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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY AUGUST 8, .1927.° X. Shields, young New star, who defeated another rker in the finals to win national junior tennis cham: ip in a sensational at Forest Hills, Long Tabant ight by P. & A. Photos. Frank York New MARKS AMERICA'S LANDING PLACE. Villagers of Ver-sur-Mer, France, surrounding the sign which has been put up to mark the place where Comdr. Byrd and his crew of the America landed after bringing their plane down in the sea. The guidepost to tourists will be replaced with a permanent monument. Wide World Photos. the holes blown N at BLAST » concrete WRECKS SIDEWALK. One of lewalk over the New York subway stati 1ith street and Fourth avenue by the bomb explosion F ER v persons were injured in the two subway explosions, the downtown section of the ¢ . AFTER NEW YORK BOMB EXPLOSIO) “of llw 'B. B gul\\.l\ and Vi l;:lltll \llN’t 5 L searching the debris :nn- the Friday night blast. perpetrators and the motive of the hlvmhmc been placed under g ( Inte Polic which sh rwood & Underwood. THE BUCKER MEETS HIS MASTER. Weazel, rip-snorting broncho, who has unseated some of the best “leather stickers” in the West, fails to shake off Cowboy Jack Tyler during their little contest at the recent (alifornia rodeo .at Salenas. Jack only undertook to stay “lhonrd" five minutes, ||mllgh Herbert Photos. ”é‘:i‘.i‘f&fi';f"éifin BECKHAM LEADING INKENTUCKY VOTE Is Found in Ohio | Opponent Concedes Defeat in By the Associated Press. CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, \ugn~1 Democratic Primary. Other Returns. WINS “SOUTHPAW” GOLF TITLE. R.S. Juran of the Golden Valley Country Club of Minneapolis, who recently won the national golf tournament for left-handed players at Midlothian, Tll. Juran broke the course record held by Walter Hagen and Chick Evans with a score of 140, two under par, for 36 holes. Wide World Photos. TRAINING FOR ANOTHER CHANNEL SWIM. Mrs. Clemington Carson skipping rope on the beach at Dover, England, as part of her training for an attempt to repeat her comsuut of the English Channel. She will start from the English side this time and hopes to better Gertrude Ederle’s time for the Channel (‘I’Oilhl SAILD PACIFIC ALONE IN SMALL CRAFT. Capt. Charles Woods, sea rover, at the helm of his 35-foot sloop, in which he is leav- r San Francisco by himself for a cruise through the South Seas, I he expects to carry him across the Pacific. He rebuilt the craft Wide World Photos. Horse Whose Life Was Spared as Pet Kills Bos at Play 1-h(ml. lh:hf by P. & A. Pnnm- HEARINGS INVOLY 3 RADIO PRINCIPLES Ark., August 8§ year-old son of St anat \n McCloud, is dead tod tim of his pet. The child was trampled to death by too old to work, but kept » of the love the little Mec- 1d boy had for it. While playing yesterday, advanced toward the horse, was grazing nearby. = The horse harged him. knocked him down .nd pawed him. Price's parents rescued him, but he died soon after ward " THIRD MAN ON TRIAL | IN FLOGGING CASE Two Already Sentenced to Peniten- tiary by Alabama Court, Four to Be Tried Later. Broadcast Controversies Be- fore Federal Commission This We 8.—A baby crematory basin, garded as a notable find in mound archeological annals, has been re covered at the famous Seip Mound near here by Prof. H. C. Shetrone curator of Ohio Museum, 2 assistants. The basin me: inches in length and width. It is believe vessel was used for infants and small ch historic inhabitants of Ohio. A larger basin, believed to have been used for adults, was found several seasons ago in (he Hopewell group of mounds near here. a horse 5 be ek ClL e Price which | Bs the Associated Pres LOUVISVILLE, Ky, August W. Beckham was leading Robert e hy more than 25,000 votes the Democratic gubernae ation on the face of nne 106 of the 120 8.--J: torial nor offi returns from counties of the State. The scattered precincts which have mot been re- ported were not expected to change he results appreciably. RIVER VICTIM’S BODY f TAKEN TO MT. RAINIER : Wfllmm Blder Drowned at Herald| 11 T.ucas as candidate for sovernas Harbor After Rescuing Miss | PV ° o of IhAW. Tha thuilv SIS eley districts were still to be re- | Flora Neal of College Park. por | e SR | | FRENCH PLANE COMPLETES FINAL TESTS FOR TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. The huge Farman biplane, Blue Bird, which is now reported to be awaiting only favorable weather for the take-off on its attempted Paris-to-New York flight. The westward flight over the Atlantic ;pptu;’m to be developing into a race between the Blue Rird, the German Junkers plane, and posnlh}y the Bellanca monm(&hlno &olumbh, for rst honors. ide 'World !’hm s. LEGION PILGRIMAGE FIREMEN HAMPERED TD BEGIN TOMORROW HOUSE LOST BY FIRE al o the flozzing | Peace-Time A E F. Advance Workers Stretch Hose a Mile in Jeff Calloway when the Blount “ounty Circuit Court reconvened here Guard Will Embark for irguing couple to seel the privacy of | watched, started in