Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1927, Page 17

HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 192%. RECONDITIONED TEXAS TAKES HER PLACE AS FLAGSHIP OF FLEET. The battleship Texas steaming out of New York harbor after being reconditioned, at a cost of more than $2,000,000, into prob- ably the most up-to-date sea fighter in the American Na\'{‘. Besides her new deck armor, blister protection and oil-burning engines, the most conspicuous alteration is the substitution of the British style of tripod mast for the “cage” type on other American battleships. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. MUNICH GREETS WORLD FLYERS. The bees for which it is famous was the first thing Munich offered Edward F. Schlee (at left) and Wil- liam 8. Brock when they landed there on their around-the-world flight. The two flyers are clicking their steins here while Charles Curtis, Amer- ican consul (in center), looks on. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. WRECK OF SWISS MOUNTAIN TRAIN CARRIES TOURISTS TO DEATH. A view of the recent wreck of a (~of\\'l|eel train on the railway running from Chamonix to Mer-de-Glace, in the Swiss Alps, in which 21 tourists lost their lives. Several American tourists were among the many injured. The engine and coach are shown after plunging over a stone bridge at the bottom of a steep grade. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. ‘With a headpiece that spouts water like a cloudburst, this new fire- fighting suit has recently been put into successful use by the fire de- partment of Berlin, Germany. ‘Wide World Photos. ENGLISH YACHT WINS AT LARCHMONT. The trim little sloop English Rose breezing along to win her race in the Fall regatta of the Larchmont Yacht Club of Larchmont, N. Y. The yacht will represent England in the 6-meter races for the Scandinavian Gold Cup. Copyright by P, & A. Photos. HANDSOME TROPHIES AWAIT WINNERS IN SPEED BOAT REGATTA HERE. Commodore Conrad Smith of the Corinthian Yacht Club holding the trophy offered for the first time by the American Car Foundry Co. in_the free-for-all outboard motor race of the President’s Cup regatta here next week. On the table is the Hall-Scott trophy for the A and B class outboard motor race. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. LAFAYETTE-MARNE DAY AT WEST POINT. Maurice Bolkanowski, the French cabinet minister who is touring the United States, is shown greeting \Vest Point cadets at the recent celebration of Lafayette-Marne Cay at the United States Military Academy. MAY HIT DRY CAUSE Logs of Unyielding Leader pected Eventually to . Change Situation. DAVID LAWRENCE. & passing of Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League may mean a dn the prohibition situation— ediately, but in the long run. ?hou who knew the skill with whitls Mr. Wheeler directed the strat- egy of the Anti-Saloon League can ap- iate what his departure may mean. o was the most uncompromising foe of modification the country has had and he understood better even than some of his colleagues that to yleld an inch might mean the collapse of the prohibition cause. Mr. Wheeler’s private talks on pro- hibition did not differ from his pub- licly expressed views. Time and again when the writer discussed with him the headway being made by those who were as vehemently opposed to the sa- loon as he was, but who favored tem- perance, the Anti-Saloon League lead- er would concede that many thought- ful persons probably would lean that way and that while he might see some merit in their position he could not for a moment allow the modification movement to gain any strength. He was of the opinion that the people who were interested in temperance were merely the window dressing for the same interests that controlled dquor in America before the eighteenth amendment was adopted. Disappointed on Enforcement. Mr. Wheeler's attitude toward the bootleg liquor traffics was, of course, one of regret that the authorities were not able to cope with it more effectively, but he felt that wtimately it would be conquered. He used to say that the neglect by the States of prohibition enforcement was the biggest single disappointment in_con- nection with the movement. While ne and others struggled for Federal control, they did not believe it would mean any lessening of the exercise of police powers by the States. While what New York State did was there- fore regarded as unfortunate, it did not cause Mr. Wheeler half the pain that the dry States did, for the latter were supposed to have been thoroughly persuaded to the prohibi- tion cause. Will the death affect the dry cause er will be chosen, to endeavor to carry out the Wheeler policies. But Mr. Wheeler carried in his head so many details of the whole prohibition movement that it will not be easy.to replace him. It is_on the strategy side that Mr. Wheeler will be missed and it is not too early to predict that the dry cause will suffer zreatly unless it clings tenaciously to the Wheeler theory, which was never to compromise an inch. Opposed to Any Compromise. Mr. Wheeler knew perfectly well that in any compromise the other side would get the upper hand. Once the Volstead act is modified so as to al Jow by law the distributino of liquors of relatively small percentage of alco- holic’ content, Mr. Wheeler was con- vinced that a system of distribution for