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Evening star., 1938-08-29

To add to the horror of the occa-
sion, Miss Thompson wrote, cholera
plague broke out which taxed the
abilities and strengths of the Wash
lngtonian, another mission teacher
and three nurses.
1t was a pitiful procession that
came seeking protection from the
dread disease she wrote TO her IA
ther. Some Of them were decentlv
clothed. some in filthy beggar's rags;
men, women, round-eyed, over-aVed
children and tottering oldsters, fran
tically clutching for few more DAYS
Of life that would hardly seem to be
worth livingv
One native was snatched from death
by the administration OF saline solution
and doses of morphine and atrophine.
Most of those" Miss Thompson
wrote, who are sick are brought in
on doors; some on wicker trays used
for silk worms and some on the backs
OF men" On some days, the patients
are as many as 100.
Miss Thompson, 49, was born in Rich
mond, Ind. She has been in the Orient
the best part of IS years. Her most
recent visit to Washington was in
1884, when she had a years leave.
Her next vacation is scheduled for
1910.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS
GROWS ON COAST
Over $50 Warehouses and LIQUOR
Rectifying Plants Closed in
Hot Car Dispute.

w the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29.-An
industrial crisis affecting many busi-
nesses and more all-embracing than
any in San Francisco since the 1885
maritime strike. grew in gravity today
More than $50 warehouses and
liquor rectifying plants have closed.
Others were expected to shut their
doors today in hot cargo dispute
between operators and c. I. O. ware
housemen. More than 1000 workers
were idle.
A showdown neared in the threat
ened strike of A. F. of L. clerks in
n major department stores. Nego-
tiations were broken off between the
A. F. of L. shoe and textile salesmen's
union and operators of shore and
mems furnishing stores. involving the
possibility of strike. A crucial meet
ing of the A. F. of L. grocery clerks,
union with chain grocery stores was
set for Tuesday.
In the background was the posi-
bility Of break between employers
and C. I. o. longshoremen over re-
neWal of water front contracts next
month.
James Reed. president of the Asso-
ciation of San Francisco Distributors,
saw the possibility of a complete shut
down in the warehouse business.
Evening star., 1938-08-29


On orders of Capt. Thomas Evans,
master of the ship, the vessel was
searched and 9 miles of its course
were retraced without result
Following Col. Won Zelinski's report
to the I'd Corps Area headquarters
here, a board of inquiry was appointed
to investigate the disappearance Those
named were Col F. v. Schneider, 1t.
Col. L. w. Webb, and Maj. w. j.
Jones.
Col. Mccormick was stationed here
with the National Guard from Jan
uary, 1894. to August, 1887.
A native of Stapleton. N. Y, Col
Mccormick was serving with the 65th
Infantry at San Juan as c. NJ. T. c.
officer when nervous condition
caused him to be ordered to Walter
Reed.
He entered the Army as a second
lieutenant of infantry February a.
1911. During the World War he
served as a major with the National
Army, and in July, 1920. was trans
ferred to the Regular Army. He was
graduated from the Infantry School.
Fort Benning, Ga, in 1922. and pro-
NOTED to lieutenant colonel in 1890.
Col. Mccormick is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Esther F. Mccormick;
four daughters, Esther, Helena, Pa
tricia and Leonora. and an aunt, Mrs.
Margueret Spellman of Hartford, Conn
While stationed here with the Ma
tional Guard Col. Mccormick was a
camp instructor and target range ex-
pert.
Evening star., 1938-08-29

