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Evening star., 1928-12-01
CAPT. STOTT'S SON
HELD IN RUM CASE
Accused Of Possession and Trans
portation of $50 Quarts
of Corn Whisky.

Charged with illegal possession and
transporting approximately $50 quarts
Of corn whisky Lindsey Spencer Stott,
"a years old, former employe of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau and son of
Capt. William G. Stott, in command of
the third police precinct. was arrested
at l:20 o'clock this morning in an alley
of the 2700 block of Connecticut ave-
nue.. The liquor and sedan in which it
was transported were seized.
In garage in rear Of house on
Garfield street, at the entrance to which
the arrest and seizure were made, police
reported finding still. The still was
not in operation, however, nor did it ap-
pear to have ever been operated in the
garage where it was found.
Stott's apprehension was a chance
arrest, made while Policemen John L.
Preinkert and Jewell Carroll of the
fourteenth precinct we're in the alley in
vestigating complaint of alleged dis
orders In nearby house.
The policemen were Secreted In the
alley when a sedan entered and stopped
In front OF a garage. Alighting from
the car the driver entered and removed
truck In order to make room for his
sedan, but before he had time to drive
the machine into the garage the two
policemen investigated.
When they found the car contained
what they believed was liquor they
placed Stott under arrest. made q
search of the garage and uncovered the
alleged still. Taken to the fourteenth
precinct police station, Stott declined
to talk.
The car was equipped with a Mary
land license, but Stott refused to dis
close its ownership. Held in the police
station until about $3.50 o'clock this
morning Stott was taken to police head
quarters, where he was measured and
photographed.
Later he appeared at the lineup of
prisoners. A statement of his arrest
wSS made and he admitted his name,
but 1t remained for one of the detec-
tiveS at roll call to volunteer the in
formation that he was the son of the
police captain
Charges Of illegal transportation and
possession Of liquor and possession OF
machinery designed for the manufacture
OF liquor were placed against Stott In
Police Court today. Assistant United
States Attorney r. r. Canalier recon-
mended a bond of 81 900, which was
fixed when Stott pleaded not guilty and
demanded jury trial.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
MEMBERSHIP SOUGHT
IN Community CHEST
Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat So
ciety Sends Application, Bring
ing Total Up to 81.

Application Of the Episcopal Eye, Ear
and Throat Society for membership in
the washington Community Chest, re-
ceived at the chest headquarters late
yesterday, brings the total number OF
applicants for membership to 81 agen-
cies. Thirty-eight agencies previously
have been admitted to membership,
leaving 13 to be considered by the chest
committees.
Applications also were received earlier
yesterday from the Episcopal Home for
Children and the Southern Relief So
ciety, as announced in The Star yester-
day. The membership committee will
meet Monday to consider the admission
of the 13 agencies not acted upon.
Pointed out as another important
step in the development Of the chest
in Washington was the organization
yesterday of an Executive Club" to
help shape the policies Of the chest.
The club was formed at luncheon of
executives in the Y. w. G. A. Building.
called and presided over by Elwood
Street, director of the chest. 1t is COM
posed of managing directors of the
various social agencies.
Miss Hettie p. Anderson of the Y. w.
G. A. was chosen president and Mr..
Street secretary. The club Is to meet
In the Y. w. c. A. each Friday.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
BOYS SUSPECTED
CHURCH VANDALS
Depredations Reported to
Police by Rector of Our
Lady of Victory.

Five boys living in the vicinity of
the Church Of Our Lady of Victory. at
Conduit and Reservoir roads, are un-
der suspicion of having broken into the
church four times within two months
and committed Sacrileges. week ago
wednesday almost gallon Of Sacra-
mental wine was stolen and the same
day the boys were observed by their
parents and friends to be in what
seemed, it was said. an intoxicated con-
dition.
AS result Rev. Francis Yingling
rector of the church, suggested to police
of the seventh precinct that the boys
be questioned. All have denied the
charges and nothing definite has been
proved.
Not Blaming Enemies.
Father Yingling today belittled a
suggestion that the depredations might
be due to members of an anti-Catholic
organization, and said that of the boys
suspected three are Catholics and two
ProtestantS.
Until the first time the church was
broken into, about two months ago, il
was left open during the day and often
at night. Now Father Yingling has
SCCu AOASCU U Keep III lOCkeQ.
Father Yingling said the boys range
In age from IA to Is years. Robbery is
not the motive, he declared. Except for
their last visit, when the wine was
taken, the vandals contented themselves
with minor acts of mischief, such as
drawing on the walls and overturning
benches.
Threatened by Fire.
Wednesday of last week they broke a
crucifix, knocked down statues, stole
the wine and almost set fire to the
structure. Sunday morning, when
Father Yingling attempted to use the
organ, he discovered that the keyboard
had been ruined by fire. The boys had
evidently placed candle on the organ
he declared, and when it overturned
and set fire to the celluloid keys, they
became frightened and ran. Father
Yingling thinks their accidental knock
ing closed the organ lid, uuenching the
blaze, which saved the church from
being burned.
Seeing the dangerous nature the visits
were taking, Father Yingling reported
the matter to the police, who are in
veStigating.
Two years ago the church was burned
and the manner in which the fire start
ed was never discovered.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
FALL DOWN ELEVATOR
SHAFT MAY BE FATAL
Clarence Rogers, SO, Plunges Two
Floors When He Fails to
See Car Gone.

