The Washington Post
June 17, 1927

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af MP Te eo The only newspaper in Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. SSeS. y cloue ton orre ert “nm. + 73; lowest, ‘Weather details on page 8. ENTERED AS POSTOFFICE, NO. 18.628. SECOND CLASS MATTER WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON: FRIDAY. J 2 dae 17, 1927. COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. —_ TWO ¢ | POST- SCRIPTS GEORGE Re pe BROW? | “Ie it but a world of trouble— Sadness set to song? le ite beauty but a bubble Bound to break ere long?” Friday—fish day. The report that the President caught his trout using a worm for bait doesn’t sound like the cus- tomary coolidgeconomy. Wasn't it only half a worm? * . -_ . Now that the war correspondents on the Black Hille front have defi- nitely announced that Mr. Coolidge caught a 2-lb. rainbow trout, we hope they’ll-stick to it and not flash a bulletin in at 9 a. m. changing it to a 3-lb. pickherel. 7 . s We trust that catching trout with worms will not cost Mr, Coolidge the anglers’ vote. It’s like playing ten- nis with a bass violin. The Nats’ bad playing costs an- other game. We have generally no- ticed it’s either our fault or some- body else’s. Col. Charles Lindbergh pays Washington a flying visit- “1! write of Youth, of Love, and have Accesse By these, to sing of cleanly-Wan- tonnesse.”” Rev. Henry Lewis says there's nothing wrong with petting except that it’s a waste of time, or a time of waist, or something like that, but there are no clocks along the Prim- rose Path. As Mr. Herrick says: “Give me a kisse, and to that kisse @ score; Then to that twenty add an hun- dred more; A thousand to that hundred; ‘so kisse on, To make that thousand up a mil- lion.”’ > a —_ . This new plan of public buildings in the Mall triangle with a flock of Government departments under a single roof ought to give us in time ‘hat up-to-date landing field we're ooking for. A new flood is covering the re- planted regions of the stricken coun- tryside in Mississippi. It never rains but it pours. + * + + “Instructed ships shall sail to quick commerce, By which remotest regions are al- lied.” The Washington boosters are off on their annual cruise, and the Ches- apeake assumes the importance of “the ocean leaning on the sky.” * « - o Second dispatch from the front states that the President caught a mess of mountain trout. This con- troversy bids fair to shake the Re- publican Party to its foundations. , 2 2.88 lt is to be hoped that President Coolidge won’t go about much out there in the Black Hills without a guide, as judging from pictures of the lodge there is grave danger of a tenderfoot getting lost going from the south sun parlor to the library. - s + Additional details filtering in dis- close the fact that the trout nibbled at the President’s bait. Has the Fish Commission been stocking those streams with camouflaged sunfish? Mr. Coolidge has already come inte contact with the wild life which abounds in the region of his humble camp. Yesterday he encountered two buffalo and a Nonpartisan Leaguer. as * ~ ~ The President proudly displays seven trout that he caught, exact species not stated, and Senator Nor- beck later in the day announces that he caught four. Is this the boasted South Dakota hospitality? Give him back those three fish, Pete. | Great Britain and Japan kindly get together to regulate the size of the American fleet, but we suspect a recent transatlantic exploit in the end will have more real effect. It looks as though our friends were stacking the deck against us at Geneya, but with Minister Hugh Gib- son in masterly command of the perilous situation the country breathes easier. It certainly seems as though Char- lie Keyser’s committee wouldn’t get a chance fo entertain Lindbergh, but those people are from Missouri. Byrd is still on his perch, but there are signs that he is preening his feathers. * * President Coolidge refuses to recognize the eight-hour day for . Black Hills trout. Brother Green, of the A. F. of L., will need a lool. = . .s ¢s Trout ,caught after 6 p. m. by rights ought to be entitled to time- and-a-half for overtime. lt is understood that the rae dent’s favorite tune is “I am always. Ee ienneing Teinbaee. “Every one soon or late,” says » “comes round by >me.” An eacal agri eae ONEFFIELD T0-QUH, BELIEF IN CAPITAL. AO He GOMES HERE Returns to U. S. Bringing 27 Crates of Furniture From Mexico. HAS BEEN DEFENDER OF AMERICAN RIGHTS Talks With Kellogg and May Visit Europe; Barrett Likely Successor. By ALBERT W. FOX. James Rockwell Sheffield, American Ambassador to Mexico, who has borne the brunt of this Nation’s difficulties with the