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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu nmm‘),‘“_ howers and thunderstorms this erfimfl.m i wes oy it 2 cooler. . followt . T femperatures: Highest, 85, at 3:30 at 5 am, : * : The only evening a Associated Press news WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION A » he WASHINGTON, D. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 1Q and 11 Entered as second cl: Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,536 e TWO CENTS. matter O., (#) Means Associated Press. 31,140. No. post office, Washington, D. C. 2000 MILES 10 G0, GRAF SPEEDING UP; LANDING EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON Radio Messages Indicate Po- sition as 425 Miles South- west of Azores at 4 0’Clock This Morning. COURSE WILL CARRY SHIP OVER BERMUDAS Expected to Reach Land in Neigh- borhood of Norfolk and Swing Northward—Weather Is Cloudy Part of Time and Adverse Winds Cause Dirigible to Roll. ' By the Assoclated Press. The transatlantic air liner Graf | Zeppelin, two and a half days out, was far over the Western Atlantic today making steady progress to- | ward Lakehurst on her second | voyage to the United States. Although several radio mes- | sages from the ship gave slightly ! varying positions about the same ! time, it appeared that she was about 425 miles southwest of the Azores at 4 am., Eastern stand- ard time. She still had about 1,750 miles to travel in a direct line to the United States or ap- proximately 2,000 miles, allowing Tor deviations. Radio advices indicated that Dr. Hugo Eckener, the ship’s com- mander, expected to reach Lake- hurst Sunday afternoon. The ship, which had been averaging 45 miles an hour during the night, had picked up speed considerably and was averaging 70 miles an hour morning. She was on a course that would carry her over the Bermudas on a bee-line from Gibraltar with the possibility that she would make her American land- fall in the neighborhood of Norfolk, Va., and would then swing Northward as she did on her last trip. During the day the Zeppelin began o get in touch with American stations more frequently. She was first in direct communication with naval com- munications at Washington last night and today was picked up at Chatham, Mass., and Fhiladelphia, - All reports from the ship indicated that the 18 passengers were enjoying the trip, the Americans being par- ticularly enthusiastic. KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH U. S. Graf Expected to Circle New York City by Noon Tomorrow. NEW YORK, August 3 (#).—Near- ing the American coast, the Graf Zep- pelin pushed steadily into the Western Atlantic’s wall of wind today with ex- pectation of circling New York Cit; possibly by noon Sunday. N A representative of the Radio Corpor- ation of America sald that the Graf Zeppelin was constantly in touch with American radio stations sending com- mercial matter. Its position was reported in a radio message to the Navy Department at Washington at 7:05 pm. Eastern standard time, last night, which said the dirigible was 90 miles south of Pico, Azores. It left Friedrichshafen, Germany, at 9:25 pm., Eastern! standard time, Wednesday. The position given was about 2,500 miles from Friedrichshafen and about 2,100 miles by the northern route from New York. The ship gave its speed since departure of 56 miles an hour. Previously, at 3:20 p.m., Eastern standard time, the Zeppelin circled low over Santa Maria Island, at the far eastern end of the Azores Archipelago, and dropped two bundles of mail, wrap- ped in a German flag. Cruises to South ¢! Fayal 1t followed the thirty-sixth parallel westward then, and as it was getting dark cruised to the south of Fayal, near | ‘where there would have been danger in striking the mountain island Pico, which rises 7.600 feet above sea level.| (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) . GOVERNMENT WILL BACK GERMAN HAGUE ENVOYS Cabinet Agrees on Attitude To-| ward Young Reparations Plan at Meeting. By the Assoclated Press. - BERLIN, August 2—As the result of a cabinet meeting late today the Ger- man delegation to The Hague confer- ence on reparations on next Tuesday | will have the unanimous backing of the government. Complete agreement was reached on the attitude toward the Young plan for payments and the Ger- man policy at The Hague. Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, who presided, expressed the hope that Chancellor Hermann Mueller would soon be able to return to his dutles, but meanwhile announced that they would be handled by War Minister EMILE BERLINER. CAPITAL MAY GET GLIMPSE OF GRAF Dirigible to Pass Over City if Course Set Today Is Continued. ‘Washington is likely to have a sec- ond glimpse of the Graf Zeppelin to- morrow afternoon if the glant German dirigible continues the straight course she was set on this morning, due east of the Virginia Capes, about 425 miles southwest of Fayal, off the Azores. A message received this morning at the Navy Department from the Graf Zep- pelin said “All ok.” and was timed at 4 am, Eastern standard time, being relayed through the station at Chat. ham, Mass. ‘Weather conditions may determine that she will come up the Potomac River, as she did on her first crossing. The Navy Department is ready to give the dirigible weather information if called for. Naval operators .at the department first listened in on the Graf’s messages at 7:05 o'clock yesterday evening and have been “standing by” for word from her at three stated periods—7 p.m., 3 am. and 11 am. The message received at the depart- ‘ment. this morning said that at 9 am,, Geenwich mean time (4 a.m. Washing- ton time), the dirigible was in latitude 36 degrees 20 minutes north; longi- tude 37 degrees 20 minutes west. Of- ficers explained that this position put the airship about 425 miles southwest of the Island of Rayal, in the Azorcs, and directly east of the Virginia Capes. Officers of the Navy Department cal- culated that the dirigible was making about 50 knots an hour, and probably will circle around after she reaches the American coast, so as to land about twilight tomorrow evening. ‘The keen interest displayed in the second coming of the Graf Zeppelin ‘was evidenced by the long distance tele- phone calls received by the press and watch officers at the Navy Department, one call coming from the West Coast and several from the Middle West. A large map on which the course of the Graf Zeppelin has been plotted has been placed on a table in the center of the press room at the department. This map shows that since leaving Freidrickshafen, Germany, the Graf Zeppelin has passed over the Gulf of Lions in France, near Barcelona, and near Cartagena in Spain and that after Cape De Gata she turned westward over the Mediterranean, passing over Gibraltar and heading in a general direction of the Azores Islands. Last night about 7 o'clock she was directly south of the Island of Pico in that group. The naval operators detailed to “stand by” to listen in on the Graf Zeppelin are N. J. Lydon, John Pelzcar- ski, Paul A. Curtis and C. E. Heath, all radio men first-class. The work is be- ing carried on under the immediate direction of Chief Supervisor Simon J. Murphy. Naval officers and the office of naval communication are playing an important part in getting Washing- ton in touch with the Graf Zeppelin, DUKE IS RETIRED. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 3 (Saturday).— Official announcement was made today that the Duke of Gloucester, third son of the King, concurrently with his ap- pointment ~as ald-de-camp to his father, had been placed on the half-pay list of the army. means that the duke, who was captain of the 10th Royal Hussars, has retired from active service. ° Since he left the university he has been a Soldier, sharing the work of officers of. two regiments to which he was successively attached except when he was employed in other service, such Groener. as his recent mission to Japan to decorate the Emperor. CHILD SEEKING FREE ICE CREAM IS KILLED WHEN TRUCK EXPLODES Number of Others Are Seriously Burned When Spray With Flaming Gasoline. : Bs the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., August 3.—Lured on by the hope of free ice cream, one child was burned to death and a num- ‘er seriously injured when the gasoline tank of a wrecked ice cream truck ex- " ploded yesterday. John Muha, 5 years old, died at a hospital. Thirteen others were in hos- a collision, ‘A crowd, composed mostly of youngsters attracted by the spilled ice , gathered around “the over- ‘While a wrecking crew worked over the vehicle an unidentified :man re- e the heated motor I:de Iogad. showering flaming: liquid i Wi b uponm crowd that had gathered. Cries of the victims aroused the pitals today suffering from burns. Six | neighbor] were in a serious condition. Almost a score more were permitted to go tc:t.:elr homes after receiving treatment at hos- pitals and at the scene of the wreck. The truck, property of the Hilde brecht Ice Cream Co., upset at Lamber- ton and Cass streets u.wtehe driver at- “4 tempted to make & sharp turn to avoid TYPHOID QUTBREAK FATAL TO WOMAN Source of Fever Believed! Found in Cabbage at Luncheon. