Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1927, Page 16

“COLUMBIA LOU”" DOUBLES IN SIXTH. Gehrig, whose big bat play- ed a large part in the New York Yankees' third straight world series vie- tory over the Pirates, is sliding safely into second base here on his hit in the sixth inning of yesterday's g RUTH GETS FIRST HOMER OF WORLD SERIES WITH TW ON. The home run specialist of the Yanks’ wrecking crew is congratulated by his chief rival, Lou Gehrig, as he crosses home plate after his cirgiit wallop into the right field stands in the seventh inning of yesterday’s game. The Babe’s smas sent two of his teammates, Combs and Koenig, home ahead of him. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. THE EVENING. STAR, - WASHINGTON, ™ D C., - SATURDAY,. OCTOBER 8. 1927, Meet England’s youngest jockey. He is 1l-year-old Tan “Shorty” Martin, who rode his first race over the course at Newbury, Eng- land, the other day. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. demonstrating in this ,)h of 16-inch steel by shells fired from gun, at a distance of 32 miles. The PIERCING 16-INCH STEEL AT 32 MILES. Secretary of War Davis is oto the ample holes driven mrnnfih a solid plate the Army’s new 16-inch coast defense tests were made at Aberdeen, Md. ‘Wide World Photoe. A WELL SEA EGG. The gisat ostrich egg held b, SONED American scientist and explorer, who China, is estimated to he tha the Struthiolitus, a giant and age. DETERMINED G SWIMS CHANNEL ‘Mercedes Gleitz, London Typist, Wins Victory on Eighth Attempt. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 8.--The never- may-die spirit of Mercedes Gleitz, Lon- don typist and swimming devotee, has at last brought her victory over the treacherous waters of the English Channel. Entering the sea at Cape Gris Nez, on the French coast, in the darkness of yesterday morning for her eighth attempt in the last five years, she fought tide, bitter cold and fog for 15 bours and 15 minutes, to emerge on a flonely beach mnorth of Folkestone. Then, her resources spent, she col- Tapsed and was taken to Folkestone and put to bed. She is the first Englishwoman, the third of her sex and the twelfth per- son to swim the Channel. She is also ‘the first swimmer to perform the feat ®0 late in the season. Ambition for Years. Miss Gleitz is 24. For years she has pursed the quiet but indomitable de- termination which at last brought her success. Her landlady, with whom she has resided for the last five years, said today: “Miss Gleitz saved every penny she eould horde in order to make her at- tempts. She is not engaged—I have pever known her even to go out with & man. “She has never gone to dances or the theater since she came to live here. iBhe lived entirely for her swimming, but she was so quiet and reserved that several people in the house didn’t seven know she was making the Chan- Del attempt.” Miss Ederle First of Sex to Win. The. first woman to conquer the channel was Miss Gertrude Ederle of New York, who in August, 1926, swam 3t in 14 hours 31 minutes, breaking all previous records. Her time is still a record for women. Mrs. Clemington Corson (Mille Gade) later in the same year negotiated the Channel, crossing in 15 hours 32 minutes, Of Miss Gleitz' attempts, the first was in 1922, She failed twice in 1925 and twice again in 1926. Her suc- cessful swim came on her third at- tempt during the present season, the two previous being in July and Sep- tember. She used a sidestroke and breast stroke alternately, resting on her back at intervals. The fog created a mental hazard for her, she.sald, and she suffered from bitter. cold the greater part of the time. The water, Bowever, was smooth. — Charles W. Bryan Boomed. RED CLOUD, Nebr., October 8 (). ~A “Charles W. Bryan-for-President Club” has been organ here by Webster County Demacrats. In a reso- jution adopted at the founding of the club last night Mr. Bryan was indorsed as standing for agricultural and economic relief. . Americans have been invited to ex- Tbit at the International Exhibition at Tallinn, Fsthonia, this year. n 150,000 years old. It is the egg of is ascribed to the early Pleistocene Wide World Photos. Wears Box for Hat; Bey, 5, Walks Into Track and Is Hurt ‘Walking in the street with a box over one’s head has been discover- ed to be a very dangerous thing to do by 5-year-old Thomas Jones, col- ored, of 1805 Capitol avenue north- east. .He tried it yesterday, start ing north on Capitol avenue near Kendall street. The first thing he knew he had walked into the side of a motor truck. He was hurt, but managed to get home, Later his mother took him to Children's Hospital, ‘where he was treated by Dr. J. T. Herbert for undetermined injuries. T e ALEXANDRIA. ALEKANDRIA, Va., October 8 (sfixy—mh for the