Calles regime, conferred with Secretary of State Kellogg yesterday under circumstances which indicate that he will not return to his post and will quit the diplomatic service alto- gether. Returning from Mexico with 27 crates of household furniture, Mr. Sheffield was silent in New York as to his future plans and declined to say a word here yesterday. He went into con- ference with Mr. Kellogg at 3 o’clock and it was later stated that another conference would be held today. On previous occasions, when the ambassa- dor has returned on leave he ‘Nas re- ported directly to President Coolidge be- fore discussing matters of detail with the State Department. He also has held conferences with the press, giving an insight into prevailing conditions in Mexico, whenever in the past his duties brought him to Washington. As matters now stand, Mr. Sheffield may or may not go to the Black Hills camp to see the President, but will shortly take a trip to Europe. This is generallly interpreted to mean that he has at last decided to resign. Garrett May Be Ambassador. Among those mentioned as likely to succeed him is John W. Garrett, lawyer and diplomat, of Baltimore. Mr. Gar- rett, who is well known in Washington, served as secretary to the American Embassy at Berlin and the, American Embassy at Rome, and as Minister suc- cessively to Venezuela and Argentina prior to the World War. He was secre- tary general to the Washington..con- ference on limitation of armaments in 1921-22. Mr. Sheffield has had a difficult and eventful career since he became Ambas- sador to Mexico in September, 1924. He was received with acclaim by the Mexi- cans and every courtesy was at first ex- tended to him. But after the Calles re- gime began having serious difficulties with the United States over protection of American rights, the sentiment in Mexico turned against the ambassador and for many months there has been an insistent demand on the part of the Mexican press that he be recalled. Mexican officials forgot to treat him with particular courtesy, his name was overlooked in sending out invita- tions to important functions and other attempts to snub the diplomat were in evidence. For example, when he return- ed to Mexico after a visit to the United States, he was met at the station by a very subordinate official, the chief of the division of protocols, whereas pre- viously high Mexican officials had been waiting to receive him. Handicapped by Washington. But in spite of these difficulties, Mr. Sheffield. continued his work and was virtually compelled to assume the role CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 2. 26 Air Mail Planes Sold by Postoffice (By the Associated Press.) Twenty-six Douglas air mail planes were sold at auction yesterday by the Postoffice Department. The National Air Transport, Inc., of Chicago, bought seven planes at $7,000 each, nine at $6,000 each, and one at $5,000. The Robertson Aircraft Corpora- tion, of Anglum, Mo., bought one at. $5,050 and five at $5,000: The Western Air Express, of'Los Angeles, bought one at $6,200, one at 26,150 and one at $5,285. The planer are no longer needed, inasmuch as the air service is being turned over to private .enter- prise. 4 Killed 3 Injured Be Binet in Quarry Emporia, Va., June 16 (By A. P.).— Four men were killed instantly and three others seriously injured here this afternoon in a premature powder ex- Stone Co. ; The dead are F,. C. Creakman, Madi- sonville, Ky., superintendent of the quarry; Bernard Creakman, 15-year-old 'son of the superintendent; D, D. Burke, Abingdon, Va., and David Young, negro laborer. The seriously injured are Greenville County negroes. Lutheran Minister Guilty of Heresy Rochester, Pa., June 16 (By A. P.).— The ministerlum of the Pittsburgh |. Synod’ of the Evangelical Lutheran Srorch Nadas. oud | she. Bee. ie d to. He touldn’t Sop, ene I nol Coolidge Catches Trout In Black Hills at Night Stream Lures President to Second Expedition After Dinner — Forenoon Sally Filled Creel With Rain- bows — Executive Office a Schoolroom. Rapid City, 5. Dak., June 18 (By A. P.).—For the second time today Presi- dent Coolidge went fishing after he had finished his evening meal tonight. The President dropped a line in Squaw Creek, which runs past the State game lodge. He fished immediately in front of the lodge for about 30 minutes, picking up a sche brook trout for breakfast. Mrs. Coolidge came down from the house just in time to see the President pull in a pretty-good-sized trout. She watched him until he decided that the basket had enough for a good-sized breakfast. By CARLISLE BARGERON, Staff Correspondent of The Post. Rapid City, S. Dak., June 16.