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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
PLANS ADVANCE
FOR 3 AIR MARKS
Russian Round-World Flight Is
Among New Projects
in Avia ton.
By the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSOCldteo PrekS
SAN FRANCISCO. July l3.-Three
new attempts to establish airplane rec
ords we're being planned today.
In Honolulu. Erik w. Friman. upon
his arrival from Hollywood. announced
he would attempt to fly from Hawaii
to San Francisco. thence to Los Angeles
and New York. He said he was being
backed by a moving picture company
and that the plane he will use is now
en- route from Los Angeles. The time
for the take-oh has not been set. The
journey from the mainland to Hawaii
has been accomplished five times. but
no one has yet made the return trip.
The advance party mapping the
route Of a proposed world flight spon-
sored by the Russian government was
in San Francisco today to make ar
rangements for the planes arrival here.
Andrew W. Petroff. head of the party.
said the flight would be made by four
persons in tri-motored all-metal
monoplane from Moscow. and following
a route eastward including Alaska. San
Francisco. New York. London. Paris and
Berlin. The flight is scheduled for late
in August or early September
Lieut.. Harold Bromley, flying the
monoplane in which he plans nom
stop flight from Tacoma to Toxic, left
here yesterday for Murdoc Dry Lakes.
in the Mojave Desert. where he ex-
poets to make load tests The date
for the hop over the Pacific is TO be
set later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
D. C. UTILITIES BODY
INVITES CONVENTION
National Associa ton of Public Utii-
ties Commissioners Asked to
Convene Here in 1880.

The Public Utilities Commission to-
day ordered an invitation sent to the
National Association of Public Utility
Commissioners to stage its 1880 con-
vention in Washington. The local con-
vention bureau had received an inquiry
from the association as to wether an
invitation can be secured. as one OF
the associa tons rules prevents the
convention being held in any city ex-
cept where an express invitation has
been received The bureau took the
matter up with the commission, which
promptly dispatched a warm invitation.
The next convention will be held in
Glacier National Park, Montana, Au-
gust 81 to 80, but no delegates from
the local commission will be in at
tendance, as no money is available for
the trip The Washington commits
sion is not member of the national
association. Congress has been repeat
edly asked for an appropriation for the
membership fee, but the request has
always been turned down. The asso-
citation extends the local commission its
privileges, nevertheless, and Engineer
Commissioner William B. Ladue is a
member of its committee on valuation,
while Earl v. Fisher. secretary to the
commission, Is member of its commit
tee on generation and distribution Of
electrical energy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
Pilots and Helpers Had Ex-
perience in Air Dur
ing War.
Idzikowski and Coste Hold
Outstanding Combat
Records at Front.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 13.-Maj. Casimir Ku-
baia and Ludwick Idzikowski, Polish
aviators, have been planning a west
ward crossing of the Atlantic by air
for two years. Their attempt last year
failed when they were forced down IN
the Atlantic so miles west Of Cape
Finisterre, Spain, and, after being
missing for so hours, were picked up
and brought to Liexos, near Oporto,
Maj Kubala is SO years old and was
a pilot in the Austrian army during the
war. Joining the Polish air force IN
1918. Mai Idzikowski Is 38 years old
and learned to fly while In the Russian
army IN 1915. During the war ne won
many decorations and became known
as a master of bombing planes.
Capt Coste. whose name often Is
spelled with q final S." new with
joseph Lebrix to South America and
the United States in October, 1927, and
then new to the United States in easy
stages. He Is 81 years old and fought
81 combats with 994 hours Of combat
flying during the war. He received the
Legion of Honor, the Medaille Mill
taire and the Croix de Guerre with
nine palms and two stars for his air
proves.
Mourice Alexis Jacques Bellonte
mechanic, navigator and radio OPP
orator on Coste's plane, is 80 years old
and was war pilot.
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VICTORIOUS PILOTS
CHAT OVER CHAIN
Happy Coast Flyers ScOrn
Beds to "TeIi World"
of Flight.