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., August 3.—Arling- ton County health officials believe that the typhoid germs which this week made 11 women ill after attending a luncheon of the Women's Christian Temperance Union came from cab- bage thought to have been grown near a cesspool. The source of the germ has been a mystery since practically all of the dishes, with the exception of coleslaw, had been prepared by cooking. The typhold outbreak Ilast night claimed its first fatality when Mrs. Martha Virginia Sasher of 112 West- over street died from the disease con- tracted ai a luncheon which was at- tended by 25 women. ‘Two Others Stricken. Health officials today reported that two other women who were at the luncheon are ill with typhold fever, bringing the total number stricken to 13. Mrs. Sasher is survived by her hus- band, William Sasher; two daughters, Anna Mae. Sasher and Mrs. Marion Caldwell, and three sons, Jack, Bert and Bernard Sasher. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Clarendon Baptist Church, with the Rev. George H. Fielding, of the Claren- don Methodist Church, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Perry Mitchell, pastor of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Sasher was a native of Abingdon, Va., and had been a resident of Arling- ton County since 1915. Not Contagious. M. Chichester, Arlington Dr. P. County health officer, today stated that ! he had recelved many induiries from persons who were afraid to attend the funeral because they thought there was danger of contracting the disease. He emphasized the fact that typhoid fever is not contagious and can only be con- tracted by eating or drinking something containing the germs. ‘There is no danger, he said, in attending public gatherings of any kind. Of the 12 other women, who have contracted the disease, all were reported today to be in a satisfactory condition. With the exception of those persons attending the Juncheon there have been no other cases of typhoid fever reported. Dr. ‘Chichester said he has not yet sufficiently completed his investigation to make public his findings as to the direct cause of the outbreak. FIVE WOMEN, LOST ON PEAK, RESCUED New York ‘l‘rbopen and Guides Find Hikers, Huddled in Lee of Cliff. By the Associated Press. , N. Y, August 3.—Five young women, lost on Black Bear Mountain since yesterday, were rescued early today by State troopers and a Eone of guides. They were found uddled together in the lee of a cliff near the summit of the mountain. The girls, employes of a hotel here, started up the moun soon after noon yesterday to d an afternoon off in the open. they sought to return at nightfall they were unable to find the pathway and finally n\aht spot where they huddled together for mutual warmth. ‘When they failed €0 return to the hotel friends became alarmed and the searching party was Fear was organized. uguud for them, as the Adirondacks are BALL GAMES POSTPONED. Detroit and Nats to. Clash Here ‘Tomorrow. Both games of a double-header sched- uled for this afternoon at Grifith Sta- dium between the Nationals and Bucky ‘Harrls' Detroit Tigers were called off tS | because of rain. The two teams will hile :'nd ambulances crried the more se- verely in, to the hospitals, Police were looking for the man who released the gasoline. play & double-header tomorrow, the first game beginning at 2 o'clock. Radio Programs—Page 22 EMILE BERLINER, FAMOUS INVENTOR, DIES AFTER STROKE Creator of Flat-Disc Phono- graph Record and Originator of Microphone. HELPED CURB INFANT MORTALITIES BY STUDY Co-operated With Son in Tests During Efforts to Perfect Helicopter. Emile Berliner, famous inventor and philanthropist, died at his home in the Wardman Park Hotel shortly before " Gicken icken & week ago by apoplexy, Mr. Berliner, who was in his upvoe‘::t;-ymnth year, rallied slightly until yesterday, when he lapsed into unconsciousness. By e merabers oF Hi ameciots fonaea members of in _the hotel a nt. e Distinguished as the inventor of the radio microphone, which made possible broadcasting, and the flat disk phono- graph record, used in millions of homes throughout the world, Mr. Berliner of late years was a restless crusader in the dent, ot “the. DBGES” Chapter oF the lent of e cf r of the Tuberculosis Association. i Experimented With Helicopters. During this period he also has found time to observe with interest the ex- periments of his son Henry with