Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1926, Page 17

MAKE EMERGENCY FLIGHT WITH 1| jured man could not use one, threw away their parachutes when they brought Lieut plane crash, here yesterday from Bellefoute, Pa Eaker, pilots, and Capt. A. W. Smith JURED AVIATOR. in an impr ised “ambulance pla Army surgeon. Pilots and surgeon who, because the in- Bettis, hurt in a Left to right are Copyrizht by P. & A. Photos. REMOVING INJURED AVIATOR FROM PLANE. Bbttis, seriously injured when his pk Lieut. Cyrus K. crashed in a fog in the moun- tains near Bellefonte, Pa., being removed fromithe plane which brought him here yesterday to an ambulance, which took him to Walter Reed Hospital. Copyright by Henry Miller. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.- FRIDAY. AUGUST 27, 1926. m LIQUOR RAIDERS SEIZE SNUG LITTLE BAR. W hen a liquor squad raided the first floor of the (Gmrgo' town* premises at 1041 Jefferson street yesterday they found this crude board serving bar, 300 hottles of beer and 30 gallons of the unbottled beverage. Sergt. G. M. Little, who led the eleventh precinet squad in the' raid, is standing in the center. — Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Lieut. Upston and Capt. s Scotch comedian, proudly exhibits the string of trout he caught on a fishing trip while vacationing at his home at Landervale, Scotland. Acme Photos. Racing ostriches now. seems to see the joke in the new fad of racing ostriches, for which this track has been laid out at a Los Angeles, Calif., ostrich farm. Wide World Photos RUM-HOUN geles, Ca greatest liquor trackers in the business. e Conterras, head of the d owing how he trained Sergean It has to be well hidden to escape Sergeant’s nose, he says. y forces of the Los An- his police dog, to be one of the Copyright by P. & A. Photos. this 45 the champion fisherwoman of the Califor: MAYBE SHE DID. . When Miss Marie Kantz of Venice, Calif., exhibited .pound sea bass as exclusively her own catch she was acel. resort. Wide World Photos ADMANKILLS 1, HOOTING UP DEPOT Wounds Three Others at Chi- cago Station Before Vet- eran Fells Him. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 27.—An immi- grant raflroad laborer armed with a shotgun. reserve ammunition cram- med into a woman's handbag and a knife dangling from about his throat, last night killed one man, wounded three others and kept the Illinols Central Raliroad Terminal in an up- roar for 15 minutes before he in turn was killed. The slow actlon of his old model single-barreled gun played a major part in the termination of the mad man's volleys before they found other victims, the time required for his last reloading giving an ex-service man a | In that instant | moment’s advantags Charles Danloff. a ber, opened fire and killed the laborer instantly, after | the crazed man had escaped the fire of a policeman and charged through the tation concourse. The one clue to the cguse of the shooting was shouted “I'll get even with all of vou." after he had emptied his weapon into the back of the Michigan Central's depot passenger agent. From the words. and the fact that the man singled out persons in uniform, authorities were led to be Ueve that a grudge against the road was responsible. The war veteran's single pisto! shot brought the killer down just after he had slain a restaurant waiter who had run into the street. The laborer was identified as Jo. seph Ma 36, a Sieillan, employed in a track gang of the Illinois Central system Mazza's first vict!m was Joseph Ed- wards, depot passenger agent., who, unaware of the man’s approach, was ghot down from behind. It was thought he probably will die. Maz then reloaded in the face of a special officer’s fire, chased the patrolman to cover. and, waving his shotgun and shouting. ran through the station. He threw the taxicab stand into a panic and started up the street after #hooting two Pullman porters, who were only slightly wounded He saw Louis Kikakos run at the restaurant doorway and fired. killing the waiter. As Kikakos pitched for: ward, Mazza turned and began Joading. He saw Danloff approach ing. revolver in hand. but could not take aim before the veteran, twice cited for valor in France. fired. An inquiry disclosed Mazza to be somewhat of a miser. A friend said Mazza was “crazy about money and talked to himself all the time.” ELECTRIC BULBS CUT. PITTSBURGH. August 27 (P).