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D. C. HEADS DEFEND
BUILDING PROGRAM
Commissioners Write to Sen
ate Committee, Reviewing
Their Activities.
(Continued From First Page.)
i .de larger expropriations and to hasten
the completion of the building program.
“At the time the five-year building
program act was passed the total es
timated cost of its completion was
figured at $20,185,000. The school au
thorities claim to have submitted to the
Commissioners during the five-year
period, beginning with the fiscal year
1926, through the fiscal year 1930 es
timates of appropriations for school
building construction and the purchase
of land totaling $26,429,230. Included
in this sum, however, are repeated items
amounting to $9,106,810, so that the ac
tual amount of the estimates submited
to the Commissioners by the school
authorities on the basis of each item
bring included but once, would be
322,420.
“The appropriations made by Con
gress during the period mentioned
totaled $14,475,250, a sum $2,847,170
less than the true total of appropria
tions recommended by the Board of
Education. The 1931 budget now before
Congress carries a total for public
schools of $13,028,810, which includes
$3.010 710 for the erection of buildings
and tfie purchase of land. With an
appropriation of this latter sum made
for 1031, the total then appropriated
for the five-year building program will
amount to $17,485,950, as against the
original total estimated coat of $20,-
185.000. leaving still to be appropriated
on that basis $2,699,050.
“It would appear, according to a
s'aterr.ent prepared by the school au
thorities. that certain items in the five
year-program amounting to $570,000
are to be abandoned and other items
amounting to $545,000 cover projects to
be modified: and that other building
items which involve no changes will
require appropriations yet to be mad#
of an approximate total of $2,720,000,
with an additional $203,000 for sites
and playgrounds.”
Answer “One-Third” Argument.
The Commissioners next take up a
statement by the president of the school
board to the effect that the schools
have undertaken to ascertain the pro
portion of the total District budget
which should be allowed for schools,
considering the practice in comparable
cities, and that on the basis of informa
tion obtained from the United States
Bureau of Education it appeared that
something more than one-third of the
budget for the District was not too
much to ask for schools.
The Commissioners tell Senator Cap
per they do not subscribe to the view
that there is any basic justification for
allocating one-third of the general rev
enues for school use. because they be
lieve the needs of the school as they
arise from year to year could be con
sidered accordingly and that the
schools should be allowed as much as
possible with due respect to the needs
of other branches of the municipal gov
ernment.
“It so happens as a matter of fact,”
legitimate business, or to promote or
ing the five-year period under discus
sion here, the schools have received
in appropriations a full one-third of
all the general revenues of the District
of Columbia collected during that
period, including the annual payment
of $9,000,000 by the United States. For
the five-year period the total amount
appropriated by Congress from the gen
eral revenue fund of the District of
Columbia amounted to $167,647,915. Os
this sum the amount appropriated for
public schools was $59,126,853, or 35.27
per cent of the total. During the four
year period between 1926 and 1929, in
clusive (the fiscal year 1930 is not in
cluded, as the revenues for that year
are at this time on a purely estimated
basis), the total general revenues of the
District of Columbia, including the an
nual contribution of $9,000,000 made
by the United States, amounted to
$140,752,183; and. adding to that sum
the surplus created by the act of Feb
ruary 2, 1925—namely, $5.257,528.75 —
made a total of general revenues avail
able for the four years of $146,009,711.
From this amount It was necessary, In
pursuance of law, to transfer to the
policemen and firemen’s pension fund
$1,763,028, and a further deduction of
$3,000,000 had to be made because of
the necessity of providing a cash op
erating fund in accordance with the
provisions of the att of June 29. 1922.
"The actual general revenues of the
District of Columbia (with contribu
tion of the United States Included)
available for appropriation, therefore
amounted to $141,246,683. The appro
priations for the public schools for this
four-year period totaled $47,142,253, or
33.37 per cent of the maximum sum
that might have been appropriated by
Congress out of the general appropria
tion fund of the District of Columbia.
Two Surpluses Admitted.
“Referertee is made by the president
nf the Board of Education in his let
ter of October 22, 1929, to the surplus
revenues of the District of Columbia.
It is true that there have been two oc
cumulations of surplus revenues in re
cent years. The first surplus revenue
amounted to $5,257,528.75 and the Dis
trict's right to this money was recog
nized by an act of Congress approved
February 2, 1925. Os this particular
surplus Congress appropriated $4,656,-
500 for the erection of buildings and
the acquisition of land under the five
year school building program.
