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BREMEN’S LANDING
SAVED CANADIANS
Natives of Far North, Starv
ing and Bankrupt. Make
; Enough to Buy Food.
|t.ft Correspondent of fl>* Si''*' *n<l North
VnuMi.iUi N>w-*t>ai**r Alliance.!
T ONG POINT, labrador, via Foev
Newfoundland. April 26. — it was an act
of Providence, insists Capt. Hermann
Kochi, that guided the Bremen to Us
landing place on Greenly Island a week
ago last Friday. But it was an act of
Providence to the 75 families which
dwell here as well, the correspondent
for The Star and the North American
Newspaper Alliance correspondent learn
ed today. . .
Fate works in devious fashions but
on this lonely coast it seems to have
seen fit to work with omniscient direct
ness. While three men were stepping
into civilization's most modem instru
ment in Ireland to span the two hemis
pheres the people off this coast were
facing starvation.
No Meat in Village.
Fishing was bad last Summer and
the severity of the Winter had ruined
the trapping In Long Point here,
where 22 families hug life in the shel
ter of the mainland, there is not a
piece of meat except a ease or two of
canned goods. But to buy these they
had no money. From one house to
another they were passed a frozen nsn
or two. one sacrificing his own meal to
help another less fortunate that they
might hold on until Spring, still six
weeks awav. brings warmth and the
breaking up of the ice floes.
On Friday noon, into the mouth of a
tree-breaking blizzard, the monoplane
Bremen —400 miles off its course* and
1 600 miles awav from its destination —
came upon the summit of Groenly
Island, bringing not only spiritual, but
material wealth as well, to this God
forsaken coast. With lavish hand the
baron and his companions began to
scatter money among the fishermen
her*— money with which they can buy
food and clothing and prepare for the
Spring.
Man Power Hired Lavishly.
In the 13 days since the Germans
landed, three planes, two of them car
rying protographers, have landed and
no less than S3OO have been spent. Man
power has been hired lavishly under
the direction of ‘ Doc" Cuisinier. twice
as much as was actually needed, because
he knew what these families faced.
There was work for all in jacking up
the wrecked Bremen, running messages
between the island and the telegraph
elation at Long Point, three miles
across the ice. and in transporting the
Bremen to the ice. .. .
It was a source of irritation to this
correspondent when the Star and the
North American Newspaper Alliance s
relief plane first landed here to discover
that hands were greedily outstretched
for money on every conceivable pre
text. Campared to dog sled drivers, a
New York taxi driver is a philanthropist.
Demands *5 for Trip.
“Please take this message to the
telegraph station." I asked the first
man. a sullen-faced musher with the
Cat face of an Esquimaux.
He bowed gravely, smilingly. “How
much you pay. M’sieu?”
“How much do you want?"
“I cannot do for less than five dol
lars.”
One could not haggle. He pointed to
his dogs. On the feet of every’ one of
them were little canvas moccasins.
"The snow is very bad- *lr," he “id
“l have run my dogs all day and they
are dring. I shall have no dogs in
the Spring and can save no money to
bay more "
The soft snow cuts their feet. A
dozen dogs lay about in a ring about the
planes in the center of the ice floe and
without exception the dogs were shod
fat 12 days. These dogs had been
rushed over cruel ice on unending mis
sions Now they lay on their bellies on
the ice whining, crying as if in pain.
Had t« Shoot Dogs.
**lt has been a bad Winter—very
bad." Jacques, the beat driver, tell* tne.
“And I had to shoot my best dogs. If
the airplane had not come I should
have had no money with which to buy
more dog*.”
Last night Bern? Bakhen, Ernst
Koepoen and this correspondent spent
the night at the house of John Vautier
Legresiey. who is the aristocrat of Long
Point, and to him the ftsherfolk and
hunters of the mainland look for pow
er and prestige. At 78 he is bent and
faltering physically, but his mind is as
clear as a boy’s. He came from Jersey
50 years ago. a well-to-do gentleman,
and settled here, clinging tenaciously to
his prestige.
Legresley's house is a two-story frame
«?nurture, painted white and green. His
table ia the best on the mainland But
even here there is no meat. For dinner
we had coffee, canned milk and tomato
soup and rice; for breakfast beans,
bread and coffee. The bread is chopped
from loaves as big as a subway gum
alot machine.
Many Were Near Death.
“God sent these flyers here," John told
U* over the breakfast, table.
Never before had these people seen
RKb gentlemen They learned what
was going on in the outside world and
U heiped them to make money They
were starving and many would have died
before Spring
A pround man is John Legrealey. His
•on-in-law is John Jones, the proudest
man in Lf>u% Point- its man of the
world An />rphan, bom in Quebec Jones
rtoims to liave beer- adopted by Princess
LmiiM, daughter of Queen Victoria, a»
JV He came to labrador married the
daughter of Legresiey *n<j reared a fam
ily of 12 children.
“We are poor people " the son-in-law
*eyt. "but every one in Long Point would
gl’-e hi* tost, piece of bread to help snv
one else. We shall be sorry to see the
airplanes go They brought us news of
the world so far from us" Not until
the Bremen landed here did they
know that the Atlant c had teen cross
ed by fe:fp.*ne or tiuu. Uiere was such a
person as Charles a Lindbergh I-egres
ley was the last man in thus town to
cTote I he o*e»n Then it took him 45
day* of sailing vessel,
'Jtiegraph Operator Burdened.
“I cannot understand these things."
