Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1926, Page 2

2 ¥ THE EVENING, STAR, WASHINGTON D.. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1 926. THREE BOYS TAKEN IN HOLDUP SERES, Trio With Revenue Badge and Gun Nabbed—Motor- ists Were Victims. After 10 By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September 1. — Time The bravado of three youths, Who turned back a generation or two as were identified as bandits who held Chicago, o sophisticated city of up at least two automobile parties 4 v : and are suspected of having terrorized | 00,000, revived the curfew law of other motorists in Southeast Wash- !tS innocent village days, but police- ington and bordering Maryland, wilted ™en. bemused by the styles of the completely when the trio guzed into relgning generation, found enforce- the cold, blue barrel of Policeman G. ment a matter of considerable diffi- F. Newton's auiumatic pistol after a culty. short chase down Good Hope mpad| All boys and girls 16 years old or | Jast night under must be off the streets at 10 Confronted by the lone . policeman, |~ n}hfl'h*’ city fathers had ruled in the vouths quickly surrendered and|in effort to end a long record of at- weve taken ioiithe ‘aléventhimecingt | "ol midnapings, and 3(000 Blus. ere taken U *UHconts were sent forth last night to statfon. There they gave fictitious |enforce the edict. sddresses, but are said by the authori- tles to have been identified as Stephen Johnson, 19 years old, of 623 F street Joseph Murphy, 15, 1609 A street southeast, and Carleton “Willtams, 22, 1682 V street southeast. The complaints that came into the eleventh precinct in rapid-fire order last night stated that the bandits who held up the motorists posed rev- enue agents and displaved a ladge and Then their troubles began, for they claimed’ that with the prevailing modes of short skirts, rolled hose and bobbed halr they were unable to dis- tinguish children from grown-ups. Several married women, well past 20, were taken into custody as “chil- dren,” while bewildered policemen who stopped “kids” were indignantly |the curfew limit. One suggestion that the age limit informed that their ages were above | [SHORT SKIRTS BEMUSE POLICE ENFORCING CHICAGO CURFEW Married Women Mistaken for "Kids™” Grow Indignant When Ordered Off Streets O'Clock. | coppers maintained that that did not make much difference. Although the order of the city police did not go into effect until last night, the county curfew, which ap- plies to girls under 16 after 10:30 p.m., was sounded the previous night. More than a score of girls were caught and warned that the next time they will go to the juvenile detention home. Their parents were notified. The orders to the city police were to question any children found un- escorted after the forbidden hour and send them home. On a second of- fense, under the city ordinance, the | parents will face a fine of $5 to $100 |and the child the juvenile court. Parks were ordered cleared at 10 p.m. and county highway officers pa- trolled country roads and lovers’ lanes. “Youngsters must do their courting hereafter in the parlor at home,” said Chief of Police Collins. “Not that we want to be old-fashioned and vio- late personal liberty, but simply as a | common-sense measure to check dan- gers to themselves. ““The worst of the moron crimes are committed against young girls. It is too late to save them after they have been plcked up or kidnaped.” a pistol. A revenue agent’s badge, Pearing the destgnation Itichmond, | Pe raised to 18 was made by juvenile Va.® and a .32-caliber revolver were |2Uthoritles, but the youth-searching found on the prisoners Officer Gives Chase. ‘ | Runs Policeman Newton of the motor as Independent. evele squad was notified t ndits Newton went to the top of three youths The refused to stop and Newton got on his motor cvele and kave chase down the long hill. Passing the car Newton wheeled in front. crowding it to & stop. Drawing his pistol, he cowed the youths and with drawn gun he rode alongside the 1 ‘hine to the station. Police say that Heskie Rryvant, 1348 e bear driver U street, and Charles Brown, 934 French street, both colored, and Ralph Cooksey, a member of No. ngine Company, identifled the trio as the boys who had held up their ca Bry- ant and Brown declared they were stopped on Naylor road near Good Hope road and robbed of $31 and a watch Fireman Cooksey said bandits stop. ped his car near T B, Md, telling him they were reve agents and had a “lookout” for a car like his. The boys are being held while the police look into the complaints of sev- en other persons who declared they were held up by highwaymen in south- ern Maryland and Southeast Washing- ton last night. In each instance, the victims sald, the bandits were “three young men."” Bandits Rob Others. Three other instances of banditry were reported to the police today. Thomas Hammil, an engineer, of 1261 Oates street northeast, and James Simpson, colored, of 1512 Montello avenue northeast, sald they were rob hed at Ivy City, near the Washington Terminal Co.'s property, shortly be- fore midnight. Two negro bandits were cited in each instance. Simpson_was robbed of $60 and a gold watch. The' robbers mumbled something about a pay roll, evidently having expected more loot. Sending Simpson on his way, they waited for Fammil and got another gold watch and $1.50, then disappeared. About _the same time Isadore Isen- berg, 1657 Eleventh street, was facing » pistol in the hands of a negro bandit in his grocery store. Although the weapon was squarely against his face, Isenberg let loose a serfes of shouts for help that frightened the robber 8o badly he fled. A policeman, hearing the shouts, chased the negro several blocks, but lost him in the darkness. INSPECTORS AT ATLANTA PROBE THEFT OF MAIL FIELD. SENATOR STANFIELD T0 BE INDEPENDENT Defeated in Primary in May, Ore- gonian Charges Rivals Used Unfair Tactics. