Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1928, Page 16

- THE--EVENING STAR;- WASHINGTON, <-D.= C;;= SATURDAY.- SEPTEMBER 15, These girls took part in the Wins,” given at the Children’s I teenth and Upshur streets, y dren left the camp. Left to nett Williams, Jeanette We: If you have any old whisky Gertrude Walker, Gar- nd Lovise Lane, holding articles made at camp during the S costume play, “Health Ith Camp, at Four- some of the chil- m: —Star Staff Photo. bottles—empty ones—the Smith- sonian Institution may be interested. Here are some of the ancient specimens in its growing collection, including a 100-year-old bottle from a New Hampshire contribulor, being examined by R. A. Allen of the institution’s ceramics division. —Wide World Photos. FORD-STOUT PLANE | ARRNES INCAPTAL -‘Crafl Flown by Lindbergh and | Miss Earhart to Be Here Two Weeks. » A huge tri-motored Ford-Stout mono- " plane which has been flown by many | of the most famous pilots of the day, | 2among them Col. Charles Lindbergh and Miss Amelia Earhart, today began | D A& two-weeks' sightseeing service at SHoover Field. The ship was flown here | rday afternoon from Teterboro | irport; Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., by ts owner, N. C. Browne, former Army | ind commercial fiyer. The plane has seats for 14 passengers, n addition to the pilot and mechanic, 4 #and is equipped for night flying, having :-bm lights and powarful landing lights mounted in the leading edge of the wings. The plane is of the type to be used by Comdr. Richard E. Byrd in his proposed Antarctic expedition. Carried Cuban President. The machine was flown by Lindbergh during his visit to Cuba and among his noted passengers was the President of Cuba. Miss Earhart flew in the plane from New York to Boston for her offi- cial reception following her flight to Europe several months ago. Browne is known as one of the most able pilots of this type of transport plane. He has flown the machine over 2 large part of the United States in all kinds of weather and has carried thou- sands of passengers without accident or forced landing. He was an Army avia- tion instructor during the World War and has been engaged in air mail and commercial flying since the war. He formerly was a Texas cowpuncher and beers a startling physical resemblance to Walter Johnson, former Washington base ball star. Equipped With Three Engines. 3rowne’s plane has a wing spread of | 74 feet and a length of 65 feet. Fully | loaded it weighs 10,000 pounds. It is equipped with three Wright Whirlwind | engines and can fly with a full load indefinitely on two motors or can reach a landing field and land on a single motor. For the information of the passengers a large altimeter and an air speed in- d'cator have been installed in the for- ward_part of the cabin, showing con- | stantly the height and speed of the plane. PATIENT RELEASED. Leopold Von Ferri, who claims to be W0 Austrian count, was released yes- werday afternoon from St. Elizabeth’s | Hospital on a writ of habeas corpus when a jury before Justice Stafford de- clared him to be of sound mind. Von | Ferri has been detained for more than four years and has made previous attempts to be released. A distant relative, Mrs. Louise Bender of Philadelphia, told the jury she was willing to provide a home for him. The physicians from the hospital still insane, suffering disease of the brain ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 15 (Spe- cial). —On the ground of desertion and adultery, Mrs. Gladys M. Atwood has been granted an absolute divorce hy Judge Robert B. Peter in the Circuit Court here from Maurice N. Atwood of Silver Soring. She was represented by Attorney Harold C. Smith of Rockville. The couple were married in Washington October 15, 1917, and lived together un- til March 5, 1924. Two children, Doro- , and Anna, 6, were born of the marriage. They are in the custody of the defendant’s mother. The bill named a co-respondent. Mrs. Alice Lumpkin of the lower sec- tion of the county has been granted an absolute divorce by Judge Peter from Archic A. Lumpkin of Virginia, the de- cree allowing her to resume her maiden neme of Asheton. She was represented by Attorney H. Maurice Talbott. The bill, which set forth that the couple were married in Washington August 3, 1908, and lived together there and in tl county until January 1, 1921, charged desertion. No children were born of the marriage. Motor Firm Incorporated. The State Tax Commission has ap- proved articles incorporating the Be- thesda Motor Co. and the articles of in- corporation have bcen received by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for re- cording. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the mar- riage of James N. Fowler, 28, of Pur- cum, this county, and Miss Lucille Cooley, 21, of Washington; LeRoy E. Fox, 25. of Washington and Miss Ruth Elizabeth Haines, 20, of Herndon, Va, 2nd William Harris, jr., 45, of Cumber- land, Md., and Miss Josephine Wack- ington, 35, of Montgomery County. Joseph Kelly, _formerly of _this county, died in Washington on_ Wed- nesday, aged 41 years, of an affection of the heart, -He was the husband of Mrs. Bessie L. Kelly, formerly a Miss Davis of Rockville, and a brother of Daniel M. Kelly of Gilman, Vermont: Thomas Kelly of Royal Oak, Mich., and Florence M. Spooner of Revere, Mass. The funeral took place yesterday with burial in Union Cemetery. A long illness of a complication of diseases resulted in the death in a Baltimore hospital of George L. Wood- ward, 66, formerly of Somerset, this county. ‘The funeral took place yes- terday afternoon from the chapel in Congressional _Cerhetery, Washington, burial being in that cemetery. Mr. Woodward was a native of Washing- ton and before coming to this county lived in Jacksonville, Fla., and Palmyra, Va. He was a brother of Mrs. Jesse H Wilson of Somerset and of Horace M. Woodward of Rockville and Harry Woodward of Jacksonville, Fla. The regular meeting of the Rock- ville Community Garden Club was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. Edwin H. Etz, Bradley Hills, and was attended by a large number of members and others. Fall flowers and vegetables were on exhibition and judged A number of well known residents of the county will, it is understood, take the examination to be held at Rockville next Friday for appointment as deputy game warden for the county. o succeed Clyde Harris, resigned, and for a temporary appointment as deputy warden for the Fall of 1928, each of which positions pays $100 a month. Ac- cording to the State Employment Com- mission, which will conduct the ex- amination, these have signified their purpose of taking the examination: W. Frank Ricketts of Derwood, J. Frank Krouse of Kensington, William Carter of Norbeck, Carroll Waters, German- town: Robert D. Hagner. Windsor he petitioner was represented by At- ey Charles N. Joyce, VAdams and Leroy Trout, Bethesda, and VRobert W. Farmer, Redland. At right: Henri Cochet, brilliant leader of the French tennis invaders, in action yesterday as he defeated the young Georgetown University player, Gregory Mangin, to enter the semi-final round of the national singles championship. —Associated Press Photo. A doughboy’s hint to the housewife. When the Army attacks the potent onion the kitchen force dons the gas mask. The strategy works well and sights of stalwart soldiers weeping over the ‘onion bowl are now rare. SOLID FOR HOOVER, WOMEN’S MESSAGE Anti-Smith Democrats at Mount Rainier Hear Address by Mrs, Nicholson of Chevy Chase. Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT RAINIER, Md. September | 15.—Anti-Smith Democrats, at a mect- ing in Blue Bird Hall here last night, were told by Mrs, Jesse W. Nicholson of Chevy Chase that the National ‘Woman'’s Democratic Law Enforcement League, of which she is president, stands solid for Herbert Hoover for the presidency. “We believe that Tammany is a cancer, which must be cut out,” she sald. Gov. Ritchie was scored as hav- ing turned his back on the cause of prohibition after having been elected in 1919 on an enforcement platform. The women of the State blush with shame, she said, at the conduct of public officials who represent Maryland. Mrs, William A. Du Puy of Wash- ington addressed a_rally of Repub- licans_and_Hoover Democrats at Ball- ston, Va., last night, denouncing Tam- many and liquor. MRS. ROSS AT LUNCHEON. Ex-Governor of Wyoming Stops at Lynchburg on Tour. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va. September 15.— Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former Gov- ernor of Wyoming, campaigning for the Democratic national ticket, is here to- day en route from Petersburg to Roanoke. She was entertained at a luncheon at tan Hotol and will bn o - of Mrs. Robert C. Watts, a membe the Democratic national committee, | First Presbyterian Church, \ciated with of | rold Signs of Autumn at College Park. University of Maryland huskies preparing for the tough gridiron cam- paign facing them this Fall. The practice scrimmages are taking on the snap and dash of real pigskin bat- tles as the big squad shapes up for its first game. Golf dubs fake heart! Even the best of the club swingers “find” the water now and then, and here is George Voigt, medal winner in the national amateur championship, reaching into the brook for his ball in his match round with Dr. Willing. stroke, Attending the organization yesterday of a community Smith- Robinson Club by women of Georgetown, at the old Francis Scott Key Home. The Smith banner is held by Mrs. Leon Arnold, president of the Smith-Robinson Club, with Mrs. J. Borden Harriman seated on extreme left, and H. B. Sorrell of Tennessee, who addressed the gathering, on extreme right. —Star Staff Photo. COLLEGE DONATIONS ARE TO BE REFUNDED Mary Baldwin $500,000 Not Raised in 5-Year Period, Is Finding of Virginia Presbyterians. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., September 15.