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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
AMATEURS SHARE
MANY MUSIC PRIZES
Awards of Festival Partici-
pated in by Several States
Given in Chicago.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. t.r,
CHICAGO, August 23.-Amateur mu-
sicians of several States tonight nm
ished their two-day competition for
prizes In the Chicagoland Musical Fes-
tivai, sponsored by group Of Mid
western newspapers.
The winners included:
Bands-Cedar Falls Band, sent by
Waterloo, Iowa, firSt;s Fairbanks-M Morse
Band, Beloit, Wis, second; Hammond,
Ind, High School, third.
Drum corps-American Legion, Ra-
cine, Wis. first; American Legion, Kan
kakee, ILL.,, second.
Junior drum corps-Boy Scouts. Ra-
cine, first; Sweitzer Junior Legion,
Hegewisch, H., second.
Women's choruses - Calumet, Ind,
first; Crown Point, Ind, second.
Sopranos-Mrs. Marie Heron Truitt,
Milwaukee, first; Anna Mary Dickey,
Decatur, ILL.,, third.
Notwithstanding Seeberger, Ken
osha, first; Martha Wilhelm, Hammond,
third.
{ Tenors - Irving Didelman, South
Haven, Mich. first: r. Paul Smith,
Gary, Ind, third.
Baritone-Julius sklute. Racine, Wis.
second
Basses--Anthony, q. omerek, HAM
mond, Ind, second; Earl SHUTS, Watt
kegan, Ill, third.
cornet-william weissel. Blunton.
Ind, FIRST.
saxophone- John McEIroy, wauke-
trombone Glen Smith. oswego, Ill.
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COLLEGE EDITORS
WILL MEET HERE
Agricultural Experts Frsm II
States Expected to Attend
/ Sessions.

Agricultural experts from ~ States
are expected to assemble here Tuesday
for q three-day meeting Of the Ameri-
can Association Of Agricultural College
Editors. Morning and afternoon ses-
sions win be held In the main confer
ence room OF the Department Of Agri-
culture.
Milton Eisenhower, director Of In
formation of the department, win well
come the visitors at 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning. Among the subjects to be
discussed are methods Of training
county extension agents In preparing
information for their local newspapers,
methods Of utilizing statistics TO the
best advantage In agricultural news and
problems involved In publishing results
Of scientific research.
Maj. Gen. Charles Mckinley Salty
man, chairman Of the Federal Radio
Commission, viii participate in ses-
sion devoted to discussion Of radio
broadcasting which will be held at the
close OF the convention proper.
Bentley B. Mackay of Louisiana, the
retiring president Of the association.
win deliver the presidents address at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
IS winner
OF DAWES GOLD CUP
Prize Goes to Ray Pregenzer,
Who Establishes Record. !.
in Cyclone Boat.
81 the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARIETTA, Ohio, August 23.-The
Charles G. Dawes Gold Cup. nationally
famous cupboard motor prize, went to
Illinois today when Ray Pregenzer OF
Antioch drove his Cyclone boat over q
Tawny river course here in the record
time Of 6:024s.
The cup last year was won by Ben
Koier OF Gary, Ind, and the year be-
fore by George Martin of South Bend,
Ind. ~s
Pregenzer captured each of the three
heats Of miles each. Second came Ben
Koler, who trailed the winner in the
first two heats and came third in the
final one. Travis Chestnut of Jackson
vile, advanced In the third heat to
press Pregenzer.
Chestnut scored third place, Ralph
Martin, nth.
The trophy remains In possession Of
the Marietta Kiwanis Club until 1t Is
won three tirnes by one. driver. Twelve
boats started In the feature event OF
the regatta and but seven finished.
The class lO-mile race that closed
the regatta saw Ralph Harrington, Chi
cago. in first place. followed by Ben
Koler, second, and George Martin,
third. Robert Jones Of indianapolis,
finished fourth and Ray NORM Of Tenn
perance, Mich, was NTH.
Time for the event in which Harring-
ton and Koler fought each inch Of the
way. was 1896.
In the opening race Of the day, a
three-heat event for d boats. Koler was
first, Harrington second and Martin
third. Several bad spills marred the
. second heat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
Marriage Licenses.

