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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-06
MON 7 GOMERY.
BREV|T|ES

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. O.
Willard E. Peake, prominent
dairyman of Bethesda, and Joseph
Adkin, of Washington, are defend
ants in a suit for $25 900 damages
filed in the Circuit Court here by
George E. Littlefield, of Washing
ton, on behalf of his infant son,
Malcolm P. Littlefied.
The proceedings are the out
growth of an unusual accident
which befell the boy in Washing
ton, August Is, 1925. 1t is repre-
scented in the declaration that,
through negligence on the part Of
an agent Of Peake, milk bottle
fell from one Of Peakes delivery
trucks on E Street S. E.. and that
the boy lost the sight Of one eye
and was otherwise seriously and
permanently injured when an auto
mobile truck belonging to Adkins
struck the bottle causing portions
of it to be thrown against him.
The plaintiff is represented by
Attorneys Hawken and Havell, OF
Washington, and Albert M. Bouic,
of Rockville.
The Rev. S. j. Goode, pastor Of
the Christian Church, officiated at
the marriage here today of Clyde
r. Reece. 81, and Miss Lucy Ella
Southworth, Is, both of Point East,
Va, the home Of the minister being
the scene Of the ceremony.
The same minister officiated at
the marriage at his home Of Daniel
E. Thompson, "a, of Washington,
and Miss Marie M. Blaskey, 10 of
Tomah, Wis. and James B. Correta,
%, and Miss G. Virginia Butler, 81,
both of Washington.
The will of George Gordon, for
nearly half century in the Gov
eminent service at Washington,
who died recently at his home at
Wheaton. aged Y years, has been
admitted to probate In the Orphans
Court here. 1t was executed May "a,
1916. and names the widow, Mrs.
Alice Gordon, executrix, to serve
without bond. The entire estate,
which consists of real estate in
Washington city and this county,
and securities, is bequeathed to the
widow.
Licenses have been issued by. the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage of Joseph Gareri, 80,
and Miss Mary C. Emelio, 20, both
of Washington, and Walter H.
Cain, 80, of Oxon Hill, Md, and
Miss Lottie V. Hines. "a. OF Falls
Church. Va.
Candidates for Democratic nomi-
nations at the recent primary cleo
ton in the county have filed sworn
statements with the clerk of the
circuit court here showing their
campaign expenses as follows: Ben
jamin c. Perry, successful candidate
for nomination for county commits
sioner from Fourth district, $145;
Harry J. Hunt, successful candidate
for nomination for judge of The
orphans court, $173.50; Thomas
Hampton, unsuccessful candidate
for nomination for the house Of dele
gates, 1927; James L. Pugh, unsuc-
cessful candidate for nomination. for
States attorney $3.50. II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-06

Licenses have been issued by. the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage of Joseph Gareri. 80,
and Miss Mary C. Emelio, 20, both
of Washington, and Walter H.
Cain, 80, of Oxon Hill, Md, and
Miss Lottie V. Hines. "a. OF Falls
Church. Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-06

Sheriff Howard B. Fields, Deputy
Sheriff Harry L. woodward, and
Officers John r. Burke and Ray.
mond Crack, scouting through the
woods in Jefferson district near
what is known as Lyons Row,
seized a 40-gallon still and $50 gal.
Ions of mash. The still and mash
were destroyed. No arrests were
made.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-06

There will be meeting of the
executive committee OF the Airing.
ton County Republican Club tomor.
row night at the courthouse, with
the president, Col j. @. Pepper,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-06

The same minister officiated at
the marriage at his home of Daniel
E. Thompson, "a. of Washington,
and Miss Marie M. Blaskey, 10 of
Tomah, Wis, and James B. Correta,
%, and Miss G. Virginia Butler, 81,
both of Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-06