Loren w. Mendell and Roland 3.
Reinhart who shattered all records for
endurance flying. stepped before the
microphone in Los Angeles last night
at IL 80 O'Clock. Eastern standard time.
after only a few hours rest from the
grueling flight to tell an eager Nation
all about it.
The broadcast went over the com-
bined coast-to-coaSt networks Of the
National Broadcasting Co.. in which
WRC was a link.
The good humor and smiling audac-
ity that sustained the flyers in flight
was reflected in their radio talk from
XII in Los Angeles. First. arrange
ments were made for the pilots to speak
from their bedsides in the Culver City
Community Hospital, where they were
taken when they ended the record
breaking fight.
When they heard Of the arrange
ment. however. they objected TO talking
from their beds. Scornful of rest. Men
dell and Reinhart dressed and journeyed
to the broadcasting studio in Los An
geleS.
IF you don't think it's long timo
to stay up in the air 10 days and 10
nights. just try 1t some time Mendell
challenged his radio audience. He then
QlSCuSSeQ> IIlc SlCkIlSSS GApST IeIlCeu ~
both flyers during the first two days of
the flight, and thanked the thousands
of writer's of letters and kilograms de-
livered by the refueling plane.
Thinking of all those letters ard
kilograms" Mendell added, we would
have been pikers if we had given up"
Reinhart's voice possesses a lazy,
good-natured drawl.
He was inclined to throw all credit
on the crew of the refueling plane. He
consistently deprecated his part and
Mendell's in keeping the plane aloft
longer than any one had done before.
we had the best motor. the best
plane and the best equipment avail
able" declared Reinhart.
Paul Whittier, pilot of the refueling
plane. and Slade Hubert, who assisted,
during the flight praised the grit and
courage of the flyers. A. E. McManus,
jr.. one of the flight hackers: Dudley
Steele of the National Aeronautical
and Dudley Thomas,
Wright motor expert. also spoke briefly.
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FOUR OCEAN FLYERS VETERANS:
FRENCH BRINGING FILMS TO u. S.
Pictures of Take-off of Both
Planes Aboard Ques-
ton Mark.
Daredevil Pilot 0vertakeS
Ship After SO Minutes
in Air.
BY the Associated ptess.

BY the Associated Press.
LIE BOURGET, France, July a.
Dieudonne Coste and his flying COM
panion, Jacques Bellonte, are carrying
to the United States a motion picture
of their own departure.
While in flight they took aboard a
packet of films that recorded the pre-
liminaries and departures both of their
own Question Mark.
A few minutes after Coste left lie
Bourget a film made privately for the
French flyer was handed in sealed
can to NJ Doret, famed air daredevil,
who started after his compatriots at
a 125-mile clip
Doret caught up with the fast moving
transatlantic airmen near Tours in so
minutes of flying. He had the film box
attached to a long cord. Maneuvertng
carefully over the Question Mark, syn
chronizing speed and direction, Doret
lowered the box, and Bellonte, with a
special device he had rugged up, took
aboard the first Aim ever made and
transported under such circumstances.
II had no trouble at ALL" Doret said
on his return, much pleased with the
achievement. II caught up to them
close to Tours and put the film aboard.
I was quite close, and CoSte and Bel
lorte were smiling broadly. They evil
IDENTIFY were happy and they certainly
looked as II everything was all right.
Once they got their movie, they waved
their arms in gouH by. and I turned
around and came back"
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WOMAN, e, IS HELD
IN BANK ROBBERY
Brunette and Companio7
Face Long Terms for
Topeka HoId-up.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kans., July ia COM
plant, charging Mrs Vivian Scraper,
comely 25-year-old brunette, and her
companion. Cecil STREET. "a. with high
way robbery in the $4,000 Security
Benefit Association daylight hold-up
here two weeks ago, was filed yesterday
in the Court of Topeka.
The complaint was filed by State off,
GERS short time after Mrs. Mary E.
Dye, Kansas City. mother Of the alleged
confessed woman robber, asked the
Shawnee County District Court for a
writ of habeas corpus directing the re-
lease OF Mrs. Scraper from jail on the
ground she was being held illegally.
The couple has been held in jail since
their arrest three days ago.
Conviction on the charge would carry
l0-to-21-vear sentence in the State
Women's industrial farm for Mrs. Scra-
per. who is the mother of an S-year-old
daughter. and a similar term in the
state .penitentiary for STREET.
In her alleged confession to Sheriff
Wayne Horning and other State off,
GERS IN which shs refused to innpll-
cate STREET or others, the woman was
quoted as saying the gun she used in
the hold-up in front of the Security
BENEFIT Once Building was not loaded
Most Of the robbery loot was recovered
by officers in the couples apartment
following Mrs. Scraper's purported con-
fession that she staged the hold-up I'M
assisted after KIDNAPPING A. G. Perlich.
Kansas City salesman. and forcing him
to drive her to the scene of the rob-
berry
Bond for the couple was fixed at
IS 900 each.
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PHYSICIANS WARNED
ON new RULING ACT
Upward of 200 Have Failed to
Apply for Registration,
Fowler Announces.

