Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1928, Page 2

NAVY RACE FLYER ESCAPES IN CRASH Expected to Live After Strik- ing Ground, Speeding at 150 Miles an Hour. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. MINES FIELD. Los Angeles, Calif., September 10.—Today is scheduled as “Navy day” on the program of the 1928 National Air Races and Aeronautical Exposition, but the sea fivers from the carriers Saratoga, Lexington. Langley and the naval air station at Anacostia THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. NAMED PILOTS AT NEW FIELD e, | ‘P took command of the situation for thrill- | producing feats, climaxing the dav with a crash in full view of the 100.000 per- | sons who jammed this mammoth area for the entire day. The paying public got its monev's worth, and that section of every public gathering given over to a desire for something morbid was well paid when Lieut. George H..Hasselman of Straffing Squadron, No. 2, attached to the U. 8. § Saratoga, flew into the ground just after turning the home pylon, upon which the eves of the assemblage were focused during a special race fo. pilots of that squadron. And in the crash they saw a mlrarlv* of aviation, for as Lieut. Hasselman's Boeing single-seater fighter crashed to | earth from an altitude of not more than | 20 feet and at a speed of 150 miles per | hour, thers was but _one conclusion— death for the pilot. But last night he was reported resting comfortably, suffer- ing. naturally, from serious and painful | injuries. But an air of optimism was | evident and the physicians in attend- | ance predicted that if no complications | get in, he will live | Starting Fourth Lap. ! Licut. Hassslman was starting the | fourth Jap of a sis-lap contest among | the pilots of the squadron which earlier in the afternoon had executed the now | famous “diving bomb™ attack and other | perial mancuvers, and which, by its| general flving ability, has endeared itself to the hearts of Californians as | the finest fiying unit in the world. On previous laps he had approached the home pylon lower than the others, end on turning in a 90-degree bank had lost altitude as he started on the new lap, recovering within a few feet of the ground. His flying in this re- gpect was conspicuous and soon the thrill-seeking. public had its eyes on the lookout for his plane. | Here he came, No. 14. Over he went in a vertical bank, Around the pylon he “wrapped” the ship, and then—he | went into the ground. The lower left | wing struck first and broke off. The next to hit was the engine. The plane | bounced in the air and came to a final | .rest. The announcer earlier in the pro- ceedings, either acting on a premoni- tion or conscious of the fact that when | something is going on within a limited | area involving hundreds of planes an accident of some sort might be looxed for, had cautioned the audience to main in its ~lace in the event of a mis- hap. Grasping the situation instantly, | he velled through the amplifiers for every one to keep seated. And every one did. { Talks in Ambulance. Out there in the field, just a few hun- @red feet away, lay the wreckage with Lieut. Hasselman within. Ambulances and official cars rushed to the scene. ‘The other planes in the race continued as though nothing had occurred. Lieut. Hasselman was unconscious, but as he ‘was placed in an ambulance he regained | consciousness and began to talk. Word was rushed to the crowd that he was alive and not dangerously hurt. A cheer went up for the airman as though he were a_foot ball star who had been knocked out and now was limping off the field. & fi’ u;_éh :‘;n‘lck l'umib::;)d oau;hénllhe; eld. The plane not a washout, &5 might be- “after-oomiding with the ground at such a tremendous speed, ‘was dragged out of view. The show con- tinued. Al Wilson, Hollywood stunt pilor, § went aloft in his 1910 Curtiss pusher biplane and played around. Parachute jumps foliowed and then the crowd went home only to return a few hours lJater for night pyrotechnics. B Before the accident the famous t of Navy pilots, Lieuts. D. W. (Indian Joe Tomlinson, A. P. Stores and W. V. Davis, the latter being the navigator of Art Gobel's Woolaroc in the Dole fiight o Hawaii, ran off their stunt formation “act, which is to be a daily feature for {ithe rest of the week. The crowd yester- “day. even larger than the opening dav, went wild over this flying display. In fact, it was hard for those who had scen this “act” many times before to take the “show placidly. The main event to open ‘the day's activities was a race among the six Marine Corps planes of a Marin: -observation squadron, based at North Island, San Diego. This race was fol- ‘lowed by a demonstration of “attack aviation” by the 2d Attack Group from “Galveston, Tex., commanded by Maj. John H. Jouett, until recently on duty in Washington. Nearly everybodv who has a finger in flying of one rt or another was here yesterday when a Coast Artillery field gun fired a salute, the colors were run up the flagpole and the national an- them was played. inaugurating the 1928 national ~r races and aeronautical ex- position. When the California sun had disappeared into tk: Pacific, however, the Army. Navy and Marine Corps had | claimed the day. These three services brought out their best and paraded it for the m than 100,000 