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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
.ELKTON'S FORMER
"PARSON" INDICTED
Illegally Performing Marriage
Last March Charged Against
Rev, Western.
BY the Associated Press.

ELkTON. Md. September 9t.-Rev.
Richard T. Western. former marry
ing parson' of this Gretna Green. has
been indicted by the grand jury of
Cecil County, charged with Illegally
performing a marriage ceremony on
March is. 1927.
Minutes of meetings Of the Will
mngton conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church were read to the
jurors at yesterdays hearing. These
contained testimony which led a jury
of clergymcn in 1921 TO cancel the
orders of MIR. Western. who was
charged with "commercializinS the
Office of marriage
From January / of this year until
June /, when Supt. j. w. Co
Iona of the Wilmington conference.
preferred legal charges against him
for officiating as a Methodist minister.
it was estimated that Mr.. Western per-
formed about 1000 marriages. The
indictment vas founded on one
specific inStanc~-tne marriage of
Morton r. 3eardon and Dorothy b.
Logan. hotii of Cecil County. Mr.
Western maintains that he holds Gre
dentials as an elder from the Upper
Iowa conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and has a legal
right to perform marriages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
Fall Fashion Styles
Vividly Displayed.

1 With the arrival of the Congressional
Limited from New York today there will
arrive a group Of noted beauties who
/ are, to participate IN the Eashl9n show
nikins who are to display the newest An-
! tump modes in an elaborate Fashion
! Pageant at W. r. MOSES & SONS. are
| said To he the most beautiful types in
America. Three Of the manniSins who
arr to appear in the display are coming
1 here direct from a French Style Exhibit.
! Two of the group arc noted Follles Beau
! ties. while all tn gilts are from the
! ateliers of New York $ foremost STYLE
Creators.
/ From STYLE standpoint the EXh bit
1 ia regarded as one of the most unusual
/ that has ever been attemDted, 1t will
embrace not only the new Autumn wraps
and gowns but also those new style lea
lures IN outer aDparel that have beer
I SPONSORED nv the French DresSDlaliers IN
/ the recent Paris Showlngs and adonted by
! in this country. One of the features OF
! the Exhibit will he the presentation of n
hew type of garment designed especially
! for the American woman and miss. IT
! the more tlfessy tyre of garment. thesc
new STYLE features VII he very welcome
| to most women who have been unable to
i adapt thenlselveS to the severe lines that
/ have existed in the past few seasons
I The Fashion Exhibit will also feature
/ n comprehensive display of daytime.
/ iafternoun bridge. the3trr AMI evening
/ adopted Ivy the Fashion Authorities.
/ Arrangements have hcen made to take
care of the large crowds which are ey-
two days display IN Washngton.-Ad
vertl >ement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
DRUGGISTS URGED
TO ENTER POLITICS
Means of Obtaining Constructive
Legislation Outlined to
Association.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. September Il.
The druggists of the Nation must
become active in practical politics IN
order ito he in a position to demand
and obtain their rights Samuel Z.
Davis of Nashville, Tenn. president
of the National Association OF Retall
Druggists. told the twenty ninth an
nual convention Of the association yes
teT'lay.
The retail druggist or today has
more power to influence public opinion
than the old liquor regime ever mad,
he said in pointing out that the corner
drug store has become the faVorlte
meeting place Of the public.
I'VE have it in our power to so
mold public opinion that we can sue
cessfully carry out any plan OF pro
gressive legislation that we ma"
formulate" he said. LOCALLY. as al
organized political unit, we command
the attention Of practical politicians.
Unorcanized, they tell us emphatically
where we gel off.
Mr.. Davis recommended An organ
iZation of secretaries of state pharma-
ceutical associations he formed to
meet with the national legislative
committee to devise plans for IAN
aggressive nationwide organization
along political lines"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
HOSPITAL PATIENT
is UNDER new NAME
M mister Denying He Is Jordan
Missing Pastor. Claims H Is
Travelling Evangelist.

