Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1927, Page 2

2 TAXI TEGT UPSET BY PLEA OF GUILTY Driver Admits Loitering and Board's Authority Is Unchallenged. an of the defendant in pleading ct in the strect than a what the police = to re fied 3 to a ree of loitering at a place other ruined was anned 10 be a test case of 1 power of the Commissions et ki he spe 1 hefore today ce A. I 1rnes.a Diamand taxi the defendant, actine e of his attorner W, " ded guilty ve e al b the comnt Harnes, e cah ops on the tor n who ar testitied he found his taxi Thirteenth here e defendant, er at standstill ¢ I streot between and Fourteenth streets, where is no pubiic hack stand ing 1 dze Hitt developed cman Barnes that there iblic hack stands in the tion capahle accem 18 taxicabs. dded there 600 taxicabs b oon m Pol were two p ntown ng abe witne were ap. in Wash- pursue this line further,” Judge H It is amazing at there could he space for 1S cahs when there are 1,600 on streets.” explaine to me t oniy the —— e CONFER TOMORROW ON BALLOT REFUSALS Senate Officials to Discuss Plan for Impounding Votes in Vare Contest. Br the Associated Pross. A conference to devise further steps to be taken in the effort to o for the Senate the hallots cast in the last senatorial contest in Pennsylvania | has been called here for tomorrow noon. David S. Barry, arms, has rec the 53.counties he approached on the subject, and those declined to his request, insisting that the demand made was not in proper form. The conference will attempt to work | out some plan which will meet the conditions imposed by the county courts in charge of the ballots. Representatives of William S. Vare, Republican, and Willlam B. Wilson, Democrat, who contested in the elec: tion, are expected to be present. HUNTINGTON, .. August 16 (#). —President Judge T. F. Bailey of the twentieth judicial district of Pennsyi- vania yesterday sent a reply to David S. Barry, sergeantatarms of the United States Senate, refusing the re- quest of that body to impound the bal- lot boxes of Huntingdon, Bedford and Mifflin Counties in connection with the Vare-Wilson contest over the Novem. ber, 1026, election, on account of “the impracticability of such a movi In his communication to the Senate Judge Bailey said: “But I am willing 1o co-operate in so far,as to direct the county commissioners to have the cus- todians of the boxes move the ballots and other contents and have them im- pounded at.the county seats., subject to the further order of the Senate of the United States CITY HEADS AUTHORIZE RESURFACING STREETS| Commission: for Eleven Projects in All Sections of District. Senate sergeant-at- s Approve Contract, Resurfacing of 11 streets with asphalt, the work to be done by the firm of McGuire and Rolfe, Inc., was authorized by the District Commis- sioners today. The streets are: D street, from South Capitel to First southeast; D street, from South Capitol to First southwest; ¥ street southwest, South Capitol to First; E street southwest, Second to Third; T street, Fifteenth to Sixteenth north- west; Sixth street, B to C streets northeast; Twenty-ninth street, N to northwest: Thi street, N to P northwest reet, Maryland avenue to H northeast; Tenth street, Maryland avenue to H northeast, and B street, Eleventh to Fourteenth northeast. Soviet Declines Parley Bid. GENEVA, Switzerland, August 16 P).—The government of Soviet Rus- sia, which, like the United States, ac- cepted an invitation to attend the forthcoming conference on communica tions and transit, telegram to that effect being 2 vesterda . BAND CONCERTS TONIGHT. nited Stat at ) Alto Hospital March, “Under the Guard” Overture, Marine Band 7330 o'clock Star of the .. Stieberitz ingals Cave, Mendelssohn leanor™. . Deppen ative and song, ime, Sweet Eve. Tannhauser Wa Albert Bennert “Algeria Hernert | Beautiful Dan- Morceau de salon, i rec Suh tror ner Musician < from “The Blue Kiss Her fc teristic, “Down South.’ Mydleton led Banner Band, a* Cansao do Sold © O ar for A ... Filipovsky n Willinm Mever. from th Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakow Kalendar.) opera, *. . Mu “Beautiful Blue cen Strauss Excerpts from the musical comedy “The Only Girl .Hcrbert Bacchanale from nd De- “The Star § plecolo, “Chant Music phe m sym- ry scenes from the oncert, Py the United States Soldiers’ Home !«!;dkal the upper bandstand, 5:40 o'clock, March, “The Spirit of Independ- ence” . = .. Helzmann Overture, “Catherina Conare”.Lachner | Entracte—a) “The PBird at the Waterfall” <.... Ring-Hager Logan | Grand selection, ..Gounod Fox trot, “Proud” Schonberg Waltz suite, "\Iolnln‘ “Journals.” Strauss ¢ Finale, “Song of the Wanderer," Moret ' ¥The Star Spangled ¥o Hitt | ved replies from 23 of | honor | revoked its de- | DISTRICT MILITIA DIGGING TRENCHES 121st Engineers Have Many in Morning Line-up Seeking Treatment for Blisters. BY W. Staft v FORT WHEATLEY 0t of The Star HUMPHREYS, Va. August ed by the speed with which | hey accomplished their tasks and the izht of their labors taking real form, © members of the {21st Regiment of ! Engineors National Guard the District of Columbia, went into the field again today to continue thefr | jefforts in perfecting their military ucation