"The second surplus was accumulated
within the last year or two. At the
close of the fiscal year 1928 the Dis
trict had to its credit in the United
States Treasury, over and above obli
gations, the sum of $6,126,600.32, but
from this had to be deducted the cash
fund to which reference has been made
cf at least $3,000,000, leaving available
for appropriation by Congress $3,126,-
600.32. At the close of the fiscal year
1929. after deducting the amount of
the cash fund, the surplus had grown
to $5,689,664.75.
“If the budget estimates submitted
for the District by the Budget Bureau
should be approved by Congress, there
would remain at the close of the fiscal
year 1931 estimated surplus revenues
over and above the amount of the cash
fund of aproxlmately $1,500,000.”
SENATOR DENEEnTeADS
ILLINOIS STATE SOCIETY
Is Chosen President for Another
Term—All but One of Former
Officers Re-elected.
Senator Charles S. Deneen was re
elected president of the Illinois State
Society of Washington at the annual
business meeting of the organization
last night in the Willard Hotel.
All the other officers of the society
were again chosen with the exception of
Maynard C Risley, the secretary, who
was replaced by J. B. Woodside, special
assistant to Controller General McCarl.
Other officers for 1930 ere: Judge
Thornes S. Williams, Representative
John C. Allen. A. R. Bailey and Leslie
J. Johnston, vice presidents; Miss Ger
trude Van '.-easurer, and Henry
T. Rainey, ._»torian.
Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. director
of the Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, is to address the first so
cial meeting ot the society, to be held
January 8 in the Willard Hotel, it was
announced last night.
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The sixtieth anniversary of th» open
in': of the Suez Canal was celebrated
gtcently.
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WHITE HOUSE AGAIN
MARKSNEW YEAR
President and Mrs. Hoover
to Hold Reception, Follow
ing Annual Custom.
The White House tomorrow will once
again be the scene of a New Year day
reception, which since its inauguration
during the administration of President
Washington has become a real tradi
tion and which, because of its colorful
ness and the cosmopolitan nature of
those who participate, is looked upon as
the most interesting of all the regu
larly scheduled White House social af
fairs.
Inasmuch as none was held at the
White House last year because of the
absence from the city of President and
Mrs. Coolidge and the fact that this
will be the first during the administra
tion of President Hoover, a tremendous
crowd is expected. Moreover, thus will
actually serve as the opening event of
the White House social season. The
diplomatic reception which was sched
uled early In December was to have had
this honor, but it was postponed until
some later date out of respect for the
death of Secretary of War Good.
Foresee Records Broken.
If the weather tomorrow is anything
in comparison to that which Washing
ton is enjoying today, White House
attaches, who are familiar with such
affairs, feel certain that all records for
attendance will be shattered. The
greatest number of persons attending a
New Year day reception In recent years
was the first one held by President and
Mrs. Harding, when more than 6,000
people filed through the blue room and
shook hands with the Chief Executive
and the First Lady. Since then the
average attendance has been about
3,500, although more than 4,300 at
tended the reception of the Coolidges
two years ago.
Everything is being made ready today
*t the White House for tomorrow’s
great event. President and Mrs. Hoo
ver, while fully aware of the really
physical ordeal they must go through
in receiving all those who will present
themselves on this occasion, are looking
forward to it with interest.
Executive Party Confronts Task.
To shake hands with all those people
and to have a ready smile and some
word of greeting Is no trivial matter;
and from their familiarity with such
affairs gained during their long official
life in the Capital, Mrs. Hoover es
pecially has been trying to rest today
in anticipation of a huge crowd.
Mrs. Hoover was not feeling so well
yesterday or the day before and re
mained indoors and as inactive as
possible. It was said in her behalf that
she was threatened with a cold, but
that it had virtually disappeared today.
She officiated at the party given at the
White House for Allan Hoover, the
younger of the Hoover boys, last night.
Whether or not the President and
Mrs. Hoover remain up tonight, nothing
has been planned by them in the form
of a party or celebration of the occa
sion. Mrs. Jeanne Large of California,
Mrs. Hoover’s sister, and her two chil
dren, who are house guests, and one
or two friends who are staying at the
White House will be the only ones
with the President and Mrs. Hoover
tonight. At least no invitations have
gone out to any one to come to the
White House for a New Year eve
function.
There has been very little change in
the general nature or aspect of New
Year receptions at the White House
since they were first held in that his
toric old mansion by John and Abagail
Adams. Os course, punch and eggnogg
and other refreshments are no longer
dispensed to the guests. Neither is
there dancing. The Marine Band in
scarlet coats will furnish the music
as usual, and the custom of receiving
the guests in the blue room will be
followed.
