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WOMAN. 81. VICTIM
OF TRAFHG MISHAP
Miss E. M. Wilson Severely
Hurt by Street Car—Five
Others in Accidents.
Miss Elizabeth M. Wilson. 81 years
-91(1 of 1211 Fifth street was knocked
down and rendered unconscious by a
street ear last evening as she at
tempted to cross Pennsylvania avenue
at Eighth street. She was taken to
Providence Hospital by a passing mo
torist and treated by Dr. Donahv for a
possible fracture of the skull and
shock. The street car was in charge
of Motorman George Chrisman of
Cherry dale. Va.. and Conductor H.
Simpson of 2121 11 street.
A street car also knocked down and
injured Frederick Shortleeves. 7S years
old. of 616 Twenty-second street as he
tv as crossing the tracks on Pennsylva
nia avenue at Seventeenth street. He
tvas given first aid at Emergency Hos
pital, where his injuries were pro
nounced not serious
Policeman’s Wife Hurt.
Mrs. O Virginia Warren. 39 years
old, wife of Policeman M. W. Warren
of the eighth precinct, had a narrow
escape when the car she was driving
< t Wisconsin avenue skidded at
Thirty-fifth street and crashed over an
embankment Into a tree at the Knick
erbocker Athletic Field yesterday ait
ernoon. Although the car was badly
wrecked Mrs. Warren received only
slight injuries to her face and right
hand. She was given first aid at
Georgetown niversity Hospital.
James But'-, r, colored. 9 years old
of 3012 Eleventh street, was knocked
down yestti ia afternoon while cross
ing the street near his home by an
automobile driven by Robert E. La
mond, 1609 Nineteenth street. His
right arm was severely injured and
he was given surgical aid at Emer
gency Hospital.
Child Injured in Crash.
Two-year-old Muriel Reilly of 735
North Capitol street was injured
when the car In which she was riding
with her father. William J. Reilly,
was ip collision yesterday afternoon
Ht the intersection of New Jersey
and Massachusetts avenues with an
automobile driven by Roy D Edelin of
807 Third street southeast. She was
treated by Dr. C. J. Murphy for a
laceration of the face.
Eight-year-old Peter Knobois of 1804
Seventh street was knocked down and
slightly injured by a motor cycle rid
den by Benjamin Ford, colored, of 907
Bell place northeast, yesterday after
noon, on T street between Seventh
and Eighth streets. The hoy was
given first aid at Emergency Hospital.
HUGE UNDERGROUND
BREWERY FOUND IN
HEART OF DETROIT
(Continued from First Page.)
trapdoor was discovered. This led to
a large room, extending nearly a quar
ter of a block, where an elaborate
beer-making plant had been installed.
Other passageways led from this
main room, one a trucking tunnel to
a g3rage building across an alley. In
dications were that the rum bad been
trucked to the garage, where automo
biles awaited to transport it. Simi
larly, in all directions led halle, each
to some adjunct to the plant, includ
ing a refrigerating room, bottling
room. etc.
One large storeroom, where several
hundred barrels of beer were stacked
extended to the basement of Orchestra
Hall, home of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra.
Agents found that buildings in the
entire block, with the exception of
two small store rooms, were used as
■tore rooms by operators of the plant.
To Subpoena Owners.
Owners of the property are ,to be
subpoenaed for questioning in con
nection w f ith the raid.
No one was arrested, and there
was no indication as to who owned or
operated the plant.
In the opinion of Vacarelli, opera
tors of the brewery supplied more
than half of the blind pigs of Detroit
with beer. The plant, he said, was
easily capable of producing 300 bar
rels of beer daily.
The Selden Chop House, the night
eiub believed to be headquarters for
the plant, was raided by Vacarelli and
his men three weeks ago. They then
seized a large quantity of liquor and
arrested four men. Cases against the
men arrested. Max Rosengarten. Sam
Kirt, Edward Stewart and “Red”
Humphrey, now are pending in Fed
eral Court.