1888 Eleventh-and-a-half street Sc,
when the pole touched the wires
and he was hurtled to the ground by
their charge. The rod could not be
found near the scene, or on the freight
train when it was searched later IN
Benning yards, however.
He was lying unconscious at the east
end of tunnel near Eleventh street
and Virginia avenue Sc, when found
by James Gately, 2l, of l115 Potomac
avenue Sc.
Il heard what sounded like an ex-
plosion at about 7:30 last highland
then cry for help. as if some one
we're in great pain" Mr.. Gately re-
lated today
Il was in my house, about 80 feet
from the tracks. When I heard a
second cry, I ran out the back door
and about Is feet up the tracks. I
could see the boy by looking beneath
train that had stopped to pick up
coal car. He was on the other side,
where guess he fell when the elec-
tricity threw him off the car.
He kept moaning, but told him
there was nothing to do but wait till
the train pulled out, because We were
on opposite sides of the train" Mr.
Gately said. When I got to the boy
found his arms burned and his legs
paralyzed.'
Unable to move young Heuer alone,
Mr. Gately called Casualty Hospital
ambulance. At the hospital it was
said the boy has third-degree burns
on back. arms, right leg and foot, with
a possibly fractured right ankle. Ply
sicians said he was semi-conscious, but
unable to give any account of how the
accident happened.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
NEW DEAL FLAYED
AS 'SPO|LS GRAB
G. 0. P. Says Roosevelt Has
Reduced Merit System to
a 'Subterfuge.'
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Whe Republican National Committee
accused President Roosevelt today of
reducing the merit system in Gov
cover the greatest spoils grab in our
history"
The committee declared in a state
ment that no administration ever had
professed greater respect for civil
service yet had done more to exploit
and circumvent it.
More than 80 per cent of Govern
ment employees were under civil
service when the President took Office,
committee survey reported, but only
IS per cent were in that category at
the first Of this year.
Pays Lip Service
When it has been advisable from
the standpoint of vote-getting. lip
service concessions have been made to
civil service extension and reform. al
though such concessions have always
been subordinate to the prior claims
Of patronage" the statement said.
This administration has enioyed
six years of spoils. 1t now proposes
TO divest itself of that indulgence, at
least on paper, once the need for 1t
has gone
BY executive order under existing
law, the President has taken steps to
reward as many Of the faithful as
possible with permanent positions in
the public service and all the pre-
requisites of competitive civil service
status. He has recently announced his
determination to revive reorganization
proposals in the next Congress.
Wants to Freeze Spoils.
This means that he will seek the
authority necessary to grant civil
service benefits to faithful employees
OF agencies now exempted therefrom
which under present legislative pro-
visions he cannot so favor. He seeks
political advantage as one who greatly
extended the merit system. when in
reality he has reduced it to a mere
subterfuge to cover the greatest spoils
grab in our history.
Now that poStmaSterships are safely
Democratic, the administration has put
through a bill to freeze them in the
service while demanding credit for
following the long standing recon-
mendation of the Civil Service Com
mission that these positions be ex-
cluded from patronage"
The pay roll of executive depart
ments, the survey said, has increased
more in four years than in the pre-
ceding 20 years.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
$1,000 Americans Not Touched
By Recall Plan. Saws Franco

tionalist Gnsurgent) hands recently,
only about so per cent were Euro
peans"
Gen. Franco added that many
members of the Nom Intervention
Committee probably do not know that
more than so per cent Of the foreign
ers in the Red ranks are not COM
prised in the withdrawal plan"
Gen. Franco declared, however, that
solution of the withdrawal problem
was difficult but not unattainable."
He declared that "the most Just
and cheapest" would be the Insurgent
proposal for withdrawing equal num-
bers from both sides and charged
that the government had accepted
the non-intervention proportional
plan because It had no thought Of
observing" u
Evening star., 1938-08-29
GIRL SWALLOWS GLASS

Eleven-month-old Helen Elizabeth
Maroudis bit piece from her drinking
glass yesterday as she was lunching
with her mother, Mrs. Margaret Ma
roudis. who halted here during an au-
tomobile journey from the South to
her home in Steubenville, Ohio.
The mother took the child to Provi-
dence Hospital, where attendants said
the girls condition was satisfactory
and released her.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
DEATH is PROBED
Tests to Determine Cause Of