air- planes and the helicopter, one model of which has been flown successfully. With Mr. Berliner at the time of death were his widow, Mrs. Cora Adler Berliner, whom he married in 1881, and their two sons and two daughters. Dr. Edwin Behrend, his physician, was in attendance. Edgar is the second son. Mrs. Louise Alice Lubin and Mrs. Hanneh B. Sanders, are the two daugh- ters. Mrs. Sanders’ husband, Joseph Sanders, also was with the family. Association With Son. ‘With the telephone transmitter and the disc-record talking machine al- ready to the credit of his inventive genius, Emile Berliner in his later years was associated with his son Henry in an advisory capacity for the develop- ment of the helicopter—an aircraft capable of rising straight up from the ground. The versatility of this German immi- grant, who traveled the rough road of experience in the earlier years of his life in the United States, was ex- hibited in the various vocations he fol- lowed ere fortune rewarded him. He sold glue, painted backgrounds on e) larged photographs and traveled as salesman for a Milwaukee wholesale house, at various times between 1870, when he reached the United States, until he went to Washington in 1877 to_begin experimenting. During his leisure time he had studied el and acoustics and while a clerk in a Washington store he experi- mented after hours in his room and evolved the idea of the lose contact transmitter or microphone, which placed the telephone on an advanced commercial basis, some three years after Bell and Watson had invented the tele- phone in Boston. Later the microphone was to become also the soul of radio broadcasting. Invented Gramophone. In 1887 he achieved the second scien- tific discovery that placed his name in the forefront of inventors by giving the world amophone. This talking machine utilized the disc record, also his invention, and a horizontal wave grove, rather than the cylinder up and down groove. He invented and per- fected, as well, the present method of duplicating disc records. For his gramophone invention he was awarded the John Scott Medal and Elliott Cresson gold medal by Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. It was later that his inventive genius turned to aeronautics, but before the Wright brothers conducted their flying experiments on the sands of North Carolina, he was at work on the heli- copter. He contended that this type of aircraft possessed superiority over that requiring a running start to get into the air, because it would conserve space and permit of ascent from a city square. ‘This research he turned over to his son, Henry, about 1919, after the latter had designed and successfully flown a heli- copter in November of that year. Mr. Berliner exhibited his adapta- bility in yet another sphere by interest- ing himself in 1900 in the cause of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ATTEMPT UPON LIFE . OF PRINCESS FAILS Elizabeth Windisch-Graetz Escapes Bullet That Shatters Window of Her Automobile. By the Assoclated Press. LAIBACH, Jugoslavia, August 3—An unsuccessful attempt was made today to shoot Princess Elizabeth Windisch- Graetz of the old feudal family of that name as she was returning to her castle at Littal. A shot fired in a nearby vil- lage broke the window of the princess’ automobile, and the splinters wounded her slightly in the face. into a forest and was not re S, Poincare Making Progress. PARIS, August 3 (#).—The condi- tion of Raymond l’omlflre. kfl;rmer premier, oper: on week for a pelvic dh%rfier. continues satisfactory. The ‘%u-rded The ‘man who fired the shot escaped | trooy 4 cognized. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1929—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. METHOD 1S CALLED BIG ARMS PROBLEM Discussions Are Hampered by Self-Interest of Nations, Admiral Hussey Says. By the Assoclated Press. ‘WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August 3.