Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1927, Page 2

MOVE T0 IMPEACH PRESIDENT DENIED Anti-Saloon League Says It { Never Contemplated Any | Such Action. The Anti-Saloon League in a state- ment issued here last night declaved “newspaper headline statements ind cating that the league ever had in mind or attempted to start any move- ment toward impeachment of the Pres- Ident of the United States are as ridic- ulous as they are false.” No specific newspaper was named | although the New York American has published a series of articles with| which the statement largel The American on July 10 posal to issue a proclamation charging President Coolidge publicly with m feasance and malfeasance in office was debated and voted upon by the execu tive committee of the league in Chi-, cago, November 8, 1925, and was de: feated by 4 to 5. “The league properly recognizes | that the President of the United States | is the chief law enforcement official of the Government under the specific provision of the Constitution and that he is the official to whom appeals for adequate enforcement of ahy Federal law should be made,” the statement aid ‘The record of the league in this matter speaks for itself, Effort to Dominate Denied. “The Anti-Saloon League has never | attempted in any secret way or in any way to ‘dominate constitutional gov | ernment’ in Washington or elsewhere. | The league operates under and in con- formity with constitutional govern- ment, while the organized liquor oppo sition seeks to nullify and destroy con stitutional government.” Apparently referring to one of the American’s articles, which said the league was threatened with a govern- mental investigation in 1919 for alleged misuse of $10,000 Federal money by Rev. E. C. Dinwiddie, the league’s legislative superintendent, which had been appropriated for the expenses of the International Congress Against Al- tohol, the statement said: “The suggestion that the Anti- PBaloon League or an official or em-{ ploye of the league improperly used Government funds or that he or the league reimbursed the Government to the extent of $10,000 is not only false, but is an illustration of the lengths to which the enemies of prohibition will | go to discredit the league. The minutes of the executive committee show that when it was alleged to the lcommittea that such funds had been kpent unnecessarily and that the league might possibly have benefited | by the services of those paid by the Government for other work, the ex- ecutive committee took prompt action | condemning any such procedure and directing that any expenditures shown to be improper should be made good. Government Records Cited. “The records of the State and Treas- ury Departments at Washington will show that all the expenditures from these funds were approved by the proper Government officials, and that neither Dr. Dinwiddie nor the league either directly or indirectly ever paid over to the Government or was asked to pay a single dollar for any such purpose; and, furthermore, Dr. Din- widdie was one of three chosen by the Department of State to act for it in the entertainment of the International Congress Against Alcoholism later ‘when that congress was held, and that he and the other two chosen had full charge of the expenditure of funds appropriated by the Government for the entertainment of that congress, and all the expenditures were fully approved by the Government.” The records of the league “also will slow that Dr. Dinwiddie was under no cloud of miscoriduct when he re- signed from the league,” the state- ment continued. Declaring that as in the case of most organized movements the league has had its own inside fam- ily problems to deal with, the state: ment said that if any “official or em- ploye of the league at any time has used any improper method, it has been done without the authority or consent of the league, and in direct disobedience and disloyalty to the league’s strict rules of conduct and well known policy. *“The record of the league, it is said, would stand comparison even with church bodies. “In the eyes of the wets,” it con- tinued, “the unpardonable offense of the league is its continuous defeat of the apologist of the brewer and the old-time saloon.” Dry Methods Outlined. The statement declared “every con- ceivable scheme” had been employed to shake public confidence in the or- ganization; that private detectives had traied league officials, and that league offices had been broken into and their files pillaged, but that the league had “no fear of pitiless pub- licity as to facts. Extermination of the beverage liquor traffic was given as the league's ob- Ject. Methods outlined were: “First. To give to its constituency and to the general public accurate in- formation concerning the nature and effect of beverage alcohol, the char- acter and activities of the liquor in- terests, the operation and benefits of the prohibition laws and the various methods of dealing with the whole problem. “Second. To help, through proper channels and methods, to secure legis- lation that will accomplish the speed- fest possible elimination of the traffic in beverage alcohol. “Third. To inform the public as to the record and attitude on the liquor question of public officials and of can- | didates for elective public office who | have to do with the enactment of anti- Jiquor legislation and with the enforce- ment of the law, and to work election of satisfactory candidates “Fourth. To endeavor in evi proper way to secure the selection of appointive officers charged with the enforcement of the prohibition law who will execute that law, and to op- pose the appointment of any other cla The statement was drawn