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Evening star., 1927-05-25
BIG COUNT OF TRAFFIC
TO BE MADE THIS WEEK
Survey to Be Undertaken at 500
Different Points to Aid
Future Planning.

An exhaustive count of Washing
tons vehicular traffic will be under
taken this week by the traffic depart
ment in cooperation with the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. it was revealed today by
Commissioner Proctor l.. Dougherty
The results of the count, which will
be taken at 500 different points, will
be used by the commission in connec-
ton with it's plans for the develop
ment of a greater Washington. Mar
tin P. Root. formerly of the Federal
Bureau of Public Roads, has been en-
gagged by the commission especially to
direct the survey.
Lieut.. Col. L. s. Grant. Sd, director
Of public buildings and public parks
of the National Capital and member
of the commission, pointed out that
the commission believes the traffic
count will be of great value in its
work and expressed the hope that it
would be taken annually. as the COM
parative results thus obtained will
make the count of much greater value.
Evening star., 1927-05-25
HELD IN KIDNAPPING.
Man Returned From Los Angeles
on Arlington County Charge.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLARENDON. Va, May o5.-Edwin
r. Cutler. arrested in Los Angeles i'm
connection with the alleged kidnap.
Evening star., 1927-05-25
Mrs. Katie Greene
Sued for $4,000
By Opera Patron

Jacob c. Levy. q lawyer. with
offices IN the Franklin National
Bank building. today filed suit in
the District Supreme Court to re-
cover $4,000 damages from Mrs.
Katie Wilson. Greene, who conducts
n concert bureau at 1900 q street,
and Emmanuel Daniel OF Baltimore.
said TO be in her employ.
Levy tells the court he purchased
- ticket for $3.50 to hear I'll Trova-
tore" at the Auditorium April 70,
which was given under the aus.
piCcs of the concert bureau. and
ns he was about to enter the build
Ing and while his back was turned,
Daniel. acting as a doorkeeper, III n
rruff voice demanded, Let me see
Your ticket" and proceeded to
Jerk and snatch from the hands OF
the plaintiff his ticket.
Levy says he was greatly fright
ened by the action of the doorkeep-
er, hose manner. he declares. was
such as to give him and the numer-
Gus persons in the lobby and enter
ing the theater to understand that
he was suspected of attempting to
enter without a proper ticket. He
says he was greatly humiliated by
the alleged action of the agent of
the concert bureau.
Evening star., 1927-05-25
TWO DIE, IA PASSENGERS
INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK
Engineer and Fireman Killed in
Collision on Virginian.
Railroad Line.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BLUEFIELD, w. Va, May 25.-
The engineer and fireman were killed
and IA passengers injured, a majority
slightly, when a westbound .Virginian
Railroad passenger train collided with
an eastbound freight near Ingleside,
w: Va, yesterday. The dead:
Engineer e. r. Aldrich, Roanoke,
Va.
Fireman F. NJ. O'Neal, Pax, w. Va.
Both victims were scalded to death.
the crew Of the freight-hauling
electric locomotive escaped unin-
jured.
The smash.up occurred on a single
track line. The passenger train No
s. mad just left the Ingleside station
when it met the freight.
Evening star., 1927-05-25
U. S. Releases Yaquis.

TUCSON, Ariz., May 25 R).-Forty-
one Yaqui Indians of Mexico, who
wandered across the international line
several weeks ago and were taken in
tow by United States military authori-
ties, were released from custody here
yesterday. immigration authorities
into whose jurisdiction the Indians
were delivered by the military would
assign no reason for the release.
Evening star., 1927-05-25
Workman Electrocuted.

ROANOKE, Va, May 25 Op).-A. P.
Ronk, "a, employed ar the Viscose Silk
MIL here. was electrocuted yesterday
"hlie engaged in his work at the plant.
Evening star., 1927-05-25

It is believed that the biggest deep
sea fishes are as yet unknown to
science.
Evening star., 1927-05-25

Lillian Howell, Miss Anna Long
necker, Miss Mable Nethers. Miss
Nancy Richmond. Miss Lois Sioussa,
Mrs. Katharine Stuart, Miss Frances
Walker, Miss Jessamine Walker, Miss
Bertha Watts, Miss Sarah Wolfe, Miss
Kathleen Blocker, Miss Mary Botu-
linski, Miss June Carroll, Miss Mabel
Clark, Miss Florence Cline, Miss Venus
Palmer. Mrs. Zollie Pritchard, Miss
Rebecca Wampler.
Evening star., 1927-05-25
DR.. l.. c. BROCK DIES.
Physician Was Smithfield Mayor
for 22 Successive Years.

