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*¥ 2 Smiths Islanders MISS A”-EN,S RA[:E 'Have Machine Guns STIRS OHID PRINARY Reads, Says Report Campaign for Democratic Nominaticn Against Pome- rene Settled Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Star. CRISFIELD, Md., August 9. While State officials of QMaryland and Virginia strive to ' arrange peace terms between the Infuriated residents of two crabbing islands in Tangier Sound, it was reported here today that the fishermen of Smiths Island in Maryland have secured and set up three machine gun, Brother, for God's sake. don't give them a thing!” was the appeal of a Tangier Islander yesterday to one of the party of Harry R. Houston, Virginia commissioner of fisheries. These two incidents illustrate the temper of the two fslands. Houston had a conference Sat- urday night with Swepson Iarle, conservation commissioner of M. land. Both expect period thi; rowill season of “swimme crabs are called. Later the Smiths Islanders will be satisfied with scraping the bottom. MANOR PARK EROLP FIHTS ROAD PLA Seven Oppose Willis. . R T 3 In the Repupican senatorial con-| M@KING Blair Highway Wider test Senator sFrank B. Willis is op. Than 60 Feet Opposed to Commissioners. | By the Associated Press | COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 9.—Out-{ in Ohio’s primary election is the race for the | United “lor- su- | standing contest tomorrow Democratic nomination States Senator between Miss . Allen, judge of the State preme Court, and former Senator At-| lee Pomerene, one of the Government | prosecutors in the oil lease cases. The Republican gubernatorial nomi- nation, with 12 candidates, is a close competitor for voters' interest. The dominant issue, though not stres in this fight, has been pro- hibition, with M Allen receiving indorsczen: of the Anti-Saloon League. She has advocated strongly ,outlawry of war, and favors this country’s entry into the World Court and the League of Nations. Mr. Pomerene’s chief opposition, addition 1o the dry organization. that of organized labor. particularly the Rallroad Brotherhood, who op-| posed him for election four vears ago. for that the danger d with the as the free in | is posed by seven candidates. The or ganized liberal vote of the party is expected to be thrown generally to Charles Q. Hildebrandt, Wilmington former Representative and former secretary of state Twelve candidates are seeking the Republican gubernational nomination, but the contest generally is consid- ered to have narrowed down to four conte: ry of State, Thad H. Brown; Myers H. Cooper of Cin- cinnati, State Treasurer H. S. Day, and Joseph Sieber of Akron Gov. Donahey has made mo campaign for a third term nomination on the Democratic ticket, though he has three opponents. Representatives Find Way Clear. A. P. Sandles, Vigorous objection to increasing th width of Blair road to 'more than 60 feet was registered by a delegation from the Manor Park Citizens’ Asso- clation at a public hearing on six im portant proposed changes in the high- ay plan conducted by the Commis- sioners in the boardroom of the Dis- trict Building today. The plan proposed is to widen the road from 33 to 90 feet bhetween Ogle. thorpe and Underwood streets, and abandon all projected streets lying east to the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks, o that it may be developed commer- cially. The Manor Park delegation. headed by E. H. Pullman. contended that there is no “extreme necessity™ | for a boulevard greater than 60 feet in width, and that approximately $50.000 worth of improved property would have to be condemned to carry out the plan. Mr. Pullman pointed out that Blair road is mnot a heavily used traffic artery and that in his knowledge not an accident had occurred on it in five ves C. H. Galliher, a real estate operator, however, told the Commissioners that the “heavy traffic on the road necessitates its widening.” and that while an accident may not have happened in recent vears, there had heen “many narrow escapes’ due to its narrowness. In addition to Mr. Pullman, the former state secre- | tary of agriculture. has made an ac- tive campaign attacking the governor for alleged violation of party princi- ples in seeking a third term. . Nominations are to bhe made for lieutenant governc secretary of state, treasurer of state, attorney gen chief justice of the supreme court, and two associae justices. All incumbent representatives up for renomination. Only Mel "nder- wood, Democrat of the sixth district, has party opposition. His opponent is Charles A. Radcliffe of Lancaster. Tennessee Vote Close. NASHVILLE, Tenn.. August 9 (8. The officlal count of the vote in the 95 counties of the State by the county primary election boards is awaited at political headquarters to finally determine the winner in the Ten- ;;Isseed gubernatorial primary of last ursday, when a close vote counted. a r Park i e e Austin Peay, candidate for re-election ! Janciev, Herbert Wilson, Leo Sim- 1o a third consecutive term. leading | (IR o S € (o Hill MeAlister, State treasurer, his op- | U S SR ponent, by slightly less than : votes | These figures give Peay $7.004 and McAlister 82,697 votes, Conduit Road Plan Favored. The proposal to .standardize the width of Condiftt raad and make it State headquarters of hoth candi-{a monumental highway was given the dates in Nashville are still checking |indorsement of the = Conduit Road and rechecking the vote v countdes. | Citizens’ Assoc EhEoich Senvy Ve PéndcastD ¢ president, B, I ms. An obje on to the plan was made by Mrs LITTLE ROCK, Ark 9| £ A. Stebbins, who declared that Con- (®).