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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
-FOUR PAGES USED
IN 11-CENT RULING
Controller General DiSaIIoWS
Sum Added to Voucher by
Labor Department.

Controller General McCarl, in four
page decision, going deeply into the
law, formally has ruled that a voucher
for payment of bill to the Lamb Seal
& Stencil Co., of 824 Thirteenth street,
must be curtailed by IL cents.
The question, which appears to have
aroused the controller general to con-
siderable length over IL cents, was
whether the Department of Labor,
which bought some goods from the
stencil company, had right to change
the voucher from $5.42 to $3.50. It
was great mistake. judging from the
controllers ruling for the IL cents
additional to be added by the Depart
ment of Labor and the IL cents con-
sequently fatty disallowed.
The IL cents, which may become
famous as a result of this decision, was
the difference between correct and in
correct multiplication, it was learned
The Lamb Co. had made slight error
in submitting a bill for $5.42, when, as
matter Of fact, the mathematics of
the thing should have made it $3.50
This error was caught in the Depart
ment Of Labor, which changed the
voucher to read IL cents more. The
controller general promptly disallowed
1t. Correspondence followed. and the
controller today, in his four-page deci-
sion, which has been mimeographed and
made available to Government services,
declares that 'it Is requested that
proper instruction be issued to your
subordinates" to comply with an order
that vouchers could not be changed ex-
cept by the claimants
1.-THE interests of the Government re-
quire," said McCarl, that there be no
increase by way of correction or altera-
ton In the total amount claimed on a
voucher, unless such correction or al
teration be made by the claimants and
then only in the form of new voucher
for the correct amount claimed"
Rather than go through all this red
tape OF having new voucher go
through the Governments devious
channels 1t was understood today the
company accepted the settlement IL
cents short
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
LAST LINCOLN GUARD
DEAD AT EASTON HOME
Samuel Gladding, Aged 81, Union
Army Veteran, Expires After
Long Illness.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EASTON, Md, December 26.-Sam-
uel Gladding, 3d. Union Army veteran,
died yesterday at his home in Easton
after an illness OF four months.
Mr.. Gladding joined Company I,
18th Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the
outbreak of the war and saw service at
White Oak Swamps and Petersburg,
Va. He was wounded at Petersburg
June 20, 1864, having had finger shot
of.
Born in Bristol, r. l., his father
moved to Pennsylvania when Mr.. Glad
ding was years old. The change of
residence was due to the fact that the
father did not want his children to fol-
low the water after his uncle was killed
by whale.
In 1875 Mr.. Gladding moved to
Chapel, Talbot County, where he en-
gagged in farming for three years. From
there he moved to Easton and followed
his trade as a carpenter. He was the
last of large family and is survived by
an adopted daughter, Mrs. Reuben N.
Greenhawk.
He was the last of the guard which
watched over the body of Abraham Lin
coin as 1t laid in state in PHILADELPHIA.
Funeral services will be conducted at
his home at pm. tomorrow by the
Rev. T. N. Combs of the Baptist
Church, EaSton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26

Lost: one small pig in sack. For,
inasmuch as you have the distinction of
being very highly regarded as Detec-
tive in this Community, feel that you
Will make every effort to retrieve this
animal"
This Is a section of letter Precinct
Detective John F. Baxwell Of the sixth
precinct. received from DR.. C. label
Robinson, veterinary surgeon, % c
street, requesting the policeman to put
forward every effort to find the lost
property, which fell from his automo-
bile when he was carrying 1t to his hos
pital for treatment.
las a further incentive" the letter
continues, IT wish to state that should
you recover the said animal shall re-
ward your efforts with Q sufflcient
remuneration.
Said pig is white and black spotted,
contained in gunny sack, dropped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
ONE DIES, ONE HURT
IN AUTO COLLISION;
THIRD MAN IS HELD
]. E. Ward, 22, Killed When
Thrown Out of Car Return
Ing From Christmas Party.
INJURED MAN REPORTED
IN COMA SINCE 8 Am.
]. A. MCGOWAN, Traced by Blood
Spots, Denies Being
Driver.

