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Evening star., 1928-10-11
VICTIM IDENTIFIES
ASSAULT SUSPECT
CoIored Man Held for Grand
Jury When Couple Say
He Threw Ammonia.

Positively identified by Melvin H.
HERMAN, 1901 Fern street, and his
wife. Mrs. Katie M. HERMAN, as the
man who last Saturday night threw
ammonia in Herrimans face and beat
him over the head with revolver.
Jesse Davis, colored, % years old, was
held for the action of the grand jury
under bond of $4,000 by Judge John
P. Mcmahon In Police Court today.
He is charged with attempted rob-
berry.
Wit hhis head still wrapped in band
ages, HERMAN took the witness stand
and testified that Davis had come to
his home about $50 Saturday night
to ask the way to a nearby address.
Returning in about Is minutes, Her
riman said. the man announced, II am
back" and with that squirted ammonia
from an ammonia gun in his face,
grabbed him with one hand and, beat
him over the head with the revolver.
Mrs. HERMAN. who witnessed the as
sault from the front room of her home,
also told Judge Mcmahon that Davis
was the man who struck her husband.
Policeman White of the thirteenth
precinct said Davis denied any cop-
nection with the assault. He claimed
to be a laborer for G. B. Mullin, con-
tractor, and to have been in town
getting suit of clothes from pawn
shop when the event occurred. In
vestigation revealed few discrep-
ancies in his story, the policeman
said, but it was learned he actually
had worked for Mullin and visited the
pawn shop. He was carrying suit OF
clothes on coat hanger when arrested
at Seventeenth and Kalmia road.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
IL ARE ARRESTED
IN HEADLIGHT DRIVE
16 Forfeit Collateral of SO Each,
One Pleads Guilty and
Is Fined $40.

Inaugurating a drive on motorists
who operate their cars without proper
lights, Traffic Bureau policemen arrest
ed Is men and 1 woman last night
All but one forfeited 50 collateral in
Traffic Court this morning William
o. Woodson, colored pleaded guilty to
having dazzling h eadlights, and was
fined SO by Judge Robert E. Mattingly.
Woodson was arrested by Policeman
Schlotter of the Traffic Bureau at
Rhode Island and Florida avenues. The
others were charged with driving with
one or more lights on their automobile
out. They were arrested by Sergt E.
Williams and Policeman G. Langdon,
also of the Traffic Bureau All were
booked at the eighth precinct, where
their names appeared on the collateral
list as Daniel Hynson, Ebert Gibson
Wilbur Loving, Augustus Jones. Samuel
H. Lacy, Meyer Taske. Edward S. House
Charles G.. Williams, Julius Smith
James Graham. oscar School. Horace
Shanwell, James Lane. Louise Welton
Mack Harris and Morris Weinberg.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
DIAGRAM IN COURT 1
LIFTS PARKING CHARGE
Defendant Shows Unequal Spacing
of Signs at Entrance of Wills
Registrars Office.

Bringing into Traffic Court diagram
showing strange inconsistency in the
placing of mo Parking" signs beside
the entrance to the Office of the regis
trar Of wills. William A. Lee, an attor-
ney. today secured his own acquittal on
a charge Of failing to obey an official
sign.
Lees diagram. made by his son.
showed that sign bearing the words,
No parking, entrance, Police Depart
ment," but having no arrow on it, was
erected feet to the west of the en-
trance. Another sign, identically worded.
was placed 10 feet to the east Of the
entrance. Lee parked his car so that
portion Of it projected west of the sign
on the east of the entrance.
AT that, he contended. he was fully
feet from the door, while the machine
parked on the other side was less than
feet away and went unticketed.
When Policeman l.. Collins Of the
sixth precinct, who placed a ticket on
Lees car. confirmed Lees statements
Judge Robert E. Mattingly dismissed
the case.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
NORTH CAROLINA READY.
Democrats Plan Continuous Smith Ova
ton Across State.


CHARLOTTE, N. c., october II [P).
The trek of Gov. Alfred E. Smith
across North Carolina today will be one
continuous ovation if the plans of
Chairman o. M. Null and members of
the Democratic State committee work
out as expected.
From Norlina, where the Democratic
presidential candidate and his party
will enter the State, to Charlotte, where
he will spend quarter of an hour just
at bedtime, Democrats today we're busy
with plans for the reception of their
national leader.
At Raleigh she governor and Mrs.
Smith will be paraded through the city,
that as many citizens as possible may
have chance to see the candidate.
Greensboro planned gala demonstra-
ton tonight, and celebrations are plan
ned at Salisbury and Charlotte, Dur
ham. Burlington and other points.
The visit of Gov Smith in North
Carolina, although not including for
NAL addresses, will be the first a
Democratic presidential candidate has
made in more than third of century
and the Democrats plan to make the
most of 1t.
AS North Carolina is counted as one
Of the hotbeds of anti-Smith senti-
ment among lifelong Democrats, leaders
said today that they were hopeful that
the brief visit would have the effect of
strengthening Smith sentiment in the
State.
Evening star., 1928-10-11

