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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
DETECTIVES PROBE
L|NDBERG AIR FIRM
Noted Flyer Denies Connec-
tion-Fireman With Similar
Name Is incorporation.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 18.-Charles E..
Lindberg, a Cleveland city fireman, is
named as one of the incorporators Of
an aeronautical company with which
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has denied
any connection.
Attention was directed to the Lind
berg Aeronautics Corporation by the
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce,
which asked the William J. Burns In
ternational Detective Agency to inves-
tigate the company.
1.-THE flyer" said r. w. Budd, man.
ager of the Burns Agency, referring to
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, asked US
to issue formal denial that he had
any connection with the company"
Warns Of Schemes.
Budd said that Immediately after
Lindbergh had made this request on
Thursday, he went to the dinner of
the Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce. There he issued general
warning against wildcat aeronautical
schemes.
The agency's investigation, Budd ex.
planned, was the result of wire from
Gerrish Gasaway, manager Of the Will
mington Chamber. stating that Vim
cent Dudas of Cleveland had an
nounced he would launch a campaign
to sell 100000 to $500, 600, 900 worth
Of stock in the Lindberg Co. Budd
said Gasaway quoted Dudas as saying
Col. Lindbergh had no connection with
the company then. but was expected to
come in shortly.
"Capitalized at $780,"
Burns operatives in Cleveland re-
ported the corporation was capitalized
at $500, the minimum allowed under
Ohio law. Budd said it's incorporation
papers showed the company was or
ganized ''for profit" and that its pur.
pose was to manufacture and sell air
planes, hangers and accessories and to
instruct in the use of its products.
The company, according to the
Burns agents, Is named after its presi-
dent, Oscar Lindberg, a craftsman of
the White Motor Truck Co., in Cleve-
land. Budd said the two Lindbergs
were not related.
The incorporators, other than
Charles Z. Lindberg, were w. M. Fish.
er, A. c. Kearney, +. f. Lunt and Eu-
gene Bailey of Cleveland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
HAWAIIAN FLIGHTS
/ TO Be TRIED SOON
Aviator Sails to Attempt
Round Trip-San Francisco
to Contribute $4,000.
BY the Associated Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S.-With
one aviator and his plane en- route to
Honolulu by steamship to attempt a
round trip flight from Hawaii to the
mainland and with added impetus
given to the campaign to raise $4,000
for flights between San Francisco and
Honolulu, Californians today began to
feel that the aerial conquest of the
Pacific really was under way.
War Department announcements
from Washington, to the effect that
the Army Air Corps might attempt
the San Francisco-IIonOlulu flight late
3n July, famed interest. The big
machine at present is headed for the
West Coast to complete test flights.
The flyer en- route to Honolulu IS
Richard Grace, a movie aviator from
Los Angeles, who left for Hawaii yes
terday on the steamer Manukai, with
his plane slowed below decks. Grace
said he would try to make a round
trip flight from Honolulu to San Fran
cisco.
Capitalist Backs Flight.
Grace said his project was backed
by Maj. Grant +. Dodge, capitalist,
from Los Angeles and Pasadena, who
came here to see his prOtege sail.
Lieut.. ESton Il. Roger OF the Naval
Reserve, also of Los Angeles, sailed
with Grace, and will plan the trip
from the nayigator's standpoint. G..
e. Spangenberg went along as
mechanic.
Grace expects to make the flight
plone. His plane and motor, with
minor exceptions. are the same as Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh's Spirit of st.
Louis, used for the New York-Paris
flight. The gasoline capacity has been
increased and the plane has been
stripped Of every ounce Of weight that
can be spared.
Virtual assurance that San Fran
risco would contribute $4,000 from
the municipal chest for prize money
came yesterday when the airport com
uittee Of the board Of Supervisors
recommended the appropriation. The
supervisors meet next Monday. The
$4,000 win form n part of the pro
posed $4,000 TO be subscribed here for
prizes.
Plans for an attempt TO fly from
here tn Honolulu. and on to Japan,
next July. have been announced by
J.. II. Griffin, veteran Oklahoma City
aviator. who said he expected TO fly
here early next month in monoplane
now under construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
NEW YORK.-Women are winning
fresh triumphs in chemistry.
Two have been named to the in
ternational faculty in the new In
stitute of Chemistry Of the American
Chemical Society. For one month
beginning July the institute will
open its doors to chemists, physi-
clans and lay students of all coun-
tries at Pennsylvania State College.
DIR. Emma P. Carr, head of the de-
partment of chemistry in Mount Hol-
yoke College, and DIR. Marie Farms
worth, instructor in chemistry in
New York University, will be asso-
ciated with representatives of the
faculties Of American, British,
French and German institutions.
Miss Farnsworth will conduct grad
uate work in analytical chemistry.
Miss Carr will teach physical chem
istry.
Miss Farnsworth predicts rapid ad-
vances in the use of X-ray. Nov
widely used in medicine and indus
try" she says, ''Xray will show
it's greatest value in the diagnosis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
KHAN PARADE BANNED.
Order Refused Permission to March
in New York.