The giant brewery was not detected
at the time of the first raid, Vacarelli
udmitted. The four men under arrest
are being questioned today and police
are attempting to round up others
whose names were obtained in the
raid on the night club.
Culminates Long Probe.
The raid, according to Vacarelli,
culminated investigations extending
over a period of two months by pro
hibition enforcement officers in this
district.
Os the 32 possible exits from the
plant, most of them led into the street
floor and basements of buildings in the
|iock.
ORME FUNERAL RITES
WILL BE TOMORROW
burial to Be in Oak Hill After
- Ceremonies at Christ Church
at 11 O’Cloek.
Funeral services for the late Wil
liam B. Orme, who died \e»terday at
iis residence in Kew Gardens, will be
held at 11 o'clock tjnarrow morning
at Christ Church. Int.vtnent will be
in Oak Hill Cemetery
k Rev. J. Pinkney Ross, rector of
jt’hrist Church, will officiate at the
services, and will be. ussis'ed by
ftev. James H. \V. Blake, rector
Emeritus. Mr. Orme was for many
sears a vestryman of the church, and
Aftvavq took an acth-* interest in the
parish.
The honorary pallbearers will bo Ord
Preston- Robert D. Weaver, Lawrence
Townsend, George M. Whitwell, James
y, Mcjlhenny, A. It. Telly. Chatles
jh Cragin, Dr. George P. Dußose,
lyilliam King, S. Kearney Radford,
fceorge A. King and Dr. Robert S.
Beale.
\ TOM E. KING, 79, DIES.
kan Who Served Government 51
* Years Survived by Widow.
Tom E. King, 79 years old, clerk in
JEhe Bureau of Internal Revenue and
employed in the Government service
lor 51 years, until retired in 1920, died
at his residence, 1210 Massachusetts
avenue, yesterday after a short ill
ness. He had been a resident of this
city for 67 years.
Funeral services and Interment will
be at Harpers Ferry, W, Va., tomor
row afternoon.
Mr. King is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lillie E. King, and two nieces,
Mrs. W. M. Banks of Utah and Mrs.
John B. Lewis of Upperville, Va.
—.—
Wellesley College has taken a group
life Insurance ana disability policy on
the Jiv<». of Its faculty and staff of In
structor*. . . *■
«
Flood Zone Farmer
Gets Red Cross to
| Bring Cider Siphon
By the Associated Preee.
SMUGGLERS NOTCH, Vt„ No
vember 10. —A farmer living here,—
f more than 4,000 feet above the
Winooski River flood line, appealed
for assistance to relief workers
driving through from Burlington.
“Hey,” he called, after signaling
a Red Cross ear to stop. "I’m in a
! fix. I’ve got a barrel of cider here
| and I’ve lost my siphon and can’t
i ; get the cider out. What’ll I do?"
. j The relief worker promised to
! see what he could do and on his re-
L j turn trip brought a length of fine
' rubber pipe intended for use on a
( i windshield wiper, which proved
j somewhat slow, but quite efficient.
VICTORY FORDRYS
; SEEN IN DETROIT
i
Anti-Saloon League Official
Says Defeat of Wet Shews
Voters Loyal.
By ilie Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 10. —
Detroit’s election of John C. Lodge to
the mayoralty against John \V. St ith,
wet incumbent, was characterized to
d. j '■ j ' . Scott Mcßride, general su
per’.itcndent of the Anti-Saloon
League of America, as “one of the
hr elites! spots in the fight to win the
big city to the Constitution and con
sti' jponal overr.ment that has re
cently come.
“This election indicates that our
democratic goverr ment can prevail
against those who would destroy or
derly government,” Mcßride said.
“It is encouraging to see that even
many who might nut fight prohibition
principles yet are loyal and patriotic
enough to lend tb-’r efforts on behalf
of constitutional government and
a -’’nst nullificatiun.”
Importance of Contest.
Mcßride's statement said:
"The most important contest of
T: urgdaV. election as it relates to
constitutional government and the
eighteenth amendment was the De
troit mayoralty election.