—One of the most | duit. road would be converted inte a palzns in Arkansas’ history has prac- | speedway and make her property tically ended, and voters will go to!| worthless the polls tomorrow to choose Demo-| The plans for developing eratic nominees for governor, for two ! road provide for a magnificent 120- seats in_ Congress and for various | foot boulevard with a kway 19- State and county offices | feet wide, in the center from Reser. Because of the intense campaign |voir road to the District line. From wazed in the gubernatorial contest | Foxhall road to Reservoir road, the between, Gov. Tom Terrall and | poulevard would be 90 feet wide. Judge John E. Martineau of Little| The widening plans provide for the Rock, political leaders forecast a large | center parkway over the old water vote. | conduit, flanked on the sides by 21- foot paved roadway The change The | @180 would allow for sidewalks with "an‘u’lun:s on both sides of the boule- vard, which the Condult has lacked because of Federal diction over the road. A recent of Congress placed control of road in the District Commissioners. The four remaining changes are designed to preserve the natural contours and topography of the outlying sections. One provides for shifting the lines of the streets in north Brookland and the ahsorption of August bitter cam Conduit Klan Issue in Alabama. SRMINGHAM. August 9 () Ku Klux Klan issue has raised hooded head in the tewide Demo- | cratic campaign which comes to a| close tomorrow with primary olec- | tions to nominate a candidate to suc- | ceed Senator Oscar W. Underwood | and congressional. subernatorial, State and county nominees { Al Smith of New York also was | brought into the heated discussion by | one of the senatorial aspirants. But | the candidates were agreed one | question-—all are drys = | Sargent road by Michigan avenue The Klan {ssus came squarely to| another for the preservation of the “yhe front when Ben H. Sullivan, mem. | famous grove of old oak trees In 5 fithe dmpe ik m Park southeast as well as the Guioted in publishe TEn ounding natural contour of the fniz, “We v in the knowlsdge | territory south of St Kiizabeth's loval Klanemen in Alabama are | Hospital between Nichols avenue and lard of L. K. Mus. | Bolling Field. Under the present jumbers.” Hugo: highway plan. rectangular streets nre had been the |would be cut through this section with reputed beneficiary of Klan support. | the result that many old trees would : e have to be felled. | The other proposed changes would EAN ENVOY | take North Carolina avenue between cH‘L « street and Benning road off the highway plan. and the development of curved highways in the section bordering Soushern avenue from the District line to Branch avenue. The rugged topography of this territory is ideal for carrying out this plan, in the opinion of Melvin C. Hazen, Dis- { trict surveyor. After consideration by the Commis- stoners, the proposed changes will be | sent o the National Capital Park and - Planning Commission for final action ri act on 1l o the sta chaga of Chile con retary Kellogs and sistant Sceretary Olds of the State I partment for an hour today. In .vlew of the long lapse of time since #heir last interview and the appoint ‘ment of the new Chilean foreign sec- retarv. the covference was regarded | ak dign in view of the possi | Pty of having new ideas July Circulation Tacna-Arica dis- | de of Peru is asso | Daily . . . . 92,014 Sunday . 101 ,897 ed 1o call upon Secretary Kel- | | Digtnet of Columbia. before the latter confers with | » jent Coolidge the latter part of | this week. | LEROY WUHPRRON Advert M ! N Advertisine Ma { ager of THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR Yoes solemnly swaar (hat the actual num: RETIRED BUILDER DIES. — | Lot of “omes of the papers named. sotd ani John Rook, 83 Years Old, Had Been | $istributed dupng the ‘month of Juls. A.D Il Two Months. ! DAILY. Comes. Davs. John Rook, 83 years ol 205 13 butlder, died Suturday dence, 1752 P street month illness. He had resided in Washington since 1883, and is sur vived by his wife, Mrs. Charlotte son Rook He was a member of Almas Tem ple, Mystic Shrine, and of Apollo Commandery, Knights Templar, Chi- cago. Funeral services will be con ducted tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock | Less adiustments by Rev. Z. B. Phillips at the Church | moia) dale net cireula of the Epiphany, followed by inter.| Totai averaze net paid O Kk Co ot Daily averaze num! ment in Rock Creek Cemetery. iy ashcars o retired | his resi a two- | it i 94,537 afte b 2484374 91,060 tion circulation of copies for 02014 RITES FOR MRS.THATCHER Funera! services for Mr W. Thatcher, who died Th: 3 San Antonto, Tex. will be held morrow afternoon at 230 o'clock, Gawler's undertaking parlors. follow. | ed by interment in Mount et | Cemetery. She was the daughter of Senor Luis Felipe Carbo, former Ecuadorian min ister to the United States, and is sur- vived by ber husband, an expol €34 two sons. Daily avera: »ay Copiae Davs 15apie 10: 4 1 i | | Leas adjustments . | Tota! Sundar n Average net na tion Averaze number of copies for sery e, et cizeulation 4 Sunday civeula ation 101 W.HERROX Advertiang Manager uhserihed and sworn to before me this day of August. 