One man was killed instantly and
another is in an undetermined condition
at Sibley Hospital as the result of a
collision between two automobiles at
Sixth and K streets northeast early
today.
James E. Ward, % years old, of 3639
New Hampshire avenue, died from a
fractured skull when the automobile
owned by Robert E. Martz, IL years old,
of 1901 N street, crashed with his ma
chine, in which he, was returning home
from Christmas night visit with
friends.
Martz is in Sibley Hospital with
decorations of the head, face and left
knee, and has been in a coma since
the collision, which occurred at $50
am. Physicians say they have been
unable to determine definitely whether
his condition is serious.
James A. MCGOWAN, "a, of Is M
street, who was the only other occu-
pant Of the Martz car, is being de-
tanned for investigation at the ninth
precinct. Police say he was the driver
of the machine which struck Wards
car. MCGOWAN, however, denies he was
the driver.
The latter was arrested by Patrol
cinct shortly after the mishap, when
blood spots leading away from the
wrecked automobiles were trailed to
McGowan's apartment. on NJ street.
MCGOWAN was bleeding from a minor
scalp laceration when found. police say.
According to police, Ward was driv-
ing north on Sixth street when his
automobile was rammed by the Martz
car, telescoping the right side of Wards
machine and throwing the driver into
the street. Ward was taken to Casualty
Hospital, where he was pronounced
dead on arrival by DR.. ]. r. Young of
the hospital staff.
MCGOWAN later was also treated at
Sibley by DR.. Cardwell before being
taken to the ninth precinct station to
be held pending q coroner's inquest,
which VIII not take place until Martz
is able to testify
Funeral services for Ward are to be
held at the late residence tomorrow
night at o'clock by DR.. E. v. REGISTER
of Alexandria, Va, presiding elder of
the Alexandria district of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. The body will
be sent to Statesville, N. c., for burial
Saturday.
Ward, owner of the City Service Ra-
do Studio, at 2314 Rhode Island ave-
nue. northeast, was a Central High
School graduate and a member Of the
Washington Board of Trade. Surviving
him are his mother, Mrs. Allie Ward,
and three sisters, Miss Ruth Ward end
Mrs. Sarah w. Morrison, both of W.
ington, and Mrs. z. j. Mund of Paris
Island, s. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
THEODORE KAUCHER, 81,
FORMER POLICEMAN, DIES
Retired Sergeant of Metropolitan
Force Was Native of Germany
and Former Soldier.

Theodore Kaucher, 81 years old, re-
tired sergeant of the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department, died yesterday at the
Soldiers Home Hospital following an
illness of a month.
Kaucher, q native of Germany, immi-
grated to this country when young
man. coming directly to Washington,
where he enlisted in the U. S. Army
Following a six-year term of enlistment,
he was appointed to the police force,
completing 40 years of service and
holding the rank of sergeant at the
time of his retirement in 1917. He
resided at 1915 I street.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row afternoon at the chapel of Frank
Geier's Sons Co., 1113 Seventh street.
Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
SIX INJURED IN COLLISION.
Dwight r. Davis, Jr, and Sister and
Danish Counselor Among Victims.


Dwight F. Davis, jr., and Miss Cynthia
Davis, son and daughter of the governor
general Of the Philippines, and Peter
o. de Treschow, 80 years old, counselor
of the Danish legation, received minor
injuries last night when the machine in
which they were riding and driven by
Mr.. de Treschow was in collision at
Wisconsin avenue and Military road
with O car In which three colored occu-
pants were injured.
The crash smashed the windows Of
the ENJOYS machine, jolting the three
occupants, and cut Mr.. de Treschow
about the face and hands and bruised
, Miss Davis and her brother about the
body. All refused medical attention.
Louise Wilson, % years old, colored Of
1914 r street, driver of the other ma
chine. was treated at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital for decorations to the
scalp, later removed to Gallinger Hos
pital and charged by police Of the four
tenth precinct with reckless driving
ard operating without q permit Mil
ton Hicks, "a years old, colored chauf-
feur, also living at the r street address,
and Catherine Juricks, A years old, COL
ored, of 1916 r street, occupants of the
second machine, were treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for body bruises and
scalp decorations. Their condition is not
! regarded serious.
Mr.. de Treschow and his party were
returning from Rockville when, accord
ing to police, the machine driven by the
colored woman and coming in an OPP
poSite direction smashed into their car.
tearing OF its bumper and ramming
hole in the front. The machine &C.
cupied by the three colored persons was
demolished.
The diplomat resides at TIA Connec-
ticut avenue and both Mr.. Davis and
Miss Davis live with their mother at
1875 Massachusetts, avenue.
Mrs. Leona Payne. % years old, Of
Clarendon, va, was treated at George
town University Hospital yesterday for
injuries suffered when the machine In
which she was riding, and driven by
Harold Payne, % years old, was struck
at Twenty-first and K streets by a hit
and-run driver, causing 1t to strike q
third machine parked near the corner
Mrs. Payne suffered Commissions to
both legs and the head and shock. Hell
condition was described as undeter-
mined.
Langford Virgins, 81 years old, COL
ored, living at It'll U street, suffered
serious injuries yesterday when rur
down at Florida avenue and v street
by q truck driven by Richard P. Clagett
of Leesburg, Va.
He was treated at Freedmen's Hos.
pital.
and Clifton Reeder, % years old, col
ored, both of 4905 Clay street northeast
were treated at Emergency Hospital yes
ferday for injuries sustained when theil
machine was in collision at Seventh
and d streets southwest with an auto.
mobile operated by Harry N. Smith o.
I'll Eighth street southwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
United States Issues
1,O4O New Patents
Record Established

