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. known. CHRISTIAN-T0 JOIN LASKER BUSINESS Harding’s Secretary Will Be Connected With Strong Johnson Supporter. BY FREDERICK WILLIAM W1 George B. Christian, jr. President Marding’s intimate friend and secre- tary, has been invited to become iden- tified with the business interests of Albert D. Lasker, former chairman of the United States Shipping Board This writer understands that Mr. tian will cpt the offer and soon take up his residence in Chicago Wwhere the Lasker organization has its headquarters. In just what capacity Mr. Christian will function has not been made Besides being president and chief proprictor of Lord & Thomas, Inc, the well known advertising | ugency, Mr. Lasker is a dominant fac- I AE CANT PUT OFP P THE DENTIST ANY THAY TOOTH'S TWINGING AGAIN NO THERE HE IS WITH HIS COURAGE COZING A- WAY ASKS WEAKLY FOR. AN APPOINTMENT tor in a number of lirge industrial enterpr of his interests the Chicago Nationul League b team. the o ted Cubs One is Lasker Multi-Millionaire, corporations manufacturirn paste 1ot nd wroduets, souj oW far and wic La aid to 1 ranks soup T article throy is also national sdverti heavily in e <4 Laske There are Mr. Chri Lasker “The fir Lasker's the multi-m distinet angles identification s concerns Hionaire, two o ¥ ood turn bosom friend and long-time heip- | Lasker's gre nd. rren G, Hardi Christian | the Whife House as he { by o means a rich man Wan fiffy years old lust Mare Up to the time he became Mr. ing's in_the United Christian_was of the White any at Marion, Ohio close ociate of Alpere D, Chrisiian sught to be headed v a competence. if not a fortune, in | relatively order. Lasker has doubtedly n inspired by a fine of B Mr. Harding in Christian a lucrative unity Hard- | States gen- Sul- hur Stone VAS Com I less oppor Politieal. Angle ans will read a politi <le into the Lasker-Christian too. Mr, Christian. to dat the only conspicuous member the Harding administration who has not Neen. affair control. § with | ASSURES HIM EARNESTLY RE'S NCT IN'AIT OF A HUR CNYTIME IN THE NEXT OR TWO - (N FACT RY MONTH GLUVAS WILLIAMS GRABS PHONE AND GIVES NUMBER BEFPORE WE FAS A GHANCE _TO CHANGE AT ONCE WISHES HE HADN'T APTER ALL THE TOCTH HASNT BOTHERED TODAY. IT'S PRO- DBABLY ALLRIGHT 1™ HE'S SO BUSY WHY NOT LET IT GO AND HE'LL CALL UP ACAIN IN A TEW WEEKS HOW'D THAT BE (C) Wheeler Syn. Inc. BRIGHTENS A LITTLE AT DELAY IN ANSWERING . PERHAPS DENTIST 1S AWAY ON HIS VACATION DENTIST SEEMS TO BE TAKING A LONG TIME OVER WIS AP- PCINTMENT BOOR. PERHAPS HE'S ALL FuLL LP DEmmT 'KNOWING MAN- KIND, PAYS NO ATTENTION AND TELLS HIM TO SHO GP AT NINE O'CLOCKR TO- MORRCW MORNING POLICE SAY WOMEN WOUNDED SLAYER\ I The | and | ] shot | Monday | Mrs. M according | by ated Press Colo.. August Lillian McGlone who were apartment s wounded by her fight for life, advanced Rugg Williams. > in theory today Police | weepted President Coolidge's invi- tation to remain at Washington and ‘co-operate” in the furtherance of | Haurding policies.” 1t is cust for I'residents to have as their coutive secretavies men who hav been “close” to them. but Christian could undoubtedly have had other important federal had he d to retain pu that_Albert D. Lasker W. Johnson's intim itick porter sociated with George activiti At the vention in . when his furious attempt s 1 nom | Senator 1 John- ! i ure Messrs. their he Lasker, To ago auditoriun hired for n meeting on the +ve of the ition and the Cali-! sornian was welcomed to the city in a Lound between the [without suc fGlone. A chair women, identif cloth Iving on a reach ‘of cither of | Metlone | pistol | two bodies as one | he left with his wife, support this con- | Chief Williams said t u struggled | them,”™ he | el Glone | bloodstained heyond the and the fact that ed - the has automatic clusion, “We with the suid “And wrested he beiieve hoth wol man who kille [ that Mrs. before Mt lieve un from the <hot. "Mhe search for Joseph Brindisi, said | by Rov McGlone. husband the | slain woman, to have made three at tempts to kill Mrs. McGlone, is so far » saifl, apparently | with = Mrs. Erindist Lecame infatuated formery a nurse. after she had through an illness early | he spurned his atten- rursed him in the vear. ). 