Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1926, Page 15

THE MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Mrs. Johanna A. Gregg, 51-y Chicago woman, who is seeking the Republican nomination for mayor of that city as one of the first women to enter the field for that CAMERAMAN RISKS NECK FOR PHOTO. How the photographer sometimes works under difficulties in getting important news pictures is demonstrated in this photo. The cameraman is dangling from a rope near the top of a New York skyscraper to get a “shot” through the window. The Woolworth Building is seen in the background. 'ONSIBILITY FOR WIFE'S DEBTS. Thonias F. Manville, Jr., heir to the $30,000,000 left by the asbestos king, and his wife, a former typist, for whose debts he recently announced he would not be responsible. Photo shows the couple summering in New England before GEORGIA TRAIN CRASH TAKES HEAVY TOLL OF LIV train wreck at Rockmart, G Express. A view of the Southern Railway passenger in which the Royal Palm Limited crashed head-on into the Ponce de Leon Nearly a score of persons were killed and 35 injured. The dining car of the Ponce de Leon is shown telescoped a greater part of its length by the coach ahead of it. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. office. Acme Photo. their separation in November. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. AMERICA AWAITS ANOTHER ROYAL VISITOR. Prince William of Sweden, who plans to sail for the United States this week for a lecture tour in this country. Africa. He will lecture on his recent explorations in Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. . ENGLISH BEAUTY POSES WITH Manners, who has been making a t AMERICAN FRIEND.' Lady Diana heatrical tour of the United States, has become acquainted with the bridle paths of a number of American cities. Queen Bess, the mare she poses with, became one of her best friends while playing in Kansas City, Mo. - Acme Photos. AY ATTEND CANADA’S JUBILI Premier Stanley Baldwin, who have expressed the hope that they will be able to attend the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee of Canada, snapped during a stroll together on the London streets. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. CE. The Prince of Wales (left) and CROWNED QUEEN OF BERLIN MANNEQUINS. Fraulein Hilde Zimmermann, in the costume in which she attended the recent annual fashion ball held by Berlin mannequins. queen of the assembly. FIRE IMPERILS &0 HOSPITAL PATIENTS , Disgruntled Former Employe Held on Charge of Arson in Milwaukee. By the Assoclated Press. MILWAUKEE, W December 27. —Eighty patients in Columbia Hos- pital here were imperiled by a fire started early yesterday by a dis- gruntled former employe. Flames roared in the basement and smoke rolled into corridors on upper floors where many helpless men, women and children were desperately ill or recovering from operations. There was no acute danger from fire, for the buildin; of fireproof eonstruction, but doe and nurses were fearful of a panic which might have been disastrous. Perfect order, however, was maintained John Donlon, 30 years old, who worked at the hospital Al days ago, was arrested at the National Soldi Home here. He confessed, police say to burn the hospital.” Several mat- tresses, taken from a storeroom, and ripped open sheets and pillow cases were burned. Donlon was discharged and he be- lieved that he had been unfairly treat- ed. He is held on a charge of arson. SAFETY RAZOR KING’S MOTHER DIES, AGED 98 Author of WI]itS{o;; Cook Book First White Child Born in Ann Arbor, Mich. Minne- , December | , 98, resident ¥ Razor Company Hills Hotel Satur day Mr of the Unite active death. night 5 Stat until a She llette, who numbered many prominent sons in the among her friends, was took 1d morning, and physical exercise ate three hearty refused to ride hushand was George Walcott Gllette, inventor of the Gillette clip. ping machine, and was founder of the company of that name ited by King C. Gillette, the business was given to the employes of the com y. It still is manufacturing in New author of the | White House Cook Fook, millions of copies of which werc sold. She was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., that city’s first white child King C. « out of a f: daughters. , that he tried | 68 Alaskan Foxes, Worth $500 a Pair, Roam Countryside By the Associated Press. ANOKA, Minn., December Sixty-eight blue foxes, brought here from Alaska, escaped from ftheir temporary quarters and are roaming the countryside. The animals, which arrived Wed- nesday, had been housed in a granary on a farm, three miles west of here. The foxes managed to push away a loose board in the side of the granary. There were 72 in the consignment, but four were recaptured. The foxes, owned by a Minne- apolis physician, were to have been placed on an adoining farm as soon as proper quarters had been completed. They were valued at up to $500 a pair. WEALTHY MAN QUITS PAYING WIFE’S DEBTS T. F. Manville, Jr., Worth $30,- 000,000, Announces Separation From Second Wedded Mate. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 27.