Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1926, Page 2

9 P vy (ITY PLANNERS GET CUP 1S PRESENTED 'PROBLERMS FRIDAY TO TRUCK COMPANY Building Program, | S Bathing No. 12 Gets M. & M. Trophy {Pools and Market Come ; for Leaving lts Quarters ! Un for Decisions. in Fastest Time. he $30,000.000 five-vear Federal, The Merchants and Manufacture bailding program to be started tq the National Planning Commission dition to other imporiant ataiting action The designs and specifications for Capital Friday. matters t ddring the first vear are hei pared nunder the supervision Pablic Buildings Commission sultation with the Fine Arts Com- mission on the question of architec- ture. and it probable that the Planning Commission will congider the building program merely in it re- lation to the hroad question of plan- ning for the future of the city Two other major problems sched uled 1o come before the meeting of the Planning Commiss'on Friday are pre the of the proposed location of bathing pools | and the question of where to locate the Farmers’ Produce Market! which must move from its present place to make way for one of the new Gov- ernment buildings. Year's Work Faced. he Planning Commission also matter of mapping out a definite pro gmm of what it <hould undertake to asbomplish during the next 12 montha. Tt owas to t in the preparation of such a program that Harland Bartholomew. city planning expert from St. Louls. was brought tn Wash fngton a few days 2go In conferencé with Maj U, Grant. 3d.. director of public buile ings and public parks. and Frederick Olmsted. a member of the comm < &ion, Mr. Bartholomew has made cer- | he em- | 1aid before | tajn suggestions which will bhodied in a report 1o he the commission Friday by Market Location Problem. On the question of a new market site the only immediate problem be. fore the commission will be tn recom- mend where the farmers’ produce row chould be Incated. but It is more than likely this question will naturally lead to some consideration of the future of the Center Market On the question of barhing pools. the commission will consider selection of definite locations. hut the appro- priation will have to be obtained at the next session of Congress. The co-ordinating committee of the Park and Planning Commission will meet Thursday to go over the various projects that come hefore the com- misaion the following day and prepare retommendations. FATHER SEEKS CUSTODY OF 9-YEAR-OLD BOY Okild. Now Ward of Welfare Board. Was Accused of Theft and Taken From Parent. Authority of the Board of Publie Welfare to detain Paul Koger. % vears old, as fte ward iz questioned in a peatition for a writ of habeas rorpus filed by Paul Koger. sr. the hoy's father. who denies that the, child is neglected or dependent. .Justice Sid dons granted the writ and dirécted that the hoy be presented in eourt to. day According to the father’s petition, fited through Attorney J. €. Tureo, the boy was arrested August 2 as one of a gronp of youngsters who hroke into a lunchroom at 2308 M street. He pleaded guilty August 3, it is stated, and was committed to the cus Maj. Grant tody of the Board of Public Welfare. | KAFANDARIS IS EXILED 0 ISLE IN AEGEAN SEA Former Pr!l;""r ;if Greece ‘Sen- Result of Anti- Government Activities, tenced as Br the Associated Press ATHE Greece. August 17 Former Premier George Kafandaris, who was arrested vesterday with numerous army officers 1se of “persistent and continued anti- government activities” has eent into exile on an island in the Aegean Sea. Kafandariz sometime ago issued a proclamation addressed to high army officers with the pur. pdse of Inciting the army to revolt against the present regime. Achilles Kiros. editor of the Hestia, has been fined 2.000 drachmae for carelessness in omitting to give Gen. Pangalos his title of President of the Republic when his name was mentioned in the newspaper 24 HIGH SCHOOLS GIVEN MILITARY HONOR YHATING’ schools are an by the <e of the high training they the past aca Twenty-four pounced Department heca standards of military have observed during demic vear The schovls follow coln High School Towa: Arsenal Technie: Indianapolis, Ind.: Boys' Atlanta, Ga.: Central Kansas City, Mo School, Memphis. High School. Detroit, Mich.: Glou- -ester High School. Glouceste Mass.. Hollywood High School. Los Angeles, Calif.: Joplin High School, Joplin. Mo.: junior unit. high ool department. College of N THomas, St. Paul, Minn.. Knoxville High Schools. Knoxville. Tenn.: Lake View High School. Chicago. TlL.: Lane Technical High School. Chicago. 1 Los Angeles High School, Los An geles. Calif.. Leuicville Male High Sehool Louisville. Ky.. Ogden School, Ogden. Utah. Phillips School. Rirmingham. Ala.: Polvtechnic High School. San Francisco. Calif Reockford High School. Rockford. 