Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1927, Page 12

LANDING A don insurance clerk, b water near Dover, first attempt. The swimmer wears FTER CHANNEL SWI ing cheered ngland, after swimming THE EV NG STAR, WASHI iTON, D. ©C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1927, M. by t e as _he comes out of the the English Channel in his p. pops the white ¢ cht by P. & A. Photos. HAI friends and supporte conquest of the English Channel France, minutes. W CHAN to London Point, near Dover, England, in 14 houts EL SWIMMER. A cheering group of «un‘mml"ll? Temme on the tug Alsace, after his He_swam from Capo Gris Nez, Copyright by P. & A. accepted th flight. Col. Lindbergh said I the air. TAKES FORD ON FIRST FLIGHT. Lindbergh at the Ford airport just after the Detro famous pilot’s invitation to go up with passenger seemed to feel at home in Henry Ford and Col. Charles / manufacturer hat for his first ‘Wide World Photos. terror was taken d tants of several v homes. The lava flow w tivity for some years. on the as said to be heavier than i VESUVIUS ON NEW RAMPAGE. This piiotograph of Italy's volcanie the recent alarming activity, when the inhabi- abandoned their any period of ac- Wide World Photos. slopes tempora BRITISH FLYER MEETS DEATH IN PACIFIC DERBY ENTRY. The novel cantilever-type monoplane in which Arthur V. Rogers, former British Army flyer, crashed to his death while on a test flight yesterday near Los Angeles. His death was the third among flyers entered in the Dole prize race to Honolulu. The fiyer dropped 125 feet when his machine went into a nose dive and fell like a rock. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. WOMAN S INJURED AS GAR OVERTURNS Fireman Cut Aiding Victim of Crash—Four Others Are Hurt in Mishaps. One woman was hurt when an auto- mobile turned over after a crash last night, and a fireman who went to her assistance suffered a cut hand on glass broken out of the car. Mrs. Adelaide K. Lowe, 75 years old, of 1930 Eighteenth street was pinned ¢ a car driven by her granddaughter, Miss Adelaide Wood- ford, of the same address, which was in collision at Sixteenth and K streets With the car of Lawrence W. Mallory of Lanham, Md. Miss Woodford and her mother, Mrs. Kate L. Woodford, escaped injury. Raymond H. Hooper of No. 1 En- gine Company went to their assistance and was hurt extricating M She was treated for a : arm at Emergency Hospital. Three Washingtonians were injured last night when the automo which the; i a n ng the of one rib 1 a fractu actur ed, while Ralph I. Har- 2 street old, 310 D William Keppel, 27 2 Florida avenue north was only slightly hurt. Osborne and Harbaugh were treated at Gasualty Hospital. a d Mae Rastall, 14 years 57 Reno | t d, alighted f: et car at | P ‘Wisconsin avenue and Military road |d a yesterday afternoon and was struck by the automobile of Gustave J. Orr, Sa- vannah, Ga. She was only slightly |t hurt. OVER-OCEAN MAIL BAG v GIFT TO SMITHSONIAN |» 1 which wa n First One, Carried by Fokker Mono- plane Across Atlantic, Presented to Aeronautical Section. eronautic the i . tution an announceme Garber, in charge of the institution. Mr. € placed it on ¢ building [ 1ographs Byrd, Be George The evide ceived a ducking in the ocean off the coast of France at the tim monoplane was forced to m. #ng in the water. Close ex: ©of the bug today reve ‘nce of having re- n |y seams were hidden t had been washed off the letter were immediately mandeered by | Mr. Ga in the institu- | ton’s stamp c v of | Prizes MOTORIST IS ROBBED Robber Teaps on Auto and Holds tol. wood_road I the highwayman jumped aboard, bran- quickly made { shipping boxe TWO DISTINGUISHED PASSENG arrival at Plymouth, England. The noted financier ERS LANI down the gangplank of the Mauretania with his litt J. P. Morgan walking fe grandson on their 1 his several weeks’ vacation abroad would include a little grouse shooting in Scotland. ‘Wide World Photos. TI CRAFT FAILS IN TESTS FOR TRA steward on the steamship Aquitani: failed to come up to expectations du it from Dover, England, with a companion. wind and the footpower of its passengers. g tests, forcing him to abandon k NSATLANTIC VOYAGE. sitting in the cockpit of his 12-foot “mystery” ship Carrie, which Edward Tierney, a former his attempt to cross the Atlantic in The little boat was designed to be propelled both by the Wide World Photos. Offered