The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08

was driving alone at night from the
Dearborn engineering laboratories to
his home when large closed car con.
tanning two men crashed into his
coupe, forced it over a 15-foot en-
bankment and drove on rapidly. Mr..
Ford was rendered unconscious, but
recovered and made his way to gate
way of his estate where help was OBJ
tanned. He was taken to the hospital
suffering from commissions and slight
hemorrhages, but within a few days
was said to be on the road to com.
plete recovery. Department of JUS
tice agents took hold of the case and
a number Of suspects were arrested
This supposed attempt on the billion.
aires life came in the midst of the
trial Of Adam Sapiro's million-dollar
libel suit against him, and also at
time when he is said to have aroused
considerable i'll feeling among mer.
chants because he opened cut-rate re-
tail stores.
4 MERICA, France and England
a were all threatened in the trag-
edy in the Care du Nord, Paris, when
Countess de jane, estranged wife. of
q Frenchman, shot Raymond V. de
Trafford, scion of prominent British
family, and then put bullet through
her own body. The countess was Alice
Silverthorne of Chicago, cousin of J.
Ogden Armour and well-known in
American social circles. Her rela-
lions with De Trafford recently led her
husband to file suit for divorce. For
several days after the shooting it was
believed both the countess and De
Trafford would die, but latest reports
are that they are out of danger.
XXIHILE Mrs. Coolidge was trying
w to learn from White House aides
where the President intended to
spend his summer vacation, news
came down from Wisconsin that the
Chief Executive had selected that
state and would spend the hot months
up among the muskie lakes and trout
streams. The exact location of the
summer capital was said to be unde.
termined, hut the G. B. Heinemann
estate on Trout lake was reported to
be favorably considered. 1t is about
seventy-five miles from Lake Superior
and is a pretentious establishment in
fine natural surroundings, with
score of small lakes nearby. It was
stated in Washington that. the Presi-
dent would not go to the Far West
for his vacation because the situations
in foreign lands and other matters
might make it advisable for him to
return to Washington hurriedly.
1--WE well-known Americans were
appointed by President Coolidge
to represent the United States at the
international economic conference in
Geneva. They are: Henry NJ. Rob-
inson of Los Angeles, one of the
trainers of the Dawes plan; Norman
H. Douglas, New York financier John
w. O'Leary of Chicago, president of
the National Chamber of Commerce;
Prof. Alonzo f. Taylor of Stanford
university, and DR.. Julius Klein, di-
rector of the federal bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce.
HARRY F. SINCLAIR, oil mag
L L nate, seemingly must go to Jail
for contempt of the senate Justice
Hitz of the District of Columbia Su-
preme court denied him new trial,
and then heard arguments as to
whether the verdict of guilty returned
by the trial jury should carry punish
ment for one offense or for four, one
for each count in the Indictment. Both
a Jail sentence and a fine are manda-
tory, Imprisonment being for not less
than one month nor more more than
twelve.
TWO Swell-known citizens were on
i the death list of the week. Will
II. dig. founder and former president
of the Izaak Walton League of Amer
lea, passed away in Washington
where he took up his residence year
ago. Perry S. Heath, known as the
father of the rural free delivery
service. also died in Washington. Be-
sides his work in the Post Office de-
partment he was prominent as a
newspaper publisher, and was identi-
fled with the framing of the constitu-
tons of North and South Dakota.
MI All. H. o. SEGRAVE, an English
1vA man, established world record
at DaytCna Beach, Fla. when he
drove his racing car Sunbeam over