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ONE DIES, ONE HURT
IN AUTO COLLISION;
THIRD MAN IS HELD
J. E. Ward, 22, Killed When
Thrown Out of Car Return
ing From Christmas Party.
INJURED MAN REPORTED
IN COMA SINCE 3 A.M.
J. A. McGowan, Traced by Blood
' Spots, Denies Being
Driver.
One man was killed instantly andj
another is In an undetermined condition
at Sibley Hospital as the result of a !
collision between two automobiles at j
Sixth and K streets northeast early j
today.
James E. Ward, 22 years old, of 3639
New Hampshire avenue, died from a
fractured skull when the automobile
owned by Robert E. Martz, 18 years old,
of 1301 N street, crashed with his ma
chine, in which he was returning home
from a Christmas night visit witn
friends.
Martz is in Sibley Hospital with
lacerations of the head, face and left
knee, and has been in a coma since
the collision, which occurred at 3:50
a.m. Physicians say they have been
unable to determine definitely whether
his condition is serious.
James A. McGowan, 24, of 15 M
atreet, who was the only other occu
pant of the Martz car, is being de
tained for investigation at the ninth
precinct. Police say he was the driver
of the machine which struck Ward’s ;
car. McGowan, however, denies he was
the driver.
The latter was arrested by Patrol- :
man Dewey L. Guest of the ninth pre
cinct shortly after the mishap, when
blood spots leading away from the
wrecked automobiles were trailed to ;
McGowan’s apartment, on M street.
McGowan was bleeding from a minor i
scalp laceration when found, police say.
According to police, Ward was driv
ing north on Sixth street when his ]
automobile was rammed by the Martz
car. telescoping the right side of Ward’s
machine and throwing the driver into
the street. Ward was taken to Casualty
Hospital, where he was pronounced i
dead on arrival by Dr. J. R. Young of
the hospital staff. i
McGowan later was also treated at ■
Sibley by Dr. Cardwell before being <
taken to the ninth precinct station to *
be held pending a coroner's Inquest,
which will not take place until Martz J
is able to testify. <
Funeral services for Ward are to be 1
held at the late residence tomorrow 1
night at 7 o'clock by Dr. E. V. Regester 1
of Alexandria, Va„ presiding elder of '•
the Alexandria district of the Methodist I
Episcopal Church South. The body will I
be sent to Statesville, N. C., for burial 1
Saturday. <
Ward, owner of the City Service Ra- j
dio Studio, at 2314 Rhode Island avc- ;
nue northeast, was a Central High
School graduate and a member of the ;
Washington Board of Trade. Surviving
him are his mother, Mrs Allie Ward, '
and three sisters. Miss Ruth Ward end '
Mrs. Sarah W. Morrison, both of
Ington, and Mrs. E. J. Mund of Parris
Island, S. C. ,
SIX INJURED IN COLLISION.
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Dwight F. Davis, Jr., and Sister and \
Danish Counselor Among Victims.
Dwight F. Davis, jr„ and Miss Cynthia \
Davis, son and daughter of the governor ,
general of the Philippines, and Peter 1
O. de Treschow, 39 years old, counselor .
of the Danish legation, received minor
injuries last night when the machine in
which they were riding and driven by ,
Mr. de Treschow was in collision at
Wisconsin avenue and Military road
with a car in whioh three colored occu
pants were injured.
The crash smashed the windows of
the envoy’s machine, jolting the three
1 occupants, and cut Mr. de Treschow
I about the face and hands and bruised
> Miss Davis and her brother about the
bpdy. All refused medical attention.
Louise Wilson, 22 years old, colored, of
1914 R street, driver of the other ma
chine, was treated at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital for lacerations to the
scalp, later removed to Gallinger Hos
pital and charged by police of the four
teenth precinct with reckless driving
and operating without a permit. Mil
ton Hicks, 34 years old, colored chauf
feur, also living at the R street address,
and Catherine Juricks, 44 years old, col
ored, of 1916 R street, occupants of the
second machine, were treated at Emer
gency Hospital for body bruises and
scalp lacerations. Their condition is not
regarded serious.
