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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
BY CoRINNE FRAZIER.
TIME National Executive Board OF
the National League of American

TINE National Executive Board OF
the National League of American
Pen Women will hold its hrst
i regular meeting Of the Fall ano
Winter season at the Willard
Hotel, Monday morning, october 2, al
1890 o'clock. The national president,
Mrs. Clarence M. Busch, will preside.
Reports will be given by the national
officers and the chairmen of standing
committees, and new business Will De
considered.
Organized 80 years ago in this city,
the League of American Pen Women
has grown until today 1t Is the largest
organization of woman writers, artists
and composers in the world. 1t main
tains national headquarters here at the
Willard Hotel, where two secretaries are
busy daily handling the large mass OF
correspondence and other routine work
associated with keeping in touch with
the 40 branches scattered throughout
the country, and with the continuous
healthy expansion of the membership
OF the league.
California is the banner State in the
number of branches within its confines,
having nine, located at Los Angeles.
Berkeley, San Francisco, Santa Clara
County, San Diego, Sacramento. Golden
Gate. Butte County and Sonoma County.
OF these, the Los Angeles branch has
the distinction of being the first branch
organized and affiliated with the ma
tional society in Washington.
Other branches of the league are at
Birmingham, Mobile and Selma in Ala
bama, Mobile being the second Oldest
branch: Phoenix. Ariz.; Little Rock,
Ark: Denver, Colo; Greenwich, Conn. ::
Washington, D. c.; Miami, Daytona
and Jacksonville in Florida; Honolulu.
Hawaii; Chicago and Springfield in
Illinois; Indianapolis. Ind: Baltimore
and Chevy Chase in Maryland; Boston,
Mass. Minneapolis, Mimi: Kansas City
and st. Louis in Missouri; Reno, New.
New York City, Western New York and
Central New York in New York State:
Raleigh, N. c.: Cincinnati and Cleve-
land in Ohio; Pittsburgh and Philadel-
phia in Pennsylvania; Mitchell, Water
town, Huron and Yankton in South
Dakota; Knoxville and Memphis in
Tennessee; Dallas, Tex; Newport, r. l.;
Clarksburg, w. Va, and Seattle, Wash.
In the more than three decades of its
existence "a presidents have served the
National League of American Pen
Women, the first Of whom was one Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

Heavy storms have been causing dam
age in parts of Spain.
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GIRL IDENTIFIES CAPTIVE
HELD IN HER ASSAULT
IIan, Arrested While He Slept,
in Custody at Dam
vile Jail.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
STUART, Va, September 2s-Pur-
eel hester. wanted on the charge of
criminally attacking a IO-year-old girl
in Danville, was caught at Meadows Of
Dan, 80 miles from here, at 4 am. He
was captured while asleep at the home
OF his father-in-law, ]. S. Hylton, by
Sheriff Frank Mays of Patrick County
and three Danville officers.
hester was taken to Danville this
morning and was fastened to Memorial
Hospital, where the 10-year-old girl
he is alleged to have mistreated inden-
titled him as her aSsailant, according
to Chief of Police Martin, who was
present at the interview.
After the alleged identification, Mar
tin ordered the man taken to a nearby
jail. He declined to say where. but It
is believed he is now in Greensboro,
N. c.. A special grand jury is to be
called Monday to consider the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29

Thomas w. O'Brien and H. Winship
Wheatley.
The library of the School Of Law,
which is under the charge of John J.
O'Leary, has just been the recipient of
IS volumes Of the American Digest, the
gift of Prof. Neale.
The postgraduate courses at Column
bus University are being conducted
after the oxford plan and will feature
discussions of the various subjects in
round-table fashion.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
CLERK IS HELD
AS DRUM"

Arrested on a charge Of driving
while drunk. with $125, 900 of nego.
table county bonds in his automo.
bile. James c. Blackwell, clerk of
the Prince Georges County Gem
missioners today was preparing to
face trial in the Hyattsviile police
court tomorrow.
Blackwell was at liberty today
under bond OF $I.10O as a result of
his arrest by Carl NJ. Blanchard,
chief Of Hyattsville police. He was
taken into custody on complaint of
James B. DAILY, of the 500 block
Quintana Pl. N. w.
The arrest was an aftermath Of
a collision last Friday night be-
tween the automobiles of Blackwell
and Daily on the Washington-Bal-
timore boulevard near johnson Ave
nue., Hyattsville.
Negotiable bonds of Prince
Georges county, worth $125. 900,
We're in Blackwell's automobile at
the time of his arrest. He had Just
returned fom the home of George
w. Waters, chairman of the county
commissioners. who had signed the
securities.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
SCREEN
REAPPEARS