A total of 1.040 new patents, a
record number for any one week
since 1927, will be issued Tuesday
by the United States Patent Of
flee.
The Forthcoming issuance is in &C
cordance with the regular weekly
routine of the Patent Office, and
the only explanation given for
the large number was that more
inventors than usual had the
money to pay the final fees. Next
weeks batch of patents represents
those on which such fees have
been paid within the last 26 or
80 days.
On May 10, 1927, the office is
sued 1901 patents. The nearest
approach to the forthcoming is
sues since the former record on
May IA, 1929, when 1923 patents
were granted, and June 4, when
the number totaled LOTT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
BUCKEYST0WN MAN,
AGED IS, KILLED BY CAR
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, December 26.-
Martin L. Shankle, IS, Buckeystown,
died late last night at his home of in
jurieS sustained on Tuesday, when he
was run down by an automobile oper-
ated by Austin Murray, Adamstown,
while walking on the highway in Buck
eystown.
According to Murray, Shankle, walk
ing along the road, started to cross in
front of the machine and as he cleared
1t turned around and walked in front
of it. The injured man was taken to
his home by Murray and a physician
summoned. Murray is being held under
nominal bond pending an investigation
by State officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
COUNTY COURT HEAD
DEAD IN HOSPITAL
Stricken at Church With Stomach
Ulcer, Judge Smith Sue
cumbs.
special plspatch to The Star.

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, December
26.-Almon w. Smith, Ga, president of
the Berkeley County Court, died at a
local hospital today after a four-day
illness resulting from stomach ulcer.
He was stricken while at church Sun
DAY
The deceased was serving the fourth
year OF his second term on the county
bench and the fourth year as president
Of that body. He was a native of New
Jersey, an ordained minister In the
Methodist Episcopal Church and a for
mer railway mail clerk, but in recent
years had given his time to trucking
outside of his court duties. Surviving
are the widow and one daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26

DIR. Zahm long has been a prominent
figure in the science of aeronautics. He
holds degrees from NotFe Dame, Cornell
and Johns Hopkins. He has been pro-
fessor of mathematics at Notre Dame
and associate professor of mechanics
at the Catholic University. In 1925 he
was awarded the Laetare medal Of
Notre Dame University for his work In
aeronauticS. He is member of the
American Society of Mechanical En-
gineers, the Washington Philosophical
Society, the Washington Academy of
Sciences and the Cosmos Club. He is
the author Of "a Treatise on Aerial
NAVIGATION"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
S. BROWN MERCER HURT.
Retired Government Emp1oye, 80,
Injured in Philadelphia.

