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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
SON OF "BILLY" SUNDAY
is MARRIED IN MEXICO
Couple Cross Border for Ceremony
TO Avoid Coast Ii
cense Law.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Los ANGELES, December Co
Paul Sunday, son of Billy" Sunday,
and Mrs. Elene Herbert, until a year
ago living in Chattanooga, Tenn,
were married at Tia Juana, Mexico,
Saturday. George Sunday, brother of
the groom. said the Mexican marriage
was elected because CALIFORNIA; three
day marriage license law prevented
their getting married in time TO leave
last night for the East.
The couple were attended by w. A.
Sunday. Jr.. third brother, and re-
turned here Saturday night They
left al O'Clock last night for Chica go
10 Join Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. BILLY"
Sunday at Wfnona Lake, Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
DOG WRECKS CYCLE.
Policeman Suffers Skull Fracture
in Pursuit Of Speeder.

Special Dispatch - TIE star
FREDERICK. Md, December Zg.--
Offieer James r. Noon, 20 years old.
Of the state police force. has been re-
moved To the Maryland General Hos
pital, Baltimore. suffering from
fractured skul. sustained when
thrown from his motor cycle when he
struck a dog On the Sykes Vile road
Deast Westminster The officer, VINO
IT, a native u Clarkhbufg. w. Va,
war pursuing speeding automobile
when the accident occurred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
DOLLARS FOR PRISONERS.
Convictg Given Freedom and Cash
Gift by Mayor,

TAMPA, Fia.. December zg IN
TADey7y and crisp 81 bills was Mayor
Ier7g &. Walls Christmas present
re iHrcay ~ tZi ps3sGhers serving sen
ieys@es fot mirror otfenses IN the city
jail lie ghlDcke1 their cell d"1rs
sr6 ~ them earh dollar IN wish
lag them s merry Christmas.
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IALIEE M z
now SUES
MEDINA

Washington s Don Juan, Gus
tavo De Medina, Spanish at
tache by reputation, and typist
in fact, is on the high seas,
Spain bound, as wife No. 2, the
former Miss Dorothy Brum-
back, Of Cherrydale, brings
suit for the annuIment Of her
marriage to him in Peoria, ILL.,,
December IA, 1926.
De Medina rs romantic repu-
tation was broadcast last week,
when Miss Katrina Van Rens-
selaer asked for the annulment
of her marriage to him, March
5, setting forth he had a wife
and child in Spain.
Her Family Displeased
The Latin's lovers reputation
goes back to, last fall and over
to Cherrydale, where he wooed
Miss Brumback all over Cherry
Gale and the Lee Highway to the
apparent displeasure Of her
family.
She. was banished and sent to
relatives in Peoria. Not to be I'M
Continued on PAGE 2. Column 81
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ARREST Of DR. HOUCK
ORDERED As W|FE'S
BODY lSE0QlE)

The body II Mrs Gladys Waiter Houck wife Of Dr. KNIT
Houck Of St Elizabeth Hospital for whom nation wide
the night Of December IS was found floating TO-DAY II the
Eastern Branch of the Anaccsta River
i was first sighted about $50 feet from the Anacostia
Bridge which she accustomed to 20 in reaching her
suburban home, 3127 Nichols Ave s. z.
District Attorney Peyon Gordon notified of the finding Of
the BODY asked superintendent of Police Hesse
Madison Wis., asking authorities there arrest the husband
Dr. Houck said to be receiving treatment for mental dis
orders at the University Of Wisconsin Hospital
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the Snyder home, heavily
guarded from the thousands Of
morbid curiosity seekers who
lined the way, the Queens
county grand jury was called
into session, and District At
torney Newcombe prepared to
ask personally for first-degree
murder indictments against
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precinct to send a boat.
Before the police boat arrived.
however, boat from the Washing.
ton Navy Yard put out and re-.
covered the body and towed 1t to
shore. Later it was turned over
to police and taken to the District
Morgue.
An autopsy viii be performed
over the body this afternoon to de-
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column IL
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The body was discovered by Pc.
liceman L. c. Thorne, of the Elev.
enth precinct. For weeks he had
aided in the futile search for Mrs.
Houck. Returning from the Police
Court about 1890 o'clock on the
street car, he noticed crowd of
people on the bridge watching an
object in the water.
He got of the car, saw that the
object was a human body, and i'm
mediately telephoned the Harbor
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TOPAY FOR
I RIP
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nv InternatI0Bai News service
NEW YORK, March 23.-AIrs.
Ruth Snyder and her lover. Henry
Judd Gray, dapper young corset
salesman, planned to elOpe to
Europe and begin life oyer
again on the $4,000 insurance
money Of Mrs. Snyder's muir.
dered husband. Albert. q high
official revealed today.
This development was followed
By new sensation in the an
nGHncement By District Attorney
NewcOInb that HadtiOn Gray. 4
Syracuse friend Of Juddy Gray,
admitted today that he had dis
posed Of hl0od-stained vest be.
longing tn the salesman.
The charges against Mrs. Sny.
der and Judd Gray were presented
to the grand jury about noon today
and NewcOmbe win seek speedy I'M
dictments for first degree murder.
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By International New, serv,e.

