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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
TWO KILLED IN AUTO
UPSET; THREE HURT
Virginia Victims in Bathing Suits
Including Girl at the Steer
ing Wheel.
By the Associated Press.


HAMPTON, Va, June 27.-Mss
Beryl Silvey and James Hubbard
Baird, jr., of Richmond, were killed
and William Crumpton. Rodman Eu.
bank and Robert Patrick, also Of
Richmond, were injured on the Fox
Hill road near here yesterday when
an automobile in which they were
riding turned over, pinning them be-
meath it. The party. all clad in bath
ing suits, We're returning to Buckroe
Beach, where they were week end
visitors, from Grandview, where they
had been for swim.
Baird was &c years old. Although
he was employed in Richmond, his
parents reside in Carrots, Va. Miss
Silvey lived at 400 North Boulevard.
Crumpton, Eubank and Patrick were
said all to be residents Of Barton
Heights.
According to witnesses, Miss Silvey
was driving the car at the time Of the
accident. Just before they reached
the culvert, another car came toward
them from the opposite direction.
Baird, it was said, apparently feared
Miss Siivey ,wolld not clear the ap-
preaching vehicle and grabbed the
steering wheel. The machine imme
diately got out of control, hit the
culvert and turned upside down, pin
ming all five occupants beneath it.
Other motorists extricated the vic
Tins. Baird whose skull was crushed
and who was otherwise injured, died
within a few minutes. Miss Silvey's
chest was crushed by the steering
wheel but she lived until 4:30 o'clock
at the Dixie Hospital, to which she
was taken. Crumpton suffered dis
located shoulder and chest injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
TR ANSCONTINENTAL PASSENGER
AIR SERVICE TO START AUGUST l
New Chicago-San Francisco Mail Planes
Especially Equipped-Will Connect
With Other Lines In West

making 1870 miles an hour, Will be put
into service on the opening day.
The planes are equipped with
lighted cabin containing reclining
seat, similar to those in day coaches
Each landing gear is fitted with
brakes, enabling the planes to make
quick stops after touching the ground.
They carry 100 gallons of gasoline,
enough for hours of flying, and 400
horsepower motor.
The San Francisco-Chicago line will
make passenger connections with the
Los Angeles Seattle air line at San
Francisco; with Salt Lake City-Pasco.
Wash. line, and the Salt Lake-Los An
geles line at Salt Lake City; with the
Pueblo line, at Cheyenne,
and with air lines centering in Chi
caEo.
May Buy Through Tickets.
Reciprocal arrangements between
the various lines probably will be
made under which a passenger may be
able to buy through tickets. Heron
said
The line from San Francisco to
Chicago will follow this schedule:
Eastbound-Leave San Francisco 7
am, Sacramento 915 am, Reno 1890
am, Elko 12:40 pm. Salt Lake City
4:05 pm. Cheyenne 8 pm. Omaha
am, arrive Chicago 5:45 am.
Westbound-LeaVe Chicago $50
pm. Omaha 1920 am, North Platte
$50 am, Cheyenne 4:30 am. Rock
Springs 7:05 am. Salt Lake City 10
am. Elko 11:15 am. Sacramento 2:45
pm, arriving SIN Francisco 4:30 pm
All preliminaries for taking over the
line have been completed, Heron de-
clared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
BOY DIES OF BURNS
FROM GAS BLAST
Small Brother Badly Injured
When Fuel ExpIodes in
Tractor Tank.

Joseph II. Cady. IA years old of 52S
Kennedy street died this morning in
Emergency Hospital of burns sus.
tanned late yesterday afternoon in the
explosion of a tractor, presumably as
the result of a match carelessly tossed
into the gasoline tank by one of sew
eral boys at play.
His brother. John Edward Cady, 10,
was badly burned by the blast, but it
was said at the hospital he probably
would recover.
Harvey A. Drennon, So, of 566S Fifth
street, suffered burns on the right
hand in an effort to eXtinguish the
flames sweeping the clothing of Joseph
Cady, when the boy raced to him.
Drennon. clerk in the Interior De-
partment, who was standing at a near
by car stop, rolled the screaming boy
on the ground to put out the flames.
Police Of the thirteenth precinct are
investigating and Acting Coroner Jo-
seph D. Rogers expects to conduct an
inquest tomorrow.
According to the police version, the
boy fatally burned was seated on the
tractor at the time of the explosion.
A call brought an Emergency Hospital
ambulance, which took him to Walter
Reed for preliminary treatment and
then removed him and his brother to
Emergency.
The boys mother is dead. The
father is Michael Cady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27

