Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1927, Page 20

NURSE, 7, IS HELD INDEATHS OF TWO Wife and Daughter of Gray- Haired Pastor Believed Poisoned. By the Asociated Press. ENID, Okla., September 10.—Mary Atkinson, 26-year-old nurse, who is in | the county jail while authorities are investigating the deaths of the wife | and 18.yearold daughter of Rev. Charles Bailey, pastor of St. Mat. thew's Episcopal Church here, mm professed her love for the minister, | he revealed today. | The gray-haired minister told news- paper men that Miss Atkinson frankly had told him she loved him, but said he did not reciprocate. Her ardent na- | ture proved a great embarrassment to him at times, he said. Miss Atkinson followed the minister #nd his family here from Gainesville, Tex., four months ago, and lived with the Baileys until recently, when Mr. |world record, has been informed that Bailey suggested her departure. At that time she threatened suicide. She | was often moody and had a smold- ering temper, Mr. Bailey said. Nurse Attended Both. The nurse attended Mrs. Bailey, who died several weeks ago, and Mary Jane Bailey, who died last Thursday while the minister was out of the city A report on an analysis of the viscera of the girl is being awaited by éounty oficials, who took Miss Atkinson into | custody for questioning after a pack: agé bearing a poison label was found in_her room. Three other Bailey children have recovered from an illness, which at first was diagnosed as poisoning. Mr. Bailey, in discussing the illness of members of his family, declared, “It does seem as if Mary Jane's death was by poison.” Bishop E. Cecil Seaman of the Episcopal Church of North Texas ar- rived here today, and, after conferring with the minister, belief that evidence to involve Dr. Bailey." “I_have complete confidence that Dr. Bailey will be cleared of every vestige of suspicion which may have been directed toward him.” On his return here from Colorado yesterday the pastor was questioned by county officials but detained. A death certificate attributing the ary Jane to filed = today. funeral, which had been held up by lack of the certificate, will be held to- morrow from the church of which Dr. Bailey is pastor. R WASHINGTON DRUGGISTS TO GO TO CONVENTION Eight to Leave Tomorrow for St. Louis Gathering of Fed- eral Wholesalers. Eight members of the. Washington ‘Wholesale Drug Exchange, headed by their president, Paul Pearson, will Jeave Washington tomorrow for the annual convention of the Federal Wholesale Druggists' Assoclation, to be held in St. Louls, Mo., this week. The Washington delegates include Mr. Pearson, Willlam P, Herbst, Charles S. Walter, Norman D. Parker, Frank B. Tifton, Frank T. Stone, A. V. Burdine and Wymond D. Bradbury, the manager' of 'the ‘local wholesale exchange. At the conclusion of the session the Washingtonians will go to Kansas City, Mo, to the annual convention of the National Association of Retall Druggists which will be held from September 19 to 23. They will be met in Kansas City by two more Washing: ton druggists, Samuel L. Hilton and Augustus C, Taylor, who will go direct. Iy from this ¢ity to the second com- vention. It is expected that proposals, regard- Ing the revision of the Federal narcotic law, will be discussed at the meetings of the retail association. J. A. GAMBLE APPOINTED. ©t. Paul Man Named Receiver o Insolvent Banks. The controller of the currency to- day appointed Joseph A. Gamble of St. Paul, Minn., as general receiver of insolvent national banks to succeed James M. Porter, who died last week. | During the past five years Mr. Gam- ble has been receiver of national banks in the office of the controller of the currency, and for several years previous to that time was secretary to former Representative Carl W. Rid- dick of Montana. SUPREME owing to the provision goveri craft contests which of theassociation, dent of the federation and American | delegate to the annual meeting which was held in Zurich, Switzerland, up a stiff fight for the record, but wa ruled out by the regulations. tions when it submitted the data to the federation, but in view of the cir- cumstances surrounding the descent and tie remarkable altitude reached. ptomaine | which | Bureau tests, be waived or amended to permit the Germuny in possession of the balloon expressed the | record, made more than 26 years ago “there is not the !hghmsl by the aeronauts Suring and Berson. On June '30. | Pastor Not Detained. | height 4 | feet. Since that record, but it has stood unmolested until Capt. that record, made March 9, resulted in an tititude of 28.5 was not | broke the American record. That fig- ure, however, goes down as a world e frecord in the eighth category of hal- “poisoning of | joon flights for craft having