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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
BALLOON RACE:
HA|NPE Erred BY
WEATHER
Rain Soaks Fourteen Big Gas
Bags Starting Out on Long
Distance Flights.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July A.
Unfavorable weather conditions
quelled predictions Of new flight rec
ords in the national elimination bal.
loon race which was to get under
way this afternoon.
While the fourteen huge bags were
initiating, rain soaked the rigging and
the blast. According to U. s.
weather forecasters, southwest winds
will bear the balloons in north.
easterly direction and dawn tomor.
row Will find the contestants many
miles from indianapolis
The first balloon is to take the air
at o'clock and the others at inter.
walls OF five minutes thereafter.
Radio receiving sets rugged in the
baskets enabled the pilots to receive
Information on the weather and air
currents to be broadcast from Chi.
cago, Detroit. Washington and Sche.
nectady tonight and tomorrow.
Aside from the novelty, balloon
racing carried little in the way to1
thrills for many thousand spectators
who gathered to witness the getaway
but for the pilots the uncertainty OF
landing and other risks made other
sports seem tame by comparison.
Distance will determine the win.
ner, speed and time afloat will not
enter into the calculations. The art
in balloon racing depends largely on
the opportunity for judging air cur.
rents at different levels. The three
balloons that travel the greatest dis
lance from the starting point will
win the right to represent the United
States in the international race to
start from Brussels in September.
OF the fourteen bags entered, seven
represented the air service OF the
army and navy and between the two
branches of national defense the
greatest rivalry existed. The army
had three and the navy four balloons
entered.
The American Legion was repre-
scented by one contestant and the re.
naming six were entered by firms
and cities and were named by civil.
ians. Detroit, Akron, Springfield.
ILL.,: Brookside, Ohio, and st. Louis
claimed the six civilian entries.
An army entry is to be the first to
ascend. piloted by Robert s. Ohm.
stead, Washington. D. c., with Lieut.
John w. Shotpaw, also of Washing
ton, as his aid.
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VAUGHAN READY
FOR FLIGHT
TOCOAST
~ ~VeuO
Expects to Jump off Tomorrow
Morning in Fast Plane 1t
T. Weather Permits.
BY JACK CARBERRY.
International News Service.


MINEOLA, N. Y, July 4.-Break-
fast In New York at sunrise-sup'
Der in San Francisco before dark!
I'm do it-before Saturday,
Lieut.. Robert e. Vaughan, army
airman predicted today. Lieuten-
ant Vaughan had just completed
the final test of Uncle Sans fastest
piane-the Curtis ''V," 4OO-horse-
mower "streak of creased lightning
upon which the army depends to
establish a new world record.
weather is the only element OF
chance I. believe-the plane is
4eady, and so am l." Lieutenant
Vaughan explained.
IF weather is perfect from coast
20 coast, Lieutenant Vaughan Will
make the Jump at 4 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
And at 8 o'clock tomorrow night
hope to see the sun sink over
&hA golden gate" Lieutenant
Vaughan said.
'If weather prevents the hop to-
morrow I'll wait until the first per-
feet day"
Lieutenant Vaughan will make
four stops on the way.
His first will be McCook field,
Dayton, Ohio. This is $40 miles
from New York as the crow lfies.
His plane will be tested and re-
fueied and within thirty mintstes he
hopes to be off on the second hop
70 st. Joseph, Mo.
The next jump is to be to Chey-
enne, Wyoming.
SaIduro. Utaf-100 miles west to
Salt Lake City and 470 miles from
Cheyenue-is to be the next stop.
From Salduro to San Francisco it
is 40 miles.
Lieutenant Vaughan figures he
will cover 2,67O miles in the flight.
The planet Is of identical type
20 the one in which Lieutenant
Vaughan set a worlds record OF 236
miles an hour-will weigh $500
pounds, fully equipped. 1t meas.
ures 40 feet from tip to tip. 1t
will carry, on the hop-off, 167
gallons of gasoline. nine and half
gallons Of oil, and eighteen gallons
Of water.
The ship is capable Of 10 miles
an hour, carrying it's full weight.
Lieutenant Vaughan plans to
travel 100 miles an hour.
Flying with the sun. thus making
three hours, he believes he will
have but little difficulty in reaching
Crissy Field, at San Francisco, be-
fore dark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
| At INA AMERICA
ISCAP UR|NC
j. s. TRADE
Southern Nations Sold This
Country s5o,516,o51 Worth
of Goods in May.
BY TOM EVERRITT,
roamnnolifan News Service.