BY the Associated PfeSs.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.--Trans-
continental airplane passenger service,
covering the distance from San Fran
cisco to New York in about 80 hours,
will be made available to the public
about August J., when the air mail
lines operating between the Pacific
and the Atlantic will have been COM
pletely taken over by commercial
orga MIA tons.
Plans for the service were an
nounced here today by W. G.. Heron,
vice president of the Booming Air
Transport. Inc, which next Friday
will take over the air mail line be-
tween here and Chicago. After the
company's pilots have made their
initial trips over the San Francisco.
Chicago route regular passenger serv-
ice between those cities will be
The Chicago-New York leg of the
passenger service will be made avail
able as soon as the National Air
Transport, Inc. takes over the air
mail service of that section, Mr.. Her
ron said. This will be about month
after the San Franclsco-Chicago line
is established.
Will Carry Tive Passengers.
Mr., Heron announced the San
Francisco Chicago planes would be
equipped to carry two passengers and
mail and baggage to a maximum load
of $4,000 pounds. Scheduled operating
time is 22ts hours for the full route.
Twenty-Five planes, each capable OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
PARTY TO GUST TROTSKY.
Communist Committee Decides Three
"SiI0uid Be" Removed.
RY JJNIJS 4; WOOD
By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1927,

By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1927.
- MOSCOW, June o.. Official de-
cision that Leon Trotsky, Gregorie
Zinoviev and Ivan Smilga should be"
removed as members of the Tcheka
has been reached by. the resolutions
control committee Of the All Union
Communist party.
Just when these veteran revolu-
tionists are due actually to lose their
last important posts in the party is
not stated.
An incident of about a month ago
was the particular cause of the
party's losing patience with the
TrotskyZinoSiev opposition. When
Smilga left Moscow and was trans
ferred to an official position in the
"wide-open" spaces of Siberia about
a thousand of his fellow oppositionists
assembled at the railroad station and
made speeches promising his early re-
turn to the bright lights of Moscow.
The demonstration was not considered
a show of proper humiliation by the
vanquished opposition. .....-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
CATHEDRAL CHOIR
HONORS ANNOUNCED
Robert Barrow, Edward Crouch
and John Waters Receive
Highest Awards.

Choir houors for the year were an
nounced yesterday morning for the
Washington Cathedral choir Of boys
by Rev. William l.. d. De Vries. chan
cellor. at the service in Bethlehem
Chapel The highest honors went to
Robert Barrow. Edward Crouch and
John Waters, who were named as
cruciferS.
The medalists were: John Waters,
who was awarded the Harriet Lane
Johnston medal for long and distin-
guished service; Spencer Howell. who
won the Mount st. Alban medal for
excellence in singing. and Robert Mat.
tern. who received a special award
upon the decision of the choirmaster
and man singers of the Cathedral
choir for the most faithful and effec-
tive work in choir and choir room.
The following boys were appointed
librarians of the choir: Willett DENT.
Aitcheson Smith and Robert AIattern.
In awarding the Harriet Lane John
ston medal. DR.. De Nries delivered an
affectionate tribute to the memory OF
Mrs. Johnston's sons. James Buchanan
Johnston and Henry Elliott Johnston,
who were his playmates during their
boyhood in Baltimore and both or
whom died at the age OF l6, two years
apart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27

the goal at which the Army FoIker
CO will be pointed by it's pilot, Lieut..
Lester J. Maitland. and it's navigator,
Lieut.. Albert f. Hegenberger when
they hop off on their Golden Gate-to'
Hawaii flight.
Honolulu, their expected destination,
is at the right of the island line, which
crosses the fights course almost at
right angles. To guide them accurate.
ly across the Pacific on one of the
longest all-water hops ever attempted,
the aviators will use the latest navigat-
ing devices.
Target 81 Miles.
The War Department has figured
that, measuring point 20 miles south
east of the Island of Hawaii to a point
20 miles west-northwest of OAHU. the
airplane's target will be BIT miles long,
with the water stretches between the
islands totaling 104 miles.
"a possible error of 317 miles at the
end of a 2,400-mile Journey" the de.
partment says in a study of the fight s
navigational features. ''subtends an
angle of 71a degrees" Thus, it was
3 degrees off their course on either
Peaks Are Landmarks.
In addition to their ordinary com.
pass, the earth inductor compass and
other navigating devices, the Army
pilots will employ the radio beacon
guide, a constant signal which will
be flashed to them first by station
there. The flyers will know that they
are on their correct course when the
radio signal is received at maximum
strength and off their path when the
signal weakens.
Once the plane picks up the islands,
their many mountain peaks will f,ffor d
the navigators excellent landma rizs. 1t
is estimated that it would be impossi-
BILE for the flyers to pass between the
islands without sighting land, mas.
much as the longest stretch between
any two islands is 80 miles. In clear
weather objects 1000 feet high may be
seen from the sea level SO miles DIS
tant. and the majority of the noun
tain ranges exceed that height.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
FEW OBTAIN VIEW
OF COMET VISITOR
-Winnecke Only $500,
600 Miles Away, But Dim
Without Telescope.