—A B to 7 per cent reduction in the price of electric light bulbs has been an- nounced by the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. The cut. made possible by reduced production costs. will amount to 7 per cent on new standard lines of lamps and b per cent on all other types. It will ba_effective September i. Com- pany officials said the reduction would save electric bulb users of the Nation ap) tely $1,000,000 annually, re- | Boat Nearly Bumps GermanMineFound Just Off Cape May the Associated Press. | ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., August | 2% A German floating mine. was destroyed by a Coast Guard patrol boat 15 miles southwest of Cape May yesterday, Comdr. E. Ad dison of Base No. 9 reported. An incoming fishing smack sailed within a few feet of it before the crew suspected the nature of the ing object. The Coast Guard patrol boat trained a one-pounder on the mine and blew It up from a distance. Search for a reported second mine is being made. 80 BRITISH MEDICAL | MEN WILL VISIT CITY | Plans for Entertaining Group Mon- | day Being Made by Universi- ties and Doctors. | | | | | | Eighty graduates and undergrad- | uates of Cambridge University Med- [ tcal Soclety, touring the United States, are coming to Washington Monday morning to inspect the hospital andy medical facilities of the National Cap- ftal. Elaborate arrangements for their |entertalnment have been made by |the District of Columbia Medical So- | ciety and the George W Georgetown University medical fac ulties. Dr. Oscar B. Hunter, dean of George Washington Medical School, is secretary of a general committee representing the two local schools. | The student group will be formally | welcomed to Washington at an as- sembly Monday evening in the audi- torilum of the District of Columbia | Medical Society Building. 1718 3 street, followed by an informal recep: tion and supper tendered by George- | town and George Washington univer sities. Dr. Charles Stanley W vice president of the Medical Societ will zive an address of welcome, as |also will Dr. George Tulley | of Georgetown. Dr. William Mather | Lewis, president of George Washing- ton, and Gen. Henry T. Allen. pr dent of the English-Speaking Union Entertainment plans call for visits | and a luncheon at Walter Reed Ho: | pital Monday and visits to virtually | all the other hospital and medical institutions in the city during the students 'stay here. Dr. Joseph S. Wall is chairman of | the general committee in charge of entertainment, jother members being Dr. C. R. Darnell United States { Army Medical Corps: Dr. D. H. Har- | mon. .Army Medical Corps: Rev | Joseph S. Didusch, S. J. regent of the Georgetown Medical School: Dr. | James E. Pryor. United States Navy Dr. R. . Dver. Public Health Ser ice: Dr. 1. W cal Corps, and Dr. The George W comprises Dr. William Hunter. Mallory Dr. O. B. Genklin. Dr, F. A. Horn- | the most enthusiastic the valley Re- | George Sellers, aday. Dr. J. A. Reed and Dr. Oscar R. Hunter. The Georgetown com- | mittee comprises Dr. Nelson Gapen, Rev. Joseph S. Didusch. S. J.; Dr. Joseph P. Madigan. Dr. Va Dr. Eugene Whitemore. shington and | Meehan, Army Medi- | Thom ashington committee | vember election HINDU THEOSOPRIST ILL SPEAK HERE Krishnamurti Coming to Cap- ital November 10—District Split Over Hjm. Jiddu Krishnamurti, East Indian leader of theosophical thought, who landed in New York Wednesday, will speak at the Washington Auditorium the evening of November 1% Adve: tising matter setting forth the prin- ciples of the creed he represents came to Washington today for Ristribution. Washington clergymen are reluo- tant to announce positive views on the tenets set forth by Krishnamurti, or outline their thought on his creed for publication. Several prominent churchmen of the Capital, approached for interviews on the creed of the “new teacher,” have indicated their unwillingness to be quoted until they know more of the particular branch of theosophy embraced by Krishna- murti. Theosophists in Washington are not unanimous in their support of the Krishnamurti and Besant creed. Sev- eral vears ago a conflict arose in the ranks of Theosophists here over the principles set forth by Mrs. Besant and Mr. Krishnamurti. A definite split resulted, which has persisted to the present HE WILL SPEAK IN CHICAGO. “New World Teacher” Sure He Will Cause Religious Revival. W YORK. August (P).