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Evening star., 1927-09-22
PRESIDENT URGED
TO EXPAND CANAL
Thatcher Advises Serious
Consideration Be Given to
Subject Now.

President Coolidge today was advised
by Representative Thatcher of Ken
lucky that the time has arrived when
serious consideration should be given
to the extension of the facilities of
the Panama Canal to meet the needs
of modern commerce. Mr.. Thatcher
was a member of the Isthmian Canal
Commission and was head of the de.
partment of civil administration of
the Canal Zone from 1910 to 1913.
During a conference with the Presi-
dent today Mr.. Thatcher suggested
that some authoritative studies with
subsequent recommendations dealing
with the future of the canal should he
made in the near future. This, he
said. could be accomplished by the
creation by Congress of special COM
mission, as was done in the first in
stance, or else the War Department
could undertake q more intensive
study and thereby place itself in a po-
sition where it could advise the Presi.
dent of the needs of the canal.
The Kentucky Representative said
the future development of the canal is
matter that will more and more en-
gage public and official attention and
declared that those interested should
be getting ready to meet the problems
that will be raised. Based on his ex-
perience as a member of the Canal
Commission, he believes it would be
more desirable to increase the present
facilities than to undertake the con.
struction of a new canal as has been
proposed.
The present capacity of the canal
could well be increased to take care
of shipping needs for many years to
come. In this way there would be
but one form of fortification and a sin
gle plan of protection, whereas, to
bulld new canal would be to double
these obligations. He added, however.
that it may some time be found neces.
sary to build a second canal to handle
the ever-increasing amount of ton.
mage,
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ciety, millionaire business leaders and
figures high in public life, occupying
the choicest $40 seats.
Mere fandOm at large will border
the outer darkness of this notable
ringside cast, paying from S. for a
bird's.eye view, an eighth of a mile
from the ring, up to $40 for less fa-
vored sections of the ''ringside" area.
The principal actors in this big
gest Of boxing dramas. heavily
guarded, were near the scene of COM
bat early. Dempsey spent the night
in a Chicago Hotel while Tunney was
to arrive early in the morning to go
into seclusion preliminary to the cere-
mony of weighing-in early this after.
noon.
Dempsey, expected to scale around
1876, was expected to have about five
pounds advantage over the champion
but otherwise there was little to
choose in their respective physical
make-ups or, to judge from the asser-
tions of their handlers, in the edge
of their fighting trim.
Comparison of PRINCIPALS.
Dempsey, with one victorious
battle, over Jack Sharkey, under his
belt since his downfall of a year ago,
was declared to be close to the say
age, aggressive fighting form and the
punching power that marked him in
the days when he bow1ed over such
men as Willard, Carpenter and Firpo.
Tunney, the master boxer and ring
strateGist, was pronounced more skill
ful, more confident and better equip
ped to defend his crown, in spite of
year of competitive inaction, than
he was when he outfouGht the vet
eran Dempsey last September
Dempseys hopes of victory and q
comeback to the heights he held for
seven years were built on the rush.
ing, give-and-take fury of his attack. !
Never noted for scientific skin. the |
Manassa Mauler and his hackers pin. |
ned their hopes on his ability to
weather Tunney's Furnishing fire with |
sufficient stamina to finally break !
through the former Marines shifty |
defense.
The champions reliance was in his !
footwork, his counter-attacking effec- |
tiveness and resourcefuiness as we'll |
as in 81 stamina that has enabled him |
to weather many furry of gloves.
Youth and speed were in the title
holders favor: hitting and aggressive.
ness in the challenger's favor.
Tunneys right eye was a factor
that concerned many of those specu,
lating on rival chances. 1t was in,
jured and cut twice In training. Tin. /
der careful treatment 1t has healed |
rapidly and completely to outward |
appearance, but 1t may he subject |
to renewed and fateful damage II one |
of Dempsey's short left hooks lands
a glanclng blow Such an injury nj |
the start might easily prove II seri'
Gus handicap to the champion.
The selection OF the referee aud |
judges who will decide the issues re-
manned a matter of speculation todav..
Their identity. known only to mern-
bers of the State Athletic CommissioneI
and possibly the fighters and their |
was to be kept carefully |
guarded secret until shortly before
the main bout. In some circles Wal
ter Eckersall. famous foot ball star,
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taking the matter up. She was In no
hurry TO get her money.
Another consumer. however, a man.
moved to Wilmington, Del, about the
time the PepcO case went into the
courts. During the seven years of
litigation he kept in constant COM
munication by letter with the Public
Utilities Commission, asking for the
latest information on the outcome of
the case. Finally he moved from vii.
mington to Charleston, :. c., and con.
tinued his letter-writing. When the
refund was agreed upon he was among
the first to apply. His refund amounted
to about SO. which was not so much
larger than his expenditure 70" stamps
VIII Make Last Effort.
The electric light company has fol
lowed the system Of sending a notice
to the last known address of all CON
sumers. and, IL the notice is returned.
of sending another one in hope that
it will In some manner be forwarded
The city directories and telephone
books also have been used. But
thousands Of the electric light con-
sumers in Washington during war
time have moved away and there is
no trace of them. The amounts due
them range from few dollars to
hundreds Of dollars. Many Of them
will never be found.
Next month the electric light com
pany will make a final effort by use
of newspaper advertising space to
notify former consumers that they
may have something coming TO them.
Failing then, the money, on January
13. expected to be more than 100000,
will revert to the company, which
must pay it out In small amounts
from year to year to stockholders.
But there will be no getting 1t back.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

