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The Washington times., 1926-09-29
ALABAMA TO RELEASE
CONVICTS FROM MINES

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Sept. 90
Alabama convicts, who have toiled
underground for decades. gradually
will be removed from the State
leased prison mine in groups of
100 after he takes office next year,
Bibb Graves, Democratic guberna-
toroial nominee, declared today.
Graves returned from q survey of
prison conditions in Virginia, North
Carolina and Georgia determined to
use convict labor for road con-
structions.
The Washington times., 1926-09-29
CREW
1850 FEET
AWAY
BY HOWARD G.. MAYER

84O " ooS~2S NNe ot~~8 = -
IRONWOOD, Mich, Sept.
29.-" Possibly Friday
This word predicting the
time Of rescue of the 43 men
buried In the g. Pabst mine
hers was passed about today
as 400 men fought their way
through rock and ore In their
dramatic race underground
against death.
Rescuers In Shifts
With all four rescue operations
well under way, those being con-
Quoted in the F. Aurora mine
promised the most ho-e for res
cue Of the men who have been
imprisoned on the eighth level of
the G. Pabst mine since Friday
noon. Sweating shifts Of husky
miners poured out of the mouth
Of the mine every four hours.
Worst Part They Say
They reported that they had gone
through what they believed was the
most difficult cutting they would en-
counter. Since Monday afternoon
they have drilled and blasted hard
jasper rock for the most part, but
by making q series OF cross cuts
yesterday q bore through softer
ground has been started in the di-
rection of the imprisoned men.
This rescue crew, consisting OF
about 30 men, still was approx
mately 100 feet from their goal.
They were working upward on q
45-degree incline.
Optimistic reports continued to
come from the mine mouth, where
late yesterday q rescue crew had
worked Its way over to the wrecked
9 shaft and had succeeded In reach
ing the twentieth level.
During the day they reported that
the @ shaft had . strong current
OF air passing through It, although
there were distractions overhead.
This rescue party now IL about 600
feet below the trapped miners.
Hero Leads Party
Extraordinary efforts have been
demonstrated in the work being
done In this section Of the mine.
One man. with q squared piece
OF wood strapped over his head,
slowly works his way upward using
a long iron poker to loosen the
debris above him.
AS the loosened earth and rock
fall about him fellow workers
carry 1t away. For all this man
who 10 leading the party knows he
may loosen tons OF debris at any
moment and be buried in the shaft.
The prospect OF such a fate. how
ever, does not stay his efforts,
The diamond drill. which r.
punching a two and a half inch hole
toward the trapped men from the
second level Of the mine has bored
through about 80 feet. Hard rock
may at any moment deflect the
drill and seriously interfere with
its progress.
The work OF rebuilding the g
shaft in which the cavern &C.
Cured is going on at a steady.
slow rate.
Today the men had retimbered
and refined the shaft to q point
about ITO feet below the second
level.
The Washington times., 1926-09-29
SPEEDY 7 RIAL
FOR BANDITS

District Attorney Peyton Gordon
announced that following the In
quest by the coroner's jury today
he will at once summon the wit.
nesses of Sundays shooting, TO
appear before the grand jury.
Major Gordon will ask for an in
dictment of the bandits for first
degree murder. to be returned by
the present grand jury before its
term expires next Monday.
In the event OF an indictment
Major Gordon said he will request
a speedy trial.
Other details will be found OH
Page 8.
The Washington times., 1926-09-29
INTOXICATED, PICKS OUT
COPS AUTO FOR A NAP

When Policeman q. Patton, OF
the First precinct, was relieved
from duty early today he went to
get in his automobile and found
George Scheriber sleeping In the
back seat.
Scheriber was fined SO for in
stpxicatiOn IN HOllco Court To-Day
The Washington times., 1926-09-29

Americans Miss Ryan troubled me
most,
William Ferret, a French tennis
arrived on the Paris with her.
French girl win be made at
Madison Square Garden on the even
ing OF October 9, against Miss Mary
K. Browne, OF Santa Monica, Cal.
whom she defeated in Paris and
at Wimbledon.
The Washington times., 1926-09-29
WOOL " D h I H
KIN TO WE'D

