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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
GERMAN ATLANTIC
FLYERS LEAVE CITY
AFTER RECEPTION
Capt. Won Gronau and Zim-
mer Guests of Or. Otto
KEEP at Dinner.
PROMINENT OFFICIALS
PAY VISITORS TRIBUTE
Young, Klein, Newton, for United
States, and French Charge DAT
flares Present at Affair.

Following an informal dinner and re-
ception last night at the home of DR..
Otto G.. Kiep, counselor and charge
d'affaires of the German embassy, 1929
Idaho avenue, Capt. Wolfgang Won
Gronau and Edward thinner, pilots of
the great German Dornier Wal sea-
plane which made the fourth successful
airplane crossing of the Atlantic from
east to west, left the National Capital
last night for Newark, N. j.
High Dignitaries Present.
Among those present at the dinner
were Clarence M. Young, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics;
Julius Klein. Assistant Secretary of
Commerce; Walter Newton, secretary to
President Hoover; Jules Henry, charge
d'affaires of the French embassy, and
officials of the State Department.
The flyers were invited to fly to New
ark on one of the tri-motored planes OF
the New York, Philadelphia & Wash
ington Airline today, but were forced
to make the trip by rail instead to keep
an early appointment today in Newark.
Will Be Fokker Guests.
Tomorrow they are to go to Atlantic
City, N. j., and then will return to New
York, where they will be the guests OF
Anthony H. G. Fokker airplane de-
signer and builder, on Monday. They
are to sail for Germany Tuesday aboard
the S. S. Hamburg with the other two
members of the transatlantic flight crew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
WOMAN WHALES GAS
TO END LONG ILLNESS

Leaving 8 note begging forgiveness
for her act and explaining she felt she
would never recover from an illness with
which she has been suffering for the
past three years, Mrs. Mary Alice
Carroll, go years old, of 1853 Girard
street, ended her life yesterday after
noon by inhaling Illuminating gas.
A sister, Mrs. Georgia W. Thomas,
had neighbors summon the fire rescue
squad and Casualty Hospital ambulance
when she discovered the body in the
kitchen upon returning home from a
shopping trip, but, the woman was pro-
nounced dead on the arrival of those
units. Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt issued
suicide certificate.
Mrs. Carroll, a widow, is survived by
her sister and a daughter, Miss Helen
Carroll, an employe at the Patent ONCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
C0L0RED ASSOCIATION
CHARGES HARASSMENT

Charges that the colored people Of
this country are subjected to harass-
ment, hindrances and encouragement
in their efforts to enter Cuba as visitors
or tourists and that the United States
Government has been frequently indi-
Gated as authority behind this harass-
ment are contained in a letter for
warded today to Secretary of State
Henry B. Stimson by the Natlonai Ass,,-
citation for the Advancement Of Colored
People.
The letter, signed by William Pickens,
secretary of the association, cites sew
eral instances in which American
steamship officials and Cuban immigra-
ton officials are alleged to have placed
obstacles in the way of colored persons
seeking passage to Cuba or to have
subjected colored tourists arriving In
Cuba to forms of encouragement on
staying there" after their arrival in the
island republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
FARE CUT SOUGHT
FOR D|CENTENN|AL
Committee to Confer With
Railroad Executives Regard
ing Reduced Rates.

Reduced railroad rates during the
year 1882 on all railroads leading into
this city will be sought by a commit
tee Of railroad men just formed under
the auspices of the local George Wash
ington Bicentennial Commission.
The committee proposes to confer
during the next few weeks with repre-
sentatives of the trunk lines. The pres
ent plan is to have reduced rates from
every point in the country to Washing
ton during all of 1880 and still lower
rates for the occasions when special
events on the program to honor George
Washington occur here.
Frederick Vining Fisher, executive
officer of the District of Columbia
Bicentennial Commission, hopes that
the reduced rates will be within the
reach of nearly every one in the Nation,
The chairman of the new committee
is w. H. Tayloe, passenger traffic man
ager OF the Southern Railroad, and the
vice chairman Is C. A. Kline, assistant
passenger manager of the same line.
The Pennsylvania, Baltimore g. Ohio,
Chesapeake 81 Ohio, Atlantic Coast
Line and the Norfolk g. Washington
Steamboat Co. are among those repre-
scented on the committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
VISITOR IN CITY LOSES
SIS CASH AND $50 PIN
Informs Police He Missed Money
After Leaving Store, Near Union
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Reported.