— The greatest problem in the limitation of armament lies in the query “how to disarm?” Rear Admiral C. L. Hussey, U. S. N, retired, said today in discuss- ing arms limitation before the Institute of Politics. “Every one believes in limitation of armament,” he said. “The question is how to do it. The Navy would welcome limitation of armament provided na- tional security is not endangered. It is that sort of limitation that Britain and France are seeking; the only sort that any wise people will sanction. “The official reports of armament conferences are discouraging reading. While it may be presumptuous to criti- cize the methods used in these confer- ences, it is evident that under the ‘aus- pices of the League or outside the League these last 10 years of intense ac- tivity in the interest of the limitation of armaments has not borne fruit. “I believe the solution to the problem lies in going back of armaments to a study of the material and moral welfare of mankind, to the changing world, the changes wrought by science and the evolution of civilization. There we will get a better line on the inherent char- acter of concepts of human relations. There we may find the answer to our question ‘how disarm’ in considering another ?uumon ‘why arm.’” Lack of consideration for the rest of the world is the ofitstanding character- istic of all nations in deliberations for the settlement of international problems, Admiral Hussey said. In the League and out, he said, self-interest is the dom- inating note of discussions and has hampered their progress. Dr. Willlams T. Foster, head of the Pollak Foundation for Economic Re- search, addressing the institute on “The Problem of Sustaining Trade and Em- ployment,” advocated the introduction In every State Legislature of bills look- ing to unemployment relief as an ef- fective means of dealing with the un- employment situation. . “Public opinion is aroused to the seri- ousness of the problem, and will prove receptive to ideas paving the way to evolutionary changes for the stabilizing of national industrial life,” he said. THIRD PARLEY HELD IN SOVIET DISPUTE Virtual Agreement Reached on Re- sumption of Siberian Rail Traffic. By the Assoclated Press. % TOKIO, August 3.—The third parley between Chinese and Soviet representa- tives took place last night at Manchuli, Manchuria. B. N. Melnikov, Soviet consul general at Harbin, crossed the international border to confer with Tsai Yun-Sheng, commissioner for foreign affairs at Harbin. B ey met aboard a train, heavily by Chinese troops, it was un- troops t.hau‘t.:o vlmfll;’lm ‘lllpgrtn resumption of international raflway traffic between the Transsiberian Rail- ese L disagreement be upon the question of mm‘zfi '«3 éh‘:m am quo ‘I:e:o;e seizure of the tion to formal conference. Mts. Mabel Walker Willebrandt tells the “Inside Story of Prohibition” mn The Euvening Star—The Sunday Star Beginning Monday, August 5 STARTLING—INTERESTING—INFORMATIVE Be Sure and Read the E,ntiré \Series e [POLICE DISCLOSE 13 PROTEGE OF EDISON TO FOLLOW CAREER OF CHEMICAL ENGINEER Victory Was Surprise, but He Is Glad of Chance for College Education. Says Test Fair but Hard. Wilber B. Huston, Port Madison, Wash., boy selected as Edison’s prote refused an offer of @ substantial sum of momey to write a mewspaper articl A representative of the North American Newspaper Alliance received acceptances of its offer from all but two_of the candidates. Huston was one of the two. He did agree, however, to write the article delow, but refused any pay for it. BY WILBER B. HUSTON. Written Exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. ‘When I was about 10 years old I was given a chemical craft art set and made my first experiments with it. My interest has grown ever since. In the Lakeside School for Boys, near my home in Port Madison, Wash., I did some experimenting in chemistry and electricity and found a peculiar magnetic effect which I have never had explained to me. T hope to find out some time with further study what the phenomenon is. I took a general college preparatory |been interested in hybridizing plants. course, but I'm afraid 1 never studied very hard. I saw a notice of the con- test in the newspapers, but entered only when my grandfather urged me to. My grandfather, Wilber Brotherton, has My favorite sports—you can't com- pare your likings for sports and science —are tennis, fencing and swimming. I hope to go to the Massachusetts (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) NEW RUMRUNNIG AETHITS BARED Detroit Interests Said to Be Operating From Kingston, Lake Ontario. By the Associated Préss. WINDSOR, Ontario, August 3 (Ca- nadian Press). —Detroit ‘interests are behind new rum-running syndicates which contemplate operations around the northeastern end of Lake Ontario with headquarters at Kingston, accord- ing to claims of undercover agents of the United States prohibition enforce- ment department. There is a further report that a new fleet of boats is to be placed in service by the Lake Ontario rum runners. The new craft, it is said, are of greater ca- pacity than the usual rum boats and of greater ifl”d' Many of the rum runners took a