Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1928, Page 4

SHITH DEMOCRATS | LAUNCH CLUB HERE | Charles W. Darr Heads Group Organized to Work for Governor. Charies W. Darr was elected presi- Jast night of a new Democratic n of sx delegates to the tic national convention at pri- maries (0 be held in April. F Costello, the Democratic na- committeeman for many yeais t present and said today that t been advised regarding the He explained that the date for s is set by the State cen- | med by 17 men and 10 women. | in the Ebbitt Hotel to work for | e By JOHN KNOX ACES UP! w The Fact Story of American Aviators in the World War %n Part 2—The Lafayette Escadrille ) ace saved Tufhery's The ereat Fr Nattle vick Prinee tal Wfe I day went up with de Taage on a scout- '\ [Ing patrol over St. Quentin, in the course of which they uncovered a score of German machine gun nests by the simple expedient of diving at suspected clumps of trees until they heard bullets around their ears. Bullets meant a machine gun- nest no machine gun nest imple o tithe. CHAPTER XL America Declares War. 1 ARCH. 1917, opened with events which caused both rejoics now i M and doubt among the armies. The Germans in Flan- | immy” McConnell had just re- ders began their great retreat | turned to the escadrille after a long ill- to the Hindenburg line, vielding a con- ness in the hospital. On this same siderable territory and giving the Eng-|19th of March he and Pilot Edmund lish and French soldiers the novel ex- | Genet were attacked by several Ger- No bullets meant | The strategy was | d conclusive, although a hit | oo for the District of Co- | porience of moving forward through man planes between Ham and St open country. In Russia, the Czar abdi- Quentin. Genet told of the fight n g as many disicls, cqted and the collapse of Germany's | a letter to his mother: E. Bever as chairman. Mr.| gastern enemy began—a collapse which | “I mounted to attack the nearest he coming pri-|was to vastly augment the German and left Mac to take care of the scc- have & fair | strength in France and Belgium In ond.” wrote Genet. “There wers plenty America, the progress of the United of clouds and mist and after 1 had Flect Other Officers. Others whd have been prominent in | Dem circles in the District a give the names of | e State central com- | hey believed & re- | ecessary. as the district wn more than 25 vears in population who briefly ad- g last night. other | Charles McGuire, Albert Dulin, sec- William F. Franklin, | dest: Robert N. Harper, | asurer, and Frank A. Sugrue, secre- as one of those most the organization. It pone the selection of ! next week : Plans Drive for Smith. James F. Du Hamel. a former New York State Senator. who recently or- | Al Smith club in the n of the city, was tem- n last night. Ralph J. to Senator Edwards of acted as secretary. main purpose of the new organi- s 10 secure the election of a dele- tructed for Gov. Smith. Lestor Josepn Pollock of Scran- advocated the selection of serve on various committees. for club members will be mtensively until the meet- | week, when the permanent - committee will be named. | T Democratic workers are | seeking 1o eflect a harmonious consoli- | dation of forces. so that the campaign work may be efective. b . | { i DOMESTIC SUGAR | PROMOTION SOUGHT Protection and Advancement of In- dustry Aim of Producers in As- seciation Just Formed. -ing next States toward war became so rapid that! finished my scrap, in which I got one the only debatable question remaining of my main upper wing supports cut was the date of our formal entry into in half, a guiding rod cut in nalf, the struggle. several bullets through my upper wing Early in the morning of March 17, and half an explosive bullet in left Capt. Thenault was awakened by tele- | check (which stunned me for a mo- phoned orders to intercept a fieet of | ment) I went down to look for Mac German Zeppelins which were fiving to- | and help him if he were hard-pressed, ward Paris. The hurriedly aroused but could see neither him nor the Ger- | escadrille dashed off in pursuit. ar-!man machine which must have attack- riving at Complegne just as one of the | ed him. My upper wing was in preat huge fiving ships was brought down in danger of breaking off. my wound was flames by the fire of French artillery on | bleeding and pained quite a bit, so I the ground—the first Zeppelin to be | finally headed for camp, hoping Mac shot down in France. The tyisted | had missed me and gone back.” v by representatives of sugar in- ruins of the great Zeppelin were -} With his characteristic modesty, terests in Hawaii. Porto Rico, Louisiana cheering spectacle