Health Officer william c. Fowler said
today that there we're upward Of 200
physicians in town who had not yet
applied for registration under the new
healing arts practice act. All appli-
cations must be received by the Com
mission on Licenses to Practice the
Healing Arts, of which DR.. Fowler is
the secretary on or before
July "a, accompanied by the fee of ST..
After July "a, those who have not filed
applications will not be allowed to prac-
tice. Those who have filed the APP
plications, however, will be allowed to
continue practicing regardless of wheth-
er they have received their registra-
ton certificates.
The physicians have received pub
lished notice of the necessity to regis
ter under the new act, and about 900
have filed applications. DR.. Fowler is
anxious not to cause inconvenience to
any member of the profession by sus-
pending his practice through an over
sight, and urged all to make the re-
uuired application in time.
In the case of those whose appli-
cations are late, the. applicants will
not be allowed to practice until their
certificates have been actually furnished
them by the commission. There is no
examination in connection with this
registration, which applies only to those
licensed to practice medicine in the
District prior to the passage Of the
healing arts act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
ROBERT: HENRI, ga,
U. S. ARTIST, DIES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 13.-Robert Henri,
American artist, died yesterday at his
home here after a long illness. He was
born In Cincinnati and was GA years old.
Mr.. Henri received his education in
schools in New York, Cincinnati and
Denver and for a time lived in the
West. He studied at the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts. Philadelphia,
from 1885 to 1888: in Academic Julian
and Ecole Des Beaux Arts, Paris, from
1888 to 1891, and for years studied
without instruction in France, Spain
and Italy.
His painting, ia Neige," was pur-
chased by the French government in
1899 for the Luxembourg Galleries. He
was awarded a silver medal at the Buff
falo Exposition in 1901 and at the st.
Louis Exposition in 1904, gold medal
Of the Philadelphia Art Club In 1909,
the Harris prize Of $500 Of the Chicago
Art Institute in 1905, silver medal at
the International Exposition, BuenoS
Aires, In 1910; the Carol H. Beck gold
medal OF the Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, silver medal at the Panama
Pacific Exposition in 1918 and the por-
trait prize of the Wilmington Society
of Fine Arts IN 1920.
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CULVER CITY PLANE
ENDS RECORD HOP
AFTER 246 HOURS
Continued From First Page.)

tiers Of encouragement during the fight.
They will never know how these mes
Sages helped us to win the fight; how
they kept up our spirits and kept us de-
termined to push on to the fullest of
our powers.
AS to the flight. it was long Cruel
ling grind. but we feel AS though 1t
was we'll worth every effort that We
made, and we are pleased with the in
terest which the people have shown to-
ward u.s.
In speaking Of the last moments Of
the fight. Mendell said
The controls seemed to be damned.
For the sake OF the record thought
we had better come down. I had no
trouble landing. but the tail was so
heavy l had to hold the stick back
with both hands 10 bring her down on
an even keel"
Inspection OF the motor which car
ried the biplane to its astounding rec
ord showed that it was in excellent
condition. The nine-cylinder air-cooler
power unit was taken apart late yester-
day by w. e. Thomas, Wright Aero
being thoroughly looked over. he pro-
nounced 1t as ready to fly again.
Spark Plugs Perfect.
The motor had been rcconditioned
prior TO the flight. after $50 previous
hours Of duty The spark plugs. Of
which there were two sets under a
switch control that the pilot might
alternate their usage, we're declared
perfect.
The connecting wire was off one plug
of one set, which accounted for the re-
port of Chief Pilot L. w. Mendell that
he frequently heard what he thought
was one or two plugs missing FIRE.
1t was estimated that the Angeleno
had flown approximately 1880 miles
in the journey which had taken 1t only
few miles from the airport. The
average speed was 30 miles an hour,
with the motor consuming 3,o35 gall
Ions of gasoline.
A new Buhl air sedan today was en-
route here, a gift to the flyers from the
makers of the plane Angeleno. 1t is
powered with a Wright Whirlwind
motor. gift of the Wright Aeronautical
Corporation.
Get $4,000 Cash.
Cash contributions amounting 10
more than $4,000, and possible contract
for screen and stage appearances, as
we'll as for newspaper and magazine
articles. awaited the pair when they
had completed their rest
The flight was backed by William
Gibbs McAdoo, former Secretary of the
Treasury. who owns the plane: William
G. McAdoo. jr.: A. E. McManus, jr.,
manager of the Culver City Airport
where the flight was staged. and Paul
Whittier. pilot of the refueling ship.
Fogs harassed the flyers during the
first few nights of their defiant journey.
They were also marked by illness on the
part of the pair. but as the flight pro-
crossed they became more or less accus-
toned to the routine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
STUDENTS IN ROME
GREET i. S. FLYERS
Yancey and Williams Wake
During Serenade by
Americans.
g. the Associated Prsss.