NEW YORK, June IS LP).-Police
Commissioner Warren's recent ruling
forbidding parades by religious, racial
or political organizations that might
result in disorder. was applied for the
first time yesterday when he denied
permission for a Ku Klux Khan pa
rade on July 4.
The commissioner ruling followed
disorders incident to a Khan parade
In Queens and Fascist parade on
Mania tan on Memorial day.
Mr.. Warren received the request
for a July parade by letter written
on the stationery Of the Ku Klux
Khan of Atlanta, Ga, and signed by
a man purporting to be head of the
organi alton In Queens. The letter
sought permission to parade in full
regalia. ....-...--...!- .-..--...-----....--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
WILL REOPEN MINE.
Washington, Pa, Firm will Use
Non-Union Men.

WASHINGTON, Pa. June IS Cp).-
The Tyler mine of the Washington
Gas Coal Co: will be reopened under
the non-union plan of operation, ac-
cording to an official announcement
by the company. The mine. which
normally employs about 500 men. has
Deen closed since April /, when the
bituminous suspension went into eff
feet.
company officials said they expect
ed TO resume operations at the mine
July 1. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
JOHN D., JR., SAILS.
Trip to Europe With Family Just
> Recreational, He Says.

NEW YORK. June 18 GP).--John d.
Rockefeller, jr. sailed early today on
the Olympic with his wife and sons for
q vacation in Europe.
The names of the Rockefellcrs did
not appear on the sailing list. They
slipped quietly on board a few min
utes before midnight and went directly
TO their suite.
81 am just going abroad with my
family for q recrcational ~" Mr..
Rockefeller said. There IA Aothing
important or significant"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
DENTAL HEADS NAMED.
Kettle Of Boston Is Chosen Presi-
dent at Asheville.

ASHEVILLE, N. c., June IS CP).-
Alex r. Kettle, Boston, president; NJ.
Fl. McFellin, Toledo, Ohio, vice presi-
dent; HI. c. Cowran, Two Rivers, Wis.
treasurer. and Summer C.. Reynolds.
Boston, secretary, were the officers re-
elected at the final meeting yesterday
of the American Dental Trade Asso-
citation which has been in convention
here since Monday.
More than ESQ delegates attended
the convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
AUTO RULES frightened.
Paris Makes Drivers Stop for
Street Cars Now.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS.-Automobil drivers here
are now required to stop behind street
cars. as has long been the custom
in America. In France it has been
a matter of judgment with drivers
as to whether they should stop or not
Usually they kept going slowly,
crowdlng past people boarding or get
ting off street cars.
On the high roads also the govern.
ment has changed the rule that gave
drivers on national roads the right
of way. The blanket rule that the
car coming ON the right has the right
of way is now the rule of the road.
This last regulation is much criticized
as certain to slow down traffic on the
main p'teries. and it is predicted 1t
will beg little observed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
IDENTIFIED AS SLAYER
OF WOMAN AND GIRL
Suspect Rented Room With Vic
tim, Rooming House Keeper
Testifies.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 18.-
Virgil Wilson, alias Earl Nelson,
charged with the murder of a woman
and a girl, was positively identified
by Mrs. j. l.. Hill, rooming house pro-
prietor, as the man who rented the
room where the body of Lola Conway,
IA years old, one of his alleged VIC
Tins, was found.
Mrs. Hill picked Wilson out Of a
group of prisoners.
Earlier in the day Wilson was for
mally charged with the murders of
Miss Conway and Mrs. Emily Pat
terson, q, mother of two children.
wilson was not asked to plead. and
was remanded until June % for
hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
QUEEN COLLECTS FANS.
Consort of British Ruler Has Val.
liable Specimens.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press

