Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1927, Page 13

L ey THE EVENING CHAMBERLIN INAUGURATES SHIP-TO-SHORE AIR SERVICE. The plane in which rlti\‘fll"a D. Cham- berlin, the transatlantic flyer, made his successful hop to shore yesterday from the Leviathan at sea is seen here just after the take-off from the specially constructed deck runway. The photograph shows how quickly the handicaps of’mi.. and fog. lane rose after leaving the 114-foot runway. The take-off and flight were made under the Copyright by P. & A. Photos. STAR, WASHINGTON, 38 T D. C, A NEW THRILL FOR THE MOTORIST. Andre Mercier, French stunt driver, demonstrating his “jumping” car on a highway near Paris. The driver gets this thrill by driving down an inclined runway at high speed and then flying through the air for PRINCE TAKES DEPARTURE FROM QUEBEC. The Prince of Wales a considerable distance. ‘Wide World Photos. TUESDAY, AUGUST o < 1927.° CHRISTENING NEW YORK-TO-ROME PLANE AT CURTISS FIELD. Crowds surrounding Old Glory, the plane in which Lloyd Bertaud and James D. Hill, air mail pilots, will attempt a non-stop flight to Rome, at the christening yesterday at Curtiss Field. Among those present for the ceremony were the Italian Ambassa- dor and F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War in charge of aviation. ‘Wide World Photos. BALANCES ON WIRE FOR NINE HOURS. Sumpter Shaw, slack-wire YOUNG STILLMAN SAILS WITH BRIDE. James A. (Bud) Stillman, LOCAL YOUTH BUILDS LOW-COST PLANE. Henry D. Wright, 20- year-old Washington boy, working on one of the wlnfs of the airplane which he is building in the cellar of his home. He believes small planes of the type he is making can be sold for about $500, It will have a wing Jr., scion of the wealthy and prominent New York family, and his bride of the Canadian woods are shown here just after getting comfortably settled aboard the liner Olympic for their honeymoon trip to Europe. James Stillman, sr., saw the couple off. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. performer of Los Angeles, is shown here during his recent marathon bal- ancing feat, in which he stayed on the wire without alighting for nine hours and twenty minutes. He had to keep moving almost continuously to maintain his balance. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. waiting at Kings Wharf, Quebec, to go aboard the river steamer for the trip to Montreal, where he received another warm greeting from the Canadian people. Prince George, also wearing a blue suit with pin stripe, Henry Miller. is seen in background at left. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. A8 spread of 22 feet. EUROPEAN UNION FAVORED BY SPAIN New Plan Calls for League Break With Tribunal for Disputes. By the Associated Press. Suggestions in the Madrid press for & United States of Europe, dissociated from the League of Natlons and pledged to eternal peace maintained by means of an international army, ave been drawn to public attention E“Q by the Spanish embassy. Spain’s withdrawal from the League o Nations, embassy officials remarked, determined the Syanish government's interest in the proposition. The sug- gestion was first made in an unsigned full page article in a Madrld govern- ment organ and coples were forwarded to the Washington embassy by the ©panish foreign office with instructions Yo have the suggestion “published in the principal newspapers” here, as a matter of world interest. Proposal Urges Tribunal. The proposal calls for the establish- nt o‘i nl’l’ international tribunal com- poBed of one representative and one sybstitute from every European coun- try. Assisted by committees, this tri- bunal would pass unappealable decl- slons upon every question which might give rise to violent conflict, including colonial case: The decisions would be enforced by united action of all countries against eventual rebels, utilizing as first coer- cive means economic and diplomatic boycott. Should these measures fail then the international army at the disposal of the tribunal would be called upon. According to the plan, all countries would do away with their national armies, but would merely contribute a fixed quota of men and weapons to an international force under the direct command of the tribunal. The size of this army is roughly sketched at one or two million standing force with three or four millions more ready to be moblilized. Forces Well Divided. The contributions of each country to the army would be so worked out as to assure that the united armed contributors of even the three most powerful European countries would al- ways be less than half the remaining army, while the total army should be powerful enough to protect the whole continent from the possible attack of another. On this basis, a table has been pre- pared giving each European country’s per cent contribution to the intern tional army. The greatest contribu- tions would come from German: France, Great Britain and Italy, with 11 per cent each. Russia Not Included. Russia has not been included in the plan, since, it was explained, for its success it would be necessary that all participating countries bind them- selves to respect the elementary rules of international and private law, Turks Wearing Fez Despite Threats of Jail Sentence By the Associated Press. ANGORA, Turkey, August 2.