Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1927, Page 4

A ! — CRUMPACKER DIES FROM LEAP IN BA! Suicide Note, Apparently Written by Representative, Shows Piot Delusion. SAN FRANCISCO, cide note, appa resentative Maurice Portland, Ore leaped to his d Bay vesterday, was found to indicated that the Representative whs suffering under the delusion that he was the victim of a plot. The note, which was turned over to the police, read, in part: “I'm sorry 1 can't live to help pro tect my y my side of the story. (his wife), Ted and Peter. 1’ to call you by phone, but they will not connect me. “They have killed me. written by Rep- Crumpacker of before he ke good hands. God bless you, one's against me. ing strangely since hi r Friday as member of the part, Representative Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House, that is touring the West. Tells of Poisoning. n Repre- £ on a street district. He urbing in t = . which later was taken to a ho produced a record s ng he had been entered there as “sober,” but held for observation. Police were for- bidden to discuss his case and hos- pital attendants would not do so. Crumpacker at that time told po- lice that he had been poisoned and insisted that he wanted to die where he was. He had to be taken to the hospital by force. There his case final- ly was diagnosed as inflammation of the heart muscles. He was put to bed and sedatives were administered. Hospital attaches said they the patient treatment for because of his own statements. When the Representative protested remaining in the hospital he was re- leased. He left with friends, who said they would take him to a hotel. Leaps Into Water. Thomas Smart, a newspaper man, who was with Crumpacker when he plunged into the bay, said he found him wandering about in the lobby of a hotel. Smart took him to the home of a friend where he slept for several hours, but became restless and asked Smart to accompany him on Smart said that when they came to the Golden Gate ferry slip, Crum¢ packer shoved him aside and aft shouting “Bid every one good-by leaped into the water. Witnesses said Crumpacker, who weighed about 240 pounds, struggled with rescuers and that a rope had to be placed about his shoulders. He was unconscious when pulled out of the water. Efforts to revive him with & pullmotor failed. Longworth Discusses Case. Speaker Longworth, who was a guest at the home of former Senator James D. Phelan, at Saratoga, Calif., said Crumpacker *7as to have been a member of the Phelan party, but fail- ed to rejoin the group after separating trom them Friday. Longworth said he sypposed the Representative had found some old college friends of whom he had spoken. Longworth disclosed that Crumpacker had complained of inability to sleep on the trip from Portland. He declar- ed the Representative's home life was \deal, and was unable to offer any rea- son for the breakdown. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dean Crumpacker of Valparaiso, Ind., Repre- sentative Crumpacker attended the University of Michigan and completed his law course at Harvard. His father was also a member of Congress, repre- eenting the tenth Indiana district. e, REDFERN DELAYS HOP. Postpones Detroit-Brazil Flight to Install Compass. DETROIT, July 25 (A.—Paul R. Redfern, scheduled to leave Detroit Wednesday on his flight to Bruns- wick, Ga., where he will set out during the first part of August on = non-stop flight to Brazil, announced today that the installation of an in- ductor compass in his plane would force postponment of his hop-off from Detroit until the latter part of the ‘week. The christening of the “Port of Brunswick,” Redfern’s plane, sched- uled for 4 p.m. tomorrow also will be postponed until the latter part of the week. WOMAN HELD IN $2,000. Mrs. Audrey Louise Parks Asks Jury Trial on Traffic Charges. Mrs. Audrey Louise Parks, 27 years old, of 1527 I street, c ged with driving while intoxicated, leaving after colliding and failing to obey a traffic sign, by Policcmen F. A. Schenck and H. D. O'Brien of the third precinct, who arrested her Sat- urday night, pleaded not guilty when arraigned before Judge George H. Macdonald in Traffic Court today. Bond of $2,000 was fixed by the court, after Mrs. Parks demanded a jury trial. According to the police the defend- ent crashed into three automobiles and dashed by a red traffic signal. Marriage Licenses. {hr.mnn ih!."fllg(tARnd l!()n E. Smith. ater Brooks and Ammes Ciaric. Vewion B, Havden of Baltimore, Md.. and Bowman. of )-‘hnl;:mv. Md. f A M. Righter. ains. . Va.. and Ruby D. and Josephine V. Love and Naomi E. Rabbitt. d D: t mas H, 1 Frank K. Smith an Mclntosh. . Man Surrenders, Accusing Self of Slaying Woman A gentle tapping on the counter in the detective office at headquar. ters yesterday morning attracted the attention of Walter G. Fuller, who was making entrics in the of- fico blotter. *an I do anything for yo quired Fuller of the colored “I just want to say,” the colored man ‘stated, “I'm the man you are looking for on account of Ruth Powell getting killed.” “Step right in,” said Fuller, and the man proved to be Robert Jones wanted answer for havin; lly slashed the colored wom throat with a razor Saturday during a row in their home Cedar street. prisoner s sald to have ad- tted the killing, and to b told heid on a end Coroner J. oconduct an Inquest at the morgue tomorTow. mfi pe: R CAVALRYARPLANE l , Suicide on Coast l RESENTATIVE