Correspondence OF the Associated Press
LONDON.-One Of Queen Mary's
hobbies is the collecting Of fans, which
she inherited from her mother, the
Duchess Of Teck. Princess Mary, her
daughter, is also a fan collector, but
has nothing like the quantity or the
valuable specimens which Queen Mary
shows to her most intimate friends.
There are jeweled fans, painted fans,
lace and feathered fans Of all shapes
and sizes.
One of the most remarkable fans
in the collection was made in Eng
land some years ago. The sticks are
of red tortoise shell with a crown at
the Queens initials. ''V. NJ" on the
outer stick. The fan Is covered with
special feathers from the wings Of
woodcocks. AS only one such feather
is found on each wing, 5000 wood
cocks. shot by the King and his
friends, were required TO make the
Ian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
STAGE COACH SURVIVES.
Makes Daily Trip Between Picca-
dilly and Surrey Beauty Spot.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON.-An old time stage
coach, the "Old Berkeley" which
sets out from Piccadilly on a daily
trip to Box Hill, a Surrey beauty spot,
is a source of great interest to over
seas visitors to London, who see in it
a picture Of England as it was before
the days of the railways.
The coach is operated by two Lon
don horse-lovers as a hobby. Passen-
gers book and pay for seats, but if the
coach were filled every day the sum
received would not pay for the horses
forage and shoeing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
RAVENS HAUNT MARTS.
Pair Perches in Old Tree in Lon
don Brought From Virginia.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON.-Two ravens, whose
mournful "Nevermores" bring a
strange note into the changing marts
of London, haunt the precincts of an
Gent Grays Inn. They are called
Mugan and Pugin, after the birds
which, according to Scandinavian Leg
end, perched on the shoulders Of
Odin and told him the secrets of des-
tiny and the world beyond.
There is a fitting antiquity in their
surroundings. An old catalpa tree on
which they often perch, was brought
to England from Virginia by Sir Wal
ter Raleigh. and planted by Francis
Bacon in 1893.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
JOHN R. THOMPSON,
CAPITALIST, DIES
Chicagoan Acquired Millions
: in Restaurant Business,
Starting at Age of 20.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 1S.-John r.
Thompson's belief that he could
make better cup of coffee than one
served him here in worlds fair DAYS.
started him in the restaurant BUSH
ness that Melted him millions as he
added to his "one-arm" string, II was
recalled today by friends of the late
capitalist.
Mr.. Thompson died yesterday at
the Highlands, his Lake Forest es-
tate, after an illness of six years.
Thompson was % years old when
he came to Chicago from down state
with his bride to visit the Columbian
Exposition of 1898. After they had
seen the fair, the pair came toward
the downtown section and wandered
into a restaurant on South State
street. 1t wasn't a pretentious place
they selected, nor was the meal par
ticularly delectable, but the coffee
was bad, very bad. ea.
Prelude to the Deal.
Il can make a better cup of cof-
fee than that myself" said Thomp-
son, according to the story he used
" relate.
Maybe you want to try It," the
rejoined.
- Maybe L do. and I WILL" said
Thompson.
Buy the place and you can," came
the next reply.
Before the young visitor went out
ne had agreed to purchase it all
lock, stock and barrel, and even the
mortgage. In that decision was be-
gun business which last year pro-
vided 5S.OOO,O00; meals to the populace
u American cities. -
Admirer of Paintings and Horses.
Mr.. Thompson's keenest fads were
paintings and horses. His collection
1f famous art works is valued at more
man Sl.O0O,O0O, the most distinctive
piece being Franz Halls ''The Laugh.
ng Mandolin Player for which he
paid S25O,000. He established a great
lorse- breeding farm near Libertyville,
IL, where he trained the stock which
Won him many ribbons and racing
rophies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
WIRELESS RUNS AUTOS.
Invention to Be Demonstrated
Soon in Paris.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS.-Driverlessa automobiles, con-
trolled by wireless waves, are soon to
be demonstrated publicly at a Summer
festival.
Two of the cars have been equipped
with a mechanism that is said to work
well in practice and they are to be
operated on the Colonies Stadium
We're held.
Wireless control Of an airplane has
been tested by the French army, but
little has been said Of the experiments
except that they were successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
Admirer of Paintings and Horses.
BRETHREN TO GATHER.
Farm Where First Conference Was
Held to Be Pilgrimage Scene.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK; Md, June 1S.-NIem.
beers OF United Brethren churches in
TINS section and southern Pennsyl-
vania will make a pilgrimage to the
Peter Kemp farm, near this civ. TO.
morrow to commemorate the first gen.
eral conference of that denomination.
which was held in the farmhouse. still
standing, September %, 1900. when
Rev. William Otterbein and Rev. Mar
tin Boehn We're elected the first bish-
ops in this country.
Rev. William e. Snyder, editor of
the Religious Telescope, Dayton, Ohio,
wiii speak. Kew. George w. Strine,
pastor of the Frederick church. is In
charge Of arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-18
Cruiser Omaha Wins Trophy.

