Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1927, Page 2

ARMORY DEDICATED AT SILVER SPRING 3 ) < Marylanders Hear Ritchie Laud National Guard as Main Standby. Characterizing the National Guard @as the Nation's ‘“main standby” in the scheme of national defense, and the volunteer firemen as the performers of one of the State's sovereign duties in the protection of life and property, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, honor guest and principal participant in 10-hour festivities at Md., yesterday afternoon and last night, paid tribute to the two organ- izations responsible for the celebra tion, attending_the dedication of the new $70,000 State Armory at that place in conjunction with the first an nual volunteer firemen’s jubilee. Gov. Ritchie’s compliments were Kills Self by Gas Silver Spring. | i REGINALD W. GEARE, couched in an address fraught with | mational defense sentiment and ob- servations of civic advancement in the territory of his State which borders the Di delivered during an ing an afternoon of which thrills abounded. Parade of Firemen. A parade in wh teer fire companies from the surround- ing counties of Maryland and Virginia joined with the Silver Spring volun- teer firefighters and over 60 com- mercial, patriotic, fraternal and civie floats, at 2:30 o'clock yesterday aftes moon, opened the celebration, continued until midnight. When the procession had been re- viewed by Gov. Ritchie, tive Zihlman, Maj. E. Brooke Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, and officers of the Mary- land Natioral Guard, including Br Gen. Milton A. Record, officer, and Capt. Joseph C. Cissel of the Service Co, of Silver Spring. program of fast-moving fire apparatus contests, marked by only one spill that even approached seriousness in consequences, was staged on the street adjoining the new armory Immediately after the contests, the dedication ceremonies took place at 6 o’clock in front of the main entrance of the armory, and this phase of the day’s celebration was broadcast by radio station WRC. Two thousand persons gathered on the rain-dampened field before the armory building and listened to Gov. Ritchie, Representative Zthlman, Brig. Gen. Recerd, Maj. Lee and Capt. Cis- sel deliver speeches in the chilly air of the rapidly gathering darkness. Brig. Gen. Record was the first on the formal program of speakers, and he took advantage of the opportunity to enlist intercft and men in the organization. He declared that the World War taught that wars of the future must be fought by all of the people of the engaged nations, and that from this lesson a new national defense scheme was evolved. “The National Guard,” Brig. Gen. Record asserted, “is an integral part of that new national defense scheme. You young men owe it to your coun- try to join the Guard, and if you old- er business men who employ the Young men of this community do not do all you can to make it possible for the youths to be members of the National Guard, vou are failing in your duty to the national defense.” Gov. Ritchie Speaks. Gov. Ritchie was introduced by a military salfte of the Army Band, under the direction of Capt. William J. Stannard, U. 8. A,, which played in concert during the dedication exer- cises. ‘The governor lost no time in quench- ing the hopes of the members of his audience, who had hoped he would “talk politics.” His first utterance was the relation of & story of a news- paper reporter’s interview with him Jjust before he went on the platform toT!penk. he reporter, he said, suggested he talk about his political intentions, and asked him at the same time to say whether or not he would “choose to run for a third term if elected twice to the Presidency.” Gov. Ritchie smiled and declared he had told the reporter that “if they’ll give us Demo- crats just one term in office, we won't argue about the third term.” No other reference was made to politics. Declaring that a State of the Union has several sovereign duties, Gov. Ritchie counted as one of these the safeguarding of its citizens’ health and ;h: protection of their lives and prop- Tty. interval follow pageantry in Acting for State. “The volunteer firemen, in their ‘work of protecting your property and your lives,” Gov. Ritchie said, “are performing one of the sovereign duties of the State.” The governor here reviewed briefly the accomplishments in Maryland in recent years in the suburban districts adjoining the Capital. He included with these the bringing about of auto- mobile reciprocity which, he said, has contributed greatly to increased good will between the involved communis ties. The elimination of the Baltimore & Ohio grade crossing at Silver Spring and the work on a similar project at Hyattsville, along with the widening of several roadways through the impo- sition of the motor-vehicle license and gasoline taxes, were among other “Yevidences of State advancement’ mentioned by Gov. Ritchie. ryland’s chief executive re- viewed also the work that State has done toward the development of its land which