up in De- | troit, and bore these signatures:| Bishop Thomas Nicholson, president; | Arthur J. Barton, Bishop James Can- | non, jr.; Francis Scott McBridge. How- ard Hyde Russell, Wayne B. Wheeler and Ernest H. Cherrington. MACHINE GUN EQUTPPED MINE TO BE REOPENED| Ohio Concern Announces It Will! Fight Interference of Idle Union Workers. Bs the Associated Press STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, July Interest in the Ohio mine situation shifted to Ad near he today | with the scheduled opening of the | Rose Valley Coal Co.’s mine there. The company last week equipped its Plant with machine guns and an- | nounced that it would fizht any inter- ference of idle union miners with the opening of the workings. Forerunner of the larger Ohio min. | ing companies which have announced their intentions of opening up on a $3 & day scale, the Rose Valley Ca planned to resume operations today with a shift of more than 100 non- union miner: Other mimez were supposed to have and cut, with John W. Smith, mayor of ictims | | | Above—Marion Joseph Ball, who lost his life.in an automobile accident near Mount Zion, Md. Below—Mi Mary Knowlton, wh died last night at Alexandria fron injuries sustained last Wednesday when she was hurt in a crash on the Colonial Beach road. 'GOVERNORS OF 18 STATES IN SESSION Executives Arrive on Mack- inac Island by Land, Sea and Air. By the Asscciated Press. MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., July 25.—The governors of 13 States and official representatives of two other States were formally welcomed to the nineteenth annual conference of gov- ernors on this historic island today by’ Gov. Fred W. Green, chief execu- tive of the State of Michigan. Gov. Frank C. Emerson of Wyoming re- sponded, What political significance advance reports on the conference anticipated were apparently restricted to Michi- gan aspirants for national office with the announcements that President Coolidge, Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Gov. Smith of New York would not be able to attend the meetings, The governors and their parties arrived here Sunday in ,groups by land, by water and by air. The greater - group, escorted by Gov Green, arrived by boat from Detroi to be enthusiastically received b tourists, Army visitors, bands and heralded by the sirens and \whistles of steamers and yachts. Govs. Ralph O. Brewster of Maine John H. Trumbull of Connecti- Detroit, flew in hy airplane from Sel- fridge Field, Mount Clements, Mich. Farm problems w to be brought into discussion at the- initial confer- ence today with Govs. Adams MeMul- len of Nebraska and John Hamill of Towa speaking on this topic. LIBEL CASE FOLLOWS RECEIPT OF LETTERS Young Woman Charges She Was Annoyed by Former Investigator. Charged with criminal libel, Charles A. McDonald, 44 years old, a former private investigator, residing at 1324 H street northeast, was arrested Saturday night by Detectives Cole and Christensen. Failure to furnish bond for his appearance resulted in his being held in custody MeDonald was arrested on a war- rant sworn out by Miss Mary F¥. Slade, Falls Church, Va., who alleges he wrote he letters and also asserts that he bas annoyed her over the telephone. The defendant, who is a m: man, he had kept Miss Slade's company, but denies having written any libelous letters to her. Pinned to the letters were headings of the stationery of the Ku Klux Klan. Mc Donald denies that he ever had anv Klan statione in his possession. and says efforts are being made to blame him for what other persons did. 1t is said by the police that letters somewhat similar to those received by Miss Slade were also received by a male aecquaintance of the youn woman. The case is scheduled for a hearing in Police Court tomorrow, SMOOT INSISTENT ON EXTRA SESSION Should Start on Tax Revision Prior to December 5, Senator De- clares on Return Here. By the Associated Pross. Senator Smoot of Utah, who has returned here from a trip to the Black Hills, is insistent that Congress should be called in extra session between Oc- tober 15 and November 1 “We should e tax revision legis- lation enacted by March 15, and 1 do not see how we can do it, unless we get an earlier start than December 5,” he said. He thought tax reduction {reach $300,000.000, effective when the next tax returns are filed. enator Smoot also declared for early flood control legislation, which andri should | TWO AUTO VICTIMS DEAD; SEVEN HURT Marion J. Ball Injured on Marlboro Road—Mrs. Mary Knowlton Succumbs. Two Washinztonians lost their lives vesterday as the result of automobile Accidents, and seven persons were in- jured, one seviously. Marion Joseph Ball, 32 years old, $10 K street northeast, superintendent of manufacture for the Continaatal Baking Co., was fatally injured, dying en route to the hospital, when his car, contalning his family and several friends, was overturned in a collision on the Marlboro road, nmear Mount Zion, Md. Mrs, Mary Knowlton, 74 vears old, 4 Upshur street, died at the Alex- General Hospital as the result of injuries sustained Wednesday, on the Colonial Beach road, when her car was forced from the road, throwing her through the windshield and in. juring her daughter, Mrs. Maude R. Staples. ‘Woman's Con n Critical. Mrs. Catherine Laue, 523 Har- vard street, who with her husband, Gearhart Laue, was in the Ball ma- chine, was seriously injured. She is in a eritical condition at Casualty Hospital. An X-ray will be taken to determine the extent of are feared to be serious in. ternal injuries, Mrs. Laue was bruised and cut. Their two children, 5-vear-old Gertrude and ar-old Elizabeth, were cut by flying glass. All were treated at