Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1928, Page 2

ROBINSON DEFENSE - RESTS IN TR :State’s Rebuttal in Slaying ' Case Delayed by Lack of Witnesses. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va., July 28.—En- livened by sharp clashes between de- fense attorneys and witnesses and be- tween the rival attorne,<, the trial of Henry C. Robinson, aerial her, charged Wwith first murder in the killing on June 9 mfl,‘aohn- son, Front armer, and mmddlewn. reached the end of its third day today with the defense making an impressive showing | years old, 1003 L street, an auditor at | as it rested its case. The State began its rebuttal but was forced to ask for a continuance until Monday, when witnesses could not be reached. The defense objected vigorously to the request, but Judge Philip Williams ruled for the State. A most dramatic moment of the trial today came when the State put Mrs. S. an aunt . Middleton Johnson, on the stand in rebuttal. Mrs. Brumback testified that Robinson had visited the younger Johnson's home on two oc- castons, refuting a statement by the defendant that he had never been to the house. Woman Leaves Stand. ‘When Chief Defense Attorney Aubrey Weaver attempted to discredit her tes- timony, the elderly woman, trembling with emotion, left her chair and ob- jected to the attorney’s line of ques- tioning. Mr. Weaver did not attempt to question her further. The in front of the Metho- dist Church here early in the evening of June 9 was the aftermath of a quar- rel over a trivial automobile accident. Robinson fired one shot at the father, missed and turned his weapon on the son. One of two shots fired at the younger man took effect, after which T, most of the day in an attempt to prove ree things: That the Johnsons were re- puted to be quarrelsome and dangerous when drinking; that they had threat- ened the life of the defendant and that Robinson fired only after he had been struck by John Johnson. friend. He testified that just before the hnsons I | ;;és p IN SURPRISE ATTACK Unknown Assailant Leaps to Run- ning Board st Seventh and F. Two Companions Held. to s Gallinger Hospital and his companions were placed under arrest on a techni- charge for questioning. U. S. EMPLOYE DIES. 82, Had Served Years in Navy Yard William Joseph Parr, one of Uncle Bam's oldest retired employes, died yes- residence, 30 1 Cummins He was 82 yard as a machinist, being one of the first 1o be retired under retirement leg- islation Mr, Parr was born in Richmond and served as & youlh as .a Confederate soldier, Washington was his hmn; for the it 40 He was 2 t State mundlaw r or’:\:ensuu Connell 3 0.0 A M ‘The funeral will be held from the residence at 2 o'clock tomorrow after- noon, with interment at Congressional Cemetery. — Firemen Pass First-Aid Test, Bpeciss Dispate 1o The Star MOUNT RAINIER, Md, July 28 Pifty members of the rescue squad of the Prince Georges County Volunteer Firemen's Assoclation who took the examination covering the standard Red Cross first-ald cowrse given last night at the firehouse here passed the test 1t was announced today by H L Leon- ard, chief of the The tests were iven under direction of A D. Bover- 1], first ald director and instructor of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone o, for the Bouthern district, 'HEART ATTACK Miss Margaret Rupp, Bank Auditor, Stricken in South River. Three Attempt Rescue, but Are Beaten by Death. : Body Brought Here. | Succumbing to a heart attack while | bathing in the South River near An- | napolis yesterday afternoon, during an outing of the employes of the Liberty | National Bank, Miss Margaret Rupp, 25 | the bank, dropped out of sight under | the water before the eyes of her com- | panions and was dead before her body | could be recovered and brought ashore. | Miss Rupp, with about 15 other em- | ployes of the bank, was spending the afternoon at Wild Rose Shore, Summer home of George O. Walson, president | of the bank. She had been in poor health for some time because of heart trouble and had been on sick leave for three weeks. She joined the other bank employes today in the hope that the outing would be beneficial. | In Water Five Minutes. | Miss Rupp had been in the water only | about five minutes when she collapsed. She was standing by herself, waist deep, watching the others swimming and playing a little farther out. As she dropped into the water she apparcntly | was swept by the current into deeper | water. | _John Yeabower, Silver Spring, Md.: Everett J. McMichacl. 