Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1928, Page 2

2 .82 BENNETT 15 BURIED | INHEROES' HAVEN | Air Adventurer Who Gave Life for Others Given Mili- | tary Honors. ’ | 1 st Flord Bennett, first to wing his way over the North Pole, and Ad- ™ Peary, first to trudge his way by dog team to that fearful goal of Arctic | by v in where the de to etery, sleep it officer, whose on the tures in th i to rest beneath the The you notable of probably tarctic /T three nation idow and mother sailor of the Byrd over the ha tic from east to W him through expos corded. Military Honors As roped ir grave wa: bank nd women | for h the Navy was col o last journey from Quebec grave itself a brow etched by Arm 1 row on row of ters of bright flowers. | to be se lace was that | dent and Mrs. Coolidge. the train pulled in a awaited, as y to start onl; nd officials and of other Government ts had gathered in honor of | sailor-aviator. however, | the hands of comrade ers in the Navy that lifted | down and bore it out to} the hearse 5 | A swift trip across the few of those on the walks noting its_sig But at} the old gateway through which so many | whose names stand high in American | istory have passed to thewr place of | last honor in Arlington, the drenched eolumn, the band and a little group of commissioned fivers, who were once | fellow students with Bennett and who flew from Hampton Roads to Wash-| fngton to pay him a comradely fare- | well, waited to take over the final rites for the dead | Rain Drenches Marchers. e half-mile march to the grave- side was made with the rain beating | dovn and a cold wind tugging at the! dripping colors. Over the casket as it | was transferred from hearse to an Army n caisson. with Army comrades check- | g‘l‘( the cold, restiess six-horse team. a sodden flag was spread. Behind came the cars that bore Admiral Hughes, chief of naval operations: Assistant Sec- | retary Warner, representing Secretary | ‘Wilbur: diplomats and Government dig- | nitaries. Just before that Secretary Hoover made his way to stand near lheJ grave throughout the brief ceremony, and the aif attaches of the British and Spanish embassies also defied the storm | y their respects. mApl.‘he grave simple rites for the dead | were pronounced by Rev. L. E. Smith of Norfolk, pastor of the church of which the dead aviator was a member. | With him was Senator Chaplain Dickins | of the Navy. There was little room under the drip- ing khaki tent fly for even the nearest En of the dead or the high officiais who had come. Many stood outside in the | fast-increasing downpour, hats off | throughout the ceremony. The voices | of the clergy were audible hardly 10 feet away The escort of bluejackets. with water | @ripping from their round, flat caps, bad moved around to line up on the| hiliside below the grave under trees that | @re just breaking out in green. Over| the grave itself a single tree spread its branches, almost reaching to the nearby monument that covers Admiral Robert E. Peary, first to win his way to the North Pole Widow Pays Last Tribute. Behind the clergymen stood widow, drooj officer as the low-volced service was eompleted. Over the casket the grea | fag that had draped it was still hiding | e coffin itself 1o the last, held wide- | spread in the hands of the eight petty cfficers who had borne the heavy weight | city followed. | wept side- | the one o a ands many a time s life and all hopes r. Byrd, air conqueror of | had counted on Bennett | o the dropped w mourners stood 2 everyth d rear should be v JOHN D. HAS NEW HEIRESS. Brork Dsughter of Younger Rockefeller NEW YORK, April 28 (&) —John Rocketeller has & new great-grandc A dnughter was bor t before m night night 1o Mr Mre Da ton, #t Lheir home West Filt street M as Abk er, deughier of Jubn D. Rock r I Visits Mrs. David and | | yrih B . Yuockele Swller, Jr. £ | official |ot F. It g on the arm of a navai | and his { during BREMEN CREW PAYS TRIBUTE AT GRAVE OF FLOYD BENNETT (Continued from First Page.) glimpse of the fivers long before their