192 F. YOUNT. Baals m“lilh'nury Public. Average Sunday net s Tth t ‘v its | road section | the | proposed | W | drowned early 048 | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, -——-—-——————————l ARSENAL “SHELL SHOCK” VICTIMS. | [ 1 \ i | L OLIVER ¢. BLIS Marines listed as missing after in trolley station at Toledo, Ohi | disputed | only dispute between Chilé and Peru. | cide the question S AND PAUL MOREAU, | plosion at Lake Den their memories gone. nark, who were found LATIN AMERICA BACKS LEAGUE TO OFFSET U. S.. SAYS DIPLOMAT Eighteen Nations Form Powerful Bloc at Geneva [ as Counterbalance to Strength of Northern i Neighbor, Greek Envoy Adds. WILLIAMSTOW August | 9.—Preponderant participation of the | Latin American states in the League| of Nations tempts to power that will counterbalance that now exerted aver them by the U'nited | States Nicholas Politis. min France, at the | today of the United | n continent is fonally it gives | | Br the Associated Pry | | Institute of Polities “The predominance States on the Ameri so manifést that oc Latin America use to worry.” he said. “They instinetively seek | counterpoise and it is their conception | that with the League becoming more | powerful they will find in it counterpolse.” “This I percelved Geneva.” he continued. with delegates of many states. 1 was told that they regretted | that they were not vet in a position to submit successfully hefore the League the disputes they have with | their neighbors. They expressed the hope to me that the time will come | when the League will utilize an op-| portunity to bring themselves and the | | U"nited States cioser to their inter | national life.” i | Powerful Group in Feague. | “In Geneva.” he said, “better than | | at home, they are in a position to un- | | derstand how much can be gained by | forming in the midst of the league a | special group of peculiar solidarity.” “They also seek leagie protection, | for they realize that in the future | thelr rich stores of raw materials will | be a prize to the cupidity of | | other nations, and unless thev have | the protection of such a power as the league will become, they must each | burden themselves with extra military | protection 7 tin members that | quite often at | Speaking | America at present has 18 | in the league, and th | these votes. | more delegates on all the permanent | that one of the countries in the con- { tion of European | closer members, acting as a unit, form a hloc whose significance is especially feit whenever the assembly proceeds to elections by a majority vote. for president, tha council, the com sions and ‘the court of justice. A jority vete in these meetings is . and Latin America holds 1S of therefora have an over- & representation in various The ordinary assembly has met six times. and they have twice had the presidency. They have at | present in the council two posts, and will s0on have an additional one. | have two judges in the court of | re, and are represented by one or Posts. big commissions.” Presence Held Important. The league has given these states | an opportunity to play a role in in- ternational life. which most of them wonld otherwise never have known. | and which the small states would | have formerly thought impossible, he | said. i Theirspresence is highly appreciated | hy Kuropean members, M. Politis said, | hecause they can he more disinter- ested and impartial in the examina- | ffairs, because they it an intercontinental charac- use their contribution is in- to the enforcement of give ta ter, ¥ dispensabla | sanctions, and finally, because of the economic organization of the world. | The statements were made during a round table discussion under the ! fivection of Dr. L. & Rowe, director general of the Pan-American ['nion. Di. 1lowe stressed the necessity for a | understanding between the “nited States and Latin America, to | \e effected through the medium of weational and civie organizations hoth in this country and between | those of our southern neighbors DETROT RUM WER NOWIN FULL SWING i | | ud = | [Rigid River Patrol to Dry Up| | “Wettest” Area Begun by Col. Hanlon. | By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich.. August %—Ac- | tion toward smashing the machinery | set up by liquor runners and distribu- {tors in the Detroit area, said by of- ficfals to be the “wettest” spot in the United States, was scheduled to get | into full swing today under the direc- | ton of Col. A. J. Hanlon, former| | West Point foot ball star and | eral prohibition enforcement ace. Rigid patrol of the Detroit River, | over which smugglers have been ship- | ping liquor from ( will stem . supply and demoralize the great g market here, Col. Han- lon hopes Hight patrol boats and 40 picked men now augment the regular Fed- eral forces. It is planned to have the hboats on patrol continuously Precautions will be taken to prevent information regarding movements of patrol hoats reaching the rum run- ners Col. Hanlon expressed himself as astounded at conditions in the area. “I never saw such indifference to prohibition officers in my life as pre- | vails among the runners.” he s | “Davlight or dark seemed to make | no difference to them. But we'll| soon changd that tune.” The cost of smuggling liquor across the river is scheduled to take a jump this week as the result of the Gov- ernment drive, according to informa- tion to officials. Col. Hanlon express- ed pleasure at this. | "I hope to raise the prices on good | | llquor to & prohibitive level,” he said. | TWO DOCTORS DROWNED 5 IN POOL