Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1929, Page 2

2.9 " ATTACKER THOUGHT - TRAPPED IN WOODS Woman’s Story of Colored:f Man’s Request for Food | Opens New Trail to Posse. Armed with shotguns, pistols and ' high-powered rifles, 200 neighbors of Nirs. Clara Millar, who was criminally assaulted by a colored man who in- vaded her home in Takoma Park, Md.. | vesterday morning, hastily threw a cor- i don around an area of pine trees and * underbrush just north of town limits this morning after a woman reported that a man answering the description of the assailant had disappeared in the woods when she refused his request for some food shortly after 10 o'clock. Under the direction of a dozen State police and county officers, the villagers vosted themselves on hills and at other | ¢ ! strategic points to prevent the man's escape until bloodhounds frcm Occo- quan. Va.. can be brought to the scene. County Police Sergt. Claude Reese left for Occoquan to get the bloodhounds immediately after word had been re- ceived that the colored man was located. He is expected back early this afternoon. Attempls are being made to secure an airplane from a nearby commercial field. which will be used in scanning the woods from the air. The posse was assmbled around the woods ofter the woman the Negro had asked for food notified officials of his " Word from the Washington Sani- tarfum that Mrs. Millar still is in a critical condition spurred the possemen this morning as they scattered through the wooded sections of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in their search for her assailant. When the posses retyrned to Takoma Park last midnight one suspect had been arrested, griiled and released, a colored woman was under arrest and 20 homes had been searched. but the object of the hunt was still at large Reward Is Posted. Mayor Ben G. Davis of Takoma Park, who has assumed charge of the bhunt. last night offered a $500 reward for the 2rrest of the colored map. A reward of $50 previously had been offered by police. Mrs. Millar was alone in her home when the attack occurred yesterday morning. - Her husband, a Washington insurance salesm: was at’ work, and her two sons, Howard, 13, and Byron, 11, had gone to school. After an early shopping trip, Mrs. Millar returned to her home, bathed and went to bed. A victim of insomnia, <he had experienced difficulty in sleeping at night, and made a practice of taking & nap during the hours. She was half asleep, she said, when suddenly she sensed the presence of some one else in the . She saw the colored man standing at her bed- side and screamed. Screamed for Help. Mrs. Millar fainted as the colored man sprang at her, When she recovered consciousnesé he was leaving the room. Both of her eyes had been blackened, her throat was swollen and her body E:::r:d with bruises from the brutal attack. BIBLE DEATH ENDS AUTO SPEED RACING Daytona . Beach. ‘ Begins Mourning Period for Vic- tims of Tragedy. | By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 14— The nine-mile stretch of beach where | the American Automobile Association holds its yearly speed trials was de- serted today and Daytona Beach had entered a two-day mourning period | following the tragic culmination of Lee | Bible's effort yesterday to break. the | 231-mile-an-hour record established by | days previously. The death of Bible and Charles Traub, | a news reel. cameraman, Who crushed beneath the giant 36-cylinds Triplex racing car when it went out of | control just after roaring across the mile finish marker at a speed of 202 | miles per hour, also brought the end of this year's speed trials, originally intended to extend tiirough March 17. | Val Haresnape, T. E. Myers and | ‘Tommy Milton, members of the contest | board in charge of the meet, issued a ! statement after the crash, officially | closing. the meet, expressing regret at its tragic climax and expressing igno- rance of the cause of Bible's crash. Maj. Segrave, who before the triplex crash had indicated he might try| another run in an effort to force 240 miles an hour out of his Golden Ar- row, announced he would make no effort to break his record, in respect to | Bible's widow and J. M. White, Phila- | delphia manufacturer and owner of the | wrecked racing car. Unknown as Racer. | After the colored man had left her 1 room Mrs. Millar went to a window and| Bible, 42-year-old Daytona Beach | screamed for help. Two painters—Dale | garage mechanic, father of itwo chil- | Hamilton and William Blosser—were |dren and unknown as a racing driver, | working on a neighbor's garage and|was chosen by White as