By tns Associated Press.
ROME, July l3.--Capt Lewis A.
Yancey and his transatlantic compan-
ion. Roger O. Williams. awoke this
morning to find before their hotel bal
cony' a hundred American students
singing The Star Spangled Banner.
giving their college yells and booming
the flyers names in all directions.
Rubbing their eyes the American air.
men went down and shook hands with
the students. signing autographs and
posing for pictures. The students are
stopping at various hotels and had
arranged to meet carly in the morning
so as to catch the flyers before they left
their abode.
The flyers went to the Centocelle
Military Air Field today with Mai
George e. Lowell. jr.. American air
attache, where they inspected various
planes, including the Savoie 81. in
which Ferrarin and Delprette made
their fight TO Brazil.
They had their tuxedos and were
ready for the various receptions still
awaiting them. During the day they
visited the Foreign Press Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
EPIPHANY CHURCH TO OBSERVE
ITS 85th ANNIVERSARY DATE
Congregation to Celebrate Founding With
Special Exercises Tomorrow-Fiirst
Service Held on July ID, 1874.

to sell the church property and move
uptown.
DR.. James Edward Freeman assumed
charge of Epiphany in February, 1921,
to succeed DR.. McKim. whose death
occurred on July Is, 1920. DR.. Free
man came from a large parish in Min
neapolis. One of his first moves wes
to erect a memorial to his predecessor.
A set of chimes of Is bells was one
of the memorials, and these are played
daily and twice on Sundays.
DR.. Freeman Becomes Bishop.
DR.. Freeman was consecrated third
Bishop Of Washington in Epiphany
September 90, 1923.
DR.. 2. B. Phillips, rector of the
Church of Our Savior, in the City of
Philadelphia, was called May Il. 1924.
He accepted and preached his first ser
mon July 6, 1924. DR.. Phillips was
elected chaplain of the United States
Senate about two years ago.
The special services tomorrow will
be: 8 am. holy communion; IL am.
and 8 pm. service and sermon by Rev.
Earle G. Lier, minister In charge at
this time.
From 1890 am. until II o'clock
there will be recital on the Mckim
Memorial Chimes. which will be broad
cast over Station WRC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia. MARYLAND and
Virginia-Fair and warmer tonight: to-
morrow partly cloudy and continued
warm, followed by local Thunderstorm
ers tomorrow afternoon or night:
signify cooler tomorrow night: gentle
to moderate south and southwest
winds.
West Virginia = Partly cloudy and
warmer tonight. followed by local
thundershowers tomorrow and possibly
II northwest portion tonight: slightly
cooler tomorrow afternoon In north
portion.
Records for "A Hours.
Thermometer pm, rs; s pm, Il:
noon, So
Barometer pm. 3o.25: 8 nm
1924; IL midnight. 1923: 4 am. 1921:
am, 1922; noon, 30.18
Hlgnest temperature, SO. occurred at
II am. TO-DAY.
Lowest temperature, 81. occurred AZ
6 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest. IS; lowest. Sc.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide. 8 am. and s.14
pm; high tide, 1:21 am. and 1888 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. S:56 am. and
9:o6 pm; high tide, 2:l5 am. and Pa
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 4:53 am: sun sets
7:34 pm
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4::53 am: sun
sets 7:34 pm.
Moon rises 1926 pm: sets 11:5s pm.
automobile lamps to be lighted enc
half hour after sunset.
Condition of the Water.
Great Falls, muddy; Harpers Ferry
Fotonac and Shenandoah, very muddy
Weather in Various Cities.
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WARSAW is EXCITED.