11 Senn High School. (hicazo. 11.: Tech nieal High School. ©Oakland. Calif. +he Dallas High Schiols. Dallas. Tex Waukegan Township High Scheol. Waukegan. 11l. West Hirh School. Sdlt Lake (3ty, Utah high as “honor schools” Abraham Lin Counvil High School, High School. High School. Central High Tenn.: FEastern High Boats May RelicveA?mMC. NEW YORK, August 17 (#)—Op- eration of high-speed motor boats on the Hudson and Eas{ Rivers between the Battery and 125th street, approx imately 8 miles. to relieve subway congestion, was recommended by Maj. Matthews of the uansit commission. Three stops where passengers could hoard or leave the boats were sug gested. Eldridge Rulings Upheld. The District Commissioners upheld the action of Traffic Director M. O Eldridge in revoking the auto. mobile aperators’ permits of William M Buckley, Edward J. Duvall and Allous Nash The three had appealed fhom the action cf the traffic direetor. t new structures that are to go up is | expected to take some action in the | heen | Bluffs, | in! Wiashington tHis vear, will be outlined i acy in eflicienc Park andj: in ad-! in_com. 1 | ond | i the Police { | | { have to finish before it | rrnek Association Cup. . accupiex a pedestal sday in the quarters of No. 12 Truck Company. locaied on Wisconsin ave- nue near’ Friendship. which defeated every other truck company in the District of Columbia in open compe ttion 1o determine which could leave ite quarters in the fastest time on a regular alarm of fire. Xot only did the men of No. 12 bring their apparatus out of its quar. ters a Mfth of a second faster than their nearest competitor, but they established what ix believed to he a ;. new national record for any similar outht under identical conditions. Their time was 7 4.5 seconds from the instant the gong began to sum- mon them to an imaginary fire until thex had eleared the sill of their door. Ross P. Andrews. president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ As tion, in turning the cup over to Commissioner Dougherty for presen- tation to the winners yesterday after- noon, expressed a belief that the ree- ord established by Ne. 12 migat easily prove to be unbeatable. In jocular tone, he ventured a prophecy that the company that betters the time “will starts.” Seconds Are Important. Mr. Andrews pointed ont that the winners of a similar cup last vear fashed out of their quarters in R sec onds flat. To win out this vear, he re. called, No. 12 clipped a fifth of a sec- from that time. the margin of vietory being measured by that small fizure, when the Georgetown truck company succeeded in getting away in & seconds flat. Commissioner Dougherty told the men of the winning company that it was the ability to win that was the eseential thing in their victory. “A matter of a few seconds might mean the difference.” he said, “he- tween a small blaze and a great con- flagyation, or the losing of a life or the saving of ene. You have shown you have the ability 1o make . and even fractions of sec- onds count.” Mr. Dougherty particularly compli- mented Sergt. D. J. Reilly of No 2% Engine Company. whe was in charge of the truck on the day it won the trophy. He said that Sergt. Reilly’s victory was made all the more impressive because he had shown that he possessed the ver- satllity necessary for a commander, 10 step from an engine company to a truck company on an hour's notice and lead it to victory. He also com- mended by name G. D. Meese, who diove the truek; Pvi. C. L. Galer, who cranked it and Capi. Robert R. Tegeler. the newly appointed commande: Capt. Barker Gets Credit. In accepting the cup in the name of his men, Capt. Tegeler graclously pointed out that the credit for such perfection of training did not helong 1o himself s0 much as to Capt. H. R. Barker, commander of No. 20 Engine Company. which eccuples the same | quarters with No. 12 truck. Until within a month of the time the test was run, Capt. Barker was com- mander of hoth the engine company and the truck compan He had directed hoth outfits for 3 rs, last July having heen the first time the company had a commander. The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Cup. a beautiful trophy. standing nearly 18 inches high and mounted on an ehony pedestal. which gives it a total height of 2 feet, has engraved on 11 a record of the accomplishment of No. 12and the names of all of the men who figured in the victory. It will remain the permanent property the company. since the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association offers a new trophy for the winners each vear. The ceremony of presentation w held in the company's quarters at o'clock vesterday afternoon. It wa. to have begun at 4:30, bui Mr. An- drews