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2 % IMTCHELL MAYFLY LRSS ATLANT fuse to Affirm or Deny Change in Pilots. 7 By the Ansoct: NEW YORK. September 3.—Ber- % nard Sandler, legal counselor for The Argonauts, Inc., backers of the non-stop flight to Paris, refused today : eithe Col. William Mitchell, ant chief of the Army erv was under consideratio pilot : the event Rene Fonck withdraws i Until the outcome of the dispute {over Capt. Homer Berry's right to . act as third pilot is known, said Mr. #andler, the question of whether Col. . Mitchell or any one else might iy the ¢ plane is premature. The Argona i are doing their utmost to arbitrate th : differences, Mr. Sandler said © Capt. Fonck has been forbidden for : the present the use of the giant air- plane built for the flight Determined to end a controvel over personnel, the Argonauts, Inc. have notified the Sikorsky Manufac turing Co., huilders of the plane, that “henceforth no one shall take the S-35 Press ist- e, fromer Alr into the air but employes of the build- ers without writien permission from the backers Pair on Same Footing. This edict placed Capt. Fonck on imuch the same footing as Capt. Sandier said the bickering and {arguments over the personnel has ex hausted the patlence of all those “financially interested in the flight. He was, nevertheless, hopeful, he aid, that Capt. Fonck and Capt. Berry would reach an agreement. Capt. Fonck and Lieut. 1 Snody, U. S. N., second pilot of the expedition, were absent from on ference vesterday. They were said to be confined to their beds with cold Flight Here Is Off. The order to the Sikorsky company affects plans of Capt. Fonck and Lieut. Snody for a cross-country test flight to Washington, D. ( nd re- turn today, which was postponed from | vesterday because of weaiher condi- tions. The notice to the manufacturers of the plane, signed by Col. H. E. Hart- ney, vice president and general man- ager of the Argonauts, declaved that the Argonauts considered the bitter controversy had left Capt. Fonck and Lieut. Snody “in neither mental no; physical condition to carry on flight AIRMAN IS SILENT Says He Has “Open Mind” on Atlantic Venture. i Col. Mitehell. at his home in Middle burg, today, declined to state | positively whetk would & invitation to fly across th in the plane just recently completed | for that project ! While refusing to the extent of overtures mude to him on the sub- Ject, he decl he had an “open | mind” on the venture | He indicated t campaign he has a the forthcoming reed to undert for aviation r more important than flying oss the Atlantic, how ever. “I'd rather not say anvthing about | the matter now,” he declared. He added he was leaving for Philadelphia tonight to be present at the opening of the national air meet tomorrow. PLAN TO CUT DOWN MARKET MAY LET er to confirm or deny reports that in | i B { anad i | May Replace Fonck WILLIAM MITCHEL MAN KILLS WOM Wealthy Slayer, 70, and Companion, 26, Had Been on Motoring Trip. By the Associated Press. XINGTON, Ky., September 3.— ¥ C. Kirtly, 70, wealthy restau- rant and hotel man, who formerly lived in Fayette Countys killed him- seit shortly before 7 o'clock this morn- ing In the bathroom adjoining his room in a hotel here, after he had Miss Mildred McDaniel, 26, of East Ninth street, Brooklyn, N The girl, a pretty, red-haired tele phone operator of Brooklyn. who accompanied Kirtly on a motor trip to Lexington, was shot while she was asleep in the same bed with Miss Alma Gregory of the same address in Brookiyn The two young women had register- ed at_the hotel Wednesday as Alma Mildred Gregory, both of New City. ling to Alma Greg- ory, they p s cousing and Kirtly < their un Quarreled Night Before. had the s e two i night_over diamond ring wh Mildred, Alma declared quarreled Thu i of a stone in h Kirtly had given hortly before 7 o'clock this morn- e ing, Alma declared she was awakened by the sound of a_pistol shot. She sprang up to see Kirtly standing be- side the bed with a pistol in his hand, while Mildred lay still beside her, a stream of blood tric trom a hole in her head. Mr. Kirtly went bac om and I saw him through the door he raised the pistol to his head. started for the hall door and I heard another pistol report,” girl said. Heard Another Shot. U. S. BEGIN BUILDING bt (Cont I {romn First Page.) Mkely that the huilding program will get a substantial start within a few weeks. One feature which must be kept in mind, accordinz to Assistant Sec retary Dewe, 1 ‘ongress has appropriated i for this building for 1k vear and it must be expended 12 this fiscal vear, before J it will be | nec v to risk the doelay appropriated Mrs. Henry mgress and mor re- | i ounder and moven| <ponsor the nt for the George Wast m Memorial, is in her Summer home in Maine, and could not be reached today for - slon as to pl the farme ket next to the memorial Among the obstacles which has | heen in the progress with th imilding program was an informal opinion of corporation counsel which held that an old law designated the | sita for the farmers’ market and it was not therefore available for the | + Vederal Government for building pur { yoses. | § With the pro ations | ] today,-however, between District and | § Federal officials, it was believed difi- { culties presentid by informal ! opinion might be ivoned out and ate between the | overnment way found to co o branches Hearing Is Concluded. The Washington Chamber of Com- | merce’s committee on selection of a } permanent market concluded its | | hearings yesterday after six hours of argument by proponents of varfous site locations. | The committee several days ago { heard advocates of the Fifth and L | sireets site and spent vesterday in | ers of the south- | hearing the suppo west water front location and the Pat- { ! tarson tract site. veral organiza- i tlons and many individuals vied with | each other in_presenting the merits of the locations proposed by them. | After hearing the arguments Ivan | (. Weld, chairman of the chamber’s ! special committee, announced that it would require several days for his ommittee to study the recond of the hearings before cominz to a decision. It was pointed out by advocates of (e southwest water front that the vernment already owns considerable section, that there are 31y acres h 6000 feet of water front available, that the Municipal Fish Market already is doing a busi- ness amounting to 000,000 annually, that the location of the market on the water front would reduce transporta- w tion cost nd thereby the cost of !food, that it would encourage an in- fcrease in trade from the Eastern Shore and Virginia and would place Washington in a more desirable com- | petitive position with Baltimore. ! 5 Other Factors Cited. It was also pointed out that re " frigeration cold storage plants and railroad facilities were already located there as well as water transporta- tion. €. S. Hoskins, divisional superin- tendent of the Baltimore and Ohilo and one of the rallroad’s engineers, however, declared he had surveyed the water front site, and declared it impossible to locate there the facilities proposed because of lack of room. Among those who advocated the { heard | extent “I called for help when I got out in the hall and several people came out of their rooms. 1 started back in our room and as 1 did so I could see Mr. Kirtly, prostrate on the bathroom floor,” fumbling around for the pistol He put his hand on the gun and I turned and siarted back out. Then I nother shot An examination of Kirtly’s body showed that he had two bullet wounds one in the right side of his head and one over the hea Two written messages which indi- cated that Kirtly planned the killing and suicide were found in his room. One was termed a will and was ad- dressed to Thomas B. Adams ,of Brighton, whom ke named executor. The other was addressed to a Lexing ton undertaker, and contained fu- neral directions. BLAST WRECKS HOME OF “BOOTLEGGERS’ KING’ N. J., Hospital Pa- tients Are Thrown Into Panic Morristown, by Explosion Nearby. | By the Associated Press MORRISTOWN, N. J., September 3L The former home of Pasquale Mutarello, known as “king of Morri County bootleggers.” was destry by an explosion and fire today. | estimated damage of $20.000 includes | partial destruction of an adjoining house, in which three persons were hurled from their beds by the blast. A hundred patients in the ‘Morris County Memorial Hospital, nearby, were thrown into panic by the ex- plosion, which severed electric wires and cut off all lights. Mutarello was indicted on seven ounts in the Morris County liquor candals, which resulted in the con- tion of Former Prosecutor James He s flned $100 on one after which he dis- vie Dolitho. of the charges APDA aved. Wimsatt of the Southwest Business Men's Assoclation. A. D. F. Burr, representing the Fastern Maryland farmers, »-vocated the location of the market a: Patter- on tract. e declared that this was the farmers’ choice and that the pub- lic would be best served because the farmer knew where the best loca- tion is to sell his products. He sald that it was quite possible that the county, State and national grange or- ganizations would become interested in thé location of the farmers' mar- ket in the National Capital to the of seeing that the farme properly taken care of. Dr. Percival Hall reminded the speaker that residents of Northeast Washing- ton had been trying to get the Pat- terson tract for @ park for many years and that a market would spoil the project. B. & 0. Men Are Heard. Representatives of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, favoring the Pat- terson tract ‘of Eckington, submitted voluminous reports and figures on the food movements over varfous lines in Washington tending to show what service this railroad could give and the advantages of the mearket sites they advocated. The meeting was considerably en- livened by repeated interuptions and contradictions of statements between the advocates of the various sites and extended the record by the hearing were water front site were Richard L. Eacho, J. . Robinson, G. F. Harrison, representing the Fairfax County \\.