1227 Thirteenth street, and Hollis Chamberlain, 2239 { Mount View place southeast, all em- pioyes of the bank, went to her rescue. They dived for the body a number of times before finding it. They started with the body to Emergency Hospital, { Annapolis, and met Dr. James J. Mur- | s WHILE BATHING IS FATAL'TO GIRL SWIMMER, | | | | | | | MISS MARGARET RUPP. phy of Annapolis on the road. He pronounced the girl dead. Coroner John W. Anderson said that no inquest would be_held |~ The outing immediately broke up and Miss Rupp's fellow employes brought | her body back to Washington last night. | . Miss Rupp, one of seven sisters, was | the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Rllgp. Her father is a Federal guard | and is cmrlc,vcd under the Office of | Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. Miss Rupp was born in New Jersey | and received her education in New | | York schools She obtained a position | with the Liberty National Bank when | the family came to Washington nine years ago and had worked there since that time. She jomed the outing party early yesterday afternoon after the bank had closed for the day, the party making the trip by automobile. She was in good spirits during the trip, and her fellow employes said that she seemed to be feeling better than for some time. It is thought the excitement of the trip overtaxed her heart and the shock of cntering the water proved too much for her strength MEXICAN CONGRESS - SESSION DELAYED | Special Meeting Goes Over to Tomorrow and Politics Will Be Curbed. By the Assoclated Press. 28.—Leaders of MEXICO CITY, July the Mexican announced that special session called for today has been postponed until late Monday afternoon, and that even then it will in session for only two hours. ‘The change in the plan is part of a effort being made to avoid po- he mflnmnnu as much as possible until there is a further clearing of the uncertain atmosphere which has pre- vailed since the assassination of Presi- dent-elect Obregon It also was announced from the Sal- { tillo district that a labor convention for today had been called off, another GIVEN UP FOR DEAD, TEXAN T0 60 HOME “Tricked” in Deal, James H. Law- rence Disappeared Several Years Ago. By the Associated Press DENVER, July 28.—Given up for dead seven years ago when he disap- peared and his hat and coat were found on a bank of the Missouri River at Kansas City, Mo., James H. Lawrence was found in a hospital here today, where he had gone for treatment for rheumatism, Now known under the name of James H. Lee, Lawrence, who is 57 years old, related that he resolved to ‘disappear after he had been tricked out of a disappeared in March, 1921, after going to the Missouri city from Edinburgh, | Tex., where he was a reputedly wealthy farmer. His wife and four children in Edinburgh gave him up as dead, and after seven years he was declared legal- ly dead. Lawrence carried $17,500 life in- surance. most of which was paid to his wife after detectives employed by the insurance companies had attempted without avall to solve the mystery of his di rance. “1 had become involved financially in Texas and went to Kansas City to make a deal I hoped would straighten me out.” sald Lawrence, “The Kansas City men tricked me. I became angry and resolved no one would ever know. | “A month later, in a cheap rooming house in Wichita, Kans., I found I had registered as J. H. Lee, Realizing 1 Dearly month without their having | beard from me. I faced a terrible prob- lem | “I found that I was supposed to have been killed and thrown into the river. 1 resolved that Lawrence should remain dead and I would be J. H. Lee forever.” Lawrence sald today he was “glad it was over, nd that he would await the arrival of a son, reported en route here from Edinburgh to identify him Advices from the Texas town sald that Lawrence’s wife, Mrs. Bertha T. Lawrence, was reputed wealthy and conducts a real estate business there, Before going to Texas the lved in Rockwell City, Towa, the Edin- burgh advices said Church School Reopens. Special Dispatch to The Btar term of the Religious Vacation of Bt. Rita’s Catholic Church of Mount 1ds has opened with 113 children studying under three teachers. The mass at 8:30 each morning, followed by patriotic program, catechetical drills and & library perl day closes at noon classes are held each evening. the evening classes, is plann) entertainment which will be hel the close of the SBummer sesslon, large sum of money in Kansas City. He | had been rway from my family for | tamily | liam TOMAC, Va., July 28.