GOSm0D0AIIAu
Latin-America has the United
States ION the hip as far as trads
between the two is concerned. ac-
cording to reports of the DEPART
ment of Commerce, and. judging the
future by the recent past, will keep
her there.
One report shows that Latin.
America, including Mexico and
Cuba, during May. 1923. sold $751;
$685. worth more to the United
States than the United States sold
to them
! This is not a seasonal state OF
trade between the northern and
southern hemispl1eres, for during the
eleven months period ended May.
1923, the United States bought $685.
503,722 more of merchandise from
them than she sold to, them, another
report shows.
It is true that other reports OF
the department show that the United
States is a large purchaser of raw
materials for use in manufacture
and of foodstuffs, but, on the other
hand, they show the United States
to be selling nearly as much of such
raw products as she is buying.
But from dollar and cents stand
point, from which position most
people look at it, it would appear,
from these reports. that the Latin
American countries are securing a
strong merchandising foothold in the
worlds markets, especially in the
United States, where it is conceded
to be healthfu1 sign for the build
ing UP of Pan-American trade under
standings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
EIGHT KILLINGS ARE TOLL
OF HOLIDAY IN OHIO

. CLEVELAND. Ohio. July A.
Eight were dead and thirteen crit
cally injured today as the result
of holiday automobile accidents
electric storms. fireworks ceiebra
tions and a burglar chase in Cleve
land and other sections of Ohio.
Dorothy Love. seventeen, Carl
13alliel, twentyseven and Gretchen
Ciphers, sixteen, all of Ashland
Ohio, were killed when their auto
mobile went over high embank
ment near Hayesville. Ohio. Rob
ert Clark, seventeen, is expected tC
die ard two others were badly hurt
in the same accident.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
General Pershing to
Be Host to Visitor.

Gen. John j. Pershing, chief of
staff, u. s. A., will entertain a
company of distinguished men at
dinner Saturday evening in com
pliment to General Couraud, of
the French army, who will arrive
today to spend the remainder OF
the week here.
General Pershing will leave the
first of the week for an extended
inspection tour over large part
of the country.
@ s.
DR.. Charles Walcott. secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution and
Mrs. Walcott left last week to
spend the summer in the North
west. as they have done for some
years now. Miss Helen Walcott
has gone to Provincetown, Mass.
for the summer.
s.
Mrs. Rudolph, wife of Commits.
sioner Rudolph, will leave today
to motor to Deer Park, Md, for
an indefinite stay. Mr. Rudolph
will join her occasionally.
s.
Mr.. and Mrs Adolph Casper Mil
Ter, who left Washington the lat.
ter part Of last week by motor
for their home at Sorrento, Me-,
were guests for a few days OF
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt, at Hyde
Park. N. Y. They were also guests
for a brief time of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry White at Elm Court, Lenox.
Mass. Mrs. Miller will spend the
remainder Of the summer at Sor'
rento. MFR. Miller will return to
Washington in about a fortnight,
joining Mrs. Miller for weekend
visits
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
SON PRESENTS MORSE
PICTURE TO D. C MUSEUM

PITTSFIELD. Mass, July A.
The will of Edward Lind Morse,
author and artist, and son of the
inventor of biography. who died
at his Bartlett avenue nome here
June has been filed in probate
court.
He gives to the National Museum
at Washington a small water-color
group. painted by his father, of his
parents, two brothers and himself,
and to the Mount Vernon Society
OF Mount Vernon, Va, a portrait of
Mary Ball, mother of George Wash.
ington. Yale University is to re.
cefve Samuel Morse's painting.
"The Dying Hercules" The tes-
tators own paintings are to be d.
vided among his own heirs. His
SON and daughter get the residue of
the estate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
BANDITS LOCK BUTCHER
IN BOX; FLEE WITH $3.50

PHILADELPHIA. July 1.-Two
bandits attired in Palm Beach suits
locked Julius Sostman in the re-
frigerator of his butcher shop
while they rifled a cash register
and stole, $3.50. He was held pris.
0ner for ten minutes before Gus.
toner heard his cries and released
him.
Sostman was alone In the store
when the robbers entered. One Of
them ordered a pound of steak and
when the butcher opened the
ice chest one OF them sneaked UP
behind him and thrust a revolver
against his back. There was moth
ing for Sostman to do but obey
their order to enter the icebox,
the door Of which they closed and
fastened.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
.PINcHoT, RECOVERING
HAT. LOSES RAINCoAT