By the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. September
2l.-Although he was quoted last
night as admitting he was Rev. Willis
J. Jordan missing Columbus. Ga.
PASTOR the man registered at St.
Mary's Hospital here as typhoid
patient insisted to newspaper men to-
day that he is Rev Willis +. Gordon,
a travelling evangelist. He denied
also that he ever had been in Column
bus. Ga.
To both police and newspaper men
the minister admitted Yesterday that
he had come here to he married tn a
local woman whom he described as
"a conscientious church worker" and
told his questionerS that he had been
married before. hut that his wife was
dead. He was awaiting the elapse of
the tive-day period of residence before
applying for a marriage license. as
required by law, when he was sud
denly taken i'll. according to 2 state
ment he is said to have made to
Police Chief A. a. Carroll.
Another discrepancy developed here
according to the authorities, for the
rather brief history of the case fur
nished upon the minister's arrival at
the hospital was that he had been
sluSged and robbed of 500. The
name of the minister's intended bride
was given to Chief Carroll. who, how
ever. refused to make it known.
While convinced that the patient
is the missing Rev. Jordan. Chief
Carroll was closeted with him again
at the hospital this morning. ATTEMPT.
ing to clear up conflicting statements
attributed to the minister.
Rev. Mr.. Jordan. who disappeared
from his home last Wednesday. was
reported by his wife to have been
kidnapped by two men who called at
the Jordan home, presumably to dis
cuss matters relating TO the church
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
KOENNECKE REACHES
ANGORA ON U. S. HOP
German Aviator Encounters Only
Perfect Weather on First
Stage of Flight.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANGORA, Turkey, September I'll
Lieut.. Otto Koenneclos. plotting the
Caspar hiplane Germania on a flight
to the Cnitcn States by way of the
Orient. landed here today. completing
the first stage of the flight.
Lieut.. Koennecke, who left Cologne,
Germany. at 2:22 pm. yesterday Ger
man time) arrived at Angora at $40
o'clock this morning.
The weather was perfect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
WAR MARKERS SOUGHT.
Zihlman Says U. S. will Be Asked
to Aid Monocacy Battlefield.
spectal Dispat,.h to The Star

Special Dispatch to The star
FREDERICK. Md. September eli
Proper marking of the Monocacv
Battlefield, scene of n decisive Civil
War conflict near this city. will he
asked of the Federal Government.
Representative Frederick y. Xihlman,
chairman of the House District COM
mittee and sixth Maryland district
representative. assured members of
the Frederick County Historical So
ciety. at a meeting here yesterday.
A series of articles on the Battle of
he Monocacy will be prepared and pre-
scented TO Congress and the War De
partment, he said. after which they
VIII be inserted in the Congressional
Record. Federal aid will be sought
in securing roads and proper markers
around the battle-ground The battle
was fought in 1864 and is claimed by
many historians to have prevented
Confederate invasion of Washington.
Mr. Zihlman also discussed the Fed
eral Constitution lin an address be-
for the kiwanis Club here yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
CRASH REMAINS MYSTERY
Old Glory Wreckage Gives No Clue,
Says Engineer.

NEW YORK, September 81 P.-.
The New York Daily Mirror says to-
day that the wreckage of the trans.
atlantic monoplane Old Glory. recov-
cred at sea. is in such condition that
probably the reason for its crash never
will be known.
Hector Alexander. engineer. who
helped prepare the Old Glory for its
flight, in report on his examinations
OF the. wreckage. says in part:
The only point emerging from the
examination appears to be that the
machine made its first contact with
the water with the right wheel and
II is impossible to determine whether
the destruction was due mainly to the
impact or TO the subsequent action of
the sea.
From the wreckage picked up by
the steamship Kyle j consider it quite
impossible to arrive at a. definite rea-
son for the forced descent of Old
Glory"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
BANDIT TO HAVE TRIAL.
Dapper Young Man Attempting
Robbery Clubbed by Officers.

kINGSPORT. Tenn. September 81
Paul Jones. dapper young bandit
VINO was dubbed into submission last
night in an attempt to escape with
81, 900 stolen from the First National
Bank, was NOT seriously injured and
IS expected to he given a hearing at
the present term Of the Circuit Court
at Blountsville. He was in the Jail at
Blountsville today.
The 23-year-old robher laid down a
harrage when pursued by officers who
came through the fusillade without
injury. Jones received wound in the
forehead when struck over the head
with pistol welded by Chief of
Police Bob Savior
He had attempted to escape on foot
after forcing the bank cashier to fill
up a money bag with bills and silver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
OLD GLORY WRECK
BROUGHT TO PORT
Parts of Inflated Plane Give
Doubtful Clue to Ocean
Tragedy.