construction of | a new school building to replace the old West End School Building, sold to the George Washington Masonic Memorial Association' for use as a power house for the nmew temple on Shooters Hill, il open on October 21. ‘The school will cost approximately $40,000 for conmstryction and an ordi nance appropriating that amount has had l‘l first reading in the city council. ‘The State school architect, City Man- ager Paul Morton, City Engineer E. C. Dunn and Urben S. Lanibert and E. E. Lawler of the city school board met in conference yesterday to discuss the construction plans. Plans and specifications for the one-story struc- ture have been turned over to Supt. of Public Schools R. C. Bowton. Sherwood Austin, 16, and Roy Pool, 18, both of Raleigh, N. C., and Robert L. Smith, 21, of Gum Springs, Va., are being held by the Alexandria Po- lice Department on a charge of lar- ceny of an automobile. It is alleged they stole an automobile from Rocky Mount, N. C. They were arrested yes- terday by Motor Cycle Policeman Charles McClary. The newly elected officers of Alex- andria Post, No. 24, American Legion, were installed by F. Clinton Knight, post past commander and depart. mental vice commander, at a meeting in the George Mason Hotel last night, Ceremonies prescribed by the national headquarters of the legion were used for the first time. Twenty-five mem- bers of the Fredricksburg, Va., post, accompanied by an orchestra, attended the meeting. Machinery is being installed in the Berliner Aircraft Co. plant, at the foot of Duke street, and operations are ex- pected to start shortly. The company will manufacture monoplanes which will seat two passengers. ‘The Seegar Chain Co., a corporation chartered under the laws of Delaware, has been granted a certificate of au- thority by the State Corporation Com- mission. The principal office of the corporation will be located at Four Mile Run, with J. W. Seegar in charge. The authorized capital stock is $100,000. The company will carry on the busi- ness of chain, hardware and au mobile accessories agents and brokers. Marriage Licenses. been issued to the A Timmons and Mabel Halsinger. am Tolson and Juanita West, Edward B. Brandon of Creek Side. Va.. anil Minnie Fair of Troutville, Va. Newbold Burgess and Mabel 0. Fisher. Il Lafayette Barksdale and Geneva Snipes. A_ Horning and Genevieve Johnson H. Boyer. Joh Emile F. Hnfnagle and Georgia both of Evansville, Ind. Non-fading petals of flo an Englishma® TAKING THE HURDLES IN AN are flying high these days in the athletic world. This ENGLISH MEET. English women one, Miss Grace Thompson, is “winging” over the final timber to win the 100-yard hurdle race in a recent meet of the Manor Park Ladies’ Athletic Club, at Strat- ford, England. ASTOR TO APPEAL BIGAMY VERDICT Rev. Willis Jordan Faces 3- Year Term After Jury Convicts Him. By the Asgociated Press. ;- CHARLOTTE, N. C., October 8.— Found guilty of bigamy by a Superior Court jury here, Rev. Willis T. Jor- dan of Columbus, Ga., faces a two to three year sentence in the North Car- olina State Prison. After a three-day trial in which the minister was identifled with several alleged matrimonial ventures, the jury rendered a verdict of guilty, al- though recommending mercy, follow- ing 18 minutes’ deliberation, and Judge James L. Webb fixed the sen- tence. The jury ignored a plea of in- sanity and testimony of alienists seek- Ing to show Jordan was demented. Counsel Notes Appeal. Jordan's counsel gave notice of an appeal 1o the State Supreme Court and the preacher was sent back to jail last night, being unable to fur- nish $1,000 bail. But his attorney said he hoped to secure the bond through contributions offered by local citizens. The minister’s conviction for bigamy was upon the charge of marrying Mrs. Emma Landridge-Jordan, a middle- aged widow of Washington, here on August 19 while he had a living wife. He was arrested at Grand Rapids, Mich., after it was alleged he had de- serted her at Columbus, where he was pastor of a church. Tells of “True Love.” Jordan maintained during the trial his *‘one and only true wife and only love” was Mrs. Veazy V. Snyder- Jordan of Winding Gulf, W. Va., who wrote after his arrest, pledging he: aid and love. Testimony in the case also alleged that Mrs. Laura E. Jor- dan, whom he was said to have mar- ried at Oswego, Kans., in 1898, and whom he claimed was the mother of his five children, is still living, and no record of their divorce was men- tioned. —_ GIRL SEEKS PARENTS. GREENVILLE, , October 8 (#). —A search extending into several States was started yesterday by offi- cialy of the Greenville Juvenile Pro- tective Assoclation for Mr. and Mrs, Copyright by P. & A. Photos. TRADITION AT A SWEDISH ANNIVERSARY. Ernst Trygger, for- mer r.remler of Sweden and honorary chancellor of the University of Upsala, observes an old custom by drinking from an ancient horn at the recent celebration of the 450th university. Rises From Mcssenger Boy to Bank Head and Then Is Jailed for Theft By the Associated Press. AURORA, 11, October 8.