Leg reap y repeated over and over "I
do not understand your world "
I 1 was upon the shoulder* of Alfred
Cormier the telegraph operator here,
that the full Pirderi of the Bremen's
predicament fell Two messages a week
nao been more Oran he had ever han
dled before He is slow wavering and
auspicious, arid the abrupt rush of mn
save,* from ail over tin* world to hi*
' ' ' ban lie sou id
understar d
"i have nad no sleep in \'t siays "
he saio All day ail night, my tele
graph g'ies arid I sannot 10l I* Js
Lars! but I do no* mind y« * there
is one other tiling h* <*nno» under*
s’a .od arm that is the need 'if haste
Wiser, this *or respondent first shoved
a ?bb<j-¥ord story a* him for inbiiedis'e
f. lng lie looked up bianxiy
J < annot do t.e f>aid
“Why not'/" J asked
“There are too many word* he said
■fu r >hjA anything except * p/urtsolr*
pidge him J’ too* him 8 hours to
h r,d it
> act jw.-a i>4 * "siiiino o* im
Au.nl' jn rv»: Aihume i
—v, «
TRAIL CLEARING STARTED.
A trail-clearing expedition of toe Po
t< ni»' Apj>ala<hun Club started today
I* t propraed hi <ut a horn St
Mai * Hock hr Skyiand an important
* in tne tiaii s’stim of iq Sheri#n
ooah National lam
l Friend of Bennett
I Helps Dig CJrave
V As Final Tribute
i One of the most unusual tributes
| ever paid to a fallen friend took
place yesterday at the Arlington
* grave prepared to receive the body
of Floyd Bennett.
Interrupted in his work, a lone
colored grave digger looked up to
hear the plea of a man for permis
sion to assist in preparing the grave.
He said lie was a friend of Bennett,
but declined to reveal his name
Prckinc ud the spade the colored
" man offered him. the man pitched
>. dirt for a few minutes, and then
t supporting himself with Hie Jnstru
\ ment. spoke audibly: So this is
s the end." . , . .
s Without, further word, he climbed
f out of the grave and drove away.
i _—
I PLAN TO FLY BREMEN
‘ TO IRELAND IN 10 DAYS.
■ FITZMAURICE ANNOUNCES
!
Continued from Flrst Pagc >
’ 1 was surprised upon returning to find
that the Bremen had been moved. She
was not in the reservoir where she
I I broke through the ice when we landed
i on it after our trip across from Ireland.
I Dr Louis Cuisinier. the technical director
! of the Canadian Transcontinental Atr
. 1 wav’s, and Koehl had done a remarkable
’ 1 feat of engineering and had hoisted her
*i up on the embankment. They had also
»!drained the water from the reservoir.
I The machine stood propped up. the
s j damaged propeller taken off and her
•! undercarriage removed. All was in
; ; readiness for the work of repair.
* | Koeppen. the Junkers mechanic.
1 wasted no time in getting to work, lie
I I did not wait to have anything to eat.
.; but started in to straighten out t-lie
I propeller. In a previous article I think
I said there was a small forge in the
■ lighthouse on Grecnely. and it was
here that Koeppen hammered out the
* propeller. Then, bolting it on the shaft
■ again, he started to put on the new
I I undercarriage we had brought along.
Difficulties Encountered.
' The original Intention to try to take
| off from the reservoir had been aban
doned. The ice in the bay was better,
and without skis we knew we would
need a long run. But the Bremen
stood at the top of a very steep slant,
and now that she was repaired we
1 would have to get her down.
It was manifestly impassible to ease
the Bremen down on her wheels. We
j were certain to do her irreparable dam
; age. We decided to use dog sleds, and
j putting one under each wheel we began
| the task of moving her gently to the
j ice in the bay below. It was no easy
task. It took us three hours to do it.
With the machine safely on the ice
in the bav we decided to stop work for
i the night. That evening we held a
| consultation and agreed that the best
j place for a take-off would be from the
j ice off Long Point, on the mainland
! about a mile away. We had placed a
j native as guard over the ship during
: the night.
Fail to Take-Off.
Next morning conditions were ex
; tremely good. We turned out at 5 am.
and began to push the Bremen across
, the ice. Three times, however, she
broke through soft spots in the ice and
we had to hoist her up again and place
her on dog sleds. Then we started push
ing her once more, this time success
fully. finally reaching the smooth ice
! running parallel with the shore line.
We now decided to build a fire and
warm the oil and try to warm the en
gine. A large vessel was procured for
boiling water. We also heated the tins
if oil for the engine. We took the spark
plugs and cleaned them thoroughly.
Thev had become badly fouled in the
flight. We also cleaned the magneto
and took down the distributer and the
carbureter and cleaned them too. After
that the petrol was filled in.
Could Not Start Engine.
At 8 o’clock the next morning we
were ready to start the engine. We
tried but without success. She pop
ped a few times, but she would not
take hold. This was due to the fact
that the engine has a very high com
pression. a ratio of seven, and we could
not get compression except on two of
the cylinders. We came to the con
clusion that the grease we put on the
valves after we broke through the ice
on Oreenly had melted on the warm
days and had trickled down the valve
stems, running Into the ports. Later
this hardened, thus preventing the
valves from seating properly except on
the two cylinders mentioned We work
ed a whole day on this, even using blow
lamps in an effort to clear the valves,
but with ro success,
j That evening there was every indica
tion of an approaching gale We de-
I elded to move the Bremen off the ice
j into the shelter of the harbor at Long
Point There we covered her up against
the storm we knew would come
We were not mistaken It began to
; snow before we had completed this
| work Then a gale came up and further
work that night was impossible.
Optimism Departs.
Much of our optimism had left us
now. When the repair parts tame we
expected to install them quickly and
! take off without further delay. Now
we decided to hold a conference.
We were no longer in our quarters on
Oreenly Island, but were installed on
the mainland The baron and Koehl
1 had been put up in the home of the
telegraph operator there and I had been
taken to the house of the parish priest
)We messed together, however, at the
house of the operator and it was there
l we conferred that night
I should like to say a word here about
I Floyd Bennett. I had never met him
before he came to lAke Blagues with
the relief plane I had no Idea when I
left there that he was so Hi His death
was a shock to me Aviation will miss
him He did much for it. ills Joss 1*
’ i Inevitably great.
New* Depressing.
