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Evening star., 1927-04-14

died Tuesday in Mexico City, accord.
ing to a message received today by
the Polish Minister. No details were
given.
Evening star., 1927-04-14
Prince Radziwill Dead.

Prince Albert Radziwili. former
OF the Polish legation here,
Evening star., 1927-05-18
MRS. COOLIDGE SENDS
FLOWERS TO SHUT-INS
Heads List of Donors in Distribu-
tion of Floral Offerings Among
Hospitals.

Mrs Coolidge headed the list of
donors Monday for the second distri-
button of flowers of the season to vari-
Gus hospitals and shut-ins by the Ma.
tional Flower Guild from. its booth in
the Y. w. c.. A. Building. Seventeenth
and X streets.
The flowers were distributed among
patients at Emergency, Gallinger and
tuberculosis hospitals. One Of the
shut-in recipients, little boy who has
never moved from his bed in five
years, seized his bunch of flowers with
delight, and, breaking off a spriS.
handed 1t to his mother, eXclaiming:
Gee. mother. Smell that. That's the
finest smell l ever smelled!
Contributions were received also
from Mrs. Charles j. Bell, Mrs. II. H.
Rousseau. Mrs. James Parmelee, GUIDE
Bros, Botanic Gardens, Mrs. Henry
P. Erwin, Mrs. Charles G.. Matthews
and Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett.
Mrs. Robert n. Stanfield and Mrs.
John Allen Dougherty were in charge
Of the booth. Among those present
were: Mrs. George Barnett, president
of the guild; Mrs. George c. Thorpe,
chairman of the executive committee:
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, honorary vice
president; O. A. G.. Oehmler, honorary
vice president; Mrs. Edward s. Wal.
ton. secretary; Mrs. Blodgett and Mrs.
Matthews, honorary vice presidents.
Mrs. Goodloe Falconer. chairman of
the flower supply committee, and
Mrs. Thorpe are in charge of the col
lection of contributions each Monday.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
TEN REPORTED DROWNED.
Melville Population Scattered After
Town Is Destroyed.

MELVILLE, La, May IS LP).-Mel-
yille's 1000 inhabitants. driven from
their homes yesterday by flood waters,
today were scattered far and near
Forty residents of a nearby planta
tion remained unaccounted for and
approximately 10 negroes We're re.
ported to have been drowned in Mel
Vile proper.
The population of the town was
aroused early yesterday morning by
the Shrieks of two steam whistles
from an Atchafalaya River steamer
and an oil pumping plant. Meanwhile.
levee guards ran through the town
shouting: "CreVasse, Crevasse, get
outn
Residents rushed in terror to EN-.
bankments that still held. Many of
them were attired in night clothes;
few saved personal possessions.
screams Of women were heard on all
sides.
Refugees Carry Luggage.
Some of the fleeing townspeople
carried hand luggage or trunks.
Others carted their possessions away
in WheelbarroWs. That property.
which included countless odds and
ends, finally was loaded on a train
near Melville along with it's owners.
Some of the refugees wound up In
Red Cross concentration centers,
while others found lodging elsewhere.
The thousands of tons of water
that poured through an opening in a
dixie swept away much property. The
Fletcher House, small hotel. was
lifted from it's foundations, turned
over and deposited 900 yards away
In a clump of trees.
Large Trees UprOOted.
Large oaks and expresses near the
broken place In the levee were up
rooted and shot like chips of woods
to distant territory.
Chickens created connections, cows
munched grass and hogs rooted on
the levee as the fleeing residents
awaited their evacuation. Many other
cows, horses. mules, hogs and fowls
were drowned.
Melville, approximately 120 miles
northwest of New Orleans, remained
under from S to 10 feet Of water to.
day. ~
Evening star., 1927-05-18
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
COMMANDANT CHANGED
Rear Adm. A. L. Willard Ordered
to Relieve Rear Adm. B. F.
Hutchinson.

