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The Washington times., 1927-09-29
EMMA KILGORE

Funeral services for Emma Kill
gore, IS years old, I'LL NJ st. N. W.,
who died at her residence Sunday,
this afternoon at 2 p. m. at Hy-
sons funeral parlors, 1900 N St.
n. w. Interment Oak Hill Gene
terry.
The Washington times., 1927-09-29
CAPT. ROBERT ARMOUR

Burial services for Capt. Robert
Armour. IS years old, who died
Tuesday, this afternoon at Airing
ton National Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1927-09-29
Funeral. Of John Ford
At Detroit Tomorrow

DETRoIA, Sept. 2s.-Funeral
services for John Ford. So, who
died Of heart disease in an un-
occupied house win be held tomOr-
The Washington times., 1927-09-29

MRS. ALEXANDER EAGLESTON
Funeral services for Mrs. Alex
a1der Eagleston, 81 years old, who
The Washington times., 1927-09-29
LIEUT.. co

LIEUT.. COL. HENRY j. NICHOLS
Burial serices for Lieut.. Col.
Henry j. Nichols, Medical Corps.
q. s. A., this afternoon at 2 D. M.
in Arlington National Cemetery,
The Washington times., 1927-09-29

died Wednesday at the Sacred Heart
Home, HyattsviIle, Nd, tomorrow
from Chambers undertaking. estab-
lishment, Fourteenth and Chapin
SITS. n. w. Interment in GIenwood
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
REDFERN FETED
IN BRUNSWICK, GA.
Crowds Surge Around Plane
as Aviator, Planning Hop
to Brazil, Lands.

BRUNSWICK, Ga, August g.
Brunswick today feted and dined Paul
Redfern, aviator, after his successful
flight here yesterday from Detroit in
the plane, Port Of Brunswick, pre-
paratory to his proposed hop-off for
Brazil within the next few weeks.
Accompanied by Eddie Stinson,
head Of the Stinson Aircraft Corpora
ton of Detroit, with whom he made
the journey here, Redfern received
the acclaim of the citiZenry at various
civic club gatherings.
Redfern has been the cynosure OF
all eyes since his dramatic landing on
a beach near the city at dark yester-
day, 8 hours and 46 minutes after he
took off from Detroit. Completing an
uneventful trip, Redfern glided his
StinsOn-Detroiter monoplane safely to
its hangar before crowds Of cheering
spectators that swept past a Gordon
of National Guardsmen.
A double line Of Guardsmen en-
comprised the plane and its occupa hts
as crowds surgcd forward. They
were checked in time to prevent
damage to the monoplane. Prominent
city and county officials extended
welcome and the two flyers elbowed
their way through the throng to
refuge before occupying an automobile
at the head of lengthy procession
Of machines in a parade through the
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
ACTRESS IS JAILED
in MOVIE SHOOTING
Wife Says Romance Wealth
cred Red PeriIs to Break
in Hollywood.
By the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, August g.
The. thrills of Russian intrigues and
the terrors of bolshevik prisons had
their anti-climaX here today in the
drabness of the city Jail. Mrs. Irene
Presniakoff, 26, known on the screen
as Irene Preston, was held under a
charge of assault with deadly
weapon, while her husband, Logor
Presniakoff, IS. also of the films at
Hollywood, nursed superficial bull
LETT wound in the shoulder, inflicted
by his wife.
The police reported that the young
Russian woman, who said she was
the daughter of the one time court
surgeon to the Car, declared their
work in motion pictures had broken
up their home. She said they sepa-
rated n year ago, and she was en-
deavoring to effect a reconciliation
He called me a woman of the
streets, then 1 shot him." she said.
she telephoned me to come to see
her and then she shot me-" he said.
When the police arrived at the
woman's apartment she was treating
her husbands wound. After she was
taken to Jail Presniakoff declared he
did not wish to prosecute his wife
if she would leave the country. "She
will kill me at the first opportunity"
he told the officers in demanding
that she be jailed.
The Russian revolution upset their
marriage plans, the woman said
Then months OF terror-she showed
them sears OF wounds received in
PetrOgrad street fighting--ended in
flight and their marriage in Shanghai.
From China the exiled couple came
here and obtained work in the pic
lures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
FOREST FIRE CONDITIONS
IN NORTHWEST IMPROVED
400 Men Battling Three Large
Blazes in Columbia Reserve
Making Roadway.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, August Ere
ports to the district forestry office here
indicated today that fire conditions in
the Northwest We're slightly improved
Four hundred men were fighting
three large fires in the Columbia ma
tional forest in southern Washington,
none of which had been controlled
Unless high winds again fan them
out of control, 30 to so smaller fires,
which still We're burning in the Column
bia reserve, should give no additional
trouble.
With II fires, IA Of them caused
by lightning. still unchecked. in
Snoqualmi forest, northern Washing
ton. all available men We're sent out
to fight them. The situation there was
reported unfayorable.
Ten additional fires We're located in
Mount Baker forest reserve The air
plane patrol in this district Is value
less because of heavy smoke
Fire conditions in Oregon were not
reported on by the local forestry Of
flee. 1t was believed that several hun.
dred fires which had been burning in
the general area had been controlled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
Taxi Company Sued for $4,000.