Tests to Determine Cause Of
William Meline Fatality.
Tests will be made today by District
chemists for the Coroners Office to
determine actual causes of the death
yesterday of William Meline. As. of
the 5000 block Thirteenth street NV,
who had been i'll week suffering
from an overdose of sleeping medicine
Found in a coma in bed Monday
night by his wife, it was reported
that three empty sedative bottles
were on a table nearby. A private
gave home treatment until
Thursday, when Mr.. Meline was trans
ferred to Gallinger Hospital.
An accountant, he was temporarily
driving a taxi.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
CR0WELL MATCH
WON BY WAGNER
Sergeant Tops Field of
1,670-Lt. Tanner Scores
at Camp Perry.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio, Aug. 90
Scoring a possible with l3 VS. g
extra VS., Sergt. Hansford H Wagner
Of the United States Infantry team,
topped the list of 1870 of the Ma
tons greatest riflemen to win the
trophy and gold medal in the CroWell
Trophy Match, fired 10 shots prone
over the 500 yard range any type
rife and metallic sights permitted.
Sergt Waldo A. Phinney of the
United States Marine Corps team took
second honors with score of so with
9 VS..
First 1t. James D. Tanner. sdjutant
Of the 2nd Battalion, l2lst Engi-
neers, District National Guard, cap
tured the medal offered to the highest
competition for each State, with a
score of 4S. Capt Edward A. Nc
Mahon, Headquarters and Service
Company, l2lst Engineers also placed
in the money with a loWer-ranking 48
Leading the field of 1891 entries
with score of SO, Corpl. Willard L.
Baker. United States Infantry team
carried of the trophy and gold medal
in the Navy cup match, fired 20
shots at 200 yards, slow fire standing.
with service rife His teammate,
Corpl Wade Giacobbe, placed second
with score of 96.
Local Men in Money.
Local men who placed in the money
were: Corpl Willard c. Jensen, Head
quarters and Service Company. 12lst
Engineers, scored "a: Sergt Harry b
Parsons. Ordnance Department, State
staff, 90; Capt. Edward A. McMahon,
Headquarters and Service Company,
90; First 1t. Henry M Boudinot, Com
,pany B, 104 Quartermaster Regiment,
%.
1t. William L. Spicknall of the
Hyattsville National Guard, with q
score of 81. was also among the local
shots placing in the money.
The American Dewar Trophy was
won by Charlie Hambie of Atlanta,
Ga, with a possible score of 400, with
81 out of 40 shots in the inner X-ring
.. Woodring in Third Place.
Last years winner, William B.
Woodring of East Alton, Ill, took third
place with a score of 400 with Is Ks
Three Capital militiamen also were
listed on the prize bulletin, Maj Just
G, Jensen, Ordnance Department.
State Staff, score 396; Maj. Clarence
S. Shields, commanding officer, End
Battalion, l2lst Engineers, score 1894
and Capt. Edward A. Mcmahon, Head
quarters and Service Company, score
393.
The event called for the use of iron
sights over the international Dewar
course, which consists of 20 shots at
each of the 089-inch, 50-yard range
and the 2-inch, l00-yard bullseye.
Evening star., 1938-08-29

9 am. there will be special mass for
the visitors. The first business meet
ing Will be held an hour later. Lunch
con, another business session in the
afternoon and a dinner dance will
end the first days program. Satur-
days program will be similar. con-
cluding with formal conference din
ner and dance al pm
On Sunday the federation members
will go to the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception at Catholic
University to hear low mass. Later
they will take boat trip down the
Potomac and in the evening they will
attend the final formal banquet.
The theme of the convention is "A
Program of Human Betterment Cath
ollc Actlon) for the Individual and
Society,""
Evening star., 1938-08-29
ROBBERY SUSPECT HELD
IN $4,000 BOND HERE
Police Say New York Youth
Confessed He Was Rose
Bandits II Years Old.

Robert S. Mortimer, II, of New York
City, was held for the grand jury
under $4,000 bond when arraigned
before Police Court Judge John P.
Mcmahon today on a charge Of house.
breaking-a case involving the rob-
berry week ago at the home of Rep
resentative Edward c. Eicher, Demo-
crat, of Iowa.
The youth was arrested last Sunday
in the Representatives automobile,
which was stolen from its garage after
several pocketbooks in Mr.. Eicher's
home had been looted.
Police say Mortimer has confessed he
was the rose bandit" who was given
that title by newspapers because
rose was found at the scene of q rob-
berry. He Is suspected Of number Of
other robberies.
Evening star., 1938-08-29

Thursday for a
three day meet
ing at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
T h ON as w.
DohSOn will be
general chairman
of the conVen-
ton. The New
man Club OF
George Washing
t 0 n University
VIII De tle most
group.
Regist r a t o n
will take place
Thursday night
and on FRIDAY at
Evening star., 1938-08-29
By the Associated Press,

BURGOS, Spain. Aug. 2s.-Gen-
eralissimo Francisco Franco, explain
ing Insurgent GOODNESS to the European
non-intervention plan for getting
foreign fighters out of Spain, declared
IN an interview yesterday 1t would
not affect more than half of the gov
ernment's foreign troops.
The committees preoccupation for
peace in Europe had caused considera-
ton only of European volunteers" he
said. whereas, according to facts
recently published in the American
press more than $4,000 persons have
been recruited in the New World for
the Red (government) Army.
Furthermore, among prisoners and
dead which have fallen into Ma.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
ROBERT M. SCHROEDER
DIES AT RESIDENCE
Retired Musician of Soldiers
Home Band to Be Buried
Tomorrow.

