Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1926, Page 12

NEW YORK ACCLAIMS MR day trom her feat ns the secon Mrs. Corson after landing at the B: anarantine. S. CORSON 0 h ton Corson, New York swimming. teacher and mother of two childrer woman o swim the Ei along Broadway that vied with that accorded Ge trude ON RETURN AS CHA lish Channel, the attery from the official welcoming hoat, NEL CONQUEROR. When Mrs. Cleming- n, returned home on the Aq iderle, first woman to make the swim. Photo skows K ania yesrer- Metropolis gave her a reception rom, whieh met the limer at* & A cme- Photos. AMERIC. \ A ticipated as “Miss Tulsa,” who wa tic yesterday.- ‘“Miss Cit from the tvpe of Deanty LIQUOR TRACKER® stills, 300 2 The propr allons of brandy Rurlingame, shown in the center, RAID HUGE DOWNTOMWN swoaped down on the second floor premises at 615 New. tor of the establishment happened 1o he out at the time of the raid, w wearing straw hat. “When the liquor squad. of. the second preeinct ork avenue yesterday they seized 2,000 gallons of mash and numerous ofher accessories of the: distilling business. ine 50:; lon Capt. Guy h was Ted b, by A Photos ik * Convright AMERIC.! b nt 7 sure of the matches, ormers of (he Wiliam 7. sote: CAPT. FONCK LAND AT MINEOLA FIELD Trip {-‘ron{ Washington Made in 2 Hours and 20 Minutes. Plans Altituce Flight. Y. September 11. French ace. landed eld at 6:05 oelock (New time) last night on his return from Washington in the Sikor- Yerk flight akv plane in which he plans to make | York-to-Paris flight. Capt left Washingion at 2:45 o'clock day afternoon. with thirteen in the plane. two and M Panl Cas Coamdr 4, being Ernesis Teon Sikorsky, designer and huilder of the announced that Capt Fonck ttempt next week to es fahhish official world vecord for glfitnde and <peed with maximum use. ful load in the Sikorsky ajrplane. Will Carry 10 Tons. altitde fAight will be the only tant one the plane will make he- it takes off for its transatlantic a< anounced, and the plune’s ad will e ghout: 20,000 pounds. date for the altitude ‘and “ord has not heen decided on. we gas tanks, zivi ine ‘capacity. of o will he installed In the fusilage tomorrow. 1t had heen planned origi- nafly 1o make the altitude and speed Nizht Washington, but the at: Terht was postponed Lecause of lack r e. The flight will he nnder iriediction of officials of the Na- Aeronautic Association, | Radio Books Reservations. While the plane just ~ seuth of . Philadeiphia. the radio- operator ahoard, who had been sending mes: sages 10 various stations. hooked New Yerk hotel reservations for . Comdr. and Mrs ssard by wireless direct to the hotel. This was the first time the New York-Paris wirelesé equip- ment had heen .n\hd for commereial Yrrposes. B messages were sent also aind Boline Fields and Air Station at Wash. hig plane was also .in The Srape tional eless Mitenal the Na " 10 3 few northward, IIUNDREDS SEE PLANE HERE. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Makes Flight Over Bolling Field. The Sikorsky plane. photed - by Capt. Rene Fonck. French war ace. which expects to fly from New York to Paris. rose trom the -field of tha the Naval A ation at o'cl vesterday afternoon and purred away on its return journey tn New Yark On board the giant airship were the same ofMciais. navigators and crew which brousht it safely to Washing- ton Thursday. Two other passengers ware added for the return vovage, however. a Mr. and Mrs. Cassard he. ing given a “lift" 10 the northern me- tropolis. This made a total of 14 per sons the Sikorsky carried hack to New Yerk The big plane was the object of @ f them. | h other wireless statfons:as | Band -Instruments | At School Stolen; - Concerts to Wait | | | Concerts:at the Nationa! in ing School for Bovs have heen tem porarily_canceled. due to the fact that nine musical instruments, worth %190, have CGeorge A, Sterling. superintendent, | has asked police 4 them in ! their.search for the thief. 'BODIES OF'SUICIDES - SENT TOPROVIDENCE been stolen. to [ Mr. and Mrs. Doyle, Who Died by Poison, Forwarded for Interment. