Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1927, Page 17

IN THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY AT LONDON. in e ro; lord may . where they were r sland and his father’s ho Mayor Walker of New THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, HOT Arthur Goebel, ator, winners of the first a_Honolulu hotel after BREAKFASTING PACIFIC pilot (at left), and I William Davis, navi prize in the Dole flight, eating breakfast York and Mrs. W oct d by Sir John K me in Ireland during the Copyright by P. & A n resting from their hazardous flight over the Pacific. zht by Paramount News. Thotos. Copy “SECOND A. E. F.” RETURNS TO FRANCE FOR LEGION CONVENTION. delegates to the American Legion convention in Paris di President Harding at Cherbourg. hundreds who have gone over to take in the sights before the convention. m mbarking The advance guard of Le; The first boatload of the United States Line steamship ionnaires and their families already number Wide World Photos, SECRETARY DAVIS HONORS BRITAIN'S WORLD WAR DEAD. standing before the memorial to Britain's heroes of the war after pl London. The Secretary has just returned to Washington. - FORESEE SKIRMISH PATROLMAN HELD OVER GERMAN PLEA ON MURDER CHARGE Demand for Former Voting|Accused of Slaying and Rob- Status in Radiotelegraphic | bing Paymaster Whom He Congress Questioned. Had Been Guarding. By the Associated Press. By the Assqeiated Press The American Secretary of War acing a wreath on the cenotaph in Germany’s right to as many votes NEW YORK, August 29.—“Hand- in the forthcoming international radio- some” Dan G telegraphic conference as in previous | man, today stood charged with the ones when representing her vast pre- | murder of a paymaster he often had war Colonial Empire, is expected to ' been asigned to guard and with spend- furnish the first lively skirmish upon |ing part of the $4,700 proceeds in a the opening of the Congress here on | Coney Island might club. October 4. | construction Germany lost all her colonies after | Rhoades Co.. builders, was shot and the war, but she is understood to |killed in East Fifty-second street, 150 ciaim that her economic importance |{¢et from the construction job where i he was 1o pay off some laborers. His in the world entitled her to keep the body later was found in his automobile five votes awarded her in previous | engineer for J. E ear-old patrol- | | The paymaster, Judson H. Pratt, | PRESIDENT’S SON CONFERS BIG THRILL, Misses Fern and Alta Smith, the sisters who became the envied of the party when John Coolidge danced with them at a Yellowstone Park hotel dance, where the two college girls are employed as vacation waitresses, Copyright by P. & A. Phot Wide World Photos. ‘Wide World Photos. under a viaduct in the Bronx, 10 miles conferences on account of her pos- i sessions. Were Germany to have mere- | Graham generally was assigned to v a single vote for her European ter- | guard the payma or, but last Monday ritory her voting strength only would | reported off du v as sick, and on Satur- be equal to that of the smallest coun- | day another patrolman was assmne‘:l tries and inferior, for instance to Por. | to the task. Police, however, said tugal, which has three. | Graham appeared a few minutes be- fore the trip and took the substitute's Last Conference Ruling. ! place. Tn the last Radio Conference heid | in London, in 1912, it was decided that | countries should have, in addition to | Arrested at Door of Home. Graham was arrested at the door of home last night as he stepped RESCUE MAN TRAPPED IN DEEP WELL FOR 30 HOURS. A view Auburn, Mass., after he had been imprisoned for 30 hours at the bottom before his rescue, hope had been almost abandoned of getting the man of a 40-foot well, which caved in whil out alive. TOWN GOAT STEPS A NEW ONE T0 SAXOPHONE STRAINS. This terpsichorean goat couldn't stay on the ground when Mrs. Laura 'Reynolds, syncopating saxophonist of Gerber, the nation’s saxophone championship. have gotten a better idea out of this one. IMMEDIATE ARREST - OF HILL EXPEGTED La Salle County Authorities See Early Action—Sus- pect Held in Nebraska. By the Associated Press. | STREATOR, Ill. August 29.