Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1927, Page 17

- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, The spirit of Boston, personified by its 21-year-old son, William H. Busch, who has left Los Angeles for New York in an attempt to break the transcontinental pedes- trian record of 77 days. Associated Press Photo. ENJOYING HIS SUMMER VACATION. A New England college youth, camping in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, gets a thrill by hanging from the edge of Great Stone Face, 700 feet high. Since it was all Mone in play and not for publicity, he declined to let his name figure in the stunt. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. AMERICA’S SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE. George M. Lott, jr., of Chicago (at left) and John Doeg of Santa Monica, Calif., young alternates on the American Davis Cup tennis team, who defeated the French stars, Cochet_and Brugnon, to reach the semifinals in the national doubles championship at Brookline, Mass. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. -— PREPARING FOR THE GREAT AUTUMN SPORT IN GOTHAM. Candidates for the New York University foot ball team getting an early drill in tackling and other fundamentals of the game. The coaches agreed that this diving tackle was a bit high, but the tackler will improve his “aim” before the schedule opens. The university developed one of the best teams in the country last year. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. LIKE SWALLOWS IN FLIGHT. Two champlon divers of the Atlanta RECEIVING A NEW RESIDENT AT THE ST. LOUIS Z0O. Nine men are required to handle this Athletic Club, Bill Noyes and “Red” Holleman, give an impression of G HU N e ENGLISH CROWDS. DOG HURDLING RACES THRILL 25-foot python snake in the process of transferring him from his traveling crate to his permanent home An unusual action shot of a field of champion ‘Whippet and dog hurdlers taking jumps in a close race on the course at Harringway, England. greyhound racing continues to gain popularity in the British Isles, and followers of the sport now ‘“play” Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. the races freely. ONEMAN INIURED, DRIVER ARRESTED Colored Man Accused of Reckless Speeding—Two Women Hurt in Accident. After he is alleged to have run into ® coupe occupied by Winifred C. Btrickland, 24 years old, and Douglas Love, both of 1400 Fairmont street, re- sulting in injuries to the former, who was taken to Casualty Hospital, Rob- ert C. Johnson, colored, 37 years old, 22 xth street, was arrested, taken . 9 precinct and charged with less driving. sStrickland was cut over the right eve and badly bruised about the body. Whe accident occurred at Fourteenth mnd Morse streets northeast early this morning. Women’s Lives Imperiled. Two women were knocked down by automobile yesterday afternoon at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue and thrown into the path of a street car, which was stopped just in time to avoid hitting th Mrs. John A. Dixon, years old, and Miss Leona M. Baron, 34 years old, both of 1620 R street, were given first aid at Emergency Hospital for bruises and shock, while George W. Stout, 64 years old, McLean, Va., driver of the automobile which hit them, was arrested and charged with reckless driving. Auto Crashes Into Stone Wall. William D, Eimer, 18 years old, 8224 Prospect avenue, emerged with slight scratches, while Frank Bromley, 3132 M street, and Peck Garrison, 3803 Canal d, escaped unscathed last night, when their automobile ran into a stone wall at the foot of 5201 Canal youd and overturned. Garrison, who was driving south on Canal road, lost control of the car when the left front wheel hit the wall. . BODY SENT TO LIMA. Dead Mail Flyer, Crash Victim, Cared for by Friends. MANCHESTER, Conn., September 5 (P).—The body of Daniel G. Cline, veteran alr mail fiyer, who was kill- ed early Saturday morning when the plate which he was flying from Bos- ton to New York crashed in East Will: yesterday in response to a telegraphic request signed “D. C. Cline.” Cline left Boston Friday night with the first consignment of packages over the American Express Co.’s new air routes and was forced down twice by fog before the fatal dive. The plane was wrecked in Moose Meadow. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Jeaious Man Kills Divorced Wife's Companion and Himself. LONGVIEW, Wash., September 5 (#). ~Thomas Shellenberger, 49, part, own- er of the Crescent Shingle Co., was slain re! on, was sent to Lima, Ohio,/ 3,800 Turtles Try For Speed Records In Terrapin Derby By the Associated Press. PONCA CITY, Okla., September 5.