Tire news depressed us greatly. Until
• hen tii<- three of us had been overjoyed
to ix* reunited When i left Oreenly 1
expected to be gone for not more than
two days but my stay was an enforced
one and my comrades showed every
pleasure at my return. I brought them
many things they needed They had
been without luxuries of any kind and
almost without necessary clothing I
brought back cigar* and nice tilings to
1 cat and clean underwear and shirt* to
wear
1 That first night together In the tight
iUJUbt we bad almost a feast. We hoped
* to be off in tiie morning We tell cer
-1 j tain of taking the Biemen into the air
again Ho we had quite a parly with
1 tire hod and beei and wine, nipping it
off with cigars and cigarette*. We #n*
* I joyed it immensely
l We wen' to bed planning to get up
at dawn The weather Indication* were
fair , but when we arose condition* were
- bad We decided not to delay, however,
*■ arid we took Off at 8 45, Atlantic' time.
* or v 45 Eastern standard time
* We encountered snow at tire start of
our flight b»i U Foe JOO miles the
I, going was bad ft. was dtngly
* bumpy in tire air and we had a head
wind which stowed u* up balrnen
and t took the controls for the first
tinee hour* then Balchen and Koehl
I flew the next tine* hoots.
I‘tcjgrrks Satisfactory
After the first 2 itoufk the weather
t cleared Then we ran into bright sun*
hln> r arid exeeltool visibility We began
to make better speed, too We passed
Oodboul at 2 o'c lock and Mill* Vac lie*
at 4o c lo< X About tinee ouai ter* of an
hour later we were over fake hte Ago**
i and saw the large crowd walling for
.| o* on the ice W* landed at 352
</ c ht> k
Mr routine arid Mr Cannon of (lie
t j Airways Co and Mme Chamfer, whose
-' gijesf i had been before and Mian Junk
ers cam* to meet u* To m* tb* seen*
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, T>. 0.. FRIDAY. APRIL' 27. 1028.
PLAN CELEBRATION
OF AIR MAIL START
Officials and Trade Groups to
Meet First New York-At
lanta Plane Here.
With Government officials, members
of Congress and representatives of lo
cal organizations present to celebrate
the event, the first airplane on the
New York -Washington-Atlanta air mail
route will arrive southbound at Bollltiß
Field about 9 o'clock Tuesday night.
Postmaster General Harry New will act
as postman, personally taking to the
living field and delivering lo the aerial
letter carrier the first baton • f air mail
from Washington to the Southern
Inauguration of this new regular air
1 mail service will give V.mhington direct
mail connection by air with the trans
continental air lines to lie 'Nest, the
New England lines north and the lines
from Atlanta to New Orleans and
1 Miami. Southbound and northbound
planes will flv daily between New York
; and Atlanta.'stopping on route to pick
1 up mail at Philadelphia. Washington.
Richmond. Greensboro, N. C.. and Spar
tanburg. S. C.
15-Minute Stop Here.
The regular schedule calls for the ar
-1 rival oi the southbound plane at Boll
ing Field each night at 11:30 o’clock
and its departure at 11.45 pm., and
for the arrival of the northbound plane
at 2:20 a m. and its departure at 2:35
am. By special arrangement with Pit
cairn Aviation Inc., of Philadelphia,
the company which has the mail-carry
ing contract, a special plane will be
sent earlier on the night, of Tuesday.
May 1. in order that the ceremony at
the local field may be facilitated
: Arrangements for the big celebration
are being made by the special aviation
committee of the Washington Board of
Trade at the request of the Bureau of
Aeronautics of the Department of Com
merce. The War Department has been
requested to give a display of night fly
ing at Bolling Field and this is expect
ed to be arranged without difficulty as
soon as Lawrence E. Williams, chair
man of the board's aviation committee,
has conferred with Maj. Howard C.
Davidson, commanding officer of the
; field.
l Senators and Representatives have
been requested to send letters, by the
first northbound and southbound plants
to their constitutents. calling attention
to the new service linking the National
Capital with the rest of the country by
air, and many of them are expected to
comply. President Cooltdge has been
asked by the local committee to send
similar letters to the governors of the
States, but it is not yet certain whether
he will find time to do this.
Board to Send Letters.
Letters from the Board of Trade and
other local organizations to organiza
tions in the cities along the route, and
from the National Aeronautic Associa
tion to member organizations through
out the country, will be in the first
batch of mail to leave the city by the
new service
William P MaeCracken, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aero
nautics, has been Invited to take part
in the celebration and hand the pilot
of the first plane an official strip map
of the new route. Mr. MaeCracken is
ill, and if he is not able to be present It
is likely that another representative of
the Department of Commerce will be
designated to attend.
The planes which will be used on the
new route are the Pitcairn Mail Wings,
manufactured by Pitcairn Aviation. Inc.
They are biplanes with Wright whirl
wind engines. They are not designed to
carry passengers, but can carry 600
pounds of mail. The company expet
to inaugurate passenger service on the
same route, after it has had experience
in sending planes on regular schedule
1 with the mails.
All Post Offices Served.
The regular daily schedule call* for
the departure of the mall Horn New
York City at 8 p.m. and the departure
of the mail plane from Hadley Field
New Brunswick, N. J., at 9:40 p.m. Go
ing south, the plane will leave Phila
delphia at 10:24 pm , Washington at
11:45 pm., Richmond at 1:02 am.
Greensboro at 2:59 a.m and Spartan
burg at 4 32 am., arriving at Atlanta
at 5:17 am. The northbound planes
will leave Atlanta at 7 pm., Spartan
burg at 9:50 p.m.. Greensboro at 11:21
p.m., Richmond at 1:28 a m.. Washing
ton at 2:35 am. and Philadelphia at
3 56 am., arriving at Hadley Field at
l .35 am., whence the mall will lie trans
ported to New York City, arriving at
I 6:15 a m.
j Air mail goes at a flat rate of 10
cents per half ounce A hall ounce is
equal to one envelope and two sheets
|of average weight writing paper Anv
stamp* may be used. All that i* neces
sary is to put on the letter five 2-cent
stamps, write "Air mail" conspicuously
near the address and drop the letter
In any mall box.