43 900 as indicative of what is likely to
happen here this year. Senator Reed
was backed by the Republican German
American vote, not merely because he
was wet, but because Senator Reeds
candidacy gave them chance to regis
ter their dislike of President Wilson.
Many Lutheran German Americans who
voted for Reed are not expected to vote
for Smith.
Gov. Smith, 1t appears, is bound to
benefit by the extreme wet sentiment
in st. Louis. In the old days before
prohibition there were 1900 saloons in
the CITY, Today there are many speak
easies here But in addition to that
thousands of the citizens are making
their own home brew, and it is said
that as much raw material for the
making of beer is used in the homes as
was used in the breweries when they
were running full blast, to accommodate
the tastes of the beer drinkers here.
The Democrats are relying in great
measure on the strength of Gov. Smith
in this wet city to carry the State for
him. The Republicans are hoping to
hold the Smith vote down in st. Louis
and to beat the governor out in Kansas
City and the rural parts of the State.
which have been strongly Democratic
in the past, but where there are many
anti -Smith Democrats. Another dis
patch will deal with Missouri outside
st. Louis and with the probable result
in the entire State.
Evening star., 1928-10-11

derived by the committee from any
other source. The committee was or
ganized under the auspices OF the agri-
cultural College of the University, Put
nam testified. He named M. II. Lewis,
as having directed a survey, in collab-
grafton with Hobart Beresford as to the
purchase of power. Both men were on
the Idaho University faculty at the
time, he added, but have since severed
their connections there. The flnaE-
cial statement showed that numerous
small amounts had been PAID TO Lewis
and Beresford, along with several TO
Mrs. Beresford, for Expenses" and
time"
A MAY. 1925, report of the committee
introduced into the record by Robert
F. Healy. commission counsel, showed
that it had favored direct purchase OF
the power
"The organization of mutual COM
panies to build and operate rural dis
tribution lines" the report said, has
been tried in an attempt to decrease
the cost of such distribution. 1t may
be pointed out that the possibilities
along this line are limited. While 1t
is entirely possible for such a mutual
company to operate with rates for cleo
trio energy, which appear to be ma
terially below the corresponding rates
charged by the public utilities, the real
cost to the consumer will be nearly as
high in one case as in the other. Some
of the reasons why this Is believed to
be true follow: A mutual company is
not required or expected to earn any
interest on the investment made in its
system This saving is not real saw
ing to the consumer, because he must
invest his money in the stock OF the
company without direct return. This
money might otherwise be invested in
some other securities and earn a re-
turn commensurate with the savings
which the mutual company make"
Other Report Submitted.
Another report from the committee
said its work had included experiments
with the electrification of the Caldwell
subStation of the Idaho Agricultural EX-
pertinent Station and a study of the ac-
tual cost of distribution of the electric
energy by the mutual companies on the
Minidoka project. The committee find
ing had been circulated through The
E. Hofer & Son news service.
Putnam named Dr. E. A. White, chair
man of the national committee on the
relation of electricity to agriculture, as
first having written to Idaho University
officials proposing the State committee
establishment, and said he had sub
sequently heard from Prof. Lewis. The
membership of the national committee,
as given in one Idaho report, in 1926 in
cluded the following organizations and
representatives: American Farm Bureau
Federation, j. w. Coverdale and S. K.
Thompson; National Grange, L. j. Ia
ber; National Electric Light Association,
C. w. Drake, Arthur Huntington, j. G.
Martin, G. G. Neff, K. A. Paully, Mar
shall E. Sampsell; United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, S. H. McCrory,
Department Of Commerce, r. A. Lund-
quist; Department of Interior, c. A.
Bissell, and General Federation of
Women's Clubs, Mrs. John D. Sher-
man.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
BAKHMETEFF ESTATE
TO TRUXTUN BEALE
Rrother-in-Law of Former Russian
Ambassador Here Also
Made Executor.