—Hundreds of turtles, many of them able to cover a foot in less than 10 seconds, remained as en- trants in the annual terrapin derby here today as elimination races continued in an effort to reduce the field of 3,800 to 50 for the 75-foot final dash. “Speedy Joe,” trained in Wichita, Kans., and sent here by airplane just in time to qualify, along with ““We,” named in honor of Col. Lind- bergh, yesterday had plenty of backing in the preliminaries from cowboys and ranchers participating in the 101 Ranch rodeo, of which the derby is a feature. If the turtles get away to a smooth start when a circular woven wire barrier is lifted those in the money usually cover the 75 feet to an outer circle in about 15 minutes. CRATE OF LOBSTERS CLUE TO WRECKAGE Canadian Smack Believed to Have Gone Down in Storm—Tank- er's Raft Found. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., September 5.—A crate with 70 lobsters inside was found yesterday in the vicinity of Halt Way Rock, which mariners believed might give & clue to some of the wreckage found scattered along the nearby coast in the last few days. The find of the crate led to the bellef that a Canadian Iobster smack might have gone down in_Thursday’s storm. Fishermen said that only lobsters coming from Canadian ports are ship- ped in crates, thoso from Maine being brought in tanks in the smacks. Among the wreckage reported yes- terday also was a life preserver, mark- ed S. S. Mexican, in stencils. This was found among’ debris rresembling a life raft bearing the same marks, The Mexican is an ofl fanker of 8,512 gross tons, owned by the Oil Carrying Co. of New York. Tho Mexican was not known to have been in this Vi- cinity the last few weeks, Although pleces of wood such as fs used in the construction of yachts con- tinued to be reported, no information nor marks had been found to identify | them. - HINDENBURG AS GUEST. Toelz, Germany, Well Known Spa, Confers Honorary Citizenship. TOELZ, Germany, September ©§ (#).—For the ceremony of conferring honorary citizenship of this well known spa on President von Hinden- burg, the whole populace and guests taking the cure turned out yesterday. Arriving with his son, Maj. von Hin- denburg, by automoblle from Die- trammzell, the President drove slowly between a double file of school chil- dren, members of local societies and officials, with gay banners flylng, and flowers thrown in his path, At the yesterday by Walter Edmunds, 51, when he stepped from the automobile of Mrs. Mary Edmunds. Edmunds fird three times, one shot being fired At Mrs. Edmunds, his divorced wife. e then committed -auwicids, steps of the town hall the city’s dis- tinguished honorary member was welcomed by the burgomaster. Replylng, the old field marshal promised to continue trying to do his Quty for -his country’s wqlfare, ASKS GENERAL LAWS TO GOVERN DIVORCES National Movement Proposed to Have Each State’s Legislation Recognized by All By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, September 5.—Recogni- tion as valid by courts of the various States of divorces granted in other States will be the aim during the next year of a special committee of the Na- tional Commisioners on Uniform State Laws, it was said last night by Jesse A, Millfi; of Des Moines, newly elected president, Mr. Miller said that it would be practically impossible to draft a uni- form divorce law that would be ap- proved by all State Legislatures, be- cause of widely divergent views on the subject held in various sections of the country. The conference several years ago approved a uniform divorce bill, but it was adopted by only a few States, some Legislatures regarding it as too liberal and others as ndt liberal enough. “I belleve it will be practically im- possible to work out such a law,” Mr. Miller said, “but there is hope that the special committee will be able to suggest measures whereby divorces granted in one State will be effective in another, and thus eliminate the condition of a man having legal wives in two States under their respective laws or a woman having two hus bands. We believe such legislation will be beneficial and would avoid much confusion,” B — PRISONER ESCAPES. Flees Norristown, Pa., Jail in Taxi to Philadelphia. NORRISTOWN, Pa., September 5 (). —Arthur Thompson, serving a four-year term for a silk robbery, escaped from the Montgomery County jail yesterday and eluded his pur- suers by ordering a taxicab driver to take him to Philadelphia. Two other prisoners who attempted to accom- pany him were captured on the roof of the prison. These men, awaiting trial for breaking and entering, both had pistols. The cells of the thres men hda been opened from the outside and a knot- ted rope ladder had been placed from the roof to a balcony below. It was down this ladder that Thompson made his way to the streets A moment later he was speeding toward Phila- delphia