The Washington Post
June 26, 1927

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The only newspaper in Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. ashington Post. northwest winds. 88; lowest, 65. Weather—Increasing cloudiness to- day; slightly cooler at night; tomor- row fair; fresh southwest, shifting to Temperature yesterday — Highest, Weather details on page 17. ~ ENTERED as POSTOFFICE, NO. -18.637. SECUND CLASS MATTER WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON: SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1927. — ~ COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. FIVE CENTS. POS r-S' CRIPTS GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN “A people is but the attempt of many To rise to the completer life of one— And those who live as models for the mass Are singly cf more value than they all.’”’ Humbling the Red Sox is a good deal like taking candy off a child’s Christmas tree. That affair out at Rapid City yes- terday may have been regarded as @ picnic by Mr. Coolidge, but not by Mr. Lowden. Like every good American, deter- mined that the parity with Great Britain can not be sacrificed, Justice Bailey directs Marshal Snyder to turn over two bicycles to the Navy. The 5-5-3 ratio must be maintained. What the House of Lords needs is to be reformed backward, not for- ward. “When Wellington thrashed Bona- parte, As every child can tell, The House of Peers throughout the war Did nothing in particular, And did it very well; Yet Britain set the world ablaze, In good King George’s glorious days.” Speaking of King George, and now and then he gets his name in the papers, Royalty goes down to Vic- toria Station and welcomes King Al- fonso, who after shaking hands goes - quietly to his hotel. The mobs don’t gather around the hangar to see a king. Geneva celebrates her famous flower festival by presenting Uncle Sam with a bouquet of onions—and we know ’em! One gathers South Dakota expects to get a Federal appropriation out of the big vacation, but will this come under the head of coolidgeconomy ? Beware of the Farm Bloc bearing gifts. Jim Reed’s going on a fishing trip, too, down in Texas, and what’s more he uses live bait. President Coolidge makes an im- portant ethnological discovery—the people of South Dakota are exactly like those of Vermont. A good way to stimulate commer- cial aviation and thereby contribute to the national defense is to send that letter by air mail! And any- how, isn’t she worth 10 cents? Baltimore artist of 27 kills him- self in Paris from hopeless infatha- tion of a rejuvenated grandmother. The woman of 45 who looks like 25 is deadlier than the flapper of 25 who tries to look like 45. If you find some dust on your col- lar today don’t jump to the conclu- sion that it’s dandruff — we're just being brushed bythe tail of a comet. Looks as though Prince Edward Island has voted dry, so there’s one place you won't have to visit on that Canadian vacation this summer. 7 * ~ . With Byrd hopping off for Paris and the Army airmen all set for Honolulu, the age of aviation may be | definitely fixed as beginning with Lindbergh’s flight. First Gen. Billy Mitchell got the Navy officers up in the air and now the Navy’s going to do it. A little criticism is never so wholesome as when it hurts. — 7 . 7 President Coolidge proves himself a real optimist with regard to South Dakota’s troubles. Moscow puts the trot in Trotsky. = * * * Wonder if Will H. Hays has ar- ranged to include himself in the wave of coolidgeconomy in the movie world? 7 *. . . St. Louis decides to make her 133 saloons pay $200 a year for a li- cense. If the income tax people can turn an honest penny at the expense of the bootleggers why shouldn’t our large cities? ‘ e * . * M. Leon Daudet takes sve of Sante Prison. inte! French A votre Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler rallies. “ae ae ee . A plague of locusts is devastating Wexico. They are said to be as thick as bandits. y + * . * The 10,000 veterans in the Dis- t who are neglecting to convert government insurance don’t to remember that God helps hc e who help themselves. 