BY the Associated Press.
BAY ROBERTS. Newfoundland,
September 21.-Belief that the mono.
plane Old Glory, lost at sea while
attempting a Transatlantic flight, hit
the water head-on with a slight list
to the right while going about 30
miles 2 hour was expressed today by
members of the crew of the steamer
KYLE The Kyle had put into this port
with a portion of the wreckaSe of the
plane, recovered several hundred miles
off the Newfoundland coast.
1t was through a film of 'lubricatin2
oil on the surface of the ocean that the
wreckage was located. The Kyle,
Newfoundland government steamer
had been chartered by the New York
Mirror TO search for the plane and its
occupants. Phillip A. Payne. managing
editor OF the Mirror. and flight direc-
tor for William r. Hearst. sponsor of
tire fight, and Lloyd Bertaud and j.
u Hill. co-pilots.
The Kyle. starting from st. Johns.
proceeded ESQ miles east by south TO
the position from which the steamer
Carmania had estimated the Old
'Slo,y's o s cali had come on the
morning OF September :.
Wreckage Recovered.
The search was conducted on the
theory that when the plane struck
the water the lubricating tanks prob
ably had burst and the oil had spread
over the surface. This theory proved
correct The Kyle finally discovered
a wide film of oil on the ocean. which
at the time was perfectly calm.
The steamer ran slowly along the
edge of the oil for * minutes. Sud
denly the lookout shouted:
"Wreckage two points on the port
bow
Ten minutes later the steamer was
alongside of all that was left of Old
Glory a boat was lowered and the
wreckage was taken aboard. Attached
TO it were three tanks, all of which
were full Members of the crew
We're unable to determine. however.
whether there was any gasoline in the
tanks of whether they had filled with
water, as the contents spilled into the
sea when the wreckage was hoiSted
aboard the Kyle.
After the remnants of the plane
were made fast aboard the Kyle
the steamer steered east-northeast in
the hope that some trace might he
found of the occupants of the plane.
1t was thought they might have been
able to escape in their rubber boat
An all-night search was without
result. For several days the Kyle
zig-Zagged over the ocean. Nothing
was found and finally shortage of
fuel compelled the steamer to return
to Newfoundland.
Section Of Wing Recovered.
Members of the kyle's crew thought
the right side of the plane must have
struck the water first, ripping out
the top of the fuselage. which carried
with ii part of the left side of the
plane.
The 47-foot section of one of the
wings of the plane. with a portion
of the under carriage attached, which
the Kyle recovered. lay on the deck of
the steamer with the under side up.
plainly showing the painted stars
and stripes. The struts of steel tub
ing three inches in diameter were
smashed as If with an ak.
All of the supports from the under
side OF the wing to the body of the
plane were badly broken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21

Nine Nikola Lenin, widow OF the
former Russian premier, now is chair
man Of the department of political
education in Soviet Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
LONDON SEES COTTON
AS "CRAZE OF THE HOUR"
Demand for Certain Fabrics, It Is
Declared, Pushes Price Up to
IS a Yard.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
LONDON.-Cotton fabrics are the
craze of the hour.
The velvet fashionable in Paris is
cotton velvet, made in the Lanca-
shire cotton district. Opera wraps.
shawls, the new short coates and
long coats ire all being made in the
richest Shades Of cotton velvet and
lavishiy embroidered in silver. gold and
multi-colored silks. Fur collars finish
them off.
Because Of the demand for well
made cotton fabrics. the material has
become quite costly. "A yard Of the fab
rio bringing S6. A coat seen at the re-
cent Ascot races. which cost more
than $3.50. was of cotton i'm an Egyp-
tan color scheme of pastel green. blue
and pink on white, lined with white
fur.
Bets are being made in Paris as 10
the length Of time before the shingle
In definitely out of fashion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
Levine Planning Hop OF.