Casualty. Mr. Ball, his skull fractured and chest crushed, ‘died en route to Provi dence Hospital. His wife, Mrs. Alice | Ball, was treated there for minor in- juries. Hia son, Joseph, jr., 8 vears old, was cut by glass] and William Ball, his nephew, 6 years old, of Ber- wyn, :Md., was hurt about the head nd sustained injuries to his arm and ace. Acting on a license number fur- nished by Maryland authorities, he. lieved to be that of a car which col. lided with the Ball machine, police of the tenth precinct detained Leo Amaducel, 1355 Meridian street, for action of the Maryland authorities. Masons to Conduct Funeral. “uneral arrangements for Mr. Ball have not been completed. He will be hurlwlb\{\"llhrllnsonlc honors, He was 1 member of George C. W \ember of George C. Whiting Lodse, Mrs. Knowlton's Staples, left the hospital yesterday when told of her mother's death although she is still suffering from gashes on the left shoulder and wrist. She is survived also by a grand- daughter, Mrs. Helen Callaway. Funeral services will be held at the residence, 1514 Upshur street, tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock and inter- ment will be at Arlington. Mrs. Knowlton was a native of Wilming- ton, N. C., but had lived here for the past 30 years. daughter, Mrs. CHAMPION BATTLES FIRE AS ALTITUDE RECORD IS INDICATED (Continued from Wirst Page.) ning order was regarded hy enginecrs today as the greatest tribute yet re- ceived. G . When Lieut. Champion was reached in the cornticld he had removed his “hooded helmet” and was w: iting for transportation back to the air station. He had made a hasty examination of the plane and found several holes in the wings and fuselage, due to the flying parts of the engine. He also had discovered that the flames had scorched the dolicate barograph and had put it out of commission, but he would not look at the second instru. ment, concealed in a little covered-up hole behind the engine, for fear he would find it in the same condition, Crew Rushes to Scene. .., “Look at it,” he velled to the writer, look quick and sse it it is like the other one. 1t it is, don't tell me.” It was Licut. Champion's interest in getting the barograph down to earth that prevented him from taking ad- vantage of an “easy way out” of his predicament—using the parachute, He has made more than 40 flights into the rare upper air in the A e, both as a land plane and seaplane, and has be. come quite acclimated to altitudes of 37,000 and 38,000 feet. Today, however, everything pointed to a much higher mark, and this was substantiated by tho aitimeter. crew of faithful mechanics, had worked over the plane and :l}‘l: pared it for many altitude flights, rushed to the scene and later prepared to dismantel it and remove it to the air station by truck, Officers at the air station marveled at the splendid Janding which the pilot made with no power, and have vet to understand what prevented the ship from nosing up and flopping over on its back. The field was furrowed and the plane is light, and in its condition, it would go off balance easily. Lieut. F. R. Buse, officer of the day at the station, rushed the pilot back to the base where Comdr. R. G. Davis, flight surgeon of the Bureau of Aero- nautics, put him through an examina. tion. Before the flight, he tested Lieut. Champion for the “Schneider” c culatory test and found him to reg ter 17 or 1 below the maximum, This, Comdr. Davis sald, showed the pilot was in excellent physical condition l_mlne:lm(vl\' on returning to the sta- tion, the same test again was applied and it showed plus 9, which, the phy- sician said, was a remarkable showing ‘or anyone who had been through such a harrowing experien Navy to Continue Work, ut. Champion has been “commut- hetween Annapolls, where he is 1ing a heavy course, and the air ion for his altitude flight test work. All of them have heen under the direct_supervision of Comdr. Eu- gene Wilson, of the Bureau of Aeronautics, who was prevented from tending the flight today by burns veceived in a “fire-in-the exper- ience he had in a_Navy pursuit plane Friday. Lieut. Champion, until re- cently, was on duty in the engine sec- tion of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and 15 he had initiated the high aititude work about a year ago, he was per- mitted to sce them through. Indications are that no matter how many offl unofficial records are smashed, the Navy will continue its high altitude work with such a serv- ice plane as the Wright “Apache” which, it is held, can take its along with oth ¢ si fighters on Navy carriers today Lieut. Champion attempted a flight vesterday morning, hut he was unable to reach higher than 38,000 feet, due to the heating of the air as it blown into the engine hy mean: supercharger. An “inner-coolet” or a radiator device which would cool the was attached to the plane, and it was with his equipment this mc ing that he climbed to what he b lieves is an unprecedented height The pilot was far from comfortable and at ease in the smail cockpit! His heavy clothing, plus a back-pack type parachute, made it almost necessary to push and squees getting in the coc several layers of moceasing, looked like clubs, while his hands, heavily gloved, gave him the, feeling of flying when it came pit. His feet, opened last week. They ha\q’,;lll heen elosed since April, when the men re- d to work for less than' §750 a would place the work under the Army engincers. He favored a system of spillways, with reservoirs, should 4hey be deemed necessary. with boxing gloves o The little plane cliffgps like a heli- copter. It was off ina run of ahout 200 feet and shot skyward in a climb- DECISION EXPECTED ON ONE-MAN CARS ! Utilities Commission to Re- | open Question at Meeting | on Thursday. The Public Utilities probhably will decide its policy with respect to the aperation of one-man street cars in the District at its meet- ing Thursday. it was announced today | by John W, Childress, chairman. Whether to indorse the opposition | of the old commission toward the one- | man car dopt a more libe polic on that the utilitie comm ve had unde consideration for at le; months. Tn that time the ¢ has studied voluminous da ing one-man car oper; cities and also has n oa poll of : and other organizations in the District to ascertain their attitude. Few Replies to Queries, Questionnaires were sent to 6 organizations ard only about one-third of them replied. Of those which an- swered 20 registered oppostion to any increase in the number of one-man cars now operated, while 8 voted in favor of a more extensive operation of this type of car. The one-man car question was re- opened by a_petition submitted to the commission by the Anacostia Citizens’ Association, requesting that the old type one-man cars on the Anacostia line of the Washington Railway and Electric be replaced by those of the most modern type, like those now run- ning on Wisconsin avenue, Withhold Indorsement. The association pointed out, how- ever, that its petition should not he considered as an indorsement of the one-man car, but that if a car of that type was to be “afflicted” on its com- munity it wanted the hest, I the commis adopts a mor liberal policy to the one-man car—and it probably will, in view of the threat of the street car companies to appeal for a higher fare unless they are allowed to operate more exten- sively cars of that type—the Anacos- tia Association is expected to have its request granted. Commission ommission a concern- ions in other RAZORS AND CLUBS WIELDED BY RIOTERS Score Injured as Native and For- eign-Born Workmen in In- diana Town Clash.. By the Associated Press. HAMMOND, 1Ind., July —Peace was restored in Whiting today after 2 series of violent outbreaks of fight- ing between groups of native and for- eign-born workmen, in which more than a score were slashed and beaten, with one near death with a fractured skull, The violence flared up after a feud 1ad been smoldering for several weeks, with clashes occurring Saturday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night. Police re-enforcements wer Whiting from Hammond ast Chicago before the disturbances were controlled. The first outhreak occurred medicine show in a Whiting when a native and an alien clashed, precipitating 2 riot. Police reserves scattered the mob, but Sunday morn- ing there was another outbreak and several were injured hefore the police again broke up the mok The worst violence oceurred when clashes were renewed last night, with more than 200 rioters taking part. Everett Wilson, 2 Kentuckian, residing in Whitinz was severel, beaten over the head with a hamme and sent to the hospital with a fr: tured skull. Knives and razors were used as weapons, injuring a_score of sthers, followed by a pitched fight with | rioters using clubs, hammers, iron pipes and similar weapens. No guns were fired. Ambulances and police c I;'«-m speeding through: the di ¢ at a '8 were riet all Seven natives and twelve foreign- were arrested and held unde armed guards. Ing turn. Two minutes after he was off the ground he was out of sight, but the noise of the engine, plus the whine and drone of the supercharger, told the handful of spectators on the ground that he was pushing skyward at more than 1,000 feet a minute. Carl F. Schory, secretary of the contest commitice of the National Aeronautic Association, was the offi- cial observer of the test. He carried the baragraph to the Bureau of Stand- ards, where a comparison of the lines drawn on the smoked paper by the needle was made with a_similar picce of paper that had been in an altitude test and had been calibrated. By these comparisons the opinion pressed that the peak was not over 39,000 feet. The process of calibra- tion cannot hegin until 9 o'clock to- morrow morning, at which time the barograph would have stood for 21 hours, as the rules require. Leaves Trail of Smoke. Lieut. Champion glided into his safe landing in the corn-patch without the knowledge of the little group which had waited at the point of take- off for his return. The last seen of long dive, behind which he rail of white smoke, resem- bling a sky-writing plane, and then he appeared to be climbing. This con- fused those on the ground, and many opinions as to the cause were ex- pressed. Lieut. Comdr. Homer Wick, commanding the statio it looked as though he were al was preparing to jump, but as no parachute hove in sight, the opinion prevailed that his engine had quit and he had dived it, a thousand feet or so, using the dive to turn over the big propeller. Some one at the north end of the station saw the plane glide in and dis appear behind some trees. A rush to the scene was made by a half de automobiles and the little ship found resting as comfortably though it were on the line field. The ingenions method of fightin, was as at the g and prevented the pilot from jumping with the pos v of ing in the water, event, his yers or clothing would have rendered him v tually helpless. Lieut. Champion also thought of the possibility of his plane plunging wildly down through space and striking in a congested area with possible damage to property or in- jury to persons, Shortly after the pilot landed he called Comdr. Wilson, who is resting t his home, and gleefully announced: Ha, ha, I've got three fires on you— you had one and 1 had four.” Comdr. , it is understood, was perfect- ly willing for