NORFOLK. Va. May % R.-Dr.
Leslie c. Brock. 81 years old, for 80
years a practicing physician and for
22 successive years mayor of Smith
field. died at his home yesterday fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis suffered
Monday. DR.. Brock was among the
leading physicians of Tidewater and
was widely known throughout the
State.
Evening star., 1927-05-25

ing of Evelyn Samuels. eight years
of age. from a spot near the Carne
School. was brought back 10 Arlington
County yesterday by Commonwealth
Attorney W. G. Cloth and Sheriff
Howard Il. Fields.
Cutler has engaged counsel and is
making an effort to arrange bond for
his release. hearing I'm the case
will be held In the next few days, it is
said
Evening star., 1927-05-25
Gigs 25.Pound Carr.
,cial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, May 25.-Using
a pitchfork for a gig, Lawrence Elder
Monday afternoon at the Y. NJ. C.. A.
Island Park caught a German carp
which weighed 25 pounds. He saw
the fish at the surface of the water
in the James River and speared it.
Evening star., 1927-05-25

While in every small town in Scot
land there is a real book shop with
good literature, 1t is really difficult to
purchase the better books in such
cities as Leeds and Halifax, said j.
Hugh Campbell. a well known book
collector of Halifax, recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
lindbergh's Program
This Evening.

White
$50 Lndbergh (probaby)
in bathrooms
will deliver address
lAndbergh
$50 pmCol Lndbergh Hammond
reception Presentations will be made
About ocockExpectd
About II ocockExped President
his mother, Congregational Church.
Metropolitan Theater President at
lis 1ndbergh White
the Highway Bridge a
will proceed to Walter
pmCo Iindbegh will be officially
fol- m
oors.
me- lleaveW Waite Reed.
~ NJ House.
Lndbergh
under auspices of the National Aeronauta Association -
viIe
an aerial escort
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BURRAGE SCHEMES
TO "STEAL" AIR HERO
Admiral, With Aid of Staff, in
Campaign to Make Lindbergh
Navy Man.

By the Associated Press.
ABOARD L. S. S. MEMPHIS, June
11.--Admiral Burrage, who brought
Col Lndbergh from Cherbourg to
Washington on the cruiser Memphis.
has started a good natured campaign
which he hopes may result in the
aviator sooner or later becoming
Navy man.
In other words. the admiral, with
the cooperation of his chief of staff
COmdr. David w. Bagley. and Capt.
Henry f. Lackey. the warship's com
handing officer, have been ConnivinS
to steal" Col. Iindbergh from the
Missouri National Guard.
Your exploit of being the first 10
fly the Atlantic alone" said Admiral
Burrage to the aviator on the way
over. has most aSsuredly set a fine
example. as you well know. and as
the world we'll knows. and the Navy
is certainly for you.
"If the Navy Department should
reject you. then come TO me and Wen
see what can be done. l know the
Missouri National Guard would be
very much put out if the Navy should
get you, but it's dog-eat-doG, you
know nowadays. with competition on
every hand. and if we should win.
will send my condolences to the
Missourians and promise you shore
leave every now and then so that you
may go out to visit your friends In
the Iron Mountain State so they wont
forget you"
Col. LindberGh assured the admiral
that the compliment was fully appre'
ciated and that he might avail himself
| Of the offer if he ever needed a job.
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used. The little boat went off to the
Memphis manned by what is said
to be one of the best crews in the
Navy. They negotiated across the
short strip of water between the
two vessels.
The Golf speeded ahead of the
Memphis and went into Norfolk while
the latter ship slowed down going
through the Capes. so that she would
not be too far ahead of her sched-
ule in reaching Washington.
The newspaper men and photog
raphers, who made the trip on the
Golf through the courtesy of the
Navy and the Norfolk Chamber of
Commerce, attempted to communi-
cate with Lindbergh and two cables
were sent from the Golf, but there
was no response from the Memphis.
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ing from the now slow-moving craft
at right angles to their path.
Flying at full speed, the seaplanes
kept close to the water until 1t seemed
they must crash into the Memphis.
So perfect was the timing that the
line was hardly broken as each darted
upward. her make-believe torpedo sent
looming through the water.
Dips in Salute.
Then as the squadron of planes
swung aside, Curtiss Hawk drop
ped out Of the haze and dipped in sa-
Lutte over the Memphis. More planes
appeared. singly, in pairs and threes,
each paying it's respects to Col. Lind
hergh alone or in formation.
A dark spot in the sky far to the
eastward proved to be 25 Army planes.
They were from Langley Field, under
Col. G. G. Culver. Five groups of
five planes. each group in V forma'
ton, flew in a single great V. Swing.
ing down on the Memphis and her
escort. they passed far out, wheeled
in groups and returned to the forma.
ton.
Two blimps, the Army TC-3, from
Langley Field, and the Navy J-3, from
Lakehurst, added their gray bodies
to the scene. Each passed over the
cruiser from stern to bow, then drew
aside as though to mother daring air
ships and the craft they honored.
AS the ships neared Cape Henry
speed was no longer of moment, and
the Memphis lolled along at about
nine knots. After she had passed
through the capes and headed up for
Washington the planes quit the
scene in the formations in which they
arrived, the Army craft returning tc
Langley Field and the Navy "busses'"
scurrying to their Hampton Roads
hangers.
XVEV r0NTEn nUr CADrS
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HAPPY OVER ARRIVAL.
Lindbergh Wonders eff / Really
Deserve All This"

