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Los Angeles was nosipr its wav
along the Newfoundland coast to.
day n spectacular attempt "a
rescue the lost fliers.
The saR men aboard were confident
that they would locate the plans IN
the ocean graveyard, TODAY ,v
searching from Cape COD to sable
Island and back again.
The dirigfble left here At 5. n.
yesterday. passed over New York
city ct b. nj. and was aiehted
over Watch Hill. h. II. ii 1890
>. h. The airship was due Id
Newfoundland shortly after day
break.
A message received at the station
here this morning stated that the
Los Angeles had arrived off sable
Island, off the Nova Seutian coast.
and was proceeding with the search.
The message was brief and gave
no details. from which officers here
adduced that ali meiilbere of the
crew were IN rood condition. ana
that weather conditions were satis.
factory.
Although the Los Angeles "A ex-
peeted TO return tonight, sufficient
gasoline and food Altppiies afe being
carried to last four Or five SIays
CDnIdr Charles b. Ronenda All
pointed out that n0 matter Mai
adYerse conditions are encountered,
the dlrigible win Be entirely setf-
supporting until II returns to Lake.
hurst. as there are no rnoorirg
nasts Or suitable landing places
along the route.
The necessity Of carrying extra
fuel caused Commahder ROAl aaAhl ID
ieaye with = skeleton crew consisting
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HICKMAN READY To- PLEAD
GUILTY AND DIE
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he Auto Park at Ninth ana Grand.
Hickman saya he was in the
apartment when officers searched
1t Tor towels next morning. He
went to another show. one of the
Los Angeles town ftleaters. that
afternoon ana spent the first of
the marked $50 bills in d. cafeteria
itl the Arcade Building on Broad
way.
That night he took the street car
"a Hollywood and western and
soon after held up j.. Beck. took his
green hudson and SIS from him.
forced Beck fo drive him five
blocks ana then made Beck give
over his car.
Hickman drove over Ventura
Boulevard. and the coast road to
San Francisco, stayed there one
night 81 Herald Hotel, and then
continued his Wild flight north to
pendleton.
Mob Is Feared
Just what strategy viii Be used
~ the officers to get Hickman
safely into Los Angeles, has not
bean diVUlgAd. The temper of the
crowds, made more intense BY news
81 the confession, Is causing the
0fkicers increasing anxiety as the
train draws nearer the scene OF
his crime.
Several attempts have been made.
~ the train stopped at various
stations along the route. to storm
the prison car The aifuaffon hc
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lOk the hideonsIy dismembered hody
he had left behind in his apart.
nient gave rise to the mood of
sadaess, he said. Not the life that
had passed out of the little mutt.
lated body, but the life that was
teiGned. the apparitIOns on the
screen, made him sad.
And then after he had exchanged
the butnhared torso Of Marian Tor
the 81 500 ransom money. paid by
the nnmbed father. he went to 4
cafeteria and ate 4 hearty meal.
Il WAS IN this cafeteria that he
passed the first 0f the $40 bills
that Perry M. Parker paid him III
return for the pitlfuI remnant Of
his daughter.
The first of the marked bills 10
be traced was the one CHANGED II,
9 Seattle haberdasliery store last
Thursday. It was the general
alarm. resulting from the discovery
Of this bill In the Northwest, that
enabled the naan-hunters to pick
up the trail of the Fox. ana led
g his capture III Echo. ore. the
same day.
Crowds Menace Train
As the train. bearing the notorious
kidnaper and murderer back to
Los Angeles. drew nearer ana
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nearer to It's destination. news 81
Hickmans movements seemed Il.
WAYS 10 be well ii advance 81 him.
The largest crowds to appsar 1t
: scheduled stop gathered III oak.
land and san Jose. The most
nenacing was on hand at Benicia,
when the train paused there.
AT San Jose, the people demanded
q glimpse Of Buck Licnallen one
of Hickman's captors. Young and
handsome. LEenaIIen, an Oregon
traffic officer, stepped before the
yestibule door. a salyo of ringing
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hope OF locating the plane afloaf al
getting some trace Of 1t.
The Los Angeles was distinguish.
able during the night by its red alIl;
green running Iights ana ~ ifs
illuminated gOndolas.
Commander RosendallI aa3d II
expected to start hts search ~
soon as the ship paased Roosevelt
Field.
: Ships Ala il Hunt
ABOARD II. s. DEsTRoYER
sTURTEVANT AT sIck. Dec.
Under full speed two naval grey.
hounds were rushing north ii i
rolling sea today 10 the rssens 81
the trans, AtIantic airplane Dawn.
believed to be floating on tie ocean
AOmewhefe within d radius IT ffffv
miles Off Halifax OF Sable Island
Nova Scotia. information from the
shore that the Dawn waa heard
family calling for help Off the Move
Sc0tia coast at 9:46 b. M. an gillI-
day, cauaed Comdt. Il. 4. Steward
uf the Sturtevant To order this de-.
- ~ - HI tltSss WG8NEOyGEt ma nan
out of Provincetown. Mas. tu Di.1,.
ceed with all haste.
II the weather holds good and the
plane is afloat, prospects appeared
good to naval officers that the
Dawn would be picked up. Drift.
ing with the wind the Dawn would
swing to or Sable Island but ii Is
possible that Z san was rigged III
In effort To tack for the land.
The Sturtevant and the Mahan
were within striking distance of the
Nova Scotia coast at dayhreak and
= sharp lookout was kept for the
missing flfers.
Meanwhile call signals go out
and may be picked Us bv fhe
emergency set 0f the Dawn.
The Sturtevant was making
twenty knots ia the run from Boe.
ton and the Mahan with 4 f0ur.hon
start. was making twelve.
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rnternational Nswirssl Photo

