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THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1930 18 POWERFUL NEW LINDBERGH BSACON LATEST IN AERIAL' PICKUPS WOMAN CAPTAIN OF RIVER BOAT LIVES first boy comes." The son never came to Blanche Leathers and the bottle remains intact. Far different from the raw-boned, swash-buckling woman one expects ito see. Mrs. Leathers sits rocking, telling of the glamorous days i 1 along the river. Her soft voice tells many amusing incidents of the past, when piloting a river steamer was a VOTERS OF TEXAS GALLED UPON FOR HNALDEGISIONS In Election Today, "Ma" Fer-' guson and Ross Sterling Are Opponents for the Governor's Chair PROHIBITION STAND CLEARLY OUTLINED IN ILLINOIS CONTEST Democrats Oppose Bone Dry Position Rspublicans Willing to Let the Voters Dictata QUIET LIFE NOW Home of Mrs.

Blanche Leathers, in New Orleans, Contains Mamentoes of Her Days Afloat i ithem were named "The Natchez." (By Jane Hunter Holloway, The first one was the most famous Press Correspondent.) jbut the others all were strong hardy -New Orleans- (U.R) Living the craft." quiet, well-ordered life of the aver-1 As a sinil? comes and Boe? age American housekeeper content iand a t'ikle brightens her eyes, in her comfortable Tonti street there a sliSht tightening of the home in New Orleans, is Mrs. ul- not, nard, Huti WL YWmu ill 11 ilW i 12 iff usil rr "frf I gT 4 i ft i rfe 5' i 1 1 v.y. i- HMMMBMBMIMMMMIMMMIMMM man size job. She remembers wen the important people who shipped with her WERE SEVEN BOATS. "They were great boats," she says.

'You know the Leathers family juilt and niloted seven vessels and all of s.noi. "'i. 1 I oVTh A.rAaA results from Negro deckhands in the Necklaces composed of alternating tiny mirrors and colored composition 'beads cut in geometric designs ar. decidedly new and smart for sports-T weal" WE folks who keep track of Summer accidents find that being hit by a choc choo is decidedly old fashioned. Four times as many people choose the auto! Though, altogether too many land in a hospital as a result of riding their vacation hobby I TNA.IZK An Accident Policy! Now Lcfore you go Earl Atwood District Agent H.

B. C.tVUEROM H. W. BRIEGGER Office Over 118 Slain Street Fhone 73) rv Young Young 97 6 WIS. BRANCH OfFlCE MILWAUKet iiiiiimiiimiitimii! 1 IliiiiiAiiiiill Amazing precision In afial pick-ups being demonstrated by Ernst L'dft, noted German aviator.

The great stunt flyer was photo-fraphed in his plane just as he was about to lift a cloth from tha ground by means of a hook attached to a long bamboo pole. The exhibition took place in Berlin during the celebration to mark the anniversary of tho drafting of Germany's Constitution. The Lindbergh beacon, most powerful in the worm, wnicn will tnrow its brilliant rays over Chicago from atop the GOO-foot high Palm-olive Building. Inset show3 the lamp, the size of which is indicated by the fact that an adult can sit inside it. The beacon, grift of Elmer Sperry to the Windy City, will be dedicated during th KaLiooaJ Aur Escea.

Aug. IS to t-vU I. Blanche Douglas Leathers, whose name is written in the historv of the Not because her husband was Capt. Boland Leathers, nor because her father-in-law was Commodore T. p.

Leathers, who built and raced the first Natchez, in a record breaking trip to St. Louis, against the Robert E. Lee. is Mrs. Leathers famous.

She nas lived a romantic life along the I old river as the only woman pilot in its history. For many years, "Captain Blanche' piloted her craft, the through the tricky channels of the great waterway. Guiding it carefully through the snag-infested waters, avoiding sand bars which held up similar craft, she played a big part in the distribution of cargo and passengers to the river towns. ROMANCE STARTS. Fifty-one years ago, while on a trip to see the Mardi Gras festivities, Blanche Douglas met the man she was to marry.

