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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29

Rereft Mother Says Veteran
Was Refused Necessary
and Legal Aid

heart broken mother, bereft
Of her Only teis, today made
sweeping charges of wanton neg
iect against the United States
Veterans Bureau.
Through her tears, Mrs. Cath.
crime Hood, Of 1913 Thirtieth
street northwest, tells her story
not defiantly, not spitefully, but
with an air Of exhaustion and
despair:
Her son died August 3, last, at
the age of twenty-six.
No One To Help Save Him
For fourteen months fought
against his inevitable DEATH" she
sobbed, and there was no one to
help me save hinA. Now he's gone.
and I've lost-not only my son, but
legal and necessary financial assist
ance in reimbursing private doctors
who tried to save him.
Mrs. Hood stated her son was de.
clared total disability case by the
Veterans Bureau, but that the bu-
reau repeatedly refused to render
him medical attention in the treat.
ment of tuberculosis contracted
while in the world war.
She said:
He was discharged in 1920, and
went to Mt. Alto Hospital under the
care of the Government. After nine
months treatment he was given up
as incurable and sent home.
Gave up Position
II gave up my position to nurse
him and later appealed to the
bureau to send my boy to Arizona
as he felt he could be cured in that
climate like other friends of his
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
Druses Extend War
As French Withdraw
To Save Damascus


LONDON, Oct. 29.-The death list
in the bombardment of Damascus
remains undetermined. Guerilla
fighting continues at a hotter pace,
between the French and Druse
tribesmen.
This information was received
today by the national political
league of London in a cable from
Jamal Husseini, secretary OF the
Palestine Arab congress OF Jerus-
alem.
The condition of the natives made
homeless by the French artillery
fire it pitiable, Husseini said.
While there are varying estimates
of the dead. il seems probable from
information received from reliable
sources that the casualties will ex-
coed 1000.
The Morning Post declares that
the United States has lodged a bit
ter note of protest with the French
government against the lombard
rnent and mas announced that rep
aration for damages will be sought.
Reports state that consuls of the
allied nations made a vigorous pro-
test to General Sarrail against the
bombardmen-, claiming that it was
causing needless loss of life and
property.
The French are reported to have
withdrawn from the Druse country
in order TO rush to the aid of
Damascus.
This movement may give the
.Diebel Druses opportunity to
strengthen their position outside
Damascus.
The British consul at Damascus
has been instructed to make n
claim upon the French for damages
to British property during the bonn
bardment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
Ball Player Arrested
When Curve Hits
Cops Wife

Many ball games have been
won through breaks" but
others are lost in the same man
ner, as can be attested by
Dwight Schlegle, who was play
ing on Sixth street last night
and shot fast curve that broke
SO quickly it hit the wife of a
policeman. Guilty" he said.
when arraigned before Judge
John P. Mcmahon in Police
Court today.
Schlegle and some companions
were playing with a ball that
had been constructed from paper
and rubber bands. Policeman
o. j. HenEing and his wife
were out for a stroll. The ball
struck Mrs. Henning and, de-
spite it's softness, Schlegle was
arrested and charged with "play-
ing game with a ball or sub
stance"
He was released on his per-
sonal bond On his promise not
to repeat the offense.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
Maryland Police Seek
Chicken Thief
Gang
HAGERSTOWN, Md, DC

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Oct 9.S
State police of Maryland AID
Pennsylvania are working vii
Sheriff Richard Duffey here a.
an effort to round up q gam
of robbers who have stolen
thousands Of chickens from
farmers and other residents of
this section in the last few
months.
Members of the gang, the of
ficers say, are known. and will
be arrested. They are alleged
10 have headquarters at vilS
lage in the South mountain Sec
ton.
The Officers also claim to
have located q shce~ through
whom the chickens were ham
died and startling disclosures
are promised within D few days.
It Is estimated that the loss
sustained by. owners of chickens
stolen by, the gang is IN thou-
sands of dollars.
The arrest yesterday of FraDk
Huntzberry, r., at Jugtown,
charged with the theft of over
a hundred chickens from q
farmer at Shady Grove last
Monday, led to the plans for .
roundup.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29

