Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1928, Page 26

26 DISTRICT AIRPORT WL GET INPETLS Board of Trade to Have Im-! portant Gathering to Pro- mote Project. One of the most representative | ation gatherings held here in many | months is expected at the Willard Ho- | tel at 8 p.m. Thursday, when the Wash- | gton Board -of Trade will hold an | “airport night” meeting. Every Gov-| ernment bureau interested in aviation | will have delegates present and the avi- | ation industry, as represented by op- | vraops Of @Ir mall ana -commercial Jines in the vicinity of the Natlonal| Capital, will be on hand. | Among the speakers will be Capt. E. | V. Rickenbacker, leading American ace produced by the World War; Capt.| ¥mory S. Land, U. S. N.. vice president | of the Daniel Guggenhetm Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics; F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Acronautics, and Warren I. Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General in charge of air mail. Drive for D. C. Airport. Coming on the heels of the appeals of Anthony Fokker, pioneer airman and | noted airplane builder, and Willlam P. | MacCracken, jr., Assistant Secretary of | Commerce for Aeronautics, for estab- | lishment here of a model airport. made in speeches at the City Club Friday. the meeting is expected to result in a concerted campaign for the enactment by Congress this Winter of alrport legis- lation for the District. Prior to the meeting, the Board of Trade airport committee will give a dinner for 50 or 60 of its guests of honor, this list including, in addition to the speakers, such aviation leaders | as Secretary MacCracken, Edward 1’41 ‘Warner, Assistant Secretary of the N for Aeronautics; Maj. Georges 'henault. French air attache; Lieut.| r Maitland, United States to Ha-| wali fiyer; Porter Adams, former presi- | dent of the National Aeronautic Associ- ation; Frederick R. Neely, general manager of the National Aeronautic Association; Lieut. Comdr. DeW. C. Watson, commandant of the Naval Air Station, Anacos‘ia; Maj. Howard C. Davidson. commandant of Bolling Field; Lieut. Walter Hinton, U. 8. N, member of the crew of the first plane to cross the Atlantic; Brig. Gen. Ben- jamin D. Foulois, assistant chief of ths Armv Air Corps: Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, and Chester Snow, jr. a member of the famous Lafayettz Escadrille. - Commissioners to Attend. The District government will be rep- resented by the District Commissioners and three assistant engineer commis- sioners. Members of the Senate and! House District committee and of Dis- trict subcommittees of the appropria- tions committee are expected to attend. The District of Columbia airport com- | mittee of the National Aeronautic Association will be represented by Allen Smythe, chairman; Henry A. Berlinger, Starr Truscott, Dr. George Lewis, A. R. Towner, Ernest L. Jones, Carl F. Schory, Cupt. N, R. Nesbitt and Lieut. | Col. C. de F. Chandler. Maj. Brehon Somervell, Army engi- neer for the District of Washington, who will' be in charge of construction of the airport if the Gravelly Point site is decided upon by Congress, also is ex- pected to be present. It is expected that the total attend- ance Thursday night will be in excess of 1.200. Foilowing the meeting a buf- fet supper will be served in the small ballroom of the hotel. DENIES EX-KAISER | PURCHASED CASTLE| Former German Emperor Will Re- main at Doorn Manor, Hohen- zollern Attache Says. By the Associated Press BERLIN, November 17.—Baron von Scll of the Hohenzolern administration said today that the former Emperor Wilihelm has not acquired Hehrenberg Castle and has no intention of moving from Doorn Manor. ‘There is no truth in shese reports,” said the baron. “I can explain them | only on the ground that Heerenberg Castle is so close to the German bor- der that one can look into Germany from it. There is also the circum- stance that the present owner of the castle, Mynheer van Heek, has visited the Emperor once or {wice at Doorn, as have many other Dutch landiords | of the vicinity. “Yynheer van Heek is a wealthy in- | dustrislist. He acquired the castle only | recently and is putting lots of money | into its restoration and the installa- tion of modern equipment. Naturally he would not think of selling just as he was getting it ready for himself.” . SPEED CUT BY STORM, BERENGARIA DAY LATE! By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.