—The | of the rescue operations which succeeded 1In releasing Fred Lenau of | imminent arrest of Harry Hill on a | | matricide charge was predicted by La Salle County authorities today. There was no explanation in sup- port of the prophecy, but there were many rumors, Police at Valentine, Nebr. graphed thev were holding a 21-ye 0ld youth whom they believed to be Hill. Streator officers wired a full de- scription of Hill. Miss Esther Hanirin, secretary of {Dr. H. C. Hill, the 'young man's | father, talked with officers yesterday. | 1t was understood she had been ques- | tioned concerning reports that the fugitive had communicated with his | | le he was digging. A few hours Copyright by P. & Photos. CAMP MEADE PLANS |$18.297.332 PAID BY DISTRICT $ \FOR BUILDING MAPPED! IN FEDERAL LEVY DURING YEAR | | { { | i | September 15 Set for Completion an initlal vote, one for each colony e ; ’ with a maximum of sis | from a flashy sport roadster he had Federal tax collections in the Dis- | nois _were | Accordingly, CGreat Bri- | bought for § 0 the day before. FPo- | trict of Columbia followed the general |8 763,804 - | 12in, France, Ru nd the United |lice said he still was reeling from the of Arrangements for New | increase throughout the country for | tively, while arol | had six votes each, the latter | effects of liquor consumed at his Coney | A llhs fiscal year ending last June 30, it | because of the tobacco tax, followed. representing, in addition to conti-|Island “party,” at which he is said | Construction. { was announced last night by Com- Collections by States. nental United States, Alaska, the | to have distributed $20 bills to the en- missioner of Internal Revenue Blair. | 3 e ? Philippies, Hawali and other Pacific | tertainers. f Income tax collections for the coun: | Tolal collections by States and Ter. possessions, Porto Rica, and other | The patrolman denied any knowledge | By the Associated Press. try showed a 12 per cent increase, | F{ories for the year ending June 11\|1Ir|wm; Dosseaslons, and the Pana- ;yr(;hle mur'dpr\(;‘r x'r;hb;l':'. dfle sak}i‘ he | Favorable progress on the 23 build-| sending the olanlecngw up u; st ma_Canal Zone. had been to Albany Saturday, where | ing projects authorized under the 2, and the rict o At 2182 | Germuny claimd, it is understood. | he had collected a jpavge legacy” left | Aymy housing program was reported || an increase of 5 per cent, g "; O ok xengthe Dideeiten | Mmly S unt ROsfpacanbeitold v emertay ity filis Wi Deparimint. collections up to $16,019," 7 upon at the last congress, are valid | lice their sor it b Despite that many of the projects nmiil contrary action to any of them | When arrested Graham had $524 in his | qye either fnished or in of eliiticoun, taxes Tor. e Nakioh | et e g I DoaEEte. completion, the dej d that | during the fiscal year were $645, | b e e fooead Spent $1000 at Night Club. in additiorial force of architects. ensi- | 63619, hringing total internal revemus | G0 el Alolmen A Sl il | neers and draftsmen had been tempo- | collections up to $2,863,681 | phai ",:I”"]':af" bt g s s ""“:)"":!‘)'"'e';}“l}':?"l;::;‘rmlly emploved to expedite the re-|while District of Columbia it | potance of the countsit at o 2 oo hne et and | inder of the work. laneous taxes were $2.207 . [ Indizna therefore Germany's position as a | Darty, said Graham had spent nearly | M4inder of ed_September 9| bringing the total for the District up | Krs great power still entitles her to a|S$1,000 at the night club. Miss Mar- | K T i = Y 7og rook! - for a hospital at Fort Monmouth, N.| 1o $18,2 2.03. | Kentu corrvesponding voting strength. garet Wogan of Brooklyn, to whom J., while the barr s there will h,,f Other Countries May Act. ',,,:4"35&,,“".‘,;925,;,“,%; iod nolice he | completed next month. It is expected | Decrease in Expense. State Department officials expect | ing her he had got the money by hold. | that by January barracks will be com-| There was a decrease of 6.5 per cent efforts on the part of other countries |ing up a beer truck. {pleted at Selfridge Field, Mich., and|in the cost of collection for the N: i 10 alter their number of votes. Japan | Graham popular among his fel. | 34 Erie proving ground, Fort Clinton, | tion, the cost standing at $32.955,873, ! for instance, which the London |low officers and among residents of hisj OMI0. ~ Barracks at Camp Lewis.|or §1.15 for each $100 collected. | Conference, was aw East Side beat, He was known in the | Vs, and officers” quarters at Edge- | * Mainly due to the manufacture and * yebro ) will probably ¢ X department as "Handsome Dan.” ! wood Arsenal, Md. are scheduled for; sle of clgarettes, which ere reported ' Neu tamigshiis ' ! sentation in view prominence | R T S tore | 45 having greatly escceded any pre- | New fiy i the far Pacific v, likewise, it | Noncommissioned officers’ quarters | vious year, the principal increase in ijew Mexico 3 understood, will move for an in-| BAPTIST MEET CROWDED. |t France Field, Canal Zone, and al revenue from miscellaneous taxes was | 3o, Lo H crease In her present three votes | Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, have just from tohacco manufactures, which i ! The status of the Irish Free State. | ST o {been completed. while u hospital at ' iotaled $5,503,766. An incres ; 1 which came into being since 1912, also | Church as Far as Texas Repre-| the latter pulce will he completed in | $529,054 was recorded in the I i | will have to be decided by the con- ference. Suggestions have been made either that the total vote for the Brit- ish Empire be increased to seven or that the Free State act apart from the rest of the British commonwealth. Two countries present at London will not be represented at the Wash- | ington conference. The Russian and Jicuadorean governments h: not hren recognized by the Washington administration, and hence invitations which would have been tantamonpt, to yecognition, have not been extended to them . Maj. Eber Awaits Retirement. Maj. Albert H. Corps foned at Fort Totten. N. Y., who has been under treatment at Wal ter Heed General Hospital, has heen dered to his home and await retive ent al the convenience of the Gov mant ? sented at Longs Crossing. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Vi 000 persons are said to have attended { the annual Old School Baptist Associa- tion, which adjourned yesterday at Longs Crossing, after a three-day ses- Maryland, Virginia, New York, Delaware,” North and South C: a, Texas and setts were reprcsented, Elde Piunan, . Luray; .Elder Campbell of the Page Regular Baptist Churches: Elder T. 8. Dalton of Balti- more and others conducted services, Capt. Rutten Reassigned. Capt. Paul G. Rutten, Quartermas ter Corps, recently on duty at the zeneral intermediate depot, this city, h: heen assigned 1o duty at head | quarters, district of Ypehington, Mu nitions Building. August 29.—Over 15,- | Arthur. W.| o | playing cards, which totaled: $4,7 Septem bids will be opened | 1G8. | for barracks at Mitchell Field and| Admission taxes for cabarets, con- {Fort Wadsworth, N. Y., to accommo- | certs and theaters showed a decrense | date upward of 400 men each, | of $6,000,000, with a total ‘collection The department also expects plans | of §17,940,636, due partially to the in- |\ er 26, i i { to be completed by September 15 for | creased exemptions on admissions | e new construction at Camp Devens, ! from 50 to 75 cents under the 192 2 u‘ Mass.; Camp Meade, Md., and Fort|law. Automobile sales taxes droppe | more than $70,000,000, with a t 1) Sam Houston, Tex. | return of $66,437,881 for the year, as {a result of the reduction of the rate in the 1926 law, New York Leads. Capt. Strickland Transferred. Capt. Newton H. Strickland, Ord. nance Department, attached to the' office of the chief of ordnance, Muni- tions Building, has been ordered to| | Fort Benning, Ga., for duty. Stunt Flyer Is Killed. BLUFFTON, Ind., August 29 (). Otto Smith, 25, stunt fiyer, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when his | aitplane” crashed while he was per- | forming in an aerial circus at Mont pelier, near Here. The plane was only 20 feet in she air when he swung into a nose dive. Smith died shortly after the accident. His unconscious form Total tax collections for the pas vears 5,262,635,711, accordin | to the report, and during that period | refunds on illegally collected taxes amounted to ceipts, New York led during the past year ! 1 | Assigned to Training Duty. Capt. Harry C. Sigourney, Air Corps was taken from the wrecked plane | in total collections, including both | Reserve, of this city, has been ordered only a few moments before the plane income and miscel eous levies, with | to March Field, Riverside, Calif,, for burst into flames. o $750,079,237. P ylvania and 1Lll- active duty in training. | aged father within the past few days. The pulpit message in several Streator churches yesterday was based on the Hill case. Gambling Losses Blamed. ! EIGAT PERSONS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENTS iand Leo H. |and Glen Dunning, 30 years old, who Crash Near Waldorf, Md., Injures Two Women—Party of Sailors in Smash-up. Eight persons were injured yester- day in automobile accidents in nearby Maryland and were treated at local hospitals. Mrs. Esther Burdette, 28 years old, 1815 Second street, and her sister, Miss Catherine Foster, 18 years old, apartment 5, the Owasco, 11 R street northeast, were taken to Emergency Hospital last night after a crash near Waldorf, Md., of which they appeared to be unable to give any coherent ac- count. Mrs. Burdette sustained a gash on the forehead and was cut about the left leg. Her sister was cut and bruised. John Phillips, 25 years old, 919 Massachusetts avenue, was cut about he face and neck in an accident near Chesapeake Beach. Emergency Hospital surgeons had him on the operating table for more than an hour, while they sewed up cuts in an at- tempt to prevent permanent scars. Four sailors and a former sailor, out for a ride in a hired car, crashed into a telephone pole on the Suit- land road, near the District line, and were taken to the Naval Hospital. Vernon A. Lunceford, 32 years old, attached to the U, 8. S. Nevada, driver of the car, was the most seri- ously injured, receiving bad cuts. The others, all of them cut and bruised, are: Leonard R. Bragg, 35 years old, Nurrenbrock, 35 years old, both of Eagle Boat, No. 35; John T. Jordan, 30 years old, of the Nevada, | ) received his discharge recently from | the Navy. Ordered to Manila. Maj. Robert A, Sharrer, Corps