persons who | Journeyed nearly 15 miles from all parts ©f Los Angeles out to Mines Field. There was a conspicuous absence of | ‘commercial planes, but they will have | their day. Last night the best of the | commercial products were winging their way across the continent, competing | ‘with one aother in the transcontinental races. There had to be a fill-in and the Government air services filled that | bill to such a degree of perfection that | from the spectacular, skillfful flying| standpoint, it will remain as the out- standing feature of the air meet. In a mammoth exposition building, erected especially for the purpose, com- mercial aviation was on display. Not one of the exhibitors of planes and ac- cessories has had the experience in aeronautics that th» automobile makers have had in the motor car competition, but, notwithstanding, the products on display, without exception, were de- signed, constructed and set off with that degree of swank that the public calls for in everything, including fly- ing The various exhibitors may or may not hold hopes -f boosting their business and individual sales by means of the exposition, but that is not of prime importance. convert today is a customer tomorrow” ! their slogan, and it is to the future they are looking more than the present. Bombers Arrive. There were two outstanding features | of the military aircraft display—the arrival as the sun was setting of the Line Kevstone twin Liberty engined bombers from Langley Field, Hampton, Va., and the revelation of the “diving bomb" tactics of 14 Boeing single- | seater fighters of the Navy. The air was being churned up by propellers of the Army, Navy and Ma- rine planes when out of the haze that surrounded the city came the stately formation of Army bombers. They flew their best, almost wing to wing, and not a plane wavered in its course. ‘They had just arrived from Tucson, Ariz., where they had spent the night, and in appearing over the fleld they carried out the greatest long-distance bombardment tactical mission ever at- tempted in the United States. Maj. Knerr’s orders called for delivery of the composite squadron of the second bom- bardment group to Los Angeles on the | | | pal airports along the r at the wheels of the “flying ducks” came through in fine style. As they moved over the ficld at 3.000 | feet, in_close defensive battle formation their . forceful and majestic manner made a profound impression on the | huge crowd in the grandstand. One | tour of the field and Maj. Knerr throt- tled his engines, wagged his wings an proceeded to change the massed “V shape formation into one of column. In this alignment they made another circle of the fild and one by one landed, completing the delivery by air of a military unit from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Fighters Maneuver. dardly had they landed than another T mr was heard above. There sailed the high-speed, single-seater hey represented something #ew in naval aviation in particular and iilitary flying general. _Nothing like it h:s been seen in the East or Middle est. Here is the purpose of their exist- ence: In attacking an enemy fleet there | must be something in the way of mop- | up planes to clear the decks of defen- sive armament. These tiny ships, each mounting machine guns and each carry- ing a 500-pound bomb, attack the fleet and clear the decks, paving the way the heavy bombers with their big “‘cans” of dynamite. But just how this was to be accomplished was not easily under- stood until a demonstration was given. The 14 single-seaters, led by Lieut. Comdr. Davis, showed some formation fying that for the first time brought home to the famous 1st Pursuit Group of the Army at Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich., the fact that it is not the only crack unit in the country. Then followed a maneuver that told the tale. Lisut. Comdr. Davis wobbled | and wagged his wings, the four 3-plane “V" flights and a spare two planes flying together started for tie field— but in different directions. They dived down on the crowd from the North, East, South and West simultancously. Shrieks went up from the more timid in the audience as the roaring planes ap- peared to collide. It was impossible to follow the various “passes” at the field; the nead turned like on a universal joint and it was over before the enor-| mity of the maneuver, the skill of the pilots and the extent of the training for the work could be appraised. Rear Admiral William MofTett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and Maj. Edwin C. Brainard, chief of Marine Corps Aviation, were among the spec- tators. Admiral Moffett was trembling with emotion and Maj. Brainard jumped up and down with glee. Veteran Army Air Corps pilots were loud in their praise for the demonstration and the follow- ers of aeronautics felt here was some- thing that swept aside theory and estab- lished fact. BRIG. GEN. ANDREWS DIES AT HOME HERE Funeral Services for Retired Officer Will Be Held Wednesday. Brig. Gen. George Andrews, U. S. A., retired, former adjutant general of the | United States Army and a veteran of 38 years' service, died at his home in the Cordova apartments today after an iliness of two months. He was 78 years | ol e, the bovs Gen. Andrews was appointed adjutant general in 1912, with the grade of brig- adier, and