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.[AUD FEAT OF CREW
ON QUESTION MARK
Dawson, Fechet, Young and
Moffett Praise Skill
of Flyers.

BY the Associated Press,
Elated over the safe landing of the
Army monoplane Question Mark at Los
Angeles, Government aviation officials
today lauded the courage and skill of
the flyers and described their flight
breaking all endurance records as of
far-reaching effect in the advancement
Of aviation.
The safe landing of the plane ELECTED
joyous expressions from the officials,
who praised both performance of the
aviators and the planes mechanism
in WithStanding the severe test. The
successful refueling of the Question
Mark in the air by another plane also
was described as "a wonderful perform
ance" and a great step in the progress
of flying.
1T spells new and thrilling chapter
in mans conquest of the air." said
Assistant Secretary Dawson in charge
of War Department aeronautics. My
heartiest congratulations are extended
TO all Air Corps personnel who partici-
pated in the flight" He added that
the new records which have been Gre
ated Ito say the least are astounding"
Maj. Gen. Fechet, chief Of the Army
Air Corps, declared he was highly
elated to learn of the safe landing of
the Question Mark" II am proud of
The accomplishment Of the Army flyers"
he added. (which 1 prophesy will have
far-reaching effect in the advance
ment of aviation both military and
civil
Clarence NJ Young, director of aero
nautics in the Commerce Department.
said that both the personnel and the
mechanism are entitled to every ad-
miration for the splendid feat"
Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecti-
cut. who is president of the National
Aeronautics Association. said that the
performance of the Question Mark
brings to the Army Air Corps and to
American aeronautics new and well
earned laurels." Rear Admiral Moffett,
chief of the Naval Bureau of Aero
nauticS, declared that the Army Air
Corps deserves a great deal of credit
for undertaking this very important ex-
pertinent" adding that the fight was
of especial interest to the Navy in OPEN
ing up the possibilities through air re-
fueling of long oversee flights.
The flights accomplishments had
beyond doubt the relia-
bility of present-day aviation equip
ment. is the view of Assistant Secretary
Dawson, who declared that the CUES
ton Marks performance had demon
strated 1.-The possibility of making I'M
flights over long distances
provided refueling contacts are made
at the proper time"
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Special Dispatch to The Star
LYNCHBURG, Va, January 8-Mrs
Sara Jane Woody. 80 years of age
widow Of F. w. Woody. died Sunday
night at her home in Madison Heights
She Is survived by the following chill
dren: Mrs. James Leebrick of Lynch
burg; S. j.. c. w. and F. w. Woody OF
Madison Heights; Mrs. Harry De Long
of st. Petersburg, Fla; and Mrs. v. H
Bryant and Mrs. Charles Raikes OF
Madison Heights; two sisters, Mrs. Lou
Cunningham and Mrs. William McCor-
mick Of Buckingham County; a brother
William Hughes of Buckingham County;
At grandchildren and five great-grand-
children.
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had been forced to depend upon the
written word for communication.
Although the physical examination
revealed that most of the men were In
somewhat weakened condition. II
showed that Mai. Spatz, the comman-
der, actually was in better trim than
when he boarded the ship, indicating
that his hard and long hours aloft had
agreed with him.
The major said. 1--WE have found that
mechanical conditions rather than the
condition of man is the only limiting
factor in sustained flight. The whole
personnel was in better condition this
morning Ca few hours before landing)
than at any time during the flight. In
fact, we have had seven days of rest. u
The official medical examination
stated that mo defects were noted other
than moderate defects of hearing in
three of the participants and a slight
defect in two. Distant vision was not
impaired in any, and near vision i'm
paired in four and improved in one. "
The terse Army report concluded: "All
were physically qualified to take off
on any Army mission"
The flyers felt satisfied that refuel-
ing in the air is feasible for long flights,
transoceanic as we'll as transcontinen-
tai I'VE took over 500 gallons day
with our crude apparatus" said Capt
Ira Eaker, chief pilot, land refueling
at sea is even more practicable than
over land, for the air is smoother
Night refueling was not hard, -
added Lieut.. Harry A. Halverson.
"Refueling under every conceivable
condition under which an airplane can
fly, at night, in rough air, in fog and
in sun. our apparatus was proved" said
Maj. SpatZ.
After preliminary inspection and
motor adjustments. the Question Mark
will be flown to Washington. Later 1t
may undertake another endurance
flight AIR Corns Sollrces here indicated
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Howard Longerbeam Expires
ial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md, January g.
Howard Longerbeam, aged SIS, farmer
near Rawlings. Md. died yesterday of
pneumonia. He was taken i'll Christ
mas day when his elder brother. George
H. Longerbeam. prominent horseman
and racinf promoter, died. Mr.. Longer
beam is survived by his widow, two chill
dren and three brothers. He was a ma
tive of Berryville, Va, where burial will
be tomorrow
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Three Perish in Fire.

