Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1927, Page 15

FLOOD TORRENT WRE( GULFS VERMONT T( THE EVENING STAR, “WASHINGTON, DWN. The force of the devastat- ing flood in the Vermont section is strikingly shown here by these two bridges at Bellows Falls, which have foundations cen the two b been swung from th, houses MAYFL idential s the torrent swept down on the town. ridges. Note the deb of wree rked t D. €, TUESDAY. APPEARS AT COURT UNDER_GUARD. Douglas Catchim (at left) former assistant manager of the Burns detective agency here, arriving to testify before the grand jury in the oil jury charges. Catchim, accom- panied by a Marine guard here, was brought back to Washington after enlisting in the Marines. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. NOVEMBER 8, 1927. LOOKING DOWN ON FLOODED BRATTLEBORO FROM AN AIRPLA town under water is typical of the desolate scenes which greet those flyin NE. This view of the Vermont ng over the flood-stricken area. Other towns in the Connecticut River Valley shared the fate of Brattleboro, with a resultant heavy in life and property in the worst flood of New England's history. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. New York World P’ acht Mayflower, was not overlooked by Miss Chaflotte Childress when she went aboard the yacht yesterday and scored a 100 per cent enrollment of the crew in the annual Red Cross membership drive. The “other gobs enjoyed the scene as the cook was decorated with a Red Cross butfon Copy ght by Harris & B¥gs THE WRECK OF CAPT. GRAY'S BALLOON. A view of the wrecked gas bag and basket of the Army balloon in which Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray, noted Army aeronaut, lost his life after establishing an indicated world altitude record of approximately 44,000 feet. The balloon landed in trees at Sparta, Tenn. ‘Wide World Photos. SENATOR CURTIS PRESENTS KANSAS FLAG TO POST OFFICE COLLECTION. Postmaster General New (at left) accepting the presentation of the Kansas State flag yesterday by Senator Curtis of that State (at right).. The State emblem was presented to the Post Office Department to form one of its collection of State flags, which is now almost complete. PALVAVCLASH (G i Gemt AT1.C. C. HEARING Companies Compete for Right to Line From West Virginia Coal Fieid. the coal re | launched a Three 1ailro: wlons of W conflict_hefore merce Commission over the rizht t» build a line of road through the Guy andot Valley in the New River d trict, Witnesses explained first the Chesa- peake & Okio project for constructing 50 miles of new line along the Gu andot Valley at a cost of £10,000,000. Garrett Wall, vice president of that railroad, said the new line would con- nect two important branches of the C. & O. system with its main_iine. Attorneys for the Norfolk & Western and the Virginian Railroads. both of | which have construction projec pared which would parallcl gection of the Chesapeak pew line, cross.examined who presented upon The Norfolk be given an apportunity tomor explain its building plan in the Guyan- dot territory, and thereafter the Vir-| ginian will be heard. At the conclu rion of testimony re to technie: conditions, the commission will i evidence as to the de % of the po ation and which would be ed Before the 1 showing of sur is concluded make they claim the before the ed at the t is impossible for to bu corimis hearit all threc ert that of the T is and river | Porth CL!FFORDASH.GEMAKER ELECTED BY CITIZENS Randle Hz;l nd # Names Officers and Supports Advisory Council. Association Clifford Shoemal elected fdent of the R zens’ Association at a_mi Fountain Memo Baptis Jast night. He succeeds S who decled otti- | er wa ile 1 re election, cors elected v Mrs. Del i i fdent. Jan. v | John Hohn John Coryell. treasurer cen law C A 1o the Associa- | i n adopted a resolutoin | upholding the Citizens’ Advisory Coun- | eil and deploring the eriticism of that } body by trade and othe anizations. | A resolution adopted eriti- | cizing the cond ulting from the burning of trash on the Govern ment reservation in the Randle High lands area The asocis Files Petition in Bankruptey. John H. V: elaim adjust Commercial National Bank today filed a petition 1o he nkrupt. He lists his 11.138 $886 in the ilding. dindged debts at He ie represented by Attor re-©..Lamm. WALES’ UNEMPLOYED ed !tions in the coal fields. tde Statue at College Suggestion has been made to the War Department for the repluce- ment of the bronze statue of Fred- erick the Great of Prussia to its former pedestal in front of the Army War College, Washington Barracks, from which it was re- moved by the authorities during the World War. Since then the statue has heen kept in the cellar { the Army War College. The retary of War has referred the letter to the official board of the War College to determine the pr ticabi and propriety of the pro- posed restoration. it has been argued in favor of the proposition that “Frederick lived many years before the World War and was not identified in any way with that conflict.” TO MARCH ON LONDON Mobilizing in Cardiff for Tramp to British Capital to Impress Parliament. By the Associated Press. CARDIFF, Wales, November 8.