served until placed on the re- tired list August 26, 1914. Prior to that time, while holding the grade of colonel, he served as adjutant general and mil- itary secretary of the United States Army. Born in Providence, R. I, Gen. Andrews was the son of the late George Lippitt Andrews and the late Mrs. Alice Beverly Potter Andrews. He was gradu- ated from the United States Military Academy in 1876 and was appointed a second lieutenant in the 25th Infantry. He was promoted to the grade of first lieutenant February 19, 1883, and made a captain in September, 1892. Subsequently he was promoted to major and assistant adjutant general in February, 1898, and to lieutenant colonel in 1901. He was promoted to colonel and appointed adjutant general and military secretary of the Army August 7, 1903. Gen. Andrews had made his home in this city since his retirement. He was a member of the Loyal Legion, the Army and Navy Club, the Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution, and the Society of Indian Wars, He was married to Miss Katherine Brayton Taintor. of Cleveland, Decem- ber 10, 1822, He is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Abram Claude and Miss Katherine Andrews, both of this cif Funeral rvices will be conducted at his residence in the Cordova Apart- ments Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Arlington Cemetery. JUDAH IN CAPITAL. Envoy on Way Back to Cuba After Military Camp Term. Col. Noble B. Judah, United States Ambassador to Cuba, is in this city to- day on his way back to Havana after having served with his old regiment, the 337d Field Artillery of the 42d (Rainbow) Division, at its participation at Camp McCoy, Wis., last month. 8th. and although beset with numerous dificulties in the way of weather and Aasufficient fucling facilities l|‘numcl- today. in the Reserve Officers’ Training Camp He had a conference with Acting Sec- refary Clark at the State Department LIEUT. JOHN H. TILTON, (Top), appointed chief pilot and officer in charge of flying operations at the airport and commercial flying school to be established on the Rockville Pike, and Lient. Frederick A. Schauss, assist- ant chief pilot. They will be in charge | of the fiying school and of operations on the proposed sightseeing and pas- senger service. PROGRESS IS MADE | | | | Rapid progress is being made today on preparations for the opening of the | proposed model airport and commercial | flying school and passenger service at Halpine, Md., on the Rockville Pike, 6 miles beyond the District line. Incorporation papers are being drawn today at the offices of Attorney Albert M. Bouic in Rockville and will be filed, probably tomorrow, with the State tax commission at Baltimore, who in turn will place a copy on file in the court- | house at Rockville. Contracts will be let immediately for delivery of two cabin passenger planes and five training planes, and actual fying operations are to begin as soon as the planes are received. Maj. Harry M. Horton, executive head of the airport concern, today announced the appoint- ment of Licut. John H. Tilton, former Navy World War flyer and instructor, as chief pilot and officer in charge of fly. ing at the new airport, and of Lieut. Frederick A. Schauss, 2114 N street, for- mer Army flyer, as assistant chief pilot and instructor in acrobatic fiying. Construction to Start. Construction of hangars and servicing facilities will begin immediately follow- ing incorporation of the airport com- pany, the name of which has not been announced. Incorporation papers now being drawn, it is understood, are so drafted as to make possible a great expansion of the plans should certain Western aviation interests decide to take an active part in the creation of a great commercial training school and passenger-transport service here. It is now considered likely that these West- | ern interests may appear in the local field next Spring Maj. Horton said today that he is arranging for the purchase of two Ryan | cabin monoplanes, with a capacity of four passengers each, to be used in sigtseeing and passenger service. These planes will be powered ‘with Wright whirlwind motors and will be the last word in aerial transportation. Five training planes will be purchased in preparation for the opening of the flying school this Fall. These planes; will be equipped for dual control or solo | flying. Maj. Horton said that he hoped | in the near future to acquire a Fokker | tri-motored, 10-passenger plane for spe- | cial passenger service. Tilton Is Veteran. Licut. Tilton is a veteran in the fly- ing business, For the past 6 months he has been engaged as a commercial pilot in Baltimore. He holds a trans- port license from the Department of Commerce, the highest type of pilot's license issued by the department under the air commerce act. Lieut. Tilton was born in Washington and is 33 years old. He attended the | District public schools and Western | High School and then went West | Town Preparatory School, Pennsyivania, and Rutgers College. He took a tech- nical course at the Boston School of | Technology and when the war broke | out entered the Naval Aviation Service. | Assigned to the Pensacola, Fla., Nayal Air Station for flying training. Lieut. Tilton soon became so proficient he was assigned to duty as an instructor. Despite his efforts to obtain a