‘m-ber of Commerce, and W, A. into a voluminous report for the com- mittee to study. It 18 expected that the committee will make its cholce in a few days. - ANDENDS OWN LIFE ling on the pillow | into the bath- | e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926. IBLIMP TC:5 LANDS; Escaping Lightning and Shenandoah Fate. By the Associated Press. LOULS, September riding out electrical and storms during the greater part of the ight in pitch darkness and soaked 3.—After Scott Field, hortly after T-C5 to a safe landing al Believille, Iil., near here 6 o'clock this morning. It v the first anniversary of the Shenandoah disaster, when that craft, much larger than the TC-5, buckled and crashed in Ohio. The landing brought to an end a night of uneasi- ness on the part o the many inter- ested in the TC-'s flight, the first inland voyage by a Government air- ship since the illfated flight of the Shenandoab. 2 Crew Also Worrfed. Lieut. Gray at the breakfast table { told about it. “‘Shortly after leaving Dayton last night,” he sald, “we ran into a heavy electrical and rain storm. It was about forty miles from Indianapolis. We encountered electrical disturb- ances all night. \When we are in electrical storms we usually are wor- ried. “We were driven north of our course about 50 miles and hung over | the Mississippi River until dawn. {were not lost, for we knew our bear- | ings. Early this morning found the shil aver Granite City, IlL, north of here. The night was so black we couldn’t see ahead of us, but we knew. we were not far from Scott Field. The cars are not finclosed and we became soaked.” Engine Ran Perfectly. The engines functioned perfectly through the night, Lieut. Gray said, and estimated that they had run about 36 hours since the ship left its 2.’\&8 at Langley Field, Va., Wednes- a companying Lieut. Gray were Lieut. B. F. Starkey and Warrant Officer R. E. Lassiter who served as pilots, and Sergts. Quinn and John son. engineers. None suffered ill ef- fects of the night's buffeting against the lements. During the ffight from Langley Field, Lieut. Gray estimated that the ship had covered 1,200 miles, although a_direct line is only about $50 miles. The difference is accounted for by de- | viations from the course last night, vesterday and Wednesd night, when TC-5 ran into rough weather in the Alleghenies. The gasoline supply had dwindled to 155 gallons when the ship was pulled down this morning. The blimp can carry 400 gallons, which with_full speed flying would st about 17 hours. y said that rough weather was sired for the flight of the ship, to prove its ability to withstand the ele- ments. He accounted for the suc- ss of the flight in the fact that the 5 is shorter than the Shenandoah and is of non-rigid type. AIR DISASTER RECALLE] “Broke Up" Shenanhoah One Year Ago Today. "ALDWELL, Ohio, September 3 Just a vear ago today the giant ble Shenandoah, pride of the Navy Air Service, “broke up” fn mid- alr, near Ava, Ohio, during a severe storm which swept over southea: ern Ohio. Fourteen of the crew of 4 including Comdr. Zachary Lans- downe, were killed. | For several hours prior to the {wrecking of the “Daughter of the | Stars” it was storm buffeted oven an area of about 50 square miles. | A line squall which struck the ship, { was directly responsible for it break {ing up, affer having been weakened i by’ the elements. The major part of the dirigible landed in a natural amphitheater, |two miles east of Av A smaller {part—the nose section—after free bal- looning for almost two hours, was {brought to earth by 12 survivors, {near Sharon, 12 miles from Ava. 1 A third section,—a small mid-part —fell in a grove, half a mile from the main section. Most of those killed were in the control and radio cabin, which dropped to earth, from a height ya- | rlously estimated from 1.200 to 3,000 ifeet when the ship first broke up. The Shenandoah had left the Lake hurst naval air station, at Lakehurst, J. the day before and was to have made a flight through the Midwest. The ship, the only dirigible ever built in America, was completely wrecked. MAY ASK KIDNAPING INQUIRY BY GOVERNOR Catholic Organizations of Norfolk | Reported to Have Rallied | to Aid of Priest. | By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., September 3.—An appeal probably will be taken to Gov. Flood Byrd of Virginia to in- ate the reported kidnaping Wed- ay night'of the, Rev. Hather Vin- cent D. Warren of Norfolk, when it became known vesterday that no i grand jury Investigation was contem- plated because of lack of “tangible evidence.” Father Warren reported he was seized by a band of hooded and robed men while he was seated in an auto- mobile with two man companions, taken some distance out and released in swamp lands after being questioned by his abductors. He said he was not harmed. County authorities were questioned regarding what action they proposed to take. Sheriff John C. Litchileld said that in absence of tangible clues he was at a loss to know where to start, while Commonwealth’s Attorney Ed- win J. Smith, termed the reported kidnaping a “regrettable affair.” Sev- eral officials said they had no formal report of the Kidnaping. Catholic organizations in