hard liquors would be effectively of Mr. Wheeler Another lead- e sure, who will l!hflt Desmons w Brother, Sister And Two Sisters InTriple Wedding ssociated BALTIMORE, Md., September 8. —A triple wedding ceremony was performed yesterday. Two of the brides were sisters, while the third was a sister of one of the bridegrooms. Elizabeth M. Trabert and M: bert are the sisters. John Geo: Gummer and Peter M. Rosel are their bridegrooms. Margaret M. Gummer, who was married to Wil- liam Vincent Price, is sister of Elizabeth’s husband and Rosel is a cousin of the Gummers. The Rev. Thomas Gummer, brother of the former Miss Irene Tra- bert’s husband, officiated. Brother Celestine, another brother of jthe Gummers, was master of cere- monies —_— TURKEY IS UPHELD BY HAGUE TRIBUNAL Arrest of French Ship Commander Declared Not Violation of International Law. By the Associated Pres THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sep- tember 8.—The Permanent Court of International Justice yesterday pro- nounced judgment in the Lotus case between France and Turkey, holding that Turkey's action did not consti- tute a violation of the principles of international law. The judges were equally divided, and the president of the court cast the deciding vote. The so-called Lotus case grew out of the collision between the French mail steamer Lotus and the Turkish coast vessel Bozkurt in Greek waters near Mytilene on August 4, 1925. Eight members of the Bozkurt's crew were lost. The Turkish authorities arrested Lieut. Desmons, commander of the Lotus, and held him despite protests from the French government. Subse- quently he was tried, convicted and sentenced to 60 days’ imprisonment. Later he was allowed to return home pending an appeal. The dispute between France and Turkey over the incident continued for some time. Turkey contended ilty of negli- ed the loss of whe gence, which c |lives of Turkish nationals and con. sequently Turkey was justified in ar- resting him in_ Turkish waters, France maintained that only French tribunals had the right to try French nationals for crimes committed on the high seas. Ultimately it was decided to sub- mit the question to the Court of In. ternational Justice. —_— draw and that any modification up- ward would mean disintegration of the dry forces. It is a large ques- tion whether this now will be the re- sult, for Mr. Wheeler knew how to crack the whip over Congress and State Legislatures. The wets have in the last three vears developed effective organiza. tions, and they were giving Mr. Wheeler a real battle in many States when he died. Generally speaking, the dry movement has lost not only its leader, but perhaps much of its defensive strength, and the passing get up wkich would make the eight- eenth amendment and the Volstead act a dead letter. His idea was that | turning point in the battle against the |and a son, Logan Wilshire, one-half of 1 per cent might not be in- ‘oxicating, but it was a safe line to of Wayne Wheeler may yet prove a extreme drys. _— (Covyriebt. 1027) ~RSEMME. in a Wichita, wings YOUTH WHO WORE GIRL'S GARB JAILED William H. McHenry Held at Rock- ville for Investigation of Burglary Near Rock Springs. Special Dispatch to The Star. RQCKVILLE, Md., September 8.— William H. McHenry, arrested in ‘Waghington last Saturday on a charge 6t masquerading in female attire, is in the county jail here for investi- gation of the burglary of the home of H. T. Kranz, near Rock Springs. McHenry was arrested last night at the home of a friend on the Con- duit road near Rock Springs by County Policeman Joseph J. Case, who says he had suitcases in his pos- session containing articles alleged to have been taken from the Kranz home. About $170 worth of apparel were taken, it-is alleged. When ar- rested in Washington McHenry sald he had been robbed while swimming near Chain Bridge and obtained cloth- ing from a girl friend. He has been statfoned at Walter Reed Hospital in the United States Army service. He | was released by the Washington police. | fotoe g | GAYLORD WILSHIRE DIES. World Traveler and Founder of Cities Was 67 Years Old. NEW YORK, September 8 (P).— Gaylord Wilshire, world traveler, founder of cities and one-time editor of Wilshire's Magazine, died Tuesday at a hotel here on the eve of a busi- ness trip to England. He was 67 years old. Wilshire was born in Ohio, but went as a youth to California, where for many years he was active in develop- ment work in and near Los Angeles and constructed Wilshire Boulevard through that community. For many years he maintained resi- dences in London, South America and California, but in 1913 finally settled in Pasadena. He is survived by his widow, Mary McReynolds Wilshire, Death was attributed to s Bt “Black Maria™ Ends ‘The most - unpopular passenger- carrying vehicle in Washington was retired yesterday after more than six years of steady service. Officially known as the prison van, used for transporting prisoners from the precincts to Police Court and then for transferring a large proportion of the same prisoners to the jail, bus unofficially and generally known as the “Black Maria,” the veteran vehicle chugged its two cyclinder way into the police de- partment's repair shop for good. It was replaced promptly by a modern six-cyclinder gwvagon, capable of carrying more prisoners at a fasfer speed. Beginning today, pris- oners will start serving their sen- BORAH BOOM SPONSORED BY IDAHO REPUBLICAN Senator’s Services Cited in State- ment Urging Him for Presidency. By the Associated Press. BOISE, Idaho, September 8.