Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1926, Page 2

P WALKER IS GIVEN PLAGE ON COUNGIL Takes Seat Vacated by Com- missioner Dougherty—Mem- bership Drive Planned. Walker of the Park View and secretary Fred Citizens' Association. r U'nion. was slacted last night by the Federation of Citl zens’ Associations to the position on the Citizens Afisory Council made vacant by ©the resignation. accepted | a st night, of Commis. eioner Proctor La Dougher-y The sration aiso sanctioned a plan presented by William MK Clay ton; chairman of the committee on public utilities, to raige a fund of $400 by vOlUNIArY yk. WALKER. subecription of oitizens’ associations and their mem hers, for the purpose of presenting a valuation by experts of the property of the Washington Rapid Transit (o. in its appea! hefore the Public Utilities Commissinn tor increase in fare to a stralght 10.cent rate. It was aiso dscided to hold a con . perted dr r membership of the con associations in TWashington Novemher 13 to 23 to nvite tha Nion Civie Federation anrd County Civic Federa berghip drives at the same# Flected on Second Ballot. Election of Mr. Walke: Commissioner Dougherty car second baioi. in which 30 of the 49 votes cast cast on the Eacond ballo H. Pullmar, Manor Pa Saul, Brightwood, 2 Hiram Sneil, Disit League of Women Voters. Kalora) £: Robert Rtrohel, Southwest, 2 first ballot was R. F. Man efll, Conduit Road. 1. Peck ham, Burleith, 1: Ernest H. Pullman 7. John A. Saul 3: Mrs. &nell, 10 M. Etrobel, 5. Mr. Waiker. 21. Commissioner Dougherty was pres ent for a few moments At the meet ing. His resignation was aceepted on a motion, {ntroduced hr J. W. Murphy of Kalorama. ~The Commissioner called upen -the fedeiailpn 1o forwe ahead -in constructive endeavor. He counseled the fedsration fo “avold factional disputes, and obstructive parliamentary tacties.” hut 1o work s 1o siereed Other vot Ernes that a ‘“‘econstructive program max he carried forward.” The Commisstoner paid in humorous vein that his new position made him think of a seat in | the electric chalr, A place where there was very select company and some thing was about to happen. A Dougherty thanked the membhars of the federation for flowers and their attendance upon his induetion into his new office. He also urged delegates to attend the Seaquicentennial. Octo her 8, which will bs District day Pralse for Dougherty. The resolution accepting the Com missioner's resignation as a member of the eouncil declared on hehalf of the federation to the President of the Tnited States “the gratification it feels that the body of organized eitl- zenship of the District has in this ap- pointment been accorded such i etantial racognition: that it axtends to tha people of Washington con- gratulatiene on the selection for the post of District Commissioner -of a man in whose abllity. fairness. in- tegrity and fidelity the federation has| the supremest confidence, and that it tender to Commissioner Dougherty the warmest fraternal greetings and | wish him the fullest meagure of suc- | cess in the difficult tack he has under taken, and the utmost contentment and happiness which may come from the consciousnesa of duty well and taithfully performed.” Mr. Walker has been active in civic | work here for 16 vears. He was hor in Gallipolis, Ohio: spent some time ! in Parkershurg, W. Va.. Tashington in 1907. H dent of the Park View Citizens and came to Ar sociation for four years and a delegate | As to the federation for three vea a member of the commitiee which drafted the code for the advisor councfl Mr. Walker had a hand in setting Wp the body of which he be- | comes a membher. Fills Unexpired Term. The new council member. who will eomplete the unexpired term of Mr. Dougherty. ending next Aur ex preased appreciation to the feder for his election and pledg>d that the future a= in the past he n “as a whole, &0 far as | vision it as a whole." has been éspecially interested in =uf frage for the District, and in schools. He favore the platoon svarem fn edn cation. He resides at 780 Rock Creek Chureh read Decision to carry on a membership drive among the associations came on edoption of a report of A special com mittee, headed by Harry N. Stull The plan is for a campalgn ecommit- tee of from five to seven to be ap pointed by the president of the federa- tion to have charge. A guarantee fund would be raised by contribution to “underwrite” the campaign and gurantee expenses, 1 fe am able to Mr. Walker When new memberships be come in Auring the week the tien, under the plan. would from 10 to 23-cents on the doliar out of each membership. while the re. mainder of the dollar should go to the individual associations. The per- centage to be turned over to the fed- eration will he determined ia 1t i« hoped that out of the percentage thers may he realized suf- ficlent funds to repay those