Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1928, Page 4

4 ® APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL BEGINS 30,000 Jam Streets of Win-1 chester to Pay Homags to Wilderness of Flowers. Br s s WINCHES' formed tion of Byrds was 10 be brok the absence of Dick. the fi mander of polar and tra: an who his regrets he c.avel of respect to the men the late Floyd B ating his popular brother, Harry Byra dropped out of the bright blue skies as the lestival opened. having Journeyed here from Richmond this morning aboard an Army bl Byrd will substitute for Cor &0 the picturesque coronation ceremo- nies late afternoon, when he will place on the fair head of | Wise Boxley of Roanoke th crown of “Queen Shenandoah V." The royal rites will be attended with great pomp and splendor and will be witnessed by some 30,000 persons as- sembied in the stadium of Handley High School. The proper military touch will be furnished by the presence of the United States Navy Band from Washington and of many cadet bat- talions from various parts of the State Supporting the blushing queen will be a veritable court of puichritude made up of 65 princesses from counties and citiss of the State and from surroundi-g jurisdictions. Prominent ameng these are rrincess Adair Chil- dress of the District of Columbia and Princess ‘_Margnrfl Rees of Arlington a. me, nth Queen's Reception Tonight. The charming princesses will be the guests of honor at a formal reception by the queen tonight, following which they will the dance floor at the first of the apple blossom balls. The fete opened officially at 10 o'clock this morning with a spectacular “parade of the blossoms” through the main streets of this crowded city. Favored a warm sun, in striking contrast 0 the blizzard conditions prevailing only a few days ago, 8,000 school chil- dren from Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland marched through festooned humenity-packed streets. They Were dressed In resplendent gossamer cos- | tumes representing the flowers of apple | biossom time along the Shenandoah. | Pink white and green were the pre-| dominating colors. The Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Ben- | ter conducting, led procession. | More than a score of military or institutional bands we.c in the line of march. Officials of the festival and of the city were at the head of the parade. The children were divided into nine divisions and each school group carried attractive signs or ban- ners done in school coiors. Gov. Byrd Lands. Gov. Byrd arrived shortly after the parade. As the big blimp floated grace- fully t the fair grounds guns boomed | their salute and thousands of voices cheered the homecoming of Winches- | ter's first citizen. The parade disbanded at the Handley 1 Bchool in south Winchester, where was | staged, just before noon, a colored pa- geant of Springtime. More than 300 students of the school essayed the roles of “Messengers of Spring” and de- Ppicted other episodes associated with the development of the apple industry in the Shenandoah and Cumberland Val- The allegorical progressive tableaux showed first the coming of the Quakers to the Shenandoah Valley in 1730: r enacted the visit of George Washing ton and G. W. Fairfax, young surv. in 1748, and presented scenes of 1781, featuring the lives of three revolu- tionary heroes, Gen. John Smith, Gen. JDn:nex Morgan and Col. James Wood, | r. during the gorgeous program. Early this afternoon there was a band contest at the stadium, followed by a congert by the Navy Band. Crowning of Queen. ‘The coronation this afternoon was to be one of the outstanding events of the two days. Miss Boxley, dressed in| queenly robes, will descend an espianade | in the stadium to a royal dais, where, with bowed head, she will receive from Gov. Byrd the scintillating crown of | flowers and jewels, which will proclaim her reigning monarch of the festival, | Sne will be preceded by heralds ladies of the court and the princesses, | #nd the whole retinue will pass beneath | en mrchway of steel sabers, held by cadets of the Staunton Military Acad- | emy. Music will be