—~The third o “ Bchool program provides for the celebration of Bible storles, singing, supervised play- ground activity, occupational handiwork before the school Extra vurrlculu; dramatic club, composed of members of an at SPORT OF GLIDING 5 GANNG FAVO 'Son of Chain Store Magnate Plans School at Cape Cod. Pastime Explained. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. Special Dispatch to The Star | NEW YORK, July 28-—Since | Darmstadt fivers brought their gliders | to this country from Germany, about | | three months ago, there has been a vast | | stimulation of interest in gliding. Fii- | teen or twenty gliding clubs already | have been formed and companies sell- |ing blue prints for homemade gliders |report a big demand. In Germany | about 20,000 persons belong to gliding | clubs, and, as a glider can be built for | as little as $50, it is indicated that | gliding will be the next step for Ameri- |can youth, preoccupied with model airplanes since Lindberg blazed across the skies. store magnate, is the patron, Maecenas | and “sugar daddy” of gliding in America. | He told this writer about three months mans and their planes, that he was scouting for the ideal gliding location, which also would be a site for a school It has now been found., on Cape Cod and the school will be opened August 15. German Glider's Feat. Young Peter Hesselbach, one of the German gliders, stayed up for 58 min- &m in his glider, near Cornhill, Thur; | it is held by the German, Ferdi- nand Schultz, who remained aloft 14 hours and 8 minutes at Rossiten. While Mr. Hesselbach breaks Orville Wright's record of 10 minutes and 11 seconds it is understood that he was not trying for a record and that, so far as flying conditions are concerned. America may ®o as far as its technical genius, or its motorless wings, will carry it. ‘The boyish Mr. Hesselbach, whose ex- ploit would have aroused world interest 20 years ago, 15 a small, cherubic, heel- clicking lad, who, in the German fash- ion, with a book on “Zeitschrift fuer Flugtechnik” in one hand and his control stick in the other. Prom his precise, bookish English, the | following may be gleaned: Gliding is great sport and safer than airplaning. Thousands of boys and giris will take it up. Women and girls are gliding in Germany. The ideal flying site is a broken and hilly country, preferably an ocean or lake shore, where there are thermic air currents. The air rises from sand dunes on hot days, and thus one may mount on ascending currents. Thus, the Cape Cod country, with its great swecps of sand dunes, is just what is needed Gliders are built like airplanes, hav- ing aileros and also a pedal arrangement for ad- Justment in meeting air currents. Principle of Steering. ‘The angle of flight is governed by the relation of the weight of the glider to its wing surface. In an upward air cur- rent, a downward angle of the glider will carry it aloft. Thus, height and distance are attained exactly as a ship roel forward by tacking. It is a prob- lem of the resultant of forces. Gliders weigh about 300 pounds. Vhe successful German machines are built of birchwood and linen. Germans have {:ucea small motor cycle engines in hem and used them for auxiliary power. Bpeed 15 from 15 to 25 miles an hour (ovyright.” 1928.) [ PLUMBERS HOLD PICNIC. [More Than 500 Attend Outing at Chapel Point, The annual outing of the Master Plumbers’ Association of the District, | held at Chapel Point, Md., Thursday, was participated In by more than 500 master plumbers, their families and guests. Delegations from Maryland Jolned with the Washingtonians in the festivities ‘The committee In charge consisted of Frank A. Kerr, chairman; Thomas E Clark, secretary; David E. Alsop, Robert J. Barrett, Frank Bentley, John E Boy-~ land, George J. Cross, |r.; Charles F Dodge, Henry R. Eberly, Henry C. Eslin, Elmon J. Ewing, Herbert R Grinder CGieorge W. Hanes, Joseph E. Heffron, Pred W. Koehler, Julius E. Leins, Harry J. MeCarthy, Gene E. McGolrick, Wil- E. Owens, Charles E. Rabbitt, Wil- llam E. Miller, Arthur Snowden, Harry C. Beroggins, Louls H. Volland, Matthew A. Welch and Willlam E, Wiley. o i TAXICAB OWNER SUED. Victim of Accident Fatal to One Asks $12,000 Damages. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star BTAUNTON, Va., July 28.