Rear Admiral Arthur l.. Willard,
commander Of the light cruiser divi-
sion of the Scouting Fleet, has been
ordered by the Navy Department to
come to Washington for duty as COM
mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard The change will take place ON
June Is. Rear Admiral b. f. Hutchi'
son. whom Admiral Willard will re-
lieve, has not been assigned new de-
tail as yet, according to the Navy De-
partmcnt Neither has the successor
to Admiral Willard as commander or
the cruiser division been selected
Admiral Willard. shortly after the
World War. was second in command
at the Washington Navy Yard. being
assigned to dut at that time as cap
tain of the Navy Yard He is thor
oughly familiar with all details Of the
work at the Navy big gun factory.
Admiral Willard was bornin 1870 In
Missouri and was appointed to the
Naval Academy from that State in
1885, graduating in 1S91a ..-----.-.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
.GRANT TELLS PLANS
TO BEAUTIFY CIRCLE
playground for Sherman Is In
! tended, Col. Grant Tells Meeting
of Petworth Citizens Body.

Plans for Identification of sherman
<.ircle. now under consideration by the
aOfice of Public Buildings and Public
Parks of the National Capital, were
sketched briefly last night by Lieut..
Col. L. s. Grant, Sd. officer in charge,
addressing the PetWorth Citizens AS
sociation at Joppa Lodge Hall.
7 Sherman Circle will be terraced in
side with a central playground Of mod
crate size. but not too large TO divert
pedestrian traffic, along Kansas and
illinois avenues. Col. Grant said. The
frees which will be planted there Will
be lined up with the avenues and the
streets, as far as possible. 1t is in
tended To install large flower beds in
artistic arrangement in that circle, and
the work of landscaping the beds has
already been begun. Col. Grant out
lined the history Of city planning in
the District.
I'loWering trees are to be added in
Grant Circle, where Il beautifying pro-
gram is being completed, Col. Grant
said.
Onenan street cars were vigorously
denounced by the association, which
characterized them as unfit for city
of Washington's size and out Of pro
portion 10 the transportation demands.
Clyde Nichols, president, presided.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
COSTELLO POST FIRM.
Refuses to Rescind Protest of Form
of War Memorial.

Vincent r. Costello Post. American
Legion. last night refused to recon-
slider action taken two weeks ago op-
posing the form of the memorial plan
ned for veterans of the World War
here.
At a meeting In the boarGroum Of
the District Building, presided over
by Post Con1dr. William Mitchell. the
members voted. Al to II. against
reconsideration of their action. after
Past Comdr. Daniel ]. Donovan had
brought the matter to the attention
of the post and after an acrimonious
debate extending for more than two
and a half hours.
Comdr. Mitchell left the chair and
declared that the post has right to
its voice in approving or disapprov
ing the memorial. urging the members
to make d decision in conformity with
their honest beliefs. Following his
talk the vote was taken.
Watson E. Miller, representing the
District department of the Legion, had
previously told of the favorable man
ner in which the District executive
committee regarded the proposed
memorial.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
OTTO W. NIED0MANSKI,
SO, CONTRACTOR, DIES
Builder Was Lifelong Resident Of
CAPITALIZATION and Four
Children Survive.

Otto W. Niedomanski. GS years old.
a lifelong resident of this city, died
in his home. 721 Rock Creek Church
road. yesterday after lengthy illness.
Mr.. Niedomanski. building con-
tractor, was a member of the Asso-
citation Of Oldest Inhabitants of the
District Of Columbia and the knights
of Pythias, He was the son of the
late Albert f. Niedomansli and was
educated in local public schools.
Mr.. Niedomanski is survived by his
widow Mrs Amelia l.. NiedOmauski;
a daughter. Miss Florence Niedoman.
ski; three sons, Albert. Clarence and
Bruce Niedomansk, and one grand
child.
Funeral services will be conducted
in the establishment of j, William Lee
Sons. undertaken. 332 Pennsylvania
avenue. Friday afternoon at o'clock,
following services at the home at 1870.
Rev. Alfred Terry will ofticiate.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
HOUSE Of DAVID
DEATHS ARE CITED
Records Show 10 Persons
Succumbed and No Cause
Was Given Officially.
Rv tho Assnninied pres..