DETROIT, January LP).-Allen
Doane, Sc; his wife, Annie, SIS, and
their niece, Thelma Grives, 9, were
burned to death in fire that destroyed
a garage building at Hazel Park, near
here, early today. The three occupied
an apartment on the third floor of the
building and apparently lost their lives
while they slept. The cause of the fire
was not determined.
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MRS. CAMERON DIES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
POTOMAC, Va, January 8.-Mrs
Esther Cameron, 26-year-old wife of
Roy Cameron of Mount Ida, died yes
terday at the Alexandria Hospital OF
pneumonia and influenza.
Mrs. Cameron was formerly Miss Es-
Their EdmondS and was a daughter of
Mrs. ]. r. Ellis of Mount Ida. She Is
survived by her husband, son and a
daughter.
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Congratulations Pour In.

4AASQ.
Congratulations Pour In.
Congratulations came to the crew Of
the plane by basketfuls from Secretary
Of War Davis, Assistant Secretary F..
Trubee Dawson, from Admiral Moffett
and others.
The calmest of all were the five men
who drove the plane. AS they rested at
Santa Monica they told how the left
motor stopped at ! o'clock yesterday
afternoon and how Sergt. Hooe, for the
first time of the flight, made his way
along the catwalk to the disabled en-
CINE in a vain effort to Ak it. The other
two motors were not strong enough to
keep the plane on its course with Hooe
out under the wing, and Spatz knew
then that they must land
Exact nature of the motor trouble
which forced the ship down after seven
days and six nights in the air was not
determined, as the great yellow and
black monoplane was TAXED into a
hangar Immediately and placed under
guard pending examination of its mo-
tors. which was ordered for today.
The pilots themselves, who submitted
to physical examinations and brought
their log up to date before turning in
for a long deferred quiet sleep, believed
faulty valve springs ended the flight.
A stream of oil spouted from the
right motor when the ship came to
earth. The center motor was running
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Zionist Leaders Son Dies.

BERLIN, January (Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency .-Henryk Sokolow, son
of Nahum Sokolow, chairman of the
World Zionist executive committee, died
here Yesterday of influenza. He was the
second eldest son of the Zionist leader.
Nahum Sokolow was at the bedside of
his son when he died
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Road to Be Closed.
cial Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va. January 8.-The
State highway Office here has an
nounced that the Amherst highway
route 18, will be closed from Saturday
evening at 10 o'clock to Sunday evening
at o'clock. during which time the
commission will erect new bridge over
Buffalo River. two miles north of Am
herst. The only detour Is via Staunton
Lexington and Natural Bridge.
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J. A. RIDDEL, 60, DIES.
Bridgewater, Va, Man Drops Dead
In Post Office.

