Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1927, Page 2

T R STAR HOME DRAWS CROWD OF VISITORS More Than 2,500 Sightseers Go to Lyon Village on Opening Day. As an enthusiastic demonstration of | the interest of the residents of Greater Washington in the building and ownership of homes in keeping with the beauty of the National Capital, several thousand persons vesterday braved threatening weather to make an home in Lyon Village, Va., which | early in the day was thrown open to | tne public for one menth. 1 Despite a Jight drizzin.y rain in the morning, crowds begat arriving | shortly after 10 o'clock, when the place was informally declared open. and the numbers increased later in the day until at 4 pm. an actual count showed that 2,500 householder: prospective home owners and othiel interested in the better homes move ment had gone through the piace. Four Weeks' Inspection. Throngs of tors continued to come today, and an invitation to in spect the home any day between the of 10 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. during & four weeks is extended | ¢ The Star model home commit h is in charge of the demonstra- [ Visitors will be received hy a ive of the firm of Lyon & . and will be cam over the model ho ocated on Grana- da terrace, in Lycn Village, Va., one mile west of the Key Bridge, is the second of the series of four demon- stration houses sponsored this year by The Star and the Home Owners’ In- stitute. Expressions of approval of the ar- chitectural design of the house, the arrangement of the rooms and their furnishings, and the landscaping of the grounds, were heard on every hand yesterday as the constant stream of visitors filed through the place. Italian Country House. An authentic example of the Italian | country house, this house, forming a riking picture in its green setting agh t\f| § knoll above the Lee High- way, brought forth comment on its lack of tawdry or sensational color effects, which sometimes are found in houses which follow the Mediterran- ean style of architecture. The exterior of the heavy walls of this house are of white, which affords pleasing contrast against the green of the bushes and evergreen, set in advantageous positions about the building, and the variegated tones of the Spanish tile work and the black of the wrought-iron railing about the balcony of the second floor. One of the outstanding attractions of the house is the living room, which opens off the lrm\z‘denlrance hall to he left of the building. ere housewives and husbands alike lingered vesterday to enjoy the feeling of restfulness and comfort that adheres to the room. At the far end of this room, which is 20 by 13 feet in size, was found a great fireplace of the real Italian mode, unique in design and with interesting features that won close inspection from the visiting throngs. Other Features of House. The fireplace has a hearth, semi- circular in outline, which is raised 6 inches above the level of the living room and which is floored with varie- gated broken tile. It has an elliptical mantel of ebony finish which rests upon massive ebony-finished wood brackets set in the face of the chim- ney. Above the mantel the chimney becomes gradually narrower as it rises to meet the coved ceiling. While the living room proved of unusual interest, other features of the house attracted due attention, and home-lovers who attended the open- ing commented upon the effectiveness of the dining room and its adjoining breakfast room and’ commodious, bright kitchen. From the hallway at the front of the house visitors ascended to the second floor and there found three bedrooms, all distinctively furnished, great cupboards, lined with cedar as protection against moths, and an un- usually large tiled bath with shower. The walls of the bath are wainscoted with green tile work to shoulder height and the wall above the tile is of washable finish. Two More Homes on Program. Among the first visitors to inspect the home were Robert F. Beresford, member of the American Institute of Architects, who served on The Star model homes committee, and W. C. & A. N. Miller, the builders of The Star model home in Wesley Heights which yesterday was closed to the public after one month of inspection. Two other demonstration houses yet remain to be completed and placed on exhibition this year. One is located on Orchid street in Rock Creek Park Estates and the other is at the corner ot Leland and Elms streets, Leland, Md. BURNS PROVE FATAL TO HIGH SCHOOL BOY John Ralph Stephan Will Be In- terred in Rock Creek Cemetery Tomorrow. John Ralph Stepham, 15 years old, a sophomore at Central High School, died in Garfleld Hospital yesterday from complications resulting from burnps received while burning trash in the rear of his home, 1512 Lamont street, August 20, Young Stephan, the youngest son of and Mrs. Edgar Stephan, had vept the in the rear of his me and was burning trash, when a of alcohol he had taken from the gaiage to help kindle the fire ignited and set fire to his clothing. Mrs. A. N. Murphy of 1513 Lamont street ran to his ald and succeeded in extin- #1ishing the flames by rolling him on tie grass. His mother and sister, Miss Betty Ttephan, with the ist- ance of J. A. Turner, 1519 Lamont street, who threw a coat around Young Stephan, carried him to the au- tomobile of Hugh R. Kramer. 