borders the District, in accordance with the proposed beauti- fication program. Gov. Ritchie here returned to the subject of the armory dedication, The National Guard, a branch of which will be housed in the new building, was described by him as the one organization which is *‘con- tinuaily training the citizens so that, in emergency, they will be fitted to step into the breach at once.” “We do not believe in a large stand- ing army,” the governor declared. “Perhaps our present Army is even too small. However, that is 2 question of degree, so we need a body of men properly prepared for emergency, and that body is the National Guard, our main stand-by today. t “Much as we desire national jeconomy, we do not want an economy iwhich will impair our national de- fense. America is no longer isolated; fwe are open to attack from all angles #—the airplane and submarine have mdequately demonstrated that—and so the expenditure of such sums as are required for this building is gladly made by the State.” Maj. Lee Speaks. Lee reviewed the history of nd military organizations from Continental Army, through the sh-American \War, Mexican bor- Ger troubles and World War to lts present status of training citizens in military science. ¢ “National defense today is America’s ‘greatest problem,” Maj. Lee declared. “America, great as she is, can survive only that which she prepares to sur- vive. War is a cruel machine, and the untrained man of colonial days who had only to take his musket from its place on the wall and go forth to fight is without a chance today. In- experience and lack of training cost us many casualties in the last and to guard against a repetition of those casualties our men must tralned, “We do not want a large standing rmy which can conquer the world, ut we want an Army large enough 2o hold the front line until our trained eftizens can be directed into the battle Qo Regreseniative Ziblman congratu- trict of Columbia, and it was | nearly 30 volun- which | Representa- | Lee, | commanding | Le | 'MOTIVE FOR GEARE SUICIDE IS LACKING, ‘ RELATIVES ASSERT d_from_First Page) | believed that he went to the empty | room on the third floor about 3 or 4 | o'clock in the morning. Mr. Geare had been architect of th wa ucate ; University. where he stu | ture but did not receive a desree. He is believed never to- have com recovered from the shock of the Knickerbocker, in which Which occurred an investi: coroner ¢ held nine men, among them M eare, for responsibility. but when the case went to the grand ary two months later four of these were exonerated. The other five, in- cluding Mr. Geare, who prepared the plans and detafls of specifications, were indicted on charges slaughter. Brothers Arrive Here. The defendants filed demurrers and on July 24, 1922, these were sustained by ce 'k L. Siddons of the District Supreme Court, who held that the indictments were defective and insufficient. The Government appealed but the Court of Appeals upheld Jus- tice Siddons. In the meantime damage su aggregating thousands of dollars were filed against various parties concerned with the theater, among them Mr. Geare. This litigation dragged along and finally came before the Court of Appeals, which in June of last year held that there was no liability at- tached to Mr. Geare and others of the construction group. Mr. Geare is survived by his wife, who was Miss Dorothy Smallwood; his mother and several brothers and sisters. Two of his brothers, Spencer Geare and Norman Geare, arrived here last night from Philadglphia. The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning from the chapel of J. William Lee's Sons, 332 Pennsyl- avenue. The interment will be a well known He on | pletel ! the lost, rd. lated Silver Spring on its new armory, which he said was not only a much needed home for the Service Company, 1st Maryland Infantry, National Guard, but was a meeting place—a “community center where the citizens of this community may meet to de- cide the problems of parking, plan- ning, building restrictions which ac- company the fast growth of this com- munity with the development of the National Capital.” Asserting that Maryland had con- tributed to the United States “self-de- termination in government and toler- ance in religion,” Mr. Zihlman de- clared that the same spirit which pro- moted these principles will help Mary- landers in their problems today. Following his address Mr. Zihlman presented the various awards to the winners of the contests held earlier in | the afternoon and the prizes for pa- rade participants selected from the line of march as ‘best in their class” by Sergts. A. J. Bargagni and D. S. Sul- livan, members of the Washington Fire Department, who served as judges. Carnival and Ball. A buffet supper was served to the visiting firemen and members of the National Guardsmen at the conclusion of the speeches, and a carnival and military ball completed the day’s cele- bration. The greatest thrills of the day came during the several hook-up contests for the firefighting outfits. The first was a “free-for-all,” and nearly 20 out- fits competed in the speed test. The firemen of the contesting companies drew up their apparatus 1,000 feet from the fire plug and dismounted. Then, at a given signal, they bounded to their various stations on the motor pieces and dashed along at terrific speed between the cheering lines of men and women and children and skidded up to the plug to hook up all hose connections and actually pump a stream of water. The time was count- ed with the drop of a flag before the men boarded their machines and ended when the water shot from the hose. One accident served to mar this thrilling stage of the jubllee. Max- well MacKenzle, 16-year-old hoseman on the Capitol Heights company, jumped from his truck before it had Stopped at the plug. As he grabbed the heavy hose and started running out with it, the line became entan- gled and he was sent into a com somersault, so that he landed on his head. Men of other companies quickly rescued him from possible trampling and carried him to the home of Dr. W. R. Haynes, where he was revived. He suffered only a scalp wound and a lacerated hand, and he was back at the carnival grounds b fore the evening got well under way. Various Contests. In the first contest, the free-for-all, the Sandy Spring company, under the command of H. H. Adams, won first place, making the run and hooking up in B0 seconds. A silver cup was their prize. The Bethesda company, under Wady Imbrie as chief, galloped away with the first place in the Montgomery Counnty hook-up contest in 50 seconds flat, four and a quarter seconds faster than their nearest competitor. The outfit was presented with a silver cup domated by the Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce. The Independent Company of An- napolis won $10 in gold for the best chemical (non-pumper) engine in the parade, the Waterwitch Company of Annapolis won $25 for the best equip- ped apparatus in the parade, t Kensington company for the largest attendance with apparatus in the parade and the North Washington Realty Co. was awarded $25 for the prettiest float in the line of march. The beauty contest, held at the carnival as a closing feature of the day's celebration, was won Ly Miss Ethel Baker, 612 Miss pi avenue, pring, a brunette, whom mes Fitzgerald, Clifton M. Lord and S. L. Lutes, the judges, tiougit | prettiest of 15 contestants. | Quinton Lacey, 3040 Monroe stree: Washington, won the “sheik contest,” in which 30 men were entered, for the judgment of l!hrrrn women, Mrs. lelene Mahew, Mrs. A. J. Bffjgagni and Mrs. Louise Leahmana., of man- | THE SUNDAY OUCE UELL OV 1RDOR ENDING ROY One Suffers Swollen Jaw, Another Hurt Fingers After Mistaken Identity. The enthusiasm of Policeman Rob- ert Bryant In helping quell a free. all fight on an upper floor of 942 E street yesterday afternoon resulted in {a sore right hand for Bryant and a swollen jaw for Policeman E. W. Ambrose, where a good right swing {by Bryant ended as Ambrose was clambering through a window. Ambrose and Bryant were part of | the forces responding to a riot call, which resulted in the arrest of Joseph Sullivan, 37 years old, on a charge of keeping a disorderly house and per- mitting gaming: and the arrest of 28 others in the place at the time on charges of disorderly conduct. Police who were notified by tele- |phone that a fight was in progress ‘tnund a general mix-up upon arrival, {alleged to have been the result of a dispute about money in a black-jack same. Fists were flying every which way. Bryant smiled. This was his meat. He dived into the scramble. Milled about in the room, he saw a head and a_husky pair of shoulders coming in through the window. The owner seemed Intent upon some task at hand. Bryant thought he might as well stop prospective participants well as quiet the actual combatants, nd took a swing. As fist plumbed ainst flesh he realized it was his brother officer, but it was too late to vecall the blow that partly sprained two of his fingers and raised a goodly on the visage of Ambrose. Two patrol wagon loads were finally taken to the station house. Everybody who was in the room was arrested. All were later released on collateral, | POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS DENIED BY THOMPSON | Chicago Mayor Says Accord With Small Does Not Mean Per- | sonal Ambitions. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, August 20.