Robert Morgan Schroeder, 56, re-
tired musician of the United States
Soldiers Home Band, died Saturday
at his home, 524 Ninth street Sc,
after long illness. Funeral services
will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow at
the residence. Burial will be in Con-
gressional Cemetery.
A lifelong resident of this city. Mr..
Schroeder was q son Of the late August
w. Schroeder and the late Mrs. Alta
zera H. Schroeder. His father WAS q
founder Of the old National Guard
Band here.
Surviving are brother, Clarence w.
Schroeder, and three sisters, Miss En-
mie M. Schroeder, Mrs. Rita Won Her
mann and Mrs. David ". Bell.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
MISS ELLIOTT CHOSEN

Miss Helen H. Elliott, 1400 Six
teenth street NV, has been chosen
to- succeed Dr.. Clarence J. Enzler as
Washington correspondent of the Re-
ligious News Service, the news agency
of the National Conference of Jews
and Christians.
DR.. Enzler will leave Washington
September 16 to become head of the
department of social sciences at St.
Francis College, Loretto, Pa. For the
past two years he has been connect
ed with the A. A. A. in the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Hearing on Paving Called.

A hearing on paving portions Of
East Summit avenue and East Thorn
apple street. in Martins Addition.
Chevy Chase, Md, will be held Sep
tember IS at the home of Melvin w.
Buster. $500 Summit avenue, it was
announced yesterday by Laura D. Hell
muth. chairman Of the Citizens Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Cap Pistols Barred.

Following holdups in which natives
used toy guns. South Africa is strictly
enforcing its law barring all cap pis-
tolls from the country. Appeals by
stores that they sell them only to
Europeans have had no effect. All
consignments of toy pistols received
at customs Offices are destroyed In q
crusher in Kazerne.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
BENEFIT PARTY TONIGHT
Church Affair to Aid Widow of
Man Shot by Police.

A lawn party, with proceeds going to
Mrs. Mollie Mcknight, widow of Wal
lace Mcknight, colored. who was shot
and killed recently by District police
man, will be held on the grounds Of
the Simpson Memorial Methodist Epis-
copal Church, 1888 Sherman avenue
NV, at pm. today.
Mrs. MacKnight and her 8-year -old
daughter are said by a committee in
charge of the affair to be i'll and des-
titute Efforts to have the District gov
eminent recognize its responsibility"
and grant the widow a pension have
failed thus far, the committee said.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
C0RRIGAN PLANS STOP
AT GREENSBORO TODAY

1umultuouS welcome G1Ven
Irish Flyer in Atlanta and
Birmingham Sunday.
Py the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Aug 29.-Douglas Cor
rigan, smiling little Irishman who
flew from New York to Ireland in a
5000 plane, planned to head for
Greensboro, NC. today after receiv-
ing tumultuous welcome In Atlanta
and Birmingham yesterday on his
pleasure tour.
A crowd of 10000 greeted the Cali
fornian when he set his famous plane
down at the Atlanta Airport, and
thousands of others cheered him along
10-mile parade front
A heavy shower made necessary a
shortening of the parade route, but
failed to affect the grin of the famous
aviator.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
WEATHER REPORT

District tonight tomorrow
gentle
Marynd-Fa and slightly
partly cloudy; slightly
Vgn-Part
tonight
West VrgniaPary cloudy extreme south
portions
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Wife and Watch Save Life.

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 20 LP.-pa-
trolman Harvey David is giving his
wife and his dollar watch equal credit
for saving his life. The watch stopped
bullet fired by an unidentified as
sallant. He had wanted to trade the
time-piece in on q new wrist watch,
he said, but his wife objected.
Evening star., 1938-08-29

n q L II 1 y ii Z IL .
T h o m p S o n,
Southern Presby-
t e r a n mission
teacher, who is
stationed in the
Chinese interior.
T h e letter,
which was mailed
July 81. decribed
con ditto ms at
Tsiao Tien, about
100 miles up the
Y a n g Ze River
t TO m Shanghai,
when the area
about the town
became part of
tho lunr roA
Evening star., 1938-08-29

overhead W ire s
carrying 900
volts Of elec-
tricity.
He was return
ing from fishing
in the Anacostia
River and was
probably carrying
his metal fishing
rod, according to
his father, Ray
mond Heuer, an
a u to mechanic.
Police believe the
boy was riding a
rel g h t car
taward his home
Evening star., 1938-08-29
BOY, IS, BURNED
BY 11,0lO VOLTS
Fishing Pole Contact With
Wires While Riding on
Freight Car Blamed.

