Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1928, Page 17

ESCAPES DEATH WHEN PARACHUTE CATCHES. Jeanne Durand, who dangied under a plane during its descent from 15,000 feet, when her para- chute caught irf an attempt to make a record jump at St. Petersburg, Fla. She was injured when the plane dragged her after landing. = Associated Press Photo. ING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY -29, 1928. Saan i R S e w: g T SN " ’ DR e — . This is how Miss Catharine de Ber- NORMAL SCHOOL GIRLS DANCE MINUET AT WOMEN'S CITY CLUB. Members of the Wilnor Choral Club of :‘l::dn:.!:::l)il3022:":’?:;«5:::‘1‘:;’;5 the Wilson Normal School, who danced at the club this week. Left to right, front row: Charlotte Taylor, Ruth . pionship Monday, at the Fencers' Shaeffer, Vera Lacy, Helen Macoughtry, Marvel Douglas and Sue Yancey. Back row: Betty Burke, Helen Andrews Club of New York. FILMDON HAS ANOTHER WEDDING. Mary Astor and her husband, Ken- neth H. Hawks, film production manager, just after their marriage at Holly- wood. The actress took out her marriage license under her real name of and Marie Stanley. Star sEufl Photo. _»Wlde ‘World Phgtos. Lucilla Langhanke. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. CARACASISOLATED, v When Father - TOURISTSARETOLD) | »cipees One By the Associated Press. tather reporied to. poice.yesterday . { faf re) police ye Venezuelan City Reported| hat® bis Bve daughters. anging from | et ndey o Closed Due to Government | aous, 5o ‘,‘,”. M“‘nt«“n:ffie%!‘ .cee : them and since have not been seen their family. and Student Difficulties. | by werr famty. i - that when he m;: wumu'zuhu his daughter Josephine, 12, to greater ”l‘z' ase o 20| 25EVity with her stiies her sisers, —Toursits aboard the 5. S. Megantie,| and Antoinette. 10, objected to’ his Y, gether. He the missing 3 they were advised st Ls Guaira, Ven- | {50 00 GVCC, f o0 the giris. e o RADEDNIGHT CLUB him into Caracas, just a few miles sway, for $100. He said he had been * told at La Guaira that no one is being permitted to leave Caracas without gov- i emment consent, and that several from Caracas had been placed aboard a ves- sel there, reportedly for deportation. Venezuela has been comparatively H sree Trom violent, potitieal aiscarbances | Seized Property Restored to since 1908, when mldmv.'uc:mo Md" York R s t | for medical treatment in ope, an | S Vit Gomes, who's b0 New York Resort Suspected | President. took over governmen! " " and has since coutinued a8 chiel execu- of Law Violation. tive. His policy has been. conciliatory in the treatment of foreign corporations and in the violent disputes with for-' p, 1, Assnciated Press elgn concessionafres which character| “wpw yORK Pebruary 29.—The ized Castro’s eight years of rule and + threatened %o bring about international | elaborate furnishings of the Chez Helen War. Morgan, New York night club, selzed Venezuela recently came into great by Pederal prohibition agents under ominence becsuse of its ofl produc-|an old section of the internal revenuc tion, which many experts have pre-|laws, have been ordered restored fol- dicted eventually will surpass that of | lowing withdrawal of the charges. Mexico. Maracailbo, the center of the The raid was made under a section of oil industry, is.a seaport about 400|the Revised Statutes, which the agents miles west of Caracas, Maracaio is| contended empowers the Government #is0 Venezuela's ieading coffee port, and | to seize property on the premises of | handies large quantities of Colombian one believed W be defrauding the Gov- coffee which reaches he sea across| ernment of money due on taxable goods Venezuelan wrritory. ;mm this case alleged intoxicating | Hguors. United Btates Attorney Charles H JOSEPH LEITER PROVES Tutte said mew informations charging violation of ronibition law wou SKILL IN CULINARY ART be fied against the defendants with 5 ythe exception of Helen Morgan, the “HRTNe {actress and hostess at the club, and Supplics His Friends With Coples| Arthur Gordoni, an entertainer : et The order of Pedersl Judge Jullan of “Famous Old Recipes” He | o "3,k M aireeting restoration of the Prepared and Tewted | property, however, does not apply to ’ barroom’ fixtures seized from an ad- By the Aseouten Press | joining building. CHICAGO. Pebruary 29 -Fols