of Authorities were called upon to clean up ‘“‘coffee houses where no cof- fee s sold” and other places where gambling was said to flourish. Gam- bling losses have been given as a mo- tive in the Hill case, the police theory being that Hill, pressed for cash, forged his mother’s name to several checks and killed her when rebuked. Hill has been missing since last Tuesday, the day after the body of his mother, Mrs. Eliza Hill, was found buried in the basement of their home, & bullet wound in her head. RAIN MARKS OPENING OF CUMBERLAND FAIR Crowd Large Despite Weather, With Children Featuring Program | | | Calif., started practicing for The dancing masters who recently selected the 1928 dance might Wide World Photos. S100,000IN GEMS TAKEN BY THIEVES Society Startled When Wealthy 0il Man’s Wife Re- ports Loss of Jewels. By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., August 29. —Exclusive Long Island society was | startled today when it learned of the theft of $100,000 in jewels from Mrs. James Hastings Snowden, wife of a wealthy oil operator, a few hours |after she had worn them at a charity tete. Attired In a_striking costume of crimson and gold and bejeyeled head iress in addition to $250,000 in jewelry, Mrs. Snowden had played a principal part in a sketch called ‘“Oriental Lady,” a feature of the “Hampton Follies.” a society revue given for a hospital fund. Rather than cast a damper on the annual fete Mrs. Snowden had paste replicas of the gems made and played her part the following afternoon and evenng while police conducted a secret investigation. Tells of Theft. Mrs. Spowden told police she had returned home with Mr. Snowden carly Saturday and before retiring at 3 a.m. locked both doors of her bed- room and, because of a driving rain, closed her window. She placed part of her jewels on a table, part in a drawer and part in a jewel case. When she arose at 11 o'clock the jewels she had placed on the dressing table were missing. The others had not been disturbed. Police said they have been unable to discover any signs of a forced en- try and the 12 servants in the house- hold were virtually cleared of suspi- cion. The jewelry consisted of two rings n emerald and a diamond, thre: mond and ruby bracelets and a three-strand string” of pearls. The robbery is the first in exclusive Long Island society circles since the $80,000 theft at the home of Jesse Livermore for which “Boston Billy” Monaghan is serving 50 vears and Arthur Barry 20 vears in Sing Sing. The Snowdens were married in 1923, and Racing Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., August 29.— The tenth annual fair and racing meeting of the Cumberland Fair Asso- ciation got under way this morning in a steady rain. The fair had been moved up more than a month to escape the uncertainty of late Fall weather. The running races start to- morrow, Nearly 200 runners are stabled at the track. This is children’s day, with all un- der 15 being admitted free. More than 100 Boy Scouts are on the grounds to take care of the children, | i thousands appearing despite the weather. Heads of departments, including cattle, poultry, swine, sheep, flowers, | vegetables, fruit and agricuiture, re. | port about 50 per cent increase in exhibits over last year, which was the banner year of the exhibition. A feature of the fair is the appear- ance in drills all week of the crack Troop F, 3d United States Cavalry, from Fort Myer, which is encamped on the grounds. Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem. Steel Co.. who is largely responsible for thu | | Engineers, has been relieved from duty in the office of the chief of engl- neel nitions Building, and ordered to i P, 1. for duty, effective great fair at Ebensburg, Pa., has ac- cepted an invitation to visit the fair Thursday. The fair is conducted at | wara c. both previously having been divorc Mrs. Snowden’s first husband was Meagher, from whom she was divorced in Miami, in 1923. e LONE AUTOIST KILLED. Virginian Found in Wreck After Early Morning Accident. By thie Associated Pre NORFOLK, Va., August 29.—Arthur Cooke, 32 years old, of Norfolk was killed early yesterday when his auto- mobile ran from the Virginia Beach boulevard and crashed into a tree, re- bounding nearly 20 feet in a ditch. The accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. while Mr. Cooke was making his way alone to Norfolk from Virginia Beach. A passing motorist found the car with its top and windshield shattered, lodged on the ditch bank. Mr. Cooke was huddled in the front seat dead. His skull had been crushed. He is su ved by his wife and four small rgfldren. He was a native of Rox- obel, Ordered to Philippines. Capt. Tom S. Brand, 12th Infantry, at Fort, Washington, Md., has been night, with the firewgrks display as a feature, while 'hly brilliantly illuminate cre plant is Dece: ordered to the Philippines for du with ll;n.t:ntry troops, effective noz m|