to fit them for immediate service in the field if war again threatens their country "he hard task of yvesterday in the i field. when many of them were intro | duced to Iaboring jobs, sent the citizer, | rs early to bed to ohtain a \\lvh‘ earned rest preparatory to resuming the lahors of today. Seelc Medical Aid. military Many woodsmen and ilders played havoe with hands during the day. | {and the heavy Army marching shoes just_didn't set right in the place of the light shoe of the city-bred fellow, 0 that when the mournful notes of sick eall drifted through the harracks | this morning Maj. George 1. Allen, | commanding the medical detachment, und a line outside awaiting ten tion for blisters. A little first aid | wiministered without much svmpathy | was applied, and the youns men were sent hack to their commands in time to march the long distance to the war where they manned heavy | tools, but with a little | of tenderness than yes- Worlk bridge b office-trained | seetor, | woodsmer: more display | terday. | “The guardhouse is empty. | bay deserted and the trench battle area” full. although the | of the camp prison loomed over or 1w who yvesterday had not fulf realized that they are now a part of | ‘ the gzreat military machine and must do they are told and not as they desire. The recruit school, whose st dents consist of new men who enlisted |in the outfit just hefore they departed for camp and which is under the divec tion of Lieut. Georze Kvans, is not | having so much trouble with military | regulations as it is with the muscles | 6f the men. They seem to find it dift cult to make their feet and bodies do | just what the instructor wants and | With the precision he requires, Trenches Lald Out. Deep down in the pines and the | quiet that is almost mournful ex | cept for the frequent skirmishes with the army of jiggers and ticks, the | whole regiment is laying out a se ries of trenches and machine gun nests as a part of their war problem. | Hundreds of vards of red tape ave being stretched through the area to represent the harbed wire entangle- ments to impede the enemy when the battle of Pig Pine looms. Numerous machine gun nests already have been dug and_well concealed, according to the officers, so that one is the- oretically dead before he can catch a glimpse of them. The men have made them realistic by cutting small saplings and fashioning them in the shape of a machine gun, lest some one think that they are wells instead of machine gun nests. Perhaps the greatest military prob- lem that is being worked out just now from the standpoint of the rank and file is that of the food and its cost. - These men representing the District in camp. according to Sergt. William L. Greene, who presides over the nd Battalion mess, eat more than Regular Army troops, because the appetites are increased by the change in work and they get a ration al- lowance less than those in the reg- ular service. Complaints Are Few. The problem is to feed them all they | | want, keep within the funds allowed | |and still eliminate the kicks, for it is | the inalienable right and practice of the troops to kick ahout the mess. The absence of complaints so far in camp indicates that a solution has been reached for this regiment at least. The hovs of the Ist Battalion to- day had for breakfast, ham and eggs, French fried potatoes, corn flakes, hread, butter and coffee. And for lunch’ they had roast veal, boiled po- tatoes, sliced tomato bread, butter nd lemonade. Realizing that a good desert will keep down a complaint, Lieut. Millard, heading the 1st Bat- tation mess, has ordered homemade ice ecream to be served once a day, and they start in with it at the evening meal, There is little respite for the men until after the evening parade at 5:30 o'clock. The entire regiment paraded yesterday and made a fine showing. the ranks of the companies being well filled. Drill in Afternoon. After the noon meal there is a brief period of school instruction in the shade of the barracks, then the | men are taken onto the parade ground for infantry drill, where they are taught to march and perform the various evolutions expected of well rained troops. The front ranks have little trouble, but the rear ranks ap- parently have a strategic disadvantage Lecause of the precarious angle whi some of the front rank troopers insist | on carrying their vifles. They keep them dangerously near (o the eyes of | the rear rank men. But a steadying hand from the man hehind, which sometimes upsets his military cadence, and a few sharp commands from the | veteran drill sergeant will straighten | them out in a few days, Sergt. Harry Hart of the Regimental Rand was relieved from camp duty to- day and ordered to proceed to New York to the hedside of his father, who is said to be d.mzt-um\l\' i1l SELLING OF GASOLINE FROM WAGONS IS HIT | Fillfng Station Man Complains of Practice to Police and Fire Officials. of alleged the sick in “the hadow one | | | | | Complaint violations of AMPOS | the police regulations againet the in. | Massenet | | discriminate sale of gasoline from | wagons in the vicinity of Center Mar- ket has been made to police and fire officials by J. A. Chappelear, assistant {manager of the Penn Oil Co, 133 | Pennsylvania avenue, Mr. Chappelear ted instances of {alleged violations and informed the police that he would arrange to com pete with the business if the police do {not intend to enforce the regulation. | Capt. | cinct replied that members of his feommand had observed no violations of the regulation, | quire strict compliance with the reg- { ulation, Danville Votes on Bridges. Special Dispatch to The Star, | DANVIL \ August 16.