vaca- tion the past month after the blockade of the United States “dry” navy had be- come l'e'mnrlnt_:‘l.il efficient along the De- troit River. ey left for Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and the Detroit River trade fell away to practically nothing. * But there is a general movement now all along the line, a checkup of the liquor business here has revealed. Much liquor is being run across the boundary line from nearly every export dock from Sault Ste. Marie to the eastern end of Lake Ontario and the recent transfer of Coast Guard eutters to the Buffalo lake sectors has eased up things con- siderably {m the immediate Detroit River area. There has been much activity of rum beats up and down the river in the past few days, as the smugglers evidently were taking ad- }nnt;ce of increasing activity on other ronts. ACTIVE DESPITE PATROL. Liquor Trucks Piling Contraband on Fort Erie Docks. FORT ERIE, Ontarlo, August 3 (Ca- nadian Press).—Despite statements by W. Rasmussen, commander of the Buf- faio division of the Coast Guard ptrol, at a more campaign agains Tum runners m instituted imme- diately on the Niagara River, business around the export docks here was active e y. A constant stream of liquor trucks rumbled into the docks with cases being high on the wharves, while i ral Coast Guard tching the f the runners and occa- :‘fifl!ymnnnulmpuplnddown'.he ver. Reinforced by runners driven from the Detroit area, a rum-running offen- sive is being planned here and indica- tions point to it being the most exten- sive campaign of the season. CHURCHILL AND PARTY OFF ON HOLIDAY TRIP By the Associated Press. HEAVYRAN AR HODVER'S OUTIG Smoot Is Expected at Camp)| raise This Afternoon for Tariff Discussion. Outdoor recreation at President Hoover's camp at the headwaters of the Rapidan in Virginia was somewhat marred today by a heavy downpour of rain. This forced the President and the members of his family and others in his party to spend the morning close to the protection of the tents and cabins that make up the camp. All sorts of outdoor recreation had been planned for the day, and while there was some disappointment ex- pressed because of the interference of rain, the members of the party, accord- ing to reports received at the White Housey were not at all low spirited. Ad- vices received were to the effect that the weather last night was delightfully cool and that in spite of the bad weather .today all were enjoying them- selves. Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chair- man of the Senate finance committee, who is to discuss the progress of that committee in rewriting the Hawley tariff bill at the camp, is expected to arrive early this afternoon. Herbert Hoover, jr., and his wife, who have been in New York, arrived at the White House this morning and soon afterward left for the presidential retreat. The others in the party are Mrs. Hoover and Allan Hoover, their young- est son, Attorney General Mm;hgfl. Postmaster General and Mrs. Brown, Lawrence Richey, one of the President’s secretaries, and Mrs. Richey; Mark Sul- A T. ‘White House physician. Besides conferring with Senator Smoot reg-rd.\ng tariff revision, the President is understood to have discussed with Attorney Gen- “fio Mitchell ::;Ad;uom at the Federal prisons prompt yesterday’s mutiny at_Leavenworth Prnon ‘The President’s plans call for his re- mrnwhudenkltf.hadv:mtemuu Y. FURTHER VICTIMS INALLEGED FRAUD Two New York Girls Reported Stranded in Germany After Free Passage. WITNESS IN MARYLAND EN ROUTE TO CAPITAL Miss Alzina Howells Booked for Investigation Pending End of Probe. ‘While another alleged victim of Miss Alzina Howells was on the way this morning from Frederick, Md.,, to con- fer with local detectives, the investi- gators admitted that Miss Howells, who is under arrest here for investiga- tion in a reputed $20,000 fraud, has disclosed to them the identity of two New York girls, now supposed to be stranded in Germany after they had been fleeced of their savings and sent abroad with passages paid by bogus checks. It was further admitted by Miss Howells, detectives say, that she received $8,000 from ‘two English nurses here, who were sent abroad, and $3,500 from Miss Helen M. Rouse, an employe of the Veterans' Buread; living at the Chastleton Apartments. Detectives quote the woman as confessing she received the money, and did not return any part of it, although refusing point blank to say what disposition was made of the sums involved. The accused woman, who is being held at the House of Detention for