NEW YORK, Sept. s.-E1aborate
plans have been completed for the
marriage IN st. Patrick's Cathedral
at noon, october 10, Of Miss Con-
stance Woolworth Mccain, daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. F..
McCann. and WHY'S Rosseter
Belts, jr.. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
WHY'S Rosseter Belts. Of Tuxedo
Park.
The wedding win be one Of the
most important of the season, the
chief participants representing
great wealth and assured position.
Miss Mccain is a granddaughter
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w.
Woolworth, her mother having been
Miss Helena Woolworth. a direct
descendant OF the Woolworth fam
lily, which came to America in 1888
Miss McCann is a member of the
Daughters OF the American Revo.
luton.
In Junior League
Tho bride-to-be was presented to
society last winter, and became a
member OF the Junior League. She
is heiress to part OF the Woolworth
millions, accumulated through the
chain OF 5-and-10-cent stores. Her
father is a member Of the law firm
of Douglas. Armitage & Mccain.
Mr.. Belts is a grandson of the
late MIR. and Mrs. Frederic Henry
Belts, who were among the pio-
neers at Southampton. His mother
was Miss Ada Godfrey. daughter %
Charles II. Godfrey, a member Of the
banking firm of Drexel, Morgan &
Co., Of New York and Paris.
Miss Mast to Attend
At the wedding Miss Natica Mast
will be maid of honor. The other
attendants will include Mrs. Robert
Downes, Sd, of Philadelphia, Mrs.
A. Newbold Morris, Mrs. Robert T.
Powell. the Misses Emily Lincoln,
Mimi Brokaw, Martha Carroll Pease,
Curgie Winchester and Evelyn Ian
man, all Of New York. The flower.
girls will be the young sister OF the
bride, Helena Woolworth Mccain,
and the young sister of the bride
groom. Edith Belts.
Frederic A. Cammann will be best
man. Mr.. Belts recently changed
his faith to that Of his bride.
The Washington times., 1926-09-29

Mrs. Hornsby. who has been an
invalid for several years. suffered
a relapse Sunday. and since then
her condition has changed very lit
tie. according to attending physi-
clans.
The Washington times., 1926-09-29
Red Grange Welcomes
Sister Sue LengLer1
By SONIA LEE,


NEW YORK. Sept. 29.-Suzanne Lengen, famous French
tennis star, arrived today with her mother maid
trunks nnumerable handbags and high hopes for the future
The Washington times., 1926-09-29
Mother of Hornsby Is
NearDeath In Texas
BY international News Service

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 29.Mrs M. D. Hornsby, mother Of
Rogers Hornsby, manager of the ST. Louis Cardinals
critical condition the home Of her sister, Mrs Knox Johnson
here today.
The Washington times., 1926-09-29

Eating and sleeping are well repre-
scented in Times and Herald classified
ads. Which, translated. means that
You can find board and room I'm the
classified columnA
The Washington times., 1926-09-29

Business opportunities that mean real
money TO the investor are constantly
benz Scans 600 N Tines and HsEaId
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Evening star., 1926-03-13

Because he said she was too fat.
Agnes Ayres, film star. is suing Cecil
B. De Mile for $93,000.
Evening star., 1926-03-13
PLANS TO INTRODUCE
is new ONE MAN CARS
W. R. & E. Co. Asks Authority to
Substitute Improved Vehicles
for Old, to Cost $2o2, 500.