By the Associated Press.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, May 1s.-In-
dication that the CaUse CT the deaths
of number Of members Of the House
of David Colony viii play an impor-
tant part in the dissolution action
against the association was seen to-
day in the insertion in the court
record of list of deaths officially
recorded cause unknown"
George a. Roderick. county clerk.
produced records to show that 10 in
dividuals, whom Prosecutor George
Nichols said he would later show
were colonists. had died without the
cause of death being given.
Defense Is Overruled.
Among them was sister.inIaw OF
Bessie Woodworth, complainant in a
criminal action against Benjamin Pur-
nell. head Of the colony. charging as
sault.
II. T. Dewhirst. defense attorney.
interrupted testimony of Roderick to
protest any attempt by the witness
TO assign cause for the deaths. He
was admonished by the judge that
Roderick was only reading county
records.
Deaths Occurred OH Island.
The deaths occurred. according 10
the records. the witness said, ON High
Island. bleak stretch on northern
Lake Michigan. the property OF the
colony.
Most of Yesterdays session was
taken UP with an attempt by the
State to show Benjamin and Mary
Purnell. co-eader. were not man and
wife.
Mary Purnell produced a license
to show she and the colony head
were married i'm 1880 Angeline Riley
Barnett of Greenup. KY. who claimed
to be Purnell's first wife. said he did
not obtain a divorce from her until
1882.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
WOULD CUT TARIFF.

proposal to put iron and steel on
the free list was made yesterday by
Senator Howell, Republican. Nebraska,
as the first step in a general tariff
reduction.
In a letter to William Hirth. chair
man of the agricultural conference
meeting in Des Moines, Senator
Howell urged the conference to or
ganize for tariff legislation as Il sup
Elemental farm-relief measure at the
next session of Congress. He warned,
however. against radical reduction of
tariff schedules for fear of causing
economic disturbance, but suggested
gradual lowering of the tariff wall
by first putting iron and steel on tie
free list and later adding other com
modities.
Evening star., 1927-05-18

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there as the parents made their way
through the temporary morgue bore
evidence that the parents had found
the object Of their search.
Meanwhile the telephone operator
called surrounding towns to summon
assistance, and a procession of auto
mobiles bearing workers from two au-
tomobile plants in Lansing dotted the
highways leading here.
AS news Of the disaster trickled into
the countryside, from which many of
the pupils came to the school each
day in busses. farmers and their
wives set out in haste for the village.
A partial list of the dead reveal Is
that five children Of one family and
two each in two others We're killed.
The list carries the names Of lola
Vivian. Robert, Perry and Percy Hart:
George Hall and a Hall girl, first
name undetermined, and Lloyd and
George Zimmerman. In the confu-
sion the ages of the children were not
determined.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
DOLLAR DAY IN AID
OF WAR MEMORIAL
Citizens Afforded 0pportu-
nifty Today to Honor Dis
trict's Dead Heroes.

