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t it sounds an alarm, sent aged Charles Callan, to jail for a
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{claims to bo and I believe he Is
j going to be all right,” Ashe said
1 today. "He will go back East to
his father and to hie wife and chil
dren as soon at arrangement* can
be made.”
Moran told Lo* Angeles police the
sight of children feeding pigeons in
Pershing Square, of that City,
served to unlock the gates of hie
memory. He said hi* mind had
xbeen a blank Since he wa* Slugged
land robbed near the United States
Line* piirt, Forty-third Street and
Eleventh Avenue, Hew fork city,
“When I saw the children and
their mother* and th* bird*, it
flashed upon me that T am the
father of two children, who are liv
ing with their mother at Bogata,
j.
v, “I am Alfred Wills Moran and I
worked for Blair A Co., of 24 Broad
r*st., New York. My father is a
- . vice president of the American Se-
curity and Trust Company in Wash
ington. My uncle, W. H. Moran.
,is head of the Secret Service,”
- ryoung Moran told Capt. Fred Par-"
kson*, of Los Angeles headquarters
detectives.
: Eos Angeles detectives immed
. i lately got in touch With Mr. Moran
'of the Secret service, who, in turn.
' fcommunicated with the missing
'lman’S father. Message* were sent
. to friend* in the California city,
" asking them to complete the identi
‘ fieatiOft of the man.
“I know nothing more than you
reporter* have told me,” Howard
MOran, father of the missing
youth, told & Washington times
. reporter today. ”i sincerely hop* it
t* true—but I’d rather not discuss
'-nt at this time.”
Later Mr. MOran, who had started
;on his Summer vacation, said that
tthe affair was a personal one with
! him and refused t 6 discus* the mat
ter further.
- The uncle. W. M. Moran, told
reporters that “everything tallies
-In every particular with the story
as we know it. Alfred disappeared
. from New York last June, and when
-i< Check up was made it Was found
■ that h* had several hundred dollars
. with him when last seen.”
If the man is really the missing
»youth, Moran said, the family’s
’California friehdS have been asked
. go assist him in getting back home.
Ybung Moran was born in
Hyattsville, Md., and served with
a cavalry unit in France during
• th* Wfer. returned to Washington
and lived here until about eight
‘ years ago. Upon leaving Washing
ton Moran went to work for the
New York firm. On the night of
June 18, 1927, while On his way tb
the Lackawanna Ferries, at the foot
of West Forty-Second Street, New
York, he was struck over the head
. Irom behind, several hundred dol
lar* which he Was carrying were
. taken.
The yonth who appeared before
.Captain Parson* In Los Angeles
, was a nattily dressed man And
seemingly had prospered during the
period of his blank memory.
QUITS NAVY TO
WRITE BOOK
W. Bowie Clarke. Os the 1760 block
. of Q St. N. W., retired from the
administrative section of the Navy
Department yesterday after 42
years’ service in the United States
Government.
Clarke began his service with the
Government in 1886 when he was
appointed as a page In the United
States Senate by the late Richard
- J. Bright, Sergeant at Arms.
. He later became assistant secre
tary and Sergeant at Arms of the
Staate.
t* 1892 he was appointed Id the
Navy Department by Secretary of
--the Naw Benjamin F. Tracy,
of N*w York.,
He is retiring in order to write
,-a book about his many years of
t public Ilf* during which he knee
scores of prominent Government
figure*.
NEPORT DEATH
gIMUNDSEN
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Hlnlopen Strait and expects to get
within eight of the marooned mem
ber* of the Nobile expedition today.
Great faith 1* held here in the
chance* of huge ice-breaker’s reach
ing th* men. Th* Krassin 1* one
of the most powerful eraft of its
kind in the world and is the only
on* of the relief ahip* conceded
to have a chance to conquer the
ice-floes and rescue the marooned
party of six. (Five membet* Os the
lost Italia’s crew and the Swedish
aviator Lundberg, who res*tied Gen
eral Nobile, comprise the marooned
party.) ..