a capacity Her | of meters. took off with 3,800 pounds of sand ballast and ascended at the rate of be- tween 500 and 700 feet per minute for the first 5.000 feet. 000 feet the rate of ascent av [KAHNon7¢hSt. U. S. BALLOONIST ' THE SUNDAY LOSES RECORD BECAUSE HE USED PARACHUTE Capt. H. C. Gray Held to Have Violated Regulation in 42,470-Foot Ascension. International Body Overrules | Plea—Pilot Forced to Leap to Avoid Crash. The startling balloon flight of Capt Hawthorne C. Gray, Army Afr Corp: | of Scott Field. Belleville, | 4. during which he reached an alti- tude of 42,470 feet—the highest man ever has traveled skyward in any type of aircraft—will not go down in his- tory as an officlal record hecause the pilot violated a regulation by jumping with his parachute on the ~descent when it appeared he would crash. Porter Adams, president of the National ~ Aeronautic Association, { which submitted the flight data to the Fedefation Aeronautique Internation- ale at Parls for homologation as a the federation, at its recent annual meeting, could not grant the stipulates pilot the aircrs | flight Godfrey L. cannot leave Cabot, former presi and now vice presi- put | The as- | sociation was aware of those regula- | was _substantiated by the of Standards in calibration it was thought the rule could record to stand. Record Reverts to Germany. The action of the F. A. 1. leaves 1901, they reached a of 10.800 meters, or 35424 time repeated at- tacks have been made against the Gray’s spectacular flight. Capt. Gray's first attempt to lower 10 feet. which between 4,001 and 5,000 cubic Capt. Gray, on his second attempt. For the next 20.- 11l., on May | jof his o CAPT. HAWTHORNE C. GRAY. approximately 800 fest per minute, and from then on to the peak of the climb it was about 500 feet per minute. Jumped to Avold Crash. The pilot sultered’ rio dizziness ot {symptoms of distress until the 40.000- foot level was reached. The eyepieces et mask had heécome almost entirely coated with frost, and vis- ibility was possible only through a space about the size of a nickel, which remained clear throughout the flight. a still higher altitude, Capt dropped one of the oxvgen over the side attached to a pa They he began to experience symp- toms of distress. He opened the valve of the balloon for about three seconds and the craft started to descend rapid- ly—between 1,400 and 1,000 feet per minute, When at about 8,000 feet, Capt. Gray found the balloon still. falling very rapidly, and as he had no farther ballast to throw away and thus lighten the balloon and check its de- scent, he jumped with his parachute to avold a serious crash. The bal- loon immediately shot up again for many thousand feet, and finally came back to earth. The balloon crashed lightly and none of the instruments was damaged. At 35,000 feet Capt. Gray said he got excellent radio reception from a broadeasting station at St. Louis, and was entertained by the program until the station sigred off. Tnasmuch as Capt. Gray suffered no serious ill effects from his venture, and in view of the fact that his rec- ord was thrown out, it is held he aged Established 32 Years may again attempt to break the Ger- man performance in the near future. Established' 32 Years Specials Monday and Tuesday uality rames Fine Shell Finest Q\ulky Toric Spherical Complete Outfit, EYES EXAMINED FREE Three Reglltcred Optometrists in Attendance With Case and- Cleaner Included Genuine Toric KRYPTOK & Invisible First and best quality. Kryptok Bifocal pair to see ne Lenses— (one and far). lenses made. Sold regularly $15. Sgecial Price Monday and Tuesday. Bifocal Lenses Toric Best 37.50 KAHN OPTICAL CO. ‘617 SEVENT STREETN. 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The carnival \\| Sandy Spring Volunteer Department yestarday afternoomn, won the trophy offered, fn connection with the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Depntt carnival, to the which could make the quick up to a fire plug and get into position for fighting a mythical five Adhering to the contest the member spring organization a from the fir fire apparatus b source of the w given signal the: hose, hooked up with the plug, dashed 130 feet away from the apparatus and assumed the position their objective. was accomplished in 25 seconds. The IKensington and Chevy Chase fire departments tied for second place in the contest, each team carrying out the maneuver in 1 company of the Bethesda depart ment was third with and three-ffth seconds. No. pany of the same department made it In a fifth of a seqond longer time, WASHINGTON, D. €, SEPTEMBER 11, 1927—PART 1. SANDY SPRING WINS FIREMEN’S CONTEST Kensington and Chevy Chase Tied for Second Place in Contest at Bethesda Carnival. 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