The reception will start at 11 in the
ONE TOO MANY FALSE ALARMS
SENDS "FEW-CLOTHES” TO JAIL
Youth With Odd Alias "Liked to Hear the En
gines Run.”
The favorite sport of Walter Monroe,
alias "Pew-clothes,” colored, 22, who
pulled Are alarm boxes because he
"liked to hear the engines run” proved
costly to him at Police Court today,
when he was sent to jail for 10 years
after being tried on 10 charges of turn
ing in false alarms.
"Few-clothes” was arrested by De
tecthe R. J. Barrett of the fourth pre
cinct after a by-strander had reported
to the policeman that he had seen the !
man "puh a box” at First and K streets :
southwest on Saturday night. I
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1929.
morning, when the members of the cab
inet, the judiciary, members of the Sen
ate and House, and all the ranking of
ficers of the Army and Navy, of the
civilian branches of the Government
and members of the diplomatic corps
and of patriotic and civic organizations
will present themselves. At noon there
will be a recess for one hour, which
will allow the President and Mrs.
Hoover and those assisting them in the
receiving time to rest and have lunch
At 1 o'clock The so-called public recep
tion will start. No time limit has been
placed upon this section of the recep
tion. The President and Mrs. Hoover
will remain in position to receive until
the last of this long line of citizens has
filed past.
TRAFFIC RL’LES GIVEN.
Arrangements Are Perfected for Recep
tion Guests.
The White House today announced!
the following arrangements incident to
the New Year day reception tomorrow:
The vehicles of those entering the
south portico of the White House will
be subject to call as required at the
south portico. These vehicles will enter
the southwest gate on presentation of
ticket only and will be parked south
of the White House grounds, and when
called will re-enter the south grounds
of the White House by the southwest
gate, proceeding to the south portico for
passengers, leaving by the southeast
gate and going north on East Executive
avenue.
The vehicles of those entering by the
east gate will proceed southward on East
Executive avenue and will be parked
south of the White House grounds.
When called they will proceed north
ward along East Executive avenue to
the east entrance.
Citizens desiring to be received by
the President at 1 p.m. ’Will form in
column from the northwest gate of the
White House grounds, extending west
along Pennsylvania avenue, thence south
on Seventeenth street along the walk
facing the State, War and Navy Build
ing, as may be necessary.
The following roads will be closed to
vehicle traffic, except as Indicated above,
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.:
Road south of the Treasury (Treasiyy
place). West Executive avenue. East
Executive avenue, road south of the
State, War and Navy Building (State
plaee) and the roadway north of the
Ellipse in the White Lot (South Execu
tive avenue).
GAMBLING IN JAIL~
DISCLOSED IN PROBE
OF RUM SMUGGLING
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Our investigation revealed that this
guard above mentioned as having been
relieved of duty because he was de
tected in bringing whisky into the Jail
also permitted craps games and card
playing on the fourth floor of the north
wing, which was his post of duty.
“It appears that he allowed prisoners
outside their cells for brief periods and
in small groups to play these games
for money in the passageway in front
of the cell doors. Because of the ele
vation of the floor and the length of
the passage this quiet gambling could
not be observed from any other part
of the building. I
"There will immediately be a more
rigid restriction as to privileges and as
signment of prisoners both in the front
office and outside of the building, and a
more diligent watchfulness maintained
to prevent any contraband articles being
smuggled into the jail. We are con
fident, however, that there is as little of
this kind of thing at the District Jail as
there is at any similar institution in the
country. It is our wish that we might
eliminate it entirely, and we will make
every endeavor to do so. Whenever any
substantiated statement of violation of
rules regarding such matters reaches the
Board of Public Welfare appropriate
and vigorous action will always be un
dertaken to correct any abuse that may
become apparent.”
Barrett investigated and found that
many false alarms had been reported
from this same station. A check-up on
"Pew Clothes” whereabout* during the
past several weeks led the policeman to
suspect the youth.
Barrett reported that the man con
fessed to 17 of the misdemeanors in the
fourth precinct station house. A written
confession read as follows: "I, Walter
Monroe, alias 'Few Clothes,’ make the
following statement of my own free will
and without any threats or promises of
future reward or consideration being
I made to me.” Then followed a list of
•the 17 alarms which he had turned in.
FLYERS DISCOVER
NEW POLAR LANDS
Capt. Sir George Hubert
Wilkins Radios Additional
Antarctica Discoveries.
By the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec?mber
31.—The first fruits of Capt. Sir George
Hubert Wilkins’ exploration flights over
Antarctica were revealed here today
with advices he had discovered pre
viously unknown land in his last
venture over the polar ice cap.