1813 Calvert street, who took him to the hospital. The boy an_interest In at Central High had t: ndidate for aving previously be- ed to the k teum at the For School. He alzo was a member of the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church 8nd a regular attendant at he Sun- i SChoo] there ldes his mother and father, he ved by three brothers, Albert, homore at the Harvard Law : Edward, a second classman at val Academy, and junior at Central High “School, and a sister, Betty, preparing to enter Powell Junior High School. Funeral services will be conducted at his late r tomorrow after- noon at 2:3 k. Interment will Le in Rock Creek Cemetery. Will Head Edgewood Arsenal. THE EVENING inspection of The Star model | View of room of Star demonstration house, Gi 5 the home was thrown open to the public for one month of inspection. nada Terrace, Lyon Village, as it appeared yesterday, when STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY NAVY GOURT GETS WILLIAMSON CASE Final Arguments Made on| Charges Officer Flew Too Low Over City. The case of Lieut. Thomas B. Wil- i‘amson, naval aviator, attached to the Hampton Roads air base, who has en on trial at the W: Yard since Iriday on ing violated low-flying regulations over | Washington July 24, was given to the | ! Navy court-martial early this after- | morning. noon for deliberation. The court received the case at 1 o'clock and the room was cleared for a few moments. All parties concerned E then were sent for and Comdr. Leo Welch, president, announced an ad- journment until 9 o'clock tomorrow In the meantime the court it will deliberate on the case and | they have come to a conclusion on the hour of convening tomorrow, the ac- used will be brought before the hody nd told of the findings with respect to the specifications. 1If the court says that all six specifications were not proved by the prosecution, this con- stitutes a verdict of acquittal. Shculd the court, however, find that one or more of the specifications has been | proved, it will announce the one not SANTARY BUYS PGELY WIGELY 49 Self-Service Stores Are Purchased by Group. Effective Thursday. Formal announcement was made to- day of the purchase of the 49 Piggly Wiggly self-service siores and meat | markets operated in \Washington and vicinity by the Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc., bringing the number of stores controlled by the latter organization up to 3 ale of the Piggly Wiggly proper- ties, representing the entire Wash- ington unit of that company, which is national in scope and has its head- quarters in Memphis, Tenn., will be- come effective Thursday, Edward G. Yonker, president of the Sanitary Grocery Co., stated in announcing the purchase, The deal was consummated on a cash basis, although the amount was not made public. John I. Power, who has been the local manager for the Piggly-Wiggly Co., will continue in charge of those stores which will be operated by the Sanitary Grocery Co. through a sub- sidiary company to be known as the Piggly-Wiggly = Eastern Co. The stores will retain their present appear- ance. Mr. Yonker indicated that his com- pany does not plan on changing its merchandizing methods, but regards the acquisition of 49 additional stores as a forward step in continuing its distribution policy and serving the public within a radius of 18 miles of Washington. Plans for still further expansion, as the need arises, will be prepared, he said. o SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO EDWARD V. FINERAN Course in Gas Engineering at Johns Hopkins Is Gift of ‘Washington Gas Light Co. The scholarship in the gas engineer- ing course at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity of Baltimore which was offered for the school year beginning Septem- ber, 1927, by the Washington Gas Light Co. has been awarded to Ed- ward V. Fineran, 1219 Trinidad ave- nue northeast. The gas company will now have three young students at Johns Hop- kins University, all being supported there by virtue of scholarships. The scholarship given in 1925 is held by Brainerd D. Wilson, while the one given in 1926 is held by Joseph G. Smith, jr., both graduates of McKin- ley Manual Training High School. The scholarship was open to resi- dents of Washington or vicinity sup- plied with gas by the company or its subsidiaries, such applicants, how- ever, being required to meet the uni- versity requirements for entrance. Mr. Fineran was born in this city December 17, 1909, and is a graduate of the Central High School. He at- tended the Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Va., this Sum- mer and won a scholarship to the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh. This scholar- ship, however, will be turned over to an alternate, due to Mr. Fineran en- tering Johns Hopkins University. — 150 VETERAN POLICEMEN WILL GET EXAMINATION Hesse Orders Physical Tests for Members of Force 55 Years 0ld and Over, All members of the Metropolitan police force 55 years of age and over will be ordered to appear before the police and firemen's medical examin- Ing board early next month to under- B0 a thorough medical