Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1926, Page 3

QUANTICO CRASH PROBED; 2 KILLED Third Marine May Die as Result of Collision Into Parked Car. A Marine board of inquiry at Quan- Heo tod investigating an automo- bile crash in which two marines were killed and three others injured ne: the camp about 9:30 o'clock last night. A third marine may di Those killed were V privat 23, Wilbur , N. J. Pvt. W tHubbell, Mich., who was se ured. was not expected to others injured were Py tt, Metropolis. 111, who broken leg, and Charles 1i. Eurton, ised. he two vietims Axford and Scott had parked their car on the road between Quantico and Triangle, and nding beside it rep Burton. driving a large nto the rear of the other mu a bank and | ards away. i were dead when overed the accident, and Scott were uncons us. s took the injured men to it the camp and earried of the victims back to iam J. Ormon, of Worcester, A. Axford riously 3 4 who was cut and mon marine Axford s Ambulance the hosrital the Do camp. ton was inz i quiry The investigation xevernl days TWO KILL whic n ma began toc continue ¥ for D NEAR RICHMOND. Bpeci o RICHMO 117. Two persons were killed and two others seriousiy injured when an ant mobile crshed into the aby brids iles I today. Robes car, and Mis was ridin " of the 'k, 20, killed s Ada O pants of the rear seat. morial Hospital in a criti All are of Richmond The four, following gone for a drive on yoad. Tt is thought that L confused when the headli n on a bridge over hed into the abutment, crush. ing Lee behind the el and’ throw- ing Miss Clark into the rear seat. The other two were hurled cle: achine. Mixs Chappell up urfconscious on the Ly creek 30 feet from the car. was _found \dering in nearby woods, out of his head. The machine was demolished, Richmond police, first to reach the scene, reported. WAR FOES AT LUNCH. o. ell, ocen Me- 1l condition. Briand and 5 n foreig outside after which °d together lunch, s due 1 conver to begin coverin, the outstanding problems between the | 1wo countries. was kept_secret ~ SPECIAL NOTIC E“lim“~ B A HILL HAS V The place of meeting utoton shon. loc URN LOAD GF FURNI- ‘ork. Philadelphia or SMITH'S TRANSFER AND “BOWERS ™ Main 7094 ( to 6 p.m.) o 5 ENGRAVED cards. envelopes 1o match, holidg b PoRtpaid bo Beuitl ™ Sl ’ W RS Mexic ed to fal ATHE! <. 31 rot stands. $6 ~ PAINTING €. A. MAIDEXS. 4704 Potoma NOTICE IS H that the Tmperial Theater Com- pany, incorporated under the laws of the State of Virginia, has contracted to sell all of its assets and zood Selll. and all creditors. et Poration, L\.w. . WINDOW SHADES OF QUALITY Made to Measure at Factory Prices KLEEBLATT &1 dow Shades and Screens. Phone L Martin Anderson, OPTOMETRIST —for 20 years with ROE FULKERSON. is now connected with TF N _OPTICAL co.. St N.W Where d s h friends Eoredbis (3t QUAINT A:"RF» only strict Drive ‘thro furn Tight at Sigo. ras G1vel Us Your cht Order —for Printing—and be assured of quality and promptness. The National Capital Press " 1 NEVER DISAPPOINT IN A HURRY BYRON S. ADAMS Hich Grade, but not high pri 10 'atreet Mg Priced: who | 1t with him, | all Duchman, | el Marine Gunner | S ordered held pend. | possibility of a_radio show for | weels t | CONDEMNATION WRITS | ! { formance ib nished { sibly FFONGK UNTIL MONDAY | Chicago Physician Believed Abducted By the Amsociated Press. CHICAGO, ~ September 17— Armed bandits were believed to- day to have abducted Dr. Albgrt D. Sewick from his apartment. The_doctor’s wife and mother on entering their apartment last night onted by three armed men, who fled after flourishing re- volvers, They had ransacked the flat. The physician was last seen two hours previously and it is believed he was overpowered as he entered his home by the same men who later confronted his wife and mother. DENPSEY'S BATILE Nearly Al Stations to Give Account, Even Second-Hand, of Sesqui Fight. season aleu- of Having opened the with a de luxe entertainment lated to have reached the ears 20,000,000 listener: 's bre rs were considering next it would add to that audience some ten or twenty million more listeners. The setting for the per- will be the stadium at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial and the principals are to be Jack Dempsey ne Tunney. < abandoned e title, nearly excluding ors to bo: is making arrangements to second-hand version of the advance ot wetically every eity ation will be given a account of the fight, by a local newspaper. audience that will hear the sitting in their own or some on home, is estimated conservatively 30,000,000. There is still it is learncd. that Tex Rickard, moter of the fight, of his offer Dblow fur. s are to have the full det Philadelphin, although the n them will be retold from pry leting. Following the fight, the third of the ou radio features of the Autu provided in the world seri it is learned definitely. a headed by \WEAR diamond description. Dempse: n will be for which chain of will con- duet WOULD LIMIT BROADCAST. Declares send Reports Papers Must Not Al September 17 (#).