Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1928, Page 13

THE EVENIN( STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, . MAY. 28, 1928. When an Indianapolis-to-Chicago passenger train crashed into a motor truck trafler at St. Johns, Ind., the other day the locomotive and five coaches The engineer and fireman lost were derailed and scattered over the tracks. their lives, but passengers suffered only minor bruises. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Dodge heir takes English bride. Horace E. Dodge, heir to his father’s motor millions, with his bride, who was Miss Muriel D. Sisman, leaving the echurch at London just after the wedding ceremony. ~Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. SMITHFIGHTLOST | KANSAS CITY READY INNORTH CAROLINA' FOR FARMER VISIT Supporters, However, Will Convention Official Declares Battle Anti-Forces Up to i There Will Be Plenty of State Convention. | Room for “Marchers.” _— | | Assochated Press KANSAS CITY, May 28- smnmn' of farm relief legislation, reported to be planning “s march on Kansas City” during the Republican national conven- tion next month, will find the city pre- pared 1o care fore them, Conrad Mann, chairman of the iocal commitiee on arrangements, said today He said he had recelyed numerous telegrams and- letters since the failure of the McNary-Haugen bill, inquiring sbout housiog facliities, He nssured | those seeking accemmodstions that | there would be rqom for all | The President’s veto has stirred up | farm leaders,” Mann said, | this wil increase the| considerably. But we are this convention and 0. Il who come.” e was any indication as y additional visitots ‘might s of farm nn said that if Ged at the present rate 000 could be expected. | Middle Western farm | were geported o be srmy of such & Gelegates W Houston w Returns tabulated 100 co the perhaps { med organizatio ZTact that every stend m ton makrs one Battle to Continu Indications v the bot & the would g Beden ried Bre s ¥ the opening of & ult w cony Jun NOTED SCULF;TOR’S WORK UNVEILED IN HOME CITY RULL INDORSEMENT SEEN Benstor Bimmons Declares Kmith Has Suflered “Smashing Defeat y 3 bronze grou 4 at cere dents of by the nowd Chi Ham Garland of list of the 16 memory oy Gelrs Sfar wdion s wlanis tiink v ng ploneer nand snd dog st m around his wife 1 her wrms. A ook at possible perll nesrby N e L The Doerpirr s North Caroline, bringing nim in planning his cam Blate the coessor of 3, Crover and Murphy in the per ¢ M1 Olvany, the present hesd of | t powerty) and bighly fnanced or vanization, snd every possihie eflor, was made by bix North Carolina supporiers carry the Blste The signal tasiure of these eforts seemns ) make 0 certedn Uhat tbe whole | | Bouth will be 1 the end practically & | it net the nomination of 0o wrense 1o “Thw Dew “will pever snd B0 wmoany ¥ standing g for “Oyov . re, regresent e ehiet P » ITRIBUTE TO MATHEWSON Sprinters compete on water-covered track in intercollegiate meet at the 100-yard dash final in the fast time of 9 and 9-10 seconds, despite the watery track. finishing second on the left of Quinn. Lady Heath, British sportswoman, receiving the congratulations of friend at Le Bourget Fleld, near Paris, after landing there on her 10,000~ mile solo flight from Capetown, Africa, Army Horse to Ri(le‘; In State at Test| Of Animal Carriers| The lowly Army horse, long re- | signed to his luckless fate of pull- ing others, 1s going to ride in state himself, during Cavalry maneuvers at Port Myer 1o take place shortly. The Cavalry horses will be loaded six ¢ & time, on special traile ed for use by the Army Leonard Wood late trallers at the Cavalry post across the The trail design & thr inch aiter type at re of the same gen- those used to trar d guns, Two of e Aberdeen prov IS PAID BY VETERANS Memorial of Posts Attend Bervices at Grave Beven “Big 8ix LEWISBURG, Pa, May 28-~The | Yeterans of Forelgn Wars of the United | Hlal paid triby yesterday 1o Christy Mathewson, base ball pla nd World War veteran, sl his grave her Heven posts of the Veterans of For eign Wi of which “Blg Bix" was & member, attended the memorial sery The guard of Ronor &t the grave was made up of Bucknell University studente who are members of the Phi Gamms Delts Fraternity, Matty's fra- ternity when s student al Bucknell On the grave of Mathewson was placed & wresth made by dlsabled vet- erans. 