examination, it was revealed today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent. All those found to be physically incapacitated will be recommended for retirement. Maj. Hesse Is a firm believer in peri- odical medical examinations, which he inaugurated soon after becoming superintendent of police. As a result, he pointed out, the department’s an- nual sick list has been reduced ma- ly, and that last Winter there was not one case of pneumonia among the police personnel, despite the ex- posure to weather that the men face. The last thorough medical exami- nation of members of the force 65 years of age and above was made two | vears ago.. Several retirements fol- lowed. Maj. Hesse estimates that approxi- mately 150 policemen, the majority of them ranking officers, will be requir- ed to take the forthcoming examina- tion. 1927-28 TAX teri; BILLS READY. | | sessor Richards’ Office. Distribution of the real estate tax bills for the 1927-1928 fiscal year was started today by William P. Richards, District tax assessor. The first in Lieut. Col. Waiter C. Baker, Chem! cal Welfare Service, attached to the office it § ry of gned to duty in lovernment arsenal | stallment of the bills will be due in i September and the second in March. | The bills w mailed to taxpayer Distribution Begun Today by As-l fish red trunks, great White-feathered tree that build stone hous spiders, which look like tree-climbing crabs, and fragile, rare orchids in marsh recesses are amons the curiosities of nature found by the National Vivarium Society vesterday on its annual fleld day in a thousand- acre area of pine barren and swamp along the Patuxent River near Priests Bridge. This tract, which is owned by Ben- jamin King of Annapolis, and has been set apart as a wild life preserve, offers an entirely new type of country for Washington naturalists, according to members of the Vivarium Society. 1t is like A part of the coast of North Carolina picked up bodily and set down more than 100 miles to the northward and somewhat inland, so that it has a distinctive fauna and flora different from any other part of the country around Washington. Plain Eaten Away. Something like this actually has happened in recent geological time, say members of the Vivarium Society. An unestimable number of years Ago. but still within the days of most of the present fauna and flora, the At- lantic coastal plain stretched some- what farther out to sea than at pres- ent and at a few points this charac- teristic type of country stretched in- land for a few miles. In the course of time the coastal plain along the Virginia and Maryland coasts was eaten away by the sea and the pecu- liar plants and animals were left stranded in the inland pockets of pine barren. Such an area is the Patux- ent marsh and another is the area around the famous biological research station at Woods Hole, Mass:, where many Washington scientists spend the Summer months. The coastal plain area starts about 20 miles from Washington, on the De- fense Highway, and can be distin- guished by the rapid change in the character of the sofl from clay to sand. To the lay observer the woods and swamps appear about like any other nearby woods and swamps, tinted yellow lupin blossoms, black pokeberries and goldenrod presaging an early Autumn. The difference lies in certain minute changes in the form of life, readily detected by members of the Vivarium Society, all of whom are Washington biologists. Echoes With Latin. For the first time in more than a century, yesterday the ancient forest echoed with Latin names, which may have stirred in the great trees memo- ries of the long-past days when Jesuit scholastics from the adjoining Whitemarsh Manor used to mumble Latin verses on their walks through the woods. An arm of the Patuxent River flows for about 2 miles through the estate. This was dragged from one end to the other with nets by Dr. Carl Hubbes of the University of Michigan in search of characteristic varieties of fishes. Dr. Hubbes found approximately 20 varieties, one of which—a small, peculiarly marked darter—may be new to science, Dr, Hubbes, who is one of the foremost American authorities on native fishes, said at first that he never had encountered anything quite the same, and offered to name it after various members of the Vivarium Soclety. There was considerable dispute as to who should receive this honor, which was broken off when the discoverer recalled that something similar has been described ENVOY’S SISTER DEAD. Senora Elvira Diaz, sister of Don Miguel Churchaga Tocornal, Chilean Ambassador to the United States, died Wednesday or Thursday of last week, according to word recefved at the embassy here from Santiago de Chile. Funeral services were held several days ago in that city. Senora Diaz was about 60 years old and was the wife of Juan de la Cruz Diaz, who is one of the leading real estate men of Chile. She was widely known for her philanthropic and chari- table work. Beside her husband and brother, she lis survived by four sons and two daughters. One of the sons, Augusto | Diaz, is with the Ambassador at pres- jent and is a member of the George- town Foreign Service School. o WARRANT FOR DRIVER. A warrant was issued today for Eliphalet Andrews, 