Special Dispatch to The STAR.
STAUNTON, Va. January 81. A.
Riddel, so years old, prominent business
man Of Bridegwater and postmaster
for many years there, dropped dead in
the post office Monday morning.
Mr., Riddel was a native of Augusta
County and for number of years was
in business at Moscow before locating
in Bridgewater. He was head of the
Riddel Oldsmobile Co, in Bridgewater,
and also was in the lumber business.
He Is survived by two sons, Clifford
and Dewey Riddel, and two daughters,
Mrs. C. H. Huffman of Harrisonburg,
and Miss Pearl Riddel. at home. His
wife died about three years ago.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at IL am. at his home in Bridge
water.
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Falls in Boiling Water.
,cial Dlspatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, January g.
Clyde Orndorff of Mount williams, Va,
was in precarious condition in a hos
pital here today. suffering from scalds
sustained when he fell headlong into a
large kettle of boiling water while
butchering hogs at the home of William
Orndorff, a neighbor.
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TARIFF INCREASE ASKED.
Boost in Duty on White Arsenic
Urged Before Committee.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Consideration of the chemical, oils
and paints tariff schedule today brought
another batch of witnesses to the
House ways and means committee.
hearing on proposed rate revisions.
Declaring prices Of white arsenic,
whose byproducts are used by farmers
and fruit growers for spraying pur-
poses, were below the cost of produc-
ton because of foreign imports, w. G.
Bacorn of Jardine, Mont, urged a duty
OF 4 cents pound on this product,
which is now on the free list.
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BLIMP TO HUNT BOY.
Puritan Ordered to Aid Search for
Missing Orrville Lad.

AKRON. Ohio, January OP-An
airship will be used today in a search
for Melvin Horst, 4-year-old Orrville
boy, who disappeared from his home
December 81. The baby blimp Puritan
was ordered today to fly over country
surrounding Orrville in the hope that
some trace of the boy might be found.
Five persons are under arrest in con-
nection with the boys disappearance,
but no clue to his fate has been I'M
covered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08
Cavalry officer Transferred.

Lieut.. Col. Gordon Johnston, U. S.
Cavalry, has been assigned to duty as
military attache at the United States
embassy, Mexico City. He Is now at
Fort Riley, Kans., and is ordered to
this city for temporary duty at the
War Department prior to his depart
ure for Mexico City.
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Influenza Is Fatal.
,esial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, January g.
j. w. Jordan, 86 years of age, retired
farmer, died Sunday at his home at
Rustburg. Campbell county. Death was
g due 70 influenza,
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HOOVER HOLDS MEETINGS
WITH PARTY LEADERS
ON SPECIAL SESSION