4 7 ¢ * ¢& The French Parliament proposes > give every servant girl a vacation days, but Madame will still } to attend the cash register for deur 966. s tus hope that Riicac tt iki to the A. E. F. at the - on, “seaeetbagyince ges Ay *' # 5 *% we U3, WILL DEMAND PULL NAVAL PARETY ON ALL OHIP TYPES of Superiority to Be Rejected. MAY DISRUPT PARLEY OR HELP AGREEMENT Equality on All Types of Ships Must Be Maintained, Is American Stand. By ALBERT W. FOX. The United States Government ex- ploded a diplomatic bombshell, laden with the spirit of America, into the midst of the Geneva naval conference yesterday. It had all the more force because it came direct from Washing- ton and was launched informally by high officials here through the press It was a flat and unequivocal state- ment that the United States will in- sist on absolute and unqualified parity with Great Britain in all types of ships. Prompted by the statement of W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the British admiralty, that Great Britain would accept parity on 10,000-ton cruisers, but would not commit herself in the matter of smaller cruisers, the Ameri- can pronouncement will, it is believed, do one of two things. It will either blow up the conference, if the British intend to insist upon their present stand, or it will steady the nerves ot the delegates and permit the delibera- tions to proceed on a basis of pro- posals likely to have some practical for agreement. Kellogg’s Views Were Sought. Here is the sequence of events which led to the American injunction against the British program. First: Mr. Bridgeman had a confi- dential neart-to-heart talk on Friday with Hugh Gibson, head of the Ameri- can delegation, in the course of which the British first lord of the admiralty made several pointed suggestions. He asked Mr. Gibson to inquire of Secre- tary Kellogg whether America would De willing to consider reopening the ques- tion: settled by the Washington con- ference respecting the size of battle- ships and airplane-carriers. And he 1s also understood to have outlined the Britist attitude along the following line: Britain will accept parity with the Onited States so far as 10,000-ton cruisers are concerned, but Great Brit- ain will not commit herself on the proposition of parity between the Brit- ish Empire and the United States on smaller cruisers. Implied Superiority Sought. Second—Coincident with the of- ticial British insistence upon an im- plied superiority over the United States in the matter of cruisers, came an inspired statement published at Geneva over the signature of “Ad- mira] B.,’ a personage clothed in mys- tery whose announcements are caus- ing concern to all but the advocates CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COLUMN l. CANADIAN PROVINCE | REMAINS DRY IN VOTE Government Is Overwhelmed in Prince Edward Island; Urged Liquor Sale. Charlottetown, P. E. I., June 25 (By A. P.).—Premier J. D. Stewart’s gov- ernment, appealing to the people of Prince Edward Island on a policy of government control of the sale of liquor, was overwhelmingly defeated in today’s general election. Final returns gave him but six followers as against 24 for his liberal opponent, A. C. Saunders. In opposition to the government’s policy of government control the lib- eral opposition throughout the cam- paign just closed promised a strict en- forcement of the prohibition law with the proviso that the cost of liquor for medicinal purposes and cost of doc- tor’s prescriptions would be reduced, The policy of Mr. Saunders, \.-... will form a new government in the house, was indorsed by the temperance alli- ance and numerous speakers who were brought to the island to advocate re- tention of the prohibition . law. In the last. legislature Premier Stew- art had 25 adherents, including the Speaker, and the Liberal members numbered only 4. 215-Mile Skate Trip By Mother and Girl Peoria, Ill, June 25 (By A. P.).—Mrs. Henry Pfetzing and her daughter Anna Catherine,. who started from Kansas City, Mo., last Wednesday on roller skates, arrived in Havana, near here, late today to conclude a 400-mile trip. The couple said they skated 215 miles of the journey. In some towns they were barred from skating through, and several times they were forced to aban- d their skates on sana na roads and bad weather Mrs. Pfet Britain’s Implied Claim value from the standpoint of a hoped- Young Baltimore Painter Kills Self for Love in Paris Lawrence Murphy Plays Own Dirge as Gas Suffocates Him. Act Precipitated by Hopeless Infatuation for a Rejuvenated Grandmother. (Special Cable Dispatch.) Paris. June 25.