Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1931, Page 2

A2 =» FOURTH ACTIVITIES MENAGED BY RAIN Drizzle Falls as 155th Anni-l , versary Opens—Monument " to Be Fireworks Scene. (Continued Prom First Page) was welcomed by the thousands of celebrants. , i Arrangements for handling the heavy traffic and large crowds in connection | with the ceremonies at the Sylvan | Theater and the fireworks afterward will | be the same as in recent years. A safety area is necessary about the locality from which the fireworks technicians operate at Sixteenth street and Consti- tution avenue. Accordingly pedestrians will not be permitted to a ich closer than approximately 100 yards, the area being set off by ropes manned by police and details from the military services. Automobiles will be permitted to en- ter the Ellipse area, but cannot pro- ceed south on Fifteenth or Sixteenth streets from that area. Traffic around the Ellipse roadway will be one-way counter-clockwise, and parking will be permitted on the Ellipsg roadway. The circular driveway which skirts the Monument Grounds will be closed on both the north and south sides of the Monument, since it is needed in connection with the ceremonies and fireworks display. The color guards and other participants in the ceremonies at the Sylvan Theater are expected to en- ter the Monument Grounds at Four- teenth street near the Bureau of En- graving and Printing. The large parking areas in the rear of the Navy and Munitions Buildings will be open for parking by the public at 6 pm., entrance and exit being by way of Nineteenth or Twenty-first streets. 'The Seventeenth street gate will be used exclusively for pedestrians coming and going into the parking area. No parking will be allowed on Fourteenth street between Pennsylvania avenue and Water street. Parking will be permitted on Fifteenth street in the rear of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Officials to Attend. At the Sylvan Theater, where diplo- mats, officials of the Federal and Dis- trict governments and other prominent guests will be seated, the address of welcome will be given by Thomas P. Littlepage following the Massing of the Colors. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House, will deliver the invocation; Mrs. Gertrude Lyons will Jead in the singing of “America,” Prof. W. Hayes Yeager of George Washing- ton University will read the Declara- tion of Independence and Assistant Secretary of State Rogers will make the oration. The benediction will be given by Mgr. Edward F. Buckey of St. Matthew's Church. A picturesque group will lead in the ceremony attached to the “cath ef al- Jegiance.” Trimble Sawtelle, represent- ing the Children of the American Rev- olution, will be garbed in Continental uniform: Miss Carroll Fries of Troop 15 of the Girl Scouts will represent the present younger generation, and a Civil War veteran in blue, F. J. Youx?. will be the representative of the G. A. Athletic sports, including a canoe gatta at 3 o'clock on the Tidal Basin, will mark the program downtown dur- ing the day. Celebrate at Center. One of the largest community cele- brations was staged at the new Taft Recreation Center, in the north section of Woodridge, with Raymond L. Gil- bert, general chairman, in charge. The observance was under the auspices of the Brookland, Burroughs, Michigan Park, Rhode Island Avenue and Dahl- gren Terrace Citizens’ Associations and started at 10:30 o'clock with a huge street parade, in which veterans, chil- dren in gayly decorated floats and be- decked automobiles took part. The parade started from South Da- kota avenue and Rhode Island avenue northeast, and ended up at the Taft Center, at Twentieth and Otis streets, where the reviewing stand was located. The Overseas Band furnished music. At 11:30 o'clock the patriotic pro- gram began, at which George L. Gee, chairman of the Prcgram Committee, introduced as speakers Edward F. Col- laday, Republican national committee- man from the District. Athletic events were to follow, and in the evening there will be a community sing, a band con- cert and fireworks starting at 8:30 o'clcek. Takoma Park celebrated the day in spectacular fashion. The parade, start- ing at 10 o'clock, proceeded along Maple avenue to Carroll street to Piney Branch road, disbanding at Dahlia street, where the exercises took place. Mounted police and the Army Band led the parade, while veterans of all wars carried their colors. Floats representing the State flags, provided an attractive ure. Dickson Is Speaker. Mrs. Horace W. Whittaker acted as chairman 6f the parade. At the ex- ercises Capt. C. Leonard