— The tramp of the marching feet of the unemployed sounded here today | as they mobilized for a march on Lon- don_coincident with the opening of : ment. his Welsh “Co from the A. J. Cook ey’s army.” recruit- nployed miners by | N cretary of the British Mines Federation, intends to make this mass demonstration “a petition | in hoots” to call the attention of the | public and the government to condi- “The geat of your troubles is Lon- don.” Cook has been telling these men in the weeks he has heen organizing the procession. Thomas Thomas of | Rhondda, one of Cook’s lieu- | tenants, aid that if there w 1w the marchers should ar London November 20, having covered | 4 disiance of 200 miles, The marchers plan to fields of Runnymede, on the the Thames. There the barons in 1215 wrested the Magna Charta from the | despotic King John. They will then enter London and seck an interview with Premier Baldwin and other mem- hers of the government. They will digenss with them the question of hringing to the attention of Parlia went the “chronic destitution of em ployed and unemployed alike.” cross the banks of COOK IS FOUND DEAD ! WITH BULLET 'N HEART| Edward Burke Yeaves Note, but No| Explanation for His Act. “T have killed myself. Please do not - " was part of a message scrib bled in a notebook found in a rear third-story at 1335 Q street ghortly before 7 o'clock this morning vith the dead hody of Edward Burk ook. He had f in the heart. Sva M. Cole heard the shot and | summoned police from the second pre- lemet. Policeman W. F. Hopkins, first to reach the scene, found the ehirt of | the dead man afire, Burke's last message zave | This PRESIDENT RECEIV! S MEMBERS OF STATE LEGISL. meeting in Washington, are shown with President Coolidge as he received them at the White House yesterday. TURES' COUNCIL. Members of the National Council of State Legislatures, now Veteran Must Be Minus Arm or Leg To Join This Post By the Associated Pre MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Novem- ber 8.—“Amputation Post,” local chapter of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars, has been organized with 35 members. Former soldlers who have lost either an arm or a leg are eligible. RED CROSS ENROLLS | Officers and Crew Signed by So-| oiety Girls—Workers Enter- tained on Yacht. Officers and crew of the presidential vacht Mayflower, headed by Capt. Wilson Brown, its skipper, have en- Copyright by Harris & Ewing. rolled 100 per cent in the annual roll INTEREST AROUSED OVERI.C.C.CH ANGE | Business Interests Ask President to| Name Man Holding “National Viewpoint” as Hall's Suc By the Associated Press. Business is taking a great in the selection of a succs Henry C. Hall of the Inters merce Commission, who has Pro esign. - ience is heing exerted ¥ “a on national viewpoint” | tation problems rather than {would he governed by the 1 of the found t ic. his particufar s cument Executive symy It since orado, Mr. pathet oolidge will sell jent to name a man w n ly regare sioner Hall lives Cessor. interest essor to te Com- informed sident Coolidge that he desires to upon the ho holds transpor- one who | needs of countr; he Chief ded that, in Col- t A resi- dent of one of the Rocky Mountain States, but he does not fee bound to do so if he sh no one there whom he qualified. 1t has been saic White Iouse that dent ould like to name a man, he would not elsewhere for the commiss 1= heen no Inform on which It he w gnation until th ided upon his who have be s of omin hold his re dent has d Among those are hesitate 1 himself puld find considers 1 at the while the Presi- Western to go ioner he pation as Commis- is con- i1l with- he ¥ i 10 T, en men- Arizona, g, James . but there is nothing to Indicate the field to t 1r. Coolidge has limited Woman Democrats to Hear Delano. Frederick A. Delano, who recently from Geneva, where returned he made 1 committee of wi principal speaker Friday nig Armictice day dinner of the National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hamps 11 be the ht at the ‘Woman's The din- the | ner will he held at the club's head- % and estimates his assets at |[names and addresses of several rela- | quarters, hire ave- ves, but offered no explanation for nue. Mrs, Harry N. Rickey will pre- ‘his deed. The coraner was notified side. | Piled high on trays on the counters of | the stands, fresh pork in all forms | Washington, the rare Persian melons Approach of Winter Clearly Indicated By Display of Rabbits in Local Market plentiful and the Christmas melon, when exhibited on a few stands, sold at around 50 cents. Berries at Fabulous Pric A few lonely-looking strawherries and raspberries still remained at near- fabulous prices, and a basket of figs here and there, brought