furnished by the | Navy Band and the Harrisonburg State Normal Glee Club. faculty play, “Nothing But the| Truth” will be staged in the Handley | Auditorium just before the royal re-| ight orical city, its population un- | multiplied almost overnight, | wday r. d New Orleans at Mad! Gras | Hotels, their yooms taken months were stormed last night and 1od: racted families in search of ac- odsLons fukirs plied their trades and cised their lusty lungs from eve ok wnd corner. Lines of formed &t leading | A dewslks were jamm with & cross section of Virginie's citizen- | from bronze-faced farm and mountaineers in country clothing to | e boys, public officials and | urvivors of the War Betw imbued with the gala spirit | of the oocasion, Intent on making the | most of & season which comes but on & year 1 Whis peaceful, industrious va ley of orchards, farmisnds and meadows Commissioner Procior 1., Imuuhn"(! left Washington shortly sfter 11 o'clock thie morning for Winchester, Ve, where be will represent the Distriet st the Ehenandosh Apple Blossom Festival He plens W revim night TO ATTEND bONVENTION. | > Women to Take Part “'i c Nurses’ Bessions, Mre. Whitmen Cross and Mrs Brown Miller, president and vice dent of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Bociety here, will take part in the pro- grem of Jey workers' sesslons sl Lhe bl enplel convention of the three nationsl nursing orgenizations sl Loulsville, K June 4w § A Joint commiitee W consider the as- socition of Jay people with nursing or- niations hes been sppointle Lhree groups, the American Nur pocietion, the Neijon R ,J.: R Symbolic dances were interspersed | | { the blimp that had brought s ed greetings to the Ly Lthe Aa‘” ‘ jus o ll’, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. THURSDAY, CALL ARMS EXPERT IN MILLS MURDER State’s Attorney Outlines | Testimony in Effort to Hold Bethesda Contractor. By a Staff Corvespondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 3.—The State of Maryland this morning had laid most of its testimony before Judge Samuel Riggs of the Police Court in the court- house of Rockville whereby it hopes to influence the judge to hold Samuel ' T. Robertson, Bethesda building con- tractor, whom it charges with the mur- der of Edward L. Mills, Montgomery County dalryman, on July 7 last.| State’s Attorney Robert Peter, jr., in ad- | vising the court about the testimony he proposed to produce, disclosed that | | Caivin Goddard, New York firearms ex { ert, who testified in the Sacco-Vanzetti | and Hall-Mills murder cases, as well | as numerous others, will be one of the | witnesses. In making his opening statement Mr. Peter told the court that he expects Mr. Goddard to appear tomorrow, as| he was detained on another case today; | that the records of the R. P. Andrews | | Paper Co. of Washington show that on | | July 9, 1927, an Underwood typewriter. | No. 5. was purchased by Robertson | for $65. Declared “Case Within Case.” | “This case is most extraordinary in | | that in trying this case you have to try | |a case within a case,” the State's attor- | LN One of the features of the parade this morninz was the who passed thr dreds of boys and girls, FESTIVAL PICTURE ARRIVE INAIRPLANE £10vvcx Fitt Room of Injured Performer. | Photos of Winchester Cele- bration Rushed to Star in Less Than Hour. Pictures of the Shenandoah festival taken by The Star staff photographer in Winchester were brought to Washington this morning in a Berliner two-seater monoplane by Lowell S. Harding general manager and chicf pilot of the Potomac Flying Service, and Wil- tiam T. Burch, student pilot, who landed at Hoover Field at 11:45, exactly 40 mintes after they had left Winchester They left Hoover Field at 10 am., fiy- ing carefully because of a slight haze that covered the mountains, and covered the 65 miles to Winchester in 50 min- utes. Alded by a favorable wind they made the return fiight in 10 minutes jess. At Steln Pield, just outside of Win- chester, the fiyers were slightly puz- Zled by attendants waving at them, but later found these gestures were intended t0 flag them down. On the return journey