train arrived at 9:58 o'clock. A When the first section of Penns vania train No. 129 pulled in the reception committee, composed | Trubee Davison and Edward P. Warner, Assistant Secretaries of the War and Navy Departments for Aeio- nautics, respectively; Maj. Howard C. Davidson, commandant of Bolling Field: Capt. Ira C. Eaker, pan-Amer can fiyer; Col. Richard H. Arm general staff; Rudolf first secretary of the German emb: and William J. B. Macauley, first retary of the Irish legation, went to the private car and greeted the flyers. In addition to the three transatlantic fiyers, the party included Miss Herta Junkers, daughter of the builder of the Bremen, and_Charles C. V. Murpny, representing The Star and the North American _Newspaper Alliance, which sent the Ford relief plane to Greenly sland 1SA%% he little group, surrounded by newspapermen, made their way along the tracks to the gates, the crowd which lined the barrier between the con- course and the trains two and three | ass: | deep.’ spotted the flaming red coat .of e Irish pilot. This served as a signal for the outburst of cheering and ap- plause which followed the airmen as. they walked to the East end of the station to enter their cars. A lane had been roped off between the gates and the streets and as the fiyers entered the concourse they were faced with| more then a score of motion picture | and still cameras. Seeing their progress halted for the moment they paused and | at that instant a half-dozen flashlights | boomed, photographic torches were lighted and th: cameras clicked and | ground away. i Go to Bolling Field. As the last of the lights died out, the | rs fought their way to the street| where they entered waiting automobiles and were taken to Bolling Picld for the | night. The Baron was the guest of | Maj. and Mrs. Davidson, Capt. Koehl | was the guest of Capt. and Mrs. Chris- tian A. Schwarzwaelder, Maj. Fitz- maurice and Mr. Murphy were the guests of Lieut. and Mrs. Kellogg Sloan and Miss Junkers was the guest of Maj and Mrs. Robert Hall The baron, however, made a brief trip to the German embassy, where a dinner in honor of Secretary of State | and Mrs. Kellogg was in progress. The | organizer of the flight was presented | informally and a short time later re- turned to Bolling Field. | There was very little time or oppor- | tunity for extended conversations with | the fiyers on their arrival last night. | Mr. Warner, the first of the reception | party to speak, suggested to Maf. Fitz- maurice that the raging weather out- | side probably suggested Greenly Island. | “Yes, it is similar,” Fitzmaurice re- | g i er sald it could not be iecided at this time whether the Breme would soon be removed from its ice. bound position on Greenly Island. He added a return trip 10 Europe by air ad been discussed, but said it was msible to announce any decision W because of the many tors ente) ing Into such a fiight, which must be considered first.” Koehl also sald he companions “would like very much v fiy back.” The airmen had their first experience al radio brosdcasting in this country when, during the bedlam that relgned the photographic ceremony, a of the National Broadcast- ng Co. as shoved before them with he request to “say & word.” Ab all hat each of them could say under the ircumstances was “hello.” An added touch to the warmth of the reception from the jolly crowd was the playing of “The American Flag" by u B. Costello Post Bugle C members carried American ar FORD FINANCE FIRM REPORTED FORMED Corporation Is Said to Be Organ. ized to Handle Sale of Cars on Credit, scropi 1nt YORY. April todey said erest The that powerful wasocialed with the und 108 banking afila forming & finance compaiiy along the Hnes of the General ceplance Corporation, for d cars on credit being worked out by he 4 Guard! rust Co. of Detroit g Detroit Bank nd the roit Co. of Ne York backing of Edsel Pord leading executives of other omabile comprries Kunzier, who 15 related b dsel Ford and who 15 ex president_of the Guar Bank . Detroit plan. Word received in Wall yesterday wan thal he would & formsl announcement of the company within s week or 10 days VOTES BREMEN AWARD. Houze b Time Co, which have the mar mEITiage Detroit thie " in charge s ke fendn Bl Authorizing the F.C Huuse today passed the Jumes wiuthorise the Presdent 1o be the Distinguished Plying Cross pon Ahe German and Irish (ransat- antic fivers, ‘The mensise oW gons W L6 Benate, for Crew to Benate s New | #THE . EVENING i STAR,+ WASHINGTON, : D.