Peter A. Smith, 143 Codding street
Providence, r. l., last night told police
of the loss Of more than SIS in cash
and a diamond pin valued at $40. He
said he visited a store near Union Sta
ton. remaining a few minutes, and
missed his money and pin shortly after
leaving there.
Allen Ross, colored, fell asleep in his
automobile in front of his home, 634
@ street, last night, another colored
man occupying the car with him
When he was awakened, he stated, he
discovered he had been robbed of $40
His companion, he said, had left the
car.
Miss Anna D. Bell, 1882 Fifth street
reported the loss of clothing valued al
$50. an electric iron and an umbrella
She valued the property, stolen from
her home the past two days, at $3.50
A colored boy about 8 years old is
wanted by the police to answer charge
of having snatched a handbag from
Mrs. Minnie Devine, 40 Bryant street
Mrs. Devine was in the alley in rear OF
her home yesterday when the handbag
containing 81 and check for IS, was
snatched from her hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06

Recipient of 100000 under the will
of an uncle, Kingston Goddard Rogers,
Washington barber, regards his good
fortune as hardly worth talking about"
Rogers, proprietor of shop at BAL
Seventeenth street, iuherits one-third
of the approximately 100000 estate
left by an uncle, Charles M. Rogers,
Philadelphia coal dealer. Another
nephew and niece, both of Atlantic
City, will share in the estate with him.
rogers. who lives at 2l24 l. street, is
81 years old and has been barber in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Claims He Can Prevent Rainfall.

NEW YORK, September 6 (P).-Bel-
mont Park has hired a specialist to pre-
vent rain with radio machine. 1t
will collect from G. A. I. M. Sykes
81 200 for every week day and $4,000 for
every Saturday that rain drenches the
track. If it is pleasant Sykes will col
lect what he will pay if it rains. Sykes
has some secret apparatus which he
claims will prevent rain or bring it.
The park is doubtful, but will take a
chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
HAIRDRESSERS ELECT
E. BEAUVAIS PRESIDENT
Tenth Annual Convention o.
Beauty Experts Ends Sessions
at Mayhower Hotel.

Emile Beauvais, 1921 Connecticut
avenue, was elected president of The
National Hairdressers and CoSmetolo-
gists' Association at the closing session
of the tenth annual convention, in the
Mayflower Hotel yesterday.
Other officers chosen included Mrs.
M Pearl Newman of San Francisco,
first vice president; Miss Grace Shinn
of Des Moines, second vice president:
j. r. Hirschfield of Detroit, third vice
president; Miss Edna L. Emme of st.
Louis, secretary; Karl Won Smuda of
Newark, financial secretary, and Charles
Merlet of Hartford, treasurer.
Milwaukee was named the convention
city for 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
C. O.'s Will Designate
Sailors Capable of
Owning Automobile

Stringent regulations for the
operation of automobiles by en-
listed men Of the Navy went into
effect today to cut down acci-
dents and to prevent sailors from
going too deeply into debt.
In the future the sailors cars
must have passes and insignia
issued by commanding officers
only to those financially able to
own an automobile and keep 1t
in proper mechanical condition"
and having character, reliability
and good sense"
There are complaints from
civil sources of menace and of
damage from cars operated by
naval personnel" said Rear Ad-
miral Upham, chief of the Bureau
of Navigation. in announcing the
new rules. Moreover, there are
too many instances of indebted
ness, or of insufficient financial
support due directly to ill-advised
purchase of automobiles"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
REAR ADMIR-. SIMPSON,
RETIRED, SUCCUMBS
Career Included Part in Battle of
Santiago and Philippine
Service.