Peril Growing
Continued heavy fog* forced two
of the Italian rescue planes to turn
back on their last attempt to reach
th* marooned men, now drifting
precariously on an ice-floe which
may break up at any time.
If tne weather permits, a light
plane equipped with shis will at
tempt to alight on the ic* Where
the men have their encampment
today.
Hope for Amundsen Dims
LONDON, July 2.—The silence nf
th* Arctic still holds the mystery
of the disappearance of capt. Raoid
Amundsen, noted explorer, who left
Tromsoe, Norway, two weeks ago
today in the French seaplane
Latham accompanied by Major Rene
GUllbaud, Lieut. Lief DietrlchsOn,
a mechanic and radio operator.
There is much foreboding In
Norway over Amundsen'* continued
absence. Many of the relief worker*
at Oslo and TrOmsOS, experts in the
iesk of combatting Arctic cond.tion*.
have expressed the belief that
Amundsen must certainly be lost or
n* Would have found means of com
municatlng With them by now.
Prayers fOr the missing men Were
offered in all th* churches of
Norway yesterday.
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BOUND FOR FORT LEONARD WOOD. MD.. from Fort Monroe, Va., two trucks
of an Army convoy went off the road neir Fredericksburg, Va., yesterday. Four
doughboys included in the truck crews were injured when the huge trucks slid
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
six-month« term* Patrolman O’Connell i« ehown at the
left with his camera crime detector.’ When a thief at
tempts to tamper with a church box. an electric wire
touches off a flashlight and records the photograph of
Germany’s Endurance
Fliers Hop Off In
Quest of Record
By Interaatieasl Mew* Berries
DESSAU, Germany, July 2.
Aviators Johann Rlstlcz and Wil
helm Zimmermann hoped off here
at 3:45 a. jn. today in an effort
to break the world’s aviation en
durance record of 58 hour* and
36 minutes.
They ar* flying a Junkers
plane—a sister ship of the trans
atlantic monoplane Bremen.
JUNE HINtS
SLUMP
That the condition of the weather
affect* the marriage licence mar
ket. a* well as other kinds of
speculation, is the firm opinion nf
Col. W. A. Kroll, clerk of the mar
riage license bureau at the Court
Hou**, as he expressed it today.
Only 888 licenses were issued
from the Bureau during the past
month of June, against 717 for the
same month Os 1927. Colonel Kroll
ascribe* the difference to he back
ward weather during the pest
month.
Another special reason for the
Slackness of marriage license spoil
cations, pointed Out by Colonel
Kroll, was that this being lean year.
m*nv Os th* “boy friends” had held
back Walting for th* flaoper tn
make the first mhvft. Whan asked
whether th* 'growing popularity of
companionate marriage had any
thing to dn With th* Situation, the
Colonel said that he had not had
an opportunity to investigate.
FOREST TOWERS
Eight naw observation towers in
the Interest of forestry conservation
have been constructed by the On
tario government.
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SMITH LUIIIIIE
in ran
Gov, A) Smith took * lead of el
most two to one over Herbert
Hoover in the early returns of The
Washington Time* Presidents! poll
today.
UtraW votes received in the early
mail today showed the following
total:
Smith.. Sd
Hoover... 2«
The earlv returns today Indicated
that the coming presidential cam
paign will be one of the moat in
tense and bitter fought in American
history.
Partv lines wll’ evident!}’ be com
pletely shattered, with rhany Deino
crate voting for Hoover and Repub
licans casting their ballots for
Smith.
In the 50 votes received for Smith
In The Times poll today there were
more Republicans than Democrats.
Twenty of those who cast their vote*
for Smith declared that they arc
Republicans, while only 19 were
Democrats. The other 11 votes were,
cast by persons claiming no political
affiliations.
The Hoover vo»e was just as
hadly split. Os those voting for the
Republican candidate 12 said they
were Democrats, only eight claimed
to he Republicans and six said they
were Independent.
Judging from th* returns today
the Times’ poll win give more than
an indication bt local sentiment.