Mr. de Treschow and his party were
returning from Rockville, when, accord
ing to police, the machine driven by the
colored woman and coming in an op
posite direction smashed into their car,
tearing off its bumper and ramming
a hole in the front. The machine oc
cupied by the three colored persons was
demolished.
The diplomat resides at 1714 Connec
ticut avenue and both Mr. and
Miss Davis live with their mother at
1735 Massachusetts avenue.
Mrs. Leona Payne. 28 years old, of
Clarendon, Va., was treated at George
town University Hospital yesterday for
injuries suflered when the machine in
which she was riding, and driven by
Harold Payne, 28 years old, was struck
at Twenty-first and K streets by a hit
and-run driver, causing it to strike a
third machine parked near the comer.
Mrs. Payne suffered contusions to
both legs and the head and shock. Her
condition was described as undeter
mined.
Langford Wiggins, 31 years old, col
ored, living at 1711 U street, suffered
serious injuries yesterday when run
down at Florida avenue and V street
by a truck driven by Richard P. Clagett
of Leesburg, Va.
He was treated at Freedmen’s Hos
pital.
Dorothy Reeder, 22 years old, colored,
and Clifton Reeder. 23 years old. col
ored, both of 4905 Clay street northeast,
were treated at Emergency Hospital yes
terday for injuries sustained when their
machine was in collision at Seventh
and D streets southwest with an auto
mobile operated by Harry N. Smith of
711 Eighth street southwest.
ACTOR IS BURNED.
Vellegen Falls Asleep While Smok
ing Cigarette.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., December 26 i
OP).—Lou Tellegen, the actor, was
burned on the hips when he fell asleep
while smoking a cigarette in his room
at the Hotel Jefferson yesterday morn
ing.
Guests in a room adjoining: aroused
by the smell of smoke, notified the,
management. Tellegen’s room was en
t*red with a pass key. His bed clothing ]
and mattress were found to be ablaze.
CRASH VICTIM AND WRECKED AUTO
MB ft
SUGAR EIGHT SEEN
AS LESSON TO MANY
Hoover’s Defenders Warn
Rich Employers Lobbyists
Not Worth Pay.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.
High officials of the United States, at
both ends of Pennsylvania avenue, hail
the Shattuek-Cuban sugar affair as a
blessing in disguise. They hope and be
lieve it will go far toward curing “big
business” of the belief that high-powered
“go-getters,” with pretended “pulls,"
can work miracles in Washington.
Fat fees and retainers paid to such
men are described by important mem
bers of Congress and of the executive
branch of the Government as money
almost wholly squandered. Cases like
the Shearer and Shattuck episodes are
warnings, or should be. Federal officials
say, that even men of the acknowledged
skill of the Navy and sugar lobbyists
are supersalesmen, usually of nothing
but their own services to rich em
ployers. They rarely “sell” their special
pleadings on Capitol Hill or in the Gov
ernment departments downtown.
One of the most distinguished Re
publicans in the country, occupying a
position which is a constant target for
w r ould-be establishes of “contacts.” has
just opened his heart to this writer in
these terms:
“In the first place, if Shattuck’s de
sire for low sugar tariffs Is realized, it
will be mainly Democratic votes that
accomplish his purpose, despite his al
leged ‘drag’ with the White House. Now,
as to the broad aspects of the Shattuck
affair.
"Nearly every man in public life has
innumerable personal friendships and
acquaintanceships which have, or think
they have, the right to ask Important
favors now and then. No one denies
that right. It is inseparable from our
system of government. But It Is an en
tirely different thing when a man enters
Into a cold-blooded business deal with
business interests to capitalize, for his
own profit, a Washington friendship or
acquaintanceship. We have come,
especially here in Congress, to recognize
that kind of a ’contact’ man on sight.
He is on an entirely different footing
from a comrade or a constituent in
quest of a job for himself, or a friend,
or a relative, or in search of some other
Government favor for which he has a
legitimate right to ask.