the city are reported to have rallied to the support of Father Warren and are expected to | request Gov. Byrd to investigate. BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. By the Army Music School at Wal- ter Reed Hospital, 6:30 o'clock, Capt. R. G. Sherman, commandant; Wil llam C. White, principal of music. By the Community Center Band at Dunbar High School, 7:30 o'clock, Prof. J. E. Miller, leader. Tomorrow. Concert by the United States Sol diers’ Home Band, 5:45 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Emil A. Fenstad, assistant leader. HAD STORMY NIGHT iCraft at Scott Field After thunder th rain, Lieut. W. A. Gray and his | crew of four brought the Army blimp We The torrential downpour yesterday swept along tons of mud which covered that portion of Connecticut ave-| nue just north of the Bureau of Standards to a depth of 3 feet in spots and interfered with street car service. Gangs of men with road scrapers were busy cleaning the muck away this morning. IS TRYING CHANNEL “Mona MacLaren,” Believed to Be London Physician. Seeking New Record. By the Associated Press. CAPE GRIS-NEZ, France, Septem- ber 3.—A mystery woman entered the ranks of the Channel aspirants today. Appearing suddenly here this morning and giving the name of Miss Mona MacLaren of England, she entered the water at 5:10 a.m., declaring she would attempt to set a mnew time record for the swim. Speculation ran high as to her actual identity and there was a persistent rumor that she was a well known London physician, with offices in Harley street, who had trained three years at a secluded spot on the English coast in preparation for her try at the Channel. Photographers tried to take pic- tures, but she hid her face and only her well greased back could be gotten on the plates. A few hundred 3 ards off shore was a small motor boat. In it among others was Horace v, an_English- | man, who joined the girl in the water. He said the motor boat would be the only craft to accompany them. At 8:10 o'clock the swimmers were four miles off Gris-Nez. Conditions were excellent. Believed to Be Physician. FOLKESTONE, England, Septem ber 3 (P).—The ‘“mystery woman” who was attempting to swim the Eng- lish Channel today from Cape-Cris Nez under the nom d’eau of Mona MacLaren kept her real identity well concealed from the general public dur- ing her training at Hythe, near here. although _i* is generally understood she is a Harley street (London) medi- cal specialist. She {s a large woman and a power- ful swimmer of great endurance. She left Folkestone for Gris-Nez last night in a motor launch with the English swimmer Horace Cary, who is a motor- bus driver at Hythe. It is believed ere that if Cary is swimming with Miss MacLaren he is not really making an effort to cross the Channel himself, but is accompanying her for encouragement. Water conditions today were excel- lent for a Channel swim, but a heavy, fag on this side made swimming risky owing to the danger of being run down by steamers. Up to late fore- noon no word had been received here regarding the swimmers since their launch left for France and the fog made It impossible to see from the shore. Louis Timeson, who had planned to start from Gris-Nez this morning, did not cross from Dover last night owing to the fog. DRYS WILL IGNORE RUM REFERENDUM BEGUN BY BRENNAN Anti-Saloon League is trying to ignore their referendum because it is afraid of the issue, afraid that when all the ballots are counted Illinois will have been shown to be wet in sentiment. The referendum proposed is imprac sons for saying so: That the definite plan suggested has already been repudiated by the Su- preme Court. That it.1s impossible to obtain an honest vote on the question. That it settles nothing and would have no legal status. “That it tends to divert attention from the main business of the House, which is to secure the full enforce- ment of the Volstead act. And, that it tends to divide forces, which should unite to see that Ilinois does not send a conspicuous wet to the Senate. “It would not only be improper, but foolish for the drys to be stampeded into participation in this referendum vote,” Dr. Safford said. Says Fortress Is Captured. “Why should we go out to take a fortress which we already occupy just because the wets shout at us that We couldn't take it again?” Referring to the wet and dry refer- endum in Illinois in 1922, when beer and wine were demanded by the wets, and the drys were urged by the Anti- Saloon League not to participate in the vote, Dr. Safford said: “In 1922 the wets of Illinois had a referendum on the wet and dry ques- tion in connection with the general election. They claimed to receive by that referendum 1,045,330 wet votes. In the same election, the total vote for Congressmen at large was 1,67 172 votes, of which Richard Yates, Republican, a dry candidate, received 943,684 votes. He was opposed by two Democrats, both of whom ran on the wet ticket. The vote he received left only 735,488 to include all wet votes including Democrats, Republi- cans and opposing drys, who put party loyalty above their interests in the question of prohibition. In other words, the wets claimed by their refer- endum 309,646 more votes than they were able to produce in support of wet candidates in the very same election. “That kind of showing does not in- spire confidence in the accuracy or reliability of referendums promoted by the wet Ads Sponsor Is Sought. The drys are seeking to make something out of advertisements which appeared in Chicago newspa. rs last May promising to pay for each signature obtained to & tion for light wines and beer. I “NYSTERY WOMAN” ticable, the drys say, and give as rea- | ‘Member of House Drives to Doctor | With Broken Leg | | | REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMSON By the Associated Press. RAPID CITY, §. D., September 3.