Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1928, Page 2

ZEPPELIN AIRPORT HERE BEING URGED Chamberv of Commerce Com- mittee ‘Plans Drive to Get Terminal. Plans_to establish this city as the | United States terminus of the proposed | wransatlantic Zeppelin service, in ac- | cordance with the suggestion of Dr.| Hugo Eckener, builder and commander | of the Graf Zeppelin, were in progress | yesterday. At the request of Capt. Ernst A. Leh- | mann, first officer of the Graf Zeppelin, | maps, aerial photographs and data con- cerning the site of the Congressional Airport on the Rockville pike, north of the District line, will be assembled to- morrow and sent to the Naval Air Sta- | tion at Lakehurst, N. J., where the Graf Zeppelin is housed. A campaign to airport to this city was planned at a special meeting of the committee on aviation of the Washington Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. As the first step to insure recogni- tion of Washington by the promoters, the committee will inaugurate a de- termined drive to obtain action at the next session of Congress on the bill providing for the establishment of a great municipal airport at Gravelly Point on the Virginia side of the Po- tomac just below Highway Bridge. A joint meeting of Washington's three trade bodies was suggested at an early date to discuss plans for the de- velopment of airport facilities in the Capital and also to obtain appropria- tions from the Federal Government for a study of conditions here for flying. Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, furnished the committee with a mass of statistical data obtained from the Army, Navy and Bureau of Aeronautics on airplanes and lighter-than-air craft for use in the campaign. B | Statement of Committee. The committee, which is headed by Jerome Fanciulli, set forth its position in the following statement: “The committee on aviation of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, after consultation with qualified experts, finds that Washington is peculiarly well fitted to meet the needs of airplane and airship transportation for such reasons as the following: “1. Local .climate is adapted to air transport needs in that it furnishes a maximum of ‘stabilized’ weather. J “2. As compared with other sections | of the country, the Upper Potomac area is comparatively free of strong wind | currents. “3, Washington is equipped with ex- cellent transportation facilities by rail, air and road connecting with other parts of the country. “The committee calls attention to the modern airport to be located at. Grav- elly Point which, when completed, will furnish ideal facilities for land and sea planes and for airships. It is imper- ative that the bill now pending in Con- gress be enactefl at the earliest possible moment to meet the rapidly growing air transport needs of the National Capital. “In furtherance of this object, the committee directs that the Commission- ers of the District of Columbia be re- quested to ask the appropriate Federal department to make a study of Wash- ington’s facilities for air transport with reference in particular to weather and fiying conditions. “ “The committee recommends further that_all organizations. and.citizens of., the District exert themselves to the ut- most to obtain the passage of the Gravelly Point_bill. ; Lehmann Gives Opinions. Those attending the meeting, in ad- dition to Mr. Fanciulli, were Ivan C. Weld, president of .the’, Chamber of Commerce; Charles J. Stockman, Ernest E. Herrell, Gen. Anton Stephan, Maj., William O. Tufts, Maj. Harry M. Hor- ton, head of the new congressional air- port, and Lieut. Fred Schauss, assist- ant chiefl plllli»‘tl of the airport. t. Lehmann- yesterday 'hh‘hl.l;w\'est in_the Rockville and said that he will try to return to Washington this week to inspect the airport and its surroundings personally in order that he may be in a position to make recommendations upon his return to Priederichshafen, Germany, later in the month. Capt. Lehmann indicated that the site on the Rockville pike, which now is being developed as a commercial air- port, appears to be the best suited to de- velopment as a Zeppelin airport of the sites in this vicinity which have been described to him. = He' conferred for some time with Maj. ‘Horton, president of Congressional Airport, and Lieut. Schauss and appeared’ satisfied with their descriptions of the E-ogerty. A site of approximately 1,000 acres, extending a mile in ‘every ‘direction, is required for the safe operation of dirigi- bles the size of the Graf Zeppelin, Capt. Lehmann indicated, and there should be no obstructions in the vicinity to in- terfere with the maneuvering of the ships coming into land. CHARGES DOUBLED WHEN POLICE MEET Sergeant's Joke Recalls Prisoner to Other Officer Who Chased Fugitive. expressed ;:?l:z slbe? Because Sergt. George M. Little of the sixth precinct .police vice squad and Policeman R. J. Barrett of the fourth precinct “compared notes” in the cor- ridors of Police Court today, Clifton Sample, colored, found himself faced with two charges of illegal transporta- tion and possession of liquor when ar- raigned. 