—Dan- ‘\!!ln voters today are deciding if the | I Dan River at a cost of 500000, a doubie bond issue being voted on. One {of the bridges is to replace that burned June 30 and the second is to replace a frail structure. The de- cision: depends, it is claimed, on the T. A. Bean of the first pre. | He promised to re. | shall build two new bridges across | THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. 1. C. WIOF WORLD GERMANS UNLIKELY 0 TRY NEW FLIGHT Junkers’ OffICIal Says Trip May Be Dropped Owing to Advanced Season. | By the Accaciated Prece Angust 16, s for another attempt at a transatlantic flight are extremely <light owing to the advanced season, one of the directors of the Junkers firm told the Associated Press today. He added that even from the first no flight was ¢ vond mid-August, “Of conrse our pilots are all enthu- siasm for another try,” he said, refer- ring to the failure of the planes Bremen and Europa, which were turn- ! hack by adverse weather on their first attempt. “But their views neces- sarily are subordinate sto those who are financing the flight enterprise.” “The underiying idea of the flight was not to make it a sporting event, but to establish a basis for coming transoceanic pireraft, perhaps in con- nection with shipping. Germany., One Plane in Future Trys. (The North German Llovd Steam- ship Co. is one of the financial backers of the Junkers transatlantic expedi- tion) “Therefore a second failure | would enormously harm the trans- atlantic flight ides “Should. contrary another flight he decided upon, it would he with only one plane, as it has been proved that the pilots of two machines have great difficulty in keep. ing in touch with each other.” Herman Koehl of the crew of the Bremen told the correspondent: “The trip was a great experience. I shall try again. 1 will fly to America it I have to try four or five times, Passenger “Alr Sick.” Referring to Baron Gunther von Huenfeld of the North German Lloyd, who was the passenger on the Bremen, Koehl added, jocularly: “Von Huen: feld was terribly air sick most of the time. I simply had to turn hack to end the poor fellow’s agony.” It was announced today fhat the Bremen had covered 3.200 kilometers (1,988 miles) during its 22-hour flight. The technical staff of the Junkers works and the four pilots met at the council table today The real dangers the men in their unsucces: came known when K returned to Dessau. Kog and wind prompted the decision to turn back after the Rremen had gone a little he- yond the west coast of Ireland. Fd- 7ard and Risticz, who were forced to land their plane, the Europa, at Bre- men after encountering storm and fog. reached Dessau about the time the Beemen Tanded. Koehl described the “storm and fog- ridden night”; how the winds toyed with the Bremen, lifting it and push- ing it down <o that at times the plane barely missed the tops of trees. wice the Bremen got out of con- trol,” he said, “although the magnetos functioned perfectly. Because of the divergence of our route and the fact that our battle with the winds forced us 10 use up our fuel at an excessive rate, we resolved to return after h ing negotiated the west coast of Ire- land.” It was 420 o'clock vesterday after- noon, German time, when the Bremen made a perfect landing at the Dessan airfield, having- heen in the air 22 hours.'As there had been no accu- rate information after she had been reported sighted over Treland. the offi- cials of the Junkers Works were taken by surprise. Flyers Win Praise. Prof. Hugo Junkers expressed pleasure also over the excellent man- ner the plane stances, Other officials and aviation experts described the flight as a splendid ex- hibition of airmansh Raron Gunther Von Huenfeld, a former Junkers pilot, who was aboard the Bremen enger, described how the airmen zigzagged over Ire- Jund vainly seeking a passage to the Atlantic, even flving heyond the Aron Islands, on the west coast of Ireland off Donegal “It was with heavy hearts that we made up our minds to retrace our way.” he said, or were we recon- ciled o this measure until so much of our fuel was used up that the pr pect of reaching America was out of | the question. We had even reckoned with the necessity of making an in- termediate landing on the return flight, and it was only because we succeeded in throttling the motor while flying before the wind and sav- ing fuel that we were able to Dessau in a non-stop flight.” Promoters Criticized. Certain of the Rerlin newspapers, while not withholding praise of the pilots’ pluck in the unsuccessful trans- atlantic attempts, sharply criticize to- day what they term the precipitancy of the promoters in starting the flight. The Allgemeine Zeitung declares the attempt should never have heen start- ed in view of the had