Flfteen-year-old Adolph Heuer lay
in serious condition in Casualty Hos
pital today suffering from burns he
received last night, apparently from
contact with PennSYlvania Railroad
Evening star., 1938-08-29

after its voyage
from Puerto Rico.
the ASS o ciated
Press reported.
The Army on
Ger disappeared
from his cabin
shortly before S
am. Saturday,
according to 1t.
Col. Walter F.
Won Zelinski Of
the NJ e d i C a ]
Corps. who was
bringing him to
Walter Reed Hos
pital for medical
Evening star., 1938-08-29
CHINESE HORRORS
TOLD IN LETTER
Mission Teacher Describes
Ravages of Disease and
War to Father.

A vivid picture Of a people ravaged
by disease and war today reached S.
A. Thompson, 5236 Illinois ave. NV,
in letter from his dauGhter, Miss
Evening star., 1938-08-29
NO TRACE FOUND
Of ARMY OFFICER
1t. Col. E. G. Mccormick, En-
Route to Hospital Here,
Vanishes Off Ship.

The disappearance of 1t. Col. Ed
ward G. Mccormick so. from the S. S.
Borlnquen at sea remained a mystery
today as the ship docked in New York
Evening star., 1938-08-29
NEWMAN CLUBS
TO CONVENE HERE
200 Members of Catholic
Organization to Hold
3-Day Meeting.

Some 200 members of the Fedora
ton of College Catholic Clubs, called
Newman Clubs, after Cardinal John
Henry Newman, will arrive here
Evening star., 1938-08-29

Pellagra, 4 disease occurring in GER
tain States, comes from the italian
"pelle agra" meaning rough skin.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Report for Last ~ Hours.

Record for Last II Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 81. noon today. Year ago. ~.
Lowest, "a, 5 am. today. Year ago, II.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 96, on Auaust Is.
Lowest. IS. on January IS.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
fFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, "a per cent, at 8 am. today.
Lowest. "a per cent, At ESQ pm. yes
terday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah clear at Harp
ers Ferry, slightly muddy at Great Falls.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetc Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
High - 10:42 am. 1l:30 a m.
Low " 5:13 Am. S:0l am.
High - IL 90 pm. 1l:57 pm.
Low - 5:26 pm. GIL pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets
Sun, today S:33 GAS
Sun. tomorrow S:34 6.43
Noon. today.--- 10:12a.M. $50 p m.
Automobile lights must b turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1938-08-29

The United States is now the chief
source of French imports.
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Precipitation,

Monthly precipitation in inches IN the
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10

peake Bay on a site which in the opin-
los of the authority is the most avail
able site because of the large amount
of engineering work done, data gath
cred and information furnished and
now in the hands of the War Depart
ment and the PWA."
The Governor added that the author
ity's application was being made in
advance of the five-point program in
order to receive early consideration
in Washington, and that cit is simply
a matter of expedition as see it at
this time"
For several weeks the Chesapeake
Bay Bridge Authority and the State
Roads Commission have been at odds
over the latter's refusal to push the
Miller Island COLCHESTER bridge ahead
of the rest of the commissions pro-
posed $3O,OOO,OOO bridge and tunnel
program.
The commission has asserted 1t
would apply for bay crossing, giving
alternate locations, along with the
Susquehanna bridge, the Potomac
bridge and the Patapsco river tube,
which have been proposed as units in
a north-south arterial highway.
It insisted it would leave to the
War Department and the PWA the
choice between a bridge at Miller
Island, or bridge or tunnel from
Sandy Point to Kent Island.
After conferences between the two
groups brought no agreement, Albert
D. Graham, chairman of the author
ity, went to the Governor. The Gov
ernor's decision to approve a separate
application was made after consulta-
ton with Mr.. Graham and Walter
Hopkins, another member OF the
three-man authority.
A previous application for PWA aid
in building a bay bridge was filed by
the authority in 1885. The new appli-
cation asks the first application, now
on the suspended list, be placed on
the active list and amended to include
loan as well as a grant.
The Roads Commission has contend
ed all along that it has no objection
to the bridge authority making sep
arate application, but that it would
welcome it's support on the whole five
point program. 1t has let it be known
that it regards several other pro-
iects as more urgent than bay cross
ing.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10

afternoon.
Mrs. Hyman E. Ride and Miss Mary
Rice of Kinston, N. c., are spending
a while with Mrs. D. P. Miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Strother, Miss
Louise Tyndall, Mr.. Cecil Duncan,
Miss Mary Rice and Mrs. w. H. Rice
of Kinston, N. c., were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Parks, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon Smith of Oak
Hall called on Mrs. D. P. Miles, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Vessels enter
tanned over the holiday last week,
Mrs. Sallie Ards, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Ards and children and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Dudwitt and children OF
Gibbstown, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deland Nottingham
and children and Mrs. Ella Noting
ham of Salisbury, Nd, were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Miles
Sunday.