Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1927, Page 2

SHOWDOWN LOOMS ~ ATRADIO PARLEY U. S. Delegates Fight Exten- sion of Waves Urged by Europeans. By the Associated Press, The allocaton of exclusive wave lengths to various radio services. the most vital question facing the inter- national radio conference now sitting hers, is approaching a showdown. The main problem, which American xperts do mot hesitate to say may veck any attempt to reach a final agreement, arises from the fact that European countries in general desire to reserve to broadcasting a far wider band of wave lengths than the Ameri- can delegation is inclined to grant. Ship Work Affected. The latter base their attitude on the fact that any increase in broadcasting | allocations would work to the detri- ment of frequencies for ship commu- nications, a consideration which is of the utmost importance to the Ameri- can wireless industry, owing to the evergrowing_value of iwireless on shipboard. Furopean traffic of this kind, on the other hand, is only slight- lv developed and Iuropeans. there- fore, it is sald, would not hesitate to sacrifice almost all available channels 1o hroadeasting. The American delegation, after in- formally consulting the desires of other countries, has prepared what it considers a mean schedule of wave allocations which it feels could be accepted by all. Under it the United States would agree to reserve for broadecasting all wave lengths from 200 to 545 meters and from 1,550 to 1,875 meters. All other channels from 200 to 3,000 meters would be allotted to_commun- ication to and from ship's and airships. In this way, 73 per cent of the chan- nels would be reserved for broadcast. ing and 27 per cent for ship and air- ship communications. 1t is Indicated that this proposal will receive immediate opposition of the German delegation, which will in- sist upon retention of its existing 1,300 meter wave length. The French tendency is understood to be to ex- tend the broadcasting belt above the 1.875 meter maximum. The British delegation, it is believed, might be favorable to the ‘American proposal. Oppose Extension. The Americans are said to be de- termined not to accept any extensions of the broadcasting belt above 1.875 meters, but might tolerate an expan- sion below, 1,550 meters since this would encroach more upon wave lengths likely to be reserved for air- ship communications. Europeans, however, are understood to feel upon this point almost as strongly as the United States feels about encroach- ment upon the ship frequencies. American experts explained today that in offering this compromise, they intend it to be more of a guide for the future than a hard regulation to be applied immediately. Reasonable time naturally would be allowed, they said, for the changes required in ex- isting installation, and the new regula- tions would apply especially to future constructions, CARROLL LEAVES FOR NORTH WITH _ 4COME-BACK” PLAN (Continued from First Page.) did “was the only thing I would do and that there are times when a man's honor is far more. precious than lib- iberty more . precious than for future plans, he has made none, but he admitted the possibility that his recent experiences will be re- flected in some of his future work. “All experiences make an impre: sion on a man and some of mine may work into my productions at a later date,” he explained. “I have no plans now. Certainly I am going to do the thing I should do—the thing I well know and love, and I want to get back to work. “I may write some—I did none in the prison—but there is 'hponlhllh,\' that I will find time for this type of work later.” The actual time and manner of Car- roll's release produced a mystery which kept newspaper men guessiny until he appeared in the lobby of the hotel, where a suite had been re- served for him, accompanied by Mrs. Carroll, his brother and sister. A delay in the arrival of the parole papers, necessary for Carroll's release, had kept his wife and friends waiting impatiently. The producer, however, wag described as unconcerned as the hour passed and the document did not come. ‘Evades Press Men. Shortly before noon, after Rooney had been closeted some time with Warden John W. Snook in the latter’s office, newspaper men and photog- raphers keeping vigil at the gates observed a man clad in the regulation prison blue denim emerge, make his way across the reservation and into the warden's home, carrying a knap- sack on his back. He was said to have answered Carroll's general de- | scription, Efforts to ses Carroll within the penitentiary were futile, and some time afterward Warden Snook mo- tored into the city, a distance of five miles. There he waited at the post office until a late mail train brought the parole papers shortly after 6 p.m. The warden immediately sped back toward the prison, where Mrs. Car- roll, James Carroll and Mrs. Schneider wers believed to have gone earlier after evading newspaper men by leav- ing the hotel by a rear exit. Observers at every entrance, how- ever, did not ses the warden return To the prison. hut at about 6:30 a limousine containing several passen- | gers rolled out of the driveway of | the warden's residence. 