Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1927, Page 6

THREE GONVICTS DIE N ALCOHOL SPREE Others 1l After Drinking | Poison at State Peni- tentiary. By the A McAL Wood al shop at the State today had taken t v d left lives of three ral others in a prison | wood atur- nett, Joe | s were re-| unable to | ey were re-| 1 where they authorities f alcohol day nigt Jeave the moved to the in a hospit few hours. investigation was none of the men would give any information as to how the alcohol was obtained. War- den Newell said he believed one of the men took the liquid from a large can which had heen opened shortly before the prisoners completed their work Saturday. He declared they only obtained started once, were ance nd Williams were serving while Wilson remaining tion of the Barnett & Jong terms for robber had onl few mo! e for vio . Echols, prison phy % 1id seven convicts had been to the prison hospital suf- | from alcohol pois g. Al ve probably will lose their evesight, he declared. GOVERNOR TO MISS RALLY Falls Church Gathering Tonight to Hear Ball and Others. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., August 1.— Mayor R. C. L. Moncure has received B telegram from Gov. Byrd express- ing regret that a previous engage- ment will prevent his attending the political rally which is to be held at the Madison School auditorium to- hight. H. A. Fellows, as chairman of the tmeeting, will introduce the speakers, who will include Senator Frank L. Ball, Charles He! Smith, Walter T. Dliver, Harold Erwin and other Fair- lax County candidates. Allan F. Garner will make a special lea in behalf of the local candidates, . A. Fellows, who will be a candi- flate for supervisor in Washington dis- trict, and Harold Erwin, candidate for tounty clerk. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailing From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. driatic—Liverpool remen—Bremen . . lalamares—Port Limon . 11] ARRIVED TODAY. American _Shipper—London. ncon—Cristobal r iinnesota—London v uron—san Domingo . 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Sheriff Defends Prisoner Until Sol- diers Arrive at Scene. UNION, §. C., August 1 (.—Unlon returned to normal yesterday after threatened mob violence last night when a crowd of 500 persons gathered in front of the county jaill and de manded Albert Simpson, held for the shooting of Mack Austin, white, Sherift Jack Creer and his deputles reinformed by city police, held the crowd at bay until Company E, South Carolina_National Guard,” Infantry, reached the jail and dispersed the mob The Infantrymen were dismissed at 4 o'clock this morning. Austin is reported Improving in a | His wound will not local hospital. prove fatal, pt Pedestrian Dies Under Train. spateh to The Star RSTOWN, Md.,, August 1.— g to beat a Norfolk & fre:ght train across the t Rippon, W. Va., near here, v. Charles McDonough of that was run down and killed. THE EVENING MILLER SHOW BRINGS WILD WEST TO CITY Picturesque Characters and Trained | Animals Parade Before Opening Here. Cowboys and Indians, Arabs and | s and camels and | es invaded Wash- for the opening of Miller 3ros. 101 Ranch Wild West show, will stage two performances d tomorrow at Camp Meligs. The performances will begin at 2 and 8 pm. The show grounds are overrun with a picturesque assembl The show numbers among -actions 300 In- dians and C cowboys and | cowglrls, band: s, elephants, tab leaux wag: clown cars, camels, buffaloes, lon a mile of horse men, two ,100 people, and a train loa ipment. The ington toda; parade displayed most of the attr: 'STAR, WASHINGTO! tions. in {ts journey through the streets this morning. Squadrons of reckless riders of the Orient will take part with Col. Miller's champion 101 Ranch boys in the show, assisted by rough riders, ropers, fancy and trick riders from both North and South America. Among the starred mounted _attractions are the Ben Hamid horse, the swift Tonkin Zouaves and the Albert Hodginl eques- trian troupe. An Indian village and horse fair in a six-pole tent is one of the feature displ RESCUER DARES WAVES. Man Saves 16 Persons by 2-Mile Swim. By the Associated Press NAHANT, Mass,, August 1.—A daring 2-mile swim from a disabled motor launch to a Coast Gu: tion here was made yester ge Robinon of Dracut. It 16 persons fi m spending a night at ea in a hell s craft that was duft- ing rapidly anward when finally located by Coast Guards. Robin- son. a pa oger, made the swim stripped to his underclothes. D. €, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1927. POLICE SERGEANT DIES AFTER WOUNDING SELF Loss of Wife Believed Cause of Allan’s Desire for for Death. Police Sergt. Edward 8. Allan, 52 vears old, wko shot himself May 27 in an attempt at sulcide at his home, 1022 Twenty-sixth street, died yester- day morning at Emergency Hospital. He was attached to No. 7 precinct. Allan, who had served in the Police Department for 25 years, had brooded over the death of his wife about three vears ago, and the latter part of May he took leave. He remained in bed y [the day he shot himself and late in tke afiernoon spoke of feeling sick and' despondent. Sergt. Allan, son of the late Joseph W. and Josephine Allan, is survived by two brothers, Lieut. Joseph W. | Allan of the Fire Department and ! Luther E. Allan of the Police Depart- mn ‘ZUa.r/uhgton ~~ A GreatSale B e'gins WU, ¢URNITUR:® ment, and_ four sisters, Mrs. S. H. Edwards, Morrisville, Va., and Mrs. Richard Cook, Mrs. Clifton Brown and l\lfiss Mary Marlow Allan, all of this city. Funeral services will be conducted by members of the Masonic fraternity at the late home of the deceased at 8:30 o'clock tonight, and the final service will be held at Morrisville, Va., at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. TWO SURVIVE AIR cm\sH." Army Officers Land Safely—Com- rade Is Injured. MANILA, August 1 (®).—Lieuts. Julian B. Haddon and Armor S. Hefley narrowly escaped death here today when their two Army planes collided in air at Clark Field. Haddon was slightly injured, but Heffley es caped unhurt. In a second accident Capt. H. L. Knight was slightly injured when he crashed in landing. s e Diminishing traffic has caused the National Railways of Mexico to re- duce their sleeping car service. [ ®.9 e — s e FIRST TENANT IS HOUSED IN PRESS CLUB BUILDING Rental Committes Head Opens Quarters on Second Floor Offices Available August 15. The first tenant of the new Nationa! Press Building, at Fourteenth and F rects moved in today. J. Fred ry, chairman of the rental com- mittee of the club, opened the office )f the committee on the second floor next to the temporary quarters of , the bullding corporation, which also moved in today. Beginning tomorrow one of the seven elevators of the nullding will begin operation for the use of prospective tenants. The tenants will be allowed to move in August 15, although the contrac tors will not formally turn over the completed bullding until September 1 rhe Press Club is planning its house warming about Thanksgiving, which time the interior decorations will have been completed. The | theater in the building is expected tc | open early in October. The exterior of the building fs now | by | receiving its first bath, and in a few days the fence around it will be removed. About 150 representatives of news- papers, magazines and other publica. tlons will occupy the building soon after it opens and others are expected before the first of the year. - Ambassador Schurman Honored. MARBURG, Germany, August 1 .—An_honorary degree of docto of philosophy was conferred yester day upon Jacob Gould Schurman American Ambassador to Germany on the occasion of the fourth cen. tenary of Marburg University. 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