Local No. 1858, Painters, Decora-
tors and Paperhangers will cele-
brate it's twenty-third anniversary
with banquet at the George
Mason Hotel tonight.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
GENERAL Won SEECKT
TO WRITE HIS MEMOIRS
Former German Commander Will
Retire to Secluded Estate
in Bavaria.
N thn Aasncinfnd Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
BERLIN. November l3.--Cen Hans
Won Seeckt former commander-ln-
chief OF the German Army, will retire
TO a secluded estate in Bavaria 10
write his memoirs. His absence Will
nowhere be more keenly felt than IN
Berlin society circles. The Won
SeeCkt mansion was famous as rem
devious of the city's smart set.
Frau Dorothea Won Seeckt, popu-
larlv known as 'Dodel Seeckt,' pre-
sided over Il salon in which one could
find not only the leading lights OF
the army and navy. but poets, paint
ers and musicians as well. The gen.
eral is credited with being one of the
most cultured and we'll read men in
Germany.
His friends refuse to believe that
his retirement from public life will be
permanent. He already is being men,
toned for the ambassadorship to the
court of St James, as it is claimed
his military career commands respect
at the British court, while his en-
thusiasm for sports would be another
valuable asset.
Evening star., 1926-11-14

S. II. Takes, president, Sixteenth
Street Highlands Citizens Associa-
ton: William Mex. Clayton, repre-
senting the Brightwood Citizens ,Asso-
citation, and Raymond Bresnahan,
president of the Parent-Teach AS
sociation of the new Brightwood
school.
Mrs. Marie Hodgkins of the Board
of Education, was toastmistress and
Capt. A. c. oliver, jr., chaplain of
Walter Reed Hospital, pronounced the
invocation and benediction. Miss
Helen Williams entertained with
piano selections.
Besides containing Is class rooms,
the new school has a combined gym
nasium auditorium, manual training.
domestic science and domestic art
rooms. 1t is considered the last word
in elementary school construction.
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stand how, by mere executive order.
it can be abolished.
"It is a well established principle
of constitutional government
that determination of the constitu-
tionality of law falls exclusively with
in the province of the judicial depart.
ment."
Judge Fisher said:
81 am of the opinion that the deci-
sion of the Attorney General of the
United States concerning the Board
of Control is correct, but 1 believe it
should be submitted to the test of
judicial inquiry.
Method of Testing.
'"The Supreme Court probably would
hold that the governor-general's Off
cial action is not subject to review by
quo warrantO proceedings. The best
way to test the validity of the ruling
would be to wait until the governor
general, exercising the voting power
of the insular government, elects one
or more directors of the Philippine
National Bank or other government
controlled corporation. The other two
members of the Board of Control, con-
stltutlng a majority, could then elect
some other person to the same office.
The person elected by the governor
general would no doubt obtain pos
session of the office. The person elect
ed by the other members of the
board could then bring action against
the de facto director and test his title
to the office.
This will involve determination of
the legality or illegality of the acts
Of the Philippine Legislature, where
by it was intended to create a board
of control.
Evening star., 1926-11-14

Armfstice days may come and 60
and Memorial days roll around with
their annual tributes to the known and
unknown dead, but never a tear is
shed nor single flower dropped over
a certain group of lonely graves on the
District shore of the river ct Blue
Plains.
With numbers for an epitaph and
wooden slabs for markers, the bodies
of Washington's unknown, friendless
dead lie, almost forgotten, except to
few municipal officials charged with
their keeping.
True, these are not war dead, but.
nevertheless, the II bodies buried
there were somebody's loved ones be
fore an unkind fate robbed them of all
earthly possessions and associations.
Now they form the nucleus for the
Capitals growing Potter's field-estab-
lished only six years ago near the
Home for the Aged.
The numbers on the little slabs point
to their records" Almost invariably
these records are couched in the terse
phraseology of the police department.
They tell of suicides and homicides,
most of them; of shots in the night, of
plunges into the icy waters of the PO-
tomac, of other mysterious happen
ingS.
Trip to the MOrgue.
Always in such cases there was the
trip to the morgue, the coroner'S in
quest, the futile search for claimants
of the body, and, finally, the notation
on police books:
mo relatives: inferred at District ex-
pense at Blue Plains, D. c.
Seventeen times this process has
been repeated. Once the records had
to be changed. In 1922 a mans body,
listed as unidentified, was disinterred
and claimed by relatives.
There yet remain II bodies, how
ever, for the rules were varied in 1928
to permit of the burial of a boy from
the Industrial Home whose name was
known, but who was without a real
friend in the world.
Washington's potter's field is hid
den from the view of the casual pass
erby at Blue Plains. 1t is shrouded
with a covering of grayish grass and
partly obscured by groups of small
trees nearby. 1t is just east of the
institution buildings presided over by
William j. Fay, superintendent of the
Home for the Aged.
The place has not been entirely neg
lected. An appropriation of $1,000
has been granted for erection of
fence about the graves and construc-
ton of a gravel roadway to it. These
Evening star., 1926-11-14
POTTERY FIELD HERE CONTAINS
GRAVES OF IL FRIENDLESS FOLK
CONGRESS Has Authorized $1,000 to Fence
Forgotten Spot on Potomac at
Blue Plains.