1t was about | 20 minutes later that Carroll and his party walked into the hotel. No | | Dry Agents Dry Up New Haven on Eve Of Yale-Army Tilt he Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., October 21.—Federal prohibition authorities are determined that the Army-Yale foot ball game here tomorrow shall he dry, in so far as they can make it. Dry agents on duty at New Haven will be supplemented by others from throughout the State, * d Deputy Prohibition Adminis: trator Frank T. Putney of Hart- tor “We are going to cooperate with city and State officials at New Haven in an attempt to maintain order and curb the activities of some of the more ambitious night ney said. Hours before game time agents will start a tour of the city’s clubs and restaurants and will keep up their surveillance until Sunday. PRESIDENTTOLD OF WELFARE PLAN Asked to Seek Law to Aid Thousands of Orphans in Philippine Islands. President Coolidge today was asked by a special committes representing the Child Welfare Committee of America to use his influence in bring- ing about the enactment of a.law hy the Philippine Legislature providing home care for dependent children of the Philippine Islands. The legisla- tion being sought, the President was advised, would be similar to the mothers’ pension law enacted by the last Congress for the District of Co- lumbdia. The committee, which was composed of former Senator James W. Wads- worth of New York, Sophie Irene Loeb and Mrs. Oliver Harriman of New York, submitted to the President a report showing what was described as the deplorable conditions in the Philippines as a result of the great number of destitute children. It showed that there are thousands of children of unmixed blood, whose poverty and distress have been brought about by the death or in. capacity of the principal breadwinner, many of whom are full or half orphans and are separated from their mothers in institutions and deprived of home life, The report stated that there are 18,000 children of American fathers and native mothers in the islands who are in dire distress, and at least 2,500 of them are growing up in pernicious surroundings. It was set forth that this condition has obtained for years and various well intentioned efforts to relieve them by private means have proved inadequate. The committee told the President that it feels that it will be placing a premium on the breach of convention to single out the children of unwed American fathers and native mothers for special treat- ment, leaving the legitimate destitute children of unmixed blood unprovided for. It is therefore, urged that what- ever legislation is undertaken by the insular law makers should be a broad plan to include all destitute children regardless of their parentage. The report stated that the insular government is one of the few remain- ing divisions of the Federal entity which has thus far failed to make provision for the destitute child de- prived of the bread winner in the family. INFANTILE PARALYSIS KILLS 101 ON COAST California Epidemic Afflicts 900. Peak of Scourge Passed, Health Board Says. By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., October 21.— The infantile paralysis epidemic which has been sweeping California has af- flicted 900 persons and resulted in 101 deaths, the State Board of Health re- poried today. The fatalities reported were those contained in returns re. ceived up to September 1. The peak of the epidemic wa reached in August, although the heav- iest single week's cases were not re- ported until September 17. August had a total of 315 cases, against 256 in September and only 40 during the week ending October 8. Northern California apparently was hardest hit by the epidemic. Schools at Eureka and Arcata, in that area, were closed. A similar situation ex- isted in southern Oregon, where many communities were virtually quaran- tined. The peak of the Oregon epi- demio is reported to have passed. TOWN TO BUILD HALL. ’Virginh Highlands Made Gift of 50,000 Brick for Structure. Special Dispatch 1o The St 3 S, Va., Octo- 21.—Following negotiations for a loan of $5,000, the trustees of the Jefferson District Fire Department have authorized the immediate erec- tion of a community hall and fire- house combined on the present fire- house site. The contract was awarded to C. W, Li Plans submitted by Mr. Lee are for a building 34 feet hy 70 feet, containing, first floor, space for two engines, hose tower and recrea- tion hall: second floor, hall with stage, Through the efforts of Supervisor Edward Duncan and Commonwealth Attorney William Gloth, 50,000 bricks have been donated for the building by the Washington Brick & Terra Cotta official announcement of his release was made at the penitentlary. | Lynchburg Confederate Dies. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., October 21.— John T. Campbell, 81 years old. a Confederate veteran and real estate | Seventh Child Born to Wife of| agent here, died Wednesday night at his home, §05 Belmont street, from angina pectoris. lle was a native of 3 ige county, but had lived here re. Me was elder of the ont Preshyterian Church and utant of Garland-Rodes Camp, Confederate Veterans., Mr. Campbell was with McClanahan's Battery, Im- boden's Brigade, Third Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. His wife, Who_was Miss Rublana Ann Paxton of Rockbridge, and children sur- vive; thirteen grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and two brothe; Hoover to Address Iowans. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover will address members of the Jowa Soclety of Washington ut their firat ball of the season on Nov mbe 30 to be held in the Willard Hotel, ac cording to an announcement by the secretary of the organization, Miss Gertrude M. Louix. Walter T. Mat. son will entertain the lowans with se eral vocal selections, ' G Matson. . B He will be ae- eompanied on the piano by Mre. Vivian 0. and the West Brick Co. According to Mr. Lee the approximate cost of | the building when completed would be | | $20,000. | OBREGON i HAS SON. Mexican General. | NOGALES, Ariz., October 21 (#) |A son was born yesterday to and Senora Alvaro Obregon at their modest home in Nogales, Sonora, across the border from this town. Jt was the former Mexican President's fifth son and seventh child. Both mother and son were reported doing well Gen. Obregon ix expected to return to Mexico City soon to reopen his campalgn for a second term as Mexl|- can chief executive, EAUTHOR HAS BIG INCOME. | LOS ANGELES, October 21 (®).— | Evidence of the financial reward that | soes with successtul authorship was ziven in Federal Court yesierday when an income tax lien was filed {hy the internal revenue collectos against Peter B. Kyne, the novelist, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1927. WOMAN 15 SOUGHT INVIRGINIA HILLS All-Night Search in Southeast for Minister’s Missing Wife Is Futile. Tired after a futile all-night search through the woods near Hillerest, but spurred on through his anxiety over the disappearance Wednesday night of his wife, Mrs. Ann Ramsey FKor- bush, victim of an obsesston which causes her to seek solitude in the woods, Rev. Dascomb E. Forbush, pastor of First Congregational Church, Canandaigua, led n searching varty this morning to the wooded hills of Arlington County. He also offered a reward of $200 for the re- covery or information which might lead to the recovery of his wife. Acting on a report that a woman answering the description of Mrs, Forbush, who left Keith's Theater Wednesday night by one exit while hér husband was watching for her hy another, had been seen in the vicinity of Good Hope Road and Thirty-third street southeast, a special detail of police of the eleventh precinct searched for her all last night aad until 7:30 o'clock this morning. Brother Joins Search. he police detail, commanded by Lieut. J. W. McCormick and accom- panied throughout the long search by Rev. Mr. Dascomb, withdrew when it developed that the woman believed by residents of the vicinity tc be Mrs. Forbush was another woman, walking through a patch of woods on her way to_work. AMire, Forbush was wearing a small brown hat: a_brown coat with a rac- coon collar; brown dress, hose and Shoes. She has light bobbed hair. She is 33 years old, R Mr. Forbush was joined this morning by his brother, Bliss For- | bush, secretary of the Quaker Meet- ing, Baltimore, and the two set out this morning for an intensive search of the territory lying immediat across from the District on the V ginia side of the Potomac. May Have Crossed Bridge. A description of the missing woman was broadcast last night through WRC and the radio will be used again today in an attempt to enlist the gen- eral public in the search. Boy Scouts were requested today to ald in the search and the co-operation of school children throughout the neighboring rural districts is being sought. The Costello Post of the American Legion offered ils assistance. Belleving that a sightseeing trip to Arlington a few hours before her disappearance may have unconsciously influenced his wife’s actions after she wandered from the theater, Rev. Mr. Forbush ex- pressed the opinion that she may have crossed the Highway Bridge and hid- den herself in the woods bordering the Potomac. On her previous disappearance thres weeks ago, the first in eight years and the second since she suf- fered an attack of influenza during the World War, Mrs. Forbush was found after two days crouching in a thicket 200 miles from her home, not | far from the road where she had | abandoned her car. Receives Many Calls. Since she left her pocketbook with him when she left the theater, Rev. Mr. Forbush is inclined to believe that she could not have gone far, and is either concealed in a thicket in one of the parks here or is hiding in the woods in nearby Virginia. Authorities of counties adjacent to the District of Columbia in both Vir- ginia and Maryland are aiding in the hunt, and a descriptive circular will he sent today through local police to the police of neighboring cities and towns, Rev. Mr. Forbush expressed his ap- preciation today of the sympathy manifested by the people of Washing- ton as well as by the authorities. He said that he has recefved numerous telephone calls from men and women, strangers to him but all actuated by a desire to do all in their power to relieve his anxiety and aid him to find his wife. FEDERATIO" DELEGATES NAMED BY FRIENDSHIP Nominated at Citizens’ Association Meeting—Needed Street Im- provements Favored. The Friendship Heights Citizens’ Association, meeting in the home of Henry W. Offutt last night, nomi- nated delegates to the Montgomery County