AERO RACE CALLED OFF
Preparations for Transcontinental Flight
In the conference of Mexican situation.
NEW YORK, June 29.?Preparations for the transcontinental aeroplane race, which was to have taken place in September, have been discontinued because of the Mexican situation, it was announced today by the Aero Club of America, after a conference attended by the War Department, manufacturers of aeroplanes, and a representative of Ralph Pulitzer, donor of the trophy. It was stated that the race is called off "only for so long as the international possibilities may require."
It was agreed, the announcement said, "that the government needs every available skilled pilot, either on the Mexican border or in training camps teaching others to fly.
It was declared that 200 aviators are required to meet the situation along the border, and that 500 should be placed in training at once in order that 200 proficient fivers may be obtained quickly.
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Wilson, who died yesterday morning at the apartment of her brother, John Donnan, Monroe Terrace, 801 West Franklin Street, will take place at 5:30 this afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Wilson was seventy-two years of age. She was the daughter of the late William S. and Mary A. Donnan, and the widow of Albert Wilson, a former resident of this city.  Former resident of Amelia County. She is survived by two brothers, W. S. and John Donnan, and one sister, Mrs. N. A. Connor, all of Richmond. Funeral of J. J. Shoemaker. The funeral of Captain John J. Shoemaker, who died Tuesday, was conducted at 1 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his niece, Mrs. It. 