—The Presbyterian Synod of Virginia, in ses- sion this week in Richmond, “advised” the board of Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, “to offer to return local sub- scriptions” made at the time it appeared a new college plant would be erected on the Lee Highway, a mile from Staunton, where a tract of 200 acres was pur- chased. Rev. Dr. A. M. Fraser, president of Mary Baldwin College and pastor of the said the ynod has not been able to raise the necessary $500,000 within the five-year period, which expires this month. ) 69 CAl‘iISY JOBBERS‘ SUED. U. 8. Charges Anti-Trust Law Vio- lations in Three States. BALTIMORE, Md., September 15 (). —An injunction suit against 69 candy jobbers of Maryland, Delaware and Vir- ginia who are members of the Con- fectioners’ Club of Baltimore, was filed in Federal Court here yesterday by the Federal Government and charges the confectioners with a combination in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. ‘The bill alleges that the firms asso- the confectioners' club bt candy in large quantities and at prices so reduced as to tend to force other dealers out of competition. LOUIS R. PEAK DIES SUDDENLY Expires at Home After Heart At- tack—Funeral Set for Monday. Louis R. Peak, 63 years old, secretary of the Corcoran Fire Insurance Co., with which he had been associated for nearly 50 years, died of a heat attack at his residence, 1852 Wyoming avenue yesterday. Mr. Peak was a director of the Colum- bia and Real Estate Title Co., and of the Suburban Title and Investment Cor- poration. He was prominent in the Knights of Columbus. being a fourth iegree member of the Washington Coun- | cil, K. C. He also was a member of the Alhambra, He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Prancis Bohanan Peak; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph J. Crowlev of Chevy Chase, Md., and Mrs. Louis J. Murray, of Grand Rapids, Mich.; a son, Louis F. Peak; a brother, John R. Peak, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Harvey. Funeral services will be conducted in St. Paul's Catholic Church, Fifteenth ond V streets, Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Luray Fugitive Captured. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va. September 15—Harri- son Buracker, wanted on a charge of robbing the George H. Judd cottage at Skyland, this county, and known as Sheriff E. L. Lucas’ “most elusive prisoner,” was captured Thursday night by the sheriff and three deputies at his home on the suburbs of Luray, after the officers broke two locks and subdued It cost the medalist a —Associated Press Photo. TRIBUTE TO BRETT MEMORY NEXT WEEK IMonument Over General's Grave at Arlington to Be Unveiled by - Military Order. Honor to the memory of Gen. Lloyd M. Brett will be paid at services Sun- day, September 23, marking the un- veiling at Arlington of a monument over his grave. Father Victor O. Anderson of St. Agnes’ Episcopal Church, 46 Q street, who conducted Gen. Brett's funeral service, will officiate at the memorial service. The monument. given by the 80th Division Memorial Association, will be unveiled in the presence of delegations from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Military Order of the World War, the Society of Santiago de Cuba, the So- journers, the Military Order of Foreign Wars and other organizations, includ- ing the men who served under him in the 169th Infantry Brigade, 8(th Divi- sion, overseas during the war. ‘The unveiling will be done by Capt. Reuel W. Ulton, secretary of the Pitts- burgh Chamber of Commerce. The monument is a granite shaft § feet tall and 7 by 4 feet at the base. Gen. Brett was commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1924 and 1925. He was for a long time head of the 80th Division Memorial Associ- ation, commander at one time of the Military Order of the World War and vice president of the Society of Santi- ago de Cuba. “What Do You Hear?” Is Theme. At the services of Lincoln Congre- gational Temple tomorrow morning at the Lincoln Theater, Rev. R. W. Brooks will speak from the subject “What Do You Hear?” At 6:30 pm. the Chris- tian Endeavor Society will hold a fel- lowship meeting with New Beth=l Bap~ tist Church, Ninth and S streets. —=Star Staff Photo. The host stands on his guest. By way of greater convenience in reaching his mouth, the sea elephant’s keeper at the Berlin Zoo uses his back for a footstool as he offers the great beast a little light re- freshment. —Wide World Photos. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 15 (Special).