“Believe me when I tell you that the
professional highly-paid attorney or
lobbyist seldom gets anywhere nowadays
in Washington. He cannot deliver the
goods. We may listen to him with more
or less patience. But the number of oc.
casions on which he does his stuff to
any real advantage for his plutocratic
clients is extremely rare. Nine times
out of ten, his expense accounts ought
to be disallowed. He is getting money
under false pretenses.”
Another aspect of the Shattuck-
Hoover sugar lobby controversy is pre
sented in Republican quarters. These
recall a case in the Democrats’ own
camp, which is depicted as not without
a certain analogy to the colors in which
the opposition is painting the Presi
dent's alleged connection with Shat
tuck. In the 1924 presidential cam
paign, certain Democratic leaders want
ed John W. Davis, their nominee, to
attack Calvin Coolidge hip and thigh
as the second in command of the “Tea
pot Dome administration.” The oil
scandals were looked upon as the big
gest shot in the Democratic locker.
Coolidge, as the Republican presidential
candidate, was thought to be vulnerable
because he was Vice President and sit
ting in the cabinet when the oil deals
were made. But Davis, it was always
understood, stubbornly refused to as
sail his opponent on those grounds. His
position was that Coolidge personally
had nothing to do with the oil mess.
What some of the President’s defend
ers are now saying is that Herbert Hoo
ver has had actually just as little to
do with Shattuck’s sugar tariff maneu
vers as Coolidge had to do with Teapot
Dome, and that Hoover should be left
out of the Shattuck business just as
John Davis insisted on leaving Coolidge
out of the old business.
(Copyright, 1929.)
REPAIRS FOLLOW W\KE OF WHITE HOUSE FIRE
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This machine was being driven by
James E. Ward (lower) of 3639 New
Hampshire avenue at the time he re
ceived fatal injuries in an accident at
Sixth and K streets northeast early to
day. —star Staff Photo.
BILL TO LEGALIZE
BOXING IN VIRGINIA
Measure Will Specifically Ex
clude Prizefighting in
State.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va., December 26.—A
bill to legalibze boxing, but excluding
prizefighting, is to be introduced at
the next session of the General As
sembly of Virginia, and will have the
approval of the Norfolk-Portsmouth
Chamber of Commerce, it has been
learned here.
A resolution favoring a boxing bill
and specifically excluding prizefight
ing, was adopted by the chamber direc
tors at a recent meeting on recom
mendation of a special sports com
mittee, headed by C. M. Bain. This ac
tion has been made public through
copies of the minutes of that meeting
just distributed here and elsewhere In
the State.
The directors, after adopting the reso
lution, asking the General Assembly to
enact legislation legalizing boxing, re
ferred the matter to its legislative com
mittee, with the request that the latter
draw up a definite bill and submit It
to the board.
BUCKEYSTOWN MAN,
AGED 85, KILLED BY CAR
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md., December 26.
Martin L. Shankle, 85, Buckeystown,
died late last night at his home of in
juries sustained on Tuesday, when he
was run down by an automobile oper
ated by Austin Murray, Adamstown,
while walking on the highway in Buck
eystown.
According to Murray, Bhankle, walk
ing along the road, started to cross in
front of the machine and as he cleared
it turned around and walked In front
of It. The injured man was taken to
his home by Murray and a physician
summoned. Murray is being held under
nominal bond pending an investigation
by State officers.
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France Lacks Hospitals.
PARIS f/P).—A hospital survey
showed France well down in the list
of nations possessing facilities for
caring for the sick. Five towns were
discovered whose hospitals contained
only one bed each and many more had
room for only two or three patients at
a time.
WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 3929. **
SCIENCE RESEARCH
ADVISORS NAMED
TO LIBRARY STAFF
Appointment of Consultants
Marks New Departure in Pro
viding Corps of Specialists.