weather reports {and without wireless sending equip- ment and experienced operators aboard the planes. Disregard of such ‘elementary precautions.” it adds amounts to criminal neglect It would also have been better, the paper believes, to fix the goal as sun- ply the first accessible point on the American ¢Continent instead of oW ork, which is more than 690 milcs farther away, or the even more di tant Chicago. Germania, in a similar strain, -com- lains that ‘there was too much of stunt” about the flight. The object it continues. should not be to “pander to the public praise for sensational | record breaking,” but to make trans- eanic flying a practi hle business position. For this purpose, it be- lieves, single-motored planes are en tirely Inadequate., All the paper phatie in declari tempt must be m to expectations, heset the air- ul attempt he- *hl and Loose under difficult circum- however, are em that another at de. o Reured Ofi»er. 100 D\es HOOD RIVER, Oreg., August 16 (#). Charles_Alexander Schetky, oldest ired officer of the United States v, and one of the oldest Masons in the United States, who celebrated public's views as to the necessity of two bridges at one time, e his 100th birthday versary - last dlared 32, died yeste fternogn, FLYERS PARTICIPATING ntemplated extending be- | IN Upper, left o right: Mildred Do Lower, left to right: Martin Jensen, an, John A. Pedlar, 1 TUESDAY. A THE UGUST 16, 1927 DOLE DERBY TODAY UNDERWOOD ack Jieut. Norman Goddard and Art rost aml \l:\] Livingston Iry hlz. Goebel, By the A MUNICIPAL ATRPORT, entries in the Dole flight taday, crew and name of the ship, follows : 5 Al Henley, Bartlesville, 2. ¥l Encanto—Pilot, gator, Kenneth ¢ 3. Pabco Flyer- navigator). 4. Golden Eagle—Pilot, Jack F Scott, Santa Monica, Calif. ciated Press 2 Norman Pilot, Knopp, San Francisco; in which the aviators had guided | make | [ Aloha—Pilot, Martin Jensen an Francisco. Woolaroc—Pilot, Arthur C. Lient. W. V. Davis, San Diego. 8. Dallas Spirit—Pijt, William Eichwaldt, Alameda, Ca Air King—Pilot, Ralph Lowes, Peoria. ter, Charles W, King, which are biplanes. | Dole Flight Notes Ry the Associated Press. Martin Jensen, Honolulu's hope, he- lieves in having the comforts of home as “ar as possible on his trip across to the islands. Therefore he has in- stalled a wicker chair in his cabin, the only one in the starting line. That is what assigned 1o | and_Lieut. “Keep rolling, kid!" the radio call signals eut, Norman Goddard nneth €. Hawkins in the El En nto tell the intrepid pilot and nav- igator. The signals are “KRK.” Lieut. W. V. Davis of the Navy and | gator for Art Goebel in the Wool- aroc will be right at home in the nav- igator's cabin. The cabin is furnished with practically all the equipment to be found in the chart room of a big battleship. The lieutenant knows how to use them all, {00, Some enterprising compass manu-/ (ecturers in the Kast have assured | the aviators they need have no fear | of getting lost on the way to Hono- fulu. They have sent small com- passes hy air mail to the aviators. The only difficulty, however, is that e compasses do not carry all the degree markings and must he in- stalled overhead and read with mir- ror, because all the markings are backward. The Aloha, flown by Martin Jensen, rolled to the starting line christened with the waters of Waikiki Beach, the famed pleasure spot of Hawaii. The plane, pilot and navigator were sprinkled with the “sacred” sea water by Miss Ruby Smith, officially “Miss Oakland.” The water was hottled and sent here specially for the occasion. 1t Jack Frost's Golden Fagle should go down_ in the Pacific Ocean en route to Honolulu, it can float indef- initely. ‘The plane is equipped with large flotatign hags in wings and fuse- lage, Fearing the automobile crush around Oakland airport, three fem- inine members of the movie colony. backers of Art Goebel, brought their blankets to the airport last night and sought quarters — on ewspaper | Tire planes were lned up In a semi- | circle for the noon start, odd num- | bers to the right, even-numbered starters to the left. A water wagon of the pre-Volstead vintage, with a wooden tank, drawn by two horses, sprinkled the field, with a huge red flag to warn descend- ing airmen. Theft of two compass of the Miss Doran, the monoplane in which J. A. Pedlar ex pects to pilot Miss Mildred Doran to Honolulu, v.as reported. The theft oceurred during the night, A hurried | check of mstruments on other planes revealed no other indications of van- (|n)|lm. magnets from the |GROCK SEEKS RELEASE FROM ST. ELIZABETH'S| | Man Under Sentence for Shooting Former Senator Henderson Denies He Is Insane. | Charles A, Grock, 70 years old, who | was sentenced March 5, 1 to 10 years in the penitentiary for shooting | former Senator Charles B, 1lenderson | of N th enate Office Ruild- filed in the District Su | preme Court a petition for a writ of hibeas corpus 1o secure his release | from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, where ihe had been transferred as insane from Leavenworth Penitentiary., Grock declares he never was insane and is inot now and should mot be held at the hospital. He is represented by Attorney Charles E. Early. Grock visited the office of the for- ' mer Senator March 5, 1921, one dav [after the latter's term had expired, and became involved in a dispute | about a land deal. He shot the solon in the arm. At the trial Glock d missed his attorney and argued a mo- {ion for a new trial himself. The prickly pear weed, which cove! OAKTA in the order of starting, Oklahoma—Pilot, Bennett Griffin, Bartlesville, Miss Doran—Pilot, J. A. Pedla senger, Mi Goebel, 30,000,000 acres of farmland in Queensland, Australia, was introducad there \mmn \hc memm of men nul DOLE Fl l(‘HT IIQT OF ENTRIES 16.