to be a national chairman him- self, but the new politics of it got too hot for him at his age. Mr. Huston, it is understood, plans to carry on with an invéstment busi- ness which he has in New York. While the fight against him was waged on the basis of testimony be- fore the Senate lobby committee, the fact that he wouldn’t stay here in Washington had a lot to do with his retirement. . Mann Threat Ignored. Incidentally, Col. Horace Mann. de- posed Southern leader, and his threat. were not discussed at all. There will probably be more about this later. For the time being administration forces intend to just let him bark. Those attending the meeting were Daniel E. Pomeroy, of New Jersey: Treasurer J. R. Nutt, of Ohio: James Francis Burke, general counsel; Charles D. Hilles, of New York: Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, of Massachusetts: Mrs. Grace Semple Burlingham, of Missouri; Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, of West Virginia; Mrs. Worthington Scranton, of Pennsylvania; Miss Martha Mc- Clure, of Iowa; Mrs. Guy P. Gannett, of Maine; J. Henry Roraback, of Con- —2 William G. Skelly, of Okla- oma. @nd Mrs. Manley L. Fosse of Mir~esota. . * There was also the influence of Postmaster General Brown. Finding of Widow After Slaying Told “Locked-Door Alibi’’ Brought Up in Attic- Lover Slaying Case. Los Angeles, Aug. 7 (A:P.).—The “locked door alibi,” stumbling block for officers who eight years ago in- vestigated the slaying of Fred Oester- reich, wealthy retired Milwaukee gar- ment manufacturer, today figured in the trialsof Mrs. Walburga O6cester- reich, the widow, charged with murder. Mrs. Flora L. Rawson, neighbor of the Oesterreichs, testified she phoned the police and when théy came led them into her neighbor’s house. “The door to Mrs. Oesterreich’s bedroom was locked,” the witness said, “but we found a key on the floor outside the room. We unlocked the bedroom closet with a key found in the lock. Mrs. O6cesterreich, sob- bing hysterically, lay on the closet floor.” Otto Sanhuber, recently convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of Oecesterreich, but later freed by the statute of limitations, testified in his trial he lecked Mrs. Oesterreich in the closet after they had agreed to tell officers her hus- Is band was killed by robbers. AMERICANS IN CHINA CAUSE WORRY HERE Marylanders in Group Cut Off in Kanchow; Aged Missioner Slain. WOMEN TO BE RANSOMED Continued from Page 1. authorities time and again to evac- uate to places where they might be protected by American or foreign naval forces or consular officers. 60 far, however, they have declined to leave, the belief in the department being that they feel the routes to places of safety to be too dangerous for travel. The department's records’ showed the following list of American’ Cath- olic missionaries at Kanchow on Jan- uary 1 and it is believed still to be accurate: Mary C. Beggs, Anselma Jarboe, Emily P. Kolb, Henry C. Lucas, Sarah A. O'Neill, Clara Louise Groell, Annie Strable, all of Emmitsburg, Md.; J. J. Corbett, Boston, Mass.; Vincent Louise Delude, South Boston, Mass.; . J Stauble, Rochester, N. Y., and J. A. O’Bhea, Deep River, Conn. In the outlying district in the vicinity of Kanchow there are numerous other missionaries. Death Report Disturbing. Shanghai, Aug. 7 (A.P.).—The re- ported stabbing to death of the Rev. Allen N. Cameron, an American mis- sionary at Changsha, although un- confirmed, heightened apprehension today for foreigners in bandit and Communist plagued centers of China. Foreign goverriments, alarmed by con- tinued activities of Communist bands, hurried war vessels and fighting mén up the Yangtze River to Kiukiang, Hankow and other cities. Nanking government dispatches as- serted Communist armies plannel to attack Hankow and its neighboring cities, Wuchang and Hanyang, next Sunday in a general offensive which the Reds expected would give them possession of other chief Yangtze River cities by mid-August. ~- Notwithstanding additional Chinese troops had arrivei at Hankow, foreigners prepared to go aboard foreign warships and commercial ves- sels there should the city be en- dangered by Red armies advancing from the south. More than 500 British and Japanese soldiers and marines were én route to Yangtze valley cities today as the result of uncertain Communist con- ditions. Carrying 400 marines, four Japanese destroyers arrived here from Sasebo Japan. The vesséls were to proceed to Kiukiang, Kiangsi Province, which recently was reported threatened by an army of 10,000 Communists. Fifty British soldiers Friday will follow 110 troops dispatched to Han- kow today. ‘ Ransom Ordered Paid. Hankow, Aug. 7 (A.P.).