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Evening star., 1927-05-24
DROUGHT HITS CROPS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Wilmington and Cape Fear Section
Is SO Days Without Rain.
Others Affected.
By the Associated Press.

It's crops parched after So days with
out rain, Wilmington and the Cape
Fear section of North Carolina Sun
day and Monday were praying for
rain.
Sunday night no rain had fallen. A
few scattered clouds on the horizon
betokened hope to the layman. but the
Weather Bureau announced that no
rain was in sight.
From Fayetteville it was reported
that a Commute rain had fallen last
Friday night at Fort Bragg over Sec
tions of Harnett County. There had
Leen no rain up to Sunday night.
however, in other sections of thai dis
trict, and the crops to the east Of
Fayetteville were reported burning up.
Asheville reported Sunday night
that a half inch of rain-the first in
six weeks-had fallen during the aft
ernoon. relieving the anxiety of the
farmers.
Greensboro has had good rains, and
it was raining there again Sunday
night. In central North Carolina Ra-
leigh reported no rain in eight days
and the truck crops suffering.
Evening star., 1927-05-24
Band Concert.

At the Sylvan Theater, Monument
grounds, at 1880 o'clock tonight, by
the United States Navy Band. Charles
Benter, leader; Charles Wise assistant
leader:
March, "Territorial". ..Blankenburg
Overture, La Forza del Destino"
(The Force Of Destiny. ...... Verdi
Piccolo solo, "Chant du RossignoT'
(Song of the Nightingale. .Filipovsky
Musician Holly Stanley.
Andante from "The Fifth Sym
phony" Beethoven
Grand scene from the opera die
Walkure" fThe Valkyries) Wagner
Valse, "Valse des Fleurs."
Tschaikowsky
Serenade, 1.-THE Warblers". "..... Perry
Excerpts from THE Mikado."
Sullivan
March, "The Black Horse Troop"
Sousa
:. THE Star. Spangled Banner" -
Evening star., 1927-05-24
DEDICATION PROGRAM.
Formal Exercises Tomorrow OF
Grounds of New School.

Rev. Reuben Shrum, chaplain of
the presidential yacht Mayflower, will
officiate at the dedication of the new
school grounds of the Marjorie Web
ster School of Expression and Physi-
cal Education tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock.
The new school, which is located at
Sixteenth street and Kalmia road, will
have accommodations for 200 boarding
students and will have both outdoor
and indoor pools, tennis courts.
hockey fields. gymnasium and theater.
Evening star., 1927-05-24
SPEAKER DEPICTS
MUSEUM OF FUTURE
Foresees Echinoderms and Pachy-
derms Travelling From
Town to Town.

The day of travelling museums,
when echinoderms and pachyderms
may journey from town to town and
set up housekeeping in local institu-
tions, was foreseen by Laurence Vail
Coleman, executive secretary of the
American Association of Museums,
who addressed the associations an
nual meeting at the Red Cross Build
ing today.
The country is on the verge of a
new era of scientific knowledge with
thousands of little museums scattered
throughout small cities and towns,
Mr.. Coleman said In these museums
most of the exhibits will have to be
temporary He recommended the Gre
alton of distributing agency which
can send carloads Of exhibits from
place to place, to be shown in local
museums and then sent on to the
next town.
While large cities can have museums
Of art, of science and Of history, Mr.
Coleman said, small cities and towns
must either specialize in one type or
combine all into one institution. He
predicted that branches would be set
up in the large centers and exhibits
spread throughout the cities instead
of being housed in one great building.
Mr.. Coleman, who recently travelled
Is 900 miles in a tour of inspection of
museums and potential museums,
said the associations problem is to
make this practicable by showing how
small museums can be maintained.
Delegates to the meeting were to
inspect the architecture of Annapolis
this afternoon accompanied by Henry
p. Hopkins, architect of Baltimore
Art, history and science museum prob,
lens will be considered at round
table discussions tonight at the
Willard Hotel. Tomorrow's meeting
will be held at the Corcoran Art
Gallery.
Evening star., 1927-05-24
TC-1Q243 WRECKED,
BUT CREW ESCAPES
Dragging Gable Causes Dis
aSter at Take-Off at San
Antonio Field.
BY the Associated Press.


SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May "a
With the destruction of the non
rigid Army dirigible TC-1O-243 as she
attempted to make off from Brooks
Field here yesterday, the huge hangar
built for the ill-fated Italian airship
Roma today had a record of disaster
for virtually every lighter-than-air
craft it ever housed, field records
show.
The TC-10-243 tore herself nearly
in two and crashed to the ground,
a mass of wreckage, when a dragging
cable caught in a ste el runway USED
to anchor dirigibles. She was taking
off for the return flight to her home
hangar at Scott Field, Belleville, ILL.,,
after participating in joint Air Corps
Infantry maneuvers here. None or
the crew of seven was injured.
Tail JerlSed Downward.
AS the ship passed from the hang.
ar over a long dock, the cable caught
in a. submerged trackway. The tail
of the dirigible was jerlled down
ward with great force and before the
two engines could be turned off a
large section of the silk envelope was
torn away. The rudders also were
stripped off and although she was
only about so feet off the ground, she
nosed to earth with sufficient force
to break the gondola. The crew
managed to escape through clouds Oh
silk that fell on th2m as the envelope
Debated.
About 200 1000 cubic feet of valuable
helium gas was lost. But the engines
and instruments were saifa%ed WIN
but little damage. The remnants OF
the envelope also were packed Tor
SHIPMENT to Scott Field. The snip
was 200 feet long and So feet high,
and had a capacity of 230,0oo CUBIC
feet of helium.
Mai. Harold A. Strauss, in com
mand of the TC-10-243, but not at the
helm when the ship crashed, declared
jinx apparently was dogglng ms
footsteps Another blimp, which he
commanded, the CO, exploded nVe
years ago in almost the same place
that Yesterdays mishap occurred. The
CO. however, was inflated with hydro
gen. while the helium now used for
such ships is noninflammable.
Cost About $4,000.
The TC-10-243 was damaged recently
when the crew was forced to def1ate
it in storm at Leavenworth, kan.
This ship, was en- route 10 ILe Iliti
neuvers here and the TV-1O'243 was
sent to replace it.
The Brooks Field hangar was con.
structed at cost of nearly $l,OOO,ooo
when the United States purchased the
Roma from Italy. The Roma was de,
molished in the East before it could
be brought here. The CO was the
first blimp to be housed in the huge
structure. 1t exploded when 1t struck
door as the crew attempted to re-
move it.
While the TC-10-243 cost about S25,-
600. recovery of the engines and in
struments will reduce the loss mate.
rally. Destruction of the ship was
the first mishap incident to the ma
neuvers, for which more than zoo air.
planes were modified and used IN all
forms of day and night fights.
Those aboard the blimp We're: NAL
Strauss, Capt. Kepner, First Lieuts.
X. s. Axtater and O., A. Anderson.
Evening star., 1927-05-24
Nine OUTLAY
TOTALS $13,O33,OOO
Shipping Board Reports Operating
Expenses $1,S00,O0O Less Than
Same Period Year Ago.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Operating expenses Of the Shipping
Board for the first nine months of the
fiscal year. Chairman O'ConnOr an
nounced yesterday, totaled $13,033. 900,
or $1.800,000 less than for the same
period the previous year and more
than $10,600,000 below the figures for
the fiscal year 1925.
This record was made, the chairman
said, despite increased expenditures
for special ships to move American
grain and cotton and to supply the
deficiency occasioned by withdrawal of
foreign tonnage during the British coal
strike. A total of 327 ships were oper-
ating at the end of March, compared
with 2S9 in March last year and 1926
in March. 1925.
Cost of the boards operation for the
year ending June 80 next was estimated
at about $16.00O,000, compared with
$40, 100000 last year, and $30.o63, 900
the year previous. The operating cost
for last March was said to have been
less than any month since the begin
ming Of 1921.
A profit Of approximately $137, 900.
as against a loss of approximately
$1,250,000 for the same period last
year, was listed for the United States
Lines for the last 10 months.
Evening star., 1927-05-24
TWO PARIS-NEW YORK
FLIGHTS ARE PROJECTED
Drouhin and Lieut.. Tarason
Consider Attempts Soon in
Specially Built Planes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 24.-As Capt. Lind
bergh has flown from New York to-
Paris in perfect style, there is all
the more reason, it was said in
French air circles today. for a Paris
New York flight by a French plane.
Two transatlantic projects now are
being considerations by NJ. Drouhin.
in a Goliath plane. the other by Lieut.,
Tarascon, in Bernard machine. Both
planes are specially built for such a
flight and could be made ready in a
short time. They are heavy multiple
engined planes of the type which all
experts, not the least of whom is
Lindbergh himself, consider best for
long overseas flights under ordinary
conditions.
In the opinion of experts who have
examined the Lindbergh plane, the
flight is triumph for a medium-pow-
cred machine. They describe the en-
gine as a marvel and are particularly
struck by its extreme simplicity and
the fine workmanship put into 1t.
Evening star., 1927-05-24
FIREMEN PROMOTED.
Lieut.. jeremiah Sullivan Is Named
to Captaincy.