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Fred- | eric Halsey Doyle of Brooklyn, N Y.. and. Norfolk. Va.. found Thursday | |in'a room af the Willard Hotel, where | they committed suicide by poison, | | were _sent _yesterday evening to| Providence, R. I. for interment. | Mr. Doyle, who formerly was in | i the lumber business in New York. { had not- been employed since May | | and. straightened financial circum- | {stances_Ted ‘to the double suicide, | has been developed Investigation at dence of the couple, Where they lived for ‘the pa year, showed ap- { parenthy_that they had for some time |'been carefully planning their death | pact 3 - 3 The ielephone in their apartment, which was' artistically furnished, had been ordered discontinued. Before leaving the city early this week, Mr. Doyie visited the public library and returned ail hooks he held, and other | preparations indicated, it is sald, they’ intended leaving for all time the Norfolk resi- | much interest-to hundreds of Wash- }ingtonians throughout the day, and a {large gallery was on hand to shout | “hon voyage" as the big propellers | | were spun around, the motors roared. | the last passengers huw aboard | and the trap doors were Jocked. Then. | after a surprisingly brief run down the field, the ship rose slowly and | easily inio the air. ] So far as those on the ground could notice. there was not the slightest Jar nor the hint of hesitation when the rudder blades were lifted for the | take-off. - It had heen expected that| | such a big plane, with se many pas. } sengers, wonld have to be given a long, hard run before the leap was | )attempted. - Such did not prove the case, however, McCracken Makes Flight. | Assistant Secretary McCracken, in charge of aviation at the Commerce Department, was the only Govern- ment official to make a flight in the Sikorsky during its visit here. He was prevailed upon to go up on the | noon filght yestqrday and even hecome its pilot during part of the trip. He was enthusiastic at the ease with which any ‘one_of the three motors { cotild be called upon at an instant's | notice to prope! the plane alone. As| | 1ong as any one of the motors remain | working the ship may be navigated | safel 4 Sy . had | SHRS nal Capital were well s Waghin s l;‘m upheld WASHINGTON" I8 RUNNER-UP. _ The fajr sex of the Na. by Miss Marjorie ‘Joesting, who as - ton” ran““‘Misg Tulsa”.a close seeond for the crown ca~of *1926"" In” the national beaut! contest-at Atlantic . " Wide World Photos, " CROWN. s adjudged the most beautiful of the 72 American beauties who paraded in the annual pageant at Atlan- America of 1 which has hith trophy by defeating the French players in the lilden, Americi invading team s/mlpn«l in their match which ’I'ildon“\\:m i Miss Norma Smallwood, par- “'Is rather a departure o won the coveted_title. Wide World Photos. THE BEAVTY JUDGES HAD A TOUGH JOB. City yesterday as they harder than ever, right. © Thousands crowded along the boardwalk to get an eyeful of the pulchritudinous gmuu pageant at Atlant winner this year w: Here are a few of the “Miss Tulsa,” who was erowned led hefore the judges, who admitted their Ameriean beauties snapped in the Job of picking the “Miss America,” at the extreme lon. ide World Photna. a first three 0 1he straight - 14 Photos. and Jean Borotra LATEST IN THE \CHANNEL RECORD PROCESSION. Georges Michel, French baker, clipped another hour or so off the record for the English Channel swim when he made it in 11 hours and 5 minutes. Michel. who has won a number of swimming marathons, &lflfl‘ to his unsuecessful Channel attemp ertrude Ederle Tast year, and Miss Ederle. hackground), * who ‘trained hown here heing rubbed down by his t on August 10, Ofthers in the manager (in photo are Jaber Wole Coperight by & A Photoe MRS. CORSON HAS the hailing crowds she had to pass through ,the Battery uptown on her arrival in New Y ington Corsen, second woman to swim the 5\‘ time in reachinz her home to greet her tami% Corson and their two youngsters, Clemington, . il e i Despite in making her way from yesterday, Mrs. Clem- ish Channel. lost little She is shown with Mr. ir., and Marjorie. Wide' World Photos GEORGIA BANK TO OPEN DOORS AGAIN NOVEMBER 1 Instifution. Which Closed. Several Weeks Ago Completely: Réor- ganized Under New Nqné. By the Asenclated Press. ATLANTA. September The Farmeys and Traders' which closed several. weeks ago, fol lowing closefy upon the fajlure of the Bankers' Trust Co. of Atlanta, will be eopened Ndavember 1,-completely” re- organized and with a capital stock of £30.000, it was announced yesterday by W. & Witham. The new institu tion will hé known as the People's Bank:and will be operated ‘as a State bank under the State banking de- partment. e Mr.; Witham, who was president of the institution when it opened many yearsjago, was lajer succeeded by W.'D. Manley. who.is now under indictment in _connection . with the closing of the Bankers’ Trust Co. Sirflinderick Jones Honor- Guest. HONOLULLU, September, 11 (#).