Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1928, Page 14

e E——— A THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,- D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 4. 1928. The winner of the Queen of Spain’s Cup finishing the long race across the Atlantic. Paul Hammond's little yacht Nina is welcomed by the King and ‘Queen of Spain aboard the launch and a plane from the U. S. S. Detroit as it enters the harbor of Santander, to win the royal trophy race for yachts of the smaller class. —Wide World Photos. ‘The latest plaything on the Catalina beach. Bathers at the Cah- fornia island resort are staging many exciting races on these agua- cycles. The device is fitted with a propelier driven by pedals and makes a surprising speed through the water. —Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. LATE ‘CONFESSION oo Wheete FAILS 70 SAVE TWO {'To Scare Off Hawks Thompson Executed Withi i By the Associated Press. Colored Man Despite Wife’s Statement. tles to protect them from wild hawks in time of peace and trained falcons in time of war. The pxnn whistle, experiments with whi are now being conduct- ed, is an anclent Chinese invention. It is attached to the winged - ger's tall and makes a wierd noise which frightens hawks and falcons. The Chinese are known to equip hfl: numbers of pigeons with the whistles, each having a different pitch, and when released make what is declared to be music beautiful to the Chinese ear. The Army's peace-time bird flock comprises 1251 pf , in throughout the country and in Pgna- ma, Hawaii and the Philippines. By the Associated Press. | MILLEDGEVILLE, Ge.. August 4.— | A 22-year-old son of the Tennessee mountains and a former colored pro- fessional base ball player were exe cuted at the mmmm Farm here yesterday for murder after a sensa- tional eykmul—hou! “confession” by the former's wife had failed to save Clifford Thompson of Etowah, Tenn., and James Hugh Moss, colored, of the same place paid the death penalty for the slaying of Coleman Osborne, a mer- <l at Chatsworth, Ga., on the night Masons to Celebrate. | HERNDON, Va. August 4 —Hern- don Lodge, No. 264. A, V. and A. M will celebrate the sixty-first anniversary and that her husband and Moss were | iries. W {uniform of a graduate nurse—will be | "Then, as the bandage was placed across | clothing of an infant in her care when graduate nurse’s unitorm which would | sof the raising 1o the Bublime Degree Masonry in northern Virginia. James| Alded by Mrs. | ———— e .. . Wife Issues “Confession.” { Herself convicted of the same crime | under a life sentence, Mrs. Eula fi ‘Thompson, 23, sought to rescue | ot of o ¥ 1 |Miss Edith Lehman to Bei This “confession.” made after all ef- | . P o | foris of the condemned men's avor- | Buried in Graduate Uniform | neys to obtain clemency bad been un- | successful, sent Gov. L. G. Hardman | on a personal investigation of her story | vinced, however, that the - nm" did not warrant a respite, the | fealized tomorrow afternoon, when she | governor ordered the execution to pro-;wul be burfed in the little cemetery coed at Chestertown, Md., home of her fos- . lur rents. Declares Innocence in Chair. death of the 19-year-old Thompson. unable to read or write, se at Children's Hospital his eves, he muttered to guards an open safety pin in the baby's cloth- “I am innocent of this erime.” ing pricked her right wrist. Septic Moss, who followed Thompson to the | polsoning set in and caused her desth | chair, chanted a prayer in & trembling | month later | wolce as he was led into the death A few hours before the end, last| chamber and strapped into the chair have. been hers in 1930, This request ' was granted. | As 1ar back ms Mrs. Hugh 8, Hart- man, the foster mother, ean remem- | ber Miss Lehman has wanied to be a nurse, During childhood days n U. Kincheloe of Fairfax, District Deputy | Veloped ber talent, and when the fam- Grand Master, will visit the lodge, Dr. lly moved to Washington, a year ago, Russell served throughout the Civii|Miss Lehman was ready to enter the War and was in both the battles of |nursing school at Children's Hospital, Bull Run, besides many others | Her first year's training was draw- |ing to u close when the aceident oc- " three miles south of Warsaw. Introducing himself informally as the King of Spain, Alfonso goes aboard the American yacht Nina on its ar- rival as winner of the Queen’s Cup to congratulate the crew. The King (at right), is hearing the story of the trans- atlantic voyage in the little yacht from its owner and skipper, Paul Hammond. —Wi de World Photos. Skipper Paul Hammond (at left), and his collegiate crew of the yacht Nina on their arrival at Santander, Spain, as winners of the Queen’s Cup. The Yale, Harvard and Princeton undergraduates, who sailed as seamen under Skipper Hammond enjoyed 24 days of high seas adventure that they are ~—Wide World Photos. not