Lieut.. jeremiah Sullivan of the Dis
trict Fire Department was promoted
to the rank of captain today by the
Commissioners, to- succeed the late
Capt. James Mowatt.
The Commissioners at the same time
promoted Sergt. G. c. Kletcher to
be a Lieutenant, and Pvt. N. s.. Brad
ford to be yrrgeant.
All OF thetchanges will become ef-
fective Immediately. -s
Evening star., 1927-05-24
STUDY ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paris Newspaper Men Find It Es-
sential Since Flight,

PARIS, May "a CP).-English sud-
denly has become an essential part of
a French newspaper mans equipment.
since Lindberg blew in on the west
wind. The Petit Parisien. the most
widely circulated French paper,
started classes for it's men yesterday,
each getting an hours instruction.
Evening star., 1927-05-24
AUTOIST BROWNS
IN RIVER PLUNGE
AT HAMS POINT
Continued from First Page.)

machine Woods appeared to have been
in better spirits.
This morning Woods drove his wife,
Mrs Mabel Woods, to the Palais Royal
department store, where she Is en-
ployed. He did not return home. The
two children-George, II years old,
and James, 16 years old-were in
school at the time.
The Woods family had lived at the
c street address for seven or eight
years, according to Mr.. Showalter.
Mrs. Woods did not learn Of the
accident that befell her husband until
she returned to her post from lunch
period shortly before 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
Evening star., 1927-05-24
Ancient Wheat Like Today's.

Wheat from the farms of today is
not much different from that grown
in ancient Egypt when slaves were
building the pyramids, specimens
harvested at least $500 years ago and
recently found in Mesopotamia indi-
cate, says the Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The grains were discovered by Prof,
Stephen Langdon and were in an
excellent state of preservation. The
find supports the claims of those who
believe that wheat raising had it's
virgin in that section of the world.
Evening star., 1927-05-24

The tale deposits in Hastings
County, Canada, have supplied the
manufacturers of eum powder in
Canada and the UnyEd States for a
number of years.
Evening star., 1927-05-24

He who hopes for the best seldom
expects it.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHERN ALASKA
 OV OCEAN BOTTOM
DEEP SEA FISH FOUND FLOAT ING ON SURFACE VICINITY
 CAPE SPENCER