For the first time in three
months rum-runner used a
smoke-screen on pursuing police
and made good his escape.
Shortly before midnight last
night, Policemen B. r. Campbell
and r. j. Walters. assigned to auto.
mobile duty in the Eleventh
precinct were sitting in their
parked automobiles near Thirtiesh
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Southeast, when large, dark
bodied touring car flashed by at a
high rate of speed.
Campbell and Walters began pur-
suit in the police Fords and were
close to the speeding car while
crossing Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge when the driver loosed the
dense and biting smoke on them.
They continued to chase him, how
ever, but lost him at Second Street
and Virginia Avenue Southeast.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Paris Sandwich Man"
Is Mostly Out of Work

PARIS, Sept. 10 nN.Sl.-Leon.
champion sandwich man of the
Partisan boulevards. is out Of work,
Leon Is an artist In his given pro-
fession. Whereas his colleagues
are content to merely perambulate
the streets between two advertis.
ing boards. Leon goes further and
dresses the part. He got his in.
spiration from watching atmosphere
prologues at moving picture thea.
tiers, he says. If his account" is
a shoe store. Leon fashion himself
into shoe. with the aid Of some
papier-mache, and so on. The other
day, he appeared as Austen Cham.
berlin, faultlessly attired, monocle
and all. on behalf of an oculist.
But Leon Is out of work these
days, and can be seen on the boule-
wards wearing this sign:
Leon, advertising artist, b FOR
rent Ea nun q. ~ 81 =
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Other AirpIane Lines
Halted Ships for. Storm
San Francisco Braved

GALLUP, N. NJ Sept. 10 H.N.sN
While the bodies OF the eight vie.
tins of the crash of the TranScon'
tinental Air Transport plane, City
Of San Francisco, were being pre-
pared for burial the United States
Government today was seeking the
tragic story Of what caused the dis
Rster on Mount Taylor.
Department OF Commerce inspec
Dors are here laying the groundwork
bf the investigation, after having
viewed the burned wreckage yester.
day. The hearings, according ia
Inspector r. J. Hazen. will be held
On Albuquerque, n. M.
Reports Confidential
Inspector Hazen already has pre-
pared and forwarded to Washington
n report on the disaster. With the
exception of his announcement that
Pilot J. C. Stowe apparently was
flying west when the crash &C
eurred, he would make no state
ment. Hazen explained that al
opinions Of inspectors are secret
and can only be released by the
Department Of Commerce.
Experienced airmen expressed be-
Net that the inquiry would center
pn whether Pilot Stowe was or
tdered to take off from Albuquerque
= for Los Angeles last Tuesday In
the face of storm warnings.
The air liner crashed into Mount
Taylor during one Of the worst
storms the Southwest region has
experienced in years. Violent winds
heavy rainfall and electrical dis
turbances characterized the storm
Tuesday.
Other Lines Halted Trips
It has been revealed that the
western Air Express and the Stan
Hard Air Lines ordered their pilot!
not to attempt the trip and SEIZED
niles were not resumed until thu
storm had worn itself out.
After the inquest yesterday a
Grants, N. NJ, the bodies of PHO
stowe, Assistant Pilot e. A. Dietel
Steward G. F. Garfield and William
Livermore, Boston banker; NJ. Nj
Campbell of Cincinnati and william
Beers. New York magazine editor
passengers, were brought here
Those Of A. NJ. McCaffey, Albuquer
que capitalist, and Mrs. George q
Raymond, Of Glendale, Calf, wer
taken to Albuquerque.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Letterman Raiders
Seize 3 on Charges
OF Conducting Game

Sergt. Oscar J. Letterman and his
vice squad captured three alleged
numbers gamblers during the 24.hour
period ended at 8 o'clock today.
Charles Richardson. colored, -
years old. was arrested in front of a
house in the 1900 block Of Kalorama
Rd. n. W., when he was alleged to
have taken numbers bets. Richard
SON lives in the 1900 block of T st.
n. W., police said. Several mum
bers slips" were found. the raiders
reported. He was held in bond of
81, 900 on a charge of setting up a
gaming table.
The next victim was Samuel
Louis Brown. IS. OF the 400 block
of o st. N. W., who faces a like
charge and who also Is held In
bond of $4,000. Slips were found in
the premises, the raiders said.
The third man to fall into Ser.
geant I.etterman's hands was Ben
first block Of N st. N. w. who
was arrested In premises in the
200 block OF Florida Ave. N. w.
Slips also were found there. the
police said. His bond and the
charge against him ARE the same
as in the cases Of Richardson and
Brown.
BY way of variety, the squad
staged a liquor raid during the
same period. They arrested Edward
Major Robinson, coIored, 81, and
Frances Vance. colored, IS, OF the
100 block OF u st. N. W., when
they raided Robinson's home in the
200 block of Second st. N. w. They
seized 20 quarts of alleged whisky
Robinson is charged with sale and
possession and Is held in bond of
$4,000. The Vance woman is
charged with illegal possession and
is held in bond of $500.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH
international News service