—Presi- dent Coolidge came in from his Black Hills retreat this afternoon, cleared the plain mahogany desk in a room of the city high school of accumulated papers and then went back. And the word .of his coming back must have been } assed through all the mountain streams by the little rainbow trout in the way in which they have of ree 2 words, because earlier in the day *the bad caused consternation in their midst. The biblical allotment of fish, sizeable mountain trout, was his first day’s catch. He went out early attired in regular clothes and a brown felt hat. But he wore boots which came to his knees and carried a fisherman's creel on his shoulders. Taking a stand in a stream about a mile from his lodge, he flung out his line with a skill that would have won the admiration of old Izaak Walton himself... There came a nibble and a fish, finally seven ».f them. The President used worms for bait. Coming to the lodge he walked up to Mrs. Coolidge standing on the porch in a white dress and bareheaded and proudly displayed them to her. This afternoon, when he motored to the schqolhouse, he was the Chief Ex- ecutive again, minus the boots, but nevertheless seeming to smile with ret- rospective satisfaction. Three of the Secret Service men who accompanied him have followed the lead of Col. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 65. plosion at the quarry of the Trego GITY HEAD COMPLAINS OF IRISH MINISTER'S oUN Sped in Auto Without Per- mit, Letter to Secretary Kellogg Says. REPORT TRAILS INQUIRY Sarsfield Smiddy, son of Timothy A. Smiddy, Minister from the Irish Free State to the United States, again has crossed ‘swords with American police officials, it was learned last night. This time it is the Washington po- lice who have crossed the checkered path of the minister’s son, who a short time ago was in conflict with police and Federal officials in Detroit in a liquor law case, Proctor L. Dougherty, president of the Board of Commissioners, yesterday wrote to Secretary of State Frank Kel- logg submitting a police department complaint that a persongiving the name Sarsfield Smiddy had driven across the Connecticut Avenue bridge at midnight, June 5, at a speed of 34 miles an hour. When stopped by of- ficers the man said that he had left his driver’s permit at home, but iIn- vestigation, according to the commis- sioner’s letter, revealed a permit never had been issued in that name. Minister Smiddy could not be reached for seecemerats on the affair last night. Mrs. Smiddy, the boy’s mother, how- ever, said Sarsfield had not told either her or the minister of any trou- ble with the police. She seemed amazed that her son should be in difficulties. She said she was certain the minister knew nothing about it. The young man was not at home last night, having gone to a nearby Virginia town earlier in the day. Mrs. Smiddy said he had. been back in Wash- ington about a month. Sarsfield Smiddy formerly lived in Detroit, where he is understood to have been in business. He first sprang into prominence when police found him sitting in an automobile laden with whisky which was on a ferryboat, com- ing over from Canada. The youth said he had not been driving the car, which belonged to a friend, but had merely sat at the wheel after it had been driven aboard the ferry. Ohio Mine Disorder Charged by Mayor | Columbus, Ohio, June 16 (By.A. P.). | Gov. Donahey today authorized Sheriff W. T. Allison, of Jefferson County, to deputize as many persons as he deems necessary to maintain order at Adena, Ohio, and other points where there have been mine disorders. . The governor’s action followed receipt early today of a telegram from F., A. Gibson, Adena mayor, declaring “main- tenance of order in Adena has now be- come impossible,” and asking that State troops be sent. A daily gathering of about 300 striking miners in the village of Adena, Jeffer- son County, has been the only demon- stration since the strike started,” he said. On one occasion, eggs were thrown at the mine superintendent. An imported strike breaker. from Pitts- burgh has been driving through the streets of Adena defying the strikers. Briand, Ill, Hurries To Paris; Must Rest Geneva, Switzerland, June 16 (By A. P.) .—Foreign Minister Briand of France, ill with an infection of the left eye, diagnosed as herpes zona, or shingles, left here on the midday train for Paris. j where he is due to arrive tonight. He suffered neuralgic pélne and some fever during the night. — | Upon his arrival in Paris he will be placed in the hands of French] specialists, who were telegraphed to “GORILLA MAN” SUSPECT [O REPORTED IDENTIFIED Canadian Prisoner Picks Jail Lock With Ease and Flees, but Is Recaught. 