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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
Special Session Called for
Today to Decide on Need
for Inquiry.
BELIEF is EXPRESSED
QUIZ MAY BE ORDERED
DR.. Bocock and Hospital Officials
Not Called to Attend After
noon Hearing.

The Board Of Public Welfare will
meet in special session in the District
Building this afternoon to determine
what action, II any, 1t should take re-
garding criticism of conditions at the
Gallinger Municipal Hospital.
Although George S. Wilson, director
of public welfare, declined to predict
the outcome of the boards meeting. 1t
Is believed in welfare circles that an
inquiry will be ordered into the charges
Of Judge Kathryn Sellers Of Juvenile
Court as well as newspaper accounts
of conditions at the hospital.
May Not Call Officials.-
Despite reports to the contrary. It
was said at the welfare board that DR..
Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent Of the
hospital, and other officials of the in
stitution had not been notified to at
tend the meeting. The purpose of the
session, it was explained, Is to decide
whether the charges are serious enough
to justify an investigation. II an In
quiry Is ordered. DR.. Bocock, physicians.
internes and nurses will be summoned
before the board. Judge Sellers also
may be requested to appear to reit-
crate her recent charges.
Thus far. the board, 1t was pointed
out. has nothing official before 1t to
consider. The charges of Judge Sellers
have become public only through the
press. 1t was declared, and newspaper
accounts have not come to the boards
attention through regular official chan
nels. Disclosures made by reporter.
who spent several days in the hospital
as a psuedo patient. it was said. have
not developed anything to cast seri-
Gus reflection on the institution.
BocOck's Work Lauded.
Welfare officials admit that condi-
lions may not have been up to the
for hospital of the character
Of Gallinger several years ago, but they
firmly believe that there has been a
improvement under the admin
Of DR.. Bocock. In fact, 1t was
pointed out that Judge Sellers herself,
in testifying before a congressional COM
mittee, praised the Improvements
brought about by DR.. Bocock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
POSTPONE HEARING
IN BLACKMA|L CASE
Five Defendants to Face
Court August 20 After
Grand Jury Action.

Further action in the prosecution of
w. Clark Noble. widely known sculptor;
Mrs. Noble and their three associates
on charges of conspiracy to .blackmail
Capt. and Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, So
cially prominent leaders of the Wom-
ems Universal Alliance, was delayed
until August % when the hearing
they we're to be given today before
United States Commissioner Needham
C. Turnage was continued for two
weeks pending the findings of the
grand jury. *
Besides Mr. and Mrs Noble the de-
PENDANTS who appeared before Com
missioner Turnage this morning were
Mrs Anna NJ Hillenbrand, who, unable
to make bail, had been held in Jail
since the arrest of the quintet August
Z. and James F. Bird. local attorney
The fifth defendant, Stephen A. Arm
strong. was not present.
Continuation of the hearing was
agreed upon when Assistant United
States Attorney Charles B. Murray ex-
planned to the commissioner that the
case against the two women and three
men already had been presented to the
grand jury. The only action the COM
missioner could take was to hold de-
PENDANTS for the grand jury and since
that already had been done by the
United States attorneys Office continue
alton OF the hearing was the only posi-
BILE action.
Noble and his associates are charged
with having conspired to extort $50, 900
from Capt. and Mrs. Calhoun by
threatening them with exposure in lone
of the greatest scandals in the country"
They we're arrested on evidence obtained
by a Department Of Justice agent who
posed as the financial representative of
Capt Calhoun in several conferences
with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
HIT-AflD-RUN MOTORIST KILLS
MAN ASLEEP ON RUNNING BOARD
Walter Goldsbourgh, %, Loses Life When Passer-by
Sideswipes Car.

Asleep on the running board Of
parked automobile one mile north Of
Hughesville. Md, this morning. Walter
Goldsbourgh, 2S-year-old farmland of
Benedict, Nd, was instantly killed when
speeding machine sideswiped his car
and swept him into the road. The
driver did not stop.
According to Harry B. Freely, Mary
land state policeman, who investigated
the case, Goldsbourgh and two COM
panions. Lloyd Buckley Of Mechanics
Vile. Nd, and Fritz Buckley OF Bene-
dict, decided to sleep overnight In the
automobile, after they had exhausted
their gas supply earlier in the eve
ming.
The two men told the officer they
fell asleep in the back seat of the car
and that Goldsbourgh decided to stretch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
OFFICERS REAssIGNED.
Many Transferred to New Duties
at Army Posts.