the driver of | heard the womans cries. Leaving their | the Triplex, which last year set a world's | work, they pursued the colored man for | mark of 207 miles per hour, for senti- | a quarter of & mile, losing the trail in|mental reasons. Bible was one of the the woods. chief conditioners of the car at its last In the meantime, Mrs. Millar had|year's trials, when it was driven by Ray been carried to a neighbor’s house, from | Keech, and White this year declded to | ‘Which she was removed to the hospital. } give the garageman a chance for fame. | Her lips and throat had become so| Unapproved, because of his lack of | badly swollen that she could not give | experience as a race driver, by_the! an account of the attack, and it was| American Automabile Association, Bible | + late last night before she was able to|went onto the beach yesterday in the | describe the colored man. ;lh'x;lplex n}d m a on;—way test ldt Posse Assembles Hastily. Tate of 1 s | e e {1ar too low. He made ready for his | ews of the crime spread rapidly|gecond ult against time. l"ahn;ou‘fih the ;?;n and the posse Was| Fiying along at the rate of 202 miles A i)loodh‘mmound o va,, | a0 hour near the far end of the official | followed the i"mm 0.3"“‘“‘“» 8. | mile, the Triplex went out of control. St the “M“‘ . l;“ “tg’e":e“xi Just’ what happened no one will ever | that the dog had to be "ll‘dl off. know. The car somersaulted and An arrest was expected when the posse found a damj 33-year-old colored woman of Wild- wood, Md. The woman was taken ~ the police station at Takoma Park and # questioned, but denied any knowledge of the clothing or its owner. A colored man, who gave his name as Arthur Kelly, was arrested on suspi- cion. He was released after a severe grilling in the Takoma Park fire station. Says She Can Identify Him. ‘The posse this- morning planned to resume its search of wooded sections in the vicinity and in localities frequented + by colored men. Mrs. Millar has furnish- ed them with a detailed description of her nt. She said she would be able to identify the man. One of the searchers, Curtis Barr, 21, of 1014 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, was shot in the right leg as he acci- dentally discharged a pistol in his hip pocket. DIPLOMATIC CORPS SHIFTS SEEN WHEN STIMSON ARRIVES (Continued From First Page.) to remain at Mexico-City at his own election, as he wants to complete the job he began there under esident Coolidge. ‘There long has been an apparently authentic report in political circles here that, but for his own insistence on re- taining the ambassadorship to Mexico, Mr. Morrow could have had the post of Eecretary of State. Edwin V. Morgan, who has been the American diplomatic representative at Rio de Janejro for 17 years, undoubted- 1v will retain his place, as he has come o be regarded by the Brazilian people not only as the American Ambassador, but also as & citizen of Brazil. President Hoover has had conferences with two of the Ambassadors to Latin American countries, Robert Woods Bliss, now assigned to- the Argentine, and Noble B. Judah, stationed at Havana. There has been talk that Mr. Judah desired to return to private life and also that Mr. Bliss would continue barrel-rolled for 300 feet into a sand dune crowded with people. Directly in line with the machine was | Traub, & news reel cameraman. He was hit squarely, and mutilated body was strewn along the beach by the fiying car. Bible died of a crushed head, broken back and neck, fractured legs and arms and internal injuries. He was picked up some 200 feet from | where the Triplex, a twisted wreck, | stopped. Mrs. Bible Hysterical. Mrs. Bible was hysterical when she | reached the scene and had to be taken | y. ‘Today she was under the care of physiclan and nurse. White was in seclusion at his hotel. The tragedy shook him deeply, and he declared he | was “through forever.” He believed the | car had failed and not the driver. Maj. Segrave, who was in the grand- stand a mile away. did not see the tragic finish. He will leave here shortly for Miami, where in his speedboat Miss England he expects to try for the | world's boa speed laurels. | “It's just one of those things that | occasionally - happen “in - the develop- ment of high-speed racing,” Segrave| sald. - “I am deeply sorry.” Daytona Beach will be in miourning | until Bible’s body will be taken back to his birthplace at Midway, Tenn., for burial. It was the second such accident here within two years. Last year Frank | Lockhart of Indianapolis, drove a tiny | Stutz car to his death when a tire| failed during his.record attempts. SEGRAVE QUITS AUTO | SPEED RACING IN U. S., Pather and British Public Approve | Decision to Abandon Record Attempts in America. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 14.—Statements of | Maj. H. O. D.'Segrave, holder of the world’s automobile speed record, that | he will make no further speed at- tempts in America have been received ! with general approval in England and especially by Maj. Segrave's father. “I have not yet heard from my son,” as_Ambassador at Buenos Aires. Mr. Segrave said. “But I have read! Roy T. Davis is expected to retain his |in the newspapers that he is not going D place as Minister to Costa Rica and [out again on the Daytona sands this some of the other Ministers and Am- | time.” assadors in Latin America are likely In a telephone conversation with the to remain, but Mr. Hoover is believed | London Daily Express from Daytona to have decided upon a number of |Beach, Maj. Segrave said he was not | transfers or retirements. The President regards Latin Amcrica | definitely abandon speed racing, and | as the first line trench of American | would make no decision until he re- diplomacy and so far as may be he|turned home about the probably will send to the posts that | April. are to be made vacani there men who go into the respective countries er with a knowledge of the lan- guage and customs of the people or who are determined to aequive that knowledge as speedily as possible. One of his aims will be to obtain from Congress more liberal allowances for foreign diplomats so that the Gov- ernment may avail itself of the serv- es of men who are without private|near Dupont Circle last night about rtunes but have the peculiar abilities | 11 o'clock by a taxicab, driven by | necessary for the work in foreign fields. | john B. Green, 2114 Thirty-fifth While the Chief Executive has made | street, and bruised and shocked. He no statement on the subject, there is|was given first aid at Emergency Hos- ou to believe that he favors allow- | pital. rent in those capitals where Government does not own cmbas- | Buchanan street received a severe in- sies or legations:-as well as funds for | jury to his left arm yesterday afternoon servants and chauffeurs that the | when his automobile skidded against a Ambessador or Minister could main- | tree near Massachusetts avenue and | “etrin - oteof hiz own-salert™ an estdb=" Edgavater terrace. Surgeons at Emer- ‘ skgacat afl‘keem with his w gemey Hospital gave fyst alds KNOCKED DOWN BY TAXI. S | Virginian Is Vietim of Accident| i Near Dupont Circle. M. A. Robinson, 44 years old. prepared- to say whether he would | {: middle of | N I8 of (£ Lyon Village, Va., was knocked down |5 Vernon Taylor, 25 years old, of 1610 | 5 THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY. WONEN' COUNL BACKS DRY LAY Pledge to Aid Enforcement Is Given as Tribute to President Hoover. As an official expression of gratitude |to President Hoover for his utterances on behalf of law enforcement in his! inaugural address, the Women's Mis- | MARCH 14, 1929. { SCHOOL CONTEST slonary Council of the Methodist Epis- | copal Church South today pledged ac- tivity on behalf of law enforcement. the protection of peace principles and | Telephoto of wreckage of the “Triplex,” which crashed at Daytona Beach, Fla., yesterday in an effort to regain the i speed record broken by Maj. Segrave's “Golden Arrow,” killing Lee Bible and a cameraman, | the creation of good will between races |and natlons. | Resolutions incorporating this ex- \pression were adopted this morning at the Mount Vernon Place Church, where the covncil is meeting in annual con- ference. Later in the morning, more | than 300 members of the conference Escapes Assassins Maj. H. O. D. Segrave of England two | B8 R._J. BARRETT, Detective of No. 4 precinct, was called to a hospital when Mrs. Barrett pre- sented him with a daughter. During | his absence two colored police informers were slain by an automobile load of men believed to have been seeking him. —Star Staff Photo. Methodist W(:men Raise 22 Millions For Mission Work Women of the Methodist Episcopal Church South have raised $22,000,000 for world missions in the 51 years the Women’s Missionary Council has functioned, the council was advised today at its annual meeting here by Mrs. Ina Davis Fulton of Nashville, Tenn., treasurer. A work started in 1878 with com- paratively few members and only one foreign field, China, has been developed into one of the outstand- ing activities of the denomination in the South. The council now is rep- resented on five continents and last year devoted the sum of $1,272,000 to the work. ‘The year 1928 marked the fiftleth year_ of the council’s organization and was observed as Jubilee year, Mrs. Fulton reported that the coun- cll raised $1,119,000 in pledges and $53,000 in special gifts, representing an increase over 1927 of $58,000. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Mostly cloudy, probably occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; mild temperature, followed by colder tomorrow afternoon or night. moderate south and southwest shifting to_northwest winds. Maryland and Virginia—Mostly cloudy, probably occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; colder tomorrow after- noon or night; moderate to fresh south l'r‘lgd‘swuthwesv. shifting to northwest w Records for 24 Hours, ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 59; 8 p.m., 57; 12 midnight, 60; 4 am., 62; 8 am., 61; Barometer—4 pm., 30.17; 8 pm, 30.14; 12 midnight, 30.07; 4 am., 30.01; noon, 66. 8 a.m., 30.01; noon, 29.94. Highest temperature, 66, occurred at noon today. occurred at 7:35 p.m. yesterday. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 57; lowest, 44. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today—Low tide, 4:27 am. and 5 p.m.; high tide, 10:12 am. and 10:38 pm ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:05 a.m. and 5:46 pm.; high tide, 10:56 a. and 11:24 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:22 a.m.; sun sets :13 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 6: sets. 6:14 pm. Moon rises. 8:14 a.m.; sets 10:08 p.m. Automobile Jamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. Great Falls: Slightly muddy. Weather in Various Cities. wTemperature > 21 am.; sun ASYIH “qusp 3ser 3semo Stations. e asjomon * &epiaisas Abilene, Tex . 46 0.01 Raining 38 0.52 Cloudy 58 2.12 Raining Birmingham . 21 Bismarck, N. D. Boston, Mass. Buffalo, N. ¥ Charleston. 8.C. Chicago, TIL.... 34 Raining F 88 Cloudy 18 Reining . Cloud; Indianapolis, 74 Jacksonville,Fla. 30.06 ansas Cty. M D, 1t I Clear 0.64 Raining 1 Clear 24 Cloudy Raining it Raleigh.'N. C.. alt Lake City. 3 an Antonio. .. 29.74 San Diego, Callf 30.06 San_ Prancisco. 30.10 2978 12966 30.12 ash’ C... 30, pokane. Wi WASH., D. (1 am, Greenwich time. today.) Temperature. Weather. London, Englan: 4 Part cloudy Paris, loudy Cloudy Ra fme, today. e 60 Part (Current ob 5.0 Hamilton, Bermuda San Juan, Havana & X paid their respects to Mr. Hoover at the White House and were photographed with the President. “In response to the President’s appeal —Associated Press Photo. | to the citizens for co-operation,” the enforcement, the promotion of peace | between races and nations. | | | ! 1 Ask All to Back President. | | | real to the end that all nations may be a nation whose God is the Lord.” | Reviewing the organization's support lof the Kellogg-Briand peace pact, Mrs | F. F. Stephens of Columbia, Mo., pre3 | dent of the Council today in her annual i | report, urged the council’ constituency By the Assaclated Press. | of 300,000 women to ‘redouble efforts to CHICAGO, March 14—Two days of | make peace-thought world wide.” Spring has creat e .| The council heard Mrs. Stephens’ mes- Hootey Misenented flood havoe in Tl- | o and reports from other officers, at | S, Missouri, Iowa and .Nebraska 'the opening business session of a six-day | today. meeting. At a preliminary meeting last | Many hundred acres of farm land |Pight, the council wa;‘ sd&fsse%“?.\'y | we | Rev. Charles Clayton Morrison, editor | | were flooded, streets and bulldings in | &' "G o Century. who_spoke | |some places were filled with water, rail { on “The New Prospect for World Peace." | and highway traffic was disrupted and Reviewing the council's activities in | | bridges were torn away. | the last year, Mrs. Stephens referred to | g | the five goals of the organization: | | Rain and rising temperatures melt- | ‘Higher standards of personal living: |Ing the Winter’s last snows and break- | an appreciation of our inheritance from jmg up the ice had turned the Mis- the noble women who preceded us; e | sissippt's tributaries into ice-glutted tor- | teNsion of the orgab Pana. sacrificial [rents. ‘The Mississippi itself was rising | giving through thank offering.” | but gave no immediate cause for alarm.