—A mes- senger boy who studied banking at night 25 years ago, and rose to the presidency of one of Aurora’s largest banks, was in jail today charged with embezzlement of $100,000 of the bank’s funds. John L. Esser, 39, one of the young- est bank executives in the country, who, starting as. a bank messenger, became president of the Aurora Trust & Savings Bank, with resources of several million dollars, told officers he had taken the money in an attempt to_“clean up on the stock market.” “But the market cleaned me, in- stead,” he said. ENGINEERS INSPECT NEW WATER PLANT Military Group Hears Somervell Explain System—Operations Seen on Tour, The new filtration plant, located at Conduit road and the District line, the newest addition to Washington's water supply svstem, was inspected last night by the Soclety of American Military Engineers, which held its Oc- tober meeting there as the guests of Maj. Brehon B. Somervell, U. S. Army Engineer in charge of the Washing- ton aqueduct. Maj. Somervell delivered an ad- dress in which he traced the history of the Washington water supply sys- tem from its beginning to the comple- tion of the new plant, and then he took the engineers on a tour for an inspection of the various operations for supplying filtered water to the people of Washington. The plant was placed in commis- sion several weeks ago, but Maj. Somerville showed the military engi- neers how each section of the big plant works and explained the elab- orate electrical system for pumping the water. The hydro-electric plant which is to furnish all of the current for the system, using surplus water. was started several days ago, but will not be hooked up to the elec- trical system until it has been thor- oughly tried out. . Col. Claude H. Birdseye, chief topographical engineer for the Geo- logical Survey, last night was pre- sented with a gold medal for dis- tinguished services rendered the so- clety during the year. The associa- tion also took cognizance of the fact that Col. Harrison Brand of the local A. C. Kent, mother and stepfather of Miss Gertrude Wright, 16, who be. came lost from her parents several days ago in Charlotte and then wan- dered on to Greenville in search of them. The Kents were traveling with another family from Illinols to Florida, the party using two automobiles. On leaving Charlotte, one car slightly ahead of the other, the girl was left at a loading place, the parties in each car apparently thinking she was in the other. The gi-l thought she would find her parents here, but failed upon arrival. ‘The protective association has wired points between here and Florida hoping to intercept her parents. '‘he young woman said she s positivethat her parents became separated feem their friends in the other automyiile and Utilities Commission also had been awarded a medal for distinguished service. o ACCOUNTING SUIT FAILS. Justice Hoehling in Equity Division «2 has dismissed a_suit for accounting brought against Henry F. Woodard, local lawyer, by L. Gibbon White, & realty operator. White claimed that he borrowed from Woodard $29,200 and gave as security notes totaling $40,000. Woodard denied that he had Joaned the money to White and de- clared that he and John H. Miller had bought the notes from White, who was sald to have represented himself as agent of the original owner of the notes. Attorney Daniel Thew Wright appeared for Mr. Woodard, e 3 An unexpected audit of the bank's accounts led to discovery of discrep- ancies in the balance, and Esser was aroused from sleep early yesterday, and hurried from his wife and three children to the Geneva Jail, 10 miles from here. Officials said he had been able to cover up the shortage on previous visits of the examiners by removing several deposit pages from the ledgers. Directors of the bank made up the losses and the bank continued busi- ness as usual, E. O. Alschuler, a vice president, having been named in Es- ser's place, MAN FATALLY CUT; FOUR BEING HELD {Body of John Henry Butler, 40, Found in Home—Police Detain Quartet. Slashed about the face, throat and abdomen, the body of John Henry Butler, colored, 40 years old, was found lying on the floor in the second story of his home, 229%; C street south- west, today. "Two men and two wom- en are being held by police at No. 4 precinct for investigation. The body was discovered by Sam Butler, colored, 43, of 317 C street southwest, about 8:30 o'clock this morning, when he went there at the request of Madeline Winters, colored, 27, 307 Third street southwest, who stated she had heard there had been trouble at the house last night, ac- cording to police.