CRUMPACKER WAR GAME OPENS Naw Anti-Aircraft Devices to Be Tested for Two Months at Aberdeen. By the As Unele Air Corp ed Press Iry and an Army unit are co-operating today in working out war problems on the largest scale ever attempted in this country between mounted troops and aircraft, Simultaneously with this announce- ment, the War Department said that beginning September 1 the Ordnance Department proposed to start a two- month test of new equipment that it has developed to repulse airplane at- tacks. The anti-aircraft tests will be held o the Aberdeen Proving a. t Cavalry-aircraft maneuv- are being held mear Fort Bliss The plans call for an air < on the mounted troops and also working out of problems in scouting and observation, with par- ticular emphasis placed upon inter- communication between the air and land units. Forty-two graduates of the Army’s Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Tex., are piloting as many planes in the maneuvers, while the 1st Cavalry Division constitutes the mounted troops detachment. First Anti-Aircraft Tests. Maj. Jumes E. Chaney commands the flying unit and Brig. Gen. Edwin B. Winans commands the troopers. The proposed anti-aircraft tests in Maryland are the first extensive anti- aircraft tests held by the Army this Summer and, coming as they do on the heels of the recent achievements of. American airmen in covering long distances, are expected to arouse considerable interest in aeronautical circles, The newest antl-aircraft cannon and machine guns as well as sound loca- tors and fire control apparatus and searchlights will be tried out against targets towed by airplanes. The War Department has assigned the 49th Bombardment Squadron to carry out the air missions in connec- tion with the tests, while the 6lst Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft) from Fort Monroe, Va., reinforced by a de- tachment from the 62d Coast Artillery, Fort Totten, N. Y., would man the anti-aircraft equipment on the ground. The coast artillervmen will go from Fort Monroe, by mine planter and motor convoy, while the detachment from the 62d will travel from New York by motor, both being due to ar- rive at Aberdeen about September 1. Will Use New Devices. Virtually all firing scheduled in the tests will be at sleeve targets towed by alrplanes. The day firing will occupy five days each week, weather permit- ting, and the night firing three nights per week, All of the locating devices for spot- ting the planes either by sound or by searchlight will be brought into play, and in addition there will be special tests for the earchlights batteries in locating planes and holding them in searchlight beams when the guns are not in use. Improved types of anti-aircraft equipment to be tested include sound locators of recent design, new high- vowered searchlights, a fire control system to co-ordinate data instan- taneously on receipt from the sound locators and searchlights, a central fire control system for the 3-inch anti- aircraft gun battery employing indi- rect fire methods, sight and fire con- trol instruments for machine guns of both the .30 and .50 calibre and spe- cial equipment for gauging accuracy of fire on the towed targets. CHICAGO BID ACCEPTED. $1,077,605 Contract for Walter Reed Hospital Work Awarded. A contract for work on Walter Reed Hospital was made today by the Quartermaster General of the Army with the Freisher Engineering Con- struction Co. of Chicago after competi- tion with other large construction companies. The work involves building of east and west wings of the present ad- ministration building and several smaller buildings within the hospital reservation. The total amount of the contract is $1,077,605. The work is to begin within 30 days and construc- tion work is to be completed in 200 working day NEW AIR LINE FORMED. Company in Philadelphia Capital-; ized at $100,000. NEW YORK, July 25 (#).—Organi- zation of Transcontinental Afrways, | In a passenger and freight-carrying rrplane service, with headquarters at Philadelphia, was announced today by William A. Fox, former Army air service captain. Capitalized at $100, 000, the company will apply for a charter within a few days, he said. It is planncd to have four planes in operation by September 1. Organi- zation of aerial excursion tours and, later of service between Philadelphia and Florida and Cuba, and between Philadelphia and New York, Pitts- burgh, Cleveland and Chicago, is con- templated. | SWAT THE FLY Take: advantage of an early start by an aggres- sive war on the fly at the beginning of the season. The Star has for free distribution wire « handle fly swatters. Ask for one at the main office of The Star, 11th and | Pa, Ave. N.W. {upon w | unanimity of opinion in nav Transoceanic Flights | By the Associated Press. While the eyes of the world ha | been fixed on America's transoceanic ers, naval construction exper have been quietly studying the situa- tion with a view of determining the effect of the spectacular advance of tion on the future battleship. rangely enough, h there appears a de ree of result from considering than & By this it is her f the big guns. v this use of the plane tle time will make for the sreat ssible elevation and range of re can be had at a much gr ably even v plane came into use for the trol. Another question on W number of American nav to agree is against the battleship and airplane carrier. has been suggested since the the