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The Washington times., 1922-03-11
SAVED AFTER 80 HOURS
NN SToRM-ToSSED CRAFT

ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, March
11.-Eishty hours Of hunger and ex-
posure in a storm-tossed lifeboat on
the Atlantic were recounted yester-
day by the skipper and crew OF the
20o.ton schooner Eileen Lake. which
sprung a leak off the Newfound-
land coast January 10, and was
abandoned. The captain. G.. II.
Hornsworthy, and his men were
picked up by the Belgian steamer
Persier and taken to Antwerp. To
day they were brought back by the
Corsican, prepared to leave as soon
as possible for their homes.
When the Persier was sighted
one of the men filled a canvas
bucket with kerosene and soaked
his coat for a torch, but the wind
extinguished the flame, the captain
said. Then a cartridge was fired
and the steamer responded.
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
BOSTON UNIVERSITY WILL
TURN OUT HOTEL HELP

BOSTON; March II. Rellhops
and head walters de luxe are to be
turned out by Boston University.
seventy-five men have signed for a
six weeks course for college men
who work, in summer hotels during
their vacation.
The course, which 10 to start at
the University next week. viii show
the young men how to become any
sort Of hotel official. II will be
given by the vocational department
of the college Of business admins.
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Plan to Aid Disabled.

BOSTON, March 11.--A nation
wide scheme for the sale Of articles
made by sick and wounded soldiers
through their own stores has been
proposed TO the American Legion
Auxiliary by Mrs. Clarence r. Ed.
wards, Boston. Mass, wife OF the
Of the Twenty-sixth Di.
vision. A. E. r. The plan will be
discussed at a meeting of auxiliary
executives in indianapolis, January
Is, 10, and 20.
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sSN6y JEAN ELIOT lW &

6aughter OF the late Mrs. NJ. A..
Hanna, who leased Miss Strong's
house for the winter season, is now
with her uncle and aunt. Senator
and Mrs. Medill Mccormick.
The military attache Of the Italian
embassy. Capt Civaileri. entertained
small company at dinner last eve
ming at the Willard.
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Judge and Mrs. Sidney Baliou will
entertain At a musicale tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Grosvencr,
who were guests OF the formers
mother. Mrs. Wilbur e. Wilder,
wife of General Wilder, have re-
turned to their home In Providence,
r. j.
Lieut. Col. and Mrs. Stephen LII
Slocum, who are at Palm Beach, win
leave there shortly for a long cruise
In Southern waters on their house
boat the Luneta.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Evans, jr., are
receiving coneratulations on the
birth of a son on Tuesday.
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Miss Dorothy bennett is spending
the weekend with Major and Mrs.
e. 2. Cutrer at Camp Mead. Md.
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For the benefit of the National Vic
tory Memorial Building q ball will be
given at the Willard on Tuesday
evening, April rs. Mrs. Alfred Penn.
broke Thorn is chairman Of the COM.
mittee on arrangements.
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The Misses Margaret and Alice
Harding. daughters of w. p. G. Hard-
ing. viii entertain at dinner on
March II.
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Last Nights Dinners.
The Secretary Of Agriculture and
Mrs. Henry C. Wallace and the As
sistant Secretary of War and Mrs. j.
Mayhew Wainwright. were the guests
OF honor last evening of the Acting
Judge Advocate General Of the Army
and Mrs. John A. Hull, prec cding
the army dance Rauscher's. There
were twenty guests in the company.
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Congressman and Mrs. William A.
NJ
dinner tonight, were also dinner hosts
last evening. On this occasion their
guests included Congressman Joseph
q. Cannon, Miss Helen Cannon, Con.
gressman and Mrs. James r. Mann,
Martin, Miss Alice Page, Mrs. James
Porter and Congressman Harold
Knutson.
Maj. and Mrs. James I. Muir enter
tanned at dinner last evening pre-
ceding the army dance. having az
guests Mai. and Mrs. Ross Kings
bury. of Quantico. Va: Mr.. and Mrs,
Walter p. Couglin, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert F1emming. Mrs. Augustine
Mcintyre, Maj. Newton N. Polk, Maj
Lyon, Mai. Alvin Sanderford, Mai
Thomas Dewitt Milling and Maj
Roland F. Walsh. ~
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Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Bullitt en-
tertained a company Of eighteen nj
dinner last evening.
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Miss Julia Maths entertained a,
luncheon yesterday in compliment to
Mrs. T. ]. Camp, who is visiting hei
uncle. Senator B. Mckinley. The
guests included Mrs. James r. Mann
Mrs. Ira c. Copley, Mrs. Wilbur ]
Carr, Mrs. Charles g. Jameson. Mrs
J. c. Simpson. Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee
Mrs. Louis Titus and Miss Rooney.
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Rear Admiral and Mrs. Robert
e. Coontz entertained informally q,
dinner last evening at Wardmar
Park Hotel. Admiral and Mrs
Coontz were also hosts at q small
dinner at Wardman Park Hotel on
Thursday evening.
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Mrs. Julian Carter Of Baltimore
win come to Washington to spend
the weekend and TO attend the tea
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PAV[OWA WINS
|. HEARTS|NNEW
DANCE SCENES
As Snowflake" She Seems
Light as Thistiedown
fornia Poppy" Appeals.