by International News Service
NEW YORK, March 3D.
Albert Snyder, art editor of
a magazine and victim of d
brutal murder, was buried in
Mt. Olivet Cemetery today
while his wife, held in Jail with
her lover, Henry Judd Gray,
a corset salesman, charged
with the staying, pleaded to
be allowed to attend the
services.
Her request was peremptorily
denied by police.
AS the funeral cortege left
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the two prisoners.
--Intsrnatlonal Newsresl Photo

the two prisoners.
Newcombe spent most of the
morning questioning Haddon Gray
and Harry c. Plat, of Syracuse,
in an effort to completely break
down the abb story of the ac-
cused man, and to discover who
Continued on Page 2, Column u
Rooms located IN all sections ara
listed in the Rental Columns Of The
Times and Herald Classified Ads.
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Apartments ut desirable prices San
of The Times and Herald CIaaalfled Ada
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
TREE INVITATIONS
BRING $1,000 FINE
W. R. T. Employe Pleads
Guilty on 81 Counts,
Record in D. C.

Characterizing the cutting OF trees
az IAN act of vandalism and most
outrageous" Judge Robert e. Mat
tinsly fined Clarence s. Putnam. sv-
perintendent OF equipment of the
Washington Rapid Transit Company,
1000 when he pleaded guilty in
separate counts.
The informatio to which Putnam
pleaded guilty charged him on Jan
uary rs with mutilating 81 trees
on Allison. Harvard and Thirteenth
streets. The filing of so many sepa
rate charges against one man con-
stituted q record in Police Court.
The case had been continued several
times, and at the time OF its first
continuance last month only four
charges were made out.
Admits Issuing Orders.
Putnam stated that while he had
not personally trimmed the trees so
as to allow free passage for the
double decked busses, 1t was done
under his orders and instruction. He
Capt Fred Cornwell of the Tenth pre-
cinct the following day.
G. Fl. Lanham. superintendent Of
trees and planting. appeared for
the Government and testified as to
the nature OF the cutting. He stated
that the trees were badly mutilated
and would have been differently
trimmed had the work been done I'M
der his department.
Says He Sought Safety.
H. NJ. WEIGH represented Putnam
and stated before the court tkat the
cutting had been done to safeguard
passengers who rode on top Of the
buses. He stated that requests had
been made to Mr.. Lanham to cut the
trees, but that nothing had been done.
Mr.. Lanham denied this statement.
In imposing the fine, which was
recommended by Frank Madigan. as
sistant corporation counsel, Judge
Mattingiy stated:
The fact that the cutting was done
in the dead OF night, by stealth.
showed that the action was that OF
vandalism. Man can destroy trees.
but only God can make q tree"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
ARMY AIR OFFICERS SHOCKED
AT FATAL CRASH IN ARGENTINA
Leaders Here Were Rejoicing That Worst
Obstacle. the Andes, Had Been
Crossed Without Mishap.

considered one of the outsta nding
pilots in the Air Corps. At the time
of his selection for the Pan-American
flight he was on duty at McCook Field,
Dayton. Ohio.
Lieut.. Benton was born November
q, 1895, at Manton. Calf, and was
graduated from the University OF that
State in 1918. In the same year he
was graduated from the School of Mill
tary Aeronautics at Berkeley, Calf,
and entered the air branch, serving
at Rockwell Field. San Diego: Dallas,
Tex: Wilbur Wright Field. Ohio:
Gerstner Field. La, and finally back
to Rockwell Field. where he was on
duty as flying instructor in primary
pursuit and scout planes until Feb.
luary 4. 1919, when he was discharged
from the service at his own request.
The lure of flying soon called Lieut..
Benton back into the harness and he
was reappointed in the Air Service a
year later. and assigned to duty at
March Field, Riverside. Calf. From
there he went to Kelly Field, Tex.
then to Crissy Field. San Francisco.
and to the Panama Canal Zone. He
was on duty at Crissy Field when Sc.
lected to participate in the flight be.
cause OF his unusual ability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
HOPE IS REVIVED
FOR HAL|bUT SHIPS
Improvement in North Pacific
Weather May Save 1000
Fishers Lives.

