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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05

his own names for his cars. They are
Lion, Panther, Tiger and Leopard
Yachting is a sport to which the
prince felt that he was naturally at
tracted. We talked of the recent
regattas at Naples and elsewhere. |
asked If he did not think that thev
would tend to attract the larger racers
to Italian waters.
Certainly" said Prince Humbert.
Our italian waters offer a splendid
center for yachting, but, of course, the
distance from the famous resorts of
England and France make it difficult
for foreigners to come and compete
here. At the same time, / don't think
there could be lovelier or more suit.
able stretch Of water for yachting
than the Bay Of Naples"
The growing importance of Italian
yachting captured the princes en-.
thusiasm.
Il think IL other nations sent their
yachts in larger numbers and bigger
raters, he added, they would be
surprised at the progress of our yacht
ing. 1t has made great steps of late
years"
Speaks Five Languages
The prince speaks four languages
apart from Italian-English. French.
Spanish and German.
Il am really only conversant with
German" he said. French is nv
best foreign language, and then Eng
hsh. Here in Turin I do not have
much opportunity of speaking English
SO | get little out of practice"
The time allocated for my audience
was running out. We started back
Tor the large reception room. NV au-
dlence was the last of the morning. l
mad been preceded by a monsignor,
principal of the aristocratic College
Of Moncalieri, near Turin, and bv the
governor of one of the Italian colonies.
The prince was in the uniform of a
major of infantry
My regiment is leaving Turin to-
night" he explained, ito march by
stages to Cesano, where there will be
some evolutions of troops, at which I
shall be present"
Serves in Infantry.
The princes regiment, the Goth, is
stationed at Turin. He attends to his
military duties every day, taking his
turn or service with the other officers.
l was told also that when in resi-.
dence at Turin, Prince Humbert tele.
phones King Victor every evening
and has a 10-minute or so chat with
his father.
Back in the reception room the
prince dismissed me with the smile
that IS one of the most charming char.
acterlstlcS of the young man of 23
who will one day rule regenerated
Italy.
Copyright 1927. in all countries by North
american Newspaper Alhance.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 5
(SpeciaD.-One hundred members of
the Alexandria Fire Department. the
Ladies' Auxiliary and the Friendship
Veterans Fire Association left here to
take part in the firemen's parade in
Washington today. The Alexandria
Fire Department, taking the beautiful.
ly decorated Columbia Engine Com
pany hose reel, and the Friendship AS.
ISOLATION replica of the old pump
ing engine presented the company by
George Washington.
Charles H. Glosson has been named
patrolman by Capt. w. w. Camp.
bell of the Alexandria Police Depart
ment. He succeeds Easton Bibbs, who
resigned several weeks ago to accept
another position in this city.
Three bodies of the Alexandria
Chamber Of Commerce will meet this
month, resuming business, which has
been suspended during the Summer.
The board of directors will meet Sep.
TENDER IL, the Retail Merchants Club
will meet two days later and the Civic
Bureau will met September &c. The
white way extension committee has
announced that notes given by prop
erty owners for extension of the white
way on King street from Patrick to
Harvard streets are now due and no.
tees will be sent out Immediately.
Members of the Old Dominion Boat
club are bulkheading an area of 80
square feet on the north side of the
clubhouse and when the work is fin.
ished it is planned to sod grass for
a lawn.
Columbia Engine Company of the
Alexandria Fire Department will hold
meeting Wednesday night.
Potomac Lodge, No. 38, Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, will meet
, Friday night in Odd Fellows Temple
at 1880 pm.
Rev. Percy Foster Hall, rector of
st. PauPs Church, delivered the SER
mon at the union services held in
the Second Presbyterian Church last
/! night. The sermon was the sixth
and final Of a series of five arranged
by six Protestant churches of this
CITY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
PETTY MURDER PROBE.
NOT YET COMPLETED
laughter Of North Carolina Cot
ton 0verseer Remains
in Jail.
By the Associated Press.