and |’ The raid by sgents under Adminis- pars plsy an important part i the | trator Maurice Campbell the night of privete Dfe of Joseph Leiter, mulli- | December 30 was one of the most spec- ” merchant broker and social | tacular ever made in the theatrical dis- N was fevesled yesterday When iriet. Patrons in dinner jackets and wnds recelved coples of Dis DEW | evening gowns looked on while the Famous Old Facipes” 5 Dre- | agents arrested Miss Morgan, Gordoni @ comked by the wuthor Bim- | and seven others and dismantled the | pla the furnishings to a he mude known, | warehouse. Mr Tuttle explained that ‘ . pr Iy published | & quantity of lguors bearing no tax ook ook contmins the recipes he hus | stamps was found in the barroom ink Ui Lelwer table famous | “Miss Morgen, & musical comedy ac- nents “Every Ume I came | ress. was held in jall for several hours ah where in the | untl] ball was accepted 1 got w full rech . niva This enabled me W study it | - with & view of embodying parte of | Wallace-0'Connor Engagement. - e L s ML MONTE CARLO, Pebrusry 29 (#) (a0 pieut Col and Mrs Prancis E Drake for 0 of e Countess | of New York and Paris yesterday an- p o Volk and Burke nounced the engagement of Mrs . Dirake's daughter. Miss Ha O'Con » . . wir U o o o John K Wallnee son of the lnte L™ Cormarihe ' Jumes N Wallace, president of the v . 4 Central Trust Co of New York Mise “ o ol OCH v oof the lnte Tewns wned LOOKING DOWN THE GREAT LANDING DECK OF THE CARRIER LEXINGTON. This aft-deck view of the WHEN A MOTOR “JOCKEY” GETS BUMPED. An unusual snapshot of ",.su u'hl"l;llsafl:l‘ %thzng‘&lfllcg:?m\’k rfl‘flmh.s‘ltgyfll G'l‘!l;i‘:-‘;:e gt;:hg :ggthh'e f:’zu; ywné = L4 avl r s N . Bostos 8 s N ean giant plane carrier was taken as Assistant Secretary of the Navy Robinson went aboard at Norfolk, Va., the other « an Australian motor cycle racer taking a hard spill in a race at Loughton, Soules, president of the department of classroom teachers of the National Education Association: Mrs. Lindbergh, day for an inspection. An Army blimp fits into the picture as it sails over the stern of the ship. Essex, England. As the rider hits the ground the motor cycle is still in the Miss Maude Dawson, fellow teacher, who flew with Mrs. Lindbergh from Detroit, and Miss Cornelia: S. Adair, pres- Copyright by Paramount News from A. P. air. Copyright by P. & A Photos. {det of the National Education Association. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. RUGBY 18 AN UNTIDY GAME WHEN THE FIELD IS A SEA OF MUD. The mud-plastered figures of these players in an English army tourney prove that rugby players hit the ground about as often as foot ball players of the American game. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. STEPENSINTALKS i New Yorkrs Do Bl | DANEE I Girl in Journalism Class, Wounded, nOujeLewon - €0) N LA By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 29.—A prac- tical demonstration in newsgather- ing was given Loretta Gorman, 20-year-old daughter of former Rep- resentative John J. Gorman, in a journalism class at Northwestern University last night. ‘What police believed to be a stray bullet crashed through a window, striking her in the neck. Follow- ing the shooting came police, report- ers, photographers, questions, inter- views and poses. She was injured only slightly. JOBLESS MANFINDS Delivers Package to Owner, But Is Unrewarded and Still Unemployed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 29.—Jobless for several weeks, Alexander Lubowsky, 40-year-old painter, found a sack con- taining $52.000 lying in a gutter in | Brooklyn and returned it to its owners. | Today he has a first-class reputation for honesty, still no job and no definite y prospect of a reward. ‘The United States Trucking Corpora- tion, from whose armored car the bag containing the money was lost, sald the matter of a reward had not been offi- clally considered pending inquiry. The Bowery and East River National Bank Aides at State Insane Asy-|nad turned the money over to the thick: lum Testify Wife Slayer Is Mentally Unsound. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Ohio, February 20.