OTHERS ARE DESIGNATED
FOR IMPORTANT POSTS
Col. Laurence Martin Outlines Steps
at Opening Meeting of National
Geological Society.
Appointment of two research con
sultants in science at the Library of
Congress was announced at the opening
meeting of the National Geological So
ciety at the Wardman Park Hotel this
morning by Col. Lawrence Martin, head
of the division of maps.
They are Prof. Albert C. Lane of
Tufts College and Prof. Albert Perry
Brigham of Colgate University, both
members of the society.
This represents, Col. Martin said, a
new departure for the National Library
in providing a corps of specialists who
will have no administrative duties, but
wil be engaged purely as consultants for
those with research problems.
Others Are Appointed.
He also announced the appointment
of Prof. Charles S. Lane as specialist
in church history. Dr. Victor S. Clark
specialist in economics, Prof. Wiliam A.
Hammond specialist in philosophy. Dr.
Mark A. de Wolfe Howe specialist in
English literature and Prof. Henry N.
Fowler in classical literature.
These are provided for In a grant
from the General Education Board. The
appointment of specialists In biblio
graphy and in Hispanic literature was
announced some time ago by Librarian
Herbert Putnam. A corresponding In
novation, Col. Martin said, was the es
tablishment at the library of “chairs”
with endowments. There are already
four such chairs—in music, American
history, fine arts and aeronautics.
The grant from the General Educa
tion Board, Col. Martin said, was in
tended to demonstrate the utility of
such consultants and if the service
proves to be effective, It will require a
permanent provision for a staff of ap
proximately 15.
Describes Survey Work.
The American Geological Society,
with two allied groups, the American
Paleontological Society and the Amer
ican Mlneralogical Society, started their
annual meetings with business sessions
this morning and the reading of a few
scientific papers.
Triangulation work of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey was described by Dr.
William Bowie. When the program
is completed, he said, there will be no
place in the United States more than
25 miles from a triangulation station.
The work up to date, he said, has re
sulted in such accuracy that distances
can be measured across the country
with an accuracy greater than one part
In 200,000.
A new nomenclature for sudivisions
of geologic time was proposed by George
Halcott Chadwick of CatskUl, N. Y.
LAST LINCOLN GUARD
DEAD AT EASTON HOME
Samuel Gladding, Aged 97, Union
Army Veteran, Expires After
Long Illness.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
EASTON, Md., December 26.—Sam
uel Gladding, 97, Union Army veteran,
died yesterday at his home in Easton
after an illness of four months.
Mr. Gladding joined Company I,
187th Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the
outbreak of the war and saw service at
White Oak Swamps and Petersburg.
Va. He was wounded at Petersburg
June 20, 1864, having had a finger shot
off.
Born In Bristol, R. 1., his father
moved to Pennsylvania when Mr. Glad
ding was 6 years old. The change of
residence was due to the fact that the
father did not want his children to fol
low the water after his uncle was killed
by a whale.
In 1875 Mr. Gladding moved to
Chapel, Talbot County, where he en
gaged In farming for three years. From
there he moved to Easton and followed
his trade as a carpenter. He was the
last of a large family and is survived by
an adopted daughter, Mrs. Reuben N.
Greenhawk.
He was the last of the guard which
watched over the body of Abraham Lin
coln as It laid in state in Philadelphia.
Funeral services will be conducted at
his home at 2 p.m. tomorrow by the
Rev. T. N. Combs of the Baptist
Church, Easton.
SURVIVORS OF SHIP BLAST REACH CAPITAL
Memoers of the expedition aboard the yacht Carnegie, which was destroyed in an explosion in Samoa, November
j Z 9, came to Washington today to attend the funeral tomorrow of Capt. James P. Ault, the vessel’s commander, killed i
jm the accident. Left to right: W. E. Scott, Frit* Lyngdorf. Henry Jentoft, S. L. Seaton, Einer Vnander and Oscar
j Backgren - • ■ • ' —Star Staff Photo.
DM NAMED
TO AVIATION CHAIR
Appointed by Congressional
Library Chief Under Gug
genheim Fund.