Boyer, gen- eral _chairman, introduced Mayor Ben G. Davis, who presided. The address was given by Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson, retired Army chaplain, who displayed the battle flags which he took with him during the World War. A totem pole will be dedicated at 1:30 o'clock under the auspices of the ‘Takoma, D. C., Citizens’ Association on the Whittier playgrounds. A seven- mile marathon will start at the same hour for The Evening Star Trophy Cup. be other athletic events, ending with fireworks at 8:20 o'clock tonight. One of the interesting patriotic ob- servances was held this morning by the ! Association of Oldest Inhabitants at the Western Presbyterian Church, where Dr. Montgomery, House chap- lain, was the orator. Members of the Society of Natives of the District joined with them. At Wesley Heights, the exercises be- rn with a flag-raising at 9:30 o'clock, followed by athletic events on the campus of American University. ‘The Conduit Road Citizens’ Associa- tion sponsored a program at the Pali- sades, starting at 1 o'clock. The steamer City of Washington car- ried a capacity crowd this morning to Colonial Beach and Chapel Point. The vessel returns at 6 o'clock tonight. THREE POLICE SHIFTED Transfer First of Personnel Under New District System. ‘The first transfer of police personnel under the new district system inau- gurated Wednesday, was made in the third inspection district by Inspector O. T. Davis, with the transfer of three privates effective today. ‘The officers transferred are: J. C. Sullivan, from No. 11 to No. 4 lice station; Pvts. Altus Moore, from 0. 9 to No. 11, and Pvt. C. J. Stewart, from No. 4 to No. 9. Inspector Davis said the transfers ‘were made for the general good of the service and most efficient apportion- ment of the men. SWAT THE FLY Use Star Fly Swatters to con- ‘The Star has for free distribu- tion wire-handled fly swatters. Ask for one at the main office :"!W?-h! Star, 11th and Pa. Ave. THE EVENING STAR IPOLAND UNVELS |FORD TOUR STARTS PETER ARNO. By the Assoclated Press. ENO, Nev., July 4—After three weeks of threats and counter- threats, Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., and Peter Arno actually came to | blows here yesterday, and the satirical artist, according to eyewit- nesses, came off second best. A chance meeting at the railroad sta- tion, a remark by Arno and the two squared off, to the amazement and de- light of a throng of onlookers. Through George Killmer, his private detective, Vanderbilt late yesterday issued the first authoritative statement concerning the affair. In it Arno was accused of making an insulting remark regarding Mrs. May Vanderbilt, who has been sued for divorce in the Reno courts by the scion of the wealthy New York family. Vanderbilt, the statement continued, then struck Arno, and as the latter| started to enter a railway car, he fell| in the car platform. The disturbance | was quickly quelled by raflway police. | By the Associated Press. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, JR. ; Killmer said that Mrs. Florence Rice Smith, daughter of Grantland Rice, noted sports writer, left on the same train as that taken by Arno. Numer- ous reports have linked the couple in a aomance, but both have denied they contemplated marriage. Arno was di- vorced last Monday by Lois Long Arno, while Mrs. Smith obtained a decree from Sidney O. Smith, New York broker, several weeks ago. With Arno's departure the next step ! in the entangled affairs of Vanderbilt and his wife, the former Mary David- son Weir of Chicago, probably will be the consummation of the divorce action now pending, with a bitter contest still a possibility. Their case is set for trial next Monday. Vanderbilt, when the news first came out that he and Mrs. Vanderbilt had separated, accused Arno of breaking up his home. Since, each had threatened to “get” the other. Fireworks Display Postponement Seen In Case of Hard Rain 1In the event of a hard rain to- night, the Fourth of July cere- monies at the Sylvan Theater will be called off, the official com- mittee announced. Should only | | a shower occur and spectators | | attend, the prcgram will be car- ried out as planned. If postponement due to rain is necessary, the fireworks dis- play will be held the first clear night after Monday. BARTSCH SUIT AGAINST WIFE STRIKES SNAG Justice Bailey Reverses Ruling At- tempting to Grant Right to Regain Property. Justice Jennings Bailey of the Dis- trict Supreme Court yesterday reverseda previous ruling by which he attempted | to grant a petition of Paul Bartsch, curator of the Naff$hal Museurr, for | the return of