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The Washington times., 1927-06-30

The weird record Of flying across
the Atlantic without sighting land
or sea has been achieved by Comdr.
Richard e. Byrd and his three gal.
liant companions in their plane
America. Grover Whalen. vice presi-
dent of the America Transoceanic
Co.. told International News Service
at noon today.
The America was already south Of
Cape Cornwall, England, less than a
few hundred miles from the French
coast, at noon eastern daylight
saving time: II o'clock Washington
time), today, according to careful
plotting of experts at the hangar
based upon radio dispatches received.
The plane was expected in Paris
light time: between S and S .. m.
Washington time.)
Since Yesterday afternoon before
leaving Newfoundland the four fly.
ing muskateers in their plane. have
been enveloped by q giant fog
blanket according to radio messages
from Byrd
That the intrepid filters wire ex-
periencing thrills on their flight
over the fog.laden ocean was indi-
Gated by a radio. message received
at Roosevelt Field from which point
the America hoped off at 6;24
o'clock Washington time yesterday
morning.
The message, signed by Com
mander Byrd, said that whatever
happens" he would take off his
hat" to the three men who are with
him.
I'VE have seen neither land nor
water since o'clock yesterday
afternoon" Byrd reported. Every.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
DOT Gull TY,
FACING
JAIL
J. o. Ialsrna.Ianal &c. ssrsl.,.. 3.

Or InternasIonA1 News ssrvise
LOS ANGELES, June 3d.
Found guilty of hiding facts
about her husbands death
from injuries received in fist
fight with her sweetheart,
Dorothy Mackaye, well-known
stage actress, today faced a
penitentiary sentence of from
one to three years, or mini
mum penalty of six months in
county jail.
Overwhelmed by her conviction,
Miss Mackaye was a prisoner to-
day in a cell in Los Angeles county
jail, only a floor away from Paul
Kelly, film actor and her sweet
heart, who is under sentence of
from one to ten years in San
Quentin for manslaughter.
Miss Mackaye's husband, Ray
Raymond, a musical-comedy favor
lite, died after savage beating by
Kelly.
The jury of eight women and four
men found Miss Mackaye guilty
after three hours consideration of
evidence. The actress, according to
the prosecution, tried to cover up"
the fact that Raymond had been
beaten by Kelly. DIR. w. J. Sulli-
van, Hollywood physician, awaits
trial on a similar charge.
: Judge Burnell will sentence Miss
Mackaye on Saturday.
Her attorneys announced their in
tention of appealing.
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
ApvERrIsEMENT

jacksonville. Florida, and Return, s31 "a
Correspondingly low excursion fares 10
all Florida points and Havana. Cuba.
On sale for all trains leaving wash
inEton every Saturday from June TO
September. inclusive. Convenient SEIZED.
ules. superb train service. liberal stop
overs Seaboard Air Line Railway, ia
14th st. n. W. Phone Main SAT. /,
The Washington times., 1927-06-30

Photos International
III MRS. HEGENBERGER
NEWS OF THE SAFE ARRIVAL in Hawaii of the
Army plane was received by Mrs Albert Hegenberger
wife of Lieutenant Matland's colleague, and her two
sons at Castle Island Mass. The boys Bobby, 3, and
Albert Z, love to play as aviators
The Washington times., 1927-06-30
Ill ]
HONOR|NG
FL|ERS
BY JOHN r. STONE
international News Service

international News service
HONOLULU, June 30.-With
all Hawaii anxious to honor
them, Lieuts. Lester j. Matt
land and Albert Hegenberger
faced a social program today
that may prove more wearing
than their 26-hour flight from
Oakland, Calf, to Honolulu.
Rested, and with their hunger
temporarily appeased, the
Army airmen started out this
morning on a round of Of
ficial calls. The filters first
presented themselves to Gen.
Edward Lewis, commander Of
the Department of Hawaii. An
hour later the aviators official
ly greeted Admiral John Nc
Donald, naval station com
mandant.
Guests of Governor
The transpacific birdmen then
finished their morning schedule by
calling upon Governor General
Harrington of the Territory of
Hawaii. At noon, Maitland and
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column S)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
new DRY LAW DRIVE HIT:
teeth OUT Of D. c. ACT
MAIN FEATURE
KILLED, VIEW
Of HART