1he midst of triumphal parade. Lasker was for Johnson until Hard- | ing was nominated. Thenceforward ! SPECIAL, NOTICES. HILTON FORHO TEPATRING ns. Columbia 1. Estimates Togiream st . e REPAIRED AND CIHOL home: will go anywhere. 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FOR THE BIG 4 TRAN fi"l‘ll COMPAN 1125 14th ST. N.W. A Have Handsome Floors. )] nes made over new and pew floors laid. o fain 1 300 Printing Plant —is m‘ull‘wfl to handle every printing need. {The National Capital Press 12101212 D at._u.v m-. We Satisfy Every Demand —for good printing. High grade, but not, Lirh priced. BYRON S. ADAM. TER, h Nokol Automatic Oii Burners —rebuilt and sold Dby the »ou d dis- TUT New Yok ave finost: enthusiastic jand the jed w [ Washin frune. jevenruat jof course, he beeame one of the late President's supporters. Got Cloxe to Harding. The fviendship that ensued when Mr. Harding entered the White House | | | into which it ripen- matters of current history in zton and throughout the coun- to the hour of Lasker's de- from the Shipping Board in | He left office entirely of his volition. He could have had 1y other federal berth at Mr. Hard- ing's disposal. one ir. the admin- istration was c¢loser te Harding than Ker—v few inde: were eveyg proximately as close comradeship intimacy try up parture own aaturally, | e affairs has vot ceated with ht turn to private life He contemp = owrership of metropolitan newspan i Jagker never left Hiram Johnson in, any doubt that if Harding were a candi- date for renomination, Lasker's support nd money would be at the President's If Harding retired from the | er's acknowledged %exond 4 was Johuson lr(wum-y Mr. Harding has vanished | from the scene, Hiram Johnson is still | Lasker's favorite, provided the Cali-! fornian pitches his hat into the ring. New Alignment Seen. It may. thus develop, in certain con- | that ent Harding's | v, George istian, would line L ist Harding's suc- ably, now tha visible ! 3 Harding The reappoint- s White House cian nt demonstration poli There is no suggestion, that George Christian is not » man,” but"his presence in | mmand will not make | for him to be an “anti-Johnson President effort to concili personal ~friendshi ent of Gen, of "th: man.” (Coy 19 ght, ) BAND CONCERTS. ert by the United States Band, at the Capitol Branson, second leader. National Fencibles, Sousa rine vlor March, Overture, “Pocahontas.” Suntelmann Clarinet solo, “Rigoletto,” Qlusician Emil Rada. Romance “Musica Proibit sastaldan “The Bar- Smetan ine and Dan v Rhapsody No. ther Carneval.) Star Spangled Banner.” Grand tered 1 Intermez: nes from id, Hungar « "he By the Band of the 121 gincers, D. C. National ( at Camp Simm Congress Heights, D. C. at & o'clock p.m (Concert will immediately pre- 2 the mimig battle. artiller mstration and firework ¥.) Warrant Officer Meyer Goldman, director, (Program subject March, Overture, ard. to changes.) America First.” Losey " Thomas Once Was Waltz, “Que Nous Aimon Intermezzo. “Manzano.” Brnnk Patrol, “The World's Progre Herbert Concert by the Home Band, at Soldiers’ Home, this evening, be- ginning at 5:50 o'clock, John S M. Zimmermann, bandmaster. March, “Grandiese Seitz Overture, “Jean de Paris Beieldieu Romance, ““Heart Throbs".. Arnold Gems from musical comedy, “Winsome Winnie Kerker Fox-trot, “Gone, ut § n My g David . Blanke . Snyder Spangled Banner S, [ 62 Soldies the bandstan By the Army Garfield Park. D. C. today, at ior bandleader ducting). Retreat of the Tartars.Sellenick (Conducted by Ch “Music_School, Washington, 7:30 pm. (sen- students con- Overture, (Conducted by Olaf M. No Extra, fox trot, “You Know You Belong to Semebod se” . Grand_selection from tha” . 5 (Conducted Waltzes, (Conducted by Ammon E. Solo of clarinet air from fore” . (Played by Selection rhapsody Warr; Gingrich.) cene and uisa di Mont- Bergson sentile.) from the ie “Tumble Friml of Ma- drid” . ... Holmes (Conducted b, Wallace Apple- ton.) trot, “Hi Serenade. (a)_ Fox Lee, Hi -.......Schuster “Hostrauser’ Chambers (Conducted by Charles F. Waddington.) Star Spangled Banner. Mareh, SUICIDE SUSPECTED IN SUTPHEN DEATH,: NEW YORK, August 29.