George w. Petit, 20, Accotink, Va, and
Nellie q Petit 10 Ensleside. Va; rev
{ joseph L Galloway, al Groom, Nd. and
Rachel 4. Henry. IS. this city; Rev. N. W.
james =, Jordan, 10. and Mable johnson.
~; Rev. O.. A.. De Vaughn.
John H Mostly, %. and. Annie G. Smith
son, ". ootn OF Richmond, Va; Rev. H. ].
:, wiIliam, A; Smith. as. and ceieatine Taylor.
E Hs5s liS IS e Union. e; an, sna
: gurnsy Davis. %, and Belle winton. II;
Frances Scott. Is, oslahOms CITY fit Okla;
Frank Sullivan. 30, and .oria Bradshaw.
20: both OF kredeficksburg' Va; Rev. How
VA HibsrtSS. ILiitsau, a. and Helen NJ. Edson,
~, both OF Baltimore, MIDI Rev. Richard
Hubert 9. Reynolds. 40, and Thslms NJ
yaqshsmn, .,; g; both Of Richmond. va; REV.
Henry !. Anderson, az, and Katherine
cams smss r. W Ns y. PPl Piston Ca and
Lula 7: Terrell a, Beaver Dam, Va; Rev.
: 1arnett g Trueworthy. 70, and Margaret
Z. Biount, u; Rev. Arthur Z. Owens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
CAMP PERRY READY
FOR RIFLE EXPERTS
Marksmen From All U. S. and
Some From Canada Meet
l Tomorrow.


CAMP PERRY, Ohio, August a.
Tia rattle OF rifle fire and the flight
Of hundreds Of thousands of steel
aacketed bullets tomorrow viii usher in
the national rife matches, which will
extend ever period Of three weeks
The bark Of machine guns viii add to
the din rs marksmen from all sections
Of the United States gather to shoot
It out for 95 championships. Stellar
marksmen from Canada also will par
ticipate. The entrants will present a
bright galaxy of contrasts. There will
be the bright relocated Northwest
Mounted Police, from the Dominion,
and grizzled Yankee farmers, whose
main practice has been taking pot
shots at rats and woodchucks.
- Variety Of Events.
The events are sponsored by the Ma
tioral Rifle Association and the United
states War Department. Events are
scheduled from all classes Of shots.
There will be the tests Of skill devised
from experts. Also In the roster OF
events is included "varmint match, ;"
promoted to attract the executioners of
rodents. Policemen, forsaking tempo
rarlly their beats for the lure Of gun
merry, viii tackle right and left handed
matches, half Of the shots being fired
from one hand and half the shots
from, the other.
vict0rs Of Last Year,
Last year the American police team
outclassed the Royal Northwest Mount
ed aggregation, usually rated as the
cream Of the worlds law enforcement
agencies.
Military forces competing will repre-
sent the Army, the Navy, the Marine
Corps, the Coast Guard, the National
Guard and the Reserve Corps.
Most of these matches will be con-
tested with the .30-caliber regulation
Springfield Army rifles. The growing
popularity Of 22-caliber rifles viii find
expression, as will shotgun matches
and anti-aircraft and machine gun
events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
SUSPECTED BANDIT HELD
AFTER DOWNTOWN CHASE

Following a chase of three blocks
through downtown streets last night,
two colored men were arrested and one
Of them charged as the bandit who
earlier in the evening held up Theodore
English, colored, a taxi driver, and
escaped with So.
English Identified Arthur Mills, coll
ored, % years old, as the man who
hired his cab and after q short ride
rammed a pistol in his back and took
the money from him.
George Bryant, "a years old, of 604
u street, who was arrested along with
Mills after the chase, is being held for
investigation. The chase started when
English pointed out to police two men
on the corner as resembling the bandits
who had. robbed him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
SECRET QUIZ HELD
IN CARL TON PLOT
Preliminary Hearing for 8 in
Assassination Probe Set
for Wednesday.
d. enc Associated Press.