in a taxicab. In that city he alighted “at the West Philadelphia Railroad Station, paid the driver: §8 fare and a dollar tip and disappeared. FOUR DIE IN CRASH. Party Returning From Church Is Struck by Train. XENIA, Ohio, September 5 (). — Four persons were killed and another seriously injured. when their auto- mobile was struck by, the crack all- American flyer of the Pennsylvania Railroad at a crossing near here yes- terday. : The dead are Mrs. Margaret Holler, 42; Frank_Snider, and s. Ana Newton and Miss nider. Adolph Holler, husband of Mrs. Margaret Holler, was seriously injured. The party was returning from church when struck by the Gk P ] floating through space in these perfectly executed swan dives. Herbert Photos. in this country. Norwegians, With Imposing Ceremony, To Honor Erickson, Discoverer of America By tho Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 5.—A Viking ship with brilliant sail will nose its way September 11 to the outer edge of Chicago’s newest boulevard, which sweeps broadly for 1115 miles along the shore of Lake Michigan south from the center of the city. From it will step a hardy Norse- man, dressed as Leif Erickson was when he set foot upon the American continent in the year 996. That will signalize the beginning of a ceremony formally naming, the boulevard “Leif Erickson Drive” and which will attract Norweglan-Ameri- cans from over the country. Thousands will take part in a day of demonstrations, creating in song and pageant a colorful page from the history of their race. Gerhard Folgero, Duluth, will take the part of Erickson in the 42-foot boat, an exact half-size replica of the Viking’s ship, in which he made an FRANCO-GERMAN PACT ACCLAIMED IN PARIS Commercial Agreement Approved by Industrial Classes as Inaugurat- ing New Epoch of Co-operation. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 5.—The Franco- German commercial agreement has been widely and favorably received in industrial and trading classes as the beginning of a new epoch of co-opera- tion and economio interdependence. “In the spirit of the negotiations,” says L'Information, “as in the thought of the governments, the new commercial treaty assumes and pre- pares for collaborations which, to be fruitful, must be organized upon reasonable and practical _bases,” which, the journal adds, could not be done in an atmosphere of suspicions and fears. Francols Marsal, formerly minister of finance, provoked a lively discussion with an article in_which he affirms that France is easily capable of sup- porting its present taxation, and avers that taxes increased only 83 per cent in France on a gold basis, while other European countrles, he says, increased from 150 to 200 per cent. PASTOR FOUND DEAD. Expires in Sacristy as Worshipers Are Entering Church. MILWAUKEE, Wis., September 5 —While worshipers were entering Grace Lutheran Church yesterday for holy communion services, the pastor, Rev. Carl Gausewitz, went into the sacri to reflect on his sermon. When he did not reappear church of- ficials entered the sacristy and found him dead. Mr. Gausewitz, who was 66 years old, for several years had been presi- dent_of the Synodical Cenference of North Amerlca, the country’s largest group of Lutherans, comprised prin- cipally of the Missourl and Wisconsin Synods. Feminist Leader Dies. TACOMA, Wash, September 5.— Mrs. Emma Smith De Voe, 79, a na- tional organizer for women's suffrage and past president of the National Council of Wor Voters, died yes- ol AR — odessey almost as perilous as that of Erickson. Folgero and four men piloted the tiny sailboat across the Atlantic, land- ing at Boston August 12, 1926, after 6,700 miles of buffeting and hardships. For more than a year officials of the Norwegian National League have prepared for the event. Archives of the papal library at Rome were thrown open to them so that they might obtain all necessary data to present an historically correct pageant. Erickson was on a missionary voy- age to a small community in Green- land when he discovered the American continent, historians of his race say. He named the country “Vinland,” and he and his crew remained four years, from 996 to 1000. ‘The new boulevard starts at Grant Park and fringes the Lake Michigan shore through Jackson Park. It gives a striking view of water that at times rages as the open sea which Lief Erickson loved so well. WALKER ATTENDS MASS AT ST. MARK’S, VENICE Movie Men Endeavor to Film Mayor Feeding Pigeons, but Throngs Scare Birds. By the Associated Press. VENICE, Italy, September 5.