—An ad- vert ment signed with the name of T. F.. Manville, jr., inheritor of the bulk of the $30,000,000 estate of the | late head of the Johns-Manville As- | bestos Corporation of New York, was | accepted by the World to announce the separation of Manville and his wife, Loi “Having left my bed and board on or about November 24, T hereby notify the public that I am not responsible | to any one for debts or action of any | nature incurred by Mrs. T. F. Man- | vi the advertisement said. few months before her | When inher- | lette is the only survivor of four sons and three | hottom of the harbor near the anchor- s residence Mr. Manville told a | reporter, in answer to a question, that | he contemplated court action, but that “®hat would take of jtself.” ied September 30, She was his second wife. The first marriage of Mr. | occurred in 1911, when he wr and his bride, Florence the 1911 *Follies,” was 20. divorced in 1922 were m: Manville s then 17, ' LINER SCRAPES BOTTOM. | Passengers Unalarmed by Porto [ Rico Accident. NEW YORK, December 27 (#).— The Cunard liner Franconia scraped the bed of San Juan harbor, Porto Rico, yesterday, an official of the line id here. sengers were landed soon aft- d and went on a sightseeing trip Barranquitas, in the center of the and, h d. | There was no excitement aboard | when the boat touched the muddy | “Billy” Palmer we Huber of | They were | PEW LETTERS REPLY TO PASTOR’S ATTACK Congregation Finds Ex-Gov. Bax- ter's Answer to Criticism Scattered in Seats. By the Asso-iated Press. PORTLAND, Me., December 27.— Members of the State Street Congre- gational Church who attended serv- ices yester found in their pews copies of a letter written by former Gov. Percival P. Baxter of Maine, in which he charged the pastor, Rev. Dr. Henry Stiles Bradley with attack- ing him in pulpit statements on December 19. On that date the pastor referred publicly to “a man who had spent several thousand dollars in making a to support a worthy public charity.” The charity referred to was the Maine General Hospital. In his letter, the former governor sald his reason for declining to con- tribute to the hospital was his interest in_humane work. “Animals have so few friends that I want to help them,” he wrote. Mr. Baxter said he offered to expend $25,000 in equipping headquarters for the two humane societies in Portland. ‘While he was governor of the Stte, Mr. Baxter’s favorite dog died. The governor ordered the State House flag at half staff until the dog’s body was buried. FATHER OF SLAIN BOY KILLS LAWYER IN STREET Missouri Killing Believed After- math of Lad’s Arrest as Bank Robber. By the Associated Press. SEDALIA, Mo., December Robert K. Bardwell today shot and killed Claude Wilkerson, an attorney, on Sedalia’s principal thoroughfare near Wilkerson's offices Bardwell’s son, Elbert Bardwell, and shot and killed a few months ago by a deputy sheriff, who sought them in connection with the robbery of the Pleasant Mo., Bank last July. Later C Wilkerson was indicted on of complicity in the robber; Robert Bardwell is reported to have believed that Wilkerson was re sible for “tipping off”" the officers tive to the movements of Elbert Ba well and Palmer just before they were slain, PRISONERS EXCHANGED. Two colored prisoners, Sterling Pat- terson, 22 years old, of Baltimore and Willlam Wilson of this city, were ex- changed by police of the two citles today. Patterson was released from the local jail and rearrested for the Balti- more authorities, being wanted there to explain the taking of an automobile, Wilson was released from the Baiti- age buoy, he declared. trip around the world, but declined | By the Associated Press. MOBILE, Ala., December 27.—The Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, dis- patched to Mexico two weeks ago upon an unannounced mission, return- ed to port last night with Motor Mechanic Handley, one of the two Government men kidnaped on the French rum runner Arsene J., aboard. Handley reported that J. B. Mathews, assistant prohibition admin- istrator at New Orleans, and his com- panion aboard the runaway rum boat are returning to New Orleans by rail. The Arsene J disappeared Novem- ber 22 and turned up at Puerto, Mexico, three weeks ago with Hand- lev and Mathews yet in command. They had been taken off their course, the prohibition men sald, by the crew, which put into Puerto, Mexico. Be- cause of the complications arisjing over the ship, with France, Mexico, Great. Britain and the United States interested, the case attracted wide at- tention. The Arsene J., a French schooner with a British master, escaped from American custody and put into a Mexican port. Tells Stary of Flight. A story of the flight across the Gulf since the Arsene J.'s capture by the Coast Guard 47 miles off Southwest Pass late in November, and her loss when the towing cable from the Coast Guard cutter No. 246 broke, was told bv Handley as he sat in the captain’s cabin aboard the Tallapoosa. “We must have broken loose from the No. 246 about 11 o'clock that night,” he said. “So Mathews and I ordered the captain to tack back and forth until we ere picked up. “The Arsene J. held an easterly course for a day, and then turned west | for two nights and a day. We didn’t sight anything The water began to run