SJACKSoNvLIE. Fla. August 2s.--
Duyal County authorities held con-
ference behind closed doors today and
questioned q number Of witnesses In q
reputed conspiracy to procure the as
sassination of Gov. Doyle Il. Carlton.
The questioning was conducted BY
County Solicitor L. d. Howell, asso-
ciated In the prosecution, and Sheriff
w. b. Cahoon. The authorities did
not divulge the testimony, which they
said viii be presented at the prelimi-
nary hearing next Wednesday.
Three men are charged with the con-
spiracy. They are Fred O. Eberhardt,
Tallahassee publisher; Fred Halsema,
Jacksonville real estate man, and
Frank Rails, former political cam
paigner.. They are at liberty under
$500 bond each. Among those sum-
moned to the conference were Betty
Ann Schwartz. Chicago: Betty Grotts,
Jacksonville; Jimmy Bowen, Jackson
Vile hotel man, and several policemen.
The conference, which lasted from Q
am. to 2 pJn.,. was understood to have
been held for the purpose Of determine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
H0LD-UP TRIO TAKE
so CENTS FROM TAxlMAN
Nathan Z. Delmar Tells Police He
Recognized One Of Bandits
% Repeater..

II was disappointed bandit trio who
last niaft rode two hours with Nathan
=. Delmar. taxi driver OF 524 Columbia
Rad. only to leave with the paltry
SUM Of SO cents.
And that disappointment came Tor
the simple reason that one OF the Trio
had tried TO rob Delmar several weeks
ago, he told police.
Deirnar said he picked up the three
men st Fourteenth and O streets and
drove to sixth and I streets. The men
told him to- drive into dark street
At this point one Of the men placed .
gun in his back and demanded MS
Deimar brought forth nice. shiny
half dollar and politely handed It to
one of the bandits. He said the bandits
were not appreciative. but decided they
would leave anyway. He told police that
he recognized one Of the men as the
same bandit who held him up several
weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
THREE MEN ARE KILLED
WHEN PLANE ExPL0 DES
wreckage Scattered for Mile az
Ship Falls Into Spin From
1,OOO-Foot Altitude.

~ the Associated Press.
sHEBOYGAN, Wis, August 3D.
Three men were killed near here today
when their plane exploded as 1t was
doing wingover and crashed 1000
feet to the ground.
The dead were Elmer Blumenberg, st.
Cloud, wis; Edwin Raasch, 81, She
boygan, and Marshall Field, formerly
Of Madison, the pilot. Wreckage from
their plane was scattered for q mile
around.
The ship had Just taken OF from the
airport, according to witnesses, when
flames were seen to shoot from the
motor The wings buckled and the ship
went into a spin.
Searchers found Fields body. In the
cockpit. Raasch's was 100 feet away
and Blumenberg's also had been tossed
some distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
CANADIANS HOP OFF
TO MAGNETIC POLE

BY the Associated Press
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, August 23.---
Headed toward the icebound shore OF
King William Land, where Sir John
franklin and 129 men persisted while
on an exploration journey in 1847-4s,
Pilot w. E. Gilbert and Maj. L. T.
Burwash. famous Canadian explorer,
winged their way today en- route to the
north magnetic pole. They are to take
observations and photographs for the
Dominion Government.
A radio message, sent direct from the
plane and relayed to Winnipeg via
Churchill. was received here today
telling of the flyers departure from
Fort Hearne, historic trading post of
the far-oh Arctic shores.
This flight marks the first time white
men have visited King William Land
in the Summer season, and it is also
the first time an airpiane has crossed
many Of the areas of the barren terri
tory.
Having started from Fort McMurray
northern post, last week, Maj. Gilbert
is at the controls of giant seaplane
and as ice will soon be forming in the
lonely bays and water stretches of the
Far North, he will have to be back at
his base within fortnight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
EDDIE SCHNEIDER TO END
RECORD BID TOMORROW
Awaits in Columbus for Better
Weather Over Mountains in
Pennsylvania.
b che Associated Press.