— Mayor James J. Walker of New York and members of his party yesterday morning in_a motor launch went across the Venetian lagoon and at- tended mass in the famousu Byzantine Cathedral of St. Mark's. Great throngs of Venetians and tourists gathered in St. Mark’s Square to get a glimpse of the visitors as they came out of the cathedral. A dozen moving picture men filmed the mayor in the act of feeding the pigeons in the famous square, but the crowd was so dense the pigeons be- came shy and the picture men's efforts were only indifferently success- ful. Later they took some scenes of Mayor and Mrs. Walker floating about the lagoon in an open gondola with the famous St. Mark's Lion and Doges Palace as a_background. Dozens of enthusiastic youths besieged the mayor, begging in broken academic English for autographs. He was kept busy for some time signing his name on all sorts of scraps of paper. Afterward the mayor and his party | returned to Lido, where they spent a comparatively inactive afternoon and evening. ! ey DIES IN 1,500-FOOT FALL. | C. C. Williams, Aviator, Killed in Parachute Drop. SIOUX CITY, Towa, September 5 (®).—Plunging ‘1,500 feet in an_at- | tempted parachute drop, C. C. Wil- | liams, 23, of Sioux Falls, §, Dak., was | killed yesterday when, instead of ! strapping himself to the parachute, he | jumped from an airplane hanging to | the harness with one hand. It is thought that the jar of the opening parachute broke his grasp. el bl Eastern Star Leader Dies. VALDOSTA, Ga., September 5 (F).— Mrs. Attie Colquitt, for the last 10 years grand secretary of tho Order of Eastern Star of Georgla, and a rormm«l grand matron of the order, died yes- Aerday @t her home herey cds g | S S | Appeals to Men in London to Ride VICTIMS SEE BANDITS BEAT MAN TO DEATH Dixie Highway Promoter and 0il Station Attendant, Kidnaped After Robberies, Witness Killing. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, September 5. —William S. Gilbreath, one of the promoters of the Dixie and other national highways, was kidnaped in his own- automobile last night and was forced to sit in the back seat whils two other men were robbed and one of them beaten to death. ¢ Three bandits took part in the hold- ups, robbing Gilbreath of a small amount of money first and foreing him to accompany them in his car to an oil station, which they held up. The at- tendant at the station, Ted Nolan, also was compelled to ride in the car by the bandits, who feared he would sound an alarm. Next the men stopped Edmund Weiner, a pedestrian, and beat him to death with the butt end of their pistols when he resisted. Nolan and Gilbreath were liberated by the thugs after the killing and police later found Gilbreath’s car; which had been abandoned. YOUTH KILLS.FATHER WHO ATTACKED MOTHER Real Estate Dealer Stabbed to Death in Row Over Feeding Chickens. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, September 5.—George C. Moore, 49 years old, Glendale real estate dealer, was stabbed to death at his home yesterday and his 14- year-old son, Clem, was held in con- nection with' his death. According to police, Moore became enraged when the boy was slow to obey an order to feed the cows and chickens. He slapped the boy, and Mrs. Moore - interfered. Moore at- tacked her with a butcher knife, and the boy grabbed another knife and stabbed his father, police said. The youth was to have made his first communion_vesterday at Hart- well Methodist Church. Moore formerly was a United States commissioner at London, Ky. was widely known in Kentucky. Underground Succeed. LONDON, September 5 (). — Lord Ashfield is trying to discover why it is | that women prefer busses. He is working hard to induce more people to travel on tubes and thus relieve the congestion of London streets. Men listen to the appeals for more tube travel, but women are | deaf. They continue to storm crowded | busses and shun underground trans- portation. One explanation of the popularity of | busses is that women are able to do a little window shopping from the top of the open busses and do not be- grudge the added time it takes to make the long trips. It has heen found that highly trained business women, who are ef- ficient office workers, patronize the He | {York on September 8, 1906. Depew’s First $100, 66 Years in Bank, Increases Ten-Fold By the Assoclated Press, PEEKSKILL, N. Y., September 5.—Interest .on the first §100 saved by Chauncey M. Depew, chairman of the board of directors of the New York Central Railroad, has mount- ed to ten-fold the principal in 66 years, Mr. Depew announced today. The 93-year-old railroad execu- tive, who lived here in his boyhood, put his first $100 in a local bank in 1861. While visiting at a lodge near here he found time to check up on the nest egg, which he con- siders the keystone of his now large fortune. MEXICO TO MOVE AGAINST BANDITS Reports of Slaying of Trio in At- tack on Train Discredited by American Official. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz, September 5.