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The Washington times., 1930-08-15
BURIED MINERS
FEARED LOST

PRINCETON, B. c., Aug. Is
GN.SD.-Hope of finding the 46
miners entombed in the Coal
mont Mine at Blackburn, B. c.,
alive was virtually abandoned
early today. Conviction was eX-
pressed by mine officials that if
the men survived the blast they
must have periShed since from
carbon monoxide poisoning.
Nevertheless, rescue crews were
making an effort to pierce the
blockaded tunnel to reach the
point where the main crew was
at work at the time Of the dis
aSter.
Thirty rescuerers have been
overcome by gas while attempt
ing to reach the men. The res
cuers are hampered by the lack
of modern equipment. After a
short shift in the tunnel, rescuers
come reeling out like drunken
men, only to plunge back in
after the effects Of the gas have
worn off.
Doctors here have been busy
caring for hysterical women,
whose husbands are entombed,
and the rescuers who have been
overcome by fumes. Eighteen of
the men entombed in the mine
are married. One of them the
father Of seven children. There
are also three sets of brothers
among those captivated behind
the wall of debris and coal.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
BIGGER A|RSH|P
IS PLANNED

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. IS QN.S0.
Americas claim to the largest air
ship under construction may be
endangered, P. w. Litchfield,
president of the Goodyear-zep-
pelin Corporation, said today.
Litchfield just recently returned
from a trip to England, where he
saw the two great dirigibles R-101
and R-10O, and conferred with
British officials of the air min
istry.
Litchfield revealed that the
English government is financing
the design Of two additional
dirigibles, one of which is to be
larger than the United States
Akron" 6,500,000 cubic foot air.
ship, now under construction
here.
Success of the R-101 and the
R-100, the latter being now on it's
way home across the Atlantic,
will have a great deal to do with
actual construction of the pro-
posed new aircraft in England,
Litchfield said.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
Alexandria Plans to
Fete Ball Team

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 15.-1n
the event that the Alexandria
American Legion Junior baseball
team beats GaStonia today in the
sectional finals a gigantic celebra-
ton is being planned on their
return.
Yesterday the local team de-
feated the Memphis, Tenn, cham
pions. "A to 4.
Followers Of the team are ex-
pected to carry 500 fans to Char
lottesville next week IL the team
Is victorious today.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
Band Concert

The Community Center Band
James E. Miller, Director
Washington Circle. Tonight. 1880 O'Clock
March, american Cadet" ...... Hall
Waltz. ''Valse des Fleurs" .Tschaikowsky
selection. .'rhe RED MiiP'. ..... Herbert
March. GLORIA ..............s...L .Loeey
Overture. Bridal Rose" ..... Lavallee
Vocal solo. 'llinuet in q" ....BeethOven
Chester DodsOn
FoxtrOt, 'sBye-Bye Blues"
March. Joyce tlst .....-..--.. Boyer
The Star~&p&n8led BanRer'
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
international N.wsreel

PRAYING ON HOLY STAIRS
THOUSANDS DAILY come to pray for help in the
grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes Some of them find
lief and hang their crutches the walls they walk
out, but others turn away in desperation when their
prayers for help are unanswered. The scenes above
taken when group of English pilgrims, under
the leadership of their bishop to the shrine and
climbed the holy stairs on their knees.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
RotU Seen OUer E. Episcopal
Birth Control Ruling

LONDON, Aug. Is Q.N.SD-
Widespread church controversy
was in prospect today following
publication of the Lambeth con-
ference report, which reached
some startling conclusions on the
questions of birth control, divorce,
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
KILNS BURN

CAMBRIDGE, 1ass., Aug. IS
uNS)-The oldest pottery con-
cern is the country. the A. III.
Hews & Co.. in North Cambridge.
today was q mass Of ruins after
q general alarm fire which did
damage estimated at $500. coo.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
AMERICAN ABROAD HURT

VIENNA, Aug. Is U.C0-Prof.
George Edwards, Of New York,
sustained q broken arm. an In
jured shoulder and internal in
juries. q Swiss passenger was in
jured and the pilot killed when
their plane crashed near Weller.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
EXCAVATION RESUMED

TRIER, Aug. IS G.N.S0.-
Excavations in the ancient tenn.
pie city in the Attbach Valley,
which had to be discontinued for
a time for want Of funds, haze
been resumed.
The Washington times., 1930-08-15
CHEVALIER SAILS