10 was sterted by John MeGrav, manager of the New York Glants On June 5 the Christy Mathewson memorial gateway 1o the Bucknell me- morisl stedium will be dedicated here Kenesaw M. Landis, base ball commis- sloner, will deliver the dedicatory ad- | bergen | be | radio were picked up Sunday morning to England.—Associated Press Photo. One of the last photographs made of Gen. Umberto Nobile (wearing sweater), with members of his party and his fox terrier mascot aboard fhe base ship at Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, before his trip over the North Pole in the dirigible Italia, from which he has failed to return. Searching expeditions already have put out in an attempt to locate the dirigible. -—Paramount News-Associated Press. Havard Stadium. This shows James Quinn, the Holy Cross flash, winning Quinn is second from right, with Harwood of Syracuse —Assoclated Press Photo. Something the Roman riders never did. Ted Elder of Marland, Okla., world rodeo champion, demonstrates the “suicide leap” as he stands on the backs of two horses in Roman fashion and takes them in a clean jump over an automobile. Chicago this Summer. He will try to repeat the stunt at the championship rodes in ~Herbert Photos. Will the ex-champ try again? Press reports say Jack Dempsey hopes to battle once more for the heavyweight title after the Tunney-Heeney fight. This shows the ex-champion back at the old game again iIn 2 Les Angeles gym. —Herbert Photos VAN ORMANSEEKS FOSTER T0 HEAD BALLOON TROPHY. WORKERS TCKE |Has Two Legs on Litchfieid'Nominated for President by Award—Contest Set | Communists’ National May 30. Convention. Mrs. Florence Knapp, former secretary of State of New York, in the eourtroom at Albany, just before her case went to the jury which found her gulity of larceny of State census funds.—Copyright by P. & A Photos. OUTSTANDING WORLD EVENTS OF PAST WEEK Dropping the cross and the Itallan flag at the North Pole, Gen. Noble and his crew of 15 men circled the reglon for an hour or two on May 24, an then disappeared into the fogs and mists of the vast wastes Word that came from them during the early part of their voyage back to- ward Bpitzbergen gave testimony of a bitter struggle against head winds, cold and all the obstacles that confront the Arctic explorer Grave 1 BY the Aesor " for the safety of their dirigible, the Italia, were fell when up Bunday evening no definite word had been received from them at Bpitz- where the base Crew was anx- What were thought to from the Italla’s ously waiting distress signals by stations along the Pacific Coast These and reports that Oslo and Ber- Jin had heard the dirigible’s radio, al- though the messages were garbled, in- tilled & slim ray of hope that the big bip and its intrepid crew might have cscaped disaster by anchoring in some ! | spot. where it could avold extreme buf- fetings of the storm Italy Seriously Antagonized. Both In Europe and South America the Italian government has been the object of serious attacks. AL Buenos Aires, Argentina, a powerful bomb was exploded in the Ialian consulate, At Innsbruck, Austrian Tyrol, the Italian fiag was torn down from the consulate | | &nd trampled underfool. And almost ecolncidently there were outbreaks at Bebenico and Lalbach by the Jugoslayvs in protest against a Lreaty which would permit Italians to acquire territory on Lthe Jugoslavian comst The outrage al Buenos Alres, which cost elght lives and the serious injur of many_was declared 1o be the worl of anti-Pascists, A second one had been planted in & drug store, but it falled Lo explode The Innshruck demonstration was at- tributed to sympathizers with. the Ger- mauns and Austrians 1iving in the Ital- {an_annexed territory of "Tyrol, alleged haan misiresiad by } o e the Ttallan Umberto | BRIEFLY TOLD The flag was fiying In com- | memoration of llnlr‘n declaration of war against Austria In 1915, Though it | was promptly holsted again and was saluted by Austrian soldlers, the con- sulate later was made the target of further attacks. | authoritles. | i | | | Remembering Mussolini’s outburst at | the Austrian worldwide protest some | months ago against the Italian laws re- | stricting Austrian residents of Italian Tyrol, the Austrian authorities made haste to offer all apologies. ‘The sudden outbreak of opposition