—Police to. leaned toward the theory of sui e by poison as an explanation of the mysterious death of John H. Sut- phen, whose body was found Sunda on a couch in his luxurious $12.000-a- year Central Park West apartment. Financial reverses and failing health—his physician had cautioned him against further drinking—formed the basis for this theory, although Assistant District Attorney Wilson | previously had sald his investigation | had showed that several persons would benefit from Sutphen's death. Police said the suicide theory was strengthened by discovery that on | Friday Sutphen, who spent $75,000 a ‘AN DIEGO FLYERS BREAK 4 RECORDS By the Assor AN DI [or Capt. Lowen u John P. Richter. Army had broke several world endurance and distan when the nded early after cruising above the thirty-seven lours and a leaf flutters from the the sky on which the romance of aviation viators cords for and spec last city contin- for quarter, a new me- is be The new chapter. tacular, has implications perh more momentous. For Capt. and Lieut. Richter took on in mid-air fuel for their DeHav il plane o less than fifteen times. They had complished the feat before, but o as a daring experiment. This they proved it practicable { comparatively cas of air go. Thus ti stablished planes need not carry great of fuel and food to go v without stoppin definitely to be met lanes by refueling and reprovisionin { planes while less sche Summary of Flight. The two airmen took off at a.m.. Monduy. They landed as a fa gathered, at 6:19 p.m. vesterday. The summary of their fi as rec- orded offic at the air field show World r Duration re: 153-5 seconds, utes_longer ord 10 min Kelly 300 At an n hour. and MacReady kilo- aver- The spee records were r 2,500 to 000 kilometers, The following new world spadd r established meters—Time, onds; oY 0 kilometers—Time Record of Fliers. |, Capt. Smith was born in Sa {vara, Calif, and during the ! war ‘was assistant officer_in of training at Kelly Field, Tex. he was a member of a Handley bombing group in England. Dber, 1919, he won the San co-New York and return air race, 54 hours’ elapsed fiying time | “'Licut. Richter, a’ native of Virginia {received his air training in British and French military schools early in the war, and was one of the first Amer- lican fiyers sent to the war zone. served In the Meuse and Argonne of- ensives as_combat pilot with the and 139th Pursuit Squa ? i Army pursuit group. On’ June 28, four days and planning to stay juntil their engihe burned out, they i took off in the early morning for what | proved to be almost a twenty-four- ! hour flight On that day made with the supply plane The fivers kept up communicatio with the ground by dropping note flagged with markers, when passed over the landing field. Sought Duration Marks. No effort was made to attain speed cither of the: er two Later Pa Francis- marks speed. He 9\4‘1’. owing to structural peculiarities for miles of the plane, the second attempt reached 84, 1 hour. This speed caused the average speed two those for 2,500 and 3,000 kilometers. The marks were 18 hours 15 minutes 8 1-5 seconds for the 2,500 kilometer. distance. as against record of 21 hours 37 minutes 3 se onds; and 22 hours 3 minutes 41 seconds for the 3,000 kilometers, against the old mark of 26 hours minute 32 seconds. Both were_held by Licuts fand John A. 