in- investigation, told Headquarters Detec- tives Ira W. Keck and B. W. Thompson of the check and fraud squad that the two girls in Germany were Martha Emily Butt and Magda Haagen, both formerly residing at 107 East Thirty- fifth street, New York City. They are supposed to have sailed for Germany on July 4, taking passage on the steamship Muenchen of the North German Line Lloyd Steamboat Co. Unable to Return. The woman indicated to detectives that these two girls were without funds and unable to return from the coa- tinent. She refused, however, to say whether she had accepted any money from them, although admitting she in- duced them uf‘o‘gn on the voyage and ar- ranged for their passage. July 4 was also the date on which Miss Howells is alleged to have sent the local young women to Havre, France, on the French Line steamer De Grasse, and whose subsequent return resulted in the arrest of Miss Howells here Thurs- day afternoon. The girls are Miss Lil- lian Gerard and Irene Biggs of the To- ronto Apartments, both natives of Eng- land, wl’m have m residing in Wash- ington for aboul years. 3 The two young women complained to detectives on their return from France and Miss Howells was subsequently ar- rested. The two nurses here say Miss Howells gave them a “free” excursion to paid for by worthless checks and that they were arrested en route and detained at Havre until they could funds to defray the passage over and a return trip. This action of Miss Howells terminated the business associa=- tion between them during which the younger women turned over $8,000 on Miss Howells' pretense that she would invest it profitably for them. Decline Voyage. Miss Rouse says she was also offered a trip to Europe by Miss Howells, but declined to make the voyage. Detec- tives have information that a third Washingtonian, an Italian, identified only as Michael Messina, was sent to Italy by Miss Howells in a similar man- ner during the Spring. They do not know if he has returned. Detectives would not disclose the identity of the complaintant from Prederick prior to an expected confer- ence with the party today. Throughout the investigation Miss Howells, a dignified portly woman of middle age, has defeated the efforts of detectives to elicit a full story from her, consenting only to inform them on minor details of the case, and for the most part maintaining a tight- lipped silence. Miss Howells lives at 3505 Thirteenth street. She has a wide acquaintance among church workers of two denomi- nations here and is said to have a per- sonality which wins the confidence of her friends and acquaintances. Dur- ing the past 10 years of her residence here, Miss Howells is understood to have made frequent visits to New York, and detectives believe that an investi- gation of her activities there will dis- close additional victims of her alleged confidence scheme. TOKIO FLIGHT PLANNED. Aviator Expects to Take Off From Seattle This Month. TILLAMMOK, Oreg., August 3 (£).— Bob Martin, Seattle aviator, employed by the Port Angeles Air Transportation Co., Inc., announced here Wednesday that he was planning a non-stop flight from Seattle to Tokio, Japan, to be made this month. Martin said he had just received word that financial backing had been arran; The funds, he said, will be suppl ed'by a group of Seattle men ‘whose names he refused to divulge. PAJAMAS ADOPTED AS DAY ATTIRE OF AMERICANS TOURING RUSSIA Society Women Are Undisturbed by Astonished Glares of Natives Met Along Route. By the Assoclated Press. KISLOVODSK, Union States Soviet Republics, August 3.—American man and woman members of the delegation touring Soviet Russia ‘for business and professional observations have taken to wearing pajamas the full day round. Despite the amazed and astonished stares of the Russians it is raj be- chnlml.n‘ the visitors' habitual cos- ding down the Volga River many by the torrid themselves - in less | tuki where Communist l&u‘{:flnmlmntmbedb.medfl , New York society women, such as Miss Alice De Lamar, Miss Jane Breed, Miss Mary Van Renssalaer - oy lures ot masquerade bail g8y at & m e ball. They seemed wholly undisturbed by the amazement of the Russians along the route. Some remarked that they did not care what they wore. While motoring tc Caucasian health resorts nearby yesterday in their light flbz dress many Americans were caught in a heavy rainstorm and drenched to the skin. They took re- in a Russian sanatorium at Eseen- surgeons sup- plied them with dry shirts and blouses. < mineral bath {acilites otered the mineral bath facilities offered