— Law and the fear of jail are not strong enough to abolish the fez altogether. The distinctive head- dress of Moslem Turks was banned some time ago by President Mus- tapha Kemal, but habit is strong, and while they are never seen in public, for arrest would follow im- mediately, many a good republican Turk in the privacy of his own home puts on the old reliable red cloth top plece. Younger Turks have taken read- ily enough to European hats; therefore, the police, knowing that many are worn at home, are trusting to time to tire out the old traditionalists. CIRCUS DRAWS CROWD DESPITE WINDSTORM New Spectacle, “The Sun Goddess,” and Other Attractions Present- ed on Schedule Time. Despite the wind and rain storm that hit the Camp Melgs' grounds just as it was getting under way, Mil- ler Brothe! 101 Ranch Wild West show iast night drew a large crowd under the big top and in the auxiliary attractions. The storm hit the show while crowds were pouring through the gates, and for a while there was confusion, while the circusgoers ran for cover Side walls of the big tent were rolled up and police, bystanders and circus attaches braced poles so that there was no danger of a collapse. Although gusts of wind blew through the tent it remained secure. A new spectacle, “The Sun God- with hundreds of people, seven elephants and six camels, opened the show. This was followed by Zouave: wall-scaling Arab horsemen, Cossack riders and an old-fashioned wild West show. Two_performances, at 2 and 8 p.m,, are scheduled for today, after which the show will move to Baltimore. ESTATE OF $235,000. Slack Worthington, Testator, Died at Dorchester, Md. Slack Worthington, otherwise known Yas Hack 8. Worthington, who died at Dorchester, Md., July 20, left an estate valued at $235,000, according to the petition of his executors, H. W. Stuart and William 8. Hanson, for the probate of his will. He owned real estate in Tennesses valued at $15,000, had bonds totaling $160,000 and cash, $60,000. His daughter, Mrs. William S. Hanson of Covington, Ky., is given one-third of the estate, and the rest goes to the children of his sister, Mrs. Lily W. Stuart. Attor- ney Arthur Peter represents the ex- ecutors. —_— | eoinia enterprises would have to be obtained from the tribunal. The plan, its sponsors say, would be limited for the present to Europe, which, the scheme's proponents sa 1s obviously not the case with Ru: All countries would be allow: enroll limited forces- of police and \etoms Mntic, but pevmission for but adhesion to it by other continents PRESIDENT SEES OLD staged for President and BRITISH AIR PILOT MAY GUIDE LEVINE Capt. Hincholiffe Reported as Likely to Replace Frenchman on Return Flight. By the Assoclated Press. CROYDON, England, August 2.— Capt. W. G. Hinchcliffe, well known pllot for the Imperial Airways Co., flew from Croydon to Paris this morn- ing. Questioned just before starting with regard to reports that he was considering an offer from Charles A. Levine to pilot the monoplane Colum- bia back to the United States in place of Maurice Drouhin, Capt. Hinchclifte said, according to the Evening News: “I have nothing definite to say just now, but may have tomorrow. I have seen Levine and we have had a tn]k’i that is as far as I can go at present.’ The captain accompanied Levine on the latter's trip from Paris to England yesterday. Levine left for Paris early this morning, and it was understood that he and Capt. Hinchcliffe would meet there this afternoon. Levine, while at Nottingham yester- day to witness the last day of the air pageant, denied that he had quarreled with Drouhin and that he was seeking an English pilot to replace the French- man for the projected flight of the Co- lumbia from Paris to New York. “The story is all nonsense,” he was quoted as saying. Drouhin is a good man, and he will take me back.” Paris dispatches last night credited Drouhin with the statement that he did not intend to touch the Columbia until his financial difficulties with Levine had been ironed out. B Herbert 8. Ward Resigns. Herbert S. Ward, controller of alien property, Who came jnto promi- nence through his successtul battle with Controlier General McCarl over a lunch bill for $1.50, expended in Alexandria, Va., has resigned his posi- tion in the office of Alien Property Custodian, effective August 31. He would facilitate matters, since it would reduce the total standingZrmy re- quired. will devote his time to the practice of Jawl INDIAN W. Mrs, Coolidge at the annual GoM ery AR DAYS REVIVED. A view of the sham rald Discove P-:e-mnmw,s.m Sioux Indisus on Record for Flagpole Sitting Dimmed By Monk's 37-Year Stay Atop Pillar| BYRD POLAR MISSION -— Press Report Says Aute Manu- facturer’s Son Will Sponsor South Pole Flight By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 2.