NEW YORK, Aug. IS 1N.SJ .
Maurice Chevalier. stage and
screen star, will sail today for
France on the liner Paris.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Engineer Barracks
Are NOU COn1DLeted

With the recent complete: of
the new Thirteenth Engineers
Company barracks, at Fort
Humphreys, Va, the entire regi-
mental~unit constructions was fin
ishedt and the newly organized
battalion will be suitably accom-
modated.
In connection with the reor-
ganiZation of the Thirteenth En-
gineers, Secretary of War Hurley
recently issued orders for the
necessary transfer of personnel
from other posts to put into
effect the reorganization of en-
gineer units which is made to
strengthen by ZIG men the Thir-
tenth Engineers at Fort Hum
phreys, and thus to provide more
engineer troops at the engineer
school at that station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
FATHER BARRED
FROM VISITING
SON IN JAIL
Journeys From Tennessee and
Sends Note to Prison Saying,
"He viii Stick by Boy:
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, April 81 QN.S0 .
The Right Rev. James Matthew
Maxon, bishop coadjutor of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese Of
tennessee, was to see his son, Jim
Maxon today.
Yesterday, for the first time in
% years in which he did not
celebrate the Easter communion,
the chief festival of the year in
his church, the bishop was unable
to greet his SoE, who will be
accused Wednesday in homicide
court of the killing of David
Paynter, 73-year-old printer.
Barred BY Sunday Rule
The clergyman hurried here
from Tennessee to aid his son in
his fight for life, but prison
rule barring Sunday visitors forced
the bishop to spend the day in
the home of George Patten, a
wealthy friend. Through an at
torney he was able to send Maxon
q note pledging he would "stick
to him to the last ditch"
The son. who spent the day
writing a short story and reading,
was reported cheered by his
fathers message.
The father refused himself to
all callers during the day, except
to confer for a short time with
o lawyer.
Defense Is Outlined
The lawyer said the youths de.
tense would be as outlined at
young Maxon's preliminary hear.
ing Saturday, that the 20-year-old
student and newspaper worker,
admittedly drunk, became in
volved in a brawl at his lodging
house after he entered the land,
lady's room by mistake. He will
assert that he fought with three
or four other roomers and that
In the general row the aged man
was hit with a chair, causing
his death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
FIRST OFFENSE
DRUNK FREED

Liquor is nothing for a quiet
family man to tamper with,
George Cannon declared in Police
Court before Judge Robert E
Mattingly today, as he pleaded
guilty to a charge of being drunk,
when were you drunk be-
fore?".
TITS the first time in my
life I've ever been drunk, your
honor, and l promise that 1t
Is the last"
Cannon told the court that he
was the father of six children,
His wife was in court and testi-
fled that her husband does not
drink. Judge Mattingly ruled:
81 will take your personal
bond not to repeat the OffenSe.
If you come back here, though,
you will go to jail for six
months"
AS he hurried out of the court
room Cannon remarked over his
shoulder:
Thank you, judge. And If
1 ever come back here you can
give me all the time there is"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
INJURED GUARD
NAMES ONE
ATTACK:ER
Convict May Be First HI 70
Years in Rhode Island to
BE Executed for Any Crime

CRANsToN, r. T., April 81
(US).-Four men are held mere
and a woman is being sought to-
day in the investigation Of the
Rhode Island prison riot which
resulted in the death Of two con-
victs and the probable fatal shoot
ing of prison guard. ..-
A conviction of murder In q
prison riot might mean the first
official execution for Rhode Island
in 70 years. When capital punish.
ment was abandoned the death
penalty, was retained for convicts
committing murder in the State
prison.
Man Identified ..
John Candelmo, ex-convict, of
Providence, was identified by
Harry McVay, wounded guard, as
the man who threatened him with
gun. Physicians give McVay
but a slight chance to live.
John and his brother, Ernest
Candelmo, and Ralph Calurosso
are held while the source of the
disturbance and attack from out
side are under investigation.
Their trail led back yesterday to
North Bergen and West New
York, N. j. New Jersey State po-
lice reported that the three men
were seen the last Wednesday and
left in a maroon colored automo-
bile, saying they were going to
Providence to visit the Candelmos'
parents.
Members Of Gang
The police identified them as
members of the De Bells gang
and said the Candelmos were in
terested in the West Side Social
Club at Eighteenth Street and
Hudson Boulevard. Mrs. Agnes
Carmelo, sought here, they say
was once the wife of John
Candelmo and, although the
wife of Thomas Carmelo, conviet,
whom she was visiting, is still
friendly with Candelmo.
John G. Miller, alias Whitley"
is in solitary confinement as ring
leader of the convicts who sought
flight. Police Chief Miller, Of
+Cranston, said he would be ar
raigned and charged with the
murder of Peleg Charnplin, truSty,
who was shot down when he
sounded the siren at the be-
ginning Of the outbreak.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
RIOT
KILLS THREE