—Representative William Wil- llamson fractured his leg Wednes- day when a heavy rock he was moving down the mountainside to his cabin fell against him. He hobbled to his cabin and drov his car to Custer, where the frac- ture was set. g 'U. . WAR VESSEL HIT; WU LOSES COMMAND Leader Reported Deposed by Fol- lowers—Sacramento Fired On'at Canton. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, September 3.—The United States gunboat Sacramento has been hit by bullets in indiserim- inate firing by Canton strike pickets on passerlzer and freight vessels ply ing to and from Hongkong. LONDON. September 3 (#).—The Shanghai correspondent of the West- minster Gazette says it is officially reported from Peking that Wu Pei-Fu, the Chihli leader, has been deposed from his command by his own follow- ers and now is virtually a prisoner aboard a_Chinese warship on the Yangtse River. Gen. Chin Yun Ao is reported to have been made com- mander-in-chief of the Northern troops, replacing Wu Pei-Fu. HELD AS AN ACCESSORY TO ILLEGAL OPERATION Man Surrenders Following Girl’s Death and Suicide of Physician ‘Who Denied Charges. By the Assoclated Pres WASHINGTON, Pa., September 3. —Charges of being an accessory to an illegal operation and homicide were filed today against Willlam Borchers, jr., son of a wealthy oil operator, following the death of Miss Margaret A. Foley and the suicide of Dr. Roger S. Parry, a Washington physician. Dr. Parry was found in a cell in the city jail with his throat cut late yesterday, a short time after he had been arrested in connection with Miss Foley's death. The young woman, member of a prominent family, died Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Magdalena Medrella, a mid- wife. Borchers surrendered to District At- torney Howard W. Hughes and was released under $5.000 bail. R. E. Burnside, atorney for Dr. Parry, who visited the physician a short time before he ended his life, said Dr. Parry told him he was in- Inocent of any crime. The attorney quoted Dr. Parry as having said: “The operation was performed in Pittsburgh and T merely consented to treat the girl in an effort to restore her to health.” | advertisements have not been traced to Mr. Brennan and his petition for a referendum. But the prohibitionists are critical of all such petitions. The advertisements read in part as fol- lows: “Good talkers to secure signatures to petition for light wine and beer. One dollar for every person signed up. Thirty million signatures to be se- cured. Five years’ work ahead. If you have average intelligence, you can earn $15 to $30 daily.” The drys sent representatives to {check up on this business, but found there was a catch in it, and the money ‘was not to be made so easily. The advertisements ceased, too, after a few days. It is a question how far the dry organizations of the country can af- ford to abstain from referendums such as that proposed here and_that which is to be held in New York. The victory of the wets in the refer- endum will be hailed far and wide as an indication that prohibition senti- ment is losing ground, and no amount | of explanations by the dry leaders will counteract completely the influence which the result will have. It is pos- sible there will come a time when the drys will have to stand up and fight in similar referendums or be prepared to see the wet cause gain strength be- cause of the published results, | ) | iy | | Hope Men Can Be Saved in Oklahoma. By the Associated Press. TAHONA, Okla., September 3.— Little hope for the 16 or 17 men trapped in West Mine, No. 29, of the Superfor Smokeless Coal Co. at Ta- hona by a gas explosion this morn- ing was expressed at 11:30 o'clock | by Lee Carter, last miner brought out | of the mine. 3 | Carter was almost overcome by gas fumes when a rescue party carried him to safety. Rescue parties, usin protection against the sponges for , or masks, lar intervals. Company officials did not say how many men had been taken out, although it is understood lonly a few have been rescued. Of- | ficials declined to say how many men {were in the mine at the time of the | explosion. Miners say about 200 men | are employed, but the explosion oc- | curred just before machine men | had gone in. | " "The explosion almost wrecked the mine. The property is roped off and no one is allowed inside except com- | pany officials and the rescue crews. | Women and children, relatives of the | trapped men, pressed against the ropes. Dave Griffith, superintendent of the Superior Co., declined to make a state- | ment. Newspaper men were forbidden the use of the company\ telephone. Men from Covington mine, No. 12, which is nearer No. 29 than any other mine in the field, suspended work to lend their assistance. The Superior mine is owned by the Peabody Coal Co. KIDNAPERS SHOOT MAN. Angered Because Victim Was Not Wearing His Diamond Ring. CHICAGO, September 3 (#).