—The entire American colony of the Left Bank, or Latin Quar- ter of Paris, was shocked today over the suicide of Lawrence Murphy, a7 years old, of Baltimore. This lad had almost everything any human could desire. He was well-to- do, of good family, a gifted musician, fine artist, was popular, had a pleasant personality and hosts of friends, and prospects for a great career as a painter. At 5 o’clock this morning Murphy entered his apartment in the Latin Quarter and turned on the gas. He then sat down at the piano and played the fifth symphony from Beethoven. At 8 o’clock persons in nearby rooms, awakened by the playing, wanted to protest to the concierge. At 10 o’clock the playing became fainter until finally there was only a few jingles on the keys, and at 10:23, there was silence in Murphy’s room. This afternoon the police removed the body. On Murphy’s doorway was a note say- ing. “I am not at home except to Mrs, B. B.” This note was the keynote of the tragedy. The young man loved one of those rejuvenated. women you read about in novels. “Mrs. B. B.” is a grandmother, who either had taken beauty cures, or mod- ern scientific rejuvenation. Although a grandmother she looked much young- er than her daughters. Everyone took her for 25. Had she called at the apartment before 10 this morning the young American would have been alive now. Although madly in love with the woman. Murphy realized ‘he hopeless- ness of happy married life with her.- Yet he loved no other, despite trying to fall in love with one of the thou- sands of American flappers now throng- ing the Latin Quarter. For weeks the lad spoke of the futility of his life. It was like a Russian novel. He left a note saying, “Don’t Burn me; send my body home to Baltimore.” (Copyright. 1927. by the Chicago Tribune.) Murphy was widely known in Balti- more, where, before going to Paris about two years ago, he gained a repu- tation as an “individualist.” He was rated in artistic circles there as a young man with promising talent, but without any definite outlet. He Was a student at the City College for three years, from 1914 to 1916, but failed to be graduated from the insti- tution. After leaving college he tried CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 2. JAILOR FREES DAUDET: CABINET BEGINS INQUIRY Royalist, His Aid and Red Leader Released After Mysterious Message. PARISAN HEAD ON TRIAL Paris, June 25 (By A. P.).—Premier Poincare called a cabinet meeting to- night to consider the startling hoax by which the royalist leader, Leon Daudet, was released from Sante Prison today. The special meeting lasted an hour and a half, although the regular meeting had been held at noon. Director Catry, of the Sante Prison, victim of the hoax, was suspénded and ordered tried by a disciplinary board for releasing prisoners without an order. Daudet was serving a five-month sen- tence for libel. Two other prisoners. M. Delest, an associate of Daudet, and Secretary General Semard, of the Com- munist party, also were permitted to walk out. Their whereabouts remained unknown ‘tonight. Shortly after noon today Director Catry of the Sante Prison, where the men were ‘confined, received a tele- phone call. “Cutry.” a voice told him, “I am speaking for the minister of the in- terior. The cabinet decided this morn- ing to release Daudet, Delest and the Communist leader Semard. Get busy; let them out before the news becomes public, as there may be manifestations. M. Catry hesitated about releasing the prisoners without the usual! papers. So he called up the ministry of the interior and asked for confirmation of the order. The reply was sharp and instant. *“‘What are you waiting for to execute the orders of the minister?” exclaimed the voice at the ministry. “You are going to get me into trouble, go ahead. Release Daudet, Delest and Semard.” Accordingly M. Catry went into the gallery of the building where political CONTINUED ON PAGE 6, COLUMN l. Sand Buries 5 Boys; Dog Saves All but One Brampton, Ont., June 25 (By A. P.).— When a sand bank near Fletcher's Creek caved in today five boys and a dog were buried alive. The dog cleared the sand in such a way as to admit air to all the boys except his owner, Fred Warr, twelve. This\ boy was beyond recovery when taken out a few minutes dater. The four boys were soon revived. ) King Alfonso Arrives In London on Visit London, June 25 (By A. P.). — King Alfonso of Spain arrived here from Dover this evening, accompanied by the Duke of Miranda. He was met at the Victoria Station by King George, the Prince of Wales, Prince George and members of the Spanish colony. | After official greetings King Alfonso proceeded to a hotel. STOCK DEALER GHARGED WITH 94,500 SWINDLE Mrs.. Jimmie Henderson Ac- cuses Walsh of Conver- sion After Trust. CITES PROMISE OF PROFIT James R. Walsh, 34 years old, presi- dent of the Bankers Service Corporation of America, 1523 L street northwest, was arrested last night by headquarters de- tectives on a warrant charging conver- sion after trust. The warrant was sworn to by Mrs. Jimmie Henderson, 1701 Masachusetts avenue northwest. Mrs. Henderson told police that as a result of transactions with Walsh. dur- ing the last three weeks she lost $4,500. Less than an hour after his arrest Walsh was released in $2,500 bond. Walsh appeared. at her home three weeks ago, Mrs. Henderson said, and at- tempted to sell her some stock. She