IN VIRGINIA! One Pulled Under as He Tries to Save Other—Third Man Nearly | Dies Attempting Rescue. ! By the Associated Press. PETERSBURG, Va., August 9 John Michalko, dentist, and D: 4 Woody, both of Hopewell, were this morning in the | swimming pool of the Dupont Clubs of Virginia at City Point. Ted Clark, | also of Hopewell, nearly lost his life | in an attempt to save the two men. | Dr. Woody was drowned when he | went to the assistance of Dr.. Michal- ko and was grabbed by the drown ing man and pulled under. These | two. with Clark. were the only ones in the pool at the early hour today. Cries of the men aroused persons living nearby. but when heip arrived the two doctors had sunk to the hot tom and Clark was in in an exhausted condition. The two hodies were re covered neariy an hour later. the ponl heing partly drained before they could | he recovered. An inquest into the double drowning will be held today | by the Hopewell coroner. . Countess de Guell, returning to Spain, says American men areddeal, HOPE IS HELD OUT | sand a FORENTOMBED MEN Rescuers Redouble Efforts to| Save Five Caught in Mine by Cave-In. | By the Associated Press ‘ SALEM, Ky. August 0.—Rescue | workers, seeking to free five men | trapped since Thursday in the Hud- son mine of the Zinc and Spar Co. near here, today redoubled their ef- forts with the hope of reaching the imprisoned men before nightfall. Three days and nights of feverish | working apparently had brought the rescue squad little nearer to the trap- ped miners, but a pump capable of lifting 400 gallons of water, mud or minute, was to be placed in operation today. The pump, engineers said, would reduce the level of the water in the mine to such an extent | that the cave-in might be reached. | Durlng the past three days two drilly were used In an attempt to open a way of communication to the five men so that food might be passed to them. A flint-limstone rock formation, however, proved adamant and it was | necessary to stop work at a depth of | 60 feet, only half the estimated dis- | tance to the entombed men. | Several crews have heen working | | | with pick and shovel to sink a six- foot square shaft to the drift. A depth greater than 40 feet had been reached early today. The fate of the five miners is un- known. Hope is held out that some or all may have survived the long ordeal underground, but many per- sons at the scene point out that the waters from the lake which broke | through and flooded the mine continue | to pour into the digging and that| there is only a remote possibility that | the men are still alive. | A company of national guardsmen | ie guarding the mine property, build- | ings and entrances from curiosity | seckers. | 14-YEAR-OLD WIFE ASKS MARRIAGE ANNULMENT! Tells Court in Petition License | Clerk Was Misinformed and Par- ents’ Consent Was Lacking. Octavia Duff Zimmmerman, described as only 14 years old, through her next friend, Ida R. Duff, 1102 Ninth street, today asked the District Su- preme Court to annul her marriage | to Oliver T. Zimmerman, 921 I street. he ceremony took place Januar 1925, and after living together iwo weeks the girl left her husband, | she states. 1 The petitioner says that she was beneath the age of consent and did not have the consent of her parents ! and that the clerk of the court was misinformed as to her age. The rec- ord of the license issued by Col. W. A. Kroll, the license clerk. shows that he doubted the girl was 12 years old and required her to sign and swear | to the license as well as the ap- plicant. The ages in the license ap- plication are given as 23 for the man F and 18 for the girl. Attorneys J. T. Crouch and Edward L. Hunter pear for the petitioner. es | nounced by | with conspiring in retraint | state trade ' Celei;fifie.s D. C. MONDAY, AUGUST 9. PR STAND HEL BYPERUANDCHLE Both Claim T_acna and Arica, Blaming Each Other for Failing Plebiscite. B the Associated Press LIMA, Peru, August Leguia today told the Press that the return to Peru of the provinces of Ta and now held by Chile, was the solutfon for the |r~nz—smnt|!‘n]‘ e added that Peru was willing to enter a falr plebiscite at any time to de- of owrership. but that Chile was preventing this. A fair plebiscite surely would result favorably to Peru. he declared. Concerring the church situation In Me: President leguia sald that in sending his recent note to P’resident Calles reque: compose (e controversy he acted in accordance with what he deemed his duty. He added that he would not reply which informed him that it ws intention of the Mexican government to carry out fully the provision of the constitution with regard to rellgious affairs, 9,—President Associated Arica, TAND U CHILE'S CHANGED. Chief Delegate, Decrying U. S. Aid, Says Own Duty Was Done. the Associated Prers. SANTIAGO, Chile, August 9.