Civic Federation and adopted several resolutions pertaining to the betterment of the community. The delegates nominated were: Emery H. Bogley, president of the association; J. A, T. Farnham, sec- retary, and William Tyler Page, with . E. Shoemaker, James M. Dulin and Walter Bogley alternates. Their nominations have to be con- firmed by the Friendship Heights citizens’ committee before they can be declared duly elected. This is to be done before the next meeting of the committee, it is stated. Resolutions were adopted to seek improvements to lower Prospect street, lower Wootton avenue and to Montgomery street at the entrance to ¥riendship Heights. The associa- tion also voted to request the placing of car platforms or some other form of special protection against accidents at the District line on the car line to Friendship Heights and at the entrance to Friendship Heights. Per- sons have narrowly escaped serious injuries from being hit by automo- biles at the places named, it is stated. Decision 0 was reached at the meeting to co-operate with the citi- zens of Somerset in an endeavor to secure a through fare from the down- town section of Washington to Som- erset, instead of having to pay two fares, as at present. A resolution was adopted to seek strict compliance with the dumping law to improve sanitary conditions in the community. The law was violated in several in- ances during the past Summer, it is stated. . FUND GIFT TO PUPILS. Native Virginian Contributes $1,000 for Use as Prizes. Special Dispatch to The Star. torn from their moorings. FREDERICKSBURG, Va 21.—John Lee Pratt of New York and Detroit, one of the vice presidents of General Motors, has given $1,000 to aid students in Stafford and King George public schools in_completing the high schoal course. Five elemen- tary students in each county, who make the highest cholastic standing, will receive $100 to help in pursuing work in the high school grades. School officials will select the chil- Aren by competitive examination. Mr. Pratt is a native of King George County, but the farm on which he was born lies partly in Stafford. He received his early education in the public schools of King George, and then graduated from the University of Virginia in civil engineering. After king payment of §20,946 due on h! income tax. Another lien asked additional $1,223 due on the author's 1920 income. teaching for & year in King George, Mr. P“rftc went with the du Pont or- nization in Wilmington, Del., with whoss he rose to & position, _* » | MISSING MINISTER’S WIFE Mre. Ann Ramsey Forbu , with one of her children. LOCAL AUTO UNTS ATTACK TAG PLA A. A. A. and Other Groups Hold New System Will Work Hardship on Owners. The American Automobile Associa- tion, assisted by a group of other or- ganizations concerned with the wel- fare of motor vehicle operators of the District, made a vigogous attack to- day on certain features of the Bureau of Efficiency’s plan for the registration of automobiles and the issuance of identification tags. which were adopted recently by the Commis- sioners. Appearing before the Board of Com- missioners at a previously arranged hearing the delegated representatives of these organizations not only criti- cised the new system, but urged that the present method be continued until Congrees gives the District an auto- mobile title act. See Hardship in New Act. The protest was based chiefly on the ground that the procedure requir- ing motorists to present their old registration certificates at the license office would work an undue hardship on them. In some cases, under this arrangement, it was pointed out, motorists who use their machines in their business would be faced with the alternative of foregoing the use of their cars or of driving them illegally, since the traffic regulations require that the registration card be carried in the machine at all times. It also would make it difficult for motorists who are employed, it was explained, to obtain their tags through various agencies. George W. Offutt, a member of the advisory hoard of the A. A. A., sum- marized the organization’s position in connection with the changes in the tag distribution plan, as follows: “The use of the term ‘pleasure cars’ on the proposed forms to be used in the registration of passenger vehicles is objected to, because, it is our opinion ‘that there can be no definition of a ‘pleasure car’ as it is a common practice for many cars to be used for both pleasure and business. Loses Use of Auto. “We object to the requirement that the owner of the so-called ‘pleasure car’ present the old registration cer- tificate when renewing licenses. We object to this on the ground that the law requires these certificates to he carried in the car at all times. There- fore, to_require an owner to appear at the License Bureau with the old certificate would necessitate his giv- ing up the use of his car while he is obtaining his new license, or bring- ing the car to the License Bureau with him personally, or else violat- ing the law requiring the certificate to be in the car at al] times. “Our experience shows us that many residents of the District of Columbia are in other States during the period of registration renewal. This require- ment would necessitate those residents to operate their motor vehicles