5 Sergt Little arrested Sample when he noticed the man seémed to have an abnormally large waistband as he was pedaling.a bicycle down Delaware ave- nue. After the policeman had followed him a short time, Sample abandoned his bicycle and attempted to jump over a fence. In so doing several bottles of liquor fell form his vest. - Result: liquor charge No. 1 Believing the occurrence rather amus- ing, Sergt. Little told it to all his friends at Police Court, including Police- man Barrett. AWhen the latter heard of it, he told the sergeant that he had chased a colored mén in an automobile down Delaware avenue a few hours be- fore the bicycle incident. The man had jumped from the car and escaped from the the officer. The car, containing 12 half-gallon jas, .was confiscated. So Barrett took @ look at Sergt Little's prisoner, idéntified him as the one who had run from the automobile, and made out papers for liquor charge No.2. Sample pleaded not guilty to both and demanded jury trials when brought be- fore Judge John P. McMahon. PANAMA LINE PROFITABLE Dividend Check for $350,000 Turn- ,ed Into Treasury. The. War ‘Department was notified yesterday 'that .the' board of directors of the Panama Railroad Co. had de- clared' a 5 per cent dividend on the capital stock of the company for the fiscal year ended June 30. A company check for $350,000 cover- ing this dividend was indorsed by Sec- retary of War Davis over to the Sec- retarv of the Treasury. bring the terminal | | widow, Mrs. Maude H. Marshant; threatened. Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, photographcd here yesterday with his son, Knute Eckener, who led the crew out on the framework of the wind-torn stabilizer of the airship to make temporary repairs when disaster —Underwood Photo. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. €, GCTOBER 21 PROF. MARCHANT DIES SUDDENLY Linguist for Pan-American Union Was Expert on Brazilian Affairs. Death came suddenly last night to Langworthy Marchant, 62 years of age, eminent Portuguese translator and lin- guist for the Pan-American Union and professor of French and Portuguese at American University, as he prepared to take a drink of soda at the Ambassador Candy Store, Eighteenth street and Co- lumbia - road. Heart: failure was the cause of death. He was accompanied by his wife when he was stricken. 4 . Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, the coroner, was summoned and pronounced Mr. Marchant dead, due to natural causes. Pan-American Union Loss. Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director of the Pan- American Union, issued this statement: “His _passing spells a very great loss to the Pan-American Union. He was not only a good linguist, but a man of great literary ability. His death is a great shock to me, as when I saw him last, he appeard to be in good heaith and certainly there was no premonition of this. He was a faithful and most de- voted worker and his loss will be felt very greatly by us.” Born in Clinton, La., on August 15, 1866, Mr. Marchant was taken by his parents at the age 3 to Brazl, There in later life he was the chief of the Translation Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Brazilian govern- ment. From that post he came to Washington with the Pan-American Union and had been here for 12 years. He lived at the Portner Apartments, Fifteenth and U streets. Wrote on Brazil. Mr. Marchant wrote extensively on conditions’ in Brazil and the history of that country in periodicals, both in tihs country and in Brazil. He was a con- tributor to the Bulletin of the Pan- American Union. He was credited with aiding materially in bringing about a closar relationship between Brazil and the United States. Mr. 'Marchant is survived by his his daughter, Anyda, 18 years of age; his son, Alexander, 16 years of age, and his sister, Miss Annie deArmond Marchant. ‘The body was taken to the S. H. Hines funeral parlors at 2901 street. Funeral arrangements are being made. B’NAI B'RITH TO HEAR HENRY ALEXANDER Here to Plan Season's Activities. Henry A. Alexander of Atlanta, Ga. a former member of the General As. and past presidents of Argo, the local lodge of the order. Joseph A. Wilner, Argo's president, will preside. The committee is meeting here to formulat€ plans for the Fall and Win- ter activities of the order, which is considerably increasing the scope of its work. in the universities in increas- ing the Mterest of Jewish students in Judaism through the Hillel Founda- tion, and which is also engaged in furthering the work of its Anti-Def- amation League to combat intolerance and racial prejudice. attending the meeting are Hyman Jacobs, Atlanta: Sidney J. Stern, Greensbdro, N. C.; Alvin B. Hutzler, Richmond: William A. Goodhart, Bal- Joseph Fromberg, Charleston, Edwin L. Levy, Richmond, and Sig- mund Sternberger, Greensboro. | Three Hurt in New York Railroad Collision. | Fourteenth | Paul General Committee of Order Meets ovanied on this trip by his son and sembly of Georgia and a captain of in- | luncheon by the National Press Club fantry in the World War, will be the ' yesterday afternoon. principal speaker at a dinner to be |Dr. Eckener made the only formal given in honor of the general