By the Associated Press.
SEWARD, Alaska, February 26.-
Hope for the safety Of the 1000 fisher.
men aboard $50 vessels of the North
Pacific halibut fleet, who were i'm.
periled when a furious sub-Arctic
storm overlook them in the Gulf of
Alaska last night, grew today when
the weather began to moderate.
The violence of the gale and the
blizzard which accompanied 1t gave
rise to the fear that many of the yes.
sells might never reach port, but i'm.
proved weather conditions today were
regarded by navigators as insuring
the safety of the feet.
Many small coves and harbors have
been used by the fishermen in wealth
ering past storms, and IL was believed
many had escaped 10 safe Ravens.
A week or more may elapse before
the actual toll Of the storm is revealed
as many of the vessels may continue
operations on the fishing banks 200
miles offshore when the gale has sub
sided, without returning to Seward OF
other inhabited places.
No communication with the fish
ing feet was possible as most of the
boats are small and carry no trans
hitting wireless apparatus. The
storm was so. severe that the pas
seneer liner Admiral Watson had Il
leave the inner harbor at Seward and
seek safety in the open water. The
mail and passenger steamer was Il
within so feet of shore. Three gale
battered boats have arrived here
after run through mountainou!
waves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

News of the collision and crash OF
the New York and Detroit near
Buenos Aires yesterday reached air
men here at a time when they were
rejoicing over the fact that the one
obstacle to the success of the flight
the Andes, which had just been
crossed by four of the Ave planes
with the fifth ready to attempt the
hazardous jump-was now definitely
out OF the way. With the appearance
Of the fight on the Atlantic coast OF
South America, military airmen here
breathed a sigh of relief and settled
down for the homeward journey OF
the good will" expedition.
Shocked and stunned as Army AIT
Corps officials were, they recovered
sufficiently to say that the Night
would continue.
Mai. Gen. Mason M. Patrick. chief
of the corps, who declared the crash
was a terrible tragedy" was not in
receipt of official reports from Maj.
Dargue last night and until they are
in hand, IT could not be learned just
what form of organization the flight
would take.
Only Three Planes Left.
The expedition now has been shorn
of two of it's best pilots and two OF
it's planes, leaving two amphibians on
the Atlantic side and one on the Pa
cific, which suffered a delay due to
burned out thrust bearing at Tu-
maco. Colombia, shortly after the Sec
ond division was begun at Panama.
Inlo hof plo hn n.
tonic. Is ], 500 miles behind schedule,
but at the time of the crash was gain
ing rapidly on the other four.
1t was held probable here last night
that the two remaining amphibia ms
would await the arrival of the San
Antonio and then 1t would be decided
whether Maj. Dargue and Lieut..
Whitehead. or either one, would re-
place one or two of the remaining six
pilots. or return home by boat.
Capt Woolsey was born August 20,
1894. at Northport. Mich. and attend
ed Valparaiso College for three years.
He was graduated from the School of
Military Aeronautics, Austin, Tex,
April 10, 1918. and received his flying
training at Kelly Field, Tex. after
having been transferred to the Air
Corps from the Field Artillery. He
served overseas in the Pursuit Flying
School at the Third Aviation Instruc-
ton Center, Issoudun, France.
Commanded Various Squadrons.
Upon his return to the United States
he was assigned to duty at the
Primary Flying School at Carlstrom
Field, Arcadia, Fla, where he served
as engineer and operations officer and
as commanding officer of various
squadrons. He was transferred to the
Primary Flying School at Brooks
Field. Tex. assigned to comma nd the
Air Service Pilot School detachment,
then as commanding ofiicer of the
46th School Squadron and finally as
chief test pilot. He has flown
many different types Of foreign planes
- well - AnsFisap Names and va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
jARDINE ASKS j. S.
SHOALS OPERATION
House and Senate Commit
tees Seek Temporary So|u-
ton of Power Problem.
BY the Associated Press.