Lieut. Champion to have the distinction, Champion on May 5 took a Wrigh! Apache seaplane to a height of 33,455 feet over Hampton Roads. The for mer seaplane record was 30,479 feet. He has to his credit also victories in speed and efficiency contests in the national air races held last year at Philadelphia, The aviato since 1916 has heen in the Navy | matter park, | ving heen appointed to the from Savannah, Ga., in s trained largely at the Pensacola Air Statiom. The Navy plane of Lieut. €. €. Ch a forced landing today after having a ampion, jr., in ttal d an indicated altitude of 47,000 feet. just off Bolling Field, where Lient. Champion made Washington Star Photo. CHAMPION WRITES HIS OWN STORY OF ALTITUDE FLIGHT Page) (Continued_from_TFir: Tn developing equipment for high altitude work it did not seem nece sary to go to such extremes in these and, accordingly, the simplest possible clothing and breathing equip- ment was used. Upon ar a down-filied suit and a light fur-lined leather one. My feet were protected by sheepskin-lined mocca- sins, and my head and face by a heavy furdined helmet, with the face | mask made into it. covered with light with a. large fur outside. Oxygen Fquipment Simple. The oxygen equipment used was of | the simplest. Two small flasks of one liter capacity each contained axygen gas at a pressure of about 000 pounds per square inch. The | oxygen was led through a small tube linary commercial pressure- reducing valve, such as is used for oxygen welding equipment and many other purposcs. This valve permitted me to regulate the flow of oxygen at will. From the reducing valve the xvgen was passed through a small flow meter on the instrument board, from which I could determine the ex- act amount of oxygen being used. From the flow meter the oxygen passed through a small rubber tube to a mouthpiece, which I held in my teeth, A little hefore 7T off from the air station field. Eve thing functioned perfectly and the plane climbed rapidly and smoothly for about 40 minutes. On the way up 1 turned on a small supply of xygen when at about 5000 feet. en Is not necessary at any such titude, but 1 have found from ex- tensive experience that if one is going above moderate altitudes, it is ex- tremely des ble to start the oxygen msiderable below where its need will be felt. aves Reserve Strength. This first oxygen prevents the pilot drawing on his reserve strength for yme time hefore he becomes con- scious of that fact and permits the lungs to readjust themselves to taking en in the pure form by the time that an excess amount will be needed, In clmbing 1 circled the field in spirals of increasinz diameter until a_ height of about 20,000 feet 1 found a southwest wind which would compensate for my forward speed By fiying directly into this wind I was able to continue climbing with- out making any very great advance over the ground. In this altitude I had nothing to do hut watch the City of Washington become smaller and smaller and Chesapeake Bay | d the tern Shore of Maryland | ear to come closer and closer. hese _conditions obtained until 1 ad reached some altitude which pro- bably will never be determined. I could judge my altitude only by the ) ate test altimeter which was mounted on the instru- ment board. With the experience of a great number of flights to altitudes hove 30000 feet, T am able to form a idea only of altitude by the amount of oxygen required for normal conditions. The true altitude is deter- mined after ¢ brought Y two mounted for the purpose plane, Immediately after start down T noticed that my altimeter indi- ted 47,000 fee’. Before reaching the imum altitude, I remarked the un- condition which existed, i. e., it required more oxygen than the service supply would furnish. Exertion Tells on Him. When at ome altitude which T am confident T have never attained before things bezan to happen so rapidly that T cannot be sure even in my own mind as to exactly what took place. | My first indication of trouble was a se- vere vibration in the plane. I imme- cly began to investigate, ever: thing within sight from the cockpit. While engaged in _ this investl- gation the exertion fheident to it told immediately. I realized that I was not in full possession of my facul- ties and immediately opened the emex- gency valve on the’ instrument boar which by a single motion admits lars volumes of oxygen from a separate tank to the mouthpiece, | to do no good whatever, and T found | myself in various unusual positi first with the plane headed upward and_ then headed downward. T did my best situation. and only succeeded in ing that it was necessary for me >nd without further delay. whila I was not aware of | what happened and cared little about it =0 long as I knew that I w: scending rapidly. I then realiz e was a Vi severe Vv theoa ane and thot mouthpiece was hanging by the rubber tubes in the cockpit. first Realization of Fire. can_only assume that the first| of vibration or that my move- | ments in inspeeting the plane pulled the mouthpiece away from me and that therefore neither the service {\nr the emergency oxvgen was reaching its intended destination. I munaged with some effort to get the mouthpiec: back through the helmet into m teeth. A big blast from the emer- gency o Iy restored me to my normal faculties discover that the vibration was much more severe than I had realized p viously and that there was a firl around the engine. A violent sideslip, followed dive, was successful in blowing the fire, At that time 1 was at indicated altitude of 36,000 feet. The dive nearly proved the undoing of the whole performance, as the vibra- tion in the engine, when driven by the propellor acting as a windmlil, seemed that