refused to buy and Walsh went away. Ten days later he appeared again, she said, and told her that he was about to complete a deal in real estate which would net him a large profit. According to Mrs. Henderson, he said that he did not have sufficient funds to complete the deal at that time, but would have them in ten days. He of- fered her a share of the profits if she would advance him the funds needed. She negotiated a note for $2,500, she said, and also put up collateral security valued at $2,000. This was done, she said, on condition that Walsh would redeem the collateral within a week and return it to her. When the week elapsed and the col- lateral had not been finally redeemed, she became suspicious and retained private detectives to investigate the case. Girl Saves Another | But Dies in Water New York, June 25 (By A. P.).—Miss Ethel Dean, eighteen, was drowned to- day at Coney Island while helping to rescue a girl companion. Miss Dean kept the other girl afloat until two other bathers came to her aid. The three swam to shore, expecting Miss Dean to follow, but when they came out of the water Miss Dean had dis- appeared Her body was recovered. Philipp Miller, eighteen, of Brooklyn, was drowned while swimming off the Coney Island beach. ‘ Honeymooner Drowns Trying to Save 3 Girls Fox Lake, Wis., June 24 (By A. P.) Edwin Jobschke, 32, of Chicago, who was spending his honeymoon’ here, was drowned last night in an unsuccessful effort to rescue three girls, two of whom also were drowned when their skiff overturned in Fox Lake. The third girl was rescued by Jobschke’s companion, Victor Parchen, of Chicago.: The drowned were Dorothy Lueck, 19, daughter of the late Judge Martin Lueck, and Ethelyn Hielman, 20, “| both of Beaver Dam, Wis. co America’s Flight Engineer «Will Write for The Post it the Lieut. Noville is ia Lieut. George 0. Noville, associate of Commander Byrd in the monoplane America’s flight to Europe, will describe for The Post exclusively in Washington, the. hop-off of America from Roosevelt Field for its epoch- making flight over the Atlantic, and will-cable to The Post a series of stories detailing the experiences and observa- tions of the crew of the America throughout its entire trip. If, as expected, the America flies back to New York, this trip also will be fully described. . | ; flight engineer and radio engineer’ of ; the Amariep and to AAUGam Sil wire a8: telet wilets : A a — oe ~ ath a oe ek, Se ‘ * = : * * s a" ra. ee 2% spies on be ae od a . a % i at ype Snke an bl eg be na TE rad : $ = * he ees ar 4 pets minha," MAS. E. B. WLEAN FLIES TO CINGINNAT FROM WASHINGTON Trimotor Plane Carries Her Safely Across ~ Mountain Range. AERIAL TRIP MADE BEFORE LUNCHEON Journey Demonstrates Saving of Time Made Possible by Air Transport. By GEN. WILLIAM MITCHELL. Mrs. Edward B. McLean has flown across the Alleghany Mountains. Yesterday morning she flew from Washington to Cincinnati, Ohio. It was necessary that she meet her husband by noon. She could not leave her children the evening before to take the train, so she decided to go by airplane. Mrs. McLean planned a fight herself, sought the best air- plane and equipment, determined on the route, the time of day and the pilot who should fly. It was no hap- hazard trip, merely taken for the thrill, but a sincere and serious attempt to judge for herself what air navigation means from the standpoint of time, dependability, safety and comfort. She selected an airplane with three engines, any one of which would sup- port the airplane in flight if the other two failed. She made sure that the craft was in good condition and that the pilot knew how to handle the ship Then yesterday morning, after break- fast. she went to the fiying field at Washington, stepped into the airplane and arrived in Cincinnati a long time before luncheon. Saved Long Train Journey. Think of what this means. If she had gone on the train it would have taken the better part of a day and 4 night—a hot, bumpy, dusty, noisy trip two or three meals to be taken in the swaying dining car, a narrow, uncom- fortable berth to be occupied in the sleeping car.. She would have. observed the uninteresting view that presents it- self close to a railroad track, the passing fences, telegraph poles, muddy ditches the rocky cliffs and the stuffy tunnels When she left the field in Washington and mounted high in the air she say the beautiful buildings in our govern- ing city, the dome of the Capitol. the Washington Monument, the Potomac River meandering in great bends on its way to the Chesapeake Bay. As she passed above Virginia she saw the old city of Alexandria, nestling on the west- ern bank of the Potomac, a little later the field