likely to forget. Senator Charles Curtis, the Republican vice presidential candi- date, of Indian blood himself, holds a little powwow with Chief Nah- Gon-Be of the Pottawatomle tribe, during the rededication at Fort Riley, Kans., of the first territorial capitol of Kansas. —Assoclated Press Photo. “More trout and less time between bites.” Herbert Hoover, an- nounced that as another plank of his platform after his fishing ex- cursion to Oregon and Northern California. Here's the Republican standard bearer trying to lure some of the reluctant trout from the rapids of the Rogue River. PHYSICIAN 1S KILLED | AS AUTO OVERTURNS | r. John Turner of Baltimore Found in Wreck Near Warsaw, Va., With Neck Broken. D By the Associated Press WARSAW, Va., August 4 (#).—Dr John Turner, physician, of Baitimore, was instantly killed about noon yester- day when an sutomobile he was driv- ing overturned at Coteskey Bridge, His neck was broken in the crash. Witnesses who examined the wreck sald that the car apparently left the road, struck a trees and turned over. ‘The body was identified by personal effects found in the machine, School Bazaar Planned, Bpeciul Dispatch (o, The Btar CHEVERLY, Md, August 4.--Under auspices of the Cheverly-Tuxedo Im- provement Assoclation a bagzaar will be given the afternoon and evening of August 10, in the local school, Mrs. P. W. Nickel is chairman of the com- mittee in charge of arrangements, her associat s being Mrs. R, N, Covert, Mrs. R. H, Wentworth and Mrs. H. Naylor, Mrs. P, M. Btricklin and Mrs, G. W ‘Thompson, will furnish a short enter- tainment program both in the afternoon and evening. There will be a fancy work table, candy table and other at- tractions, Proceeds will go to buy shades for the local school Tom Heeney Married to New York Girl He Met While Fighting Two Months Ago By the Associated Press. SPRING VALLEY, N. Y., August 4 Tom Heeney, the solid man from down under, will take a bride instead of the heavyweight crown back home to New Zealand. Heeney, who recently was defeated by Gene Tunney in a match for the heavy weight title, was married Thursday night to Miss Marion Estelle Dunn of Spring Valley. Miss Dunn gave her age as 24, ‘The couple drove to Ladentown late Thursday evenig, where they wer LIGHTED CANDLES START SEVEN FIRES IN FOREST Incendiaries Leave Flame in Brush as Means of Destroying Timber in National Reservation. By the Associated Press BAN FRANCISCO, August 4By placing lighted candles in dry brush in cendiaries have started seven fires in the Orleans district of the Klamath Na- tional Forest in the last five days, For- est, Bervice officlals revealed today. The rangers belleved the fires were started to furnish jobs as fivefighters to unrmvluyrd men. AJl the fires were brought under control and precautions taken to check the firebugs. Foresters belleved the - candle method was em- ployed in order to give the firebugs plenty of time to escape before the | married by Justice of the Peace Mar- gulls. They left immediately for an unannounced destination, | | months ago while the rugged Anzac was | battling his way through the ranks of | the so-called logical contenders in Tex | | Rickard's elimination tournament. Sev- {eral times during his training period | | for the championship fight he visited | | Miss Dunn here, - i Heeney received $100,000 for his fight with Tunney and since coming to this country @ year ago, penniless, has | hared in several other large purses. PRESIDENT THANKS KING. Alfonso’s Visit to U. 8. Warship Brings Appreciative Message. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge has sent a message to King Alfonso of Spain .saying he highly appreciated the King's visit to | the United States cruiser Detroit at ! |atlantic_yacht race. The President sald the King's visit to the American warship was “a gra- clous evidence of the friendship exist- ing between Spain and the United States which you have so happily fos- | tered and which the people of the | United States have always been so anx- lous to reciprocate.” . Pomona Grange to Meet. Apeclal Digpateh 1o The Star BRANDYWINE, Md, August 4. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. 'SENDING OF CHINESE BY TELEGRAPH EVOLVED System of Phonetics Perfected by | Commission After 15 Years of Research. Heeney and his bride met several | ny the Associated Press. URBANA. 11, puzale, se! versity of Illing me th telegrams ire the! versity here. Cele Tocaze, nection with the tiary offenses. din| as been ‘mlvedF prisonment following August 4. — Anothel Chinese by tele. ols student. Out of the maze of characters mak- ing up the Chinese language, a commis- | sion headed by Dr, Wang has evolved a system of phonetics which for the first will enable the Chinese to send if own tongue. ~Dr. xplained his system in w letter sident David Kinley of the uni- Dr. Wang's system will 1 g0 into effect January 1, 1929, he sald. Heretofore system of numbers re- quiring decoding was used. IFACES PRISGN TERM IN HOLLYWOOD FIRE| Santander, Spain, during the trans- | Curio Dealer Convicted of Burning Rendezvous of Film brities. | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, curio dealer, today faced im- August 4.