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GOLLEGE EDITORS WILL MEET HERE Agriculttral Experts Frém 27 States Expected to Attend IN CARLTON PLOT Preliminary Hearing for 3 in e o Assassination Probe Set red by the Na- United will be the experts. Also in the roster of events is included a “varmint match,” ted to attract the executioners of , forsaking tempo- their beats for the lure of gun- , will tackle right and left handed half of lhoa being fired one hand and the shots the other. H Victors of Last Year, Last year the American police team outelassed the Royal Northwest Mount- ed aggregation, usually rated as the cream of the world's law enforcement com| peting sent . Army, the Navy, the Marine Cosst Guard, the National and the e Co mfld rifles. The growis B e T eand &w-'omn and machine gun events. ¢ EDDIE SCHNEIDER TO END RECORD BID TOMORROW Awaits in Columbus for Better . Weather Over Mountains in Pennsylvania. By the Associated Press. QOLUMBUS, Ohio, August 23.—Ed- M&%fl, 18-year-old Jersey City tor, ve here on the final laj B e Y e i o o TR . HdLD-UP TRIO TAKE 50 CENTS FROM TAXIMAN Nathan E. Delmar Tells Police He ‘Recogniged One of Bandits to who | ¢itizens who cireum- stances, even resorting to sawed-off THREE MEN ARE KILLED WHEN PLANE EXPLODES Wreckage Scattered for Mile as| ... Ship Falls Into Spin From 1,000-Foot Altitude. By the Associated Press. , Wis., August 23— Three men were killed near here today when their plane exploded as it was doing a wingover and crashed 1,000 feet to the ground. “The dead were Elmer Blumenberg, St, of # pilot. Wréckage from their ne was scattered for a mile The ship had just taken off from the , according to witnesses, when flames were seen to shoot from the motor. the ship ‘went into a spin. s found Fleld's body.in the ‘eockpit. h’'s ‘was 100 feet away and Blumenberg's also had been tossed some distance. il e e - e DETECTIVE HOPES TO FIND KIN OF WEALTHY RECLUSE | ihe By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 23.—A private detective, émployed to trage relatives of William Todd' Snodgrass, who died in Los Angeles August 4, inounced 7 mfll‘n hoped to locate two grand- in the East. Snodgrass, who, lived in 8 cheap ho- tel and ate 10-cent meals, left a for- tune of $250,000 to charities. The de- tective, Erwin J. Smith, was emplo{;d because the California la - leved to invalidate ‘wills leaving 'es- tates to charity if children or grand- ehildren were living. .« - Smith said he had learned that Snod- grass’ daughter, Emma Crozer Snod- had E. Coleman grass, Lewis of - Philadelphia. , The; oo, e’ said; Mre. " Stevenson Society, Meets. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., August 23 Btavenson Soclet of America annual session lurew today in the Steve: Cottage, where Rob- ert, Louis Stevenson spent a Winter years . Will R. Low, artist and close friend . President Hoover Members of th row, left to right: and First Sergt. Wiliam D. Putnam. Front row, left to right: Staff Sergt. B. Parsons and Sergt. Henry M. Soude District Guard rifle team who departed for the rifie matches at Camj pt. Just C. Jensen, Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley, Lieut. Alex J. T! C. Franklin t, Alex J. Thill, Corpl. Flip C. Geracl, Sergt. R Hugh IM Jr.; Master Perry, Ohio, yesterday. Back Sergt. Donald H. Falk Brickles, Sergt. Harry —Star Staff Photo. D, G MAN TRIUMPHS e a roe s e O TP SENATOR ALLEN RUSHED HOME N FREARNS HOVE ne ) Imlay, Attorney, Worked 7 Years on Bar Association’s Uniformity Act. Adoption by the American Bar Asso- ciation at its annual convention in Chi- cago last week of a pi d uniform firearms act constituted part a vic- tory for Charles V. Imlay, prominent Washington lawyer, who represented the District on a. committee of the National Conference of Commissioners is a special railroad car by a party of New visited on Uniform State Laws, which framed | the code. For seven years the committee, with y serving'.most of the time as its chairman, worked on the umiform code before it was finally approved by. the mers and passed on to Bar Association for its indorsement. In 1926 it was recommended to the State in Denver, but objections withdrawal and return consider- ‘Resembles Zihlman Bill. As redrafted and approved, however, in the 1« purchase of a proved by the major and superintendent of ruu. that the purchaser must sub- g‘ to being finger pfl.mbd,‘lnd that nd. these requirements on theory that ‘the effect would be merely undue on reputable legitimate wmthgn of fi:eh ‘home . es or g e Honest Citizens Penalized. ‘These according to Imlay, constitute a of Iaw which would be obeyed by law-abiding citizens ond not by 'mlw bootle, system of pistol gEing. ‘would h-vpe guns “uri any b uniform code strikeg the mid- dle ground between legisiation which is too drastic and legislation which is too liberal. We believe there is a need for to resist the criminal elemen —_— High Altitude Responsible = for Condition. Wife Told Kansan Is Under Care of New York Banker’s Party. By the Associated Press. York bankers with whom he Mexico City, Mrs. The Senator will arrive here tomor- row morning. Mrs. Allen said the Sen- the | ator was not well before starting on the condition o Al““l:y Mxlz'-mma-, and yersel B lieve ’mu was the’ troul = |LNOSESHINER OF AMESGQLD LR Prize Goes to Ray Pregenzer, Wha Establishes Record. . in Cyclone Boat. By the Associated Press. MARIETTA, Ohio, August 23.