to those who remem- and the 19 sugar beet States in the|bered their attacks on London and| Protection and advancement of the €omestic sugar industry was the an- pounced aim of the Domestic Sugar Association formed here yes- P in of Genet falls to tell of his victory writing of his worry over the fale | McConnell. After a furious battle at | which both planes were almost shot to | picces, Genet had sent his enemy down although the victory was too far in side German territory for officlal verl fication to be given. “Jimmy" McConnell's Fate. McConnell's fate remained a mys tery until the 24th, when Thenault flew | up to Ham In the wake of the advanc- ing French Army and. borrowing an automobile, went from division to divi- sion_until ‘he learned that a wrecked Spad had been found in a field near | Jussy. Although the German lines were lonly & few hundred yards away, The- | nault succeeded in getting to the scene, | where he found the remains of Mc- | Connell's Spad. with Mac’s body lying a short distance away. All his papers and personal belongings had been re- moved and the retreating Germans had even taken his boots. Alded by a neigh- boring infantry unit, Thenault buried poor Mac and marked the grave. The United States Declares War, The original seven members of the old Escadrille Americaine could now | show only one of their number in serv- ice. Chapman, Rockwell, Prince and | McConnell were dead. Bert Hall had ! been sent to Rumania with a French military mission and Elliot Cowdin had been forced out of service by ill health. | The founders were nearly all gone, but | Norman Prince’s great idea had borne | marvelous fruit. ~Hundreds of young Americans were in training in French | aviation schools or clamoring for ad- | mission to them, and the example of | the young members of the first A E | F. was soon to suir into being the great- est crusade in human history—the voy- age of the American | Force to France. | March merged into April and the | Airst week of that month brought to | the voluntary exiles the greatest thrill of their lives—a thrill which they | shared with the war-wearied peoples of the allied nations. The United States declared against Germany! ‘Two days later de Laage de Meux dived to the rescue of a hard-pressed English patrol and shot down two Ger- man planes in a brilliant battle in full view of both armies. fied victories were added to the mount- ing re of the Lafayette Escadrille. Repeated mention has been made of the difficulty in verifying aerfal victo- rles. This must not be construed as in any way clouding the authenticity of the victories which did receive official verification. It was due to a condition created by the passion for accuracy which was so characteristic of the con- servative Prench. Under the rules cov- ering offictal recognition of victories, the battle must take place within sight of Expeditionary 1oTS MCONNELL AND GENET KILLED HERE Two more veri- | . VERDUN SOUILLY HDOTS ECADRILLE Jugsy % ;OBERN DO?FE 3 SITE OF MAUSER RIFLE FACTORY. __BomBED &Y AIR ARMADA I ground or balloon observers and the | German plane must fall within | French lines and be found before credit | could be given. The testimony of com- | panion” fiyers in the same or other squadrons carried no weight. The English and German method of erification, which was adopted by the United States when we entered the war, was more liberal, although just as in- istent on complete evidence. Under t. the testimony of other flyers or of any ground officer was accepted as the | basis of an official credit. While flyers in the French service made a wonderful | record, the total of their conquests fell below the figures for the German Air Service. With a similar liberality in verifications, there is little doubt that the French total would have at least been equal to that of the Germans; most probably it would have exceeded it quite considerably. Certainly the | record of the Lafayette Escadrille would have at least doubled. (Copyrizht 19283 TOMORROW—Read of the deaths of Genet, Hoskier, Dressy and de Laage de Meux. 