Mayor Smith made his appeal to the
bootleggers, promising them a wide
open town if they could re-elect him.
He said there were now 16,000 blind
tigers in the city and called upon them
to deliver at least 10 votes each to
him. His administration has a record
of a wide-open city.
His opponent, Mr. Lodge, made a
unique campaign. Being drafted in
the primary, he made no campaign
for himself, but merely stated if the
people of Detroit wanted him as their
mayor he would serve. He has a
good record back of him.
Question Clearly Defined.
“This election brings clearly before
the people of a big city the question
as to whether or not constitutional
government can prevail.
“The defeat of Mayor Smith, particu
larly in view of the fact that, being
the Incumbent mayor, he posseaaes
the advantage of city patronage, is
one of the brightest epots in the fight
to win the big city to constitutional
government that has recently come."
LIFE INSURANCE MAN
FOUND DEAD IN KITCHEN
Coroner Gives Accident Certificate
in Case of William W.
Sisson.
William Waller Sisson, 68 years old,
In the employ of the Prudential Life
Insurance Co., was found dead on the
kitchen floor of his home, at 825 Fifth
street northeast, about noon today by
M. D. Grimaley, a neighbor, whose at
tention was attracted by the odor of
gas. He broke down the kitchen door
and found his neighbor’s dead body
on the floor near a water heater, a
coffee pot still gripped in hit hand.
Metpbers of the Fire Department
rescue squad and Dr. Lawrence Mur.
phy of Casualty Hospital responded tp
emergency calls and worked on the
body a half hour in a futile attempt at
resuscitation. Coroner NeviU gave a
certificate of accidental death. The
coroner concluded that Sisson, who
waa alone in his home, his wife being
on a visit to relatives in Atlanta, Oa.,
was taken sick whiie preparing break
fast and fell to the floor, accidentally
opening the gas burner.
J. T. ENGLISH DIES.
Conducted Shop on Sixth Street 12
Years—Wat 47.
Joseph T. English, 47 years-old, who
| had conducted a barber shop at 218
Sixth street for 12 years, died at his
residence, 427 Fourth street, yesterday
1 after a long illness.
Funeral services will be conducted
at Oldhams. Va.. Saturday.
Mr. English is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Edna G. English; a
daughter. Miss Gladys Louise English;
two brothers and three sisters.
I King Henry VI, murdered May 22.
1471, i: ‘he Tower of London, is com
memorated there on that date each
year.
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THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. T>. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1927.
; HURLEY’S SHIPPING
PLAN SIS PUBLIC
Extraordinary Interest Is
Aroused in Upbuilding of
Merchant Marine.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Details of the plan submitted by
Edward N. Hurley for a half-billion
dollar loan fund for the upbuilding
of an American merchant marine
have provoked extraordinary interest.
The plan, which to a largo extent is
a compromise between Government
control and Government ownership of
shipping, is not merely a casual pro
posal.
Coming from a former chairman of
the Shipping Board under a Demo
cratic administration, the scheme is
regarded us hardly likely to be side
tracked as part of the partisan poli
tics of the hour. Hurley talked over
the whole thing with President Cool
idge several weeks ago arid the Presi
dent encouraged him to develop his
plan and submit it to the Shipping
Board. As a Democratic member of
the World War Debt Funding Com
mission. Hurley came into frequent
contact with the President and it was
natural for him to take up informally
at the White House the general prin
ciples of Government aid to shipping,
so that when the matter was laid be
fore the Shipping Board and ulti
mately before Congress It would have
the benefit of non-partisan considera
tion.
. Hope for Action Seen
Publication of the details now is ex
pected to crystallize public opinion on
the subject, with the hope that the
merchant marine problem will really
ha acted upon at the coming session
of Congress.