The will of Georges Bakhmeteff, for
mer Russian Ambassador to the United
States, was filed today in the District
Supreme Court The document was
executed at Paris, September 2, 1925.
The diplomat died there August 20.
He gives all his interest in the securi-
ties comprising the estate of his late
wife, Mary E. Bakhmeteff, nee Beale,
who died June 26, 1925, to her brother.
Truxtun Beale, of Washington, and ap-
points him as executor. Nine. Bakhme-
teff was sister of Mrs. John r. Nc
Lean, mother Of Edward Beale Mclean,
Washington publisher.
Mr. Beale, in. presenting the will for
probate, declared he knew of no other
American will' of the former AM
bassador, thus intimating that he might
have made disposition under French law
of other property.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
GOV. SMITH INVADES
SOUTH WITH VISIT
TO VIRGINIA CAPITAL
Continued from First Page0

the hands of several in the crowd Of
several hundred on the run.
Three days and two nights OF riding
the rails faced the Democratic nominee
before reaching Louisville, KY, where
he will make the first of three formal
campaign addresses on his Today trip.
The other speeches are listed for Sc
dalia, Mo. Tuesday. october is, and
Chicago. Friday, october 10. He will
return to Albany, october 81.
Raleigh. Greensboro, Salisbury and
Charlotte. N. c., were important paus-
ing points for rear platform appear
ances on the schedule for later in the
day and tonight.
Under a revised schedule, the details
of which had not been announced, the
"Smith-Robinson special will cut into
the town of Stevenson, the only stop
listed for Alabama during the journey
tomorrow TO Chattanooga and Nash
vile, Tenn.
Nashville Rally Planned.
The halt at Chattanooga, originally
nlaned to last three hours os the gov
ernor could participate in conferences
with party leaders, has been sharply re-
duced in order to permit of an earlier
arrival in the Tennessee capital, where
a big reception is planned.
Before Gov. Smith left his Biltmore
Hotel headquarters yesterday Babe"
Ruth. and his gang of heavy hitters
called on him in his suite.
The governor is accompanied by
Mrs. Smith and their two daughters,
Mrs John A. Warner and Mrs. Francis
J. Quillinan, and their son, Alfred, jr.
Among members of the Smith party is
Mrs Charles Dana Gibson, one of the
famed Langhorne girls of Richmond,
who will endeaver to tell her feminine
cohorts ito buckle down to business" in
favor of the Democratic presidential
nominee.
Mrs. Gibson has been making speak
ing tours for Smith all over the coun-
try.
Lady Astor Silent.
Ter sister, Lady Astor, the first wom-
an member of Parliament in England,
is spending a brief vacation at the
Langhorne family home, at Mirador,
Greenwood, Va, four hours drive from
Richmond.
But the titled Englishwoman politi-
clan will not take the opportunity of
visiting her sister or the Democratic
candidate, according to Mrs. Gibson,
who added today that Lady Astor will
stop at the Gibson home in New York
before her departure for England on
the 25th of october.
"Of course, my sister is a politician
herself" said Mrs Gibson. "And she
cannot make declaration of her views
on the American situation"
Mrs. Gibson has so far had no in
dication of her part in the program at
any of the three cities where the gov
ernor is to stop for speech.
She announced, however, that she
would be glad to address any woman's
meeting at which she might be called
upon. Following the custom of the
first trip. when Mrs. Daniel O'Day, vice
chairman of the New York State DEM
ocratic committee, was the feminine
representative of the New York head
quarters, it is considered likely that
the women of the party will be enter
tanned at luncheons, teas and recep-
tions and that Mrs Gibson and Mrs.
Warner will be asked to speak.
There is lot of work to be done
of course, among the women" said Mrs
Gibson, land if I can help I will be
very glad of the opportunity"
Evening star., 1928-10-11
FOUROFF|CERSFACE.
TRIAL BOARD.
]. E. Lowry Accused of In
toxication and False State
ment to Superiors.