REIDSVILLE, N. c., September g.
County officials today continued their
inquiry into the Staying of ]. Smith
Petty, former local cotton mill over
seer, whose body was found Saturday
buried in a cellar under a house once
occupied by the Petty family.
Sheriff j. F. Smith today was silent
IS to whether or not any one else was
Inspected in the case, but 1t was
known that until it was definitely de-
termined whether or not more than
one person was involved in the killing
and burial of Petty months ago, the
inquiry would be continued.
Mrs. Alma Petty Gatlin bride Of two
months and daughter of the dead man,
TODAY sat in the county Jail held on
charge of murder. She continued
stoutIy to deny any knowledge of the
crime with which she is charged and
to which the Rev. Thomas Pardue
testified at the coroner's inquest that
she had confessed to him during a re-
vival meeting at his church some
months ago.
Petty's body was buried in a local
cemetery yesterday. The services
were attended by a large crowd. All
members of the family except Mrs.
Gatlin were present.
Petty's body was found buried 8
feet under a pile of coal after deputy
sheriffs had excayated for a day and
half The body was easily recogniza-
BILE, and medical examination dis
closed that death had been caused by
heavy blows on the head that had
crushed the skull. Rev. Mr.. Pardue
in his testimony telling of the al
legged confession of the young bride
said she told him she killed her father
with an AK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AT l. A VIA, September 5.-The
knowledge that the average life Of the
stunt flyer is brief shows it's effect
upon Mabel Cody. one of the oldest
aerial daredevils, by making her mere
ly bit more careful and sure of her.
self as she prepares and goes through
death-defying feats.
Despite the fact that II of her CO.
workers have been killed during the
seven years she has been a ''stunter,
she says she never yet has lost her
nerve. Miss Cody began flying at the
same time as Gladys Roy, noted
aviatriX who recently was killed in
Youngstown, Ohio.
There's no sense in being fearful"
Miss Cody says. THE average life of
a Sumter is one year. and l have
been doing stunts on and from a plane
for seven years and parachute drop
ping even before then. 1t must be
admitted I am lucky"
Her latest stunt was to change
from an equaplane to a fast moving
airplane, after having made 200 con-
secutive, unsuccessful attempts. She
has changed from plane to plane,
automobile to plane, motor cycle to
plane, speed boat to plane and from
train to plane, in addition to dropping
1880 feet in parachute.
II was changing from a train to a
plane" she relates, when the rung
of the ladder pulled out and 1 fell
back, breaking my shoulder bone.
But l managed to pull myself up the
remaining IS feet to the speed-plane,
using only one hand"
Curly Burns, husband of Miss Cody,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
Charles Dickens

It is often darby limited that the
Dickens vogue is done; but the Dick
ems books are printed surely as the
seasons run. Now and then new
edition comes kerwhooping from the
press, with Phiz drawings in position,
and a new and costly dress. Mod
ern readers can't endure him." people
say, while heaving sneers; criticism
could not cure him of his love for
maudlin tears. Tiresome is his cock
ney chatting, and his humor is out
worn, and the jests that set men
laughing in old days now make them
mourn. All his plots are artificial,
normal action is not there, and their
drift is prejudicial to an understand
ing fair. One gets wrong and crazy
motions from his views, SO lame and
lax, from his tales of queer emotions
felt by freaks and jumping jacks" /
have heard hundred takers prove
that Dickens will not do, that his
books are merely shockers, tawdry
pitfie, through and through. Yet the
Dickens people teeter evermore upon
the stage. and Dick Swiveller grows
@Weeter, more attractive in old age.
And no modern story-teller has pro-
duced a genial skate who can stand
beside Sam Weller where immOrtals
congfegate. Still we talk OF Old MI
cawber and refer to Pecksniff's spiel,
scowl at Fagin, graceless robber,
teaching little boys to steal Fiction
folk are mostly shadows as they jour
ney for a day to their divers Edo
radoes or Golcondas far away. Their
brief stories we unravel and forget
them in a night, but with Dickens
folk we travel till life's finish is in
sight.
a. WALT MASON.
; *. GCoaxxaght. 1e22.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
OUTGOING STEAMERS,
SAILING TOMORROW