p
COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 2S.-Ed-
die Schneider, 18-year-old Jersey City
aviator, viii leave here on the final lap
Of hts East West transcontinenta flight,
I'm quest Of the record held by the late
Frank Goldsborough, at 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
The youthful birdman, who seeks the
Junior transcontinental speed crown,
droned out OF q murky sky to Port Co
lumbus at 3:35 pm. lE. s. I'd today.
ne had flown without stop from
wichita, Kans. His take-of from
Wichita was at $50 this morning, and
the time Of his hop from that city to
Columbus was hours and As minutes.
He took on Thursday at Los Angeles,
and made overnight halts at Albuquer-.
que. N. Mex, and wichita. He had
hoped to fly direct from Wichita to
Roosevelt field, but encountered heavy
clouds and mist on his way East today.
Told that weather over the Pennsyl-
yarlia mountains was unsettled he de-
sided to remain here all night.
The youthful flyer viii make non.
stcp ffiaht between here and Roosevelt
FieidtsN. Y. he said tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
Matthew Vol Honored.

BOSTON, August - LF1.-The IN
ternational photographers Union Of
North America closed It's thirty-first
annual convention here today with the
choice Of Minneapolis and st. Paul as
the 1891 convention cities. For services
rendered to the union and to the
American Federation Of Labor, Matthew
Vol, FIRST vice president Of the Photo
engravers, was presented with check
for $5.l4O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
TAKEN ILL ON MEXICO TRIP
SENATOR ALLEN RUSHED HOME
High Altitude Is Believed
Responsible for
Condition.
Wife Told Kansan Is Under
Care of New York
Bankers Party.
BY the Associated Press

By th6 ASS0clated PTe8s,
WICHITA, Kans., August 23.-Sena-
tor Henry j. Allen of Kansas is i'll and
is being brought back to Wichita aboard
a special railroad car by party of New
York bankers with whom he visited
Mexico City, Mrs. Allen said today.
The Senator will arrive here tomor-
row morning. Mrs. Allen said the Sem
ator was not well before starting on the
trip, and that he had taken II as q
means of obtaining q rest. The party
spent about two weeks in Mexico City.
Mrs Allen was not sure as to the
nature Of the Senator's illness. She said
messages to her did not indicate his
condition Is serious. Friends say Sena-
tor Allen always has been affected adj
versely by high attitudes, and they bea
lieve this was the trouble while at
Mexico City. a#
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
DETECTIVE HOPES TO FIND
KIN or WEALTHY RECLUSE

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August ga private
detective, employed to trace relatives
OF william Todd Snodgrass. who died
In Los Angeles August 4, announced
today he hoped to locate two grand
children In the East.
snodgrass, who lived In cheap ho-
eel and ate 10-cent meals, left for
tune Of $25o,oo TO charities. The de.
tective, Erwin J. Smith, was employed
because the California law was be-
lieyed to invalidate wills leaving es-
tates to charity If children or grand
children were living.
smith said he had learned that Snod-
grass daughter, Emma Grocer Snod-
grass, had married e. Coleman Lewis
Of Philadelphia. They bad two chill
dren, he said, Mrs Rachel Grocer
Lewis Miller and James Coleman Lewis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
Tom Mix Assault Denied.