BALTIMORE, September 6.-Rear
Admiral Edward Simpson, U. S. NJ, re-
tired, died today at his Summer home
at Ruxton, near here, following an ILL
ness of several weeks.
The son of Rear Admiral Edward
Simpson, his service in the Navy and
that of his father extended over the
larger part of a century, the son hav-
ing served A years. He. was born in
1860 at the Naval Academy.
The younger Admiral Simpsons
career included commanding a gun
turret on Admiral Schley's flagship,
the Brooklyn, at the Battle of Santiago
in the Spanish-American War, service
in the Philippines and at various posts
ashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
AMATEUR YEGGS FAIL
TO PENETRATE SAFE
Attempted Coca-Cola Robbery Be
lieved interrupted
by Employe.

An unsuccessful and obviously anna
flourish effort to rob the safe of the
Coca Cola Co.. 400 Seventh street
southwest, was made last night when
the knob of the metal box failed to
yield to the blows of sledge hammer.
The assault on the safe was probably
ended when an employee of the firm en-
tered the plant late last night to get
a case of soft drinks. He heard suspi-
little attention to it.
The battered safe was discovered
when the plant was opened this morn
ing. Members of the fourth precinct
and of the Detective Bureau are in
vestigating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
BARBER REGARDS 100000 FORTUNE
"1ARDLY WORTH TALKING ABOUT
K. G. Rogers 81 Inherts One Third of 100000 Estate
Left by Philadelphia Uncle

Washington for years. He formerly was
located at the Ebbitt Hotel.
The Philadelphia coal dealers will
was penciled on half a sheet of paper.
It bequethed $4,000 to charitable in
situations, but since the document was
not witnessed the charity provisions, 1t
is commended, are void.
The will also failed to dispose of
the residuary estate and for that reason
the two nephews and niece inherit the
residue.
Charles Rogers, the uncle, had been
in the coal business in Philadelphia 40
years. He died July Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES
DEFENDS COLLEGE MAN
Students Influenced More by Older
Associates Than by Professors,
Is Claim.

College men of today are influenced
more by men just ahead of them in
years, training and experience than by
their professors and men in public life.
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes de-
clared last night at a dinner of the
Delta Epsilon Fraternity at Wardman
Park Hotel.
Defending the modern college stu
dent, the Chief Justice asserted he is
Just as jealous, ambitious and Studious
as he was a generation ago.
The delegates visited numerous points
of scenic and historic interest today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
SMALL DERRICK SLIPS
FROM TOP OF BUILDING
Department of Commerce Edifice Is
Slightly Damaged in Acct
dental Fall of. Machinery.

A small derrick, which was being used
to take down large stone derrick from
the south side of the Department of
Commerce Building slipped yesterday
from the top of the building and
dropped until 1t dangled from the end
of its tackle, doing some damage to
the building. This was repaired. Both
derricks were finally taken down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
PASSENGER is STABBED
AFTER NEAR-C COLLISION
Youth, Riding With Friend,
Shouts at Second Driver, Who
Stops Car for Attack.


Compton Edwards, 81 years old, OF
1925 Chapel lane, was stabbed in the
left shoulder by an unidentified colored
man early today at Van Ness street
and Connecticut avenue during an ar
gument over a near-colliSion between
machines in which the two were riding.
Edwards. an employe at the National
Geological Park, was being driven home
by friend shortly after 3 o'clock this
morning when an auto occupied by five
colored men sped by, narrowly missing a
crash.
The driver of the car containing the
colored men drew his machine to a
halt when Edwards shouted warning
and an unidentified man leaped out,
stabbed Edwards in the shoulder and
then rode off. The youth was removed
to Emergency Hospital for treatment
and then taken home. His condition Is
not serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Police Seek Missing Man.

Beauregard Hyman, 81 years old. who
has been missing from his home, at
637 Allison street, since Thursday, be-
came the object of a police search last
night when relatives reported his dis
'ppearance. Lyman is described as
leing feet inches in height, weighs
l65 pounds and was wearing blue suit.
tan felt hat and tan shoes when last
seen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
WOMAN AND 13 MEN GET
LICENSES IN MEDICINE
List Passing Examinations to Prac-
tice in District Announced by
DIR. Fowler.