Driver Of Truck Killed n SEN
sationaI cld 5up 900
n Grip Saved
n InternatIonai News Service

by international news oettAee
BUFFALo, N. r, Oct. 20. One
man is dead, another is wounded
and sea, 900 in currency locked in
q grip that was stolen by bandits
who staged sensational hold-uo
today at the entrance to the Ma.
rine Trust Company in the heart
of Buffalo's downtown section.
The bandits escaped in an auto
mobile.
The dead man is Charles Cliff
ford. driver of the Marine Trust
Company truck, that was trans
porting SIT 900 from the Federal
Reserve Bank. He was shot
through the head.
Passerby Saves Grip
Joseph H. Meyers, bank mes
aenger, was shot in the arm. He
dropped a grip containing $24 900
on the sidewalk as he staggered
into a doorway. A passerby picked
up the grip and turned it over TO
officers of the bank.
Witnesses told police there were
seven or eight men in the bandit
gang.
The bandit car arrived at the
bank a moment after the bank
truck. Three men got out and
began firing as they left their car.
The shots were directed at the
bank employees who had just taken
the money bags from the truck.
Dies Shortly After
Clifford was the first to fall. He
was shot through the head, and died
on the way to the hospital. He
was carrying the grip containing
$93 900 in currency.
Meyers had the other grip. When
he was hit in the arm by bullet
he released his hold on the bag, and
cried out as he staggered into the
doorway:
I'm shot. so is Clifford! Take
care of him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
I RACT ION LINES
PROTEST BUS
TERMINALS
w. r. & E. Co. Alleges CUT
throat Methods Are Used.
Citizens Back Bus Firm

The Washington Rapid Transit
Company was characterized as using
cut-throat methods of competition
by William F. Ham. president Of
The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company, in his protest today
against the ext, nSion OF the bus
terminals from Sixteenth and
Buchanan streets to the Lincoln
Memorial.
Mr.. Hams argument was the first
gun fired by the traction company
representatives in the public hear
ing today before the Public Utilities
Commission. Other objections are
following in rapid succession.
In brief, the decision of the Utili.
ties Commission rests on the recog-
milton of the rights of street rail-
way company as against the &C.
commodations of a neighborhood.
Conrad Syme, representing the
Washington Rapid Transit Com
pany, petitioned the commission to
grant the right for BUSES to stop
on Sixteenth street between Buc-
hanan street and the District line,
in the name Of better service.
Service Needed
There was no reason, Mr.. Syme
continued why residents Of Six
teenth street and vicinity should be-
deprived OF through service from
their homes to lower Washington.
Paul F. Groves. representing the
Sixteenth Street Highlands Citi-
zens' Association, agreed with Syme
that the present service Of the
Capital Traction Company and the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, was not satisfactory. The
citizens association went on record
in favor of the petition to grant
intra state passenger stops.
A petition signed by 21S resi-.
dents in the vicinity Of Sixteenth
street and a petition signed by
Continued on Pags 2. Column 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29

u. S. Joins Other Nations in
Note to France on Da-
mascus' Ruin

The American Government has
lodged an official protest with the
French government over the bOniz
bardment Of Damascus BY French
artillery and the unnecessary
jeopardy to American lives that
such : procedure entailed, it was
admitted today at the State De
partment.
Joins Other Governments
In setting forth its displeasure
over the summary action of the
French administration In Damascus.
the United States has ranged along
side the British government, which
also has protested, it Ii understood.
There are many Americans In
Syria, many Of them naturalized
citizens, but a good many native
born.
Vice Consul J. III. Kelley already
has ordered all Americans out Of
the firing zone.
Two American destroyers were
ordered to Alexandria few days
ago by the State Department to
stand by for possible emergencies.
They are within easy sailing dis.
lance Of the scene of the trouble.
The American position was laid
before the Paris government by
Ambassador Herrick. He was In.
structed to inform the French
Foreign Office with emphasis that
this Government expects that
France will take the necessary
precautions to protect American
lives and properties In its opera.
tions against the Druse tribesmen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
D. c. IS OFFERED
S25 TO FIND
HIM WIFE
Thomas C.EArmstrong Is Will
ing to Wed for Love,
Prestige or Cash