28.year-old son of Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews of Wash- ington and Seminary Hill, near Alex- andria, on a hitandrun charge. Andrews, driving a large touring car, was said to have hit the car of Charles H. Thompson of Mount Ida, Va., on | High Bridge, Saturday, and to ave continued on his ¢ without { stopping. Both cars were badly dam- aged. | He was arrested shortly after the collision by Sergt. Edgar Sims and Desk Officer Jullan Rawlett of the Alexandria_police department In a store near his home. Sergt, Sims sald Andrews had torn who make a Weitten request to Mr. Richards. Others must call at his of- fice in the District Building. out the wiring system of hifhear and taken another from his home. He was CURIOSITIES OF NATURE FOUND BY NATIONAL VIVARIUM SOCIETY Swamp Along Patuxent River Harbors Fish That Build Stone Houses and White-Feathered Tree Trunks. recently which might be identical with this specimen. In the course of this progress down the river, members of the society ran into the stone houses of a colony of river chubs. This phenomenon, how- ever, has been known to science for a long time. At the breeding season the male of this small fish carries stones from the river bottom in his mouth and piles tkem up in the form of a rough, circular wall to prevent the eggs from being carried away. Eventually leaf and twig debris borne downstream catches on these walls and forms a sort of roof so that the nest may appear like a rough, thatch- ed toy cottage built under water. The feathered tree trunk attracted considerable intere: It was a dead stalk, probably very ancient, covered from top to bottom with a peculiar sort of white fungous growths, very light and delicate, which were ar- ranged at such regular intervals and 80 closely together that they present- ed very much the appearance of feathers, Discovery of Orchid. The discovery of the orchid, which had a very small, delicate white blos- | som tinted with purple, also caused considerable debate, since none of the bontanists present could identify it, but the theory was advanced that it probably is fairly common along the North Carolina coast. The actual swamp, where the ooze is waist deep, was mnot explored yesterday. It abounds with life, however, and sev- eral members of the soclety plan to re- turn equipped to cross it. The net was dragged through a cold spring, apparently entirely devoid of life, and four or five lively mud min- nows were brought to the surface and captured alive. They will be placed in the aquarium at the National Zoo- logical Park. Many frogs, turtles, nymphs and salamanders were col- lected, the latter being found under rotting logs in the marsh. A notable feature of the swamp ob- served by members of the Vivarium Society was the enormous size attained by some of the poisen ivy vines which twine around the trunks of the sweet gums and river birches, and are so large that it sometimes is difficult to tell which is the vine and which is the trunk. At every stage of its growth the vine sends out hosts of tiny roots into the air, which draw nourishment to the plant in much the same fashion as the roots sent into the ground. Absence of Birds. One very anclent form of plant life, the sphargum moss, was found in dense patches and collected in canvas sacks as food for fish. This moss grows about an inch from the ground and is the degenerated descendant of one of the carboniferous tree growths from which coal is formed. The absence of bird life in the swamp was notable, this probably being an off season for most of the forms which inhabit this region. Evi- dences of mommal life were abundant, however, including muskrats, mink, otter, racoon, opposum, fox and weasle. Among those who took part in the exploration of the tract, besides Dr. and Mrs. Hubbes, were Dr. William M. Mann, director of the National Zoo- logical Park; Herbert Barbour of the National Museum; John H. Paine, Maurice K. Brady, Mrs. Brady and Miss Doris Cochrane, assistant cura- tor of mammals at the National Mu- seum. Charles S. Smith, Sacco Opponent, Fuller Aide, Dies By the Assoclated Press. LINCOT.N, Mass., August 2 Charles ,umner Smith, 70 years old, senior member of the govern- or's executive council, is dead here from a hemorrhage of the brain, suffered on the eve of the last scheduled meeting of the council before the Sacco-Vanzetti execu- tions. Smith had led councilor oppo- sition to reprieves for the men on August 10, and later was spokes- man for the other members in con- gratulating Gov. Fuller in his final refusal to intervene. Mr. Smith was long identified with copper mining companies and the banking business in Boston. . Killed at Crossing. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. August | 29.