JUNEAU, Nov. 3. (P-Belief that the recent earthquake, which rocked Southeastern Alaska on October "A, had it's origin on the bottom Of the ocean received substitution when fish, ermen reported the waters west Of here to Cape Spencer, and in the vi- cinity of the Cape, had been discolor- ed since.
 Fishermen from the banks and Cape Spencer report the past year has ex- perienced considerable trouble with gear on account of the rock bottom but after the quake the gear was coy- cred with mud when lifted. In the vicinity of Point Adolphus, Cape Spen- cer and Yakob Island, dead deep sea fish have been found floating on the surface of the water.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
RAILROAD RATES
 ARE TEN PERCENT
 FARMERS TROUBLES
EXCESS CHARGES ON RAILROADS ONE OF DETERMINATIONS,
 AGRICULTURE

<WAsHINGTON, Nov. 3. P)-In a statement in behalf of group Of western Independent Republican Sena- tors. Senator Brookhart of Iowa ad- vocated the enactment of a railroad consolidation measure as part of the farm relief program.
 He said "the farm problem cannot be solved by a mere enactment ot farm bill that can cure all discrimina- tions against agriculture for about 10 percent of the farmers troubles are due to excess charges for transporta- tion."
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
TWO MAYORS TRYING TO GOVERN THE CITY
 OF INDIANAPOLIS
CONFLICT AROSE FOLLOWING RESIGNATION OF DUvAL WHO
 FACED CHARGES

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 3. (P)-Two mayors tried to function in this cit7 and then declared a truce pendi lg the courts decision. Conflict arose following the resignation of Mayo Duyan, whofs under bribery cloud. Duvall's wife, who had been con troller, became mayor for brief time and then appointed Ira Holmes to the mayoralty Meantime the City Council appointed Claude Negley, carsed a big mix-up which has to be cleared
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
s1oo,ooo LIBEL SUIT

CHICAGO, Nov. 3. (P-Faced by a s1OO ,OOO libel suit from one histor- ian, former Congressman John Cor man, is scheduled to take the stand Monday in the trial of School Super intendent to expose King Georges presence in the works of three other historians.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
WSCOUNT STATES NJ
 PEACE FUR EUROPE

LONDON, Nov. 3. P)-Asserting that without disarmament there can be no enduring peace in Europe, Wis count Cecil of Chelwood, addressing a general council of the League of Nations Union, declared it was up to England to reduce her fighting forces. He said if Britain took the initiative in disarmament, it would be the greatest step towards world peace.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
CHARGES, COUNTER
 CHARGES HURLED
 SMITH, ROOSEVELT
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS EACH HAVE GAMBLING CLUB
 HOUSES SAID

NEW YORK, Nov. 3. (P-Counter charges that open gambling was run- ming in Republican clublsouses, to- gether with the additional charges that one such club had armed gunmen hired to protect the play, was made by Governor Al Smith in a statement replying to similar charges against Democratic clubhouses by Theodore Roosevelt.
 Governor Smith said the Roosevelt charges were true but the raids uncoV- cred gambling was directed by police commissioner appointed by his cabi- net .sbM
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
ERNEST BARNARD |S
 ELECTED PRESIDENT
 AMERICAN LEAGUE
FILLS VACANCY CREATED BY RE- TREATMENT OF JOHNSON;
 THREE YEAR TERM

CHICAGO, Nov. 3. (P)-Ernest Barn. ard of Cleveland, was elected presi- dent of the American Baseball League filling the office of Ban" Johnson.
 American League Club owners un- animously chose Barnard, former president of the Cleveland Indians, for a term of three years. Altho the sal ary was not made public 1t is believed it will be approximately s4O,oOO a year the same as Johnson was receiving when he decided to retire.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
STUDY IF LIFE HAL|bUT
 UNDER NAY ONCE AGAIN

KETCHIKAN, Nov. 3. P-The schooner Dorothy, carrying six repre- sentatives of the International Fish cries Commission, left to resume the study of the life of halibut which was interrupted last year when the Com missions schooner Scandia was wrecked near Kodiak The Dorothy will be on the halibut banks all winter
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
COMBINED FORCES IN
 NICARAGUA BATTLE