The gunnery department trophy for
light cruisers for the year ending
June 80 has been awarded to the
Omaha. flagship of the destroyer
squadron of the battle fleet. This YES
sci also her class in torpedo per.
formancd his year.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
CHAPTER ".
Benson.

Benson gave a final and an APPROX
ing glance at the tea table. filed a
silver cigarette box from carton he
took from the sideboard cupboard,
lighted q tiny spirit lamp and drew
back the velyet hangings a little
farther so that the scarlet geraniums
in the window boxes could be seen
with better effect. One easement win
dow was open and soft breeze played
with the Nsilken curtains.
Give Lowbridge strolled in as his
valet-butler was at the window.
THAT will do very nicely, Benson.
He looked at his watch.
Miss Carew is coming Immediately
after the matinee. You will see that
the car is ready to take her homer"
Yes. my lord He paused by the
door. with reference to the young
man Holbrooll, of whom your lordship
spoke he is an American, born in
Dayton, Ohio, and he was for some
years ON the staff of the London
Dispatch Herald. He is now junior
partner in Pawter's Publicity Agency,
being relative of the principal share.
holder. He lives in Paddington and Is
unmarried. So far as I can ascertain
he has written two books which were
published by firm in Boston, but he
has no other peculiarities.'
Lowbridge looked hard at his serv.
itor, but Benson's face betrayed not
so much as a trace of a smile.
Thank you, Benson. You have set.
tied down to your new job?'
"Yes, my lord"
'FYou like this a little better than
working in club?"
Evening star., 1927-04-13
Red Head l|

rSnay call it. You'll get 5000. ant
you will be asked to do thing:
| which will mean a sentence of pena
| servitude If you're caught. But il
isn't 5000 that you're getting. Hale
if the scheme for which we want
you goes through. it is $4,000 and
| free transportation to a country
where you'll never be recognized
and from which you will not be
| extradited."
Harvey Hale was sober now.
Fifty thousand" he said hoarsely
| "You don't mean that?"
! Il mean that and nothing less. Five
| thousand certain; you can touch the
money at the rate of a thousand 9
week. And $4,000 if we can pull of
| our big job. Are you game
| Hale held out his big paw.
rs there anything worse than muir
der?" he asked. Because, if there is
I'll do it.
There was a silence, then:
walk with me- said the stranger
abruptly, and turned his footsteps
toward North Woolwich. 'I suppose
you know few people in town-feW
we'll known people. / mean?'
II know a judge and q lawyer or
two" said Hale bitterly. "but don't
know any of the swells."
You will probably be brought into
contact with a few" his new employ
er continued, "and l will give you the
names of some you must avoid like
the plague Do you know Lord Low
bridge? OF course, you don't. He is
a particularly dangerous man, who
had best be left alone"
I'm not likely to meet any lords.
growled the other.
You never know. but keep out of
sight of him. He is never to know
that you're employed by me-is that
understood? Now here are your in
structions. You will leave the house
where you're staying, buy some
clothes and make yourself present
able. and then take the first train
for Newton Abbott-that is in Devon
shire. You will put up at small
hotel. giving out that you are q sea
captain who is thinking of buying a
farm. You will be able to buy sec
ond hand car somewhere in the
neighborhood."
What am I supposed to do with
that?" asked Hale, thoroughly inter-
ested now.
you'll get acquainted with all the
roads out of Newton Abbott and
across the moor; work Your way to
Exeter. ana possibly we Snall ASK you
to purchase moor cottage, but II
is too early to talk Of that. When
we want you, you will know"
He stopped under the light of a
street lamp, took something wrapped
in tissue paper from his waistcoat
pocket, opened it carefully and dis.
played a small five-pointed star. II
was enameled green, and in the cen
ter was a golden inscription.
Keep that" he said. SHOW it to
nobody-do you understand. In due
course you will find a very good use
for it. There is one other thing, Hale
In Plymouth there is a branch OF a
society called the Proud Sons of Ra
gousa."
''Tve heard about that: lots Of sea
faring men go in for it. They run a
lottery scheme began Hale, but
the other interrupted him.
Join us, either in your own or any
other name. If you're too we'll known
in Plymouth go to Penzance and join
the lodge there. You will find plenty
of men who will propose you.'
Evening star., 1927-04-13
BY Edgar Wallace
A Thrilling Romance of Today
Copyright. 1927. by Chicago Daily News. Inc.