The government radio service an
nounced receipt of a message to this
effect from the steamer Melville, which
carried the explorer to Deception
Island, which he uses as a base. Details
were not given.
Since Deception Isle, one of the
South Shetland group, is in the so
called Weddell quadrant of Antarctica,
it is believed probable the new territory
is somewhere in the vicinity or south
of Tierra del Fuego and the Argentine.
About a third of the way round the
world, in nearly the same latitude, Rear
Admiral Byrd and his party recently
have made important South Polar ex
plorations, completing a flight over the
South Pole and discovering new land
to the east of the Ross quadrant of
Anctarctlca.
Nearly another third of the way
round the world, to the east of Decep
tion Isle, the Norwegians, Capt. Riiser
Larsen and Lieut. Luetzow Holm,
radioed early this week they had dis
covered new land in the Enderby
quadrant, midway between Coats Land
and Enderby Land.
With the exception of discoveries of
Rear Admiral Byrd, the new lands are
believed to be along the fringe of Ant
arctica.
SHELBY ANDKELLY
DEFENSE IS OPENED
BEFORE TRIAL GROUP
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sarily with the trial of Shelby and
Kelly.
Five additional character witnesses
were heard before the noon recess. They
were Police Capt. C. L. Plemmons,
E. H. Van Fossan of the Federal Board
of Tax Appeals. William L. Huston,
lawyer; former Chief of Police Edwin B.
Hesse and Ringgold Hart, formerly
principal assistant to the corporation
counsel.
All five witnesses testified as to the
good character and excellent ability of
Shelby and Kelly. Hart, however, an
swering a hypothetical question, said
he thought the alibi of the husband in
the McPherson case should have been
checked by the police before he was re
leased from custody. Van Fossan told
the board that it is characteristic of
Inspector Shelby to raise his clenched
hand and strike the table even in a
friendly conversation.
McCoy First Witness.
Former Chief Justice Walter I. Mc-
Coy, the first character witness, said
the Supreme Court judges had frequent
ly discussed Lieut. Kelly and that all of
them admired him as a man and for his
ability and fairness. He told of defend
ants in criminal cases speaking highly
of the manner in which Kelly had treat
ed them, although complaining of third
degree methods by other policemen. So
far as he could tell, he said, Lieut. Kelly
always told the truth when on the wit
ness stand in his court. He described
Kelly as a highly competent police of
ficer. gifted with the best of judgment.
Julius Garflnckel, prominent Wash
ington merchant, who said he has known
Kelly for 15 years, praised his honesty
and veracity as being of the very best.
“We always felt safe and glad when
Lieut. Kelly was assigned to investigate
a crime in our store because we had
utmost confidence in him,’’ he said. Mr.
Garflnckel said he served for six months
on a grand jury before which Kelly ap
peared frequently and made the most
favorable impression on the grand jury.
Inspector E. W. Brown, who is acting
superintendent of police in the absence
of MaJ. Henry G. Pratt, described Lieut.
Kelly as one of the most efficient in
vestigators in the Police Department.
He expressed the utmost confidence in
his integrity and veracity, and said he
had often called upon the lieutenant for
advice.
Praises Shelby Highly.
Referring to Inspector Shelby, he said
that due to his peculiar fitness and abil
ity he has held some of the most im
portant posts in the Police Department.
His honesty and ability, he said, cannot
be questioned.
Myles McCahill of the United States
Secret Service praised Lieut. Kelly in
unstinted terms. He cited three specific
cases in which Lieut. Kelly had worked
with him, and he said that in each in
stance the accused officer displayed rare
judgment and ability. He also spoke
highly of Inspector Shelby’s efficiency,
praising him as "a capable and wonder
ful man.”
The next witness, Inspector T. R
Bean, was unreserved in his praise of
both Kelly and Shelby.
Capt. O. T. Davis of the second pre
cinct, who described himself as a prac
tical policeman, said Lieut. Kelly “has
the goods and always delivers.” In
homicide cases particularly, he said,
Kelly has always shown excellent Judg
ment.
Asked for his opinion of Inspector
Shelby, Capt. Davis said, “I would not
hesitate for one moment to say that he
is the brainiest man in the Police De
partment. His ability and veracity are
above question.”
Coombs Praises Officer,
l Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of
' licenses, also praised the two officials.
Kelly was described as the peer of
any detective in the United States by
Maj. James R. Lusby, disbursing offi
cer of the District. He said that Lieut.
Kelly would sacrifice his rank and his
career before failing to tell the truth
concerning any investigation. He al
luded to Inspector Shelby as “a high
class scholar and gentleman.”