The appointment of Dr. Albert H.
Zahm, since 1916 director of the aero
dynamic laboratory
tof the Navy, to the
Guggenhiim chair
of aeronautics nt
the Library of Con
gress was an
nounce today by
Librarian Herbert
The chair is es
tablished by a fund
from the Guggen
heim Foundation.
Dr. Zahm’s work
will be Ihe Inter
pretation of the
aeronautical litera
ture at the Nation
al Library and as
Dr. Zahm. and adviser of re
search workers.
Dr. Zahm long has been a prominent
figure in the science of aeronautics. He
holds degrees from Notre Dame. Cornell
and Johns Hopkins. He has been pro
fessor of mathematics at Notre Dame
and associate professor of mechanics
at the Catholic University. In 1925 he
was awarded the Laetare medal of
Notre Dame University for his work m
aeronautics. He is a member of the
American Society of Mechanical En
gineers. the Washington Philosophical
Society, the Washington Academy of
Sciences and the Cosmos Club. He is
the author of “A Treatise on Aerial
Navigation.”
HOLDJJP VICTIM AIDS
IN CAPTURE OF MAN
Struck on Head With Revolver,
Recluse Locks Intruder
in Cabin.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md„ December 26.
Held up and struck on the head with
the butt of his own revolver, which was
lying nearby, Theodore Lowe, 60, a re
cluse, near this city, was last night
slightly Injured and robbed of about
sl4, the proceeds from the sale of
Christmas wreaths during the pre-holi
day season.
Emery Jackson, colored, identified by
Lowe as his assailant, is held in the
county jail for a preliminary hearing.
The colored man, Lowe told officers,
appeared at his shack near the city and
demanded money. Lowe's revolver was
lying on a table. Seizing it the Intruder
is said to have struck Lowe, who, while
his assailant pocketed the money, dart
ed from the shack and locked the in
truder Inside. Lowe went to a neigh
bor's home and summoned police. The
colored man escaped from the shack
through a window, but was picked up
by officers near the scene.
STEVENSES ARRESTED
AFTER FAMILY ROW
Head of House and Son-in-Law
Taken in on Two Charges—Girl
Disappeared Recently.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
BRENTWOOD. Md., December 26.
Christmas turned out to be a more or
less tumultuous occasion for the
Stevens’ family of Baker street, Brent
wood, when the head of the house, Lee
W. Stevens, and his son-in-law, Charles
Bolton, were arrested on charges of
illegal possession of liquor and dis
orderly conduct respectively.
The Stevenses figured prominently in
the news last Summer when their
daughter, Wyona, left home a few days
before she tvas to have been married to
Bolton, and was the object of a police
search for several days before being
found in North Carolina.
The arrests s’estsrday were made by
Brentwood town officers who said Bol
ton created a disturbance when he
found his suit case on the porch of
his father-in-law’s home. After taking
Bolton to the Bladensburg Jail, the
police arrested Stevens for illegal pos
session of two half-gallon jars of liquor.
The latter was relased on bond.
SMUTS TO* BE FETED.
Former South African Premier to
Be Luncheon Guest at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, December 26 (Special).
—Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, former
premier of South Africa, will be the
luncheon guest of the Baltimore League
of Nations Association January 16. He
will come to this city for a talk at
the Johns Hopkins University under
the George Hunting Williams lecture
ship.
One ot the framers of the covenant
of the League of Nations, he recently
completed a series of lectures at Oxford j
University dealing with British-African
relations. He is expected to arrive in '
New York the first week in January.
United States Issues
1,040 New Patents—
Record Established
A total of 1,040 new patents, a
record number for any one week
since 1927, will be issued Tuesday
by the United States Patent Of
fice.
The forthcoming issuance is in ac
cordance with the regular weekly
routine of the Patent Office, and
the only explanation given for
the large number was that more
inventors than usual had the
money to pay the final fees. Next
week's batch of patents represents
those on which such fees have
been paid within the last 26 or
32 days.