—A denial of political aspirations greater than being mayor of Chicago was voiced tonight by Willlam Hale Tohmpson. His statement came as a response to printed and spoken conclusions that the announcement last night by Gov. Len Small that he and Mayor Thomp- son had reached an agreement to fight together for three natfonal principles pointed toward the mayor’s announce- ment for nomination as the State's chief executive. “For me to be a candidate myself would be to inject a personal political ambition to the detriment of the suc- cess of the principles, and I hope that my friends who consider this state- ment definite will refrain from further remarks that would indicate other- wise,” said Mayor Thompson's state- ment. SENATE PAGE TEACHER OFFERS TO DIE FOR SACCO, SUSPENDED (Continued from First Page.) that might come from such a wave of hatred that I fear will come if these men die, I would gladly go to the electric chair in the place of Sacco or Vanzetti.” Mrs. Jones continued that ahout two weeks ago she wrote to Gov. Fuller requesting him to commute the sen- tence because of the popular beliet that the men might not be guilty of the crime for which they have been sentenced to die. She stated that she volunteered to take the place of either man if they were to be executed. This, she insisted, she was willing to do in the interest of America—not in the interest of Sacco or Venzetti. “I am not a radical in any sense of the word, nor a Red, nor a Com- munist. I do not know any radicals, nor Reds, nor do I know Sacco or Vanzetti, and have no interest in them as individuals,” she continued. Born a Quaker. “But I was born a Quaker, and all my life I have worked in the interest of peace. 1 saw in the execution of these men a great possible harm fo the United States because of the belief that these men are not guilty. 1 want to prevent the international hate which the carrying out of this sentence would create.” Mrs. Jones, who said her suspension was ordered by Sergeantat-Arms Barry of the Senate, said she blamed no one for her temporary dismissal, that it probably was the only thing that could be done, due to a mis. understanding of her motives, and that she felt assured ‘“‘the matter would be straightened out satis- factorily.” While in the bootblack establish- ment getting her shoes polished, she said, she noticed that the man at- tending her was an Italian and asked him what he thought of the case. ‘When told that he felt, and that all Italians felt, that the two had been unjustly convicted, Mrs. Jones con- fided that she had offered to die in their stead. Then, the next day, the telephone call came to the Capitol Building, Mrs. Jones related. Inquiries were made for “the lady who offered to die for Sacco” and Mrs. Jones an- swered the phone. Transportation Offered. A man's voice, which she did not recognize, she said, offered to aid her in her effort to save Sacco and Vanzetti and volunteerer to provide means of transportation for Mrs. Jones to Boston. Having heard mo word from Massachusetts officlals fol- lowing her letter, Mrs. Jones declined. She did not learn the identity of the person making the call, she said. The matter was reported to officials at the Capitol and Mrs. Jones' suspen- sion followed. ‘While reluctant to talk of her per- sonal griefs, Mrs. Jones, when inter- viewed last night at her residence in the Government Hotels, at North Capj- tol and C streets, said that she was supporting her husband and daughter, both of whom had suffered nervous breakdowns. A native of Maine, Mrs. Jones lived for 14 years in Wichita, Kans., where her husband, Prof. A, W. Jones, was a professor in the Friends' University. Mrs. Jones is a graduate of the Ban- gor Theological Seminary, and at vari- ous times was employed by the Maine Mission Society in missionary work, preaching on occasions in Congrega- tionalist pulpits. ‘While in Kansas, and later here at Washington, Mrs. Jones maintained some of her religious work, and only last Sunday preached at a small Methodist church in a Baltimore suburb. She also is to preach there | tomorrow morning, taking as her sub- | ject “Peace and Brotherhood.” Mrs. Jones also is the inventor of numbers of mechanical devices,,and has obtained patents for many of them, she says. She has been a deep student of higher mathematics, and claims to have solved the famous “Fer- mat theorem,” an equatiogwhich has STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, AUGUST 21, 1L.PRIDGEON. Cente and Representative Zihlman. 1927—PART 1. SCENES AT SILVER SPRING DEDICATION OF NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY Above: The new armory, formally turned over to the use of the Silver Spring National Guard Company yesterday. On the reviewing stand with Gov. Ritchie as the volunteer firemen's parade vassed. Left to right, Blair Lee, Gov. Ritchie of Maryland, John M. Berger, secretary of Volunteer Firemen's Association of Baltimore, Below: The volunteer firemen's parade passing down the principal street of Silver Spring. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, August 20.