Other witnesses who praised the two
police officials without stint were Rob
ert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs
National Bank; Gen. Hugh Matthews,
quartermaster general of the Marine
Corps, and George O. Vass, vice presi
dent of the Riggs Bank.
Richard Jervis, in charge of the secret
service at the White House: Frank R.
JellefT. business man; George N. Everett,
second vice president of Woodward &
Lothrop: Charles W. Darr, president of
the Washington Chamber of Commerce,
and Capt. Martin Riley, commander of
the sixth police precinct.
On cross examination. Prosecutor
Lynch secured admission from several
of the witnesses who had worked with
Kelly on investigations that they never
saw him take a written statement from
a suspect. He is expected to claim that
this failure is indicative of negligence on
the lieutenant’s part.
Baked by Murphy.
Joseph E. Murphy, assistant chief
of the secret service, testified that he
regarded Kelly’s efficiency and reputa
tion so highly that he recommended
him as well as the late Detective Sergt
Arthur Scrivener for important posi
tions in Florida during the real estate
boom in that State. He also said he had
absolute confidence in the efficiency
and integrity of Inspector Shelby.
Eugene E. Thompson, an investment
banker who has had experience on the
grand Jury, having been a foreman at
one time, told of the Impression made
on him by Lieut. Kelly when he ap
peared before that body to give tes-
NEW YEAR BRINGS
AMERICA PARADOX
U. S., Moving Toward World
Peace, Torn Within
by Prohibition.
By the Associated Press.
America enters a new decade at mid
night tonight intent upon perpetuating
the international peace that the last
decade has brought, but torn from
within by bitter dissension on the
ever-controversial subject of enforce
ment of the prohibition laws.
Before the first month of the new
year has passed into history represent
atives of the United States will gather
with spokesmen of other great powers
to consider the problem of competitive
naval building.and endeavor to abolish
that menace to the friendship of the
nations.
And within that time important de
velopments arc expected in the prohibi
tion strife, including the first product
of President Hoover's Law Enforcement
Commission —a report recommending
legislative cures for the ills of enforce
ment as the commission has diagnosed
them.
1929 “Experimental.”
There is a disposition among political
observers to regard the year just closing
as the experimental stage of the Hoover
administration and the year that is
dawning as a period holding forth the
promise of putting to the test several
major projects initiated by the Chief
Executive, important among these his
programs for farm relief and the limi
tation of naval armaments.
The issue of the agricultural depres
sion was fought out in the presidential
campaign of 1928, and early in his ad
ministration Mr. Hoover called Congress
into extraordinary session to set up Fed
eral machinery for solving the problem.
Congress gave him what he asked, and
the question is now in the hands of a
Federal farm board of 12 members
whom he selected.
Harvest to Bring Test.
This agency has been getting itself
established, creating gigantic farmer
controlled corporations to deal with the
problems of surplus crops and making
loans to co-operative organizations from
the huge revolving fund with which
Congress equipped it. When the crops
of 1930 are harvested, then, it is pre
dicted. will come the first real test of
Its power and usefulness.
For many months Mr. Hoover has
been paving the way for the naval con
ference, with the promulgation of the
Kellogg-Briand treaty for the renunci
ation of war and extensive conversa
tions with Great Britain. The latter
have made the conference possible,
brought these two great naval powers
into agreement with respect to the ob
jects to be sought and have evoked a
mutual declaration that the anti-war
treaty is to provide a fundamental fac
tor in the formulation of their foreign
policies.
The primary object of the coming
confe:ence, which is to be held at Lon
don, is the negotiation of an agreement
whereby ironbound limits will be set
upon the size of the navies of five great
powers—The United States, Great Bri
tain, France, Italy and Japan. In ad
dition, a movement will be launched to
extend for five years the holiday in con
struction of capital ships agreed upon
at the Washington conference.
Officials here see no particular ob
stacle in the French attitude, recently
expressed, that the Kellogg-Briand
treaty cannot be taken as a basis for
naval arms limitation and that the
London parley should reach an agree
ment primarily on “principles and
methods.”
“Drys” Open Fire.
Unlike the naval situation, the newest
phase of the prohibition controversy
has developed within a fortnight. Just
before Congress adjourned for the holi
days Senator Harris of Georgia, a
Democrat and a veteran “dry,” de
manded a report from the Law En
forcement Commission before that
agency is given any more funds for its
upkeep.
This precipitated what has come to
be regarded as the most heated series
of exchanges on prohibition since the
eighteenth amendment went into force.