from Norfolk, seemed a contradiction to the wintry weather _without. Grapefruit and oranges from Florida were displayed in abundance, in good quality and at the usual prices for the time of year. Hothouse tomatoes, both red “and yellow, had almost completely re- placed the garden variety, although a few of the latter were_ still to be had. One of the most interesting fruits in the market was the huge Haiti pineapple, some of them weighing 7 pounds, On nothing did the cold snap have more effect than the flowers. The dahlias, chrysanthemums and cosmos that have abounded throughout the Summer were entirely replaced by hothouse blooms such as roses, chrysanthemums, sweet peas a apdragons, The persimmon was in evidence yesterday for the first time. The long clean-looking celery cabbage also could be had. LINERS CARRY GOLDFISH. De Luxe uarters Provided on Jap- anese Pacific Ships. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. TOKI0.—De luxe quarters for gold- fish are now offered on Pacific liners. Japan’ exports to America annually about 50,000 goldfish, valued at more than $50,000. The fish have always made the jour- ney in small wooden tubs, and many of them died. The small tubs were found to be the cause of the high death rate, 8o one of the big Japanese steamship companies announces that it has constructed tanks of 2%-ton capacity on its liners especially to ac commodate its finny passengers, The company now expects to get the goldfish shipping business. ‘The planet Jupiter Is 1,346 times as rge a8 the earth P As the cold winds begin to nip the | hurryirig marketers and the keepers of stands on the outside of Center Market envy their more prosperous competitors within, rows upon rows of rabbits appeared as a definite sign of the approaching Winter. Althoug! the season for killing in the adjoinini Stutes has not yet opened, the dealers received a few shipments from North arolina and Tennessee, and now they are fairly plentiful, with the prices ranging from 35 cents to 60 cents, Meats Plled High on Trays. With the frost, the prices of vege- tables and flowers showed a tendency to rise. Only the sale of meats is benefited by the coming of Winter | < the object of many a marketer's search. He did not have to hunt far, however, as many of the dealers could be seen making their own sausages. sually too dear for the people of were to be seen on a few of the stands. Imported from California, they cost from 75 cents to §2 each. The meat of the melon is of a reddish color and is far more delicious than the canta- loupe or watermelon. Honeydews were PATENT OFFICE BUSY. 34,000 Applications Received in United Kingdom Each Year. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. LONDON,~—Inventive minds never | sleep, the patent office knows. Some 34,000 patents are applied for each vear in the United Kingdom, an in- ase of 4,000 over the annual pre- war list. A German has asked for a patent on a process to remove wrinkles at e side of the mouth and nose. A choelovakian wants a patent on a {method of extracting gold from sea water. Patents have heen sougth' for a toy homb with an explosive charge and a fuse for discharging paper stream- ers; a mechanical violin; a device for discerning defective patches in furs; . telescoplc umbrella for use ‘while wheeling a baby carriage, and a meth- ©d of pasteurizing beer. i I and pot a vague impersonal force in cruited. graduate departments of the univer- sity from West Philadelphia to \'lAlIl'yl Forge met with the emphatic approval } of the committee and the delegates in general. Forge has been offered to the univer- sity by Henry N. Woodman, an alum- nus, and it is urged that the proposed gift should be acce] ot Philadel college 1s located is fast becoming an all fitted for a college campus. World War are urged to attend the meeting of ‘the American War Moth- ers, to be held at the Hamilton. Hotel. Friday night, to hear a special ad-' dress to be Summerally call of the American Red Cross. This was achleved by young society girls of Washington, in charge of Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, who visited the craft yesterday. Miss Charlotte Childress, vice chair- man of the committee of girls handling the event. all wearing the blue veils of the Volunteer Service, enrolled Capt. Brown, while Miss Dorothea Morgan signed up T. T. Cates, the ship’s cook. With Mrs. Dougher Miss Childress and Miss Morgan w Misses Evelyn Walker, Dorothy Hill, Louise Claytor, Florence Wetherill, Francesca McKenney, Maud Mason, Janice Phillips, Exilona Hamilton, Frances Hill, Francesca Stewart and Alice Cutts. Later the visitors were entertained at ten by the captain and officers. The roster of officers comprises Lieut. Comdr. F. K. O'Brien, Lieuts T Rees, T. H. Bunchs A. D. Ayrault, M. C. Hutchinson: Lieut. Comdr. J. T. Boone, Lieut. T. E. Hipp of the | Navy and First Lieut. F. E. Stack of | the Marines, | HORTICULTU&IST TO TALK. Montague Free Speaks Tonight