—Members of both the Demo- cratic and Republican parties in this |eity heard addresses by Washington | speakers in support of their nominees here last night. The “Flying Squad- ron” of the Victory Smith-Robinson | Veterans’ Club of Washington, accom- | panied by the fife and drum corps of | the Costello Post of the American Le- gion, held an open-air meeting at King and St. Asaph streets, at which Norman Landreauy of Washington, S. B. Bond of New York. A. D. McCurley and Rich- ard Seelye Jones of Washington, were the speakers. The Hoover-Curtis Club of this city gathered in the George Ma- son Hotel to listen to speeches by A. B. Johnson and Mrs. Chitterdon of the national headquarters at Washington. Mrs. Eva Fairfax Crupper, 56 years old, of 720 North Columbus street, died | yesterday afternoon at her late resi- dence. Mrs. Crupper, the widow of Winter P. Crupper, is survived by two sons, Frank Crupper of Washington and Raymond Crupper of this city; a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Beahm of Lorton, Va, and a sister, Mrs. Harold Knight of New Alexandria. An automobile, operated by J. M. Small of Ohio, collided with two Wash- ington automobiles yesterday. One was operated by Joe Zinberg of 1100 Eighth street northwest, and the other a taxi- cab driven by K. L. Shelton of 1202 Sixteenth street. & A car driven by Charles Quartermouse, city painter, was struck by a machine driven by H. M. Dowling of 3534 Tenth street northwest, Washington. Mrs. John W. Travers, who has served four years as president of the Alexandria Fire Department Auxiliary, has been removed to the Alexandria Hospital by her physician. Mrs. Travers was taken ill while marching with the auxiliary in the firemen's parade at Washington on Labor day and has not been well since.s 60 INDICTMENTS LIKELY. Fairfax Grand Jury to Begin Heavy Schedule of Work Monday. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., September 15.—Sixty indictments\ have been prepared by the office of the commonwealth's attorney for presentation to the grand jury when Circuli Court opens Monday. A large number of civil suits also «re to be filed. The grand jury summoned by Sheriff Kirby includes D. W. Buckley, Roy_S. Kincheloe, Harry L. Marshall, W. Parker Richardson, L. A. Popkins, Harry 8. Birch, Claude W. Oliver, Irvin Payne, H. E. G. Besley, B. B. Iden, Henry D. Hirst, Albert C. Jackson, Mark Turner, Jether Dove. _The civil jury includes C. M. Johnson, H. 8. Birch, Irving L. Kenyon, J. R. Oliver, Charles L. Rosamund, J. B. Pyles, O. L. Detwiler, J. W. McAtee and C. C. Pierpoint. The criminal jury which will try C. L. Seeley, indicted for murder, includes J. M. Patterson, jr.; J. W. Gaines, C. C. Kephart, H. L. Gaines, W. C. Hinton, R. J. Haines, George Pauly, Albert Jackson, J. H. Craig, B. F. Dean, J. Lee Dale, Jesse B. Mason, Frank J. Coffee, J. T. Harvey, ‘l”v'tzf Carrico, A. W. Leonard and C. T. atton. High School Roll Larger. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va. September 15. —The Warren County High School re- opened this week with 650 students, which was a large increase, T BUMSTED RELEASE 1S EXPECTED. S0ON - American, Held by Mexican Bandits, May Be Freed in Short Time. By the Associated Press. Efforts of the American Government to secure the release of E. J. Bumsted of Los Angeles, manager of the Hum- boldt Mine in Narayit state, Mexico, who was kidnaped and is being held by Mexican bandits for ransom, were out- lined yesterday by the State Depart- ment, which said present information was that Bumsted “will be shortly res- cued or relessed.” Ambassador Morrow at Mexico City. and Consuls Blocker at Mazatlan and Lowry at Gadalajara have been actively :ngaged, the department declared, in en- deavoring to effect Bumsted's release. The department said that notwith- standing requests from certain Ameri- cans seeking the withholding by the Mexican authorities of military opera- tions against the captors until negoti- ations were completed for Bumsted's release, the American officials had con- tinued to insist that the Mexican gov- ernment aid in securing his freedom. It was reported to the department by its consuls in Mexico that Bumsted was held for ransom under a threat and, if soldiers attempted a rescue, the bandits would kill him. The American consul at Mazatlan has requested the military authorities to act with caution, and Consul Lowry has been co-operatin: with the caplured American's fiscal agent, who also happens to be the British vice consul at Guadalajara. “Having in mind the fate of Rosen- thal, who was killed by bandits when Mexican soldiers attempted tc rescu- him,” the department’s statement said, “the department has felt it necessary to conduct this negotiation so as not t have a repetition of that incident.” FRENCH COMPOSER WINS SYNAGOGUE MUSIC PRIZE Ermend Bonnal's Liturgical Peem Is Selected From 98 Manuscripts. By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, September 15.— |Ermend Bonnal, French composer, ;was awarded first prize here yesterday in the international competition held by the Society for the Advancement of Synagogue Music. The prize was $500. The jury that made the award ex- amined 96 manuscripts submitted by composers from all parts of the world. The assignment to the candidates the setting of the liturgical poem, “Adcn Olam,” for cantor solc, choir and organ or orchestra. Bonnal's score will he heard for the first time at the Eve of Atonement services at the Temple, Emanuel, San Francisco. Bonnal, whose home fs in Bayonne, France, is a director of the French tional School of Music and a member of the jury of examinations at the Con-