pefsonul property taken by Mrs. Signe G. Bartsch, when she left her husband and began a suit for‘ a limited divorce. | Before he had signed an_order on| the earlier ruling, Justice Balley re- quested a reargument of the matter and reached the conclusion that in a| diverce action the court is without Ju- | risdiction to order a division of per-‘ sonal property or to enjoin its disposi- | tion by the person having it in pos- session. Bartsch In his petition for the return of the property charged that the wife had left him only two suits of Sum- mer clothing and had even taken his aving mirror. Attorney Austin F. Canfield for the wife denied that Mrs. Bartsch had taken some of the things alleged by the husband. ! Leaves for | Donellan, 49 years old, .a member of WOMAN HELD HERE IN MURDER INQUIRY Tennessee Authorities to Send for Mrs. Mary Moseley. Richmond Acklen Shot. Acting at the request of Tennessee authorities, police early today arrested Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Moseley, 28, of 1701 Park road, who is reported to be wanted in Nashville in connection with a murder there in May. The arrest was made by Detectives Joseph Waldron and George Darnall. who took Mrs. Moseley to the Women's Bureau, where she is being held pend- ing the arrival of Tennessee authorities. An offieer is expected to come here to- morrow to return her to Nashville. According to word from investigators in the office of the Tennessee attorney general, Mrs. Moseley was wanted in conpecticn with the killing of Richard Acklen, who was shot in the back of the head May 9. The woman denied having shot Acklen and told local de- tectives he committed suicide. Mrs. Moseley came to the Capital | shortly after the tragedy and has been living with her sister at the Wellington Apartments, it was said. She expressed willingness to return to Nashville to face any charges in connection with the case. Curb Exchange ‘Member Killed. NEW YORK, July 4 (#).—George F. the New York Curb Exchange, was/ killed yesterday when he jumped or fell | from a sixth floor window of a broker- age office building in Trinity place. He was married. Honeymoon NANCY CARROLL IS EDITOR’S BRIl NANCY CARROLL. By the Associated Press. EWTOWN, Conn., July 4— Nancy Carroll, who rose from the back row of a chorus to a leading screen actress, was bound for Canada today, with her new Busband, Francis Bolton Mal- lory, magazine editor and former Princeton professor. They were married yesterday in Q.Ilel Newtown Town Hall in a civil cere- 8. 3 Ann Lahiff, is 25 and a Catholic. Her hus- band, her second, is a Protzstant. Nancy Carroll and her first husband, Jack Kirkland, former newspaper and playwright, were divorced a month decree. They have a magizine, Life, was once a New York reporter, an advertising man and a professor of English. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and served during the war in the air forces. Jack Kirkland, when informed of his divorced wife’s wedding, said: “I wish her all harptness. and I con- laf But I must say it didn’t take long.” Miss Carroll's rise to stardom began Wwith her role in “Abie’s Irish Rose,” Stage play. In $wo years” e the $40- stage play. wo years’ time - a-week chorus girl was earning $5,000 ‘whom she married man | fared well went to Miss Carroll met Mallofy on a Ha- vana cruise last January, Widow of War President At- tends Ceremony—Hoover Message Received. POZNAN, Poland, July 4.—The Woodrow Wilson Memorfal, designed by Gutzon Borglum and presented by Ig- nace Paderewskl, was unvelled today at a ceremony in which the war Presi- dent’s widow and Poland’s highest gov- ernment officials participated. A message from President Hoover, in which the President paid tribute to the gefl. Polish men and women played in development of the United States, was_read. “Deskne the distances of space and the differences of speech which sepa- rate Poland and the United States, there are circumstances which make it natural for me to express an especial interest in this ceremony,” the Presi- dent said. “It has been my own good fortune to visit Poland. It has been my good fortune to meet the illustrious citizen of Poland to whose inspiration this athering is due. It has been my good rtune to know President Wilson, to whom it was given to play a part in the history of Poland. Polish Heroes Named. “In 80 doing he cannot have been forgetful of another stormy moment of the world affairs, when Kosciuszko, Pulaski and other Polish volunteers making their way across seas so much wider and more untraveled than they are now, fought in the ragged regi- ments of Washington. “The intervening