—The Charles G. Dawes Gold Cup, nationally famous outboard motor prize, went to Is Believed HENRY J. ALLEN. AMATEURS SHARE MANY MUSIC PRIZES 'Awards of Festival Partici- pated ip by Several States **“"Given in Chicago. By the Associated Press. .t CHICAGO, August 23.—Amateur mu- siclans ‘of several States tonight fin- ished their two-day competition for -American record | cine, Wis., first; American Legion, Kan- Koler of Gary, Ind, and the year }fir: by George Martin of South Bend, Pregenzer captured each of the heats of 4 miles each. SBecond cami Koler, who trailed the winner first two heats and came third final one. Travis Chestnut of Jackson- ville, advanced in the third hea P et scored third place, Ralph tmmg:phoe.lnd t. ““The uniform act prohibits the carry- | Harrington, Chicago, concealed w_la{znm except under licensing. lyuwmm of pro; also Iw“fl o o weapons in a vehicle. ' It requires !hn & purchaser must wait 48 hours before delivery of the weapon, during which ur?;..lnponumldewthedfluot pol Licenseless Weapons Hit. “The on eof & concealed n without a license is prima facie lence of intention to commit a crime. ‘The commission of a crime carries with it an extra penalty. ‘In addition, the code prohibits the sale of weapons to minors, to those who have been convicted of crimes of vio- lence, and drug addicts. “Although these are drastic regula- | tions, the act does not attempt to inter- fere with the common law right which citizens have under the Constitution to bear arms.” ) ENTERS NEW FIELD Kermit Roosevelt Heads Company to Ship Out Panama Lumber. NEW YORK, August 23 (#).—Friends of Kermit Roosevelt, explorer, steamship executive and son of the late President, learned today he had entered the lumber business. | Roosevelt is chairman of the board of | directors of the Deep Bay Lumber Co., 2 $300,000 private corporation formed to cut and ship unfinished timber from Panama coast to Baltimore. The ‘trophy remains in of the Marietta Kiwanis Club until it is s, Sk, St f inapolis, finished fourth and' Ray Morin of Tem- perance, Mich., was ‘Time for the event in which flnrh:g- ton and Koler fought each inch of the Way, was 16:36. In the opening race of the day, a three-heat event for D boats, Koler was first, Harrington second and Martin Several bad spills marred the second heat. CANADIANS HOP OFF TO MAGNETIC POLE! By the Associnted Press. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, August 23.-— Meaded toward the icebound shore of King Willlam Land,” where Sir John Jranklin and 120 men perished while on an exploration journey in 1847-48, Pilot W. E." Gilbert and Maj. L, T. Burwash, famous Canadian explorer, winged their way today en route to the north magnetic pole. - They are to take observations and photographs for the Dominion Government. A radio message, sent direct from the olane and relayed to Winnipeg via Churchill, was received here today telling of the fiyers’ departure from Fort Hearne, historic trading post of the far-off Arctic shores. ‘This flight marks the first time white men have visited King William Land in the Summer season, and it is also the first time an airplane has crossed many of the areas of the barren terri- Having started from Fort McMurray, northern post, last week, Maj. Gilbert is at the controls of a giant seaplane, and as ice will soon be forming in the lonely bays and water stretches of the Far North, he will have to be back at his base within a fortnight. NIP PRISON MUTINY San Salvador Officials Plot of 862 to Escape. SAN SALVADOR, Reépublic of Salva- dor, Algun 23 (P).—A projected mutiny was discovered tate Peniten! Vi authorities. con Discover kakee, IIl., second. 's - choruses al ; Crown Point, Ind., second. Sopranos—Mrs. Marie Herron Truitt, first; Anna Mary Dickey, 1L, third. -Madeline Seeberger, Ken- osha, first; Martha Wilhelm, Hammond, ‘Tenors— Irving _ Didelman, South Haven, Mich., first; R. Paul Smith, Gary, Ind, third. Baritone—Jultus Sklute, Racine, Wis., Basses—Anthony. G. Gmerek, Ham- mond, Ind, secohd; Earl Shultis, Wau- , I1L., third. < s&xlenphmo-—.lohn MeElroy, . Wauke- gan, Il ‘Trombone—Glen Smith, Oswego, IIl. SUSPECTED BANDIT HELD AFTER DOWNTOWN CHASE Following ‘a chase of three blocks | through downtown streets last night, two colored men were arrested and one of them charged as the bandit who earlier in the evening held up Theodore English, colored, a taxi driver, and escaped 6. English identified Arthur Mills, col- ored, 23 years old, as the man who hired his cab and after a short ride rammed a pistol in his back and took the money from him. George Bryant, 34 years old, of 604 U street, who was arrested along with | Mills after the chase, is being held for investigation. The chase started when {‘hlll!h pointed out to police two men | on the corner as resembling the bandits who had, robbed him. for Wednesday. rriage Licenses, e "&'mw‘v Rev. e W 19, Mable Johnson, (ot Agute . sy 3 Sessions. Agricultural experts from 27 States are expected to assemble here Tuesday for a three-day can Association Editors. sions will be * | ence room-of and - afternoon ses- of the Ameri- | engravers, Tom Mix Assault Denied. i e (0 MINNEAPO] , director of in-| general denial to $13,000 y | motion picture actor, was filed by his District Ire, . 3 2, 54l . Bton; | ounty exteio : 13; OB G tnanete VAT 2. OB ey, o yand Kasarion Eg-rg?m R %, i Ko, rtbic 5. 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