On May 10, 1927, the office is
sued 1,091 patents. The nearest
approach to the forthcoming is
sues since the former record on
May 14, 1929, when 1,028 patents
were granted, and June 4, when
the number totaled 1,017.
SOCIETY TO HONOR
GOVERNOR BYRD
Colonial Wars Organization
in Virginia to Dine Execu
tive for Work for State.
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j Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va., December 26.
Gov. Harry F. Byrd has accepted
an invitation to attend a dinner
in his honor to be given by the Society
of Colonial Wars in the State of Vir
ginia. The dinner is a token of ap
preciation for the services rendered the
State by the retiring executive, especial
ly in recognition of what he has done
to preserve the historic background of
the State.
Several other distinguished guests of
national and international note have
been invited to the function. The din
ner will be served at the Westmoreland
Club here.
The Society of Colonial Wars in the
State of Virginia is a historic, patriot
ic and social organization to perpetuate
the memories of men and events in the
colonal period prior to the American
Revolution. It was founded in 1904
by Gustavus A. Walker, Joseph Bryan,
Virginius Newton, Richardson T. W.
Duke, Jr.; Thomas Bolling, Jr.; Edward
Carrington Mayo, James Lyons, William
J. Walker, John Garland Walker, James
Alston Cabell, Thomas Nelson Carter,
Irvin Jones and Thomas Atkinson.
S. BROWN MERCER HURT.
Retired Government Employe, 80,
Injured in Philadelphia.
S. Brown Mercer, 1466 Clifton street,
a retired Government employe, was
seriously injured in Philadelphia Christ
mas eve night, when a taxicab in which
he was riding was in a collision with
a street car, it was learned here to
day.
Friends of Mr. Mercer, who is 80
years old, hurried yesterday to Plhla
delphia. where the injured man is in
a hospital.
Mr. Mercer was on his way from the
Capital to New York to spend Christmas
with friends when the accident occurred.
He Is reported to have suffered concus
sion of the brain and internal Injuries.
RETIRED OFFICER BURIED.
Lieut. Col. Luther Hare Was 78
Years Old When He Died.
Funeral services were held at the Ar
lington National Cemetery this after
noon for Lieut. Col. Luther R. Hare,
United States Army, retired, who died
at Walter Reed General Hospital last
Sunday, in his seventy-eighth year. Col.
Hare was from Noblegvllle, Ind. He is
survived by a brother, Judge Silas Hare
of Sherman, Tex.
VETERINARIAN ASKS DETECTIVE
TO RECOVER PIG LOST IN SACK
No Trail Is Found and Would-Be Benefactor Fears
Animal Has Been Eaten.
“Lost - one small pig In a sack. For,
inasmuch as you have the distinction of
being very highly regarded as a Detec
tive in this Community, I feel that you
will make every effort to retrieve this
animal.”
This is a section of a letter Precinct
Detective John F. Baxwell of the sixth
precinct, received from Dr. C. Jabel
Robinson, veterinary surgeon, 22 C
street, requesting the policeman to put
forward every effort to find the lost
property, which fell from his automo
bile when he was carrying It to his hos
pital for treatment.
"As a further incentive," the letter
continues, "I wish to state that should
I you recover the Bald animal I shall re
ward your efforts with a sufficient
remuneration.
"Said pig is white snd black spotted,
contained in a gunny sack, dropped
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Society and General
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FOUR PAGES USED
IN 11-CENT RULING
Controller General Disallows
Sum Added to Voucher by
Labor Department.
Controller General McCarl, in a four
page decision, going deeply into the
law, formally has ruled that a voucher
for payment of a bill to the Lamb Seal
& Stencil Co., of 824 Thirteenth street,
must be curtailed by 11 cents.
The question, which appears to have
aroused the controller general to con
siderable length over 11 cents, was
whether the Department of Labor,
which bought some goods from the
stencil company, had a right to change
the voucher from $5.42 to $5.53. It
was a great mistake, judging from the
j controller’s ruling for the 11 cents
■ additional to be added by the Depart
ment of Labor and the 11 cents con
sequently flatly disallowed.