LlnuDergn WONDERS III Really
Deserve All This"
u. S. CRUISER MEMPHIS, June
II OPT wonder if I really deserve
all this" was the remark of Col.
Charles Lindbergh to Vice Admiral
Burrage as he stood on the bridge of
the Memphis yesterday afternoon and
watched his escort of four United
States destroyers swing into position
to/ accompany him triumphantly on
the last lap of his journey homeward.
The destroyer escort was sighted
some distance off the Virginia Capes
and the four vessels swung into po-
sition soon afterward.
Hair TOwsIed by Wind.
Col. Lindbergh, hatless and with
hair towsled by the wind, stood on
the bridge and watched the swift
craft maneuver.
"It is a great and wonderful sight
and l wonder if / really deserve all
this" he said at length.
Soon after the destroyer Golf, with
r. r. Blythe, personal representative
Of Col. Lindbergh, and F. Sidney Hay
ward, Baltimore customs officer, came
alongside and the two men boarded
the Memphis. Haywood was the first
to greet the American aviator, say
ing:
"Col. Lindbergh, I am glad, and
we are all glad, to welcome you back
home. am proud to be the first
to shake hands with such a dis
tinguiShed individual"
Col Lindbergh answered him with
appreciation for the greeting.
Col Lindbergh had his first glimpse
of land soon after o'clock when he
peeked through the admirars peri
scope. The sight he caught was that
of the banks just off Cape Henry.
Glad to See Homeland.
"How does that look to you, boy?"
said Admiral Burrage with fatherly
slap on the aviator'S back. isn't
that a sight for eyes, young or old?
My goodness, think am getting as
much of kick out of all this as you
yourself"
Lindbergh was almost overcome.
Everything seemed to come at once,
the destroyers, the greetings straight
from home, four seaplanes which
Zoomed in tribute-everything so
fresh from home-so he didn't say
much of anything, except that the
land certainly did look good to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
TRAFFIC UNDER ORDERS
DURING LINDBERGH VISIT
Regulations Applied to Streets in
Vicinity Of Temporary
White House.

Traffic regulations in effect in the
vicinity of the temporary White
House, Is Dupont circle, during the
visit of Col. Lindbergh follow:
West bound traffic is prohibited on
Massachusetts, avenue and P street
from Eighteenth street to Dupont
Circle.
South bound traffic is prohibited or
New Hampshire avenue, Ninteenth
street and Connecticut avenue from
@ street to Dupont Circle.
East bound traffic is prohibited or
Massachusetts avenue and P street
from Twentieth street to Dupont
Circle.
North bound traffic is prohibited on
New Hampshire avenue, Ninteenth
street and Connecticut avenue from
N street to Dupont circle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
VT. w. PLAN TO CONFER
HONORS ON LINDBERGH
honorary Membership in 0rgani-
cation to Be Given Tonight by
National Commander.