--8ult for $12,000 against J. H. Randol, local taxi owner, bhas been filed in Circult Court by Osear Bhue through his mother, Mrs Mary Moesta. It is alleged Shue was permanently crippled in an automobile accident on the Valley Pike near Mount Crawford, last January 19, in which Da- vid Shifiet was killed. The heirs of Bhiflett sued Randol recently for $10,000 and were awarded $3,000, they found it necessary. the | | had joined the posse. | hearing the commotion, attempted to J. C. Penny, jr., son of the chain | | ago, when he brought over the Ger- | ia penchant for chasing rabbits, and ns. rubber, tafl and flipper, | POSSEHUNTSFOUR ESCAPED NV |Four Others, Who Fled After Killing Guard, Returned i to Texas Prison. | By the Assoctated Press | HOUSTON, Tex., July 28.—One hun- dred and fifty armed men, with thirty- five bloodhounds, late today were tsearching swamps near Richmond, 20 | miles from here, for four escaped con= | victs. Four others of the original band of eight, who shot their way to free- dom, killing one officer and wounding three others, were captured last night {and today. ! As the possemen, many of whom de- | serted ranches and farms to join the | hunt, drew tighter thelr cordon abour the lowlands, the injury toll mounted So far the outbreak has resulted in the following casualties: Dead: Dog Sergt. Henry Ward of Imperial Farm, No. 2. | Critically wounded: Deputy Tom | Davis. Slightly wounded: Jim Geter, prison farm guard, and Deputy Frank Bell. Captured convicts: R. H. Tucker, held responsible for the slaying of Ward; R.’| | R. Carter, Alvin Ireland and Bill Tomp- kins. All of the captured convicts were | wounded. Convicts at Large. Convicts still at large were Irvin Davis, Harvey Willlams, Johuny Col- lins and Fred Burkett, serving terms for burglary and theft. .One of the escaped men was captured after day- }light today. Tompkins was treed by a | bloodhound and wounded in the left | ear and leg when he refused to jump | to_the ground. Dansswas wounded when four of the fugitives_engaged in a gun fight with | three officers soon after the escape ASHINGTON, | { with the committee if the proposals Two of the convicts who participated in this fight surrendered when they| ! were wounded. Their companions had | not been located definitely tonight, al- | though possemen belleved all exits from | the lowlands had been closed., | The escaped prisoners, most of whiom | were classed as incorrigibles, were be-/ lieved to be heavily armed. They raided the home of a negro tnpper.! taking two shotguns and a rifle in ad- | dition to the weapons they had taken | from Guard Geter and Dog Sergt. | Ward. | R. J. Flanagan, manager of the three | prison farms at Sugar Land and leader | of the posse, issued instructions to all} men in the hunt to “shoot to kill,” if Seize Guard's Gun. ‘ Today all of the remaining 474 prisoners on Imperial Farm No. 2 were kept in their cells instead of going to the fields, since all available guards break occurred when eight prisoners who had been cultivating cot- ton in a field overpowered Geter and took his guns from him. As he fled. at their orders, one of them fired a { shotgun at him. Dog Sergt. Ward, frustrate the break, but was struck down by a full load of buckshot. Ward died a few minutes later. “Old Red,” ancient bloodhound, re- deemed himself today in the search for the convicts, just as he was about to be shot. “Red” in his younger days was a good hound, but age developed in him prison officials said this made him no good as a man hunter. But today “Red,” with three mem- bers of a posse seeking the escaped con- victs, wandered off by himself and set up a howl. “After rabbits again” said. “Let's kill him."” “Aw, let's see what the old fool is | yelling about,” another suggested. Dog Redeems Self. They followed “Red" to an abandoned ump yhoune where Tompkins had been gldln‘. Tompkins escaped in the reeds and the other dogs were unable to find his trall. “Red” disaj red once more, and shortly started howling again. This time ihe possemen rushed in his direc- tion. He was smndlngl l:mier a tree in which Tompkins was 8. “Red” hlg redeemed himself. Complaints charging all of the con- victs but Williams with assault to mur- der and murder for the slaying of Dog Sergt. Ward were filed before Justice Charles Holman by County Attorney S. M. O. Fenn, Williams was not charged because he was not among the original bolters, but fled from another of prisoners in the confusion. Three new dogs were added to the pack, several of them showing signs of tiring. ‘Three of the original pack chewed on Tompkins' clothing when he was captured and officers sald that made them ineffective for further work a posseman IN FATAL COLLISION { i |Speed Boat Dashed Into Paddle Wheel, Says Surviver—Four Bodies Recovered By the Assoclated Press. HOLLAND, Mich,, July 28.