Fundamentally the feature of the
plan, which differs front any other
which has been suggested, is the idea
of lending money to private ship op
erators at 2Vi Per cent for the con
etruction df new vessels. The prin
cipal difficulty in building up an
American merchant marine has beep
the high cost of tonnage, which Ainsr
ican companies have been unable to
meet in view of -the high dpeiatifig
expense under American- law. In
other words, if American ship own
ers were to buy the present fleet
owned by the Government, the inter
est on the money invested to buy the
ships at the Government's ptices
would constitute such a heavy charge
that the financial interests have not
fieen willing to advance the funds
Also the cost of replacing old ships
would require huge sums of money,
which again would have to tie bar
rowed at high interest charges be
cause of the general impression that
American ship eompan.es cannot com
pete in operating expenses with lor
elgn lines.
The Hurley plan !s designed to
equalize these disadvantages of opera
tion by cutting down the cost of
borrowing the money. Also if the
Government is willing to rnuke loans
at iVt per cent, the impression wil.
he that the Government is standing
back of the transactions with the
shipping companies and this rnora’
support will tend to give the ship
owners confidence In developing lines
of trade.
Would Oppose Kails Entering.
The theory that the railroads should
be permitted to engage in coastwise
shipping and in transoceanic business
will bo opposed by' various interests
but the plan for lending $500,000.00(1
to responsible institutions which
would build up the American mer
chant marine* may ultimately be
accepted by Congress, with certain
restrictions such as now are placed
on the railroads. Indeed the amount
of money that the ship companies
may earn, so that all sums above n
certain percentage would be recap
tured, as is now the case with the
railroads, may be restricted, as such
a proposal is likely to come from th»
radical members of Congress. Gov
ernment control of expenditures of
(he ocean carrier* may be developed
In somewhat the . same way as the
Interstate Commerce Commission now
supervises the expensos of railroads
The Shipping Board may thus be
come analogous to the Interstate Com.
merce Commission both in functions
and powers with the possibility that
coastwise shipping may be placed
under the complete jurisdiction of the
Shipping Board, whose duty it might
be to flx rates as between American
ports.
The whole plan undoubtedly will
undergo much . revision before Con
gress gives It approval, but it is ap
parent already from the way the pro
posals were launched (hat there is a
serious belief on the part of a num
ber of Important business interests,
as well as administration officials,
that the Hurley plan may offer a
basis for compromise between those
who wish to encourage private opera
tion of an American merchant ma’rine
without Government ownership and
those who Ixdieve in a certain measme
of Government regulation and control,
such ns now ia exercised over the
railroads.
’ (Coovrirht. 1027,*
I
Pleads Guilty to Thievery.
Anna Koslukaa pleaded guilty in
[ Judge Hilt’s Police Court today to
four charges of larceny in connection
i with the stealing of quantities of
. merchandise from three department
; stores. The case was referred to the
probation officer for investigation.
The National Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs is
nine years old and represents more
than 50.000 women.
CLARK, SINCLAIR AIDE, NABBED
FOR REFUSAL OF TESTIMONY
(Continued from First Page.)
not satisfied with this explana
tion, however. Meanwhile Clark, vice
president of the Sinclair liefining Co.,
wa* walling in an anteroom outside
the office of United States Attorney
Payton Gordon. He remained there
practically all the morning with the
expectation of appearing before the
grand jury in response to an imme
diate call.
William J. Burns, founder of the de
tective agency, also is to he hailed
before the grand jury for the second
time during the course of its proceed
ings. He was waiting somewhere
around the courthouse within call.
Refusal of Clark to testify yester
day placed him, at the discretion of
the United Htates attorney, open to
the same procedure that was followed
In the ease of Day. Both Day and
Clark, the Government believes, re
ceived reports from the detectives and
acted as “contact men” between them
and Sinclair.
After his refusal to testify yester
day Clark declined to state the reason.