—The Rev. Allen N. Cameron, an American mis- sionary, was reported today to have been stabbed to death at Changsha, Hunan’ Province capital, recently sacked by Communists. The report, although widely circulated, lacked confirmation, but Cameron could not be located. Cameron represented the Broadcast Tract Press, of Denver, Colo., and came to China from Lawrence, Kans., in 1891. Foochow, Aug. 7 (A.P.) —The Church Missionary Society, of Lon- don, today authorized its local rep- resentative to pay Chinese bandits the ransom demanded for release of the Misses Edith Harrison and Edith Nettleton, who have been held cap- tive more than a month in northern FPukien Province. Provincial authorities at Yenping Tuesday received a note containing a finger chopped from the hand of one of the women missionaires and demanding $50,000 for their release. The note threatened further torture for the missionaries unless the ran- som was forthcoming. Numbers Games Charge Leads to Seizure of Trio Three arrests on charges 0 operat- ing mumbers games were made yes- terday morning by Eighth Precinct Policemen E. Barnett and R. A. Will- lams. John Bloomer, colored, 38 years old, of Florida avenue near Eleventh street northwest, was taken while standing at Eighth street and Berry place northwest. John Harris, colored, 35 years old, was arrested at his home on W streeet near Ninth street north- west, and George Mitchéll, coloréd, 29 years old, of Twelfth street near W street northwest, was nabbed in an Eleventh street house near U street north west. New York-to-Capital Plane Service Delayed New York, Aug. 7 (AP.).—Hourly plane service between Washington, Philadelphia and Newark will be in- augurated on September 1 with the first northbound plane leaving Wash- ington at 8 a. m. and the first south- bound leaving Newark at 8:45. Nicholas 5. Ludington, president of the New York, Philadelphia & Waseh- ington Airway tion, an- nounced today that it has been *8 to start the service August 15, but that it had been decided to make the postponement to permit a trial period for the new ten- r planes. Miss Amélia Barhart, trans- | atlantic plane passenger, is an offi- new line. cial of the ‘AUGUST 8, 19380. R. D. Hagner Enters Race for Montgomery County Commissioner. ENLARGE WATER SUPPLY Former Cuniberland, Aled with. the Lewis, of filed with the supervisor of elections at Rockville yesterday a certificate of candidacy for Democratic nomination for Con- gress’ to Re tive Fred N, Zihiman, ia liow townsman, Puller . jr., former States at- torney for Allegany County, also filed for the same several days ago. Mr. Lewis Will have the support of thé Democratic organization in Mont- gomery County. He was for several the “father of the parce ing been largely responsible introduction im the Postoffice De- partment, Robert D. Hagner, Bethesda real estate operator and auditor of Mont- gomery County, has filed his certifi- cate of candidacy for Democratic nomination for county commissioner from the Seventh district to succeed Dr. Benjamin ©. Perry. He is the organization candidate, and will - be opposed by Eugene H. McLachien, of Chevy Chase, who filed several days ago with the backing of the progres- sive Democratic faction. Former County Surveyor Charles J. Maddox, of Rockville, has filed for Democratic nomination for that post, with the support of the organiza- tion. The incumbefit, Joseph N. Starkey, of Rockville, also filed his candidacy for reelection this week. An adequate water supply to permit resumption of sprinkling of lawns and gardens in the Chevy Chase sec- tion of Montgomery County is expeéect- ed to be available not later than Mon- day under an arrangement made yes- terday by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and the District Water Department whereby the Mary- land commission will install an emer- gency pumping station in the District at Fessenden street and Belt road, where the District has a 36-inch main on its third high-water service. This addition to the service also will relieve the situation in Prince Georges County and in the Takoma and Blair-Takoma sections of Mont- .|@omery County, where it is under- stood the sanitary commission will allow intermittent aprinkling.’ To facilitate construction of the new Montgomery County Courthouse and jail building which is to be started next week, the mayor and town council of Rockville yesterday a resolution closing. Court street, which extends one block from Montgomery avenue to Jefferson street, and is part of the site of the new courthouse. A contract under which Rockville will augment its water supply perma- nently by drawing on the ice plant owned by William McBain on the Rockville pike, near Rockville was en- tered into by the mayor and council of Rockville with Mr. McBain yester- day. A temporary connection with the fee plant has enabled the town to use water from its well for the past several weeks. Cit¥ gas service for Rockville and Garrett Park in Montgomery County was assured yesterday with approval by the Maryland Service Commission of the application of the Washington Gas Light Co. of Montgomery County to extend its gas transmission and distribution systems into the two communities. Officials of the gas company state that they hope to have the service available by early fall, and expect to start installatino of mains in both towns within the next two weeks. Government Acts To Condemn Land Rover Complies With Plea of Mellon on Property Acquisition. Acting under direction of the At- torney General and at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and As- sistant Attorney General Henry H. Glassie yesterday began proceedings to condemn property in squares 257 and 258, bounded by Fourteenth street, Thirteen-and-One-Half street, Ohio avenue and D street northwest. The court is told that the Govern- ment wants the property for accom- modation of executive departments, but does not specify what department will be housed in the structure which it is planned to construct on the site. It is pointed out that the Gov- ernment has been able to purchase only 15 parcels of land in the two squares at a reasonable price and that condemnation proceedings are neceés- sary. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat signed an order directing propérty owners to appear in court September 15 when a jury will be selected to view the property and establish its value. Posing as Police Five Kidnap Man John F. Ford Thrown From - Car When Quartet Fails to Get Money. Tenth Precinct police and detectives from headquarters were on the look- out last night for five men who posed as policemen early yesterday morning and took John F. Ford, of First street near B street northeast, for a “ride.” Ford was thrown out of the car after. the men found that he had no money, Ford told police. Ford said the men accosted him near his home and accused him of being drunk. “We are going to take you down to the Sixth Precinct,” Ford id one of the men told him. A riend who was with Ford at the time, Roy Perry, of the same address, was also charged with being drunk by the pseudo policemen. He was or- dered to walk in a straight line to convince the men that he was sober. White Perry was taking his walk, Ford was pushed into the car. The men drove him around the block and re- turned him to the spot, where he was first accosted, police were told. The five men were later “spotted” in their car by Policeman John T. Ensor, of the Tenth Precinct. Police- man Ensor fired three shots at the men, but they escaped. Woman Held on Liquor Charge. Rosie Aste, 39 years old, of Girard street near Eleventh street. northwest, was arrested in her home yesterday afternoon on charges of sale of three drinks of liquor and 2 quarts of liquer, and of 21 quarts of liquor, 72 bottles of beer and 130 uarts of wine. She was taken by | q Sixth Precinct . J, R. Leach and | here Policeman F. —— and — leased on $1,500 bond. _——-— 4 pear as = _—_ pry 4 at reduced Now HIGKBY-FREEMAN: GLOTHING, Gentlemen's Suits. |. ~ 7 eee a ee Our present offering of Hickey-Freeman Suits prices includes fine imported Worsteds, Cheviots, Shetlands and Tweeds. Single ‘or double breasted models. All cus- tomized by Hickey-Freeman. | AND MORE Goldhei Apparel. for -gentlemen—Established 1875 1409 H STREET 4 $45.00 : * m’s- CONVENTION {6 SET 35 Companies to Take Part in Event Tomorrow in Prince. Georges. PARADE BEING PLANNED More than 35 Maryland fire com- panies are expected to attend the eighth annual convention of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Fire- men’s Association at Laurel, Md., to- morrow. J The évent will open in St. Philip's Parish Hall with addresses of wélcome by Jesse Lee Cornwell, chief of the E. Fetty, of Laurel, to which the response’ will be de by Chief James EE, Sampson, of the Cottage City Aepartment and president of the as- sociation. A rescue squad contest will be held on the lawn of the parish hall at 1 o’clocvk, and at 1:30 the convention will be called to order for election of officers, appointment of commit- tees and other business, this session lasting for one hour. At conclusion of the business ses- sion there will be a parade around the town, starting and ending at the State Armory and participated in by the 19 fire departments of -Prince Georges County and approximately as many visiting companies from nearby counties. The parade will be squadrons of State and county police, followed by Mayor Fetty and the town council, officers of the county asso- ciation, officials of the State Volun- teer Firemen’s Association, Chief Cornwell, the Savage Band, Prince companies and their appa- ratus, the county rescue squad headed by Chief H. L. Leonard. and volunteer companies from Montgomery, Howard, Anne Arundel and other counties. Decorated floats and automobiles will complete the procession. At 3 o’clock a hook-up contest will be staged at Gorman avenue and Fifth street. Dinner will be served in ‘the parish hall by the ladies’ auxil from 5 o'clock until 7, and at 7:30 the final businese session of the con- vention will be held. Bookkeeper Held Under $10,000 Bail Employe, Alleged to Have Embezzled $26,000, Goes to Grand Jury. Alleged to have embezgled more than 626,000 from Barber & Ross, local hardware and building supply dealers, where he was employed as a bookkeeper, Walter A. Woodworth, 29 years old, was. arraigned in Police Court. yesterday and ordered held for action of the grand jury. ty 24 Ralph E. Given fixed bond at $10,000. Woodworth was specifically ar- igned on a warrant which only charges embezzlement of $1,296.96. This, however, according to. state- ments made to the United States at- torney's Office, represents but a small rtion of the shortage an audit of he books disclosed. The audit, according to authori- ties, also showed that the alleged peculationsgphave extended over a pe- riod of six years. 