Every factor. in the tragic crash
last week of the air-liner City of
San Francisco on Mt. Taylor, N.
NJ, which cost the lives of eight
iployed as chief dispatcher for local
the aeronautics branch of the De-
partment of Commerce.
Several reports have been SUBJ
shifted to the department, but 1t
was explained that under the policy
or the aeronautics section they will
be held confidential. Specific action
win be taken IL law violations are
discovered.
Look to Future
Officials said the reports of the
Sew Mexico tragedy would be
studied carefully with view toward
obtaining information which would
reduce the probability Of future acct.
dents Of the same character,
For instance, should 1t develop
that there had been some structural
weakness in the airplane, or some
defect in design or equipment, the
department would take the matter
up with the manufacturer aiming
ut having the defects corrected in
other planes of the same type" an
@1perC Sa1Q.
''Should it appear that the pilot
was at fault, or there were flaws
In regulations under which he was
licensed or under which he operated,
the necessary measures would be
taken"
Pilots Obey Officials
Officials in commenting on pub
lished reports that ground officers
of air-transport companies in some
instances, themselves unfamiliar
with flying conditions, had the au-
thority to order pilots into the air,
said that such q course would vio-
late no Government regulation even
though the take-off was made
against the judgment Of the pilot.
The air commerce act does not
give sufficient authority for regula-
tons to cover such q case. officials
said. It was assumed here that air
transport corporations would employ
men in charge Of flights competent
I to exercise the judgment. necessary
to order a. take-off or postponment
of a, flight.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Prussian Cow Makes
Worlds Milk Record

KoENIGsBERG, Sept. 10 0.N.s)
Three times within the last two
years one COW after another-and
every time in East Prussia-has
established a new record for Ger.
many. And now comes Elise, /"
owned, like the last record-breaker
by Herr Won Batocki-Rledau, and
sets new record with 29,7SO pounds
Of milk in one year.
This figures out at S159 pounds
of milk, or almost AZ quarts for
every day during the whole year,
The record is attested by the agri.
cultural department of the Uniyer.
sitY of KOenigsberg.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Wichita Preacher Con
WEEDS Visiting COuples

WICHITA. Kan. Sept. 10 Q.N.SD.
Wichita's marrying parsons are apt
to meet competition from the police
department.
Where can we find a preacher"
hailed a voice from a car az A
patrolman was walking his beat
about midnight.
60 to the police station, they'll
fix you up" was the patrolman's
answer.
At the police station Owen Walk.
err. Fl, Great Bend. Kan, and Nina
Miller, Is. Sayre. Okla, and
group OF friends left the car and
entered. The Rev. r. r. Bach was
spending his vacation as a member
OF the police dry" squad.
Bach laid aside his gun and read
the wedding ritual for the connie
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Wholesale Numbers
Game Operator Now
is Sought by Police

Operation Of numbers" game be-
gan to assume proportions OF what
gangland calls racket with an
nouncement today that search Is
under way for man who Is be-
lieved. to be in the business on .
wholesale basi
Six weekend raids. the victims
of which face arraignment on Sep
TENDER 10. gave information which
will aid, according to prosecutors in
Police Court. in stamping out the
numbers form of gambling.
Twelve colored people. arrested
during the weekend. face charges
of permitting gaming rather than
the lesser offense OF running a
lottery.
A number Of those arrested and
to be arraigned September ia
stated that they were in business
on a commission basis, and gave
the name of the man for whom
they worked.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Pilot in Death Crash
Charged With Homicide

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 U.N.s).--
Henry Ramsdell, alrpIane pilot for
the Coastal Always, was released
in $4,000 bail in Long Island City
yesterday. after he had been held on
a charge of homicide, as a result of
collision between an unidentified
seaplane and a motorboat in Jamaica
Bay yesterday. The crash caused
the death Of William Brown, 81, and
injured John Dee. =.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
CHAMBER OF: VA.
TO VISIT FAIR
Photo by international