—Two | robbers, who kidnaped William B. Lloyd, general manager of a paper company, early today, shot him when they discovered he was not wearing his valuable diamond ring. They had | driven to a sparsely settled district, where, after robbing him of $40 and a diamond stickpin, they threw him out of their automobile when they learned he did not have the ring. Then they fired at him three times one shot hitting him in the arm. NATS WIN OPENER FROM RED SOX, 3 T0 2 (Continued from First Page.) Crowder. Regan’s fumble put Me- Neely on flrst. Rice rolled to Todt. No runs. BOSTON—Wiltse flied to Rice. Tobin lined to Judge. Rigney walked. Jacobson forced Rigney, Myer to Har- ris. No runs. - SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Rigney threw out Goslin. Myer popped to Haney. Regan threw out Judge. No runs. BOSTON—Rosenthal singled to right. Regan flied to McNeely. Todt forced Rosenthal, Harris to Myer. Haney popped to Myer. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Harris singled to center. Ruel flied to Rosenthal. Har-, ris took second on Regan's fumble of Gaston’s throw. Harris took third on Haney's throw to first. bad J. Harris batted for Taylor ran for J. Harris. McNeely flied to Jacobson and Jacobson's throw to Gaston doubled up S. Har- ris at the plate. No runs. BOSTON—Marberry now pitching for Washington. Gaston flied to Gos lin. Wiltze popped to Harris. Tobin hoisted to Goslin. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON—RIigney threw out Rice. Goslin singled to left. Myer walked. Judge singled to left, scor- ing Goslin, Myer stopping at second. Harris popped to Todt. Ruel flied to Rosenthal. One run. BOSTON—Rigney doubled left-fleld fence. Jacobson flied to Mc Neely. Reeves threw out Rosenthal, Rigney taking third. Regan walked. Harris threw out Todt. No runs. NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Reeves singled to center. Marberry sacrificed, Todt to Regan. McNeely fouled to Gaston. Regan threw out Rice. No runs. BOSTON—Haney walked. Gaston sacrificed to Judge, unassisted. Shaner batted for Wiltse. 'Reeves ran to the grand stand wall for a great catch of Shaner’s foul. Tobin walked. Rigney walked, fllling the bases. Jacobson walked, forcing Haney home with the tying run and leaving the bases filled. Rosenthal forced Jacobson, Judge to Myer. One #Ain. g TENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Welzer now pitch- ing for Boston. Goslin tripled over Jacobson's head. Myer doubled to right, scoring (loslin. Judge attempt- ed to sacrifice and popped to Welzer. Harris grounded to Haney and Myer was run down, Haney to Regan to Rigney, Harris taking second. Haney threw out Ruel. One run. off BOSTON —Regan fanned. Todt filed to Rics. Haney flled to Gosin. No runs. G MINERS TRAPPED : - BY GAS EXPLOSION Last Man Rescued Has Little | went into the wrecked mine at regu-| Crowder and walked, filling the bases. | the | Pier Thieves Cart Away Truckload Of Aspirin Tablets By the Associated Prese. CHICAGO. September stor oil thieves have given way to rob bers who cart away aspirin tablets. | Four of them went to the ! municipal pier early today. forced | an aged watchman to make his regular reports, then bound him and hauled out a_truckload of the tablets. Wednesday 4 gallons of castor oil, were stolen from a ware house by ‘four men who also got a quantity of alcohol. TRAFFIC HAMPERED Trolley and Auto Service and Lights Suffer—Cellars Are Flooded. Three torrential showers at two- hour intervals yesterday afternoon | crippled street car service, plunged everal sections of the city into dark- ness and seriously inconvenienced scores of motorists, many of whose engines stalled under the unusual con- ditfons. The first shower broke as thousand: of employes were being released, while the sccond affected the matinee ongs. Beginning at 3:30. the in- downpour lasted until 4:30: the | second from 5:23 to 7:15. and the third from 8$:30 to 9:45. The total rainfall was 6 inches, the heaviest of the vear. The most serious street car tie-up was on Connecticut avenue in the viclnity of Nebraska avenue, when | | two cars bound for Chevy Chase were | derafled by mud which had been | washed over on the tracks. Passen- gers were taken to the sidewalks in trucks. It was nearly an hour before the cars were put back on the tracks. Meanwhile automobile traffic was de- layed. Temporary tie-ups occurred on other street car lines, due to the flooding of the underground trolley system. Electric light service in Chevy Chase, Brookland, other parts of the northeast, Wesley Heights, Anacostia | and Congress Helghts was