The Pons- Winnecke comet, speeding
through space approximately 3,500,000
miles away from the earth, was bare.
ly visible to the naked eye shortly
after midnight this morning as a
patch of luminous fog.
Astronomers at the Naval ObserVa-
tory, who have watched its prograss
ever since it has become visible teie-
scopically, have failed to note anything
unusual about this nearest celestial
visitor to the earth for the past 40
years. This morning only one faint
meteor was observed to leave the
comet, although the possibility OF
meteoric shower has been predicted
Last night it was located 10 degrees
east and a little south of the bright
star Affair. Naval Observatory as
tronomers say that it is travelling in
the same general direction as the
earth around the sun. but is gaining
10 degrees a day on this planet. ITS
speed is estimated at 1874 miles per
second.
Called Small Affair"
- The Pons.Ninnecke is a small af-
fair, as comets go. and only its near
approach to the earth makes II OF
exceptional interest. 1t will be visible
for the next few nights. but its prog
ress will be difficult to keep up with,
except by following a star map. By
gazing steadily at the heavens at the
place noted on the map for a few
minutes the visitor should become
visible. -
There is a bare trace of tail as the
comet sweeps past the earth. rms
TO
ton of the earth, pulling out the light
gases from the body of the comet, the
head of which probably is composed
of a mass of meteoric material SUCH
as penetrates the earth atmosphere IN
the form Of shooting stars.
Last night marked the nearest ap-
nroach of any comet to the earth
since 1870 when this planet Is sup
posed to have passed through the tail
of Lexell's Comet.
Nearest Since Year 1870.
Even il the earth had come into
contact with the tail of the Pons-
Winnecke comet last night there
would have been no effect, since this
is composed of gas thinner than that
in the finest of vacuum tubes. This
gas. spectroscopic analysis has shown,
contains the poisonous carbon dioXide,
but it never would penetrate the
earth's atmosphere in sufficient guam
titles to do any damage.
Many Washingtonians were looking
for the comet last night, some
equipped with small telescopes. With
out these it would have been impos.
sible to have seen much to distinguish
the visitor from the faint surrounding
stars.
Observations will be continued dur
ing the week, both at the Naval OBJ
servatory and at the Georgetown Col
lege Observatory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
DRIVE
TOPIC IN PU[HTS
DR.. ShackIette Criticizes Citi-
zens' Service Association,
Dr.. Abernethy Defends 1t.

Agitation over activities of the Citi-
Zens Service Association for Law and
Order had it's echoes yesterday from
local church pulpits. The echoes,
while not directly mentioning the as
ISOLATION by name, were Enthusiastically
traceable to the controversy over that
organization.
Rev. DIR. William S. Shacklette, pas
tor of the Church of the Advent, Epis-
copal. Second and L streets, sounded
a warning in his sermon against
"usurpation of the function of the
State by church organizations" while
Rev. DR.. W. S. Abernethy, pastor OF
Calvary Baptist Church, and president
of the Citizens Service Association,
defended his organization from verbal
attacks of its foes.
Great Question" Cited
1.-THE great question before us to-
dav," declared DR.. Shacklette, lis,
When a law is imperative. should it
be repealed? If enactment Of Jaw is
responsible for the breaking Of nu-
merous other laws just as binding,
should that law remain effective?
eve may break certain laws of
God and yet be obedient to the law
some laws of the State and still be
obedient to the law of God, and the
human race is more deeply concerned
about the laws that govern its life
for enternity than it is about the in
Vulnerable petty laws emanat ting from
vain imaginations of selfrighteouS
individuals.
Should churches ever organize
their forces to become police, Judge
and jury, and it is apparent, they can
never carry out the dearest wish OF
the heart of Christ, to save mems
souls alive.
THE laws Of this greatest country
in the world have set over us a law
governing body. If that body either
does not or cannot enforce the laws
it created, then those laws ought to
be repealed otherwise our Nation will
become a Nation of lawbreakers.
But, certainly it is not for the
church or any other organized body
to usurp the function of the law-mak-
ing and lawgoverning body. Great.
ing an espionage into the private life
of citizens who have high regard for
personal liberty"
DIR. Abernethy Quotes Lincoln.
DR.. Abernethy, in his sermon, re-
ferred to Lincoln's saying: when you
cast a stone among a pack of dogs
and hear a yelp. you know that one
dog was struck"
Judging from the number of yelps
heard last week." the pastor said, "a
good many must have been struck"
DR.. Abernethy declared that some
newspapers have so misrepresented
the work Of the association that it has
heeO decided tn give them no more in.
formation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
CHUM SEES BOY DROWN.
Lad Steps Into 40 Feet of Water
Near Anacostia Bridge.

