Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1927, Page 13

THE EVENING SADY STPONED DOLE coast to Honolulu a OR TAKE-OFF at Oakland, ¢ to be piloted b Provounced re Tiv i ingston Iry he tak . These two pla ff, now postponed until Tues sy L i LEADING TEAMS IN CUP MATCHES TODAY. Mrs. George W. (at left), captain of the American_feam, and Mrs. Kitty e Godiree, cap of the British team. who are leading the woman e rs of th n the Wightman Cup matches today and tomorrow at F and. o " Underwood. hree of the planes ned up at the Bay F ound fhie | four of the eley wyright hy P, & m acific noent A ORTAIN RESPITE FOR SACCO A condemned men (at left), eounsel for the tw house in Bostomr wifli M confer with Gov.” Fulie the St el A, who later issued e Supreme Court considers the GIRL, LEADS CHICAGO RIOTERS. Chicago crowd of quelled the r d arrested th downtown s the police station after her arrest for I nzetti sympathizers through the Aurora D'Angelo, 16y ity's ung leader after a chase through the Wide World Photos. “TTI.L r D. Hill arrivi at the State- Musmanno, associate counsel, to respite for the men while se. pyright by iPresident Favors | Nation-Wide Radio | Audition Contest | | | GANG WARINQURY Pecsitens FOLLOWS DEATHS By the Associated Press. RAPID CITY, S. Dak., August . Coolidge has Police Seek Slayers of Two | tion-wide “audition” | cont discover n Ameri themselves, wome HUSbands Are “l for the country and to raise the Missi | standards of radio pr ms L | throughout the United States. | 55INg | ter to C. J. Matthews, e ‘ nager of the Atwater Kent ‘ S el Doty e Sl think the national radio andi- today delved further into gang war| 4ion as outlined in your letter a conspiracies in an effort to solve the slayings of two sisters whose deaths brought unsolved killings here to 11 during the past 18 months. e lusbands of the two women, | laudable undertaking. It should ulate interest in the ‘musically ined youth of our cointry and offer them opportunity tl‘at other- wise would be unlikely. Ruth Barrett, 32 and Mrs.| "“To this end I wish it success | ian Kooser, 35, were sought by po-| and am hopeful much good will | lice. The women were found shot to| come therefrom.” | h in the F ett home Thursday. | <. Barrett’s husband., James Bar- | | allas O'Byrne 18 Harry Morris, ed in automob finance HENRY FORD ACTS AS PLANE PILOT Police are ipvestigating | v that he, 100, may have His automobile was founc untry road near here. | came here a | from Mankato, Minn., with her sister, is charged with Jare in connection with a tore robbery at Blue Earth, Minn. e has been at liberty on bail Several months ago he was acquitted | Sits at Controls With Lind- on a bank robbery charge. He is be- lieved to he somewhere in Canada. bel‘gh as one Of Pas- sengers in Big Ship. to live d Jewelry Police learned that one of the women was a friend of two women who were £lain here five weeks ago in what was believed to have been a bootleg gang | feud. BRITISH RACING ENTRY the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 12 sat at the controls of Henry Ford of his own HELD FASTEST OF TYPE | #irvianes veste: nd for a few [ minutes piloted notable party, in- e luding Col. Charles A, Lindbergh, noplane Mad Schneider | above the Ford airport Eorhpime i Mste e It was Mr. Ford's first experience | Contest Weighs Less Than En- |at the “stick” and was made possible by the dual control of the big Ford tri-motored planes, Harry Brooks, England, | Ford organization, e big Ford plane and gine of Earlier Craft. chief pilot of the ad charge of the sat beside the ated Press, Suffolk, smallest of the seven a Ass ILINSTOWE he SIX LITTLE BLU entered by Herbert Cla RIBBON PROSPE i713 Piney Bran A. T'hotos, el up team as they p American team, beg member of the Ame: STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, 1927. ROYAL PARTY SUGGESTS “) dedication ceremos at Buffalo the ceremony. The group inclu hats; Viee President Dawes, S QUEEN MIXES ART WITH THE GAME. an tennis star, sketching members of the British W htman e for the international matches with the rest Hills, Long Island. As a ng today. at she will meet her Mrs. Baldwin. FORMAL DRE:! P des the P ice of Wales and Prince opper””; Premier St ey Baldwin, carry ,.. |c» S S. The principals in the Peace Bridge xhibit some novel modes as they board a ‘steames for Toronto after ng coats and straw his_high hat, and Wide World Photos. eorge, in mo Helen Wills, the t subjects on the Wide World Pho { D. Tremaitie, built