Bremen-Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen
Roussilion-Vigo and Bordeaux.
SAILING WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2.
Tuscania-London
A Aa!sHr au PRINCE and cristobal.
Faicon-san Juan. La Guayra and Mara
Carlo.
Standardization.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Southampton.
Pennland-Plymouth. Cherbourg and Ant
RepubIic--Plymouth. Cherbourg and Bremen
Ttylves.--Kingston. Cristobal and Puerto Co
lombia.
SAILING THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8.
American Banker-Plymouth and London.
GaIed0nla-Moville and Glasgow.
observation-disclosures. Southampton and
Hamburg
R R6ro Gra9sse s,obaT cro,,. and v.,n.u.
Manuel ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Corunna and
Mqnterey@Havana, Progreso, Vera Cruz and
Sierra Cordoba-Bremen.
SAILING FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8.
Celtic-oueenstow and Liverpool.
Flora-Cape Haitien.
President Hardng-Plymouth. Cherbourg
pro a1lI n arseilles.
Observation-Disclosures and Southampton.
SAILING SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 10.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Southampton.
Stuttgart-Plymouth. Cherbourg and Bremen
otterdam-Plymouth. Boulogne and Rot
terdam.
Porto Rico-San Juan.
lie de France-Plymouth.
Carinthia-Queenstown and Liverpool.
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Conte Observation-Disclosures Naples and
Genoa.
OrlZaba-Havana.
Porto Rico-San Juan.
Pastores-Havana, Cristobal and Port LimOn
Mary-San Domingo City.
Llmon--Santiago. Kingston and Puerto Co
lombia.
Pan American-;Rio de Janeiro Montevideo
and Buenos Aires.
Silvia-Halifax and st. Johns,
La Marea-Puerto Barrios.
Fort Victora-Bermuda.
Elna E.-San Domingo City and Monte
Christi
SAILING MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 10.
Asia-Piraeus. Constantinople and Constanza
SAILING TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER IS.
Frederick VIII-Christiansand. Oslo and Co.
penhagen.
Mayaro--Grenada Trinidad and Demarara
George Washington-Plymouth. Cherbourg
and Bremen.
Observation-Disclosures.
Reliance-Cherbourg. Southampton and Ham
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
POISONED CANDY
GIVEN TO CHILDREN
Woman Sought by Police
After Three Are Made
III at Picnic.
By the Associated Press.


KANSAS CITY, Mo, September s.
Distribution Of poisoned candy to chill
dren in a South Side neighborhood was
being investigated by the police here
today. A woman was being sought.
Police revealed that two boxes of
candy found in the neighborhood last
week contained poisoned wheat, and
that three persons who ate candy at
a Sunday school party became i'll.
Other incidents in the neighborhood
recently led investigators to express
the belief that some one Of unbalanced
mind had a grudge against families
in which there were children.
Early last week lacks were thrown
in driveways of homes in the vicinity
and several tires were punctureJ
Several children told mothers of being
threatened with arrest" by an elder
ly woman. The woman also was re-
ported to have chased children on
several occasions.
The 4-year-old daughter Of Mrs.
Julia Thayer found a box of candy
in the yard Of a neighbor yesterday.
The child showed the candy to the
mother, who found it had been tam
pered with.
A druggist examined it and said he
believed it contained poison. The
candy was sent to the city chemist
for analysis.
one-pound box of candy was sent
to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney
Oils Friday night, where a Sunday
school class party was in progress,
and three of those who ate the candy
became i'll. The package was deliv-
cred by a drug store delivery boy. A
clerk at the store and the delivery boy
said the package was brought to the
store by a woman, who asked that it
be delivered. She gave the boy Is
cents for his trouble. The candy was
not purchased at that store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
italy Records Quake.

FAENZA, Italy, September 5 P).-
Raphael Bendandi, head of the Tul-
luric Observatory, reported that an
earth shock was registered on the
seismograph yesterday. The quake
was about $500 kilometers (approxi.
mately 4,140 miles, distant, and Prof.
Bendandi figured that it probably oc.
CURED in central Asia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
STRAY BULLET HITS BOY.
Morris Kohen Wounded in Leg by
Unidentified Person.