Former Headquarters Detective James
E. Lowry. recently denoted and sent
to the tenth precinct, appeared before
the Police Trial Board this morning
to answer four charges. Policeman M.
J. Myers of the eighth precinct was ar
raigned on charges of making an un-
truthful statement to his superior and
with being under the influence of liquor.
The cases of two other officers charged
with failing to pay their debts were
heard. and the trial of Policeman EN-
lous B. Arnett of the enighth precinct,
against whom j. LIE Roy Sugrue, au-
tomobile editor of the Washington
Times, had brought charges, was con-
cluded.
Lowry was charged with being in an
automobile when he should have been
patrolling his beat. with being off his
beat, conduct unbecoming of an officer
and with showing disrespect to his
Superiors.
Ordere Light on Car.
The latter charge grew out of an in
cident which occurred shortly after
Sergt. william Macdonald and F.
NJ Dent, night inspectors, had accused
him of entering an automobile and
driving away. 1t was alleged that
when he saw the two sergeantS in car
coming down Spring road with only one
headlight. he stopped them and roughly
ordered them Ito put another light on
their car" He is said to have repeated
the command twice more, and Sergt.
Dent told the board that he finally had
to turn on his dim lights to "humorD
the officer.
Specifications against Lowry alleged
l. rNf ifAfn n
mobile on Quincy street while he was
on duty and drove away Sergt. Mac
Donald testified that after he had
reached Sixteenth and Varnum streets,
with the night inspectors trailing nm.
he evidently saw them and speeded
down Sixteenth street at about 40 miles
an hour.
Several witnesses were put on the
stand by the defense to prove an aliol
Liquor Charge.
Myers was alleged to have denied he
was in a certain house on Champlaln
street october 2, when questioned by
Capt. Robert E. Doyle OF the elgntn
precinct. Capt. Doyle and two ser
geants testified that Myers appeared to
have been drinking. According to Dr.
Brandenburg. police surgeon, Myers
was un0eT Itle llliucIlSc VI AAAuoA ~AAN
unfit for duty. .
The charges were an outgrowth OF
a complaint by James Watkins, col
ored, of Hyattsville, Md, that the OIL
Ger had seized SO from his hand while
in house on Champlain street.
Policemen w. F. Brown of the fifth
precinct and Thomas E. Garrison OF the
tenth ffecinct we're charged with
failure to pay their just debts Neither
officer was present, but the board ruled
that they had had sufficient notice to
appear and consequently the cases were
heard
Barnett was charged with driving
recklessly and with verbally abusing
Suerue September g at Fourteenth and
T streets following collision between
Sugrue's machine and street car The
testimony heard this morning was that
of the motorman Of the car. He said
that Barnett was not driving recklessly.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
FRENCH PLANE ARRIVES.
Craft Sent to U. S. for Personal
Use of Mai. Thenanlt

Maj. Georges Thenault.. air attache of
the French Embassy and wartime COM
mander of the Lafayette Escadrille, ar
rived at Boiling Field at 4:30 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon after two-and-a-
half-hour flight from Mitchell Field in
his new Morane-Salmson two-seater
airplane.
The plane was shipped to this coun-
try from France for Maj. Thenault's
personal use. 1t is two-seater and
of the type used by the French army
air force in training military pilots.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
CHAIN OF TRUCK INJURIES
WOMAN RIDING IN BUS
Strikes Windshield and Skaters
Glass, Lacerating Nose of Mrs.
Margaret Knowlton.

A laceration to the nose was suffered
this morning by Mrs. Margaret Knowl-
ton, 80 years old, 1712 Surrey lane,
when a chain on passing truck struck
and broke the windshield of the bus in
which she was riding. She was treated
by DR.. William Ballinger, 1924 street.
The bus in which Mrs. Knowlton was
riding was standing at the west end
of the Dumbarton Bridge, waiting for
traffic to clear, when the truck passed
and the chain that holds the rear door
struck the windshield. The truck was
operated by James L. Quail, % years
old, Asa Massachusetts avenue.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
Seeks to Be Administrator.

Arthur D. Hancock today asked the
District Supreme Court to appoint him
as administrator of the estate of his
father. Frank A. D. Hancock, who died
at Gloucester, Mass. The estate is
valued by the son at $58,474.87, COM
posed entirely of personally. The father
is survived by his widow, Natalie M.
Hancock, 1900 Cleveland avenue, and
ten children.
A bird which eats its own feathers
was found recently in Porto Rico.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
Husband Gets Divorce.

An interlocutory decree of absolute
divorce has been signed by Justice
Jennings Bailey in favor of William L.
Norris, who brought suit against his
wife, Hazel E. Norris. They were married
May Is, 1925, and the husband charged
misconduct. He was represented by
Attorney Harry H. Hollander.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
KELLOGG TO GO WEST.
Secretary Leaves Tomorrow fol-
Weeks Stay in Minnesota.

Weeks Stay in Minnesota.
Secretary Kellogg will leave tomorrow
for weeks stay in Minnesota, his
home State, where he will deliver two
addresses.
He will deliver an address before the
Ramsey County Women's Republican
Club on October II and on the follow
ing day he will dedicate the Severance
Memorial Hall, at Carlton College,
Northfield, MINI. At the same time he
is to receive an honorary degree from
the institution.
Severance Memorial Hall is being
built through bequests left by Secretary
Kellogg's late partner, Cordento N. Sew
erance, and Mrs. Severance.
Evening star., 1928-10-11
BOY HIT BY CAR.
Boyd Maris, Jr., 16, in Serious Con-
dition at Sibley.