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 3. (P) A combined combat patrol of the United States marines and the Nat ional guard of Nicaragua, fought a fierce engagement with Guerillas, kill ing or wounding 60 One marine was wounded and two guardsmen were killed
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
BRITISH LINER RUNS COMPLETELY OVER
 CROWDED FERRY
15o WOMEN, CHILDREN SHRUB GLE IN WATER; ALL BUT To
 ARE SAVED

SYDNEY, Nov. 3. (P)-At least nine were killed when the British liner Tahiti collided with a crowded ferry in Sydney harbor. Fears are express ed the death number will reach 15.
 The liner passed clean over the fer ry which sank in three minutes in great cloud of steam leaving 15O per sons. including many school children, struggling in the water. Scores or hoats rushed to the rescue.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
APPEALED FOR NEW TRIAL

NEW YORK, Nov. 3. R-Ruth $ S.-der and Henry Judd Gray, con- victed of the beating and strangling to death of Albert Snyder, the wo- mans husband, presented appeals for a new trial Their attorneys declar- el that mutual accusations barred 8 fair trial and protested to a joint .r.ai.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
PLAN VIGOROUS FIGHT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. P-The army has prepared to make vigorous fight for appropriations to build up ammunition reserves and replace ob- solete weapons. An army of 100000 men would use up the present stock of ammunition in less than one hour. army officials said.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
HOPE IS REVIVED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. P)-An American helmet was found in British Guinea reviving hope that Paul Red- fern. flyer who is believed to have perished in an attempt at a nonstop flight to South America, may yet be found.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
WILKINS HAVING SPECIAL
 PLANE BUILT FOR ARCTIC

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3. tP)-Work began in a Los Angeles airplane fac tory on the construction of Captain Wilkins plane which will be used in his northern expeditions next spring. It is a biplane, of wood construc- ton, and will embody special features adapting 1t to northern flights.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
TO MARRY

HOLLYWOOD, Nov 3, (H9-Diana Kane, film actress, is engaged to marry George Fitzmau"ice, director, according to reports here. Miss Kane says the ceremony will take place within the next few weeks. She IS the sister of Lois Wilson, also of the screen.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
BALLPLAYER DIES

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 5. (P)-Ross Young, star outfielder for New York Giants baseball team for several years and considered one of the greatest players of all time, died Saturday night.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
KING IS INJURED

MADRID, Nov. 3. (P)-King Alphon- so, 18th was slightly injured when thrown from his horse during polo game. The King is now vacationing in the Province of Barcelona.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
CROWNED KING OF AIR

BERLIN, Nov. 3. (P)-Marcel Duret, French flying Ace, was crowned King of the Air after having defeated Ger hard Fiesler, Germany's flying acro- bat, in series of difficult manouvers at Templehofer flying, field.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-11-03
DEATHS FROM AUTOS

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. P- Deaths in automobile accidents in the city from January 1st have reached 116 and a man and boy succumbed to injuries today.
Evening star., 1927-05-16
SEVEN POSTPONED GAMES
NOW LISTED FOR CRIFFS
Inactivity Has HURT Club Financially, But May Help
1t Otherwise, AS Players Should Be in Better
Physical Condition Later On.