'BAY STATE SOCIETY Reception and Ball Given in Honor of Massachusetts Delegation in National Congress. More than 500 attended the recep- tion and ball given last night at Ward- man Park Hotel by the Massachusetts State Society in honor of the Bay State | congressional delegates. Senator Gil- lett, & majority of the Massachusetts | Representatives and District Commis- sioner and Mrs. Proctor L. Dougherty | were among those present. Assistant United States Attorney General and Mrs. George H. Farnum headed the re- | ceiving line. The list of guests included Repre- sentative_and Mrs. Frederick W. Dal. Graduate Dr.CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phane Main 409-410 MclLachlen Bldg. 10th and G Sts. N.W. MODEL FARM BILL FOR SOUTH URGED Secretary Work Among Speakers at Dinner Asking Support for $10,&" 000,000 Appropriation. Nearly a score of speakers, including Secretary of the Interior Work and other men high in public life, urged support of the bill noow before Con- gress to appropriate $10,000,000 for the establishment of model farming colonies in the South, at a dinner meeting of the Southern States Association on Rec- lamation at the Hotel Washington last night. ‘The proposed colonles undoubtedly will promote better farming and mar- keting methods and improve living con- ditions in th 1 States, Secre- tary Work declared. ‘The appropriation bill has been introduced in the Senate by Senator McKellar of Tennessee and in the House by Representative Crisp of Georgia. It was drawn up *TFor every week~ for every festive occasion” @a/en&zrof.s,becmé JAN. 21 TO FEB. Now on Sale by The Velvet Kind Dealers Tum=-Foumm AND FrencH VANILLA The Velvet Kind Ice Cream Supreme! the | ' HAS SPECIAL GUESTS| special committee appointed a a halfl ago by Mr. Work m: port on the possibility of extension of Southern farming through the model farm plan. Farmers of known ability would be scttled on the proposed farms and loaned money o carry on their work ; ‘Amoig the speakers In support of the measure, in addition to Mr. Work, were irst Assistant Secretary of the In- | terior Finney, Dr. Elwood Mead. com- | missioner of reclamation: Senators | Ransdell of Louisiana, Fletcher of Flor- ida, George and Harris of Georgia and |Glass of Virginia: Representatives Withington of Mississippl, Crisp of Georgla and Oliver of Alabama. e e s e Most exquisite combina- tion of frozen fruits and deliciously flavored ice linger. Representative and Mrs. Charles L. Gifford, Representative George H Tinkham, Representative and Mrs George T. Stobbs, Representative and Mrs. Charles L. Underhill, Repre- sentative and Mrs. Henry L. Bowles, Representative and Mrs. Louis A. Froth- ingham, Representative Joseph W. Mar- tin, Representative Willlam P. Connery, jr.; Representative Edith.Nourse Rogers. Maj. James F. Coupal, President Cool- idge's personal physician, and former Gov. and Mrs. Morgan of West Virginia. George A. Hernan, secretary of the | soclety, reported that the membership | had increased 100 per cent during the past three weeks. There are approx- imately 500 members at present, he re- | 1 ported. Members of the reception committee | were: Miss Harriet M. Cheney, William T. Simpson, Clinton M. Hester, George | A Hernan, John Andrews, Robert| Hempton. Frank E. Hickey. Edward L., Bacher, John Fihelly, John .Hegarty.!| Mrs. Frank E. 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The United States Beet Sugar As- | sociation, the American Sugar Cane League of Louisiana, the Hawaillan Bugar Planters’ Association and the | Association of Sugar Producers of, Porto Rico are represented in the mem- bership of the domestic association. Overproduction throughout the world due 10 war-time disiocation of the in- Y. rising costs and weak markets cited as prompting formation of the association. “We are in no sense a marketing body. but are working for sound co- tion in the domestic industry ver our interests may be in com- said Lippite, SOUTHERN SOCIETY BALL. Becond Annual Fete Will Be at Willard Tonight. The Bouthern Bociety will hold its ~oond annual ball at the New Willard Howl at 8.30 o'clock tonight. Dr. Edwin Mims, professor of Eng- at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, will speak . dancing will follow. itz Gen. Hugh §. Cumming will &t the meeting. Named to College Su;vey. Felix M. Massey, dean of men of the ersity 1 Te cusee at Knoxville, "n appointed a specialist in the G e survey being con- au of Education. His of preparation of a nig with housing and " the college, line, loan funds, in Jobs and edu 54 vocational work for TWELTH AND G STS. Our A February Sale Showing Reductions As Great As One of Our Many many helpless civilians. G =n=—=n== r.114RRIS & CO. =mp=——N=) $6,000 $500.00 | new eye, Thaw bought a cub loness as their | “Whiskey” Gels a Mate. About this time Thaw took “Whiskey" to Paris—which may sound like carry- ing coals to Newcastle—to get a glass eye for the escadrille mascot, one of the lion's eyes having been accidentally knocked out in play. Oculists, physi- clans and veterinarians all refused to work on “Whiskey” and the disconsolate lion trailed Thaw all over Paris with its tail between its legs. 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