a walk, then Fruitless Effort to Save Frank Easton’s Home. tod. I 1 clump of trees to patch up their [moved faster, and as the woman Man Saves Woman From River Leap While Bndge Men Watch and Cheer ree woman candidates for Stite office on the face of returns which are far from complete were leading opponents. Mrs. F. D. Quisens was ahead for the Republ ation for secretary of 31l s Lietchfield wa the vote in the Democratic c for the same office. Mrs. E Cromwell had a majority eof ace for treasurer on the | [ o e S AINIER 1 of Willia ear-old son of Mr, and M \\1']1\)\1 E. Rid this place, who was drowned Saturday night in the Severn River at Herald Harbor saving the Neal of College Special Dispatch MOUNT R 'he fune: Cries of derision from a gang of ward the river, stumbling and running M [v Arlington Bridge laborers sent an|over the rough ground. The man nomi | Miss ene Doss A. Clayton Paris Convention. difficulties late Saturday afternoon, | neared the sea wall, he ran. in the men tried for | after the husband or sweetheart had | About this time, worlk of loading tim each were - | swallowed his pride to the extent of |bers on a barge tied alongside the whipping, Guy WORKERS’ PLAN PROTEST.! ners Pledge Them- for Wal kout pledged e placed fal of the lazger mines 108ay. ears in the State heir conviction peace-time v directing the By the As: INDIANAPOLIS, A.E F to 1'a nvention in Sep| under way offic ated Press. st 8. —The t of the Amer its annual will _get oken, .\'. th is for mber. This | £ Doss ¢ they were party and | sked band. | tecle of the sixteenth | who presided at the| layton, was to be Woodson ! in| admitted flogging uit together ton, Dr I Covington | kidnaping follow Calloway church service, | dense woods and | Clayton th Clifton and ¢ « he attended church | while intoxicated." | DEER DESTROY GARDENS ! Amh-r t Va. Widespread Depredations. Special Dispatch to The Star l ICHMOND, Va August from Amherst County tha sence of deer has n e it im \ for the people in that section | )1 gardens. The animals are said to come in at night and eat off all ! setables close to the ground number of elk were brought State several years ago and in the mountain sections. ince that time they are sald to have Itiplied and become a menace, fences heing no ohgtacle to them in iheir search for fo o Coumv Reports 8 v Re. he pr possib ve d | tourir who | gt - 1’( have been arr gion wishing some time Europe before the opening of convention the middle of | aires to spend the Paris September The bulk of the overseas movement will start September ing com |yh!N| with the sailing September 10 of the flagship of the fleet, the S. 8 {Leviathan, with Pershing, | Comdr. Howard Savag and Le flings follows . pler 61, New York, 11a.m S. Montcalm, Canadian | ! New York, 11 am., 8.8, President Roosevel, Hoboken, 11 p.n.. Av Cedric, pier 61, New York, August 2 iSTORE ROBBERY CHARGED Two Colored Men to Face Justice Phillips in Berwyn. Special Dispatch to Tha Star. BERWYN, Md, August 8.—Vincent Brown, 30 years old, and Clarence Willlams, 25, both colored, will be given a hearing tomorrow morning before Justice of the Peace (eorge Phillips here on charges of having held up and robbed the Atlantic & | Five persons were killed and two more | ¢ Pacific Tea Co. store at Riverdale Sat- urday night of $19. Brown and Williams. have been identified by clerks of the store. 'l‘hay Fy ia the Bladensburg Jail | running to the river's edge and grab- | bing the woman as she was about to leap into 2 feet of water. | A small coupe drove up | the bridge office, and the ¢ of its I atop, had hardly ceased when a man ® | jnmped out and started walking rap- | idly down a road. A ery from within | haited him and he came back. Tongside tering | *“What are vou trying to do; make a | and the woman | fool of me?” e called. | then jumped out of the car and arted running along the roadway, | turning her head to call back: | “Don't you ever try to find me. y Don’t look for me again, because you not be able to find m e ran on along the road's edge for \nrm‘d l() es, bringing it to a sudden | sea wall ceased; a boomload of heavy timber dangling in the air dropped suddenly to the ground, and a group | {of the men started toward the woman as she prepared for a leap. But the woman’s escort was too close at hand. | He threw his arm around her neck and dragged her well back from the | river, releasing her, as a cheer went {up from the “barge. punctuated by | calls of “Why, didn't vou let her jump? wasn't going to jump |any w ,' \\ hy didn’t you let her get | her feet wet; thats all she would have | done,” ana She's making a fool of | you.” The two drooped a their heads and clump of trees, down to continue rgument. | GOLF CHAMPION KILLED. Five Others le]ur?d \Vth Auto Hits Telephone Pole. LEXINGTON, Ky., August 8 (®).