Dollar Day is offered to washington
today by the District War Memorial
campaign committee as an oppor-
tunity to prove that 1.-The grateful
memory in which we hold those who
died for us is q genuine and beautiful
fact"
In an appeal to Washingtonians who
have not as yet contributed to the
temple which is to rise in Potomac
Park. Newbold Noyes, chairman of
the campaign committed predicted that
the $12 900 deficit in the $155,000 need
ed would be entirely wiped out should
each person not yet on the honor
rolls become a memorial builder"
on Dollar Day.
Coupons are printed in Washington
papers, with the appeal of the com
mittee, and the hope that there will
be a generous response.
Dollar From Each Needed.
There is only one difficulty that
we face in the matter of closing our
campaign with complete and splendid
success" said Mr.. Noyes in his ap-
peal, "and that is to persuade the
thousands Of Washingtonians who
have not yet subscribed that all we
need is a dollar from each Of them.
and that we need that dollar desper-
ately.
"The memorial, needless to say, can
never stand for what it must stand
for--all Washington's reverent graft
tude to our war dead-unless every
Washingtonian who feels that graft
tude plays some part in the me-
morials construction. If one man
had been permitted to give the full
S155, 900 needed the memorial project
would have been an utter failure.
Those of us who have been engaged in
the campaign feel very deeply that
Of vastly greater Importance than the
easy conclusion of our efforts.
Plea for Completing Fund.
"I believe very sincerely that if or
another of our campaign workers
could talk individually with each of
Is. 600 Washingtonians who have not
yet enrolled as memorial builders that
95 per cent of them would subscribe
dollar apiece, and would do so with
pride. / cannot do this--we cannot
do this. All that we can do is to as
sure every reader of the local papers
that there could be no more splendid
termination to our campaign than to
have each of them meet this call.
Patriotism. Gratitude Remem-
brance. These are words. But in
newspapers of the city today appears
u coupon which is in very truth a
challenge to each who sees it to prove
that to him or To her words aren't
enough, and that the grateful memory
in which we hold those who died for
US is genuine and beautiful fact.
Asks Citizens to Think a Minute"
''I take this medium to say to any
Washingtonian who has not yet sub
scribed what 7 would say to him if
we could sit down together and talk
this over. Think a minute Of the
memorial and what it stands for.
Think minute of whether or not you
don't want to play your personal part
in its erection. Don't treat this as
thing apart from you. Don't leave
this to any one else. Don't fail to do
your share toward making Dollar day
the most significant phase of the me-
mortal campaign
And then I'd tear out the coupon
and hand him a pen. And he would
use both"
Evening star., 1927-05-18
BURGLARS ROB HOME.

Gaining entry through rear win
dow, burglars ransacked the home of
J. +. Burbage, 500 Ninth street south
east, during the absence Of the family
in the last few days, it was reported
to police today. Wearing apparel,
linen. cutlery and other articles valued
at approximately $500 and Sc in cash
We're stolen.
A dinner ring valued at $500. silk
underwear valued at $40 and numer-
Gus toilet articles were reported stolen
from the home of Miss Mary l.. Win
CERT, 1920 r street, yesterday. by
burglar, entering the apartment dur
ing the last three days by use of a
duplicate key.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
R. r. PANGLE BROWNS.
Former Capital Resident Killed in
Fall From Bridge.

Robert Frank Pangle. Sc years old.
resident of this city for many
years. was drowned al Cohoes. n. Y,
Monday when a bridge on which he
was working collapsed.
The body was brought to this city
for burial, services to be held at
Saffelfs undertaking establishment.
Fifth and II streets. tomorrow morn
ing at II O'Clock Interment will be
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Mr
Pangle formerly resided at AIS Massa-
chusetts avenue.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
Is Tons of Pennies
Spent i'm New York
For Papers Daily

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 1S.--Seventy-
five tons of pennies are spent by
New Workers each day for their
newspapers. w. L. BeaZell, assist
ant managing editor of the World.
told the Society of Methodist
Preachers Sons.
There are So daily newspapers
published in the city. he said, and
their combined circulation is
6.535.101.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
AMITY CLUB INSTALLS
FIRST SET OF OFFICERS
Joseph Stein, as President, Heads
List-Members Present Enjoy
Program of Entertainment.

The first set of officers of the Amity
Club were installed by Judge Rob.
ert l.. Martingly last night at
L'Aiglon. The officers are: Joseph
Stein. president; Harry |. Carroll. first
vice president; Philip Milstone. second
vice president; Maurice Salomon. sec
retary: Ben Madden, treasurer, and
Charles NJ. Rosenthal, sergeant-at-
arms.
Abe Dresner, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee, acted as toast
master and addresses We're delivered
by all the officers.
Under direction of J. r. Panitz a
program of entertainment was pre-
sented, including Kin Carroll and Miss
Emma Calvert. Miss Camille Little,
Hoover and Glass, and other acts.
Music for dancing after the enter
tainment was provided by Harry
BlumS orchestra
Evening star., 1927-05-18