« C, SAT__@DAT. APRIL '28, 1928. ABSENTEE JUROR INCURS §20 FINE Samuel L. Voith Penalized for Halting Trial in Which He Was Serving. George L. Volth, 28 years old, 5405 Tllinois avenue, was fined $50 today for contempt of court by Justice Frederick L. Siddons in Criminal Division 2 for absenting himself from a case on which he was serving as a juror, Voith had been sworn in a criminal case last Monday, and had been excused until Tuesday. When the case was called the juror was absent and a continua was had until Wednesday while deputy marshals sought him. He was found at his home Wednesday morning and brought o court by Chief Deputy Mar- shal Callahan, but was sent home by the court to recuperate. Continues to Serve. allowed to serve on the following day, and joined in a verdict of conviction. No steps were taken until today by the court Jooking toward his punighment for keeping the court wait- ing for two days, The juror was called to the bar this morning and told by Justice 8iddons of the seriousness of his action Justice Biddons advised him future to sveid temptation, bus make public what excuse the given him for his absence charged Volth from further the jury and declared that in default of the fine he should h: Imprisones for 15 days. Voith has $56 coming to him for his services on the jury since April 3, and it 15 understood the fine will be pald out of that sum Voith wa in the did not ror had He dis- | service on olth Explains to Court, The story understood to h old 10 the court by Volth was that he | was accosted by an automoblle saleaman | | who gave him a drink, and he did not know anything until he awoke late in | the evening. Justice Siddons, in de- | claring the action of the juror inex- | cusable, sald he whs impressed by the | regret and contrition expressed by Voith and was taking these into consideration + Imposing sentence been BAND CONCERT. TODAY | By the United State | Band Orchestra, Stanle oclock, John B, M banamaster IMarch, "On the Piring Line |Overture medley, “Bongs land" Morcenn, “Serenade | Excerpte from musical comedy ‘Countess Mariiza" Kalman | Pox trot, “Whisper Bweet and Whisper V Low Burke {Waltz song, "What Does It Malter?” | Berlin | | Finale, “Woh-a-ly Walk" Warren 1 Phe Blar Spangled Banner l This will conclude the w i.ruluul orchestral concerts con- cerls for military banc will be sumed {on Mpnday, May 14, at 9 wm., and will The given throughout the Buinmer on cnch Monday, Wednesday and Friday wt 9w, and on Tuesduy, Thursday and Haturday st 6530 o'clock on the upper bandstand idlers' Home | Haull, at 5.30 Zimmermann ' o ock | of ! Lampe | Tosell on - of Benefits of treatments are Indiscriminate sunlight | has been made | London belng Livestigated 1n ) wedding will take place al Baywate New York Begins Daylight Saving Tomorrow Morning CREW OF BREMEN GLADTOBEINU.S. Irish Flyer Finds Warmer Climate Relief—Crowds Demoralizing. BY MAJ. JAMES C. FITZMAURICE. We stayed Thursday night at Mur- 2 Bay, where we had come after the Ford plane brought us down at Lake Ste. Agnes on the trip in from Greenly Island A house had been placed at our disposal by a Canadian shipping company that owns a hotel at —— | Point Au Piec and has offices in Mon- | treal. We were very thanktul for| ROberts and Pomerene Call on baths and food, and our dinner last | night was ve nice. Of course I had had a few hot tubs when T flew out to bring in spare parts for our Bremen. but Huenefeld and Koechl had been without such blessed dispensations of eivilization for ouite some time. They had been dreaming of hot tubs since we fi came down at Greenly, b lay morning we out of bed at 4 o'clock quick breakfast and then we 12 mile to Lake S first half of the trip comfol bly by motor |last half had to be rse sled, Most that last part vas so rough and up-and-down that of a ic rallway ‘By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 28.