- Butler, Mrs. Win- ters, William Thomas Newman, col- ored, 55, of 239 C street southwest and Mary Summerville, colored, 45, of 233 C street southwest are held. Police report that Butler's home had been raided for liquor some months ago and that a small quantity was found in the house today. They believe he was killed and robbed. Pieces ‘of pa and other articles containing fingerprints were for possible evidence. The arr were made by Policemen W, Curtis, J. W, Wise-and S. F. Gravely of No. 4. K COURT HEARS FILIPINOS. Petitioners Make Attack on Gov- ernor General’s Authority. Further attack upon the powers of the governor general of the Philip- pines was made in the upreme Court yesterday when Gregorfo Aconcillo Baldomero Roxas and Catalino Lava- dia asked the court to pass upon his authority to remove them as directors of tha Philippine National Bank. Like the case of Milton E. Springer and others, recently filed protesting against their removal as directors of the National Coal Co., the case filed yes- ter’~y would challenge the recent de- cision of the Philippine courts holding invalid an act of the island Legisla- ture which had given the president of the Philippine S°nate and the speaker of its House of Representatives equal authority with the governor general in controlling the affairs of both the coal company and the nation..l bank. o Manlla is to hage | pelling o,recflon% ant buildings. an ordinance, com- anniversary of the founding of .the Wide World Photos. e Miss Margare: Hodgins of 251 feet, might not be a bad bet. for women, with this distance, and meet, where she won the event. GRIFFITH MIGHT INVITE HER TO TAMPA. As kane, Wash., who can throw a row a baoe pall She holds the world's championship is shown here at a Peterboro, N. H., ‘Wide World Photos. (OFT-JAILED “EMIR ARRESTED AGAIN Fails to Pay Vienna Hotel Bill Aiter Posing as Descend- ant of Haroun Al Raschid. By the Associated P: VIENNA, Austria, October 8.— Prince” Zerdecheno Mohammed Saide, “Emir of Kurdistan” and pretender to the Turkish caliphate, is in: trouble again. He has been arrested here on a_charge of failing to meet a_hotel bill after posing as ““Mohammed Pasha al Raschid, direct descendant of Haroun al Raschid The Prince, Emir, Pasha, etcetera, has_been in jail many- times before, 0 the experience is not new. When tife Vienna police were called in by arraved like a Balkan prince in a comic opera. Shows Official Robe. This costume was mnot his best, however. He showed the police what he termed his official robe of office, a gaudy red uniform weighted down with gold braid and sporting on its breast “decorations” from all over the world. Despite all this magnificence, it de- veloped, according to the authorities, that the “Emir” has been getting his exercise over a pants’ pressing board. After ironing all day he would don his glittering array and sally forth for a gay evening. A pants presser's pay won’t stand the strain of much soclal activity, so the hotel went un- paid, according to the management. Zerdecheno has been in trouble in the United States, England, Germany and France. His principal exploit was_that of 1921, when he appeared in Washington as major domo for “the Princess Fatima of Egypt” and secured her reception by President Harding. The princess wore a huge diamond, but was forced to sell it later. it was understood, to pay the debts of the “Emir.” Deported in 1924, in Washington, and. after a court fight, deported. England did not want him _and promptly sent him back to the United States. He was forced to travel third class, much to his dis- gust. He was next deported to France. and-this time the deportation *took.” Nexu he bobbed up in Berlin, where he was sentenced to a year's imprison- ment as an impostor. Later he was jailed at Nice, France, for illegally wearing decorations. MAN AND $147 SOUGHT. Police Want Printing Company Employe Sent to Bank. A search is being conducted today by the police for Paul Veacair, 909 Eighth street southeast, who failed to return yesterday from the bank with $147 of the Cornelius Ford Printing Co., 739 Thirteenth street. Miss Mary Ford, 1110 East Capitol street, daugh- ter of the owner and cashier of the company, after waiting until after bank-closing time, reported the disap- pearance to the police. The young man had been given a check for §147 to be oaabede < 2 the hotel management they found kim | In 1924 he was arrested for vagrancy | 14,500,000 Acres By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 8.