Paviowa has quaffed from the
fountain Of perpetual youth. More
light. more keenly sensitive to each
flutter Of the music she interprsts
In dance. this foremost OF the
dancers of the day-with a large
company in her Ballet Russe--save
one of the most complete and we'll
equipped performances of the dance
Washington has enjoyed for some
| time. when presented yesterday al
ternoon at the National Theater by
Mrs. Wilson Greene.
There were two big dramatic
scenes and q variety of "divertise-
ments." Urban painted the strik-
ing snow scene for Snowflake"
with Its giant snow-ladened boughs
In hues Of misty blue. sea-green,
and shadowed white.
True Ballet Queen.
Here "the Pavlowa" was true
queen Of the art Of the ballet. Az
the slistening snowflake she seemed
as light as thistiedown, with that
airy quality Of hers that scarcely
seems TO touch the ground. With
Novikoff. whose heroic proportions
and virtle beauty gave life to .
sculptursd idea, Pavlowa made Wis
ibie the episodes from the airy
music of Tchaikowsky's NUT
crackers Suite" most delightfully."-
played by the orchestra under the
baton Of Theodore stisr. That
steps alive to each vaSrant note.
n ~
IND what q body she hasi And
again, ~ In the final splendor Of
the vivid Russian dance, what COM
edy she put into her pantomime!
A new Pavlowa dance is her Cali
fornia Poppy. Raiment Of silken
petals dropped beneeth that exotic
little head with short blonde wig
like the tiny god Pan. Her delicate
fingers were ~ expressive a. her
toes. Her luminous eyes were
shadowsd like the dream world of
Foppyiand. And Pavlowa's dance
was ellen. Elusive, folding her
petals At the close over q vanished
fairy.
With all the art Of an excellent
company. II IL that fairy touch of
Paviowa's spirit that makes all else
seem mundane. Except with the
dainty Butsova, who ID the en-
bodiment of youth, and who pos.
sesses q different but . rare ballet
art
| Rural Scenes.
Tbs first scene. the Magic
Flute" with music by Driso, had
Butsova for star ana Pianowsl1i, a
most graceful mischief.maker. The
ensemble was rich in rural pictures.
the corps de ballet excellent, and
the setting completed an artistic
whole.
Novikoff was stunning in his
virtuoso feats of ballet. Kara.
vaieff. . whiriing dervish OF mar.
velous execution. received great ap'
probation. And Warztnski deserves
special praise, as does little Mile
Bartlett ~ the Holland girl.
Over II all the ballet scenes OF
"Snowflakes" remain as the hishes,
art Of the program, and the Lisz,
Hungarian Rhapsody" with War
xinsh and an ensemble, one OF the
most brilliant and exquisitely cos
TUNED groups. The music with the
dancing was complete and satisfying
JESSIE MacBRIDE.
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) here. They are cousins OF Mrs.
Bainbridse Colby, wife OF the one
time Secretary Of State.
Mr.. MarQuand. who is a graduate
of Harvard. 1915. is now In Rome.
where Mr.. and Mrs. Sedgwick and
Miss Sedgwick spent the early win
ter. The Sedgwicks VIII occupy
their country place at Stockbridge.
Mass. this summer. and the wed.
ding will take place there In Sep
tember.