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. 10
The board Of directors of the cham
Der of commerce met yesterday
afternoon for the first time since
the summer vacation. Plans were
made for the attendance of men,
bers at the Fairfax county fair
Thursday which has been set apart
as chamber of commerce day. The
Citizens Band will accompany the
body and give a concert near the
chamber of commerce booth. Many
local merchants have contributed
prizes to the fair association.
Three North Carolina youths were
captured here yesterday evening
while conveying 4S half-pint bottles
of home made gin. They gave their
names as Wade Snipes, Harold Gil
more and John Underwood, all of
Sanford, N. c. They were caught
by State Prohibition Officer Virgil
Williams and Policeman Shoots.
They are being held under 81 900
bond each for trial Thursday.
The city will begin paving King
Street Thursday when the street
car company will have finished
laying new rails and ties. The
work will take about three weeks.
Elizabeth Brown. II, colored, one
Of the oldest persons to be tried
here for violating the dry law was
fined 81 and $20.5O costs and sen
fenced to three months in Jail this
morning on a second offense
charge.
In the corporation court yester-
day resolutions of respect to the
memory of former Judge J. K. M.
Norton were presented by James
r. Cation, jr., chairman Of a com.
mittee from the local bar and
! ordered placed on the minutes by
Judge w. p. Woolls.
The Rev. Martin Quinn for the
past few years assistant rector of
st. Mary's Church, will leave Fri
day. for Ocean View. Va, where, he
| has been transferred. The Rev.
Thomas Mitchell, of Lynchburg,
has been assigned to succeed Father
Quinn. Father Mitchell was assist
ant pastor OF ST. Mary's two years
ago.
Farmers in the nearby cOunties
have given up hope OF rain saving
their corn crops and many hayn
already cut their crop to save the
| fodder. Except in very low-lying
land the corn crop is considered
a total loss.
L. L. johnson. charged with
stealing $37 worth of meat from
the Peoples Market, where he was
employed, Is being held at the
police station for a medical exam.
ination after pleading guilty and
blaming 1t on his condition due to
shell shock and wounds received
| in the war.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Scientists Seek Metal
More Useful Than Gold

CLEVELAND, Sept. 10 U.SJ.-A
new metal "a thousand times more
useful than gold" Is sought by the
National Metal Congress, meeting
here yesterday. 1t would have all
the properties Of those in present
use, DR.. Fay Jeffries, president OF
the American Society for Steel Treat,
ing. said. adding:
'It IL not just n dream, for
researches in the last year have
brought forth metals that very
nearly approach this ideal. 1t
win be lighter than aluminium,
stronger than steel. heat-resistant.
tOugh-in short, a perfect metal
for all industrial uses"
The Washington times., 1929-09-10

Julius Kirson. 1900 block Third
st. s. W.
Robert E. Lee, 5000 block Fourth
st. N. w.
William Lynch, Pluray Ave-,
Braddock. Va.
The four girls are to be con.
graduated. 1t isn't so long ago
that they wouldn't have been heard
from in a baseball contest. But
they're coming ahead fast and
who knows?-maybe one of them
may win a first prize and a trip
to the world series next year. It's
just bound to happen one of these
days.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10

transport companies" said Berchtold.
and the precautions, generally
speaking, are self-imposed.
"A transport plane must be
licensed by the Department Of
Commerce. The department in
spects licensed transport planes
from day to day.
Pilot Is Licensed
Each transport pilot is required
by the Commerce Department to
have 200 hours solo flying expert.
ence. Most Of the transport pilots,
however, have 1000 hours expert.
ence in the air.
I'm addition to the chief pilot,
there is a co-pilot who relieves his
mate and acts as. an extra safe
guard to see If the ship is in con.
slant good mechanical shape.
Besides the Government inspec-
ton, each of the ships of the trans
port companies is inspected at each
stop by their mechanics also licensed
by the Department of Commerce"
Berchtold asserted that most of
the big transport companies had
their own weather experts to sup.
plement the reports of the Govern.
ment Weather Bureau.
'tThe T. A. 7. system has an ex
tensive and expensive weather
gathering system which provides
hourly reports to supplement the
three or four hour weather reports
Of the Government" he said.
''The procedure of this company
and practically all others, is to
have it's own meteorologist forward
the latest weather report to the
| operations manager, who Is respon'
sible for pilots continuing their run
THE operations manager is al.
ways veteran pilot himself. There
is Paul Collins, of the T. A. r. who is
World War veteran, one of the
first mail pilots and has 1900 hours
in the air to his credit.
Pilot Makes Decision
while, technically speaking, the
pilot does not make the decision as
to whether or not he will fly. the
operations manager seldom sends a
pilot aloft If the latter thinks he
cannot get through"
The new radio devices would per.
NIT communication both ways be,
tween a pilot and the weather ex.
pert at the nearest airport, Berch'
told said Advicas from the St
Louis offices of the 7. A. T. com
pany. state that every one of THEN
air liners is equipped with radio
receiving device. A written weather
report is given the pilot before he
takes off from an airport. and
additional reports are broadcast
according to r. A. 7. afficials.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
POLICE IGNORE
MOB AS STRIKE
TRIAL ENDS
BY HENRY LEsEsNE

