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GEN. FULLER DIES
Former Commandant of Ma
rine Corps Is Victim of
Pneumonia.
Full military honors will be ac
corded Maj. Gen. Ben Hebard Fuller.
67. former commandant of the Marine
Corps, when he is buried Friday at the
United States Naval Academy Ceme
tery, Annapolis.
Gen. Fuller, who had been retired
about three years, died unexpectedly
last night at the Naval Hospital here,
where he had been ill with pneumonia
about two days. ,
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. Friday at the Naval Academy
Chapel. The general had requested
to be buried there, where his son,
Capt. Ted Fuller, Marine Corps, who
was killed overseas during the World
War. also is interred.
A veteran of more than 45 years’
aervice, Gen. Fuller became Marine
commandant in August, 1930, and was
retired in March, 1934.
Lived in Virginia.
Since his retirement he had made
his home at Hamilton, Va., with his
wife. A daughter, Mrs. Chesney
Fordnay, of Lake BlulT, 111., also
survives.
Born February 27. 1870, at Big
Bapids, Mich., Gen. Fuller was ap
pointed to the Naval Actfdemy from
Michigan May 23, 1885, and on grad
uation was transferred to the Marine
Corps and appointed a second lieu
tenant July 1, 1891.
He participated in the Battle of
Navaleta. P. I„ October 8, 1899, and
was commended by the department for
gallant, meritorious and courageous
conduct in the Battle of Tientsin,
China, July 13 and 14, 1900.
i.iMin Anvuc nrroiu,
From 1904 to 1906 he served at the
naval station, Honolulu. Territory of
Hawaii. In June and July, 1908, he
was on detached duty with an expedi
tionary force organized for service in
Panama, and from August of that
year until January. 1910, commanded
a Marine battalion at Camp Elliott,
Canal Zone. From March to June,
1911 he commanded the 3rd Regiment
of Marines at Camp Meyer, Guan
tanamo Bay, Cuba.
From 1911 to 1915 he commanded
Various pasts and stations in the
United States, and during this period
also he completed the field officers’
course at the Army Service Schools,
Fort Leavenworth, Kails., and the
oourse at the Army War College,
Washington, D. C, Following a tour of
duty as fleet marine officer of the
United States Atlantic Fleet, from
January. 1915. to June, 1916. Fuller
was assigned to the Naval War Col
lege. Newport, R, I . where he suc
cessfully completed the course.
In August, 1918. he was assigned
to command the 2d Brigade of Ma
rines in the Dominican Republic, re
maining there until October, 1920.
He also served on the staff of the
military governor of Santo Domingo
as secretary of state, interior, police,
war and navy’, from December. 1919,
until his detachment from Santo Do
mingo.
On Naval War College Staff.
From November, 1520, to July, 1922,
he served on the staff of the Naval
War College, Newport, R. I., and
from July, 1922, to January, 1923,
commanded the Marine Corps Schools,
Quantico, Va, In January, 1924, he
assumed command of the 1st Brigade
of Marines in the Republic of Haiti,
with headquarters at Port-au-Prince,
In which capacity he served until
December 8, 1925.
Following his return to the United
States from Haiti, Gen. Fuller was as
signed to Marine Corps headquarters
as president of the Marine Examining
and Retiring Boards, serving in that
capacity until July, 1928, when he
was appointed assistant to the major
general commanding.
He received the Spanish campaign
medal, the Philippine campaign
medal, the China campaign medal,
the Victory medal, the expeditionary
medal and the second Nicaragua
Campaign medal. He was awarded the
presidential medal of merit of Nica
ragua and the medal of military
merit of the Dominican Republic.
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Half Reptile, Half Bird.
The archeopteryx, known to sci
ence only through fossils, was an ani
mal In transition between a reptile
end a bird.
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Texas Floats Airships.
Texas gas wells in the DaLas-Fort
Worth area supply most of the helium
pas now used in the Navy's dirigible
airships.
General Dies
MAJ. GEN. BEN H. FULLER.
Directors of Visiting Society
Review Year’s Work at
Final Meeting.
The Board of Directors of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society con
sidered a tentative budget for 1938
at its final meeting of the season
yesterday.
Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, execu
tive director, described the needs of
the organization. Mrs. Emory Scott
Land, chairman of the Nursing Com
mittee, told the board the staff had
been carrying a heavy burden of
work for this time of year. She re
ported a total of 14,149 visits to 4,522
patients during the last month.
The board passed resolutions of
appreciation to the family of Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins, who left the so
ciety a legacy of $3,000 in memory
of her daughter, Mary Hopkins Blag
den, and to the family of Mrs. Bes
sie Ramsay Rogers, who left a me
morial of $2,000 in honor of her
husband, Comdr. Franklin Rogers,
Navy Medical Corps.
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, president,
presided at the board meeting. Others
present were Mrs. Charles B. Craw
ford, Mrs. Hutchinson I. Cone, Mrs.
| John W. Davidge, Joshua Evans, jr.;
: John Ihlder, Mrs. Emory Scott Land,
Mrs. William Marbury, Harold N.
Marsh, Mrs. Keith Merrill, George
Hewitt Myers. Miss Elsa M. Peterson,
John L. Proctor, Mrs. John M. Stern
hagen. Richard Wilmer, Mrs. Charles
F. Wilson, Mrs. John Marvin Wright
and Mass Bowling.
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9 Counts Returned Against
R. A. Sisson, Formerly
of Hamilton-Bank.
Robert A. Sisson, 30, Hamilton Na
tional Bank assistant cashier, who
was arrested April 10 for alleged de
falcation of bank funds, was indicted
today on nine counts, six charging
embezzlement and three making of
false entries.