MINNEAPOLIS, August 23 TIA
general denial to allegations In the
$4,000 damage suit against Tom Mix.
motion picture actor, was filed by his
attorneys in District Court today. John
Berress, Minneapolis, automobile sales
manager, complainant, charged the
actor with malicious and wilfup
assault, during o recent theatrical
appearance here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

ing what testimony could be expected
from probable State witnesses.
- At the conclusion Of the conference
the only statement Solicitor Howell
would make to newspaper men was,
You be on hand next Wednesday for
the preliminary hearing and youm get
plenty of news
He said he did not know whether he
would call any other probable witnesses
into. conference before the preliminary
hearing or how many witnesses the
State would have.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

the opening meeting, and 1t II expected
that Arthur NJ. Hyde, the Secretary Of
Agriculture, win speak.
The annual banquet WIN Be an event
Of Wednesday evening at the National
Press Club.
An exhibit Of Iand-grant college
nlent building. There win be II classes
for competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
NIP PRISON MUTINY

San Salvador ofticials Discover
Plot of 500 to Escape.
SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Saliva
dor, August % lP).--A projected mutiny
In the State Penitentiary was discovered
and aborted today by the authorities.
Three leaders, all dangerous convicts
and $50 others, In their haste TO carry
out the plot, betrayed themselves te
guards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
stevenson Society. Meets.

sARAyAC LAKE, N. 2, August %
ND.-The Stevenson Society Of America
met In annual session here today In the
Stevenson Memorial Cottage, where Rob-
eYt Louis Stevenson spent Winter years
ago. VIII r. Low, artist and close friend
Of the author, spoke. President Hoover
and ex-President Coolidge. both members
of the society, sent letters. Col. Walter
scott Of New York, the president,
presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24

Miss May Mott-Smith plans to take
o journey through South America in q
collapsibie boat, and part Of her pro-
posed route has never been traversed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-24
ENTERS NEW FIELD

Kermit Roosevelt Heads Company
to Ship Out Panama Lumber.
NEW YORK, August 20 (P).-Friends
of Kermit Roosevelt, explorer, steamship
executive and son of the late President,
learned today he had entered the
lumber business.
Roosevelt Is chairman Of the board of
directors Of the Deep Bay Lumber Co.,
a 100000 private corporation formed
to cut and ship unfinished timber from
the Panama coast to Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08

We've Just begun this investigation"
We've done more than that" Vance
told him softly. We've avoided every
snare laid for us by the murderer. We've
upset all his calculations and forced
him to reconstruct his trenches As the
case stands now it's a stalemate. The
board will have to be set up again
and, fortunately for us, the murderer
gets the white pieces. It's his first
move. He simply has to win the game,
d. We see. We can afford to play for a
draw"
I'm beginning to understand what
you mean, Vance," Markham nodded
slowly. We've refused to follow his
false moves, and now he must re-bait
his trap"
Spoken with a precision and clarity
wholly unbecoming lawyer" returned
Vance, with forced smile. Then he
sobered again. Eyes. think he will re-
bait the trap before he takes any final
steps. And I'm hopin' that the new
bait will give us a solution to the en-
tire plot and permit the sergeant to
make his arrest"
well, all I've gotta say" Heath COM
planned, lis that this is the queerest
case ever was mixed up in. We go
and eat mullins and wait for the guilty
guy to spill the beans! If was to out
line that technic to OrBrien he'd call
an ambulance and send me to Bellevue"
(Chief Inspector O'Brien was at that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08