many transferred TO NEW OuCASs
at Army Posts.
Col. Clarence j. Manley, Medical
Corps, has been transferred from Chi
cago to Fort Benning, Ga: Maj. Rob-
ert E. Guthrie. Coast Artillery. from
Fort Monroe, Va, to Fort H. G. Wright,
N. Y; Capt. Cyrus w. Haney, Quarter
master Corps. from Fort Mason, Calf.
to Hawaii; Col. Allen j. Greer, Field
Artillery, from San Francisco to the
Philippines; Capt. Arthur C. Fitzhueh,
Field Artillery. from Fort Monmouth,
N. j., to Fort Bragg. N. c.; Capt. Lucas
e. Schoonmaker, Coast Artillery. from
Fort Monroe, Va, to Fort Barrancas,
Fla; Capt. George P. McNeill, jr.,
Medical Corps, from San Francisco to
the Philippines; Capt. Robert p. Bell,
Infantry, from New York city to Fort
Benning, Ca; Capt. Louis H. Price,
finance department, from. San Fran
cisco to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio;
Capt. Rhodes r. Arnold, Infantry, from
Fort Smelling, Mimi, to. Chicago; Maj.
Condor C. Mccormack. Medical Corps.
Is detailed as assistant commandant of
the Medical Field Service School at
Carlisle, Pa. First Sergt.. Robert g.
Sigler, Coast Artillery, at Fort Monroe,
Va, has been retired on his own APP
plication after more than 80 years
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
FIVE ARE INJURED
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Three Persons, Including One
Hit by Street Car, Are
Seriously Hurt.

Three persons were seriously injured
and two slightly hurt in trafic mishaps
late yesterday and early this morning,
all the cases requiring hospital treat
ment.
Robert A. Winkler, 80. of 754 Alaska
avenue, today was stin in q serious
condition at Emergency Hospital from
a blow on the head and internal in
juries received when his automobile
was struck by a street car at Georgia
avenue and Fern street. His motor
stalled while making a left-hand turn
into Fern street and a southbound
street car struck him. The motorman
was L. G. Jackson of It's Sligo avenue,
Silver Spring. Md.
machine to permit a northbound car
to pass, and drove directly behind 1t in
an effort to negotiate the crossing on a
left-hand turn. He was first taken to
Walter Reed Hospital.
Ernest L. Waters, colored. 81, Of
Wonder court southwest. was the VIC
tim of hit-and-run accident at Seven
tenth and B streets last night. He was
crossing the street when struck by an
automobile. At Emergency Hospital 1t
was found his back was injured and
several ribs probably fractured.
A spinal injury was sustained by
Sophia Gordon, colored, 81, of 2041 E
street, when she was knocked down
at Twenty-first and F streets last night
by the automobile of William T. Roll
Inns, 1928 N street. Rollins took the
injured woman to Emergency Hospital
Max Wexler of Bancroft, Va, was
the driver of an automobile that
knocked down Walter Jackson, colored
IS. of IS Logan place in front of 1918
New Jersey avenue at 6 O'Clock morn
ing. He was treated for injuries to his
scalp and left arm at Sibley Hospital
L. D. Bushong, 1902 Irving street.
was charged with driving car with
bad brakes when his machine struck
Miss Violet Hart, 10. of 1245 Thirtieth
street. She was treated at Emergency
for a slightly injured hip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
DRIVER CONVICTED T.
AS GUIDE IS FREED
Judge Mcmahon Promises Aid to
Police in Stamping Out
Soliciting.

hack driver was convicted Of So
lictting business on public street and
for not remaining within five feet of his
vehicle while it was in a stand, while
q National City guide was freed Of the
same charges. by Judge John p. Nc
Mahon In Police Court yesterday. After
sentencing George D. Taylor, hack
driver, to pay a fine of $25 or serve ten
days on the soliciting charge and to $40
or 10 days on the other one, the Judge
said that there was entirely too much
disregard for this law in the city, and
that he would give his heartiest CO.
operation to the police in an effort to
stamp it out.
Roy Brown. a National City guide,
was freed Of the charges, as there are
no specific regulations regarding the
actions Of guides. Taylor and Brown
were arrested near the Peace Monument
on August Q by Policeman w. L. Pasour
Of the Traffic Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
COL. FORD TO TOUR.
Military Posts in West and South
to Be Visited.