The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Co. applied to the Public Utilities
Commission today for permission to
replace 15 of it's one-man street cars
with new and improved ones of the
same type to cost total of $202,500.
The application confronted the com.
mission with a perplexing problem, as
it recently adopted,a a policy Of refusing
to permit additional one-man cars to
be put into operation in the. District.
The company pointed out, however.
that it's proposal is not to increase
the number of one-man cars in opera
ton. 1t specifically offers to scrap the
Is old ones.
The new cars will be equipped with
both front and rear exits, the COM
pany informed the commission. Pas.
sengers can open the rear doors by
standing on "treadle" on the rear
platform when. the car is brought to
a stop.
The commission has set March 25
as the date for a public hearing on the
petition Of the same company to tear
up its tracks and overhead construc
ton on the long abandoned line which
operated from Wisconsin avenue and
Macomb street to Western avenue.
Evening star., 1926-03-13
MARVELS OF LIFE OF FLOWERS
SHOWN In UNUSUAL PICTURES
Bursting of Bud to Formation of Seed in Few Sec
onds-Movement in Pollen and Other Wonders
Displayed at Lecture by A. c. Pilsbury.

Flowers bursting into colorful
bloom, then fading into dried seed,
within a few seconds, curious hob
goblin-formed ferns unfolding like
creatures Of fairy tale, and swirling
movement within a grain of living
pollen, as it grew into life. were
among marvels projected on the mo-
ton picture screen at the Interior De-
partment building auditorium yester-
day afternoon before q distinguished
gathering in connection with a lecture,
'The Life of a Flower" by Arthur c.
Pillsbury. official photographer of the
Yosemite National Park.
The occasion was an invitationa1
gathering by the committee of the
National Capital. Of the Garden Club
of America. with Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes. chairman of the committee.
and Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, first vice
president of the Garden Club of
America, as hostesses. Among the
guests, which included members of
the Garden Club and some of the fore.
most scientists and f1oriculturists in
Washington. were Secretarytof the In
terror Work. 'andt Secretary of the
Navy Wilbur.
Camera Specially Timed.
The unusual motion pictures were
made by Mr.. Pillsbury with the use
of a special adaptation of his motion
picture camera, whereby photographs
were taken at stated intervals varying
from a few seconds to several min
utes, over the period of the flower life
desired. Surprising and at times
startling lovely effects were achieved
in the colored action pictures Of grow
ing flowers and plants.
Scientific interest has been stirred
Evening star., 1926-03-13

by this magnified display of plant life.
especially as it concerns the disclosure
of action details within the grain OF
pollen. These pictures, taken by
using two microscopes in tandem,N re-
vealed swirling protoplasm within the
grain of pollen, and the action of the
nucleus, floating in protoplasm. With
further development of his system,
Mr.. Pillsbury announced he hoped TO
be able to bring to the sight of the
naked eye on the screen the chrome
somes.' which science says carry the
qualities Of sheredity. ..f
Bootleg Kills Flowers.
Should the visibility of chromosomes
in motion pictures be achieved, Mr..
Pillsbury said, there We're possibilities
Of making discoveries of noteworthy
value to the study of heredity. Photo
graphs of other living plant cells We're
shown and described by the speaker
as somewhat similar to the living cells
within all plant and animal life. The
pollen pictured was that Of the sweet
pea.
Among the flowers which were pro-
jected with beautiful colormg upon
the screen were the purple heather,
azalea, blazing star, orchid, poppy
trillium, columbine, Wild rose, dog
wood, leopard lily and others. Grow
ing acorns, seeding grass and bloom
ing maple trees were also revealed in
action.
A novelty was the effect of bootleg
in bottles on certain flowers. The mo-
ton pictures revealed that flowers In
water stood erect, bloomed, opened
and shut, in health, but that even In
solution as weak as per cent OF
bootleg" they .withered. 80
Mr.. PiIlsbury also took his audience
in pictures with him through the
Evening star., 1926-03-13

grandeur of Yosemite National Park.
revealing the power and glory of nu-
merous waterfalls, canyons and high
peaks.
The speaker was introduced by
Stephen T. Mather, director of the
National Park Service of the Depart
ment of the Interior, who commended
Mr.. Pillsbury for his work, both in
the interests Of Yosemite National
Park and of the flowers.
The honorary chairman of the Com
mittee of the National Capital, Garden
Club of America, under whose aus
pices the lecture and exhibition were
giveM is Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. In ad-
dition to Mrs. Noyes, the chairman.
the officers are Mrs. Fairfax Harrison,
vice chairman. and Mrs. William Cor.
coran Eustis. Mrs. Cary T. Grayson,
Charles Moore, Frederic Delano, Da-
vid Fairchild. Maj. u. S. Grant, 3rd,
and Mrs. Robert L. Bacon. members
OF the advisory council.
Evening star., 1926-03-13
S2,0)OM0RE GIVEN
S|BLEY HOSPITAL
Drive for 1925, 600 Has Net
ted More Than $4,000 in
Past a. Hours.