Suits aggregating $4,000 damages
were filed yesterday in the District
Supreme Court against the Black and
White Taxi Co. by Lucille Parker and
her husband. William Parker, CO.,
Morton street. for injuries alleged to
have been suffered by the wife. Mrs.
Parker was struck by a cab of the
May s, it is charged. She
places her damage at SIS, 1000. and the
husband asks and additional $1,000 for
the loss of the wife's services and for
the expense incident to her Illness.
Attorneys Milton Strasburger and
Harry ]. Carroll represent the plain.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
ANTESALOON CHIEF
. GETS PRISON TERM
Indiana Superintendent Is
Given go Days and Fine
for Contempt.
BIZ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 6.-The
Indiana Supreme Court today SEN
fenced DR.. +. S. Shumaker, super
intendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon
League, to so days on the State penai
farm, following his conviction yester-
day of contempt Of the court IN con-
nection with publication of an article
held derogatory to the Supreme Court
in the official magazine of the league.
The court also imposed fine of $3.50.
Before sentence was pronounced,
James Bingham, attorney for Shu-
maker, said that a motion for the
arrest of judgment would be filed.
The court set August IS for hearing
of this motion.
In the meantime DR.. Shumaker
will be released on his own recog-
nizance on a nominal bond OF $1,000.
Miles Found "Not Guilty"
Ethan A. Miles, the third Of the
three Anti-Saloon League officials
charged with contempt in an infCrma-
ton filed IS months ago by Arthur L..
Gilliom, attorney general, was found
not guilty.
The court found the men guilty by
vote or 5 TO -.
The court held that since Shuma'i er
declared the printed articles were au-
thoriZed by the board Of trustees Of
the organization, as a trustee he also
was guilty.
The statements which occa stoned
the filing of charges were made in the
annual report of the league of 1925.
The court held the publication con-
tanned criticisms of decisions Of the
court and vei1ed threats TO defeat for
reelection members OF the court
designated as wet"
Shumaker an Ordained Minister.
The courts opinion today contended
that Shumakor, who is an ordained
minister, used the pulpits Of the Va
riOus churches of the State to arouse
the people Of the State into con
trihuting money for the ftrtherance
rf the cause he represents and for use
in primary and general elections for
the purpose of clecting members OF
the Supreme Court who are dry
The court further said: For us to
pass unnoticed conduct unquestiCn-
ably intended and calculated 10 arouse
public prejudice: against the judges
IN the performance OF their judicial
functions, thus destroying the faith of
the people in the judiciary and respect
for the law. would be so cowardly that
il would be contemplate and u dis
grace
In the dissenting opinion Judge
Martin held that constructive criti-
cism Of judicial decisions is TO be de-
sired rather than stifled.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
BERT AC0STA WILL FLY
IN NATIONAL AIR DERBY
Commander Byrd's Pilot to Com
pete and Garry Two
Passengers.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated ffess
NEW YORK, August 6.-Bert
Acosta, pilot Of Comdr. Richard +.
Byrd's transatlan monoplane Amer
lea and former holder OF the world S
airplane endurance record, yesterday
entered the national air derby to be
run from New York TO Spokane in
September.
Acosta will fly in class A, designed
for planes carrying two or more
passengers. His companions will be
Thomas Mulroy. chief engineer of
Byrd's North Pole expedition and
transatlantic flight, and Charles Nc
Lean. New York newspaper man.
Class A planes are scheduled to
hop off from Roosevelt Field Septem-
Der 20. Five-minute stops at Cleve-
land, Chicago. Aberdeen, s. Oak;
Miles City. Mont, and Butte, Mont.
will be obligatory. An overnight stop
is scheduled for st. Paul, MINI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
$4,000 Damages Claimed.