—Ellsworth Balley of Prince Wil- llam County, an employe of the Dis- trict of Columbia reduction plant at Cherry Hill, was instantly killed yes. terday at a grade crossing while re- turning from work. His automobile was struck by a freight train. He is survived by his widow and several . The formulae used by the Egyptians proved and this will constitute a dict of guilty. Any one of the six gpecifications may support the gen- eral charge, which is ‘“‘conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline.” The court’s sentence, in event of zuilt having been established will not be announced but the entire findings will be forwarded to the Navy De- partment for approval. Just before the final argument the defense reopened its case long enough to inject more doubt as to the identity of the plane which, according to wit- nesses, performed acrobatics in the vicinity of Sixteenth street and Co- lumhia road. Theodore Cogswell, deputy reglster of wills, testified that he saw a gray-colored airplane bearing large numerals “74” flying in the vicinity of his residence, at 2301 Cathe- dral avenue, between 1 and 2 o'clock on the day in question, and that it flew very low over the apartment houses. It disappeared and a few minutes later a_plane reappeared but quite high. He said it dived and zoomed and altogether made three loops. He was under the impression at all times that the plane which stunted was the same one he saw first. Furthermore he thought the plane was a two- seater. Identity Declared Established. Capt. H. N. Potter, trial judge ad- vocate, in his opening argument to the court declared the identity of Lieut. Williamson had been establish- ed as the naval aviator who flew over Washington. He declared the identi- fication was reached through a series of circumstances, which had been produced as evidence in the case. The identification marks on the plane, 5-F-14, had been partially identified l‘w“‘one witness who saw the letter ‘F” and another established the numerals while a lh(r]d saw a “14"” or “16.” “It is perfectly plain sald Capt Potter, “that all these put tflg!lhgl' make the number 5-F-14.” He summed up the testimony as to the lowest altitude that the plane flew, pointing to evidence that it was near the tops of buildings. There also was evidence to show that Lieut. Wil- liamson carried an altimeter in his plane which enabled him to tell his height above the ground. Identification Questioned. Capt. Field Harris, service counsel for the accused aviator, opened for the defense, declaring emphatically that no witness for the prosecution had identified Lieut. Willlamson’s plane; that the defense point ahout the plane bearing the number “74” had stood unrebutted and that there was no Government evidence that the pilot violated Commerce Department regulations when they never had been furnished him. Thomas Williamson, civilian counsel and father of the accused, closed for the defense. He declared likewise that no witness had identifled the plane as the one which the accused fiew and that no one had identified the stunting airplane as a Navy plane. The fact that not one witness had been contradicted or impeached, Mr. Williamson declared, meant that all testimony must be taken as tru He emphasized the defense tes. timony of Saturday and today about the plane bearing the numbers *74” and laid great stress on the story of one Government witness that two planes were in the air at the same time between the hours the offense is_alleged to have been committed. Four witnesses were called this morning at the request of the court, 'AUGUST NAVY ASTRONOMER made Saturday, when both sides reste their case. They were Maj. Chnrla(: Lutz, commanding o of Brown Field, Quantico, Va. ieut, Comdr. Homer Wick, commander of the Naval Air Station, Anacostia; Capt. William Crom, acting commanding officer of Bolling Field, and Liedt. Wallace Dil- lon, executive office of Fighting Plane Squadron 5, Lieut. Williamson's or- Banization of Hampton Roads, Va. These officers appeared because the court desired to know from them about the activities of planes under their command on July 24, Maj. Lutz reported that no Marine plane from Quantico flew that day either on au- thorized or unauthorized flight. Comdr. Wick said only one p|:rl|‘:, piloted by Lieut. L. R. Webb, took oft from 'his station at 3:20 p.m. for Philadelphia, while Capt. Crom told of three Army planes leaving Bolling Field for cross-country trips. One of these was a three-engined Fokker transport monoplane, which left for New York at 2:10 p.m., and the other two were Douglass observation planes, which left for the West at 10:15 a.m. Lieut. Dillon said the only flight by planes in his squadron was made by Lieut. Williamson. Lieut. Dillon de- clared the commerce regulations had not been promulgated to his squadron and he did not belfeve were of common knowledge among aviators in the service. 1927. CLAIMED BY DEATH George Andrews Hill Expires Suddenly at Home—In- terment Tomorrow. | Heart Attack Fatal l | George Andrews Hill, 69 years old, tronomer at the United States Naval Observatory for the past 38 years and widely known throughout the United states for his astronomical observa- tions, was found dead in bed at his residence, 2535 Thirty-seventh street, by his wife yesterday. He had beer suffering from high blood pressure for the past several months. Outstanding in his work while at the observatory was a series of obser vations and a study of the star Alpha Lyrae” with a single prime vertical telescope over a period of 19 years from 1893 to 1912, about which he wrote a treatise entitled “Prime Ver- tical Observations, 1893-1912.” The treatise was recently published in a report of the observatory and received high praise