—In a confidential memorandiim delivered to the Chilean government, Augnstin Fdwards, chief of the Chilean delega- tion of the Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission at Arica, says he has reached the conclusion ~ that the juridical position of Chile has not been modified by reason of the nego- tiations at Ar . Thus. it s his opinion that Chile maintains the right to its sovereignty over the territory affected. (hile, he adds, has to her credit the knowledge that endeavors were made to offer to Peru any' possibility foreseen by the treaty of Ancon to gain the ter- ritory Senor Ry Edwards remarks that not as if they were trying to settie the dispute between Chile and Peru. but rather as if they were endeavoring to pro troversy was guilty of crimes de- the other, giving to the plebiscitary commission the appear {ance of m detective agency exhaust- | ing all avallable m s to find clues and the gullty part What was done at Arica, however, he declares. proves the elactoral superority of Chile and .also proves that the 'declaration made by Gen Lassiter (who succeeded Gen. Per- shing as chairman of the commission) 1o the effect that the plebiscite was impractical, embodied a conflieting ideu, because, he says, the plebiscite was carried on in all its phases, leav- Ing only the mechanical end of the negotiations and those points that did not present material difficulties. ANTI-TRUST CASE OPENS IN RICHMOND 170 Hardware Firms and Officials Named (in Federal Proceedings. By the Associated Press. Anti-trust proceedings were insti tuted’at Richmond today by the De partment of Justice agalnst the Southern Hardware Jobbers' Asso- ciation and many of the leading hard- | ware concerns in 14 Southern State: The 170 defendants named in the suit are engaged in the wholesale hardware husiness and are charged of inter- and commerce in hard- ware. All of the defendants are members of the Southern Hardware Association, with headquarters Richmond, Va. The Government charges that ‘“‘the paramount object of the defendant jobbers is to bring about at all Southern section of the United States, in their sales of hardware to retail dealers and to eliminate all competi tion among such jobbers as to prices.” MISS LOUIS| Miss Louise Duvall, for several vears librarian of the Bureau of Chem- istry, Department of Agriculture, died early yvesterday at her home, 2337 Q street. She was a daughter of the late Andrew B. Duvall, former cor- poration counsel of the District. She was a member of Metropolitan M. E. Church and was much inter- ested in its missionary work. She was a graduate of Mount Vernon Sem- inary. Miss Duvall is survived by her mother, three sisters. Mrs. H. T. A. Lenton. Mrs. W. G. Pfeil of Passaic, N. J.. and Miss Mary M. Duvall, and two brothers, Andrew H. and Walker M. Duvall. The funeral will be from the home tomorrow at 3 p.m. MILWAUKEE, Wis, August (). —Twenty-three planes, flving in the Ford reliability tour, took off from Hamilton Field shortly after 10 a.m. today for St. Paul, 280 miles to the northwest, the longest leg of the tour. One plane, No. 13, a Woodson, was | delayed by engine trouble. Watch Literary Duelists; Pirandello “Host” By the Associated Press. ROME, August 9.—Luigi Pi- randello acted as stage manager in the garden of his villa here today of as dramatic a scene as exists in any of his plays. The chief actors were Massimo Bomtempelli, also a playwright, and Guiseppe Un- garetti, an author, and the “stage business”’ was a duel with swords. The encounter, which arose through differences over published articles directed at Agesilao Greco, champion fencer, ended at the third assault, when Ungaretti was slightly wounded in the right arm The duelists left the fleld recon- ciled. The meeting was watched by a select gathering of literary and artistic notables, while camera men took motion pictures. Afterward the gathering had a Jjolly and mutual toasts wr ufim ing him to endeavor to | to the note of President Calles: | since | | the heginning of the negotiations the | American delegates “acted Jobbers' | uniform | prices among themselves and among | jobbers selling hardware in the E DUVALL DIES! 9l 1926. 'FAME MAKES MISS EDERLE FEEL DOUBT OF CHANNEL SWiM VALUE :Nol a Mc;mem Left Her to Cable Mother of ¢ UCC Never Felt Fear of Failure in Water—Going to Germany Before Returning to U. S. | | v BY GERTRUDE EDERLE, Englich Charnel and World Woman Swim ming Champion By Cable to The Star. CAPE GRIS-NEZ. France, August 9.1 never dreamed that heing a celebrity entailed <o much. - Since 1 set foot on the sands of England Fr day night. T haven't had a moment of my waking hours to myself. The congratulations and the celebrations in my honor are mighty fine and 1 | appreciate them all with all my heart, {but the hubbub and the obligations on me so continual and so trving that T have to fight off the quest | that now and again vaguely forms in | my mind -the quektion whether, in the end, success in a great endeavor is worth quite all the grief. | Why, do you know, I haven't had la chance until just now to get off a | personal cable to mother and my sis- |ters ‘and brothers and other kinfolk back in Highlands, N. J. And Fve honestly been trving a |a day to squeeze in time and dispatch it. The furore may he less soon, how ever, for on Wednesday afternoon pop and sister Margaret, Miss Julia Harpman and I will leave for Rissin- |gen. Germany, to stay a few days with my paternal grandmother hefore proceeding to Paris for shopping be- fore we start back home. ! Thought of Mother. I'm really distressed about not hav- ing gotten off a word to mother sooner. Why, back there on Friday evening—although it seems %o short- {1y ago-—when the Channel water was %0 rough and old Bill Burgess' soft heart told him to take me out for | fear I'd_drown—I thonght mostly of mother being at the other end of our wireless—if you can call it the end- walting for word of me every minute, and that made me more determined !than ever to succeed. “IU's today or never.” I said to my self, “I'll never make another at |tempt at this thing, so I'd better fin |ish now I kept saying that over