they sighted Byrd to the festival. and dipped in salute, the blimp bowing in return PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN HEAR MISSIONARY Miss Virginia Allen Gives Experi- ences in Africa Before Preshy- tery Gathering. Specia! Dispateh to The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va, May Miss Virginta Allen, refurned missionary from Africa, gave & talk on her educational adventures in the Belgian Congo at th evening session of the sixteenth annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Potomac Preshytery, Synod of Vir- ginia, held in the Second Preshyterian Chureh convention was called to order after 3 o'clock yesterday follow- gistration of the more than 100 in atte ance and a short meeting of the executive committee Rev. E. M. Delaney, pastor of i Presbyterian _Church, held devotional Aces and Mrs, E. M. Delaney extend- sitors from the The response was John Kin Alexandria auxiliary. by Mrs. Bidney West. Mrs cald gave w short playlet, “With a Becretary of Literature Reports of the various delegates were at the morning sesston Loday and ¢ study, “The Bludy of a Verse given by Mrs. Margaret Russeil from the Assemblies Tratning Behool at ichmond, Va, Yollowmig Juncheon 1o dny the delegates were Lo meet again o hear more reports and several ad dresses, Officers will be chosen ASK $50,000 DAMAGES. [+ ssi Women Bue Beauty Parlor Hend, Alleging Injuries Miss Helen M. Dufrane, 6 D street Two Jefferson | for 950,000 eac place, Wduy filed suits L againit Emile, Ine Emile Bauvis, Tinding s Emile; | Tricho Bysten of Wa hinglon, Ine | anad the Tricho Sules € 1221 Cone nectieut wyene Juries Both plailntiffs say they went to the defendants for trestment for the re moval of hair from the face, and in the course of treatment thelr ching Lhroate were serlously 1n- . ThtY sre teprs by A for wilege J p i sonal - ! strange city. a talk on religious education |, {and the Alexandria auxiliary presented e din | G| southeast, and Miss Igatherine Bhes, | presi- | 1821 the | By the Assoclated Press ! | faces, | Ploratina, home of Prinee | ney said. “We will show you that on | | July 7, 1927, Edward L. Mills got up about 4:30 am. and, after dressing | went out into a fleld to_drive in horses | and cows: that his son, Paul Mills, went to a dairy, and that Clarence Miles. a’| | boy who was working there, saw Mr. Mills go out on a hill getting horses, and | saw a man pull out a gun and fire a| | number of shots at Mills | Mr Peter's statement was interrupted | Stedman Prescott of Rockville, coun- | sel for the accused, who insisted that certain witnesses in the case be ex- cluded. and despite the State's attorneys objections, the judge had a group of | witnesses file out of the courtroom. | Note as Evidence. | Continuing his presentation, Mr. | Peter informed the court that Miles was not sure whether four or five shots | were fired; that he ran and got Paul Mills, son of the slain man, and that | |the hired boy went to the garage and |called him to the hill; that Mr. Milis . |was then lying dead on the hill and| |pinned to one of his shoulders was a | | note, which, he said, will be introduced | in evidence. After the shooting the figure of a man | | which 7as seen bending over the body | |was seen to run into some woods and | | while a search was made for this person | nothing was found, he said. An officer. | Mr. Peter continued, later found four | cartridge cases unmarked. and. although |every effort was made in Washington, Baltimore, nearby Virginia and Mary- land to locate some similar, no suceess was met with, | The State’s attorney asserted that on | | the night of the 11th of March of this vear, Samuel T. Robertson went to_the |home of a Mr. Trout, at Potgmac, Md.. and there was an altercation’ there and | that firearms were discharged, and that | later Robertson delivered to Officer Case | 3 Savage automatic with the number filed off, and that there was a discrep- | ancy in the stories as told by Robertson | and Trout of the affair. { te Blossom Festival, beginning today at Winchester, and her attendant ated in eenter. Left to right: Misses