—Clocks in New York City and many other Eastern citles will be turned ahead one hour tomorrow when daylight saving time goes into effect for the Summer months. The official hour for the change in time is 2 am. OIL TRIALS REPORT CIVEN TOCOOLIDGE mony Sent Rockefeller. | Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, | special Government counsel in _the criminal trials growing out of the Tea- | pot Dome naval ofl reserve lease, called | upon President Coolidge today to re- | port on the latest phases of the case. | Just a week, ago, Harry F. Sinclair wealthy ol operator, was acquitted by a | jury of having conspired with former Interior Secrelary Albert B. Fall of having conspired to defraud the Gov- ernment in the lease., After their conference the counsel | e turned | had a journeyed Agnes. The made very car, but the negotiated in a A Unparwosn Top: The fiyers at Arlington Cemetery this morning, Maj. Fitzmaurice layi, floral tribute on the grave of Floyd Bennett. (1) Baron von Huenefeld with bow head. (2) Capt, Koehl, Associated Press Photo. Center: The flyers as they left Boll Fitzmaurice, Capt, Koehl, Baron von I this morning. Left to vight: Ma) and Miss Herta Junkers. Star Staft Photo, & Fie Below: Stadio portralt of Baron von Huenefeld, made here, H. E. DODGE WEDDING | PRAISED BY VETERANS. REPORTS CONFIRMED ¢ormun miyers congratuluted by ? Want Association Father of Muriel i Infantry . vinge Wil Take Place in London May 16, ROIT, April an Bays Mur IREENFIELD, Ma,, April 28 (1" The 104th Massachusetts Infantry A [ elatton, 1,600 Nolding 1ts annual [ convention on the anniversary of the Announcement | battle of Apremont, last night the age Vo strong D ] of the fortheom- | lollowing ni Bisman, , the German transatlantic flyers | Ten yeurs ago we faced CGierman B DEaops i blaody conflict on the fields Dodge 10 yirance, Tonight we offer our waims | est_congratulations to the brave German and Ivisiy fiyers who have conguerod the Atlantic from east to west, The memories of war are forgotien I ou deep wdmiration of thel duintless cour o of congratulath Ing marriage of Miss Muriel daughter of Andrew Sisman troit contractor, to Horace E May 16 The announcement was mede by after various reports of had been denled. Mo all for England May 4 divorced fust Bummer | from Lots Knowlion Dodge, who wa marvled to Lieut. Benjamin ¥, Man ning at Honolulu | Heports venching here from London wtate (hat the declaration of Intention o mairy has been filed tn the Prin row veglstry office, It was said Mt the snld Blsman, mury he would | Doyt . Zihlman to Speak Zihlman of prinoipat Maryland at the Cheyerly to be held (o 3 o'cloek Muste furpished by Heprosentative will he the Hag-ralsing coremony v's | Hchool, Cheverly, Md Uy | morrow afternoon at | for the oecasion_ will peaker At the Ve it reminded me Only, of course, the bumps were much der than the jolts you get on enic rallway Have Pleasant Drive, e'n we had got beyond the rough e had a most pleasant hrough picturesque country. said that no decision had been reached alas to whether the conspiracy charges ainst Fall would be pressed. They added. however, that they were satisfied that Fall's physical condition would not | { permit him being placed on trial at| drive {his time. Before reaching any decision, There | {imy said, they would await develop- | were beautiful hills and vistas, and|ments in the former cabinet officer's I was quite struck by the scenery. At|condition Lake Ste. Agnes we had the skiis on| Sinclair will appear before the Senate the plage replaced by wheels, and at|ojl committee Tuesday to be questioned 7:05 o'clock we left the ground. On|about the Continental Trading Co.’s the way down Balchen, Kochl and my- | $3,000,000 ofl