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., September 1.— Oregon faces a three-cornered race for the United States senatorship at the November election, as a result of the announcement yesterday by Sen- ator Robert N. Stanfleld that he would be an independent candidate to succeed himself. Stanfleld, who was defeated at the May primary for the Republican nomination, said he would accept nomination which is expected to be given him by a group of supporters at a special meeting. An independ- ent candidate can be named in this State by 100 voters. The Republican nominee is Frederick Steiwer of Pen- dleton, and the Democratic candidate Checks Believed Stolen From Post Office Reported Cashed by is Bert 1. Haney, former Shipping oard membet. Paat s enninee. BS!.’mflfld declared he had been the By the Assoclated Press. victim of unfair tactics in the primary ATLANTA, Ga. September 1.— |campaign through the circulation of Division post office inspectors here are | “vellow tickets” which listed him investigating the loss of 1 1, pre. mong candidates inferentially in- dorsed by the Ku Klux Klan. Stan- fleld has insisted that he and his manager knew nothing of this ticket until it had been circulated and that it was fraudulently printed with the in- tent to injure him. He has demanded official investigation of this ticket and #umably stolen from the Atlanta office ubout two weeks ago, it was learned today. The pouch contained a num- bar of checks, seversl of which were reported from Savannah. Investigators said today that several of the checks have been traced to Tennessee. where they were cashed |€rand juries of two counties are ex- and that the individual who cashed | Pected to exumine evidence them is known. Efforts are being —— made to locate him The lost mail was placed in & box at the Atlanta office which presum- ably was not lockeds the inspectors stated. through the carelessness of a postal employe SASSCER’S TWO RIVALS OUT OF SENATE RACE Charles B. Ager. Democrat. John M. Bowie, Republican, Prince Georges. Withdraw. | Dispatch to The Star UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Septem ber 1 Senator Lansdale ( Sasscer, Democrat, of Upper Mariboro, candidate for renomination at the peimaries September 14, today is the only candidate in cither party formally in the fleld for this offic Charles B. Ager of Chillum district, a member of the House of Delexutes. vesterday withdrew as an aspirant for the Democratic nomfnation and County Commissioner John M. Bowie of Queen Anne district, only candidute filed for the Republican nomination, &lso, it became known today, has with SHORTRIDGE TOPS SENATE ASPIRANTS IN CALIFORNIA RACE Page) (Continued from Sheehy, wet. Free did not stress pro- hibition as an issue. Senator Shortridee last night inter- preted the early returns as indicating a victory for himself and issued a statement thanking his supporters, in |which he said: ““The apparent result 1 most gratifying.” | RUN-OFF IS NECE to Get Majority Over Two Opponents. COLUMBIA, 8. (', September P).—Senator E. D. Smith, who voted for the World Court proposal when it was adopted by the Se Edgar A. Brown., who critic vote, will be in the run-off September 14, when South ( Democrats will decide who will rep- vesent them in the United States Sen- fter March 4, and SARY. Smith drawn |ate the next six years Ager. ft Is stated, wiil be an inde-|1927. Nomination fs equivalent to pendent candidate for the State |election. Henate at the election November Senator Smith led his twe oppo- H!s name can be placed on the offi nents, former Senator N. B. Dial and ballot provided he secures 500 sizna- | Ar. Brown, speaker of the South tures to a_petition asking the county Board of Llection Supervisors to do so and files the petition with the board Carolina House of Representatives, in the returns from the primary vester- day. However, he failed to obtain a not later than 15 days before the|jajority over both men, which is atection necessary for nomination. Bowle, 1t is understood, decided to | \¢hen returns were tabulated early withdraw hecause of poor health. The |4 qay from 1,264 of the 1,383 precints G. 0. P. county central committee t0 | pe ‘vote stood: Brown, 54.233; Dial be elected to the primaries will choose |10%ay" Smith, 61,185 the party’s candidate for the State ™",y G. Richards led the field of Senate. i 4 RFROr o . - " nine candidates for governor. Ira Clarence M. Itoberts of Kent dis- | ja®, CEGCCNC (0ond and Edmund triot, vesterday announced his de- | BIACEREE T P Tpures from cision to withdraw as a candidate fu the Democratic nomination for State's | attorney, leaving the present in-| cumbent. Alan Bowie of Bmndywine district, unopposed. Frank Parran of Aquasco distriot Georges B. Mer | 1,189 precinects were: Richards, 37.620: Blackwood. 31.020; ackson, 28,770. The other candidates were trafling. T. B. Butler had a small lead over James O. Sheppard of Edgefield for ick of Marlboro district are candi- d.