Three others were delayed, but re-
ported still ready TO forge on.
or the 25 pilots who started in New
York Monday in the class b derby,
the unofficial winners were declared
to be c. w. Meyers, Detroit; Leslie
Miller, Des Moines, and j. S. Charles,
Richmond. Va, respectively. Eugene
Detmer, Tarrytown, n. Y, came in
third, but on the basis Of elapsed time
got fourth unofficial place. Five others
who arrived in the order named were:
w. II. Emery, jr., Bradford, Pa; +. G..
Knapp, Ypsilanti, Mich; Jack Ash
craft. Towanda, Pa; *. r. Unger,
Madison, n. j., and c. B. McMahan,
Miles City, Mont.
Five other contestants in this race
were to start from Missoula, Mont,
today at 10 am. Nine others were
forced out early in the race, and two
men, f. w. Fleet, Hartford, Conn,
and Nmmo Black Of Chicago, were
unreported, but believed safe.
Class Il Prizes.
Prizes announced for the class B
race are: First. s. 900; second, 5000,
third, $1,000; fourth, $500. and fifth,
$3.50.
Five planes entered the San Fran.
cisco-Spokane Pacific Coast Class A
derby and the unofficial winners were
announced as: First. n. G. Lippiatt,
Los Angeles; second. Lee Schoenhair.
San Francisco; third, Vance Breese,
San Francisco. Jack Frye. Los
Angeles. came in next. and the last to
arrive was Norman Goddard of San
Diego.
Prizes for the class A Pacific derby
were: First, $500; second, $1,000;
third, $500.
C.. l.. Langdon. Aberdeen, Wash,
was conceded first prize in the Pa.
cific Coast derby class B race from
San Francisco. Next came ID. G.. War
rem. San Francisco. and Lee Wiley,
Los Angeles. The other three planes
entered in this race were still unre-
ported. Two of them. Vernon Book
walter, Vancouver, Wash, and Art
Borne, Los Angeles, were last report
ed lost in a fog near Medford, Greg.
Another Craft Missing.
Another craft which, though not en-
tered in one of the derbies, was ex-
pected here yesterday is missing also.
This is the TOY balloon" of s. f.
Shelton, Sacramento, Calf, which
was supposed to have left the Cali
lOl Hld CITY lOI lHC
baby pane weighs only 165 pounds,
with a 14-foot wing spread.
The arrival of Duke" Schiller and
Edward Mogh in their Royal Windsor
and Eddie Stinson and Fred koehler
with their Detroiter in the nonstop
race from New York was scheduled
as the feature of the air meet pro-
gram today.
Parachute jumping, airplane stunt
ing and military maneuyers, both in
formation and by way of testing the
many fighting craft, also were on the
program.
Unofficial Elapsed Time.
A. M. Banks of Philadelphia had not
been heard from since leaving Far
go yesterday afternoon in an attempt
to finish the class b race. NJ. X. Nc
Mechan of Yakima, Wash, was de-
layed at Fargo by a broken water
pump. He planned to resume today.
Elapsed time for the apparent Win
ners, though still unofficial. was given
out as follows: Glass A, New York
Spokane, Holman, 19:42.52: Ballough,
20:2S.04; Manner, 20:59.03; Wood,
21:55.56.
Glass r, New York-Spokane; elapsed
time undetermined.
Glass A, San Francisco-Spokane.
Lippiatt, 1851; Schoenhair. s:40.35;
Breese, 1005.24. Glass r. Langdon,
10:00.3S; Warren, 101S14; Wiley,
Evening star., 1927-09-22