in this country. PLANE IN FATAL CRASH. ¥y fiyer who was killed with Lieut. Waggener in the low-winged i v_were entered to fly builder of the plane, the first of its kind Lieut. George Covell (at right), in the Honolulu air derby. Wide World Photos. FOR THE ROCKVILLE FAIR. These little brown and white cock h road, in the dog show to be held in connection with the Rockville, Md have been to ht by Harris & Ewing. |SEATTLE-TOKIO FLIGHT IS PLANNED IN TEXAS| [4 Effort to Be Taken on Overseas Flight Fort Worth Business Men Interest- ed in Project—War Ace May Be Pilot. | By the Aesociated Pross ABILEN to raise $50,000 for a from Seattle to Tokio wer today the West Texas Chamber Texas, 4 Plans non-stop flight o announced of by Commerce and a group of Fort Worth business men W. T, Ponder, World Wa to have been ecredited with ace, said 11 enemy planes, was tentatively selected o pilot the plane on the 4.900-mile flight. Thomas Poyner, head of the Fort Worth delegation, pledged $25,000 to |the fund. The City of Seattle has of- fered a $30,000 prize for the first non- stop flight to Tokio, and it is under il Jes competing in the | otor manufacturer, while the latter coming Schneider Cup races in |0CCupied a control seat. ] ma < first public appearance | The flight in the big Ford plane Yesterday, somewhat decreasing the | followed by a few minutes a ride in | 3 v which has mirked IBritish | the Spirit of St. Louls with Col. £ Wi S dompitition Lindbergh, which was the first flight h :h manufacturer were insg nlanes housed in the hang adrport 1 made nd the is named | Mr. Ford eve Col. Lindbe utomobile vari at the Jus air-cooled 1 ne in the Suddenly the your colonel § e plane ge gnat. | “Mr. Ford, I've never had a passen, s a point J curious | I the Spirit of St. Louls. 1'd like for s and a cockpit %o small that the | you to be the first passenger.” tiat squl kel Himeelr dntwige |” Later Mr. Ford said, “I took a fiight because Col. Lindbergh asked me to a The weight of the whole struc. including the engine, it was said, | as o less than was considered the rea. | mable weight of engines alone in the | s of aireraft deselopment. | np MoDANIEL UNCHANGE BANK OFFICIAL ENDS LIFE ke Miami Man Found Dead in Auto favor, 1 couldn't ire. o x pile 1 s personal arlier Wednesday. Richmond Pastor Suffered Stroke stood Japanese organizations will at- tempt to r e an equal sum wer recommended purchase of s nea plane to cost dpproximately 'BODY PARTLY IDENTIFIED. | Authorities Believe Suicide to Have Been Defaulter in Cuba. SAN FRANCISCO, August 12 (#) - The Examine s New York and San Francisco inv ors are working on the theory that a man who regis tered at a local hotel under the name of Thomas W. King, and committed suicide August 2, was Macdonnell Ma- | =on, alleged to have disappeared from | Cuba v leaving a $20,000 short 4 bun Investigators are sald to have ad | vancea the ti that Mason, former | United States corpor nd later | manager of the ed States Rubber Un RICHMOXD, Va., August 12 (®), Co.'s Havi branch, attempted, after on Beach, The condition of the Rev. Dr. George | eml the $20,000, to build up a A 12 (A he | W MeDaniel, pastor « the First j reputa nan here, but killed him- Lawler, 3 assistant | Baptist Church of Richmond and | seif when his plans went wrong and Meyer-Kiser Bank here, | .ormer president of the ithern | he ran out ney, Mianmi Beach e in | Baptist Convention, was reported un-| Walte Flynn, surety agent in an automobile vesterday. A coroner’s | changed by attendants at a local hos- | New York City, is quoted as saying jurv returned a verdiet of su pital today. Dr. MeDaniel suffered ““Palice said Lawler used a pistol to | from a stroke of paravlsis Wednesday gnd his Iife. An investigation of his | morning, his second in the past two Tecords was oidered by the bank, years, Iy at comparison of newspaper photo- graphs of “King' and Mason left little doubt that they were pictures of the same gan. Flappers of Germany Appeal to Airman | g00d-100 Dy the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 12.