Honorary membership in the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars Of the United
States will be conferred on Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh in recognition of his
nonstop transatlantic flight by Theo'
dore Stitt If Brooklyn, n. Y, com
mander-in-chief Of the organization.
The ceremonies will take place in the
Washington Auditorium as part OF the
reception program Of the National
Press Club tonight.
Commander-in-Chie Stitt, who made
a hurried trip to Washington to make
this presentation, will also confer the
badge and honor medal of the order on
Col Iindbergh at the same time.
Commander-in-Chi Stitt will confer
additional honors upon Col. Lindbergh
at Walter Reed Hospital tomorrow
afternoon in the presence of disabled
veterans and representatives of all the
major veteran organizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
LINDBERGH DUE TO HOP
TO ST. LOUIS ON FRIDAY
Secretary of War Davis Will Go
to Missouri City for Three
Day Celebration.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Secretary of War Davis understands
that Lindbergh will fly from New
York to st. Louis Friday in his plane,
the Spirit of st. Louis.
Secretary Davis will go to st. Louis
to participate in the three-day cele-
bration for the flyer and will confer
upon him there on Sunday a commits
sion as colonel in both the Army Air
Reserve and the Missouri National
Guard.
The celebration in st. Louis will cul-
inmate in services at Forest Park Sun
day.
Secretary Davis understands that
Lindbergh will leave New York early
Friday morning and arrive in st.
Louis some time in the afternoon.
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ing on the high sand dunes of Henry
caught their first glimpse of the ship
marked by destiny as the transport
of the Nations newest hero. Thanked
by destroyers, the pride Of the
scouting fleet came lover the hill''
slowly while Army, Navy and Marine
Corps planes winged out to meet her
amid a laundering roar of motors.
At 1856 o'clock, the cruiser entered
the capes over the lane where three
centuries ago Capt. John Smith and
his hardy pioneers ended two
months tempestuous voyage and
moved on up the James River to found
the first English-speaking colony in
America at jamestown.
Through binoculars the watchers on
shore could plainly make out one
figure in civilian clothes on the main
deck forward and they surmised that
this was the man who had linked
America and France by air only three
short weeks ago.
Cruiser Slows Down.
Once inside the capes the Memphis
slowed down while the destroyer Goff,
bearing r. r. Blythe, personal repre-
sentative of Col. Lindbergh, customs
officers, newspaper men and photog'
raphers, drew alongside.
Gathering speed again, the cruiser
with her convoy, turned up the bay
for the overnight run to Washington
While the service airmen who went
out to meet the Memphis put on a
thrilling show for the shore watchers
there was disappointment that the
Navy's giant dirigible Los Angeles
had been held at her hangar at Lake
hurst, N. j., by adverse winds. II
had been intended to have the Los
Angeles go to sea and accompany the
cruiser up the bay.
First contact with the Memphis
from the air was made by the Nays
squadron Of four planes, carrying
Capt. j. j. Badly, commander of the
scouting fleet air forces, and news
paper men. The squadron arose al
2:30 pm. and headed for the open sea
at 75-miles-an-hour.
Fifteen miles off Cape. Henry mist
was encountered, but where sky and
water held rendezvous a blur was visi
BILE. At 2:3S pm. the blur had become
five dots of gray; suddenly the dots
were five tiny ships; then the cruiser
| and her escorts were plainly discer
| nible.
Overcast Sky Clears.
Clouds in an overcast sky shifted
and there was tiny field of blue az
the four planes swung around tc
cross the cruisers bow. Five long
streaks of bright green, one thanked
by two on each side, trailed out be
hind the Memphis. and the destroyer
No other planes were in the sky.
An airman's greeting-a zoom across
the cruisers bow-was the squadron's
approach. Col. Lindbergh waved q
handkerchief as the planes roared past
and up.
| Wearing gray suit and red neck
tie, Lindbergh had taken a position
on steps leading to the bridge. He die
not wear a hat. Only a glimpse OF
him could be had; the planes were
| past in a moment.
AS the planes described wide circles
crossing the cruisers bow as each
| circle was completed, the white caps
of sailors stood out in bold relief from
| the decks and gray superstructures
Everything aboard appeared as spie
and span as a brides back porch, two
airplanes slowed aft On the Mem
phis boated cleaning yellow paint.
The welcoming planes spread from
the V formation then, swung wide
onto a line and dropped to about loo
feet from the water, again approach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
LACKEYS WEAR RED.

LONDON. June II LP)-Drury Lane
Theater still has the two lackeys
known as green coats" though their
livery today is actually a brilliant red.
The posts held by these men are Of
very old standing and in the sixteenth
century the holders were glad to rely
on the cast-off clothing of the actors
for their dress.
At that time Drury Lane was the
Theater Royal, and actors being the
Kings servants had to wear the royal
livery, which was green colored. The
two stage hands were dubbed by their
colleagues green coats" and the
name has endured to this day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11