and over to | myself after I quit talking to my pals | on the Alsace. and settled down to | faster stroking for the last hard miles | of the pull against the tide that had tricked us and turned against us two | honrs before we calculated it should— this hecause of the gale that was | blowing with increasing velocity all the while for the last six or seven | honrs of the swim | The hest part of it all was that I never once got cold until after 1 got out of the water. I had expected to suffer from the cold, particularly in the last stages on that tide sweeping down from the North Sea, but to me the water was wonderful at all times, although, of course, there were changes of temperament as the cur- rents shifte Entertained by Col My party and I were entertained at dinner last night by United States Consul William Corcoran, stationed at Boulogne, and his French wife, and by United States Consul Gaston Smith, stationed at Calais. | Consul Smith has invited us for a | reception ‘at_Calais before we catch the train Wednesday for Germany. We can accept that conveniently as [ our train leaves from Calais. 'l be busy the intervening days, part because T have to do a big ba of washing. All my lingerie is in the soiled laundry basket. 1 didn’t quite expect to get into the Channel so eariy, and when the sudden decision to take off was made I hadn't washed clothes for three weeks. Tt is great that this is only the 9th | of August and I am through with the Channel, except for sailing for home | from one of its ports. 1 don't have to | train now, and =0 I can do my laun. | arycarefully, as 1 am accustomed o do. That fs a bheautiful part of it all-— | that everything went off so quickly | and so smoothly. We decided only | Thursday night at 10 o'clock that we would start the next morning soon after dawn. And by 10 o'clock the | next night we had crossed the Chan- nel. | Would Like to Go Home. | 1 wish we could go home immediate- | lv. T have a will to get there and get | into_that roadster Pop is to give me for having made good. And. by the way, Pop seems to be getting more kick out of the whole thing than any of the rest of us. At times he's almost irrational with jov. After those English Channel ports Gris-Nez seems more like home. It seemed like T was as glad to get back | to our starting point as I was to get ashore at Kingsdown. And I can't vet quite realize that I've managed | to swim that IEnglish Channel stretch. When Bill Burgess told me after 1'd | been swimming more than nine hours | Friday that I would have to swim five hours longer, 1 thought: | “Well, its worth doing if T can get | that roadster Pop promised me." And when I'd look up from time to time at the American flag waving from the masthead of the tug Alsace 1 knew I just couldn't fail to gain the | honors 1" was going after for America |and its woman swimmers. | During the swim I never once felt tired. The thought of giving up never | entered my mind. but I never could | have swum the Channel if I hadn't {had the wonderful encouragement that was given me by my pals aboard the accompanying tug. | Helped By Foolishness, Their foolishness, drawing funny | pictures on the side of the hobbing {tug, with chalk, and their writing jokes and cheering messages on the blackboard which they lowered over the side 8o T could read them also was a big help in keeping my mind off that seemingly interminable stroke, kick stroke, kick. kick, stroke. In a word. their singing and cheer- ing aboard the Alsace carried me to victory. The best thing of all was that my {mind was ®o clear during the entire | time I was in the water. I had never |a thought of the things most Channel swimmers say discourage them. I | was never melancholy |mmuch Jess favorable {from the point of organization and preparation but with much more suit- |able weather conditions. | 'When I realized that my goggles, | made with a single plece of curved glass, were perfect, not permitting the entrance of so much as a drop of water to blind me and sting my [eves. I was delighted. I knew then ‘lhn( my only concern would be my | muscles, and they never ached for a ! aingle moment. Could Have Kept Going. ! Indeed, I could have gone on for a k:inx time after the swim was finish- ed. The only enced during when I drank chicken broth at noon. It was atrociously seasoned. but warm. I have figured it out since that in taking it from Burgess the sea was so rough that 1 got some salt water into it, making it unpalatable. Any- way when I drank it. it tasted horri- ble. Then I ate a fried chicken leg, which lessened the discomfort. After that 1 wanted very little to |9 (P).—Miss eat. I am glad that Burgess fed me | champion, pignned to enter the water | as I was last | | year. when I made my attempt under | circumstances | inconvenience 1 experi- | the entire swim was | so little. The sugar hlocks tasted good and when I asked for pineapple later. haif-starved. My tongue was badly swollen and felt * mighty uncomfortable in m: mouth. but it was net o bad as I had feared it would be. After 1 completed the crossing and had, returned to the tug. I lay in a cramped position on a small couch until my arrival in Bover. Then when 1 tried tand up I s reely could. The mn of my upper logs hurt greatly then, but the hotel in Dover a hot bath before I went to hed fixed t up so that 1 was not even SUM next morning 1t was the first since our arrival June 10 und the only wetting all over 1 had had at any time since then exeepp in the Channel. At Gris-Nez, though. | had never wanted a hot buth. fear ing that 1 would be spoiled for (he cold Channel water. That hotel bathtub felt simply heav enly. I was starved after I had enjoy ed that luxury, so 1 ate e sandwiches. I thought T would sleep like a rock then, after my long workout. but I found then, to my amazement, that I was too excited to find rest in <lumber. Tt was the first time I had come to realize that I had bheen ner Vously excited when ft was all over I'm sure I wasn't at the start, nor was I at any time while I was on my way. ‘Anyway, for the first time in mv life, I remained awake almost all night. 