—A bevy of ing flappers would accom- pany Otto Koennecke on his proposed flight across the Atlantic, ording to Frau Koennecke, if he accepted only A &m him I Il part of the proposals made to v would-be flying frauleins, “You have no idea what stac equests to take them along my hus- sived from women,” she They had themselves pho- in all sorts of alluring wo women even visited me M reproached me, as though I were responsible for his refusal to take e of 1 necke and his backer, Count flew from Trave- Koei Solms-Laubach, muends to the Tempelhofer Alr Fleld, Berlin, yesterday and expected to fly today 'to Cologne, from which place they hope.to start on their trans- ntie journey. Speaking of the $25,000 prize await- | ing them if they are the first of the it lantic fivers to reach Philadel- | phia, Koennecke eaid they would be happy to Jand anvwhere in America knowing they wonld feel at home ne matter where they descended. If they had_enough fuel left when they reached New York, he declared, the would continue on to Philadelphia, for, he explained, the transatlantic un’ dertaking had no large organization behind it and the prize offered by a Philadelphia paper “is not to be sneezed at.” Fir ONTARIO-LONDON FLIGHT PLANS BEING RUSHED Titily Yantl B2 0saii N Supsrvising Construction of Ship for 3,900- Mile Journey. By the Associated P: LONDON, Ontarifo, August 12.— Preparations are going ahead rapldly for the proposed London, Ontario, to London, England, flight. Work on a two-mile runway east of the city limits was started yesterday in the hope of having it ready for the hop-off as early as August 1 ry Tully and Lieut. Jimmy e In Detroit, Mich., supe ng the final outfitting of their specially built Stinson monoplane. air tests were scheduled for to- day and it is believed the machine will he flown to the alrdrome here, Monday. P’ J. A. Cardin, minister of marine and telegraphs, has placed the ser ices of his department at the dis- posal of the flyers to aid them In their 3,900-mile transatlantic journey. The Canadian Pacific Ocean services also are lending their full co-operation, ] Capt Medealf MARINE CORPS TEAM WINS RIFLE MATCHES; Adds Two More Victories in United | Services Tourney—Awarded 13 Trophies. The Marine Corps rifle and pistol team added two more rifle matches to their string of victor in the united services of New England tournament at Wakefield, Mass., Wednesday. The tournament is only half over and the Marines have won 10 out of the 12 matches in which they were eligible to participate. Thirteen individual and team trophles were awarded Marines -in connection with these matc The results of yesterd are as follows: Phelan mieh (in- | dividual), 10 shots each, 200 and 300 | | vards rapid five, won by Sergt. Henry | . Crowe. Awarded trophy. Marines {also took third to eleventh places. Army and Navy Club match ( man team), 10 shots each, 200 and 300 yards, rapid fire, won by Marine team. Awarded four trophies, one to each membher of team. Marines 2lso took second and third places. matches | furnished by the station porter and THREE AMERICAN WOMEN GET DIVORCES IN PARIS Mmes. Wilson, Hosmer and Rob- bins Obtain Freedom on De- sertion Charge. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 12.—Threa Amer!- can women were granted divorces by the Paris courts today on grounds of abandonment. Mrs. Eleanor Mercer Wilson was divorced from Roy Warning Wilson. They were married October 4, 1919, at Chicago, III. Mrs, Mildred Burrell Adams Hosmer, from Elwood Hosmer. They were mar- ried in Paris May 14, 1 Thelr American address is not stated. Mrs. Frances Cleveland Lamont from Francis Le Baron Rob- They were married June 18, N. Y Robbi bins. 1918, at Millbrool Moving Mountain Losing Its Bulk in Heavy Rock Slides | By the Associated Prees ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., August 12.—Slowly crumpling and losing its bulk in tremendous rock slides, a large mountain 110 miles north of here has stirred tourists with ts_phenomenal movements. Millions of tons of earth bowiders have tumbled into a below the Rocky Giant. Fremont Lake, with huge eposits of rocks in its bed from the slides, has overflowed and another lake is being formed. The main slide was reported a half mide wide. George Reddick, Omaha capl- talist, owner of a Summer home near Fremont Lake, said today he observed 12 distinct movements in and a day. The noise of the rock tumbling 1000 feet down the mountainside distinetly audible to L. W. Sargent, at Daniel, Wyo,, 14 miles away The mountain is approximately 10,000 feet above sea level, CHURCH DELEGATES GET UNITY REPORT World Conference Discusses Committee’s Work on Re- ligious Union. | | | | By the Associated Press, LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 12.