Captain Leathers, the gallant son of a man widely know7n in the annals of river history, was piloting the Natchez, his own steamer. After a romantic courtship on her decks, he claimed this shy daughter of a wealthy cotton planter as his wife. The same steamer served as I quarters for the honeymoon of the I young couple. Later the vessel as to be her ow; and she its celebrated (woman rnntnin. TZT great muddy stream which made a pilot of this grave, sincere girl.

Grad- bccpmfng acquainted with the ti her 5tMmw tnnu th 0f her hus ito the capable nanus oi nis wue. ner ooa'w uu rivci un hcl out fo tne harbor and the river salutcs from all vessels in port LICENSE IS FRAMED. The license under which she served for twenty years hangs on the wall of her living room. She has gathered around her the things w-hich pleasant memories of the days when she carried important people up and down the river. There are pictures of old river boats on her walls.

The massive furniture in her bedroom was for many years in her quarters on the Natchez. A cherished possession is a bottle of Madeira wine given her by Jeffer son Davis. It bears this inscription "Briarheld Miss Blanche, I brought ithis to you. Don't open it until your i i 1 i I BOMB PROPERTY OF MAN WHO DEFIED A BOYCOTT! Kansas jr. bomb- mg of a milk house on the property mg of a milk house on the property of a suburban dairyman who refused! BANKSHARES GROUP SETS ASIDE MONEY FOB AREAS) Washington U.R') The Wisconsin Banksharrs corporation has set aside $1,000,000 from which to make loans for the feeding of livestock from; drought districts, it was stated in a idi-mu at the oflice I to join a boycott directed against ne was required to be on distributors, was reported in nd m0re the resndnsibilities fell in- otjCitys milk strittc The milk house ot j.

u. bnawnan.i It was a Rala day when she near Lone liock. was Leived ncr pilot's license and headed lvrpcert bv eynlnsives nnliep utvp in- ur trir, oc Springfield, lil.iIV--The prohibition ifssuc in the Illinois senatorial was clearly defined today with Ruth MeCormick. the Republican nominee, pledged to abide by tiie voters' decision in a referendum and James Hamilton Lewis, the Democratic candidate standing on an out "nd out "wet platform Mrs MeCormick, who had always been considered a dry. announced at the Republican state convention here yesterday that f.he stands ready to obey the mandate of the voters in the triple referendum on prohibition to be decided Nov.

4. the xinic day as the senatorial election. OU.M HAS Her speech followed the announcement of tiie state G. O. p.

platform containing a prohibition plank almost identical with Mrs. MeCormick's stand. Tho piank. which pledged Republican representatives in congress to carry out the will of their districts, was considered a compromise between the wet and dry factions in the par- The Democrats, mcetim: Wednesday, followed the lead of their standard hearer, former Senator Lewis, in favorinu repeal of all prohibition legislation. In the first statement she has made on prohibition since announcing her eandldacy for the senate, Mrs.

MeCormick reaffirmed that she was personally a dry. She said, however, that if the voters fna-or repeal of the Eighteenth amendment she would vote to submit the question to the slates. TO FOLLOW DECISION. If the people decide for modification of the Volstead act she said her course would be "in sympathy with the principle so approved, but tho definite course to be pursued would be dependent, of course, upon the nature of the modification demanded." Concerning the third relating to repeal of search and seizure act. was a "state law which referendum the Illinois she said it I shall not now discuss." Mrs.

McCoimlek added that "until the constitutional amendment is repealed or until the Volstead act, is repealed or amended I for enforcement of both measures." Because of low prices for pork manv fanners in Ireland are discontinuing' the raising of pins. Liquor Substitute Declaring alcohol docs badly what it seta out to do, Viscount D'Abcrnon, chairman of Eng land's wartimo liquor control board, caya tho world needs a substitute for alcohol as a bover-cgc. Ho believes tho inventor of a substitute wouRl, win a fortune in wealth and human here is ---i shawhnn had been selling milk to Kansas City wholesale plants in de fiance of a boycott directed by the rural producers' association in a demand for increased prices for raw-milk. He declined to discuss the incident. WINS GOLD MEDAL Cagliari.