For Color Schemes For 31 New Busses The public will be given a chance to help select the color scheme for the 31 new busses to be purchased by the Washington Rapid Transit Co., and cash prizes will be awarded the best ee suggestions. Those desiring to take part in the contest may obtain from the com- pany offices blank drawings to be filled in either in oil or water color. Only one sample may be submitted by a contestant. embers of the Washington Arts Club will be judges, and the prizes will be $50, $30 and $20. The con- test will close August 20. The com- pany will reserve the right to use, modify or blend any of the propo- sals submitted. OF CASH BY BANDIT Up Rawlings—Four Bur- glaries Reported. Leaping on the running board of his utomobile, a lone colored bandit last ight took $24 from John S. Rawlings, 015 Blair road, at the point of a pis- Rawlings was cruising along Hare- ween Michigan avenue d about 7 o'clock when nd Blair re ing the weapon and ordering him top and give up his money. Com lying, Rawlings then was told to rive on, s he did So, the negro getawa ries Four burg ere reported achine, records h of shoes and slippers aken from the home of Henry 824 Half str was nd the = in indc ne avenue was em- Jloyed for ge into the honse of faitie McWill, 2120 Eleventh street, ransacked, but apparently nothirg taken A diamond ring, valued at 875, was | from the apartment of Blond: , 2127 P strect, and a_gold | lued at $50 fr the home | HIGH-GRADE RUM SEIZED. MIAMI, ¥ August .—AD- | yroximatel. 10 cases of w t was de- cribed 1 nts as “high- d a liquors _were cized on teamship Muna- sterday n shortly hefore the sl fiami Harbor for The shipment, loaded in seven big was delivercd at the short time before its iier only a | oms offl following the sefz. id they expected to muake ar- Hyattsville Man Commissioned Delphey T. E. Casteel of Hyatts- lle, Md., has bheen commissioned by e War Department a colonel in the Auxillary (inactive) Reserve Corps of , 231 Jackson Hall |y, the Army. second cam| SECOND CAMP OF CIVILIAN SOLDIERS OPENS AT FORT WASHINGTON. vesterday taking the oath administer ed by Brig. Gen. Frank Parker, assistant chief of staff. missioner Sidney F. Taliaferro, who addressed the students. They come from the District, Maryland, Virgi R it 600 C. M. T. students on hand for the opening of the On the stand at the left also is Com- ia and Pennsy\l ania. hington Star Photo. BILL OF PARTICULARS IS DENIED DEFENDANT Phillips Charles Soyez, Member of French War Commis- sion, Facing Alienation Suit. Chief Justice McCoy yesterday denied the application of Phillips Charles Soyez, a former member of a ¥rench war commission to this country, for a bill of particulars of the suit for $50,- 000 dam: brought against him by ieorge W. M. Shea, an auditor in the Treasury Department. Shea is suing for alleged alienation of the affections of Reine Rose Shea, his 24.year-old French wife. Shea was recently given a divorce from his wife in a proceed- ing where Soyez was named as co-re- spondent. The court told counsel for the de- fense to first file his plea to the dec- ation of Shea and then he might renew his motion if so advised. The application of S; sought to have th urt require Shea to specify the uation placed by him on his wife's vise the defendant just how he hed the total of $50,000 named in the suit, 54 REGRET ANTI-U.S. DISPLAY Officials of Morocco Apologize to Former Consul. United States Consul Russell at sablanca, Morocco, has cabled the State Department that the residency and local authorities of that city had alled at the consulate and expressed regret for the cent incident in which a crowd of Sacco and Vanzettl sym- pathizers gathered about his office and burned an American flag, carried by them, before they kad been dis- persed by the police. Col. Caffey Assigned. Col. Lochlin 'W. Caffey, 38th Infan- try, at Fort Sill, Okla., has been as- signed to the command of Camp Mc- Clelland, Family Saved From Subway Trying Walk To Coney Island on False Directions By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 13.