now a sports writer, was regarded as
the likely choice for referee. nut
DaVey Miller, one of the best known
Chicago ring officials, also was freeIv
mentioned.
The boxing authorities have taken
all possible precautions to meet
emergencies arising in case of dis.
putes in the ring or claims of foII
Barring anything untoward The
judges and referee will decide the
issue, but if a foul occurs the com
missioners, official physician, as well
as Judges and referee, will confer
before a final decision Is rendered.
The day of battle found all legal
barriers cleared. The final attemnt
to obtain an Injunction, brought bv
the Coliseum Club on the basis Of
an old contract with Dempsey. was
dismissed yesterday.
The big battle was to start at an
proXimately 9:45 pm. Chicago dav-
light time. under last-minute agree
ment, but this was subject to change.
In the event of threatening weather.
Tex Rickard said. it would be moved
ahead of schedule. The preliminary
bouts were to start at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
CHINESE WELLESLEY GRADUATE
WILL MARRY CHANG KAI-SHEK
Miss Melting Soong An
nounCes Wedding Plans at
Shanghai Dinner.
West Coast Editor Says Gen.
eraI Has Legal Wife Now
in Gotham.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, September o2.--An
Oriental romance Of piquant Chinese
graduate of Wellesley College and a
Nationalist general, young III years
but old in military service. has en-
listed the interest of all Shanghai.
Miss Melting Soong, at dinner to
her most intimate Chinese and for
eign friends last night. confirmed re.
ports that she was to marry Gen.
Chang kai.Shek, who until short
time ago was commander.in-chief of
all the Nationalist forces in their
struggle against the North.
Objection of Family.
There would be no formal announce.
ment at present. she said because of
the objection of her family to the
match. but she was determined to
follow the dictates of her heart.
Il sincerely love the great general"
she said simply.
Chang is coming to Shanghai next
week from Fenghwa, where he has
been since he resigned as Nationalist
generalissimo. Both Of them will then
embark on different ships for Japan
to lay siege to the Soong family, who
are spending the Summer there.
Reputedly one of the most beautiful
Young Chinese women in Shanghai
society. Miss Soong is sister. of r.
'. Soong. who was finance minister
in the original Nationalist government.
and Of Nine. Sun Yat-Sen. widow of
the man who founded the Nationalist
movement. which aims at the untica.
tton of China under popular rule.
Nine. Sun Yat-Sen was also graduated
from an American college and T. V.
Soong was a member of the Harvard
class Of 1915.
Chiang, up to the time of the mil.
ltary reverSes which bought about
ms retirement. was regarded as an
invincible general, having led the Ma.
tionalists up from the south, captured
Shanghai and other key cities and
swept the northern war lords back
across the Yangtze. 1t was by his
strength that the radical element
was eliminated from the Nationalist
movement, and the reunion Of the
Nationalist factions under a common
government. just announced. was in
conformity with the wish he expressed
at his retirement
Romance Two Years Old,
His romance with Miss Soong be-
gan at Canton two years ago, be-
fore his military successes attracted
worldwide attention.
Chang, who was born in 1888. was
brought up an orphan by relatives
Apprenticed TO a merchant, he ran
away and entered the Chekiang Pro-
vincial Army in n menial capacity.
The soldiers life fascinated him and
he studied military subjects to such
erect that he won a scholarship in
the military academy at Paotingfu,
from which he was graduated with
honors.
Sent to Japan by the Manchu gov
ernment in 1906. he entered the I'M
perial Military College in Toxic, where
Evening star., 1927-09-22