BY special direction of the Secretary
Of War, Col. Stanley II. Ford, assistant
chief OF staff for military intelligence,
will leave here next Saturday on an i'm
portant military mission in Western
and Southern States and as far away
as the Philippines. !.
He will visit, in order, the headquar-
tiers Of the Sth Corps Area, at Fort
Hayes. Ohio: the 9Th Corps Area, at
Chicago; the 7th Corps Area, at Omaha ::
the 9Th Corps Area, at San Francisco;
the Hawaiian Department, at Honolulu,
and the Philippine Department, at Ma
Mia.
On the return trip he will visit the
headquarters of the 9th Corps Area, at
Fort Sam Houston. Tex. and the 4th
Corps Area, at Fort Mcpherson, Ga. It
Ia stated at the War Department that
the main purpose of Col. Ford's mission
Is to confer with the military authori-
ties at the stations named on various
questions connected with the national
defense.
The views Of the commanders of the
LIST Corps Area, headquarters at Boston;
the I'd Corps Area, headquarters at New
York City, and the Sd Corps Area,
headquarters at Boston, on current mill
dtary problems will be obtained through
personal conferences with the chief of
stair Of the Army at the War Depart
Mef1t,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
Traffic Drive Cuts
Offenders Number
To Only 100 Cases
Effectiveness of Campaign
Reflected in Police
Court Trials.

The effectiveness Of the recent drive
against trafic violators Is borne out
by the small number of cases handled
in Traffic Court these days and by the
statements of the officers themselves.
Comparative peace and quiet reigned
in the court today, with only about
100 cases coming up before Judge John
p. Mcmahon. The fines the Judge
handed out were never very high ard
IN many instances first offense speeders
received only SIS fine. A few weeks
ago over 200 cases were being tried
daily In this court.
Policemen K. p. Greenlew and Ray
mond Sinclair Of the Trafiic Bureau,
who were perhaps the busiest men on
the force in July, reported that while
travelling on Bladensburg road this
morning at $3.50 o'clock they passed at
least 20 cars when travelling at % miles
an hour in the 30-mile zone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14

out on the running board. They de-
clared they slept through the night
and upon awakening discovered their
comrade sprawled along the roadside
apparently dead. Oficer Freely said
the boys called him by telephone and
he investigated.
An inquest by the Hughesville coroner,
Judge Harry Wolfe, was held this morn
ing and 1t was decided, "the man came
to his death due to . hit-ano.run
motorist." The body was later removed
to Benedict for burial.
Ofiicer Freely said Maryland State
officers have been patroling the roads
near where the accident occurred and
that look-outs have been sent through
the various substations. He declared,
however, that there was little or no
chance Of experimenting the hit-and-
run car In view Of the fact no one Wit.
messed the accident, and thus they had
no description with which TO work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
BENNING ROAD PROTESTS
TO BE HEARD OCTOBER 7
Many Owners of Small Parcels
Claim Action Will Not Enhance
Value of Properties.

Hearing on the exceptions of hundreds
of property owners upon whose lands
assessments for benefits for the WIDEN
ing of Benning road we're laid by jury
of condemnation has been set for Octo-
Der by Justice William Hitz in the Dis
trict Supreme Court. Many owners of
small parcels are complaining that the
jury went far afield in making benefit
assessments for the widening Of thor
oughfare which they claim is merely in
aid Of traffic and will not enhance the
value of their holdings.
The verdict Of the jury will be de-
Tended by Assistant Corporation Counsel
Alexander H. Bell, jr., while arrayed
against him are a number Of lawyers
representing the property owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
Officer Stops Fleeing Attack Suspect
By Accurately Hurled Nightstick

A night stick hurled by patrolman
last night struck colored fugitive
In the back and frustrated his escape
after he is alleged to have attacked
Mrs. Emma Arnold, 81, 314 G street,
while the woman was taking q short
cut to her home through an alley be-
tween Third and Fourth streets.
Policeman Thomas D. Bacon, who
made the throw, and r. w. Terrett,
both Of No. precinct, arrested the
man, who was committed to precinct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
TRAIN TIME CHANGED.
Chesapeake Beach Railways New.
Schedule Is Announced,

Lee H. Lands, new general manager
Of the Chesapeake Beach Railway Co.
has announced new schedule Of trains
to and from the resort.
Effective Immediately and continu-
ing through August %. weekday trains
will leave the District line at and
IL 80 am. and 2:30. $40 and pm,
returning from the Beach at 6:35 am.
and l, $3.50, 6 and 10 pm. Saturday
trains, through September z. will leave
District line at o and 1880 am. and
2:30, 3:25. $40 and pm, returning
at 6:35 am. and l. 2:30. 6, 8 and 10
pm. Sunday trains. through August
rs, will leave District line at $50, 1890
and 1880 am. and 2:30. 4:45 and 9
pm. returning at z am. and 1880, 3,
6, and 10 pm.
Other alterations in the schedule
will become effective August 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
Land Purchase Is Approved.