— Reports that three persons, one of them a woman, had been killed in the Mexican State of Nayarit during a train wreck by bandits several days ‘ago are given little credence by J. Windsor Ives, American vice consul at Mazatlan, Sinaloa. The American officer, replying to queries sent him from Nogales, said that no attacks had been made, so far as verified information was concerned, since an attempt on August 31 tp hold up a pay car on the Southern Pacific of Mexico Railway. Other information reaching here said all trains had been provided with ample military escorts from the gar- risons in Sonora and Sinaloa. Semi- official advices to Mexican officlals in s, Sonora, across the line ffom this city, sald orders for the move- ment of 4,000 additional troops to the scene of the bandit activitles were expected momentarily. These troops, it was announced, would concentrate in efforts to check the depredations of small bands which are believed to be under the leadership of the bandit Pillaco. DIVORCED IN PARIS. WOMEN PRE’FER BUSSES. ;Americun Husbands Lose in Cases Brought by Wives. PARIS, September &5 (P).—Mrs. Kathryn sher Whitney was granted a divorce from Harold Leroy Whitney on the ground of abandonment here today. They were married in New Their home was in Bedminster, N. J. Mrs. Frank Abbott obtained a di- vorce from Frank Abbott, who is listed as an_American, but with only a Paris address given. Mr. Abbott originally applied for a divorce on the round of indifference, but his wife made a counter claim on the same ground and won the decree. pRsiona it o Dumped Liquor Spurs Fishing. SANDUSK September 5 (#). in the zoo. The giant reptile arrived the other day from India. It is said to be one of the finest specimens Henry Miller. IRISH ELECTIONS SEEN AS DOUBTFUL ’Forecast Marked by Division of Opinion by Experts Predicting Results. By the Associated Prest DUBLIN, September 5.—The results of the coming elections in the Irish Free State appear to be problematical, with the opinion of experts divided as to the ultimate victor. The campaign of the de Valera can- didates is being carried on with full- page advertisements in the news- papers. These are being answered by the Government party, which stresses the activity of de Valera in opposition to the government, and recalls the cost to the country of de Valera's fighting. One slogan reads: “Do not give the perjurers a chance to perjure them- selves again.” Forecasts by .experts vary, some professing to see a government victory by a margin of eight, while others pre- dict defeat for President Cosgrave and his followers by the same number. Light Vote Expected. The general impression, however, seems to be that the renewal of the stalemate is not improbable. This is based on the assumption that, as pre- viously, only about half the electorate will vote, but it is conceded that new voters might effect a change. The government party was handi- capped somewhat by the sudden de- fection of J. J. Walsh, who was not only postmaster general, but head of the party organisation. He went to Luzerns and from there telegraphed his severance from the government on the grounds of its policy, which he believed indicated a leaning toward De Valera’s view: President Cosgrave replaced Walsh as a nominee in Cork City, but he is standing there as a candidate, as well as in Carlow d Kilkenny. His elec- tion in Cork is regarded as certain. Other government candidates in Cork, bowever, seem less sure of victory. Sinn Fein Opposes Cosgrave. The Sinn Fein, although disapprov- ing of De Valera taking the oath, has a slogan, “Put Cosgrave out.” Alderman Jinks of Sligo, who at- tracted considerable attention by ab- senting himself at the roll call on the recent resolution of censure di- rected at the government and thereby averted the defeat of the govern- ment, is standing for Sligo again as an_independent. The thres present memers of Trin- ity College. Dublin, have obtaihed re- election with opposition. This Jeaves 149 seats In the Dail Eireann to be filled, and for them there are about 275 candidates. Student Dies in Auta Accident. FITZGERALD, Ga., September § (®).—Henry P. Carlton, 21, senior at the University of Georgia, was killed in an automobile accident five miles south of Ocilla on the Dixie highway on the water been decidedly on the in- » prohibition border patrol dumped more than 1,000 cases underground quite generally, But housewives, waitresses and young #hop assistity prefer bussess of Canadian beer 4 miles up Sandusky Bay, Johnson's Island, several days e s s yesterday. L. H. Steed of Jacksonville, driver of the car, and a young man and woman, who were riding on the rear !e;t‘ \\en'l m])injured. Young Carlton was en route to his in Washington, G -