—No first- hand account of the execution of Nicholas, last Czar of all the Russias, has ever been printdd in detail. Only bare official summaries have appeared. The Czar was executed the night of July 16, 1918. The next morning Yurowsky, special commissary against counter-revolution, himself ~sald to have fired the revolver shots which killed the Czar, met a young Russian girl. He was nervous and excited. He had to tell what he had done. So the actual executioner of Nicholas told his own story in the presence of the young Russian girl. Now, nine years later, the Russian girl is in New York. She is Countess Eugenie Godniowa. Under a different name she is engaged in the practice of dentistry. Countess Tells Story. Some of the sentences Yurowsky used, according to Countess Godniowa, were: “Russia is saved; the Czar is killed.” “It was not Nicholas I killed. I killed an_obstruction in the path of peaceful Russia.” “Wo gave him a fair trial. We told him he had betrayed Russia. We told him he had been the cause of millions of deaths.” “Much to our surprise, he accepted the sentence of death like a man. “I fired five shots into his body. Russia, in the months following the October, 1917, revolution, was as near complete chaos as it is possible for a natfon to be. Records to authenti cate Countess Godniowa's story do not and could not, in the nature of things, exist. The story, however, agrees in all particulars with the offi- cial Soviet report on the execution, made in 1923, and adds new and significant details. Countess Godniowa was in charge of a group of nurses in the region of the Ural Mountains. Feared Rescue Plot. With a group of high Soviet offi- cials, she was making an inspection tour of her district. Their train ar- rived at Ekaterinburg the evening of July 16. They slept on the train. It was -evident the town was filled with suppressed excitement, but no one could tell them what was happening. The czar and his family were con- fined in Ekaterinburg in the house of special appointment, the home of an engineer, Ipatief. At that time two counter-revolutionary armies, one from the west and one from the east, were drawing nearer. The official Soviet report says the execution was precipitated by the discovery of a plot to rescue the czar. On this point Countess Godniowa has new and definite testimony. One of her friends of pre-revolutionary days was a Capt. N. N. Matuchin, an officer in the imperial guard. With the revolution he had turned Bolshe- vik and was railvay commissar of the Urals. He still was received by the czarists, however, and on occa- sion acted as a Soviet spy. port, the group of nurses in the Urals occupied a similar position as work- ers in the Bolshevik cause, but were friends of the monarchists.” Countess Godniowa says she saw Matuchin trequently, and from him learned he had discovered Prince A. Andrenni- Kkoff had secretly mobilized 2,000 for- mer imperial guard officers in the baffled the world's leadin, athema- ticians for hundreds of years. vicinity of Ekaterinburg, and that July 17 or 18 had heen selzcted for According to the official Soviet re- ! EI_EPORT OF CZAR'S DEATH IS RELATED BY COUNTESS Monarch Accepted Death “Like a Man,” She Says Slayer Declared—No Men- tion Made of Daughters. an attempt to rescue Nicholas and his_family. The official Soviet report merely says: In June information reached the Ural Soviet that an organization formed to liberate the Romanoffs was about to act.” This is the first time the leader of the plot has been fied and <planation given s discovered. e morning of the 17th the 1 inspection party, with Count- Godniowa, were breakfasting in railway station. Yurowsky enter- at down at their table. Count- infowa _ subsequently eful notes of hi These are the quotations given above. h. was the only woman at the able, Yurowsky addressed to her. Seeing her s he told of firing five shots into the czar’s body, he ac- of monarchist sym- pt silent and the in- cident passed over. Yurowsky expressed astonishment at the behavior of the Czar. Like all bolsheviks, he had great contempt for him as a man, whatever super- stitious awe he had for him as the semi-sacred “Little White Father of all the Russias.” But in his last moments Nicholas behaved with dig- nity, “like 'a man,” Yurowsky said. On the still remaining mystery of the execution, the fate of the Grand Duchess Anastasia, Countess God- niowa has no conclusive testimony. Recently several women have ap- peared in Central Europe claiming to le the grand duchess and telling of miraculous escapes and Ekaterinburg. Report Is Vague. The official Soviet report says “daughters” of the Czar, without specifying them by name, were exe- cuted at the same time he was. Countess Godnfowa is positive Yur- owsky said only the Czar, the faith- ful physician, Botkin, and two or three members of the Czar's body- guard were killed the night of the 16th. She says subsequently she was told the grand duchesses were executed a few nights later, and she believes the Anastasias who have appeared recently are_imposters. However, she herself left Ekatrinburg with the in- spection train the day after the Czar's execution, while Yurowsky still was maintaining the usual guard at the “house of special appointment,” and the general public was ignorant of the Czar's death. Her understanding that Anastasia dicd with the rest of her family is based only on the general belief held in the Urals at that time. alleged identi- of how the ed and —_————— WYCKOFF ASKS DIVORCE. NEW YORK, August 20 (®.