What lucky Washington girl has
money, love, prestige and influ-
ence to lay at the feet of one
ardent swain who signs himself
Thomas Clarence Armstrong, of
Housewife, Venango County, Pa. :?
You girls will just have to stand
IN line and wait your turn. Get
back there. you! / don't care if
you ARE the seasons wealthiest
and prettiest deb? Let Mr.. Arm
strong tell his story.
A typewriter letter, signed by
the above name, was received and
opened in the clerks office OF the
District Supreme Court today. 1t
Bureau, Washington" and possibly
Il got to the right place.
'I wrote to you people several
times while at Newark, N. j.,
teaching" the writer stated. Il little
impatiently. II do not even know
IL your bureau Is still IN business.
II am wondering If Miss Mar
garet Wilson or Mrs. Woodrow VIII
son would consider me as candi-
date for marriage. This must be
kept strictly secret. / know both
OF them, even before Mrs. Wilson
was married to Mr.. Wilson.
ST would not simply marry for
money, but for love and prestige
and influence. I understand fee
of $25 is due, If any results take
place"
The letterhead tells that the
writer is graduate of Harvard,
Columbia Pennsylvania and other
universities, and below the sigma
ture is further classification, "Ex-
pert Commercial Education
1t is understood sharp reproof
will be given the person guilty of
failing to answer the writer's pre-.
yious letters, and efforts be put
forth to find mate for the pride
of Venango County. For, after all.
$25 is $25, and the Court House
needs repairs here and there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
AUTOPSY
IN DEATH OF
NURSE
Disinterment Of Body Held Up
BY Sheriff Awaiting Con-
sent of Kin

No other immediate arrest Is ex-
pected in the inquiry into the death.
of Miss Mary E. De Voc, Wash
ington nurse, who died in a private
sanitarium last week under circufn.
stances which are being investigated
by Maryland and District authori-
ties.
This was learned today at the
office Of Sheriff Clay Plummer, at
Rockville, where 1t was also re-
'vealed that the autopsy on the
body of Miss De Voc, who was
buried at -KendallviIle, Ind, is being
held up awaiting consent of her
relatives there. 1t was indicated
no move to disinter the body, to
confirm or refute the coroner's GER
tificate of death from natural
causes, could be taken before ?
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The body was ordertd exhurned
after the arrest early yesterday
morning of Doctor Henry Marshall
Dixon, fiftyfour, of 2O1S Eye
street northwest The physician
was taken to the Rockville jail, but
is out today under $4,000 bond
charged with manslaughter, in con-
nection with an alleged operation
on Miss De Voc. nurse at Colun1-
bia Hospital, and residing at 1897
Parkwood place northwest.
Disbursement of the nurses body
was asked by Sheriff Clay Plum
mer, Of Montgomery county, who
also requested that two Rockville
physicians make the autopsy.
The arrest of Doctor Dixon fol.
lowed a report to the Washington
police, by a person whose name was
not made public, that the girls
death was not from natural causes.
Doctor Dixon has denied that he
was in any way responsible for the
young woman's demise, and he is
supported by Mrs. Lulah Pafflow,
in charge of the sanitarium.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
JURY CITES
CON RA
ANQ (N
ARMY
Holds cltIzen vvlso likes oatls
Changes Status Blow
Dealt to Defense

BY WILLIAM II. HUTCHINSON
Colonel william Mitchell lost
the second round Of his battle
against army tradition and Gus
tom today when the jury Of nine
generals that is trying him for
conduct prejudicial to good order
and military discipline overruled
his plea that to try him for
criticising his superiors was taxi
ing away his constitutional
rights Of free speech. "
It took the jury Of generals
but comparatively few minutes
to throw out Mitchelps unorthodox
defense Of free speech and to
decided that they were erninently
qualified by law and tradition to
pass upon Mitchelrs conduct.
Causes Little Surprise
The verdict caused little surprise.
as it had been a foregone con.
clusion that the court would decide
as it did,
TO have decided otherwise would
have been a death blow to the
army system of courts martial.
Mitchell himself had not expected
any other decision, but he decided
to put the issue up to them, if for
no other purpose than to complete
the record against the time when
it is possible the ultimate verdict
will be appealed to the civil courts.
To Mitchell's contention that
"muzzling" Of officers violated the
fundamental principles OF the Com
stitution, the army replied, In effect:
when man enters the army his
status is changed"
Unless soldiers observe army tradt-
tons and military custom. Colonel
Sherman Moreland, the judge advo-
cate declared. 'the whole army would
be left to rot on its own soil,
Cites Duty as Soldier
Moreland declared that Mitchell
was subject to trial on any act that
would bring ''discredit to the mill
tary establishment.
"It will only take me q moment,
said Moreland, ito expose the funda-
mental fallacies underlying the
arguments OF the dCCuSSu SpCC4e1
counsel. He has overlooked the ele-
ment that a soldier enters into an
enlistment contract. When
civilian becomes a>fmember of the
military establishment the status Of
the man is changed.
'As a soldier he must conform to
military tradition and military Gus.
tom as well as military law and the
article Of war;
''The conclusion of the law that
the First Amendment to the C0nsti-
tuition does not protect the maker
of q statement prejudicial to good
order and military discipline is sup
ported by every consideration OF
common sense and manifest neces-
sity," said Moreland.
Discipline Would Vanish
"If the conclusion Is not, sound.
then the sixty-third article of war
is also unconstitutional, and the
private can. berate his captain be-
fore his company and ridicule his
ma Tor before his company and the
ma Tor can lampoon his colonel-all
with in1punity If they assert that
rhev believe their statements are
true and made with a good intent.
'sDiscipline and control under
auch ! view Of law would vanish
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
WOMAN IS KILLED IN
T. CRASH AT CROSSING

