Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1927, Page 13

STAR, WASHINGTO THE EVENING _D. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1927. MODERNIZING THE FAMOUS SCENE. nore as Juliet and Rollo Peters as Komeo use the bay window of a shore cottage in rehearsing for_a performance of the Shalesp ¢ to be given at Gloucester, Mass., for the beneflt of the American Shakespeare Foun- dation. World Photos A FORETASTE OF THE THRILLS HEADED FOR THE CAPITAL THIS WEEK. Some of the fastest speedboats in the country getting away to a flying start in the free-for-all displacement race of the Maryland Yacht Club’s international regatta, at Baltimore yesterday. Horace Dodge’s Sister n, driven by M Delphine Cromwell, sister of the owner, won the race in a close finish with Curtis Wilgold ITI, owned by C. Roy Keyes of Buf- falo. The winner averaged 53 miles an hour. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. TAKING OFF IN THE BALLOON RACE. The start of the inter- pnal Gordon Bennett race at Detroit, showing the Italian entry = up to begin the long drift, w h carried it to South Caro- American entry, Detroit, is believed to have won the event over 15 contestants. Wide World Photos. A NOISY FAREWELL FOR THE PARIS-BOUND LEGIONNAIRES. Frrends, relatives and the buddies who couldn’t go crowd the pier to wave farewell to the lucky 1,700 sailing on the Leviathan as the big liner 2 over on the big ship for the THE END OF A ST RACE. The speedboat Yankee Doodle struck a NE BATTLEFIELD. The “Continental submerged log while racing a seaplane during the Baltimore regatta THE OLD COLOR GUARD MARCHES AGAIN OVER BRANDYWI. y at Chadds Ford, in Chester County, Color Guard” as it appeared in the stirring pageant held the other d. Pa. Br field in the pageant. _depicting the battle of Brandywine on the very ground on which the Continentals met defeat by the ish, under Lord Howe. Several thousand troops of the Army and National Guard maneuvered about the Wide World Photos. yesterday. This shows the owner, Aleck Johnson of New York, fasten- Legion’s Paris convention can g the line to the bow of his sinking craft. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. HILL NAMED FIRST IN BALLOON RACE Detroit Pilot Credited With Unofficial Victory in Ben- nett Competition. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 13.—R. G. Hill, Detroit pilot, today was unoffici- ally accredited as winner of the an- nual James Gordon Bennett balloon trophy race. Piloting his huge troit,” en estimated distance of miles from the s 1 here, Hill | ‘brought the bag down at Baxley, Ga., | last night, 50 miles farther south than the second-place Goodyear VI, also a United States entr As unofficially | tabulated by the National Aeronau- tical Association officials at Washing- ton, the other leading balloons finished as follows: Third and fourth — Barmen, Ger- many, and Lafayette, France, 660 miles (tied). Fifth—Hispania, Spain, 640 miles. Sixth—Belgica, Belgium, 600 miles. Other Performances. The remaining nine entries were strung out along the course between the finish line and Detroit as far north &s Sugar Island in Lake Erie, off San- dusky. They landed as follows: The Dux, Italy, Newberry, S. C. the Bee, Bngland, Randoiph, Paris-Bruxelles, France, Dunn, United States Army, York, S. vetia, Swiss, Statesville, Italy, Cleveland Coun 5 Munster, Germany, Simpsons ry, near Columbia, S. C., and the Bran- denburg, Germany, Sugar Island, in Lake Erie. Although the offk anding in the | race will not be announced pending check moters « opinion | tabulation Iy. Second Victory for U. S. | The victory of Hill marks the second consecutive year that the United States has won the event and gives| this country the edgze over Belgium in the tropiy competition. During the 6 years in wi svent has been the U1 s has c { 1 nd Belgium | rland have | 1 France once. » Aircraft Cor- here and a_ de- took up balloon 10, and > he had been | balloon, the D ge over the unofficial nce to plans 1t winds the race Screen “Mother” Wishes Father Dead In Row; He Dies By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 13.— An altercation between Miss Carol Gilbert, who plays “mother” parts on the stage and screen, and her father, Charles Mortimer Gilbert, over the cooking of a plate of beans, followed by a “death wish” by the daughter, was climaxed here Sunday night by the sudden death of the 80-year-old man. Miss Giibert told the police that in the argument her father struck her in the face with his cane. “I wish you were dead,” Miss Gilbert said she exclaimed. The old man, she said, clutched his heart and fell to the floor. Miss Gilbert was hysterical when the police arrived. = She was not held. clans were of the opinion h was due to a stroke of An autopsy has been ordered. IRISH BALLOTING RESULT IN DOUBT Close Observers Unable to Predict Outcome, Due to Apathy of Voters. By the Associated Press. LONPON, September 13.