st National Museum. i Montague Free, horticulturist of the | | Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Bréoklyn, N. Y., will deliver the opening lec- ture of the 1927-28 series before the American Horticultural Society at the New National Museum this eve- ning at 8 pm. “Rock Gardens” will he the subject of the address and a set of lantern slides will illustrate the talk. Mr. Free is a graduate of th Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, Eng- land, and has had wide. training ia this country and abroad. The lecture will be open to the public. Wife Sues for Maintenance. Mrs. Mayme K. Fleishman, 32 T street, today filed suit for maintenance against Jacob H. Fleishman, owner of a delicatessen store at 1824 North Capitol street. number of alleged assaults by her hus- band and declares that when she returned home, she found HIGH-TYPE STUDENTS URGED FOR COLLEGE U. of P. Alumni Group Seeks Best| Secondary School Graduates for Alma Mater. The report of the committee on re- lations with' secondary schools read today at the National Conference of | Associated Pennsylvania __ Alumni Clubs, being held at the University Club, urged co-operation on the part of individual clubs and members to bring the best class of secondary school grad- uates of the university Great stre: Inid on the impor- tance of appealing particularly to the preparatory school boy in- preference to the high school graduate. The best | method of attracting any boy, it was indicated, is by athletics and home town publicity, which proceeds on the theory that given localiti most interested. in the accomplishments of their own students: that news con- cerning those students forms a per- sonal tie between the community and the university which can be approxi- mated in no other way; that news of this type is the best type of alumni contacts; and that it is one of the best ways of attracting future students, as it makes the university a personality are the hundreds of towns and schools from which the student bedy is re- he proposal to move the under-| A tract of ground at Valley the section the. present pted, Iphia in which industrial and business center, not at o War Mothers to Hear Addre: All mothers who had sons in the | turé. They had not since lived gether, she tells the court. Attorneys Harry 1. Carroll and Milton Stras- given by Ma). Gen. Charles 3 x - burger appear for the wife, 4 MAYFLOWER STAFF |, an appeal by the sur; American that workers are par for service tomorrow. chapter headquarters, street, tomorrow. is not necessary. The wife details a |structive have made special requ October 31, cal dressings and ban cal dress her husband had removed the furni-|the Woman's ‘Washington Star Photo. HUSBAND T0 GREET RUTH ELDER AT PIER New York Anxiously Awaiting Arrival of “Ace- High Housekeeper.” November 8.—Rutt le Womack, was from _Panama cet his wife as “Mrs. Wo igh housekeeper” and not as an adventuring aviatrix. Womack said he would tell her when she arrives here on the Cunard liner Aquitania, due Friday, of the “17 helis” he had gone through since she took off on her unsuccesstul flight to Paris and would ask her to return to Panama and flightless do- mesticity. Ruth's Aunt Displeased. An aunt of Miss Elder, Mrs. Susan Odom, arrived here on the same steamer that brought Womack from Panama. Mrs. Odom said she did not approve of her niece's exploits and thought Womack ought to have spoken sooner to prevent his wife from making the flizht that landed the aviatrix and Haldeman in the sea, where they were picked up by the Dutch tanker Barendrecht Some men at e yet over their childhoou rattle-brained.” 25 years old. He went to differen: Br the Associated snapped v're all k is about and Aunt Susan hotels. “I went through 17 hells,” said We mack, speaking of the flight. ‘Now that Ruth has done what she wante! to do ever since Lindbergh made his flight, I hope she won't ever want t try it again. What It Means to “Gamdle. “I don’t think she'll try fiying agair When Ruth knows what 1 have bee through—what it means for a man 1 gamble his wife against the weathes I don't want to stand in the way o any of her plans, but Ruth is an ace high housekeaper, and 1 want her in Param1. She is; first and last, Mrs Womack. The name Ruth Elder has been used only for professional pu poses. We love ‘each other as mu 1s we did the day we married.” RED CROSS A'SKS HELPERS ON SURGICAL DRESSINGS Workers Needed for Service Tomor- row at Chapter Head- quarters. Volunteer work: ald in making bandages for loc formation was sent out ical dressings chapter of the pointing out ularly needed unit of the District Red Cros: They are urged to report at the 821 Sixteenth Previous experience The Emergency Hospital apd In Visiting Nurses’ Society s for surgi ges. A surgi- been set up in City Club, with Miss A. ngs table to- | Heaven in charge, permitting women 'S nterested to work there. Many dress. ngs have been made there for Emer. ency Hospital. &