and other prominent figures on the program were stalled en route to he engine house by the storm. Chief gineer CGieorge X, Walson was mas ter of ceremonies, and present at the presentation were high officials of the Fire Department. and Battalion Chief Thomas O'Conner and W. W. Dean. fire prevention engineer of the War Department, two of the judges of the contest. POLICEWOMEN FILE APPEALS FROM FINES Pearl Parker and Gladys Black| Ask Commissioners to Reviaw Trial Board Decision. Pearl Parker and Gladys Black, members of the Women's Bureau of Department, who were found guilty by the Police Trial Board last week of conduct prejudicial to the welfare and discipline of the de- partment, filed an appeal from the hoard’s decision today with the Dis | trict Commissioners. | i | | i i l | High ' today | The policewomen were fined $25 ‘h on charges growing out of com plaint of a woman who alleged rough treatment on their part The appeal was filed through Rohert E. Lynch, counsel for the police women. The Commissioners decided to give the attornev sufficlent time in which to file a brief in each case. Tomb Episode Forgiven. PARIS, August 17 (#).-—Donald Crocker. who was arrested here after he had drunk a toast to the U'nknown Soldier and broke the glase on the 1omb today. was set at liberty with out a fine. an American lost a leg in the war. The commis sary of police. however, gave Crocker 2 lacture on the evil of imbibing ton freely. BAND CONCERTS. ‘Tonight. At Mount Alto Hospital. Wis consin avenue at 7 o'clock. by the United States Marine Band. Tavlor Branson, second leader, conducting. At Sylvan Theater. Monu- ment _grounds. 7:30 o'clock. by the United States Navy Band. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, second leader. By the Army Music School, at Washington £:30 o'clock. Wheelel well, conducting; Capt. Sherman, commandant: liam €. White, principal music. ‘Tomorrow. At United States Capitol. at p.m.. by the United States Marine Band. William H. San talmann. lsader. Tavior Bran son, second leader, condncting. symbolic of suprem- | separate | The police were influenced | to do this because the man had been | service man and had | THE EVENING No. 12 Truck, winner of the from the hands of Commissioner Dow; hers of the company are flanking the IGE FUND SHELLE ALHOST 05100 Gifts €ome in After Notice That Further Donations Are Not Needed. The ice fund for the poor of the cit today neared the $1.000 mark as gen- erous Washingtonians continued to add their subscriptions, the annonuce. ment in The Star vesterday after- noon that sufficient money was on hand to care for all needs, now that the heat wave has broken., coming ready in the mail. Eighty-one donors added terday. and this morning's malil brought more. As the subscriptio come in they will he added to the re. serve fund now on hand. but addition- al gifts are not now desired. and will not be wuniess another heat wave makes Imperative the extension onc more of the aid that was given | through the medinm of The Star in co-operation cial service agencies. Tee tickets which had been deposit {ad in various police stations through out the city during the hot days were Withdrawn last night. and tickets now are being distributed only through {the Associated Charities. the Salvation | Army ospel Mission and | Instriictive Visiting Nurse Societ ! which have direct contact with needy 3 ves- { tamilies. { Late contributions are as follows: Acknowledgad pres "ash . M s, T, i Forrater IM E. R i 1o e iR B B i X imiend ! NIre IK. H.J b ; 1% biitian It v ¢ [ Nir. ind 3 1G. B. Leet Lo S e 1. Reck i @ Ehapter] Red 1.00 ! 1.00 Mre. M. M. Harrison o IL. K. R M. and R | An mous E. 0% i M Bogler Bradeha Rradshaw aw ford Mite . . a0 00 500 30 o0 00 on: L Woilhers . T, Claston . G. G. 1. Mimnon and M Lul ¥, “Tram W 1 . Met-all * Gunshine an Tordan d Community Sor. . - Grfirh >£733TD 3 'w\;: Pools Romnd Tanie Chih Cash 5 Cash At mother Anonymous The Diligent " Teachers Ring's Daurhtsrs P H L. 2 Knonsmona (amn i Florence . Parker Mary R, Baker Father €. Gude Total TWO .AVIATORS KILLED. « 300 1000 081 . Naval Ensigns’ Seaplane Falls Into i Lake Michigan. CHICAGO., August 17 P Two naval ensigns plunged 1o their deaths today when the seaplane they were fiying ahove lake Michizan near the Great Lakes Naval Training The dead are Ensigns George Ham. mer of Texas and Edgar T. Stone of Howard. S. Dak. WILL OPPOSE ZIHLMAN. Frank W. Mish of Hagerstown Files as Candidate. Special Dispateh to The ‘Star. BALTIMORE. Md.. August 17, Frank \W. Mish of Hagerstown, for. mer State Senator, has filed as a can Aidate for the Democratic nomination for House of Representatives. Mish, A banker. iawyer and farmer, twice has opposed Representative Frederick N. Zihiman for re.election, losing the last time by 1000 votes. | I ‘ | i | | | | was eaptured by narrow margin of one-fifth of a second. too late to stem the tide of gifts al-| with charitable and so-| the | Station suddenly dived into the water. | STAR. WASHINGTON ferchants and Manufacturers’ Cup for leaving quarters in the fastest time o ‘apt. Robert G. Teg eler. proud commander of No, 12 y (center), who made the presentation for President Andrews of the ) ghert three. D. . TUESDAY. A n an is sh erel | By the Asuociated Pross. RISSINGEN, Germany, August 17.