—Delayed by a heavy gale and head seas on its voyage from Europe, the liner Beren- garia arrived today a day late. The ship reduced jts speed late Tuesday ! E. L Stellwagen Puzzles Friends by Putting New Body on Old Chassis. Conversion Marks End of Sarcastic Remarks Shouted by Small Boys. Washington's most mysterious “mys- tery” car is one driven by E. J. Stell- wagen, president of the Union Trust Co. Although it has every outward 2p- transmission, no gears, and has used less than one drop of gasoline during tl x months Mr. Stellwagen has been driving it around the city. On a level street the machine has a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour. On steep hills, where it receives benefit 30 miles. It runs without noise and a maximum ease of operation. Many cubic yards of breath have been wasted in street corner debafes | trying to solve the mystery of its proper | identification, but the explanation, as advanced by the owner, is compara- tively simple. Mr. Steliwagen, it seems, has a strong attachment for electric automobiles. H> has driven them for 25 years and doesn’t know the first thing about driv- ing a gasoline-powered car. But his electric was antiquated ‘n appearance and responsible for much light comment on the part of nis friends. Small boys pursued him through the streets in the mornings as he made his way downtown, shouting to inquire why he “didn't buy a real car.” The situation became too uncomfort- able. Mr. Stellwagen decided that something had to be done about it. He solved the problem in this man- ner: He took the electric car to a dealer in modern gasoline-propelled automo- biles and had the body removed. He then had the chassis lengthened a foot and bought a coupe body, which was placed on the electric chassis. His friends smile knowingly and ob- serve that another landmark has fallen Early Selection Is Always Best IS CONVERTED ELECTRIC CAR% pearance of a mew coupe, it has no | of gravity, it has attained a speed of | THE SUNDAY WASHINGTON'S MYSTERY AUTO | | | | | | | the approach barricaded by a hotel at- E. J. Stelwagen likes to drive an elec- | tric automobile. When manufacturers of | | clectric machines failed to keep pace | | with the development of the automobile {in new body lines, Mr. Stellvagen had | his electric chassis equipped with a| | standard automobilz body. Under the | hood are the batteries. Below: Mr. | Stellwagen. : i | before the march of progress. The small boys ignore him as he passes by. | | Mr. Steliwngen enjoys the joke on his | | friends and is still more pleased at the | successful manner in which he “put | it over” on those “pestiferous” boys. | But his greatest pleasure is derived | from the peaceful rides to and from his home in the glorified old electric. | Rebel Leaders Executed. | | __MEXICO City, November 17 (#).—A | | Universal dispatch from Guadalajara | | today said that the insurgent chiefs, Antonio Ramirez and Cesario Franco, | were captured in a battle near the town | | of Arandas, State of Jalisco, and exe- | { cuted by a firing squad. | BASEME N Ml R L i i CRONDS Rk SHITH ASHE SEEKSRES Governor, Nerves Worn by Campaign, Silent as to Future Plans. By the Associated Press. EDGEWATER GULF HOTEL, Miss, Vovember 17.—A tired man came into he heart of the South today when iov. Alfred E. Smith reached the Gulf oast for a vacation at this resort be- veen Gulfport and - Biloxi. He reached here literally fagged out ter what he described as an experi- wce worse than his presidential cam- agn. He had been set upon by owds, aroused from sleep at night, Jlled on for attendance at various ‘nctions until he had been worn into nervous state. He reached here just before dawn, ut did not rise until after 9 o'clock nd remained in his private car on a ailroad siding until 11 o'clock. When he did leave it was pouring rain and when he reached his hotel he went straight to his apartment with nis party and remained closeted there, with tendant, until the afternoon, when he went out for a round of golf. After luncheon, which he had served in his rooms, he held a conference with newspaper men. “This is the first