Injuries declared to have resulted
from the collision of two automobiles
at Sixth and T. streets July II last
form the basis OF n suit to recover
$25 900 damages, filed yesterday in the
District Supreme Court by Thomas W.
Newman, 226 Thirteenth street south
west. against Frank n. Blatt, II
Adams street. Newman declares that
Blatt failed to accord him the right
of way at the crossing, and as a result
the machines collided and he was hurt.
He Is represented by Attorneys H. M.
Welpd and J.. r. Daily. t...2s.s. : -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS
LITTLE AID DURING FLOOD
Storage Basins Lowered Height Of
Mississippi Only Quarter Inch,
Army Holds.

BY the Associated Press.
A preliminary study Of the effect of
existing irrigation reservoirs on re-
ducing flood heights of the lower Mis-
sissippi River by the reservoir board
OF The Army Engineers disclosed that
they had served as storage reservoirs
to u. certain extent.
The maximum discharge Of the Mis-
sissippi flood reached an excess of
2.000,0 900 cubic feet per second. and the
board reported that it appears that the
storage of water in the 10 irrigation
reservoirs reduced the maximum dis
charge by about ] 100 cubic feet per
second. This was estimated to have
lowered the gauge height not more
than one-quarter OF an inch.
The reservoirs have an aggregate
capacity of 1884 600 acre feet and cost
$3.50, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06

TRENTON. n. T., August 6,-One
of the strangest chapters in the Grim
inal history of New Jersey--one of
somber death house nuptials and Of a
life lost by a punctuation marks
closed today with the death Of Saliva
tore Merra, executed for the murder
Of street railway paymaster in New
ark last year.
A bridegroom of three days, Merra
was led the few steps from his cell to
the electric chair last night by small
procession, headed by the Rev. Father
Cornelius J. McInerney who officiated
at the condemned mans marriage to
Miss Jennie Tripod of Newark. The
priest had prevailed upon Merra to
have the ceremony performed in order
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
Bridegroom, Welded in Death House
Three Days Ago, Forfeiits Life in Chair

to legitimatize the couples 2-year-old
son. Johnnie.
Nerra was convicted with Salvatore
Rannelli, the jury's verdict recon-
mending life Imprisonment for the lat
ter. A comma instead of a semicolon
divided the sentence and upon it Mer
ra's counsel based the contention that
mercy was intended for both men. The
fight went through every court in the
State, to the Federal Court at Newark.
to the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals at Philadelphia and finally to
Justices Brandeis and Holmes of the
United States Supreme Court in their
Summer homes in Massachusetts, but
with unfailingly adverse decisions.
Merra died maintaining his inno-
cence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
Find Aged Turtle.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
DULUTH, Minn.--~The grandfather
of Minnesota turtles was found in
Cloquet River by two Duluth auto
mobile statesmen. The venerable
turtle weighed 50 pounds. His age
was figured at : years. He had
II squares on hi Jack. Each was fig-
ured to represent ave and three-sey.
enths years. 49, a~ .sz-s.$s ~ e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
SAUM WILL FILED.
Daughter Principal Heir to $780,
600 Estate.

A petition for probate of the will of
Mrs. Elizabeth s. Saum, who died June
IS, was filed yesterday by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lillian S. Pritchard, through
Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, r. H.
Yeatman and Austin F. Garfield.
The estate amounts to approximate
~ $4,000, including property at 1917
M street.
The will bears date Of June 8, and
after leaving an annuity to Martha
Jackson, a family servant, and a life
interest in a farm in North Carolina
to son, Pitt A. Saum, the residue of
the estate was bequeathed to the
daughter, Mrs. Lillian Saum Pritch-
ard, the widow Of Justice Jeter c.
Pritchard, who for some years served
as justice on the bench Of the Su.
preme Court Of the District Of Co
lumbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
FLYERS BODY RECOVERED
Lieut.. Willard O. Harris Lost in
Coast Storm in February.