\,t?a(fm'!hvu O. P. nomb on for | lieutenant governor. Latest State's attorney Cundidat who | were: Butler, 66.728; NIPI-I;&I"‘L e have filed have until midnight next | Four of the seven members o e House were renominated without op- draw and get back thel i e position, B. B. Hare of the second Friday to wit osit S sred H. Dominick. third; John J. Mec- @ e | Swain, fourth, and Millard H. Gasque A single slab containing 100,000 | sixth In the three other districts the in- cumbents, Thomas S. McMillan, W. F. Stevenson and W. H. Fulmer, were leading by wids margins. feat of granite was recently quarried. Common baking soda applied with a damp cloth is one of the most effec- ttve ways of cleaning the bath tub. Sl K. C. DENY ASKING U. S. INTERVENTION 5 IN MEXICAN CRISIS (Continued_from First Page.) arms and munitions of war, including military airplanes, and at’ the same time piaced an embargo on shipment and delivery of arms to Mexico, and also, for the first time in the history of this Government, we permitted transportation and passage of armed military forces of another government to cross American territory. This was when the 'nited States permitted the troops of Obregon to pass from Nogales to El Paso to suppress the revolution. “We are of the opinion that condi- tlons existing in Mexico today result from interference by this Government in the manner indicated, and, but for such interference the (arranza, Obre- gon and Calles governments would not have existed. Our resolution is a pro- test against the attitude of the Gov- ernment of the United States. and we felt, as liberty-loving American citi- zens, it was our duty to bring the mat- ter forcibly to the attention of the President, the State Department and the American people in the hope that the conditions complained of would be remedied, and that this Government might use its good offices to ameliorate the conditions which oppress the Mex- ican people.’ The foregoing statement in com- plaining of the permission the United States gave the Mexicans to ship fleld troops from Nogales to El Paso to sup- press an incipient revolution is taken as a criticism of the Coolidge policy toward Mexico as well as of the Wil- | son- Harding polic; | Whether the reference to the use of { 80od offices indicates that the adminis- | tration may undertake to bring peace between the Calles government and Mexicans who consider that their re- ligious libertles have been invaded is not known. But it was pointed out by those close to the President that in conducting his foreign policy he prob- jably weuld not feel that this Govern ment could act in such a way ina purely domestic Mexican problem. Mr. Flaherty, In addition to his statement, said that the Philadelphia resolutions have been misunderstood, because a careful reading of them will disclose that they do not ask that the arms embargo be lifted. He added that the delegation did say to Mr. Coolidge that the Knights of Columbus believe the Government should not give port, enceuragement or sympathy the Calles government. This conference was arranged at the request of Supreme Knight Flaherty. Before conferring with the Secretary of .State two weeks ago, Mr. Flaherty and his assoctates desired to come to the President with their troubles, but at his suggestion they first went to the State Department. Hospital Visit Postponed. Although nothing was divulged after the conference today to indicate what President Coolidge sald to the members of this delegation, those in the President’s confidence, and who !should be able to speak authoritative- {1y, said that President Coolldge will continue his “hands off”” policy until the time arrives when he is convinced that some drastic step should be taken. The only other callers today were Senator amd Mrs. F. H. Gillett of Massachusetts. The DPresident had hoped to go to Sun Mount, the Vet- erans’ Bureau Hospital, at Tupper Lake today, but canceled the trip. He will have as a luncheon guest Adolph §. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times. There was a heavy frost in this reglon this morning, the temperature at an early hour dropping as low as 28. Most of the flowers at White Pine Camp which might have been af- |fected were cut last night. | Man Accused of Robbing Gasoline Station. Cape Skelton, colored, charged with | robbing a gasoline station at the corner of Champlain street and Florida avenue, August 26, today in Police Court was held by Judge George H. Macdonald for action of the grand jury. He falled to give ‘rhond of $3,000 and was remanded to {jatl. Ileadquarteis Detectives Weber and Tally, who arrested Skelton, told |the court the defendant and an un- identified man assaulted Ralph C. | Poyner of 815 Fourthystreet, employe {of the gas station. and robbed him of §2 this Government’ supplied him with | | | EGHTKNDHN DEA INAZORES QUAKE 200 Injured, City of Horta in Ruins—Shocks Continue, Governor Reports. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, September 1.