Sayder, Childress, Dalton and Dick. hildren's section. Quaint costumes were worn by hun- h the streets of Winchester in the long procession. FLORAL TRIBUTES CHEER GIRL | WHO FELL IN CIRCUS STUN Says He Owed $250. Mr. Peter asserted that Robertson had told the story that Trout had owed him $250: that he had no evidence of the indebtedness; that he had seen | Trout the day previous at Bethesda and | Trout had told Robertson to come to { his home. Continuing the story tha: he sald Robertson had set forth, Mr Peter declared that Roberison had met Trout at the side of the hous» e that Trout had suggested having a | | drink, which he did, and Trout hac: | twe. After that, Mr. Peter informed the | court, Robertson had said that Trout | told him he did not owe him any | 3 ulled an automatic the plight of Panny, Mrs. Laura Arley, her sister, came| Done} pod Troul Polled tas a scumme | Johnson. 17-year-old trapeze performer, | {from Baltimore, where the circus is|and a gun exploded and Robertson hit Who leaped and missed Monday when | SOWIng. this morning and brought & Trout on the head. gift of lilacs to add to the scores of a puff of wind blew a rope from he: Gun Number Identified. . put : 5 blooms vhich have been arranged in | clutch, scores of persons have sent | the patient’s room. She was forced to s rtson in flowers and good wishes to Emergency | hurry back in order to be in time for | povmvite if fi:‘%.%':fi': g 4 Hospital, where the little performer lies | this afternoon’s performance. |he had an automatic—he turned over with three broken ribs and a ssvee | “The people who sent my sister flow- | o the police & Savage 92 automatic laceration of the hip ers will never seem like strangers o gun, with the number filed off, which Many of those who sent flowets never me,” she ald, in expressing her appre- | was' sent to the Bureau of Standards in saw the girl, who was making her debut | ciation of the kindness which has been | washington and by a chemical proces on the fiyng rings when she fell 50 | shown the Injured girl. the number was made legible. { feet to the ring below, but read of her | " Goddard, the firearms expert, who wilt sccident_and realized that the circus | el i | testity, Peter said, has given testimony | has departed leaving her alone in a In addition to the flowers and mes- | jn 300 cases, including the Sacco-Van- sages of sympathy which have come | zetti and Hall-Mills murder cases, that | from men, women and children, rep-|he is a former professor in Johns Hop- | resentative of all walks of life and every | kins University; that he took the bul- | 3 section of the city, the people of the |jets and gun involved in this case, and she has been placed in a private room | circus have offered their tributes. Bou- | that he came to the conclusion that the with two special numes in attendance. | quets have arrived from the high-sal- | bullet that killed Mills was taken from but in order to be assured that she aried stars who gamble daily with death | the gun delivered by Robertson to the will receive every attention. a prominent | under the “big top” to the lowliest o! |police. “We will expect your honor to citizen, whose name hospital authorl; the canvasmen who gazed from afar |hold Robertson to the action of the| )»\H.hhelld has offered to pay all of ber |t a lithe young girl who may never |grand jury.” Mr. Peter asserted. 1ospital expenses. er condition this | again thrill to the son of { n morning was improved | drums or leap lnm\rnw“:‘\‘mnr"r:r])g;‘:' Given Typewriter Test. S S TN W 9 —— - | At the time that Mills was found FOURTH ARMY EXHIBIT |FRED A. HORNIG HURT | iound on b shovider i Peier said SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY |and that this note was written on a Citizen Offers to pay Hospital Bill—Sister Calls. Touched Condition Is Improved. The circus takes care of its own and | a IN CROSSING ACCIDENT |typevriter. The day that Robertson wes rested, the State's attorney continued, e |'a typewriter of this same make and {an of Treasury Was model was found at his home and he . | was requested by the Baltimore police to in New York