A stray bullet from 90 calibre
rifle, fired by some unidentified per-
son, cut short the playtime Of Morris
Kohen, 10 years old, 2027 Bennings
road northeast, yesterday afternoon.
The bullet lodged in his right thigh.
He was taken to Casualty Hospital,
but his condition was found to be not
serious. The boy was playing in
vacant lot at Twentieth street and
Bennings road northeast when he re-
CeiVed his wound
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
TRAINING PERIOD ENDS.
Citizen Soldiers Close Camp at Fort
Washington Today.

The c. NJ. T. c. camp at Fort
Washington, Md, the last in operation
in this corps area, win formally come
to a close this afternoon with elabo-
rate exercises.
The young soldiers will hold their
last parade and from the ranks, Win
ners Of various competitions during
the term will be called and awarded
prizes Yesterday the students staged
a church parade for the chief Of chap
lains, Col. John T. AXtOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
Reckless Driving Charged

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON. Va, September s.
Policeman Raymond Grade, yesterday
pursued and arrested II. M. Morgan
at Key Boulevard and Rucker avenue
charging reckless driving. Morgan
VIII be given a hearing tomorrow be.
fore Judge Harry r. Thomas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05

There are more than $500 distinct
varieties of gladiOluS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
Boulev I'd Meeting Thursday.

Special Dis ltch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, September g.
A special meeting of the directors of
the Straight-to-the-B Bridge Boulevard
Association, will be held THURSDAY
night in the Rucker Building, Claren.
don. The meeting has been called
by Ashton c. Jones, chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-05
Alleged Still Seized.
a. Tha C1or

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, September s.
In the woods near Walkers Chapel.
last night officers Raymond Crack
with James D. East. seized an alleged
6O-gallon still and six barrels Of mash.
William A Johnson, colored, was
taken to the Arlington County jail,
charged with illegal possession Of an
unregistered still, he will be given a
hearing tomorrow before Judge Harry
r. Thomas.
Smyrna times., 1927-09-21
New Dover Opera House, Dover

Monday and Tuesday-With produc-
tion on Especial Delivery" completed
Eddie Cantor is already looking ahead
and making plans for his next orig
inal story. "Not having very much
to do" ne says, between $50 in the
morning and 6 o'clock at night except
work at the studio think up gags for
tomorrow's shooting, and keep in
touch with my family, and having
nothing to do after o'clock except
eat, look at rushes, think up more
gags, etc., why l thought maybe I'd
work out an idea for my next picture.
You see, I believe l have an entirely
new idea in human interest plots, but
the idea is just taking form and hasn't
developed far enough to say much
more about it than that the basic
theme can be expressed in the phrase
"Good Service" In Kid Boots l
played the role of an assistant tailor
and showed that he could be a good
pal and friend. In Special Delivery
am playing the part of a mail car
rier. In Good Service | am planning
to hit another angle of public service,
and treat it in the same human sort
of way"
Smyrna times., 1927-09-21
Screen and Stage
Strand Theatre, Smyrna

Friday and Saturday-Shortly after
the San Francisco fire aid earthquake
when Lawrence Gray was a cub re-
porter on San Francisco daily paper,
he followed with zeal and energy the
achievements of the famous "gas pipe
thugs" that infested the damaged city
and created reign Of terror until
finally gathered into the police net. In
his role opposite Norma Shearer in
"After Midnight" Gray plays the role
Of a "gas pipe thug. Miss Shearer
is his victim in this production, the
ending of which is far happier than
any of the gas pipe stories gathered
by Gray for the newspapers for which
he formerly worked. ''The gas pipe
thug, says Gray, twas very dang
erous character, mainly from the fact
that most of his victims were women
He derived his name from the fact
that he carried a two-foot length of
lead pipe, such as is usually used for
the conveyance of gas. He would ap-
proach woman in some lonely part
of town and offer to SELF her the piece
of pipe for so much money. This, of
course, was the equivalent of threaten
ing to knock her unconscious with the
pipe and robbing her of all her money
unless she bought the piece of pipe
Usually the frightened woman would
gladly pay over the sum demanded
rather than risk being the victim OF
physical violence.
Smyrna times., 1927-09-21
DELMARvA EXECUTIVE RESIGNS
Beginning November 1st, HI. j. Hill
Will Resume Business Application