Scotia. in b wireless message to In.
ternational News Service today re-
iterated his belief that the station
had been in c0rnmunication with
the missing plane Dawn on SUM
day night.
The first words caught by sable
Island at 9:45 p. nj. were Some
thing gone wrong the officers
wired They came In on an inter.
rlIpked continuous wave Of six hun.
dred and twenty-five meters of 4
very ht1h pitch and swinging note.
After the three words had been
caught Z part 0f the fnessare was
missed then came the three last
letters Of word. the letters N d II.
followed by the signature. WMu.s
Nothing has been heard since thar
time though Ne have tried to ca
tabliSh communication, but have
failed. !.
From Commander Edwards. head
Of the Federal Governments wIrX.
less service 1t Ottawa. who from
his desk is IN constant touch With
score Of radio outp0ets on the
stormy north Atlantic coast came
word that no further news of .tI,e
Dawn had been heard. Every -.
ton on the coast Is atandink 81
20 hours day. however. on tI.a.
thin chance that news NAV neeT,
through to lend hape IA tlie sesr,i,
for the aviafrix and hAf tkrs-
companions.
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Liners FAlI . See plane

Liners FAllst See Plans
HALIFAX. N. g.. Dec. a. After
another day Of continuous INQUIRY
along the Nova Scotia ooast IA,
Mrs Grayson's plane Dawn ssI-
th0tities here today ykere e,IthoiIt
any further word az the rnisslne
Tiers. 0Ovarnment ships wsfS held
IA readiness tor rekcus work. but
wireless stations are unable to raise
the Dawn.
The Red Cross Iiner silvia. which
arriyed from New York passed
over part OF the route which wan
70 have been followed by the plane
but Captain James neither saw nor
heard = anything of the Dawn. Cap.
tain James reported aaIes With high
seas during the whole trim ThA
steanIer Oscar II az the American
line arrived from Oslo. but Captain
schmidt saw nothing OF The Dawn.
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International News Service
Radio CnntNek II &c.

MONTREAL. QUE. Dec. -.
The officer In charge Of the Can
adian government radio station on
the rocky shores Of Sable Island.
200 miles off the coast of Nova
Evening star., 1927-03-09
RETAIL DRUGGISTS FORM
TWO POLITICAL CLUBS
Both Major Parties Represented in
Observation-Disclosures Are
Elected.

Retail pharmacists of voteless Wash
ington last night launched out into
politics with the organization OF two
political clubs at the meeting OF the
District Retail Druggists Association
at the Raleigh Hotel.
The Republican Retail Druggists
Club and the Democratic Retail Drug
gists' Club are the names Of the two
organizations which were formed fol-
lowing the suggestion of Eugene c.
Brokmeyer, general attorney for the
National Association, who declared
that similar clubs are being created in
every state in the country.
w. p. Herbst was elected president
of the Republican Club and Frank T.
Stone was chosen president of the
Democratic Club. Other officers elected
by the Republicans include T. A.
Moskey, vice president, and Morris
Goidstein, secretary and treasurer,
while the other Democratic officers in
clude w. T.. Kerfoot. vice president,
and French Simpson. secretary and
treasurer,
In the resolutions adopted by the
Washington Association of Druggists
prior to the organization Of the polit-
ical clubs. it was pointed out that
the National Association in its
twenty eighth annual convention last
Summer resolved that its purpose
would be to urge pharmacists to take
an active interest in public affairs
through political affiliation.
The District druggists clubs will be
in contact with other political clubs
and organizations here, 1t was ex-
planned by Mr.. Brokmeyer, who said
that the local clubs will send dele
gates to the meetings of the national
bodies In order to function in the
influence of congressional elections.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
i. S.-bR|T|SH FIGHT
ON ANARCHY URGED
Two Nations Have Same
Ideal of Liberty, WiIImott
n. Lewis Declares.