BARNEGAT CITY. n. j., August 6
lP).-The body of Lieut.. Willard O.
Harris, Army aviator. who with Lieut..
William A. Gray was lost in a coast
storm last February, was found near
Thursday, it was announced by Coast
Guard headquarters yesterday.
The body was dashed to parachute
and had become entangIed with an
IRON graphing hook, which was partly
buried in the sand.
Harris and Gray left Mitchell Field
on February II for Langley Field, Va.
Their plane was last seen as it passed
low over Il Coast Guard station near
Forked River that afternoon A wing
OF the plane and other wreckage later
were found in the surf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
HONOR OLDEST PRINTER.

NEW YORK. August L4').--A 9J
year-old Civil War veteran, Philip +.
Coghlan, who has been Il printer FOR
the past 70 wears. has been awarded
The gold medal offered by the E.duca-
1ional Graphic Arts Exposition for
fhe oldest active printer in the United
States.
For the last A. years Coghlan has
been employed in the composing room
of the ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
Working on the same floor with him
S his son, Philip c. Coghlan, who is
y years old and has been printer
ter 40 years, .. - -- ,,-saasslc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
LENGEL IN PRISON GARB.
Former Police Chief Begins Life
Term for Murder.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. AuguSe 6 N).--
Seranus A. Lengel. former police chief
of Canton yesterday became No. 1892
II the Ohio Penitentiary, to which he
was sentenced for life in connection
with the murder OF Don r. Mellett,
Canton editor. a year ago.
The white haired former chief was
brought here today from Canton,
guarded BY three deputy shsriffs, L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
BRINGS SUIT TO ENJ0IN
FEDERAL TRADE BODY
Royal Baking Powder Company
Protests Reopening by Commits
sion of Case Once Dismissed.

Suit to enjoin the Federal Trade
Commission from reopening a case
once formally dismissed was filed in
the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia yesterday by the Royal
Baking Powder Co. of New York.
Arguments on the injunction will be
heard August IL, by Chief Justice
Walter !. Mccoy.
Attorneys for the commission
entered into stipulation that, pend
ing the hearing August II, no steps
will be taken by the commission in
connection with the disputed case.
The question at issue is whether
when no cease and desist order is
issued by the commission and COM
plant is formally dismissed, the con-
Germ proceeded against remains under
the jurisdiction OF the commission
without the issuance of new com
plant. Justice Mccoy in his previous
decision stated his belief that IL that
had been the intention of Congress it
would have been specifically expressed
in the law fixing the commissions
powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
PRAISES PREPAREDNESS.
Gen. Summerall Lauds Legion for
Support Of Policy.

YORK. Pa, August 6 R.-Maj.
Gen. Charles p. Summerall, chief Of
staff Of the United States Army, In
an address today at the convention
Of the Department of Pennsylvania Of
the American Legion, emphasized the
need for adequate national military
preparedness, and praised the Legion
for It's support Of that policy.
Practical patriotism can be meas
ured, Gen. Summerall asserted, by
the way one assists in the work of
preparedness for future emergencies
through the support OF the military
policy of the Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
SWITCHMAN RESPONSIBLE
Commission Holds Employe to
Blame for Crash.

A collision between two freight
trains on the New York Central Rail
road at Meigs, Ohio, June 20, would
probably not have occurred had an
adequate block signal system been in
use on the line, the Interstate Gem
MERGE Commission declared yesterday
in a report of the accident An ade-
Guate train stop or train control de-
vice would have prevented it.
One employee was killed and three
employees injured in the wreck, which
occurred between two long freight
trains. The accident. the commission
said. was caused by an open switch,
for which the commission said Switch
man Johnson was responsible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
NEW BANK BOARD
FOR BROTHERHOOD
CIaudius H. Huston Directing
Reorganization Move
for Engineers.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, August g.
Tenn. as head Of a group of ma.
tionally known financiers who have
become associated in the manaG e-
ment of the financial enterprises Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
Sineers. was at work today with
Grand Chief Engineer Alvanley John.
ston on the formation of a new board
of directors for the brotherhood's
Cleveland bank.
Selection of a strong directorate
Tor the local bank. which is the
largest of the brotherhood's co-opera-
tive institutions. is an initial step in
the development of the organization's
business projects, Mr.. Johnston said.
Development Favored.
Approval of a development pro-
gram was given by the membership
ut the recent triennial convention
here.
Some time next week Mr.. Huston
and members of the New York finan-
cial group Will go to Venice, Fla.
where the brotherhood is sponsoring
an extensive land project. The three
trustees of the brotherhood will meet
the financiers there TO discuss the
development of the Venice properties
and To so over the brotherhood,
business enterprises in a general way.
The identity of Mr.. Illusions az.
socrates has not been revealed. The
former was assistant to Secretary
OF commerce Herbert Hoover from
1921 to 1923.
Mitten Withdrew.
1t was during the triennial conven-
ton last month that the brotherhood
first announced it's decision to call in
assistance in the management of it's
financial undertakings. A deal was
under way with Thomas H. Mitten.
Philadelphia banker and traction mag
nate. whereby he was to assume active
control of the brotherhood's business
affairs and invest new capital, but
Mitten withdrew before the deal was
To provide the additional capital
that Mitten was to invest. members OF
the brotherhood agreed to an assess
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
MANY Wolves in Minnesota.