in the States in which they happen to be at the time without registration certifi- cates for the period of time necessary to send in to Washington in order that this regulation could be complied with. This would subject them to arrest in those States and lead to much em- barrassment and inconvenience. Sees Return to Old Chaos. “The requirement of the owner's signature on the registration certifi- cate is, ir our opinion, of no value, since any one authorized by the owner may be in possession of the vehicle and therefore the signature has no significance.” Mr. Offutt also pointed out that such a radical change in the system of registration and issuance of tags at this Jate date may lead to a repeti- tion of the “chaotic conditions that existed last year, which resulted in all sorts of inconvenience to motor vehicle owners in the District, who were questioned in other States by reason of operating vehicles on 1926 tags.” %ths the present system now in vogue may not be all that is desired, Mr. Offutt explained, the objections to that system are insufficient to justify radical changes, and that the most practical plan would be to con- tinue the registration of motor vehl- cles for 1928 along the same plan as for 1927 and in the meantime a con- ferences he set up with a view toward developing a certificate of title act, together with the necessary forms.and method of procedure, so that such a plan can be put into operation for 1929 with a minimum of inconvenience to motorists. Charles W, Darr, who représented the Washington Chamber of Com- merce, also urged that the present plan of registration be kept in force until a title law is enacted, and then make whatever changes necessary simultaneously. Automoblle registra- tion, he said, should be simplified rather than complicated. Taliaferro Defends Act. Commlissioner Sidney F¥. Taliaferro expressed the belief that under the new plan the registration of vehicles and the issuance of tags can be ex- pedited. “The changes can he ac- complished without any particular hardship on the motorist and should prove & benefit,” ha sald. *I helieve you gentlemen are more - perturbed DTIKENINRAD | Police Elude Fair Shadower and Surprise Players in Ninth Street. Eluding a woman in an automobile who apparently was keeping tab on their movements, Acting Lieut. O. J. Letterman and Acting Sergt. J. TI. Thompson of the first precinct this morning broke down a door opening on the second floor of 212 Ninth street arrested one man on a charge of per- mitting gaming on his premises, and booked 46 more as witnesses, five pa- trol loads being taken to No. 1 after they had made a wild but unsuccessful scramble for exits. Letterman and Thompson, hound on the raid, noticed te woman in the car a8 they left the station house, and, de- ciding she was watching them, stopped in at a Tenth street lunch- room for a cup of coffee. The move apparently succeeded in shaking off their shadow, for when they emerged she was gone. A quick sortie put them at a side entrance leading to the place under suspicion, and when six men prepared to emerge from the doorway, the two officers went in. The officers then looked through a peep-hole in another door, they re- ported, seeing dice and card games in progress. As they broke into the door, there was a scurry for money and freedom, but Letterman held the crowd at bay, while his partner telephoned for sistance, A charge of permitting gaming was preferred against Frank MeCormick, and he was released on $500 bond. Police said the same place was raided Tuesday night, and a man giving his name as Edward Moran was arrested on a gaming charge. He forfeited $25 ;:Ihterll in Police Court the next y. MACEDONIAN REVOLT HINTED IN SOFIA People Want Same Freedom Under Bulgaria They Had When Turks Ruled. By the Associated Prey SOFIA, Bulgaria, October 21.--The Macedonian problem, brought vividly to the fore recently by Jugoslavia's protest against the activities of Mace- donian Comitadjis, or Irregulars, has again flared into prominence by a deflance uttered by the spokesman of the Macedonian parliamentary group here that revolution and violence will be used if necessary to secure Mace- donian liberty. “Neither the present state of slege declared by the Bulgarian government along the Serbo-Bulgar border, nor persecutions, executions and tyrannies by the Jugoslav government, will deter Macedonians from their present battle to secure their complete liber- v, Deputy Mitrocheff deflnantly shouted in the Bulgarian Sobranje last night. ““We insist upon the restoration of the privileges which we enjoyed under the Turks—our own nationality, guage, schools, churches and freedom of movement. If we cannot secure these by peaceful means, we will win them by violence and revolution. Macedonians prefer personal death to ;he extermination of their national- | ty. e BUS COMPANY ASSESSED $300 VALUATION EXPENSE | Rapid Transit Company Must Pay for Utility Board Burvey. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. was ordered by the Public Utilities Commission today to contribute $300 toward the expenses of the valuation the commission plans to make of its physical property. A hearing for the purpose of fixing a valuation has been scheduled by the commission for ovember 21 The act creating the new commis- sion authorized it to assess the co: of valuatioh and revaluation proceed- Ings against the utility under inves- tigation. The bus company’s property has never been valuated. The commission also requested the District Commissioners to detail Tax Assessor William P, Richards and two other municipal Government employes LT TR T over the changes than the situation warrants.” The Commissioners, however, prom- ised to take the protest under ad- visement. Organizations represented at the hearing, aside from the A. A. A. and the Chamber of Commerce, were the Board of Trade, the Washington Au- tomotive Association, the Merchants and Manufacturers’- Association and the Commerclal Truck Owners' Asso- olation oM. L x ik By the Associated Press, ON GAMING HOUSE: RUSSAN ADHIT STABBING WOMAN Ex-Czar Officer Confesses Slaying Mme. Lord in Villa at Nice. NICE, France, October 21.- Capt. Wenceslas de Krupfell, described as a former officer in the Russian Imperial Guard, today vas under arrest charged with the murder of the French wife of an American whom he met through their joint membership in a “back to nature” cult. After the body of the victim, Mme. Marcells Lord, wife of Horace W, Lord of Fall River, Mass., had been | discovered, police instituted gearch | for De Krupfell, who was known to have been attentive to the woman. He was arrested near the scéne as he attempted to visit a friend of Mme. Lord. 3Calvin F. Troupe, Baltimore Insurance Man, Was Mar- ried in Washington. Prisoner Confesses. De Kruptell, in a confession to police, said that he had killed Mme. Lord when she attempted to prevent him from committing suicide, Ile did not_remember how he had killed her. The plaintive whining of a dog on the balcony of Mme. Lord's villa here led to the discovery of her body. Police forced an entrance and found - stabbed to death through the Friends told police tnat Mme. Lord, who was the daughter of Dr. Gustave | Vernet of Cannes, was a pianist and had married the Fall er man in Krance in 19207 In 1925, they said, | she had started separation proceed inga. Lord returned to the United States and she opened a boarding | house here, | Last year, police learned, Mme, Lord hecame acquainted with De Krupfell at Grasse, near Nice, where hoth were members of a German “back to nature” cult, which was suppressed by the authorities. Heard Couple Quarrel. Police believe that Mme. Lord, who possessed independent financial means and property on the Riviera, helped De Kupfell financially. The motive for his act was not announced in the confession, but authorities believe a quarrel arose over financia! matters. Before the body was discovered the superintendent of Mme. Lord's apart ment heard her cry, “That’s not true.” De Krupfell later left the apartment, he said. RUTH ELDER SAYS SHELL TRY AGAIN Undaunted by Failure, She Proposes to Repeat At- tempted Ocean Hop. By the Associated P LISBON, Portugal, October 21.— Ruth Elder, undaunted by forced de- scent of her plane upon the Atlantic, plans to try to cross from New York to Paris by air again next August. Miss Elder, who has arrived at Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores, on board the steamer Lima, which is bringing her here, declared that she will fly from Lisbon to Paris and then to London. From London she will go by boat to New York and immediately begin preparations for her next ven- ture, Sure She Will Succeed. Her great ambition is to be the first woman to fly from New York to Paris, Miss Elder said, and now that she has faced the dangers of a transatlantic flight and is accustomed to its sensa- tions she is convinced that she will succeed in her next attempt. Asked for her personal impression of the Viennese actress, Lilli Dillenz, pas- senger of the Junkers plane D-1230, now at Horta, the Azores, Miss Elder declared that she thinks Miss Lillenz’ intention to fly to the United States is a far more risky adventure than her own. She said Miss Dillenz, whom she met when the Dutch tanker Ba- rendrecht, which rescued her, landed at Horta, was a very charming, intelli- gent and cultured woman, Miss Elder, impressed by the spirit of the actress, is convinced that she will succeed. Photographers Her “Pet” Aversion. Miss Elder said she intended.to stay aboard the Lima until it reached Lis- bon, landing here. Photographers are now her pet aversion. She sald they spolled her pleasure everywhere and she is dreading her arrival here and in Paris. She is afraid they will surround her, and said she is worried trying to find some way to circumvent them. The last few hours of her stay in Ponta Delgada were spoiled by persist- ent rainfall. Crowds stood around the American consulate seeking refuge from the weather in doorways and waiting for her to appear for the con- sular reception last night. Because of the weather Miss Elder was indisposed and retired at 8 o'clock, missing the reception. D. C. TO BUILD DAM AS SEWER CARRIER Bids Invited for Its Conmstruction Across Rock Creek, Below M Street Bridge. A contract for the construction of a dam across Rock Creek, just below the M street bridge for the purpose of carrying a new type of sewer across the stream at that point, is ready to be awarded by the Commissioners, it was learned today at the District Building. The sewer will be built