Burkinshaw was making anxious in
quiries around the courthouse . early
today as to the whereabouts of Hurry
Jeffries, one of Sinclair's New York
representatives, who has been ex
pected daily since being served with
a forthwith warrant earlier in the
week Just at the moment Mr. Jef
fries walked Into the corridor
“I am here to go before the grand
jury and am prepared to answer to
the best of my ability any question
they see fit lo put to me,” Jeffries told
newspaper men. lie nnphaslsed “to
the best of my abiliiv. '
Jeffries has boon identified as chief
clerk of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Co lie let it be Known today, how
ever, that he was “employed by Mr.
Sinclair,’ and not by the consolidated
company. The Sinclair •‘'prnsentative
refuted flatly to sav In what 'opacity
he is employed by lno oil magnate.
Jeffries was'wafting to go bafore the
grand jury, where he ''.ill be asked
by Government attorneys to toll
whether he wan the man who em
ployed the Burns agents, and to ex
plain what connection, it any, Sin
clair had with their e.njiiov ment. The
Government has in'oriviatJon to the
effect that the actual employer of the
Burns outfit was le.Yries
Chirk Ready to Testify.
Mr Clark, the Chicago representa
tive of Sinclair, was in readiness to
make his second appearance before
the grand jury after ids refusal of
yesterday to answer any question lie
was late, however. In doming to the
courthouse, but kept in touch with
the United States attorney’s office
through his own attorney.
William J. Burns and hits son. Sher
man \V. Burns, armed with reports
of their agency, were among the early
arrivals While waiting for the older
Burns to appear, Sherman Burns had
u lively controversy with Burkinshaw,
the young attorney who is defending
the Government’s case.
The controversy, which attracted
considerable attention in the corridor,
was over the methods which Burkin-,
shaw proposed to employ in seeking
to have Bums' men idem tied bv the
12 jurors.
“I)o you mean to tell me that you j
are not go ng to mix up other men
with the Burns detectives when von
take them into the grand jury room
for Identification?" voung Burns de
mantled angrily
“That’s just what 1 am going to
do,” Burk inch aw replied with equal
emphasis. "The Government is run
ning this case and not the Burns
agency.”
Burns kept insisting thut it was not
fair to his men to go in a group
before the grand jury, Burkinshaw
ended the controversy by saying in
some heat thut "the Government is
going to handle this case as It wants
to and not as the Burns detectives
want It handled.'’
When the young assistant attorney
told Maj. Gordon about the inci
dent the latter replied vigorously in
the same fashion
Hums Brings Records.
Young Burns was carrying an arm
ful of portfolios and records. To
newspaper men he said. “The Burns
men always tell the grand Jury
everything."
Tapping his bundle of records, he
added that if there was any uncer
tainty about matters he had the office
record* to explain to the grand jury.
Clark arrived at the United States
attorney's office at H o’clock, accom
panied by his attorney, Morgan Beach,
former Assistant Attorney General,
and George Sehein, an attorney of
Chicago, but acting in the capiclty
of a personal friend.
C. G. Ruddy, manager of the Burn*
Detective Agency In Philadelphia, but
who wa* designated us chief «.! <re
operatives here while they were
shadowing the Fnll-Sinolalr iury,
called Clark to one side and • hev
talked for a few minutes.
Young Burns paced the corridoi
with his records from the New York
office and shortly after 11 o’clock was
called before the grand iury a.- the
first witness of the day. On his previ
ous appearance, it is understood.
Burns agreed to lay before the grand
jurors every paper in the files of the
New York office bearing on the case.
His father, William J. Burns, founder
of the agency, was in the city but did
not appear at the courthouse with his
son. Burns, er.. previously had
declared thut all the records of the
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llit/.'s Keuiurk Recalled.
Sehein engaged in light conversa
tion with newspaper men and during
his joviality made the statement that
Clark’s “host of friends cannot be
lieve he did or would do anything
wrong" in ibis case. “Why did’nt
he te’.l thut to the grand jury?" asked
one correspondent, alluding to the
Hinclair oil official’s refusal to testify
yesterday when called.