airplane bombing of the old war- ships off the Virginia coast during the past 5 or 6 years. Landing Decks Vulnerable. Even if such a type of craft could be built under the naval limitation treaty, some experts can find no ad- vantage in such a ship over the sepa- rate fighting craft and the carrier of the present. The: y that the ef- fectiveness of the battleship would be materially decreased {f guns were sacrificed for ajrplane landing deck. These same experts declare the bat- tleship must be able to stand up and receive, as well as give, the hardest knocks. A flying deck is by its very nature unprotected, and, therefore, ex- tremely vulnerable to attack. These two characteristics cannot, therefore, be consistently embodied in a single ship, they believe. The battleship of the future, they argue, unquestionably will have incorporated in its design efficient means for launching a limited number of aircraft of the amphibian type, but there will be no provision for them to land bick on board in battle, There {8 a school of thought in the American Navy for the most powerful battleships, within the tonnage limita- tion of the Washington treaty, equipped with a few planes for fire control and scouting werk, but de- pending for its main air protection upon planes carried by ships espe- clally designed or converted for that purpose. British Ships Cause Conjecture. Some years ago when the great new British battleships, the Rodney and Nelson, were under construction there were reports that they were combina- tion aircraft carriers and battleships, but it has since developed that they probably have no provision for air- craft at all. They carry nine 16-inch guns, ar- ranged in threes in three turrets, all of which are located forward. This gave rise to the conjecture that the after deck would be used for launch- ing and taking on aircraft. These ships are at the maximum treaty limit of 35,000 tons, with particular atten- tion given to armor protection. There is conflict of thought as to whether the bombing airplane will make necessary greater speed for the future capital ship as a means of de- fense aside from friendly airplanes and antl-aircraft guns or will force a sacrificing of present speed for greater :rmo: protection both on deck and ull. Protection against bombs exploded alongside of a battleship, which the one change ... THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. PLANES AS AID TO BATTLESHIPS .. STUDIED BY NAVAL EXPERTS Center Attention on| Effect in Future Sea Battles—Use for Fire Control Favored. 1 the sinking of the old German | iip Osfriesland off the Virginia six vears ago, will be through | nir d number of watertight | compartments below decks, naval au- thorities believe. This long has been recognized as the most effective pro- tection against the torpedo attack, and the underwater exjAosion of the tor- pedo and the bomb are compar: Studying Air Defens Tt will be more than three y: fore the mext American battleship is designed, as no more craft of this type i be built by the United Stat Great Britain and Japan until 19 Meantime American experts are giv ing the question of defense against | ; |nirplanes careful study, and will ¢ e their conclusions in the next hiy Under the naval limitation treaty, this country can lay down two ships four years from now, and upon their completion, in 1934, the Florida, Utah and Wyoming, the oldest battleships now in the Navy, would be scrapped. In 1932 two addifional ships could be o ted, these to replice the Arkan Texas and New York. Each r thereafter one or two more ships could be put under way until sixteen had been completed to replace the cighteen now permitted under the new craft could be of slightly tonnage than the largest now in commission—the West Virginia, Maryland a1 Colorado—which are of about 31,000 tons displacement by treaty standard tonnage, as the treaty permits capital ships up to 35,000 tons. . LINDBERGH PAYS VISIT TO PORTLAND, MAINE Paris Flyer Circles Over City and Salutes United States Fleets in Harbor. By the Associated Press, PORTLAND, Me., July 25.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, balked on two previous days by fog, flew the Spirit of St. Louls over this city today and paid official honors to the military and naval forces here. Coming shortly before noon from Old Orchard, where the plane had been kept overnight, he circled the city several times. Flying over the harbor to Great Diamon1 Island, he paid his respects to the Citizens’ Mili- tary Training Camp and to Fort Mc- Kinley. Then he came up the harbor and dipped twice, the second time almost landing on the deck of the battle cruiser Seattle, flagship of Rear Admiral Charles F. Hughes, comman- der of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, The colonel then headed for Poland Spring to make a brief call on his uncle, John C. Lodge, and his aunt, Miss Harriet Lodge of Detroit, who are guests there, before proceeding to Concord for his visit to New Hamp- shire. . U.S. SYMPATHY EXTENDED Barton Calls on Mother of Nun- gesser, Giving Legion Message. PARIS, July 25 (P).—Adjt. James F. Barton, general secretary of the American Legion, called on the mother of Charles Nungesser today and presented a message of sympa- thy regarding her missing son. This message had been intrusted to Adjt. Barton by the Legion prior to his departure from the United States. 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