—Porter Loring of San Antonio, here for the convention of National Selected Morticlans, estimated yesterday that the total acreage set aside in the United States for burial places exceeds the land area of Connecti- cut, Delaware and Rhode Island combined. More than 4,500,000 acres are set aside in this country, he said, for cemeteries and graveyards. U. S. BRIEF OPPOSES DR. COOK PROBATION | Government Files Plea Urging Su- preme Court Not to Re- view Case. The Government yesterday {ook steps to prevent Dr. Frederick A. Cook from leaving the penitentiary via the bation route. prg‘;l’:l,"l]epflrlm?nt of Justice filed in the Supreme Court a brief urging the court not to review the case. Convicted and sentenced for using the mails to defraud, Dr. Cook recently asked the Texas court which tried him to place him on probation. That re- quest was granted, but the Circuit Court of Appeals set it aside. The Government contended that Dr. Cook could not be released because the trial court had no power to place a person on probation after he had commenced serving his sentence. In addition, it insisted that the probation act does not confer upon the courts power to alter the sentence imposed in criminal cases after the term at which the prisoner had been committed to prison had ended. .. ORCHESTRA’S EARNINGS Baltimore Music Firm Seeks $0,718 From Waring’s Pennsylvanians Through Court. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., October 8.—An attachment for $9,718.93 was filed with the local clerk of the court yesterday against Fred and Tom Waring, trad- ing as Waring’s Pennsylvanians, pop- ular collegiate orchestra. The attach- ment was filed by attorneys for Cohen & Hughes, Inc, Baltimore music firm, which claims that the Warings bought merchandise from them to that amount and have failed to make payments. Attachment papers were placed in the hands of the manager of the local theater, where the orchestra has been playing. . T. S.-Cuba Air Mail Line Soon. Beginning October 19 all first-class mail reaching Key West, Fla., for Cuba will. be transported by airplane to Havana. On that date the Pan- will begin operation of its air service, established xpedite first-class mail hatween - ted States and-Cuba. Gl ATTACHED IN FREDERICK | American Alrways, Inc., of New York | InU.S. Cemeteries,f DHEE"VES Hm.n i Mortician Says| THO N RBBERES Accounts of Women Lead to Arrest of Pair of Suspects. John Joseph Cush, 23 years old, of 201 S street northeast, was arrested |last night by Precinct Detective James E. Lowry of the twelfth pre- cinct, after a woman, who said she had seen him prowling about her back vard, gave his description. Cush is said to have admitted to the de- tective today that he has robbed two homes in the Northeast section of the city within the last few days. Another man_ arrested last night on suspicion .of hotisebreaking was Stephen Cohen, colored, 28, of 1430 S street. Heé was arrested by De- tectives Quehling and Wilson after the report of a theft at 1037 Lamont | street of §4. Detective Lowry saw Cush at North Capitol and R streets. He arrested him because he answered the descrip- tion of the backyvard prowler. At first he is said to have denjed that he had done anything wrong, but tinally, according to Lowry, he admitted en- tering the home of Mrs, Margaret Kosack, 2119 Fourth street northeast, vesterday, where he stole a diamond ring worth $175, and also robbing the home of Mrs. Charles C. Wolfel, 1005 Newton street northeast, September 4. Three rings and a sum of money found in his pockets lead the police to believe that he may be identified as the daylight burglar who has been terrorizing housewives for several days, but they have been unable to get further admissions from him. The arrest of Cohen occurred soon after the theft had been reported at the Lamont street address. The de- tectives rushed to the scene and found § the man in the vicinity. He denled that he broke into the house, hut a colored woman said he answered the description of a man she saw crawl- ing through a window. Police claim that he has a record for similar of- fenses. | BALTIMORE GOLFERS IN WOMEN’S FINALS Mrs. E. Boyd Morrow Defending Middle Atlantic Title Againat Miss Virginia Holzberger. ’ The threa. of Baltimore monopoli- zation of the Middle Atlantic women's golf champlonship became an actuality at the Congressional County Club to- day as two members of the Baltimore Country Club met in the final round for the title. Mrs. E. Boyd Morrow, the ‘defending champion, was opposed to Miss Virginia Holzderber, the Maryland State champion. Miss Hojz- | derber, who defeated Miss Dorothy White, the District women's champion, earlier in the week, was favored to win today. Mrs. Morrow in the semi-final round vesterday defeated Mrs. Alva Von sinner of Beaver Dam, $ and 2, while Miss Holzderbe. was administer- ing & 7 and 6 defeat to Mrs. L. B. ‘hapman of Congressional.