1 had another hot bath this morning and a massage by Burgess. After that 1 was fe for a pain in my right wrist where I had strained a muscle from meet- ing the necessity of shaking hands a thousand times or %0, A few thou- sand more hand shakes Saturday in- creased the pain. but it was worth while to receive so many felicita- tions that seemed so sincere. Praises Her Associates. My swimmer friends who came into the water with me at different times during the swim helped me consid erably by their company. LAl (annon, the Baltimore girl who w: considered a rival aspirant, proved herself a splendid sport, and T liked her singing as well as her swim ming. 1 didn’t know until after the swim was completed that she and Ishak Helmy had been seasick. But it w no wonder, for when they had te hol ahout on that small tug when they wern’'t in the water with me, and in that sea the Alsace was like a cork Fven I got seasick on the ride back Dover in the hot little cabin o Cortes’ hoat has been =0 good to me, customs men on_th quay at Dover Friday night who hel us up as if we were criminals, delay ing our entrance more than an hour. Rut afier we escaped them, a great crowd followed us to our ears, cheer- ing_and making me feel fine. We didn’t arrive at Dover until about 1 o'clock Saturday morning. The swim brought me a wonderful friend in Louis Timpson, the swimmer from Lynn, Mass., who will attempt to make the Channel soon. saw him before he hoarded our tug from a little motorboat in mid-chan nel Friday, after which he cheered and sang and was great sport seemed as happy as | was when I had succeeded. Skipper's Skill Lauded. th 1 had to Louie Everybody except the sil In fact, evervhody on our tug con- tributed to my success. 1 conld never have crossed if Sister Margaret had not been there. Pop v derful 100, though my success costs him that adster 1 had picked out. pt. Cortes is the most wonderful skipper a Channel swimmer could have. every bit of the way-—-and not_an easy thing to do, 1 such big seas The fact, too, that T had such per fect faith in my trainer. Bill Burg also helped me to succeed e time I'looked up at him T more confident that we could put it across. When I could see his hand gently waving up and down. which was the signal we had agreed upon that would mean I should slow down T would know everything was all righ | and when he told me as we neared the shore that victory was certain if T would just swim T would have to swim fast bered how close (‘ol. Freyberg was to the English shore when he had to give up and thought, too, of the many oth ers who had been forced to abandon their efforts when the shore was so near. So I spurted ahead—for I still had plenty in reseryve—determined never to lose unless 1 drowned in the attempt. I didn't know then that I bucking the third tide, we counted on that tide helping Inste: of hindering 1 Burgess e that the tide changed two hours too early for our caleulations because of the strong wind, thus turning against me instead of giving me ufd. I saw the crowd on the Kingsdown beach 1 knew I would never stop un til T got there. beach was marvvelous thustasm. Thelr cheers flares and bonfires helped 1 sprinted for all I wa was in that know, w for its en nd lighting hring me in worth when the shore and the crowd awaiting me there. The people of Dover Saturday were charming. They asked me to come to the halcony of our hotel, under which an enormous erowd was gath- ered, and they cheered me for a long time, and a band plaved in my honor Later the mayor of Dover visited me and congratulated me, many bunches of flowers were sent up to me from strangers, and a little girl came and asked to kiss me when we were going to the boat for Boulogne. Crowd Waves Them Off. the still tre- the hotel As we were leaving, mendous crowd ahout shouted and waved. It was wonder- ful, but I felt that 1 would like to steal off somewhere and hide. for that sort of thing is all new and strange 'lfl me, and, while [ appreciated the sentiment hehind it, I never could | care for the heroine stuff Moreover, swimming the Channel is AN compared to n s speeches. The Channel w St of the | time, was much warnier thun | had | expected. My ¢ of narrow brassiere and ‘sh Mk was most i(-um(orluhlfl. 80 1 was never sunoved {in any way when swimming Al 1 had 10 do was to keep on going The fact that my friends on the Alsace kept on cheering me when | knew their throats must tired was of the greatest ald. Last vear 1 had nobody to encourage me, and the jazz band hired to ald me | was soon too seasick to play. Also, | last year the tug almost never was | near ‘enough to me to give me any | protection from the seas, so it was no wonder I didn’'t make it. Everything | this year helped ms. ! 1 am very proud to get the honors | I've won for America. When I looked up while swimming and saw our flag fiving from the tug's mast, I knew I | would never.give up. (Copvrieht | { HELMY STARTS TONIGHT. 