he again won horors He became in
terested early in the Nationalist move
ment fathered by DR.. sun Yat-Sen,
and his rise in its military ranks has
been rapid.
Divorced Legal Wife.
A woman described as Nine. Chang
kai-Shek left China for the United
States early this month, but Chang is
quoted as repudiating her. declaring
the report that she was his wife was
the work of political enemies"
He divorced his legal wife in 1921,
he stated, and early this year freed
his two concubines, believing contin-
uance Of the practice Of concubinage
undesirable and drawback to the
new China.
If Miss Soong weds in the face
continued opposition. she will be
breaking an aCe.old precedent. as
Chinese girl ia not given the right to
choose her fate
Evening star., 1927-09-22
MRS. FRASER BEATS
FRENCH GOLF ACE
Former U. S. Champion EIim-
mates Mile. de la Chaume
in Title Play.

by the Associated Press
GARDEN CITY. y. Z. September
22.-Mrs. Alexa Stirling Fraser. OF.
tawa. champion of the United States
in 1916. 1919 and 1920. TODAY elm.
mated Nile. Simone Thion DO In
Chaume Of France. champion Of her
own country and England, in the third
round Of the national women's golf
championship tournament. The score
was 3 up and to play.
In the other matches today. Mrs.
Miriam Burng Horn, Kansas city,
scored an upset by defeating Mrs.
Henry Pressler of Los Angeles. West.
ern champion. > and I. Miss Ada
Mackenzie. Toronto. Canadian title
holder, came from behind to down
Miss Virginia Van Vie. Chicago. I
up. and Miss Maureen Orcutt,
Haworth, \. J., metropolitan cham
pton. eked out a ] up victory over
Miss Marie Jenney. Yonkers. \. 7.
former holder OF that crown. after
they had gone two extra holes.
A large gallery followed the players.
Mrs. Fraser Wins First Two.
First off the tee were Miss Ada
Mackenzie of Canada and Miss Vir.
ginia Van VIE of Chicago. Waging an.
other International fight In the first
four holes Miss Van VIE surprised bv
gaining a up lead. A similar lead
was won at the start by Mrs. Miriam
Burns Horn of Kansas City over Mrs.
Henry PresSler of Los Angeles. West
ern champion.
Miss Maureen Orcutt and Miss Marie
Jenney. metropolitan stars. finished
their first four holes all even.
big gallery followed Mrs. Fraser
nd Il FI1,
drove off clean and far from the first
green. Golfing conditions were per.
feet, with warm sun and a ight Sop.
tember breeze.
Mrs. Fraser played steady golf to
win the first two holes and halve the
next two. On the first and second the
former champion turned in a and :,
respectively. to equal women's par,
while the French girl, bit nervous,
took and 6. Both made 5s on the
next two.
An uncanny putt by the French
miss on the seventh and by Mrs.
Fraser on the ninth drew gasps almost
of incredulity from the throng of 500
who watched.
Miss Van VIE Leads.
Mrs. Fraser increased her lead 10 !
up at the fifth hole with a 4 and they
halved the sixth. On the short sev-
enth both made the edge of the green,
but Mile. de la Chaume's ball had a
bad lie in fringe OF long grass.
Measuring it carefully, she sank IL
from 30 feet for 2, one under
women's par. They halved the eighth
with 5s and on the ninth Mrs. Fraser
put away 35-foot putt for the hole.
At the turn Miss Van VIE was up
on Miss Mackenzie, and Miss Orient
led Miss Jenney by the same margin.
Mrs. Horn was 1 up on Mrs. Pressler
In the next four holes Miss Van Vie
and Miss Mackenzie battled on even
terms and the Canadian star still was
z down at the end of the thirteenth.
Mrs. Fraser increased her advantage
to lead up at the turn.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
LACEY LEAVES, BUT RETURNS.
Skipping Engine Blamed-EarIy Hop
Is Planned.