—Gertrude Ederle today told the Associated Press that she was pre- pared to take on all male and female challengers in a Channel swim for A purse of $20.000. before starting for the United Siates. U. S. RESENTS CRY | t | | ceessful Ridiculed. | NEW YORK, Augnst 17 @) Euro- pean eriticism that G de Ederle |was enabled to make her Channel | swim by ompanying tugs has Aro an answering storm of p test from American admirers. “Ridiculous,” “absurd."” —were some of the com- | *“If there is a tug afloat that can | appreciably diminish the C‘hannel se: {or cause the tide to cease runninx | we have never heard of it,” says the New York World today. Commenting on the accusation that | Miss Ederle was so close to ene tus | that she was drawn along by suction the World remarks: ““No hoat making two knets an hour, so as to keep pace with a swimmer. would cause ‘sue. | tion' enough to worry about. if any Miss Kderle got there hecause she had two things—musecle. and brai There are no rules for *hannel swim- | ming except that you must wim. | She did." relons were attributed to jeal- v Miss Charlotte Epstein, f mer president of the Women's Swim- ming Association of New Yor “The persons that have jertrude: for " she sald. “are apparently not fa. - with the methods used by pre- vious swimmers of the Channel. All of them. without exception, were ac companied by a hoat, and in some v the same tn Alsace, under {Miss Ederle Challenges All Comers ‘ In New Channel Swim for $20.000 | Opinfon That Tug Made Miss Ederle | heing accompanied hy & | | Thirteen.vearold Nathalia Crane, the child poet. said: | “Every real American will turn the | heel to every suggestion of a slur upon Trudie's glory.” The latest Furopean criticism Is the statement of a Dover yvachtsman printed in the \Westminster Gazette, 10 the effect that Miss Ederle’s success was due to an accldent of good weather with favoring tide and wind. CRITICISM IS RERI"'P'FII). and Trainer Ederle Won Fair, CAPE GRIS.-NEZ. France. August 17— News of the criticisms and com- ments in the British press concerning [ the record-breaking channel swim Miss Gertrude Kderle has aroused c | demnation by the channel-swimming colony here as foundat:onless and ut- | terly inaccnrate | | Swimmers | while the other carried camera mel land report ar from assisting {the American swimmer, as had heen intimated in eriticisma of her the tug is reported 1o have impeded her progess several times. | Forty-one witnesses folinwed Miss Ederle’s attempt and they have in icated that the swim was cirried ot lin aceordance with every precedent The Associated Press correspondent, who has heen prasent at 2% channel starts, can testify that Miss Fderie's swim was m.plished unter lutely the sam= conditions as previous ones. | Willlam Burgess. the veteran (‘han nel swimmer whe trained Miss Ederle, said: “Reparts ahout are so silly that reply to. Miss « Miss Ederle's swim erle swam the Chan- Inel In a perfectly proper manne: nn. der the same conditions in which others have falled or succeeded. Her | swim than any other successful swim since |Capt. Wehh's, and one of those wit One tug alone convoyed Miss Ederle, | swin, | was witnessed by more people | UGUS alarm, Is presented with trophy, which hown holding the cup after receiving it hants and Manufacturers' (right). Mem. KUOMINCHUN FLEE, VIELDING KEY TOWN | | {Wu Forces Take Control of i Nankow Pass District | Without Battle. 1ated Press G, August he routed Kuominchun, or nat ist armies, are retiving to Kalgan. following their | defeat at Nankow and their fo | the town at Hwailai. They are de- | stroying the railways after 17 | make pursuit dificult | The capture of Hwailai, dominating {the northern extremity. of Nankow | and one of the ohjectives of the lied armies of Wu Pei-Fu and Chang »-Lin. reported yesterday. apparently was effected without a | Aight. giving the allies control of the | whole Nankow district. With the oc- | cupation of the city went many pris- | oners and much haa ced evidently with a heavy hom. bardment by mountaln howitzers which outranged them. the defenders | evacuated the town. The allies are | rushing the work of repairing rail ways preparatory to throwing heavy | forces into pursnit Meanwhile, Wn