The Baltimore Conference of the
today announced the gift of $4,000 to
the 1926. 900 now being raised for Sib.
ley Memorial Hospital. The gift was
given at a meeting Of the society held
in Baltimore yesterday and was an.
nounced through Mrs. F. c. Reynolds
president Of the Baltimore Conference.
This 81 900, along with numerous
other memorial gifts, has swelled the
Sibiey fund total more than SIC, 900 in
the past "a hours and efforts are to
be made over the week end. through
an intensive canvass. to have every
one of the 69 rooms in the new hos.
pital building named by Monday night.
Last Meeting Monday.
The last report meeting Of the cam
paign will be held in the CITY Club
ballroom on Monday evening at 6
o'clock, although it was decided YES.
terday to maintain headquarters in
the City Club all next week. Head.
quarters will be in charge Of Mrs.
Henry S. France, associate chairman
of the campaign.
Among the memorial gifts an
nounced within the past "a hours is
gift OF $3.50 from Mrs. Melville
Mofftt and grandchildren to name and
furnish a room in the new hospital
building in memory of the late DR..
Melville NJ. Moff1tt. The five daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Osbury Lutz
also named and furnished q room for
S1,25O.
Mrs. w. S. Washburn. Miss Abbie
Graves and Miss Jennie Graves gave
$1,000 for a memorial room.
DIR. A. c. Christie gave $500 to name
nurses rest room in honor of his
wife's mother. His wife did the same
| in honor of his mother, making a total
gift Of $1,000.
Drinking Fountains Named.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Scribener
gave $500 to name a drinking foun.
ain in memory of Mrs. Johanna Gross
Mrs. n. E. Webb and Mrs. d. Olin
Leech also named drinking fountains
in memory of their husbands, both
former Washington physicians.
The woman's Bible class Of the Ana,
costa Methodist Church gave $500 to
furnish two rooms. Mrs. Bette Lee
Hopwood gave $3.50 to furnish a room
in memory of her husband, Melvin H
Hopwood.
Mrs. A. J. Prescott, Sibley nurse
gave $3.50 to name a baby carrier in
memory of her son, who died when
years old.
Special appeals are to be made ir
the churches tomorrow in an effort tC
wind up the 1925 900 for the new ma
ternity building and nurses home as
quickly as possible.
Evening star., 1926-03-13
RARE PROGRAM DUE.
At SHOW TONIGHT.
Carnival Spirit to Prevail as
industrial Exposition Comes
to Close.