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Col. and Mrs. Edward B. Clark
have taken an apartment at the Po-
tomac Hotel on Capitol HilI, and
have with them their two small
grandchildren, Frederick Leonard
Devereux. jr.. and Elizabeth Clark
Devereux. They are children of
Col. Frederick Leonard Deveereux
and the late Mrs. Devereux. daugh-
ter of Colonel and Mrs. Clark. who
died recently at her home In Omaha.
Mrs. Charles w. wetmore win be
hostess at luncheon on Tuesday.
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Mrs. Edward Goldsboropgh has
engaged passage for England for
April 10 and will remain abroad
until autumn. i.
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Congressman Julius Kahn OF
California, who abandoned the stage
thirty years ago to study law. will
be tho principal speaker at a dinner
to be given at the Commodore to-
morrow night by the Edwin Forrest
Lodge OF the Actors Order Of Friend.
ship In commemoration OF the 116th
anniversary Of the birth OF Edwin
Forrest. De Wolf Hopper win be
toastmaster.
Col. and Mrs. c. II. Mcneil will
entertain at dinner this evening In
honor of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. James
H. McRae.
Mrs Coolidge, wife OF the Vice
President. and the Argentine Am.
hassador and Mime. lie Breton were
among those in the audience which
packed the National Theater yes
terday afternoon to see Pavlowa and
her Ballet Russo. Miss Manuela
Lloveras and Felip A. Espil. OF the
Argentine embassy, were with DR..
snd Nine. lie Breton. Others in the
audience were Mrs. Archibald Saun.
derson and her daughters, Mrs. Os.
car Underwood, Mrs. Frederick A.
Keep. Mrs. Charles l.. Hussey. Mrs.
Frederick z. Chaplin. Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt. 1r., Mrs. Henry Wilder
Ksyes, Mrs. Hampson Gary, Mrs.
IRA Copley. Paul Gardner Tcherni.
kiff, Mrs. Lee Phillips. Mrs. John
Crayke Simpson, Leander McCor.
mick -Goodhart, Dennis Upson. Mrs,
Prentiss b. Gilbert, Mrs. Horace
Towner, Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood. Miss Mary Morgan. Julian
Zolnay. Mr.. Leao. and Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss. ..... ... ..
In New York.
The charge d'affaires OF the lega.
ton OF Panama. j. e. Lefevre. went
to New York yesterday to bid fare.
Strong, who will sail today for
Panama, where DR.. Strong has
bsen appointed scientific director OF
the Gorgas Memorial Institute OF
Tropical Medicine.
DR.. J. II. Hubrecht, OF the Meth
erlands legation, is in New York
having gone over to bid farewell "a
Jonkheer W. II. de Beaufort, who
sailed today for Holland.
4 -
Don Juan Francisco de Cardenas
counselor Of the Spanish embassy
Is at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New
York, for a few days.
-
! Mrs. lie Roy Tuttle has as her
guest her daughter. Mrs. StreeteI
Flynn, Of oklahoma City. Miss Ade
laide Tuttle. who has been visiting
her sister, returned with her.
Miss Judia Strong has returned
TO her home on Dupont circle after
spending the winter in the North
Miss Elizabeth Hanna, grand
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
METHODIST YOUNG PEOPLE
TO STUDY VoLSTEAD ACT