Pei-Fu is prepar- ing to leave for the south to assume 'ge of the campaign of his forces ainst the Canton armies. leaving the final subjuzation of the Kuomin. chun to the Fengtien and Shantung | troops. there is nathing to | i K n is the northern gateway ! the broad loop in the great walil of | China in which the military opera- tions are heing condneted. Kalgan {18 about 70 miles from Hwailai and {has heen used as a hase hy the na- | tionalist ‘mies since they were swimming expert, | nesses was Miss Lillian Cannon, whe | forced ent of Peking last April, ‘Tt is ridiculons to assume that any tug can stem the drift of the Chan- was aboard the tug and would ha had something to say if unfair had been given Miss Ederle in manner aid any PLAZA BOYS LEAD PLAYGROUND MEET 11,200 Youngsters From 48 Neighborhoods Take Part in Track Events. | | Plaza Playaround athletes got away to a b d at the annual interplay- ground ack meet today. with 48 ! unds and more than 1,200 hoys competing at the Plaza grounds. The events will continue until late | this afternoon. Results of the rly events foliow Running _broad jump (85-pound clase)— by Kyerstt, Plaza. second. Morisi Polk: third. Hospital 16 [eet -yard dash (i0-pound class)—Won hy Aenry-Polk: second. Boucher. Hares e, Conke. Time. 645 seconds. Blaa: secam Swemey. Caoke Kiernan. Rrookland. Time. 8 sec: 1954 record made Rotarzi | third. P Londs. i Botaezi tied by Dick Jon Running | Won by Ball. Flaza: Casaste tied—height. 1 feet 11 inches: see. Powell. Columbia Road: Wade. Plaza ond. " Harris | Had——herght. 4 fast 10 inches WEDDING IN AIRPLANE. 100-ponnd elase) — Former Flyer Prefers Motor Drone to Orchestral March. YORK. August 17 (#).—Dr NEW Harry C. McKown, who was an avia | tor in France, and his bride of today. | { Mise Ruth 1. Hord of Rirmingham, ! Ala.. prefer the drone of an airplane | motor to an- orchestral wedding march. An aviation company carry them 4,000 feat ahe | this afternoon to he married by Leslie 1. Barnett Preshyterian Church. Dr. McKown is assistant’ professor of secondary education in the versity of Pittshurgh and was a first | lieutenant in the Air Service during the war. Miss Hord has been a school teacher. tracted to e the eity Rev I 'Gold Wal(:h Stolen . From Side of Man | Dying in Hospital Theft of a gold watch from a patient who lay dying in Garfleld Hospital was reported to the po- lice today by Miss Alice McWhor- ter. superitendent of nurae. The watch was the property Graham Curtis of Arlington. \ and was kent beneath his pillow until he became very low on Thurs- day last. when it was placed on a tray beside his hed. When the patient died Saturday it was found that the watch had been stolen while the man was ton ill to realize it was missing. of Geargetown. | ard dash (115-poiind_alass)—Won be | Johnson- | of the Morningside | Uni- Sues for Injury To Gland Resulting | In “Overweight” Declaring that she has hecome ‘overweight” as the result of an i to her thyroid gland fol- | an automobile _accident. . Hammond, 1217 Decatur today filed suit in the Dis Supreme Court to recover 000 damages from Frederick Whitemarsh. 332 Seaton place northeast. Through _ Attorney Paul E. Lesh the plaintiff says she was struck November 19 last by a truck driven by the defendant at | Fourteenth street and Columbin | road and as the result of the in | Jwy and shock is suffering from hyperthyroidism —and other ail- ments, TENANTS TERRORIZED ' BY BOMB EXPLOSION street. trict Building Damaged in Brooklyn. But No One Is Seriously Injured. Ry the Assaciated Press I EW YORK. Augnst 17. Panic four-story building at President street and fourth avenue, Brooklvn. early today when a homh was exploded on the top floor. Doors were hlown open, no one was seriously injured. ! that police could not find even a {fragment of the’ homb, but experts {said it must have been filled with {dvnamite. The explosion ocenrred in the heart of a district populated hy foreign families and the streets were soon filled with a frantic erowd of partly-dressed persons. Police re. serves were called to preserve order The homb had been placed against “the door of an apartment nccupled | by Biananatl Sebastian, who with his | wife and six children were literally blown from their beds. He said he {had no enemies. POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED | ; R | Two Peoria Officers Accused ! Driving Stolen Automobiles. | PEORIA, Ill.. August 17 (#).