trans- fer to the combat zone, he was retained in this country as an instructor during the greater part of the war. After leaving ghe service, Lieut. Til- ton entered the United States consular vice and was on duty at Liverpool. | England, for three years. Returning to| this city, he made his home with his mother at the Ontario Apartments up to | ‘he time he obtained his transport pilot's | license and went to Baltimore. He holds | a commission as first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Reserves. Has Long Career. Lieut. Schauss also has had a long flying career. A native of Ohio, he en-| tered the Army Air Service during the World War and served as a pursuit pflot. He entered the Reserve Corps after the war, returning to the service for active flying duty each year. He resumed ac- tive service for one year at Bolling Field, terminating this service June 30. He has retained his commission in the Reserve Corps and since June 30 has served 14 days at Langley Field, Va. Lieut. Schauss has flown virtually every type of Army service plane, in- cluding the transport type now being use largely in commercial service. LARCENY OF $25,000 CHARGED IN WARRANT Man Arrested in Check Case Ac- cused of Embezzlement From Realty Firm. Following his arrest here on a $10 | check charge for the Virginia author- ities, Marvin Lewis Whitehead, 28 years old, 1017 K street, was today served with a bench warrant charging him with both embezzlement and grand larceny of approximately $25,000 from the real estate firm of Shannon & Luchs. According to headquarters Detectives Ira Keck and B. W. Thompson, who made the arrest, they were unaware that Whitehead was wanted here be- cause of the fact that he had been secretly indicted and 'the bench war- rant held in the office of the United States Marshal. In addition to the other charges, Whitehead is wanted by the courts on a non-support charge, it is said. Whitehead, who told police that he | BOBBY JONES FIFTH, - OHNSTON LEADING Latter Shoots 71 at Brae | Burn, With Sefending Cham- pion Six Strokes Back. i i T, ! By the Assotiated Press. | _BRAE BURN COUNTRY CLUB NEWTON, Mass.. September 10.—Bang ing out a spectacular 71, one under par, and a record for the lengthened cham- pionship course of 6,643 yards, Harrison | R. (Jimmy) Johnston, veteran Minne- | apolis star, jumped into the lead for the | first 18 holes of the national amateur | Rolf champlonship qualifying test today. This gave Johnston, temporarily at least. a three-stroke margin over his nearest rival. Don Moe of Portland, | Oreg.. who had 74, and a six-stroke edge | over the champion, Bobby Jones with a7 John R. Ryerson of the Onwentsia Club, Chicago. carding a fine 75, had occupied the lead for five minutes un- til Moe. right behind him, came in one stroke better, only to give way to John ston. Winner in Rare Form. Johnston, who has held the Western amateur title and perennially topped the Minnesota State list, was in rare form. His only mistakes of any conse- quence were on the first and fourteenth holes, on each of which he dropped a stroke to par. FHe more than offset these by getting birdies on the fourth, eighth and tenth, as he exhibited un- canny control of his irons and a putting touch that seldom failed. The Braeburn course record is 69, made last year by R. R. Gorton, a club member, but it was carded before the layout was lengthened and sprinkled with additional hazards for the title test. so that Johnston's mark was re- garded as a new championship mark. Ouimet Loses Chance. Francis Ouimet, playing otherwis steady. missed a good chance to go into 2 temporary tie for the lead when he dropped a stroke to par on each of the last two holes, finishing in 39— Max Marston slipped badly on the second nine. After going out in 37. he took a 41 to get home, for a 78 count. The former champion had 5s on six of the nine coming-home holes. His companion, T. A. Torrence, the British player, was in trouble on both sides of the course, adding 40 to 43 for 83. e Harry G. Pitt, of Washington, D. C., was even with par for the first six holes and set the pace for the early part of the field, however. he got into trouble later on and finished with a 38-41-79, three strokes behind, the leader. The scores of other Washington play- ers were: A. L. Hougton, 39—41—80. M. Bfl Stevenson, 38—44—82. R. W. Diggs, 41—4: g Maurice McCarthy, Georgetown Uni- versity star and intercollegiate cham- pion, slumped on the last three holes of the outgoing journey, losing a stroke to par on each and making the turn with 40. He finished the 18 holes with a 79. Rallying on the final holes after a ragged start in defense of his national amateur golf title, Bobby Jones com- pleted the first 18 holes in 77, 5 over par. He took 40 on the first 9, but equaled par 37, coming in. Bobby's 77 placed him next to R. R. Gorton of the home club, who finished with 76. Jones Has Poor Start. Bobby was off to a poor start, his drive from the first tee being on a mound, and he found a brook from there. His approach was timid, and he ‘had to be satisfied with a 6 on the par 4 first. Ogilvie played a steady 4. ‘The champion’s tee shot on the second was over another mound and in a clump of trees. He made a good recovery, but carried over the green. Bob chipped on 12 feet past the pin and needed two putts for a 5, one over par. He was three over par for two holes. Ogilvie got another par 4. Bobby hit a long, straight tee shot on the 375-yard third, and sent his second whistling to the green. 