—Which way the electors will vote in tne ary balloting in the Irish Free State continues to be a | matter of w speculation even among careful observers in Ireland. London spondents watching irly well agreed t the Cosgrave government will get ubstantial majority if a 100 per cent poll is obtained, but they believe that the apathy of the Free State voters will be a serious f: Streaming With Oratory. In the last ele at least 40 per of the electors did not go to the polls, and this non-voting body largely people who al views of no practical impor- the ong lection me ernment ardest hours. gov- the for De Valera Is Busy. his aide, A. G no ng rd the soutl low altitude get over a of attemy The squ Weather Bur tike the head of a & depth of sev base extending above ground Detroit cre hundred its to about 1,000 feet below and behind this strong and shifting eyrrent chan nel as long as possible to conserve the gas and baliast supply which would be expended in attempting to drive through or over it. Storms Hinder Flyers, By reason of the late arrival of the Detroit at ley, followers of the ce here were of the opinion Hill and Sehlosser stuck to this plan through- t. w‘m:ouxh the distance achieved ed their | a wind squall |efforts in an st, | ad | the line. [ \Valsh, who recently by | master s formed | and was of | It was the plan of the | ¥ n de Valera and his ¥ il followers ntrating their liscredit_the One Fianna Fail denied by J. J. gned as post- mpt_to overnment D: allegation has been wene In a letter from Padua, Italy, where he is now vieiting, he vs that the overnment political machine has never been financed from England, as alleged by Fianna Fail speakers. lished no new record, it was nevertheless considered a remarkable exhibition of lighter-thanair flylng, because of the prevailing, The Ariving rainstorn into a_eyeli | lower lakes area. Fa cording to pilots, ot! encountered, d one forced to an altitude of 37,000 footy est; and the balloons ran but who consider their) breezing home an easy winner, be: BUSINESS MEN PLAN AERIAL CARNIVAL D. C. Officials Invited to Be Guests of Association at Hoover Field Tomorrow. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty and Traflic Director William H. Har- land, have accepted invitations to at- tend the aerial carnival to be held by | the Columbia Heights Business Men's Assoclation at Hoover Field tomorrow, the assoclation announced today. These officials and other guests of the outing committee will be offered the “freedom of the air” for a bird’ eye view of Washington from a new four-passenger hild-cabin mono- plane, the committee announces. Aviation Chief Machinis “Jimmy"’ Clarke, of the tion, Anacostia, the s tive parachute jumpe descents from an airplan o’clock and the othe; t 0 o'clock, weather and wind permitting. Owing to the small size of the field, Clarke cannot afford to run a chance of land ing in the river if the wind blows in use of the lack of sty rescue. 11 begin at 9 am. and continue until d: ness. Throughout the day members 1d guests of the association will make flights over the ction and, in the ground” con- nature will be Mate Sta , will make two one at 11 that direction, bec facilities for a I he outing v a Heights s numerous athletic ‘olumt | interval, s of an staged. ! In the event of inclement weather, favorable flying da BOOST FOR ROBINSON. | Senator Indorsed for President by Arkansas Democrats. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 13 ad weather conditions | 1ce was started in a disturbance over the | President and in a resolution com- rther south, ac- nson as a “Demo- | storms were balloon was 'side of Tilden, Cleveland, Bryan and | United States Clvil Service Commis- (#).—The Arkansas Democratic cen- al committee last night indorsed nator J. T. Robertson of Arkansas the Democratic nomination for \the carnival will be held on the first! ating Barb Wire by three lengths. swings out from her berth at New York. Many of the former doughboys g " recall making another voyage on her 10 years ago with about 10,000 Yanks aboard and things not so spacious. ‘Wide World Photos. DOWN THE STRETCH ON THE OPENING CARD AT MARLBORO. The finish of the sixth race at the Marlboro track yesterday, with Mara¢ ‘Washington Star Photo. DEVICE RECORDS TEMPERATURE TO ONE-MILLIONTH OF DEGREE P. P. Cioff, Bell Telephone Technician, " Invents Remarkable Instrument Con-~ trolled by Magnetic Wires. glass lines of the screen and a aximum of light is transmitted, 1 variations in temperature ult tilting of the mirror, disrupting of the alignment and consequent limming of the light. After it leaves the screen the light passes into a photoclectric cell. The minutest changes in the amount ¢f oceasion definabla dif- ces in the amount of electricity which