— Notice of trial in a sult for separa- tion has been filed in the Supreme Court by Richard D. Wyckoff, former owner of the Magazine of Wall Sireet, against Cecelia G. WycKoff, the present owner of the magazine. Separation is sought on the ground of cruelty. 3 Since the sals of the magazine by Wyckoft to his wife, which became known last March, Wyckoff has been operating an analytical bureau in the same Broadway puilding in which the offices of the megazina are located. COOLIDGE TO SEEK COMPLETE REST AT YELLOWSTONE PARK (Continued_from First Page.) and now he intends to have one. This was made quite evident when he re- plied to some recent callers who were appealing to him to reconsider his de- cision not to run again by saying that “ten years is a long time to be Presi- dent.” There was a certain weariness in his tone when he said that, and there, has been a trace of it since when he was talking privately with friends about the responsibilities of being President. Invitations to Be Declined. To carry out the President's desire for a real vacation next week no in- vitations to make formal stops along the way or visits to adjoining States are to be accepted. No business is to be transacted on this trip and no com- munications are to be handed to him unless they are highly important. In fact, aside from the train schedule to and from the park, the President has not agreed to the making of an itinerary for his trip. He wants noth- ing suggestive of routine. He wants 10 move about as he sees fit. He re- fuses to turn his trip into a regular tourists’ sightseeing trip. He wants to sit and rest, to ride over some of the back trails and to do a little fish- ing now and then. The President will be accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge and their son John, Col. Blanton Winship, his military aide; Maj. James F. Coupal, his phy- sician; Everett Sanders, his secretary; the newspaper correspondents, photog- raphers and secret service men. The special train to carry the party to Gardner, the station nearest to the north entrance to the park, will leave Custer at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. The park will be reached about 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon and the first night will be spent at Mammoth camp, where there is a splendid hotel. At this place the party no doubt will visit the hot springs and the famous Ter- race Mountain. Expects to Visit Geysers. Tt is thought the next night will be spent at Old Faithful, in the upper geyser basin, at which place the party will see Old Faithful, the Giant, the diantess, Grotto and a dozen or so other world-famous geysers, It is understood that the party will spend two nights at Yellowstone Lake, which’ will be reached probably Wed- nesday afternoon. It is expected that the President will do his fishing at this place. The next stop will be at the Grand Canyon. Although no an- nouncement of the time for the party's return to the Black Hills has been made, it is thought that the following Monday has been selected. Slaying for Which EARTHOUAKEROKS CALFORNA TOWNS Humboldt County Disturb- ance Shakes Houses. Women Faint. By the Associated Press. EUREKA, Calif, August 20.— Eureka and other towns in Humboldt County were rocked shortly after quake felt here since 1906. the fire alarm system. C. C. Fiske, linotype operator for the Humboldt Standard, was slightly injured when his machine careened forward. Several women fainted on downtown streets while swayed and the noise of toppling chimneys and breaking dishes could be heard. many rooms. Reports from Scotia, Fortuna, Ar- cata and Ferndale, nearby towns, stated merchandise had been shaken from shelves; glasses, dishes and chimneys broken and some plaster knocked down. Tank racks of the Shell Oil Co., in Arcata, holding large drums of oil, sank 6 inches into the ground. In Eureka plaster was knocked from sev- eral rooms in the courthouse and from the ceiling of the city hall. Earth Shocks Recorded Here. Severe earth shocks were recorded last night by the Georgetown Univer- sity seismograph. They began at 7:01 p.m., reached a maximum intensity at 7:44, and were continuing half an hour later. Director Tondorf es- timated the center of disturbance at 2,300 miles south of Washington. Tremors Felt Near Boston. BOSTON, August 20 UP).—A series of rumblings and slight tremors which has “all the earmarks of a slight earthquake,” according to Prof. Kirt- ley F. Mather, head of the department of geology at Harvard, was felt in this vicinity tonight. Several persons in Quincy reported the rumblings strong enough to rattle windows. There were numerous tele- phone calls to newspapers, police and fire departments in Quincy, Hincham and Dedham. REVIVAL OF DU PONT DIVORCE CASE HINTED Former Husband of Wealthy Girl Declares Reno Writ Was Fraudulent. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 20.—A three- line public notice printed in a local paper today intimated a resumption of the court fight between Harold S. Glendenning and his former wife, Alice Maddox Du Pont Glendenning, with custody of their small son the ob- ject of the fight. The notice read: “My wife, Alicia Maddox Glendenning (formerly known as Alicla Du Pont) having left our home and refusing to return, I will not be responsible for any debts con- tracted by her.