Much better, my lord" He hest
tated.
But it isn't such good job as you
thought, eh? Well, mine isn't, either
Benson. thought I should be spread
ing myself in Park Lane. My uncle
left very little money"
Benson inclined his head respect
fully.
"I am not surprised, my lord. The
late Lord Lowbridge was known to
mel have never ventured tG ':aform
your lordship before. J. used to S@xk
at his club in the West End, and j
saw a whole lot Of him. He spent
money like water, and I've known him
to lose as much as EGO 900 in one night
at baccarat. The Glebe Club is noted
for high play. A very affable gentle
man. So was his son, who died so
suddenly"
"You knew my cousin, too, did
you?"
"Yes, my lord. Without wishing to
alarm your lordship there seems some
thing constitutiopally wrong about
the family. The Hon. John died of
heart failure and you could have
taken lease Of his life; Lord Low
bridge, a good living gentleman and
as nara DIS littllSs NVAA6 VA 1aA S-ASN~Sis
the same way a year after-nobody
would have dreamed that his lordship
was so near to death. And both were
under the care of clever doctor-Dr.
Latin"
He busted an invisible speck from
the back of chair.
"You know DIR. Laffin-was he a
member Of the Glebe?"
Eyes, my lord"
A buzzer sounded in the hall, and he
went. without unseemly hurry, to ad-
NIT Betty.
How serious you look, Give! Has
anything happened?" she asked after
the greetings were over.
Mono. Benson is a queer chap"
"Benson-your servant"
"Yes. find that he knew my uncle,
and / guess he knew Latin, too; they
were both members Of the Glebe. That
is where my relative dissipated the
family guilders. I shouldn't be sur
prised il the doctor had lost a con-
siderable portion of his assets under
the same roof"
She sighed as she settled down to
pour the tea.
''Dr. Latin has always been poor"
She said, "and yet he owns things that
are worth thousands of pounds. One
day / went into the study without
knocking, and he had on his desk a
most beautiful piece of jewelry--a
great golden clasp studded with dia-
Evening star., 1927-04-13

ices of the family doctor as an unpaid
tutor. She had been left widow with
microscopic income; three lives had
stood between her boy and the title,
and the prospect of his inheriting the
mythical wealth Of the Lowbridge es.
tates was a remote one. Latin had
come to the rescue-which was not
like him.
She could never associate the doc
tor with generosity; there must have
been some quid pro quo. She Won
dered what it was.
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1927-04-13

why, but I associated the gold clasp
and it was gold, Give, in spite of what
the doctor said-with that meeting"
"On the moore"
She nodded.
"Yes; we were very poor at the time,
and the doctor was short of ready
money, though he used to hint of a
huge fortune which, was coming to
him. I'm certain he could not have
had the buckle before. l think they
gave it to him."
Give Lowbridge looked at her
thoughtfully.
II don't understand him. he said.
Evening star., 1927-04-13
THE STORY THIS FAR.

Red.haired Betty Carew. beautiful young
actress. is commanded BY her grim old guard.
ian Dr. Laiiiu. TO sit in a show window,
dressed in green. at a desk on which there
will he n Jade vase with one red rose. He
will give her no reason for this strange COM
nand. when she protests. he calls her
''Charty child. worShouse child" One dark
and stormy night while motoring with Betty
across a desolate moor. DR.. Lafiin's car had
been stopped by two cowled men. Dr. Latin
hid left the car with one of them. He had
never, explained to Betty what happened dur
ing his absence from the car. Betty tells
y0nng Lord Lowbridge. an impecunious who
wants TO marry her. that she is being shad-
owed by Holhrook a publicity agent--prob-
ably at DR.. Lafin's request. Lowbridge in
strllcts his valet, Benson, to find out about
Holbrook. Meanwhile Holbrook and his rela-
tive and employer. pawter, are curious about
the show window display OF Betty. which
IafBn has employed them TO arrange. Ho-
brook suspects il has some connection with
serious crime. possibly murder. Pawter
tells Holbrook to arrange business meeting
with Lambert Stonf. a lumber millionaire.
Continued from Yesterdays starr