low and the rations were nearly xhausted. Mathews and I were standing watches of six hours each, above decks, patrolling the boat. “The crew had been disarmed and we locked up every weapon we could find in_our cabin.” One of us would sleep there, with the door locked, while the other walked the decks and kept an eye on the crew. “They behaved about as well as a crew could under the circumstance: Handley said, “but without enthus: asm. Food Grows Scarce. “Finally we had to go somewhere, 80 the captain, D. Woods, and Math- ews and I decided to make for Tam- pico. The captain swore his ship could not go any closer to the wind than seven points, but this was not true. “We found out later that he could have made Galveston if he had tried. more jail to be brought here to an- swer a charge of taking an automobile, But instead he laid a direct course for KIDNAPED COAST GUARDSMAN DESCRIBES LIFE ON RUM SHIP Reveals Inside Story of Flight Across Gulf After Seized Craft Broke Loose From American Captor. miles below Tampico, where we had ordered him to go. “We had pretty fair weather, but we sure did get hungry.” As soon as the Mexican customs guard came aboard to take charge of the ship, the two kidnaped Federal men went to a hotel in Puerto, Mexico, where they lived until they were brought back to the United States. The Arsene J. is still held by the customs guards at Puerto Mexico, and her 12,000 cases of liquor are stored in a warehouse ashore. E. Everett, mate of the Arsene J., was unpleasant when the cruise was over, Handley said. “He made several wise cracks,” Handley declared. “The first one was when we got inside the harbor, when he said that they were among their own peoplé now and they would do as they pleased. Then the bunch figured they were going to have some fun taking our guns away, but they were disappointed.” Surrender Their Guns. Thus Handley dismissed the inci- dent. The'two officers only surren- dered their guns to the Mexican offi- cials when formally demanded. The crew decided that they might have too much difficulty getting them from the Americans before the arrival of the Mexican officers. Handley's discharge from the Coast Guard is waiting for him at the base at Biloxi, he said. He was supposed to have been discharged on December 13 and to have been married on the 20th. He would not give the name of his flancee, though, “I don't know yet whether she's peeved or not,” he gave as the reason. BROOMSTICK MARRIAGE FOUND VALID IN BRITAIN Gypsy, Asking for Pension, Says She Was Wedded by Romany Custom. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 27.—Jumping over a broomstick is all that’s neces- sary for a young couple to do to be- come man and wife under Romany law. This was explained by Martha Smythe, an aged Gypsy woman who applied at Fareham for a pension, When asked to produce her birth and marriage certificates, she said she and her husband-to-be had merely jumped over a broomstick at a fair, and ac- cording to real Romany custom they were legally married. “And we have lived happily as man and wife for over 50 years,” she added proudly. The old lady's application for a Puerto, Mexico, between 300 and 400, pension was granted. DESERT MOTOR SHIP NEAR 300 FEET LONG 40-Foot Wheels on Vessel Designed by German to Take Place of Camel. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, December 27.—The fu- ture “ship of the desert” will not be the traditional camel, in the view of a Kiel inventor, who has evolved a craft which he believes will meet all modern demands for speed, effective- ness and freight and passenger-carry- ing capacity in traversing the earth’s arid regions. The new craft, on which its pro- Jector, Pohann Cristop Bishoff, 1is working in conjunction with other engineers and the co-operation of in- dustrial interests, ig, really a gigan- tic motor-vessel, nearly 300 feet long 38 feet broad and standing about 50 feet high, resting on four huge wheels, nearly 40 feet in diameter, which greatly resemble the paddle wheels of the oldtime river steamers. It is calculated that these wheels will take kindly to the desert sands and skim over them easily and light- 1y, for the estimated speed of the new land-ship is about 20 miles an hour under average conditions, with a slowing down to perhaps less than 10 miles if the sands traversed are very soft and deep. Powerful gasoline engines supply the motive power. The craft is intended to speed its way across any desert area, inde- pendent of highroads or even tralls, taking an airline from start to desti- nation. It is designed primarily for passenger traffic, with accommoda- tions for 300 persons, but with ca- pacity for 50 tons or more of freight. It bears a strong resemblance to a medium-size ocean lner, with pilot house and bridge and searchlight at { ! the bow. BUSINESS PACT IN VIEW. Interchange Between German and TU. S. Commercial Groups Planned. BERLI December 27 (#).