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Sept. 10
/ Q.N .S.).--A wave of mob arolence
brushed over Charlotte and nearby
towns today In the wake of the
sensational close OF the trial Of 16
alleged communists and atheists for
the assassination OF Police Chief
o. +. AderhOlt of Gastonia.
With shrill cries of Long live
100 per cent Americanism" piercing
the early morning air, MODS
gathered in Charlotte, Gastonia and
Bessemer City and raided the offices
Of organization which financed the
legal battle for Fred Erwin Beal,
organizer of the Gastonia strike
and Is OF his aides.
The trial came to a dramatic
close yesterday when q mIstrial was
ordered by Judge NJ. ". Barnhfll
after one of the jurymen became
violently insane. Physicians de-
scrlbed his condition as acute"
Early today he was whlsked away
to the State Hospital for the Insane
at Morgantown.
Organizers Beaten
The temper of the town was in.
dicated by the beating OF two Ma.
tional Textile Workers Union or.
ganizers.
Ben Wells and Cliff saylors were
found about eight miles from Con.
cord, N. c., early this morning and
brought into Charlotte.
Wells was beaten badly and was
unconscious when found. Saylors
told police that he and Wells had
been kidnapped by a mob at Gas
tOnia, taken to a deserted spot out
side Concord and there whipped and
manhandled.
At Gastonia q mob armed with
sticks and stones and estimated to
number several hundred men stormed
the publicity headquarters of the
National Textile Workers Union and
destroyed great quantities of litera-
ture.
Raid Labor Defense Office
After the Gastonia demonstration
scores OF men secured the coun.
tryside in automobiles threatening
red" sympathizers. Shortly after
midnight the mob raided offices of
the International Labor Defense
here and at Bessemer City.
The Gastonia mob divided into
three units. A large portion OF them
milled around the home of Tom P.
Unison, chief defense counsel in the
Aderholt trial
For Is minutes yells of lynch law
filled the air. When word was
passed around that the attorney
was at an uptown hotel, the mob
dispersed. Not. however, until the
main headquarters of the Inter-
national Labor Defense, across the
street from the courthouse where
the Aderholt trial was held, had been
ransacked and all propaganda de-
stroyed and strewn over the streets.
Mob Uses SO Autos
The Gastonia mob descended upon
Charlotte in so automobiles.
The onslaught upon the. Interna.
tional Labor Defense branch office
at Bessemer City occurred earlier
| in the night. The mob tore signs
from the building and made away
with all the pamphlets and proDa-
| ganda stored there.
Police Profess Ignorance
Gastonia police professed to have
no knowledge of the mob which
! paraded through the streets there.
| The occurrences here were not re.
ported to the police until the mob
had about dispersed. No arrests
| were made.
Solicitor John G. Carpenter Of
Gastonia, who headed the prosecu-
ton in the Aderholt trial, declared
this morning that he intended i'm.
mediately to launch a thorough in.
vestigation into the reign of terror.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Postcard Travels Z
Years to Destination

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10 Q.N.SA-A
postcard, postmarked July %, 1922.
Madison, Wis, finally reached its
destination In st. Louis recently.
Seven years ago, Miss Freda
Solomon, then on a vacation at
Madison, Wis, mailed the missfye
to Edith Horwitz, who at that time
resided in this city.
The Washington times., 1929-09-10
Cash and Jewels Taken
When RectOry Is T,ootOd

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10
Thieves looted the rectory Of st. >.
lumbia's Catholic Church.
While Rev. Thomas r. Ryan, the
rector. was away from the house $50
in cash and jewelry, valued at $3.50
were stolen from the place. The
theft was not discovered until Father
Ryan returned. -.a -