--The crew of the Goodrich line steamer, City of Holland, today was absolved of blame in connection with the collision late last night with a speed boat plloted by Paul Landwchr, son of a millionaire furnace manufacturer of this city, which re- sulted in the deaths of four persons and injury of two others George Lyle, 21, Los Angeles aviator, | one of the occupants of the speed boat, who escaped with slight injuries. In a statement to officlals sald Landwehr had been driving recklessly about the steamer. While traveling at a speed of more than 40 miles an hour, the pilot, according to Lyle, lost control of the speed boat which crashed head-on into the paddle wheel of the steamer. - The speed boat was demolished. Landwehr, John Nystrom, 14; Earl Van Lente, 18, and John Arends, 32, all of Holland, were killed, and Lyle and Robert Men- drano, an Argentine, now living in New York City, were injured. The steamer stopped and picked up the two injured men. The bodies of the other men were recovered today. Mendrano, who is a partner of Donna Landwehr, interpretive dancer, and sister of the speed boat pllot, was un- able to furnish authorities with an ac- count of the accident. He was uncon- sclous for several hours after the crash PLAN ;IETERANS' OUTING. Women’s Legion to Be Hosfesses to Naval Patients Wednesday, Disabled veterans of the Naval Hos- pital will be the guests of the Ameriean Women's Legion of Washington at an outing to Mount Vernon, Wednesday They will be entertained by the Aount Vernon Assoclation during the day and will be g ven a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel the same night Speeches and entartainment will fea- | Robbins' glider, which ture the evening, Mis, Laura V. Dann and Mrs. Peter Hazes are in charge of ArTAngements, v D. ULY CHRYSLER-DODGE MERGERINBALANGE Few Thousand Shares of Stock Must Be Depos- ited by Monday. 29 By the Associated Press, BALTIMORE, July 28.—The pro- posed $245,000,000 Chrysler and Dodge merger hung in the balance today, de- pending on whether a few thousand shares of Dodge stock, still needed, should be deposited with the merger committee of the Dodge organization before Monday. Stockholders of Dodge Brothers, Inc., met today, heard that the Chrysler corporation insisted that 90 per cent of each class of stock must be deposited were to be carried through, and ad- journed until Monday morning in the hope that the condition would be met by that time. [ No official figure of the exact amount on deposit was given, but it was es- timated that with about 850,000 shares of the preference stock outstanding at present, less than 50,000 shares were needed to complete the ”ogr cent than 100,000 shares Wt make up the percentage of 1,935,000 outstanding shares of class A. The necessary quota of the 500,000 shares of class B gtock was in the committee’s hands. A few owners of small lots of the stock attended the meeting today, which President E. G. Wilmer explained was called for consideration of the merger plan, but the bulk of the stock repre- sented was that for which the com. mittee held proxies. As soon as Silas | Howland, counsel for the committee, had explained that the required 90 per cent of the stock was not on deposit, but that late deposits were still bein; reported, the motion to adjourn unt Monday was carried. BABY BOY FOUND IN BASKET ON STEP i g { Police Unable to Get Answer at| House Where Child Is Discovered. A golden-haired blue-eyed baby boy about 213 months old was found on the | doorstep of 5418 Ninth street shortly | before midnight by a detall of police | from the thirteenth precinct. The officers were unable to arouse any one in the house. They took the child in the patrol to the sta- tion house. After a council of war while the infant still slept in its blan- ket-lined basket, they decided to turn it over to the Wuhhamn Foundling D About clllu o'cloekmhst a telephone was recelved at the precinct from an unidentified man, who gave the address at which the child had been left and then either hung up or the connection was broken. The lice found the baby sleeping peacefully in a basket dr; in a white cotton slip, a white knit sweater and wrap) In a blanket. Beside it was a milk bottle. There was no identify- ing marks on the clothes. The officers said that the child had & birth mark on the left shoulder. o COMDR. RICHARDSON