to Italy In Jugoslavia may prove to be of more importance than the others. Jugo- slavia and Italy are not on the best of terms, Varlous partles in Jugoslavia have demanded that the Italian govern- {ment Iift 1ts hand off Albania, and now strong_resentment has been displayed over the possibility that Itallans may |get & grip on Jugoslavia’s coast prov- | Inces. | Jspan Indorses Anti-War Proposal. | Another definite voice has been heard In favor of Secretary Kellogg's proposal against war as a national policy—that of Japan. Japanese adherence to the anti-war pact was forwarded to the United States Government, with the statement that Japan would be happy Lo collaborate in the discussions with the purpose of securing cessation of wars and definite establishment of an era of permanent and universal peace Japan takes it for granted that self- defense is not excluded and that there will be nothing incompatible with ob- ligations under the {and the Locarno pact | For the past week the war-like mitu- {ation in China has been somewhat clouded, Advices from Peking and other capitals indicated that the North- ern dictator, Marshal Chang Tso-lin, had not abandoned his decision to hold the capital and all the northern terri- tory of the Province of Chihli against the Nationalist forces of the south A lnte report sald the Nationalists had occupied Kalgan, which les con- siderably to the northwest of Peking. The war front in Chihli therefore could | { | Four-Year Drought Ruins Farmers in south African Area By the Assoclated Press PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, May 28.—Steelers in the Little Karoo and other districts of Cape Province have not seen rain for four years and are suffering from conditions occastoned by the worst drought in the history of South Africa To farmers it is & catastrophe of the first magnitude. For years they have striven (o stave off the evil heur when the homestend must be abandoned, but more and more are giving up the continual battle against climatic conditions Even the vultures have departed from this area. Vast tracts of country but a few years ago fertile lands of prosperous farmers are now arld wastes. Many emply farm- houses are falling into @ecay ————————— running from Tsangchow to Hokienfu on the south of Paotingfu and north of Kalgan Japan's warning that no disturbances would be permitted in Manchuria led to protests by Northerners and Southern- ers allke against this assumption by the Japanese government of power in Manchuria, which the Chinese insist- ently point out Is Chinese territory. Eleutherios Venizelos, famous premier of Greece, who had retired into France, came back Into the political arena, the League covenant | ministry under Premler Zaimis resigned and Parllament was suspended. ‘The Liberal party, which is the strong an- tagonist of the Royalists, was without @ leader, and Venizelos rejurned to take the helm. The German cabinet, of which Dr. wilhelm Marx is chancellor, will remain in power, following upon the elections, until the - day before Parliament re- convenes, June 12. In the elections the Soclalists gained many seats and the Royalists lost many, With the foreign minister, Dr. Guatav Stresemann, still out of active politics, the composition ha ronwhly sketohsd hy a clreular line of the |\“' eahinet 1s problematical, — | ended up | By the Associajed P | PITTSBURGH, May 28—Ward T | van Orman, who has won the P. W. | Litchfield Trophy two vears in suc- | cession at the national elimination bal- |loon race, will attempt to gain per- manent possession of it this year in the race starting from Bettis Fleld May 30, Van Orman, victor in 1926 and 1927, as the first pllot to enter the 1928 | race, in which 15 bags will participate. The winners of the first three places in the Memorial day race will represent the United States in the Gordon Ben- nett international balloon race, start- ing at Detroit June 30 Winners are decided by distance | traveled in’ various sections of the country. Van Orman and his aide, Walter W. Norton. who will accom- pany him again this year, landed in northern Maine in 1937. They could have continued to a greater distance, { but the uninviting Atlantic Ocean in- | terfered. | Wind Currents Vary. The entrants do not necessarily all travel in one direction, that indi- | cated by ground currents, balloon ex- perts