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 29.-Mrs.
Eta M. Lincoln, sixty, of Hills
boro, N. H., was killed, and her
husband, G. w. Lincoln, was seri-
ously injured when their automo-
bile, In which they were driving to
Daytona, Fla, was struck by c. &
o. train at Beaver Dam, and de-
molished.
The body of Mrs. Lincoln and the
in iured man were brought to Rich
mond today. A son. L. p. Lincoln,
of Providence, r. L., was notified.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
QUARTET SOUGHT FOR
$1,000 JEWEL ROBBERY

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29.-De-
tails of a SIT 900 Jewel robbery were
revealed by San Francisco police
today after they had been led in
an a1l-night search by Mrs. Eva
May Fleming, wealthy San Fran
cisco business woman, for a mar
ried couple and two men.
They were alleged by Mrs. Flem-
ing to have drugged her and rob-
bed her Of the jewels at dinner
party in a down town apartment
house here Monday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
ALL SOULS CHARITIES TO
HEAR TWO ADDRESSES

Two speakers tonight will adj
dress members of the Associated
Charities of All Souls Church in
Pierce Hall at s o'clock.
They. are Mrs. Whitman Cross.
president of the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Society. and Mr.. Walter S.
Ufford, general secretary Of the As
sociated Charities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29

JOHN l.. LOOMS
Son of Mrs. Catherine Hood, of
1913 Thirteenth street northwest
was refused medical treatment
BY the Veterans Bureau. His
mother alleges he was totally dis.
abled. He died August 3 and the
bureau today refused to pay the
Doctors bills,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29

Official U. 8. Weather Bureau Report
Fair and cold with freez-
ing temperature tonight. In
creasing cloudiness and
warmer Friday, followed by
rain. Temperature yester-
day-Highest, SO; lowest, 80.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
SERVES 19 YEARS FOR
ASSAULTING OFFICERS

BELFAST. Oct. 29.-"I am forty.
two years of age and l have been
nineteen years and nine months in
1aiI for assaulting policemen" Nal
com Murray boasted when arraigned
Tor assauiting an officer.
The judge added another month
20 Murray's record
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
ROBIN FOR PIE COSTS
KILLERS SIS IN COURT

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Delicacy
came high in Yonkers city court
for Joseph Petra and Frank Mari
enza, who paid SIS each for shoot
ing a robin for a robin pie.
The defendants were arrested by
3. NJ. Bailey, deputy game warden
of White Plains. Judge Gorfinkel
fined them SIS each.
Evening star., 1925-05-02
GIRL ABDUCTOR
ARRA|GNED TODAY
Faces Charge Carrying 20
Year Sentence and
Heavy Fine.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIDDLEBURY, VT, May Earl
Woodward, ex-convict and farm labor
er. who was captured in South Brook
field yesterday with 1i-year-old Lu-
cille Chatterton, his employers daugh-
ter, will be arraigned in the Municipal
Court here today. The formal charge
against him is that of kidnapping a
minor under 16 years of age, felony.
under Vermont law, with a penalty
of not more than 20 years in prison, or
a 0,000 fine, or both.
Yesterday armed posses on Wood
wards trail were under orders to
shoot to kill Today the high feel
ing against him has been dissipated
by the report that Lucille Chatterton
has pleaded for him, declaring that
Woodward was helping her escape
from abuse at the hands of her father
Walter Chatterton of Granville.
Ray L. Chase, one of the three
searchers who found the pair, re
ported that Lucille told him she was
miserable at home, that her father
whipped her last Friday, the day she
ran away, and threatened to Kill her
Chase said she said Woodward had
treated her kindly. had promised to
take her to new home in New
Hampshire, and that she would rather
stay with him than her father.
Evening star., 1925-05-02
PLANE UP "a HOURS
STILL FLYING WELL
Big Naval Machine Reports All
Well in Record Making
Time Flight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA May with "a
hours of continuous flight recorded.
the naval seaplane PN-9 was still
sweeping up and down a 40-mile course
above the Delaware River today, her
engines droning in perfect harmony
as they propelled the big duralumin
hull through the air at 80 miles an
hour.
Early in the day a message drop
ped as the plane scared over the Phila-
delphia Navy Yard stated 240 gallons
of gasoline were still in the tanks, and
that everything aboard was running
smoothly.
The object of the nonstop flight is
to demonstrate the capability of the
great plane to make the long hop from
the west coast to Honolulu this Sum-
mer
The start was made yesterday at
1922 am. with 300 gallons of gaso-
line, $50 gallons of oil and crew of
four.
Already the craft has shattered the
nonstop seaplane record of IA hours,
53 minutes, AZ seconds, made at Wash
ington in July, 1924.
The men flying the PN-9 are Lieuts.
j. r. Kyle and c. H. Schildauer.
pilots; Capt. L. NJ. Woolson. an aero
nautical engineer, and Charles Sutter,
mechanic.
Evening star., 1925-05-02
STUDENTS GIVE SHOW
FOR G. w. U. Benefit
Vaudeville Is Presented for Gym
nasium Fund-12 Acts Are
on Program.