"Well,” replied Sehein, with a smile,
“when a mnn has a lawyer he’s got
to follow his advice,”
“Did you ever hear of the famous
utterance by Justice William Hitz in
the .Sinclair contempt case when Mar
tin \V. Littleton declared 'I advised
Mr. Sinclair cot to answer the ques
I tion’?” asked the correspondent, and
without awaiting a teply he quoted
Justice Hitz as having said on that
occasion:
“Many a mar. is in jail today be
cause he followed the advice of his
attorney. Just as many a man is in
tii9 cemetery today because he fol
lowed the advice of his physician,*'
“Well, that’s right,’’ laughed Sehein,
and he moved on down the corridor.
Detectives “Pep" P.leetlMg.
A lively description ot a “pep" meet
ing held by the Burns men at the May
flower Hotel after midnight of October
22 was given for the tin* time yester
day lr- Maj. Gordon. It was at the
Mayflower that Harry F. Sinclair made
his headquarters,
Charles (5. Ruddy, who was direct
ing the shadowing of the jurors, pre
sided an 1 "whooped it up for Burns,"
according to Gordon, in aq address to
his 15 operatives. It was stated that
on this occasion Ruddy gave hi agents
final Instructions as to their precise
duties, including th? close shadowing
of relatives of two jurors, John P.
Kern and Edward J. Kid we 11, jr. Affi
davits charging Ktdweli with talka
tiveness played a part in the declara
tion of a mistrial.
Ruddy and seven of the Burns men
were witnesses before she grand Jury
yesterday and the remaining oper
atives will bo given a chance today to
tell all they know about the case. Maj.
Gordon revealed yesterday that he and
Burkinshaw are particularly Interested
in the source of the $l,BOO which was
brought here from the Burn* agency
in Baltimore. This money included
three consignments, on October 24, 25
and 28.
Reports seized by the Government
show thut Ruddy came here from
Philadelphia on October 18, the night
before the jury trnil?rs got busy. He
passed through Baltimore and then
went back after midnight, following
a conference here. In Baltimore he
telephoned to Sherman \V. Burns In
the New York office
Ruddy is to he recalled. In fact,
he has already appeared four limes
before the grand jury, and the other
operatives are to be lined up, one
by one, before the 12 jurors for identi
fication.
Denies Knowledge of Case.
Maj. Gordon explained that no sus
picion Is uttached to Charles K. Burr,
the real estate salesman, who was
trailed for days by A. J. Sullivan. S-70,
who sought to make a contract witn
him through a man believed to be
named Gordon Simmons, once employ
ed by the real estate firm of which
Burr now works.
Burr stated before going into tin
grand Jury room that he knew nothing
about the oil case, was unaware that
he was being trailed and could not
understand why detectives wnnted to
get in touch with him. Sullivan spent
a good deal of time and money on
Simmons, part of it going on meals,
according to the District attorney’s
office.
COMMITTEE HEARS
FLOOD REMEDIES
Diversion of Missouri River
Surplus Water to Canada
Proposed.
By the Associated Pres*.
The horrors of floods along the Illi
nois River and upper Mississippi were
pictured today to the House flood con
trol committee by a long string of wit
nesses, who offered various remedies,
one of them diversion of surplus
waters of the Missouri River to Hud
son Hay.
That proposal, involving impound
mg of the Missouri’s head waters,
and directing it byway of a channel
to Devil’s Lake, N. Dak., thence to
the Cheyenne River and to the north
ward-flowing Red River in Minnesota
to Hudson Bay, was offered by Gov
A. G. Sorlie of North Dakota.
He headed a Dakota delegation that
imparted its views after Charles La
throp Pack, president of the Ameri
can Tree Association, gave denud
ing of forests as an important cause
of the Mississippi's floods.
Reforesting a Help.
“No one claims forested hillsides
and headwaters will prevent floods,
but they will help control them,” he
.said. “Forest cover acts like a
sponge.”
Referring to the New England flood.
Mr. Pack said New Hampshire had
1.723,575 acres of idle unproductive
forest land, while Maine. Massa
chusetts and Vermont had 1.000.000
acres each.