primarily to replace one which is now hung on trusses under the old M street bridge, and construction of the dam, it was said, will eliminate the worst remain- ing point of dumping raw sewage into the open water that now dis- charges into Rock Creek north of the canal, The concrete dam into which the sewer is to be built will have eight openings large enough to pass the normal flow of water through the creek, and, except in high water Wife in Jail, Sick Man Joins Her in ing, Quest of Nurs By tha Associated Pr MER( Pa., Octoher James Hugg of Hubbard, Ohio, was believed dying in the Mercer Coun- ty Jail today a voluntary prisoner, in order that his wife, held there awaiting trial, might Keep vigil at his_bedside. The Huffs, alleged members of a gang of interstate thieves, were arrested some time ago on larceny charges. Huff obtained bail, but his wife was committed to jail. The, he contracted typhoid fever and had his bafl hond withdrawn so he could join his wife in prjson, Permission was obtained from the fail physician for the wife to nurse Huff. Hope for his recovery was relinquished today. | By the Associated Press, | OLD ORCHARD, Me., Octoher 1. | —=The outlook was brighter tod | than at any timassince last Mond for a transatlantic flight by Mra. | Frances W. Grayson's Dawn, the big | amphibian monoplane in which she | hopes to span the North Atlantie to | Copenhagen, | The plane in which she and tw. | companions almoat got away to | successtul take-off the first of the week, was nearly ready for a new | venture. AN it lacked was a final 00 gallons of gasoline and there was ample time for loading that. Indi- cations were for a favorable tide for a take-off from the beach between L and 4 p.m. Weather Clears Up. The weather which has gloomy throughout the week, showed signs of clearing as the heavy rain- storm which has held New Pngland in its grip passed out to sea. The aviators thought the result of a radio poll of ships at sea probably, would determine whether departurd today was feasible. Mechanically, the Dawn perfect shape. The last 158 for apprehension, the heretofore sk f the landing gear retra vas cleared up under ion of Igor Sikorsky, designer and builder of the plane. The hydraulic mechanism was keyed to a point where the wheels can be taken up in b6 seconds and set down in 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Mrs. Grayson, Pilot Wilmer Stultz and Navigator RBrice Goldsborough declared themselves entirely satisfied with the results, Mariners Fete Her. Mariners, longshoremen, chandlers and others identifled with the sea) banded as the ‘Thirteen Club,” were luncheon hosts to Mrs. Grayson ) terday. Attired in the rought ‘ments of their work, they received the avia- trix in a small restaurant on the tom Houss whart in Portland and shed godspeed to the air voyager. Mrs. Grayson regarded the welcome and blessing as the heartiest she had received and a fresh inspiration to carry on in spite of the long delays in her project. CEREMONY LACKING AS ENVOY ARRIVES New Belgian Ambassador Met Only* by Embassy Counselor Here. KILLS WIFE: PUTS - SHOTINOWNHEAD 18 Associated Press. | BALTIMORE, October | Lillian K. Troupe is d | through_her brain, and her hushand, Calvin F. Troupe, d mmn;nlurnnra man, was reported in a crifeal condition today from a bul- let in the temple after a #hooting affray at their Relay, Md., home. Summoned by frightened servants, | neighbors found Mrs. Troupe's body I¥ing on the Fitchen floor last night, while Mr. Troupe crouched in a cor- ner, dazed by his wound. Before being taken to the hos- pital Troupe telj Dr. Frederic V. Beitler that his g4fe attempted to pre- vent him frog committing suicide and was she« ‘while grappling with him. Later i@ told authorities his wife was soding the weapon and that it was discharged accidentally. Mrs, Troupe was 66 years old, MARRIED IN CAPITAL. 21 . = Mrs. , a hullet Baltimorean Who Killed Wife and Wounded Self Prominent. .B.\LTIMORH. Md., October 21— Col., F. Troupe, who shot his wife and unded himself yesterday, was married to Mrs. Lillian Depkin, the victim, in Washington, D. in 1925, two years after the death of his first wife. A wedding breakfast was given at the Willard Hotel. Marvine Tyler of Washington was the best man and Mrs. Joseph Hinds was matron of honor. The couple went to New York on a honeymoon. At Relay last night it was said to be common report that the couple had had serious disagreements lately, although the basis of the quarrels was not well known. Their home, known as Poplar Inn, is one of the most beautiful in Relay. It is located on Rolling road, at the crest of a hill, and is a show place in the section. Son Noted Swimmer. Col. Troupe’s youngest son, Kemp, #5 a swimmer of note, and twice in Tecent Summers attempted to swim from Claiborne to Annapolis. Col. Troupe had been a representa- tive in Baltimore for 40 years of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, according to Charles R. Posey, resident manager. Associates said that in the earlier days of insurance writing he was the most prolific of agents, writing huge amounts of coverage. For several years he made it an annual custom to gather a group of business associate and take a vacation at the Pinehurst, N. C., links. All of Troupe's sons are in business