/ The plan Of the Citizens Service
League for Law and Order to
prosecute local bootleggers under
the severe penalties OF the Shep-
pard law rather than under the
national prohibition act Is not prac-
ticable. according to Assistant Cor.
poration Counsel Ringgold Hart.
Hart today rendered an opinion
to Harry N. Douthitt. field secre-
tary OF the league and originator
of the plan. that the Sheppard
law was repealed by the national
prohibition act in so far as 1t APP
plies to bootleggers.
The only provision of the Shep.
pard law which is still in force,
Hart ruled, is the one making
drunkenness or drinking in public
unlawful
The remainder Of washington's
original dry act" has been sup
planted by subsequent legislation,
he said.
Douthitt yesterday announced his
plan to prosecute persons convicted
for manufacturing, selling or trans
porting liquor under the Sheppard
act which requires a penalty of
5000 fine and thirty days in Jail
for the first Offense.
The National Prohibition Act has
no minimum requirement for first
offense.
The crusaders field secretary has
not discarded his plan. however,
and is seeking the opinion of other
authorities on its legality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
OUR SASSIETY KOLYUM

Miss GettR PillbOx will entertain at
tea and shower this afternoon for
Miss Outa Sight, and this evening
Miss Alys Teacher Moore will have
buffet supper for Miss Sight and
her fiance, Mr.. Con CealIe.
Mrs. Century Plant entertained at
Tea yesterday at her home near
Alexandria. She will be Mt home
after November / at ~ Tuttifrutti
Place.
MiSs ldelalde Three. who ia visiting
IN MOundsville and LeavenwOrth. win
return In sig months.
Mrs. Jake Jumps was the guest
last wique Of her cousin, Mrs. s. 1.
BerglesOme, ut her home In Balti.
more.
Mrs. shedd N. Feathers, Of New
York, was in Washington last week
70 attend the board meeting Of the
Daughters Of Founders and Pirates
Of America.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sim Plee MaMIacaI,
Of Fenway, who are passing their
honeymoon on trip thru the south,
are at the Limpwallet for several
days before motoring for Effyee. Va.
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
ITALIAN ENVOY ACCUSED
BY COP OF WILD DRIVING.
| n TOXIGATED,
SAYS REPORT
. To D. c. HEADS

Charges that Count Alberto Mar.
chettI di Muriaglio. counselor of
the Italian Embassy, drove his car
past a waving policeman and
through a crowd of pedestrians, at
mile.a-minute speed and then
attempted to escape in a wild drive
down Georgia Avenue and through
Colorado Avenue 10 Sixteenth Street
last Sunday morning were for.
warded to the State Department
today by the District Commits.
sioners.
The charges against Marchetti,
who now is acting ambassador
We're filed with the Commissioners
by Private r. N. White. OF the
Thirteenth precinct. who reported
that the envoy apparently had
been drinking and in my opinion
was reckless driver and a menace
to the public safety"
White, who tried to stop the
count and then gave chase, reported
as follows:
about 1870 a. M, October 90.
1927. While standing on Georgia
Avenue. opposite Walter Reed Hos.
pital. my attention was attracted
to an auto coming south on Georgia
Avenue Northwest at a very fast
rate of speed. There had just been
an accident at this point and there
were about 20 people gathered in
the street. when / heard this ma
chine coming at such a rate of
speed stepped into the roadway
and tried to stop him by waving
my hands, but the operator of this
machine paid no attention to me
and passed through the crowd at
what judged to be SO miles an
hour or faster.
1 jumped on my motor and gave
chase for IL blocks and caught up
within one block of this car when
ne slowed down to turn into Colo.
RADIO Avenue. paced this car from
this point at so miles an hour and
could not gain on him for three
blocks. then moved upon him and
stopped him between Kennedy
Street and Sixteenth Street,
Il asked him for his permit.
which he showed me. also an
Identification card from the State
Department. showing that he was
Alberto Marchetti. from the Italian
Embassy. driving a Packard road.
ster. d. C.. Q-70S4.
Apparently this man had been
drinking. and in my opinion vas a
reckless driver. and menace to the
public safety"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
Gets Four Months
For ROhbing Host