—An Eng- lish family, consisting of R. C. Wal- ton, his wife and daughter, started to walk to Coney Island yesterday using a subway for a foot path until James O'Donald, subway motorman, made an’ emergency stop to point out to_them “the error of their way.” In England, the word nder- ground” or ¥tube” means what Americans know as the subway, and subway means a foot passage under a street or building, so when the ‘Walton's decided to walk to the beach resort and were told that the subway would be the shortest and the best way to get the they entered the Broad subway of the Brooklyn-Manhattan line and started down the express tracks. “I thought it rather odd that one must walk through such a dirty and unlighted place,” Walton said after he and his family had been placed on board a Coney bound train, “but, of course, I sup- sed the men who told me knew t they were ing about, so we followed di The motorr opped his train when he saw the Waltons, three car the a lengths ahead, nding near dangerous third rail and bew by the maze of tracks, steel g and signal lights, with no sign of the smooth pavements they thought should be there. MONUMENT PACT READY. Americans and French to Agreement for Ground. Sign An agreement designed to aid the American Battle Monuments Commis- sion in acquiring land in France has been concluded and will be signed here in the next few d: by State De- partment and French embassy of- ficials, The commission said that under the agreement it would be able to sell to the French government for a nomi- nal sum any land acquired by it in exchange for a perpetual lease to the ground free from any taxation. Heating Plants for Schools. Contracts for the installation of heating plants in three schools were awarded by the Commissioners yester- day afternoon as follows: Hine Junior High School, awarded to W. L. Gary Co., for $24,600; Bruce School, awarded to Casey Engineering Co., for $14,289, and Cardoza School, awarded to James P, McCurdy, for §9,860, AID FOR FLOODED AREAS. Plans Under Way to Find Work for Unemployed. Director General Jones of the United States Employment Service, conferred yesterday with Red Cross officials to bring before them 6ppor- tunities for employment of the un- areas employed residing in the flooded ssippi V in the M The need fc lley. 000 cotton pickers in the cotton flelds of Oklahoma and Arizona and west Texas was laid be- fore the relief division of the Red Cross. Estate Valued Above $50,000. An estate valued in excess of $50,- 000 is left by Willlam H. Warner, who died July 29, according to a petition of his widow, Florence A. Warner, and his sons, Harmon War- ner and Clarence Warner, for letters of administration on his estate. Mr. Warner owned premises 1503 Hamil- ton street, 5312 Forty-first street and roal ostate at Awn Park, Fla. MAN WANTED IN D. C. ARRESTED IN GOTHAM Clinton T. Flannigan, Colored, Ac- cused of Forgery in Connection With Realty Loans. Word of the arrest in New York ity of Clinton T. Flannigan, colored, wanted here to answer charges of for- gery in connectfon with real estate transactions, was received yesterday by Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of detectives. an has been indicted by the grand jury on charges involving more than §7,000, according to the police, the greater portion of it from a realty and that he obtained money on deeds made out on real estate without knowledge or consent of owners of the property, enabling him to nego- tiate loans, Local police asked the New York authorities to turn Flannigan ever to the United States marshal there to be brought her TEXAS FRUITS BARRED. Pest Causes Quarantine on Grape- fruit and Oranges. A quarantine on movements of grapefruit, oranges and other fruits from Cameron, Hidalgo, and Wi Counties in Texas was announced yes- terday by Secretary Jardine. The quarantine was decided on be- cause of the presence of the Mexican fruit worm. It will become effective August 15. Ordered to Medical Center. First Lieut. Walter E. Chase, Army Dental Corps, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., has been ordered to this city for duty at the Army Medical Center, Walter Reed General Hospital, American Soldiers Ordered to Learn All the grunts, nods and signs that American military forces in China_can_muster have failed to enlighten Chinese merchants as to of the wants of the dough- have been issued must learn at least o words, the War De- partment states. Col. Isaac Newell, regimental com- mander of the 15th United States Intantry, stationed in Tientsin, ex- plained in the orders that the en- larged vocabulary will create a bet- ter understanding between the storekeepers and the soldiers and serve to reduce po ity of alter- cations. The soldier’s value to his regiment if called into the field also will be increased, it was stated. FELAND SEES RAPID NICARAGUA RECOVERY Amnesty Offered All Followers of Former Liberal General San- dino Who Lay Down Arms. By the As led Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August 13.