cut off for | varying periods due to water flooding the conduits. Emergency calls were received by the Police and Fire depart- ments from several families whose cel- lars were flooded. Falling trees at streets southeast, and Tilden street and Connecticut avenue caused short traffic tie-ups. Scores of bricks were washed out of pavements in the southeast section, while a gutter washout was experi- enced on Thirty-fifth between Porter and Ordway streets. The Weather Buread announced to- day there was rain along the entire Atlantic coast from Richmond to Bos- ton yesterday and last night, but the showers in the District were far heavier than anywhere else. Although excessive, the rain was far from record breaking, it was stated. The record for recent years was set September 2, 1922, when 5.16 inches fell in 24 hours. The showers extended little beyond the limits of the District in any direc- tion and were heaviest in the town sections. PEDDLER, MOURNED AS DEAD, HAD MERELY BEEN TO PHILADELPHIA (Continued from First Page.) “ourteenth and E 05 Stanton place {and he spread the news. He had an interested audience for hours. Many would not belleve the facts until they had seen Ringer. The sight was not long to be delayed, for yesterday Max started his usual rounds through the market district, greeting friend after friend. Many squeezed his hand just a bit tighter to make sure it was real flesh. He walked into the Atlas sporting |®oods store. The Atlas brothers know Ringer well. As he walked in, mouths opened and eyes popped. One of the Atlas boys started: “Why, Mr. Ringer! Mr. Ringer? | Mr. Ring we heard— We thought “It's Me,” He Tells Skeptics. “I know all about it. I'm | show folks I'm really alive | came back. “It's me, all right.” The | tension broke and greetings were ex- changed. As a matter of fact, Max has not been dead at all. He's simply been in Philadelphia. But some one's remains rest peaceably in the local Hebrew Cemetery and Center Market folk were sure they were Ringer's. It was a bright Spring day in last | April that the telephone of . David Ehrlich’s poultry stand at 927 Louis- iana avenue rang and a voice from the other end told David that he was connected with Gallinger Hospital. dler had died there and asked to make | arrangement for the interment. | Ehrlich got in touch with Joseph | Rosenberg, 721 Four-and-a-ha!f street | southwest, who arranged the identifi- cation. Rosenberg said today that he knew the peddler; that he had looked from Gallinger to Danzansky’s under- | taking parlors at 3501 Fourteenth | street, and that he was confident that the remains he saw there was all that was mortal of the peddler of the Hagerstown Almanac. g “Yes" Rosenberg said today. “T saw the remains. [ was sure it was | him; it looked exactly like him: and | T knew him from selling books around the market.’ That man was buried. A Jewish « clety paid the undertaker. And fn the poultry stands down around the | wholesale market district, the question now and then was asked: ~“What's | become of Ringer>” Some friend would answer: “Why, he's dead. | Didn't you know? Yes. Poor old Max is dead and buried.” Time Softens Memories. | So the daily haunts of Max Ringer resumed their placid ways: time soft- | ened memories; he was gone. While his friends were accepting the death and burial of Max Ringer as a fact passing rapidly into time's obscurity, Max, himself, in full flesh and blood, was up in Philadelphia— far indeed from the River Styx. He knew nothing of these reports and continued his peddling of books at the Sesquicentennial Exposition. Then, three weeks ago, a friend from ‘Washington came up to Max and told him everybody in Washington be- lieved him to be dead. Max ve- hemently denied the report. Early this week he came back to ‘Washington. Since his return Max Ringer has been devoting his time to visiting his friends and assuring them of the utter falsity of the report he was dead. It taRes longer to.con- vince some than to convince others.’ But generally as he leaves they are fairly confident that the man who was buried last April was some one else entirely. “You may deny for me that I am dead,” Mr. Ringer told The Star to- 1 am very serry that the mis- | He was informed that a Jewlish ped:| | on the remains which | Reeves was safe and | Seibe L 1 | | | | BY HEAVY SHOWERS: | ia PRVNENT REVSON S HT IN ERMANY Tax Fixing of Former Finance Minister Blamed for Increased Liability. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News BERLIN, September 3.