Injuries that may prove fatal were
suffered yesterday by Clarence Rogers,
36 years old, 1101 Florida avenue north
east, when he fell down the elevator
shaft from the second floor to the
basement of the Baker Building. 1920 F
street. He Is In Emergency Hospital
suffering from the, fracture of several
ribs and possible fracture of the back.
Rogers told first precinct police that
he has been going daily to the Baker
Building to deliver lithographing to a
tenant there. Because of his frequent
visits, he had become friendly with the
elevator operator, and the latter was in
the habit of waiting for him while he
made his delivery
Yesterday he rode up on the eleva-
tor, carried out his errand and walked
back to the elevator Thinking that
the operator was waiting for him as
usual, he opened the door and stepped
into the shaft, falling two flights. The
elevator had gone to an upper floor.
Rogers, who is married, is employed
at 627 street.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
SHIP LEFT TO SINK,
CREW Of 40 SAVED
Chief MaquiIIa Abandoned in
Mid-PacifiC as Tow
ing Fails.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, December IA wireless to
David r. Girwood, Seattle manager of
the Canadian American Shipping Co.
this morning reported the company's
disabled freighter Chief Maquilla had
been abandoned in midpacific and that
her crew had been transferred to the
japanese steamer Yogen Maru.
The message, whcih came from the
Yogen Maru, said that the ship was
left to her fate as water continued to
rise in her holds and because of a
lowering of the barometer. She carried
8 officers and about 80 Chinese as
crew.
Heavy Seas Running.
Another wireless intercepted by tie
Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. at
Portland from the Japanese ship indi-
Gated that a strong Southwest gale was
pouring heavy seas over the disabled
vessel, making pumping operations i'm
possible. The Portland message also
indicated that the Chief Mauuilla was
being towed by the Yogen Maru.
The Chief Maquilla, bound from
British Columbia ports with a cargo of
grain and lumber for Shanghai, sent
out distress calls early Thursday morn
Ing. The Yogen Maru arrived along
side yesterday. Cause of the trouble
was not clearly determined here, but
company officials believe that rough
seas caused her cargo to shift.
Letter Forecast Disaster.
A forewarning of distress, voiced in
a letter written by the Chief Maquilla's S
second engineer, Ernest McKeen, to his
brother, Robert, in st. Catharines, On
tario. was made public yesterday The
letter said the Chief Maquilla was load
ed with lumber 10 feet above deck.
God help the deck load If we get some
big SEAS" it said.
A. Melville Dollar head of the Cana
dian-American Shipping Co., owner of
the vessel, denied that overlooking was
the cause of her being disabled. His
craft, he said. carried deck loads
throughout the year, and all were passed
by marine examiners.
He suggested that giant wave could
have damaged her starboard side, car
rying away part of her deck cargo and
ltfeboats. The engine room of the
9,500-ton freighter was half flooded and
the ship was listing badly when she
was taken in tow.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
S2,ODQ,0)G,ODO SUITS
AGAINST j. S. BEGIN
Court of Claims Starts Liti.
cation Involving 2,434
~
Trials.
BY the Associated Press.