on Business write sentences which were taken from When Train Hit Car. the note which was found on Mills’ | body. In this note, Mr. Peter declared. In the presence of Secretary Mellon | Fred A. Hornig, 63 years old, chlet |3ser! abbreviations Wewe et ot and other distinguished guests invited eclectriclan of the Treasury Depart-|and that when Robertson took this dic- by Secretary of War Davis, the fourth| ment, was serfously injured yesterday | tation on the typewriter from Capt of @ series of military exhibitions for | when an automobile in which he and|Burns he made a_ similar abbreviation the public will be held on the north and that in the letter there were a ' another passenger were crossing the | grent ' number of capitals used and that lope of the Washington Monument | rajlrond tracks at Canandalgus, N. Y. | words were split in & pecultar way and grounds Friday afternoon | was struck by a train, He is In Thomp- | that Robertson wrote words stmilarly e et 0 Sk ."" e Wil be | son Memorial Hospital at Canandaigua | O e N wad® 15 W fup B AU 50 Battery “A 16th Fleld | M5 HOrIEs fellow passenger, DF. | knew fn the note, Mr. Peter asserted Artillery. from Fort Myer. under com-| ) 'klin 8. Sampson, a physiclan and | ynd Robertson used this in conversation, mand of Capt. John Nash, will give & xi’::’i member of the New York State | he insisted. drill, demonstrating the requirements of | SHMDY. WaS reported to be very serl- a mounted Field Artillery soldier in | iy n('....‘xu who 1ives at 87 W atr horsemanship, as well as the Varlous| ., hoq heen in the Government serv movements of horse-drawn Pleld Ar-| (i e been In the Government serys : ye Hart tllery guns and calssons [ 3 Also, commencing at 2:30 o'clock, | !0 Penn Yan, N. Y. Messages to Mrs. | Hornlg and Treasury officials this there will be .. Alr Corps demonstra- tion i formetion and stunt fiyiag, morning indicated that Mr, Hornig was omewhat improved The muin event of the afternoon will . pars by the tire battalion of Field Artillery, under command ) Maj. Maxwell Murray. . Approves San Juan Memorial. HAVANA, May 3 ® Machado yester y Vel - yesterday approved the meas. Joaeph Btar bt The Star | ure of the Cuban Congress, appropriat- | surveyor, testified to MAKIng mensure- PREDERICKSBURG, VA, May 3| lng 87,000 for erection of a monument | ments near the Mills home near Hunts Belden Garnett Gordon, 50 years old, | on the summit of San Juan Hill, com- | jng Hill, Md, near the scene of (he of Bpotsylvanis died at the old Gordon | memorating Cuban and Amerlcan sol- | slaying. This sketch was offered In Tiome, near Mount Pleasant, Monday. diers who lost their lives thers, Pl | evidene. He was engaged in farming and in- | call for a formal dedication of the spot surance, He i survived by fwo broth-| July 1, Joseph P. Pollla, Itallan “"’I"_ Paul Mills Testifies. B, Cordon and Josph Qordon | tor, of Mow ‘Fork, Has besn sngagss Vo | waul Miils, a0n of e Wisin Tl w50 next called and told the court he saw sylvania destgn the cenotaph f ® Ris father's body on the side of the il and that he was not able to tdentity the man who was standing over the body with his back to him, adding that the man ran away into the woods Young Mills said the slayer was dressed in old dark clothes, Clarence Milos was next calle looked very pale as he took the pd He testified that he is now in the House of Correction for larceny of an automobile in Prince Cleorges County: that he went to work for Mills the Friday befors the alaying, which hap- pened on & Thursd s wi out after horses, man camiy “Good IIII Secretary Mellon and Other Noted Chief Electric Guests Invited to Public Event on Monument Grounds. Witnesses Called. Following the half-hour presentation of his opening statement, Mr. Peter called to the witness stand Willlam R Pumphrey, Jr. Rockville undertaker | who told of the body belng brought |to his establishment and sald that a [ bullet” was found outside of the body e noving the clothes. | W Tooxt witness waa_ Dr. Willlam 7. Pratt of Rockville, health officer for President | the county, who described his examina- tion of the bod: t | Spotsylvania