—John McMurray of Oakley, Idaho, chairman of the Republican State central com- mittee, in a letter yesterday to county chairmen called upon them to organ- ize precinct committeemen in a cam- paign to secure the nomination of United States Senator Willam E. Borah at the Republican national con- vention. Mr. McMurray's letter declares Bo- rah’s varied experience “qaulifies him as a fitting personage to be added to the galaxy of our Chief Executives.” “Once a State figure,” the letter continues, Senator Borah passed on to become a national statesman of great magnitude and prestige. In less than {a_decade he has become a statesman of international renown, loved and re- spected by the rank and file of all na- tions.” o Assigned to New York. Col. Howard L. Laubach, United States Infantry, on duty at headquar- ters, 1st Corps Area, Boston, has been assigned to the command of the General Depot, New York Cityy - PO Y st e Six-Year Service, Being Replaced by New Police Wagon tences earlier by several minutes, for the new machine will not take as much time to go from the police station to the jail as required by the old “Black Maria.” The veteran vehicle, honorably re- tired, hauled more than 65,000 pris- oners since the May day in 1921 she started taking men and women on their sad rides. Some of the pas- sengers have been gay, others have been sorrowful, some have been carted to court for trivial offenses, others have been taken there for serious crimes, and to still others the ride to the jail has been to the gallows or represented the final ride before being taken to the penitentiary for the rest of their days. “DEFUNCT” OIL FIELD YIELDS HUGE GUSHER 1,000 Barrels an Hour Is Estimated Output Near Beaumont, Tex. Lake Is Created. By the Associated Press. BEAUMONT, Tex., September 8.— Another huge gusher ran wild in the famed Epindletop field near here to- day in a lake of oil roped off by po- lice and firemen to keep spectators from starting a fire. The flow was jestimated at approximately 1,000 bar- rels an hour. The well came in Tuesday with a flow of about 1,000 barrels a day at the 5,000-foot level. When the tools were removed yesterday, drillers lost control as the pressure increased. Active development in the Spindletop field virtually ceased a decade ago, when it was belleved that the dome had yielded most of its oil. Compara- tively recent exploration of deeper levels resulted in more production. One of the first wells drilled in 1901 was rated at 70,000 barrels a day. Belgium Banker Arrives. * NEW . YORK, September 8 (P).— Louis Franck, governor of the Bank of Belgium and a member of the Bel- gian Chamber of Deputies, arrived from Europe yesterday to confer with members of the Reserve SEVENTEEN MEN TEST STRENGTH OF NEW WING CONSTRUCTI ON. The slender, unstrutted wings of this little monoplane, turned out ita, Kans., plant, show no sag in this test of the cantilever meth od of internal bracing used in the construction. been thinned down to lessen resistance. At the same time the ‘Wide World Photos. BOLLING FIELD SEES PITCAIRN MAIL PLANE Two “Ships” Arrive From Philadel- phia on New York-Atlanta Route Survey. Two airplanes of Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., of Philadelphia, the concern which holds the air mail contract be- tween New York and Atlanta, sched- uled to begin about November 1, ar- rived at Bolling Field this morning in the driving rain and after a few minutes’ rest. took off for Spartan- burg, 8. C. Harold Pitcairn, president of the concern, piloted the Mailwing, a single-seater plane fitted with a mail compartment and powered with a Wright whirlwind engine. This is the type that will be used on the New York-Atlanta air mail service. The other plane was a two-seated light commercial craft known as the Crowing, and was piloted by Sterling Smith. It is a much slower plane, being equipped with an OX-5 engine. Mr. Pitcairn said the flight was undertaken to make an inspection of facilities at Spartanburg, S. C., one of the stops on the air mail route. He declared his concern was ready to begin operation of the airway just as soon as the Department of Commerce completes the lighting of the route. SEA MYSTERIES SOLVED. Source of Wreckage on Maine Coast Found to Be Yacht. ROCKLAND, Me., September.8 (#). —Maine's mystery of the sea, interest in which heightened as wreckage con- tinued to drift ashore along the coast from Burnt Island to Portland during the last few days, was believed solved yesterday by coast guardsmen. A visit to Little Duck Island con- vinced Capt. Harry Webster that the bits of mahogany and railings are fragments of the yacht Ara, which went ashore there six weeks ago. He found the Ara had begun to disinte- grate during the severe blows of the past week. —_— are scarcer and more ex- mm lons, zoo officials saymy (] L] Picture Snapped, Nude Bather Asks Search by Police Star. ‘spatch to The HAGERSTOWN, Md., Septem- ber 8.