—The nine and with the ND, Calif.. August Okla.; navigator, foddard, San Diego, Calif.; navi- Hawkins, San Diego. Livingston Trving, Berkeley, Calif. (no rost, New York; navigator, Gordon navigator, V. ro, Mich. Paul Schul- -, Flint, Mich.; Mildred Doran, ¢ , Honolulu; navigator, Hollywood, Calif; navigator, P. Erwin, Dallas; navigator, Alvin Parkhurst, Peoria, TIL; navigator, All of the planes are monoplanes except the Miss Doran, and Air LT. WILLIAMS READY FOR RACING TESTS { America’s Hope in Schneider Con- | test to Try “Flying Motor” Today. By the Associated Prese PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y. gust 16.—Lieut. Alford wil America’s hope for the Schneider Cup races in Italy, arrived today to take his “flying motor” on its first trip through the air. On August 1 Licut. Williams at- tempted to fly the ship, a 1,200-horse- power plane in which he hopes to travel at 300 miles an hour and thus bring back to America the speed record for both land and sea planes, but the ams | propeller was wrecked by water drawn up between the pontoon: Mechanies have been work of replacing the rushing propeller and building new pontoons so constructed wate their as to spout work. After the accident Tieut. Williams asked that the Schneider Cup races be postponed beyond the scheduled date of September 25 to give him time to make the nmecessary repairs, but the Italian government said this would be impossible. The dviator would not sav today whether he still had hopes of getting to Venjce with his plane in time for the races, NINE DOLE PLANES WILL START TODAY ON HONOLULU RACE (Continued prevent the and today they mechanical finished from_First Page) Air King-—-370 gallons in 20-gallon tanks in the upper wing and the bal- ance equally distributed between two main nks between the pilot and navigato Dailas Spivit lon tanks in 8 gallons in 42-gal- the center of the wing span, 62 gallons in the right wing, 63 gallons in the left wing, 142 gallons in the right main tank in'the fuselaze, 143 gailons in the left main tank, 40 gallons in the center fuselage tank and 26 gallons in a front tank. Oklahoma—440 gallons, with 80 gal- lons equally distributed between two wing tanks, and three fuselage tanks, each holding 120 gallons. Miss Doran—400 gallons, with two wing tanks each hol 5 gallons, and the halance contained in one tank located hetween the pilot’s cockpit and the combination cabin, Aloha—390 gallons, with two wing tanks containing 40 gallons each, two fuselage forward tanks each holding 75 gallons and the halance contained in two aft fuselage tanks. El Encanto. ) gallons, with gallon tanks slung heneath the pilot's cabin and the balance between a wing tank, two tanks on either. side of the cockpit and one mounted forward of the pilot’s seat Golden Fagle—330 gallons, with three wing tanks, each holding 50 gal lons, and two fuselage tanks of 100-gal- lon_capacity each. Woolaroc- gallons, with two wing tanks holding 78 gallons and the balance in three fuselage tanks. Pabco Flyer=380 gallons, two wing tanks holding 40 gallons each and two fuselage tanks of 150 gallons ea Five Cal Radio Sets. Five of the rplanes carr but only four will be carry on conversations with the or call for help should an emer arise. The ships carrying equipment, their call 4signals meter length are: Oklahoma, KOE. 600 meters, and receiving and also equipped receive the radio beacon signals. 2l Encanto, KRK, 600 meters. This ship is earrying rwo r hoth able o hore ney to equipped to” send and one to receive. | fixed on to the One of the sending sets operate while the plane water if torced down. Maj. Livingston Irving's Pahco fiver will carry signal KGGA, op- erating on a meter wave length. He can_send oy on thia set | He is o beacon recelver, Au-| tha | passenger-navigator | radio | and | capable of transmitting | SEAPLANE RECORDS | Connell and Rodd Still Flying | in Feat to Set Distance and Endurance Marks. By the Associated Press N DIBEGO, Calif., August 16.—| Two world's records for seaplanes, one for duration in the air and the other for distance covered, were believed to | have heen made today by Lieuts | Byron J. Connell and Flerbert €. Rodd, United States naval airmen, stationed at the North Island Naval Air Sta- tion. They took the air at 2 o'clock yester day afternoon and had heen in the air 18 hours at $ o'clock this morning and still were flying. Connell and Rodd took the air in the {effort to break the rec and the distance of 900 kilometers for [ seaplanes. During the 18 hours it was figured they averaged slightly more than 30 miles an hour The flight was being held over a mile triangular course from Ballast Point to a point in Old-Town and to a point on the Silver Strand below ronado Tent Cit | | | 'COURTNEY LIKELY T0 CHANGE FLIGHT Route as Storms Again Delay Hop-off. By the Aseociated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, August 16.