Sardinia. Italy. An American writer. Mary Howell, has just won the gold medal annually awarded bv the Stefano Pietri foun- datlon for the best work on Sardinia to appear during the year. Mrs.

Howell's offering for the interna tional competition appeared, in a New York magazine last spring. TIN CAN ISLAND TO BE SITE OF ECLIPSE PARTY (By Harry W. Frantz. United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington (U.R 'Tin Can inland" in the south Pacific will in October be the rendezvous for many distinguished scientists, assembled there to observe an eclipse of the sun. "Tin Can islnnd." which also enjoys the more dignified name of "Nluafou" will be In the path of totality for the eclipse, which will be visible over the south Pacific on October 21 and 22.

according to the location of the observer with reference to the international date line. Although Information regarding foreign observers is yet unavailable here, It Is known that at least four American Institutions will send scientists to Nluafou. Some observers may locate themselves on the small island of Nuraklta, also In the path of totality. Commander C. H.

J. Keppler, United States navy, will be in administrative charge of the eclipse expedition from the United States naval observatory. This will be his second eclipse expedition, as lie commanded the successful expedition to Hollo, Philippine islands. tire eclipse In May, 1029. Lieutenant If.

C. Keilcrs. U. S. navy, will be the medical officer of the expedition.

In addition to his medical duties, he will also collect specimens of fauna and flora, and will have charge of the meteorological observations. Ho has been on two previous scientific expeditions to distant corners of the world and is said to be extraordinarily well qualified for the difficult tasks which are foreseen. Bevan P. Sharpltxs. Junior astronomer, wijl have of the coronal photography for the observatory and will have with htm a fifteen-foot camera, bt sides other small ones.

Photography Is considered an extremely important part of the expedition's work. Besides these members of the staff of the naval observatory, distinguished scientists from educational institutions will accompany the expedition. Feather fRns arc exceedingly popular. Lovely mountings match the colors of the feathers. Simulated tortol.se shell frames blend in with feathers of the popular zinnia shades.

JONES SAYS HELEN IS ENTITLED TO BEQUEST New Vork. (U.P) Helen Wills ought to take tho twenty thousand. Lawyer Bobby Jones believes. The world's greatest golfer was replying to a question as to whether Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, world's greatest woman tennis player, should accept the $20,000 bequest left her In the will of Senator Phclan ol California.

"Why shouldn't she?" he asked. "I wish someone would leave me the same amount and see how quick I would take it!" What about that $50,000 house you refused to accept from Atlanta friends a few years ago?" "That was different. I think it is absolutely asinine for any one even to question Helen's procedure in this Instance. An heir to an estate or part of an estate has all the right in the world to accept an inheritance." EXPECT EARNINGS WILL MOUNT TO HIGH TOTALS St. Louis Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brliic, champion endurance flyers, expect their earnings from their record twenty-seven-day flight which ended last Sunday to reach $50,000, they said today.

Their statement shows receipts ot $8,324.98 nnd expenditures of $4,747.77 for the flight, which Includes public subscriptions to keep the endurance i plane aloft. The flyers earned $8,800 while in the air and received $2,000 In advertising contracts upon landing Contracts for appearances at state fairs now total approximately $37,000. CONVICT CANCSTER U.Ri Detroit police recorded tiie first gangster conviction of the fifteen gang killings here in the last three months. A Jury of elpht men and lour women found Pete Licavoll. alleged Chi-cago-St.

Louis gunman, guilty of the murder of Henry Tupancey, a liquor racketeer The Jurors deliberated twenty eight hours and thirty min utes. An amused smile flickered nvci Licavoll's sphinx like features when he heard the verdict. "I've hud a fair trial." the defendant told Judge John Boyne. who will pass sentence. YOU'LL LIKE TRADING AT SMITH'S Dallas.

Tex. OP Nine hundred thousand voters will decide today between Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, championed by her husband "Farmer Jim" as the "candidate of the common people." and Ross S. Sterling.