The 11 cents, which may become
famous as a result of this decision, was
the difference between correct and in
correct multiplication, it was learned.
The Lamb Co. had made a slight error
in submitting a bill for $5.42, when, as
a matter of fact, the mathematics of
the thing should have made it $5.53.
This error was caught in the Depart
ment of Labor, which changed the
voucher to read 11 cents more. The
controller general promptly disallowed
It. Correspondence followed, and the
controller today, in his four-page deci
sion, W’hich has been mimeographed and
made available to Government services,
declares that “it is requested that
proper instruction be Issued to your
subordinates” to comply with an order
that vouchers could not be changed ex
cept by the claimants.
“The interests of the Government re
quire,” said McCarl, “that there be no
increase byway of correction or altera
tion in the total amount claimed on a
voucher, unless such correction or al
teration be made by the claimants and
then only in the form of a new voucher
for the correct amount claimed.”
Rather than go through all this red
tape of having a new voucher go
through the Government’s devious
channels it was understood today the
company accepted the settlement 11
cents short.
THEODORE KAUCHER.BI,
FORMER POLICEMAN, DIES
Retired Sergeant of Metropolitan
Force Was Native of Germany
and Former Soldier.
Theodore K&ucher, 81 years old, re
tired sergeant of the Metropolitan Po
lice Department, died yesterday at the
Soldiers’ Home Hospital following an
illness of a month.
Kaucher, a native of Germany, immi
grated to this country when a young
man, coming directly to Washington,
where he enlisted in the U. S. Army.
Following a six-year term of enlistment,
he was appointed to the police force,
completing 40 years of service and
holding the rank of sergeant at the
time of his retirement in 1917. He
resided at 1915 I street.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row afternoon at the chapel of Frank
Geier’s Sons Co., 1113 Seventh street.
Burial will be In Prospect Hill Cemetery.
FIGHT FIRE IN BOAT HOLD.
Big Freighter Blazes at Pier in j
Brooklyn Five Hours.
NEW YORK, December 26 (JP). —Two
fire boats and two engine companies
were required to check a fire in the
hold of the Cosulich line freighter Lucia
C at her pier in Brooklyn yesterday.
The fire was discovered Just before
noon but was not brought under control
until about 5 p.m. The damage was
mainly to the cargo. The ship arrived
yesterday from Mediterranean ports.
, from the rear compartment of my Ford
coupe. The time is between 11 a.m. and
noon December 23.
1 . "The pig was helpless In the sack,
i but ‘wild* at large. Please notify me In
the event this above-mentioned pig is
. located. Due for treatment at my hos
pital.”
The doctor included for the detective’s
assistance two pages of description of
the route he took when the pig was lost.
The porker was being carried from a
farm on Riggs road, Md.
Detective Baxwell reported at Police
Court today that, although he had
failed to find the pig, he did not con
sider it a public menace as from the
owner’s description he would infer that
the animal was "hog-tied.”
*’l think he probably has been eaten
for Christmas dinner." was the bereaved
veterinary’s only comment this morning
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SIX FROM CARNEGIE
HERE FOR FUNERAL
OF CAPTAIN OF SHIP
Commander of Non-Magnetic
Craft Killed When Vessel
Is Blown Up.
FIRST FULL ACCOUNT
OF TRAGEDY IS GIVEN
James P. Ault's Body Recovered
From Water After Explosion
Hurls Him in Sea.
Four membsrs of the crew and two
of the technical staff of the ill-fated
survey yacht Carnegie, non-magnetlc
i vessel of the department of research in
terrestrial magnetism of the Carnegie
Institution here, which blew up in Apia
Harbor, Western Samoa, on the after
noon of November 29, arrived in the
Capital today to attend the funeral
services for Capt. James P. Ault, who
was killed in the explosion.