s. Brown Mercer, 1856 Clifton street,
retired Government employee, was
seriously injured in Philadelphia Christ
he was riding was in a collision with
street car, it was learned here to-
day.
Friends of Mr. Mercer, who is 80
years old, hurried yesterday to Pihla-
delphia, where the injured man is in
a hospital
Mr.. Mercer was on his way from the
Capital to New York to spend Christmas
with friends when the accident occurred.
He is reported to have suffered concus-
sion of the brain and internal injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
STEVENSES ARRESTED
AFTER FAMILY ROW
Head of House and Son-in-Law
Taken in on Two Charges-Girl
Disappeared Recently.
By stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY a STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
BRENTWOOD, Md, December 90
Christmas turned out to be more or
less tumultuous occasion for the
Stevens family of Baker street, Brent
wood, when the head Of the house, Lee
w. Stevens, and his son-in-law, Charles
Bolton, were arrested on charges of
illegal possession of liquor and dis
orderly conduct respectively.
The StevenseS figured prominently in
the news last Summer when their
daughter, Wyona, left home few days
before she was to have been married to
Bolton, and was the object of police
search for several days before being
found In North Carolina.
The arrests yesterday were made by
Brentwood town officers who said Boil
ton created a disturbance when he
found his suit case on the porch of
his father in-law's home. After taking
Bolton to the Bladensburg jail, the
police arrested Stevens for Illegal pos
session Of two half-gallon jars of liquor
The latter was released on bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
MURDERED WOMAN'S
BODY FOUND IN CRATE
Series of Tragedies Mark Christ
mas Holiday in Dan
vile, Va.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va. December 26.-The
murder Of colored woman, suicide of
colored man and a fire which de-
stroyed part Of the Colonial Garage
marked Christmas day here.
Albert Stone is held for killing Min
ME Cobb, whose body. half consumed
by fire, was found in the crate of her
home.
Ed Bailey, railway employee, choked
himself with towel on a doorknob.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26

dynamic LABORATORY
of the Navy, to the
Guggenheim chair
of aeronautics Mt
the Library of Con-
greSS W a S an
nounce today by
Librarian Herbert
Putnam.
The chair is es-
tablished by a fund
from the Guggen-
helm Foundation.
DR.. Zahm's work
will be the inter-
probation of the
aeronautical litera-
ture at the Nation
al Library and as
and adviser of re-
CaarNI1 VKyOrlRayse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
France Lacks HOSPITALS.

PARIS R).-A hospital survey
showed France we'll down in the list
of nations possessing facilities for
caring for the sick. Five towns were
discovered whose hospitals contained
only one bed each and many more had
room for only two or three patients at
a time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
COUPLE ADOPTS NEPHEW.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. McClosky Give
Little George Condron New Home.

Little George Condron New Home.
Justice Peyton Gordon aided Santa
Claus in bringing new parents to lit
tie George A. Condron Tuesday, when
he signed a decree permitting Howard
A. McClosky and his wife. Mary, 404
Seward square southeast, to adopt the
law.
McClosky's sister, the mother Of the
child, died January last when the
baby was only two months old. The
uncle and aunt became so fond of the
little one that they obtained the con-
sent of his father to their adoption of
the child. The application was imme-
diately approved.
McClosky Is a skilled bookbinder. He
was represented by Attorney Ernest H.
Oliver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
FIGHT FIRE IN BOAT HOLD.
Big Freighter Blazes at Pier in
Brooklyn Five Hours.

NEW YORK, December IS (P).-Two
fire boats and two engine companies
were required to check fire in the
hold Of the Cosulich line freighter Lucia
G at her pier in Brooklyn yesterday.
The fire was discovered Just before
noon but was not brought under control
until about pm. The damage was
mainly to the cargo. The ship arrived
yesterday from Mediterranean ports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
SHUTS TO BE FETED.
Former South African Premier to
Be Luncheon Guest at Baltimore.

Be Luncheon Guest at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, December rs Especially
Gen. Jan Christian SHUTS, former
premier of South Africa, will be the
luncheon guest of the Baltimore League
of Nations Association January 16. He
will come to this city for a talk at
the Johns Hopkins University under
the George Hunting Williams lecture
ship.
One OF the trainers of the covenant
OF the League of Nations, he recently
completed series of lectures at Oxford
University dealing with British African
relations. He is expected to arrive in
New York the first week in January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
DR.. ZAHM NAMED
TOAV|ATION CHAIR.
Appointed by Congressional
Library Chief Under Gug-
genheim Fund.