LEIPSIG, Germany, April 81
GN.SJ.-An atheistic demonstra-
ton today had taken a toll of
three dead and more than 80
wounded, many of them seriously.
Members of the young Com
muniSts' League staged an atheis-
tic parade as counter-demonstra-
ton to Easter services. When
police attempted to dispense the
parade, the Communists gave
battle.
The three killed were members
of the police force.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
CHURCH PARISH
To GIVE FETE

The Right Rev. John M. Nc
Namara, auxiliary bishop of the
archdiocese of Baltimore and pas
tor of st. Gahriel's Church, will
be honored at a testimonial din
ner at the Mayflower Hotel next
Tuesday.
The banquet will mark the
tenth anniversary of the found
ing of the church. An attend
ance of more than 1000 laymen
is anticipated.
Finance Move
The celebration will serve as
an occasion for forming society
to finance the completion Of the
church. The structure is being
erected at Grant Circle.
The finance movement recently
was sponsored at a layman con-
ference of the church and the
dinner in honor of Bishop McNa-
mara, in effect, will serve as a
final conference of parish lead
erS.
The church was founded by
Bishop Mcnamara in 1920 and
has oeen used as a combination
church and school. It is hoped
to complete the building before
Christmas.
The Committee
The committee in charge of
arrangements for the dinner in
cludeS the Rev. William j.
Sweeney, Rev. Joseph Nelligan,
Michael A. Rattigan, Walter Beller,
James w. GeSsford. Michael j.
Kane, Samuel w. Hughes James
C. Craft, William c. Ryan. Frank
Tobin, o. T. Veihmeyer, Francis
7 No11iVoS ond Tduard G TVI1ifa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
RESENTS
ISLANDER"

They're singing mud on the
name of a girl who is dead and
cannot speak in her own de-
Tense. 1t is shameful! I'D
stake my life that Mary Baker
did nothing that was wrong"
The voice of Miss Georgia Allies
trembled as she made this state
ment last night in defense of hei
slain friend. Miss Allies shared
a room with Miss Baker at the
Evangeline Hotel, 1880 L Street
until the latter moved to Lyon
Park to keep house in a bungalow
with Miss Mildred Sperry and
Miss Olga Skinner.
Nothing to Hide"
Miss Allies said:
Il lived with Mary Baker for
two years. I don't say she told
me everything, but / think we
knew as much about each other
as any two friends who live TO-
gether. She may have been in.
discreet SOmetimeS-whO of US
iSnt?-but / know she did moth.
ing wrong. do not believe any
of these things said about her.
How can /, after knowing her
intimately for two years?
"Her life was as open as mine,
or any other girl'S-there was
nothing in her life to be
ashamed Of or hide. These men
who are making shameful state
ments about her-they're sling
ing mud on her."
It was Miss Bakers fondnesS
for the country that caused her
to move to Lyon Park, according
to Miss Allies. She added:
Once Engaged
"Mary was crazy to go into
the country. Miss Skinner had
been after her for a long time
to take a house with her and
Miss Sperry. The arrangement,
of course, meant a saving of
money, but what most ap-
pealed to Mary was the OppOr-
tunity to live in the country
and have enough ground to
raise chickens"
Miss Allies declared that insofar
as she knew, Miss Baker had
only one love affair in her life.
Miss Allies said: 49,.
"She told me about having
been engaged to a man named
Jacobs several years ago. Since
that was before 1 knew her, /
know nothing about him." s
Jacobs lived in Miss Bakers
home town. Their engagement
was broken off for some un.
known cause and Jacobs, later,
another woman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Seized Rum Ordered
Returned to Gunner