— Brig. Gen. Logan Feland, in command of the United States Marine forces in Nicaragua, yesterday reported that conditions in Nicaragua are rapidly approaching normal. The general has issued a proclama- tion granting amnesty to all followers of the former Liberal general Sandino who lay down their arms. The Con- servative government of President Adolfo Diaz, acting at the suggestion of the United States State Depart- ment, will offer two cabinet posts to the Liberal party, members of which are deliberating the question of ac- ceptance. Reports have heen received here that Gen. Chamorro, Nicaraguan rep- resentati i the pre : ely preceding the election of President Diaz, will sit Washington before returning to Nicaragua for the v of the State Department as to ndidacy, MURDER FUGITIVE CAUGHT Man Accused by Wife Wanted for Slaying 25 Years Ago. MPA, Fla, August 13 (P).—A charge by his wife of d. on and non-support against W, P. 1son re- sulted in his arrest and identification s > Griffith, wanted in for the murder 25 years Sizemore at Welch, W, Identification was made through photographs of Griffith circulated ughout the country. nnis Hatfleld of West Sheriff L. M. Hiers that he would send fith. Griffith was ar- ago. red here yesterday officers for G rested several Annoying Racket. From Life Mrs. Petunia Riggs has at last lo- cated the squeak in the rear of her car which has been bothering her for the last few days. It was her husband requesting from the back seat that she drive 2 little slower. I 300 Chinese Words MINNESOTA G. 0.P. BOOSTS LOWDEN Every Congressional District Represented in Meeting Backing Him. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, August 13.—Members of |an executive committee from every congressional district in Minnesota met here yesterday and officlally opened the campaign in this State in behalf of former Gov. Frank O. Low- den of Illinois for the Republican presidential nomination. A telegram of greeting was received from Mr. Lowden. The committee decided to perfect Lowden organiza- tions in every county in Minnesota and to circulate a petition asking him to become a candidate for the presi- dency. Petition to be Circulated. A petition will be circulated in Minnesota, similar to that recently completed in Montana, requesting the former Illinois Governor to announce himself formally as a candidate for the nomination. State nator Clavde H. MacKen- zie of Gaylor presided at the meeting, ich authorized a subcommittee of members to promote the Seate- wide organization and actively press “the Lowden cause.” It was decided to prepare a state- ment of farm conditions in the North- west, declaring these warranted the nomination and election of a man “with the interest of the farmer at heart.” Statement by MacKenzie. Mr. MacKenzie told the committee that he had received assurances that any work done now in behalf of Mr. Lowden would be acceptable to the group “now organizing his campaign along national lines.” The meeting was told that a petition to Mr. Lowden is ready for delivery from South Dakota “as soon as Presi, {dent Coolidee’s visit to that State. {ends.” and that one now is being cir- {culated in Iowa. MARRIAGES ANNULLED. * | Court’s Final Decrees Separate Two ‘Wedded Couples. Chief Justice MeCoy yesterday signed |a final decree annuling the marriage tof nk Studwood and Helen E. Stud- | wood. The husband complained that his wife had gone through a ceremony , without_the rom John Dor- e had been married in | 2 | formality of a divoree to whom sl | s 11 The chief justice also awarded a final degree of annulment to Mrs. Eva A. Hugitt, from John H. Huggitt. The husband, it was charged, had a wife ing from whom he had not been ivorced when he married the plaintiff. . Careless Smoker Starts Fire. QUEBEC, Quebec, August 13.—Fire believed to have been caused by a careless smoker, was discovered in a linen room on the steamer Iroquois of the Clyde Steamship Co., in port here last night. One flreman was overcome by smoke in fighting the blaze which was quickly extinguished with slight damage.