Failing in attempts to work out a
permanent solution of the Muscle
Shoals problem, Senate and House
committees yesterday turned their at
tention toward temporary arrange.
ments for operation of the property.
Both heard proposals for temporary
Government operation, and the SEN
ate agriculture committee reported a
resolution by Senator Norris, Repub-
lcan, Nebraska, providing for opera
ton of the nitrate plants for 10 years
by the Secretary of Agriculture and
completion of the power units in dam
No. ..
While the Senate committee was
considering this proposal. Secretary
Jardlne of the Agriculture Depart
ment appeared before the House mill
,fary committee and is understood to
nave recommended operation of Muscle
Shoals for 10 years for fertilizer manu-
facture and the holding of dam No. 9
by the Government until the discovery
of nitrogen fixation process better
than the cyanamid method. for which
Muscle Shoals was constructed.
Favors Sale of Power.
He also is said to have recommended
sale of power by the Government, the
proceeds to be used for experimental
ton into fertilizer manufacture to de-
ternine what kind is best suited for
particular crops.
The House committee took no action
on the Secretary's proposal, but de-
clded to call Secretary Davis of the
War Department to testify tomorrow.
Before the Senate committee took
up the Norris resolution it heard
Gov. Graves. head of the Ala
bama Muscle Shoals delegation. argue
the States claim to title to the bed
of the Tennessee River. After hear
ing the governor for an hour Chair.
man McNary shut off the argument
of the other members of the commit.
tee ,aS..heing irrelevant and ordered
the comnlitte into executive session.
Alabama Claim Ignored.
BY the committees vote on the
Norris resolution, the claim of the
Alabamans was ignored. The Nor.
ris resolution carried an amendment
which would require the equitable
distribution of power in States within
transmission distance of Muscle
Shoals.
After the report was submitted to
the Senate, Senator Tyson. Demo.
crat, Tennessee, offered an amndment
ton would be construed to mean that
the Federal Water Power Commission
would be prevented from granting
temporary permits along the Tennes-
see River and its tributaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Do You Buy Safe Butter?

The Milk Law of the District of Columbia insures
frst-cass supply, in this city, of Milk and Cream but
it does not guard against infected Butter made of un-
pasteurzed Cream We advise householders when bvine
Butter to ask for such which made of Cream
and if possible has it marked the container.
The Department of Agriculture has positive proofs that
when Butter is made of from infected Milk
containing disease germs, like typhoid tuberculosis,
these germs remain alive and virent in the butter for
number of months.
Such butter is dangerous for children invads and all
those whose resistance reduced BY lack Of proper care
Nobody knows how much disease has in the past been
caused by infected butter
Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Telephone Main ss2 1922 18th Street NV.
"a Or As
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
2O,0)O-M|LE TRIP
WAS HALF FINISHED
Air Argosy Was Beset From
First With Difficulties.
Dargue Taught Patrick.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, February 26
The Pan American good will flyers
had completed about half their 100000
mile journey, which started from San
Antonio December 81, when disaster
overlook the New York and the De
troit near Buenos Aires today.
The fight of the five amphibian
planes and their crews OF 10 officers
was beset with difficulty from the out.
set. They were delayed a day in
hopping off from Duncan Field here
by rain and fog.
Then at Tampico, Mexico. the planes
became separated. On the hop-off
from Tampico, four of the ships turned
back because Of engine trouble, but
one continued the fight to Vera Cruz,
being joined later by the other four.
Other Mishaps Occurred.
Other mishps occurred as the flyers
continued southwark, but the aviators
surmounted obstacles in their path
and there were no casualties until
today.
The planes had both wheels and
hulls. They were built with view
to carving maximum weight at
maximum speed.
A safety feature Of each was an
automatic fire extinguisher under the
engine hood, constructed so as 10
spray the engine with chemical IN
case of a blaze.
All the planes were powered with
12.cylinder inverted Liberty motors.
A dual purpose was involved in the
fight to the 70 cities Of Central and
South America.
The cementing of closer relations
between the United States ana those
countries was the first. The second
was to offer a severe test or the aoii.
ity of the amphibian planes to STAND
up under the rigorous conditions re.
o,,;red for service among the island
possessions of the United states.
The planes. officers believed, were
ideally suited for use in the islands.
They were equipped to carry sum
cient gasoline for a flight or almost
l 900 miles, az we'll az ESQ POUNDS OF
luggage and supplies.
Served In Mexico.
Mai. Herbert A. Dargue. pilot OF
the flagship New York, which collloeu
with the Detroit, is one OF the most
evner;enred ayiators in the United
States Army.
He was a pilot with Pershing on the
punitive expedition into Mexico IN
1915. While accommodating with
Capt. r. H. Willis below Parrai one
day his airplane crashed in rough
mountainous country. Both the
flyers were slightly injured and they
wandered for As hours without food
and water until they reached the adj
yanced lines of the Pershing forces.
Mai. Dargue Is credited with being
the first man to receive a radio mes
sage in an airplane. He taught Maj.
Gen. Mason NJ. Patrick, chief of the
Army Air Service, to fly. He is 40
wears old and Is a graduate of West
Point.
All the flyers involved in the crash
were married. Capt. Woolsey's
widow was reported to be here visit
ing relatives in Belgium. Mrs. Ben
ton was said to be at Crissey Field.
Calf.
Mai. Dargues wife was believed to
he in Washington or with relatives
In Now York State and Mrs. White
head was reported to be in Dayton.
Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