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ENDURANCE PLANE
FORCED TO EARTH
AS MOTORS FAL TER

Continued From First Page.)
load and less fuel, taking small sup
plies Of gasoline on the run as re-
quired.
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handsome home, the old Dumbarton
Place, in Georgetown, under the hap
piest auspices.
The Maharajah of Kapurthaia, once
the idol of Partisan boulevards and the
purchaser of the finest iewelry on Rue
de Rivoli, has transferred his allegi-
ance to Berlin, and may now be seen
on the fine avenue Inter der Linden.
He is lured by the opportunity to pur-
chase the historic old gold and silver
services done by the masters of Nurem-
burg and Gothenburg in the golden
days of the guilds, and has already out
bid many eager American and British
collectors Of the most ancient speci-
mems of the silversmiths. If there had
been no World War, the owners of such
treasures would never have parted from
them. The reason for their doing so
now, as learned by guests who fire.
quent the hospitable home of the Amer
lean Ambassador and Mrs. Jacob Gould
Schurman, are most amusing. Many
who inherited the splendid work of the
Nuremburg masters sold them for finan-
cial reasons, but greater number
parted with their treasures because in
these leyeling days servants are not
what they once were, and it became a
tremendous struggle to have the silver
kept clean. Selling to the enormously
rich Indian potentate meant good
sum to put in bank and the ability to
buy the plain modern silver service
which may be kept in immaculate con-
dition in one-tenth of the time and
labor. In between his foragings for
ancient and historic silver the Maha-
raiah has been entertaining regally at
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about the old tune In the tremendous
conflicts which marked the defeat of
the French and Fort Carlton as Brit
ish' defense, its later capture by the
patriots and its honorable record as
Fort Ticonderoga.
II X y X
Mr.. and Mrs. Aksel wichfeld. the
latter formerly Mrs. Clarence Moore
of this city, will not spend much time
this Summer in their handsome villa in
Beverly, Mass, unless they change their
plans. They are at present in Paris and
with their sons expect to make a lengthy
tour of Spain by auto, remaining for a
time later at San Sebastian. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wichfeld have given up the lease
of the fine estate they had for five
years in the Scottish Highlands, that
climate proving little difficult because
of the continual rain. Neither cares
especially for the hunt, the supreme at
traction for those who acquire homes
on the Scotch border, and their sons
are too young to take much interest.
Although they have sold the beautiful
home on Massachusetts avenue to the
Canadian government. it is possible that
Mr.. and Mrs. Wichfeld may return to
Washington within the next two years.
On completing their education, Mrs.
Wichfeld desires her sons to enter bust
ness in their own country. She is the
daughter of an eminent member Of the
Swift family and her large fortune is
invested in the affairs of that impor-
tant Chicago firm. She, however, spent
all her life until her marriage In Bos-
ton, where her father was in charge of
the eastern division of the firms &C
tiyitieS
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Hotel Adlon. Mr.. Otto H. Kahn and
his family have been in Berlin for
weeks, and they are always included in
the brilliant tea and theater parties
given by the Indian ruler.
Mr. H. Seidel CANDY, the esteemed
literary critic and editor of the weekly
published in New York and devoted ex-
clusively to affairs in the realm OF
letters, will represent the United States
in one of the largest and most repre-
sentative international conferences ever
held and which is now beginning its
sessions in Vienna. Britain's most emf
nent novelist, John Galsworthy, has
been chosen presiding officer, and the
list of other celebrities includes Ber-
nard Shaw and H. G. Wells. Canada
CALAMITY has named popular woman
critic, Georgia Slime, TO be her spokes-
man, and the Union of South Africa
has done the same, appointing Miss
Gertrude Millin, who was in Washing
ton during the diarmament conference
and whose home is in Cape Town.
Sweden has sent a feminine critic
Barbara Ring, and Finland another in
Helma Krohn. The conference will
deal at length with copyright laws and
will make suggestions to the national
bodies of various countries, exchang-
ing views on the sweeping changes ap-
parent all over the world in regard to
literary standards and what constitutes
literary success. Mr.. Candy, an aus
tere critic of literature, pure and SIM
pie, and representing the United States
brought reams of pamphlets from Hol-
lywood relating to the acceptance of
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Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
President Hoover's Latin American Tour Held
Factor IN Attracting American Students to
Famous Spanish Universities.