Air mail will be forwarded to any
post office In the United States. Pack
age* may be sent at the rate of 10
cent* per half ounce, but no package
must weigh more than 50 pounds, nor
, measure more than 84 Inches in length,
i plus girth.
THOUSANDS VIEW
BENNETT’S BODY IN
NEW YORK ARMORY
fContinued from Find PW >
draped casket wa* carried on an artil- j
lery caisson to the alow, measured tread |
! of the escort, while throngs In the !
| streets bared their heads and bowed.
Four airplanes soared high above and
| their pilot* dropped floral tribute* to
their departed comrade of the skies
Mrs. Cora Bennett, the widow, who
left a sick bed in her Brooklyn home to
t>e with her husband when he died In
] Quebec: Comdr Byrd and members of
j Bennett's family accompanied the tardy
] and participated in ttie funeral service*
j and then continued the sad Journey
T Mr*. Bennett was supported bv her
| nurse, Miss M Fisher, who had at
tended her at Quebec, as she entered
Ihe armory Mrs Bennett carried her
j husband« warrant officer's itnllorm
j which she obtained at their home this
morning and in which the aviator will
tie burled
Officers Present.
The city was represented by Oiover
A Whalen, chairman oI the mayor’s
reception committee, and high officer*
; of the Army and Navy represented the
brancties of the service.
; | Mix warrant officers of the Navy were
the pallbearers, while additional details
j came from the HHh Infantry of the
j Regular Army and the 71st Regiment.
New York National Guard Two him
j died ai d fifty policemen, mounted and
j afoot were In the escort for the flower
draped, flower-banked coffin
| j aw ■■"■m——-.
I
j was familiar but to mv comrade* It
! wa* strange and the fares were new
We were soon made at home, however
We are to spend tire evening til
Murray Bay 'lira accommodations at
1 Ilia airways tease are limited and a
house trad been placed at out disposal
■i in lire village I am looking folwaid
i tor a fine trot tub
Non Mop tllgtit lc« WashiiiKlctii
We plan to take off at dawn and
i make a non stop flight to Washington,
! where we. will (ray out little tiihula to
Bennett 'Mien on Hat today morning
r I we will fly on to New York
r! ' i*M Id'S in Hi" I'nfMs! soio** fan
, i <i<l» emiiti Ainniin »rtfl Lnbs Or flu
k* * Volk Tone* ! nil! I'tjfm In Orsai
! hi P sin *«4 Irslsrw to lb* h rat* Tuuet,
Mourn* for Flyer
Mr*. Henrietta Bennett, mother of
the deceased North Pole flyer, Floyd
Bennett, show n in the doorway of her j
Lake George, N. V . home.
NATION TO PAY HIGHEST
HONORS TO BENNETT j
IN ARLINGTON RITES
{Continued from First Page >
designated to serve as honorary pall
bearers.
The rites at Arlington and the ar
rival of the crew of the Bremen at j
Bolling Field will be broadcast over
the Nation by Station WRC and a chain
of 39 other radio stations scattered
from Maine to Georgia and from the
Atlantic Coast, to Colorado.
Radio to Carry Rites.
The muffled beat of drums, the dirge
of baud Instruments, the volleys of
rifles and the plaintive notes of the
soldiers and sailor's last farewell,
"Taps.” will be sent through the air j
to millions of grieving citizens through- j
out the country under the extraordinary
radio plans.
The Navy Band and the squads of
sailors will meet the funeral cortege
at the gates of the cemetery and ac
company it to the grave. Gathered at
the freshly dug site will be many of s h“
Nation's highest officials, including the j
secretaries for air of the Army. Navy
and civilian aviation.
Service* to Be Brief.
Rev. L. E Smith, pastor of the
Christian Church of Norfolk, Va., will
officiate at the interment services. He
will be assisted by a naval chaplain.
The services will be brief, but im- ]
pressive. As the casket Is lowered Into j
the grave the bluejackets will fire three I
volleys, a bugler will sound "Taps" and
the service will be over.
Among those at the grave will be
Representative Connery of Massachu
setts, representing the American Legion
of Massachusetts and Thomas A Hew
son of this city, personal friend of Ben
nett and commissariat, of the Byrd
North Pole Expedition.
Body io He Met at Station.
Rear Admiral R. H. Leigh of the Bu
reau of Navigation pointed out today!
that it is practice for Navy parti. ipa-1
lion in ali funerals, even of distinguished {
officers, to begin upon the arrival of j
the funeral party at the entrance gates J
of Arlington and particularly Is this so
in the case of bodies that come by train
However, he said, in this instance the
Navy Department has directed that the
eight body bearers and six Navy lieu
tenants will meet the body at the sta
tion. It has been decided that the
Navy will not depart from its custom of
not sending escorts to the Union Sta
tion. In addition to other things the
lateness of the hour of arrival would
make the funeral party very late in
reaching Arlington if the Infantry
escort were provided. The Navy will
take charge at the gates of Arlington.
Under the regulations. Bennett is!
entitled to one section of bluejacket j
infantry, or approximately 25 men, '
commanded by an officer of relative
rank But In this Instance, it has been j
decided to depart from the regulations,
custom and tradition, and tne Navy
Department has directed that all of
the enlisted men in the city and vicinity
be assembled In Arlington to do honor
to the distlngulslied enlisted aviator
This will be about two companies of
bluejacket infantry or the same escort
to which a lieutenant is entitled
This escort will be commanded by an
officer of the same rank as Bennett,
Chief Boatswain W. C. Fitzpatrick At
the gates of Arlington the body will be
transferred from the hearse, which'will
transfer It from the station to an
artillery caisson, and the escort will pro
ceed to the section where Bennett is to
;be interred Taps will be sounded by
j George lie Georglo, solo cornetist of
; the Uniteg States Navy Band
The six aviators from the Bureau of
! Aeronautic*, who will act as honorary
! bearers, will be Lleuts John Perry. C.
j M Huntington, Lloyd Harrison. A
: gbucek, 8 W. Relcheiderfer and W S
| Diehl.