'MacReady. from the oflicial course to a smaller one, and a little later a fuel line clogged. Lieuts. Virgil Hines and ¥Frank Seifert, manning the supply plane, made several efforts to fuel the record-seeking flyers, and about fifteen gallons of gasoline was -de- livered. The planes were forced to ivear in quest of gaiety in the white |pull apart because of the danger of {nis property to Ernest A. Dunlea, - light district, and lavished as much as $500 a week in favors to head waiters and orchestra leaders, had assigned | partner. |c. spohn, Cliff Mopps, candidate county corunissioner, w kicked by a cow t'day \\hilc bein’ photographed in th’ act o’ milkin’. ‘he fer trouble with >\\'c]l sta- tionery.” says ~ Miss Blondy Rickets, “is that we spoil so much before we get started.” Aopysighi Datioual Newapapus Serviced ! Previously, it was said, Sutphen had tried to assign his property to Robert ap, advertising promoter, who declined the offer, he told the po- lice, because he suspected Sutphen contemplated suicide. The police now belleve that Sut- phen’s Saturday night party, in which he was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Spohn and the latter's sister, was his last flourish, and that while intoxicated he swallowed a capsule of poison. M'KELLAR LEAVES RUSSIA. MOSCOW, August 29.—Senator Mec- Kellar of Tennessee left today for the United States by way of Petrograd. The senator had a conference Wwith Foreign Minister Tchitcherin and M. Krassin on Russia’s internal affair He alxo viewed the agricultural ex position. a collision in the fog. Smith and Richter had further trouble and finally landed in the mud- flats off North Island. the plane turn- ing over. Richter suffered some slight burns from the gasoline which, be- came ignited, and Smith escaped un- injured. For Better Vision “The Rllht Glasses 1 1 | Smith | minutes was | broken | charge | e { In Octo- with § He | foping to remain aloft | up | eleven contacts were they attempts, records to fall to Smith and Richter— a as 1 records | Oakley Kelly Early the morning of June 29 fog developed. causing the fiyers to shift D. -C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, MARINES MARCHING! ON FORT DEFIANCE! Advance and Flank Guards Flung Out to Prevent Any “Ambush.” . Special Dispatel to The Star. BRENTSVILLE, Va., August The marines are marching on to Fort Defiance—and their force of 3,600 is surrounded by enemies on every side, theoretitcally. An advance guard ha been posted to prevent ambushes in the hostile territory near here that has just been entered, figuratively. But they are marching on in their forty-one day hike and maneuvers comprising the annual field exercises. One of the most “hostile” Virginia zones was entered yesterday morn- ing about one hour after camp was broken at Jopli A battalion of in- fantry was sent out ahead of the main body as advance guard, while fl. guards were throw out to march 1 to the main column and act as a possible surprise at- Virginians. ves Friendly to Invaders. of the country through which the Marines passed exhibited the greatest interest in the can troops. Spectators st porches and doorsteps of every house s the column went' by, heading for Fort Deflance and the civil war fight arc to be reproduced there. was plenty of cheer! The 'VV,II cemerd disposed be {friendly to the invading fore terday mornin and l noon light rains came dust for the - Clowdy sky made invaders and marching condi- nely avora Not ggler from the ranks of | Was vesterday's marehing | atives o shortly before visibility tize cool tioms ingle 500 men ord Tow air rende President Invited. E Nichols, the super- of Military Presid, Maj. Gen. it of the Mari d to him an invit Virginia Military In- Marine Corps 1o be i rical reproduction W Market, which sent in conjunc- regiment of the The greatest in- ed in the possibility ) a vis the President, both by the marines and by the Virginians nd @ favorable answer is hoped fc ‘rom Cedar Run the marine column march to Remington, crossing ppahannock river. and will Culpeper September 1. from Wich place the line of march will be | lottesville and Hillsboro to { where il on Coolidge in comp; John A Lejeun 4 Corps, and ex tion from the stitute and the present at the h of the battle of the marines will pr tion with the cadet ilitarv institute. terest is mani t Yrom in Your Auto CREDIT Pay As You Ride On Cord Tires A SMALL PAYMENT DOWN AND BALANCE ONE, TwWO AND THREE MONTHS, Guaranteed 8,000 Miles T.0.Probey Co. Phone West 133 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. THAYER SUPERIOR PRINTING { 1 | Small i Work i Exclusively | & it PHONE MAIN 1816 | H E FLAT TIRE? 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