ADDRESSES TOURNEY Speaks on Principles of Hydro- plane Construction Before Boys. Contests for gliders and hydroplanes and an illustrated talk on the principles of hydroplane construction by Comdr. H. C. Richardson, featured the minia- ture aircraft meet in the Central Com- munity Center last t. ‘The model gliders were required to travel twenty feet to q“:‘u‘;ifi Thom&: up Mwlm nds, won first place in the junior class. Other winners in the junior class were Ernest Stout, second; Frank Salis- bury, third; Everett Meeks, fourth, and Donald Bruce, fifth. Senior class winners were Lloyd Fish, first, and Herbert Dorsey, second. A minfature tank wes provided for the hydroplane contest and only four nes rose from the water. Herbert rsey established a District record in the senior class with a flight of 20 sec- onds. Lloyd Fish was second in_this class. Junior class winners were Don- ald Bdruee. first, and Frank Salisbury, secont Last night's contest was in prepara- tion for the national finals next Octo- ber. A contest for hand-launched mod- els will be held at Bolling Field next Saturday, and an outdoor hydroplane contest on August 10 POPE ORDERS CARDINAL NOT TO ENTER U. S. Instructs Prelate on Way to Canada to Avoid Hint of Papal Influence Here. By the Associated Press. ROME, July 28.—Pope Pius has in- structed inal Smncero, who soon will leave for Canada, not to enter the United States on the trip. The Pontiff does not wish the cardinal to visit American territory during the presi- dential campaign, lest his presence be Interpreted as a desire on the part of the Holy See to influence the presiden- tial election. Pope Plus wants to keep entirely out of the internal questions in the United States. CHERRYDALE YOUTH HURT IN INTERURBAN CRASH Suffers Ankle and Arm Fractures in Futile Effort to Avoid Car at Crossing. Charles T, Baroch, 18-year-old auto- moblle mechanic of 51 Harrison street, Cherrydale, Va., sustained fractures of the ankle bone and wrist, and severe body bruises when his automoblle col- lided with a Bluemont Electric Oar at Douglas Station, Va, about 7 o'clock Thursday night. He was brought to Georgetown University Hospital by Arthur V. Johneox of Douglas Station. It was sald last night he was progress- P oy . A of the Hevent! precinet declared Baroch told him he was traveling at a high rate of when he saw the car at the stati It started sooner than he expected, however, and a last-minute swerve in order to avold a collislon was futlle. Baroch's machine was badly damaged Among the mirage effects recently seen In the North Sea were steamers well below the horlson appearing above it with & peculior broken effect slmilax “MISS ARLINGTON” CHOSEN ETHEL VIRGIN! a sparkling eyed brunette with long curls flowing over her shoulders, last night crowned County American n Post’s annual the closing feature guest of the Arlington County pest. the organization’s earnival in Lyon Village. to Appalachia, Va., next month to attend the legio o IA DONALDSON, who was the reigning queen of beauty of Arlington County, Va. Miss Donaldson was Baliston's entry in the 1928 edition of Arlington rranged as She will go State convention as the beauty contest which was a honors went to Leta Mae Hall, who represented Aurora Heights. Miss Second | Sophia Nita Crouch of Lee Heights received the third prize. —Star Staff Photo. Officials in Washington and Maryland Studying Its Feasibility. Mile of Water Front Offered by Corporation—Would Delight Motorists. Washington and Maryland authorities are studying the proposal of a new ap- proach into the National Capital over a scenic boulevard skirting the banks | of the Anacostia River. This plan, advanced by Horace W. Peaslee, architect, contemplates the ex- tension southward of the road from ment of the upper part of the Anacostia River with the parkway that is now be- I%x' developed on the District banks of t 3 As a tangible contribution to the pro- posal, Mr. Peaslee sald yesterday, the corporation developing Fort Linceln agreed to contribute a mile of waterfront for the park de- velopment. The rtmd parkway would cross the river frontage of the National Tral 8chool for Boy g: Capital Lieut. Ool. U. 8. Grant, 3rd, executive officer of the National Capital Park and Commission, said Mmtmbmo(m State controller, he pointed out, has just ruled that the commission can- not use any part of the available $50,000 for surveying, but that it must be used for purc of land for park pur- poses. The Maryland commission is study- ing the plan of a ht of