LONDON. September II (P.-
Charles A. Levine is going to Cranwell
this evening. where his monoplane Co
lumbia is waiting for its Eastern flight,
and he expects to hop off early tomOr-
row morning. Weather condition are
not of the best. but Levine hopes that
the wind will veer to the west by
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
Dinner to Be Planned.
special Dispatch to The Star.

BALLSTON, Va, September 21.-
The auxiliary of the fire department
will hold it's monthly meeting tomor-
row afternoon at the fire house and
complete arrangements for it's dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-21
Libel Verdict Sustained.

COLUMBIA S. c.. September 2I
N).-.rhe State Supreme Court in
an opinion filed today sustained the
$4,000 libel verdict obtained by for
mer State Senator Tom G. Duncan
OF Union against the Columbia Rec
ord and Edwin NJ. Robertson, Column
bia banker.
, 1927-12-10

We deeply regret 10 chronicle this
morning The do.eluI news, which was
received BY telegram Of Che passing
away in st. Thomas of ne Rev A B..
EOMIG which SAD event t.oh. pace at
T O'Clock on Thursday evening. Rev.
hOmig is no stranger t. laIs island nav
, 1927-12-10

mail e The c. theIra' 10 which case it
would Re % Lane no, later than usual
A baby shark vas caught at he wharf
here Jal might, before last. The little
monster measured about two and ole
hail Ieet. and weighed about ten pounds.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-05-13
The Young Musicians
School Boys and Girls Win HOnOrs
at Greensboro

Chapel Hills boy and girl mu-
sicians did we'll in the state high
school music contest in Green's
boro last week.
The band, entered in class B
(schools with less than 500
puplIs) won tlrst honorable men
tieH tis4, The III second
place, and in the same class the
girls quartet also won first hon.
orable mention. The quartet
was composed of Elsa Craig,
Roller Parker, Seny Bynum, and
Minnie Sue Sides.
Frederick Steiner, in the cor
net solo competition open to all
schools, regardless of size, won
first honorable mention.
The band has accepted an in
vitation to join the National AS
sociation of High School Bands.
It was asked to go to Iowa to
the convention, but lack of funds
makes this impossibAG.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-05-13
Ralph McCauley to Gastonia

Ralph H. McCauley, chief
clerk of the Marlborough hotel
in Raleigh, son of Mrs. Sallie
McCauley and brother of John
McCauley of the M. System store
in Chapel Hill, has purchased an
interest in the Armington Ho-
tel in Gastonia and will move
there to become its manager
early in June. After having been
connected with the Jefferson ho-
tel in Richmond, Mr.. McCauley
served with the American forces
in the World War. When he was
mustered out he became chief
clerk of the Bland in Raleigh
and was there for eight years.
He went to the Marlborough last
November.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-05-13
new ROAD COMES
TOCHAPEL HILL
BEHIND CEMETERY
Part of the Stretch Recently
Placed on the States
Official Map
FROM NELSON To GRAHAM

The new state highway across
the south end of Durham coun-
ty from Nelson will enter Chap
ell Hill behind the cemetery and
come into the present South
road near the Tin Can. This is
part of the new route which,
joining the central highway
(No. 10) at Nelson, passes
through Chapel Hill, Carrboro,
and Calvander, and goes on to
its other junction with the CEN
trail highway at Graham in Ala
nance county.
Through travellers over this
route from Raleigh to the west
will pass along the South road,
turn to the right into the high
way from Pittsboro, pass by the
Carolina Inn, come into Colum-
bia street at the west campus
gate, turn to the left at Strowd's
garage, and go on out Franklin
street and through Carrboro.
The states surveyors have
been engaged for the last two
or three weeks in laying out the
road. John Sprunt Hill, the
highway commissioner for this
district, who had the new route
put on the state map, has come
over from Durham frequently to
consult with them.
The distance from here to Ra-
leigh, by the Nelson route, will
be 80 miles-eight miles less
than the distance through Dur
ham.
I'VE hope to get the road from
Nelson built this year." said Mr..
Hill to a representative of the
Weekly. "The worst part of it
is that which lies within mile
or SO of Chapel Hill. There is
a long, steep hill here, and we
find that the alignment will have
to be changed to some extent to
permit an easier grade. Then,
after we get down the hill we
Continued on page four)
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-05-13
Alexander Gets Crow
By Accident Physician Comes Upon
the Ardently Desired Pet