The District Commissioners yester-
day approved the purchase Of q So, 700
plot Of land adjoining the proposed
stadium Of Mckinley High and Langley
Junior High Schools from its owners,
William J. @. and Lima Thomas. A.
residence occupies the land, which Is
situated on an alley to the rear Of
the north side Of r street northwest,
between First and Second streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
Policeman ousted Over Debts.

For failure to pay his debts, Pvt.
w. z. Lawson of the seventh precinct
was removed from the police force
yesterday by the District Commission
ers, who upheld the findings Of the,
Police Trial Board.
Complaints against Lawson, covering
three record sheets, had become 30
frequent that the trial board took
action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14

cell for investigation. He furnished
his name as Horace Long Of $40 Mis-
souri, avenue.
Mrs. Arnold said she had just
alighted from q street ca and had
entered the alley when man leaped
from the shadows and grabbed her
about the waist. Her screams attracted
the attention Of an employe of near
by garage and the two policemen, and
the man fed when they appeared q
moment later. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
GOVERNOR CALLS FARLEY.
Move Is Intended for Continuing
Reclamation Projects.

BOISE, Idaho. August IA (P.-United
States Senators and Representatives
from all Western States were invited
yesterday by Gov. H. C. Baldridge to
attend the conference of Western
States governors in Salt Lake City Au-
gust 26 and ~.
The invitation was extended with a
view to starting action in Congress
against any move leading toward cessa-
ton of Federal support for reclamation
and irrigation projects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
Woman Tourist Breaks Arm.

Susan D. Martin, 81, Galesburg, H.,
was treated at Casualty Hospital this
morning for q fracture of her left arm.
She was o member of touring party
and broke her arm as result Of trip
ping over an obstruction at the
National Museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
SUES POLICEMAN.
Wife Asks Divorce, Charging
Cruelty in Plea.

Mrs. Myrtle X. Cross. 81S Randolph
street, has filed suit for an absolute
divorce from James E. Cross, police
man. residing at $500 K street. On the
wife's plea that her husband was about
to leave the District, Justice Hitz d.
rected that Cross post bond to stay in
Washington pending hearing CT the suit
Of the wife.
The wife says she was married June
q, 1928. and separated from her hus-
band December 81, 1927. She charges
cruelty. Attorneys Hawken d Havell
appear for the wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
PAY COURTESY CALL.
Members of Turkish Aviation Group
at War Department.

The Turkish military aviation mis-
sion. composed of Maj. Shefik Bey,
chief of the air section, Turkish gen.
eral star, and Capt. Forruh and Lieut..
Kiasm Of the Turkish Army, who are
making an inspection of various mil
itary and naval aviation activities In
the United States, called at the War
Department this morning and paid
their respects to Secretary Good and
Gen. Summerall, chief of staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14

allowing the escape of inflammable gas
therefrom''
This craft having made an epochal,
unprecedented flight from Germany to
this country for the second time, the
patent examiners evidently decided that
1t would be safe to grant 1t a patent
since the merits of the invention were
so obviously demonstrated to all the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
HEAT RELIEF, PROMISE
OF WEATHER BUREAU


but Showers Are Predicted for
This Afternoon.
With the mercury registering one
degree higher at 10 o'clock than at
that hour yesterday, Washington was
headed today for its fifth consecutive
day Of real Summer heat. >
The record of O short while ago,
when the mercury lowered at 80 and
higher for nine straight days, fortu-
nately will remain standing, the
Weather Bureau promised, for show
ers this afternoon are expected to cool
things on a bit and maybe again to-
night.
1t is expected the 90-degree mark
will be reached or passed during the
middle of the afternoon, but already
at 10 o'clock a cool breeze was spring.
ing up. The maximum temperature
yesterday was 95 degrees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14

Persia Is pushing completion Of its
extensive railroad construction program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-14
REPRESENTATIVE WEEDS.
Vincent Carter Marries Miss Crow
ley Of philadelphia at Gettysburg.