—Michael conviction in con- burning of the Rus- sian Eagle Cafe, Hollywood rendesvous of film notables, June 6. Tacaze was convicted of arson and burning insured property, both Sentence will niten- pro- after 15 years of ch by Dr. €. C. Wang, former “Human dolls” competed for prizes yesterday at the Virginia Avenue Playground, Tenth street-and Virginia avenue southeast. Here are the win- ners receiving prizes from Miss Elizabeth Smith, playground dircctor. Left to right: Miss Smith, Shirley Hancock, 920 M street southeast, first prize; Mary and Margaret Colin, 1118 K street southeast, awarded second prize as twins, and Virginia Howard, 1110 Sixth street southeast, third: prize. “Big Bill” turns the tables Rene Lacoste, the French tennis —Star Staft Photo. and his victim takes it gracefully. ace (at right), congratulating Wil- liam Tilden after the American’s great vietory in their singles clash of the Davis Cup matches at Paris. Lacoste had previously taken Tilden’s measure four times. —Copyright by P. & A. Photcs. Aviators Shower By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. August 4.— Old shoes, packages of rice and the other customary missiles hurled at newlyweds rained from the sky at Brooks Pleld's first aerial charivari, which marked the marriage of Lieut. Charles T. Myers, jr, and Miss Fanabel Hull of San Antonio. Flying in formation with a blank file for the groom, in token of their grief in losing him, Lieuts. W. H. Brookley, L. C. Craigie, C. P. Wheeler and L. P. Hudson swept over the chaplain’s quarters just as the wed- ding party reached there and re- leased a barrage of articles, attached to parachutes. Each package bore a note offering a reward of 50 cent: from the groom's pocket—to any one | who would take the articles to the chaplain’s house. The demands for the rewards almost wrecked the groom financially. LINDY T0 SPONSOR Develop an Outstanding Champion Pilot. | ¢ | Bpecial Dismateh to The Star Europe on the Cunard Berengaria, of a cup for the races was received wireless at sea, he said, and he is hui ing home to help stage the event Held in Conjunction With Regatta. ‘The initial motor boat races will be held in conjunction with the yachting regatta to be held at Long Beach August 6 to 12. There have already been 25 entries for the motor boat races, he said, coming from Atlantic, Pacific and Great Lakes points. | Mr, Horne was returning from a visit to King Alfonso of Spain. He left Long | Beach by awrptane July 4, making con- nections in New York with the Aqui- tania and reaching Paris July 11, seven days later. Carrled Gift to King. He took to Spain a replica in gold and silver, weighing 38 pounds, of the statue “Aspiration” In Pershing square, Los Angeles, as a present from citizens and sportsmen of southern California to the King of Spain in appreciation of the efforts of the King in placing a Spanish exhibit costing $500,000 in the Pacific Southwest ition, which board MOTOR BOAT RACES Series of Tests Planned to NEW YORK, August 4.—Cel. Charles | Lindbergh is to sponsor the initial motor boat races of a series planned to de- velop an outstanding champion pilot in this formerly neglected field of sport, | it was announced by Walter Horne, | commodore of the Long Beach Pacific Coast Yacht Club, who arrived :\nm iner Word of Lindbergh's offer by iators Shower, | DROGOERTY HELD In Aerial Charivari () 1) PROHIBITIC Anti-Saloon League Direct Quotes Labor Figures to ‘ Prove Contention. | ot L5 | [ i | By the Associated Press. | Quoting Herbert Hoover as once ha: | ing said that prohibition “puts dollar | and cents in the pockets of every man | woman and child in America.” Ernes | H. Cherrington, director of the Anti- | Saloon League's department of educa- | tion, declared in a statement made pub- | lic today that this was borne out in = | comparative study by the Labor De- partment of wages of workers in dry America and those in other countries. Cites Increased Production. “The increased productivity of Amer- ican workers under prohibition is, ac cording to our greatest economist: Mr. Cherrington said, “the most sig- nificant factor in mass production upon which our current prosperity rests and which makes possible the payment of | high salaries to our workers. | “Not only have salaries and wages increased since prohibition was adopted. | but standards of living have also risen | throughout the country. 