Gov. Sorlie advocating impounding of
the Missouri's headwaters near Stan
ton, N. D., declaring similar control at
all major sources of the Mississippi
would eliminate floods. His views
were supported by his delegation.
The Illinois River situation was
brought before 4 he committee by J. I*.
Kerr of Versailles. 111., president of
the drainage and levee district of that
State, who advised raising the levees
3 feet and changing the river's chan
nel to direct its current. He said that
nearly half a million acres in the Illi
nois Valley were subject to floods.
Reservoirs Proposed.
Construction of reservoirs at the
Headwaters of the Mississippi River
tributaries as an important step in
controlling floods, was proposed yes
terday to the committee by three mem
hers of the Oklahoma congressional
delegation.
After advantages of the reservoir
svstem hart been outlined. Senator
elect Thomas Democrat. Oklahoma
told the committee that lie planned to
introduce at the next Congress a hill
proposing creation of a Federal
emergency fund for the relief of dis
aster sufferers. The fund would carry
a 510,000.000 aproprlation and provide
relief for sufferers from earthquakes,
floods and stoims
While Thomas proposed that the
cost of the reservoirs lie borne jointly
by the national and State govern
ments. two Oklahoma Representatives.
Howard and Swank, both Democrats,
declared the Federal Government
should bear the entire expense.
Both Representatives voiced the
view that if the Nation can spend
5800.000.001) for the Armv and Navy,
it can snend a similar amount for
flood control.
PRESIDENT IS TOLD
OF FLOOD SITUATION
Wires Mr.
Coolidge. Stressing Plight of
Flood Victims
By the Associated Pres*.
President Coolidge lias received u
telegram from Gov. Weeks of Ver
mont regarding the flood situation
The text of the telegram as made pub
lie today at the White House is ns
follows:
"The recent flood has so completed
disrupted our lir.es of comniunicatier
that I have been unable to reach vou
earlier. I appreciate under ihe cit
cumstances your action In placing at
the disposal of our stricken eornmunl
ties the services of the Army and tiu
Red Cross, which agencies have ten
dered much-needed help to those ir
distress. Our loss has been so. great j
that we shall need all the issistanct
the Government and the Red Cross
can give.”
It was recalled at the White House
that Mr. Coolidge. upon learning of
the flood, immediately instructed (lie
Army to render every possible assiM
ance and called upon the Red Cross
to do everything it could. These meas
ure* are considered by the President
to meet the situation at present.
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Sohool Pupils Quarantined.
CHICAGO, November 10 (4*). —A
new case of infantile paralysis in
Evanston, a suburb, yesterday re
sulted in the quarantine of 35 pup is
in the third grade of Larimer School.
Five cases have been reported ip
Kvsfaston this season. One proved
fatal.
GOVERNOR SOUNDS
Vermont’s plea
FOR FLOOD RELIEF
(Continued from First Page.)
worthless, but that It will reach far
Into the millions is conceded.
Farmers in Vermont were described
by Thomas Brad De. director of the
extension bureau of the Vermont
Agricultural Collage. as "too crushed
to carry on.” He estimated 15.000
cows had been beside great quan
tities of oilier and in some
cases, every building on the farm.
Gov. Spaulding of New Hampshire
put the damage to otate highways
and bridges as $2,700,000 with no at
tempt to estimate loss to railroads and
private property owners.
Vermont railroads have pressed their
. econstructlon efforts, hut there was
little mileage today that could be
operated with safety. Stories were
told of station agents on the Central
Vermont who labored to dig their
posts out of many feet of silt, hut the
most optimistic estimates were that
parts of that line would not be In
operation for three months.
M. K. Reckord, in charge for the
Red Cross of work in Massachusetts,
reported that some sections of Spring
field would probably not be dry for a
week and that refugees were not
being allowed to'return to their homes
without approval of health authorities.