Voters in a score of States as far
wS«t a* California Showed their
preference in the first 76 ballots
received.
The Hoover Were from
Ohio, Maryland. lowa. North Da
kota. West Virgin;*, Arizona, North
Carolina. Virginia and Minnesota.
Smith votes came from voters In
Georgia, Illinois. Virginia. Mary*
land. New Jersey, California, Na
vada, Massachusetts, West Virginia,
Arizona, Nebraska. New York,
Pennsylvania. Ohio, Alabama, North
Carolina and Indiana.
Th* National Daily
the theif in 1-150th of a second. The tampering also
starts an alarm bell ringing which in this case resulted
in the arrest of Callan. The second picture shows the
photograph made by the crime detector and which, ex-
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Presidential Poll
Wham Do You Favor for Preaident of th* United States?
(Put X mark before your choice)
HERBERT C. HOOVER, Republican
ALFRED E. SMITH, Democrat
What party did you support in the 1924 election?
Answer
If a registered voter, what i* your regular voting place?
City State....
Name
Address
(Please answer all questions.)
After filling out thii ballot, mail to th* Presidential Poll
Editor, The Washington Herald, Washington, Di C. Names
■ and addresses Os voters witl be held in etriet Oonfidenee.
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tlireatened to shoot Woolf, but the
latter talked him into going to his
room, in the 1600 block «f K Street,
and getting another revolver for
Woolf so that the pair vmild go to
the park across the street and fight
* duel.
While Snvder was out getting the
revolver, Woolf called In Policeman
J. J. Ramsey, of the Third precinct,
and when Snyder came back he was
placed under arrest. He was re
leased in 11.500 bond on charges of
threatening to kill and carrying con
cealed weapons, for an appearance
in Police Court Saturday morning.
Nothing was heard of him until to
day. when his Suicide was discbv
ered.
Alisa Neilson told the police that
Snyder came tn her apartment last
night in a drunken state and that
hr” brought three bottles of alleged
gin with him. She had known him
but three weeks, she said.
Snyder was formerly of Chatta
nooga, Tenn., where he was a prom
inent criminal lawyer. Woolf said.
Less htan two years ago, according
4o Woolf s Information, Snyder and
his wife were divorced, the wife ob
taining custody of the two daugh
ters, twelve and fourteen years of
age. Snyder had traveled extensive
ly and whs connected for a time with
the Department of Commerce, Woolf
said.
RECORD SET 81
MODELPLANE
DETROIT, July 2.—A tiny model
airplane entered by Aram Abghrian.
15-year-old Drtroi' hoy. set a new
world'« record in the finals of the
Airplane Model League contest,
junior indoor division. when it
staved in the air 353.6 seconds,
nearly 6 minuter, announcement of
the awards showed today.
Other winners were:
Senior indent —Albert Mott. De
troit; senior outdoor —Joseph J. Lu
sea Chicago; Junior outdoor —Carl
Carb-on Chicago; senior scale model
(non firing)— William L. Dennis,
Miami, Fla.: junior scale model (non
fl\ingl-(leorg“ Thompson, jr., Avin
per South Dakctfi.
’ Richard Light, of Lebanon, Pa..
:s not mentioned in the first eight
leaders of any class.
WHITE AND BROWN EGGS
.Scientists have been unable to find
that there is am uniform difference
in the food value «f brown and white
eggs in cases where the henl have
heen fed the same rations.
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NO MORE TAMPERING FOR SIX MONTHS
Six Fascist Consuls
Named to U. S. Posts
ROME. July 2.—ltalian Con*ul
General Castruccio, now stationed
in Pittsburgh, has been-transferred
to Chicago, it was announced by
the foreign office today. Italian
Consul Orsini Ratto ha* been trans
ferred from Baltimore to Philadel
phia.
Rix prominent members of the
Fascist organization who have just
entered the consular service have
been assigned to the following
posts: De Saules, consul at St.