of the battle of Bull Run. then Fairfax Courthouse, where Gen Washington's will is on record; passing over the Bull Run Mountains at a speed three times greater than that of the fastest automobile or railroad, she ap- proached the Blue Ridge, the outpost of the Alleghany Mountains, then over the Shenandoah Valley, the richest sec- tion of the United States in agriculture and animal industry. On the right lay Harpers Ferry, to the left lay Front Royal and Riverton, while the plane sped almost directly over the old city CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 1. FOUR KILLED IN CRASH OF INTERURBAN CARS Limited, Say Officials, Failed to Obey Orders; Local Hit Near McCook Field. Dayton, Ohio, June 25 (By A. P.).— Four persons are known to be dead and fifteen reported injured in a head-on ccllision between a local and limited traction car near McCook field tonight. Additions may be made to the list of dead when reports are received from local hospitals where injured passen- gers were taken. The known dead are: John Bember- ton, Piqua, motorman on local car; Harley Folkerth, 26, Tippecanoe City, nursery employe; Ben Reed, address unknown; Julius Yale, 42, Tippecanoe City. The cars telescoped when the lim- ited car, which had disobeyed instruc- tions, according to officials of the Day- ton & Troy Traction Co., crashed head- on into the local. Bemberton, motor- man on the local, wds instantly killed. The limited was in charge of Tippe- canoe City men, Motorman Covert | Kessler and Conductor Hobart Ste- phens. They. are not on the injured list, but Mrs. Kessler, wife of the mo- torman, is in a hospital here with in- juries. | Youth Wins 15-Mile Atlantic City Swim Atlantic City, N. J., June 25 (By A. P.).—A 250-pound youth from the Bronx, New York, won the 15-mile At- lantic City ocean swim -here tonight, eting the long and treacherous grind.in. 13 hours and 37 minutes. William Albert Erickson started at 9:18 a. m. with 45 other contestants and reached the starti\tg point at 10:55 p. m., before a ‘which Mned the Boardwalk beach for blocks. Clarence Ross and Stanley Pritchard, New York and Buffalo, were the only - - r a * a © > TSG ee AF 4 Sager el ae kia . Po nted rune le U0, CHIANG JOB (0 Deol ON EARTH, GUOLIDGE ASSERT Legislature of Dakota Makes Pilgrimage to His Retreat. PRESIDENT DWELLS ON AMERICAN IDEALS Scene at Mountain Lodge Western Replica of New Year’s Receptions Here. By CARLISLE BARGERON (Staff Correspondent of The Post.) Rapid City, S. Dak., June 25.—Mak- ing another speech on the terraced lawn in front of his mountain retreat, President Coolidge today told members of the South Dakota Legislature, in effect, that, regardless of their eco- nomic conditio:, they are better off than the people of anyother country. The President spoke informally after the legislators, their families and a sprinkling of automobile tourists’ had filed by and shaken hands with him in a Western replica of a White House New Year’s reception. “Any one who has an occupation or, as they say on the streets, a job, no matter whether in industry, agricul- ture or commerce}#'the President said, “may be assured that he has the best occupation or job of any one on earth. That is what the American flag means. “It is, of course, natural, that we want to better our conditions. That is the American ideal.” There were more than 500 persons in this open-air audience, with the legis- lators, State officials and their fam- ilies, wives and cl'‘idren, and the tour- ists, who, passing by the lodge throughout the day, stopped for this unique occasion. Back of them and extendin; almost around the scene was the prominence now known as Mount Starling standing like a fence to keep the uninvited away. Legislators, their families and tourists were dressed in clothes that showed the effects of a long ride on the train or automobile —dust stained and wrinkled—but which are mo: becoming to these rustic Westerners than “dress-up” ap- parel. There were women and men in knickers from the tourist crowd and there was a cowboy or so. Or at least & man with chaps, spurs and every- thing. Even the secret service men who kept them moving and told them to keep their hands out of their jackets, just as they do back in Washington, wore attire that contrasted greatly with that of the New Year’s reception. They wore khaki breeches and shirts and laced boots, or heavy hob-nailed shoes. The legislators had been feeling uround in the hills for an hour or so before they came to wait in front of CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COLUMN 4. Mail Order Drug Ring Is Reported Broken New York, June 25 (By A. P.).