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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-01
KANSAS BANK ROBBED

TOPEKA, Kans., June 80 tH9-The
KaW' Valley National Bank OF North
Topeka was held up and robbed OF
about $4,000 cash this afternoon by
four bandits who escaped in an auto,
mobile.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-01

Since then other reports have been
spread, and the Havas official agency
carried a report from the aviation
radio station at Orly that S. o. S.
signals were still being received as
late as 2:45 o'clock. But as no other
stations reported signals, some fear
was expressed that wireless amateur
was sending misleading reports for
his own amusement regardless of the
hope or agony they created in the
hearts of those who heard them.
When this dispatch was iiled at
3:35 a. m. Paris was ignorant of the
fate Of Byrd and his three COM
panions.
At LIE Bourget field the announce
ment OF the landing was made by
Commandant Renvoise and the per-
feet of police. Later they admitted
that thier information was erroneous
and that the plane was still corcling
trying to find landing place.
just before 4 o'clock all the aviation
field in the vicinity of Paris and
along the coast from Brest north
were ordered to burn lights to guide
the Americans.
Radio stations, with the exception
of Hayre, had ceased all caIa and
were listening for any signals. There
was none
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-01

uniform has been popular with Commander r. E. Byrd,
Jr since his youth continuity of his life pictures shows
that when little than 13 years old he had hankerng
for the brass buttons of his home fire department The
Polar e Of the future is shown the age Of eight years
Qef in linen and bucked slippers When he 13 years
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-01

old he became member of the Rouss fire company of Win
chester Va shown here the smaller figure the
the steamer At Is he cadeudent at the Virginia
Military Academy, Lexington, Va. (second from lefty
Years later from the institute he the degree
OF cvsengineer At that tme in June 1927 appeared
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-01
AvIAToRs WIVES oprIM1sTIc

4
ROOSEVELT FIELD, NJ Y. June
30 (H?-TWc youthful wives, whose
, husbands were somewhere in fog
bound skies above France, refused to
, admit the possibility OF danger to-
nlght and smiled from ashen faces
as they reiterated their belief that
all would turn out well.
Mrs. George Neville and Mrs Bert
Acosta, wives OF the pilot and engt-
neer of the Byrd flight, arrived at
the hangar early this evening to
celebrate the successful termination
OF the flight as soon as it should be
announced
Twice during the long hours their
prayers seemed to have been an
swered, but twice their hopes were
dashed and the vigil had to begun
once more. During the evening
there was a report that the America
was over LIE Bourget field This was
almost Immediately Withdrawn as
erroneous by the Western Union.
which had issued it. Later an ap-
parently authentic announcements
was made by officials at LIE Bourget
that the America had come down, in
the outskirts of Paris. This also
proved to be untrue.
TN not worried" Mrs. Acosta
asserted. Il know Bert and the
others will get to their destination.
I'm not afraid
Mrs Neville nodded and said she
too knew the fliers were safe. But
the strain OF the long wait was eyi-
dent in both women's faces.
The wives had been the guests OF
honor at banquet in the 11angfy.
held to celebrate the termination OF
the flight. On the report that the
America had landed all was excite
ment and jubilation among the sey-
eral hundred persons present.
An orchestra played patriotic airs
Men and women cheered. Fire,
works were set OFF, And a. parade
was formed which marched out to.
the incline from which the .Amer-
ica'' took off in yesterdays dawn.
1t was as this parade returned to
the hangar that word came of the
reports being untrue. The crowd be-
came quiet, the fireworks ceased, the
orchestra stopped playing. And then
the banquet guests began slipping
away until the hangar was almost
empty.
In the little office at one END OF
the hangar Mrs. Acosta and Mrs,
Neville sat silently, waiting for more
reports and hoping that the sus-
pense was almost over.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-01

shown in white uniform and cap The commander
proud of his midshipmans uniform his erect stature and
squarestrapped shoulders would Indicate This picture
taken while at the Naval Academy AS he appears today
in Of his latest portraits and he posed in his polar flying
suit shortly after his successful navigation Of the Arctic wastes
completes the pictorial record
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-01