20 WOMEN STRANGLED Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 16 (By A. P.).—A man claiming to be Virgil Wil- son, of Vancouver, British Columbia, and later that he was Earl Nelson, of San Francisco, was brought to this city from Killarney tonight and identified by nearly a score of persons as the one who killed two women last week. Authorities also are investigating the man’s movements in connection with the deaths of eighteen women in sev- eral American cities. Examination of the man’s scalp, po- lice “said, revealed scratches which might have Emily Patterson, the woman murdered here last Friday. The other Winnipeg victim was Lolo Cowan, 14, who was killed a week ago. The man under arrest here said he was born in San Francisco in 1897. The man who escaped from Killarney jail last night, fifteen min- utes after being lodged in a double- locked cell on suspicion of being the “gorilla man” slayer of a score cf women and children in the United States and Canada, was recaptured early today by a posse of citizens and police. Surrounded by a cordon of provincial police, the fugitive was captured in the woods two miles west of Killarney, a small settlement near the international boundary. He surrendered without re- sistance, A short time after the capture Chief of Detectives George Smith, of Winni- peg, declared he was confident that the prisoner was the man who strangled to CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 2. 8 KILLED BY TRAINS IN 2 GRADE CRASHES Entire Family of Five Wiped Out at Street Crossing in Sunman, Ind. Sunman, Ind., June 16 (By A. P.).— Five persons, the entire family of Frank Whippel, 45-year-old farmer, lost their lives here when their automobile was struck by a Big Four passenger train at a street crossing here last night. The dead are: ‘ Frank Whippel; Mary Whippel, wife; Romilda Whippel, 19; Melvia Whippel, 17; Wilson Whippel, 13. Mrs. Whippel and her daughter died almost instantly. The father and the two sons died during the night. There were no witnesses to the accident and none of the victims regained conscious- ness to tell how it happened, Lima, Ohio, June 16 (By A. P.).— Three persons were killed near here to- day when their automobile was struck by a train. The dead here have been identified as Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ehler, West Alexandria, Ohio, and Miss Co- rena Forbs, New Paris, Ohio. It is thought the party were on their way to Ann Arbor, Mich,; to attend the gradu- ation of Ral er, a son, at the University of , Second Wet Bill Killed in Illinois Springfield, Ul, June 16 (By A. P.).— | Hope of wets to modify prohibition laws in this session of the Illinois General Assembly were definitely crushed today:| > ited 2. echelon aaa ‘him to return as soon as possible ang cui neal wc ean ine bau gc been. inflicted. by. Mrs. GEN. MITCHELL FIRES ANOTHER BROADSIDE AT NAVY AIR POLICY Nearly All Money Spent for Battleships Is Wasted, He Says. URGES BIG CLEAN-UP OF CAPITAL BUREAUS Accuses Officials of Spreading “Bunk” Among People Regarding Aviation. Gen. William Mitchell, U. 8S. A., re- signed, whoycommanded America’s over- seas air forces in the World War, loosed another broadside at the Navy yesterday. He declared that nearly all of the money spent on battleships is wasted, and accused Navy officals of de- positing “bunk” in the public mind in regard to aviation. The former “flying general” was aroused to issue his statement to The Washington Post yesterday by the re- mark of a Navy official who said Wed- nesday that Mitchell did ' know what he was talking about. The controversy started when Gen. Mitchell scored the Navy for not having Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s monoplane ready when the flier tried to take off in it Monday. To substantiate the ‘contention that he himself has long held, Gen. Mitch- ell yesterday quoted Admiral Sims, as follows: “The command of the air means the command of the surface whether it be on sea or land.” Gen. Mitchell advocated a complete cleaning up of the bureaus of national ington, a single department of national defense, and asked that a stop be put to “government by innuendo.” Text of Letter. Gen. Mitchell’s letter follows: “To the Editor of The Post—Sir: I notice by your morning edition that the Navy has thrown in another thirsty pinch hitter to cover its retreat with alibis and smoke screens, as it is caught red-handed in the act of depositing in the public mind the bunk about their efforts in aviation. “This same professional office seeker is the one who; a couple of years ago, when Congress passed & law directing that 6bsolete battleships be turned over to the air forces for airplane bombard- ment practice, replied to the request of the