— Eight persons were killed and 200 in- jured by yesterday's earthquake on the Island of Fayal, in the Azores, the governor of Horta district reported in a message today. Four hundred houses were razed in the village of Flamengos by a series of short shocks. Other messages from the Azores reiterate requests for aid. Slight shocks continue to be felt in Fayal and the neighboring islands of Pico. The civil governor of Fayal urgent- ly asks that army tents be sent for the people rendered homeless in ves- terday's disaster. Warships are leav- ing today for Fayal with a company of sappers and other alds. The dispatches confirm the first re- ports that the quake was the most violent ever experienced in the archi- pelago. Telegraph Station Damaged. The telegraph station of the Portu- guese submarine base at Fayal was damaged by the quake and communi- cation was interrupted for an hour. Natives of the Azores seeking news of their familles at the government offices in Lisbon said today that since the last bfg shock in Fayal, in M. 1925, more than 100 earth movemen have been felt there. and that many people habitually sleep outdoors in fear of catastrophies Most of the houses in Horta had cracked walls, and it is believed these collapsed in the present quake. Flamengos, the labor district, was destroyed. " There are 400 inhabitants in this district,. which is named for the Flemish settlers who made their homes there years ago. That only eight deaths are reported is attributed to the fact that the quake occurred late in the forenoon, after the inhabitants had either gone to work or to market. PEOPLE SLEEP 1) SQUARE Big Cracks Appear in Streets of Horta; Most of City Destroyed. LONDON, September 1 (®).—The population of the Island of Fayal, in the Azores Islands, lying 800 miles off the coast of Portugal, is living out- doors, terror-stricken after vester- day’s earthquake. which meager dis- patches describe as the worst in the history of the archipelage In Horta, the chief city of Fayal, most of the 000 citizens spent the night in the public square. Large cks have appeared in the streets and the people were afraid to return to their homes in the fear of renewed shocks. Most of the clty was de- stroyed. From advices thus far received by way of Lisbon the Island of Fayal is declared to be “a mass of ruins, espe- cially the city of Horta.” Lloyds reports that 10 persons are known to have been killed in Horta. Neighboring islands in the archi- pelago also were affected by the dis- turbance. The small village of Feteira was swept by a tidal wave. The first shock was felt at 11 o'clock ve morning. It was followed by of other shocks, some of them of a minor nature. The message sent by the mayor of Horta to the authorities in Lisbon said the aspect of Fayal Island and the suffering of the victims were terrible to witness. Telegraphic communication with the islands was badly hampered by the disturbance and only meager informa- tion was obtainable in Lisbon, where during the afternoon and evening the Central Telegraph offices were thronged with persons having relatives or friends in the archipelago. Al- though the Azores, which are of vol- canic origin, frequently have been shaken by earthquakes, the latest phenomenon is said to have been the worst ever experienced. Greece also was shaken by a strong earthquake yesterday, but it is said the damage was not great and that no casualties had been reported. QUAKE FELT IN CHILE. No Casualties Reported at Vallenar, Center of 1922 Disaster. SANTIAGO, Chile, September 1 (). strong earthquake was felt at 5 p.m. vesterday in the town of Vallenar, northern Chile. No casual- ties are reported. Vallenar was the center of an earth- quake in 1922, in which several hun- dred persons were killed. PROBATION IS REVOKED. The probation and suspended sen- tence of Roy Baxter Bever, convicted in December, 1924, of violating the check law, were revoked by Judge George H. MacDonald in Police Court today when the man was haled into court in connection with another bad check transaction. The present charge, however, was nolle prossed when testimony showed that while Bever had cashed the check he had not written it. Judge MacDonald remarked that records show Bever had been too fre- quently associated with the floating of bad checks and ordered the pro- bation revoked. Bever thus will serve the unexpired time of the orig- inal sentence of one year and an ad- ditional 60 days if he falls to pay a fine of $500 which also was imposed. He had served three months when he was released on probation. Judge MacDonald also recalled that Bever spent a sum of money which charity organizations had given his wife for maintenance while he was in Jadl. 18 REPORTED KILLED. Mail Train Derailed Between Tor- tosa and Barcelona, Spain. TORTOSA, Spain, September 1 (P).—A mall train was derailed today bhetween this town and Barcelona, and it is reported 18 persons were killed. 'WALDORF OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL AUTO CASE ACTION A charge that Magistrate Thomas | W. Wilkerson and Deputy Sheriff A. | Posey Gardiner of Waldort, Md., vio- |iated that section of the Maryland law prohibiting defendants from pay- |ing court costs when they are ac- | auitted of charges has been lodged | with Thomas H. Roberts. attorney | general for Maryland, by Charles C. JMlins, counsel for the District of | Columbia division, American Automo- { bile_Association. | The attorney declares that Edward R. Webb, 1329 N street, a member of he association, was arrested August |15, morth of Waldorf by Deputy | Sheriff Gardiner. charged with reck- less driving and brought before Magistrate Wilkerson. He was found not guilty of the charge and the case was dismissed, "~ but, the counsel says, was charged $3.05 court costs, $1.60 of which was for the sheriff's office and $1.45 for Magistrate Wilkerson. This, it is con- tended, violates article 24, section 7, of the State law, which declares that the limit of fine for which there is no court costs is 15 cents, as well as stipulating that in cases of acquittal they shall not be paid. Ernest N. Smith, general manager of the association, wrote Attorney General Roberts the facts as given | him by Webb. and Attorney Collins declared today that Mr. Roberts said if the charges were true there had been a violation of law. The incident recalls charges of a “speed trap” at the Maryland town several months ago which were vigor- ously denied by the traffic officials there, Prane APR G~ CALLES OUTLINES RELIGIOUS STAND Declares Government Execu- tives Have Obligations to Carry Out Nation’s Laws. BY LELAND H. REESE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MEXICO CITY, September 1.