—Two,as- | the name of the trucking company and sistant physicians at the Lima State | that of the bank. The painter took his ing company to deliver to the Federal Reserve Bank Money Found Intact. Lubo was on his way to a friend's home erday to see what the pros- Ywus were for a job. Noticing the bag y ing in the gutter he picked it up. On the outside was written “$52,000," burden into a gasoline filling station Hospital for the criminal insane testi- | conducted by Henry Waldeman, and to fled yesterday before the Court of Ap-|gether they opened it wife-slayer, is mentall: {peals that George Remus, Cincinnati| The bag contained bundles of $5, $10 A AR Ry =S y unsound r\nd“’“j‘ Ly :fl-"‘:h- By the Associated Press The Stevenson birthday, she said, at not it to be at large. | trom " the” ariBorsq e s NEW YORK, February 20.—The New | her death will go to her namesake and Opposing Remus' application for re- (R Was Wil a lease on a writ of habeas corpus, niece, Miss Annle Leslie, daughter of York American today says that follow | itind Mrs, Shane Lesite of London, —_— 3 . ing the example of Robert Louls |under the terms of her will Former Klan Leader Believ-|stevenson it has arranged with several| " Gov. Smith. in deeding his bisthasy, | Test of Government Expect- proj lnrnst {»‘rmnm Incluflll:x l(':olx; dIu- which 18 December :Im, satd hfi(whdm: ; ; fred E. Smith, to deed their birthdays |its new owner “as happy & lfe s ; ed Telling of Banks in In- [5G, amiin, to deed thelr birthdave | ds enjoyed, minus the early strug- ed With Independents would have but one birthday in four | gles” diana Politics. years. Mayor James J. Walker, Who also Wielding Power. Stevenson in 1891 deeded his birth- [ agreed to bestow his birthday, said lke AL day to Annle H. Ide, daughter of H O.|Stevenson, he no longer has any use — - ” Ide, who later became Governor General | for a birthday and that he can foresee By the Associated Press. .0 Amasinisd Frens of the Philippines, because having been | a not distant time when it would be in- Shescls KOKOMO, Ind., February 20.—D. C.|born on Christmas day she had com-|convenient to have one. He stipulated| TOKIO, February 20.-The cabinet Staphenion, 2 ader and | Plained she was deprived of her natural | that his birthday go to a boy. announced today that a special session e Pheckon, *former. CiEIan - Jasam Nl |2 e o el HiShy Mrs. Cockran, in making known her | of the newly elected dict will bogin on |DF. Weber and Dr. Pleiffer disagroed | o o 10 now life prisoner, was brought here |V Bourke Cockran, cannot deed |birthday on Christmas is rather inco :;Ag";l's;;r;flm'&r;ngw :i't:;':]r'g’fmg;y the Btevenson birthday to any one, but | venient, she hopes that gyen » birth k! A n (Informed the American she is willing | day falling on such a holiday would be | around 60,000,000 y bout $25, - sumably o tell his story that certaln |y, give her old birthday, December 5, | preferable to having to wait four years | gogs O Jen. (AU W potivcians hag limiiked Lot anks | o some child born taday. for one In the new Diet the government, or i A 4 nselto, or opposition, 214. Varfous in- ot G i, "ok e FRANCE-SOUTH AMERICA | OXFORD DRAMATIC CLUB | S VAR5 ik g o 3 A - nee of power. Lioyd il of Indianapolls. They were *gome ot the ver ¢ | 3 3 he vernacular papers be- | it i s i s che s\ AIR MAIL LINE OPENED| TO PRESENT NOTED PLAY | St 5"t verncuinr vapers be- | Juil last night, and wdvised him notto s o) Lestity . today, it sters | e r b! ] Btephenson, In custody of three Bervice Inaugurated Yesterday hy| Atded by U, 8. Undergraduates, fi“!"v‘c-?‘:‘:l‘l;:‘l:n::tlxla session by & vote of n former Mis Ide. Who now 1 |donation, said that while she realites | April 20 and Inst 14 duys. The session |88 to criminal tedency, which the State | e} from Michigan City, Ind., Btate prison, | vy " was called to adopt supplementary | clsms was displayed by Remus in hu! i ocoronation and other budgets totaling |early life at Chicago. guards, was kepl in the county jall for | Avintor Between Marseille and Will Offer Romain Rolland's Premler Tanaka is still hopeful that several hours before he was called be- “ ' " his government will wnum‘wuw a8 fore the grand jury. The first and sec- 8t. Louis, Benegal. Fourtoenth of July. sion. If defeated, however, the govern- ond floors of the eity hall bullding, be- s Ing used temporarily for county busi-| MARSEILLE, France, February 20 (#). | by the Associated Pro ness, were packed to