century and a half have renewed and multiplied past all count these old relations between the people of our two countries. It is, therefore, particularly touching to us that a ceremony such as this should take place in Poland, on the anni- versary which stands first in our calendar. “In the name of the people of the United States, as in my own, I wish to give voice to our profound apppre- ciation of so notable & mark of re- membrance, sympathy and friendliness.” The ceremony was marked by many expressions of enthusiasm for Mr. Wil- son, the United States and Paderewsk!. The planist was unable to be present because of the illness of his wife, who is in Switzerland. He is with her. Welfare of All Nations. Mayor Ratajski said in his address that no one feared or envied the great- ness of the United States because the United States clearly recognized that her own welfare was the welfare of all nations. “The man whose memory we honor today,” the mayor declared, “illustrated that attitude in his career, and it is once more illustrated by Herbert Hoover, who again is leading the United States in action for the general welfare.” The monument was dedicated by President Moscicki of Poland, who, after the ceremony, escorted Mrs. Wil- son on a tour of the park named after her husband. FIELDER HUNTER RITES WILL BE HELD MONDAY Veteran Clerk Who Served 45 Years in Adjutant Geperal's Of- fice to Be Buried Here. Plelder I. Hunter, former chief clerk of the Record and Pension Division of the Adfutant General's Office, wno died at Soldiers’ Home Thursday at the age of 76, will be buried in Cedar Hill Ceme- tery after funeral services at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at Gawler's chapel. Mr. Hunter was a native and a life- long resident of the Capital. Serving first in the Signal Corps of the Army, he entered the Adjutant General’s Office to serve continuously for 45 years. At the time of his death he was secretary emeritus of Hiram Lodge, No. 10, F.A AM He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Maude Peatherstone of Washington: five sisters, Mrs. Hattie Delmar of Polk, | Ohio; Mrs. W. B, Salt of Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. R. K. Goddard of Denver, Colo.: Mrs. M. V. Thomas of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. L. H. Maltman of this city, and a brother, James F. Hunter of New York. POPE’S ENCYCLICAL ASSAILS FASCISTS’ INSULTS TO CHURCH (Continued First Page.) veal * * ™ the proposal already in great part actually put into effect, to monop- olize completely the young * * * and all for the exclusive advantage of a party, of a regime * * * which clearly resolves itself into a true and real pagan wor- ship of the state.” ‘The Pontiff expresses himself as pre- occupled particularly with the thought that so many young Catholics have taken the Fascist oath and are “tor- tured by doubts of whose.existence we have incontrovertible evidence.” Suggests Oath Reservation, ‘To restore tranquillity to those con- sciences, he suggests & mental teserva- tion, such as “safeguarding the laws of God and of the church,” or “In accord- ance with the guties of & good Chris- a “Far better.” he writes, would be “to omit the cath altogether, since- it is always an act of religion and certainly has no appropriate place in taking membership in a political party. “We have not said that we wish. to condemn the party as such. We have intended * * * to condemn that which we have seen and have understood to be. contrar{ to the Catholic doctrine :h; * and, h!d"‘&rffi mconculble with name an f Catholics. * * * Gt “We believe that we have thus at the same time accomplished a good work for the party itself, because of what interest and success can the party have in a Catholic country like Iuly“ln mé‘nc:mm. ® ¢ s ideas and practices wi cannot be reconciled with a Catholic conscience? Relies on Christian Patience. “Everything is definitely promised in answer to prayer: If the answer will not be the re-establishment of serene and tranquil relations, it will have its answer, at any rate, in Chris- tian patience. * * * “The ‘Church of God, which wishes nothing from the state that belongs to the competence of the state, will cease to be asked for that which is of the competence of the church, the ed- ucation and the Christian formation of youth. This is not through human favor, but by divine mandate, and that which therefore she will always ask with * an insistence which cannot el Balboa Holds Alleged Fugitive. BALBOA, Panama Canal Zone, July 4 (A).