— ‘When President Plutarco Ellas Calles of Mexico, recefved this correspondent at the castle of Chapuitepec, he was cordlal and indicated his pleasure in discussing the affairs of his country with an American newspaper man. Especlally he appreciated the oppor- tunity to give the American people his views on the religious conflict. Senor Calles had been suffering with a cold and his partial iliness added to the strain under which he has been working for the last fort- night. He had the manner of a busi- ness man forced to remain at his desk despite an aching molar. When asked to comment upon the late developments in the religlous con- troversy, President Calles, after care- fully choosing his words, said: “A precedent was established when I met the Catholic spokesmen to dis- cuss the religlous situation. In the past, Mexican execiftives have receiv- ed the churchman, but not in their official ¢ as Mexican State rulers. ar as the government was concerned, the overtures looking { toward a suspension of the penal code governing religious cults were con- cluded at the close of our first and | only conference. T told them that my personal conviction has always been that the provision under dispute was sound and legal and as a consequence 1 could not assume a passive attitude regarding its enforcement. “Qutlined Logical Procedur: “I outlined to them the logicel pro- cedure—an appeal to the national Su- preme Court for a stay of execution until Congress met in September. With that I felt that the state had met the church at least half way in this unpleasant affair.”” President Calles continued his dis- cussion by expressing the bellef that all religions—Catholic, Protestant, all are good because they have for ! their end universal morality. He de- i nled vigorously that the reform laws are directed against the Catholics or any other particular denomination. { When asked If foreign Protestant min- isters would be allowed to continue as Mexico, the heads of churches in Calles said: i “It cannot be, because the constitu- tion clearly states that priests and ministers of all religions must be Mexican by birth.” “The Catholic religion has a great defect,” continued President Calles. “Dogma cannot be disc the church is considered infallible as a consequence, cannot be mis The priests have put this idea into the brains of the ignorant and have pro- voked great agitation on matters of small consequence. It prevents the people from thinking and deceivs them. If the Roman Catholic clergy could terminate the existence of other religions, they would do it. For them, there is no other religlon than their own.” | Holds Law Must Be Enforced. President Calles, was sllent for a moment. He had been meeting all questions as soon are asked. He had the manner of a man surcharged with passion. He was asked about the and, to leave the solution of the Mexican problem in the hands of the Pope. Senor Calles faced his questioner with blood coursing sharply through his face. “The Mexican government is in no controversy with the clergy,” he said. “The Mexican government, and more especially the federal executive, has an obligation in the fulfillment of the constitution and the laws that are bullt upon it. “I know of no reason why Catho- lic priests or any one else should re- fuse to comply with the provisions of the law, especially one so insignifi- cant as making a statement before the proper authorities that they are in charge of the churches and that they be incumbent as one man or another. “The government is prohibited from administering the churches. The tem- ples are the property of the nation. What less could the government as owner of these edifices expect than to know definitely what persons are in charge of them? The government is not interested in acts of doctrine or things merely spiritual. So the clergy's fear that the government is trying to oust the church organiza- tion from its control of the priest- hood is childish and innocent. This is not the reason for the struggle. There is something else. “The only object of the registration of priests is to know those who are in charge of the churches and who are responsible for the valuable con- tents. These are, as I have said, the property of the nation. The only genuine representative of the people is the government. The object of the registration is for the purpose of keep- ing police statistics made necessary for a varlety of reasons. The government should have these facts, and it should keep control of what it owns. Should not every one have the right to exact from those administering their prop- erty information as to who they are? Seek to Disown Constitution. “What the Cathollcs desire