way along tia Ri the [ right of way, utilizing land which is considered desirable for a park and of no particular use for other purposes. Route for Motorists. Under the plan of Mr. Peaslee, the motorists of the future would drive south when coming into Washington, instead of turning at the Peace Cross at Bladen: to the right to reach Fifteenth and H streets northeast. He would pass east of the Fort in Cemetery and along the river side, past the National Arboretum, now in process of formation at Mount Hamilton, and along an extended Maryland avenue to fteenth and H streets north east. Charles Moore, chairman of the Na- tional Commission of Pine Arts, de- clared yesterday that he is interested in the proposed new artery into Wash- ington as enhancing the beauty and utllity of the Anacostia glrkny. Robert B. Morse. chief engineer of the Washington Suburban Sanitary District, recently wrote to Mr. Peaslee that he considered the river drive to be a matter of importance. Mr. Peaslee pointed out that the pro- posed new approach to Washington The Best Baby A ] would pass due south of Cottage City, Md,, following the old channel of the Annacostia River. drive into the tl h::l is r’mvw possible to rt. of ‘ashington through Rock Creek Park,” Mr. Peaslee sald. “With the ap) completion of the Ar- lington Mes Bridge, Washington will be given a_becoming gateway from the South. The imposing treatment now proposed for the Sixteenth street entrance to the District will afford one appropriate aj h into the Nation's Capital from the North. The develop- is [ment of the new riverside boulevard along the banks of the Anacostia River will give the traveler an added beauti- ful approach into W: ton.” Mr. Peaslee recalled that the territory the proposed new boulevard will tra- verse is historic ground, for part of it was granted in 1719 to Lord Baltimore, and the river in pre-Revolutionary times was the scene of extensive com- merce. ADOPT NEW SYSTEM. LONDON, July 28 (#).-~The first step in a new system of beginning parlia- mentary sessions will be taken next Friday when the current session w'l be ended by prorogation, thus paving the way for holding the |enenr.elrc~ tions next May. Until this decislon was taken parlia- mentary sessions were begun each year in February, were interrupted in August by a three-month adjournment | were ended with the King's pro- | rogation speech & few days before Christmas. Year on Record . In the year which ended June 30, 1928, 9,150 babies were born in the District of Columbia, and only 64, being 7 per 1,000, died of intest inal troubles. Years ago, before we began to educate Washing ton mothers, one-fourth or more of all children born died in their first year, largely of feeding troubles. And all mothers dreaded the second Summer for their babies, who died like flies during hot weather Washington mothers continue following the tables given in our pamy The Well-No which is mailed to them by contains special hot weather advices. will, therefore, do well to advices and the feeding phlet, x urished Baby us free of charge and which C. & 0. PROPOSES NEW STOCK ISSUE ’Plan to Compiete Pere Mar- quette Merger Is Pre- sented to I. C. C. By the Associated Press. New proposals looking to the com- pletion of the projected merger of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad with the Pere Marquette system were made terday to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The C. & O. Co., which now holds the commission’s permission to acquire con- trol of the Pere Marquette, asked au- | thority to buy 174,900 shares of the latter’s common stock now owned by the Nickel Plate Railroad at a price of |$133.33 per share. | The Chesapeake & Ohio alsp asked { the commission to modify its original { finding in the merger case and to per- mit the company to sell 300,000 shares of its own new stock to its present | stockholders at $100 per share. T | funds derived from the new issue will | enable the Chesapeake to complete its Pere Marquette purchase. | Suecess for Van Sweringens. | The commission previously ruled that | the Chesapeake & Ohlo should issue | but 200,000 shares of new stock and r quire its present stockholders to | $150 per share for it. | The Chesapeake & Ohio-Pere Mar- | quette merger represents a final and partial success in the endeavor of O, ir{ and M. J. Van Sweringen of Cleve- ! land and their associates to bring about ! a merger of Eastern trunk lines. After | the commission rejected their original | proposal. which involved