—Rudolph Dana Richner was ar- rested yesterday as a fugif tice in Honolulu and held in $5,000 bail pending his return. Police said he was under indictment for embezzlement in the Hawalian city. » Fund to Fight Gtulhoiipen. ST. PAUL, July 4 (F).— e e uly 4 (P).—The State 15 Planes Competing in 6,500-Mile Flight Over United States. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 4—Flying & blue center-wing monoplane, C. H. Sugg. Detroit pilot, led the 15 contesting planes of the 1931 national air tour from Ford airport at 10:04 a.m. East- ern standard time today on a 16-mile | cross-river jump to the Walkerville, On- tario, airport, the first stop on a 6,500~ mile flight through Eastern, Central and Southwestern States. Capt. Walter Henderson, Detroit, was second away, with Jack B. Story of De- trolt following closely. The other con- testants took off at one-minute inter- vals, without mishap. Eleven accom- panying planes, carrying Jimmy Doo- little and Ray Collins, officals of the tour, newspaper men and passengers, followed the contestants from the air- port. Plan Luncheon Stop. The flyers planned to stop at the Walkerville airport for lunch, taking off at 1:30 p.m. today for Leroy, N. Y., the first night stop of the flight. A crowd of several hundred watched as the planes were flagged away at one- minute intervals. The winner of the tour will receive possession for a vear of the Edsel Ford Reliability Trophy. offered annually to the pilot who scores highest on a basis of plane performance, flying ability and speed over the 6,500-mile distance. Stop at 33 Cities. Stops will be made in 33 cities along Ilhe route, which extends from New York State into Pennsylvania, thence through Ohio. West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennes- see, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and into Texas. From Texas the planes will turn back. returning to Detroit through Middle Western States and landing at Ford Altport July 25. Harry Russell, who flew a Ford tri- motor plane to win the tour last year and a major portion of the $12.500 award offered the pilots, is a contestant in the tour this year. Capt. Lewis Yancey, noted pilot. accompanied the tour in an autogiro, but was not a con- testant. FIVE FLYING OFFICERS OF ARMY SENT TO D. C. Capt. W. V. Andrews Is Assigned to Duty at Bolling Field. Others Also Shifted. Bolling Pileld will receive two new Air Corps officers. Capt. William V. within a few days, following competion of a course of instruction at the Air Corps Tactical School, Langley Field, Va. Lieut. Thomas D. White, the sec- ond officer, will come here from March Pleld. Calif. Maj. Michael F. Davis of the office of the Air Corps chief. has been ordered to Crissy Field, Calif. Maj. Walter G. Kilner, also of the office of the Alr Corps ‘chief, has been ordered trans- ferred to the office of F. Trubee Davi- son, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation. Capt. Idwal H. Edwards, now completing his course at the Tactical School, also will go on duty in Mr. Davison's office. Lieut. Edward E. Hildreth, Alr Corps. now on duty at_the University of Tllinois, has been ordered to Wash- ington for duty in the office of the Chief of Air Corps. . BANKER'S GUARD SUICIDE Thomas W. Lamont Employe Bul- let Victim in New York. NEW YORK, July 4 (#)—Oma L. Hooper, 47 years old, bodyguard to Thomas W. Lamont, of J. P. Morgan & Co., killed himself yesterday:'by firing a bullet into his right temple. Three months 2go, Hooper was divorced in his home town, Himpson, Tex., according to police, who said also he had suffered injuries to his head and side in an automobile accident. One or both of these incidents, it was beleved, preyed on his mind. Hooper recently was promoted to a lieutenancy in the Morgan Co. Police Department. ! G. S. GRAHAM, DEA OF HOUSE, EXPIRES AT SUMMER HOME tst Page) (Continued Fro cil of Philadelphia from 1877 to 1880, when he became district attorney of Philadelphia, serving for 18 years. He was a professor of criminal law and procedure in the University of Pennsyl- vania law school for 11 years. After serving six consecutive terms as prosecutor, for four of which he was elected without opposition, he declined re-election and retired to the private practice of law as a member of the firm of Graham & Gilfillan, in Phila- delphia. Served Nine Terms Here. His active interest in Republican pol- itics led to his appointment in 1892 as a delegate to the Republican national convention. He first was elected to Congress from the second Pennsylvania district in 1913, and had served nine consecutive terms. He was elected to the Seventy- second Congress by @& majority of 34,387 out of a total of 40,646 votes. ‘Mr, Graham is survived by his