Sums covered in the embezzlement
count totaled $6,460.16, while the al
leged false entries were for $7,500,
$4,500 and $5,000, aggregating $17,000.
Shortly after Sisson's arrest’ bank
officials estimated his defalcations
amounted to between $15,000 and
$20,000.
Pleaded Guilty.
Arraigned before United States
Commissioner Needham C. Turnage
the day he was taken into custody by
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
Sisson pleaded guilty and was quoted
is saying he used some of the money
to play the stock market and some
to purchase his Bcthesda home, where
he lives with his wife and three chil
dren. He was released under $5,000
bail.
The alleged embezzlements were on
September 11, 1934, and August 9.
September 4, January 8. February 24
and December 22, 1936. The Govern
ment contends Sisson covered up his
defalcations through false entries of
loans to bank customers.
Charges of assault with a danger
ous weapon and with Intent to kill
were returned against Willie J. Mc
Lendon, 25, colored, who allegedly
fired two shots into the back of Roscoe
W. Kirk, 52-year-old taxicab driver.
Kirk was taken before the grand jury
on a stretcher.
Eugene C. Epps, 21, and John Giles,
22, both colored, were indicted on
manslaughter charges In connection
with the death of Ernell Simmons,
also colored, whose skull was fractured
March 13 when he fell to the sidewalk,
allegedly while fighting with Epps and
Giles.
Others indicted were:
William Roy Brown, non-support
of wife and minor child; Amos R.
Stepney, James Goodman, Robert E.
Alexander, George R. Reed, James
Anderson and Mose Gary, housebreak
ing and larceny; Raymond Queen, re
ceiving stolen property; Norman Brax
ton and John E. Parker, joyriding;
Marcus Garvey, William Davis, Jack
Pulton, William McCoy, Blanche West
wood, Jesse Klllebrew and Judson T.
Holmes, grand larceny; Allen T. El
liott, John N. Parker, Louis M. Hicks,
Jose Coleman and Prank Rogers, rob
bery; James H. Brlsbon, violation of
liquor taxing act; Wendel F. Harris,
assault with a dangerous weapon;
Jack Pulton and William McCoy,
three-card monte; William Fine and
Sally Pine, violation of narcotic laws;
Howard D. Taylor, sending defamatory
matter through the mails on a post
card, and Linwood M. Head, rape.
The grand jury ignored the fol
lowing cases;
William Borum and Kirk A. Cal
lenberger, grand larceny, and Elwood
D. Stephens, receiving stolen property.
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Visit “Midnight Sun.”
An increasing number of American
tourists are visiting the “Land of the
Midnight Sun.” It is estimated 15,
500 American travelers visited Sweden
last year, compared with 9,700 in 1935.
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Small cars of low gas consumption
can be rented in Europe now for
about $5 a day. Tourists are advised
to obtain international driving li
censes in New York before going
abroad.
Pan-American Annex Site
Remains Unsettled-Cost
Plans Requested.
The long controversy over the site
for an annex to the Pan-American
Building remained unsettled today
after a conference between President
Roosevelt and a group of officials in
terested in the project.
Settlement »f the question is ex
pected when the actual cost of the
two sites under consideration has been
estimated. The Pan-American Union
wants the building constructed at
Eighteenth street, above Constitution
avenue, partly on land now used as a
park.
This proposal has been opposed
principally by Interior Secretary Ickes,
who objects on the ground that the
new building would mar the beauty
of the immediate surroundings and
detract from the recently completed
Interior Department Building.
Opponents of the plan have been
urging construction of the addition on
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the square now partly occupied by the
Pan-American Union.
President Roosevelt, who has been
acting as arbiter In the dispute, has re
quested that the District Commission
ers furnish figures showing the exact
cost of the two plans. This action was
prompted by statements made during
today's meeting that the plan involving
deflection of Eighteenth street would
be exceedingly costly, inasmuch as It
would require, among other thing.', re
moval of the present street car trades,
electric wiring conduits, sewers and
other work.
Those attending the meeting were
Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles,
Dr. L. S. Rowe, director of the Pan
American Union; Frederic Delano,
chairman of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission;
Charles West, Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, representing Ickes, who
is ill: Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen,
H. P. Caemmcrer, secretary of the
Fine Arts Commission, and Repre
sentative Lanham of Texas, chair
man of the House Comipittee on
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Coal Worth More Than Gold.
In the 75 years from 1859 to 1934,
Colorado produced coal worth *785,
000,000. This was *40,000,000 more
than the value of gold produced in
the State during the same period.
BILL FLAWS SEEN
President Criticizes 60
Year Subsidy, but Agree
ment Is Predicted.
B- the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt found some fault
with the Wagner low-cost housing bill
yesterday, but its author, Senator
Wagner, Democrat, of New York said
he was sure an agreement could be
worked out.
Mr. Roosevelt, at his press confer
ence, criticized the 60-year annual
subsidy provision of the bill, saying he
did not think the Government should
be obligated for that long a time.
The Chief Executive agreed with
Wagner’s view that low-cost housing
must be subsidized, to make it avail
able to the low-income groups. The
New York Senator is aiming to put
the housing within reach of families
having an income of less than $1,00#
a year.
Federal, State and local subsidies
of about 40 per cent were favored by
the President. He said legislative
and departmental groups were trying
to reconcile donations of this kind
with the Wagner plan.
The President said experience had
shown slums could not be cleared and
housing provided for low-income
grouos without the Government'*
providing outright grants, either in
money, labor or tax exemptions, or a
combination of the three.
“Disciple of Cacaphony.”
CHICAGO UP,.—When the City
Culb's Noise-abatepient Committee
sought names for noisemakers which
would shame them into being quiet, It
received only one offering:
"You great big disciple of cacaphony,
you.”
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