| qpank Offering Totals $100,000. Hundreds of men worked on dikes,| wTpese are not stationary goals which while others watched ice movements, | may be reached and passed,” she said. prepared to use dynamite wherever | “They are progressive goals which move s we move, growing more and more bridges were threatened. | beautiful and desirable as we seek to Virtually all streams in Northwest | reach them.” PMissouri and Southern Towa were out| The thank offering gathered during | | the council’s annual week of prayer | {of their banks today. Several towns | amounted to more than $100,000, Mrs. | were partially isolated and many thou- | Stephens announced, exceeding previous | sands of dollars’ damage had been done, | collections. The money will be used | | in training women for specialized serv- Menace in Nebraska. ice in home and ro;e:gu nfelds, . = " Progress in all phases of work among Els'.cm_ Nelqrflska faced a serious | young people was reported to the coun- | menace with rivers overflowing in sev- | YoURE PERRD T FUPIGL Prlia Lake eral places and ice jams battering | & bridges. The Platte River was on a | tion of Farms and Dam- age in Many Towns. | | ftevens of Winter Haven, Fla. super- tendent of young people’s missionary | the tracks ahead of each train. Lowest temperature, 57, | 1but the flood appeared to be receding. cloudy | and l Mi | rampage, rising for a time at the rate | of three feet an hour and threatening | to change its channel. ‘The Galena River in Illinois had risen | early today to its highest point in| history and had flooded the town of | Galena. Most of the business section could be reached only by boat. Only | one of the three railroads entering | Galena could get through last night and that one found it necessary to test | | Government officers at Memphis said | that the addition of heavy Spring rams" could bring about a perilous condition on the Mississippi River, but that the ! danger from the present Spring freshets alone was slight. A squadron of bombing planes was ordered from Fort Riley, Kans, to tour the Missouri River, which was also gorged with ice and threatening to overflow. Valley, Nebr., residents were prepared early today for the second time within 24 hours to abandon their homes as a huge ice gorge was forming 6 miles above the town. A gorge that caused water to break through a dike near the village Tuesday night and threatened | the city was blasted away yesterday. Two Linemen Marooned. Two telephone linemen were marooned | for more than six hours on an island in the Platte River, west of Valley, after | their boat capsized with three boys in | it. ‘The boys swam ashore after cling- | ing to a tree for three hours. | Near Lowell, Nebr, the Platte was | eating into the land at the rate of one | foot an hour and threatening to change its course. If it does, & new highway { bridge will be left high and dry. Thou- {sands of acres of farm land are in the | path of the flood waters. Damage to bridges between Schuyler and Yutan, Nebr,, a distance of 35 miles, was estimated at $16,000. Train service | between Ashland and ‘Schuyler was suspended when the Burlington's road- bed was washed out. Galena Prepared for Flood. ‘The flood at Galena, I, had been expected and the town was prepared for it. Boats which had been kept! handy for several days were pressed | into service on many of the streets. Most of the stores closed yesterday. The | post office was surrounded by water for a block on all sides. Several hours after all Galena city hall employes had left the building it was remembered that 11 vagrants who had spent the night in jaill were still locked up. They were released before the water reached them. The city was still partly under water early today | | | | Mabel T.' Boatdman, Frederic A | an increase of 19,370 over 1927. In | discussing the work of the home mis- |for the soldiers during the World War. work. There are 1,661 young people’s | societies and 31,910 members, Miss Stevens reported, a gain during the year of 38 societies and 292 members. “Decided growth” in the Arizona, Los Angeles, Northwest and Pacific Con- ferences of the church was reported. An event of the year was a poster contest on the subject of “world friend- ship.” First prize was won by the Ep-| worth Soclety of Norfolk, Va. Thirty- four posters entered in the contest are on exhibit at the council meeting. Mrs. B. W. Lipscomb, secretary of education and promotion. reported an enroliment of 147,570 for Bible scudy.