—Harold S. Glenden- ning.” Glendenning today limited comment on his marital affairs to the state- ment that the divorce obtained by his wife in Reno, Nev., last Septem- ber was “fraudulent, invalid and worthless,” but intimated that he planned some action. The marriage of Glendenning, a Rhodes scholar, to the stepdaughter of Alfred 1. du Pont of Wilmington, Del., was the outcome of a war romance which began when Glenden- ning was assigned to duty in the chemical department of the du Pont munitions plant, where he met Alicia Maddox du Pont. An effort said to have been made by Dean Ropbbins of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine to bring about a reconciliation between the couple was reported to have failed. Mrs. Glendenening now has custody of her child under the terms of a court order. YOUTHFUL SWIMMERS PICKED UP OFF COAST Girl and Man Exhausted in Race From Cape May to Rehoboth, Del. By the Associated Press. LEWES, Del., August 20.—Exhaust- ed after fighting against high winds and adverse tides for five hours, two swimmers, a girl and a man, who en- tered the water at Cape May, N. J., to- day in an effort to swim to Rehoboth, Del,, 15 miles away, were pulled from the rough, waters of Delaware Bay to- night. The youthful swimmers—Miss De- lemia Jones, 18, of Wilmington, De! and William B. McConnell, 23, of Del: ware City—were taken aboard one of the boats which accompanied them shortly after 8 p.m., when McConnell was seized with cramps and the girl became numb with cold. McConnell was more than 2 miles in the lead when the race came to an end, and had negotiated a little more than half the distance. CASH SPLli' ORDERED. TAMPA, Fla., August 20 (#).—A court order has been issued here di- recting that distribution of the $9,900 in cash carried by D. P. Davis, Florida realty developer, at the time he was drowned in midocean, be divided, one- third to his widow and the remainder to the estate. Attorneys for creditors announced they would appeal to the State Su- preme Court for a share in the $201,- 000 in life insurance Davis carried, which has been ordered divided be- tween Mrs. Davis and her two chil- dren. Davis, en route to Europe with a party of friends, was said by com- panions to have attempted to balance himself in a window of an upper deck cabin just for the “fun of it,” and lost his balance and fell overboard. He was known as a developer of the Coral Islands about Miami, Tampa and St. Augustine. Man Was Executed Whom Police Release Confessecl ]:)y Woman, By the Assoclated Press. NORTON, Va., August 20.—Though confessing she had killed Bertle Lind- sey in Knoxville about five years ago, for which crime Maurice Mays, a ne- £ro, had been electrocuted, Mrs. Sadie Mendil, 28, was released fromi the local jail here this afternoon when Chief of Police Vic Warren received a telephone call from the office of the Knoxville chief of police advising that the negro had been electrocuted and the records showed no charge against the woman. The woman said her name was Mrs. John Roddy, that she lived at De- vonia, Tenn., and that dressed in man’s clothes, and with her face blackened, she slipped in the Lind- sey woman's home and killed her in bed, because a few nights previous she had tracked her husband, a travel- ing man, to the Lindsey home, and had seen them together on the street. She confessed the kiling to Chief Warren and Acting Mayor Fuller, she sald, because her guilt had burned her mind and heart. She appeared much relleved after the confession and left the jail telling Chief Warren she was going to Knoxville to see her 2-year-old son, who is living with friends. She and her husband, a palm read- er, arrived in Norton early Wednes- day, she going almost direct to the chiet’s office and volunteering the con- fession. Local officers, who heard her story sald she showed no sign of mental distress and they are inclined to believe heér story despite the word from Knoxville to release her. ' noon today by the most sévere earth- | The | temblor, lasting 15 seconds, impaired | buildings | Plaster was knocked from | DINAVITE FOUND INNEKAJACKCAVE Missing Explorer May Have Tried to Blast Way Into Cavern. By the Associated Press. SHELL MOUND, Tenn.. August 20.