1926 CAPE GRIS-) France, , August Gertrude Ed; Channel in the last stages of the pull, I felt ling great. except | I never | He kept his tug alongside me | 1 knew he meant | T remem. | o TOW When | The reception of the | T was only a few hundred yards from | have bheen | IINIDER SPEAKER . ATLEGION SESSION ;Opening of Program in Alex- andria Attended by Trib- ute to Dr. Barrett. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. August The eighth annual convention of th and auxiliar in the auditoriur with dels ¢ every a American. Legton opened this mornir rter. post MaweNider roowas \ssistant 1 principa fon purpuse cp e and idenls and national s were topics of his speech. Sessions of the convention arve heing presided over by Frank M. Wy departmen nder, whose home is in Berry Paul Morton. «ity e med the delegates on hebial city, und his address was sponded to by er MeRee, ommander, heh legion, ana Miss dent of the auxilisry After the meeting to order the salute to given and the opening fea.” was sung Beports of lowed the wel included creden | manent o depurtmen This wa It re- State auxiliary had heen ¢ the 1l vi ning mm addresses rules and nization and reports Meors followed hy adjournmen after which a bronze tahler was placed on the home of the late Iy Kate Waller Rarrett, first president L of the State auxil and als 3 | former, National president of the | Auxifiary. i After luncheon the v mitttees met and they will m | ports tomorrow merning. \\ day will mark the close of the cor | vention. | Trip to Mount One of the fe this afternoon is a pilgrinase | Mount Vernon, which will he m 230 oclock by motor « howill be placed on Wi ‘s _tomh | wight at 9 o | reception and e armory, in honor of the visitors the auxiliary. Music will he fur by the United Stutes M nd refreshments will | The opening session 1 he held in the Richmond Tl | will be a jomnt session in both the delegates to the auxiltary may hear the i National Comdr. Jo R At 4:30 o'clock tom | there will be a hig par marshal will Maj. Gen Lejeune. The parade will quaves long. Distinguished guests numbering more than 100 will view the parade from a grandstand on the West side Washington hetween | Oronoeo and Pendleton streets Wednesday afternoon the conven | tion will end with the election of of ficers and selection of the next con ention The deleg | ward will visit the Tomb of the known Soldier and wr The excercises will th rection of m o -om there they will T where thes s will of Georse Washi | Tribute to Dr. | The tabi 1 on the residence Lof the late Dr. Barreit b | inches in size. was presented b Ferus MeRee, commander ¢ the State he ohn 1. Wicker, and M president eches of e i handsome wreath tablet by th was furni vs Orchestra inserfp In lov- ke Vernon. planned ures for A hing here will be a the b <hed Band tertainment al served rrow will ter, and fder that jon and ddress of w The grand John A be 19 place a e under Barrett. vice | Vaughan, | was hu auxiliary | the Fort tablet lowing | Americ: “This | the ol tablet affectionally placed or Barrett home by her com | rades of the American Legion, De sartment of Virginia. 1926 socleties des 40 Hommes et 8 X, composed of World War veterans selected hecause of soma meritoriug service, is in session in the Carpenters and Joiners Hall. The “Wreck™ of this soclety is scheduled to be held in the hasement of tha Westminster Building immediately following the bhanquet at the Alex {andira naval torpedo station tomor- | Yow night. The “Wreck” is an initi- | ation service. Alexandrians to he [ tnitiated will march with members | of the society in the parade tomor- afternoon anized first Its n Known Post first was Capt. € post_ has Robe: commander | Kvans, | membership from greatest gain was past few' months, HELD AS DRUNK DRIVER. —— >0fl;d:|1 Denies | Guilt and Asks Jury Trial | Veterans’ Bureau driving while intexi Phillips of 1631 subdivisfon of pleaded not jury trial u his fie Court today he Rond Charged with cated. (‘harles street, chief Veterans' Bure and demande: appearance in T fore Judge John P. MeMahon was fixed at $1,000 Phillips was arrested yvesterda afternoon near the Zon entrance on Connecticut_avenue hy Motor Cycle Policeman Victor F. Cannon, who said Phillips caused a traffic jam and narrowly missed hitting seversl machines. £ v Cuban at Cavalry School. Lieut. Arturo Bolivar of the Cihin Army will be 2 member of the next special advance equitation class at he [nited States Cavalry School at Fort Riley, Kan. That privilege was requested by the Cuban Government and was approved by th te and War Departs ———— the Egyptlan on the start tonight accompany swimmer, Ishak Hetmy of his attempt. Arrangements this afterncon were that Omer Perrault of Canada and | M. Michel of France wonld make the |attempt at the same time as flelmy, rting shortly after 9 o'clock. sta | GERMANS OFFER PLANES. | Free Trips for Miss Ederle During i Visit in Country. BERLIN. August % (@) | hansa, or Gerinan Air League, invited Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel. to fix from Paris to Beriin and from Rer line to any place in Germany at the league's expense The invitation ¢ congratulation to seas in hope that queen of the air. (Miss Ederle is going to Stuttgart, Germany. to visit her grandmother, before salling for home from Cher bourg, on August 21) ‘The Luft es with the you ‘sincerest queen of the may soon be v