War Department for these vessels that there were no obsolete warships, and that therefore the Navy would not comply with the law, or words to that effect. “Think of what this meant to the American people! Not only was it an open violation of the laws passed by Congress, but it meant that millions of dollars of the taxpayers’ money would continue to be spent on useless cost- ly steel warships which are no pro- tection to the country and which mere- ly lead to a false sense of security. “Recently the President reviewed. the United States fleet in Hampton Roads, amid great booming of cannon and tak- ing of photographs; but little do the people realize what a tremendous ex- penditure of money this useless show costs them. To begin with, each bat- tleship costs more than $50,000,000 to build and equip, and $50,000,000 more CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 6. Earthquake Shock Is Felt in Alabama Huntsville, Ala., June 16 (By A. P.). An earthquake shock of considerable severity was reported at several points in Jackson County between Stevenson and as far as Gurley at 7 o’clock this morning. At Woodville, people were so alarmed that many of them ran out of their homes, but.so far as known no damage was done. BUSINESS INTERESTS HURRY TO AID PLANS FOR AIR MAIL FIELD. Decide on Procedure for Helping Covell in Record Time. COMMERCE CHAMBER | ACTS IN 30 MINUTES Park Board Members to De- vote Meeting Today to Airport Problems.. Thoroughly aroused to the emergency that exists, local business interests in record time yesterday formulated plans for assisting Maj. W. E. R. Covell, as- sistant engineer commissioner, in pro- viding a temporary landing field for the air mail planes which will fly from New York to Atlanta. The letter of warning written by Sec- ond Assistant Postmaster General W. Irving Glover to Postmaster William M. Mooney, who immediately sought con- ference with the District Commissioners and laid the matter before them; had an immediate and pronounced effect. Within 30 minutes yesterday Martin A. Leese, president of the Chamber of Commerce, had appointed a _ special committee of action,.and~a time had been set for the preliminary meeting. At 4:45 o’clock the meeting of the committee was held and the decision was made to meet again at 1 o'clock tomorrow for an inspection of all avail- able temporary landing fields. Park Board to Study Problem. At the same time the Chamber of Commerce prepared for action, it was announce that the luncheon which opens the meetings of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion today will be devoted largely to the discussion of providing an airport here. William P. MacCracken, jr., Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce for Aero- nautics; F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics; . Ed- ward P. Warner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics; Assistant Postmaster General Glover, and Maj, Covell have been invited to attend the luncheon, it is said, for a discussion of the airport problem. Maj. Covell declared yesterday that he would begin at once to obtain a list of all available fields, to determine the necessary requirements of an ideal field, and with the information thus thoroughly organized, to permit the Commissioners to choose a permanent field. Hopes for Election Soon. He hopes that this may be accom- plished next week. If possible, he said, @ permanent field will be selected which will be procured and equipped tem- porarily to accommodate the planes at the start of operation of the line. Then @ deficiency bill will be introduced in the next Congress for the purchase of the field, after which it will be made @ permanent port. However, local busi- ness men are going ahead with locating a temporary field, in case the most de- sirable permanent field should not be in condition to be made a temporary field. A special effort will be made to or- ganize the entire interested agencies of Washington in a single body in order CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 5. 7-Mile Swim Made By Maryland Nurse Easton, Md., June 16 (By A. 6) — Facing a strong wind most of the time, Miss Dorothy A. Korte, 20-year-old nurse, who proposes to swim the Eng- lish Channel, today swam the 714- mile stretch of the Miles River here. Her time was 6 hours and 19 minutes. Wreckage on Given as Nungesser Clew an Iceberg Sailors Say There Were Footprints on Floe Off Coast of Newfoundland—Light Flashes May Have Been From a Powerhouse. _ Special to The Washington Post. Montreal, Quebec, June 16.