—Capt. Frank T. Courtney, who was believed to be planning to start on transatlantic flight this morning, night postponed his hop-off in- nitely because of a torrential ra fall hera and unfavorable weather ports over his prospective course. Capt. Courtney considered the pos bility of flying hy way of the Azore: instead of by way of Valentia, Ire- |land, and the North Atlantic. His a sistants have been in touch with the | Azores on the question of establishing | gasoline reserves there, but the cap- tain has declined to say whether he has decided definitely on the Southern routa, The experiences of the two Junkers planes, Europa and Bremen, transa ntic attempt wa influenced Capt. Courtney in consider- ing a change in plans. | his Ia in- re- The Waoolaroe, 600-meter set and ceiving the héacon signals. The Gollen Eagle can receive me sages also pick up the beac sign is unable to send. has been assicned no call lette: | wh the Aloha, Martin Jensen's ship, has heen given the call letters HGGK for identification purposes only, as his ship is without radio equipment of any kind., as are the Dallas Spirit, the Miss Dovan and the Air King. HAWAHL AW! also hle of re s, hut 1 ITS FLYERS Islanders Ready to Give Welcome to Dole Contenders. TIONOLULU, August 16 (#).—Ha- | waii is ready to.extend one of her famous welcomes to the aerial visit- entered in the Dole race. Plans for the reception are complete, even to the promised eo-operation of the United States weather man. Gov. Wallace B. Farrington and other officials and _prominent resi- dents will he at Wheeler Field at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning to await the flye That is_ 7:30 a.m, ‘rancikeo time, and 11:30 am., ern davlightsaving time, it vers have zood luck and make the trip from Oakland in 22 hours, held to he par for the distance. they will reach the island of Oahu at 7:30 a.m., Honolulu time. Military anthorities evected grand- | stands to seat 3,000 at the landing field. Parking space for $000 auto- mobiles is provided. Quick lunch res taurants have been built to_supply “hot dog” sandwiches, tea, coffee and other food and soft drinks to the crowds. NAVY READY TO AID. ! Destroyers Ordered to Positions on | Honolulu Cout By the Associated Pres: The destrover La Vallette was or- | dered today to take up a position 40| | miles from San Franeisco Lightship | to provide further protection for the fivers taking off today in the Dole | | Honolulu' de Seven other destroyers will he on the first half of the flight course to render aid If needed, while the air- eraft carrier Langley and aircraft tender Aroosiook have been instruct- ed to stand by in event of an acci- dm , e. e, [ had heen be BELIEVED BROKEN rd of 14 hours | English Flyer Considers Southern | GARY'S SUCCESSOR REPORTED CHOSEN Nathan L. Miller and Myron| C. Taylor Are Mentioned. Selection Delayed. | | | | R NEW YORK, Au 16 etinz of the finance e Steal Corporation m was post thus remoy to I vesterday, A spee-| mmittee ust 1l me of the United States seheduled for this afte: poned until next week, likelihood that the bert H, Gary who died wouid he announced at The finance committee which Gary wag a member, is the execu council of the company nd it | ved that at the mes 1 heduled for today new chairman of the corporation’ might he seted ind that a statement might be issued tialf a dozen names have heen men lioned in Wall street as possible sue to the position, one of the important in the industrial | | Stcesssor one cessors most No reason was given for the post ponements of today's meeting. Two members of the finance commitiee, J. . Morgan and Myron C. Tavlor. the latter of whom is among those mentioned as possible successors to Mr. Gary, are in Europe, | It was considered possible that the committee was postponing its meet 2 to permit further consultation | with these ahsent members by cable, Will Close for Funeral. th announced today t al of the steel corporation has me than 300,000 em will he suspended on’ the day Gary's funeral. The srea will be shut down for about nutes and the executive offices osed all day. The flags at offices will be at half |staff and several hanks {n the city |announced today that they will pay a similar token of respect to the mem- lory of the late industrial leader, The executive staff at the offices of the company in Lower F ay have had little time sinee M death | was announced yesterday to do any- ng but attend to the thousands of messages of condolence and tribute which have poured in from all over the world, Wall Street conjecture today centered | around more than half a dozen men in discussing the choice of a successor to Eibert [l Gary, chairman of the hoard of the United States Steel cor- poration, who died yester The New York Times says persons in_close touch with the organization indicated the new chairman already had been selected by the dominant |interests in the corporation, but his {identity vould mot be revealed until |the board of