destroyer was sighted. Thirty-four
minutes later the sack was taken off
| by one of the Humphreys boats and
| the Memphis steamed away at a speed
| of 1915 knots. We reached terri
torial waters late this afternoon and
anchored off Piney Point, just 60
miles from Washington.
Memphis Sets Records.
The Memphis is very proud of her
present crossing, for several records
have been established. Not the least
among these is that of the radio
room, which handled nearly 100000
words of press and private dis
patches. I suppose good portion Of
this total is accounted for by the
hundreds of wireless messages / have
received, and the remainder by the
Tally accounts sent by the press asso-
citation correspondents aboard and
my signed dispatches to the New
York Times.
Other records concerning the speed
from Cherbourgh, I referred to in
my dispatch last night.
This afternoon / stood on the
bridge with Admiral Burrage, Staff
Capt. Lackey and his officers and
watched one of the most impressive
sights I have ever seen. AT l O'Clock
"a destroyers from the operating base
at Hampton Roads appeared like
specks on the hazy horizon.
Signals were exchanged between
the DESTROYER leader and the Mem
phis and in quarter of an hour the
trim ships steamed within several
thousand yards off our bow and then
took up position. Shortly afterward
fxx,A side
and then the destroyers escorted US
all the way into the bay.
Golf Comes i'm Sight.
Half an hour later another de-
stroyer, the Golf, came into view ana
we slowed down and then stopped
while the COTS boat, only several
hundred feet away, put off with Rich
ard Blythe and the United States Gus
toms men. The so newspaper men
and camera men aboard had close
IN of us as we stood on the bridge
and waved, and 1 began to feel that
we were actually nearing the emo OF
the journey.
After this, four smart seaplanes ap-
peared on the sky line and in Few
minutes they crossed our DOW
circled and came down low enough
for me to wave to the pilots. Fully
20 other planes of the Army and Navy
welcomed us before nightfal.
1t was an impressive welcome and
I am deeply grateful to the Navy Tor
| it.
It was fine to see Blythe again and
obtain the latest information. we
had a long talk and were able to make
several decisions about the reception
and other pressing matters. Blythe
tells me that everybody in New York
wants to see me! Well, will try my
best.
We anchored at 9 o'clock tonight
off Piney Point and ] am going to
bed early to store up lots OF pep Tor
! tomorrow's arrival at Washington.
Copyright. 1927. in the United States
| Canada, Mexico. Cuba. South America
japan. Europe and the British Empire by thtt
| New York Times Co. All rights reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
FLYERS DROP INVITATIONS
Bids to Visit Florida Fall on Deck
of Cruiser.

NORFOLK, Va, June II ED.-Two
airmen from Jacksonville, Fla, hit
the bull's-eye one time out Of six yes
terday and Col. Lindbergh bot an in
vitation to the Land of Flowers.
Laurie Yonge, pilot, and j. A. Cur
tiss few land plane over the cruiser
Memphis and dropped six small
bundles, each containing invitations
addressed to the transatlantic flyer by
Gov. John. w. Martin Of Florida, the
City of Jacksonville and civic organi-
cations.
Five bundles went overheard, but
the sixth stayed on the cruisers deck,
whereupon the aviators dipped their
planes wings in farewell salute and
quit tbs sea .,ssss ses.. e 90.
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Flowers Are Protected.

There is no open season for the
upland plover, in spite Of the fact
that a bag limit is printed on the
back Of hunting license. This state
ment is made by the United States
Biological Survey, which has direct
charge Of the enforcement of the
migratory bird treaty act and it's reg.
ulations. Persons killing these birds
at any time Of the year are liable
to arrest and prosecution in Federal
court.
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FLYERS PAY HOMAGE.
Planes Circle Above Lindbergh Ship
Near Capes.

CAPE HENRY, Va, June IL CP).
AS the trim low-lying cruiser Mem
phis slipped between the Virginia
Capes yesterday, Army and Navy
planes circled overhead in droves,
carrying once more to Col. Lind
bergh's ears the sweet music Of the
propeller's drone.
Excursion craft, yachts and motor
boats, loaded to the gunwales, which
had waited behind the protecting lea
Of Cape Henry, rushed out into the
lower Chesapeake Bay to give the
aviator a noisy welcome from their
whistles and sirens.
AS he stood on the forward deck of
the Memphis, with the sand dunes of
Cape Henry to the left and the fiat.
right, the air viking could discern
against low lying clouds thousands
of Virginians gathered to do him
honor.
In the welcoming fleet of surface
craft was the yacht Maury, flagship
of the Virginia oyster fleet, carrying
officials of the Virginia tidewater
cities. However, Gov. H. F. Byrd of
Virginia did not go down the bay, as
the Memphis was under orders to pro-
coed to Washington with any stops
except to take on customs officers.
DestrOyers Take Welcome.
The first welcome to the Memphis
was carried far to sea by four de.
stroyers, swift, darting hornets of the
Navy, which formed her convoy to
the capes and up the bay and the
Potomac River.
The first word from shore came,
however. from the Cape Henry
Weather Bureau Station, which ran
up six bright bits of bunting forming
the words welcome home" in interna-
tional code signals. The Memphis
sent UP a flag to indicate the greeting
had been received.
- \ ives ;Sl5 O'Clock when those wait.