■ 2.400 Are Homeless.
il£ estimated the number of home
less'there to be between 2,400 and
4,000. At Chicopee. 600 persons were
affected and there were three cases
of scarlet fever. A similar number
w.ere homeless at Northampton and
many buildings were damaged and
live stock lost.
The situation in Connecticut is clear
ing, although the main highway from
Middletown to Hartford is still Im
passable. The river has receded half
a dozen feet and is still going down.
At Manchester, N. H., police rounded
up 200 unemployed men. who were
recruited to the Boston & Maine
labor gangs, working to restore the
right of way through New Hampshire
and Vermont.
Farther north in the same State,
000 Dartmouth College student volun
teers took a day off from studies to
help clear away flood debris at Hart
ford, Vt.
In western Massachusetts, Lieut.
Gov. Frank C. Allen, completing a
tour of the storm area, said the St"ie
expected to spend §300,000 in highway
reconstruction and other works there.
AIK MAIL STARTED
Flyer Opens Service to Flood Areas
in Vermont.
CONCORD, N. H„ November 10 (A*).
—Carrying 400 pounds of first-class
mail. Robert S, Fogg, civilian aviator,
took off from she airport tins morn
ing for Montpelier and Burlington,
Vt His take-off marked the opening
of daily air mail service to flooded
areas in Vermont, which will con
tinue. as long as the need exists.
W. H. White Left Estate to Wife.
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terms of ms will The estate in
cludes sls.ooft in cash In addition to
real estate and other securities held
jointly with hi- wife.
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BOY SCOUTS’ WORK
IN FLOOD PRAISED
Youths Saved Lives, Guarded Prop
• erty and Built Dikes, IK
rector Claims.
By the AMoriated I'ivm.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. November
10.—Fourteen hundred Boy Scouts,
who turned out for flood relief work in
western Massachusetts, saved lives,
guarded property and helped build
dikes against the flood waters. Frank
N. Robinson, of the Boy .Scouts of
America, revealed yesterday.
"The services of the Scouts have
been enormous." Robinson said, in de
scribing them to the Associated Press
"The Scouts have rescued flood
trapped people, saved cattle and prop
erty and acted as guards until the
militia came.
“They have served %s traffic officers,
messengers and Red Cross aides, and
have collected thousands of garments
for refugees. >.
"Some worked 48 hours at a stretch
with their leaders, who have also
rendered yeoman service.
"They have performed a great see- (
vice in locating separated families and
in helping to build dikes against the
flood waters.”
PLAN OF NEW RAILWAY
GIVEN TO COMMISSION
Norfolk and Western Explains
$10,000,000 Project to Federal
Control Group Here.
Plans of the Norfolk At Westei a
Railroad to construct a new line
through the Guyandot Valley in We t
Virginia were explained to the Inter
state Commerce Commission yester
day by W. P. Wlltsee, chief engineer
of the company. The proposed Hue
would pass directly through territoi
into which the Chesapeake & Oh o
has already projected an extension,
and the two railroads are engaged in
a contest over the right to build, irt
which the Virginian railroad is alsa
concerned by reason of its ow n build
ing plans.
As Wiltsee described his road's con
templated line, It would run from
Elmore to Wharncllffe and would co>t
approximately 310.000,000. He pre
sented the profiles and maps prepared
for the construction ar.d was followed
by George Duncanson, a traffic officer
of the railroad, who estimated that at
the end of five years the proposed
branch would he carrying 2,000 009
tons annually of bituminous. If a
further extension from the new
branch should be undertaken aijtr?
Pinnacle Creek by the Norfolk ft
Western. Mr. Duncanson estimated
that nn additional tonnage of about
2.000.000 ©f coal traffic could !>•»
obtained
Counsel for the Norfolk & Western
and Virginian cross-examined both
witnesses. The Virginian's building
project in the same territory will b<»
explained later
Judge Finds Missing Wtch.
Judge George H. MacDonald of the
Polico Court, who reported the lose ol
his watch yesterday, found the miss
ing article today reposing in his desk
drawer.