commit- (Speech of his Washington visit. tee of the District of Columbia Grand |began his address in English but, find- Lodge, No. 5, of the Independent Order |ing himself handicapped, reverted to of the B'nai B'rith at ‘Wardman Park |his native tongue, with Capt. Lehmann Hotel at noon today, by the officers |acting as interpreter Included among the guests who are | Marcus Endel, Jacksonville, Fla.; | DIES IN “SPEEDER"‘CRASM injured, two seriously, near here today { when a motor “speeder” on the O. & W. Railroad crashed train which it was following. into the rear of a Earl Eastwood 38, of Guilford, was the man killed. Linguist Dies LANGWORTHY MARCHAN' YOUTHFUL ECKENER WINS ACCLAIM OF THRONG IN CAPITAL | (Continued from First Page.) day, but may have to be delayed for ¢ day or two, Capt. Lehmann indicated. Weather to Govern. Earlier yesterday Capt. Lehmann had said that weather conditions would de- termone the time of departure, once the repairs had been completed, and would largely influence the course to be followed by the dirigible in its good- will tour. He said that Dr. Eckener hoped to fly over St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland and other cities and towns along this general route. ' Dr. Eckener sald just before boarding the tramn that he had invited Henry Ford to be his guest aboard the dirigi- ble on its flight from Lakehurst to Scott Field, Belleville, Tll,, where it is plan- ned to moor the dirigible overnight at the end of the first day of its tour. No reply had been received from Mr. Ford up to the time of leaving Wash- ington, Dr. Eckener said. Dr. Eckener asked that all telegrams receive here for him tonight be for- warded to him at Akron, where he will arrive at 7:25 am. Monday. The Ger- man dirigible expert will confer with W. Litchfield, president of the | This Goodyear Zeppelin ' Corporation. American rival of the German Zeppelin Works at Friederichshafen, has just been awarded the contract for con- struction of two 6,500,000 cubic foor dirigibles for the Navy. Son Making Trip West. After leaving Akron Dr. Eckener will |80 to Chicago for a brief visit before returning to Lakehurst. He is accom- Capt. Lehmann of the Zeppelin crew and Count Alexander von Brandenstein- | Zeppelin, son-in-law of the inventor of [ the “type of aircraft bearing his name |[m;d a passenger on the transatlantic | rip | ‘The final honor paid Dr. Eckener and {his party by this city was a testimonial At this luncheon He ! of reparations, it appeared today from | conversations which have been going on { between S. Parker Gilbert, agent general | committee of experts, that is the scope {each direction at least every fourth ALES SELEGTIG REPARATIONS DY Experts, Including One From U. S., to Begin Revision of Dawes Plan. By the Associated Press. a few weeks on the question of revision for reparations and the governments interested, as well as between Winston Churchill, British chancellor of the exchequer, and Premier Poincare. The subject under immediate dis- cussion is the composition of a new body of experts agreed upon at Geneva last month and the limits of its mission. Want U. S. Rrepresented. The first point definitely agreed Upon is that France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, the United Etates and Japan should be represented on the committee of experts. While it is understood that the American Government will not be | invited as a government to send a representative, it is probable that the State Department will be asked if there is any objection to the participation of an American in the work of the| committee One or two Americans of the highest standing in the financial world will be requested to participate and care will | be taken not to invite any one who might for any reason be objectionable to the United States Government. Thus, it is held, the American Govern- ment will have an “unofficial” right of vote. Scope of Inquiry Unsettled. The second point with regard to the of their negotiations, remains to be de- termined definitely. There has been considerable progress in this direction, however, and it was said today in semi- official circles that the composition of the committee and the precise outlines of its mission may be announced before the middle of November. When the committee submits its re: port, this will be referred to all the governments represented and, in ad- dition to Rumania and Jugoslavia, the other creditors of Germany under the reparations settlement. Big Bond Issue Possible. The idea of commercialization of the debt is said in some quarters to have ultimately in view an offer by France of her share of the bonds in immediate extinction of the war debts to the ex- | tent that they will go. Under that France would propose to hand over to Great Britain and the United States her share of the German bonds bear- ing 5 per cent interest. Great Britain and the United States, should they agree to this arrangement, would thus be- come cregitors of Germany to that ex- tent in place of France. There is now talk of commercializing not_only 16,000,000,000 marks of rail- road and industrial bonds, but the total amount on which the governmgnts may finally agree Germany must pay. MAYOR HELD IN BAIL. Michigan Official Charged With Election Fraud Plot. FLINT, Mich, October 20 (#).