CHICAGO. March 11.-Methods of
enforcing the Volstead law viii be
studied by the 100000 members of
the Epworth League. the young peo-
pies organization of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, as a result Of
the appeal Of Bishop Thomas Nichol-
son, president Of the Anti-Saloon
League, II was announced last night.
A textbook. "How to Enforce the
yolstead Law" will be sent out from
the league's headquarters.
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
Freed In Auto Accident.

Professor Frank O'Hara, of th,
Catholic University, was exoneratet
when the coroner's jury investigated
the death of Gen. Frank B. NSloat
who was knocked down March 2 by
an automobile at Thirteenth and L
streets northwest,
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=
Coolidge win be entertained
at dinner tonight by Con.
gressman and Mrs. Frederick c.
Hicks, y representative company
being asked TO meet them.
Last evening Senator and Mrs.
Howard Sutherland gave q dinner
for the Vice President and Mrs.
Coolidge. Among their guests
were the Serbian Minister and
Nine. Grouitch, Mrs. Sherman
McCahum. Mrs.. Robert Mackenzie.
Congressman George M. Bowers.
Charles Moore, president Of the
Fine Arts Commission and Miss
Virginia Sutherland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Hubbard.
who were guests Of Senator and
Mrs. Sutherland for q few days.
returned yesterday to their home
in Maryland.
TsHE One Hundred Club dance,
! postponed from, February ~,
will be given this evening at the
homo Of Mr.. and Mrs. Breckin-
ridge Long in Sixteenth street.
Tho dance r. to be q fancy dress
ball and win be the last Of the
series the club has been giving
this season.
The guests win be received By
the hostees, assisted By Mme.
Riano. Nine. Le Breton. Mrs.
Peter Geoict- Gerry. and Miss
GLADYS Hinckley.
A number Of interesting little
dinner parties will precsds the
dance. Among those entertaining
VII be Mr.. and Mrs.. T. A. Scott
Thropp. who are entertaining q
company Of eighteen In oompii-
ment to Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Doug
las Macarthur: Congressman and
Mrh John Philip Hill. who viii
have q company Of sixteen dining
with them; Mr.. and MrsS William
Stuart Reyburn and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick l. Huidekoper.
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THE Minister Of Rumania and
Princess Bibesco have With
them at the legation the latter's
mother, Mrs. Herbert sAsquith.
known to fame a. ''Margot"
AsQuith, who arrived this morning
from New York.
Mru. AsQuith. accompanied BY
Prince and Princess Bibesco, at
tended the benefit fete and concert
given for the war orphans OF
Rumania at the Hotel Plaza, New
York. yesterday afternoon. The
entertainment was Given under the
patronage Of the Queen Of Ru-
mania and Prince and Princess
Bibesco. The program was Q
medley Of music. short stories and
fashions, featuring . parade dis
playing the latest gowns and hats
from Paris.
Prince Bibeeco made q short
speech after the fete. After ex-
tending thanks to those who took
part in the program and helped to
make II q success, he announced
that he didn't intend to make q
speech because other members Of
his family were much better At 1t
than he.
I've Q father In law who makes
speeches." he said. and q wife
who makes speeches and a mother
in-law, even, who makes speeches.
Dresses have meant q great
deal to me-" he continued 1T Is
important to dress well. Before I
married my wife she dressed very
badly. i told her that / thought
after we were married her taste
would improve. II did. She be-
gan to show a greater interest in
what she wore and to look much
better. Now she In too well
dressed"
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The Chief Justice and Mrs. WI
liam Howard Taft will be the guest
OF honor at q dinner given this even
ing by the Minister of China an,
Nine. Alfred SEE,
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Sailed For Europe.
The Minister Of Poland and Prir
cess LubOmirska sailed TODAY for Eu
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Miss Sedgwick Engaged.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Sedgwick
have written from Taormina, Italy,
to announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Christina Sedgwick,
TO John p. Marauand, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Marouand. OF New
York and Wilmington. Del. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sedgwick and their daughter
spent the winter OF 1920-1e21 in
Washington and made many friends
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cess Lubomirska sailed today for Eu-
rope on the olympic. Tho minister
will have a two-month leave Of alb
sence before going to a new post.
Prince Sapieha is scheduled to sue
ceed him here.
Countess Szechenyi, wife OF the
Hungarian minister. has gone TO At.
lantic City and is at the Ambassa. =.
dor Hotel to remain some time.
Countess Szecheny has one of her
young daughters with her.
Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes enter
tanned at luncheon today, taking her
guests later to the Lest We Forget
bridge. Her guests included Nine.
Grouitch, Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg.
Mrs. Louis rockingham, Mrs. Victor
Kaufman, Mrs. Clarence Day, Mrs.
Charles II. Patterson, Mrs. Robinson
and Mrs. George Barnett.
=
Mrs. Morris Ernest Locke was
hostess at luncheon today.
The Secretary of the Italian EN-.
bassy and Nine. Celesia will be hosts
at dinner next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Thomas +. Walsh will be
hostess tonight at one of the series
OF informal dances she has been CIV
ing on Saturday evenings at her
home In Massachusetts avenue.
-
Mrs. Philip II. Sheridan and the
Misses Sheridan will sail for Europe
early in April, and expect to pass the
summer abroad.
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Mr.. aid Mrs. Frederick johnson
Manning, who sailed today for Eng
land, will devote the next year to
studying for degrees at Oxford Uni.
versity. They expect to take a coun.
try house near Oxford. Mrs. Man.
ming was formerly Miss Helen Taft.
For the last fortnight Mr.. and Mrs.
Manning and their baby daughter
have been visiting her parents, Chief
Justice and Mrs. Taft. in Washing.
ton.
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Mrs. Charles s. Bromwell. who Ia
recuperating from an attack Of grio.
left Washington this morning for At
lantic City, and will spend the next
few weeks at the Ambassador Hotel.
Mrs Mildred Bromwell will sail
for Bermuda next Wednesday to
Join Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Flint and
Miss Margaret Flint, Of New York.
=
G-II-r.
The Washington times., 1922-03-11
Sailed For Europe.