ST. PAUL. MINI, August 6 P).--
1t is costing Minnesota more each
year to keep the wolf from the door
the timber variety Of wolf. In 40
years the State has paid s1,243,16
in wolf bounties. The annual eXpend-
iture shows a gradual increase since
1908, .sss Z. a u sg,...oi safS. Sssll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
No Sunstroke in Brazil.

ROANOKE, Va, August 2 tP).-De-
spite high temperatures in Northern
Brazil. sunstrokes are unheard of,
meat is eaten, and during the Summer
women wear furs, says DR.. w. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06
Mitten Withdrew.
TWO HOMES DYNAMITED.
Explosions Follow Warnings to 0c-
cupants to Move.

ATLANTA, Ga. August 6 CF).-TWo
negro homes in opposite sections OF
the city were dynamited Thursday
night after warning to their occupants
to move had gone unheeded. The front
porch of the residence of lack Cook
was demolished and the windows of an
apartment house nearby. occupied by
white persons. were smashed by the
detonation OF what police said was
large quantity of dynamite. Cook
family was in the house, but all es-
capped injury.
Nose Lindley reported an eXplo-
sion at his residence. but said the
only resulting damage was Il large
hole in the front yard. Both negroes
had received threatening messages and
committee" visited Lindley and
warned him to move, he said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-06

England faces a shortage of willow
used In making the best bats fer
cricket, the popular game thsrst
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
Blosser
GOLDEN BEARS.
PENN. TAPER OFF
HEAVY TRAINING

BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. 28 R)-5
Having reached the peak of training.
football teams of Pennsylvania and
California started tapering eff today
for their intersectional clash here
Saturday. lr
Both squads hac light workouts
to-day on wet field. The PennSyl-
va11ia backfield came III for most or
Coach Lou YOungs attention as he
drilled it ste idly in the deceptive
ground and aerial attack with which
hc hopes to add California to his list
A week of hard practice in cool
weather has put the fasteners on
edge and following an intense prac-
tice yesterday when the varsity
smashed through the third tearn with
ease, Coach Young declared Penn
sylvania is in the best shape it. has
been this season. We are in much
better physical condition now. than
when we played Cornell, and look
for the team to play it's best and
most brilliant football against Cali
fornia. Only a bad touch of home
sickness or warm weather will handi-
cap UP"
California suffered serious setback
today when it was learned that
Stanley Barr, Iine-ripping tullback,
probably will not play. Barr was
kicked in the back during scrimmage
and the injury has developed to be
more serious than first thought. Il
In Bars place, Coach "Nibs" Price
used Charles Schmidt today. Schmidt
is a hard bucker but has not the
passing and kicking ability OF Barr.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-29
THREE MORE DAYS
OF FORT HUACHUCA
HORSE SHOW BILL

Word reached Douglas from Fort
Huachuca that the opening days Of
the annual Christmas horse show, Of
fered each year by officers and men
of the fort, insures it to be one of the
outstanding programs yet given at that
place. There are still three days, the
closing day being Saturday. Col
Louis c. Scherer, commanding the
Tenth cavalry, has issued whole
hearted invitation to the people of
Douglas to take advantage of this en-
tertainment and it is thought likely
that the city will be more or less rep
resented the last two days of the pro-
gram.
The card of events suggests plenty
Of the thrilling in the contests in which
horsemanship figures as there are some,
very good events on the card.