o'clock was the evening program
arranged for the 1liers.
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Tourist Hotel
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Krohn, H. j.
Lea, Mrs. Marie
Leahy, Edward j.
Lockhart, j. L.
Mack, Billy
Macon, Dolores
McGinty, Robt. w.
McGivern, Dan
Meiser, L. j., Jr.
Melcher, K. e.
Mills, Russell H.
Mitchell; w. F.
Moreno, Manuel
Newman, Z. j.
Newman, W. E.
Pesqueira, F. A.
Pratt, c. w.
Randall, DR.. F. w.
Raymond, Mrs. j. w.
: Rico, Sabas L.
Sanders, Mrs. ChaS. j..
Shannon, Mrs. John r.
Simon, Ullin c.
Sloan, Ross
Smith, Mrs. R. F..
Smith, Richard F.
Sommer, Chas. r.
Sparks, j. NJ
Sperry, Miss Helen
Stimac, Tony F.
Stevens, Julia l..
Stewart, Olive M.
Soule, w. IS.
Topete, Gen. F..
Underwood, F. F.
Valenzuela, Rosalio
Washington, w. de H.
Weeks, Arthur
Whitman, H E.
Wright, George
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Dispatch Telephones 81 and 80.
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Army Aviators
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army flyers. Hunger, typical OF
healthy young manhood. was the
only thing that troubled them on
their long flight, and they were
marked today for the good natured
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-01

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victed In a court of law, or even
have had him disbarred. He still
represents clients in big bootlegging
cases. but IL his name ever does
appear in who's Who" I am Ger.
tainly going to find out who put 1t
there.
A man who worked for a short
time in my legal department. and who
had previously represented clients
accused as bootleggers, told me once
that one of his clients had instructed
him to offer me $4,000 to grant a
permit. The legal aide never made
the offer. nor did he continue in the
department after his temporary APP
pOintment for so days had expired
despite the efforts of certain gentle
men to make me reappoint him.
Clever Blacl1mail Schemes.
The blackmailers who preyed on
bootleggers had number of clever
schemes to obtain the innocent as
sistance Of the prohibition depart
ment. One of them was to write to
the department requesting an an
pOintment as an agent. The appli-
cant would receive reply written
on Treasury Department stationery.
and frequently signed by the admin
istrator himself.
The blaCkmailer would then take
the letter to a Saloonkeeper and, dis
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K|NGPLANSSTUDY
/. OF POWERPROJECT
Utah Senator TO Make Survey
Before Taking Stand on
River Scheme.

Senator King OF Utah, ranking
Democrat on the Senate District COM
mittee, plans to give careful study to
the question of whether the upper
Potomac should be devoted to COM
mercial development of water power or
preserved as a spot of great natural
beauty In the National Capital, II, as
seems likely, 1t becomes a live topic
at the next session Of Congress.
The Utah Senator, who is in Wash
ington for a few days before starting
West, is not prepared to commit him.
self definitely yet on the latest Great
Falls power project, but he said that
in the past he has been favorable to
the preervation of the Palisades OF
the Potomac as one OF the scenic
attractions of the city.
Uncertain of Position.
Until he has given more thought
to the present situation, Senator King
Is not certain what position he viii
take He recalled, however, that a
number of years ago ne sponsored
bill in Congress to acquire strips of
land along the upper Potomac in
order TO insure the protection Of the
Palisades. The Senator indicated also
In1J III FORMER years ne tldS DeCll
somewhat skeptical Of the ACCESSIBILITY
of going in for water power develop
ment at the FfHs
The whole is@0e OF the future treat
ment of the upper Potomac has been
brought into the foreground among
local problems hy the recent applica.
ton of a private company to the
Federal Power Commission for
permit that would include Great Falls
in a large water power development
in this vicinity.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission has taken the
view that such a project would
destroy the Falls and the area below
them from the standpoint Of beautify-
ing the Nations Capital. and this
position has been sustained by the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
The Federal Power Commission will
hold a hearing July 20 on the applica-
ton for preliminary permit authoriz.
ing surveys for the private develop
ment of water power at the Falls.
Letters sent to the commission by
members of the Senate, urging post.
ponement Of action until Congress
meets, indicate that the question is
to be raised on Capitol Hill at the
newt session
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HOUSTON HONORED.
Observation-Disclosures of Noted
Texan Unveils Tablet.