40 feet hung on the lip of the cup and he scored par 4, as did Ogilvie. The title holder wore a broad grin as he left the green after his near birdle. He began to look like the champion on this hole. His 20-year-old partner was cool in the face of the big gallery and was ON AIRPORT PLANS Incorporation Papers Being| Drawn for Filing With Maryland. | still three strokes better than Bobby. Hits Another Long Shot. Jones blasted another long shot from the fourth tee, a hole of 446 yards. He was on the edge of the green with a number three iron. Ogilvie’s second found a trap and he took 4 to get on. Bob approached past the cup, but got his par 4 while Davey took 6. Bobby was in tough rough from the see on the long fifth, 577 yards, and had a brassie left on his third. The long wood found a trap guarding the green and he had to take another 6. Ogilvie got a perfect 5. At the 150-yard sixth, both Jones and Ogilvie were on, but Davey got his putt down for a birdie, while Bob took par 3. Jones hit his best tee shot of the round thus {ar n]l\ tcl;lie 4}'.2h-yal‘dl se;'e;\\l(k‘\ It was ideally placed wi a cleal ves nue to the Serton green. Ogilvie hit a tree and then reached rough at the edge of the green. Jones was well on and got an easy par 4. Ogilvie’ took 6. Jones uncovered a slice on _the 227- yard eighth, so did Ogilvie. Both had bad lies and were on far from the cup, Bob's approach putt pulled away and he got 4, one over par. So did Ogilvie. The champion was 5 over par for the eight holes and remained so when he got a perfect 4 at the ninth. Jones Trapped on Turn. i Starting home, Jones was trappel from ',heK tee on the 491-yatd tenth. He had to be satisfied to get back on the falrway with his second, but he then sent a long iron to the green Ogllvie was in a world of trouble and slipped over to a ridge beyond the green on his fourth. Bobby got a par 5 and Ogilvie took 7. Before he putted Bobby suggested that Dave mark his ball. “I don’t know where this is going when I hit it,” he said. Both players reached the 463-yard eleventh in 2. Ogilvie got a six-foot putt down for a birdie 3 and Bobby took a conventional 4. Jones was pin high from the tee on the twelfth 163 yards and Davey car- ried to the par side of the green. Ogilvie holed his putt for a 2 as Bobby cried, “Fine shot, Dave.” Bobby barely missed duplicating the stunt from 15 feet and Look another par. Makes First Birdie of Day. Jones pushed his tee shot on the 470-yard thirteenth on a piece of ground under repair and had to drop into the rough. He made a neat re- covery, almost reaching the green, and approached well up to the cup. He dropped his putt for a 4, his first birdie of the day. Ogilvie was in plenty of trouble and went over par with 6. Bob was now one under par for the second nine. Jones was in the middle of the fair- way on the long fourteenth, 556 yards, |and sent a screaming brassie to within 75 yards of the green. He pitched on 35 feet from the cup; a par 5 was easy. Ogilvie also took a 5 without incident. Jones' drive was almost up to the 311-yard fifteenth. He pitched within 5 feet of the cup, but his putt for a 3 rimmed the cup and he got 4. Ogilvie took three putts for a 5. Goes Over Par. Bobby got another long poke toward the 370-yard hillside sixteenth. He was has been driving a taxicab, is alleged to have embezzled the money while employed as an assistant bookkeeper by the real estate m'm' on in 2 and took the regulation two putts for a par 4. Ogilvie duplicated the performance. Bobby's drive went into a clump of small maples to the His putt from | B:C | | | Above: Mr. and Mrs. Albin Schefiel of Milwaukee and their 6-year-old son, Gerhardt, who came here for Gloria Matus, 4 years old, daughter of their { cousin, who with his wife lost his life in the Potomac on August 5. Below: ‘Glorla with Anna Schaeffer, daughter | of Mrs. John Schaeffer. Mrs. Schaeffer (has refused to surrender Gloria to the | administrator of her father's estate, | who wishes to put her in a boarding chool. —Star Staff Photo. WORK DENOUNCES WHPER ATTACKS Denies G. 0. P. Has Sanc- tioned Slander Against Smith. Whispering campaigns and the cir- culation of personal attacks against | both presidential candidates were de- | nounced by Chairman Work of the Re- publican national committee last night. Mr. Work said no personal attacks against Gov. Smith have been made “either with the sanction or authority or knowledge” of the committee. He declared in the statement he wished to denounce the “disgusting types of periodical articles and anonymous pub- lications directed against the two presi- d-ntial candidates.” ‘Once and for all,” Dr. Work de- clared. “I denounce all such activities as vicious and beyond the pale of decent cempaigning. In saying this I am m-rely reiterating the policy which I anwunced at the outset of the cam- paim.” Chairman Work in his statement charged that personal attacks had been made against Herbert Hoover, the Re- publican standard bearer, through “let- ters sent by presumably responsible per- sons in the ‘opposition under seal of confidence but -intended to start a whispering campaign.” Some of these, he added, have