directors - formally an- nonneed the election. The best guess of the financial com- { munity, the Times .says, is that for- mer Gov. Nathan L. Miller, general counsel of the steel corporation, will be named. The Times adds that Pres- ident Coolidge was discussed seriously in some quaters as a possibility, but the general impression was that he | could not be persuaded to take the post should the controlling interests |in the corporation decide to offer it to him. Others Prominentl¥ Mentioned. Tt was Lactivities | which ployes, Jof "M | mins | five w will be the company Others who figured prominently in Wall street discussions included James A. Farrell, president of the corpora- tion; Myron C. Taylor, a director and member of the finance committee, Pierre Du Pont, chairman of the board of the General Motors Corporation and a large stockholder of United States Steel; Dwight Morrow, partner in the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.; Orland F. Weber, sident of the Allied Chemi ve Corporation; Senator Dav Reed, of Pennsyl- vania: Eugene G. Grace, president of | the Rethlehem Steel Corporation. and | George Gordon Crawford, president of the Tennessce Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.. a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. In certain quarters in Wall Streot it has heen assumed for some months it former Gov. Miller or Taylor was ng zroomed for the place. The for- mer governor was a trusted adviser {and friend of Gary and many believe | that the Jate chairman preferred him las his succes des being gen- eral counsel, Miller is a member of the finance committee of the corpora- n, which also includes J. P. Mor- zan. Percival Roberts, jr.; Mr. Farrell, William_J. Filbert, Mr. Taylor anid Raker. ry's fortune furnished an- other topic for speculation. of the wealth he amassed varied wide- Iv. One Wall Street authority placed it as high as £45.000,000, while others fixed the total at figures ranging from | $6,000,000 to $30,000,000, Wealth Causes Speculation. Accurate figures on his wealth have long been unavailable. The hooks of the Steel Corporation show that ha held in his own name 1,267 shares of common stock and 1,895 shares of pre- ferred stock, which have a present combined market value of $422.810.50, But it had often heen said that ha jowned the entire stock in a corpora- tion formed to handle his investments and that this concern owned a much larger block of stock in the Steel Cor- poration than he did himself. Mr. Gary’'s salary also had heen a matter of speculation in Wall § Often it was estimated at $100, year, but it was also reported that he had a4 commission on earnings which Lrought his annual earnings frour the corporation to $300.000. When it was published 15 years ago that Mr. Gary had signed a contract to receive $1,000,000 a year a reporter asked John D. Rockefeller what he thought of it. “1 don’t know what Judge Gary is zetting.” Mr. Rockefeller replied, “but ou tell him to come around to the Standard Oil offices tomorrow and I'll pay him twice as much.” | paid an income tax of | 34.20 and in 1925 a tax of $322, | Body to Lie in Church. Mr. Gary's hody will be taken to Chicago today and on Thursday will lie in the Gary Memorial Church at Wheaton, Ill. A police guard was on duty today at the Fifth avenue home and no one, unless recognized or identified as an intimate friend of the family, was permitted to enter. Tributes to the fornfer Tilinois farm boy who at 52 hecame head of the country’s first billion-dollar corpos tion were paid by President Coolidge | and many of the country's business leader: “He upheld the best ideals of com- merce and industry,” said President Coolidge. y Statement Lauds Welfare Work. In what is helieved to have heen his last statement prepared for publica- o, Mi. Gary related that his com- pany had spent $170,000,000 in the past 15 years for safety, sanitation and employe welfare activities and had made it pay. which Is in the The statement, form of an editorlal, is to appear in the September issue of Coal Age. The editorial recounts the progress made in the company since 1906 in safeguarding its employes and says that serious accidents had been r Guced more than 60 pef cent hy 192 By theeinstallation of safety meth- 0ds it was estimated that 46,563 men were saved from severe)infury and 322,408 from thaf would re- sult_in loss of time from|work. | l WOMAN FLYER DIES OF PLANE INJURY Stunt Aviatrix Walked Into Propeller of Machine on Field. By the & YOUNGSTOA N, Death agsin has wnother one of rirplane pilots, selated Prase. @hio, August 18, nsed the carser of the most prominent this time it being a woman, Mrs. Gladvs Roy, noted as an tirplane stunt actress. She die night from ed unknowingly walked into the path of a fast spinning propeller, the biade t her The aviatrix's death also eliminated wmother potential transatlantic flye had heen groomed recently 1 flisht from New York to with Lieut. Delmar Snyder pilot. Mrs, injuries sust she ng skull. away Rome, as co- Rov, wife of Arthur Roy Los Angeles, was only 25 vears old, but was nationally known as a flyer. She also had established an enviable record as a parachute jumper and held records for women for Jeaps