9,773 Aircraft in U. S.: Many Women Licensed (Associated Press.) . The United’.States had 9,773 li- censed aircraft, 13,041 licensed pilots of all classes, and 8,843 qualified air méchanjcs on June 30. Theré were included in the total 261 women holding Federal pilot rat- ings. Twenty of these were classed as transport pilots competent to guide passengers or goods in commercial fiy- ing service, the highest rating at- tainable by any pilot. There weré four women licenséd as mechanics, in figures announced yesterday by the aeronautics branch of the Com- merce Department. Oalifornia led and New York was second. Anthracite Scale Ratified by Union Secretary Davis to Preside at Signing of Pact This Eyening. Scranton, Pa., Aug. 7 (A.P.)—Rep- resentatives of the anthracite oper- ators and United Miné Workers of America will formally sign here to- morrow night the new agreement ex- tending the period of industrial peace in the anthracite régions for a term of five years and seven. months, as- suring an uninterrupted supply of domestic fuel for the period. Ratification of the wage pact by the miners’ delegates today removed the last obstacles to successful cul- mination of the wage negotiations which began June 30. The conven- tion by 737 to 127, approved the con- tract and later voted unanimously to have its representatives attach their signatures to the agreement. A ma- jority of the 104 coal companies oper- ating in the anthracite region will be represented by officials at tom night's meeting at which Secretary Labor James J. Davis will preside and will bring a message from President Hoover. The Labor Secretary will fly Laurel department, and Mayor James | cal J, 0, PHELAN lea California Democrat, Who Served Under Wilson, Was iii Long Time. DECLINED ENVOY’S POST San Jose, Calif. Aug. 7 (A.P.).—. Former United States Senator James D. Phelan died here at 4:30 p. m. to- day after an extended iliness. He wag 69 years old. The former senator had been ill since May 5. He became ill about a month ago and during the last few days his condition was criti- At his bedside were his sister, Miss Mary Phelan, Mrs. Richard Doyle, a niece, and Noel Sullivan, a nephew. Mr. Phelan was elected in 1915 as @ Democratic United States senator from California. President Wilson of- fered him an ambassador's post, but he declined. For three terms Mr. Phelan was mayor of San Francisco, serving from 1897 to 1902. He inherited a fortune from his father, a pioneer Californian, and throughout his life was active in public affairs in his State. Mr. Phélan was born in San Fran- —* April 20, 1861, He was a bache- elor. vy| MeCarl Declines New Office Site Triangle Structure Will House Comptroller Gen- eral Staff. Which Government department will occupy a néw.building at Twelfth and B streets, in»the Federal triangle, is a question “folowing, the. now have }to answer, following, the courteous ° but firm refusal of Comptroller Gen- eral McCarl to accept thé proposed structure as a home for the General Accounting Office. Mr. McCarl has let it be known that he does not care to be situated in a group of Government executive departments, whereas his office be+ longs to the legislative branch of the Government. According to the Comp- troller General, he would rather re- main in his présent quarters, in the Pension Building, where he is nearer Congress, to which he is responsible, Under plans for the new building at Twelfth and B streets, it is to be occupied either by the Accounting Office: or the Interstate Commerce Commission. Treasury officials say the outside of the building will be completed and the intérior later to suit whatever branch of the Government moves in, Capital Stopping Point In New Airline Service Washington will be included in the stops made by a new airline between Richmond and New York, it was an- nounced yesterday by officials of Eastern Air Transport, which will Operate Ford trimotored planes on the route. This concern has an airmail contract between New Y Mi- ami, and it is expected that” pas- senger line eventually will be ex- tended to the Florida city. Other landings will be made at Camden, N, J. and Baltimore. | It is planned to fly one plane each day in each direction, the southbound ship leaving Washington airport at noon and the northbound in the late afternoon. Tentative plans set. Mon- day, August 18, as the inauguration date and faresjat slightly abové the cost of railroad tickets plus Pullman charges. O’Connor Explains Coastal Ship View Chairman Denies “*“Warn- ing” Cited in Improperly Credited Story. Under an Associated Press credit line The Post yesterday morning car- ried a story captioned “Ship Firms Warned of I. C. ©. Control.” This story, regarding a meeting of steam- ship compapies engaged in inter- coastal traddand the Shipping Board, was not an Associated Press story and should not have been so credited. T. V. O'Connor, chairman of the Shipping Boar®, also announced yes- terday that instead of warning the intercoastal companies that they must settle their differences or Con- of the » j - ex the hope that the shippers —* be ablé to reach an agreement to governmental — | Aa gota nection with the story. __ SPECIAL NOTICES, — —— * — Poly +4 i — J J obi tm, / * * " BOYD'S, 1333 F ® * a> 7 tr 3 tii : , 1 st ae 4 MP ee We
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