profits. self altermated at the controls. We | S didn't have any trouble. With us be- | Testimony Sent to Rockefeller. i Chairman Nye of the Senate public Wh Huenefeld were Miss Junkers, | arlie Murphy and a Ford mechanic. | lands committee vesterday forwarded to Our journey southward was mostly | John D. Rockefeller, jr., who has sub- very pleasant. We flew over Quebec, |stantial holdings in Standard Oil stock, where we thought of poor Floyd Ben-|a transcript of the testimony given last nett, and then we came down to the | Tuesday by Robert W. Stewart, oil mag- northern end of Lake Champlain, | nate. where we got our first glimpse of the| Senator Nye wrote Rockefeller that, United States. Our course was then |in view of his interest in the previous set along the eastern shores of Lake | testimony given by the chairman of the hamplain, down by Lake George and |board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indi- above the valley of the Hudson, till(ana, he supposed that he would have ,we reached Long Island and banked an even greater interest in Stewart's {for Curtiss Field. When we crossed |latest utterances on the Continental the border into the United States we | Trading Co. deal - | were very gratified to know that at last | When he appeared before the com- | we were above the soil of the country | mittee last February, Rockefeller ex- we had set out for so long ago in|pressed regret at Stewart’s attitude in Ireland. It seemed weeks since we | Withholding information from the in- had set out over the Atlantic for New Cl C President—Stewart Testi- |o vestigators and said he had urged the | CLEARS MCLINTIC OF FRANKING ABUSE Representative Andrew Ex- plains Position in Exon- erating Colleague. By the Associated Press. Completely exonerat tive McClintic, of any blame, Represen Massach involving ch: ouncil for the Prevention of IcClintic’s congre: privilege. Andrew, who Thursd ooper” by McC the floor, said or pi f m! ch McClint franked env cl's CALVERT IS RE-ELECTED MARYLAND SOCIETY HEAD e H. Ca dent of the M: y last night at a Washington Club, at | Bruce of Maryland was honor. The other officers ct vice preside cousin of Maryla vice president, M. recording secretal istone; correspond Emma Loker: treasurer, Sheriff, and historian, Jo V. The speakers were Sena Mr. Ritchie. Both extolled of Maryland. W. B. Angel eral solos of the profits of the Cont Standard Oil official to tell the whole story. When Stewart was re-elected a director by the stockholders recently | Rockefeller withheld the vote of the 1217 per cent of the shares of the In- | diana Standard which he controls. | Interested in Attitude. York, but here we were within a few hours of our original objective at last. You can imagine our vast relief when we saw the snow-covered hills of Que- bec disappearing into the background as entered a warmer climate. Funny Impressions of U. S. My impressions of the United States | Cl vere very funny. What wonderful | straight roads you have. They go on for | miles and miles, with scarcely a turn So different from our crooked roads and lanes in Ireland, and I was very much impressed by the color of the terrain, which was brown and not reen. In Ireland it is always green. | even in Winter, } The journe has disclosed that $759,500 of the Liberty bonds profits the Continental, although not using them for his own benefit. it would be interesting to know what attitude Mr. he received i | his reaction would be with respect to the apparent discrepancies in the oil official’s testimony of February and April. Aside from forwarding the trans " = Y {to Rockefeller, Chairman Nye an- pot between Albany and New York, |0 d a where we ran into a heavy dow npour of | nounced yesterday that ‘:‘u i sy n Near New York City we met | of t‘he $763.000 of Liberty bonds held in With a thick and nasty pea soup fog. | st for H. M. Blackmer, expatriate American oil official. showed thev were but thanks to the skill and homing | . pigeon instincts of our noted American | 211 _Continental Trading Co. bonds. ccmpanion, Bernt