George B. Douglas, colored. 1871
oregon Ave, took Joseph H. Coates.
into his home and gave him a bed
only to find in the morning that
Coates had departed taking with
him an overcoat. three suits OF
clothes and a lot of wearing ap.
parel belonging to Ernest Hicks,
coiored, who rooms at the house.
Judge Mcmahon in Police Court to-
day sent Coates. who pleaded guilty,
to Jail for four months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
Staff Photo

grown cold. Nevertheless, they
traced a slight odor to the dump
across the river, which was throwing
off a great stream of odoriferous
smoke.
The odor last night was not nearly
so offensive as the stencil" Of Tues
day night, however. the inspectors
reported. Neither did it cover 90
much territory.
DIR. Fowler is inclined to believe
that the dump is to. blame for the
discomfort of WashingtonianS Tues
day night. He thinks it possible that
periodically something Is burned on
the dump which gives off a worse
smell than ordinarily.
He Is not entirely convinced. how
ever. that his inspectors have found
the real source of the trouble, which
blanketed downtown Washington
night before last and has ordered
them to remain on the job until they
are more certain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
MESSENGER BOY
DIES Of HURTS

Coroner ]. Ramsey hewitt stated
today that he will issue a certificate
of accidental death in the death
last night at Casualty Hospital of
Roger w. Strobert, 1Syear-old
Western Union messenger boy who
was thrown from his motorcycle at
Benning Rd. and Twentieth st.
n. e.
Strobert, an orphan who lived
with his sister, Mrs. Lemuel Set
tie, was riding his machine elong
Benning Road when it hit a de,
preston, threw him off and dragged
him for several feet. He was found
unconscious by John and Harold
Town. 2O33 Clagett St. N. E., and
sent to the hospital in the machine
of James Winter, 43S Benning Rd.
N. e. He died an hour after ar
rival there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
Thieves ENTER
I'd. c. STORES

Aided by the dense fog that enveE
oped the city during the early morn
ing hours. thieves todnv smashed
the windows of two downtown stores
escaping with two valuable fur coats
from one.
The police were notified shortly
after O'clock that a burglar alarm
had been sounded from he fur shop
of William Rosendorf 1915 G st
n. W. First precinct police and
headquarters Detectives Cole and
Christensen responded.
Upon reaching the store. they
discovered that small hole had
been broken in lower corner of
the window. When Rosendorf ar.
rived, after having been called
from his home, he announced that
the thieves had taken two fur coats
valued at 1926 each.
The robbery of Erlebacher's,
1910 F st. N. W., in the same
manner, is thought to have re.
suited in but a slight loss. The
burglar alarm sounded from there
at about 5 o'clock. Officials of the
store stated today that they had
not completed an investigation.
Police, however, said that the
hole was too small in either case
for the thieves to have crawled
into the window and that a gar
ment which had been removed from
an overturned model appeared to
be the only thing taken from the
latter store.
Watches and scarf pins constttu.
ted the loot of robber who broke
in the rear door of the jewelry
shop of Charles Fuchs, 910 Elev.
enth st. N. W., early today. Four
wrist watches, valued at $25 each,
and three scarf pins, of small value.
were taken, Fuchs reported to the
police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
BLAIR MANSION,
|. HOUSE Of FAME

The only private residence re-
naming in the city that is in CON-
paratively close proximity to the
White House Is the Blair House, at
1851 Pennsylvania Ave. N. w.
The Blair Oouse, is one Of the
few left here that has been in the
same family for as long as three
generations.
The place appears on the earliest
maps of the City of Washington
and has been the property of the
Blair family since Jackosn's ad-
ministration.
In other years. it was the rem
devious Of Senator Benton, Martin
Van Buren,, Levi Woodbury., Silas
Wright and other political leaders
of that day.
George Bancroft. the historian,
occupied the house when he served
as Secretary of the Navy.
It was under his direction that
the Naval Academy was established
at Annapolis and for him that Ban
croft Hall was named.
General Sherman was married in
the drawing room.
Montgomery Blair lived at the
Blair House from 1854 until his
death. While there he served in
Lincoln's Cabinet.
At dinner rendered one night
by Montgomery Blair in honor of
Gen. Robert e. Lee. the general
was told that President Lincoln
wished him to take command Of
the United States Army at the
opening of the civil war. Lee later
declined and assumed command Of
the, Southern army.
In a room in the Blair House.
Admiral Farragut and Secretary Of
the Navy Fox planned the capture
Of New Orleans.
A tenant for several years was
Thomas Ewing, first a Secretary Of
the Treasury and later Secretary
Of the Interior.
The place is now owned and oc-
cupied by Gist Blair, who was
born there in 1860. Gist Blair es.
tablished the postoffice at Silver
Spring, Nd, and was postmaster
there for several years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
SECOND SECTION
LOCAL NEWS
Blames More DrOwnings
On Closing of Beach

increase in the number OF drown.
lngs in the District since the clos.
ing of the municipal bathing beach
at the Tidal basin, were attributed
to its discontinuance by w. f.
Longfellow. first aid expert of the
American Red Cross in a speech
before the Rhode Island Citizens
Associations last night at the Sher-
wood Church hall.
Longfellow urged that adequate
supervised bathing beaches be estab.
llshed by next summer.
A resolution was adopted by the
association advocating the extern.
sion of South Dakota Avenue N.
E.. from Rhode Island Avenue to
Georgia Avenue N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
DUMP BLAMED
FOR STENCIL