throughout the astronomi- cal world. Here 48 Years. Mr. Hill was a member of the scien- tific_expedition which went to Spain in 1905 to make a study of an eclipse of the sun. He had made other studies of eclipses at Barnesville, Va.. and elsewhere. In addition he was among a group of scientists that conducted longitudinal experiments by wireless between Washington and Paris. Prior to entering the Naval Ob- servatory, Mr Hill was connected with the Army Signal Corps for sev- eral years after coming to Washing- ton 48 years ago. He was a native of Elizabeth, N. J. Mr. Hill was at one time widely known as an expert marksman, hav- ing been a member of the rifle team of the old District of Columbia Na- tional Guard, which won the cham- plonship at Seagirt, N. J., many years ago. Dr. Hill's Nephew. He is survived by a son, George C. Hill, by his first wife, the late Mrs, Martha L. Hill; a brother, Rob- ert Hill, of Danbury, Conn.; an uncle, Dr. David Jayne Hill, former Am- bassador to Germany: a grandson, David C. Hill, and a granddaughter, Mildred L. Hill. Funeral services will be conducted at Birch’s funeral parlors, 3034 M street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. HORSE SHOW AGAIN STAUNTON FEATURE Monday Marks Opening of Annual Fair With Prospect of Rec- ord Exhibits. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., August 29.—The annual Staunton Fair will open Mon- day, September 5, and promises a record number of exhibits. The horse show, which was dispensed with last year for lack of space, will be a stand- ing feature of the fair. Blooded stock from nearby farms that have already been entered are unusually fine, and fruits and vege- tables will_be exhibited in the new Convention” Building. Thursday there will be an exhibition of flowers, plants and shrubs, under auspices of the Augusta Garden Club, to which every one having a flower garden is invited to contribute and also enter for the prizes. Fancy work of all kinds, with hand- made clothing and breads, cakes, jel- lies, preserves, pickles, etc., will all have their prize awards. The vaudeville and side-show ex- hibit will come from some of the best traveling shows and the Midway will have attractions never before seen here, . CECIL RESIGNATION IN EFFECT AT ONCE Chancellor Not to Go to Geneva As- sembly, It Is Learned After Conference With Baldwin. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 29.—Viscount Cecil of Chelwood has definitely re- signed his cabinet post as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, it was learned today, and will not go to Geneva for the forthcoming meeting of the League of Nations assembly. Lord Cecil was closeted with Premier Baldwin last night and it is understood the latter tried to persuade him to postpone his resignation until after the assembly meeting. Lord Cecil, however, persisted in his resig- nation, on the ground of his dissatis- faction with the government's course of policy regarding disarmament. T Policeman Suffers Injury. While on duty on the police launch W. G. Moore, near Chain Bridge, Sat- urday afternoon, Policeman Charles M. Birkight came in contact with a line stretched across the river at the point where marathon swimmers were pre- paring to make a start, tripped and was thrown against the engine. His legs and left hand were painfully cut. Birkight, who has performed police duty about the river for many years, it is stated, has never had an accident in connection with such duty. Sur- filflm! at Emergency Hospital treated m. Sergt. Frank Retired. Staff Sergt. John Frank, at the Tank School, Camp Meade, Md., has heen placed on the retired list of the Army o his own application, after more than 30 years' active service. SCHEDULE OF SCHLEE’S ATTEMPT TO LOWER ROUND-WORLD RECORD Miles. Harbor Grace, Newfoundland o London, England. Munich, Germany... Belgrade, Jugoslavia. Constantinople, Turke; Aleppo, Syria. Bagdad, Iraq . Bender Abbas, Persia Karachi, India.. Allahabad, India Calcutta, India, Rangoon, India.... Tourane, French Indo-Chin: Hongkong . Tokio Japan (radio Sand Island of Midway Islands (radio heacon).. Honolulu (radio beacon). San Francisco Cheyenne . Chicago Detroit Harbor Total milenge........ Round world record. to color bronzes are still used by released by the Alexandria police in 1,000 bon French, British and American mints, Schlee time ulf(\uon toda Time unexpired Teft. Aug Arri Aug Aug. 27, 4:14 a.m., Eastern S. T. ved. . 28, 10: 29, 4 pm. a.m. Greenwich T. Munich time Hours. . 686 31 Minutes. 