United action by England and the
United States in the spirit of free CO.
operation" will be the only means of
saving the world from anarchy, Will
mott III. Lewis, American correspond
ent of the London Times, declared to-
day In lecture in the ballroom of the
Mayfiower Hotel.
Speaking on the subject, "Some AS
poets Of Anglo-American Relations =
Mr.. Lewis traced the growth of the
governments of England and the
United States to the realization of the
single ideal of liberty, which he term.
ed free cooperation" submission by
the minority to the will of the ma jor-
ity. and Willingness to accept an i'm
perfect solution of problems when
perfect solution is impossible. This
ideal is the chief contribution of the
Englfsh-speaking nations to the world,
he said. 4
Ideal Now Being Tested.
The test of that ideal is being made
all over the world today. Mr.. Lewis
said, and that test lis most severe I'm
England and the United States. 1t
Is being attacked by ''the discontented
many led by the disinherited few"
He declared that IL England and the
United States act together, with will
lngness to admit anybody else to CO.
operation, they can bring the world
out of chaos
The English people and the Ameri-
can people do not understand each
other, Mr.. Lewis said, but they mis-.
understand each other less than they
misunderstood any other people"
while Europeans accuse England and
the United States of hypocrisy because
they live in the state of compromise.
u. S. Constitution RemodeIed.
The authors of the Constitution,
were they living today, would be
amazed by the changes in it, he said.
They would see that spirit of CO.
operative liberty has nodded it into
something different from what they
intended. The whole system Of free
cooperation" is being challenged in
this country and in England, Mr..
Lewis said. The two countries must
make that system work or they never
can survive, he asserted.
Mr.. Lewis lecture was the first Of
a series of four given under the pat
ronage Of Mrs. Henry r. Dimock.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
JACKSON SCHOOL PUPILS
TO CULTIVATE FLOWERS
Plans Under Way for Beautifying
Lot Adjoining Their Building
During Spring Season.

Plans of the Jackson School pupils
to beautify an adjoining lot by cultiva-
ton of flower garden were explained
by the principal, Miss l.. f. Ballenger,
at meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association OF the school yesterday
afternoon.
Permission from the owners has
been obtained by Miss Ballenger, and
it is intended that the flowers will be
used in the nature study classes and
in beautifying the rooms. The Par
ent-Teacher Association will furnish
the fences.
Mrs. Charles Rauscher, representa-.
tive Of the District Congress of Par.
ent- Teachers. addressed the meeting
on Child Welfare Work"
Mrs. Albert Bowen Of Fort Myer
spoke on China. The association also
instructed the president. Mrs. l.. B.
Shipper. to nominate-a representative
to the Juvenile ProteEtive Association.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
DISTRICT TO LOSE $7,711
IN CARE OF rs INSANE
McCarI Sustains Previous Ruling
and. Disallows Claim for Re-
endorsement for Bills.

The District will suffer loss of
$7,711.S1 as a result of a ruling by
Controller General McCarl, made pub.
lie today, disaiiowing claim for re.
endorsement for amounts paid to St.
Elizabeth's Hospital for the treatment
of 25 insane persons during the fiscal
years of 1919, 1921 and 1922.
Although the Is patients were com.
mitted to the hospital by the Commits
sioners, the auditor held that they
were beneficiaries of the United States
Veterans Bureau, which should have
borne the expense Of their care and
not the appropriations under the Dis
trict.
The Veterans Bureau approved the
auditors claims, but the controller
general said the patients were charges
of the District at the time of admits
sion into the hospital and during
treatment. for which reimbursement is
claimed. and moreover. he had been
unable to flnd any definite information
as to when the patients became bene-
ficiaries of the Veterans Bureau.
Once before Mr.. McCarl disallowed
the claim, but 1t was reviewed at the
request Of Auditor Donovan. Upon re.
view, the disallowance was sustained.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
BOERS|G ASKS LINE
ON POSSIBLE FATE
Alexandria Clubbing Case
Suspect Questions Sheriff
as to Pleading Guilty.
snsnial nisnatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatcn 10 Inc otdr
WINCHESTER, Va, March g.
Louis Boersig, charged with the club
bling of Mrs George Ridgeway and
two children near Alexandria, which
resulted in the death of 6-year-old
Loretta Ridgeway, summoned Sheriff
Luther Pannett to his cell last night
and asked what penalty he would be
required to suffer in case he pleaded
guilty.
Sheriff Pannett told the prisoner
If he did not plead guilty and jury
convicted him he probably would be
electrocuted, while plea of guilty
would give him a chance to escape
with q penitentiary sentence. Boerslg
said nothing more. To Wilson Farr,
Fairfax County commemorative at
torney, Chief Campbell of Alexandra
and other officers, who came here yes
teriay TO question him, the prisoner
refused to confess. it is said. Fer
suasive tactics gets better results
than stern methods, the authorizes
here have learned by their expert
ences with prisoners of all kinds. II
it Sheriff Pannett's belief that Boer.
sig, despite an alibi plea OF several
days ago, attacked the woman ana
her children, and that he will come to
realize the folly of protest OF inno-
cense.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
President Considers Invitation to Go
To Session of Women Political School