TIMBER RIDGE. Va. July ID FD
Unwilling memorials to Gen. Sam
Houston is almost n STEADY job" for
Charlotte Gwynne Williams of Hous-
ton, Tex.
She is the granddaughter Of
the man who was the hero of San
Jacinto, Governor of Tennessee and
Texas, President of the Republic of
Texas and for many years Senator
from the Lone Star State.
Her latest unwilling was that Of
little bronze marker here which pro.
claims that Houston was a Virginian,
born in log hut March 2, 1873.
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The Automobile Club of Italy has
appointed a commission to study traf.
fic and policing of highways, signals
and road markers and highways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
AUTO HITS PARKED CAR
AND DEMOLlSHES POLE
Occupant Injured and Man Is Ac-
cused of Driving While
Intoxicated.

An automobile driven by Myer
Johnson, 80 years old. $3.50 Mount
Pleasant street, crashed into the car
of s. A. Mitchell. 1924 Seventeenth
street, parked opposite his home,
about o'clock this morning and ca
reened against and demolished an
electric light pole.
Thomas Purcell, IS years old, 1868
Kilbourne place, occupant of John.
sons car. was injured and ths auto
mobiles damaged. Purcell was treat
ed at Emergency Hospital for a pos
sible fracture of the skull and shock,
surgeons reporting his condition un.
determined.
johnson was arrested by police of
the third precinct and held to answer
a charge of driving while under the
influence Of liquor. He will be ar
raigned in court tomorrow.
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other countries data on the American
Governments plan of work among
veterans in an effort to aid them.
Any important laws enacted by
other nations for the benefit of vete.
rams will be taken cognizance of by
national Legion officers and IL 1t is
deemed advisable they will be in.
corporated in a bill to be presented
to the next Congress for the further
relief of American World War vetc.
rams, il was said.
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playing only the letterhead, his own
name and the signature, would try to
extort money on the ground that he
tthe blackmailer) was a prohibition
informer and would have the place
raided, unless he was bribed. This
method produced particularly good
results for the shakedown artist
when practiced on illiterate foreign
ers who formed the greatest number
of saloonkeepers.
Copyright: 1927. in All Countries by tina
North American Newspaper Alliancel ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
HOLD-UP MEN GET $23.
Bandits Flee After Robbing Store
and Proprietor,

Two unidentified young colored men
entered the store of Sam Marashnak,
1000 s street. last night, and at points
of revolvers robbed the cash register
Of $50, and the proprietor of So, the
police were informed.
The bandits made their escape in an
automobile, which had been waiting
at the curb. Marashnak furnished
the police with descriptions of the
men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
Cuba Has Movie Curfew.

BY a recent decree Of the President
of Cuba, children under ID years of
age are forbidden to attend motion
picture theaters after $50 o'clock at
night except on Sundays and holidays.
Fines collected for violation of the
decree will be used as a fund to pur-
chase educational films for the public
schools,
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The survey Is being made primarily
Miller stated today, to determine the
exact position other nations take to-
ward their war veterans. Chairman
Miller explained that he would give
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almost impossible to prove. The
bootlegger never offers bribe to an
agent or a higher official unless the
latter is alone. The officer generally
has friend with him who will per-
jure himself to testify that the bride
was not offered. and that the accus-
Ing agent is merely trying to be-
smirch the character of an honest
man.
Lawyer Offers Sl25,000.
On one occasion Il Newark, y. J.,
lawyer called upon me at my home,
and, after some desultory conyersa-
ton, remarked that he had seen the
account of my life as published in
''Who's Who in America and would
very much like to have a sketch of
himself in that publication. He de
sired 1t so much. in fact. that he
offered me $4,000 to have it done
This, Of course, was q barefaced
attempt at bribery However, l
could never have had the man con-
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PATHS OF DRY AGENTS
ARE BESET BY BRIDES,
SAYS FORMER U. S. AGENT