Citizen Dies. Special 1 Michael A‘rlcn and>Bride Avoid R;ccption; After Wedding: Are Through With Society| and ‘The couple was snugly Installed in Michael | 1helr new home today and both said | they wanted to begin housel without publicity and ostentat Hoth tnalsted that they were through with soclety. ‘The novellst sald he had CANNES, France, May 3 Arlen, novelist, and his bride, Countess Meroatd, Lodiy Mrlulnml that they h riedly departed from the weddlig re- ception yesterday because they were | through the foollshness of what through with soclety, ‘They left Villa | he onced te “modern life" Karageory They will remaln on the Riviera fo her, while | four months and then visit London were sl on | before makiny world ! ¥ o Lo up | g, Mr, Mills," “Good morning,” Wit he he sald, and that Mills vileh, the bride's gra 06 Haviern sty | weather conditions, !an psychoanalyst. will lecture on “Our Montgomery County | Columbia road. Faa MAY 3, 1928. FIGURES IN MILLS URGES HOUSE VOTE ONAUTOINSURANCE | Treadway Asks Subcommit- ! ee to Take Action on Pend- ing Measure. Representative Tread chusetts today urged committee of the House District com- mittee for action at the present of Congress on the pendin compulsory liabil | stmilar to the Massachusetts. portant )’)’L’ he . {of the District and oppose Samuel T. Robertson, Bethesda contractor, as he walked to the Rockville | o, 01" v i e ""‘“," courthouse this morning 1o be arraigned on a charge of the murder of Edward L. | 'y ¥ 00 5 S0 00T Mills. Tn photo, left to right: Stedman Prescott, his attorney; Robertson, and | ool t@00 0 U0 o ‘hief of Police Moxley of Rockville. —Star Staff Photo. | supported by Je of Massa- | are J.‘!prr-vnllng the Washin of Commerce, who presented a r=port following hearings conducted auspices of the Washington Cham { which indorsed a recommendati | action_upon this measure by C | Mr. Treadway presented a rar of auto vehicl MRS. IJI 0. CHANCE IS ELECTED WOMEN'S CITY CLUB PRESIDENT Annual Inauguration Dinner | of Organization Will Be Heid ,‘ in Quarters Tonight. prevent a registration of irresp | drivers and is a reliable method suring compens: Treadway insisted that Con in acting for the people of the D owes a duty to protec and limb | to assure compensation when inj dene. said that the purpose n is to secure financial of all persons driving ma- erful and as dangerous, Mrs. Truman Abbe, Mrs.! George Eastman and Mrs. Gladys Middlemiss Officers. when wrongful ily, he said, the ure would act as a det in that a driver would t exercise due care and caution to accidents or be deprived of his to drive a car. pointed out that the legislature of 44 States have had similar measure: under consideration and that this is one of the live topics of discussion through- out the country. Mr. Treadway put into the record an ~ditorial from The Washington Evening Star which, he said, clearly explained “he real purpose of the proposed legisia- fon. He also put into the record & series of articles from The r covering 1 special study in Massach s on the ration of the compul insurance Mrs. Merritt O. Chance was elected president of the Women's City Club for a two-year period at a meeting for the election of officers in the club last night. Other officers elected are: Mrs. Tru- man Abbe, first vice president. Mrs. George Eastman, corresponding secr tary, and Mrs. Gladys B Middiemiss, recording secretery. All were elected for a two-year period except the cor- responding secretary, who was elected to fill an unexpired term of Miss May Belle Raymond. A second vice president, a treasurer and a corresponding secretary are to be elected again next year, in line with the club's policy of electing one group of officers eacn year instead of choosing its_entire slate at one time. Mrs. Chance succeeds as president Mrs. J. Garfield Riley. Directors elect- ed are Mrs. Riley, Miss Ethel Bagley. Mrs. Willlam Lee Corbin. Miss Mary the club wi Lazenby, Miss Helen Wilbar, Miss quarters tc LINDY'S PROPOSED NORTHERN HOP TO EUROPE SEEN “STUNT" Hydrographic Office pl;fl.ces Greenland- Iceland Flight in Hazardous Catcgory. MERRITT O. CI}l\\ —HarrisE Mrs. f Brown and Goodwin Mrs. " william E. Chamberlin, Jennie O. £ Berliner and d Sears were elected delegates to the Di trict Federation of Women's Clu with Mrs. Edgar T. Brown. Mrs. John Allen Munson and Mrs. Frances Wil- ms as altern The annual inauguration dinner of Il be held in the club head- igt 1o N Ed MERCHANTS GROUP APPROVES. Opposes Government Monopoly Provi- sion, However, Stephan Says. e the Merchants and Manufac- s’ Association is in favor of the ctment of an automobile la yrance law for the District of Colum. it is opposed to any proposed meas- ure before Congress which would set up a Government monopoly for such insurance, Gen. Anton Stephan, presi- dent of the association, declared today. Registering the opposition of the association to the Jones measure, which provides for the creation of a “District of Columbia motor vehicle insurance d" from premiums by the insured omobile owners, Gen. Stephan des ared that, instead of such a pian, ose insured should have the privilege placing their insurance with any cognized insurance company, and hat option should also be extended to insured to take out other indemnity n, such as bonding or cash de- as provided in the Massachusetts By the Associated Press. An air flight to Europe by way of Greenland and Iceland, such as Col. Charles A. Lindbergh said he was in- stigating, would come in the category of ‘“stunt” flights in the opinion of the Navy Hydrographic Office. Since December the hydrographers have been issuing monthly pilot charts of the upper air, based on average and they do not recommend any flights farther North than the Newfoundland-Ireland great circle route. Capt. C. S. Kempft. hydrographer, said a representative of Col. Lindbergh had asked him several days ago if the hydrographic data would be available |if the flyer were interested in the trip. and that he had told him everything his office had would be placed at his disposal. i Hydrographic officers pointed out hat their monthly charts do not indi ate that such.a trip is impossible. In 1924»::-0 Army around-t: ht plan®s negotiated this Tom | in faver xtendin tland to Labrador successf b L L Lo they encountered quite a bit of fog and > winds, end a third plane. New Orleans, commanded by Lieut Erik H. Nelson, was forced to abandon ‘mz-dmgm between the Orkneys and Ice- an There are two landing flelds on Ice- land. and there is reported to be one n Greenland The association some time ago went record indorsing the principle of ttomobile liability isurance and in ssiing 4 Statement in the name of hs association Gen. Stephan Treiterated h~ former stand of the organization. ‘The merchants, however, he s i concluded. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. The Alabama State Soclety will mee: tonight at 2400 Sixteenth street. R. E Otterback will present “A Magical Cock- tail.” Dancing, 9 o'cloc King’s Palace Employes' Mutual Ben- efit Association will give a card party, 8:30 o'clock, at Chestnut Farms Aud torfum, Twenty-sixth street and Pe sylvania avenue. Prof. Alvin W. Miller, principal of L. will address Park . on “Choosing it » OPENS CONFERENCE Jane Addams to Speak at ¥ “international Evening” at Y. W. C. A. Tonight. The United Lodge of Theosophists Hill Building, Seventeenth and I streets. will have a free public lecture on the subject, “Buddha, His Life and Teach- ngs.” The annual meeting of the United States section of the Women's Interna- tional League for Peace and Freedom opened today at the Willard Hotel. The sessions will continue until Saturday. As the delegates appeared for regis- tration at noon today a matter about which considerable discussion revolved was the recently published “blacklist™ of the Daughters of the American Rev. olution Many members of the Wom- en’s International League are on the list, including the president. Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House, Chicago. members of the league seemed to v the list with humor rather than indig- nation. amares F MONDAY. MAY Dr. Beatrice M. Hinkle, leading wom- Adriatio— New Conception of Personality in Its Bearing Upon Marriage,” this evening in the Y. W. C. A Auditorium The Col. John Jacob Astor Auxillary. No. 7, U. S. W. V.. will meet, 8 o'clock, at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. FUTURE Dr. F. Scott McBride, general super- intendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, will address the Woman's In- terdenominationial Miesionary Federa- ton at the closing meeting for the Summer tomarrow, 2 pm., in the Mouat Vernon M. E. Church South The Loyal Knights of the Round Table will meet at University Club for luncheon tomorrow, 12:30 pm. Dr George Otls Smith, director, U. S. Geo- logical Survey, will speak on “One Fac- tor In Prosperity " Alpha Delta Phi luncheon tomorrow, 12:30 pm,, at Hotel Gordon The Bancroft Parent-Teacher As clation will give a card party tomor- tow, 2 pm, at the school Rev. Peter Guilday, professor of his- tory at Catholic University, will speak, ¥ on “Some Problems of Medieval His- Will Talk on Nicaragua. tory” Tuesday at the Knights of Colum- | The first address was scheduled at bus Evening School, 1314 Massachusetts | (he ¢lose of the business session at 4 avenue. {o'clock this afternoon, when Miss Caro- y flena Wood was to speak on “Little The Giearge Baldwin McCoy Unit will £ K 0N B b e o e U meet tomorrow, 10:30 wm, at the | MG AT (R E e renorts ot Chureh of the Covenant. | e - State and local branches will bo The Mason's Beach Assoctation, com- | held tomortow morning. — This after- | Vol posed of Washingtontans who have {noon will be glven over to a discussion | Summer homes on Chesapeake Bay, will lof affalrs at Washington. | give an _informal dance salnmlu,\'. s:. l\i::: \*ml\?‘m-l“‘::tl!"\Tmhx::! :}ldn ) Club, ghteenth and |evening U ki A e Senator DIN AL A P “% i of washington, whose tople will be “The Marines in Nicaragua“: Horace Knowles, former Minister to Santo "‘ | Domingo, and Representative Pish of | w. New York {PLAN TO OUST LIBERALS. BUCHAREST, Rumania May § (9 Paul, The slayer was dressed In alpeaders of the National Peasan{ party SAILING MONDAY. MAY black shirt, the witness told the court., oday sald that while their meeting on | Manuel CalvoCadis and Baselona having had on dark trousers and was | Sunday definitely aims to oust the Lib- SAMING TUESDAY, MAY § not ax heavily bulit as the witness. |oral government, the movement has 10 | kuiuuber ainas Bortse. wd On cross-examination the WItess | yovolutionary tendency. They have n haven a8y testified that the slayer was a Hghts fintention of favoring separation of the | ¥ VictoriaBormug bullt. man and had & mustache and [newly acquired provinees trom Rumania SALLING WEDNESDAY. MAY @& he witness was positive that Mills sald, | Qovernment eircles said that the as- | Aauitania-—Cherbourg and Southampion. Good morning. My “"and that he |sembly. Whigh 18 to take place at Alba | {SKumboParme. Napion aud uos did not remember the name. Asked by | Juitn, will X3 be prohibiied. sine the | W= %'.‘4‘ T udge nu‘nu he knew Samuel T, [govery h been assured that lll’l Jont Masi MO, ¢ hew o Miss Addams to Speak. The chief event of today's program will be the “International evening. which will be held at 8 o'clock at the auditorium of the Y. W. C. A. Butlding | at Seventeenth and K streets, and which will be open to the public. Mise Addams will speak on the coming Pan- Pacific Conference for Women and on next year's congress of the intarna. | ¥ tional league in the Balkans. Other| ! speakers will be Mme. Drevet of France Edith Pve of England and Frau Dau- gaard of Denmark The general topic with which most of the speakers at the regular sessions will deal is: “The United States and Her Neighbors to the South—Is the United States Really Imperialistic.” OUTGOING STEAMERS. SAILING TODAY 2 Meren sd Valparaise Rambdure 3 TOMORROW, la Quaysa aud Cartagens and SAILING SATURDAY NAY 3 ™ Southampion Landos and \ Minnet vool and @laegow Sante Domings ity The Ladies' Oulld of Emmanuel Epts- copal Chur Anacostia, will serve a Juncheon May & from noon to 2 pm. ‘The Upper Darby High School will five & Juurn tomorrow at Hamilton Hotel aire, Santea Mo Montevidea and Ruenas | tohal and Part arten and Puerte 1 | Kingston and Ae