GETTYSBURG, Pa, August Il (P).-
Representative Vincent Carter, 81, of
Wyoming was married yesterday to
Mary Catherine Crowley, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy j. Crowley of
Philadelphia. The ceremony was held
in st. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
here, Rev. Father Mark =. Stock offici-
ating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

favorable. and the glider has hown nearly 1000
miles to make the three hundred-odd to San
Francisco. But it has been detailed here to
show not only what peculiar situations and
problems the glider has to encounter, but to
point out that, with an alert pilot at the con-
trolls, these difficulties can be overcome even
to the extent Of flying without motor as far
as from Los Angeles TO San Francisco
But this was an imaginative flight Can 1t
really be done?
Or. Wolfgang Klemperer, one Of the pioneers
who took mp gliding In Germany after the war,
who Is now with the Goodyear Zeppelin Cor
poration In Akron as consultant engineer, Is
one Of the men who says that it can be done.
Anthony H. G. Fokkef, the great Dutch air.
plane designer, who also is In the United
States. Is another. Many noted glider experts
in Germany and, finally many Hedging glider
pilots IN the United States itself agree
To Dr. Klempcrer gliding is merely sailing
downward in an elevator that Is going up" or
gliding down in a rising current Of air. II the
mir current happens to 60 up faster than the
glider can come down, that glider Is going
to rise at q rate which Is the difference be-
tween the rising speed Of the air and the
falling speed Of the plane.
A RECORD height Of $500 feet, more than a
mile, above the starting point was obtained
In this manner by DR.. Ferdinand Schulz Of
Germany, who crashed to his death in Q glider
recently. Dr.. KlempereF was the first to show
that glider can be landed at q designated SPOT,
when he sailed from one city to another three
miles away. Later much more distant FIGHTS
were made successfully. Erich Kronfeld of
Vienna holds the record for longest straight
distanee-about % miles. On his reeoed-set-
%S-nn .A~NA l.
Of more than e,7Oo feet.
The longest distance covered. by weaving
back and forth between two points. was $50
miles. while the longest time In the air Is al
most Is hours
Gliding has been adopted in the United
States not only for its possibility as new and
spectacular sport, but for the remarkable aid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

It can give toward motored aviation. IN Ger
many an applicant for an airplane pilots II.
cense must first pass the glider test For his
gliding experience will come in handy when he
takes the controls Of the airplane.
"A well trained glider pilot in an airplane
win be able to locate air currents that will
help him especially in getting over mountains"
says DR.. Klemparer.
And when its engine stalls the airplane Is
nothing but a glider.
What makes this sort Of plane stay In the afr,
against gravity, are its streamlined body, It's
hghtness and more particularly It's long, slen-
der wings elders of the soaring variety, those
built for long flights. have as much as q 90 or
70 foot wing span, more than twice that of an
airplane with fuselage Of the same size or even
larger.
At the same time, the chord" or depth Of
the wings from front to rear, Is much narrower
than the airpiane wing, giving considerable lift
and soaring proclvity to the moterless glider.
GLIDING having already taken hold In vars-
Gus European countries and In America,
has gone even further. It has led to the for
nation Of .air trains" behind mctored planes
Already one and two giiders have been attached
10 plane and have trailed behind ct much
faster speed than they could have alone. Ma.
neuvering In rising air currents isnf necessary
here, for the airplane itself contols the heieht
and speed and direction of the entire train.
But some Of the elders trailing behind have
dropped OF, like the rear car Of freight train
and glided down TO earth q sailed on % Q
nearby destination BY virtue of the rising afr
= currents =. ". ~ 4-5f :~=.v, .s~n~
The, practicabIlity Of these slider air trains
ID obvious. Towed behind huge transport
UaMne n gkrfnR nR hOMSRaA fxns,4xsew& oasSaawv w.~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

"vODAY you still may marvel at the
courage and resourcefulness Of avia-
tors who pilot high powered planes
from coast to coast on nonstop
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
''7Vow
she's always
hungry"

'VTIRGINIA Is absolutely the
Y picture Of health again, says
Mrs. Harry Lohman, 101 E Street,
N. W., Washington. "a few weeks
ago we had 10 force her to eat; now
she's always hungry.
'T knew what to do when she be-
came bilious, haH-sick and listless,
because we've always known about
California Fig Syrup. Virginia's
coated tongue and bad breath cleared
up with the first few spoonfIlls: and