There's nothing we can do not but
await developments. Thus far we've
checked the murderer's king; but he
still has several moves. It's like one OF
Alekhine's chess ombinations-we can't
tell just what was in his mind when he
began the assault. And he may produce
a combination that will clean the board
and leave us defenseless. :"
Heath reappeared at this moment
looking uneasy
II don't like that damn ROOM" he
grumbled. TOO many corpses. Why
do these scientific bugs have to go dig
ging up munmieS and things? It's
what you might call morbid"
"A perfect criticism of Psychologists,
sergeant" Vance replied with sympa-
thetic grin. "Egyptology isn't an arch
Biological science-it's a pathological
condition, a cerebral isitation-demen-
Atia scholastica. Once the spirillum ter
rigenum enters your system. you're lost
cursed with an incurable disease. If you
dig up corpSeS that are thousands of
years old. you're an Psychologist; If you
Gig up recent corpses you're Burke or
Hare, and the law swoops down on
you. 1t all comes under the head OF
here indurgins in hyperbole, and be-
lieved it no more than John Dennis be-
lieved that "a man who could make so
vile a pun would not scruple to pick a
pocket" Vance knew several Egyptolo-
gists and respected them highly. Among
them were DR.. Ludlow Bull and DR..
Henry A. Carey of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art, who had once generously
assisted him in his work on the Menan-
der fragmentS)
BE that as it may" Heath was still
troubled and was chewing his cigar VIC
iously-"I don't like the things in that
morgue. And specially don't like that
black coffin under the front windows.
What's in it, Mr. Vance?"
THE granite sarcophaguep Really, I
don't know, sergeant It's empty in all
probability unless DR.. Bliss uses it as a
storage chest-which isn't likely, con-
siderin' the sWeight of the lid"
There carf1s knock on the hall door,
Snitkin informed us that Guilfoyle had
arrived with DR.. Bliss.
There are one or two questions, "
Vance said, that want to ask him.
Then, think, Markham, we can toddle
along; I'm fainting for mullins and
marmalade."
Quit now?" demanded Heath in as
onished disgust. Whats the idea?
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The Scarab Murder Case
By S. S. Van Dine
Copyright, 1880, BY $. s. Van Dine.

/ nettled Maybe when he croaked the
old man"
IF that were the case, he wouldn't
have admitted having written II"
Well" Heath persevered, maybe he
tore 1t up when you sent him to find
it few minutes ago"
:"And then. after tearing it up, he
came here and put it in the. basket,
where it might be found. No,
| sergeant. That's not entirely reason
able If Salveter had been frightened
| and had decided to get rid of the let
ter, he'd have destroyed it completely
burned it, most likely, and left no
! traces of it about"
Markham, too, had become fascinated
| by the hieroglyphics Vance had pieced
! together. He stood regarding the con-
joined bits of paper perplexedly.
you think, then, we we're intended
to find it?" he asked.
Il don't know" Vances PARKWAY
gaze did not shift 1T may be
and yet MOI There was only
one chance in a thousand that we would
come across it. The person who put
it in the waStebasket here couldn't
have known, or even guessed, that Sal
veter would tell us of having written
it and left it lying about"
"On the other hand"-Markham was
loath to relinquish his train of thought
the letter might have been put here
in the hope of involving Bliss still fur
ther-that is. it might have been re-
garded by the murderer as another
planted clue. along with the scarab
pin. the financial report and the foot
prints"
Vance shook his head
mo. That couldn't be. Bliss, d. We
see, couldn't have written the letter
it's too obviously communication from
Salveter to Mrs. Bliss"
Vance picked up the assembled letter
and studied it for time.
Its not particularly difficult to read
for any one who knows something of
Egyptian 1t says exactly what Salveter
said it did" He tossed the paper back
on the desk. There's something I'M
speakably devilish behind this. And the
more I think of it the more I'm con-
WINGED we were not intended to find
the letter. My feeling is, it was care
lessly thrown away by some one-after
it had served its purpose"
But what possible purpose"
Markham began.
IF we knew the purpose. Markham"
said Vance with much gravity, I'VE
might avert another tragedy"
Markham compressed his lips grimly.
knew what was going through his
mind: He was thinking of Vance's ter
rifying predictions in the Greene and
the Bishop cases-predictions which
came true with all the horror of final
and ineluctable catastrophe.
You believe this affair isn't over
yet?" he asked slowly.