Health Officer William C. Fowlers
preliminary diagnosis of the severe
case Of municipal halitosis." which
the National Capital contracted
Tuesday night, indicates that the
source Of the terrible stencil" may
have been the dumping grounds near
the Arlington Horse Show grounds
in Arlington, county, Va.
Inspectors assigned by the health
officer last night to trace the source
Of the smell found the scent" had
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
NOT YET, BUT IT'S LIKELY
TO DO so

Bill: do you knoW whether IA,
setsmOgraph at the NGVGL Oh
Servatory has begun to register
the violent scTimmage that
looms up betWeen Representa-
ttUe BtGnto1t and Mr.. Bro1OR, of
the Efficiency Bureau?
1t seems to me, from VhGt is
MoW showing, that the seismo-
graph IS going to haze some
thing to shake oVer before the
fight as ended. J. DR.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
3 Are Held for Trial
On Charge of Assault

Robert f. Lee. Parker F. Mar.
shall and William II. Isby. colored,
charged with assault. pleaded not
guilty before Judge Mcmahon in
Police Court today, and were each
held under 500 bond for a jury
trial. 1t is alleged that they as
saulted Anthony Caggione, 1918 p
st. N. W., they were arrested by
Policeman William H. Gilfoyle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
INJURED I'M FALL

A fall down an elevator shaft at
the Union Station last night re.
suited in painful but not serious
injuries to George Brown, colored,
25 years old, 43S Seventeenth st.
s. E. Brown, a station employe,
was taken to Casualty Hospital
after treatment at the station,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
Because her hasbGnt. 4VoMld
bet on cards, horse races,
anything, aOifie admitted that
he UGS her better half.
AUNT DEDA.

He said he loved her truly
And his lore would never melt;
But he was an Ice man, she knew him,
And she gave him the frozen belt.
HOFFMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27

III you are setting out ON the Homo
OwnershiD ROad-let the Classified Real
Estate ads be your guide posts, to lead
You to your House of Dreams.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27

"WhO Is the couple sitting over
there?"
He Is . collector Of antiques,
and she il his wife,"
How long ago did he add her
to his cOllectiOn?" KATYDID.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27
sILICUsTATIONs

Dora's idea of a gripping
movie Is Tom MIA, in Cement"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27

AMOLLUu6 WuW Gh6O 10 % INC
cOMTtTyS enUoy - W0mGn, ats
ENJOY.
Our idea Of q man with starch IN
his backbone is q 90-pOund one who
will numerically "ball Ont'' a 200
pound laundryman for not putting
more starch In his shirts.
Mr.. B., the postmaster. who Hikes
to brag Of his independence, says
that the only orders he takes from
aHyOne are money orders. Yesterday,
however, he received shock when
he received the following message
over the telephone; ''Thia IL Mrs,
Newly Wed, H. Park Rd. Send mo
mp at once nine nice. fresh. 2-ceDt
stamps and charge them to my hua-
band"
An automatic deUice has been
ifsVented to eliminate the tail
spin in planes. The future pc
destriGn can 7tOW concentrate
his attentions on attacks FROM
the street, not OVER it, and If
some one s0ill only inVemt an
automatic deVice to eliminate
the Guto-spit over speed limits,
he will be safer still.
SILICUS.
"WhO Is the couple sitting over
there?"
He is 3 collector Of antiques,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-27

Ambitious man likes to be the
cON1stTy's enVoy UomGM, ats
ENJOY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-20
COTTON TAKES
s. bale JUMP
Weevil Damage, Heavy
Buying Stimulate
Market Today