ROOSEVELT FIELD, n. Y, Septem-
Der - R.-Steve Lacey of Lamox,
ILL.,. who started for Spokane in a non
stop flight division of the national
air derby at IL so a m. today, returned
20 minutes later with skipping engine.
Lacey said he would take Off again
as soon as Edward Mulligan. motor
expert Of the Wright Motor Co. had
examined and repaired the engine.
The plane landed with full load at
100 miles an hour, according to Lacey.
who thinks it remarkable that he was
able to land at that speed without
crashing.
Route Of Lacey.
Shuki Tannus, president of the Ma
tional Always Corporation and owner
of Lacey's plane, the Air King, sail
he received a telegram from Spokane
race officials saying the plane would
still be allowed to compete, in spite
of delay in taking off. The telegram
did not explain when the elapsed
time" for judging the race would
begin.
Lacey plans to fly over the Great
Lakes and Canada and pass 80 or 40
miles north of Detroit.
The route continues to 100 miles
north of Minneapolis and st. Paul. IS
north of Fargo. n. Oak, over Great
Falls. through the Sun River Canyon
and thence to Spokane.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
BAND CONCERT.
TONIGHT

BY the United States Army Band.
at the Capitol steps, at 7:3O o'clock.
March, The Diplomat. Sousa
Overture, THE Four Ages of Man"
Lachner
Waltz. Jolly Fellows. Vollstadt
Excerpts from "F'loradora", Stuart
hungarian march, ''Saiut a Pesth."
kowalski
overture, Jeanne Dare. .Soderman
Fantasia. "Napolitana" .Boccalari
Two selected pieces
ta) Radio Love Song" Helen Fields
tb) Lassus Trombone. .. Fillmore
March. Fort Omaha. Farrar
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1927-09-22
Falls From Scafold.

Charles Clark, As years old, a brick,
layer, residing in Alexandria, fell "a
feet from scaffold while working on
the new Tech High School building at
Second and 7 streets northeast shortly
before 10 O'Clock this morning. He
was examined at Casualty Hospital by
Dr. Gordon. who found he had not
been seriously hurt.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
DRUG THIEVES IN HAUL.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON. Va, September 22.--
County officers and the narcotic squad
of Washington, ID. c., have been called
In to investigate robbery last night
at Wares Drug Store in East Falls
Church, in which narcotics of an es-
timated value of $500 was taken.
The robbers. believed to be dope
fiends. broke in a door of the store.
Seizure of narcotics seemed to be their
sole aim, as nothing else was dis.
turbed.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
ENDSL|FE
|NFACE OF ARREST
Alexander G. Bentley, 81,
Had Been Cited as Trustee
of an Estate.