Houston millionaire publisher, in the runoff of the Democratic gubernatorial primary election. Both sides expressed confidence In election. Sterling, in a speech last night at Galveston, forecast his majority at no less than 100,000. "Pa" Ferguson, who stumped the state thoroughly for his wife, said her majority would be more than 250,000. Support has been thrown to on'M candidates In the bitter campaign fight, and political massmeetings for each were held in almost every city, town and village in the state.

The Sterling cause was strongly upheld by Gov. Dan Moody, who was attorney general during Mrs. Ferguson's former administration and overwhelmingly defeated her for a second term. Moody refused to run against Sterling after lv had appointed him chairman of the state highway CENTER THE ATTACK. The Fergusons centered their campaign attack on the "big business" methods of the Houston candidate.

They charged he has "lost the common touch" during his years as a Mrs. Ferguson promised duplication of her former administration, announcing her intention of liberating least 2,000 convicts from the state penitentiary. She waged a strong sampalgn tor prohibition and economy in state operation. The business training decried by the Fergusons was offered by Sterling as a reason for his election. He rose from the ranks of a freight, boat helper and merchant to owner, he said, of a large and powerful newspaper, and vowed that experience would enable him to run the governor's office more efficiently.

Strongest of the Sterling planks was a proposal for a $350,000,000 highway bond issue. He had the support of the press, the metropolitan and capitalistic element, and eight of the nine candidates defeated in the initial primary. OTHERS LESS INTERESTING. Five other state offices were to be filled, in today's election. The swashbuckling duel or personalities between R.

L. Bobbltt. incumbent, and Jams V. Allred of Wichita Falls for the attorney generalship, was the only featured rare In the lot. however.

Stata Senator Edgar Witt of Waco and Sterlin B. Strong of Dallas sought the office of lieutenant governor. The Democratic nomination in Texas is consideicd tantamount to election this year, as it is thought there is little danger that Democrat will repeat their performance of 1923 in bolting to the opposite party. GOVERNMENT IS UNABLE TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS Washington P) The Chinese government, In a note to the American legation at Pelplng. has Indicated its Inability to protect foreigners who decline to leave Kanchow upon the withdrawal of nationalist troops from that city.

The note was in reply lo one from the legation asking that Americans be protected by troops if any remained in Kanchow and that they be permitted to leave the district if the troops withdrew. All Americans are believed to have left the city except. Bishop J. A O'Shea of the Catholic mission whose home is in Deepwatcr. and who Is of St.

Vincent's seminary, German-town, Pa. BLAZING MAIL PLANE IS LANDED BHET AVIATOR Rakrr, Ore. 'r A blazing mail plane with one wing virtually destroyed by fire was brought to earth here by Abe Warner, veteran airmail pilot, who escaped with minor injuries. Attendants at the municipal landing field removed all mail before the ship was consumed by flames. Warner, who was cut above the right eye in landing, said gasoline I from a Hue leak started spraying his face about thirty miles from here.

He said he was twice nearly oveicome hv fumes. The Uvr broke out in the cockpit and imp wmpr. Dry Cleaning KI til I.K run i. IMain Dresses, Sport Coats. Suits, Top Coats, Overcoats Cash and Carry Same Articles As Listed Above For DEPENDABLE DRV CLEANING Send It to a ri-ANT OWNER, Not Aa Agency OtahnarcTs 335 MAIN STREET IT Secretary of Agriculture Hyde irom Charles L.

Hill, chairman of the board of commissioners of agriculture and markets of Wisconsin. .1 Hill informed the secretary that; Wisconsin could use western sheep and steers as another means of coop erating for relief HIJACKING ENDS IN A GUN BATTLE Detroit. iP) One man was shot to death in a gun battle which grew out of the attempted hijacking of a coupe loaded with whisky and alco hoi on Brooklyn avenue near Grand River avenue. The body of the man, later identi fled as William Butler. 22, the pos sessor of a police record, was found in front of 1410 Eighth street.

He had been shot through the head and apparently had been thrown from a car. The report of the discovery of the body reached the police shortly after a citizen on Brooklyn avenue had no tified them that a gun battle was in; progress between- the occupants of a coupe and a truck. The truck was repotted to have attempted to force the coupe to the curb. After the battle the participants fled. The police found the coupe on Brooklyn avenue.

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