—Plans for inter ange of information be- tween German and American commer- cial groups are being put into prac- tice on a growing scale. The move to this end, which was set on foot | shortly after the war, has been | speeded up notably In the last two | years. The coming vear is expected to witness still further advance along | | this line. Among plans reported by the Amer- fcan Chamber of Commerce for visits to the United States by German groups early in 1927 i3 one which the textile industrialists have in hand. Burns Caused by Cigar Lighter. Fluid from a cigar lighter used by Mortimer Woolfall, Yonkers, N. Y., visiting at 2431 E street, ignited last night while its owner was lighting a cigar in the kitchen of the home of his host, and his right hand was se- veraly burn He was given first ald * at Emergency Hospital, | the 26th at the battle of Bloody Angle, Diplomats Found To Be Active as Hunters of Ducks By the Associated Press. Ducks and diplomacy appear to have an affinity. At least Washington diplo- mats, both home grown and im- ported, go in strong for the pur- suit of the succulent canvas- back, little as there seems in com- mon between the traditional con- ception of a silk-hatted, frock- coated, pearl-spatted and yellow- glove State Department man, and a plunge through the cold, be- fore dawn gloom of half-frozen marsh lands to bring a ducking gun to bear at the proper moment. But they do it, nevertheless, Seldom do these crisp Winter mornings find all the important links in the State Department foreign service machine at their desks. Some of them are al- ways missing, on leave saved up to give them a day or two at the “blinds,” away from all the ceremony and solemn verbiage that goes with international ex- changes. Most of the career men, after all, are young chaps rela- tively, and official routine has not squeezed out their native sport- ing instinct. CIVIL WAR G ENERAL IS BURNED TO DEATH Gen. Nathan Church Led Union Soldiers in Battle Where Johnson Surrendered. By the Associated Press. ITHACA, Mich., Decembér 27.— Adjt. Gen. Nathan Church, 82, com- mander of the 26th Michigan Division during the Civil War, was burned to death here yesterday when he was trapped in the offices of his news- paper, the Gratiot County Herald, which was destroyed by fire. 1 Gen. Church was in_command of | which resulted in the surrender of Maj. Cien. Edward Johnson, famous Confederate officer. He established one of the largest banks in this district, and in addition engaged in the lumber and real estate business. Of late years, however, he had relinquished other holdings and devoted all his time to his newspaper. The fire destroyed an entire block, doing damage estimated at $150,000. Minister Accident Vietim. RIDGEVILLE, S. C., December 27 (#)—Rev. J. M. Craven, pastor of the Ridgeville Baptist Church, was drowned yesterday afternoon when his automobile rolled over a small em- She was elected the beauty Copyright by P. & A. Photos. YULE LONELINESS LEADS T0 SUICIDE Louisville Professor Found Dead, $28,000 Bonds and $1,172 Cash in Pocket. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., December 27. —Louis B. Siff, a 70-year-old college professor, with no living relattves and a circle of frfends restricted to his two interests, music and mathematics, died here by his own hand in a fit of despondency over a lonely Christmas. This was the bellef of colleagues at the University of Louisville, where Prof. Siff had spent 18 years of his academic life. On his way to Chicago to attend a convention of mathema- ticians, the professor registered at a hotel Christmas day and was found dead Sunday with his wrists and throat slashed by a razor, which was found near his body. In Prof. Siff's pockets were found $28,000 in Government bonds and $1,172 in cash. Friends in Louisville said he recently had obtained a letter from a trust company proving him the owner of the bonds in case of emergency. At one time Prof. Siff was a singer at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and friends said that his interest In music was deep. The money and bonds will be turned over to the Probate Court for dispos!- tion. Prof. Siff was the son of an Austrian scholar, and before going to the University of Louisville had been connected with the University of Ne- braska and the University of Maine. TWO MIXED CABARETS IN CHICAGO ARE RAIDED Police Arrest Managers and Wait- ers, But Do Not Molest Guests. Other Sorties Planned. By the Assaciated Press. CHICAGO, December 27.—Two black and tan eabarets, in which negroes and whites mix, were raided early yes- terday by police squads, who found :nore than 500 men and women mak- 1 |ing merry. The guests were not mo- ested, but a score of men, including the managers and waliters, were held. The action against the two cafes, the Sunset and Plantation, both located on the South Side, was said to be the forerunner of police raids against other cafes. The places raided, the charged, were scenes of heavy drink- ing and wild merrymaking. Police Chief Morgan A. Collins, who ordered the raid, said that the Black Bottom as danced-in these places had ceased to be a dance, but was merely an im- moral exhibition. Twenty gallons of liquor and a quantity of counterfeit bankment on highway No. 27, about half a mile east of Pregnall, pinning him beneath the machine in about 18 inches of water, B revenue stamps were seized in a raid on a nearby apartment, where walf of the cafes were said to' have talned liquor for patrons,