The personnel of all Government en
forcement agencies, “from top to bot
tom,” was attacked by Senator Borah
of Idaho, another veteran dry. Spokes
men for the agencies criticized, includ
ing a member of the cabinet, Attorney
General Mitchell, replied. Numerous
other Senators entered the verbal fray,
mostly legislators long identified with
the “dry” contingent.
It developed that the commission had
prepared a report—recommending the
transfer to the Justice Department of
enforcement agencies now in the Treas
ury, the consolidation of all border
patrols, a codification of thp prohibition
laws and the relief of congestion in the
Federal courts—which is to be submit
ted to Congress as soon as a joint con
gressional committee on prohibition is
established.
The Senate has already approved this
project and the formation of the com
mittee awaits only action by the House,
which is expected to come shortly after
Congress reconvenes.
Two Die in Train Wreck.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia. De- ,
cembrr 31 (A 3 ). —L. I. Ross, engineer, (
and C. H. Reese, brakeman, were killed
when a Canadian National Railway
freight train was wrecked yesterday by (
a rock slide at Boston Bar. B. C., east (
of here. The train was en route from .
Kamloops to Vancouver. The engine
and three cars were derailed.
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timony. He said Kelly’s explanations i
were so clear that the grand jury was l
able to grasp a complete understand- i
ing of the situation. He added that i
Kelly also had been very thorough in
hLs investigations.
The first newspaper man to testify
as a character witness for Shelby and 1
Kelly was Howard Brooks, veteran re- ’
porter of The Star, who in hLs 45
years of service at police headquarters i
has been in close contact with the two I
officer:; ever since their connection with t
the police force. Broks —said he had i
known Kelly since birth and had been i
closely connected with Inspector Shelby 1
since he began his career on the po- 1
lice force 27 years ago. Both of these 1
officers. Brooks said, he found to be ]
always courteous and exceptionally pffi- |
cicnt, and pointed out that both Shelby t
and Kelly had the highest reputation 1
for honesty and efficiency. <
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LAST HOURS OF JOHN HORNBY
ARE PICTURED BY CHRISTIAN
Simple Will Written by Leader of Canadian
Expedition Before Leaving Two
Companions to Carry On.
Followinr Is the third Instalment of
the diary of Edgar Vernon Christian's
diary. In which the young British ex
plorer records the starvation in a cabin
In the Bad Lands of the Canadian North
west Territory of himself. Harold Ad
lard and John Hornby, leader of the
ill-fated expedition.
On April e. despite his failing strength,
Hornby is bravely keeping up the mo
rale of the party. Christian says:
APRIL 6.—Affairs non a good to
day. . . . Harold is very queer at
times now, and one must i;eep an eye
on him at all times until we get grub.
Poor devil must be feeling bad, but we
are all feeling just the <rsme, and I
found it hell to move at all. We have
found scraps for tomorrow and two
bones for next day. ... 36 deg. frost.
Yet the next day Adlard is struggling
to cook bones for the three. They
pound the bones into kind of meal and
make from it a soup which has not
even the virtue of being greasy; and
they clutch at the best of the w’olver
ine pelts for dinner, too ravenous to
bother about their nausea.
Hornby, the old-timer of the Arctic,
who had come through untold hardships
on his lone trips Into frozen lands un
inhabitable by man. saw the time was
near. And so, one day, before the last
light faded, he said to the younger ones
with a smile upon his heavily bearded
face. “Boys, I’ll make my will. That
won't mean much, you know, but it’s
wise to take precautions.”
Hornby Write* Simple Will.
So tne simple will was written:
The last testament of John Hornby.
I hereby bequeath to Edgar Vernon
Christian everything I may die possessed
of and all which might later come.
JOHN HORNBY.
April 10. 1927.
Witnessed by Edgar Vernon Christian
and Harold Challoner Evan Adlard.
On the day after that tragically
significant little ceremony, Christian
writes:
April 11—Situation is now very seri
ous. Jack last night told both Harold
and myself that he felt he was sinking
fast and might pass away at any mo
ment. so he talked to us as to what
should be done. I promised him I can
carry on for five days on wolverine
hides doing heavy work and hunting.
* * * He had a bad night and legs
paining, and now says that two days is
the most. Harold kept fire all night
while in vain I tried to rest. But how
can I now under such worry.
10:15 p.m.—Harold Is trying to rest
before going out. It seems as if Jack is
sinking fast now. As each grip of pain
comes on his heart will not stand It.