—~Even the his- tory of flagpole sitting repeats itself. ‘When “Shipwreck” Kelly picked out the tallest standard in Newark, N. J., and ascended it to establish a world record for nonstop flagpole sitting, he thought he had devised an entirely new invitation to fame. And when Joe Powers set out to break Kelly's record on a staff 637 feet above Chicago's pavement, he eyed “Shipwreck's” mark as the one he had to beat. They have learned too late that the all-time record for lofty perching was made 1,500 years ago, and that beside its 37-year duration their own records of a scant fortnight look puny, indeed. Simeon, a monk, made in the fifth century the record for endurance sit- ting which still stands—only he used a pillar instead of a flagpole, and he undertook the feat not for the vaude- POTOMAC YIELDS BODY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT, Remains of Athold T. Edwards Found Near Spot Where He ‘Was Drowned. The body of Athold T. Edwards, 21- year-old George Washington Uni- versity student, 1444 W street, was re- covered last night in the Potomac River not far from the point where he drowned -Sunday morning while boating with Miss Avril Stewart, a classmate, 8 Grafton street, Chevy Chase, Md. The tragedy occurred off Chapel Point, and although the girl made heroic efforts to save him he went down and she became exhausted before help arrived. Using a 22-foot drag attached to the stern of a launch, Sheriff Robert V. Cooksey and Raymond Mattes pulled the body from the water about 7:30 o'clock last night. The body will be sent to Long Branch, N. J., the family home, this afternoon, and interment will be there tomorrow, There were no fleath seniences in dast yean e ville contracts and advertising testi- monials which lured Kelly and Pow- ers, but for religious reasons. Even more people gazed on Simeon than peered through rented telescopes at his modern emulators, and among the crowds Simeon won converts. His world record has been periled only once. A fellow named David ap- proached it, but lasted only 33 years on top of his column. So many tried the feat that they became a cult, call- ed “Anchorites,” or “Simeon Stylites,” but pillar-sitting became & nuisance in the tenth century and laws were pass- ed against it. Powers displays a trace of profes- sional scorn as he observes that Si- meon's perch was but 60 feet high, a scant tenth as tall as his own. “But just the same,” he adds, “I'm glad I'm doing my act in Chicago and not under the blazing sun of Con- stantinople.” GIRL PREACHER RESIGNS AS REVIVAL IS DROPPED Retiring Evangelist Says She “Just Preached Too Strong” for Congregation. By the Associated Press. PIGGOT, Ark.,, August 2.—Miss Garnett Gunter, 21, pastor of the First Christlan Church, has resigned be- cause,” as she explained, “I just preached too strong for them.” She plans to conduct a series of revivals here. Notified upon her return from a trip to St. Louis that the elders of the church had decided against holding a revival at this time because of the ex- pense, Miss Gunter wrote out her resignation. “I believe in the doctrines of the church, but I just preached too strong for them—and they sald so them- selves.” Miss Gunter said. “One of them went so far as to tell me if' I preached smoothly and didn’t trample on any one's toes 1'd get along all right.” ‘The girl minister had been preaching since she was 15, although she has at- tended schools at iatervails the Custer stockade, one of the ev Copyright by Underwood & Underwo EDSEL FORD TO BACK By the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 2.—Edsel Ford will back Comdr. Richard E. Byrd in his proposed flight to the South Pole, the Detroit Free Press sald today in a coyprighted story. Comdr. Byrd surprised Henry and Edsel Ford with a visit today. After an all-day conference, including a visit to the Ford factories and a luncheon, Edsel Ford announced that his in. terest in the flight was as enthusiastic as when Comdr. Bryd successfully completed his flight over the North Pole. It was understood that Edsel Ford furnished a large part of the money which made the northern flight possible, Comdr. Byrd naming his plane, “Josephine Ford,” the name of one of Edsel Ford’s children. “It is not for any personal interest that I am helping Byrd,” Mr. Ford sald, “although I do like to live the adventures he has when we can get together and talk them over. It is principally because he is doing a service to aviation, and that is all we are trying to_do with our aviation enterprise at Dearborn.” Edsel Ford paid high tribute to the man who has crossed the polar re- gions and the Atlantic Ocean by air- plane. ‘Byrd is a great fellow,” he sald. “He is a gentleman, a scientist and altogether likable, I enjoy being be- hind him in such enterprises. As to the equipment which we will use, we are not yet certain. Of course, the Ford planes are at his service and he inspected both the three-motored plane and the new single-motored five or six passenger plane to be tested Monday."” Byrd and the Fords sat at the luncheon at Henry Ford's home for an hour while Byrd told in detail his ex- periences in his Atlantic flight. Henry Ford told the story of his first auto- mobile. o “Both the Fords are fine men,” Byrd said later. “Henry Ford is great because he dreams, has ideals, and puts them into practice. It was a pleasure to me to realize the live in- terest Mr, Ford has in aviation.” Bureau Says Rum Sold on Wet Day, Court Rule Asked A doubly “wet” question is put up to the District Court of Appeals today