News Of Flight Routes Pessimism Felt
for Polish AviatQrs' Plan.
WARSAW, Poland, July 10 R.-
News that Majs Idzikowski and Kubala
took of from Lebourget this morning
for New York caused intense excitement
in Warsaw.
J There had been much pessimism as
TO a fight by the two men during the
present year and word of the hop was
received with enthusiasm.
Many people went to the churches to
pray for the flyers success.
The thirteenth is the favorite date
Of Marshal Pilsudski after whom the
plane is named and there was some be-
lief here that the Polish airmen had
selected 1t purposely..
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TRANSIT. S. CIRCUIT
AIR TEST PLANNED
Pilot Hopes to Lower Coast-to-Coast
Round Trip Flying
Record.
Bv The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 13-Herbert
Fahy. holder of the unofficial solo en-
6urance flight record. plans to hop on
here at midnight in an attempt to ny
to New York and back in SO hours.
Fahy. who is also commercial air.
plane test pilot. seeks to break the re-
cent round-trip record established by
Capt. Frank Hawks. whose flying time
from New York to Los Angeles and re-
turn was 36 hours 48 minutes and 4S
seconds. Another reason given by Fahy
for his attempt is to prove the feasibil-
ity of an 18-hour transport service
from coast to coast.
Fahy expects the Black Hornet, his
high-speed n1onoplane to take him to
Roosevelt Field Long Island, in IS
hours and return him to Los Angeles in
IT hours. He plans to stop not more
than one hour in the East for refueling.
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WEATHER REPORT GOOD.
New York Meteorologist Says Condi-
tions Favorable as Expected.


NEW YORK, July 10 LP). The
transatlantic weather is about as favor
able for an East to West flight as one
is apt to find, said Dr. James H. Kim
ball, meteorologist of the Weather Bu-
reau, today.
He said that when the planes left
Europe they were in clear weather with
light winds and that these conditions
existed for about one-third the way
over the ocean, The winds were gen.
orally following winds'-light north
east winds.
In the middle of the ocean, Dr. Kim
ball said the flyers would encounter a
bit of unfavorable weather. some cloud
mess and rain. He said that the main
body of this weather was north Of the
route the flyers are supposed to be
travelling.
For the western half of the trip, Dr.
Kimball said. the flyers would meet
light westerly winds which might i'm
pede the progress of their planes.
GOVERNMENT RELENTS,
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Showers for Russian Train.

BERLIN, July 13.-Realizing that
Americans need water as much as
ducks, as Russian spokesman explains
it, the Russians have built shower baths
in a special train which will take Amer
leans on a tour through Russia, be-
ginning next week, under the auspices
Of the American Russian Chamber Of
Commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
EXPRESSES TARIFF VIEWS
Ambassador Says Sugar Rates Will

DdSsdUUI y -Vct w TIT
Turn Cubans Into Farmers.
HAVANA, July IS P).-Increased
tariffs on Cuban sugar by the United
States will cause Cubans to revert to
sandals and "Guano" hats and become
a nation of herdsmen and farmers, DR..
Orestes Ferrara. Cuban Ambassador to
Washington, yesterday told the press.
DR.. Ferrara, who arrived here Sunday
from Washington, has been in daily
conference with President Machado,
making a complete report on the sugar
tariff situation in Washington and the
labors performed in an effort to effect
favorable treatment of Cuban sugar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
Protects Hens With Airguns.

GENEVA, N. Y, July 13.-Adrian
Windsor is 9-year-old boy who has
an airgun and his daddy's chickens are
safe. Adrian brought down a chicken
hawk with wing spread of rs inches.
The shot stunned the bird and Adrian
finished the job with the butt of his
gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
SPECIAL NOTICES.

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Vermont Publisher Dies.

BURLINGTON, VT, July 10 R.-
Willard B. Howe, IS, publisher and
Press and president of the Vermont
Press Association, died here today.
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Mrs. Tingley Burial Arranged.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 10 Up.
The body of Mrs. Katherine Tingley.
noted theosophist leader, who died on
Thursday, will be cremated in Gothen-
burg tomorrow The ashes will be
buried at Point Iona, Calf, In the
Fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13

A 1s-year-old boy, recently charged
with theft at Tottenham, England, had
held % jobs in four years.