Carnival spirit will prevail at the
Washington Auditorium tonight when
the second annual industrial exposition
of the Chamber of Commerce will be
brought to a close.
Designated as "All Washington
night" the session will mark the
climax of 10 highly successful days.
Chief among tonight's attractions will
oe announcement of awards in various
contests.
An expert committee. headed by Le-
Roy Thayer will judge the finals in
the Charleston competition, while a
committee composed of Meyer Gold
man and Sol Minister both we'll known
Washington musicians. will pass upon
the fiddlerS' merits.
Mardi GraS atmosphere will be much
in evidence tonight. according to plans
formulated by the exposition commit
tee. Dancing will be permitted in the
aislcs on the upper floor Of the audi
'torium. A party for the exhibitors
to be held following the closing to-
nights planned. while il is probable
that visitors will be allowed to remain
until a later hour than usual.
Chance for Last Look"
In the crowd tonight are expected
TO be a large number of persons who,
having visited the exposition last
week or earlier in the current week,
desire to obtain Il last look at the
various exhibits. Exhibitors reported
a considerable total of such visitors
during the past few days. and the
expectation is that the aggregate will
be augmented tonight.
Prominent men in civic and com
mercial circles were present at last
nights Board of Trade and National
Guard Night" activities. Among some
of the leading organization members
present We're ]. Harry Cunningham,
president of the Washington Board
of Trade; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan,
commander of the National Guard;
Ross p. Andrews. president of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation; Martin A. Leese, president of
the Chamber of Commerce.: Isaac
Cans. past president of the chamber,
and Richard l.. Conner, assistant sec
retary of the Board of Trade.
The National Guard exhibit drew
hundreds of interested spectators
throughout the evening. This display,
complete to the last detail, shows
graphically the work of the National
Guard, indicates its duties. portrays
its leading activities and gives an in
sight into the important art of public
protection.
Guardsmen Serve as Guides.
Guardsmen We're kept busy last
night guiding visitors through the
mazes of their interesting sand pic
lures" and explaining the operation
of various firearms. This exhibit will,
of course, be open tonight, as will all
the others that have been feature
of the exposition since the opening.
The 121st Engineers Band, under
the direction of Warrant Officer
Meyer Goldman, furnished music
throughout the evening.
Among the entrants in the Charles
ton contest. and from among which
number tonight's winners may be
drawn, are the following:
Juvenile class--Celeste Howe, Mar
garet Levy, Ethel Willis. Esther Osin,
Evening star., 1926-03-13
FORBIDDEN CITY"
LECTURERS TOPIC
DR.. Oswald Siren Describes
Wonderful Group of Royal
Buildings in Peking.

One of the most remarkable existing
Forbidden City" of Peking. was de
scribed and pictured for members Of
the National Geogra phic Society last
night by DIR. oswald Siren of Stock
holm University. who made a study of
the structures, with the cooperation
and sometimes the personal guidance
of the youthful deposed Emperor. The
address was delivered at the Masonic
Temple Auditorium.
Gate after gate is thrown across the
great inclosure. DIR. Siren declared.
Each is placed on a huge terrace. and
in addition to being a gate and bar
rier supports huge and elaboratclv
decorated buildings. most of them halls
of a public or semi-publiC character.
The terraces are of cleaning white
marble. the columns and walls Of the
buildings are red and the roofs arc rf
golden Colorcd tiles.
Greatest of Structures"
The greatest of the structures is the
Hall of Supreme Harmony" in which
is a tall throne dais. Another hall
was used especially for the reception
of scholars. A third was a. sort of i'm
parial department or agriculture. IN
which in the Spring the Emperor
viewed agricultural implements and
seeds.
The "Palace of Cloudless Heavens
was the pleasure palace of the ruler.
In another structure were the private
apartments of the emperor and his
consort. The "Hall Of Joyous Song
was a private court theater. All these
halls have been nationalized since the
rise Of the republic.
Outside the Forbidden City proper.
but still carefully inclosed, are the So
called "Sea Palaces" These are ON
the banks of lakes.
Picturesque Nomenclature.
Picturesque Chinese nomenclature
there rises to its greatest heights. The
group Of buildings includes the "Pa-
Viiion of Sweet Fragrance" the "Pa
vilion of the Feeding of the Fish," the
Pavilion of Diffused Coolness, and
the Pavilion of Wriggling Bright
ness" In the grounds of the palaces
fly birds with wooden whistles al
tached to their tails, so that their
fight produces a weird sound. The
sea palaces and their grounds are seen
by foreigners only during presidential
garden parties.
Evening star., 1926-03-13
Policeman Suspended.