President Coolidge. has taken under
advisement an invitation to attend
one of the sessions of the political
training school for women to be held
here from March % to 26. This in
vitation was formally extended to the
President today by a delegation of
women representing the League of
Republican Women of the District,
under whose auspices this school will
be conducted.
The President expressed himself to
his callers as being in sympathy with
this means Of creating a greater in
terest among women in politics and
he hoped this educational work
planned by the League of Republican
Women would be highly successful.
He was unable to say at the time
whether 1t would be possible for him
to attend one of the school sessions.
In the absence of Mrs Virginia
White Speel. president of the league,
the delegation was headed by Mrs.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
FIND STAINED HATCHET
Alexandria Police Acquire New Evi-
dence i'm Clubbing Case.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, March 9.-ln
the Ridgeway home, south OF TINS cals,
where Mrs. George Ridgeway and
two of her three small children We're
brutally beaten by an intruder be-
lieved to be Louis Boefsig, a. oiood-
stained hatchet was found behind a
cupboard late yesterday by the police:
Tt is held with a shovel and piece OF
chair as further evidence against Boer-
sig, who is in Jail at Winchester. Ihe
prisoner has admitted to officers that
he entered the Ridgeway home last
Friday, shortly before the attack oc'
Cured, but said his mind was blank
as TO what happened there because ne
had been drinking. Mrs. RidgeWay
and Catherine, years old. surviving
victims of the assailant. were further
improved today. The hatchet discov-
cred yesterday belonged to George
Ridgeway, husband and father OF the
victims, who had Left it on a back
porch.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
PLANS LECTURE COURSE.
Woman's Auxiliary of Epiphany
Church in Need of Funds.

Beginning Friday with an Illus
trated lecture by DIR. Charles Moore
on General George Washington at
Home" the Woman's Auxiliary of
Epiphany Church will sponsor a four
events course. the proceeds to be used
for the expenses OF the missionaries
and delegates attending the triennial
convention.
The lecture will be given at the
Willard Hotel and will begin at IL
O'Clock. Besides the lecture by DIR.
Moore, the following will be offered:
March IS, Miss Frances B. Johnston
on Through the Garden Gate;
March 25. Miss Grace Lincoln Temple,
on ''Old Wall Papers and Their
Stories,' and April J., DIR. William
Mather Lewis on BEST Book in My
Family"
The committee of arrangements
comprises: Miss Grace Berry, chair
man; Mrs. James E. Freeman, Mrs. Ze
Barney Phillips, Mrs. r. Fl. McKim,
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mrs. Jo-
seph e. Thropp, Mrs. John A. Lejeune,
Mrs John III. Young, Miss Mary
Wheeler and Mrs. William C. Gorgas.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
W|LLETT,SEARS
VERDICT SET ASIDE
Supreme Court of Massachu-
setts Rejects Award
of $1O,534,1O9.
By the Associated Press