the fusion of | the Nickel Plate, Chesapeake & Ohio, | Erie and Pere Marquette Railroads the *| Van Sweringens put forward a scheme SCENIC ANACOSTIA RIVER ROAD 'PROPOSED AS APPROACH TO D. C. | for combining the Chesapeake & Ohio | with the Erie and Pere Marquette | The commission eliminated the Erie | from the proposed consolidation. but { approved the combination of the Chesa- peake & Ohio with the Pere Marque New Hearing Expected. In dealing with details of the pro- | posal the Chesapeake & Ohio was au- | thorized to pay $110 per share for Pere Marquette stock owned by the Van | Sweringens, and was given permission | to .negotiate a price for the additional | Pere Marquette stock owned by the | Nickel Plate Railroad { _The petitions yesterday said that the | Nickel Plate was wjlling to take $133.33 for its Pere Marquette holdings, and declared this to be a fair value. As to the new Chesapeake & Ohio stock issue contemplated, the petition “protested against requiring the company’s stock- holders to pay more than par for' new stock, questioned the commission’s legal power to fix a higher figure and argued that a lower figure was in the public interest and a matter of justice to rafl- road stockholders. It is expected that the commission will give opportunity | for hearing and argument on the new proposal. /AUTOIST'S ARRESTS | RECORD UNBROKEN jkobert M. ‘Ai!hesrhi;e_ Falls Iato | Hands of Maryland Police. Robert Marshall Cheshire, 52 years | old, of 412 Second street, whose' dis- | dain, for local traffic law and court | etiquette led to his being arrested twice | and jafled once here last week, trans- | ferred his activities to nearby Mary« land yesterday and last night was i jail at Bladensburg, unable to make | :g‘nd of _ssoom ‘!or reckless driving, oper- ing without a pci't and istra~ tion card. i Yesterday Cheshir- made a trip to Baltimore and on the return journey “stepped on the gas” so fast State policemen who chased him tq Laurel | were unable to catch up with him. At | Berwyn he collided with a gravel truck | driven by George Bewley. Bewley sald Cheshire merely him his name and started on Policeman A E. Markley, who going in the oppesite direction, not | Cheshire's speeding machine a few ments later and another chase | the motorist finally being stopped the District Jine. Officer Markley drove him ba Berwyn, where he was given a inary hearing before Justice of George Phillips. While the hea was in progress Cheshire dashed of the house and tried to run Brought back by the policenman b formally charged with three offer and bond was fived at $500. If unable to make it he will be held next Wednesday, when Judge Sheriff hears the Prince Georges Cour traffic cases at Hyattsville Justice Phillips communicsted wi Headquarters Lieut. Joseph Morgan learned that Cheshire was wanted he on an attachment ordered by Juc: g\r;;m.« ichul};it !m Police Court Y. when he forfeited collateral speeding and cut corners. Phillips satd lutu!xfigh: learned the Law l:\lntdhhfi through the town and want there for reckless driving, s Altogether it was o big week for Cheshire. His record for the past six | i | him Arrested for reckless driving. Tuesday-—Fined $25 for reckless driv- ing and jailed in default of a $§100 peace bond resulting from a threat against the officer who arrested him Wednesday—1In jail Thursday—Released on his personal bond upon telling Judge Hitt he lost Rearrested ¥ | brought in on an attachment. Saturday—Committed to the B! burg jail for reckless driving, et | FARMER AND DAUGHTER | ARE DROWNED IN CREEK Auto Runs Off Bridge ag Victinus Ride to Beach in South Carolina. By (le Assoctated Press GEORGETOWN, 8. C, July 2 Jesse Parker, 52, prominent merchant xe‘ud (h\rmfl'd o{ Scranten, Florence ounty, an his adopted daughtes Elizabeth, 6, were drowned weayu:vlveu an automokile in which they were rid- ing ran off a bridge into a creek on fhe Jahnsonville-Gieorgetown road, 13 miles from here. Mr. Parker and his daughter were on their way, it was sald, to the beach to spend the week end when the accident ocourred. The automobile was discovered in the creek by passerby and Mr. Parker's body was recovered The little giri's body had not been found tonight, ac- cording to reports reaching here. When a workman excavat outside Jthe Queen's Hotel, Eastborne, England, recently struek his pick into a elecitio Bureau of Health Education 1464 Columbia Road ‘ : Bualiper, Sec, / cable the pick was burned, the man -mm-mnmamumm‘. and one of the town's cireults were put 7