flows from it. The change in temperature of a thousandth degree lengthens or cor tracts the wire and changes the po »n of the mirror sufficiently to dis atus tiny wi place the reflection, ¢ ferent alloys are subjected tg mag- | of light to cross one netic flelds of various strengths adjoining it and to fall on the next test their contraction or expansion. | lighted line, A change of the hundred- To each wire is attached a m thousandth part of a degree in iem- upon which perature is indicated on a scale, con- | the light trolled by the photoelectric cell. cen m The experiment is conducted in a of black. tween the olack | thermos chamber to avoid changes in are lines of transparent glass, | temperature, and was devised by Ciofli tment, the parallel lines of | during researches into the theory of cotly reflecte on the magnetism. EX-OFFICIALS TO APPEAL. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, September 13.—A bil- lionth of an inch or a millionth of a degree of temperature may be meas- ured by a device developed by P. P, Cioffl, technician for the Bell Tele- phone Co. The instrument, described as 100 times more sensitive than any other measuring apparatus, was construct- ed to measure the minute contraction or expansion which wires of different composition undergo when mag- ized. Magnetization plays an im- ant part in the transmission of In the apps parallel line line In ad | light ar U. S. POSITIONS ARE OPEN Forest Service Needs Technical Editor at $3,800 a Year. The Civil Service Commission today announced open competitive examina tions to fill vacancies in the following positions: Technical editor, Forest Service, De- partment of Agriculture, for duty the Korest Products Laboratory, M son, Wis., at §3,800 a y Bacteriologist, Bureau of Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration, De- artment of Agriculture, at §3,800 a tences for Embezzlement. RENO, Vev., September 13 (P).— An appeal from their conviction by a jury Saturday night on charges of embezzling $516,322 from the State treasury will be taken by Ed Malley, former Nevada State treasurer, and George Cole, former State controller. The men were held in jail without hond and the date of fixing their sen- tences had not been set. They face terms of from 5 to 15 years. ar {mend ! Senator It crat worthy to take his place along Wilson as a great political leaden't The embezziements were discovered lust May 7 and were said to have extended over a period of seven dyoars, PRS- [ D year. Full {information and application iblanks may be obtained from the &loy, 1724 F .u‘g? Convicted Nevada Men Await Sen-| PINEY BRANCH BODY | Citizens’ Association Votes to Re- quest Commissioners for Side- walks Deemed Needed. Opposition to the proposed change in zoning laws to provide for an AA area was voted at the first Fall meet- ing of the Piney Branch Ci Association in Hamline M. E. Church, Sixteenth and Allison streets, last night. It was brought out that the new regulation tion of seml-detached houses in an area thus zoned, but as the present A and B area regulation already pro- vides for the construction of this class of houses, the proposed change was deemed not neces: s voted to request the Com- oners to place sidewalks on Blag- den avenue between xteenth and Seventeenth streets, on Sevententh from Crittenden to Decatur street and i Upshur from Sixteenth to Seventeenth street, A letter from White- Assistant 1 2 mmi assured the sciation that nd, gutters 1 by the fation’ for th 3 as reque vailable. A communication Ingincer Commissioner Ladue stated that the dumping nuisance in iney Branch Valley would be ad- justed to the satisfaction of the com- munity. The secretary was instructed to have photographs taken of the bird bath erected in the John Dickson Home grounds, which was given by former Ambassador Jules Jusserand of France and Mme. Jusserand, and to forward them to the diplomat with a letter of appreciation for his interest in the section. President Edgar B. Henderson presided. Leaves $50,0b0 Estate. An estate valued in excess of §50,000 was left by Mrs. Mary E. Smith, who died August 3, according to a petition of the Washington Loan & Trust Co. for the probate of her will. The estate includes premises 1620 North «‘opite street. ‘The princlpal beneficiar a sister, Mrs. Susan A. Beattie of Grand X FIGHTS ZONE CHANGE, to permit erec- | Jailed by Fiance, Woman Sues for Breach of Promise By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 13.