A new fight cage. so feet long by
30 feet wide. which will hold about 100
birds, is being constructed at the Zoo
lust below the main flight cage.
In this cage will be placed the gulls.
terms, ibises. spoonbills and other
smaller birds so that they Will be aDie
70 raise their young in peace. The
larger cage will be left TO the bigger
and more bloodthirsty birds, such as
the peiicans.
The pelicans in the past have dis
PLAYED a strong appetite for the young
of the smaller birds, killing many of
them as soon as they were Matched.
This provd expensive, for the young
of such birds as the sacred ibis and
the silver backed gull were very valu.
able, either for sale or exchange. A
single pair Of sacrsd ibis. tor instance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
New Flight Cage for Hundred Zoo Birds
Being Built to Save Young Of Rare Species

would almost meet the cost Of the new
cage and these birds have shown a
tendency to breed in captivity il un.
molested.
There will be a 20-foot swimming
pool In the center of the new cage,
The cage itself is about % feet high.
giving the birds plenty of oppor.
tunity to exercise their wings. In the
new cage will go some of the rare
birds brought back by the Smith
sonian-Chrysler expedition.
Just above the bird cages road is
being made for the new bird house,
bids on which will be opened in a
few days and construction Of which
is expected TO start almost at once.
This will have the effect of opening
up to the public little.explored sec.
ton Of the paxk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
HOLDS SALE OF SHIPS
BECOMES DIFFICULT
q. S. Having. Trouble Disposing of
Slow Freighters, 0'Connor
Tells Radio Audience.
BY the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, February 26.--Sale of
Government ships to private opera
tors is becoming more and more diff.
cult, Chairman O'Connor Of the Ship
ping Board told a radio audience to-
night, because speed has become the
essential element II ocean commerce,
and slow freighters are being sup
planted by fast motor ships.
Motor ships are being made in
large numbers in foreign countries, "
he said They go IS knots. while our
ships can. barely make II. They are
the best tools in the trade, and Europe
has beenAwise enough to throw away
her old tools and manufacture new
ones. We must DO the same thing.
I'm addition TO its speed the motor
ship. burning oil instead OF coal, has
greater cargo capacity" he said. 'and
is handled by smaller crew.
The Treasury should pay the cost
OF making the Government lines profit.
able" Chairman O'Connor said, lust
as other public interest operations
fire and police departments, highways
and post offices--are maintained at
public expense"
When the lines are put on paying
basis, he predicted selling ships
would be AN easy. matter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
YOUTH NOW AND IN PAST
DECLARED PRETENDERS
Former Generation Posed as Much
Better Than They Were-To-
davis as Much Worse.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BOSTON, Mass, February 26.-The
nrincipal difference between young
neonle today and those of yesterday is
that young folks of the last generation
we're hypocrites- and pretended to be
much better than they were. While
the young people Of today are bravo
dos who pretend to be much worse
than they are" declares Graydon
Stetson, trustee Of Boston University,
speaking before the students OF Boston
University College of practical arts
and letters.
sit should be pointed out, however.
that the constant pretense Of being
better was likely to have the effect Of
improving the character as adult age
was reached. The effect of pretending
they are worse than they really are
is likely to he an evil one in later
years. Moderation in everything is the
goal that youth should set for itself, "
he assrted.