—The delegates to the World Con- ference on Faith and Order, meeting here in an effort to bring about church unity, were engaged in private dis- cussions today on reports of speclal committees on “the name of the church,” “the church’s message to the world” and “the church's com- mon confession of faith. These reports, presented vesterday, had heen anxiously awaited by the delegates, who feel that much depends on the proper outline to the Christian | SLAYER EXECUTED. Author of “Trunk Mystery” Mur-| der Pays Penalty in London. | LONDON, #).—John | Robinson, 3 'k, was exe- cuted this morning for the murder of Mrs. Minnie Bonnati, wife of an Italian waiter. He was found guilty on_July 13. The case was known as the “Char- ing Cross trunk mystery,” the dis- membered body having been discov- ered in a trunk at the baggage room of the Charing Cross railway station May 10, a few days after death. Rob- inson was traced through descriptions the man who sold the trunk. - . Muddy River Hits Fishing. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., August 1 Bass fishing in the Shenandoah Potomac Rivers and other streams of northern Virginia is at a standstill and lovers of the sport have nothing ta do but mark time until the river clears. | standing that “competent authority in | world of considered views on these | ubjects. As for the mesage of the church, the | substance Of the report is that this age “is and mustalways remain spe: of “Jesus Christ”; that the gospel “is the joyous message of eter- nal redemption, which is the gitt of God to sinful man in Jesus Christ.” One thousand words is given over to the report on the nature of the church. Christlans are called upon to be- come united “If the church is ever to accomplish His will for the salvation of the world.” Both the Nicene and Apostles’ creeds are accepted in the report on the com- mon confession of faith, with the under- each church” shall fix their use. o an automobil | connection with the jewel robbery. “BLUE-SKY” FRAUDS INQUIRY RENEWED | Federal Trade Commission Orders Probe Brought Up to Date. Another inquiry into the sale of “blue sky” securities and the opera- tion of other “get-rich-quick” frauds has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission. Holding that present legislative remedies are Inadequate, the comm! sion by resolution. has instructed its chief economist to conduct the in quiry and make recommendations to eliminate or reduce the menaca through possible State or Federal regulations. me time ago the commission in- | stituted a g into the | subject of s securities, but | no_report was made. The in- | auiry " now ordered will bring the I proceedings up to date. iight “blue sky” cases now pend- before the ssion and in- ildcat™ oil schemes were listed in a ing volving alleged promoted in Texas statement as “typical examples of the evil on which war has been de- clared.” AUTHORITIES ON TRAIL OF $86,000 STOLEN GEMS Suspect Confesses Participation in Robbery of Mrs. Edward Hines Last Winter, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 12.—A new trail toward recovery of the $86,000 pearl necklace stolen from Mrs. Edward Hines, social leader and wife of the millionaire lumberman, during a train trip East last Winter, was pursued by the police today following the con- fession of Roy ffith of East St. Louis, who admitted he took part in the robbery. Griffith, also known as Jean Mar- quis, confessed his part in the rob- bery and implicated two othe: one f them a young girl, after he was wrrested when a companion, J. C. Col- urn, taken into custody for stealing told police of Griffith’s Griffith said the neck 13 well as a valuable ring, were stal in the pos- se: name poifce did not reveai. of the ring, valued at $12,000, was not reported by Mrs. Hi ion of the girl accomplice, whose The theft Griffith was arrested at East St. Louis. RAIN AIDS FIREFIGHTERS. Battle With Forest Flames in Northwest Effects Control. PORTLAND, Oreg., August 12 (#).—- tain brought relief today to hundreds of men fighting forest fires in Wash- ng n and Oregon. ——— e though fires generally were re- Horse Show Crowds Large. ported under control in southern T8 Washington and northern Oregon, an Special Dispatch 1o The Star. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., August 12.—The Charles Town annual horse show, which drew a record attendance order was j than 23,000 acres in the Mount Hood National of lack of moisture and dense smoke, ued today closing more Forest to tourists because and also a record list of entries for prizes this year, which would m: closed here last night. ' difficult, 0 @ detection of fires