Officials to Attend.
Officers on duty at the Navy Depart
ment. including practically all those at
i the Bureau of Aeronautics, plan to at -
1 tend the ceremonies, and there will also
| be present Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Aeronautics Edwin P Warner,
: Admiral W A Moffett, chief of the
! Bureau of Aeronautics; Admiral C, F
| Hughes, chief of naval operations
! officers from the naval air siatlon at
I Anar ostia also ate planning to attend,
j Motor cycle police will guard the pro-
I cession on Its march through the city
! A squadron of eight motor cycle police,
: commanded by Bergt O, If Sanders,
will meet the funeral train al the Union
,Slut lon. Headed by Maj Edwin H
Hesse, superintendent of police, the
cortege, flanked by the police, will pro
ceed along the Plaza to B street to the
Peace Monument and then along Penn
sylvania avenue to M street, over M
street and across the Key Bridge to
Fort Myn
Anol hei motor cycle escort, In com
mand of Hrigl I’Mey Williams, will meet
Hie flyers itl Bulling Field and art as
llirlr esro.it during the procession.
" .V •
You never ran tall. Some people who •
marry in haste repent al ieasure, olheis
tenant at one®.
I fills 11 » n i 'in' n, * -w
i
Janitor “Routs" Conversation Burglar*
With Pistol Bullet Through Wifes Htp
Ail attempt to dainorihtfalti Hut hiao-i
net tu whirb he would handle »t*v i
innglura who break Into (he apartment)
liutiM- or whii h he t» janitor led to the j
ud lrihiitil shooting by Joahua Burke
eolored, rn of hoi wife, Alma Jennie
Hurke, ti. to OiHi t|iutrhr« at ill l)ela»
■ mi-. i oin M.nOnwt iin* morning
Any httrglais who fume mound here
are going to gel Hits" Hurke ni lahned,
a* ha drew a 4<H3ft)ibm (kilt revolver 1
DAM BILL DEFEAT
URGED ON C. OF C.'S
State Chambers Enlisted in
Power Fight to Kill Boulder
Project.
By the Associated Pres*.
Evidence that State chambers of com
merce were urged to present a united
front against the Swing-Johnson Boul
der Canyon Dam bill was presented to
day in the Federal Trade Commission’s !
power financing investigation.
The proposition was put to State
chambers of commerce representatives
of about 13 States at Atlantic City Feb
ruary 17 and 18. and it w’as brought
out that three chambers had adopted
resolutions opposing the passage of the
Boulder Dam bill.
Clark Belden of Hartford, executive i
! vice president of the Connecticut j
! Chamber ol Commerce, testified that
j George B. Chandler of Columbus, ail
j official of the Ohio Chamber of Com
| merce, presented the proposition at the
; Atlantic City meeting.
Belden said that Samuel Ferguson,
president of the Hartford Electric &
Power Co., presented a resolution to the
executive committee of the Connecticut
chamber opposing the Boulder Dam bill,
which was adopted April 19. with rec
ommendations that the board of direc
tors adopt it.
The Ohio chamber’s model resolution
was said to have been used with some
I variations, and it was brought out that
the Illinois and Virginia chambers had
i adopted a similar one.
The National Electric Light Assoeia
i tlon is a member of the Chamber of
| Commerce of the United States, and
j many of its members are also nv m
! tiers of various State chambers.
Belden identified a letter written by
I Chandler asking for help in getting the
Connecticut chamber to adopt the res
olution. The answer, written by A. R.
Kimball of Hartford, president of the
Connecticut chamber, stating that he
would have the executive committee
pass the resolution, also was identified.
REV.). H. BLAKE
SUCCUMBS AT 74
Was Rector for 22 Years of
Christ P. E. Church,
Georgetown.
Rev. James H. Blake. 74 years old,
i rector emeritus of Christ Episcopal
i Church. Georgetown, where he served
; as rector for 22 years, died at ids resi
! dence 1731 Twentieth street, today. He
had been in falling health for several
years. , ..
Dr. Blake was a native of Annapolis,
Md. He was educated at Dickinson Col
| lejje Carlisle. Pa. He came to this city
i from Akron. Ohio, where he was rector
I for six years. He also had charge at
• several other places in the Middle West.
He retired four years ago.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Marv Qiddings Blake; two daughters,
Mrs Duncan Bradley and Miss Frances
E Blake, both of this city, and a son.
James Vinton Blake of Akron.
Funeral services-will be held at Christ
Church at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon,
with Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman. Bishop
|of Washington, officiating Interment
will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
POLICE RUM SQUAD
MAY BE RETAINED
Hesse Report Indicates Raid- j
ers Will Be Made Perma
nent Unit.
j
The special squad assigned to the en- ,
forcement of the liquor nnd gaming
! laws is destined to become a perma
! nent unit tn th« police department, it
was Indicated today by Maj. Edwin B
{lease, superintendent, in a report to
Commissioner Proctor L. Dqugherty
The reiKirt not only paid a high tri
bute to the activities and accomplish
ments of the squad, but it served firm
ly to contradict recurring rumors that
the police department is planning to
abolish the unit.
Since its creation February 6. the
squad made 239 arrests up to April 23,
and seized 5,040 gallons of mash, 1,353
quarts of whisky, wine and gin. 1,260
bottles of beer and eight stills, tlie re
port showed The arrests were for va
rious offenses, the majority of them,
however, for violation of prohibition and
gaming laws.
"The assignment of this squad was in
the nature of an experiment, as it was
thought necessary in view of the many
complaints that were being received,
on which it wa* impossible to secure
action," said Mai Hesse, "and (he re
port indicates clearly the wisdom of
j the assignment."