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-14
LAWYER TELLS HOPE
FOR RED ENVOY SOON
Clarence De Knight Of Capital Ad-
dresses Moscow Business Gath
ering on Prospects.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July lathe hope that
Washington will soon see a Soviet am.
bassador was expressed by Clarence
De knight, Washington attorney. in
a speech at q banquet rendered last
night to a group of American business
men by the state industrial and COM
mercial organization.
Among the guests at the banquet
We're Mr.. DE Knight, representing the
Philadelphia Chamber Of Commerce;
Frank l.. Fay OF Greenville, Pa: AL
bert +. Bemis of Boston. Jasper j.
Mayer of Hollywood, Calf: Prof.
Jerome Davis of Yale. Edward A..
Filene. Boston; Charles II. Smith, vice
president of the Russia American
Chamber of Commerce. and Prof.
George r. Counts of Yale.
Mr.. Fay in q speech said he be-
lieved that a way to mutual under
standing between the two countries
would soon be found.
Clarence w. DE Knight has Offices
in the Hibbs Building.
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Clarence w. De Knight has Office
in the Hibbs Building.
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Auto Hits Cherrydale Girl.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpVVIdI UI-pdtcn 10 Inc star.
CHERRYDALE. Va, July IA
Marion Campbell. Z years old. is IN
Georgetown University Hospital suf.
fering from injuries received aboIt
the shoulder and head yesterday ON
the Lee Highway. when she was
struck by nm automobile operated bv
Mrs. Dorothy Gordon of East Falls
Church. The child was rushed to the
hospital by ALE-. Gordon. who reported
the case to Officers William Thomp.
son and Raymond Crack, stating that
the child ran into the path of her car.
The injuries were not serious.
Farmers Of Spain are taking 10
AmeriCan automobiles
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Mode Shirts

Mode Shirts
Some have collars attached;
others with separate collars to
match. 81 and $3.50 81 SO
Madras and Percale. :.
3 for IS
$3.50 English Broad 81. 89
cloth ............
for $5.35
$3.50, $3.50 and S.. $3.50
3 for S.
Finest Cocoon Broad $2.15
cloth; white only. .....
3 for So
Best of Radium Silk, SH,79
etc.-$10 to $3.50. =.
3 for SIC
Van Heusen Soft Col 2Sc
lars. All styles, reduced to
3 for ST
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Farmers of Spain are taking TO
american automobiles.
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LEGION TO SURVEY
AID FOR VETERANS
Organization to Learn What
Other Nations Have
Done for Men.

A world survey of what other ma
tons have done for veterans OF the
World War will be started Saturday
by the American Legion, when Capt.
Watson Il. Miller, chairman of that
organiZation's national rehabilitation
committee, eonfers with Canadian OF.
ficials at Ottawa. The survey will in
clude all OF the larger and important
European nations and will be CON
Quoted throughout August and Sep
TENDER.
Designated by National Comdr.
Howard Il. Savage to gather data on
the millions of World War veterans of
other nations, Capt. Miller will leave
here tomorrow for the Canadian CAPT
tai, where he will meet officials of
the department OF soldiers civil re-
establishment. Miller will sail from
Ottawa for London next Wednesday
to confer with the British minister of
pensions.
Plans Many Visits.
From London Miller will go to Paris,
thence to Brussels, Berlin, Vienna,
Budapest, Madrid. Rome and Athens.
While he will attempt to complete
the survey during the coming two
months for the purpose of making
preliminary report to the Legion's
Paris convention in Paris. Chairman
Miller does not expect to have all
data at hand for revealing his findings.
He will not make any recommended
tons to the Paris meeting on the
subject. but will await another meet
ing of national Legion officers at In.
dianapolis some time during No
Vember.
Evening star., 1927-10-09
New York Society Is Paying
Tribute to Scores of buds"
Number of Debutantes Now Receiving Honors
Greater Than in Any Previous Autumn.
Notable Wedding Announced.