—A searching party, led by O. P. Pile, State inspector, tonight was forcing its way through Nick-a- Jack Cave in a renewed effort to lo- cate Lawrence S. Ashley, geologist, who went into the cave Monday on an exploring trip. Equipped with gas masks and test lamps, Pile said they would remain in the cave until Sunday morning un- less Ashley was found. They were equipped to push their way beyond the last point reached in the cave by 12 other searching parties d. Dynamite Is Found. Finding of a quantity of ¢ynamite |in a cache in the cave today added further possi regarding Ash- ley’s fate, workers said. Finding of the explosive, helieved to have been placed there b led to the belief that he may have at- tempted to blast a_passageway into a larger cavern he had told of discov- ering some time ago. Searchers said that he might have been caught in a slide of rock or become a victim of after-damp following an attempt to blast his way through. With renewed hope aroused as each of the 12 searching parties went into the cave, only to be turned hack penerating the underground for a few miles, workers we advices that Gov. Austen Peay had orderad Pile with 2 crew of six miners to the cave to direct efforts of the searchers. May Dam Stream. Miners from South Pittsburg and Jasper aiso have announced that they will aid in the search for the missing explorer, if they are needed. If efforts to penetrate deeper into the cave fail, it was planned to re- build a dam near the mouth in an |effort to raise the stream flowing | through the subterranean passage to navigable proportions and attempt a further search by boat. The stream also will be dragged as soon as equip- ment arrives, workers said. The belief of most of the searchers now is that Ashley was attempting to make his way into the larger and unexplored cavern. Workers have found what they be- lieve is the entrance to this, but have been unable so far to get through. A long passage of loose earth con- struction, barely large enough for a man to crawl thorugh, was fcund, and it is believed that further efforts will be directed toward attempting an entrance here. A man might be trapped either in the passage by a slide of earth or inside the larger cav- ern, it was said. mine TRUCK DRIVER SHOT IN HAND BY BANDIT Laundry Man Robbed of $85 as He Turns Around at End of Route. In a hand-to-hand t\!;sfl on (;m"- mody road .about three-fourths of a m\le) from Seat Pleasant, Md., Jack Morgan, 25 years old. driver of a truck for the Electric, Sanitary Laun- dry at 1312 H street northeast, was shot through the hand last night by a colored bandit, who robbed him of about $65. Morgan was at the end of his route and was turning in the road to come back to the city when the colored man appeared at the side of the truck and ordered him to hold up his hands. After the bandit had taken the money from Morgan the latter grabbed for the pistol, jumping from the seat of the truck to the ground-and engaging in a pough-and-tumble fight with his assailant. During the fight the bandit shot Morgan through the hand, after which Morgan jumped into the truck with the hand bleeding profusely and drove to the Seat Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department Building, where fainted. He was taken to Emergency Hos- pital, where his condition was said to be not serious. Authorities in Prince Georges County instituted a search for the bandit. RIS LR Two Killed in Plane. HARRODSBURG, Ky., August 20 (#).—William Van Arsdall, 31, and Ormond Van Arsdall, 35, members of a prominent central Kentucky family, were killed at Van Arsdall Station, 10 miles from here, tonight, when their plane fell about 1,200 feet. The acci- dent was caused by the breaking of a wing of William Van Arsdail’'s newly purchased plane. REDFERN’S RIO TRIP MAY BEGIN - MONDAY; OLD GLORY TUNES UP (Continued from Fi Page.) Commerce inspector, will act as official starter of the flight in behalf of the American Aeronautic Association, whose sanction it has. OLD GLORY START PLANNED. Pilots Expect to Taffe Off Today if Weather Permits. CURTISS FIELD, N. Y., August 20 (#)—0Old Glory, the Fokker mono- plane in which two American air mail pilots will attempt to fly to Rome, was groomed today for a probable take-oft at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, East- ern standard time. The Roosevelt Field runway dried out today from rains which have prevented a take-off during the, past two days. The Weather Bureau announced that there would be considerable cloudiness from here to Newfounde land and thence over the great circle course tomorrow, but the winds will be favorable and a system of low pressure seems to be moving north- eastward out of the airplane lane. Lloyd Bertaud and James D. Hill, who will pilot Old Glory, are planning to " follow a modified great circle course, jogging repeatedly southward as they proceed and reaching Europe at Bordeaux, France, instead of ai Ireland. This will necessitate a 2,500- mile water jump instead of one of 1,900 miles, but, on the other hamd, it will insure better weather, as the map shows more favorable conditions be- low the great circle than above it and will also put the plane over the steamer lanes for much of the way. . As the Old Glory was being groomed today mechanics were gathered in a nearby hangar to assemble the Sikorsky biplane Ville de Paris, in which Rene Fonck will make his sec- ond attempt for transatlantic honors next month. The tuselage of the glant Sikorsky was towed to the fleld this morning and soon afterward the two great wings were brought to the hangar on trucks. Assembhling of the plane will begin in earnest tomorrow and test flights will be made during the week.