—Chief »f Police J. Shirley West and Detective | Richard Clandin were temporarily su | pended today by Mayor Louis Mueller | a5 a result of charges made by Sergt. Frank McDonald of the Chicago Aut mobile Detective Rurean that they were driving automoblles which had | heen stolen in Chicago. | Announcement of the suspension fol- |lowed a request from the mavor that McDonald, the two officers and Flovd Overby of Chicago. held as the leader of an alleged automobile theft ring, meet with him in his offies. of |reizned among the 40 tenants of a | windows smashed and plaster fell. but | The explosion was of such violence | |SNYDER SLATED AS HEAD | OF FRATERNAL CONGRESS ‘Pre.dd?nt of Tribe of Ben Hur to | Succeed Woman as Chief of National Body. By the Aseociated Pre igust 17, of Crawfordsville, me president of the Trihe will succeed Miss Bina M. West of Port Huron. Mich.. as | president of the National Fraternal ngress of America at 1 officers Thursday. Mr. Snyder, now vice president, is the only nomi- nee for the presiden In officially opening the congress today. Miss West stated that the del- ent represented more than 1 organizations elaiming a I'total membership of 10,000,000 persons {in the I'nited States and Canada. |NEW GREEK-SLAVIC PACTS | One Guarantees Arbitration if Dis- putes Should Ar ATHENS, Greece. August' 17 (), | Four conventions, adjusting varions questions hetween (ireece and .Jugo. have heen signed. One is a guaranteeing arhitration in the event of disputes hetween the two countries. The three athers deal with questions of common railway stations, communieations and transit and with of Ben Hi Russian Trade Council Forwards Sum to British Miners. | Bs Radin to The Star and Chicago Daily Ne: MOSCOW, August 17.—The Russian Central Council of Trade Unions has notified the British Miners’ Federation I that it is forwarding a monthly con- itribution of $100.000 collected from iRoviet workers on hehalf of the strik- |ing English miners. | The telegram also suggests holding |the next meeting of the consolidated fconncil at Rerlin on August 20 tq | ~onsider further measures to assist the | strikers. | (Copyright {Hard Rain Excuses | Parking Violation By Fair Motorist 1976, by Chicago Dails News.) 1 | Parking an autemobile in a re. | stricted zone during a rainstorm is not such a violation of the law | % 10’ necessitate the imposition of ! a fine, according to Judge John P. | McMahon in ruling on such a case | today. | Miss Sarah K. Smith of the Ar- gonne Apartments parked her au- smobile on Thirteenth street near ! in the restricted zone. during | the thunderstorm vesterday. The | heavy downpour of rain and high | wind made it perilone for her to proceed. Policeman R. V. Sineclair, however, gave her a summons. Judge McMahon stated that sueh action was excusable under the eir cumstances and took her personal bond. of | them to | e election | | panies. for this morning his corphi TRAINEES RUSH TNT WYOMING VOTING AWAY FROM CAMP Explosive Found Near Bar- racks of 121st Engineers at Fort Humphreys. LLIAM J. WHEATLEY. espondent of The Star. FORT HUMPHREYS. Va.. August ¢ today of the vegi- ‘s supply NT for demolition stored In a shed dangerously close to the barracks occupled by the 121t Engineers of the National Guar of the bistrict of Columbia | sent a detall of officers and men on | the run to store it about a mile away frem the quarters. where if hit by & | bolt of lightnings it would cause lttle more damage than the killing of a | few nearby trees and the shaking up of the troops. Lightning flashing about the camp during vesterday's storm recalled vividly to the mine of the troops memoriex of the Lake Denmark dis- aster, and Lient. Col. Harry E. Glad man, executive officer, went search ing for the supply of high explosivex which was brought down several days ahead of the troops. nd it In a shed to the troop quarte) under the shade of the trees, It was considered too Inviting for lightning. He and Capt. Clay Anderson, Regu lar Army instructor assigned to the egiment, found an isolated spot and a detail of enginesrs from Company F. nnder Capt. eorge W. Johns, started digging a temporar magazine in the ground for the material. | Capt. Gedwin P. Dunn. command ing the headquarters and service com- jcted. 1o load the ex- in plo: to the temporary magazine, and under lowering skies the men worked on |the double-quick with little need of | urging. | Big ‘St Is Destroyed. | “The troops had another burat of | citement_ today when forces under Lieut. Gordon E. Texton. provest marshal of the post: Lieut. Gerald E. Sullivan of the post's prison guard, and a_ detail of the guard, ralded a huge liguor manufacturing plant in the woods near the camp. routed the distillers with gunfive and broke np the equipment. The plant was tipped off by mem- bers of the Fort Humphreys com mand. and prohibition offices in Wash- ington, notified, sent down an opera- tive who deputized the soidiers. and (hen launched the raid. It is not be- |lieved any casualties resulted from the shooting. "f Pemulred three hours to destroy the plant, which