she was kept and where many relics
had been stored and forgotten during
many hundreds of years. Books OF de-
votion, rosary beads and scraps of writ
ing had been collected and sent to
Rome previous to the canonization, and
when they were returned to Rheims
they we're placed in flreproof, beauti-
fully finished cases, personally furnished
by the deeply regretted diplomat. The
prison now has been made accessible,
and in the cell where the intrepid hero
inc languished before her torture and
death may be found the exact replica
of its furnishings in her era, and in
the corridor leading to the steps is an
altar where many times a year expia-
ton prayers are offered by the devout
for the dread sufferings inflicted on the
innocent. Mr.. Norman Armour repre-
scented this Government when the
square was dedicated.
Mrs. Frederick Murphy of San Fran
cisco, who was so frequently the guest
of Mrs. Jack Biddle in Washington, has
been with her Sister-in-law, Miss Esther
Murphy, who last month married the
son of the distinguished British jour-
nalist and author. Mr.. John st. Loe
Strachy, have been spending June at
the Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles
One day last week they invited several
British and American guests to tea,
and imagine their establishment when
glancing at the Pare de Versailles
across from their hotel they saw Marie
Antoinnette and all her fair volatile
attendants strolling about with their
cavaliers respondent in the garb of
the 1780s, and innumerable f1unkeys
and foot boys rushing around. AL
watched the scheme breathlessly, en-
joying it tremendously, until the stimuli
taneous appearance of the cameraman
and a hotel official explained the film
ing of THE Queens Necklace" The
French government has permitted the
use of the Little Trianon Palace for a
robing room for the actors and
actresses, and some of the scenes have
been taken by strong fiashlight in the
historic palace, after 1t had closed to
the public. Mrs. Jefferson Davis Cohn
semi-American married to a native
of Louisiana and a prime favorite OF
the Paris public, is to make her debut
as the unfortunate Austrian queen in
this production.
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sorbed In another. No doubt Judge
and Mrs. Hughes and members of their
family who plan to visit them during
the Summer, will enjoy it all immensely.
X x
M. George Henri Riviere and his
bride. who was Mrs. George Stevens
of Toledo, Ohio, who passed part of
March in Washington, have now taken
possession of their new home in the
Boulevard Beauseiour in Paris. M.
Riviere is the curator of the ancient
museum of Trocadero and he mingles
on the most intimate terms with the
large American colony in that section
of the French capital. Trocadero after
nearly century of isolation from the
modish regions, suddenly became a
center of activity in the real estate
line and its fine old houses were pur-
chased by Americans living in Paris
either on business or pleasure, and re-
modelled and modernized to suit their
fancy. Mr.. and Mrs. Gurnee Mum
were pioneers in this field. Mr.. Mum
has taste for architecture and Mrs.
Mum for interior decoration, and they
reaped a golden harvest through their
activities besides setting the tide back
to what was once q fashionable part
of Paris. During their visit to Wash
ington, NJ. and Nine. Riviere inspected
Georgetown, also ignored by the modish
world for so many years, and they in
Spected some If its most beautiful
houses. AS curator of the Trocadero
museum, M. Riviere had met many
members of the American Foreign Serv-
ice-as Mr.. Robert Woods Bliss and
Mr.. Alexander Kirkland he and Nine.
Riviere saw the Oaks and Mr.. Kirk S
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When Mile. Helene Worth made her
debut in the grand golden ball OF Hotel
George v in Paris last month the eyes
of the fashionable world were fastened
on the scene and particularly on the
bud, in the interests of the score Of
fair maids who will fill similar role
all over the realm of vanity fair. Miss
Worth wore a filmy robe over SHIN
mering silk suggestive of the sunrise,
plain and loose in lines with an irregu-
lar edge some parts reaching the floor,
other parts just touching the knee. M.
and Nine Jacques Worth are considered
artists and are rendered all the homage
due to them. But they did not combine
business with pleasure. Their guests
we're all friends, although many of the
film stars from Hollywood who spend
large fortunes annually on their rain
ment were given the unusual privilege
of seeing a large assembly all gowned
after the models of the famous fashion
creator. Mile. Helene is rather robust
looking as French girls go, and likes
sport tremendously. Her appearance on
the tennis court, near Bots du Boulogne,
brings forth a battery of cameramen
and causes the scribbling of notes by
fashion writer's. She is an excellent
linguist, and as she will inherit a good
fortune she is not giving attention to
dIlyIIllLlB DuJ ildNhlS SOOd OIAc
expects to visit this country next Winter
and possibly her mother will accompany
her.
X X
The former Secretary of State, Mr.
Charles Evans Hughes arrived at The
Hague on the heels of the long cele-
brations which had followed the twen-
tieth birthday of Princess Juliana.
only child of Queen Wilhelmina and
heiresS to the throne of the Neither
lands. Judge Hughes, as he is known.
as a member of the World Court at
The Hague, representing his country
in new role after having filled so
many other positions with distinction.
The World Court convened in the
beautiful Peace Palace, the gift of An
drew Carnegie, and which causes as
much satisfaction to the citizens of the
Dutch capital as the Hall of the Ameri-
cas-, another Carnegie benefaction. is
to those of Washington. The Hague
is densely shaded city and, owing to
much rain this Spring, its setting now
rivals the verdue of the Emerald Isle.
While Queen Wilhelmina and her court
will entertain continuously for the au-
gust members of the World Court, a
lighter strain will enter into the round
of fetes for Princess Juliana, for now
the season of prospective Suitors will
begin, the good burghers being of the
opinion that their princess should
seriously contemplate marriage and the
responsibility which will eventually be
hers. 1t is to be presumed that now
will start the avalanche of rumors
which will connect her name with every
eligible prince of Europe who is not
heir or next heir to a throne. The
constitution Of the Netherlands sternly
forbids the prospc tive ruler from mar
rying where the realm might be alb