* * * Harold has returned with news
that caribou have been plentiful on the
ridges. He brought with him a little
blood, and says he is fit enough to go
again tomorrow. Jack has had another
meal with us and would simply insist
on me having some of his. Darkness
now coming on and Jack is resting,
though he feels that in early morning
he is sure to be bad again, as usual. Not
very cheerful to hear him say, though I
know it well.
Expedition Leader Dies.
April 13 —* * * Says as long as I
can attend to all his wants he can pull
through, but impossible without. I hope
to goodness Harold can keep going on
the food we now’ have, because I find,
although I keep warm in all day, I get
tired at times, and all the time very
worried while talking and tending to
Jack.
At daybreak on the 14th it is evident
that the strain of their terrible hard
ship is telling more than ever. Adlard
has been out each day tramping over
the snowswept wilderness, only to return
exhausted and footsore without any
food. He and Christian are hardly able
to stand, but they remain up all night
to tend the dying man. who lies In the
corner of the cabin and heroically at
tempts to cheer them through the bleak,
hopeless hours.
After a restless night on the 16th they
can hold back their grief no longer,
and together they weep by Hornby’s
bedside. They can feel the faint pres
sure of his gaunt hand, and they hear
his weakening voice urging them to
carry on. And
April 17, 1 o'clock.—At 6:45 last
night poor Jack passed peacefully away.
Until that minute I think I remained
the same, but then I was a WTeck.
Harold, good pal, was a marvel in help
ing me and putting things straight for
the night. I managed to cut some wood
and Harold promised to do the rest.
He talked to imei so wonderfully and
realized my condition. lam sure. I lay
on my bed and listened to him talk, and
occasionally I dozed off, feeling so worn
out. He kept fine (’fire) during night
and brought me tea and aspirin to help
me along, which was a relief, as I was
able to sleep.
Today • * • we are both very weak,
but more cheery and determined to pull
through and get out to let the world
know’ of the last days of the finest
man I have ever known and one who
has made a foundation to build my life
upon. Snowstorm all day. Twelve de
grees. Frost.
Learn Terrible Lesson.
The death of Hornby brought home
to the survivors a terrible lesson of
the frozen North. Every careful reader
of Nansen, Scott and other epics of the
Arctic and Antarctic must realize the
fight against the natural needs of
cleansing the human body—the conse
quent and depressing effect of the stop
page of sanitation. Christian and Ad
lard knew it. They saw what had really
caused their leader’s death, that the
heart had not been able to sustain the
fight against a rlogged system. There
are pathetic entries in the diary of
their efforts to adapt a scrap of soap
and the only contrivance they had to
simple surgery.
Weather Bans Hunting.
And then Adlard. He cannot swal
low food on the 20th when Christian
writes:
April 20. —* • * Under the snow we
remembered a fox that died had been
thrown, so I went out and dug it up ,
to cook for supper. * • • poor Harold j
is thin and weak. * * * Whether Igo I
as thin as a rake and unable to swallow j
I know not, but, my goodness, something |
« ill go wrong if I cannot free my sys
tem of the foul food we eat. Tonight
I make a boil of spruce needles as a
tonic to see if it does me good. I seem
to remain cool and collected just now,
but if anything might happen to Har
old God only knows what state I shall !
. —r i
bp in. But, of course, hardships and
worries have been so tremendous for
so long now that I am prepared for
the worst or best. I can get two wolf
hides and get scraps of fish and ptar
migan skins for Harold if he cannot
eat hide. The weather Is storming so
bad that I cannot hunt, and in any
case there are no signs of caribou or
ptarmigan around. Forty-seven degrees.
Frost.
In the next and last Installment of
Christian’s diary he tells of his re
maining companion’s death and his own
last hours.
(Copyright, 1939. hy tho North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
BOY SAYS MOTHER
KILLED POLICEMAN
NEAR NEW CASTLE
fContinued From First Page.)
of Ray Schroeder which police said they
found on the seat of an automobile
abandoned by the killers. Pennsylvania
officers are convinced Ray Schroeder
had no connection with the crime.
Called Man “Daddy.”
Chief Moran said the child called one
of the men who he said was in the
bandit's automobile ’’Daddy,” but Moran
said the man was not the boy’s father.
“There was a lot of shooting and my
daddy got hurt,” the child was quoted
as saying. “My mamma shot one cop,
and he laid back of the car groaning.
Uncle Tom shot another one in the
head. He shot right through the wind
shield,” the boy said, according to
Moran.
The boy was asked if he knew the
whereabouts of his mother, but he was
unable to furnish information concern
ing her.
SEARCH FOR MOTHER.
Picture Left in Car Leads to Location
of Small Son.