— ‘aveling in a private car attached to New York Central train, Jiddu Krishnamurti, hailed by his followers s the “new world teacher,” left to- day for Chicago. There he will speak before a meeting of the Order of the Star in the East, of which he is the head. Accompanying him are Mrs. Annie Besant, president of the Inter- national Theosophical Society, and other followers. The young Tri Hindu Theosophis result in religious awakening Americans. VIRGINIA G. 0. P. TO PICK CONGRESS CANDIDATE Convention in Session at Wood- stock for Choice in Race Against Judge Harrison. Special Dispatch to The Star. a | | Successtul woman riders will receive | after | { Boy Ban;:lit, Shot 4 Times Week Ago. Sits Up and Eats Everything in Sight By the Associated Press. PUEBLO, Colo., August 27.—Sitting up in bed and, the nurse sald, “eating everything in sight,” Leslie Gonce, 14 years old, “baby bandit. with four bullets in his body, passed vestrday serenely and, after a good night's sleep, bid fair to give hos- pital attendants their hands full keep- ing him in bed today. one week after he was shot down by sheriff’s officers here. The bullets are being left in his body, at least until he gains more strength. One of them tore through a lung. The boy was shot when officers believed him about to shoot in resisting arrest. For several | brother, Forrest ing A penitentiary v robbery, terrorized as and Colorado_with of bold hold-ups and robberies. and his COUPLE ARRESTED IN MURDER PROBE Poison Traces Found When Virginia Hushand’s Body Is Exhumed. AIR CHAMBER HEAD OPPOSES MITCHELL Body Also Hears F. Trubee Davison Urge Development of Plane Industry. By the Associated Prees. NEW YORK. August that the Army's five-year av will remain “only a plan until funds priated to transform it into " was given last night by F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War in charge of aviation, in an address before the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of New York. “The action,taken by Congress is merely an authorization and cannot be carried into effect until funds are appropriated,” he said. Mr. Davison pointed out that avia- tion expansion projects depend large- 1y on the condition of the aeronautical industry in the United. States. Opposition to the candidacy of Col. William Mitchell, former head of the Army Air Service, for the presi- dency of the National Aeronautical Assoclation was expressed by Charles F. Lawrence, retiring president of the chamber. — e TILTING CHURCH BENEFIT. Beltsville Program Tomorrow to Include Women and Men. Special Dispatch to The Star. BELTSVILLE, Md., August The annual St. John's Protestant I3 is | Episcopal Cpurch tournament will be Vaughan | confident his visit in this country will | pRiI¢GRT of | Aitel omarrow. The coveted n cup, formerly contested for at the Burtonsville, Md., tournaments, will be at ‘stake. and there will be cash awards. Tilting will begin at he: i1 o'clock. with separate competitions | of Bern as | for men and women. The four knights | C making highest scores will be award. d prizes of $40, $30, $20 and $10. $6. $4,-$3 and $2. State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Prince Georges County will be orator of the day and deliver the charge to the knights at the start of tilting. Le Roy Pumphrey of the HARRISONBURG, Va., August 27.| county bar will make the coronatlon —Seventh district Republicans re | address at the hall in the evening, YOUTH LAUGHS GOING TO DEATH IN CHAIR Another Executed at Sing Sing Ap- proaches Electrocution on ~ Verge of Collapse. By the Associated Press. OSSINING, N. Y. August 27. Two youths were electrocuted in Sing Sing prison last night, one in the verge of collapse. the other facing the chair with a jest. John Gargulia, convicted of killing a Manhattan grocery store owner Quring a hold-up, was plainly nervous as he went ta the death chamber. Cosmio Brescia, sentenced in Brook- Iyn for killing his cousin, went to his death laughing. “I might as well die sitting up chair,” he sald, “as lying in bed. PREPARE FOR FAITH AND ORDER SESSIONS Officials of World Conference Meet in Bern to Get Ready for 1927 Meeting. By the Associated Press. BERN, Switzerland, August 27.