pitching % innings and allowing II
runs, 36 hits and 10 passes. Taking
away the runs and IL safeties
cleaned off him when he made his
seasons debut, his record has been
quite impressive.
Since his poor start against the
Mackmen. Braxton can show 23B
rounds, in which the opposition got
off him runs and % hits in addition
to the 10 free tickets to first, and s
Of those passes were issued in one
game. That was the only time the
left-hander was off in his control since
donning a National uniform.
Braxton was slated to start in both
st. Louis and Chicago during this trip.
but each Of the days he was scheduled
to go to the hill rain prevented a
game.
Now that Manager Harris has
planned to employ Horace Lisenbee
on the slab against the Indians today
and use Fred Marberry for the con-
cluding tilt OF the series tomorrow,
Garland is not likely to do anything
more than relief work for the re-
mainder of the tour. But he certainly
will get plenty of starting chances
when the double-header season ar
rives, according to Boss Bucky.
President Clark Griffith. who came
all the way from Washington to at
tend the Speaker day festivities here
and was unfortunate enough to see
his club take a licking, left last night
for the Capital. Griff has great faith
in his club. despite its showing to
date, and believes it viii make its
presence in the league felt in no un-
IN Will
In the meantime. he is worrying
about the weather that has kept the
crowds down throughout the West,
and that probably is something for
him to worry over, too.
Goslin Feeling Fit Now.
Goose Goslin suffered no ill effect
from the dampness that marked the
Gay of his return to the game after a
lay-off of nearly two weeks due to an
attack of pleurtsy. In fact, the
Goose declares he now feels better
than at any other time this season
and is rather cocksure that within a
few days he will have regained the
hitting stride that put him among the
leagues five best clouters before he
became ill.
Several of the Nationals, headed by
Nick Cullop, hustled to the soccer
game between the Hakoahs and an
all.star Cleveland team yesterday i'm
mediately after they were notified of
the calling off of the diamond tilt
with the Indians. Nick formerly was
a star soccer player in st. Louis,
where the association type of foot
ball is very popular, and once was q
prominent member of city cham
pionship eleven.
Nick claims there is as much kick"
in the game for him as spectator as
well as a player, and Irving Hadley,
Ollie Tucker and several other OF the
younger Nationals who watched the
game with Cullop agreed with him,
strictly from the spectators angle.
Evening star., 1927-05-16

is, with the toes nearly level, in
the larger shots. II there is any
divergence, the left foot is drawn
back just far enough to suggest
what is termed an open" stance,
though by no means as open as
that Of the great Vardun in his
palmy days.
His hands certainly are kept
lower and closer. to his knickers
than those of any other prominent
golfer. This flecessitates a some.
what ''f1at" lie for his clubs--i.e.,
{ the angle OF the swing is regarded
as upright rather than fiat.
Bobby's grip is the vardon, or
overlapping grip, with the right
hand very much on top of the
shaft. For the putt he reverses
the grip and oyerlaps with the
index finger of the left hand, keep.
ing all the right hand on the shaft.
as his putting stroke is essentially
right-handed. a
Bobby's record In ma ior events
Evening star., 1927-05-16

BY the Associated Press.
Wider gaps separated the league
leading New York base ball teams
from their pennant rivals today as q
result of the latest games. y
The Giants drew q few notches
farther ahead of the field by beating
the Cincinnati Reds for the second
added to their lead though idle,
through defeat Of the White Sox and
Athletics, their nearest rivals.
Led by Hornsby and Terry the
Giant sluggers riddled the Reds best
pitchers in this latest victory, while
Hugh McQuillan pitched a steady
brand of ball. Most of the damage
was done in the third when FIVE
punched hits off Rixey made four
runs. The final count was 9 to 8.
Hornsby's hitting mark for the day
was $50, while Terry's was 500, with
one Of his hits homer.
Pittsburgh Pirates, who, with the
Cardinals. have been pressing the
Giants most closely for the league
lead, moved ahead of the world cham.
pions to second place when they de.
feated the Robins by to 6 while the
Cards were having a day off.
"A rejuvenated Brooklyn team which
has risen out OF the cellar in the last
few days gave the Buccaneers a hard
tussle for their 9.to-6 victory. Making
i've runs in the fifth. the Robins
Knocked Lee Meadows out of the box
and tied the score, only to lose out
later when the Pirate heavy hitters
resumed their onslaught on five of
the best pitchers Uncle Robbie could
produce.
Upsets marked both of the games
played in the American League and
both of them benefited the Yankees.
who were rained out of their sched.
0led game with Detroit.
Their nearest rivals, the White Sox.