been broadcast in cer- tain sections of the country “under the protection and privilege of the con- gressional frank.” INVADE TOWN. Nationalist Troops Occupy Tang- shang, but Do No Damage. TIENTSIN, China, September 10 (). ~—Tangshang, located north of Tientsin, on the Tientsin-Mukden Railway, was occupied by Chinese Nationalist soldiers last night without serious incident he- yond slight skirmishes. There was no damage. The Northerners hastily withdrew in the direction of Lwanchow, near the right of the 255-yard seventeenth, a viclous par 3, but played through a miniature stump to land on the green and get a 4, the first hole on the second nine on which he was over par. Dave was even more troubled by the rough to .the right and had to be con- tent with a 5. Bobby left for the home hole all even with par for the hard second nine and needed a 4 to score 77. His drive carried well beyond a menacing brook 208 yards from the tee. He slapped his second on the green and took the par 4 with no great effort. Ogilvie caught the side of the brook, reached a trap on his third and wound up witk: a 6 for a score of 82. The cards: Par— Out Jones— Out Ogilvie— Out Par— In Jones— In 543 454 Ogilvie— 1In 732 655 Summaries First 18 Holes. The summaries, first 18 holes of qualifying play for national amateur golf championship: Robert R. Gorton, Boston, 39—37—76. :}:&ofll{{tk}.{){w York, 44—38—82. 2t . Hakes, D . gy unkirk, N. Y. Harry G. Pitt, Washington, D. C. 38—41—79. s = Frank E. Wattles, jr, Buffalo, 42— 43—85. Frederick M. Hancock, Providence, 40—42—82. M. B. Stevenson, Washington, D. C., SB—P‘JJIA-HZ 'aul Haviland, Bridgeport, Conn., 38—42—80. e George I. Lawyer, New York, 39— 41-—80. 444 654 444 543 453 463 652 554 434--35 444—40 644—39 434—37—72 44437177 | | Washington, D. C. Robert T. Jones, jr., Atlanta, 40— 37117, David Ogilvie, jr, Cleveland, 39— 43—82. Francis Ouimet, Boston, 39—39—78. Lee J. Chase, Buffalo, 42—43—85. Maurice J. MeCarthy, New York, 40--39—-79. Chris Dunphy. New York. 39—40—79. Thomas B. Wootton, Atlantic City, 46—37—83. Howard R. Walton, Chicago, 43—44 87. “Frank D. Ross, Hartford, Conn. 42—41—83. Lawrence M. Lloyd, Gi 41—42—83. Max R. Marston, Philadelphia, 37— 41-18. T. A. Torrance, Great Britain, 43— 40—83. John 5. Thomas Perkins, Great Britain, 38— 38-176. Eddie Held, New York, 39—39—78. F. C. Newton, Greenwich, Conn., 41— 43—84. Donald K. Moe, Portland, Oreg., 36— 38--74. \.dell, Great Britain, L reenwich, Conn., B. Ryerson, Chicago, 37—38— Dr. William T 433780, 456—43—82 | Harold Weber, Toledo, Ohio, 39—43— | 2 GIBSON TO BE BACK BY OCT.-1 TO REOPEN PROBE INTO POLICE __(Continued from First Page) _ | against one of the officers sslected to serve on the new police trial board. Belief was expressed in police circles that the complaint likely came from Representative Blanton of Texas, who made a sensational charge against Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the second pre- cinct in his appeal brief in the case of former Policeman Orville Staples. Capt. Burlingame is one of the members of the new trial board. Three New Trials. Coupled with these developments was an announcement by Maj. Hesse that three more policemen would be ordered before the trial board and the indict- ment by the grand jury today of Ed- ward M. Taylor, suspended Traffic Bu- reau officer, on charges of assault to kill with a dangerous weapon. Taylor is in jail awaiting trial on another in- dictment returned against him last Spring in which he is alleged to_have teenth street and Maryland avenuc northeast. Taylor, according to the new indictment, shot Willlam S. Me- Breen, an employe of a gasoline filiing station on Benning road northeast, August 30, 1927, The three other policemen slated to go before the trial board are Claude A. Ezell of the third precinct and Lester Parks and J. L. Taylor of the second precinct. Ezell was suspended Satur- day night when Night Inspector James D. McQuade and Hugh Groves reported that they found him in an intoxicated condition in his home on Morton street in Lyon Village, Va. Maj. Hesse said he intended to send Parks and J. L. ‘Taylor before the trial board to “straighten sut” conflicting stories sur- rounding the shooting of a colored man last week in the vicinity of Sixteenth and R streets. The officers said they shot at the man in self-defense, when a search failed to produce the weapon the victim was reported to have !lhmwn it away, an investigation was | ordered. Cab Driver Complains. According to the report of the inquiry | submitted by Inspector Albert J. Head- ley. Maj. Hesse said residents in the | vicinity “of the shooting heard from three to ten shots fired. The police- |man is said to have fired three shots | at the fleeing man. A A taxicab driver to whom Ezell is alleged to have refused to pay his fare after being taken to his home led to the suspension of this officer. The cab driver appeared at the third precinct station about 9 o'clock Saturday night and reported that he had taken Ezell {to Lyon Village and the officer had | declined to pay the fare. The cab | driver displayed at the time a revolver i that had been found in his cab by a | woman passenger. The pistol is sald to have been identified as Ezell's | Night Inspectors McQuade and Groves ithen went to Ezell's home and reported {to Lieut. W. E. Holmes that they had found him in a state of intoxication. | Ezell was fined $75 by the trial board {July 19 ot a charge of intoxication. | Two other charges placed against him at that time were dismissed. Conditions in the Metropolitan Police | Department will be discussed by mem- | bers of the public order committee of | i the Washington Board of Trade Mon- | | day evening.at a dinner meeting at 6:30 o'clock at the Raleigh Hotel. The meet- I sion of the committee which last Sprin | studied proposed changes in the organi zation and policies of the Police Trial | Board. ! CROCK | Henry W. Comstock, Buffalo, 46—45 | Two Children Overcome by Smoke. | Society Folk Fight Fire. HILLSBOROUGH, Calif., September 10 (#).