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LAND IN'19 STATES . (TED FOR PARKS) Chain of Pub|ic Playgrounds May Be Carried Out Under Act of Congress. By the Aseociated Press A chain of State parks to supple- ment the national parks Is the aim of the National Conference on State Parks, of which John Barton Payne is president. Such of public play- grounds is made possible under a re- cent act of Congress permitting the States to acquire unreserved public lands for this purpose. A survey made by the conference shows that 19 States have such lands, the uggregate acreage being 185,000, 000, I¥ing mainly west of the Missis- sippi River. Land is available, how- ever. for parks in three Southern States—Alabama, Florida and Louis- tana a svstem 88 Units Selected. The joint committee on recreational | survey of Federal lands has made a study’ of specific tracts which possess features of value for local purposes 1t has picked out thus far 8 units, containing 2600000 acres, of which 39 units. embracing 1,590,000 acres, have been withdrawn from other dis posal by the General Land Office pending action hy the State concerned under the new law Muny recreatio reported, and of Conference declar ticularly taere 1l units have bheen als of the National that in Utah ix beautiful, One i ion advanced thag State parks be esiablished on the sites the proposed Wonderland Park. in a. and the pro- posed ational Park, in North Dakota zress has refused repeatedly to approve bills creating these additional national parks Task Not Difficult. Officials of the National Conference assert that these could easily be made State parks, comparable to the Custer State Park in South Dakota, to the Palisades Interstate, the Adirondack and Catskill State Parks, in New to the Redwood State alifornia Public Land ‘Office has with number of areas in Utah - entry ng action da the gover- n alf, cenic and hasgone Iy unnoticed for a number of n withdrawn awaiting su i RARE GUTENBERG BIBLE BOUGHT FOR $300,000 Dr. Otto Vollbehr of Germany Pays Record Price for Volumes. Out- bidding Americans. Otto Vollbehr chased from St. Carinthix R on parchment in three volumes for $300,000, he announced yesterday. Phis is said to be.the highest price tid for a printed hook Dr. Vollbehr said that the price had been bid up to $230,000 by competitors, among them two ans whom dtd not nam 1 that the price was further in Ly an export and sale tax 3 i government and by ments to intermedis hehr made the announcement at the 3 Arts Club. where he was at- iz an exhibition of fiftecnth cen- tury hooks CHELSEA POL.lCE HEADS JAILED ON DRY CHARGE Inspector and Se)geant Fined $700 Each and Given 18 Months in Atlanta. wiated Press TON. September An in ind a sergeant of the Chelsea ree yvesterduy were fined $700 each and sentenced o 18-month terms in the Atlanta Penitentiary for con- spiracy to violate the Federal prohi- bition laws Sentence was pr cral Judge George Morri officers were Inspector Thoma iy, brother of Mayor Lav Quigley of Chelsea and Sergt. W. Ishester, ot d 8 Fed The Quig ence F. ward nounced by ton and Ned O'Keefe re- vived s ces of 18 and 15 months, espectiv Frank Goldman, also onvicted at the so-called Chelsea 1um ring trial, was fined $500 ‘Babette’ Here she is —the youthful style in comfortable Patent, Tan and Viei Kid, All sizes to 40, par- | almost | magnificent scenery in public domain. | National | By the Associated Prese. NEW YORK, September 28.—A story of adventure ending in ship- wreck was related by four mem- bers, including one woman, of the crew of the wrecked vacht Advance, which left Washington, D. C., in| | August on a shark-hunting expedition. | The four were regcused from Las(leO Island, a 4-acre spit of sand in the Bahamas, by the freighter Guayaquil, which docked today. The Advance was blown ashore on {the island during the recent tropical hurricane. The crew was able to save THE- EVENING STAR, W Crew of Shark-Hunting Yacht from D. C., Hurricane-Wrecked, Saved From Island much of their supplies and camped on the beach three days, watching the yacht go to pieces, the island was un- inhabited save by a lighthouse keeper, who signaled the Guayaquil. The Advance left Washington early in August to hunt the “wolf of the |sea” for its skin and ofl. ‘The four members of the crew | brought here were Miss June Fortlage, Louis Crossette, owner of the yacht, Erwin Bellows and John H. Smith. The master of the craft, Capt. H. B. Lambdin, was rescued by another ship. = PRICE PLACED ON HEAD OF NOTED ARCHITECT $500 Offered for Arrest of Frank L. Wright by Divorced Husband of Mme. Milanoff. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 28.—Frank Lloyd Wright, internationally known architect, ~whose differences with Mirfam Wright, His estranged wife, have been much in public light recent- Iy, has a price placed on his head. A reward of $500 for his arrest was { Hinzenberg, divorced husband of Mme. Olga Milanoff, Wright's former house: keeper. Hinzenberg is seeking pos- sesslon of a child awarded to his wife. Mme. Milanoff was named by Mrs. { Wright in a suit for alienation of af- ections, in which she charged Wright | nd the woman had lived at Taliesin Wright's home at Spring Green, W {which Mrs. Wright tried unsuccess- Lfully to enter several weeks ago. Wright and Mme. Milanoff |lieved to have been in Pennsy last week be- HITS AGE AVERAGE. Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner | | | Rules Against Plan. ; MADISON, Wis., Sepetmber 28 (). | { —Group policy insurance on an aver- age premium age basis cannot be| written under the laws of Wisconsin, Insurance Commissioner Olaf John- son ruled yesterday. v “I hold,” the commissioner said, “that it is illegal for any firm or em: ployer to take a group of persons, for instance, from 21 to 60 years of age, insure them, charging a premium based upon average of thelr ages.” Issuance of policies, under a group plan, $3,000 to employes and for $10,- | 000 to officers, Johnson held to bé dis- minatory. PERPETU BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% Compounded Semi-Annually Assets Over $13,000,000 Surplus, $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. Temporary location during _constrne- tion of eur new bldg., 1004 E St. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Sec’y joffered by an attorney for Valdemar | Always $45 Always “The Wales 0’CONNOR ENDS SURVEY. Returns From Europe, Where He Studied Shipping ‘Conditions. NEW YORK, September 28 (#).— T. V. O'Connor, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, return- ed from a survey of European ship- ping conditions on the Leviathan yes- terday, amazed at the strides made by Germany to recover her maritime im- portance. . Harbors are being im- proved, fine ships built and an elab- orate system of canals is being con- structed, he said. e It is a great misfortune not to have enough wit to speak well or not enough judgment to keep silent. SYMINGTON GIVEN | ABSOLUTE DIVORCE Millionaire Clubman Awarded | Decree in Maryland, Wife Pressing Alimony Suit. By The Associated Press. BELAIR, Md., September 28.—Cir- cuit Court Judge Walter J. Preston last night signed a decree granting|= Thomas H. Symington, millionaire clubman of New York and Maryland, an absolute divorce from Ida May Symington. Alimony Suit Still Pending. NEW YORK, September 28 (#).— The ‘rn?“n‘ of a divorce to Thomas H. 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