A vaudeville bill in IL acts was pre-
sented last night at George Wash
ington' University Gymnasium for
the benefit Of the gymnasium equip
ment fund. A large cast of students
participated.
The show was directed by II. Wat
son Crum, Marguerite Daily and
Graham Fly, with Ernest II. Klein,
stage manager; Wallace Anderson
and Louis Sub, assistants. Paul
Gable was at the piano.
The numbers and actors follow:
Courtship Up-to-Date.
Twentieth Century Courtship of
Miles Standish," Frances Coughlin,
Alice Speiden; Apache dance,
Beatrice Woodford, Robert Barnes:
the Four-and- "a Fra ction- Street Cow
Boys, Charles Randolph, Harry Blue.
Robert Billheimer; The Usual Way,
Marcella Mccormick. Sybil Monday.
Joan Collins, Margaret Beasley, Alice
Williams, V Rea, f. Walker, H.
Gregg, c.. Harris, Edith Hooker,
Pauline Ayres.
"Ain't It a Shame" Elsie TaIbert,
Mary Temple Hill. Mary Maroney
Elizabeth Armentrout, Theodosia Sci.
bold, Helen Lupton, Frances Davis,
Jeanne Gravatte. Virginia Cooper.
Ermyntrude Walden. Ruth Hutchison,
Dorothy Lewis. Emily Pilkinton and
Louise Espey; "Pyramus and Thisbe."
Elizabeth Halsey and John Godfrey
SAKE: two-in-one wrestling exhibition.
AL Sweeney, Scoop Woodall and Babe
Fly; tango. Margaret Zolnay and Luis
Alfaro. accompanied by Paul Gable
and Helen Day; Three Black Laughs
From Seventh and T." Jimmie Naylor,
Benny Meeks and Charlie Hayes, as
sisted by Bliss Bisselle: dance, Kath-
ryn Lee Keep, accompanied by Har-
riet Hosmer at piano and Helen Day.
violin; Gross Word Puzzle Review"
Ruth Peters. Helen Boyd, Joan Collins.
Marie Didden, Maxine De Silvia, Isabel
Heisler, Ann Jones, Marcella McCor-
mick. Lucille Turner; -Four Feet to
Music" the Hooper brothers, dancers:
banjos, MCRae and Whyte; piano, K.
kurtZ.
Evening star., 1925-05-02
Births Increased,
Deaths Decreased,
In Capital in 1924
9,274 and 6,553 Are Re.
specific Figures-Un-
der g. S. Average.

A rising birth rate and a decreasing
death rate was indicated for the Dis
trict of Columbia for 1924 in vital
statistics made public by the Census
Bureau.
A total of 9,274 births in 1924. or a
rate of 10 per thousand of population,
exceeded the rate of 1879 per thousand
for 1923. while deaths in 1924 aggregat-
ing $3.50, totaled 1875 per thousand of
population, against 14.9 per thousand
in 1928. Seven hundred and five of the
deaths last year were of children un-
der one year of age. or 76 per thou
sand births. against 91.S per thousand
births in 1928.
The birth rate in Washington in
1924 was lower than the national birth
rate. which was 22.5 per thousand
while the death rate here was higher
than the national death rate, which
was 11.9 per thousand.
Maryland with 1856 births, had a
birth rate of 22.7 and with 20,964
deaths had a death rate of 1913. Vir-
ginia, with 64.2SS births, had the high
birth rate of 26.5, while 2S,94S deaths
gave a 1924 death rate of 11.9 per
thousand population.