—Four men, said by Ralph Oyeler, divisional chief of narcotic agents, to be members of a nation-wide “mail order drug ring,” were held in bail aggregating $90,000 today after their arrest by three agents, recently brought on from Chi- cago. In the 110th street home of Benjamin Dorfman, the reputed leader of the syn- dicate, the agents said, were found thousands of dollars in mortey ordets sent from all parts of the country for drugs. Besides Dorfman the men héld are Louis Wallenstein, Samuel LoWey and John Hope. The agents who track- ed them down and finally, they said, succeeded in purchasing $2,500 worth of norcotics from them, are W. H. Conklin, A. B. Bowman and Ray Con- ert, Index to Today’s Issue. MAIN SECTION. Pages 1—U. S. to Demand Full Naval Parity Painter Kills Self in Paris. Mrs. McLean Flies to Cincinnati. President Speaks to Legislators. Byrd May Fly at Dawn. 2—Seek Grade Allocation at Bureau. Comet to Be Visible Tonight. 3—Army’s Plane Ready for Flight. MacMillan Sails for North. 4—Emergency Field to Insure Service. 5—Conference of Rabbis Is Held. 6—New York Dry Aids Shifted. 7—500 Weddings May Be Illegal. 8—A.E. F. Memorial Plane Revealed. 10—Plan to Honor Judge Moulton. 11—Heart’s Haven (Serial). 12—At the Chess Table. 13—Fashions pf Capital Women. 14—Boy Pregther Talks of Sermon. 16—Contifiuance of Rail Line Assured. 17—Wegther and Vital Statistics. 17-18-25—Finance. 19 to 24—Sports. 26—Virginia Baptists to Meet July 6. EDITORIAL AND SOCIETY. 1—Editorials. 2—Letters to the Editor. 3-4-5-6-7-8—Society. 9-10—Notes of Departmental Personnel 10—Fraternal Organizations. AMUSEMENTS AND FEATURES. 1-2-3—Stage and Screen. 4—Activities of Women’s Clubs. 5—Art and Books. 6-7—Radio and Electrcity. REAL ESTATE AND CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. 1—The Washington Realtor. 2-3-4-5-6-7—Real Estate News. 8-9-10-11—Classified Advertisements. 10—Community Center Activities. 11—Parent-Teacher Associations. 12—Service and Veterans News. MAGAZINE, ROTOGRAVURE, COMICS AND AUTOMOBILE SECTIONS. FALL DOWN STAIRS FATAL TOMAS JON 7. GHESLEY Wife of Real Estate Broker, With Weak Ankles, Victim of Accident in Home. WAS THOUGHT IN FAINT Mrs. Zaluma Archer Chesley, 47 years old, was found dead at the foot of the stairs in her home, 1749 Kilbourne place northwest, at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon by her husband, John T. Chesley, real estate broker. Believing tha his wife had simply fainted, Chesley :pplied ice packs to her head and sought to revive her after summoning Dr. Francis S. Mason. Dr. Mason, upon examining Mrs. Chesley, declared that she had been dead prob- ably two houre before he arrived. He said death had undoubtedly been caused by a broken neck. Mrs. Chesley had been suffering from weak ankles for some time, Mr. Ches- ley told police, and had fallen upon several occasions. A broken ice water pitcher was found beside her body by her husbana. DEATH VALLEY HEAT KILLS FIELD MARSHAL Count Viadimir Baranoff, of Japanese War Fame, Lost seeking Gold Claim. Silver Lake, Calif., June 25 (By A. P.).—Count Vladimir Baranoff, — 72, field marshal of the Russian army in the Russo-Japanese war, died in this desert town Thursday from exhaustion suffered in Death Valley's torrid heat, where he was lost for 24 hours with two companions. Count Baranoff, who is survived by his wife and two step-sons in San Francisco, where he had made his home since the close of the World War, was buried here this morning. The count, with A. J. Cody, of Santa Monica, Calif., a friend of 30 years, and F. H. Hall, of the same coast city, went into the blazing sink Wednesday morning to find goid claims raveny staked out for them. 24,000 at Masonic Frolic In American League Park Field Events, Baseball, Comedy, Drills, Music and speeches Comprise Program in Aid of Children’s. Home Building Fund. Eastern Star and Masonic lodges, worshipful masters and worthy ma- trons, Daughters of Job and Sons of De Molay joined yesterday with Shrine and Grotto in their annual field-day frolic at American League Park, while 24,000 watched the sport from the stands, - In the field events which preceded the baseball game, Nick Altrock proved the central attraction, whether riding as Ben Hur in a chariot race, mimick- ing a professional contortionist or lead- ing the Mohawk Quartet. Nick triumphed over Thomas Hall, ‘of the De Molay, in the chariot classic and gave Alfred Smith a run for his money in his contortion act. —_—- diers.” John J. P, Mullane, chairman of field events, led in the singing. Their voices broadcast to all parts of the park by loud speakers, Joseph T. K. Plant, general chairman for the day, introduced Grand Master Gratz Dunkum, who,made a brief address of welcome. Grand Master John C. Pal- mer pronounced the invocation. Two-score youths of the DeMolay in clown costumes, ‘next. trooped upon the field and entertained the audience for half an hour. There was music by the Grotto and Washington Boys’ Independent Bands, and the Mohawk Quartet, composed of Earl Gordon, Frank Goebel, Ray Towns and Wiliiam Capps. Bugle calls were soundéd by Sergt. Henry Loveless. 