ny Lne Associated Press.
The United States Court of Claims
begins its new term Monday, having
before it claims involving nearly $2,-
O00,000,000 against the Government,
most Of them being tax cases and cases
arising out of the United States partic-
ipation in the World War.
The docket of the court has increas-
ed from 733 cases involving $197,316.447
on July l, 1927, to 2,434 cases involving
81 1853 ,69S, ,308 on September 20, 1928.
They center around almost every pos
Sible claim that can be made against
the Government; actions for requisition
Of ships and railroads, transportation
Of troops, contracts of almost every
nature, appropriations OF camp sites
and naval bases and others widely d.
verSifled in nature.
Some of them raise novel and inter-
eSting questions. The petition of one
inventor seeks $1,000,00O for the little
pocket books of stamps sold at every
post Office. One test case was brought
by a savings bank to determine the
liability of the Government for stolen
Government bonds and coupons.
One woman seeks to hold the Gov
eminent liable for permitting the sale
of intoxicating liquor to her husband,
thereby alternating his affections from
her and from his children and taking
from her his support and enslaving her
to the support of him and his children
and the loss of her inherited estate"
In some of the suits the Government
Is not only successful in defeating the
plaintiffs claim but succeeds in recov-
ering a counter claim. The United
States Treasury has been augmented
within q comparatively recent period
by the collection of judgments of this
character amounting to more than
$4,000 900.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
Bossy ellis Free,
Will Go Home to
Snnite His Enemies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALEM, Mass, December Am
drew ]. (Bossy) ellis. Newbury-
ports bad boy mayor, ended a two
months term in the Essex County
Jail today.
His departure was in the nature
of gala event. Several hundred
persons gathered in the Jail yard to
see the mayor leave. He told re-
porters that he would make it hot
Tor his political enemies in New
buryport. "Bossy" served his pris-
on term for illegally conducting a
gasoline station and cutting down
trees. The mayor managed the af-
fairs of his city from his cell. To-
night he will be welcomed back to
Newburyport with a reception, in
which several thousand people are
expected to take part.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
Z RYAN CHILDREN
HERE GET MILLIONS
Grandmother of EIinor and
James to Shield Them From
"Detriment of Riches"

Two youthful millionaires will be
added to the list of Washington S
wealthy set by the will of Thomas
Fortune Ryan, New York capitalist, who
died in New York November %, last, it
became known with the filing of the will
for probate in the metropolis yesterday.
They are Miss Elinor Ryan, is years old,
and James Ryan, year younger, who
have been under the care of their
grandmother, Mrs. Alexander p. Morse
at Valley View Farm, on Ridge roaos
here since the death of their parents.
Miss Ryan now is a student at the
Convent of the Sacred Heart at 1919
Massachusetts avenue. Her brother, who,
for time attended the Georgetown
Preparatory School on the Rockville
Pike. Is a student at the Benedictine
Priory in Portsmouth, r. I. The chill
dren's father, Joseph James Ryan, was
student at Georgetown Prep at the
time he eloped with Miss Mamie Clarke
Morse.
Riches Seen as Harmful.
Mrs. Morse, their grandmother, said
that the inheritance of large sums of
money Is detrimental to the advance
ment of young people, and that I'VE
are going to do everything in our
power to shield them from its In
fluence.' 80
The share which the two children
here are to receive is to be held in
trust until they reach the age of 80
years, according to the terms of the
will. They are not to receive any of
the income until they reach the age of
II years. During the interim, until
they reach majority, only SO. much of
the income as in the Judgment and
discretion of the trustees is necessary
or proper to the education, support and
maintenance of the children is to be
devoted to their use During this
period the surplus income, above the
amount necessary to care for and edu-
cate them, Is to be allowed to accumu-
late, to be paid them upon reaching
their majority.
Should the death of either child oc-
cur prior to reaching 80 years, the fund
Is to be paid to the issue, II any, but If
without issue, then to the issue Of the
other. If any. II both should die be-
fore reaching 30, leaving no issue, then
the fund is to be distributed among the
issue then living Of the testator's other
four sons, Clendennin j., John B.,
William K. and Allan A.
Both Parents Dead.
Joseph James Ryan, the father, died
several years ago. The death of the
mother occurred about two years ago.
The children have an aunt, two
uncles and large number of other
relatives living in the city. DR.. Ed
ward Clarke Morse OF 1923 Massa-
chuSetts avenue and Walter Morse Of
the Highlands Apartments are uncles.
Their aunt is Mrs. Carlos Grevemberg,
who lives with her husband at Valley
View Farm.
Both the children began their ele-
mentary education under private tutors
in Europe, their mother having sought
a climate beneficial to her health. 1t
was said that they will continue their.
studies at the schools which they now
are attending. .,l~
The children are to receive between
them five equal parts of the fortune,
which iy estimated at anywhere from
100000 to- $500,OOo.O00. -, III
Evening star., 1928-12-01
JURORS QUESTION
ROTHSTE|N WIDOW
McManuS Affidavit Extended.
"Tough Willie" McCabe
Being Held.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December THE
grand jury investigating the Arnold
Rothstein Staying had breathing spell
today. as it waited for District Attorney
Banton's next move In the construction
Of what he described as "a beautiful
case of circumstantial evidence"
Before the grand jury adjourned yes
terday it questioned several witnesses,
including Mrs. Caroline Rothstein,
widow of the slain gambler. and As
semblyman Maurice Cantor, Rothsteins
attorney and one of the last persons to
talk to him.
McManuS Remains Reticent.
George A. McManus, the man who is
believed to hold the key to the mystery
still sat tight-lipped in Jail, refusing
to talk about the Staying of his fellow
gambler.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Banton said he was
determined to go before the grand jury
early next week without the direct evi-
dence McManus might give and ask
for indictments on circunStantial eW-
dence alone. Unless McManus' changes
his attitude in the meanwhile, the
prosecutor indicated, he may be named
in the indictments.
Indictments were expected yesterday,
but McManus, held on an affldavit
charging murder, smilingly consented
when 1t expired yesterday to have 1t
extended until next Wednesday. Where
upon McManus returned to jail and the
grand jury. after questioning several ad-
ditional witnesses, adjourned until Mon
day.
Mr.. Banton had indicated that if Nc
ManuS cid not agree to the postpone
ment of his hearing on the murder
charge he would ask the grand jury to
hand down indictments Immediately In
order to keep him under arrest.
Woman Angle Eliminated.
The circumstantial evidence case, Mr..
Banton asserted, is shaping UP against
McManuS and two others SO far named
only as Jane Doe" and Richard Roe !"
The Jane Doe" he said, is a man, not
a woman, as had been reported.
Tough Willie" McCabe, Sam Bos-
ton and Meyer Boston have joined the
contingent of Broadway gamblers held
In bail as material witnesses. They are
said to have participated in a poker
game some time prior to the shooting
of Rothstein November and out of
which the motive of the shooting Is
believed to have come. Rothstein was
said to have backed out on heavy debts
contracted in the game. McCabe Is ex-
pected to go before the grand jury
Monday.
The district attorney said he still
thinks it unlikely that Rothstein died
without revealing to some one the name
Of the person who shot him in the Park
Central Hotel.
Il have found no person yet who
will admit having been told the name
of the slayer" he said, but the theory
that persons of his type, do not squeal
at such times Is not well founded, es-
pecially in this case"
Evening star., 1928-12-01
TREE TO BE PLANTED.
IN COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Dougherty Will Speak at Ceremony
Monday Under Auspices Of Busi-
ness Mems Association.