is to disown the constitution. That is the heart of the conflict. No one has the right to disown the constitution. Not even in past ages when nations were governed by Catholic kings was Rome allowed to interfere in the internal government of states. How can they now pretend to meddle in this coun- try? “The problem is not for Mexico alone. It belongs to all Latin Amer- ica. In the United States there is no serious religlous trouble, but in our countries the forelgn priests and espe- clally the Catholic priests have caused calamity. All the outcasts of Rome and Europe have been sent to our country. Thousands come to make our people fanatics and to sink them in ignorance, and to take away with them all that they can get hold of. “They have come to mix in our in- ternal policles, to absorb our eco- nomic strength, to control all our ac- tivities, to disrupt our institutions, to counteract all the beneficent results of advantages secured at terrible cost. “In the presence of this situation we have been obliged to take action to_check the evil.” Without specific reference to the Tnited States, President Calles charged the Catholic leaders with in- citing foreign interference in Mexico's affairs. “They have us understand,” he sald, “that certain Latin American diplo- mats have attempted to intercede with me on the religious question. matter of fact, 1 have in my posses- sion coples of communications ad- dressed to them by church leaders. | treasonable, and yet it is constantiy a supporter of constitutional govern- ment.” (Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.| — I Australia has a law prohibiting the use of signal. Pos Houss 3 Buddhist, Jewish and Mohammedan— } ssed hecause | report that the Catholics had resolved | As a “The acts of the churchmen in this country have been nothing short of asserted that the Catholic Church is the red flag except as a danger RODGERS GIVEN HERO'S BURIAL AS“TAPS"SOUNDS AT ARLINGTON ILIEUT. BETTIS DIES Planes Hover Over Grave as Family and| (JF CRASHINJURIES High Officers Pay Final Honors to Aviation Pioneer. By the Associated Prese. Commander John Rodgers, a naval aviation ploneer, who gave his life in the development of the science of flylng, was burled yesterday among the illustrious dead of the Nation in Arlington National Cemetery. " Full military honors were accorded the officer, who, a year ago, to the day, had set out upon an attempted flight from San Francisco to Hawali, which was to bring him a measure of fame such as comes to few Navy men in peace times. Gathered at the graveside as the simple Episcopal burial service was read were the father, the last of the long line of John Rodgerses, who have served the Navy since the days of John Paul Jones; the mother, and high officers of the Navy, the Army and the Marine Corps. Commander Rodgers’ body was brought to Washington by motor from the ancesteral home at Harve de Grace, Md., where funeral services were held Monday. The body taken to Fort Myer. where the casket was transferred to a calsson drawn by six horses. Led by the Navy Band playing Chopin's funeral march, the cortege move along the winding roads of the cemetery to the spot picked as the last resting place—a grave in the midst of four towering oaks near that of Willlam Worth Belknap, Secretary of War under President Grant. As the procession advanced the music of the band was almost lost to those waiting at the grave by the drone of naval airplanes soaring over- head in blank file formation, the fly- ers’ symbol that one of their number was missing. Behind the Navy Band marched a company of Marines, followed by two companies of sailors, this honor guard filing to places near the burial plot. The pallbearers then bore the flag- draped casket to the grave as the band played “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” | The ministers intoned the burial service and the marines fired three volleys. There was silence for a mo- ment; then the clear notes of & bugle sounded “Taps"—the Navy's farewell to its dead. FAVALISCENTER OF CABLE LINES| City With Mosaic Sidewalks' and Tiled Houses One of Loveliest on Earth. ! “For most matters of importance to the world, Fayal Island, scene of the recent earthquake, is the Azores,” says a bulletin from the headquar- ters of the National *Geographi¢ So- clety. “That Sao Miguel is larger there is no disputing. That Angra, the capi- tal, is a better port may also be true. t Fayal,” continues the bulle- tin. “is the communication hub of the Atlantic, with spokes reaching out to | Europe, the two Americas and Africa. | On Fayal Island there are four cable | companies—two American, one Eng- lish and one German. There are more than 150 young ‘news pushers.’ as the telegraph operators are called, and each group has its own mess. “Arriving at Fayal in the daytime one saw a ribbon of road around the island, and the whitewashed villages with a church for a pendant among the ivory bits that are strung along this 35-mile circular tour. Out near some detached rocks near the west end there is a lighthouse which ap- | pears at first to be a minaret. From there to Horta, the town, is a steep declivity several hundred feet high so that the road has to sweep up to avoid washing itself to death in the glistening surf. Cloud Blanket's Peak. “Amid smiling seas the Azores, from November to March, usually wear a cloud blanket so that the fine cone of Plco, which sounds like Orange Pekoe but simply means ‘peak.’ is hidden as an approaching ship swings to the north. Plco has a separate island to itself and since Pico is an active volcano this s as it should be. “Twilight had fallen when the writer's vessel finally came alongside the fairy town of Horta, now made up of white blotches against a dark hillside with electric lights hiding the detalls like the nun's candles during the change of scene in ‘The Miracle.' Horta is not really a port, since it lacks a green light to complement the red one on the end of the single breakwater. So passengers land in a launch which tosses up and down in the swell and gives the folks a thrill for their money. “A Portuguese, with wide-brimmed fuzzy hat, V-neck white sweater and side burns, ran the launch. He took a shine to us and showed us around the town. which, like a certain flower, {had folded ftself up with the setting of the sun. “Horta's chief claim to fame seems to be that Mark Twain and the cable companies have honored it with their attention. Mark Twain sald some- thing about a tiny fort here which would have to be taken up the vol- | canic slopes in case of war. That was in the days before the Azores were the alighting spot for trans- oceanic flights, The fort has not vn any. ‘Horta greets one with a mosalc sidewalk in the Portuguese style and many of its buildings are faced with glistening tile so that as one walks down the street at night he seems to be threading his way along some pe- culiar bathroom in an old Mogul pal- ace or a Chicago boarding house. The solid-wheeled oxcarts were parked at o0dd points here and there and, in the | night time, the only vehicles to be had are automobiles. Volcano Effects Visible. “The street as we walked down it, and passed So many chirches that Horta seemed to be the Bokhara of the Catholic world, was being used for sentimental purposes, for Horta has its nightly rehearsals of the bal- cony scene from ‘Romeo and Jullet.” “Our side-burned guide took us to a motion picture theater fronted with salmon tiles. We secured a box in the lower of three horseshoes around which the town was arranged. If the mocial strata maintain their same relative positions at home that they Backed for President INDORSEMENTS GROW Four More Missouri Districts 0. K. Senator for Democratic Candi- date im 1928 Race. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 1. —Senator James A. Reed, has been indorsed for the Democratic presi- dential nomination in 1928 by four Missouri congressional district Demo- cratic committees. His indorsement yesterday by the third, fifth, sixth and eighth district committees followed similar action re- cently by the Livingston County Democratic committee, The Livings- ton group claimed to be the first to adopt a resolution proposing the Senator as a presidential candidate. Party leaders in various sections of the State since have pledged their support to a “Reed for President” program. Most of the resolutlons have fea tured the Senator's activities as chair. man of the Senate committee investi- gating_election expenditures. The fitth district includes Kansas City, where the Senator resides. Files Voluntary Petition. Walter €. Lowell, an automobile me- chane, today flled a petitfon in volun- tary bankruptey. He lists his debts at $2,243.40 and estimates his assets at $1,091.70. Attorneys Ford & Grove appear for the petitioner. aces would be down near the sea and the lowlter and more grimy mem- bers of soclety up near the lava line above the main part of town. “From June to September the whole Island of Fayal is marked out with blue and white hydrangea hedges and 1s one of the lovellest spots on with sometimes-smoking Plco aing’ in the background. he Azores ure certainly the result of tremendous voleanic eruptions that have continued to change their physi- cal aspect ever since their discovery in the fifteenth century. On every hand are evidences of former up- heavals, from the gray lava stones that are used in the construction of houses and, the building of roads to the underlying streaks of ashes that are visible in places where the sur- face soil has washed away and the many cup-shaped craters and beauti- ful lakes on the tops of the moun- tains. “Violent earthquakes have dis- turbed the Azores during the centuries since their discovery. The annals of the fslands vie with those of Italy in graphic accounts of the ever-interest- ing and terrible volcanic phenomena. Citles were buried; mountains disap- peared and sent their ashes to unbe- lievable distances: islands hundreds of feet high suddenly appeared and as suddenly disappeared, and flames of fire illuminated whole fslands and do in the theater, then the Horta pal Ty, A / ¢ @ —Read their intervening waters." RIO WEETHEA Who Is She? Next— Tuesday’s St Noted Army Airman Loses Fight for Life—Was Lost 43 Hours in Mountains. The vallant and herofc fight Lieut. Cyrus K. Bettis, noted Arm: aviator, to escape the hands of death which reached out for him through a fog in the Pennsylvania mountains August 23, ended in defeat for the afrman at Walter Reed Hospital u 9:05 o'clock this morning. The courageous pilot died fron meningitis, which set in yesterdi: and caused a turn for the worse i his condition. Up to that time hu pital surgeons felt that he had an e\ cellent chance for recovery. When the change capie yesterda morning. Lieut. Bettis’ parents, i Port Huron, Mich., were notified thu his condition had become critical They are