4 A huge basket of flowers was pre- |sented Clark C. Griffith, president of the Washington Baseball Club, by Ro- bert Young, originator of the annual field day, in appreciation of his loan |of the park. Arville L. Ebersole, secre- Sol-| CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 8. TURM HALTS BYRD, READY 10 HOP OFF; DOWNPOUR OCCURS Entire Field Awash as Fliers Await Chance to Take the Air. MACHINE. IS FUELED; FOOD PLACED ABOARD Mechanics Hastily Grease and Test Stays, Racing Against Time. — Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Sunday, June 26 (By A. P.).—For the second time in two days rain, amounting almost to a cloudburst, caused a last-minute post- ponement early today of the Richard E. Byrd flight to France. By 3:15 o’clock the whole field was awash. The rain poured down in spasmodic bursts and lightning tore the darkness. The take-off had been tentatively set for 4 a. m. Shortly before 1 o’clock Grover Whal- en, vice president of. the America Trans- oceanic Co., announced that a take off had been positively decided on if the wind swings around to make leaving the runway possible. At that time the wind was southwest and would have to swing almost to due west to give the plane the head wind it needs to take the air. A cross wind makes a hop-off impos- sible. The wind during the night had been swinging in the right direction and it was believed it would be in ex- cellent position by dawn. At Whalen’s statement activity was redoubled about the great plane, where it squatted in the glare of an Army searchlight, at the top of the runway. Speed Loading of Fuel. The men who had been pumping gasoline into the great tanks for the past hour accelerated their motions and mechanics oiled and greased and tested stays and bolts as though racing against time. Food for the fliers was packed away in the cabin, 2 roast chickens, 20 sand- wiches, coffee and tea. Commander Richard E. Byrd and his three associates, Bert Acosta, George Novillie and Bernt Balchen, continued to rest, or try to rest at their hotel in Garden City as the final preparations were made for their flight. Shortly after Whalen made his state- ment the breeze, which had been blow- ing briskly, suddenly died. The fidg atop the hangar, which had been snapping in the wind all evening, hung limply straight down. Fliers Told to Get Some Sleep. Reports of favorable weather con- ditions were received here at 10:10 o’clock last night caused Commander Byrd to instruct his “shipmates” in the giant monoplane to “go to bed and get some sleep,” in case it should be decided to take of? for Paris at dawn. The latest weather report received up to that time from the Weather Bu- reau in New York showed that it was clear between Roosevelt Field and Newfoundland and that a high-pres- sure area, or good weather “wave,” was . “building up” off Newfoundland. Meanwhile, the big three-motored Fokker monoplane stood on a specially constructed mound at the east end of the Roosevelt Field runway, practically ready to go as soon as the weather man, who holds the post of unofficial starter, gave the word. Two Hours to Fill Tanks. The America had more than 300 gal- lons of gasoline in her tanks. T. Harold Kinkade, of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, said only two hours would be required to fuel the plane to her capacity of 1,300 gallons. Shortly after midnight fueling was begun. At 11:35 Porter Adams, president ‘ef the National Aeronautical Association, arrived at the hangar. Adams came from Washington Thursday to seal the barograph before the flight starts. He was asked whether his appearance meant that a hop-off was certain for the coming dawn. “Oh, no,” he replied. “But the weather men told me this afternoon there was a 560-50 chance of a flight so I came out from town. There’s & possibility, all right. I wanted to be right on hand.” James H. Kimball, Weather Bureau meteorologist, however, reached on the telephone by mnewspapermen at the hangar, said one storm was brewing in Pennsylvania and another was sweep- ing over from Lake Erie. “In my opinion,” he said, “it would take fancy navigating for the ‘America’ to get off at 4 o’clock in the morning.” Just before midnight a great Army searchlight was brought over on a truck from Mitchel Field and trained on the America. 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