improvements are 60 be made in the
near future. according to Frank B.
Haskell, assistant superintendent of
the home.
ts Record of Interments.
The record Of the II interments is:
In 1921, a colored man.
In 1929. six persons, including
white man buried March 80. pro-
nounced as a suicide. his body having
been found with gunshot wound at
Fifteenth and B streets; April Is, the
body of a white man found in the
Potomac River near Railroad Bridge;
June s, a colored man who died from
exhaustion in Emergency Hospital:
August 1S, the body Of a white man
which was found in the Georgetown
Channel about a mile south Of Rail
road Bridge, and November 8, the
body of colored woman found in
Eastern Branch.
In 1923, five persons, including the
body of a colored man found in the
Potomac River near Highway Bridge
and buried April IS: May 27, the boy
from the Industrial Home; June 2,
body of white man who died on the
way to Casualty Hospital; June rs,
a cotored inmate of the Home for the
Aged, for whom a collection was taken
to have his body buried instead of
cremated, and October 13, colored
man found in Potomac River near
Highway Bridge.
In 1924, four persons including the
body of a man who died from a gun
shot wound in the head at Casualty
Hospital and pronounced a suicide;
May 13, a colored man who died in
Freedman's Hospital; June 25, a man
found in Potomac River near Railroad
Bridge, and November 27, a white man
who died in Gallinger Hospital.
Only one body was buried in the
field in 1925, that of a man found in
the woods near Georgia avenue and
the District line, with a gunshot
wound in the chest.
Again this year only one person
was buried in the field, a colored man
who was found in an automobile in
front of 476 Cullinane alley southwest.
who is said to have died of heart
disease.
The old potter's field was in back
of Gallinger Hospital and was used
until the present one was established
in 1921. ..
Evening star., 1926-11-14
.BR|CHTWOOD HAS
NEWEST SCHOOL
Dedication Exercises Are
Held, With Array of Speak
ers Participating.

The new Brightwood School, the
first 16-room building for white stu
dents completed under the five-year
school building program, was dedi-
Gated last night.
A large number of the citizens OF
the Brightwood community attended
the exercises and inspected the new
$3.50, 900 addition to the school system
of the National Capital, located at
Thirteenth and Nicholson streets.
Engineer Commissioner J Fra nix
lin Bell, one Of the speakers, urged tive
citizens of the District to take an
active interest in the successful
development of the local school
system.
Bell Advocates Force.
Commissioner Bell said that before
he retired from office he hoped to have
organized a landscaping and caretak,
ing force to look after the school
grounds, so that they would be com
Darable with the parks and trlanSfAs
throughout the city, which come
under the office of director of pubic
buildings and public parks.
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superlntend-
ent Of schools of the District of Co
lumbia. who was also one OF the
speakers, urged that the citizens or
the District insist on the carrying out
of the five-year building program.
He declared that much money IS
saved by the erection of 16-room
building in one contract rather than
piecemeal, but he explained, in order
that all sections of the city should be
relieved of congestion and get the
benefit of school appropriations, it is
sometimes necessary to erect eight
room buildings in various locations.
Latest i'm Schools.
The exercises were conducted by
the school authorities in conjunction
with American Educa tional week.
Other speakers were r. l.. HaycOck,
assistant superintendent of schools;
Evening star., 1926-11-14
$50, 100000 In Pirate Gold Still Buried
On South American Isle. Says Explorer