— The continuation committee of the world conference on faith and order {which will be held in 1927 at Lau- |sanne has started ,preparations for the international gathering. The sessions of the committee were | opened by Rev. Nathan Soderblom, Archbishop of Upsala, Sweden: Bishop Farsky, patriarch of the Czechoslo- vakian Church, and Bishop A. Kury representatives of the hristian Catholic Church. | Later the assembly attended a re- ! ception given by the Federal Council, which there was a public gather. |ing, with addresses by Dr. Arthur j Judson Brown, secretary of the Pres- byterian Board of Foreign Missions, of New York, and Archbishop Soderblom, ON LEAVE. in a | MIDSHIPMEN gathered in convention at Woodstock | when triumphant knights will crown | R this afternoon to name a congres- | the queen of love and beauty and | 1,200 Depart From Annapolis, Fol- candidate to oppose Judge < W. Harrison of Winchester, 1c incumbent. in the No- ’ is declared to be sional Dem The conventiq publicans haye held in some years. maids of hpnor. Dorie Freeman will be chief marshal of the tournament and will have as his aides Misses Mary Brandon and Nellie Emack. Judges will be Robert Aftcheson, Charles Miller, Le Page Cronmiller and Ab Sansbury. "lowing Return From Cruise. | Special Dispatch to The Star. i ANNAPOLIS, Md August 26.— | Twelve hundred midshipmen of the ithree upper classes of the Naval Academy began leaving for their J. S. Haldeman of Winchester, Gil- | An old-fashioned Maryland chicken | homes in various parts of the United bert Pence of Woodstock and John W. | dinner will be served by members of ! States today for ‘:&lbggncg until Sep- Morrison of Harrisonburg were re- ughan and |ported as favorites for the nomin tion. b | the Ladies’ Guild of S§t. John's Church. will go to the parish house fund of the church, tember 26. They arrived yesterday from their [ views Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va.. August 27.—Mrs. Eva Brown Doggett and Wishard Doggett, who were married several weeks ago within five days after the death of Langdon Brown, the woman's husband, are held in jail here, Mrs. Doggett charged with murder and her new husband with complicity. Rat poison was found in the stomach of Brown, whose body was exhumed, according to a report on an analysis just completed at Richmond. Mrs. Doggett was arrested by Sheriff J. J. Nash as she was about to board a bus for Washington. Doggert surrendered after a search of several days had failed to reveal his where- abouts. The victim ,of the alleged crime was more than 60 years old. The wife is about 30 and the mother of three children. Their home was at Stevensburg. Doggett, 51, was a boarder there. e HAVANA lMPROVEMENTS WILL COST $33,000,000 Sum Will Be Expended Over Period of Ten Years—Other Projects Planned. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 27.—Thirty-three million dollars will be spent in im- provements in the city of Havana dur- ing the next 10 years. A presidential decree signed today authorizes the ap- propriation of this\amount from the proceeds of public works taxes. It is estimated that the public works law during the 10-year perlod it will be in effect will bring in revenue ag- gregating about $168,000,000. Of this amount $75,000,000 will be devoted to highway construction and $33,000,000 will be appropriated to the city of Ha- vana. The remainder of the revenue will be used for water works, the building of schoolhouses and other im- provements. GOVER_NOR TO BE HOST. Special Diepatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., August 27.— Gov. Harry F. Byrd will entertain about 500 apple growers from all sec- tions of the State, “rain or shine,” tomorrow at his Rosemont orchard farm, near Berryville. The governor is giving the party primarily for the “good of the indus- try” and hopes by an exchange of to reach a satisfactory solu- tion of many orchard problems. Luncheon will be served early in the afternoon on the grounds or in the packing sheds. RQuring the aft- ernoon informal speeches will be made by Dr. 8. W. Fletcher of Penn- sylvania State College, Dr. E. C. Autcher of Maryland State College and United States Senator Carter Glass of Lynchburg. Gov. Byrd will Cupid in 2 Hours Causes Man, 76, to By the Associated Press. POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., August 27.