— Sir Roderick Jones, chalrman of. Reuter's News Agency, DhSsing hrouzh Honolulu en route from Aus- tralia to Canada, was the guest of.| honor vesterday at joint dinner ziven hy the Institute nf Pacific Rela- tirns and Honoluhr. nmewSpafer . mes. g € P 11. Bflnk.‘mo former Czar-Ferdinand, in her | Zeitung shows that a princess does By tha. Assoriated Prese. BERLIN, 'September ' 11.—Princess | Budoxie 'of Bulzaria, the ear-old:| sister of King Boris and daughter of memoirs published in the National| She describes the training she and her brother received-for itheir royal &tation, hut confesses to having ‘a| depided predilection for a home life, | which, .she says, “may seem anoma- lous in our present era of excitement, but is. perhabs.to. be explained by the | absence of woman suffrage in our | country.” As In Bulgaria womey are | fatherinclined to adapt themselves to the- peasoning of men. the princ considers such an innovation uncalled for. The royal §uént opinion that wear gorgeous gowns and hedeck themselves with rare jewels. “On the staze and the screen.” she declares, “we are evén portrayed with | diamond crowns and robes of ermine. not always have such a “soft snap” | | | writer refutes the fr princesses only But as a matter of fact I prefer the simplest of clothes, and during the 1ast" TWO “Years " have had only two PRINCESS LIKES SIMPLE GARB: { respite, during which she either rlayu' | new gowns made, all-Bulgarian style. material and workmanship.” xpenses entailed hy a. mere costly wardrobe the princess insists she can use to a better purpose in alieviating the distress of the many impoverished | Bulgarians. But unfortunately there | are never sufficient funds available.to | supply the wants of all She declares herself convinced that woman serves her country and imanity best as a good housewife. Has No Intimate Friends. Upon rising_Princess Eudoxie helps her brother with his fairly bulky eors respondence. She and the King_ then have an early lunch and frequenth dine together at 2 o'clock. The hour hefore dinner is set aside for afficial | visits. She deplores the lack of in- | timates, most of her friends having | moved to other ¢ountries when they married. After dinner there iz a in E: a hu tennis or rides horsehack. At times she and the King also take a motor ride or mount a motor cycle. | Princess Eudoxie excels as a lin- | guist. speaking, reading and. writing fluently English. German, French, Italian and Russian, and being thor- TWO SUSPECTS ARE HELD IN DONALDSON SLAYING Arrested Men in Tampa Believed Implicated in Murder of Georgia “Bunco” Prosecutor. By the Assgciated Press: TAMPA. ‘Fla. September Poliée are. holding two men Atlanta, Ga.. authorities who are be- lieved wanted in connection with the | slaying there several weeks ago of Bert Donaldson, 'a apecial investi- gator attached to the office of Solici- tor-General John A. Boykin. A man giving the . Simpson, and his address as Atlanta, was arrested in the Latin quarter in company with a.man whose name police declined to. djvulge, after a private conyersation, during which Simpson 1s said to have remarked that he would be arrested in Atlanta, but that he had “too good an alibi.” Detectives. who overheard the con- versation said Simpson boasted to his companian that he was a “stick- .up man and killer,” and mentioned Donaldson’s name several times. Donaldson, active in the prosecu- tion of “bunco” operators. had suc- ceedéd in smashing a gamblers’ ring in an adjoining county a short time before he was lured to a fashionable Atlanta heotel and killed with a shot- oughly conversant with the literature of these languages, gun by a person whe fired from a clothes elesst. 10,000 Pearls US(—’d ? In Shrine Erected ‘ Te Oysters’ Souls| By the’ Associated Prose TOKIO, September 11.-The Japanese firmly believe that the pearl ovster- has a4 Toul and ‘that - the spirits of ovsters from which pearls are taken must be pro pitiated. -One of the largest pearl firms of Japan has constructed a miniature pagoda in the Grand Imperial Shrine of Ise. using more than 10,000 pearls Thiz monument to ovster souls will be dedicated this month with a public Buddhist mase. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE | IS REGISTERED HERE Disturbance Lasting for Hours Es- timated to Be 6,600 Miles | From Washington:~ | Georgetown University seismo. | graphs registered “severe earthquake’ tremors early vesterday. heginning at 5:54 a.m. and still coming in strong at | 9 a.m. The maximum disturhance was | at 640 am.. and the dlstance was | estimated as 6.600 miles northwestern- Iy from Washington. e it | NEW YORK. September 11 (#).— | An unusually: severe earthquake was | recorded by the seismograph at Ford- | ham University vesterday. The shock began at 6:45 a.m.. reached its great- | est force at 8 am. and continued until 10 .. The distance was esti- | mated at 5,600 miles from New York, probably in the southern Pacific. POULTRY ISSUE HEARING. | Health Officer ’s Proposed Restrie- tion in Fowl Raising Up. | A public hearing on the regulation | proposed by Health Officer William C. Fowler for prohibiting pouitry rals- ing in congested parts of Washington | will be held by the Commissioners in the board room of the District Build- ing Monday morning at 10 o’clock. Organizations which are expeeted | to be represented at the hearing are | the American Racing Pigeon League. Aero Racing Pigeon Club. Homing Pigeon Association and the Washing- | ton Racing Pigeon Clyb. DISCLAIMED BY ARGYLL. | Duke Does Not Know About Claim of 'Frisco Butler to Fortune. i LONDON. September 11 (#).—The | Duke of Argyll says he knows nothing | concerning the statement of Albert Bertie, 2 San Francisco butler. that Bertle has been notified he was one of the heirs to the estate left by the late Duke of Argyll, valued at $35.-| 000,000. | Replying to_an inquisy of the As. sociated Press concerning Bertie’s | statement, the Duke of Argyll sent | died in Mexico City last meonth. the following telegram from Inver- aray Castle: “T know nothing of the matter. “(Signed) ARGYLL." HOWARD CLEARED ON BIGAMY COUNT Mexican Court Frees Ameri- can Accused by Sons—Pair to Lose Big Estate. By the Associated Press, MEXICO CITY. September John F. Howard, wealthy mayonnaise manufacturer of Haverhill, Mass. has heen declared not guilty of the charge of bigamy lodged against him some time ago by his sons, Albert of Haverhill, and John of Los Angeles Mr. Howard vesterday received notif " | cation to this effect through an official [order of the court at Cuernavaca which was also.signed by the gov ernor of the state 5t Morelos The two sons. who had been here for some months endeavoring to have the father make a settlement from his estate on their mother, have not heen seen in Mexico City for several davs. They were out on bail for an alleged assault committeed on the father and for having forelbly entered his apartment The elder Howard said fthat nnderstood they had crossed the border into’ the TUnited States at Laredo. He added that he had heard efforts would be madé to extradite them. Mr. Howard some time ago came to Mexico and obtained a divorce. .He then married Mrs. Eleanore B Phillips of Milwaukee. widow of Frank B. Phillips, founder of a litho. graphic husiness in Milwaukee sv;- 1 was hecause of this marriage that the son= brought the charge of bigamy Mr. Howard savs he will continue to live in Mexico. He declared that under no circumstances would he aver forgive his sons or allow them to get “‘one nickel of my monev." TONG KILLS TWO MORE. 14 C:jnen V;;l;;l s«; Far in Fresh Outbreak on Pacific. . JOSE. Calif.. September 11 (#) o Chin2se were killed and a third wotinded i a fresh outbreak Ilast night at Gilroy. south of here, of the tong war which has been. in progress along the Zacific Coast for several months. Renorts to the sherifts affice here say the slayers.fled In an auto- mobils The war has resulted in the kiling of 14 Chinese in different coast cities. B S — ‘ EPIDEMIC iN HANOVER. Deaths From Typhoid Believed Due to Pollution of Water. HANOVER. Germany. September 11 (). —An epldemic of typhoid fever prevails in Hanover. It is belleved to be due to pollution of the water by recent floods. Three deaths have occurred and at least 150 persons are {ll. The haspi- tals are overcrowded and school build- ings are being used for ‘he surplus cases. he