l;leul Il-‘n l::od "ia‘"""' » Lssolu- tlon of the wollld mean the hold Al rvice from France to South | OXFORD, England, uary 29— v Baraoe Wik To vt . olonee of e Alr mall service from RI ngland, February of another election, which s not wan prisoner, It was here that Stephenson | America was Inaugurated yesterday The Oxford Dramatic Socloty's annual ;:'P:lml owing to the tremendous ex- was installed as grand dragon of the [ With the departure of a large mall plane | play, “The Fourteenth of July," by Ro- » Ku Klux Klan In 1023, when 40,000 | plloted by Naval Lieut. Paris, who left | main Rolland, i being put on with the persons witnessed the ceremonies the Berre Pond seaplane base here for | assistance of three American under-| Ontario Liquor Sales Reported Grover Bishop, one of recetvers | L0 e omegal Gaaies Beve: Beoveiss’ 1w TORONTO, Oaltt;, Tereaty 56 Al for the defunct American Trust Co., the of the Independents, will ovorthrow the |* county State attorneys placed Dr. Kenneth L. Weber and Dr. Albert Pfeifter on the stand to show that| pojcs said it was ) Remus is a dangerous character, ‘These physiclans, who are assistants to Dr. W. H. Vorbau, superintendent of the observations of Remus since the former | jot the $59 000 “bootleg asylum murder . gene, at Nospital, have been making mystery today. The reason listed on the police blotter was “vibration.” Police Theory of Loss. theory and dants that the doors of the armored car, which are closed mechanically had become loosened and opened enough to fall out lere was king” was committed to the th B bt Inst_ December following _the | fime 0 S 1000000 fn the car at the of his estranged wife, Imo- Cincinnati Although their views as to Remus'in s v otor: ental condition_coineided in_ general, | gt Remus previously had testified that about 30 years ago when he was study- g to be a pharmacist he advanced | UPPER MARLBORO, Md. February his age from 19 to 21 so he could PAsS | 20— Miss K. Louise Morrik - the Tlinois State examination, Dr. Pfeiffer gave Remus credit for! Prince Geor thus pushing himself along in the | H world, Dr. Weber, however, termed Remus convenlent lie” about his age Indication of criminal tendency. an - L ——— TAX, KIWANIS TOPIC. Utmost Care Urged on Commis- sloners at Frederick in Assessing. Special Dispateh 10 Star FREDERICK, Md. February 29-—A resolution requesting the county com- missioners t0 use utmost care In de. tormining assessment values on was .‘m.fmn By the Kiwanis Ol y y torday d the plane were sacks of mall | nee, Kans, Rhodes soholar M The L Oontrol Board o - SO O eh UpNeE e e | o ived here by alr from Paris | man, who was dramatie db arlo, in ia} statesment. sabeats: grand Jury investigation, was called into | g™ arthern eftlos of the republie | At the University of Kansas, is takin ted o the Logislature yesterday, ro- The grand Jury room yestorday 1 the base st BL Louls the mall 1 ported total sales of wine, spirits and . will be sent by fast boat to Natal e ring frst five months of "y ™ oapley b s of the aro- Brasl and () e by plane ay o ow and BV Oopry of Marvard Unks o Hon of $17,083,000, and net profits watie olle secreted In Mo de Janeho sl Bucios Alres, VerRlty, msslstant slage manager, 04,7 The commissioners today held Lubowsky is married and has two children, a daughter, 19, who works and is jmember of the familv empl who s P Maryland Couple Wed Special Dispateh to The Star 4 3 Henry Morris, chair k. : use of Delegate: William 8. Parran, a |State Roads Commis Frederiok, were m ' Monday The bridexroom fs w cousin of I Frank Par- ma, State's attorney, of Prince Georges County, West Virginian Dies at 94. 'fllwnl Dispateh 1o The S | MARTINSBURG. W. Va. Webruary 20—Dr James Whann MeSherry, ™ years old. died at his home here yes- torday after & brief ilness He was & native of this county. He enlisted n the Confederate Army as captain of Company B 36th Regiment. Virginia Infantry, and later became surgeon | command. He was & former marer of the final publie DERTIngs on tax wssess- | this eity, former president of the West ments olam from eltisons has resud the ves the wity, Many protests and mueh evit d from vonssessment & property " — inin Medioal Boclety furmer prest f. of the Berkeley County Woard of Mealth and fr 30 vears wos prosidont of & waghonal bk here