— Mayor William H. McKeighan of Flint was held for trial in Circuit Court when arfaigned today on a charge of con- spiracy to commit fraud in the primary election of September 4 last. A grand jury investigation resulted in charges that 1,330 ballots had been &tolen from - the city hall, marked to favor Republican candidates and stuffed into ballot boxes in seven election pre- cincts. Mayor McKeighan's bail of $2,000 was continued. northern course our trip would have taken five days. “To escape the worst of the storms we took the Southern route, almost doubling our mileage further delayed our passage. The damage to our stabil- izer caused still further delay. Despite all these handicaps we made the flight from the coast of Europe to the coast of the United States in three and one-half days. But for the damage to our stabil- izer we should have cut a full day from this time.” The next dirigible produced at Friederichshafen, .Dr. Eckener said, would be a much better ship than the Graf Zeppelin, which is today the finest lighter-than-air craft in the world. The next ship will have twice as many motors as the Graf Zeppelin and will have a cruising speed of from 80 to 85 miles an hour. This in itself will ma- terially increase the safety of the ship by making easier the avoidance of un- favorable weather areas. Mail Use Seen First. For the present dirigibles will find their greatest field of activity in the carrying of transoceanic mail, Dr. Eckener believes. Mail not only pays better than passengers, but does away with the necessity of carrying large supplies of food and water, and the weight of saterooms and furnishings for the accomodation of passengers. “To make the carrying of mall prac- tical business enterprises,” Dr. Eckener said, “we must be able to guarantee to the business man_ that his letter, no matter when mailed, will be carried | across the ocean in less time than would be possible by steamship. To do this we must have a diriglble sailing in day and to maintain such a schedule we must have at least four ships in operation, which would entail a capital outlay” -gf approximately $8,000,000. The construction of landing terminals in Europe and the, United States would be necessary and ‘they probably will bring the fnitial outlay to $14,000,000 or The recent flight of the Graf Zeppelin, | Dr. Eckener declared, had illustrated the i reasonableness and safety of trans- | | oceanic transportation by lighter-than- talr craft. He said that the flight| | marked only the beginning of the de- i velopment of airship transportation. Even under the worst possible’ con- ditions and with ships of no more ad- | vanced design than the. Graf Zeppelin, !he said, it will be possible to establish safe, dependable transatlantic coast-to- {coast transportation in two-and-a-half {days, approximately half the steamer time. The Graf Zeppelin's flight was in | furtherance of a program to establish confidence in lighter-than-air craft, a | type which has been thrust temporarily {into the backgroud by the remarkable achievements of pilots of other types of aircraft during the past year, Dr. Ecke- ner said. As a part of this program it {was decided nearly a year ago that the | Gral Zeppelin should be taken on her transatlantic trial trip, regardless of weather conditions, as soon as com- pleted and tested. Started in Bad Weather. “As a result of this decision we start- ed out in the face of the worst possible NORWICH, N. Y., October 20 (#).— | weather conditions we ever expect to One man was killed and three others | encounter,” he said through Capt, Leh- mann. “Frightfully bad weather pre- $15,000,000.” Further demonstrations will be nec- essary before it will be possible to in- terest. financiers in the proposed service sufficiently to insure financial backing of the project, Dr. Eckener declared These demonstrations he proposes to make with the Graf Zeppelin and her successor, now being designed ip Germany. Youth's Dzring Applauded. While Dr. Eckencr was warmly ap- plauded, his reception was completely eclipsed by that accorded his son a few moments later. The younger Eckener, a graduate engineer, is planning to fol- low in his father’s footsteps as a dirigi- ble builder and fiyer. His daring feat has won him a place beside the air heroes of the world and his introduc- tion was the signal for a storm of ap- applause, amid which rose shouts of “Hoch! Hoch!” and “Bravo!” Young- Eckener, a 6-foot, athletic young man with a mop of flaxen hair and a schoolboy complexion, rose bash- fully, his face red with embarassment, and bowed his acknowledgment. He refused to speak, also declinirig to be interviewed by newspaper men after the luncheon. ‘The crowd which gathered at the doors of the Press Building to cheer the flvers as they left after the luncheon was one of the largest of their Washington visit and traffic was vailed on the North Atlantic and setam- ers were being held in port 24 hours waiting for the storms to subside whea we left Freiderichshafen. , Had we plunged Into these stormsf over the tied up on Fourteenth street for sev- | eral minutesas they were driven away | evening. 