AT public exercises Monday at Q
pm. the Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association will plant an ever
green tree in the park space west of
Sixteenth street and north Of Columbia
road. B. A. Levitan, president of the
association, will make a speech of pres
entation, followed by acceptances from
District Commissioner Proctor l..
Dougherty and Maj Carey H. Brown,
assistant director Of public buildings and
grounds.
Frank j. Sobotka, former president
Of the association, will preside. Rev.
Dr. U. @. B. Pierce of All Souls Uni
tartan Church, is to deliver the invoca-
ton. The committee in charge con-
sists of Mr.. Sobotka, Alton B. Carly
and DR.. Lyman r. Kebler.
In connection with the exercises the
association Is sponsoring an entertain
ment and dance Monday night in the
Arcadia ballroom, Fourteenth street and
Park road. A series of vaudeville stunts
has been arranged for the affair
The committee in charge of the en-
tertainmef1t consists of Derwin Hart
stall, chairman, assisted by Lewis p.
Collins, A. T. Androus and Mrs. Unetta
Rapee Waters.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
PLAN GRAIN EXHIBITION.

TORONTO, Ontario, December 1
R.-Plans for an international grain
exhibition and conference at Regina,
Saskatchewan, In 1882, were launched
yesterday at a meeting of agriculturists
sponsored by the Canadian government.
w. r. Motherwell, Canadian minister
of agriculture. who presided. said 1t
would be the first world exhibition and
congress of It's kind. 1t was announced
a minimum of $250,000 would be dis
tributed for prize exhibits.
Evening star., 1928-12-01

Hard luck last year assaiIed Stortv.
who is chauffeur. and he lost the first
tag as we'll as a bet He was on the
way to the District Building and be-
came worried for fear some one else
would get there first The more he
worried the harder he stepped on the
accelerator which resulted in his ar
rest by Detective A. E. Berry of the
twelfth precinct Il was going IS miles
an hour" he said today.
No such hard luck was experienced
by him this year, however, as he started
early and drove carefully. Shorty says
that he is chauffeur for Mrs. James
La Fontaine, 470 Maryland avenue
southwest.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
ENGAGEMENT is DENIED.
Baldwin's Mother Says Report Of Nup-
tiaIs Is UnfOunded.