NEW YORK, April 81 G.N.S0
More than four thousand cases
of Scotch. rye and champagne
seized five years ago were ordered
returned yesterday to Mrs. Emily
Margaret Carline, of Halifax, Nova
Scotia by Federal Judge Grover
M. MoScowitz.
In 1925 two ships the Potara
and the Dick were caught trans
ferring the contraband SO miles
off the Long,. Island shore, and
were later sold under the pro
hibition laws. The seized liquor
was held at an Army base and
the court order will return it to
the estate of the original owner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
WOMAN POLICE
OFFICER DEAD

Policewoman Henrietta o. Bur
rell, 40 years old, for more than
six years a member of the
women's bureau of the police
department, died early today at
Emergency Hospital following an
operation.
Regarded as one of the most
competent members of the force,
Mrs. Burrell was assigned most
of the time to handling court
cases. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed but
services will probably he h"'1
from her home at II Iowa
Circle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
DEATH BLAMED
On CIGARETTE
ALI Times staff Photos

CHICAGO, April 81 GN.S) A
forgotten cigarette was blamed
today for the death of Donald
Fairchild Washburn, "a, a promi-
nent New Yorker, formerly a
representative of the United
States Shipping Board at Kansas
City.
Washburn was burned to death
yesterday morning in a bedroom
of the Winnetka home of Richard
Matthiesen, where he was guest.
Investigation indicated that
lighted cigarette had been left
on the dresser.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
WIDOW DIES

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, April
21.-Mrs. Glare Shirley Myers, 81,
widow of the late Mathew B.
Myers, a resident of Shenandoah
Junction, is dead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
Yep Will Pay First Visit
To England Since War

LONDON, April 81 Q.N.S0.-
The narrowing early days of the
World War, when sleek zeppelins
slid out of the night dropping
engines of death and destruction
on England, were recalled vividly
today with receipts of word that
the Graf Zeppelin, Germany's
mammoth air liner. would make
her first flight over England this
weekend.
1t will be the first time since
the war that a German Zeppelin
has scared over London's roof.
tops. Instead Of the wartime
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21

volley from anti-aircraft guns.
the Graf will receive q tumul.
tuous welcome.
The globe-girdling craft is to
make the English journey in order
to pick up DR.. Hugo Eckener.
commander of the ship, who is
now returning to Europe from
New York on the steamship Re-
lance.
The Crafts commander plans to
stay in London for a few days,
and then visit Cardington to in
spect the British dirigible RICO.
The Graf will pick him UP ct
that airport.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
ATTORNEY JAMES r. DUNCAN,
TFFTl WITH REPORTER
OI0yG, of Colombia,
Welcomed at N. Y.

NEW YORK. April q U.SD,
President-elect Enrique Olaya. OF
Colombia, arrived on the United
Fruit liner Ulua on a mission of
goodwill. The former minister to
Washington was met by the
mayors reception committee Oh
the municipal yacht Macon and
landed at Pier A, after a salute
of 81 guns had been fired from
Fort Jay.
The PreSident-elect, who plans
to visit Washington, said ne
would interview American bank
erS concerning loans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
and Boy Hurt
In Auto Accident

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 21.-
Ernest Caprolletti of North Wash
ington Street, received cuts and
bruises on his head yesterday
afternoon when struck by car
driven by Herbert S. Reamey of
Clarendon. He was treated at
the Alexandria hospital.
In another accident over the
week end Eugene Altitis, 4, 2O9 E.
Hume Ave, was struck by a car
driven by S. B. Burch of Rich
mond: He received injuries to his
back and is in the hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
FIRE HERO MAY DIE

LONG BEACH, Calf, April 81
GN.S0 .-Believing his family
was trapped in their burning
home, Larmon Whitson entered
the blazing structure to rescue
them. His family had already
fled. Whitson was SO badly burned
he may die.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
G. p. Sacks Elected
COnlDGnU Director

BETHESDA, Md, April 81.
George P. Sacks, president of
the Bank of Bethesda, was
elected to the board of directors
OF the Citizens Building and Loan
Association Of Montgomery County
late last week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-21
. MOORE LIGHT DEAD

j. Moore Light, so, of Boulevard
Heights, Nd, was pronounced
dead of heart disease shortly after
his family had brought him to
Casualty Hospital yesterday from
home. Light was found on the
basement floor.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-03
MirliiatureGolf
Course Opens
In Richmond