20 ROBERY 15 REPORTEDHER Silverware, China and An- tiques Taken From Whitten Home. Mrs. Francis 8. Whitten of this city, New York, yesterday reported to police the theft from her new home at 2000 Massachusetts avenue of silverware, china, antiques and bric-a-brac esti- mated to be worth $20,000. Mrs. Whitten, it is said, has been re- siding for the past several months at White Sulphur Springs, leaving her valuables in storage in New York City. Recently she decided to move here for the Winter season and had the articles packed and shipped to her new home, where they were stored on the top floor of the building. The articles were received and signed for by the janitor, according.to Head- quarters Detective. H. E. Brodie, and then, in the presence of other em- ployes, were placed in the storage rooms for safe keeping. Two days of investigation- have failed to reveal a clue as to the manner or time of the disappearance. Mrs. Whitten has been unable to place an approximate value on the stolen articles. She is a tireless col- lector of antiques and small articles of art, it is said, and the valuables repre- sent pleces from over the entire world. Among them was a silver set that she remembers as having cost more than $500. There are also brocades, candle- sticks and ornaments for the wall and table. While decorators and carpenters have been preparing the house for oc- cupancy Mrs. Whitten has been stop- ping at the Hay-Adams House, Six- teenth and H streets. Her husband is a former Rresldem of the Columbia Phonograph Co., and a wealthy resi- dent of New York. Mrs, Whitten’s mother arrived in the city yesterday, it was said at the hotel, and their chauffeur afterward drove them to Fredericksburg, Va.,, for the BROKER INVOLVED - INFENCE" PROBE Remus Is Sought in Investi- gation of Sale of Stolen Bonds. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 20.— Investi- gation of what authorities termed an international “fence” for the sale of stolen bonds tonight had involved Edward J. Sweeney, Chicago broker, in charges of operating a confidence game and possessing stolen property, and had led to a search for George Remus, for- mer “king of bootleggers” and wife slayer. Discovery of cards bearing Remus’ name in Sweeney's La Salle street bond house remimded Michigan City, Ind., police they had seen him recently at Sweeney’s $100,000 home in Michigan City. Orders were given to bring in Remus for questioning in the hope that he could tell something of the al- leged dealings in stolen securities. Sweeney was arrested at Michigan City early in the day, and, electing to oppose extradition, was held for Cook County officers, who left here late today with warrants for him. Louls Eliasbarg of Baltimore swore out a warrant charging Sweeney with re- ceiving stolen property. He is president of the Finance Co. of America, at Baltimore, from which bonds stolen last February were traced by insurance inspectors to Sweeney’s brokerage. The charge of a confidence game was brought by Donald E. Web- ster, secretary of the Guaranteed Life Insurance Co. of Chicago, who said Sweeney turned over several stolen bonds to him. Judge Frank M. Ped- den fixed bonds at $40,000 on the two charges. State’s_attorney charged that stolen bonds sold in Cologne, Germany; Bal- timore, Columbus, Chicago and Detroit had been tracted to Sweeney's offices. REMUS DENIES IMPLICATION. Cards Bearing His Name Reported Found in Accused Broker's Home. CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 20 (#).— Gtorge Remus, former “king of bootleg- gers,” at his home here tonight, said he certainly would not be involved in any such operations as those of which Ed- ward J. Sweeney, Chicago broker, was actused. A Chicago dispatch, which was | read to Remus, related that investiga- | tion of hat authorities, termed an inter- national “fence” for the sale of stolen bonds, had involved Sweeney in charges of operating a confidence game. Cards bearing Remus’' name were said to have been found in Sweeney’'s home. Remus declared he had not seen Sweeney for “many months.” SALE OF U. S. CARS ABROAD SHOWS GAIN Increase of 25 Per Cent in Foreign Consumption Indicated for 1928. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 20.—An in- crease of 25 per cent in foreign con- sumption of motor vehicles of Amer- ican make for 1928 as compared with 1927 is forecast by a survey of the export shipments from factories in the United States and Canada made public by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce Comparison of shipments of 31 makers of passenger cars and 14 makers of busses and trucks during the first nine months of 1928 with the corre- sponding period of 1927 shows an in- crease of 33.7 per cent. PARIS, October 20.