1In spite of | the increased cost of living. the latest | figures of the Labor Department show that the worker could buy 30.7 per cent more with each hour of work. than he could in the pre-war license vear of 1913, usually taken as a standard year Makes Wage Comparisons. | “When American bricklayers receive $12.56 per day, compared with $1.39 paid in Austria, $1.32 paid in Belgium $1.57 in Prance and $1.84 in Germany when American carpenters recelve | $10.16 per day as compared with $2.96 | in England, $1.86 in Germany and $1.82 {in Tealy: when laborers in the build- | ing trades receive $4 per day in the { United_States and ouly $1.47 in Ger- many, $1.12 in Austria. 91 cents in Bel | gium and 30 cents in Italy. one :em | stands why so ¢ in these anni | ridden countries are anxious to get as |quickly as possible to dry America, where the banishment of the saloon ! contributes to a general prosperity that exists nowhere else.” | MEDICAL MEN ELECT. Dr. Charles F. Russell New Presi- dent of Fairfax Association, Special Dispateh to The Star | HERNDON, Va. August 4.-—The Fairfax Medical Association was enter- fained Thursday at the home of the | president, Dr. Willlam Meyer. A paper | was read on “Syphilitic Aortitis™ by Dr. ! Halley and discussions were made by | Drs. Swain, Noland and Schoenfeld. | Dr. Calhoun Stirling read a paper. | “Prostatic Enlargement,” Dr. Foot lead- |ing in the discussion. Dr. Charles F from the death chamber by is-| suing a statement from her cell in the | ‘Atianta County Jail saying that she | and another man plotted the murder | i | for Which She Strove. and delayed for more than an hour the { execution machinery while he endeav- | ored to determine whether a reprieve | A long-cherished ambition of Miss | should be granted pending further in- | Edith Blanche Lehbman—to wear the| and who had refrained throughout the | came as she stood at the threshold of | @oy from commenting on his wile'’s | the career for which she had pointed statement. maintained silence untl he | her life had been strapped into the death chair. — Miss Lehman wae changing the Wednesday, realizing that death was | Moss, a trained athlete and a glant in at hand, Miss Lehman begged her su- | stature, played for several seasons with pervisor to let her be buried in the | the Chicago Glants, a eoldved base ball league team Berne, Ind,, the girl made herself in- valusble to mothers in the neighbor- of Master Mason of Dr. Charles Prank- hood by devotion to the welfare of lin Russell, the “Grand Old Man” of thelr children. Hartman, she de- | curred & month ago. Miss Lehman fg- | norted the trifiing wound until & week later, when it became infected B opened in southern California a week | Russell, 89 vears old, of Herndon, was ago. chosen president; Dr. 8. B. Moore of ‘The King was so pleased that he sent | Alexandria, vice &Nudem: Dr, Oscar back with Mr. Horne a finely wrought | Wilkinson of Washington, second vice silver replica of the nmgennu Maria, | president; Dr. William P. Caton of Ac- welghing 27 pounds, to be a trophy for | cotink, secretary, and Dr. F. M, Brooks | Prince Cieorges County, Pomona Grange | ounced Monday. embracing various subordinate granges | The fire and & gas explosion following | of the county, will hold Its next quarter- | yyjured Gen. Theodore Robijensky, the ly meeting al Brandywine Thursday. A {owner, and several firemen and, en- business session at 10:30 am., will open 'cunlrnd several film celebrities, inélud- Luncheon will be served |ing Charlie Chaplin, who fled from the Seek Gold in Flooded Area. Belleving that recant heavy mountain- side floods have washed away the gold from various gold mines in the Bar- flame burned low and lgnited the brush, The average life of a honey bee s six weeks, three as a field bee and three a8 & nurse rearing its young, About . Church Plans Festival. Bpeciel Dispateh W The Star CHELTENHAM, Md 4 August Cheltenham Methodist Eplscopal Church | Widows in Korea do not remarry, no |mouth district of England, & London the program. will hold its annaul harvest festiva) | matter how young they may be, Even |dredging exper! has received permission | 3 per cent of all the beck fssuing from | by women of Brandywine Grange. The ! bul iding * when the fire broke out.|yacht races in southern California {of Falrfax, treasurer. Dr. Brooks was next Thursdey evening starting at 5| though they had been married only a ! from the Barmouth herbar frustess (a4 the hive never peiurn, heing dosivoyed public Is invited to the afternoon ses- Tocaze's defense was that the fire was| waters. The King announced that his | appointed delegate and Dr, McCarthy o'clock. There will be supper and other | month, they may not take s second dredge for the metal in the Mawddach by storms, birds and their own over- sion which will be marked by a pros accidental or started by Russian ene- present would be offered as a trophy 'alternate to the meeting of the State atiractions, ik bl G estuary, : i Wi ey i s gvam of lectures and music, .. imies of the owner, or races sailled off Santander, assoclation i October, ’ 15 o~ w i oI o * PG 5% : TNy A s It i i S G