Alleging that they detected the odor
of liquor on the breath of Policeman
Bennett Lancaster of the ninth pre-
cinct when they found him at No. 10
Engine Company's quarters. Maryland
avenue near Thirteenth street,
Thursday night. Night Inspectors Stott
and Groves suspended him. Lancaster
denies that he had taken a drink. The
affair will be investigated by the trial
beard next week,
Evening star., 1926-03-13
LIFE TERM ASKED
FOR MRS. COURSEY
Prosecutor Says Failure to
Interfere With Fatal Beat
ing of Son Is Ground.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
TOWNSON, Nd, March 13.-Fol-
lowing the testimony Of Mrs. Edna
May Coursey, charged with fatally
heating her 5-year-old son Eldridge
arpudfating her alleged confession
and accusing her huband, Ralph
Coursey. co-defendant, with causing
The child'S death February /, State 5
Attorney Herbert r. O'Connor de
manded life imprisonment. He adj
dressed the jury at conclusion of the
testimony. and said that even if the
mother did not administer the blows
she failed to interfere when they were
administered by her husband, and
this, he declared, was ground enough
for life Imprisonment.
Mrs. Coursey took the stand late
yesterday. "I was born and reared
in Caroline County" she said. II
am 81 years old. Eldridge was borU
near Denton, at my brothers home.
At that time I was not married.
communicated with the child's father,
who had courted me four years, but
he never even answered me. He mar
ried some one else.
Sent TO Institution.
~ lady who said she was from a
family welfare association came to
Inc a few days after the child's birth
and said she had heard of my mis-
fortune. She told me if Z would give
her $50 to get clothes for the child
she would put it in an institution al
JIaston.
so / gave her the money. and wher
the child was five days old she took it
and 7 came to Baltimore"
4
the mother of the child?" Mrs. Cour
sey's attorney asked.
Yes, he knew. sir. told him before
we became engaged. He promised he
would care for it as if it were his
own"
She then told him. after her mar
riage. she and her husband had gone
TO the Eastern Shore to reclaim the
child from Mrs. Earl Clough.
Treated Kindly at First.
My husband treated Eldridge fine
she said until his own children came
Then he began to neglect him.. Grad
ually he became more and more cruel. y
Then she told of the beating on
the night of February 3. Eldridge died
February Z.
My husband beat Eldridge because
he would not bring some nails from
the cellar" she said. My husband
went down the cellar and beat him for
five minutes with the handle of toy
broom.
Then the boy ran upstairs from the
cellar While he tried to open the
cellar door my husband continued TO
beat him with the stick. then slapped
him with his hands.
You should not beat him like
that,' l told my husband" she said
Il couldn't help it, he aroused my
temper" she said he answered.
Evening star., 1926-03-13
CITIZENSHIP URGED
FOR OUSTED SENATOR
Virginia Legislators Sign Petitions
to President in Behalf
of Smith.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. March 13.-Mem.
bers of both branches are signing pc.
titions asking that President Coolidge
and the Governor of South Carolina
grant a full pardon to former Senator
Alfred G. Smith of Norfolk County,
who was expelled from the Virginia
Senate Thursday on charges that he
had been convicted some years ago of
forgery in South Carolina and also
in Virginia.
Few members. Of the Senate have so
far declined to sign the petitions, some
who voted against him leading in the
move to have a pardon issued to the
man.
Smith was at the Capitol yesterday
for a brief time.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

Anna May Wilfrey. Anna Hound
owiotis, Florence Embrey, Thelma
Abel, Emma Trexler, Chrystine Mar
tin, Evelyn Logan and Sarah Eagen,
Girls diviSion-Georgia Snow. En-
ma Tom Fusch. Margaret Fusch.
Anna Erb. Norma Lindsey. Betty
Browning. Margaret Noigt. Virginia
Crump. Caroline Springsguth. Dor
othy Cotes, Helen Dulin and Margaret
Mullins.
Boys sectiOn-Ralph Biser, Albert
Herman. Lo Boyer. Bernard Phillips.
Paul Stratton, Emanuel Angelica.
Ernest Wells, Adolph Ditoto, Harry
Edwards, John Baggett. Louis
Kraemer. Oscar Snow. Teddy Mosley.
Joseph Sheehan. Fred Finch, Charles
O'Brien and William G. Devlin.
Emma Tom Fuscl1 and Jerry Man
gsa had entered in The doubles"