widow, Mrs. Pauline M. (Wall) Graham, and by three married daughters. He was past grand commander of the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania. While in Washington he resided at tan Hotel. ‘hiel;‘;:s‘;:t;;h: Graham directed the -essional hearing on the ;":‘J;’m °3? K;mmbm!m'l since enactment the Volstead act. O‘Ashechn?rmln of the House Judiciary Committee, he cll}ed H:,eoul‘lelru':‘gs tfi ony from wets an l"’!r;e:'ve testimi !me w"':e h'eu numerous measures seel change or repeal the Volstead law. The ses- sions extended over a gerlod of more than two months in 1930. = “::iw}"flr ml:rpot:‘ was_educa- rah! %4 guntl..ml-le added t_they might not accomplish anything, but they would give an opportunity for the conscien- tious opponents of prohibition to be heard. Scored Present Law. “The eighteenth amendment and the enloreenel;.nt law have been tested for he said ' in .opening them. ft a train of consequences ment has left & - most deplorable and depressing r, not with the of &ml::nncy appropriation of * $5,000 ‘0: conyictions in Northwesf Minnesota. ot fected. fib. o counties were af- is Andrews will come to the local fleld | WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, J 'LY 4 1931, " Aimee’s Son and Fiancee "lnDl‘Nfl DATE SET FOR JULY 21. By the Associated Press. LVA, Okla., July 4—Mrs. E. J. Smith, mother of Miss Lornade Smith, young evangelist, an- nounced " last night that her daughter would be married to This, the third chapter of the life story of Wiley Post, round-the-world flyer, reveals him as a young pilot eager to fly at all times, despite his Jather’s disapproval. PART IIL BY LEON H. DURST. { (Coprright, 1931, by the Associated Press.) HE farm boy who used a cotton patch to obtain funds for a mechanical education had grad- | to a wing-walker and parachute | | jumper by prevailing upon L. L. (Pete) Lewis, barnstorming pilot, to give him a job. Lewfls. now a transport pilot. says that Wiley was an avaricious student of aviation. He never was satisfied until he knew everything a plane could do. Between exhibitions he tinkered the controls and with the motors. e was a little wild. but he had plenty of nerve” Lewis remembers. “He was so silent the men about the field knew little of him.” Buys Plane With Damages. 1In those days, immediately after the war, pilots who could acquire enough cash to buy a Jenny or a Canuk fre- quently banded in groups of three or four and went about the country bill- ing themselves as air circuses. They would stunt the antiquated planes, patch up the motors with anything uated from a garage mechanic | tive, expk Rolf McPherson, 18, son of Aimee McPherson, evangelist, and Lorna D. Smith, daughter of Mrs. Earl James Smith of Alva, Okla, shown above, are to be married July 21 at Angelus Temple, Los Angeles. —A. P. Photo. | Rolf McPherson, son of Mrs. Aimee | Semple McPherson, in the Angelus | Temple, at Los Angeles, July 21. | " The young couple had been reported engaged several months ago. Young McPherson also is an evangelist. Wiley Post—Globe Girdler Former Barnstormer Adds to Life Story of Round- the-World Flyer, Whom He Hired in Post-War Days. |shown some newspaper clippings about | his stunts to the Maysville News, the | local weekly newspaper, he teased her and said he took that as meaning that stunts, but he confided to her he bad taken. Wiley's father left the home farm near Maysville several days before his famous son brought his ’‘round-the- wvorld flight to an end to escape inqusi- | tive visitors. He never was enthusias- }'ic about Wiley's flying. At the same time his mother, preud bt not talka- ained how she * never did like to have my picture put in the paper.” Globe Pilot Taciturn. ‘There was no resentment on the part of the members of Wiley's family about | the publicity which came in the wake i of the flight. A brother in Oklahoma | City declined to pose for a picture be- | cause, he explained, “The show belongs to Wiley, not me.” It was plain to see | they all are practical folk who do their | daily work and expect no applause. Wiley apparently comes by his taci- turnity very naturally. He made a number of extraordinary flights after | he had become a test pilot on the ! Pacific Coast, but he never would com- ment on the to any extent. He was | the same way in his barnstorming days, Lewis says. Sometimes he would ride |in an automobile alongside friends for 50 miles or more without saying a word. Has Dry Humor. that would hold, and startle the un- familiar country folk with their exhi- bitions of wing-walking and parachute jumping. It was in such a group that Wiley Post learned to fly. His