say, because at varying altitudes | the air currents are unlike and move | toward different points of the com- | pass. It is all a question of maneuver- | ing into the strongest air currents, as | & balloonist can control only his ver- | tical position. | Detroit and the Army with | bags each head the list of entries | Navy will have two balloons in the contest. Pittsburgh, Cleveland and | Akron, Ohilo, will be among the cities | represented The race from Bettis Field will be in charge of Lieut. Prank McKie, com- | mandant at Norton Field, Columbus, 1 Ohlo. McKie Is an old-time balloon pilot who has taken to the heavier than-air craft. He will be assisted by officlals of the National Aeronautical Association, under auspices of which the race will be held. Maj. Gen. James A. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps, and Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy, probably { will attend, and Orville Wright of Day- { ton, chairman of the N. A. A. contest | committee, has been invited three The Storm Is Danger. The only adverse atmospheric ele- ment that might interfere with the take-off, officials say, is a severe elec- trical storm, and then postponement could be taken only by a majority vote of the pilots entered. Is an air mail center. Entries include Detroit 3—Pilol, E. C. HUll; alde, A C. Schiosser American Business Club of Akron Pllot, Clarence A. Palmer; aide, J. W. Mell Goodyear V—Pilot, Wade T. Orman; aide, Walter M. Morton Army (Scott Fleld)—Pilot, Capt E. Kepner; alde, Lieut. Willlam Aareckson Army 2 (Scott PFleld) —Pilot, Capt Edward W. Hill; alde, Lleut. L. G Pisher, Army 3 (Langley nti) Pilot, Lieut Van w. o In past events entrants have | Bettis Field, in suburban Pittsburgh, | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 28.—Wiillam Z. Foster was chosen yesterday by the Workers' (Communist) party for the second successive time as its candidate for the presidency. Benjamin Gitlow was selected as Foster’s running mate. An enthusiastic demonstration fol- lowed presentation of the names of Foster and Gitlow by the nominating committee. For 20 minutes the dele- gates to the national convention marched through the aisles shouting and singing, and showering bits of | newspapers about the hall Platform Hits Dry Law. The piatform adopted by the party calls for the overthrow of the capi- talistic class and initiation of a system of social legislation: recall of American troops from Central America, China and all American colonies and de- 's. unemployment insurance, » 40-hour week and repeal of | the eighteenth amendment and the | Volstead act. | . Foster joined the Socialist party in {1900, from which he was expelled in | 1919, joining the I. W. W. In 1931 he joined the Workers' party, and in 1924 he was its candidate for the presidency | Helped Organize Workers' Party. Gitlow joined the Socialist party in 1907, was elected on the Soclalist ticket to the State Assembly in 1917, and in 1919 helped organized the Communist | Labor party of America. In the same year he was sentenced to five years in | Sing Sing Prison under the State law against syndicalism. He was pardoned | by Gov. Smith in 1928, \FOUR MEN ARE KNIFED [ IN ANTI-FASCISTI ROW By the Assoctated Press. | BOSTON, May 28.—Four men {in & hospital suffering from knife | wounds and brick contusions following a battle in the North End section of the city yesterday when anti-Fascist! broke {up a parade of Italian veterans of the |World War. Seven were arrested, | charged with participading in an affray. A company of 300 veterans, marching jto Faneuil Hall to celebrate the thir- |teenth anniversary of Italy’s entrance |into the World War, was attacked by a crowd in North street. Many of the paraders wore the Black Shirts of the | Fascisti. One of the assailants strove |to tear the Italian flag from the hands {of a standard bearer and another tried fo snatch an Itallan war decoration {from a veteran's tunic. Shouts of Down with Italy” and “Down with | Mussolini” came from the crowd.” Paul Evert; alde, Sergt. U. G. Ent. Navy 1—Filot, Lieut T. G. W, Settle; | aide, Lieut. G.'F. Wayson. | Navy 2—Pilot, Lieut. J. H. Stevens aide, Chief Boatswain Mate George N. Steelman. Gardner Eight—Pilot, H. E. Hobey- well, Clayton, Mo.; aide, A. C. Hoskina, St. Louis. Sun-Telegram, lam Bennett, City of Clevel Wollam.