The first miniature golf course
for colored people in Richmond, con-
sisting of l8 holes, will be opened
next week between Clay and Leigh
on Srd Street by the Outdoor Sports,
Inc. The company has gone to great
expense to bsautify the lot that has
constantly been an eyesore in that
community. Every convenience has
been furnished for this type Of
amusement. To those VIII odo not
know the game will find professionals
furnished by the course to always be
of assistance to them.
Everyone who plays the first week
of opening will have the privilege OF
entering the contest to name the
course. The Planet will select the
winning name and a $40 gold piece
will be given by the Outdoor Sports,
Inc, to the winner.
The course is open to colored peo-
pie only. giving to Richmond the hon
or of being listed with a few other
large cities in the South with such
a golf course. The course will be open
to private clubs and organizations
as well as the general public for en-
tertainment.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-03
CRUSADER News Agency

(Crusader News Agency
New York, April.-Denouncing
the recent lynchings of j. H. Will
kins, Pullman porter, in Georgia,
Robert Burney, Columbia, Ohio,
Edward Pierson, Scottsburg, Ind,
together with the legal attempt to
lynch Anderson Mcpherson, in Ken
lucky, as part Of an intensified
drive against the working class,
and particularly upon its most ex-
plotted section (the Negro workers)
arising out of the present sharpen
ing economic crisis in the United
gro masses (CNAmbmb NIB NIB NIB
States crisis of capitalism, the
American Negro Labor Congress, in
a statement issued today, calls
upon the Negro masses to "par-
ticipate boldly and in hundreds of
thousands" in the May First dem
onstration" against unemployment,
speed-up, wage cuts, part-time and
imperialist oppression at home and
abroad"
MAY Day." says the statement,
sis the traditional day of celebra-
ton and demonstration of the in
ternational working class agaist the
brutal exploitation of the bosses. 1t
is the symbol of that solidarity of
the world tailors which makes pos
sible the emancipation of the Ne
gro masses of the United States,
the West Indies, Africa, etc. But
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-03
Urban League Observes
Twentieth Anniversary

On Thursday evening, May 9th,
1880, the National Urban League
will observe the twentieth year of
is activities under its present name.
This celebration will take the form
of a dinner at the Hotel Martinique
32nd street and Broadway, New
York City. The following persons
who were members of the original
committees which merged to form
the Urban League Movement will
be the guests of honor: DR.. Felix
Adler, Mrs. Ruth Standish Baldwin,
Reverend William Adams Brown,
DR.. William l.. Buckley, Mr.. Paul
D. Cravath, Miss Mary E. Dreier,
DR.. E. T. Devine, The Reverend
Caleb S. S. Dutton, Mrs. Pendleton
Kennedy Edsall, Mrs. Haley Fiske,
Mr.. A. S. Frissell, Miss Cora Jack
son, Mrs. John Wesley Johnson,
Miss Frances Kellor, Mrs. E. B.
Leaf, DR.. Abraham Lefkowitz, Mr..
George McAnenny, DR.. R. C. Nc
Crea, Honorable Fred R. Moore,
The Reverend Henry L. Phillips,
The Reverend Clayton Powell, DR..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-05-03

Washington, May (By the Asso-
ciated Negro Press)-Meeting in
response to a call signed by John
R. Hawkins, financial secretary Of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church and chairman during the
last national campaign of the color
ed voters division, some twenty
persons selected from various sec
tons of the country met in the A.
M. E. headquarters here Friday,
April rs, for a three-hour session
and luncheon during which they
formed the National Negro Repub-
lican League.
Mr.. Hawkins, who was elected
chairman of the new body which
it is hoped to expand into national
proportions, explained the purpose
of the gathering after detailing the
fine record which the colored divi-
sion had made under his leadership
during the late campaign. He at
tributed general apathy among col
ored Republicans of the country
because of "the seeming indiffer.
ence of the party toward Negroes"
Mr.. Hawkins told of the futile
effort he had made to secure the
consent of former chairman, HUI
bert Work, and present chairman,
Claudius Huston, Of the Republican
National Committee, to the contin-
uance of the coloredl division. De-
spite Mr.. Hawkins voluntary offer