Maj, Hesse’s report also shows the dis
posal of the cases made by the special
squad Sixty-nine of the squad's vic
tims were convicted and drew fines
ranging from $lO to $500; 11rt of the
cases are still pending, nine were dis
missed and (lie same number nolle
pressed, and 33 are tieing held for ae
tlon of the grand Jury
The squad Is in command of Sergt.
O J Letterman The other members
are Privates W F Burke, R. J. Cox
and G. C Mr Canon.
WILKINS GETS MEDAL.
LONDON April 27 'Ah King George
has approved award of the patrons'
royal medal of the Royal Geographical
Society for this year to Cant. George ft.
Wilkins. Australian flyer, for Ids many
years' systematic work In the polar re
gions, culminating in Ids recent tullltaut
flight from Point Burrow Alaska, to
Mpitzbergen
•
Portugal aml India Sikh Pact
GENEVA April 37 id') Poitugal and
India signed the convention today j
| creating the Intermitional relief union
which will function in caaaa lilt® th®
' rarlnquukex in Bulgaria and Greece
i (turn a drawer There was a sudden re
I port, and a bullet aped through tin'
I kitchen doorway, passing through tu
| wife a left hip
The woman was taken to Klmnrganr y
lloapttal. where her eoruhlton has not
vet linen determined hurke was arrest
ed hv Policeman Anihoin Hlehett nt
the fourth prer lnet jtnd t» held for in
vasltgaHob Hit* tek%>e Is likely, polite
t say.
Checker and Chesg
Match Is Won by
Former Champion
W. B. Mundelle, former checker I
champion of the District, playing
simultaneously 16 games of check
ers and six games of chess, defeated
17 opponents in a challenge contest
last night at the Y. M. C. A.
Mundelle was victorious in 12 of
the checker games and five of the
chess matches. He vanquished some
of the experts of the Capital City
Chess and Checker Club and the
Y. M. C. A. Play started at 8 o’clock
and continued until after midnight.
A large gallery watched the contest.
BUSINESS ORATORY
VERDICT FOR SEGAL
Youth Chosen in Final Con
test at School —Other
Results.
Stanley Segal, 16 years old. 905
Twenty-third street, won the decision
in the Business High School finals of
the Fifth National Oratorical Contest
this morning to earn a place in The
Star area finals to be held May 10, and
the ’‘district” award of SSO.
In his victory Segal spoke on the
present significance of the Constitution
defeating Miss Hattie Mcllwee, 15
years old. of 952 Sheppard street, who
was placed second by the judges;
Joseph Tarshes. 17 years old. 1707
I Lanier place; Miss Christine Grace
1 Lurig, 16 years old, 825 Marietta place
I and Miss Julienne Ibarra, 16 years old
j 616 Roxboro place,
t The field of contenders for the
! private and parochial schools District
championship was completed yesterday
when Arthur V. Meigs, spokesman for
Sidwell’s Friends School, won first
honors in the concluding group meeting
of that district held in Friend's meet
ing house. 1811 I street.
Other Contenders.
The other two contenders for the
private and parochial schools District
highest honors are Miss Sheila Doody
of Holy Cross Academy and Miss Mary
Mildred Hall of St. Cecelia’s Academy
and they, with yesterday’s winner, will
receive the group prize of S2O each
In their District finals these three
will compete for the right to enter The
Star area finals and an additional
award of SSO.
In his victory this morning young
j Segal repeated his conquest of last year,
when as a sophomore, he won his
school's final contest.
The judges whose composit ballot gave
Segal first place and Miss Mcllwee sec
ond honors were Elmer Louis Kayser of
the George Washington University fac
ulty: Mrs. Virginia White Steel, presi
| dent of the District of Columbia Federa
j tion of Women’s Clubs; Henry A.
Schweinhaut. Washington attorney:
Miss Ada Soleau, alumna of Business
High School, and Henry Brechbill. pro
fessor of education at the University of
Maryland.
The Business High School finals pro
gram, which was presided over by Prin
cipal Alan Davis, was completed with
musical selections by the Business High
School Orchestra. Following the com
pilation of the jurors’ ballot the an-1
nouncement of victory for Segal was
made by Mrs. Steel at the invitation of
Mr. Davis.
Arthur Meigs Wins.
Arthur Meigs, the Sidwell's Friends!
School’s orator, who won the decision
in the concluding group meeting of the
private and parochial schools district
yesterday afternoon, is an impressively
j sincere speaker. As he talked on “The
| Constitution as a Basts of America's
! Importance" his audience, quietly seated
I in the simple auditorium of the Quaker
j house of worship, listened with rapt
attention, convinced, apparently, that
i indeet the Constitution was responsible
| for the Importance of this Nation. In
addition to his sincerity, Meigs gave j
variation to his voice, succeeding ad
mirably In giving one the impression he
was in quiet conversation with that'
person rather than with an aditortum
j filled with people
j The one opponent of the Friends
school entrant. John Blanchard of the
j Devltt Preparatory School, was an im
i presstve speaker, who would have won
j first honors in almost any high oratori
j cal meet. Strong voiced and manly
i Blanchard spoke for seven minutes on
j "The Meaning of the Constitution To
| dav.” He rose to dramatic heights at
! one time in his speech, when he painted i
a word-picture of the development of
the United States from its early days I
of hovering on the Eastern seaboard, on
through its prairie schooner migration
'into the setting sun.” and. finally,
through war after war, until today,
when It is serenely great
Three boys were to have had places i
In the contest, but when the Emerson
Institute became aware of an irregu
larity in the eligibility of its representa
tive it graciously withdrew of its own
accord yesterday morning
(oiliest Is Informal.