consisted of a §00- gallon still, 28 vais. all full: a 20- horsepower steam hoiler and, it was eatimat. ahout $3,000 worth of mash. e plant was operating at its full eapacity when the party ar- ived and the operatives left in such a hurry that they did not have time te turn off the 1l-inch jet, out of which the fluid was pouring under pressure. Mix-ups Delay Training. | the 1 et Engineers seem | he having some difficulty in getting | their mimic warfare started. troops | zoing to one place and their war ma- [ terials to_another. One autfit wen! out all enthusiastic about its plans | tor stopping the “enemy” with in- ! tricate barbed-w ntanglements. but when they arrived thex had,no | material, it having gone into the | anemy ferritory. ‘The troops waited |a while and then evacuated to their harracks for food. more confident of | their ability to finish a camp stew | than an enemy. | One thing that has impressed the | field engineers in their training | conrse s that it is difficult to fight | a war without necessary tools. Com- pany B went out this morning to huild a trestle bridge across a deep ravine. but they found that the hand- wws which they brought with them rouldn’t take the place of cross-cut waws for felling the large trees neces. Sarv in the construction of the bridge. ‘apt. Anderson pointed out to the officers that each engineer compan: must he self-sustaining and that the: rould not perform their duties ax en- | zineers unless they had the required equipment. Tack of proper { tools was blamed for the one casualty of the eamp. when | Palo Alta Mitehell. Company €. cnt a severe gash on his foot with an ax. mecessitating medical attention and confinement to quarters. Otherwise | the health of the-camp has been ex- cellent and Maj. George 1. Allen. rommanding the medical detachment. w@ld that at sick a8l today there wera aply the usual eagmp complaints, for the alleviation fof which he recom- mended more ex fifise. Remedy S@iprises Them. The troops sesmed somewhat he- wildeied by thix Army remedy fol Vesterday they were in the field for 10 hours and when taps sounded last night there was hardly a murmur in the barracks and there was no de- sire to put on any camp stunts. Many of them are heginning to feel the effect |0t this intensive training. but are Striving hard (o keep up the pace which has heen mapped out for them. Not a few of them last night started thelr recreation hy appearing at the meving picture. hut most of them had i he awaken when the show was over and sent drooping te their barracks. But they seem fo he a game lot for at reveille they were np again and ready for the field. They will get a the heavy work this week when they will be given some instruetion in chemical warfare nnder the direction of Capt. George W. Wise. chgmical warfare officer. from Langley ¥ield. who held a conference with Jo) W. Oehman today regardin o fle: tails for the demonstration. Maj. Allen is not confining higkexs cise prescriptions to the line €63 i, were handed engineer trench-di 2! tools and given a combination engin- eering santitation drill by digging trenches around the field hospital. Prepare for Mimic Battle. | Preparations already are being made the big mimic battle to 1ake a full | away from the camp and fo bhe | held on Dogues Creek. a tributary of {the Potomac. Lient. Willlam I. Mu- | shake of the Headquarters and Serv ice Company was dispatched today by apt. Anderson to make a survey of the battleground preparatory to send | ing the engineers there to prepare the | roads and bridges for the troops whe will participate in the scrap. The officers offthe regiment were presented to Col. E. M. Markham. post commandant, who complimented them on the fine appearance of the regiment, and who said that he had heard much of the fine reputation borne by this outfit before they ap- peared here for training. The first regimental parade was held here yesterday when Col. Oeh- man reviewed th® troops and today the first battalio commanded b Maj. Joe R. McKev, will pass in re view. The first formal guard mount will be staged this afternoon when Company F will go on guard with Capt. Johns as officer of the day and Lieut. Homer B, Millard, as officer of the guard. One of the prominent New York |hotels has arranged for airpiane | transportation for ita guests to any part of the country. little respite from ! INPRIMARY TODAY Lack of Issues and Contests Expected to Bring Out Light Ballot. By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo., August 17 The electorate of the State went to the polls today to cast ballots in one of the quietest primary elections in the history of Wyoming. With but few contests for momina tion and with unsettied weather pre dictions. a Hght vote—probably not t. exceed 