— today that he had adeasting privileges YORK, Ithough denying d_the bra Tex Rick- that any r news- ing wire reports ard told the contract he s papers from broade: of the bout. reached by telephone at headquarters, flatly radio contract had been closed, in spite of a telegr received by Editor and Publisher, signed osten- by the promoter and worded as he broadeasting rights have heen contracted for and it will be an in fringement on these rights for news- pers to use wire reports of the con. FOR PARKWAY ISSUED Owners of Strip Needed for Con- nection Must Answer Peti- tion of Seizure. Another legal step toward the ac- quisition of the land needed for the completion of Rock Creek and Poto- Parkway, connecting the two . was taken before Justice Staf- today, when Assistant District Leo Rover appeared in court and obtained an order citing the own- ers of six parcels of land on Twenty- fourth street, between N street and the parkway, to appear in court on or November 17, to answer the pe- ion, at which time the court will proceed with the condemnation pro ceeding: florts have been made, the court was informed, to acquire the land by purchase, but it impossible to effect \greement, and the United is decided to take the land, which is needed for park purposes, condemnation. |COAST STORMS DELAY ford Gasoline Leak Is Repaired, and Big Plane Will Be Kept Covered , for Few Days. LEAKY ROOFS STOP LEAKING or Roofing 9ih & Evarts Company__ Sts. N " APPLES, GRAPES, CIDER. reshly pressed Ga. ace. pike, turn right at Sligo. straight at urh‘flluu o knough Orchards, THEi?ES THIS DIFFERENCE— 1A, oons or bis associate person- Umite. super ind o on c. heating system costs very little | more, WHY TAKE A CHANCE? *PACE” STEAM —VAPOR—WATER H By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 17.— Tropical storms working their way northward along the Atlantic Coast today have delayed the New York-to- Paris non-stop flight of the Sikorsky biplane S-35 until early next week. Capt. Rene Fonck hopes to make the getaway Monday, but the time of the departure will be detemnned by the weather reports from Wash- ington. Capt. Fonck and his assistants hope at the storms will disintegrate within | the next couple of days or at least | will shift and not sweep over the transatlantic flying course. i The pinhole perforation in the gaso- | line tank, Which caused the postpone- ment of the start yesterday, been repaired, and the plans are to keep the machine under tarpaulins on the By Armed Bandits | NEXT RADIO THRILL, FUEL EXHAUSTED, Cruised Two Hours Over Chi- cago Waiting for Fog to Break and Allow; Landing. By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, September 17.—A fuel supply exhausted by hours of flying above a fog that last night conquered three other pilots, forced Charles A. Lindbergh to abandon his St. Louis- Chicago air mail plane nearly a mile from Wedron, Ill., and drop by para- chute. Within an hour he had groped his way across country to where the wrecked plane lay two miles away, dug out the three pouches of mail and arranged their journey, for the re- maining 60 miles to their Chicago des- tination, Lindbergh left his ship after cruis- ing for more than two hours above the Chicago air mail terminal, from which powerful searchlights sought to pierce the fog. The drone of the motor was heard plainly by officials concerned over his delayed arrival. Emergency Supply Used Up. The pilot, flying for the Robertson Aircraft Co. of St. Louis, finally aban- doned hope of finding the feld, from which three other flyers turned back for forced landing in a wide are, when his fuel supply hean to run low. C he had = Il(v id the altimeter read 5,000 feet when he saw that the last drop of the emergency fuel was gone, and he realized he would have to “go over the side” for the third time in his ex- perience. He was still hidden from the earth by fog. Lindberg dropped through th2 fox blanket, which he estimated at 1,000 feet in thickness, and' landed without mishap, but during the early part of his descent he was in constant danger from the falling ship. Wheeling about | the pilot, the wings occasionally came within 2 few hundred feet of his bhody. The first plane forced down by the fog that hung over a wide area ound Chicago was that on the Na- tional Air Transport’s route m Dallas, Tex., the pilot landing at Rock Falls, TII, early in the evening. An hour later the mail from the Twin Cities came down at Spring Valle: Pilot Jack Mil; flew the 160 miles from Bryan, Ohio, to Chicago in 1 hour, only to find Chicago entirely hidden by the fog, and had to re- trace the route. He landed at Bryan with less than half a gallon of g: line. The mails elsewhere delaved bad weather, officials said, went for- ward by, train. CHICAGO HAIRDRESSERS THREATEN TO STRIKE 500 Ask 835 Weekly Wage, Due! to Increased Drain on Cus- tomer’s Pocketbook. 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