30 46 44 FREDERICK W. WHYT! FREDERICK W. WHYTE DIES IN HEART ATTACK Found Unconscious on Street—Was Lifelong Resident of City and Railway Employe. Frederick William Whyte, 80 y old, 825 Fourth street nort found unconscious near I H streets northeast about 10:15 o'clock this morning. He was taken to the summoned from Casualty Hospital. Death occurred hefore the physician reached the house and was due to heart trouble. Mr. Whyte, a lifelong resident of Washington, was born here on Febru- arv 11, 1847, the son of Capt. Fred Whyte, U. S .A. In 1871 he married Lula Newton, who died in 1874, and three years later he married Elizabeth Taylor, who survives him. Besides his widow, Mr. Whyte is survived by two sons, Joseph C., fore- man of the composing room of The Star, and Noble F. Whyte; a daughter, Miss Minnie Whyte; two grandsons, Clifton A. and Ellwood Whyte, and a great-grandson, Clifton A. Whyte. jr. For more than 50 years, until his retirement a few years ago, Mr. ern Railway, being awarded the bronze service medal of honor in token of { the completion of half a century of constant service. He was affiliated with Calanthe Lodge, Knights of Pythias. WOMAN’S BUREAU HIT BY JUDGE MACDONALD Jurist Releases Letitia Wilcox on Personal Bond—Attorney Raps Practices Against Client. ‘The Woman's Bureau was scored in Police Court today in the case of Letitia Wilcox, member of the cast of Artists and Models, charged with vagrancy, when Judge George H. Macdonald released her on her per- sonal bonds to appear September 8, and denounced the practices of the policewomen, following a scathing statement made by Frank J. Kelly, former assistant United States at- torney, and attorney for the defend- ant. Mr. Kelly told the court the girl had been locked up for two weeks at the House of Detention, after she had asked to see her husband, who is in the District jail awaiting ac- tion of the grand jury on a house- breaking charge. “The practices of the Woman's Bu- reau,” the attorney stated, “are most outrageous. Because the girl refused to talk about her husband's charge, of which she knows nothing, she was detained incommunicado for investi- gation. Then the ridiculous charge of vagrancy is placed against her, although it was known that she was a member of the theatrical show, making as much money a week as many of us here make in a month. “I ask that the court undo the wrongs committed by the police- women by releasing her on her per- sonal bonds until her trial.” Judge MacDonald upheld the law- yer's plea and remarked in open court, “We can never undo the wrongs done by the Woman's Bu- reau.” . Boy Fire Victim Better. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 29.— Alexandria Hospital authorities were optimistic today over the condition of Robert Roberts, 4-year-old son of Har- mon Roberts, who was severely burn- ed Saturday morning, when the barn of his father, near Fort Humphreys, was destroyed. Richard Roberts, a 3- vear-old_brother, who was burned to death. His funeral was held yester- day. The mother was badly burned in an attempt to rescue her two sons. She left the hospital Saturday. RAIN TURNS BACK CARLING FLYERS OVER LAKE ONTARIO (Continued from First. Page.) down the runway the wheels lifted from the ground and the plane was successfully on its way. It swung slightly to the south of the flying field as it prepared to make toward the east, and the shores of England. Steadily it climbed, and when it began the long, graceful, sweeping turn, it was about 1,000 feet in the air. Banking perfectly, the plane swept around in a wide aro, still climbing. Slowly it straightened out and head- ed eastward toward the sun, the first rays of which glinted from the metal sides of the ship. It worked upward still farther and soon was nothing bu! a tiny speck in the eastern . Another moment and it was gone. Preparations for the flight had been in progress throughout the night and all was in readiness when Tully and Medcalf arrived on the fleld. Not long before the take-off a decision was made to carry only 372 imperial gal- lons of gasoline instead of the 500 for which the plane has tank capacity. This was done to lighten the load and increase the margin of safety in hop- ping off. Thelr route would take them over or near Oakville, Trenton, Belleville, Deseronto, Kingston and Gananoque. Leaving Ontario Tulley and Medcalf planned to cross the St. Lawrence about 12 miles west of Brockville, passing near Canton and Malone in New York State, re-entering Canada at Rouse's Point. In Quebec the plane was expected to pass over Phillips- burg, Sherbrooke and Lennoxville. The Sir John Carling is expected to be seen in the maritime provinces in the vicini.y of Richmond’'s Corners, Woodstock and Rexton in New Bruns- wick. Crossing Northumberland Strait the flyers will make for O'Lears and Inverness in Prince Edward Is- home of neighbors and a physician | Whyte was connected with the South- | ‘BONE DRY' DEMAND MADE BY W.C.T.0. Platform Pledges Support Only to Candidates in Favor of Prohibition Law. By the Associated Press. MINNZAPOLI®, Minn, August 29.—Support of only those candidates “who are the undoubted friends of prohibition” is pledged by the National Women's Christian Temperance Union 'n its platform adopted at the annual convention here today. Following closely the requests of officers, who in their annual reports urged relentless war on office seekers running without “dry” planks in the! platforms, the union unanimous] ! voted to actively campaign for ca lites “who really care that America <hall receive full benefit from prohibi- tion.” | Pleading for “willing obsdicnce to { the letter and spirit of the law as | plain American duty,” the union in | its platform declares that “alcoholic { liquors have no place in the home | medicine chest,” and deplores “the | home manufacture of homebrew and homemade wine. Bootlegger Druggist Denounced. Merchants are requested “to dis- | continue the sale of ingredients