buried on the same island by an Eng
lish pirate who styles himself 'Zul-
miro" Simmons said.
Records or this prize" We're kept
and were in the possession of the Rus.
sian quartermaster of the ship, until
he died in the Far East.
Eight expeditions We're made to find
the treasure between 1900 and 1892,
Simmons said, but most of them never
reached the desolate coast OF the
island. Those that did found land
marks left on the map wiped out by a
landslide.
Robert Louis Stevenson used the
island as the scene of Treasure
Island" Simmons said, but the swag
found in fiction is still there in
reality"
Simmons was commander of the
Blossom, research ship of the Cleve-
land museum. which cruiSed the South
Seas for two and half years, visited
three continents and brought back
specimens for the museums collec-
tiOn,
Evening star., 1926-11-14
WOULD LIMIT GAS TAXES,
Conference Holds Levies Should
Meet Road Expenses Only.

ST. LOUIS, November 13 (P).-
Recommendation that State taxes on
gasoline be sufficient only to meet the
needs of highways was made at the
closing session OF the National Con.
ference of Gasoline Tax Administra.
and Oil Inspector here today.
The conference decided that the tax
rate must be left to the respective
States to be determined by local
necessity and conditions" The con-
ference also recommended that no re-
funds Of the tax be made to consum-
ers who use gasoline for purposes
other than in motor vehicles.
The gathering resolved itself into a
new organization to be known as the
North American Gasoline Tax Con-
ference, covering the United States
and Canada. The first convention
will be at Columbus, Ohio, next year.
William A. McAtee, Missouri oil in
spector, was elected president.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
HOTEL FOR AIR TOURISTS

BERLIN, November 13 R).-The
rapid increase in passenger air trans.
portation has induced hotel COM
pany to undertake the construction
of q 30O-room hotel for air travellers
near Tempelhof Field of the German
Air Service. All planes of the rs ma
tional and international lines arrive
and depart N there.
The fiyil ~ is about 20 minutes
ride from t..> neart of the city, and
it is believed passengers who arrive
late at night or wish to depart early
in the morning will find it more con-
venient to live close to the field.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 13.
-Doubloons, pieces of eight. and
treasures of the Spanish Main lie
buried on South American treasure
island, ready for the person who IS
willing to dig for $50, 100000.
George Finlay Simmons, curator OF
ornothology of the Cleveland Museum
of Natural History, said npoE lis re-
turn from the island that the treasure,
taken from the Inca Indiaa-, lies un-
disturb9a where it was buried a cen
fury ago by two pirates, on tine island
off the coast of Brazil.
Reminiscent of the days of Capt.
Kidd, the story of the treasure is
replete with lore of rowing buccaneers,
slashing cutlasses and treasure maps.
One of the boards, Simmons said,
amounts to $40, 100000 and was buried
by a Spanish pirate, Ioe Santos, who
captured a ship laden with gold and
silver bar, altar vestments and cande-
labras from the churches OF Lima,
Peru. More than $8,0O0,000 fore was
Evening star., 1926-11-14
CHANGERS GIVE DEGREES.
National Group Clears Deck for
Business Sessions.

PORTLAND, Me-, November 13
R.-The National Grange tonight
had concluded its degree work and
the field was clear for the business
sessions, which begin Monday and
last through four days, during which
questions of national Importance will
be considered.
At the Assembly Of Demeter, attend
ed by about 3,0O0 the secret work and
signs of the order were explained by
High Priest of Demeter Charles M.
Gardner of Springfield, Mass, and a
staff of seventh degree assistants.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
WOOD OPPOSITION
BEGINS TO GATHER
Quez0n and RoxaS Question
Generals Right to Abolish
lnSuIar Control Board.
BY the Associated Press.