STRoUDSBURG. Pa, July A.
A reward of SO was offered today
by Governor Pinchot. In q local
newspaper for the return OF his
raincoat, which he lost last Wednes-
day while driving from Milford to
Harrisburg.
Although the coat is very old, the
governor prizes 1t, as he does his
old SLOUGH hat, which he wore with
the coat throughout his campaign
last year. He lost the coat when he
left the car to recover the velour
chapeau which had blown from the
head OF q Philadelphia newspaper
man who was riding with him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
WHOEVER WITH : CHILDREN,
SPURNED BY GIRL. IN JAIL

BALTIMORE, July 4.-The pros
pect of becoming the wife of a
widower fourteen years her senior
and mother to his six children held
no attractions to pretty Margaret
Marine, twenty. So she repulsed
the suit of Alfred Pemma, thirty
four. even though his proposals
were approved by her mother, with
whom Pemma boarded.
Pemma last night rushed up to
the girl on the street and ex.
claimed:
"Will you marry me?"
The girl called policeman, who
locked up Pemma on charge Of OBJ
structing pedestrians. ..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
| Mems Committee for
Dance Announced.

On the mems committee for the
dance 70 be given july IA at the
Ringgold mansion. in Maryland, for
the benefit of the campaign ex-
penses for the foundation fund for
the National School of Music and
operate Art, are Senior Buena-
vista, DR. Paul Lessinoff. General
Squier, Col. Charles Fl. Patterson
Walter Tuckerman, Richard Flour
noy, Bond Cochran, Commander
Theodore Jewell. Hampson Gary.
Myron Hoffer, Westel Willouehhy,
Richard Wrigglesworth, Major
James A. Lyon. Horace Luttrell.
Chester Lockwood, Ord Preston,
Winslow Vanderventer and Fox
hall Daingerfield,
William Bowie Clarke, Mrs Hetty
II. Low and Col. Joseph Beechman
left Washington yesterday for
Beverly, Mass, to he the guests
of Mrs. w. Harry Brown at her
summer place. Sunset Hill.
s.
Mrs. John B. Henderson and her
granddaughter, Miss Beatrice Hen
derson, have gone to their summer
place at Bar Harhor.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard
Chase. of Washington, who have
been. the guests tf Mr.. James c..
Parrish at his villa in Coopnr's
Neck lane, Southampton, since Fri
day, continued their motor trips
through Canada and the West Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair are
at the Vanderbilt Hotel in New
York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
Secretary Of State
To Spend Quiet Fourth.

Secretary or State ana MRS.
Charles E. Hughes will spend the
Fourth quietly with their daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Hughes, at
Macsfolly Farm, on the Seventh
street pike. where they are residing
during the summer months.
s.
Nine. Wallenberg, wife of the
Minister of Sweden, and their sons,
Bertil Wallenberg and Augustus
Wallenberg, the latter two having
recently arrived in New York from
Sweden, will come to Washington
today by motor. They will spend
few days here before returning to
New York to join the ministers, who
will probably accompany them TO
Bar Harbor.
The Minister of Rumania and
Princess Bibesco, who were the
guests over the weekend of Mrs.
Vanderbilt at her villa in Newport,
are spending few days with Mrs.
Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park,
N. Y. They will return to Wash
ington tomorrow or Friday.
Nine. Saburi, wife of the counsel.
or of the Japanese embassy, left
washington yesterday for Williams
town. Mass, where she will be for
the summer. Mr.. Saburi will join
her later.
The Secretary of the Rumanian
Legation and Nine. Nano will leave
Washington July 10 for Newport,
where they will spend a month.
-
The newly appointed secretary of
the Belgian embassy, Count Antoine
de Labestin, will arrive in New York
July Is and will come directly to
Washington. Count de Labestin is
succeeding Jean de Fontaine.
Clarence H. Mackay entertained
at luncheon yesterday at his place
at Roslyn, Long Island, in honor. of
Gen. Henri Joseph Eugene Gouraud
William c. Redfield, formerly Sec.
rotary of Commerce, and Mrs. Red.
field, of Brooklyn are at the Red
field place in Pittsfield, in the Berk-
shtres, for a month. Their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles K. Drury, and two
children have gone to her camp in
the Adirondacks
Mrs. Raymond T. Baker and a
party of friends, including Mrs. Sgd
ney j. Colford, jr., have gone to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
MUCothron-Shook
Wedding Announced.

Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Shook an.
nounce the marriage of their daugh.
ter Kathryn Mildred to Francis
Fontaine McCathran which took
place in the M. E. Church, Fairfax,
Va, March IS, 1923. The Rev. j.
c. Thrasher performed the cere-
mony.
Mrs. Charles Holten of Detroit
is spending the week at Wardrlan
Park Hotel
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william, jr., fourteen. and Robert,
thirteen, together with the collie,
had to swim.
The dog chung to Senator Perry
as the three made for shore, an
eighth OF a mile away. A motor boat
saved all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
Washington Artist
To Tour Europe.

Viktor Flambeau LETT Washing
ton on Tuesday, to sail from New
York with friends for Europe. While
abroad he will visit Spain. Portugal
and the. North OF. Africa.
Col. James A. Moss, u. s. A., Is
at the Hotel Aston in New York
for a few days.
Commander Garrett l.. Schuyler.
IT. s, NJ, and Mrs. Schuyler are
at the Hotel Aston in New York.
Col. Edward M. Shinkle. u. s. A.,
is also at the Aston.
s.
w. M. Peck, of Avon Park,
Fla. who has come to Washington
for visit, is stopping at the Lee
House.
s.
Mr., and Mrs. w. H. Clifford, Of
Oat]ands, Va, are staying at the
Hamilton Hotel for the week.
Col. Frank j. Griffin, U. s. A,
and Mrs. Griffin are spending
few days in New York and are stay
ing at the Hotel Aston. They will
20 to Atlantic City for short stay
before returning to Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
DOG UPSETS CANOE
lMPERtLlNG FAMILY

NEWARK, July 4.-When a dog
in a canoe with State Senator Will
liam III. Parry, bf Essex County,
and his two sons, on the Rancocas
River at Centerto1, Burlington
County, shifted its position the
canoe upset and Senator Perry,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
Miss Bechtol to Go
To Berkeley Springs.

Miss Lamar G. Bechtol, exhibition
director of the Art Center. is leaving
town this week. to visit Berkeley
Springs. w. Va. New York and
Long Island, before returning in
the latter part of September.
T. Inokuma. of Tokyo, Japan, has
Joined S. Okano. of New York, at
the Hamilton Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
BEAR BLOCKS AuTolST,
THEN FLEES INTO WOODS

DANVILLE. Pa, July 4.-That
his automobile had been blocked
on the road between Danvilie and
Northumberland by bear, was
the story told to police by L. s.
Wilson, a salesman, returning from
a trip to Sunbury.
He was delayed several minutes
before bruin numbered out OF the
highway and into the woods at the
side of the road.
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are leaving in a few days for the
West.
Senator and Mrs. Oscar Under.
wood. who returned the first OF
he week from Europe, will be IN
ashington for about a week be-
fore going to their home in Ala
)anla.
Senator Theodore Burton mas
gone abroad for an extended stay.
Senator Royal Copeland Is visit
ing Detroit.
Senator and Mrs. A. A. Jones,
who went on the Congressional
iunket to Alaska, have returned
to Washington. Mrs. Jones Is Ill
at Walter Reed Hospital.
-
Mrs. Kennedy Wheeler and her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Wheeler,
expect to go to Bass Rocks, Me-, on
July 20 to spend the remainder OF
the summer.
Can't, and Mrs. Luke McNamee
will return from Baltimore tonnor'
row. They motored over yesterday
afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
Warren F. Martin to
Join Attorney General.