Yesterday’s meeting was one of the
most pleasant and friendly sessions of
this year’s participation in the contest
Rev George L. Farnham. public speak
ing instructor at George Washington
Universit" produced an informal atmo
sphere as if by magic with a few happv
go-lucky remarks that made both audi
ence and contestants fairly bubble with
mirth. With mock seriousness. Mr
Farnham instructed the audience to
• pay attention to the orators," and ad-j
monished it not to "look at the pictures
on the wall." The visitors stole a glance
at the plain, undecorated Quaker walls
and smiled, while the Friends them
selves laughed enjoyably. He asked for
a nice, chummy reeling." and he got
H. The two young orators exchanged
smiling greetings and good wishes be
fore they launched their speeches, and
when the announcement of victory was
made John Blanchard wrung Arthur
Meigs' hand in both of his with a
warmth that could not be mistaken
T n members of the Central High
j School Orchestra, unde- their faculty
director and pianist. L E Manoly, I
played lively tunes, along with more
serious selections, to add generously to
tltc friendliness of the meeting, and one
of them, Herbert Diamond, contributed
a violin solo
While the lodges students of public
speaking, constitutional history and
American diplomatic history at George ,
Washington University, wrote their bal
lots the orchestra played When the
results had been compiled Mr Farnham
accepted a folded slip of paper bearing
the name of the winner and faced Iris
anxious audience Advising them to
sing "The Star Spangled llannet" then,
instead of after the announcement, ‘‘be
cause holt of you won't feel tike slug
ting," Mr Farnham joined with the!
{crowd to slog tlic National anthem lux-
I tilv. Hie instant the song was ended
Mr Farnham said quickly
"The wlimei of this contest Is Arthur;
i Meigs of Midwell's Friends School ’’
Mo suddenly did lie make the an
nouncement that tt seemed a lull two
seconds before I lie news registered, but
wlicn it did proverbial Qnakn "auster
ity melted into a burst of enthusiastic
applause that proved tire ancient and ,
unwise caricature a fallacy (
- •
Hatty Util Allowed Hoad.
OTTAWA til April ’J7 t4*> Harry j
Hill, voting alleged matricide, was ad
ntited to *2O 000 bond today, when '
Midge Joe A Davis sustained the de
M nst s challenge of the jury Usi drawn
usleiilav for the youth's second mm
der trial and continued the cast until
neat aeptembei.
'FILM PACT TESTS II
PLANNED IN COURT
i
Department of Justice Files
•Petitions to Sift Trade
Agreements.
I
By the Associated Press.
Two petitions in equity were filed to- j
day by the Department of Justice in
the southern district of New York to
test agreements between film dis
tributors and exhibitors as well as opera
tions of the credit committee of the
film boards of trade.
The action, the department says,
affects defendants who distribute ap
proximately 98 per cent of all motion
picture films produced in the United
States.
The defendants Include Paramount,
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation,
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Distributing
Corporation, First National Pictures,
Inc.; Universal Film Exchanges. Inc.;
United Artists’ Corporation, Fox Film
Corporation, Pathe Exchange. Inc ; F.
B. O. Pictures Corporations, Vitagraph,
Inc., and Educational Film Exchanges.
Inc.
In addition to these concerns the
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors of America, Inc., an associ
ation of which all the defendant dis
tributors are members, is named as a
defendant. The third class of defend
ants includes the 32 film boards of
trade located in the principal dis
tributing centers for motion picture
films throughout the United States.
All the members of each local film
board of trade are also made defendants
to these actions.
The department charges that many
local film boards still operate under
! practices which they had been in
structed to discontinue as a result of the
original Justice Department investiga
tion.
j BREMEN CREW IN N. Y.
COMING HERE BY TRAIN
TO PAY BENNETT TRIBUTE
< Continued from First Page )
of Canada." he said, ‘‘and thank you
from the bottom of our hearts.” The
i baron added that he and his comrades
hoped to come to Canada at a later
date and express their appreciation of
the kindness they had received. Some
time in the future, he said, it was their
wish to again visit Greenly Island and
further convey their thanks and grati
tude.
"May God bless the beautiful country’
it Canada and its people.” he concluded I
The Bremen's crew was saddened by i
the death of Bennett, news of which
had been carried to Greenly Island by
! radio. They also expressed regret that
t they had been forced to leave the
! Bremen.
A combination of melting ice mak
ing a take-off on wheels impossible and j
failure of the plane’s motor to function
properly, they said, caused the tern- i
porary abandonment of the plane
Baron von Huenefield said the Bremen
would be left on its improvised scaf
folding on Greenly Island until Spring,
when a break-up of the ice in Belie
! Isle Straits would permit It to be
j brought out by steamer.
Flags Tribute to Bennett.
The baron said he and his comrades.
I as a tribute to Bennett, would take
* to Washington flags of Germany, the
; Irish Free State, the United States, the ;
| North German Lloyd and the Ham- j
burg-American line which the Bremen ;
had brought from Ireland
“We had intended to show them at I
our first reception on this side,” he t
said, “but now we want to present them i
to our dead comrade. Though only!
Maj. Fitzinaurice knew him—Capt i
j Koehl and I had not met him—we feel j
; before we go to any reception, before
I we participate in any rejoicing that !
may come, it is our task to pay him
: honor.”
ARMY PLANES ESCORT.
Nine Will Fly Here From New York j
With Bremen Crew.
MITCHEL FIELD. N. Y.. April 27 j
—Nine Army planes were held in
readiness today to act as an escort to ,
the Bremen flyers on their way to
Washington. i
I Maj. John N Reynolds, commandant i
of the field and official air marshal for i
the New York reception to the trans
atlantic flyers, awaited instructions
from Washington as to use of the j
j planes.
I Preparations were made meantime to j
: send the convoy to Hartford, Conn., if I
! ordered and return over New York es
corting the Ford relief plane on its j
way to the Capital
! In any event the Army planes will
go to Washington in time to form a
part of the air armada that will ac
company the Bremen crew- back to New
York for their official reception at the
original destination of their transatlan
tic hop.
Three Army planes which came from
Washington yesterday to greet the Bre
men flyers when it was believed they
were headed for New York, returned
today to their home field.