Balchen, we reached Curtiss Field safely at approximately 2 down the Hudson Valley as verv pleasant until we reached a intention to arrive | s Fi incognito. Ve planned { to refuel and hop on to Washington before any one knew what we were about. He hoped to reach the Capital in plenty of time for Floyd Bennett's funeral. But we found it quite impos- le to go on from Curtiss Field be- i of the terrible weather, so we were glad to accept the kind offer of | Mr. R. K. Rochester and move on by | train. My been our impressions of the New York crowds. They were extremely demoral- 1zing. We were almost torn to pie trying to get into the station master’s office at the Pennsylvania. They al- most locked me out. T got so far behind the rest of the fiyers. A a4 States the at B DEMURRER FILED IN SLANDER SUIT Mrs. Lee Replies to Action Brought by Mrs. Ford—Hearing Is Expected May 11. Mrs. Margaret du Pont Lee has filed in the District Supreme Court a de murrer to the suit for $50,000 dama recently brought against her by Mrs Maude B. Ford, a real estate broker who charges slander in connection with statements said to have been made by Mrs. Lee reflecting on the conduct of Mrs. Ford with a clergyman who was conducting healing treatments at St . Paul’s Episcopal Church, near Wash- ton Circle. Through Attorneys John €. Mackal! ind Willlam W. Mackall, the defendant | feclares that Mrs. Ford has not set fort) A ca of action in that the words leged o have been spoken are not e per se | Hearing on the demurrer will be set jown for May 11, it is expected. oo ek e kAT e ek e e A Aok ok e A ook ok ok ok ok e Ak Che —heginnin STAPLES ASKS EARLY | DECISION ON APPEAL X x o = April His quips with humor—au on persons anc Dougherty Tells Suspended Police- man Commissioners Are Losing No Time in Review. Policeman Orville Staples, who is un der suspension pending final action by the District Commissioners on his ap- | peal from the police trinl board's verdiet of gullty, made a personal call on Com~ misstoner Proctor L. Dougherty late yes terday and requested that any early de- | n be reachied in the case, Staples Representative: Blanton, now is In Texas, secking election to the United States Senate Commissioner Dougherty said he as- sured Staples that the Hoard of Com- missloners 15 not losing any tme i res viewing the transeript of the testimony at the trial and the brief filed by Mr Hianton 1 support of the appeal Each of (he Commissioners, My Dougherty sald, ts studying the volumi nouws data, and Indications are that a deglsion W the case may be reached wme time next week ill Rogers’ h tion of it that original, el counsel Laugh with oo oo e e e April e e Ak g : Woman Leaves $68,992. Margaret B W. Fenhagen, who dled Haltimore March 39, left an estate | A BOH092 According 0 W of the American Seourity & and Joseph D Virdin for the her will. 8he owned nho ‘The prineipal beneficlaries at valued petition Trust Co probate of 1eal estate -+ - ! " ———— | Chairman Nye said that since Stewart | Rockefeller would take and also what | Will Rogers becomes a daily contributor to next Monday, and quirks sparkle public eve are opportune—and always entertaining, own—and with an applica- in The Star Every Evening and Sunday —starting next Monday, None of O'Neil, anothe operator. caused to be t the Prairie Oil & Gas C nental bonds, the chair added that it was the as O'Neil, when he made a hu to Montreal several years ago restitution to his company. mer: his son to turn over $800.000 of Liber:y bonds from his hols s of s ties in his safety deposit box York and that the son picked bonds at random w t whether they figured in the Con deal. 1t Harry P. Sinclair dis committee Tuesday wh the residue of Continental pro! have about run tee already | quarter of a million doil: | quarters of a million dolla Sinclair 1s assumed to have received XX XX e e ek ek ek ek ok ok ok ek A \ NN AN A NN AN A AN AN AN AN AN NN NN NN YNNI NI N NN NN NN N Shae 30th 1l his comments 1 events in the wit is a brand all is inter gy Will Roge 30th E E‘Pfi