—Bathing in the nude, so far as one Hagerstown girl is con- . cerned, is a thing of the past. Without giving her name, she asked the police to arrest three young men who snapped her pic- ture recently and are supposed to be selling prints of it at $2 each. They were sitting on the bank of a local stream when she came out to put on her clothes, she said, and before she could thwart them, her picture was taken. It was-placed on display in a local pool-room. The police promised to find the offenders and warned her that she had violated a law herself. Several weeks ago, the mayor of Hagers- town saw three young women in the nude on the National Highway, near which ‘they. had been bath- ing, and sevefal complaints from other sources resulted in a war on nude bathing by both sexes. BUSSES HERE TO STAY RAILROAD MEN TOLD Steam Carriers Not Opposed to De. velopment, J. M. Fitzgerald Says at Rotary Luncheon. Declaring that motor transportation is economically sound and ‘“here to stay,” John M. Fitzgerald, New York City associate of the Eastern Rail- road President’s conference, speaking at the Rotary Club's luricheon in the ‘Willard Hotel yesterday, denied: that railroads are opposed to the progress of bus transportation. He contended, however, that all transportation facil- ities will be protected better when the economic limitations of motor vehicles are realized. “Contrary to public opinion, the rail- roads are not opposed to the develop- ment of motor transportation,” Mr. Fitzgerald said. “The railroads are as keen as anybody else to have good roads. Contrdry, too, to popular be- lief, the railroads have gained more revenue from the bus development it- self than the busses have taken away from the railroads—this through the simple experiment. of handling the busses’ own equipment. “But there are economic limitations to motor transportation, and when these are found—and they rapidly are being reached—the better off we'll be. It seems logical that the bus field lies somewhere around the 40.mile distance limit, and if this is proved to be so, then we must expetc to have the railroads take up and carry on where the motors leave off.” Referring to aviation as a commer- clal transportation fleld, Mr. Fitz- gerald said that at present it is en- tirely within the experimental stage. In Europe, he sald, where large commercial aviation companies are operating, 42 per cent of the air trav- eling between France and neighboring countries is done by Americans. Most of the air traveling is done by pas- sengers seeking a thrill rather than the everyday business commuter, he contended. = Ship Master Dies. NEW YORK, September 8 (#).— Capt. F. Rehm, master of the North German Lloyd liner Berlin, died sud- denly on board his vessel Tuesday, offices of the line were informed by radio yesterday. . His geath was at- tributed to apoplexy. B/ 1 UNIONLABOR HEADS TOVISIT AIR POST President Green and Others Will Be Guests at Boll- ing Field. { e i The first official inspection of an Army Air Corps post by leaders of American labor was in prospect at Bolling Field this afternoon. L President Green of the American Federation of Labor, the vice presi dents of the organization and the heads of the federation’s brotlerhood were invited to make the ifispection by Maj. Gen. Charles P. merall. chief of staff, and opportu: to fly in Army planes were exte: them.! Liuet. Lester J. Maitland, fornia< Hawalil airman, and Capt. Ira-B! Eaker of the Army pan-American flight, were assigned to pilot the planes for the labor officials’ journeys. Bolling Field was selected as repre- senting the farthest advancement in Army Air Corps stations, due to the fact that it occupies an experimental status and is in the midst of new problems for the conduct of Air Corps matters. Maj. Harvey B. S. Burwell, commanding officer of the fleld, and his staff were ready this afternoon to greet the visitors and escort them about the fleld. Although Maj. Burs well is short of airplanes at present. a new bomber, built by the Keystone Aircraft Corporation at Bristol, Pa. was at the disposal of the visitors, Lieut. E. R. McReynolds, formerly on duty at Bolling Field, but now at- tached to Langley Field, Hampton, Va., brought the plane in yesterday afternoon, and will take it to Langley Field late today or tomorrow. The bomber is equipped with two Liberty engines. The visitors were to reach Bolling Field following a luncheon, at which several Army and aviation leaders were invited guests. AUXILIARY IS FORMED. Rural Mail Carriers Joined by ‘Women’s Organization. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 8 (A).—A National Woman's Aux- iary to the National Federation of Rural Letter Carriers was formed here yesterday and officers were in- stalled by Judd Austin of Independ- ence, Kans., president of the Federa- tion of Rural Letter Carrlers, in con- vention here. Officers included Mrs. F. S. Hessel- roth of Brahm, Minn., .president; Mrs. Judd Austin, Independence, n Mrs. John tary, and Mrs. Henry A. Petschow of Pipestone, Minn., treasurer. Representative Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvanias was the principal speaker at a banquet last night of the Rural Letter Carriers and. the g’luu;nal Federation of Post Office erks. Boy Killed While Hunting. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Septem- ber 8.—Taylor Blackburn, 13-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howell Blackburn of Stafford County, was killed near his home yesterday when a load from his own gun entered his breast at close range. The boy had been hunting squirrels with _his brother and the pair were on their a