it would tear the engine from its mounting With the fire out, and the gaso- line supply shut off at the tank, I was able to again take stock of the situation. The whole plane continued to vibrate badly, but to fly normally, at t the controls were working very satisfactorily from my point of view. experience, T glided After that toward the field slowly as I deemed necessary to migggnize the vibration. Immediately tiff@after, the engine again caught on'fire, I was forced lined gloves, ‘overed mitten on the o'clock I took T by a out n to repeat the side-slip and diving tac- such parts as remained around it few day |w M(V)U—RNING THOUSANDS LINE FERDINAND'S PATH TO GRAVE Ceremonial M:;rch ("f' Dead King’s Retinue Greatest and Most Solemn Ever Witnessed in Rumania. BY EDGAR ANSEL: MOWRER. | By Raaio _to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1027. | CURTEA DE ARGES, Rumania, July The most solemn and great- | est ceremony Rumania ever witnessed the funeral procession for King Ferdinand from the mortuary cham-' ber of the royal palace of Cotroceni through the streets of Bucharvest to ion, where the body, with five trains, was r1 v to its grave in Curtea de Arges. The writer has seen many proces- slons and been present at many offi- cial ceremonies, but he must say that for heauty, easy i ‘lemnity, pomp and popular behavior none surpassed this. The ceremony | was gely militar Honor to War Leader. Tt was not so much as gene ruler of this country, which allows large powers to its sovereigns, as to the dead leader in the war wherehy Rumania_became large and powerful, that Ferdinand's body was drawn b six black horses on six-inch gun car- riage, whose long Khaki muzzle pro- jected from under the gorgeous hlue, yellow and red Rumanian fiag which covered the bief. “You didn’t know we had such a| fine army,” said a Rumanian woman who shared the balcony on which the riter stood. And it was true. Thrse ands of soldicrs and national | police marching and guarding the pro- cession were of really admirable | physique, it was hardly daylisht when the first of the crowd began to gather| along the sidewalks, to wait until 10:30 o'clock when the cortege was due to defile. Police cordons soon were drawn and the spectators were barred behind rows of green and brown police, with tossing white horse tails on their shining Roman helmets. Balconfes. windows, roofs, lamp-posts along Caleau | Vitte became knots human expectation. g5 drooped | from a thousand windowsills and flut- tered above every house, the black mourning merely completing the superb harmony of color. Mounted Police First. Then finally the procession to arrive. First al | began of | s came two mounted poliee, with a_white aigretted turban of hussars. Then came the clergy— Gireck and Roman bishops in crimson and_ violet: orthodox abbots and monks with floating black veils, Roman prelates in violet and black, then five Serbian officers, a special delegation from the regiment of which Ferdinand was honorary colonel. Then came the army-—detachments of every Rumanian regiment, veterans of two s, bearing tattered stand- ards of former battles. The mounted police guards, clad in light blue and white and mounted on chestnut horses, were especially fine. The royal erown of Rumanja moved slowly forward in the hands of Gen. an, mania's best general dur- ing the w followed by the empty scarlet cushion on which the crown usually reposes, which was carried by Mardaresou, who probably will nder in chief of the armies until little King Michael is old enough to_hecome supreme. Then came the King's bler, a:long inch gun, draped in royal red, on hich lay the King's coffin, beneath a nt flag. Behind the dead monarch followed his favorite horse. On the bier lay a single bouquet of roses, the gift of the bereaved Queen, with a card bearing the single word ‘“Marie.” Three Queens There. Three queens—Dowager Queen rie, Queen Mother Helen and Mario- avia, or little Marie of Serbia, were in the procession. Following the bier, ked the three regents, Prince Nich- olas, the judge of the supreme court and the Patriarch of Rumania. The only reigning monarch in the cortege was King Alexander of Serbia. Then came more soldiers, scarlet- clad judges in long robes, members of the ‘government, senators, deputies and deputations from all cities and villages, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. An immense crowd gathered at the station where the five trains were din Into_the middle car of the first train the King's body was low- ered. The three, queens, King Alex- ander and Premier Bratiano rode in the preceding car. Silently the procession of _trains moved slowly from the station, sliding by crowds that thronged the track for | miles, bearing the body of Rumania's second King to its mountain grave. « t &re gine mounting evidently carried away and what was left of the seemed to sag and sway in a most dis turbing fashion. With gone, the plane would have heen so badly unbalanced that it would have undoubtedly spun down tail first. Everything went well until in the vicinity of 18 feet five broke out aga ne section, At this time nt that no furthe ndulged in. I side- and kept the fire away from the plane until it had apparently burned itselt out. In the sideslip I was losing al- titude rapidly and hoped to be able to get the plane down to earth without abandoning it to its own devices. After losing several thousand feet, I again straightened out with the in: tention of maklng some distance to- ward the field. In fighting the fir I had had to ignore my position en tirely and had succeeded in some distance from my landing place Immediately after straightening out five again broke out, with