—Another sort of | White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. and | Dawes committee will be working within | 1928—PART T. JOKER CUTS OFF ARTISTIC TAIL OF BIG BRONZE BISON ON BRIDGE Uses Hacksaw in Trimming Process and Leaves Appen- dage for Police to Pick Up. “Bobber” Must Have Used Ladder to Perform Opera- tion, Police Believe. ‘The long, curly tail of the big bronze bison that adorns the southeast pillar of the Q Street Bridge across Rock | Creek was bobbed unceremoniously last night by a practical joker with a wild | West complex. All that remains of the | once-artistic appendage is a little sturhp that points skyward with inviting sym- pathy. A hack saw apparently was used in the trimming process. The part re- moved, weighing 8 or 9 pounds, was left on the sidewalk, where it remained un- til the police were summoned and car- ried it to the third precinct station in a patrol wagon. The exact time that the picturesque buffalo lost its tail, or the person re- sponsible for the ‘“bobbing” are not known to the police. All that they know is that some one called the sta- tion house and reported that the buf- falo was tailless. The height of the statue, the police said, must have neces- sitated the use of a ladder in reaching the tail. JAIL BREAK FAILS INFARFAX COUNTY Prisoners Stop to Stage Party on Seized Rum; Tarry Too Long. A break from the Fairfax County Jail that died aborning when eight pris- oners tunneling their way to freedom with spoon handles accidentally forced their way into a compartment in the jail where seized liquor was stored, and tarried to stage a party, even as their operations had been discovered, came to light last night. The escape was foiled by the alertness of Wilson Darr, jailer and - deputy sheriff, who discovered the plan soon after the men had gone to work Wed- nesday night, but he didn't act soon enough to save the liquor. 58 Bricks Removed. The prisoners had removed 58 bricks from an outer wall by laboriously dig- ging away the mortar when they broke into the storeroom. They broke open three gallons of the liquor and were going strong when the jailer and a force of deputies broke in upon them. The men set to work removing the bricks Wednesday night, Jailer Darr said, and he learned of the attempt soon after work began. Being on guard there alone, he decided to let the men continue their work until he could learn who were the leaders and- how many of the prisoners were involved in the at- tempt. ‘Thursday night he had a strong force of guards on hand when the prisoners resumed work. Darr learned that the men had cut through to the last layer of bricks between thefi and freedom and a cordon of armed guards was stationed outside to await the prisoners when they broke through. Drinking Fest Discovered. Instead of making the break, how- ever, the prisoners apparently sus- pended their operations and after wait- ing until 1 o'clock Friday morning, Darr and seyeral of the guards entered the corridor where the men were attempting to break through and discovered the drinking party in progress. 4 “We took ‘them by surprise and they surrendered without even attempting to put up a fight,” Darr declared. The ringleaders in the attempted break, Darr said, were Lesley Adams, held for trial on a charge of murder; John Kelly, held for highway robbery, and Fred Jones, held for the theft of an automobile. They were to have come up for trial October 29 and 30. There are 27 prisoners in the jail, but only eight were involved in the attempted break, according to Darr. 41 ARRESTED IN RAID AFTER DOOR IS SMASHED Police Forcibly Enter 14th Street Establishment; 20 Cases of Beer Are Seized. Smashing in’the doors with a sledge hammer the police vice squad early this morning raided the second floor of 2025 Fourteenth street and arrested 41 men, one of whom was charged with conduct- ing & disorderly house and possession ¢ liquor and the rest were booked for d! orderly conduct and released upon de- positing $5 each. Twenty cases of alleged beer, aggre- grating about 480 bottles and one pint of whisky, were seized. | The alleged proprietor of the place | gave his name to police as William | Cush, 24 years old. He was released under $800 bond. The officers making the raid wee Sergt. O. J. Letterman and Detectives ‘W. F. Burke, R. J. Cox and G. C. Mc- Carron, Seeking to elude for a few moments the crowds which have followed his every step since his flight to this coun- try last week as commander of the Graf Zeppelin, Dr. Hugo Eckener yes- terday engineered one of the escapes for which his fellow aviation hero, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, became famous, it was revealed last night following the depayture of the German party from this eity. |to the Carlton Hotel to prepare for their departure from the National Capital, Dr. Eckener hurried away from the Carlton Hotel yesterday morning, re- fusing to keep Aven an appointment {Dr. Eckener Escapes Capital Crowds .To Enjoy Solitude at Mount Vernon made for him to broadcast a brief greeting to American radio listeners, and went to the German embassy. He w.s trailed there by newspapermen, who were told that the Zeppelin expert was talking with friends. Instead, it was learned last night, the doctor slipped out of the embassy with a friend and was driven to Mount Vernon. His identity was made known only to the manager there and he was shown about the house and grounds. Dr. Eckener placed a wreath on the HUSBANDIS BAILED Ex-Congressman Counters by Accusing Wife of Re- moving Furniture. Clyde