and utensils plainly merchandised for use in the manufacture of alcoholic bev- erages.” Condemning the abuse of prescrip- tion privileges, the union brands a “a public menace” the “hootlegzir arugeist ells liquor witho | prescription and who connives at the | diversion of industrial alcohol to | medical or beverage use.” “Writers and entertainers” who eliminate from stories, plays and sceneries the idea that drinking is essential to a good time” are com- mended in the platform, which states that “the average American family has nothing in common with the sort of life portrayed in many current novels and upon the screen and stage.” H Other Points in Platform. | _Other parts of the platform place | the W. C. U. on record as: Calling attention to “the increasing | number of physicians and members | of hospital staffs who, as the result of research and experiment, have discarded alcohol as a therapeutic agent.” Defending prohibition as the best method of dealing with the liquor | traffic. Commending every constructive ef- fort of the Government toward law enforcement. Emphasizing the necessity of co-op- eration on the part of individual cit- izens. Urging all citizens to vote and “dry” voters to actively support “dry” can- didates. “Branding as political trickery to deceive the people all ‘non-mandatory referenda’ asking Congress to delegate to States the power to fix the alcoholic content of intoxicating liquor.” Refusing to accept the Canadian plan of government sale as a substi- tute for prohibition. Commending Federal and State of- ficers “who at personal risk are faith- fully doing their duty.” Paying tribute to “the brave men who have lost their lives enforcing the law” and extending the union's sympathy to their families.” League Gives Support. Nothing that has taken place at the annual convention of the union has aroused more enthusiasm among the delegates than telegraphic assurance yesterday from the Women's Law En- forcement League, stating that it was proferring its support to the W. C. T. U. campaign for strict enforcement. The Law Enforcement League is an organization of 10,000,000 Protestant Church -vomen, and its support was promised in a telegram signed by Lucy W. Peabody of New York, its presi- dent. Delegatc: were told last night that the Government is more powerful than liquor peddlers, and can success- fully put down liquor law violations. The speaker was Mrs. Stella C. Stim-on of Terre Haute, Ind., director of the union's department of citizen- ship. “The time is surely coming. Mrs. Stimson said, “when it will be as dangerous to tamper with the pro! tion laws as the postal laws. That time will come when the Treasury De- partment is as determined to enforce the law as the Post Office Depart- ment.” Regulation of the motion picture industry as a major objective of the union to eliminate exaggerated sex appeal, {llicit love affairs and stories making drunkenness attractive was urged by Mrs. Robbins Gilman of Minneapolis, general secretary of the Women’s Co-operative Alliance. Mrs. Valeria H. Parker of New York, national director of the union's division of social morality, defended the youth of today, pointing out that the United States Children's Bureau “has reported a marked decrease of juvenile delinquency.” C.S. HIMMELWRIGHT DIES. Examiner for Federal Trade Com- mission for 10 Years. Charles S. Himmelwright, 55 old, for the past 10 vears an examiner for the Federal Trade Commission, died of heart disease at his residence, 6713 Second street, yesterday. Mr. Himmelwright came here from Philadelphia. He was a member of the Potomac Lodge of Masons and the Royal Arcanum. He leaves his wia. Mrs. Mabel T. Himmelwright, and a son, C. Russell Himmelwright of Atlanta, G: Funeral ices_will be conducter in the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Rev. Thomas Clark will officiate. Interment will be in Philadelphia. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Navy Band, at the Capitol, at 7:30 o'clock tonight: March, “Ancient and Honorable Ar- tillery Sousa Suite— (@ “In a Chinese Temple G den” Ketelbey () “Funeral March of a Mario- nette” . ounod Rondo, Overture, Gypsy Two “‘Capric ““Chal Lad"). 2 trelita” . Ponce Sunshine of Your Smile”.Ray (Bandmaster G. De Giorgio.) Tone Poem, “Les Preludes” Lisat Va “Trieste,” Op. 44, from the drama “Kuolema™ .... Sibelius Descriptive, “El Condor . Robles Grand scenes from ‘“Parsifal”.Wagner “The Star Spangled Banner." By the United States Army Band. § Willlam J. Stannard, leader; Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, at Reserva- tion 312, Thirteenth and Emerson streets, tonight at 7:30 o'clock. March, “The Washington Grays, Grafulla Overture, “Military”.. land and then cross the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the northern tip of Cape Breton, Over New Foundland they will head for Heart's Content and Harbor Grace, from where the course is set for South Bantry Bay ig Ireland. Flying over the Irish Cha! the Welsh Mountains and thence to panish waltz, “E: . Waldteufel Novelty, ixie Fantasia Bellstedt Two popular songs, selected. Excerpts from “The Sunshine Gir Rubens “The Arkansaw Traveler,” Lovenberg ‘ Parody on 1, they will pass over | March, “Marine Corps Institute, 3