— ayle Alexander, | tral Kentucky golf champion, was in- stantly, killed and five other persons were injured last night when an au- | tomobile in which they were riding crashed into a telephone pole 12 miles from here. The party was returning from a dance. The injured were Mr. and Mrs. Chester D. Morrls, Mr. and Mrs, Jesse Frazer and W. C. McDowell, Lexing- ton capitalist, o Five Killed at Crossing. YAZOO CITY, Miss., August 8 (). believed fatally injured here y¢ when a Yazoo & Misssissippi ¥ passenger train struck an at a .ndn on of the o 5 28 years old, cen-|- | TWO DIE IN CRASHES. Man and Chl]d Vlctlms in Carolina Mishaps. | HIGH POINT, N. C., August 8 (®). Tragedy invaded the home of two High Point families yesterday as the result of automobile accidents. Carl ‘W. Jacobs, 25, was killed yesterday morning when his automobile collided with the railing on a bridge near this city, and Mildred Virginia Howerton, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Howerton, was killed at Rural Hall' when the car in which she was riding with her parents collided with another machine and turned over. W.l Bless Amemnl’ Graves. . the reques c Welfare Although the nearest able to pered by way and hurriedly hose, but structure. troyed. William property, was aw through the ng buildi Member the fire sta when they r amination of mated insurames. stretched ere unable to The home was totally de- T. kened rted three fire hydrant, k of water, Dreyer, by window ing. and ached the the ruins close the origin of the fire. to the house and contents was esti- at $6,5 00, partly CHECK ON COMMUNISM. Chile Suspends Nationalization of companies stretched a line of hose » mile from they were un- ave the two-story home of Ham- the condition of the road- the firemen the long line of save the owner of the asleep in a mnearby house, smoke of his room, Finding the upper story of the neigh M)ring building ablaze he turned in ‘When the first companies rrived they were unable to find a; Hl\dmnt less than a mile from the; pouring of the Easton family were on their way home from church when were homeless ‘ene. Ex ailed to dlw« | Damage covered by Socialistic Soviets. SANTIAGO, Chile, August 8 (#).— The minister of the interior has pub- lished a decree indefinitely suspending | the lization of citizens of the Hoeialist. Boviet Republics who. have ] < less than 6 years in the that this step has been of com- ‘D frustrate the of unde- -mu tomorrow morning re Christian Church was returned to hi at 10 o'clock at here. The body home yesterda Rider, with his fa and M Neal father and went ashor speedboat returned cided to go ashore. to step from one hoat she fell into the water Rider, an expert swimmer, jumpe in and rescued her. Before he could | reach the boat, it is believed he was | seized with cramps and sank. Perron of Washington, a life gus at the resort, recovered the body after | '15 minutes’ dviing. 'APPROVES HOLLOW WALL. ‘ e Government Holds Solid Matenal Is Less Economical. sister The ft the canoe and speedboat. The Miss Neal de hile attempting I3 overnment placed seal of yesterc hollow brick residence comparison { with solid ring that con- struction with hollow walls is cheaper quicker and makes possible a_saving in brick, mortar and time. The an- nouncement was made by the Bureau of Standards, which has just com- { approv. walls for pleted a co-operative study with the | Common Brick Manufacturers’ soclation on the compressive strength of brick masonry. The inquiry included tests on 159 brick walls, each 6 feet long and 9 feet high, some of hollow con- struction and others of solid con- struction. The tests showed that hol- low walls met building code require- ments and are cheaper. Gmn‘nch ITiel. CAIRO, Egynt, August 8 (#).—The dnth was announgad here vesterday Greok » ch Kerilloa, to the other | 7.000 in her Demacratic ticket Mr. Crowe conceded his defeat yes- terday ent the following tele- sckman: “Your nom- v indicated by returns headquarters. 1 com- and pledge you my un- and predict your I election.” Carter wpaign manager | for Robert H. I , with Mr. Lucas’ approval, refused to concede the elec- tion of Mr, Sampson as a Republican qualifie victory mper charges that “thou- nds of votes were taken” from Mr. le, that hundreds of s in. the Republican i primary in the eleventh congressional | district and that the “heavy hand” of the Kentucky Jockey Club was felt. Unuug.lwlu the State.” LINDBERGH ENDS 2-DAY VISIT IN CINCINNATI Noted Aviator, Touring United States, Will Make Next Stop at Louisville. By the Associated Press. : CINCINNATI, August 8.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh wound up his: two-day visit here today with Louis< ville announced as the next stop | his air tour of the United States. Due to arrive in Loulsville at 3 p.ma: his schedule called for departure here: soon after £ o'clock to permit him to° fly over Vevay, Lawrenceburg and: Aurora, Ind. : Col. Lindbergh spent most of yes. terday quietly reading letters and tele-. grama and attending to personal busi- ness. A tour of the city and surround-. ing country by automobils and an: inspection of his ship at the alrpis occupied part of the ALLornoom:

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