—The Summer home of W. W. Crocker here, was destroyed by fire Sat- urday | $200.000. | ""Mr. and Mrs. Croker's two children, | Diana, 2, and Billy, 4, were overcome by smoke, but were rescued by their nurse just as the flames began breaking into their room. Soclety folk of the fashionable San Francisco suburb helped fight the fire and George Martin, prominent clubman had & narrow escape from being eaught beneath a falling wall. Mr. and Mts. Crocker are in Paris. hi-jacked a vanload of liquor at Four- | but | ing will be the first regular Fall ses- | night with loss estimated fl!l MOTOR CYCLE RIDER - SKILLED N GRASH | Motorists, Fearing Banditry, Fail to Heed Injured Man’s Pleas. His companion mistaken for a bandit by motorists who speeded by as he sought their aid, James Virdin Jenkins, 22 years old, Branchville, Md., lay mor- tally injured for a half hour alongside the road at Beltsville, Md., early this morning after a crash which sent his ‘motor cycle down a 15-foot embank- | ment. Finally, Hugh M. Berdan, 24 years old, Berwyn, Md.. driver of the motor- cycle when it crashed, also injured, in | desperation leaped on the running | board of a machine diiven by Ray Aronstein, 1210 N street, accompanied by Meyer Lewis, 20 years old, 1715 Seventh street, when he refused to stop. | A scuffle followed in which the men at- tempted to knock Berdan off before | they were convinced that there actually had been an accident. The two put Jenkins into the auto- }mahile and began a wild ride to Emer- | gency Hospital, which terminated at Thirteenth street and Iowa Circle when the machine, unable to negotiate the (curve at a high rate of speed, crashed | into the curb, blowing out two tires. | When the Emergency Hospital am- | bulance arrived Jenkins was dead. Berden was treated at the hospital for | cuts and bruises Jenkins was riding the tandem of | Berdan's motorcycle when it swerved | from the road near a filling station at Beltsville and hurled Jenkins down the | embankment. | Berdan carried his injured com- :pnnhm to the roadside 4nd aitempted to halt passing motorists, but they re- | fused to stop, thinking him a bandis. | Then he leaped to the running board of | the machine driven by Aronstein. ! Aronstein said today that he sta to push Berdan from the running board. | but finally heeded his frantic plea for | assistance. They then placed the in- jured man in the machine and started for Emergency. , Sergt. Charles Mullen, night chief of the detective bureau, attempted to noti- fy the Maryland State police of the a | fair shortly after 2 o'clock and w: 1 told, he said, to call “in the morning.’ | He called again at 5 o'clock, when he i succeeded in getting some one to lis- /ten to him and told them what local + police had learned of the accident. Sev- eral hours later an officer who answered | the telephone at the Laurel substation said that he knew nothing more of the affair than he had been told by Washi- ington police, since no investigation had | | been made at that time SEVEN FIREMEN INJURED IN BRADDOCK, PA., BLAZE | Flames Cause $132,000 Damage in | Business Area—Families Driven i to Streets. | By the Associated Press. | _BRADDOCK, Pa., September 10. Seven firemen were injured, one seri-| ously, and six families were driven to| the street here - early this morning. | when fire destroyed two business hlocks. causing damage estimated at $132,000. ‘Thomas Murphy, 45, a Braddock fire- man, sustained a bad skull injury {when he was knocked from a ladder jand fell 20 feet to the roof of the | burning buildings. Hospital officials | said his condition was serious. The other six were overcome by smoke and sustained body bruises when 1a skylight collapsed, hurtling them to | the ground floor. | The unhoused families were cared |for at a nearby hotel. [ Lieutenant Governor Dies. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, September 10 (). —Lieut. Gov. Clem F. Kimball, | 60. of Towa. died today. He had been | seriously ill for some time with sarcomg. r i | Overture, Xylophone solo, “Valse Caprice A 6 DEAD, 10 INJURED AS CONVICTS FLEE Overpower Guardz and Shoot Way Out of Louisiana Prison. Br the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La, September 10. —Six convicts were killed and 10, in- cluding prisoners and guards, injured {In & break from the incorrigible ward of the Loulsiana State Penitentiary last night that resulted in only twa being at large today. Two of the in- Jured may die. Two men, one a trusty who was aid- o ing the guards, were shot to death at the prison at Angola near here. Four of the escaping men were shot on the Mississippi River, and, while their bodies could not be found, officials said they were sure they were dead. Prison officials said the escape was planned by Cleveland Owens, New Or=- leans desperado, who had escaped once before and had sworn he would never be taken alive again. He wasn't, for the concentrated fire of the guards brought him down. ‘The men had received outside aid, for Owens and several others had pistols with which to overpower the guards. ‘The break had been planned to follow a base ball game yesterday afternoon, but the men had delayed it because it was late after the game was over. But S. J. Beck is believed to have precipitated the break with the words “I'm going.” Owens saw he had to act and he pushed his automatic towsrd the backs of two guards. Rob Prison Arsenal, Instantly the other convicts swung into action. There was a concerted |tush for the penitentiary arsenal. There the men obtained shotguns kept for the guards and then the dash for free- dom began and with it the fusillade of fire. The 15 men raced for the broad Mississippi River, a short distance away. hoping to seize a boat and escape in the darkness. Arthur Kichen, serving a life sentence for murder, was the first to die. Arthur Davis, a trusty used as a guard, joined in the fight on the side of the prison guards. He was struck ) on the head with a gun, and fell. but recovered sufficiently to fire at Kichen and bring him down. Jack Broom, another ftrusty, was fatally wounded as he interceded with the escaping men. Witnesses said Owen’s pistol ended Broom's life. Seize Boat on River. Other convicts seized a boat on the river bank, but meantime the aiarm had been given and the powerful search- lighe of the prison was turned on. Eight of the convicts had reached the river bank and got into the boat when concentrated fire from prison guards killed four of them. Authorities announced that those killed in the boat were Owen, a New Orleans contractor, serving a 14-to-21-year sentence for shooting a policeman with Intent to kill; Beck, serving a short term for robbing a New Orleans bank; Stanley Procter, serving four and a haif to fourteen years for assault and robbery in New Orleans, and Jack Martin, serving eight to twelve years for rob- bery. Four men surrendered before thev could reach the boat, but during the flight Capt. John Singleton and C. C. Higginbotham, prison officials. were seriously wounded and Higginbotham was captured and his body used as a shield from the bullets of the other guards. Officials estimated that rrore than 200 shots were fired in the ning battle. which was ended only the men had leaped into the rowboat and started down the river. Cant. Sin- gleton jumped into his speedboat and started in pursuit, joined by guards and trusties. Trusties Join in Chase. “I'm going after them!" he had shouted. “I am not going to order of of you to go with me, but there’s plenty of room " His rallying cry was answered by a number of trusties, who joined him in the boat, while others fired from ihe levee at the fleeing. men. Officials.said the four who were killed on the river fell into the stream and that their bodies probably would mever be recov- ered. The other four who had made the boat knelt down and surrendered. 418,821 POUNDS OF MAIL TAKEN BY AIR IN AUGUST Figure Nearly Double That July—New Rate Credited for Increase. for Air mail carried during August to- taled 418821 pounds, the Post Office | Department announced today. This was | nearly double the July figure of 214,654 | pounds, and Postmaster. General New said the result exceeded his “most san- guine expectations.” ‘The new rate of 5 cents for the first ounce and 10 cents for each additional | ounce, established August 1. was ered- | tted for the increase The Chicago-San Francisco route $ | continued to lead with 110,796 pounds, | compared to 60.951 in July. The New York-Chicago route was second with 103204 pounds. compared with 55.752 pounds, and the Salt Lake-Los Angeles route third with 39,781 pounds. com- pared with 22,838, The Chicago-to- Michigan-points line was fourth with 26,545 pounds. and the Chicago-Dallas route fifth with 25412 pounds. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Army Band Anacostia Park. at 7:30 o'elock tonight March. atadore” (Mexico)..Ramoniz *Herod™ (U. S.)... “'Southern Rhapsody” (U. 8. Danza Incaica, “Huanca™ Selection, at (Mexico) . . Ramon:z “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band, at the Marine Barracks, at 8:15 o'clock o- night: Characteristic march, “Parade of the Gendarmes Gear Laks Overture, “Flyiag Dutchman”... Wagner Cornet_solo. “The Sccret”........Hazel Suite, “Neapolitan Seene Massenet 4 Rubinstein orthern Rhapsody”........... Hosmer ‘Trombone solo, “Thoughts of Love,” Pryor Meyerorer of Monte- “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band the Capitol, at 7:30 o’clock tonight: March, “My Regiment”. . .. Blankenburg Overture, “Patrie”. . . oo Bl Cornet solo, “A Soldier's Dream™ . R Grand scenes from “Eugene Onegi ‘Tschaikowsky Valse, “Tales from Vienna Woods." Strau.s Torchlight Dans No Marines’ bymn, b 3" ‘The Halls o at ogers Selections from . “The Three Musketeers".. .. . Friml “Wotan's Farewell and Fivecharm Music” s From “The Va Vohspiel and Steilian from - Cavalleria Rusticana” ‘Tone poem, “The Star nlandia®..,, Spangled Danuss,