Mrs. l.. Havemeyer Butt. chairman
of last years ball, will present Miss
| Clara Barclay Onativ!a, Mrs. Andre
de Coppet's daughter. Miss Ruth
| Wiimerding, who returned from
abroad with her mother. Mrs. Lucius
| Wilmerding. a few days ago. will be
| introduced by her mother at the ball.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stanley Hask-
| inS gave a dance a few days ago at
the Essex County Country Club for
| their debutante daughter. Miss Leigh
Haskins. Many dinners were given be-
fore the dance. which followed the De
Rham Colby wedding.
X X Y
The marriage OF Mrs. Mabel H..
Taylor Cochran, formerly Mrs. Gif-
ford A. Cochran of New York. to
Prince Clodwig Hohenlohe. .Schilling-
furst of Bavaria was announced re-
Gently in Paris.
The couple returned to Paris sew
eral days ago. but had kept their
wedding a secret. They were married
September q at Aussee. Austria,
where Mrs. Cochran and her three
children spent the Summer at the
shooting lodge of the prince. They
went to Paris to see the princess
The Prince and princess remain there
until October Is. when they will sail
for New York.
The prince is a cousin of Queen
Marie of Runania and son of Furst
Hohoenlohe of Schilling Castle in
Bavaria.
The princess is the daughter OF Mrs.
James Madison Taylor of Philadelphia
a family that has been socially promi-
nent there for many years. Her
marriage in 1906 to Clifford a. Cochran.
millionaire carpet manufacturer of
Yonkers, who in later years developed
one OF the leading racing stables. of
the country, was one of the principal
weddings Of the year. They had
homes in New York and in Westches-
ter County. Ruddymede Farm, at
kisco. where Mr.. Cochran kept his
horses. is one of the show places OF
that section.
Three children We're born to them
Jean Cochran. Clifford A. Cochran, ir,
and Drayton Cochran. Miss Cochran
was introduced to society by a party
given by her mother at the Ritz
Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cochran had been
living apart for several years, she at
101 East Sixty-fifth street. he at 81
East Fifty-sacond street. so there was
little surprise when she took resi-
dence in Paris and an action for
divorce was brought there. A decree
was granted to Mrs. Cochran and
announcement of the fact was made
June % last.
X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Manning of
SIG Park avenue have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Rita Markoe Manning. to Paul Ban
croft. jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Bancroft of San Francisco. Calf. Miss
Manning was graduated from the
Todhunter School in this city and
later spent much time in travel and
study in Europe. She was introduced
to society in New York last Winter.
Mr.. Bancroft prepared for college
at Phillips Exeter Academy and was
graduated from Yale last June. He is
member of the Chix Psi Fraternity
and of the Yale Club. Mr.. Bancroft
is now in business in New York.
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Notable Events Scheduled
In Local Diplomatic Circle

Continued from Fifth Page)
sy and Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon
will entertain at dinner Tuesday eve.
ming, October IS, preceding the ball
which the Ambassador of Great Brit
ain and Lady Isabella Howard will
give that evening for Admiral Sir
Walter Cowan.
Mr.. Mccormick -Good1art, CONNER
cial attache of the British embassy,
will give a dance at the Maytiower
Hotel the evening Of October 10 for
the wardroom officers of the Calcutta
and the Cairo.
The newly appointed counselor of
the Netherlands legation, Mr.. l.. G.
van Hoorn, will arrive in New York
October 21, on the Vollendam, and
will come to Washington shortly after
to assume his duties at the legation.
The military attache Of the Cuban
embassy and Sonora de Prieto have
given up their apartment in the May.
flower and are in their house at $500
Massa chusetts avenue, which they
have leased for the season. They will
have with them through the Winter
her son, Enrique Tessada, Senorita
Lucia Tessada, daughter of Sonora de
Preto, has returned to her studies at
National Park Seminary.
The naval attache Of the British
embassy, Capt. the Hon. A. Stopf0rd,
will entertain a small company at din
Evening star., 1927-10-09

Mr. Harold Fl. Sims married maiden
from Connecticut last Spring.
Senora de Gonzales de Prada, wife
of the counselor of the Peruvian en-
bassy, who very frequently is its
charge d'affaires, was Miss Elizabeth
Emerson Howe. daughter of the well
known author. Sonora de Bedoyh Of
the same embassy group is Colifor-
nian. Sonora de Baron, wife of DIR. Jose
de Baron first secretary of the Cuban
embassy and one of it's most popular
members, was Miss Katherine Shea,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Allen
Shea Of this city, and had just fr.ishcS
her studies at the University of MAR
land when she married. Nine. Weidel,
wife of NJ. Gustaf Weidel, CONNER.
cial counselor of the Swedish lega-
ton. is a townswoman. Of Vice Presi-
dent Dawes in Marietta, Ohio, and
is one OF the attractive and graceful
members Of the corps. In the Ru-
manian legation is Mr.. Andrei Popo-
vlci. who last Spring married Mrs. Ma
rion Bishop Waldron. daughter Of Mr..
ana Mrs. Charles F. Bishop. for
merry of this city, but no resident in
Cailrornia. Senior Roberto Melendez,
attache OF the legation of Salvador.
married last February Miss Margerv
c. Lucas of this city, well known in
connection with her work for the Red
Cross. Although the venerable min
lister from Portugal, Viscount d'Alte.
still Is listed as envoy from that re.
public, he has been absent from his
post for almost year, and his re-
turn is not generally anticipated. He
married last May Miss Emma Cole
man Of New York City.