—While hopes of Nungesser and Coli being alive in the northern wastes of Quebec had practically disappeared today, failing the slightest confirmation of the re- port that they had been discovered by a backwoods lumberjack, another the- ory was advanced here this afternoon as to the possible fate of the French fliers who left Paris for New York and were never seen again. Sailors of the Seimei Swiftwater, the first ship to navigate the Straits of ~~ i 7 pays % ue sand yn gy Pe a y sald. part of Quebec Province recently and which gave rise to belief that the missing French aviators, Nungesser and Coli, might still be alive, was ad- vanced here tonight. It is now believed that the lights wete those of a power house at this place. It has been established that the power house lights were on at the time several persons at St. | 35 miles east of here, reported sight- Index to Today’s Issue. Pages 1—Sheffield to Quit, Is Belief Here. Coolidge Catches Fish at Night. Mitchell Fires Another Shot at Navy. Business Rushes Aid for Airport. Lindbergh Gets Check for Flight. Byrd Ready for Hop-off. “Gorilla Man” Suspect Identified. 2—Lindbergh's Trip to City Surprises. Pinedo Completes Air Journey. -~ Chamberlin and Levine in Bremen. 3—Plan to Limit U. 8. Cruisers. New Alliance to Suppress Reds. 4—Petting Not Wrong, Church Is Told. Duchess Wars on Uninvited Guests. 5—Daily Legal Record. 6—Editorials. 7—Society. 8—Weather and Vital Statistics. 9—Brotherhood Splits With Firemen. 10—Magazine Page. 11-12-17—Finance. 13-14-15—Sports. 16—Radio and Comics. 18-19—Classified Advertising. 20—The News in Pictures. Third Mall Plan Revealed. Boosters to Go on Trip Today. Six Indictments Hold Man. Charleston Shriners Here. BYRD HOP EARLY TODAY Commander Orders Thorough Examination of Plane’s Motors at Night. WEATHER UNFAVORABLE Roosevelt Field, N. Y., June 16 (By A P.).—Instructions to Thomas H. Kin- Kade, Wright motor engineer, to make a thorough examination of the motors of the Fokker monplane America gave rise to a report that Commander Richard E. Byrd planned to hop off for Paris early tomorrow. Kinkade, who had been at Mitchel Field checking up the motor of Col. Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, prepara- tory to his departure for the West, re- fused to comment on his instructions. The possibility of Commander Byrd starting his Paris flight at 7 a. m., the hour set for Col. Lindbergh’s hop-off, was discussed about the Roosevelt hangars. Reports from the Weather Burean, however, were adverse to an early de- parture for a transatlantic filght. During the .afternoon Byrd an- nounced that he had -iven up all hope of getting away today and that he be- lieved tomorrow noon was the first possible time for a take-off. The weather bureau gave no great hopes that there would be sufficient clee~ing even then nd the commander has repeatedly said that he will be guided by the weather.” man’s orders It was said that stor .y conditions would probably clear off the Grand Banks tcmorrow, but low-pressure areas were expect’i to hold farther out on the ocean. J.F. Dillon, Ill, Sent: To His Home on Train (By the Associated Press.) John F. Dillon, member of the Fed- eral Radio Commission, last night was taken seriously ill and was placed aboard a train here to be taken to his home at San Francisco. Mr. Dillon had been in bad health for some time and took a serious turn yesterday. He was Department of Com- merce supervisor of radio for the Pa- cific Coast at San Francisco before his appointment to the commission. 8 WOMEN AND 4 MEN FORM ACTRESS’ JURY Miss Mackaye, Charged With Concealing Attack on Her Husband, on Trial. Los Angeles, June 16 (By~A. P.).— A jury of eight women and four men was selected in record time here this afternoon for the trial of Dorothy Mackaye, stage actress, on charges of attempting to conceal facts surround- ing the death of her husband, Ray Raymond, musical comedy actor. The same number of women and men recently convicted Paul Kelly, film juvenile, on a charge of man- slaughter as an outgrowth of a beating he administered to Raymond. The two actors quarreled over Kelly’s attentions to Miss Mackaye and Raymond died a few days after the beating. Kelly was ‘sentenced to from one to ten years in prison. Dr. Walter J. Sullivan, who attended Raymond and is alleged to have re- ported the actor’s death due to natu- ral causes, will go to trial. later. .He was jointly indicted with Miss Mac- kaye. Pay Roll of Nurses Seized by Robber New Orleans, June 16 (By A, P.).— An unmasked robber took .a $1,080 | pay roll from Mrs. Mary Roberts, ac- ‘countant at Touro Infirmary here late today and escaped through a’ group of terrified nurses, who had assembled for thelr weékly pay envelopes. He fired @ shot at the crowd as he fled \ 7 leaboarc nd Air ee 9 ioe wlenfiaae / P ‘ Pt we Saree =" Ie em HOGUSOED AT HANGARG GIVEN 10 1 BY RAYMOND ORTEIG. on Vellum; Presented at Formal Tea. FLIER SEES DANGERS MENACING AVIATION Wild Cat Promotion and Prizes for Foolish Flights Things He Now Fears. New York, June 16 (By A. P.).