DR.. Eben Alexander of Knox
vile, who has cherished a fond
ness for crows ever since he had
one for a pet in Chapel Hill
thirty years ago, recently placed
in this newspaper an advertise
ment offering to buy a crow.
Mr.. Hardesty, the proprietor of
the Carolina Dry Cleaners,
came into the Office a few days
later to say that a farmer friend
of his had one that was sound
except for a broken leg. Would
the editor write to DR.. Alexander
and find out if a broken-legged
crow would be satisfactory? The
editor did, and the Knoxville
physician sends this reply:
Dear Louis: Little by little
my ambitions and dreams are
coming to be realized. Among
the greatest has been the desire
to possess a crow, and even that
has come to pass. Your letter
reached me day before yester-
day, and | was planning to get a
lel@eee on ssss4Eiaa5
put me in touch with the owner
of the lame crow--but that is no
longer necessary. Yesterday
morning, going out to make a
call on one of my patients, saw
a young crow on a neighboring
porch. | went in and asked if
they knew where could get any
of its brothers or sisters. They
replied that they did not, but
that they would be very grateful
if would take the one they had
away with me. With surprise
and delight | agreed, and put the
gentleman in box and took him
home. He is eating worms and
diverting my family in proper
form. / am enclosing a post
card on which | wish you would
write the name and address of
the owner of the lame crow, so
that | may write to him in case
any CfTTITB HdpPTII5 % CHE CTUW I
have"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-05-13
Tennis Begins Today
Southern Conference Brings Here
Many Good Players

The tennis tournament of the
Southern Conference will begin
here at nine o'clock this (Fri-
day) morning. Slade of the
University of Florida, last
years winner, is one of the
players, and another, promising
contender is Berry Grant of
Georgia Tech.
The general opinion seems to
be that the University of North
Carolina does not have a very
good chance of winning either
the singles or the doubles.
Carolina has practically no
chance at all to enter even the
semi-fnals," says sports writer
in the student newspaper, the
Tar Heel, but any of the first
three ranking men, especially
Charlie Waddell, might spring a
surprise and do we'll"
In the Conference meet here
two years ago Berry Grant was
beaten in the finals by Murray
of Tulane.
The courts at the southwest
corner of the campus have been
put in good condition for the
matches, and grandstand has
been erected.
The University of North Car
olina team, on its trip to Vir-
ginia, Maryland and Pennsyf-
vania last week, won all their
four meetings. Two had to be
Cancelled on account of rain.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1927-05-13

After spending several weeks
near Efland, on a road-building
project for which there was little
if any need, the Orange county
road force has moved over to
Bingham township and is expect
ed to begin work on the repair
of the wretched roads in that
section. And last week a tractor
and scraper were sent to Chap
ell Hill township in the Orange
Church neighborhood.
For the last two months every
body in the county who pays any
attention to the road problem
has been wondering why SO
much time and money should
have been expended upon what
is generally regarded as an un-
necessary job while the existing
much-traveled roads were neg
lected.
When the new county commits
sioners came into office last fall,
it was understood throughout
Orange that the. limited amount
of money available for roads
would be used for urgently need
ed repairs, not for new construc-
ton. This policy was declared
in a resolution adopted by the
board. Nothing much could be
done during the winter, but peo-
pie expected that as soon as mild
weather came the scrapers would
be put in operation, on one road
after another, to fill up the ruts
and improve the drainage.
Instead, Road Supervisor Nc
Kee was ordered to take his men
and machinery to Cheek town
ship and construct what was
practically a new road.
State highway No. 10, the So
called central highway" runs
straight across Orange county
from east to west, passing
through Hillsboro and Efiand.
Near Efiand, as you go west, a
county road leads off to the right
THAT is, northward) to Cedar
Grove. The county home is "a
bout two miles north of Efand
and from the home, going west,
there has been for years a road