and last interview I will give on my vacation until I say good-by,” he sald. “I am here to rest. To repeated questions he replied thal he did not intend to say “anything about anything.” “I do not wish to be brusque, but I am here to rest.” ‘The governor explained that he would withhold any announcements of his future movements. “When I reached here I found as much mail waiting for me as if I had’ been in the governor's mansion. People wish me to do many things, but I can- not answer all of those letters if I am to have any rest. I do not wish to be inappreciative, but if I say what 1 plan to do, it will set the mail loose on me.” In the afternoon the sun broke forth and the entire party took to the golf links, and Senator Harrison of Missis- sippi, and John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee, ventured on the course. At the eighth hole, however, where Senator Harrison was 1 up on Raskob, the downpour resimed and they were driven to the clubhouse. Coconut Economy. In the South seas—coconuts have many uses—the milk is drunk; the sap of the tree, boiled and fermented, makes balm wine; the fruit is eaten, leaves make roof thatch for huts, the splints make baskets, the coconut shells are useful dishes and the oil is used for rubbing the body. piteige CAPRE LIS Lampblack Melts Ice. Remembering that black absorbs the sun’s rays and ho'ds the heat, the cap- tain of a ship in Alaska ordered a long strip of refuse oil and lampblack, 40 feet wide, to b2 swabbed across a frozen lake where his boat was held. In a short time, the strip had melted or softened so that the steamer could break through the channel, LANSBURGH & BRrO 7th, 8th and E Sts. Just Received! Franklin 7400. 15 New Electric Sewing Machines Special Introductory Price %93 A brand new type Console Electric Sewing Machine— the very latest creation by “Domestic’—the result of over fifty years of sewing machine experience. 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Our Radin Salon—Fourth Floor Ther’s d Doll Elumse This Sketch shows the beauty of the table, and. note convenient drawer. This table, the Atwater- Kent Radio — complete with tubes and speaker, only $122.50. IN TOYTOWN And It’s Chock Full of Joy for Girls and Boys Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! A whole house full—little lifelike infants dressed in cunning apparel—others more fully chine coats that reach to dimpled knees. grown wearing adorable crepe de Then there is the patsy doll dressed in a jaunty red flannel coat and hat, who looks all the world like a modern flapper. You'll spend an hour or more in the Doll House. Prince Charming will continue his search every day for the little girls who can wear the CRYSTAL SLIPPER and some little girl will be one beautiful doll richer when Christmas rolls around. AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE DOLL HOUSE 16-inch Mamma With dressed. eyes 20-inch Mamma Dolls—wea lace-trimmed dresses Dolls — attractively ir and sl:c;ing and Sleeping eyes and sewed wigs “Dimples”—a_life-like haby doll fully dressed. With eves, real hair and says “mamma,” $4.95 to $17.50 16-inch Rosebud Dolly—fully dressed th bonnet, dress, shoes and stc ings, $2.50; 20-inch Doll $4.95 “Horsman” Mamma Dolls—with sewed sleeping dressed—some in silk Beautiiully ..$495 to SI5 “Ella Cinders”—patterned after in the comic strip. “Patsy” Doll—the lovable im her head and twists her arms and legs. Cunningly dressed, $2.95 and $4.45 Baby Dolls—that cry like a real baby. Dressed with rubber pants, shoes and stockings 14-inch Baby Doll—with lace-trimmed dress and bonnet. and composition legs With crying voice arms and o.o...8198 Baby Dolls—with knitted jackets, silk ¢ il (i and booteces —crying $2.95 to $5.95 Baby Dolls—vwith_celluloid_heads, cry- voices and 3 unusually quisitely dressed, $3.50 to $4.50 realistic until Wednesday morning because of the weather, Radio reports of the Vestris disaster made the Berengaria’s passengers un- easy as their own ship slowed down in the storm. On board was Chief Amoah, 1II, so- called King of the African gold coast, making his third trip to America in as many years. He will bring an exhibi- tion of African art and 20 of his sub- Jects to this country in March. 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