expected to reach Washins ton some time today, and pendin: their arrival no arrangements for the tuneral will be made. ] n Monday morning, Augus Liit, Bettis, who had commanded « detail " of airplanes from Selfridg: Field, Mount Clemens, Mich., at the Sesquicentennial, set out from Phila delphia with two other companion in three Curtiss P-1 pursuit planes Lieut. Bettls disappeared in na fo near Bellefonte, Pa., a mountaino region which has claimed the life more than one excellent pilot Missing 43 Hours. Missing for more than 43 hours, ti: atrman finally was found on & road side by two workers of the State Higl way Commission. His plane, in the dense fog, had crashed into the side of a mountan. He had laln uncon sclous for an hour and a half in the wreckage, and then, with a broken lex both jaws and nose fractured ar painful cuts and bruises, after wai ing all night for help, he jumped hopped and crawled through the thick forest of the Seven Sister Mountain« until he reached the highway. He taken to the hospital i Bellefonte, and Army surgeons here deemed it advisable that he be brough: to Washington immediately in ovde that he could benefit by the facilities of Wulter Reed Hospital. A tran Journey would be too long and too ur 3 able, so a Douglas transport ent up and the injured aviato: n to the Capital in 1 hour and 40 minutes. . Examination by physicians at the hospital convinced them that his con dition was not serious, although hi- Injurles wero intensely painful. i was given close attention and scor of his friends here were turned aw from the hospital on orders that should not be disturbed by visitor Lieut. Bettls was known throug| the flying services only as “Cy was quiet, modest and unassuming o the ground, but in the air he was i spectacular and outstanding pilot For the past four vears he had been a member of the crack lst Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field, flying noth ing but the latest high-speed pursui planes. Flew New Racing Craft. Because of his thorough experierc: with these small, sensitive craft, he wi solected to fly the Army’s new Curtis vacer it the Pulitzer trophy ruce at Mitchel Fleld last October. against the veteran racing pilot. Williams of the Navy, who had al ready one Pulitzer race and the Amer jean high-speed record to his credit Lieut. Bettls came in first, with speed of 248.99 miles per hour. The previous year he had beaten the entire st Pursult Group in its annual race for the John L. Mitchell trophy held at Davton. at a speed of 17 miles per hour. Following the 1924 air meet Bettis came to Washington for the Army Relief aerial show at Bolling Fleld, and as the leader of a three plane pursult formation carried off the honors of the day with his spe« ular and skiliful piloting. The officer was horn in Carsonville Mich, Januar; 1893, and hefore en tering the Army air branch he was a radio and telephone engineer. He en listed as a private and received hi commission ns a second leutenant September 11, 1918. Because of his extraordinary ability, he was retatned in this country as an instructor and dld not get overseas. Following the war, he served the usual two-vear de tail in the Philippine Islands and fron there was transferred to the pursuit group. He. with Lieut who won the Schneider intern seaplane race last vear in the same plane used in the Fulitzer event, was awarded the Clarence Mackay trophy for the most meritorious flight during 1925. The trophy now is on exhibitior in the War Department Fourth Death in Month Day in and day out since the Sesqui Lieut James 1. Do centennial opened Lieut. Bettis led mation of pursuit planes which atved. rolled, looped and spun high and low over the heads of the exposi tlon visitors. Finally he determined that the P-1s needed overhauling, and it was on the journev to Selfridge Field for new planes that the crash oceurred. With the death of Lieut. Bettis both the Army and Navy have lost one of thelr leading airmen withit a week’s time. Comdr. John Rodgers died from injuries received in a crash at Philadelphia la riday and his burfal at Arlington Natlonal Cemeters vesterday came at a time when Lieut Bettis' condition was rapidly growinz worse. Since July 31 the Army and Nau have been robbed of four outstanding ajrmen. two from each service. The “cycle” of fatal accidents began with the death in Massachusetts of Lieut Howard F. Councill of the Burean Aeronautics and his mechanl; Giddens of the naval alr station, A few days later Lleut. Eugene Barks dale of the Armny Alr Corps, and rated as one of the foremost airmen that ever lived, lost his life at McCook Fleld, Dayton, Ohlo. Then followe the crashes of Lieut. Bettis ani Comdr. Rodgers. JUNIOR TENNIS FINALISTS. Miss Cook and Miss Johnson Win Way to Title Round. Dorothy Cook of Western IHigt School and Kathleen Johnson of Cen tral won their way to the titls round of the District junior tennis cham plonship this morning on the Dum barton Club courts. Miss Cook scored over her team-mate, Elsle Jansen, in straight sets, 6—0, 6—2. Miss John son took the measure of Clara Alder ums in a threeset encounter, 3 6—8, 6—2 Colombia Names Delegate. BOGOTA, Colombia, September (®).—Dr. Gareia Medina, director national hygiene, has been appointed by the government to represent Col ombia at the hysiene conference at Washington this month. Dr. Medina organized u system of hygiene lab oratories_in each department of Col- ombia. He has charge of sanitation