by tne ASSOclateu PreSS.
BOSTON, March 9.-The exceptions
of defendants in the famous Willett.
Sears case were sustained and the yer.
dict of $10,534, ,1G9.07 was set aside by
the full bench of the Massachusetts,
amount of the verdict, the case was
widely known as the longest civil trial
ever held in the courts of Massachu.
sets.
George f. Willett brought suit
against Robert F. Herrick, Kidder
Peabody Co., F. S. Mosely & Co. and
others for $15,000,00 damages. He
had signed general release on stock
OF the Daniel v. Greene Felt Co. and
the American Felt Co. in consideration
of $15O,O00.
Says Fraud Not Found.
Judge, Carroll, who wrote the opin.
ion of the full bench, said I'm part:
NO fraud or duress entered into
the execution of the release. There
would be no faith in the obligation Of
contract of confidence in it's per.
formance il an instrument such as
this general release, signed and Ileliv-
cred and under advice of counsel with.
out fraud or coercion, could be set
aside and rendered worthless. 1t
therefore follows that the defendan nts'
motion for a directed verdict should
have been allowed"
The Supreme Court used only rs
pages for its report, i'm. contrast to
the hundreds of thousands of words
Oh evidence which filled lat volumes.
Two jurors Marry.
The trial began en- November 6
1928, and the verdict was returned on
December Is, 1924 During that time
two of the jurors married and one
suffered a nervous breakdown which
forced his withdrawal from the case
aTter all parties had agreed to go on
with IL jurors.
For 13 months the intricate testi.
mony of financial affairs went on be.
fore Judge Christopher r.. Callahan
in the Norfolk Superior Court In Ded-
ham. Both plaintiffs and defendants
established regular Offices there, each
with several employees.
Out of consideration for the hard
worked jury, Judge Callahan set trial
days for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday to give them time to
adjust their personal affairs end by
special legislation their daily ray was
raised to 81 from the customary 81
a day. The plaintiff required I35 court
days to present his evidence and the
defense occupied the balance of the
13 months.
Cost County $4,000.
Both sides had a distinguished array
of legal talent. The cost to the
county of the trial was something
more than $4,000. George F. VIII
lett, formerly a member of the Boston
brokerage firm Of Willett, Sears &
Co., was at deaths door with typhoid
fever when the verdict was returned.
He later recovered.
Judge Callahan refused the defend
ants a new trial. Defense attorneys
required more than a year to prepare
their bills of exception. The Supreme
Court heard arguments on the excep-
tions last November.
The Willett case, as a civil suit,
added to the public attention already
centered upon the Dedham Court.
house by the criminal Sacco-vanzetti
case. which has now been heard there
Off and on for six years.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
TWO ARE ARRESTED
IN MURDER OF CHILD
Man and Housekeeper Held as Body
Found on Dump Is Identi-
fed.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PALMER, Mass, March 9.-Identi-
fication of the body of a small boy
found half concealed in wine keg
on a public dump here last night was
established, this morning as that of
John H. Kelley. aged 31s years. son
of Mrs Ida Kelley of this town.
Albert Doe, in whose home Mrs.
Kelley is employed as housekeeper.
has been arrested. charged with the
murder of the boy. and. the mother
also is under arrest, charged with
being an accessory.
Mrs. Kelley, the police learned. has,
with her two children, John and Leo.
the latter a year older than John.
been living in Does home since the dis
appearance last Summer Of John Kel-
ley, the woman's husband.
Neither Doe or Mrs. Kelley would
make any statement after their ar
rest
Evening star., 1927-03-09

E. A. Hartman. vice president. Other
officers of the organization who were
in the delegation were Mrs. May ID.
Lightfoot, treasurer. and Miss Alice
E. Whitaker, secretary. Mrs. Harri.
man, in outlining to the president
the purposes of the school in polit-
ical training, said it primarily was
for the purpose of teaching the prin-
ciples of Republicanism to women
who contemplate active work in
future campaigns and to explain to
them the various policies of the pres
ent Republican administration.
The President was told that the
first of these political training courses
was conducted here under the aus
pices of the league in 1924 and that
more than 480 women received In
struction. So successful was the
school and so great has been the re-
sponse for another course of a like
nature in advance of the 1928 cam
paign that 1t was decided to again
conduct a school
Evening star., 1927-03-09
S100,OO OPIUM SEIZED.

BALTIMORE. March 9.-Opium
worth 100000 was seized by agents
of the Federal narcotic squad yester-
day when they arrested Edward Pacin
and George Howes. officers OF the
American ship Clontarf at Canton.
The opium was in bags and weighed
40 pounds. The Clontarf arrived here
from Alexandria, Egypt. after making
stops at New York and Philadelphia.
The opium. 1t was said, was fully
cured and ready for distribution.
Agents said it was one of the largest
Single seizures made in many months.
Evening star., 1927-03-09
Veteran Wills All,
Is Cents, to Friend
For Movie and Dies
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, March "a man
identified as Frank Chambers to-
day willed all the money he had
25 cents-to Mrs. Edward Kroe-
del, with the advice that she add
cents to it and buy tickets to
a moving picture show. Then he
shot and killed himself.
The will that disposed Of his
meager funds was found in an
envelope in the rooming house
where his body was found. There
was bullet wound in his head
and a pistol lay on the floor. In
a bureau drawer was an honor
able discharge certificate from the
United States Army. On the
margin of the certificate in pencil
was written: "Buddies, are you
going to let an old-timer rest
among the unknown folks? / have
put up battle. but I lost"