Beginning November 1st, I'll. j. Hill
Will Resume Business Application
Harvey J. Hill, has announced his
resignation as Executive Vice-Presi-
dent Of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore
Association, effective November I. Mr..
Hill sewers his official relations with
the Association in order to resume his
practice in the general organization
field.
1t is understood that Mr.. Hill, in
addition to his New York Office will
maintain offices this coming winter in
Washington, resuming his relations
with his former associates.
"For the past year and half, " said
Mr.. Hill when questioned about his
resignation" | have been to all prac-
teal purposes on leave of absence
from my business. | have had per
sonal interest in the success Of the
Del-Mar-Va Association. We are ask
ing the public to say whether they de-
sire the Association continued. | in
tend to help state the Associations
case. ] believe in the Associations
work and its mission passionately;
and can fight for it quite as vigor-
ously outside the official ranks as
can inside. l left an active business
to come with the Association, as I ex-
pected, for few months only. | have
neglected my personal affairs too long
already and am only making what is
a necessary business move. While
will be connected with organization
movements Of major importance in
various parts Of the country from
time to time | will continue to make
Salisbury my home when l am not on
the road. l like the Peninsula, and
am confident of its future.
Smyrna times., 1927-09-21

luncheon with an actress was await
ing him. AS the battery of camera
men began Shooting flashlights, the
hermit, pleading for his life, scam
pered underneath an adjacent table. 1t
was only after much coaxing, that he
resumed his seat. A bewildering ar
ray of knives, forks and spoons lay
before him on the table. He picked
them up and began distributing them
at each place only to find an equal
amount of silverware in front of each
guest. He appeared much relieved
when the dining ordeal was finished.
Taken to the city hall he was in
troduced to Mayor James G. Dahl
man, chief executive of Omaha for 81
years, Leaving the city hall, Morris
complained of thirst. A teetotaler, he
declined the invitation of a reporter
to have some beer, but expressed in
terest when told it was "bootlegged," !"
and was surprised when told of pro-
hibition. He thought, he said, the
soft drink parlors he had seen were
saloons. At the Omaha Field club, Nor
ris sang a song for the caddies which
he said he learned as child. Trans
lated from his provincial dialect into
English, it went:
II am the son of a bankrupter;
I suppose you heard of the news |;
My father failed in business,
And need a pair of shoe"
Next he was taken to a natatorium
where he enjoyed plunge. Standing
on the edge of the tank, the hermit
became eager as he watched some
high school students In bathing. With
out preliminaries, he jumped into the
water, clothes and all.
Saw the Movies Twice.
After a return to his hotel, the her
NIT was taken out to see Omaha by
night. The large electric signs ex-
cited his curiosity to the breaking
point. In fascination, he stood be-
meath one of the more complex of
them for more than fifteen minutes.
Taken to a movie, the excited old
fellow sat through two performances
before he could be induced to leave.
He chuckled loudly at the antics of the
comedians, but all the time he kept
mumbling that he "could not under
stand it" He asked why they didn't
talk.
Morris next serious encounter with
civilization occurred when he was
taken to his room to go to bed. He
refused to take off his clothes. After
more than an hour he asked a COM
panion, who had volunteered to stay
with him, If he could sleep on the
floor. Permission granted, Morris
climbed out of bed and expressed sat-
isfaction as he lay on the hardwood
floor.
Morris does not miss contact with
society and prefers to live in solitude.
He often talks aloud or sings, he said,
when he is alone in the woods. He
had little difficulty expressing him
self to his hosts.
Smyrna times., 1927-09-21
Extinct" but Alive

Berlin.-A bird and an animal
thought to be virtually extinct have
been found in German wilds and will
be kept alive. The bird is the eagle
owl. called in German the uhu (strix
bubo). A pair of owls have been cap
tured in the mountains of Saxony and
will be bred in captivity until numer-
GUS and then released into the woods.
The animal is the auroch, or Euro
pean bison, largest animal in Europe
and once a favorite in the Roman
arenas.