While bathing with a friend south
of the west end of the Anacostia
Bridge early this afternoon. Raymond
Biggs, 15.year-old colored boy. living
at Fifth and l. streets southeast,
stepped from the shadows into 40 feet
of water and was drowned before his
companions could reach him.
Irving Smothers. colored,. 514 NJ
street southeast who was in the wa
ter with the boy. donned his clothes
and Hurried to the eleventh police pre-
cinet Police of the eleventh precinct
ana the harbor police began dragging
fog the boy.
Emothers said that Biggs could not
swim. and that he~1had warned him OF
the treacherous step-off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
MRS. COOLIDGE GIVES
FLOWERS FOR SICK
Heads List of Weekly Contributors
to National Guild at
Y. w. C. A.

Mrs. Coolidge this morning headed
the list of weekly contributors to the
National Plant, Fruit and Flower
Guild at the booth maintained in the
Y. w. C. A, Seventeenth and X
streets.
The flowers collected today will be
distributed among patients at Gar
field, Childrens', and George Wash.
ington University Hospitals, and shut
ms. Donations were received from
Mrs. Charles J. Bell, G. L. Jenkins &
Sons, Inc, George A. Comley, Blacki-
stone Inc, and Mrs. H. II. Rousseau.
In attendance at the booth were Mrs.
George Thorpe, chairman OF the
executive committee; Mrs. Robert
Stanfield, chairman of volunteers;
Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro. first vice
president of the guild. and Mrs. Clyde
B. Aitcheson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
LAW EXPERTS EXAMINE
COURT FEE SYSTEMS
Opposition to Custom Widely Ex-
pressed at Annual Common
wealth Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
IOWA CITY. Iowa, June 27.-The
legality Of justice meted out in nu
merous municipal courts is coming
under the scrutiny Of the country's
leading experts in political science,
who gathered here today for the fifth
annual commonwealth conference.
Hundreds of municipal courts are
operated on a fee basis, the defendant
being absolved of the costs if acquit.
ted. The opinion ghas been widely
expressed, it was explained by dele
gates, that this creates selfish in
terest for the magistrate and that
such courts are in conflict with the
guarantee of due process Of law con-
tanned in the fourteenth amendment
to the Constitution.
The delegates, who represent many
OF the largest city governments and
tn. political science departments OF
virtually all the large universities.
also planned to discuss municipal
finance. public utility regulation. the
relationship of city and State gov
ernments and recent reform move
ments in city government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
BAND CONCERTS.

The United States Army Band at
Lincoln Park at 1880 o'clock tonight.
March, THE Boys OF the Old Brigade.
Chambers
Overture. THE Beautiful Galatea,"
Suppe
Concert piece. THE Southern Rhap.
Souy ............s. 'hoSIiiat
Waltz, "Danseuse". ........... Miles
Salon piece, "Scherzo," from the
Rural Wedding. ....... Goldmark
Fox trots. ta) sweet Marie" Rose
Frank; C9 IF You See Sally
Kahn-Donald.
Selection, I'm Ballo En- Maschera."
Verdi
March. king Karl" .Unrath
THE Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Navy Band
at the Capitol at 1880 O'Clock.
Brazilian march, "a Cansao di
Ballet. Russo. Luigini
Air de ballet from Scenes Pit
toresque" ......%....M assenet
Overture. "Mignon".. Thomas
Solo for clarinet. Polka Caprice"
Mayeur
(Bandmaster Charles BrendlerJ
Grand scenes from the opera, Tam
hauSer .................. wagner
Suite. ta) "Eih. 1sili." arranged by
Katz; th "Andante Cantabile."
Tschaikowsky.
Descriptive, "The Toy Shop" ColbyC
yaise. THE Waltz Dream" Strauss
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
DAUDET STILL FREE
AS FRANCE LAUGHS
Government Tries VainIy to
Explain Prison Escape
Trick of RoyaIists.