NOOHttiiNCH ll'itA a ~ - ~
poration. which owns the plane, en-
deavored to obtain a navigator to
supplant Lloyd Bertaud. air mail
pilot, with whom he has been in dis
pute for several days.
Bertaud. however. announced his
determination to make the flight II at
all possible. In a telegram to Levine,
who was staying at the same hotel in
Garden City. Bertaud offered to waive
all financial reward and donate his
share of the prize money to the fami-
lies of Noel Davis and Stanton WoOs-
American Legion.
Would Give Up Prize.
Should this be not satisfactory, he
said, he would be willing to give the
prize money to Levine rather than
forego making the flight.
Levine refused to comment on the
telegram, but said no matter what oc-
Cured, Clarence Chamberlin, pilot Of
the plane, would remain member OF
its crew.
Lieut.. Bernt Balchen, a Norwegian
aviator, who accompanied Comdr.
Richard Z. Byrd on his flight to the
North Pole. was offered Bertaud's
place, but declined toe force Bertaud
out of the flight. ss
Balchen is employed as an ensi-
neer for the Atlantic Aircraft Corr
poration, which made Byrds plane
America.
Bertaud in his telegram also Of
fered to purchase the Columbia, make
the trip and then return the plane
to Levine, but the latter said the ship
was not for sale.
$4,000 Offer for Columbia.
Thomas L. IIill president of the
American Society for the Promotion
of Aviation. made public a telegram
to Levine offering 100000 for the CO.
lumbia, and stating that he had two
pilots, internationally known" who
would be ready in "a hours to take
off for Paris. Levine said he had re-
jected the offer.
Meanwhile Capt Charles Lind
bergh is eagerly awaiting favorable
weather for a hop-oft in his Ryan
monoplane, and Comdr. Richard Byrd
and his two flying companions, Lieut..
George Neville and Bert Acosta, con-
tinue to bring their giant Fokker
plane. America. TO point of per
fection.
Slight improvement in flying con-
ditions over the Atlantic was report
ed by the Weather Bureau. but con-
ditions were said TO be still unfa-
vorable for transoceanic flight
Evening star., 1927-05-18
CHARGE 8 HOLD-UPS.
Chicago Police Hold Man After
TWo-Hour Foray.

CHICAGO, May IS P).--Charged
with committing eight robberies at
the point of a revolver within two
hours, Peter Waldron was arrested
today and held under $160,000 bonds.
IN the eighth adventure. according
to the police account, all that Peter
got from his Trembling victim was a
14.cent loaf of bread.
Judge p. J. F'innegan, after CON
sidering the eight charges. computed
the bonds at the rate of $50, 900 per
robbery, OF $S0,900 per hour for the
1oray.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
POLES OFFER SYMPATHY.
Many Express Feeling for Ameri-
can Flood Sufferers.

WARSAW, Poland, May IS P).--
Many persons are calling at the
American legation here daily to eX-
press sympathy for the Mississippi
flood sufferers.
A delegation from relief organiza
tions esta blished in Warsaw by Her
bert Hoover when he was serving as
chairman of the American relief ad-
ministration after the war visited
John B. Stetson, jr.. the American
Minister, yesterday to offer sympathy.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
"Woodlawn Fete" Postponed.

The annual "Woodlawn fete of the
Nations" for the benefit of Neighbor.
hood House. which was to have been
held at Twin Oaks. the estate of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles j. Bell. tomorrow
afternoon. has been postponed, due
to weather conditions, until Thursday,
May &c, it was announced today by
Mrs. j. p. S. Neigh, head resident of
Neighborhood House. The decision
of the committee In charge to postpone
the affair was made, Mrs. Neigh
stated, after conversation with
Weather Bureaus officials.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
ELI WARDMAN, 81, DIES.
Father of Harry Wardman Lived in
Bradford, England.