30,000 —was forecast. Gov. Nellle Tayloe Ross f& unop pased for the Democratic nomination to succeed herself. Two men. Frank E. Lucas, Secretary of State. and Frank Emerson, State anginesr seek the Republican designation for the right to oppose America's first woman governor in November. Fm- ereon has the indorsement of the Republican State conventfon, while can went on the ballot by petition | The only national office involved in today's primary is that of Repre sentative at large. Charles K. Winter Republican incumbent. has no pri mary opponent and the Democrats have no candidate listed on their Ix lot for the place. MISSISSIPPI VOTES TODAY. Nomination of Four House Members Holds Chief Interes JACKSON, Misse.. August 17 (@) Political issues were suhordinaied personal ¢ as the voters we to the pol ¥ to nominate Den cratic candidates for varions offices Chief interesi centered In cheosing nominees for the House of Represen: atives In four districts. Nominaiion on the Democratic ticket In this, Stare ix conceded to he equivalent to elec tlon. In the eighth district J. W. Collier and Francis Harmon contested for the congressional seat. W. M. Whitting'or opposed W. Y. Humphreys In the third district. J. F. Smith and .Isfr Busby sought the nomination in the fourth district. and B. G. Lovew wis opposed by Richard Denman in second district. THREE MEN INJURED BY CAVE-IN OF WALL Rains Cause Foundation Beinz Constructed to Give Way Under Pressure. } Meavy rains during the last 1s0 tdays cansed a 30-foot section of brick wall in the foundation heing laid for an office building at Fifteenth streei and New York avenue to cave in this i morning. partly covering three work men and causing serious injury te one. Moses lee. colored. Court, was pulled out with a erushed ankle. Emergency Hospital. were taken, said his foot to he amputated. Rodney Jordan. colored. 941 Colum- hia road. had a leg fractured. and {Reginald Galloway. 2241 Cleveland place, sustained sprains and brui iciane found. Harey Thurher. superintend ent on the joh for the Royle-Robart son Construction Co.. sald rains had | softened earth under the sidewalk and | back of the wall. causing the wall to give way under the heavy pressure. BRIDELESS K.ING BORIS RETURNS FROM SEARCH Rumors of Engagement to Ttalian Princess Giovanna 8till Lack Confirmation. 215 Seaton of the dehric Physiclans ai where the men may have By the Amsomatad Press PARIS, Augnst 17.- A Havas dic patch from Sofia says that King Roeix hax_returned from his ineognita trip to Switzerland King Roris, voung bachelor mon iarch of Rulgaria. left his capital in {the middie of July on what was de serihed in many quarters as a matri monial errand. He was accompanied by his sister. the Princess Fudoxie. { Traveling as Count Rilski. the young )K(" went to Geneva, zerne and {other Swisa cities. A dispatch from Geneva on July 30 said that King Boris' angagement to Princess Giovanna, third daughter of King Vietor Emmanuel of talv. ronsidered an accomplished fact.” There has been ne confirma- tlon of this report. STATE LEGISLATORS PUT UNDER ARREST IN MEXICO Two Bodies Were Trying to Fune- tion in Guanajusto—Rivals H Now in Contrel. By the Associated Preas MEXICO CITY. August -Special | dispatches from Celava say that the police, acting under orders of Gou {Colunga of the state of Guanajuato ihave arrested all the members of th: {legialature which attempted to estah lish itself at Celava in opposition 1o the legislature at Queretaro. Each body claims to be legally constituted ‘With the Celaya legislators in fail. the Queretaro body Is functioning for the time being. In times past there hate been five different legislatures functioning si multaneously in the same Mexican state, each clalming to be the only Ilegally conatituted body. | BABY KILLED IN FALL. 22-Month-0ld Boy Tumbles Three Stories to Pavement. Gerafd Thompson, 22-month-old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rax Thompson. Petomac Apartments 3333 N street, fell three stories to | death from an open window terday. | "Fhe baby was playing with his | little sinter and another child. The parents were on the fourth floor at the time. Little Gerald leaned too far from the window and plunged to the con- crete walk below. in spite of the trantic efforts of his two playmates to_grab him z His skuli was fractured. He died atl Georgetown Hospital early toda Ok b oeg % Portugal to Expel Editor. LISBON, Portugal. August 17 (@) —Homen Christo, well known journal ist and editor of A Informacao. will be sent Lo the frontier tomorrew and | axpelled from Portugal. under order- nf the government. He was arrested Saturday. The reasons for his expulsion have | rot been stated. although Christo ha< been openly adverse to the pressnt cabinet.