SHIPSTEAD TO RUN
AS FARMER-LABORITE
Senator Denies Seeking G. O. P. j
Nomination; N'elv Prepare*
to Campaign Again.
Senator Henrik Hhipstead of Minne
sota. only IWimer-labor member of the
Senate, will run tor re-election this year!
on that (tarty's ticket, he said here to
day. The Senator's statement put an f
end to reports that have been discussed :
in political circles to the effect that he
might seek the Republican nomination
The recent convention of the State j
Farmer-labor party, lield at St Paul. I
Minn, indorsed Senator Shipsiead for
another term. The Republican State
convention thus far has not indorsed
any candidate tor the Senate.
Senator Neely, Democrat, of West
Virginia, made tlte announcement here
last night that he will be a candidate
to succeed himself having mailed the
necessary notification to the West Vtr- j
gtnia secretary of state entering. him
self in tlie Democratic pnmaiv to be
held May 29
DONALDSON TO RETIRE.
Commander of Bth Corps Area Will ‘
Quit Active Duty May *}.Y
Mai lieu Thomas Q IXmaldson who
ha.i been in command of the Bth Corps
Area a! Fort Sam Houston IVv , since
his relief from command of the mill*
tats district of Washington, with sta
tion m thi* city, several months ago.
lias been ordered by the War Depavt
ment to proceed to his home Mav 2A
and await retirement at the conven
ience of the Government
it is understood that he is tn bad
health and asked to be relieved of active
duty Gen Donaldson is frum South
Carolina was graduated from the Milt
tarv Academy in June 188;. and reach
ed the glade of major general Decent
tan 20, U»‘J< He received the Distin
guished Service Medal tor services a* a
hrlsadter general in the inspector uen
erat's Department, National Aimv dur
ing the World War
-
A topa* weighing nearly five pounds
has mat. {tty'it added to the Nairnal Hi*-
lory Museum ui .London, jy
LIBRARY PRESENTS
RUSSIAN BALLET
Program Tonight Is First of
Series in Spring Music
Festival.
The Library of Congress will present
the first of a series of five programs
in the chamber music auditorium under
the auspices of the Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge Foundation in the Spring
Festival of Chamber Music, tonight at
8:45 o’clock, before an audience in
cluding 150 world-famous patrons of
music, musicians, composers and lead
ing critics from New York and
papers, as well as a representative
group from Washington music circles.
The audience Is invited by Mrs.
Frederick S. Coolidge, patroness, who
originally held the festival each Fail
in her Temple of Music in the Berk
shires. she gave the chamber
music hall and a substantial endow
ment for its upkeep to the Library of
Congress.
The audience for the opening pro
gram tonight will include Mr. and Mrs.
Edward W. Bok, Philadelphia; H T
Parker, Boston: Mrs. H. E. Talbot*.
Dayton. Ohio: Henry L. Mencken. Oiin
Downes. Lawrence Gilman, Oscar
Thompson. Mme. Olga Samaroff-Sto
kowski, Alfred Human and Samuel
Chotzinoff of New York journalistic
forces: Dr. and Mrs J. Fred Wolle,
Bethlehem, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Crosby
Adams, Montreat. N. C\; Rudolph Ganz,
conductor of the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra, St. Louis. Mo ; FYltz Reiner,
conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra; Alexander Smallens. director
of the Philadelphia Civic Opera Co :
Howard Hanson, director of the East
man School of Music. Rochester. N. Y.;
Henry Junge. Dr. and Mrs. Eugene
Noble. Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, dean of
woman composers; Mr. and Mrs. Ru
dolph Wurlitzer and many others.
A group of 38 leading American com
po.sers and some foreign composers will
be entertained by members of the
Washington Composers' Chib at a din
ner at the Arts Club this evening prior
jto the program. Tomorrow Mr. and
; Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe will entertain
! at a buffet luncheon at Grasslands in
i honor of the many visitors.
The program tonight preset t* the
world premiere of a ballet written by
the Russian modernist. Igor Strawinskv,
especially commissioned by the Librarv
of Congress. Adolph Bolm. famous
Russian dancer, will direct a program
i of dances, accompanied by a chamber
orchestra of musicians under the direr
• tion of the Dutch violoncellist. Hars
Kindler. Mr. Strawinsky’s ballet is
entitled “Apollo Musagetes.”
Tomorrow the second program will b»
! given at 11:15 a.m.. when the Arnold
• Rose String Quartet of Vienna. Austria,
will make it* initial appearance in
America.
Tomorrow night at 9 45 another
specially invited organization. Societe
, des Instruments Ancle ns of Parts.
Prance, will appear in a program of rare
old music.
TRIO HELD ATAUTO
CRASHES IN CHASE
Chased from Eleventh and M streets
southeast to Thirteenth and S streets
southeast, where the stolen automobile
in which they were riding collided with
l an electric light pole, knocking it down
arid throwing the neighborhood in dark
ness. three people were arrested early
this morning by Motor Cycle Policeman
Miles Van of the eleventh precinct.
The driver escaped.
The automobile had been stolen dur
ing the night from William Jennings
2210 Fourteenth street, and had not
been missed until after the capture ol
i the trio. It was badly damaged.
Van said that he tell in behind the
speeding car and chased it for more
than a mile before it crashed into the
pole. Following the crash, the four
occupant* scattered, out an unidentified
bread wagon driver went to the rescue
and called the stationhouse for assist
ance. while Van was keeping track cf
the directions in which each went.
Upon the arrival of other police, they
”rounded-up" Frederick Green. 23. arm
his wife. Lucy Green. 20. both colored
of 1324 Morris road southeast, and
Herbert Slaughter, colored. 20. 1137
Sumner road southeast. They are said
to have admitted stealing the car and
were charged with joy riding. The
driver, if he is arrested, will face an
additional charge of reckless driving
and operating without a permit, police
say.
The crash cut off the electric current
on the east side of Nichols avenue and
the south side of Good Hope road
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