MANILA, November 13.-The op-
| position to Gov. Gen. Wood began
organizing today to fight for the re-
| turn to power of the Insular Board
of Control, which the general abol-
ished recently by an executive order:
A conference Of members of the
Legislature now in Manila resulted
| in the appointment of a committee of
three to study various proposals for
! testing the executive order and to
report to the full membership of the
| Legislature next Wednesday the line
of action to be pursued.
F. c. Fisher, justice of the Philip
pine Supreme Court, today declared
he believed the order should be sub
| mitted to the test of judicial inquiry.
Manuel Quezon, President of the
| Senate, and Speaker RoXas of the
House Of Representatives addressed a
Joint letter to the governor general
protesting against the order.
Gen. Wood issued the order after
having received opinions from the
Attorney General Of the United States
and the Judge Advocate General of
the Army holding that the insular
law under which the board was
| created was not legally sound. The
board controlled all government
owned corporations in the island, and
was composed of the Presidept of the
Senate, the Speaker of the House
and the governor general. Now the
governor general alone performs its
! duties.
The Quezon-Roxas letter, which
questioned Woods authority to annul
the legislative act, says in part:
"It Is to be regretted that despite
the fact that opinions of the judge
advocate general and the Attorney
General of the United States were in
your hands November Z, two days
prior to adjournment of the Legis-
lature, you have found it convenient
to delay their transmittal to us and
withhold publication of your execu'
tive order until November 10. This
fact deprived the Legislature of the
opportunity to consider the matter.
Protest Against Action.
"Our duty constrains us to inform
you that we dissent from and pro-
test against the action taken by you.
The Board of Control has been Gre
ated by and it's legal existence recog-
nized by numerous acts of the Legis-
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Lo a Fast Worker.

From the New York Sun.
An Usage Indian boy bought nine
automobiles in two years. The civil
lization of the aborigines is proceed
ing at a rate most satisfactory to
their friends.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Foreign Service Men Resign.

Resignation of Allen w. Dulles oe
New York, counselor of legation ut
Peking and that of Henry ID. Baker ot
Illinois, United States consul at Trim
idad, are announced at the Depart
ment of State
Evening star., 1926-11-14

New Foundland. He relieves Vice
Consul George H. Barringer of Nir-
ginia who has been transferred I"
Quebec.
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Named Vice Consul.

Joseph P. Ragland of the District of
Columbia, who has been on duty at
the Department of State, has been de-
tailed as vice consul at ST. Johns
Evening star., 1926-11-14

Falling of public interest in dia-
monds has caused many in the
diamond polishing plants of Belgium
en- he idle
Evening star., 1926-11-14
Protest Against Action.

"Our duty constrains us to inform
you that we dissent from and pro-
test against the action taken by you.
The Board of Control has been Gre
ated by and it's legal existence recog-
nized by numerous acts of the Legis-
lature, and we are at loss to under
Evening star., 1926-03-30
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SILVER SPRING. MD.
WOODSIDE 137.
SALE OR RENT-SUB. PROP'TY.
RENT-SIrBrRBAN PROPERTY.

VERY PRETTY AND ATTRACTIVE 4-ROoM
bungalow very large lot. near cars; pra"u
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and interest Auply ROGERS 6 ROGERS
Phone Hvatts Js3.
IAKOMA PARK. 10 ROOMS. : BATHS
rage. uear cars 500. Groom new Lousf
NV. heat oak floors SIS. G-ruOm hIlrSa
low. on lease. $50. ami LILLE
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RENT Observation-Disclosures

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1850 Irving 81. n.w.-1st-floor fiat. 5
rooms. tile bath. ami. entire fiat newly
papered and painted; $50.
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rooms. , tile baths. ami. front sand rear
porches. garage: viii repair to suit tenant
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Brsnd-new brick home located on a
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1889 18th St n.w.--ti rooms and bath,
elec. h W h.. in excellent repair: immediate
possessiol,. inspection daily. to $50 pm.
S67 90.
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619 Elliott 81. net rooms and bach,
alec.. INV h; entire house has been put i'll
frstclass repair Only $55.50.
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SIX ROOMS. BATH. ANIL SIN MONTHS
Phone Adams G63-W. 1343 Parkwood pl.