Tavenner, former member of | Congress from Illinois, who was ar- rested yesterday on a warrant obtaincd by his estranged wife, Mrs. Isabel Tav- enner, charging him with threatening her, declared last night that while he was arranging bond at the eighth pre- cinct, Mrs. Tavenner took a moving van to his residence, 1801 Belmont road, and removed his household goods. Taven- ner was detained at the station house more than an hour arranging bond of $300. According to Tavenner, his wife lef? him September 13, taking part of the furniture, and established a residence at 316 B street southeast. Yesterday morning, accompanied by their two +| daughters, he said, she visited him and | asked for the furniture. He refused to give it up, he said, as he still cherished ciliation. hind the two daughters. A few mo- ments later Tavenner says he was sur- prised to see policemen of the eighth precinct demanding admittance to serve the warrant. Talking to them from a window, he refused to believe they had a warrant, and was not con- vinced until they broke in the door. Tavenner said he was at a loss to explain what the threats consisted of. He declared he had not seen Mrs. Tav- enner for five weeks until yesterday. Friday he said he called a friend of Mrs, ‘Tavenner’s on the phone, and request- ed her to intercede in an effort to try to get his wife to come back to him. Tavenner was a member of Congress two terms. Prior to that time, and since, he has been engaged in newspaper work. The couple have been married 16 years and haye three children. Mrs. Tavennef declined to comment on the case last night. DEATH MAN CUT T0 WITH AX IN FLORID Robbery Suspected in Slaying of Grocer and Filling Sta- tion Operator. By the Associated Press. FERNANDINA, Fla., October 20.— Hacked to death, Charlie Husted, about 45 years old, operator of a gro- cery store and filling station, was found today lying on a bed in his home by H. Smith, a customer. Robbery was be- lieved to have been the motive. Police said he usually kept consid- erable money in his home, adjoining his grocery store and filling station. A b(lood-stalncd ax was found in the store, THREE DEAD FROM CRASH IN FUNERAL PROCESSIO One Car in Ontario Cortege Falls Behind and Attempts to Regain Former Place. By the Associated Press. BARRIE, Ontario, October 20.—Three persons. were dead today of injuries suffered yesterday when their automo- bile, part of a funeral procession, col- lided with another machine. The dead were Miss Mary Coleman, who died in a hospital this morning and Miss Dorothy Watson and her brother-in-law, Thomas Armstrong, who died last night soon after they were ! taken to a hospital. All were residents of Toronto. The accident occurred when the | driver of their car fell behind the pro- | cession and then attempted to catch | up by passing other cars on the road. | I | | has filed with Postmaster Gene: ON THREAT CHARGE the hope that he might effect a recon- | Mrs. Tavenner departed, leaving be-| KENTHTS TCTES N WHSPER PROBE House Member Whose Chauf feur Is Mentioned in Probe Protests to New. Representative Kent of Pennsy! {a vigorous protest over the “tactics used by postal inspectors in. their in- | vestigation of alleged irregularities of & political nature at the Lansford, Pa post office. The post office has been taken over by a postal inspector and the post- | master and assistant postmaster are junder indefinite suspension, pending a | thorough probe by the Post Office De- | partment of what New terms “a con- | spiracy” to circulate improperly through the mails anonymous “whispering cam- paign” statements about Herbert : Hoover's religion. A formal statement authorized by the Postrhaster General quoted a clerk in | the Lansford office as declaring that the circulars had heen delivered for mailing by Representative Kent's | chauffeur. ‘One of the employes of the post office in whose -behalf the legislator | wired his protest as Mrs. Bessie Burns Stickler, the assistant postmistress, and sald by New to be a sister of Kent's secretary. Others Held Involved. Mrs. Stickler and Postmaster Robert H. Stickler are the suspended .em- ployes. According to the Postmaster General “others” are involved in the alleged conspiracy. | The telegram from Representative Kent was received by Mr. New just | prior to his issuance of an order sus- | pending the two employes, it w: learned. The Postmaster General cate- gorically denied that his inspectors had used improper methods in pursuing the investigation. which led to the sus- pension order. ; The questioning-of employes at the Lansford post office was done, Mr. New said, by Postal Inspectors A. E. Furniss and J. E. Speake. . He declared that these men are among “the oldest and most trusted and most efficient” of the postal inspection service. . . The inspectors, in their report to the Postmaster General, said they went to a number of post offices in the State | in their preliminary efforts to trace the | place of mailing. of the thousands of | circulars sent out by an anoymous “Non-Partisan Committee.” The search | narrowed ‘down to two suspected of- | fices, the inspectors reported, with the | Lansford office finally centered