One woman and thirteen men passed
the examination for licenses to practice
medicine in the District held last July by
the Commission on Licensure to Prac-
tice the Healing Arts, it was announced
yesterday by DR.. William G. Fowler
secretary treasurer of the commission
Those who have been licensed are:
Thelma B. Dunn, Montgomery Blair
ir.; T. D. Boaz, John L. Cardwell, Jerry
K. Cromer. William l.. Dunn, John D
Foley, Stuart o. Foster, Frank M. Hand
Robert H Harmon Alexander c. Leon
ardo, Marvin M. Mclean, Ernest A. w
Sheppard and Joseph r. Young.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Hotel Employees Robbed.

Theft of $50 worth of clothing from
the lockers of two employees at the
Capitol Park Hotel was reported to
police yesterday afternoon. The victims
of the thefts were Leo M. Sullivan of
767 Gresham place and william A. Pat
terson of 229 @ street northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
Colored Woman Found Dead.

Esther Wilson, colored, IS, of TIA
Ninth street. was found dead i'll her
room yesterday with gas flowing from
an open oven. Coroner j. Ramsay
hewitt issued certificate of suicide and
said the woman had been dead about
"a hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TO-DAY

Card party, Chestnut Farms Audi
forum, 2l07 Rhode Island avenue,
$3.50 pm.
Carnival, Parent-Teacher Association,
Columbia Park School, pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
CRASH KILLS TWO
Third Man Injured as Plane Hits
Water Tower Expected to Die.

WANAMINGO, Mimi, September 6
R).-Two men were killed and a third
was injured, probably fatally, when their
airplane struck water tower while
taking off from field near mere yes
terday and crashed into the main
street,
The dead are Arnold Morkre, "a
years old, and Alfred Lunde, also "a,
both of Wanamingo.
The injured man, Henry Dahlen, OF
Mora, Mimi. pilot of the plane, Is In a
hospital at Rochester not expected To
live
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

bank, it is hard to visualize her as
the daughter of washerwoman
carrying clothes which she and her
mother had Numbered, to the aris-
tocracy of the capital of the Con-
federacy. Yet this woman bank
presidents early life was passed amid
humble and unpromising surround
ings.
When Maggie Mitchell was born
however, her condition in life was
far better than was that of many a
child whose parents had been slaves
and but newly freed, as hers had
been. Her father. William Mitchell
was the head waiter of the far
famed st. Charles hotel of Rich
mond, which was about as high a
rung on the ladder as men Of the
colored group could then hope to
reach He provided comfortable
home for his family, not far from
the house said to have been occupied
by Edgar Allan Poe when he was a
boy living with John Allan, his
adopted father. And at no great dis
lance from the two-story frame
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

their poverty and ignorance grovel-
ing in distress and need. The con-
dition of those who were well and
strong was bad enough, but it was
pitiable beyond description when
they were stricken with disease.
Deeply moved by the scenes OF
helplessness and misery she witness
ed. this ex-slave conceived the idea
of establishing a fraternal organiza-
ton which could minister to the
sick and bury the dead.
While the benefit to be derived
from such an organization was ap-
parent to those whom it was de-
Continued on Page Four)
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

which had been established for
colored children, in 1883. After that
the young woman taught for threr
years in this school in which she
had formerly been pupil, and then
married Armstead Walker.
Her husband was the son OF an
expert brickmaSon and building
contractor, by whom some OF the
finest buildings in Richmond had
been constructed.
When Maggie Mitchell was only
fourteen years old she took a step
which Influenced and shaped her
whole life. She joined the Indepen-
dent Order of st. Luke, whose head
quarters were then and still are in
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08
ILLUSTRATED FEATURE sECTIoN-February 8, 1880

much harder than it would otherwise
have been. Her father suddenly dis
appeared. For five days his family,
his friends and the police of Rich
mond searched for him, and then
found his lifeless body in the river
There was little doubt that William
Mitchell had been robbed, murdered
and his body thrown into the James
Helped with Washing
After her fathers death the daugh-
tiers condition in life was completely
changed. A heavy responsibility
was placed upon her shoulders. HeI
mother had her two children, son
and a daughter, and herself to sup
port. She knew she could make
more money taking in washing than
by engaging in anything else. and
this she resolved to do on as large
a scale as possible.
Maggie was an invaluable assist
ant. She helped with the cooking,
the washing, the ironing and
fetched and carried clothes. But In
spite of the hard manual labor she
had to perform, Maggie Mitchell
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08
Negro Washerwoman's Daughter becomes Successful
Bank President