PARIS, June 27.-Leon Daudet,
Royalist. and the Communist Semard,
for whose benefit the gates of Sante
prison were opened Saturday, were
still at liberty today and the govern
ment was working energetically to
obtain a clue as to how the wardens
were tricked into releasing the three
prisoners. A number of witnesses
have been questioned but no light has
been shed on the hoax, which has
caused much laughter at the expense
of the government.
Some of the newspapers declare the
affair is doomed to remain q mystery
unless NJ. Daudet's Royalist follow
ers decide to tell the story. The po-
lice version is that a Royalist, repre-
senting himself as N. Sarraut, min
lister Of interior, telephoned orders to
the director of the prison to free the
men. AS a consequence, the director,
NJ. Catry, has been dismissed, but the
newspapers insist that he is being
made the scapegoat; that, the blame
lies higher up.
Fails to Appear.
A false alarm that NJ. Daudet was
to appear at Perpignan yesterday to
preside at a Royalist party convention
led the local authorities to mobilize
all the gendarmes of the region.
NJ. Semard is making no efforts to
conceal his whereabouts. He ap-
peared at meeting of the Communist
party at St. Denis yesterday. The
government says it will allow him 10
days in which to surrender before
taking steps to rearrest him.
The Royaiist party insists It will
not let such procedure apply in the
cases of Daudet and Delest. it being
.contended that they left the Jail at
the invitation of the warden and can
not be compelled to return of their
own free will.
One version of the hoax is that 1t
came about through the fear OF Nine.
Daudet over what would happen to
her husband since a nearby restaurant
where he received his food had
changed hands.
Newspapers Much Amused.
The newspapers continue to extract
d good deal of fun out of the incident,
although they charge the government
with laxity and level sharp criticism
at it.
"Who says the telephones work bad.
ly in Paris" the Matin says. They
work so we'll that in the ministries
communication can be obtained even
with persons who are not there"
The Figaro declares the govern.
ment has been placed in a ridiculous
situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
Hurls Invention
At Professor and
Wins Recognition

of the Associated Press.
MOS COW. - Desperate after
three years of fruitless effort to
win recognition of his improved
method of cardboard manufacture.
Gregory Serebrovski bludgeoned
his way to recognition recently
with a roll Of, his own product.
AS a last, resort Serebrovski
went to professor of the
scientific department of the Su.
preme Council of Public Economy.
He asked for aid, b was refused
a hearing and was told to get out.
The Infatuated inventor seized
roll of his samples and struck the
professor in the face.
Two months later he received a
subsidy of $1,000 for further eX-
periments. less fine of $12 for
damage to the PROFESSIONAL nose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
MEXICO SEEKS TRADE.
Appoints Consul at Leningrad, Re
Stunning Relations With Russia.

MEXICO CITY. June 81 Cp.-with
the hope of stimulating Mexican-Rus-
sian trade relations 1t was announced
today that the Mexican government
will re-estabiish q consulate at Lenin.
grad and that it is likely a consulate
will also be set up at Moscow later.
Ignacio Batiza of the foreign office
staff has been appointed consul at
Leningrad and will start for his post
soon.
sulatea in Russia in recent wears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
MINERS SEEK MEANS
TO GET WATER SUPPLY
Union Workers Would Force Pitts.
burgh Coal Corporation to
End Shut-off.
BY the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, June 27.-Counsel
for the United Mine Workers yester-
day sought means to force the Pitts
burgh Coal Corporation to restore the
water supply to miners occupying
company houses at Mollenauer and
Castle Shannon, Allegheny County
mining towns. Phillip Murray, inter-
national vice president of the mine
workers, announced that any legal
steps open to the union" would be
taken tomorrow. The water supply
was ?shut off by order Of coal COM
pany9 officials on Saturday.
The miners have paid no rent since
March, said Horace Il. Baker, COM
pany president, in a statement yester-
day, and the corporations saw no rea-
son why it should continue to pay for
water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
BRITISH ROYAL COUPLE
WARMLY WELCOMED HOME
Duke and Duchess of York Greeted
by Cheering Throng Upon
Return From Australasia.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, England, June 81.
The Duke and Duchess of York
received a warm welcome home upon
their arrival here today after their
six months visit to Australia.
Portsmouth was ablaZe with flags
as the battle cruiser Renown, on which
the royal voyage was made, weighed
anchor at Spithead and proceeded into
the harbor, where the dukes brothers,
the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry.
awaited.
Airplanes circlcd above the RenoWn
as she was escorted in by a group of
destroyers.