— Charles H. Dusenbury, 76, retired broker, tod. was the defendant in a $200,000 breach-of-promise suit, brought by Katherine Poillon Smith, whom he had committed to Jjail on robbery charges four years ago, three days before he was to have made her his wife. The woman said she hoped to make Dusenbury pay for the hu- miliation he caused her and her sister Charlotte, who also was accused of the robbery. She de- clared the alleged stolen property had been proved to be a gift from the broker. In her complaint the woman sald she is still willing to marr the bra and has the trousseau she purchased for the wedding that failed to take place. Dusen- bury said she refused to marry him after he had given her all his property and reduced himself “to a penniless old man.” D0UBTS FINDING OFLOST EXPLORERS Mother of Youthful Member | of Party Resents Story of Brazilian Engineer. | By the Associated LOS iT September 13.— The story of Roger Courteville, Bra- zilian _engineer, reported in Lima, Peru, dispatches to have said he found Col. P. H. Fawcett and his exploring | pacty, which has been missing in the | jungles of Brazil for two yea S | questioned here today by Mrs. Elsie | Rimell, mother of Raleigh Rimell, youthful member of Fawcett's party. “I do not like the inferences in ‘(‘fl!ll'tl‘\ le’s story and resent them,” Mrs. Rimell said.” “I am certain Mrs, Fawcett will resent them, too. I doubt very much whether Courteville found the v, and if he did he has placed a very wrong construction on what the party is doi Has Faith in M “They may be rest as he says, but if preparation for or the work the party is carrying on. it is on the verge of important di coveries, I can understand how Col. awcett would he non-communicative to him. But my boy would not be living there without sending us some word since May 23, 1925, and neither would Col. Fawcett nor his son Jack. I believe the story told by Courte- ville will draw resentment from Mrs. Fawcett, who is in southern France, as it docs from me.” Reported Living in Ease. Cour ess. ng Men. in seclusion, it is only in n line of duty in 1t >ville was reported to have hat he found Fawcett e on a ranch in the State of Matto 150, where they intimated they cared nothing about any communica- with the outside world. The an said Fawcett received some 00 from the government to hunt for a lost and fabulously wealthy city. Gl England and Wales are the most densely populated countries in the FIGHT OVER TIMKEN ESTATE IS STARTED Petition Filed for Removal of Bank and Attorney as Executors. By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, September 13. legal battle for control and an ac- counting of the estate of one of the daughters of the late Henry Timken, retired St. Louis carriage manufac: facturer, who with his sons founded the Timken Roller Bearing Co., was started here yesterda; The opening gun in what promises to be a long-drawn-out and involved procedure came with the filing of a petition in the New York County Sure rogate’s Court by John H. Fry, whose wife, who died in 1 was a daugh- ter of Henry Timken, “)r the removal of the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York and its attorney, Herbert M. Teets, as executors of the estate of Georgia Timken Fry. The estate was valued at $10,000,000. Received Valuable Stock. Mrs. Fry was one of three daugh- , each of whom received from their ther who, after his retirement, in 130 had moved to San Dieg if., an equal number of shares of Timker. Co. stock which he had received for the money he advanced his Henry R. of Canton, Ohio, R. of New York, to star For 20 years the Tim paid dividends of 100 pe original capital Fry, who is the will of his final accounting and the reimburse- ment of the estate to the amount of 2.53, or more, be dis- osed by the accour Attorneys for the bank and Teets have filed an intermediate account- ing of their transactions as trustees and a petition asking the surrogate to construe the will. _Robert Hibbard, who, with Samuel Untermyer, noted corporation coun- sel, is counsel for F that efforts to r with the bank and T be satisfactory to failed. Fifty-six Charges The petition of 79 filed by Unterr terday, of mis cluded cha to keep a name of the the merging, them with o records so interwoven that u stri d examin not be made without d fidential information with re to other trusts, failure to t the business of the estate in the name of the executors, overreporting t able income and overpaying iederal nd State income taxes. These alle- gations, in the opinion of Hibbard, will lead to investigation of the prac- tices of banks in handling trusts. The petition, Hibbard said, was the result of discoveries made by internal revenue agents, who reported that, although the accounts were in such poor shape that they could not audit them, they were able to determine that income taxable had been over- reported to the amount of $575,986, and that overpayments of income tes asiness. stock cent on the a co-executor under wife, asked for e S h would his t Ciled. nce or ne keepin, with tion r funds, the could world, figures recently given out show- ing an averagq of 649 persons to every square milg. taxes had 1o d to at least $107,451, and now alleged to be §123,631.