Richmond. 1t would be as impos-
sible to tell the story of Maggie
Walkers life without referring to
this organization as it would be to
give the history of the st. Luke Or
der without telling the role which
its right worthy grand secretary
treasurer played. She made the Or
der and the order made her
While serving this organization the
opportunity was presented to Mrs.
Walker to display those rare qualities
of head and heart which have
caused her name to be known and
her praises to be sung in every Sec
ton of the United Statesewhere the
colored American lives.
Founded to Help
The Independent Order of st.
Luke has an interesting history, in
deed. 1t was formed in Baltimore,
Maryland, in 1867 by Mary Prout,
who had been a slave. shortly after
the emancipation proclamation set
her free. All around her she saw
the newly emancipated slaves in
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

AS you pass the corner. of First
and Marshall streets in Richmond,
Virginia, you may see the ST.
Luke's Bank and Trust Co., of which
Mrs. Maggie Mitchell Walker is
president. Twenty-siX years ago, at
the suggestion of this woman, a bank
was started under the name OF the
st. Luke Penny Savings Bank. She
was then secretary of the Indepen-
dent Order of st. Luke grand sec
rotary treasurer of the order, she
was called, and she persuaded the
directors and members OF that or
ganization, that it would be good
thing to establish a bank which
could invest a part of the idle funds
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

of the order and add to its wealth.
Later on, the legislature of Virginia
enacted a law which forced the sep
aration of secret orders and sheir
banks. and the name was changed
to the st. Luke's Bank and Trust
co. Under the presidency OF Mrs.
Walker this bank is conceded to be
one of the best managed financial
institutions in the United States
When the bank was established. II
had a deposit of only $4,000. which
has increased in size till it has
reached 100000.
Her Father Murdered
When one sees Mrs. Walker sit
ting in a solid mahogany chair IN
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08
Aboye-Mrs. Maggie Mitchell Walker.
At the right-Her beautiful home.
At the jeft-The st. Luke Building.

her beautifully appointed office at the
house in which Maggie lived was
st. Pauls church, where President
Jeff" Davis received the news that
the cause of the Confederacy had
been lost.
But tragedy occurred in Maggie's
girlhood which made life for her
graduated from the high school
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08
By MARY c. TERRELL

WV OMAN bank presidents in the United States are
NM very rare indeed 1t quite possible to through
Wv whole lifetime without seeing one. The reason
the subject of this sketch deserves special mention is
cause she the only bank president in the United
States who has drop of African blood in her veins And
there every to believe she is the only one IN
the whole world of her persuasion who presdes
bank directorate When individual happens to be
in Is 900 900 to fill unusual and difficult position with
brilliant it is natural and fitting to call attenon TO
his or her career.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

VERY recently Mrs. Maggie
the
directors institutions She native daughter of
Richmond being her home.
Walkers bank in deracs
building
Luke Bank nd
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

This affair was however, interrupted when
Clara ran away with q horse trainer who was
Connected with the Cornelius Vanderbilt
string. This was the first time that Jacks
faith in friends and humanity was shaken.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

This affair ended because Of the Irish girls
hopeless fondness for strong drink. One day
empty whiskey bottles under her mattress.
A dispute ever this caused their separation.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

Jacks ronances were not as numerous rs
they were intense. Two colored girls played
Clara Kerr and Eta Reynolds. With the for
n,er he became very deeply Infatuated.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-02-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
RlNGLE HOGS HONORS
IN GALLAUDET MEET

Though Johnny Ringle, crack Gallau-
Diet freshman athlete, scored 35h points
he received little aid from his mates
and the firSt-year men were forced to
yield top honors to the juniors In the
annual Gallaudet ,intercless track meet
held yesterday at Kendall Green. The
juniors scored q total of 5113 points to
401s for the freshmen. Sophomores
were third.
All Ringle did was to win five events,
the 220-yard dash, shotput, discus, pole
vault and broad Jump. In addition, he
placed second In three events and tied
for second in another.
Summaries:
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grove 5 and Rinsls tied Tor second place.
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