Sixteen-year-o Boyd Maris, jr.,
whose father is connected with the
Research Bureau of the Department of
Agriculture, was seriously injured last
night when he was struck by an auto
mobile on the Washington Baltimore
Boulevard at Washington avenue, when
he attempted to cross the road shortly
after Z o'clock. According to Sibley
Hospital physicians, he is suffering from
a fracture of the skull and other in
juries and has little chance of recovery.
The boy was taken to the hospital by
the driver of the car, Baltimorean,
against whom no charges we're made
He gave his name as Leland Lemkuld
to witness of the accident.
Evening star., 1928-09-30
Attending Church Convention

CLERGY AND LAYMEN OF THE EPISCOPAL
CHURCH WHO FOR MANY MONTHS HAVE BEEN
PREPARING FOR ITS TRIENNIAL GENERAL CON-
VENTION TO OPEN HERE OCTOBER TO- AND WHO
WILL TAKE PROMINENT PART IN ITS COUN-
Sells.
Evening star., 1928-09-30

Hugh T. Nelson. general Sc
retary of the Washington com
mittee for the convention and
lay deputy of the Washington
diocese. Harms Ewing.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
Worcester Visitor Meets Girls in Restaurant, Goes to Their Home, Mind Becomes Blank.

So intoxicated that he did not know what he was doing, according to his own admission in police court today, Fred O'Rourke, aged 23, of 1O4 Sterling street, Worcester. Mass. aroused the occupants of the tene- ment building at 214 Main street last night by causing a disturbance. and threatening to leap from fourth story window. He was ar rested by Detective Sergeant FL finger about 10:30 o'clock. The ser- geant testified that a woman on whose daughter O'Rourke was call inc was choked by the young man. The woman and her daughter were not in court and their names were not mentioned by the sergeant.
 O'Rourke pleaded guilty to the charge of drunkenness and said he did not recall having made dis turbance. He was drinking in a local restaurant and two girls invited him to their home. He went and remembered nothing that followed until he woke up in cell. He said. in reply to Assistant Prosecuting At tcrney W. M. Greenstein, that he is in the employ of a Providence con- cern as salesman and came to New Britain abot week ago.
 Judge Roche imposed a fine of s5 and costs. execution of the penalty suspended.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
MR. AND MRS. s. F. DYSON
 HURT AS AUTO HITS POLE
Taken tO Hospital After Berlin Ac cident-Mr. and Mrs. B. c.
 Neece Escape Injury.

Mir. and Mrs. Sturman F. Dyson of 20 Trumbull street. are patients at the New Britain General hospital, the former with bruises about the body and a severe gash on the face, and the latter with bruises and possible internal injury, following an automobile accident in Berlin, late last night.
 MT. and Mrs. B. c. Neece of 1918 Corbin avenue. were in the automo- bile when 1t crashed into a telegraph pole at Upson's corner. but they escaped without injury. Neece ex- plained to Officer George Kanupka at the scene. that he was operating the car and misjudged the corner. striking the pole almost head-on.
 At the hospital. MT. Dyson had four stitches taken to close gash on his nose. Mrs. Dyson. apparently more seriously hurt, had several X-ray pictures taken, the results of which will be known today.
 The automobile, which is owned by Mir. Neece was badly damaged. It was lowed to Mack's garage near by. The pole was clipped and pieces of the windshield were inn bedded in the wood.
 The X-ray pictures taken to deter mine the extent of injury suffered by Mrs. Dyson indicate possible fracture of the pelvis and slight fracture of the back.
New Britain herald., 1928-01-27
MUST DIE FOR MURDER
 OF COAST GUARDSMAN
Horace Alderman, Florida Rum Runner, Guilty of
 Staying on High Seas

Miami. Fla, Jan. 27 LF-Horace Alderman. convicted of killing two coast guardsmen on the high seas off Fort Lauderdale. was sentenced by Judge Henry D. Clayton in United States district court here to- day to be hanged in the county jail at Fort Lauderdale May II.
 The jury returned its verdict, without recommendation of mercy, but sentence was reserved until to- day. The jury's decision left Judge Henry B. Clayton no alternative but 8 sentence of death.
 Sanderlin and Lamby were slain after a patrol boat had captured AL derman and Robert Weech. a com panion. aboard an alleged rum run- ming motor launch 40 miles off the Florida coast.
 Government witnesses. survivors of the coast guard crew, told graphic stories of how Alderman, following his capture. mysteriously obtained arms and instituted a reign of terror aboard the coast guard craft. in which he shot Sanderlin and Lamby and threatened the lives of all others aboard.
 Robert K. Webster was said to have lost his life leading a charge that finally overpowered Alderman. Defense counsel announced that it would appeal the caso.