—Ool. Charlies A. Lindbergh tonight received a check from the hand of Raymond Orteig, representing the $25,000 prize which he won by making the first non- stop filght from New York to Paris. The colonel, nearing the end of busy day. which followed a night in the air and a morning on wheels in a Brooklyn parade, settled down at 6:20 o’clock for a few moments in the din- ing room of the Hotel Brevoort, owned by Raymond Orteig. After a few short speeches, the check was handed to the aviator. The check was highly distinctive— aside from its figures. It carried Mr, Orteig’s signature, the American flag, the Spirit of St. Louis, and all its word- ing and numerals were embossed and illuminated on fine vellum. Flanking the aviator and the donor were 200 invited guests, the press and the trustees of the prize. Prize Offered in 1919. In presenting the check, which was Offered in 1919 to any one who could win it, Mr. Orteig said: “I had two thoughts in making this offer. One was to stimulate aviation, the other to strengthen friendly rela- tions between the United States and France. Through you, Col. Lindbergh, my aspirations have materialized be- yond words.” Col, Lindbergh, with his usual blush, accepted the check described by a young woman in the audience impul- stepping forward from among the sev- eral trustees of the fund, said: “ - “I have often been asked by press men what first directed my attention to .a possible flight to Paris. I believe Mr. Orfeig first directed the attention of most aviators that way. His offer of $25,000 for the first New York to Paris flight was challenge to the pilots of the world to see if they could build and operate a sufficiently capable plane. I don’t think any such challenge within reason will ever pass une. answered.” The presentation of the check was to have been at a breakfast at the same place tomorrow morning, but a shift in the colonel’s plans changed the donor’s plans and tea was substituted for the morning coffee. The ceremonies were opened by Col. George W. Burleigh, vice chairman of the officers and trustees of the prize, who read the resolution of the trustees, formally making the award and Col. tees’ medal] to Col. Lindbergh. From this medal eleven impressions had been struck, one going to each of the trus- tees, one to Mr. Orteig, and one to the Metropolitan Museum. Dinner Closes Fetes. Col. Lindbergh tonight attended the last, of the New York functions in his honor when he sat at dinner with 1,500 guests and members of the Aero- nautical Chamber of Commerce at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The ‘hero of the New York-to-Paris air flight was late because of a day filled with en- gagements. His arrival was the signal for another of the demonstrations that have greeted his every public appear- ance since he reached New York Mon- day. A special gold plaque commemorating by Charles M. Schwab in behalf of the organization, and an especially made jeweled clock was given Col. Lindbergh for his mother. F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secre- tary of War for aviation, characterized the youthful airman’s achievement as 8 “lesson in aviation from which all the world will benefit.” Other speakers in- cluded Col. Lindbergh, Edward P. War- -ner, Assistant Secretray of the Navy for aviation; William P. McCracken, jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for aviation, and W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant. Postmaster General, The former Assistant Postmaster General in charge of air mails. After expressing his appreciation of in a brief speech, uttered a warning threaten aviation in America at this | time. Would Check Prizes. i. oe “This is an ideal time,” he said, “for — wild cat promotion in aviation. There » has been too much’ of that tn the igenk the watch for it now.” she ares pumiber. of Pelee: ee ae fered for all types of flights, cause lives to ‘be lost. wl Sead Fat oo 1 Walter Scott then presented the trus- toastmaster was Col. Paul Henderson, | New York’s welcome, Col. Lindbergh, ' against two dangers which he said | his flight was presented to the flier* “ ao 7 . ’ ee a me 7 —s “ewe oe ' al - : “4 PARIS FLIGHT 2c Bank Order Is Embossed ; sively as “too beautiful to cash,” and 4 perth a Se: Fina es ES orst-seys ~ - = a. ee bbe Dad: 7 km oe? ae ae ee ie VL Sys - lee * pa} * which were practical while others. fainih and ‘ty’ e-ttn by each of on ta a a Sige } % ’ ’ Thé second danger, he said, lay in’ es 5