PASADENA, Calf, December P).--
If Suzanne Lenglen is coming here to
visit Mrs. T. A. Winter her prospective
hostess does not know 1t. she said last
night. Mrs. Winter, recently divorced
from Thaddeus Winter. added, however,
that Miss Lenglen had standing in
vitation to visit at her home.
The prospective visit of the French
tennis star recalled rumors that Miss
Lenglen was engaged to marry Baldwin
Baldwin OF Los Angeles. Last night his
mother, Mrs. Anita Baldwin, denied
the reported engagement.
Baldwin, one of the heirs of the fa-
nous Lucky Baldwin" fortune, served
as manager for Miss Lenglen after she
turned professional Baldwin and his
wife, Nell Maxine Baldwin, are sep
arated by an interlocutory divorce de-
cree. The divorce has not yet been
made final
Evening star., 1928-12-01
SUZANNE ARRIVES
INCOGNITO IN U. S.
ON MYSTERY VISIT
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
that of Baldwin Baldwin, grandson OF
E. j. Oucky) Baldwin of California,
and some observers here believed VIM
ters might have been acting for his
brother Californian.
Suzanne and Baldwin were much to-
gether on the continent, and neither has
ever denied a sentimental attachment.
The only comment Suzanne would make
on the marriage rumors this Fall was
that 'if I should ever contemplate such
a step the statement will be given to the
newspapers by my family in the usual
fashion"
ENGAGEMENT is DENIED.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
Prohibition Loses by 144.325.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, De-
cember LP).-Final figures of the vote
in the recent licensing referendum in
New Zealand give majority of 144,325
against prohibition. The vote was as
follows: For continuance of the present
licensing system, 374502; for State con-
troll. 64,276: for prohibition, 294. 4.453.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
William P. Shorty Wagered
He Would Be No. ! in List
for 1929.
Wait of Five Weary Hours in
D. C. Office Corridor Brings
Its Reward.

The first set of 1929 automobile tags
and a $40 bill were the reward today
of William P. Shorty, 817 Fourth street,
for wait of five hours in the cor
ridors at the District Building He
got tag number Ell. The money he
won on a bet that he would be first.
Shorty was the first arrival at the
building, taking up his vigil at $50
o'clock. BY o'clock several more men
were in line, but it was not until $50
that the first woman arrived. She was
Miss Betty Whitfield, 1901 K street,
and she outdistanced two of the men
in front of her after the gates were
opened.
Evening star., 1928-12-01

provided in the act has been started
where the project and plan are not in
conflict. Despite prolonged high water,
the report said, the work of repairing
levees and closing crevasses necessitated
by The 1927 flood was completed before
Winter.
Respecting the Panama Canal, traffic
for the fiscal year just ended exceeded
that of any prlor year, the report de-
clared. Tolls for the year amounted to
S97, ,802,81S,
Evening star., 1928-12-01
Prominent Textile Man Dies.

NEW YORK, December Cp.-Ches-
ter A. Braman, president of A. D. Juil-
lard & Co., one of the largest textile
manufacturing commission houses in
the country, died at his home here
Thursday after long illness. He was
II wears old. Mr.. Braman became
president of the Juillard company in
Evening star., 1928-12-01
Austria 0. ks Kellogg Treaty.

The state Department has been in
formed that President Hainisch Of
Austria signed the Kellogg anti-war
treaty yesterday, and the instrument
Of adherence was being forwarded to
Washington for deposit with the State
Department.
Evening star., 1928-12-01
DEBATE CHANGE.
One Bell Wants Town Called Hoo
yer, other Objects to Plan.

SACRAMENTO. Calf, Decemjer 1
ter from Bs-t Bell of ChicaSo Q few
days ago suggesting that ts.e ns.ne a.
Palo Alto, Calf. home town Of Herher.
Hoover, be changed to Hoover in hon~r
OF the President-elect Yesterday the
governor received another letter from
Bert Bell Of Palo Alto, opposing the
change.
The second Bell said the name was
changed once from University GIN to
Palo Alto and should stand ut that.
The governor has about decided to let
the residents of the place decide the
question for themselves,