in Baltimore, several in the insurance business. Henry Ricks, gardener Troupe home, told police, in giving his version of the tragedy, he looked in the front door and saw Col. ‘Troupe coming down the front stairway in his pajamas just a moment before two shots were fired. anhe (‘ot;k ran nutt:‘he back door in larm and went to the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Crosby, next door. s The shots were heard and, rushing into the kitchen., members of the group saw Mrs. Tsoupe lying on the floor, a bullet having entered behind her right ear. Col. Troupe was kneel- ing nearby, wounded in the head. Between them, in a pool of blood forming on the floor, lay a large pearl-handled revolver. Miss Char- lotte Crosby, a trained nurse, ren- dered first aid to Col. Troupe and then called Dr, Frederic Beitler of Halethorpe. Inquest to Be Tonight. Coroner Stapleton and Lieut. Ed- ward Poehlman of the county police were summoned and made an inves- tigation of the scene before allowing the body of Mrs. Troupe to be moved. A coroner’s jury was summoned to hold an inquest tonight at Hale- thorpe. Mrs. Crosby and others in the room immediately after the shooting said that as Col. Troupe knelt on the floor beside his wife's body he kept mur- muring: “I wish to God it were me dead instead of her.” He repeated the same wish when at the Poehlman in the hospital. pleton, at the hospital asserted that he and his wife had been in the kitchen, and he went upstairs to get the pistol, “because it was handy to have around”; that his wife grabbed the weapon and struggled with him, the weapon exploding while in her hands and causing her death. He also told about havin and struck his head on a chair. RENEWS DIVORCE SUIT. Mrs. J. W; Jennings Reopens Case She Once Dismissed. Mrs. Jackis W. Jennings, Thirteenth street, whose suit for an absolute divorce against her husband, Lonnie G. Jennings, 900 Nineteenth streat, was dismissed some months ago by Justice Balley, today renewed her application in the District Supreme Court. The new application is based, ;'n part, on a series of letters, signed g band, which she offers in support of her claim of misconduct. Justice Hoehling granted permission to the wife to reopen her case, filed through Attorney George M. Morris. periods, its top will constitute a footpath across the waterway. In high water it will serve as a spillway, the overflow passing over the top. Construction of the sewer will pave the way for the erection of a new bridge. SAM DREYFUSS TO WED. PITTSBURGH, October 21 (#).— Sam W, Dreyfuss, treasurer of the Pittsburgh Pirates and son of Barney Potomac Cadet Officers Chosen. Special Dispatch to The Star. commissioned officers of the George Mason High School unit of the Re- serve Officers’ Training Corps, which is officialy known as Company D, Ar- lington County Battalion, met yester- day and_appointed the non-comm sioned officers for the George Mason company. James Broaddus was select- ed to serve as first sergeant and Paul Petersilla, Garnett Francis, Robert Dreyfuss, club president, will be married on Monday at Memphis, Tenn., to Miss Carolyn Wolf of Para- uld, Ark. They will pass their oneymeon in.Buropes Gary and Thomas Wood, sergeants. Milton Harding, Everett Cassidy, Thomas Morgan, Nelson Warner, Stuart Gyickenberger and Alva Rolling were gorporals. - questioned by the coroner and Lieut. ¥ M Troupe, according to Coroner Sta- |Balko P & slipped | S 1221 Rolls R ORAYSON PLANE - MAY START TODAY Weather Outlook Is Briuhter' Than for Week—Big Craft Ready. | | i was in Banning any formal welcoming dem- onstration, Prince Albert de Ligne, new Belglan Ambassador, reached Washington yesterday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock and was received quietly at the Union Station. Robert Silver- cruys, counselor of the embassy, and his chauffeur, alone were on hand to greet the envoy. Prince de Ligne requested Silver- cruys to cancel the arrangements Which the embassy had made for poy lice escort when the latter met him in New York. He insisted that there be no “fuss and feathers™ and that he be permitted to arrive in Washington without formality. He was accom- panied by his wife and their daugh- ter, Princess Elizabeth. The new Ambassador will pay his first official visit today when he calls on Secretary of State Kellogg. Later in the week he will present his cr. dentials to the President. He has come to Washington to succeed Baron de Cartier., \ - GIRL CAUSES ARREST. Frank Morris Charged With Firing' at Auto in Hyattsville. Special Dispatch to The Star, HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 21.— Frank Morris was arrested in Wi ington last night and turned over to Chief of Police Blanchard here, to a: swer a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, preferred by Miss Ruth Hunter. Morris was placed in the Hyattsville jail and will be given 2 hearing probably tonight before zlelrsfic‘ of the Peace John J. Fainter e. Miss Hunter charged that Morris fired at an automobile in_which she and Layton Morris of Washington Wwere riding near the Hunter home, The men are not related. ¢ Miss Hunter is an operator of the Hyattsvile telephone exchange. Miss Muriel Pallas is the chief operator. FOR TOMORROW. 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