A few hours after an order had
been issued holding him in contempt
OF court and directing his arrest this
morning, Alexander G. Bentley, So
year-old attorney. 1927 Lamont street.
shot and killed himself Yesterday even
ing in a room at the Houston Hotel
DIR. Joseph y. Rogers, deputy coroner,
waived an inquest and issued a certit
icate of death by suicide.
The court order grew out OF his
failure last juno to submit his annual
accounting of the estate Of Susan B.
johnson, of which he had been trustee
for several wears. When he did not
mako an accounting he was relieved Of
his trusteeshIp and another attorney,
Mrs. Pearl +. Klein, was appointed
as his successor.
Assets Not rendered
After becoming trustee of the estate
Mrs. Klein requested Bentley to tender
her the assets of the estate. approx
mating $4,000 in cash and like
amount in bonds. Bentley failed to
do this.
Cpon her complaint to the District
Supreme Court, Justice Stafford yester.
day issued three orders holding Bent
ley in contempt and an order COM
mitting him to 90 days in Jail if he
failed to clear himself of the con-
tempt charges. A deputy marshal
had been instructed to arrest him this
morning.
Going to the Houston Hotel with
out baggage and registering from
Baltimore, 4fr. Bentley engaged a
room yesterday morning. Shortly
after o'clock in the evening he
telephoned for some ice water. AS
Ernest L. Duncan. a hellboy, neared
his fifth floor room with the water,
he heard the report of a revolver.
Bound by Bellboy.
Entering the room. he found the at
torney lying on the floor, revolver
in his hand and bullet wound in
his temple. Death was probably m
Stantaneous.
A note written on piece of scratch
paper requested that his brother-in-
law, Charles Perry Miller of The
Evening Star, or his wife, Mrs. Marie
Miller Bentley, be notified.
Action of Mrs. Klein in bringing
about the court action was based
purely upon the usual technical pro-
cedure in such cases and she had
requested that the marshal show the
utmost consideration in bringing him
to COURT.
Nj. Bentley was the son of the late
JudI1 Alexander J. Bentley and grad
uated from the Yale Law School in
1896, being second in his class. He
was connected with the office OF the
Alien Property Custodian for eight
wears. He held membership in the
Racquet and University Clubs of this
city and the Yale Club of New York.
He is survived by his wife. There are
no children.
Evening star., 1927-09-22

occupy the White House more than
eight years, or two full terms This
is directed at President Coolidges
possible candidacy. he says, and will
bring the third term issue and prob
ably the Presidents Black Hills state.
ment into the debate in the Senate.
La Toilette progressives insist that
President Coolidge would he the weak
est candidate in Wisconsin that the
Republicans could nominate. The
Presidents attitude on the McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill, his policy in
Mexico and Nicaragua, and the jabs
which the La Toilette people have de-
livered against his administration for
several years are said to be the causes
of his weakness in the State, if such
weakness exist.
On the other hand, the progressives
say that probably Hoover would make
the best showing in the State if he
were nominated on the Republican
ticket. To repeat. the progressives
do not care for any of the big four
Republican presidential possibilities.
But even the progressives realize that
sooner or later they may be in a po-
sition where they must vote for one
of them in the general election or sup
port the Democratic nominee, or stay
at home on election day.
Much OF Old Platform Adopted.
There seems little real doubt just
now that the La Toilette progressives
will elect their slate of delegates TO
the national convention. They will
adopt their platform and send it along
with the delegates to the convention,
just as they have done in the past.
When the first La Toilette program
was presented to a Republican ma
tional convention. back in 1908, it was
derided as socialistic and reasonable
to the Republican party. OF some SO
planks contained in that first plat
form, about 80 have since become the
law of the land, including woman
suffrage, direct election of Senators,
the income tax and the physical Valua-
ton of railroads for rate-making pur-
poses. La Toilette progressives
have still other planks to offer. and
anyway they believe that eternal
vigilance is the price" Of progression.
The Democrats like Al Smith for
President next year. But why they
like him and what his prospects are
in Wisconsin must be told in a later
dispatch.
Evening star., 1927-09-22
SCHILLER SPEEDING
ACROSS MICHIGAN
IN NONSTOP DASH

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