The institution Issued a statement
this morning stating that “the cause
of the explosion, which almost entirely
destroyed the Carnegie, has not been
definitely determined, but it was un
doubtedly partially due to the ignition
of gasoline vapor during the loading of
gasoline.
Body Rescued.
“The explosion threw Capt. Ault, com
mander of the Carnegie, from the quar
ter deck into the water, from where he
was rescued by Fritz Lyngdorf, steward;
Einer Unander, second watch officer,
and F. M. Soule of the scientific staff.
The explosion also killed Anthony Kolar,
cabin boy.
“Five members of the crew also were
injured, one of whom has completely
recovered and returned to San Fran
cisco with the other survivors. The
other four Injured are still in Samoa,
but are expected to recover.
“Salvaging operations on the Carnegie
are now in progress at Samoa under
the direction of W. C. Parkinson, second
in command of the Carnegie.”
Those who returned to Washington
today gave the first complete account
of the wrecking of the Carnegie. They
are: Lyngdorf, the steward; Unanderm,
the second watch officer; Henry Jentoft,
third watch officer; Oscar Backgren,
cook; S. L. Seaton and W. E. Scott of
the scientific staff.
Contained No Metal.
The Carnegie was a ship built entirely
of wood, put together with wooden
dowells and pegs, and contained no
metal in its general construction. It
was designed especially for the study
of terrestrial magnetism on the seas,
and was practically impervious to
magnetism itself.
It sailed on its last Journey from
Washington.
All of the survivors of the Carnegie
who are in Washington will attend the
funeral services for Capt. Ault tomor
row afternoon at Wesley M. E. Church.
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Capt. Ault lived in Washington when
not on Jaunts for scientific information
for the Carnegie Institution. He had
been with the institution for 25 years
and at the time of his death was chief
of the ocean work section.
COUNTYCOURT HEAD
DEAD IN HOSPITAL
Stricken at Church With Stomach
Ulcer, Judge Smith Suo
cumbs.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG, W. Va.. December
26.—Almon W. Smith, 64, president of
the Berkeley County Court, died at a
local hospital today after a four-day
illness resulting from stomach ulcer.
He was stricken while at church Sun
day.
The deceased was serving the fourth
year of his second term on the county
bench and the fourth year as president
of that body. He was a native of New
Jersey, an ordained minister in the
Methodist Episcopal Church and a for
mer railway mail clerk, but in recent
years had given his time to trucking
outside of his court duties. Surviving
are the widow and one daughter.
MURDERED WOMAN’S
BODY FOUND IN GRATE
Series of Tragedies Mark Christ
mas Holiday in Dan
ville, Va.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va., December 26.—The
murder of a colored woman, suicide of
a colored man and a fire which de
stroyed part of the Colonial Garage
marked Christmas day here.
| Albert Stone is held for killing Min
nie Cobb, whose body, half consumed
by fire, was found in the grate of her
home.
Ed Bailey, railway employe, choked
himself with a towel on a doorknob.
COUPLE ADOPTS NEPHEW.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McClosky Give
Little George Condron New Home.
Justice Peyton Gordon aided Santa
Claus in bringing new parents to lit
tle George A. Condron Tuesday, when
he signed a decree permitting Howard
A. McClosky and his wife, Mary, 404
Seward square southeast, to adopt the
infant as their own child and heir-at
law.
McClosky's sister, the mother of the
child, died January 5 last w’hen the
baby was only two months old. The
uncle and aunt became so fond of the
little one that they obtained the con
sent of his father to their adoption of
the child. The application was imme
diately approved.
McClosky is a skilled bookbinder. He
was represented by Attorney Ernest H.
Oliver.
GOLF COURSE TO CLOSE.
East Potomac Greens to Get Chance
to Get in Trim for Summer.
The East Potomac golf course will be
closed after January 1. Lieut. Col. U. 8.
Grant, 3d, director of public buildings
and public parks, announced today, in
order to give the greens a chance to get
in trim for the coming season. The
Rock Creek golf course will be open
until March 1, the announcement said
to take care of Winter playing, s
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