The Minister OF Poland and Prin.
cess Lubomirska sailed today for Eu.
rope on the olympic. Tho minister
will have a two-month leave Of alb
sence before going TO a new post.
Prince Sapieha is scheduled to sue
ceed him here.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-06-23
FORMER LADYSMITH PAS
TOR IN AUTO ACCIDENT

The following account of a serious
automobile accident in which Rev.
John Birrell and members of his fam
lily were injured, is taken from last
weeks number of the Iowa County
Democrat, published at Mineral Point.
Rev. Birrell and family moved to Min
eral Point two years ago this summer,
but his pastorate is now at Lancas-
ter:
ION Friday evening at 10 o'clock,
Rev. John Birrell, formerly of Min
eral Point, met with a serious acct
dent on highway 10, short distance
north of Dodgevile. He was return
ing to Lancaster with his family and
Rev. and Mrs. G. w. Campbell of
Platteville. The car was travelling at
fair rate of speed when a spring
broke, and Mr.. Birrell lost control of
the car which was heading straight
for a culvert. In an effort to avoid
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crashing into the cement culvert, he
succeeded in turning the car so that
it passed to the inside of it. The car
was hurled over an embankment, the
impact of the crash throwing Mrs.
Birrell and Mrs. Campbell over a
fence and Mr. Birrell through the
windshield. Mr.. Campbell and the two
Birrell children escaped with minor in
iuries and Mr.. Birrell was but slightly
injured, his driving cap being cut by
the class.
1.-THE two women received serious in
iuries, Mrs. Birrell sustaining broken
nose and crushed cheek bone with
cuts and bruises and Mrs. Campbell
was badly bruised. Mrs. Birren will
be taken to Madison this week, where
she will receive better medical atten-
ton. She is recovering as well as
can be expected.
Capt. Williams thinks that Troop 3
will be called to Camp Douglas for
drill and review about Aug. /.
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BIRTHS

To Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Luell, June II,
a son.
To Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Harrington,
June Is, daughter.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Plant, June
16, a daughter.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Zepp, June 16,
son.
To. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilferd Schmidt.
June 10, daughter.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Wyncoop,
June IL, daughter.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-06-23

1t is a mans sized job to drive an
automobile in these times, and people
who undertake it should expect to
give their attention to the job. Mushy
young people when they pick the high
ways for their amorous demonstra-
lions, not merely make themselves alb
surd, but they create a peril to the
public.-Sheboyga Press.
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Although about 40 per cent of mar
ried couples celebrate their silver we'd
ding, only one in thousand live to
celebrate their golden anniversary.
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LOST

LADY'S plain gold Elgin wrist watch.
Finder please notify r. I'll. Burns,
Ladysmith. Wis. = Hips
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-06-23
BLACK sOx TURNED DOWN

The Chicago Black Sox baseball
team attempted to get a game with
the Ladysmith team for Saturday, but
were turned down.
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BEAT RICE LAKE

Continued from Page 1
one hit and one run.
The individual record, as seen by
Scorekeeper Phil Reed, is as follows
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Manuscript covers? News-Budget.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-26
BREAKS WORLDS RECORD
FOR S|xTY-YARD DASH
Loren Murchison Clips Fifth
Of Second From Old
Mark.
~ Associnted rress.l

CHICAGO. March c5--A world $
record was smashed. ono Central 4.
y. L. record broken and two Cen
trail \. \. L. marks established last
uiSht. in the preliminary y. y. L.
track championship here. which was
Won by the Illinois A. 9. with g.
points.
The new worlds record was hung
up by Loren Murohison. of tho !. \.
-. who stepped tho sixtyyard dash
N :06 -. This is onc-.fth OF a sec
ond faster than the previous mark.
Albert. OF the G. a. A.. broke the
Central y. 4. L. record for the high
jump, when ne cleared the bar at
= feet | IL inches. ono Inch higher
than the previous mark
Central 4. u. I. records were es-
tablished in tho 300-yard run and the
mile walk. events contested for the
hrst time in Central 4. a. I. meet.
Downing. OF tho ]. 4. G.. set the
mark in the former event, which he
won In 20 -. NoScn. also OF tho I.
y. e.. set the mile walk by doing
The distance IN 1927 Is.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-26
ENGLISH CHANNEL
SWIM OPEN TO ALL
LEv Associatea Press. ]

LONDON. March 25.--Thc leading
long distance swimmers in the world
are to be invited TO compete in {"
common tournament this year a,
swimming the English Channel. it is
announced here. An intcrnationa!
relay racc--open 10 teams OF men
and womcn-may also he organized
for the channel coast.
y great boom in long stance
swimming is forecast following tho
action OF Adoiph Alexander. presi-
dent of the Channel Swimming club.
In presenting that institution Win
Il new cup to be competed for by as
pirants Of any nationality. tn"
trophy is not challenge affair hJ'
becomes the property OF the first per
sons. man or woman. who swims the
channel umaidcd. rs did CAPITA in
Webb and T. w. Burgess.
The cup is said TO rank among the
handsomest OF sports trophies. From
base to apex. il is exactly three feet
in height. and it is Of solid silver
Throughout. 1t weighs S75 ounces and
stands on very fine onyx plinth
Zig Bill" burgess won the first
Alexander Channel Swimming Cup.
when he swan from England to
France in 1911. Mr.. Alexander s
great interest int the sport is ac-
counted for by tho fact that Captain
Webb was the hero of his boyhood.
lie considers the channel swim the
greatest athletic feat OF which man
Is capable. and the best incentive to
long distance swimming, regarded By
! him rs the only really useful form OF
! art.