—Capricious Cupid cut some speedy capers here yesterday which resulted in the marriage of a Mis- souri farmer of 76 and a comely California maiden of J. Baker of \Wayne Coun and Miss Juanita Murilla, Los Angeles, met here Wednesday and two hours later they were married. SAFETY WORKERS GO T CONTEST IN WEST Bureau of Mines and Other Agen- cies Co-Operate in Annual Com- petition for Trophies. A group of safety and rescue work ers {8 en route to the Pacific Coast to take part in the fifth international firstaid and mine rescue contest, | September 2, 3 and 4, at San Francisco and Btrkeley, Calif. The Paciflc Coast safety conference and the Cali- fornia industrial first-aid contest will be held at the same time. Forty-six first-aid teams and twelve mine rescue quintets, representing coal and metal mines, quarries and oil pete in the international contest in the San Francisco Auditorium and in the Greek Theater of the University of California. at Berkeley. Participants in the contest, which is held annually by the Bureau of Mines in co-operation with the N tlonal Safety Council, the American Red Cross and various operators’ and miners’ organizations, will compete for the congressional medal, the Joseph A. Homes Safety Association medals, the bronze trophy, “Sentinels of Safety,” and numerous qups. Teams have entered from States as far East as Virginla, and .a number of State mining inspectors have heen designated by governors to attend. GOODING WILL OPPOSE ALL WORLD ALLIANCES Declares Attitude of France on Debts Is Cause of His Change of Opinion. By the Assogjated Press. . BOISE, Idaho, August 27.—In ex- plaining his changed attitude toward the World Court, expressed in his speech at the Republican State con- vention at Welser Wednesday, United States Senator Frank R. Gooding de- clared that he is now opposed to the court or any other alliance with world powers because of the attitude of the French people toward the United States on the World War debt. “Changed conditions have caused me to change my opinion on the World Court,” said Senator Gooding, who accepted renomination for the United States Senate on a platform irrevoca bly opposed to the court or other al- liances with European powers. ‘“Had 1 the opportunity to vote over again, it would be against the World Court.” Purported connection of the court with the League of Nations was given as reason. Marry Woman, 26 refineries in many States, will com- | | | hola MANLEY FIEHTING. BANKRUPTCY SUIT Georgia ~ Banker’s Hearing Begun in U. S. Court After Sanity Is Ugheld. By the Associated Pross. ATLANTA, August 27.—Hearing of a_bankruptcy petition against W. D Manley, indicted president of the de funct Bankers' Trust Co. and the Farmers and Traders' Bank of At lanta, began in Federal Court toda The hearing is apart from the bank- ruptey proceedings against the Bank- ers’ Trust Co. now in progre: Manley was found sane a special lunacy comm| investigated the banker's mental con dition at the request of Joe Patterson Manley’s son-in-law, who said the banker was mentally incapacitated. Two witne: s heard yesterday by the commission testified that they be lieved Manley to be of sound mind Paul Baker, treasurer of the Bankers' Trust Co., sald that in 25 years of as soclation with Manley he at no time noticed any symptoms of Insanity. Dr. Newdigate Owensby, a mental specialist, said he believed Manley is sound, but at present ‘under great emotional stress. Manley's wife had previously testi fied that her husband had been men tally incompetent for 12 years, The failure of the Bankers' Trust Co. was followed by the closing of nearly 100 small Georgla and Florida banking houses which were members of a chain for which the Atlanta com pany acted as fiscal agent. g STOCKYARDS IN DENVER SOLD BY BIG PACKERS Armour and Swift Interests Dis- pose of $4,500,000 Property to Brokerage Concern. By the Assoctated Press. DENVER, Colo., August 27.--The Denver Union Stockyards, valued jut about $4,500,000. has been purchased by Bosworth, Chanute & Co.. Denver brokerage concern, from Armour & Co., Swift & Co and associated inte ests, it was announced last night The purchase price was nqt mate public. Joseph A. Shumaker, manager of the yards for the past 10 years, will become president of the new organi- zation. GOLDFISH RIVAL SOUGHT. British Group to Show Others Are as Satisfactory. LONDON, August ). —Wh are the fish in the glass far or tank in the window almost invariably gold fish? The British Sea Anglers' s fety s, in effect, asking this ques tion by its announcement that it will 4 “home aquarium exhibition here in September to demonstrate that there are mahy kinds of fish, in addi tlon to the common goldfish, which can be kept for vears in an aquarium in the home. The soclety will award medals for the mosttriking exam- ples of such fish. 27