--Revision of the Dawes plan by agreement be- tween the German government, the agent general of reparations and the Reparations Commission, which was announced last night, is far more im- portant than is su ested by the sums Involved. Practically, the German govern ment by accepting an agreement to ray 300,000,000 marks more the com ing year saves a quarter of a million the fourth year and a sim sum the fifth year and prevents the In crease from the third to the fourth year from being too abrupt. This ad vance would have been made accord ing to the Improvement index siven by the returns of German-controlled revenues for the past two which far exceeded the c of the experts and rendered liable for increased pavments The democratic newspapers blamef ermanyd the former natlonalist finance min ister, Schlieben. who fixed taxes in such a way that more money was raised and the experts were coniinosd that their estimate was too low. The nationalist papers find little to say. They only lament the fact that an agreement has been reached, since in the third year controlled revenues “might have been less.” ‘I'e nation- alist Lokal Anzeiger prefers to avold controversy by noting that “the ex- perts have admitted fulfillment ts an impossibility The truth is that the present agree ment should quiet many volces clamoring for revision by showing that revision is possibla within the plan whenever an agreement to that effect is reached by Chicago Daily News Co REAL SAVING. Germany Would Have Been For 200,000,000 Marks More. BERLIN, September ») rker Gilbert, agent general for atlons, with the approval of Reparations Commi and the oy ernments concerned, signed an agreement with the German finance minister, Dr. Reinhold. by which Ger many during the third Dawes plan annuity year, ending August 31, 1927 obligates herself to pay a lump sum of 300.000.000 gold marks. In lieu of two supplemental contingent budget ary contributions of 250.000,000 marks each payable by August 31, 1925, and August 31, 19 Under the Dawes plan Germany, be. sides paying fixed of 1,200,000,000 gold marks ing the third annuity year and 1.750.000.000 marks the fourth year, is contingently liable to supplemen ayments not exceeding 250,000,000 marks annually, ¥ i of con 1.000.000,000 provided the aggregate trolled revenues exceeds gold marks during 192 000,000 gold marks during The experience of the second annuity showed these contingencies like will arise, so that the payment of lump sum of 300,000,000 marks, while somewhat jn the nature of speculation, will mean the saving of 200,000,000 marks. Advantage to Creditors. To Germany's creditors the agree ment means not only substitution of a definite sum for an uncertain contin gency, but the payment of this sum during the present annuity year, where otherwise contingent sums are ble until the next succeeding By the ement funds able for deliveries in kind dur ing the third annuity year will be sub stantially Increased. In explaining the effect of the agreement, Mr. Gi bert “The result is an important change says In the arrangement of annui able under the terms of the Without these new agreements the annuities would have risen from 1,269,000,000 gold marks the third annuity year o 2,000,000,000 in the fourth and 2750000000 in the Aith year. This would have meant an in creased burden on Germau economy of $00,000,000 marks in the fourth vear, as compared with the third, and a further heavy increase in the fifth as compared with the fourth Prevents Abrupt ““The new arrangemen means that Ithe third annuity will amount to 1.- 500,000,000 gold marks, as comp with 1,220,000,000 during the second annuity year, while the fourth annuity will stand at 1,750.000,000 and the fifth at 2,500,000,000. The result Is a better arrangement of annuities, reducing the danger of undue strain on Ger- man economy and facilitating an even flow of deliveries payments. “The agreement as a whole will con- tribute substantially to the smooth operation of the financial experts’ pian and, incidently, will facilitate its ad ministration by eliminating factors of uncertainty that might otherwise be troublesome. The settlement is further evidence of a spirit of friendly accommodation and a new earnest of the good will and mutual under standing lying at the basis of the plan itself.” FLETCHER MUCH BETTER. Florida Senator Rapidly Recover- ing From Second Operation. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor is recovering rapidly from the second operation, performea on him vesterday at Battle Creek, Mich., for bladder trouble. % Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. the at tending surgeon, telegraphed Sena tor Fletcher's office here today that his patient had rcovered from the ation “splendidly. Present condition excellent.” the message continued, “and we anticipate a rapid convalescence.” GLACIER BREAKING UP. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. OSLO, September 3.--The mighty glacier Josetedalsbraen is breaking up. An ice pile 50 vards high, coger- ing an area of 500 acres, detached itself from the main glacier and skid ded into a lake, flooding the valley for nearly a mile and tearing off 500,000 cubic feet of earth. The damage is estimated at $400.- 000. No lives were lost, but this vear's harvest In the Lyster Valley has been ruined. take was made; I'm having a hard time correcting it.” Now the question— Who was buried” Gallinger Hospital today reported there were no records of any one answering the name or description of Ringer having been in the hospital or having died there And vet, Mr. Rosebers is positive that some one was buried and that at the time he was sure it was the Ha- gerstown Almanac peddler who was placed in a grave,