Ne WYoRK, ". Y, Aug. 2O.-tPy-
Cotton advanced TO the highest
prices Of the season today when one
Of the largest buying movements Of
the year forced quotations up more
than S3 a bale. December went 10
2l.0s cents a pound, against 20.43
cents at the close yesterday.
The department OF agriculture's
report on boil weevil infestation
showed conspicuous increases IN va
rious parts Of the cotton belt, and
led TO predictions among cotton trad
ers that the next government report
would indicate losses even greater
than had been estimated in the re-
port OF August s, when cotton in the
New York market rose the full limit
Of SO a bale. Buying orders poured
into the market from all sides, read
lily absorbing profit taking sales.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. Pop
C Cotton prices scared 70 q new high
record for the season here today on
the publication OF a decidedly bull
lish boil weevil report. The Oc-
tober position sold up to 20.T0, 81
points above yesterdays close and
approximately So q bale above the
highs made on August-9 when the
governments condition report was
issued.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-20
CAMP GROUP
VISIT here
Former San Antonio
Principal Bring gs
Girls to City

Mrs. Ora Johnson, former prin-
cipal Of Breckenridge high school in
San Antonio. has arrived in Browns
Vile with about 35 girls and their
councillors from Camp Waldemar
upon an invitation from the Browns
vile members OF the camp.
When a proposed trip through the
west was abandoned the group
made plans to come to the Valley.
They are being entertained at the
homes OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Brulay,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Creager, and Mrs.
j. L. Workman whose daughters weiL
members of the camp this year.
Saturday the girls and their coun-
cellors toured in Matamoros. Satur-
day night they will gather for a
banquet to be given in the Spanish
palm garden or the Hotel El Jardin.
The girls will spend the day ard
eveningatPoint Isabel Sunday where
they will swim in the Gulf and 60
boat riding
Last Saturday night az a banquet
a. the camp, the final program Of the
camping season was given and fare
we'll speeches and awards were made.
Girls who were enrolled in the
camp this season from Brownsville
were Marie and Jeannine Workman.
Beth and Frances Creager, and Lueie
and Inez Brulav.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-20
Filler Was
HeYOOfWOYIdW0Y

DALLAS, Texas. Aug. 20.-(R)-
Captain William Erwin, Dallas avi-
ator, war ace and weaFer Of the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, entered the
trazs-Pacific flight to round out q
decade OF flying.
He was born in Ryan, Okla, Oct.
IS, 1895, the son Of Rev. and Mrs. W.
musician, but when the World War
broke out. he abandoned a tour OF
the country with a composer of re-
ligious songs TO 20 to the officers
training camp at \ CIT Logan II. Root,
Little Rock. Ark, where il was sug-
gested he become an aviator.
Erwin went to the ground school
at the University of Texas, became
one Of the ten honor men" and was
sent overseas to complete his train
ing, becoming a pilot in September
1917.
Captain Erwin was credited with
bringing down eight enemy planes
ard was shot down a number or
times himself. He received the D. S.
o. for obtaining valuable informa-
tion under fire and "strafing" ma
chine gun nests to protect American
troops.
Since the war Erwin had conducted
4 flying school az Love Field, Dallas.
His wife. who had planned malir Z
the trans-Pacific flight in the Dallas
Spirit, u now visiting friends in
New Jersey. The National Aero
nautical Association would not per-
nit her 70 accompany her husband
because she was not q years OF age.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-20
Landmarks Hold
Legion Visitors

PARIS, Aug. 20.-lP)-American
Legion pilgrims, scattered today
along the old battle front in France.
were having considerable difficulty
IN finding landmarks to refresh their
own memories or to point out to
wives and children. Crops wave>pver
what once were trenches and places
which consisted Of a few piles o.
seorched barracks now are neat.
prosperous towns and villages.
Even wars ravages in woods and
forests have-bean almost completely
blotted out by llxuriant nature.
The American, however, find their
former hosts and hostesses un-
changed. In cottage and chateau
everywhere they are meeting the
proverbial hospitality OF the French
country folk and if they eat and
drink All that il being pressed upon
them, the medical section of the AM
ericsa Legion convention will have
its bands full before the visitors
leave for home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-20
Cargo Of Liquor
Is Confiscated

Border Patrol inspectors working
out OF Ed.aburg seized los quarts Of
hquo., three horses and two saddles
about three miles south OF that city
Thursday night from three alleged
Mexican aliens, according "a a re-
pert given cut by the lceal office Of
TIE Border Pa-rol Friday.
The three men, Antonio Lugo. En-
riqle Luro- and Francisco Ponce
were stopped and searched BY In
spectors Sehildt. Brown. Hersley and
Mansfield Several horses were found
70 be loaded With the l:qaor. The
cargo consisted nf So Quarts Of te-
ouila. s2 pints or beer. So quarts Of
rlescal AID quarts q. poTt WIG,