Louis: Rlmone, vice consul nt New
York: Giuiato, vice consul at Pitts
burgh; Vitale Gallina, vice consul
at Houston, Tex.; Montecchi, vice
consul at Providence R. I.; Logo
luso, vice consul at Boston.
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ROBBERS LOOT SAFE IN STORE
Rl’T A FEW DOORS from the Third precinct police station, a safe in a Sanitary
Grocery store in the 900 block Twentieth St. N. W., was forced open by yetgirtan
Saturday night. Erwin Dodson, manager of the store is shown examining the
wrecked safe.
hibited in court, brought a six months sentence to . the
aged offender. The picture at the right shows Callan
as he appeared in court with Father Cassidy and Detec
tive Mahoney. ,_
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NEW YORK, July 2.—New York’s
highest honor to visiting, notable*
today was bestowed upon Capt.
Sir George Hubert WHkln*. the
Australian aviator and explorer who
flew across the Arctic Circle frOm
Alaska to Bpltabergen last April,
and his American pilot, Ben Eid
son. ,
City Hall Park vJ’as filled to over
flowing with a crowd only slightly
less numerous than welcomed Lind
bergh. Byrd and the Bremen fliers
When the polar filers drove up to
the cltv’s executive headquarters
to be received by Acting Mayor
Joseph V, McKee.
The distinguished visitors were
accompanied oh* tbe(r ttiumphaht
parade from the battery by 9lr
Henry Armstrong. British consul
general; Assistant Secretary of Com
mence Wllliatp F. MacCracken. in
charge of the division of aero
nautics;. Dr. Islah ftowman. presi
dent of the American Geographical
Society, and a group from North
Dakota, including Ole Elelson,
father of the pilot, and Arthur
Eidson, a brother.
“Hello, son. how are you?”
“O. K.. dad. how are you?”
This stole exchange of greetings
between Lieut. Ben Uielson and his
father was New York’s first glimpse
at the character nf the men who
braved the perils of the Arctic seas
to chart new scientific data.
Chamber Committees
To Meet Tomorrow
There will ba three meetings of
committees Shd the board of direc
tors of the Washington Chamber of
Commerce tomorrow afternoon and
night.
The audit committee will meet at
noon at the chamber headquarters:
the membership committee Will
hold a luncheon meeting at Olm
steads Grill at 12:15, and the hoard
of directors will meet in the head
quarters at 8 o’clock.
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DONS
JUAN LKB-PINB, Franc*. Jul* «•
The- cnrccr ot A vary Hnpwood,
noted American playwright and pro
ducer, yrai ended today.
Hopwood wae aeiased with a cramp
while swimming off the beach here
at 9 o’clock last night and drowned
before aid could reach him.
He went swimming with a party
of friends an hour or two after
partaking of a heavy dinner. 1*
the darkness, he became separated
frbm the rest of the party.
When it became evifleht that he
WWs in distress, lifeguards attempt
ed to save him but hr went down
for the last time btfhre thdy
reached him.
Hopwaod hr rived here several
days ago and stayed at the Hotel
Provencal. He Was touring France
and had planned to return to Paris
in a few days before sailing for
New York. He was only 44 years
old.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced.
Hopwood jumped into the lima*
light When he was only 22 years
old and fresh from the University
of Michigan by writing ‘‘ClOthM.
in collaboration with Channing Pol
lock.
He Was born in Cleveland on
May 2R, 1884. In the interim :be
tween his graduation and his ar
rival in NeW York. In 1908, Where
he wrote “Clothe*,” HopWOM
worked bn the Cleveland lAad*r.
His first success was soon fol
lowed by others. In th* space Os
22 years he wrote about 50 plays,
most of them successful.
Hie most noteworthy play* were
“Little Mias Bluebeard.” “The Best
People.” “Nobody’* Widow.” “The
Alarm Clock.” “The Gold Digger.”
“The Demi-Virgin.” - “Judy FOr*
got,** “The Great illusion.’* and
“Getting Gertie’s Garter.” He col
laborated with Mary Roberts Rine
hart in writing “The Bat” and
“Spanish Love.”