} | sions department, Mrs. J. W. Downs, secretary, urged that women not let “professionalization” overshaddw _the conception of mission$ as a ‘“work of love.” MRS. SARAH A. JOHNSTON DIES AT AGE OF 97 Was Member of Bell Class of Ci vary Baptist Until After 92d Year. »Mrs. Sarah A. Johnston, who would have been 98 years old March 27 and who was for many years active in the Sunday school in Calvary Baptist Church, died in the Baptist Home, 3248 N street, Tuesday. She had been in failing health since December. Mrs. Johnston had the distinction of having been the oldest member of the Bell class of Calvary Baptist Church, which she attended regularly until after she was 92 years old. She also taught Sunday school in the primary department at the church for many years. Mrs. Johnston was officially com- mended by the American Red Cross for her activities in knitting garments | She had resided in the Baptist Home for the past 13 years. Funeral services were conducted at the home this morning, with Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Pennsylvania. . Will Take Instruction. Maj. Charles F. Williams, Corps of Engineers, at Fort McIntosh, Tex., has been ordered to this city to attend the next course of instruction at the Army | principles and the creation of good will “We call uponall citizens to support | iSpring Thaw Causes Inunda- ' actively our President in making ideals | VICTORS PICKED FOUR RATOREAL CHANPIDS NANED Three Girls and Boy Win in School Clashes of Star’s Area Contest. | Three girls and one boy are an- {nounced today as the champions of their respective schools in The Star's area of the Sixth National Oratorical Contest. Louise Waters was victorious in the finals at Holy Trinity High School Lawrence W. Gunther won the right to represent the Devitt Preparatory | School. Miss Hollis Elsie Essex w :numed to speak for Holy Cross Ac {emy and Miss Frances Gertrude Mc- 1 %43 was victorious in the finals at the St. Mary's Female Seminary of St Mary's City, Md, Miss Waters, the first of today's pr vate and parochial district winne won the right to represent Holy Trin- Upper, left to right: Miss Hollis Essex of Holy Cross Academy, and Lorend Freund of Gonzaga High School. Lower, left to right: Laurence W. Gt John G. Gott of Dickerson High School. V. B. EDWARDS DIES AT AGE OF 93 YEARS Attorney Had Practiced in Wash- ington Half Century—Fu- neral Saturday. Vedantus B. Edwards, 93 years old. and a practicing attorney in Washing- ton for half a century, died at his home ‘Wednesday night at 2200 Nineteenth street, after a brief illness. Despite his advanced age, Mr, Ed- wards engaged actively in the practice of his profession until about a fortnight of his death. A severe cold which he had contracted developed into pneumonia. Mr. Edwards was born in New Marion, Indiana, December 1, 1835, the son of Moses C. Edwards, a Baptist minister. In September, 1868. he married Miss Mary E. Morrison and came to Wash- ington from Indiana immediately after- ward. He had lived here since, having | a wide acquanitance among many of the older members of the District bar. | For many years, Mr. Edwards had | been a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court and the Court of . A graduate of Harvard Uni- versity law school he was one of the most active members of the Harvard Law Club of Washington. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Grace Edwards and Miss Faith Ed- wards, and two sons, Clifton V. Edwards and Deltus M. Edwards. Two grand- children, Miss Ethel Edwards and Don- ald V. Edwards, also survive him. Mr. Edwards' body will be interred in Congressional Cemetery at services Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, tor of the Metrapolitan M. E. Church, will conduct the funeral services. RED CROSS WORKERS’ INSTITUTE OPENS HERE 60 Delegates From Five Midatlan- tic States Attending Meeting. More than 60 delegates from Red Cross chapters in five Midatlantic States are attending the “Chapter Workers' Institute,” which opened to- day at the national headquarters build- ing, Seventeenth and D streets, and will continue through March 20. ‘The institute offers study courses on general Red Cross work. Everett Dix, assistant manager of the Eastern area, is in charge, assisted by Walter David- son, also assistant manager; Miss Eliza- beth G. Fox, director of the Red Cross ublic health nursing service, and Miss dith Spray, assistant director of the war service. Social and recreational features ar- ranged for the visitors include a lunch- eon at the Cosmos Club tomorrow, at which speakers will be Dr. P. E. Rey- nolds, medical officer of the Veterans' |Bureau at Perry Point, Md., and Mrs. Margaret Young, director of Red Cross urv‘xse 1nt Perry Point Veterans' Bureau Hospital. Monday delegates will be entertained | at dinner at the Woman’s University Club and on the following afternoon War College. Officers and members of the executive committee of the Inaugural committee, who called on the President yesterday presented him with a gold medal commemorating his induetion into office. In Delano, Lient. Col. U. nkle, Chavles H. Tompkiny, Mrs, Virgi AP —— . Grant, %rd: Robe inia, White Speel, G they will make an inspection tour of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. PRESENT HOOVER WITH INAUGURAL MEDAL | unther of Devitt Preparatory School and PLOT 15 KLLED A5 LANE CRAGHE iPassenger Injured as Craft Wrecks in Forced Landing Near Belair. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 14.—Lieut. Jack W. Albright of Philadelphia was killed and Lieut. W. D. Iigenfritz of Upper Darby, Pa.,, was injured last night as a plane piloted by Albright crashed in making a forced landing last night near Belair, Md. They were flying a plane reported to | belong to the Pennsylvania National Guard air units and were returning to Philadelphia after flying during the day to visit Maryland Guard aviators at Logan Field here. Caught in fog and rain they sought a landing place as the motor began to fail, and according to Lieut. Ilgenftitz, the plane was banking in a sharp turn {about 400 feet fromthe ground when | the motor went dead. Victor H, Bowers, living near the scene, heard the plane circling before the crash and found the plane nose down in a field, its wheels caught around a tree and the motor driven back into the fusélage, where it had caught Lieut. Albright and crushed him ity with an oration on “The Origin of he Constitution.” Members of t hool's faculty and Rev. Hugh A. Dl {ton. S. J. pasior of Holy T | Church, passed judgment on the fo efforts of the Holy Trinity finali included the chosen each of the institutic Besides the victorio the contenders were M |ler, senior; Miss Catherine Gartlar junior, and Miss Catherine Sullivan Expects to Graduate in 1931, Miss Wat e ter of Mrs. Mary Wate sixth street. She expce uated from high school in and then she p's tary in the business world YolmgA Gunther, son of Mr. and | and Duties Uni tion.” He defeated Hall H. Ewing anc Thomas Snowden, his fellow members | of the fourth-year class, who also sur- | vived the school's first eliminations | Gunther is 18 years old and he expects to enter the United States Naval Acad- emy next September. He has been one of his school’s leading debaters and the experience he gained in previous speak- ing tilts is expected to make him a pow- erful contender for a place in the pri- vate and parochial district finals. Miss Essex to Study Art. Miss Essex, Holy Cross Academy’s 17- year-old champion, is making her bid for high honors in the contest with a speech on “The Constitution in the Daily Life of the Individual.” The daughter of Frank B. Essex, 3775 Oliver street, Chevy Chase, Miss Essex is a senior in her present school. and fol- lowing her graduation in June she in- tends to study at the Corcoran School of Art. Although her defeat of other students of Holy Cross Academy was a recent accomplishment, she already has the wholehearted support of the students of Holy Cross, for 100 have announced their intention of rooting for her in the group meet at Catholic Uni- versity, when she contends with other | school winners for a place in the pri- | vate and parochial district finals. Miss McKim, who wrested the right to speak for the St. Mary’s Female | Seminary from other orators of that | school with her speech on “The Origins {of the Constitution,” is from Baltimore. |She is the daughter of - Mrs. Mary Golden McKim, 1701 Ellamont street, of that city and she is one of the 1929 contest’s potential woman lawyers, for when she completes her work at the seminary she will study law at Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa. Miss Mc- Kim has been active in dramatics and glee club work. | | | had two fractured ribs and cuts and bruises. After treatment for his in- juries, he gave an account of the acci- dent to the sheriff’s office, telephoned a report to officers of the Pennsylvania National Guard and then insisted that he be allowed to board a train for Philadelphia. Lieut. Albright's body in the front cockpit. was taken to an undertaker’s establish- Lieut. Ilgenfritz, in the rear cockpit, ment in Belalr. Chanel and Patou achieve extreme smartness with the group, reading from the left, are: t Fleming, ‘Henry K. Bush-Brown, Anton Stephan, W. T..Galliher and -Agioglated Press Phato, T On the left we sketch a coat faithfully re- producing Patou's clever application of Galyak to black creola; the fur cape and throw to be worn tied or loose. May also be had in tan. On the right we show Chanel’s variation on the same theme; Galyak developed in a prettily casual standing collar and used for cuffs, pocket and back. A strikingly smart silhouette is achieved. o Jt{%li ty TWELVE-TEN TWELVE-TWELVE F STREET