tie g est violence which it had shown up to that time. It was evident that com- bustion of hot lubricating oil spilled from the damaged engine was the source of the f Prepares to Jump. T still had some 10,000 feet altitude to lose. I tried in vain to blow the fire out or to keep it ¢ of the upper wing by side-slipping. At that time I definitely decided that it would be impossible to bring the plane safely to earth and loosening my safety belt, d to jump. occurred to the altimeter had tude attained, the r would like to bring back. As the fire was confined to the engine section there was no great urgency of leaving the plane at that instant, I decided to try other means of blowing out the fire even at the expense of loosing the engine, and the tail spin which was certain to follow. I therefore continued to side-slip and allowed the nose to drop, char ing the side-slip from a slip to a dive. Usinz the speed so gained. I was able to pull the nose of the plane up to practieally a vertical position, from ,\I\-ln'x-h the plane slid downward tail rst. Nothing the excellent flying characteristics of the Wright “Apache” and the perfect control at all altitudes of flight and at all speeds made it possible to do this without a 11, the result of which would rtainly thrown the engine out. With the plane traveling backward and away from the engine, the flames were blown away from all parts of the structure. At the same time, this series of maneuvers resulted in an extremely rapid loss of altitude. At the end (he fire was out, perhaps due to the maneuvers, and perhaps to the exhaustion of the mbustible ma- terial. I was also forfunate in find ing myself ver near the landing field, so that 1 was able to effect a normal landing in a small patch of cultivated ground at the edge of the regular landing area. ¥ it was diving could | me, however, ind hut Cylinder Heads Missing. Upon Inspection of the plane, im- mediately_ after to conclude that there h: interruption in the luh ply. Seven nder h pletely mis and connecting rods from those cyli: ders. The remaining two heads were hadly cracked and the pis- tons and rods missing. The rear end of the engine and d been some ing oil sup- were com- engine the engine libped as violently as possible getting | - [ the anding, 1 wag forced | | and succeeded in again putting | were badly damaged, showing that the out the fire. 5 But the resultant vibration was so t that something else in the en- parts which were lost had left with violence. To my disappoint- ment T found that one baragraph had been completely demolished by the parts thrown from the engine and that the other one had been so badly shaken up on the return journey that its record was probably worthless. Probably the most amusing incident in this whole unfortunate perform- ance was due to the fact that my en- disintegrated somewhere over | er K h s z used for ¢ wiation activities, and is wbout two miles from the Naval Air Station. Paits thrown from my en- | gine landed on and around this field land T have heen told that one piston | went through the office. At least 1 | succeeded in confining my activites |to regularly established aviation | srounds, where the attitude toward uch matters is more sympathetic han it might have heen elsewhere, | "The engine and plane used on this | fight were both the same that were {used in making the world altitude record for seaplanes on May 5 and ain on July 4, when the record put up to 37,995 feet. The only unge made since that time was in the landing gear, which was |changed from the seaplane type to |the land-plane type. I attribute the |safe return of the plane to the ex- {cellence of the material used. In spite of the most severe con- ditions imaginable, the only damage done was that which may be attributed directly to the initial ‘ause of failure. From all the indi- tions which were left, this appears |to have been a stoppage in the | supply of lubricating oil or perhaps to un exhaustion of the lubricating ome leak. The fact that ane used was a strictly pe of fizhting plane with aximum of strength made it sible for the plane to withstand he terrifie ations to which it was subjected. I am confident that had T been using some specially built ship, de- signed and constructed solely for the purpose of attaining the maximum possible altitude, the light construe- tion which that service dictates would not have heen able to hold to- zether, and that such an airplane | would have disintegrated in- the air when the trouble first occurred. The vibrations in the engine were due to the fact that with the pistons and | connectinz rods missing, the counter- balance weights unbalanced the whole rotating ma: It is remarkable that. with this e parts of the e piecas and ; While today’s flight has.not added any conclusive data to the estimated performance of the material involved, it has been valuable in furnishing much_information which could not have been obtained In any other way. It compliments the information ob- tained on many previous flights and justifies the belief that the material under under test is pre-eminently sat- isfactory. This material has passed the experimental st and in the light of today's performances may be considered as fully proved for any naval use. Copsright. 1927, by The Washington Star and North® American Newspaper Alliance. ELBERT H. GARY ILL. NEW YORK, July (#).