me- chanical knowledge gave him a head start and coon he was zooming off the ground with the most daring. | The accident which cost Wiley the sight of cne eye brought him his first plane. He was injured in a machine shop at Holdenville and received $2.000 | in compensation, He bought a Canuk plane and took up passengers, usually for whatever they would pay. If the required “pot” was not collected. Wiley frequently made up the difference and flew anyway, so eager was he to go into the air at every opportunity. Fooled Town on "Chute Leap. Earl Witten, Paul Valley. Okla, aviator, who used to do stunt flying with Post, says that “whenever he heard of any new stunt in the alr Wiley always would try it in his old Curtiss Canuk.” : “Wiley never was much of a ladies man,” Witten says. He bought a “new flivver with all the fixings he could get his damaged eye. He took the girls out in that car now and then, but he always seemed more interested in flying than i girls.” ; He is something of a joker, too Around Wiley's home town they tell of the time he went up to do a para- chute jump, but threw a dummy out of the plane instead. Several women in the crowd fainted as the figure tumbled down out of the sky. Soon after Wiley bought his first biplane he landed the old crate in his father’s alfalfa patch and crashed into a hay rake. A wing beam was broken d Wiley patched it up with a piece of two-by-four and took off with a couple of flat tires. ‘Whether that incident had any bear- ing or not, Wiley's father didn't tak;‘ much to his stunt He hi wua: parachute one day so he couldn’ p. Wiley's mother says he never told his father of his first air staunts, but he confided to her he had started in the work. Father Dodges Curious. ‘““You don't care if I make & few para- chute jumps?” he asked his mother one day. Mrs. Post indicated some dis- pleasure, but admitted she was proud that she had a son who could “do such things.” When Wiley heard she had with a part of the money he got for| Wiley doesn’t say much, but when he does there is a certain dry humor in his talk which wins friends and gets things done. When the Winnie Mae was polsed at Roosevelt Pleld waiting for favor- able weather to hop around the world 2 slow leak developed in one of her tires. The incident was reported to Post. He had done very little talking and seemed to be completely free of worry. “One of the tires on the Winnie Mae has gone soft, Mr. Post,” a me- chanic reported. . “tV;elL pl{‘t a llllul! Long Island air in there and we'll bring it back, drawled. ¥ ey (Monday: Wiley Post meets the man who is to gtve him his chance, and | takes another step up in the aviation world.) 'BOLIVIAN ENVOY QUITS PARAGUAYAN CAPITOL | Members of His Personal Legation With Him on Way to La Paz After Reported Break. By the Associated Press. | LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 4 —The Boliv- | ian Minister to Paraguay left Asuncion last night with members of his personal legation en route to La Paz. It was reported early in the week that the Bolivian Minister to Paraguay had been recalled by his government as the result of the Chaco boundary dispute. NOTED EDUCATOR DIES Mrs. Dencie Stoddard Helped Es- tablish Schools After War. WHATELY, Mass., July 4 (P)-—Mrs. | Dencie Luthera (Crafts) Stoddard, who, with her husband, the late Ephriam 8. Stoddard, founded more than 100 schools in_the | War, died Thursday. She was 92. Among the survivors are David L. Crafts, Los Angeles, Calif.. a brother, |and two sons, Albert H. Stoddard of | Co | Los Angeles and Prank W. Stoddard of | Benver. |New York City. TWO MEN, RACING OVER GLOBE, MEET ON RUN AT WINDY CITY Westbound Japanese and Belated Eutb‘ound German :’:"' ok " Shake Hands as Latter Dashes Through Chicago. By the Associatel Press. CHICAGO, July 4—A Japanese and a German rushed toward one another in a suburban station yesterday, shout- in their rate langua %a&m HDI' then farewell as German dashed away for his religious Not with | the and then crossed the Atlantio) s Leaving New York yester- day morning by Chicago early last night. Fukuma landed early in the évening.) but Kaufman’s plane was late. The German had to dash to catch his east- bound train. l':’ku'n Europe by steamer. UNUSUAL HONOR FOR BLOBE FLYERS :Post and Gatty to Be Made Honorary Members in Aero- nautic Association. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, during their triumphal visit to the Capital Monday, will receive honorary mem- bership in the National Aeronautic As- sociation, an honor held by only five living men, as a result of replies re- ceived today in a telegraphic poll of the association’s board of governors. In receiving this honor, the world fiy- ers will join Orville Wright, Thomas A. Edison, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Rear . Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Dr. Hugo Eckener. The scrolls of membership will be presented by Senator Hiram Bingham of Conneeticut, president of the association, at the testimonial ban- quet in the Willard Hotel Monday eve- ning by the associatfon and the Wash« ington Board of Trade. Will Arrive Monday Morning. The flyers will arrive at’ Washington- Hoover Airport at about 10:30 o’clock Monday morning in the Winnie Mae, fleet white-and-blue monoplane which carried them around the world in little more then a week. A Cavalry escort of 100 men is expected to aid District po~ lice in policing the route through Potoe mac Park to the White House. Secretary of Commerce Lamont is ex- pected to represent President Hoover at the reception to be given Post and Gatty by the National Press Club at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Washington Auditorium. On behalf of the club, Eugene S. Lege gett, president, will preside and con gratulate the flyers. Secretary Lamont Will make the presentation of engraved globes, showing the course of the epochal flight. Leggett has invited diplomatic and other representatives of the nations over which the flyers passed to attend the reception. Press Club Committee. The Press Club Committee, which is arranging the reception, includes Mr. Leggett. Bascom N. Timmons, vice president; Lee Poe Hart, chairman of the Entertainment Committee; George E. Durno, vice chairman; James D. Preston and William Donaldson, ase sisted by the committee on ceremonials and receptions, which includes C. B, Dodds, chairman; George Adams How= ard, vice chairman: Carlisle Bargeron, Willlam D. Boutwell, Maynard C. Bure rell, William L. Daley. Emmet Doughe erty, Milton S. Eisenhower, Morris D, Ervin, Strickland Gillilan, Frederic J. Haskin, J. R. Hildebrand, C. J. Junkin, Edgar Markham, James N. North, Junior Owens and William Ullman. Senator Bingham is co-operating with the Press Club in arranging the reception. The invitation to the fiyers on behalf of the club was extended by Senator Bingham. who is expected to be one of the speakers at the reception. The affair will be broadcast over net- works of the National Broadcasting Co, and the Columbia Broadcasting System. THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland. — Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, preceded by showers this afternoon; little change in temperature. Monday showers, gentle shifting winds. Virginia—Local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight; tomorrow gen- erally fair, except possible showers in southwest portion; not much change in temperature. Monday showers; gentle shifting winds. ‘West Virginia — Generally fair and somewhat cooler in north portion to- night; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, followed by showers tomorrow afternoon O e raters 4 ergiometer—4 p.m., 81; 8 p.m., 78; 12 thidnight, 75; 4 a. 72; 8am, 7 noon, 73. Barometer —4 pm., 2984: 8 pm, 29.84; 12 midnight, 29.88; 4 a.m., 29.84; 8 ., 20.84: noon, 29.84. Highest temperature, 84, occurred at 2:15 p.m. vesterday: lowest temperature, 72, occurred at 6 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year — Highest, 84; lowest, 61. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 5:32 am. and 5:53 p.m.; high tide, 11 am. and 11:37 pm. Tomorrow—Low tide, 6:20 a.m. and 6:35 p.m.; high tide, 11:44 a.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 4:46 a 7:37 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:47 am.; sun sets, 7:37 p.m. Moon rises 10:45 p.m.; sets 9:08 am. Automobile lamps to be lighted one= half hour after sunset. Rainfall. Comparative figures of the monthly rainfall in the Capital for the first seven months against the average are shown in the foliowing table: sun sets, 3.23ins. July . Record rainfall for the first seven months was: January, 1882, 7.09 inches; February, 1884, 6.34 inches; March, 1891, 8.84 inches; . April, 1889, 9.13 inches; May, 1889, 10.69 inches; June, 1900, 10.94 inches. ‘ Weather in Various Cities. South_after the Civil | Bosk C lh’lfll:e. he arrived in st Atlantic Gity. . Baltimore, Birminghal Bismarck Miami. Fla... N. Orleans, La, New York, N. Y. 2322388232230 8333332232888 882382388833 PBortland, Me 88 Portland. Oreg. 30.26 Baleigh.' N C: 20.84 It Lake City. 3018 n Antonio 90 n Diego. Calif 29.84 n_ Prancisco. 2982 . Louis, Mo.. 29.88 73 FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Temperature, Weather,