by Attorneys Whelan & O’Connell on behalf of Walter W. Smith, who was convicted in 1923 of selling a half pint of whisky and given a sentence of 60 days The special wet feature is the question of whether or not it rained on the day of the sale of the whisky. The prohibition agents testified at Smith’s trial that the purchase was made on a clear day, Wwhile representatives from tI ‘Weather Bureau presented records to show that it rained all that day. The court is asked to it & writ of error to the Police Court so that it may be judicially deter- mined whether the Weather Bu. reau records or the testimony of u::L prohibition agents shall pre- Vi FIVE IN HOSPITAL DUE TO KNIFE WOUNDS Personal Combats Besult fn In- juries, More or Less Serious, Re- quiring Surgioal Attention. Five persons received hospital treat- ment yesterday for wounds received in fights. George Perry, 27 years old, 714 H street southwest, appeared at Cas- ualty Hospital, asked for treatment for a cut on the abdomen and was discharged. Police reported _that Perry received the wound whila fight- ing with a brother. Henry Carson, colored, 22 years old, 1117 Congress court northeast, re- ceived treatment at Casualty Hospital for a cut on the left side of the neck, the result of an altercation at 130 Madison court, he said. Arthur Bent and Percy Green, both colored, the former 54 and the latter 26 years old, residents of Union court FARMERS ADVISED 0 FORM ALLIANCE Agricultural and Political Combine Urged by Econ- omist Beard. By the Assoclated Press. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mase., August 2.—An agricultural and political al- liance between the South and West as & solution of the farmers’ difficul- _ tles was advocated before the Insti- tute of Politics today by Dr. Charles A, Beard, economist. ‘“Personally,” sald Dr. Beard, ad- dreesing a round table discussion on agriculture, “I hope the new oconfed- eration may be effected. It would be good for the country and give politics a refreshing tone, even if it made the veterans of 1898 take to their tents in _consternation.” Discussing the McNary - Haugen farm relief bill, he said the measure “might not improve the lot of the farmer, but might help as much as wearing cowboy breeches and fishing with worms in Western waters.” While not passing judgment on the McNary-Haugen bill, he sald “most of the arguments against it seem to me to apply also to the econonild an Jjuristic devices of capitalism.” “To call it paternalistic and4 then turn around and supply a merchant marine to shippers, a protective tarift to manufacturers and military and naval protection to any one who tries to make money in China, Haiti or Nicaragua is to dissolve the show in comedy,” declared the speaker. He predicted if the disorganization and disadvantages of the farmer pre- vail for another hundred years nine- tenths of America will live in indus- trial cities, depending upon foreign trade for their livelihood, while farm- ing will pass mainly into the hands of the colored races. He offered the following three basio remedies: Increased {inheritance and income taxes; organization of the southwest, received scalp wounds in an altercation in Bent's home and ‘were taken to Emergency Hospital. James G. Willis, colored, 22 years: old, 102 Four-and-a-half street south- west, was cut on the left arm last night in a fight with an unidentified colored woman in Clark court south- west. He was taken to Emergency Hospital. Aged Prince Saves Castle. Correspondence of the Associated Press. STEYR, Upper Austria—The aged Prince Louis of Coburg has saved his ancestral home, Voglsang Castle, from sale for payment of debts. It was scheduled for auction after its rich tapestries, arms and pictures had gone to satisfy creditors, but the prince’s pleas have resulted in an agreement whereby he will keep the mansion until his death. The castle once was t}tw property of -King Louls Philippe of nce, 0il Company Sued. ‘The Standard Oil Co. yesterday was made defendant in Circuit Court in a suit for $20,000 for alleged personal injuries, filed by Joseph H. Osthaus, 1236 Sixth street. Through Attorney Robert E. J. Whalen, the plaintiff says that a truck of the defendant hit him while at Fourteenth and Water streets on April 16, last. farmere for co-operative determina- tion of areas to be planted, disposa of the surplus and distribution of benefits and costs; retraction of the policy of protecting those Americans who invest abroad to obtain higher rates of interest. — - = HARD WORK WINS DEGREE. Girl Studies Seventeen Years ‘While Supporting Mother. MORGANTOWN, W. Va., August 2 (#).—Though unable to take the cus- tomary four:year course at the Uni- versity of West Virginia because care of her mother required her to teach during the Winter months, Miss Vanetta Chambers was determined to earn a master’s degree. She will receive it next June, having completed 17 years of attendance at the Summer school of the university. She was awarded a bachelor of arts degree three years ago. —_— Egyptian King in Rome. ROME, August 2 (#).—King Fuad of Egypt, returning home from his visit of state to England, arrived in s greeted at the Mussolini and ¢ .12 governments station «bv other mémlz.