Special Assistant to the Attorney
General Warren f. Martin will
leave Washington soon for Colum.
bus, Ohio. where he will join the
Attorney General preparatory to u
trip to the Pacific coast, where they
will meet President Harding on his
return from Alaska. Attorney Gen.
cral Daugherty and Mr.. Martin, will
accompany the President and his
party. making the trip with them
through The Panama canal
Mrs. George H. Barnett who has
spent the last few days at her place
in Virginia, will reutrn to Washing
ton tonight.
y
Commander and Mrs. Claude r
Mayo, who have taken a cottage on
the Maine coast for the summer
will leave Washington the latter
part Of this month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Shelby. Mont. They will continue
later in the week to Washington
State and will take an automobile
trip down the coas: to California.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Band. w. =. SLannaFds DaHu
leader.
March. THE Stars and Stripes
Forever, Sousa
Overture. "Isabeiia'.. Suppe
American Fantasia, Gems of
Stephen Foster. Laurendeau
Characteristic, American Patrol
Meacham
Selection on American Soldier
Seredy
Excerpts from the Metropolitan
Opera House ....... Tobani
Gems from H. N. 8. Pinafore''
Sullivan
March, Lincoln Centennial.
Sanford
.'The star-spangled Banner
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
Weddings. teas etc.--formal or In
formal. Call GUIDE, 1912 F.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Miss Helen Colbert will leave
/ Washington, Friday, for Middle.
burg, Va, to make a series of
visits She will return in about a
fortnight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Maj. and Mrs. Max r. Wainer
will return this week from the
Congressional junket to Alaska.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Colonel and Mrs. Thompson plan
to sail on the Levilthan today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

DIR. and Mrs. Starr Parsons will
sail on the Finland tomorrow for
Europe, where they will remain
about two months.
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Concert

At walter Reed Hospital today at
$40 p. m, by the U. 5. Army
Band. w. j. Stannard, band
> Leader
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
JEAN ELIOT ON CAPITAL SOCIETY
Senatorial Ranks
Broken For
Summer.

Senator and Mrs. Tasker Oddie
are leaving in few days for the
West.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Clarence H. Mackay entertained
at luncheon yesterday at his place
at Roslyn, Long Island, in honor. of
Gen. Henri Joseph Eugene Gouraud.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Clifford Bangs
have returned to Washington, after
passing two weeks at the Home
stead, Hot Springs, Va.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Miss Charlotte Freeman Clark has
left town for Montrose. Pa, where
she will visit before going to her
summer home on Cape Cod.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Woodbury. Blair are
at the Vanderbilt Hotel in New
York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-04
PostoHice Official
Weds Mrs. b. B. Mercer

Mrs. Bessie B. Mercer, daughter
of Mrs. Mary Butterworth, and
William M. Mooney, chief clerk OF
the Post Office Department. were
married yesterday in the Church
of the Covenant, the Rev. DIR. Ber'
nard Braskamp officiating. All de-
tails for the wedding were simply
arranged, and after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs Mooney left for his
home in the Shenandoah valley.
near Harrisonburg. They will re-
turn later to make their home in
Washington
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-18
MINE LEADERS co
TO DEBATE SCALE

John i. Lewis, president Of the
United Mine Workers of America, and
other national officials, were on their
way to New York today to attend n
wage scale conference with operators.
Opposition to all radical labor move
ments was expressed by the national
executive committee Of the union here
Wednesday when it was announced
that members who affiliate with com
munistic labor organizations of Mos
COW will forfeit membership in the
United Mine Workers.
Action was taken following reports
that Canadian locals are inclined to
join radical movements. Charters will
be revoked unless these tactics are
changed, local officials say.
1T is our purpose to continue the
march of progress through q safe
sane, and orderly labor movement,
and we cannot affiliate with Organi-
cations that attempt to destroy our
institutions" it was said at union
headquarters. today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-18
We ERANS WILL PAY
HONOR To DUBOIS
VIII Be Fired Over
Physicians Grave,

Military honors will be paid Or. Ed
Guard j. Dubois, veteran of the ~ Grid
war and eX-city bacteTiologist, at
funeral services at his late home, 238
e. Tenth St. Saturday afternoon
DR. Dubois died suddenly Wedncs-
day. while at work i'm the office Of
the United States veterans bureau
in the Meridian Life building.
The Marion county chapter Of the
Rainbow Veterans Association, OF
which Or. Dubois was president and
Paul Coble post OF the American Lee
gion of which he was n member, will
be In charge Of the services.
The Rainbow veterans will meet at
Eleventh and Alabama SITS at 1880 p.
m. Saturday and 20 to the Dubois
home.
Pallbearers will be Judge Sidney
s. Miller, Scion j. Carter, Paul
Fechtman. Hugh &cor, Dan Gloss
brenner and Marvin ]. prather. Hon
orary pallbearers will be from the
Paul Coble post.
A volley will be fired over the grave
in Crown HIill cemetery.