Eli Wardman. 81 years old. father
of Harry Wardman. died in Bradford,
England, today. according to word re-
ceived here. He was for many years
engaged in the textile business and at
the time of his death was supervisor
of the Bradford and District Power
Loom Overlookers' Society.
Mr. Wardman will not he able TO
attend the funeral.
Besides his son. Mr.. Wardman ls
survived by his widow. 7Irs. AIice
Wardman. and three daughters, 49,
Annie Doothill, Mrs. Marie Leather
and Miss Alice Wardman, all of Brad
ford. England.
Evening star., 1927-05-18

to today's Daily Express, indicated
that the forces of Gen. Chang had re-
crossed the Yangtze River in increase=
numbers and consolidated their posi-.
tion at PukOw.
"a wireless message from NankinG
received at Shanghai Monday said
that Pukow. on the northern bank OF
the Yangtze. opposite Nanking. fell
TO the Moderate Nationalist forces of
Chang kai-Shek Sunday morningD
The Chang kai-Shek troops were re.
ported to have reached Puchen, where
the Tientsin-Pukow railway works are
located, but were unable to advance
further because the northerners had
destroyed or withdrawn the rolling
stock.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
FAMOUS B0TANIST DIES
OF PNEUMONIA AT 30
Barbour Lathrop Travelled Around
World 25 Times for
Plants.
Rr the AssoeIatod Press.

PHILADELPHIA. May 1S.~~Bar-
bour Lathrop Of San Francisco. inter
nationally known botanist. died yester
day at the Belley Stra tford Hotel
here Of pneumonia. lie was so years
old.
Mr.. Iathrop had spent so years in
search OF rare plants, travelling around
the world % times. lie made many
contributions to the plant industry
department Of The United States De-
partlnent of Agriculture,
Evening star., 1927-05-18

- I<IUIItIIUeU ITUHl FIFst FaEe.T
leans later in the day and to go from
here to Alexandria.
The Gulf Coast lines between Krotz
Springs and Port Barre were expect
ed to go out today. rail officials said
Five to six feet of water over the
tracks for 13 miles was expected The
main line and the Crowley branch of
the Texas and Pacific We're reported
to be out of commission last night.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
BELLANCA ARRANGES
"PEACE PARLEY" OF
FLIGHT DISPUTANTS

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Evening star., 1927-05-18
BRITAIN ASSAILS
REGIME IN HANKOW
AS ENVOY LEAVES

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Evening star., 1927-05-18
Note Expresses Fear.

One of the notes left by Miss
Pike, according to Davis. indicated
that she feared for her life.
Powelrs wife last night at their
luxurious Pasadena home told re-
porters of her faith in her husband.
She said he often told her of the
case of his secretary and had said
that he would have to discharge her.
Evening star., 1927-05-18
FLOOD TAKES LIVES
IN VAST INUNDATED
AREA IN LOUISIANA

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Evening star., 1927-05-18
35 KNOWN KILLED
AS BLAST WRECKS
MICHIGAN SCHOOL

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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-22
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL

In the Superior Court of the State
of Arizona, in and for the County of
CochiSe. - 5
In the matter Of the Estate of Chris
topher F. Tegtmeyer, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that The Bank
of Douglas, has filed in this Court a
document purporting to be the last
Will and Testament of Christopher
F. Tegtmeyer, deceased, together with
a petition praying that same be ad-
mitted to probate and that Letters
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-22
LEGAL NOTICES.


.Testamentary thereon be issued to
said The Bank of Douglas, and that
the 9th day of October, 1927, at the
hour of 1000 o'clock A. NJ, at the
court room of said Court, in the City
OF Tombstone, Cochise County, has
been appointed as the date of hearing
said petition and all persons inter
ested are hereby notified to then and
there appear and show cause, if any
they may have, why said document
should not be admitted to probate and
such letters issue thereon, as aforesaid.
Dated this 10Th day of September
1927.
j. E. JAMES,
Clerk
BY G. S. BACHELDER,
Deputy Clerk.
First pub. Sept. 81, 1927