upon ‘m the investigation, Pair Questioned First. Postmaster Stickler and Mrs. Stickler were questioned first, it ‘was explained. Mrs. Stickler said she had sold 35,000 stamped envelopes to a man strange to her, but both she and the postrhaster denied that the envelopes had been re- turned for mailing. Several other em- ployes of the office were questioned, and at first they, too, denied any knowledge of the mailing. Later, however, according to the in- spectors, one of the clerks volunteered to “correct” the first statement, .and de- clared that several bundles of the cir- culars had been delivered to the post- office by Representative Kent's chauf- | feur, and that Postmaster Stickler was present’ while other clerks stamped the letters with a cork cut to make an im- prelsb.slon lu;;ln four-leaf clover. was this strange tmark on a number of envelopesg se‘r)rkx the l?ost Office Department by recipjents of the circulars that started the Federal in- vestigation into the reason therefor. Suspects Prominent Citizen. Postmaster General New announccd yesterday his determination to pursuc, the investigation into the alleged con- spiracy until “the other parties” arc located. He expressed the belief tha: & prominent citizen of Pennsylvania. not connected with the post office, was. the “master mind” behind the plan o use the mails in furtherance of the so- called “whispering campaign” 'against Hoover’s religion. The circular, of itself, was mailable under the postal regulations, New stated, but the way in which it was | mailed to thousands of persons i the | State constituted a gross violation of | the laws and refiulati%l;ls ! 4 | “The department is not concerned with what is mailed in this campaign,” New said, “except as it may violate the regulations through obscenity or other reasons. We have received many complaints from members of both | political parties, asking us to take ac- | tion against persons who are mailing | various circulars and other statements | attacking the candidates. “John W. Davis of West Virginia, for instance, wanted me to bar from the mails a certain circular assailing Gov. Smith. The circular was not obscene and was not scurrilous, so I told him cthere was nothing I could do about it.” 1 | ‘SEE LIGHT ON PATH | MACDONALD TOOK IN ATLANTIC FLIGHT _(Continued from First Page) which he told her not to open until two days after his flight began. She quoted the following “T know that you are against the flight. T know that people will say that I am a suicidal fool. But I do not think so. “T have enough petrol, and if I do go under. it will be through engine trouble “After all, they called Lindbergh ‘The | Flying Fool! ¥ an American could dc it, an Englishman can do it “I know you will look after Tan (sor of the couple). . “Never give up hope. If I made a | | | 1t will be terrible | mistake, I am sorry. | for you.” ARRIVAL RUMOR BLASTED. British Officials Discredit Report of MacDonald’s Landing. PLYMOUTH, England, October 20 (#).—A rumor that Comdr. H. C. Mac- Donald, missing transatlantic flyer, had reached Newlyn today in a fishing boat was spread, but quickly discredited. Admiralty officials here and the JEW-MOSLEM WALL FEUD REVIVED IN JERUSALEM| Islamites Launch Attack Upon| Hebrews During Sabbath Prayer. | Police End Fight. [ By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, Palestine, October 20.— | Controversy between the Jews and Moslems over the historie wailing wall in Jerusalem flared into new activity today. Moslem inhabitants of the wailing wall quarter fell upon Jews during the Sabbath morning prayer, but the police intervened eneggetically and suppressed the attack before the movement could spread. One Jew, howeyer, was seri- ously injured. Two Moslems were arrested imme- diately and sentenced to six months in prison. Injured in Street Fight. During a fight in front of 714 Florida avenue, James E. Bates, colored, 2613 Thirteenth- street, was knocked down and seriously injured. - He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital where an ex- amination revealed he had a fractured tomb of George Washington before re- turning to this city, Newlyn police and coast watchers all denied the rumor. FARMER DIES IN CRASH. Two Boys, Brothers, Probably Fa- tally Hurt; Father Injured. ST. JOSEPH. Tenn, October 20 (& —Elvin Wakefield, farmer, was killed instantly and Edward Tays, 14, and his brother, Vernon, 12, were probebly fataliy injured near here late foday when their automobile was demolished by a northbound Louisville ana Nasn- ville motor train. Thomas Tays, 40, father of the injured boys, was criti- cally injured, but he had a chance to recover, it was said at the hospital at Florence, Ala., where he was taken. TORPEDO BOAT IS SUNK. ‘TOKIO, - October 21 (Sunday) (#.— The navy office announced today that while engaged In full speed torpedo practice off the North Coast a torpedo boat collided with the destroyer Isonami and sank immediately. Four m2mb> of the torpedo boat's crew were rencrizd missing. The cruiser, which was only skull. Bates was unable to furnish the Identity of h, assailant. slightly damaged, searched fruitlessly for the missing men until midnight. ¢ ’