WHEELING, W. Va., December 31
(&).—'With the small son of Mrs. Irene
Schroeder, formerly of Benwood, W.
Va., found last night in the home of
her father there, search for the woman,
wanted for questioning in connection
with the slaying of Corpl. Brady Paul
of the Pennsylvania Highway Patrol,
was renewed with vigor today.
The child was taken to Bellaire, Ohio,
near here, last night by his grandpar
ent. The boy was left at the grand
father's home late Sunday night or
early yesterday morning, authorities
said, but owing to a heavy snowstorm,
traces of those who accompanied him
were obliterated.
Patrolman Ernest Moore, injured in
a battle with bandits, in which Paul
was slain, said there were four persons
in the bandit car, two men, a woman
and a child.
Search for Mrs. Schroeder, a divorcee,
was begun following the finding of a
photograph in the car abandoned by
the killers. The picture was of Mrs.
Schroeder's brother, police said. The
brother was released after being ques
tioned.
Mrs. Schroeder’s father declined to
be questioned last night, police said.
His home was under heavy guard today.
■ • ——
Policeman Shot to Death.
MEMPHIS, December 31, </P). —H.
McEwan. 38, a policeman, was shot to
death with his own pistol yesterday by
an unidentified colored man who
wrested the weapon from the officer’s
hand. Witnesses said the officer had
stopped the man to question him. He
attempted to draw a gun, and in the
resultant scuffle the policeman was shot.
His assailant fled.
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OFFICIALS IN IDAHO
AWAIT DRY PENALTY
24 Persons, Including Sheriff
and Mayor, to Learn Sen
tences Today.
■ By the Associated Press.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, December
31 • —Twenty-four persons, including the
| sheriff of Shoshone County and the
mayor, chief of police and city trustees
of Mullan, Idaho, w'ere here today to
receive sentences on their recent con
viction of conspiracy to violate the Fed
eral prohibition low.
The defendants include Sheriff R. E.
Weniger of Shoshone County, Mayor
Arthur J. Harwood and Chief of Police
F O. Welch of Mullan.
It was said the maximum penalty
that could be imposed was a fine of
SIO,OOO or a two-year prison term, or
both, but United States Judge J. Stan
ley Webster did not intimate what the
sentences would be.
Defense attorneys planned to ask for
a new trial and, if refused, to file no
tice of appeal.
Before it had been determined
whether Sheriff Weniger would be sus
pended from office as a result of his
conviction. Shoshone County commis
sioners met at Wallace to decide upon
a plan of action to choose a successor.
It was decided, however, to wait until
the sentence was passed before taking
definite action.
Hoyt E. Ray, United States district
attorney, who led the investigation of
purported wide-open liquor conditions in
the Coeur D’Alene mining region, esti
mated that it had cost the United
States $50,000 to bring about the indict
ment of 200 persons in Northern Idaho
and the conviction of the 24 Mullan
residents on prohibition charges.
The officials and others were accused
of licensing liquor sales to raise money
to cover municipal expenses.
HOLDS MAN iNDEBTED
TO VETERINARY DOCTORS
Medical Association Devoted to
Science Is Told Remedies Used
Will Promote Human Health.
By the Associated Press.
DES MOINES, December 31.—Man
kind’s debt to veterinary medicine in
maintaining public health was ac
knowledged today before the medical
section of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science
Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the Fed
eral Bureau of Animal Industry, and
Dr. Pierre A. Fish of the New York
Veterinary College joined in praising
“the animal doctors” for their contri
butions in wiping out sourges of man.
Tribute was paid by Dr. Fish to Ed
ward Jenner. “who made the first real
contribution to public health service by
proving that vaccination is effective in
controlling smallpox epidemics.”
Menacing diseases that now point to
the relation between public health and
animal ailments, he said, are undulant
fever transmitted by cows and tubercu
losis spread through infected rabbits
BAND CONCERT.
By the United States Soldiers’ Home
Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, this
afternoon at 5:30 o’clock; John S. M.
Zlmmcrmann, bandmaster; Anton Point
ner, assistant leader.
March, "The Invincible Eagle”.. .Sousa
Overture, "Merry Wives of Wind
sor” Nicolai
Original Indian music—
“ Cherokee and Apache Melodies” Lake
“The Sioux Scalp Dance” Lake
Scenes from musical comedy, “The
Fortune Teller” Herbert
Fox-trot novelty, "Futuristic Rhythm”
... McHugh
Waltz suite, “A Waltz Dream”.. Strauss
Finale. “Jack in the Box” Confrey
“The Star Spangled Banner.”