The appointment of Dr. Albert H.
zahm, since 1916 director of the aero
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
ACTOR is BURNED.
rellegen Falls Asleep While smOk-

Tellegen Falls Asleep While smok-
ing Cigarette.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., December 26
LR-Lou Tellegen, the actor, was
burned on the hips when he fell asleep
while smoking a cigarette in his room
at the Hotel Jefferson yesterday morn
ing.
Guests in a room adjoining. aroused
by the smell of smoke, notified the
management. Tellegen's room was en-
tered with pass key. His bed clothing
and mattress were found to be ablaze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
RETIRED OFFICER BURIED.
Lieut.. Col. Luther Hare Was 70
Years Old When He Died.

Funeral services were held at the Ar
lington National Cemetery this after
noon for Lieut.. Col. Luther r. Hare.
United States Army, retired, who died
at Walter Reed General Hospital last
Sunday, in his seventy eighth year. Col.
Hare was from NobleSville, Ind. He is
survived by brother, Judge Silas Hare
Of Sherman, Tex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-26
GOLF COURSE TO CLOSE.
East Potomac Greens to Get Chance
to Get in Trim for Summer.

The East Potomac golf course win be
closed after January /, Lieut.. Col. u. s.
Grant, Sd, director of public buildings
and public parks, announced today, in
order to give the green's q chance to get
in trim for the coming season. The
Rock Greek golf course will be open
until March l, the announcement said
to take care of Winter playing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
FOUR TICKETS
WILL VIE FOR
GOTHAM VOTE
G. O. P. Drys to Contest
La Guardia'S Election
at Polls.

BIZ LnifCd Press
NEW YORK, Sept 19.--Having
won his first skirmish-the primary
victory over William M. Bennett
Representative Fiorella H. La Guar
ola, Republican mayoralty candi-
date, resumed today, with renewed
vigor, his war on Mayor James j.
Walker and his Tammany admins
tration.
Although La Guardia, an avowed
wet, disposed of Bennett, the anti
Speakeasy candidate, by a majority
of 1926 votes IN the primary cleo
lions, he still faced the prospect of
opposition from dry Republicans.
Mrs. Beatrice Becl,erman, defeat
ed candidate for the Republican
nomination for president of the
board of aldermen, and her hus-
band, Simeon j. Beckerman, Ben
nett's chief hackers, announced they
intended to put up an independent
candidate for mayor and for district
attorney of New York county.
Another development, which af-
fected both Mayor Walker and
Congressman La Guardia, was the
nomination of Richard E. Enright,
former police commissioner, for
mayor on square DEAL ticket.
In accepting the nomination at
town hall Wednesday night, Enright
said he intended to call for a wig
orous program of law enforcement
for the elimination of graft, vice
and the suppression Of crime"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
Girl Becomes Lawyer

b. Tim,s Hptcidt
PORTLAND, Ind, Sept. l9.-MisS
Marguerite Miller celebrated her
twenty-frSt birthday by being adj
mitted to the Jay county bar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
PEACE PARLEYS
MOST HOPEFUL
HOOVER SAYS
President DevoteS Radio
Address to World Arms
Limitation.

Bp United Prcs~
WASHIN TON. Sept. 49,
Negotiations with other powers look
ing toward further disarmament
we're described as most hopeful by
President Hoover in a radio speech
from his White House study
Wednesday night. in connection
with the dedication of the Columbia
Broadcasting Company's new studio
WABC, in New York.
The President said he receives
daily evidences of almost universal
prayer that the negotiations will
succeed.
The proposals involved, Hoover
said would preserve our national
defenSes. and yet would relieve the
backs of those who toll from
gigantic expenditures and the world
from the hate and fear which flows
from the rivalry in building war
ships"
The President recalled that Presi-
dents from john Adams down had
sat in the room from which he
made his address.
In this room" Hoover said. "have
been taken those reluctant steps
which have led our nation to war
and those willing steps which again
have led to peace. Never has there
been President who Gid not pray
that his administration might be
one of peace. and that peace should
be more assured for his successor.
Yet these men never have heSitated
when war became the duty OF the
nation
Always in these years the
thought OF our Presidents has been
adequate preparedness for defense
as one Of the assurances of peace
But that preparedness must not eX-
coed the barest necessity for dc
tense OF it becomes a threat of
aggression against others and thus
cause of fear and animosity of the
world
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
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