—Elbert H. Gary, chalrman of the United Steel IR ding, a5 were the pistons | Corporation, has been confined to his home with illness for about a week, it was reported at his office today. His ! not regarded as serious and he eg‘aected back at his desk in a FERDINAND BURIED QUEEN GOLLAPSES Swoons as She Kisses Dead King, But Recovers for Funeral Rites. By tha Associated Pri TCHAREST, Run inand, first king nin. Jul of greater Ra- rested today in the peaceful white marble church Curtea de Arges, beside the ashes of his great uncle Carol, whose work he extended. out among the floral trib. de- Standi utes. was a2 huge wreath of flu Iys and a pillow of white roses placed Queen Marie after the interment sterday. She had picked the fleur. de.lys herself; the pillow was placed in behalf of former Crown Prince Carol, the king’s errant son, who r nounced his rights to the throne and now is living virtually in exile in ¥rance. Borne by generals, the coffin was placed on a gun carriage fol he hour's march to the monastery in the hills where the last rites were held. A thousand priests marched behind the coffin. At the same honr serv ices were held in all churches through- out Rumania, while evervwhere s lutes were fired and bell. tolled. Queen Near Collapse. Queen Marie appeared on the v of collapse several times du ceremonies at the monaste; swooned earlier in the day afi sing her husband before the sealed at the conclusi service in the royal chape by s 1 party was leaving the church, cear-old King Michael, {ynler by reason of his father's re. nunciation of hig royal prerogatives, asked: “Are they going to leave grand- ere alone? Can't I stay with him” Queen Marie explained: “The paoor little chap does not know what it is all about. He knows only that he has lost a dearest relative. It was the King's habit to give his grandson a little present every da Thousands of mournful Rumanians watched as the procession moved to the railway station for the 150-mile journey to Curtea de Arges. Queen Marie is convinced Carol will_not attempt to gain throne of Rumania. Received No Word. “I think,” she told the correspond- ent, “that out of respect for the memory of his father, who sacrificed everything for him, Prince Carol will remain outside of the country, but what political intriquies may force him to do is another thing.” When she was asked if her son had expressed any repentance hefore the King died, she broke down and be- tween sobs said: “Neither the King nor myself re- ceived a single word from him. It was his pitiless indifference, silence and continued indiscretions in Paris which broke the King's heart and ha tened his death. But the King in his will and final letter to Premier Bra- tiano expressed toward his first born the same extraordinary generosity and forgiveness which formed such a striking part of his character. “Carol's single act when he learned that the King had died was to tele- graph to his sister Marie asking her to place white roses as near as pos- sible to the King's body Marie Sees Own Grave, One of the most dramatic moments at the funeral took place when Queen Marie, following the coffin into the little church, caught sight of her own prepared grave immediately next to that of her late husband. She first gazed tremblingly into the deep pit dug in the floor of the church for Ferdinand’s body and then with a noticeable shudder of recoil glanced at her own tomb, which the church and state authorities prepared long ago to receive her as the consort of the King. It was the most tense moment of the whole ceremony, A profound quiet gloom enveloped the church, and those who were privileged to witness the ceremonies of entombment felt a sense of eternity. Beside the Klng's grave is the tomb of Carmen Sylva— Queen Elizabeth—for whom Marie has often openly expressed dislike. When the ceremonies had ended, the Queen, speaking to the correspond= ent for the Associated Press, referred to the tomb waiting to receive her that the Jurse, as Queen,” she said, “the state and church authorities will bury me at Curtea, but if 1 could gratify my own heart’s desire, T would like to rest at a spot which I have fancied at the meeting point betweens the 1ast and West and thus end my reign as Queen of my beloved Ru- mania. I have already in mind's eve placed a cross upon this imaginary Perh: ay my fancy will ‘come true. PLOT CHARG 1ED. Attempt on Life of Rumanian Premier Is Scouted. BERLIN, July (#).—The Ru- manian legation has issued a denial of ‘a_repor id to have heen pub- lished aboard, of an alleged attempt on the life of the Rumanian premier, Lionel Bratiano. The statement also denies reports of disturbances in Bucharest, adding that the situation in Rumania tirely quiet. CAROL AP RS IN PUBLIC. (4P rmer (‘rown tumania made his t public appearance since the death of his father, King Ferdinand, at & service in the little Rumanian Church here yesterday. He received the condolences of offi- cial and diplomatic personages at the conclusion of the service with a quiet dignity. MAN’S 4-STORY FALL MAY RESULT FATALLY Franklin Fleming Victim of Early. Morning Mishap—Police Investigate. PARIS, July Prince Carol of r stories from 7 New Hampe this morning, 22 _vears old, apartment alois, 1330 A -husett . was taken to Imergency Hospital and later transe ferred to Gallinger. where his condi« was undeterminate at noon, ale sicians held out hope for After dropping fou an_apartment at shire avenue Franklin When investigation of the case disclosed evidence that there had bees a flight in the apartment, police the third precinct held for Investiga~ tion Willlam A. Timberman, 1273 New Hampshire avenue, and Leon H Battle. 1337 Spring road, and pro< ceeded to look for a young woman who is understood to have been pres. ent in the apartment during the evening. They were later released, Roommates of Fleming. at the Valois, stated that he came here from Fairmoi , W. Va., about four months ago. He is a salesman in the ha store of Willlam Paul Brodt, Eleventh streek ¥ ‘ ¢ 14