of from 200 feet to 16,000 feet. She was known, too, as a flying movie stunt actress. he young fiver was injured at Watson Field here while heing filmed | with Miss Evelyn Wilgus, Rassel's Point, who had won the title of “\fiss Ohio d is to participate in the Atr. lantie City bathing heauty <t Mis. Rov and “Miss Ohio™ at | the fiving field for filming of a pic ture, “The Queen of Ohio Meets the Queen of the Air." The picture had practically been completed when the aviatrix climhed down the fuselage of the plane and walked unconsciousiv | into " the whirling propeller. Death occurred a few hours later at a hos- vital. She had spent most of the past six weeks in Ohio giving stunt exhibi. tions while awaiting the start of her transatlantic flight. Her home was in \nnmmm ‘CHEVY CHASE POOL ACTION POSTPONED Montgomery Commissioners Told Swimming Tank Is Unsafe. Survey Ordered. ot con were Spacial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE., August 18—The Montgomery county commissioners this afternoon postponed action for | another week on the application of the National Capital Natatorium Cor- | poration for permission to operate | the new swimming pool at Chevy | Chase Lake. | The commissionqrs, in their de- cision, were guided by the report of the building inspector, J. Fred Imrie, who declared that in the past week | eracks and defects in the tank have developed which make it unsafe for use. He recommended that it be con- demned immediately. A week ago the corporation was granted a temporary permit to oper- ate the pool until today. Since the cracks appeared it had not been in use and since the permit had expir- ed, cannot be re-opened before next Tuesday. At the hearing today the corpora- tion was represented by Hugh Reed, counsel; John H. Corridan, vice president, and George Heon, treas- urer. A group of eight women from Chevy Chase, representing the Par- ent-Teacher, Association, the Girl Scouts and similar organizations urged that the pool be licensed, stressing its importance from a | health standpoint. Walter Dawson, Rockville lawyer, representing a group of citizens, op- posed the licensing of the pool on the grounds that it would be a nui- sance, but the corporation presented | petition signed by 230 residents | living within a_mile of the site and one signed by 130 living farther away who were in favor of it. The Commmissioners will employ an engineer to make a thorouzh examination of the pool to determine its safety before next Tuesday. WOMAN PLANS FLIGHT. California Aviatrix for Transatlantic Trip. SANTA ANA, Calif.. August 1§ (&) —Sacha (Peggy) Hall, anta Ana avia trix, today confirmed reports that she was negotiating with J. F. Shay of New York, said to represent a New York newspaper, for financial bhack- ing for a transatlantic flight in which she would be the first woman to pilot a plane in the ocean hop. Miss Hall said the first proposal was ‘hat she fly alone, but she telegraphed Shay that in case she attempted the flizht it would be with a navigate For this position she I considering Kddie Martin _of Santa Ana, who taught her to fly three vears ago The type of plane which would be used has not yet heen disclosed in the exchange of telegrams. Mis< Hall said Negotiating d cents. But of far more import- arce than the recovery of the expen- ditures, the happiness and gratifica- tion resulting to our many thousands | of employes and their families, as well a8 to the management, through good health and safety of life and limb have bheen bevond computation, be- yond any measure in dollars and cents. = BODY TO LIE STATE. { Funeral Services to Be Held Thurs- day in Wheaton, Il CHICAGO, August 16 ().—Those residents of Wheaton, 1il.. and Chi cago who knew Elbert H. Gary as he stood At the foot of the ladder of sue- cess . as well as his friends of later years may look upon him for the last time tomorrow afternoon. when the body will lie in state in the Gary Me. mul ial Church, Wheaton, from 2Zto 7 o'clack. The Gary_funeral party will arrive here from New York tomorrow morn- ing. The body of the late steel king will he taken by motor to Wheate and placed in the Memorial Church. It will lie there until 10:30 o'clock The ay morning, when the funeral will be eld. ‘Twenty-three h honorary pallbearers have been named by Mr. Gary's busi- ness associates and members of his amily. They include Nathan L. Mil- ler, George F. Baker, jr.; D. K. Keri . Farrell, 'W. J. Filbert, George K. Leet, Junius Morgan, K. A. Clarke and Lewis Nixon of New York. and V. Dawes, United States Senator Charle S. Deneen, Frank O. Lowden, John J Mitchell, George M. Reynolds, Judge Jesse K. Marvin Hughitt. sr.; Julius Rosenwald, Bernard A. Kekhart. bert W. Harris, Alexander H. | Dr. Walter DIl Scott, Hiram F. Cody nd Judge J. H. Ratten of Chic; Rev. James T. Ladd of Klgir 12 who was pastor of the Wheaton Ml odist Church_when Mr. Gary was a member: the Right Rev. Frederick D. Leete, Bishop of Indianapolis; the Rev. “Those expenditures,” the editorial continues, after telling of the millions pent in the interests of the employes, ave b fully justified. They have Ernest Title, Evanston, Ill.. &nd the Rev. A. M. Pennewell, pastor of the wmoi chureh, will conduct the