under- writing tha campaign Opportune Time for Drive “Now i& the psvchological tims fur such a campaign.” said Chairman Stull of " the raperting committee, “right after one of our colleagues. Mr. Dougherty. has been the highest office in the District. The campaign would énable every member organization to pick up membership and strength, and would add prestige of the federation.” Mr. Murphy in supporting the port of the committee declared now was the time to strike for “stroh n 1t dern Virile, forceful citizen bodies ta pro-|* mote the welfara of the District.” In addition to Chairman Stull, the com mittes on campaign plans included William R. Whipp, Mr. Walker Mr. Clayton. Fxplaining that this was only" the | aecond time that the public utilitiea rcommittee of the federation had some hatore the federation for funds, Mr. Clayton explained that the public in- terest should be protected by present- ing a valuation of the bus company to the Public Utilities Commission in a very short time, based on production value.” Bus Company Plan Opposed. All other publie utilities in the D trict, he explained, were willing to have their valuatione based on what it woyld cost at the present time to reprofuée them, charging properly tor depreciation. But the bus com vany, ‘ said, wiahed to be valued on asurer of Columbla Typographical @ was presi- | hon | wonld | do everything possible for the Distriet | receive | taderation | | Dougherty, it cted for | Yo the | ®tudy of r that | Commiss and | which, on January ith- | Plymale, president |Rich Couple Adopts i Six Orphans From As Many Nations| LONDON, September 4 (Corre spondences -~ Six destitute orpha each ot a differeni nationality, were recent!y adopted hy a wea'thy Fng iish merchant and his wife, who were childiess. They deci: rear them as their owin, and their family 18 now a little “league of nations.” The nationalitiex of the bovs are as follows: Johunie. Fng- Msh: Pierre, Fren t an: Carios, and Jan of the and the elde-: have heen natn Br.tich subje. o he wonder foster father ment of a “le he a great s FOUR KNOWN DEAD | IN 0WA FLOODS 130.020 Acres of Crovs Inun-! dated. Business Build- ings Col'apse. 0 onts Al boys d are now is said nd the = axperi- tions" will | RBr the Ascoriats CHICA mher 1S.—Storm clond v vidden Soptember’s #=kies, pelting the (entral West with flood and ai © from Ohin 1o Ne. eft a eaping wound today in hwastern lowa. A torrential rmof ram, hail. wind and light | ning ravished a wide area last night and te inundating 00 aeres of rropdaden farm lands, upronting Lines | 0f traflic and communication and vis- { 1ing its havae en four counties. north tof near the lowa-Nebraska | 1n. | Although nine persons were re- ! ported to kave. been drowned in‘the ! flooded areas norih of Siowx City the {names of only four had heen learned {late tonight. are: Nina Bruns- tng. scnoel gai, Hull lowa; Pertatich, and 4-vear-old son, Hospers, Inwa. Dirk Devries, farm hand, ire- | ton.Towa In_many rural communities water |wae rapovtsu flowink through the upper stovies of farm homes. The S er #i Akron rose 15 {feet In 17 hours. 1t rose so rapidly {that families and workmen had little chiance (o tlee to safety. Trainmen jat Sheidon Jast night worked Thalt an hour in a tervific rainstorm |to save Enzineer Ole Tiegum from |drowning after he was thrown into Fa_ peol of water when freight train N 17 tn the IMlinois Central as derafled on tracks undermined by torvent. Tiegnm, who lives at St. James, Minn., was caught by his foot under the engine and was harely able |10 keep his head above water. Property ddmage was estimated above twa milllon dollars, with | Hawarden, I.emars, Hull, Sheldon and Cherokee counting the loss. Rain of almost unprecedented xeverity sent | the Sioux River up 18 feet in 11 | hours and fionded. the valley of the | Flovd River. The dead ara (. M. Flaschmann, re- tired business man who was drowned {In front of the Hawarden city hall ! when he fell into a gutter as the | flaod swept into the husiness section, and Nilna Brussing. i Raflroads suffered heavil A {freight train on the St. Panl, Minne- apolis and Omaha line was wrecked | it ran intn a washout near| Towa = verast damage to city property ‘was in Hawarden, where water was receding today from a depth of two | feet in the husiness district. Two homes were carried awav and many more in the town of 3,500 were sur- rounded by water. The river run: "flflhl the edge of the town., Eve | basement held several feet of water ‘\l"Yh consequent hegvy damage (o mer: “hants’ stocks. Several husiness build- ings collapsed. The floods also threatened Oranah, Wis., in the northern section of the State, | A train load of Odanah residents, fled to Ashland only to find that city menaced, and several houses washed away near the Bay €ity Creek. | Ir southeastern lowa. where more | than six thousand acres of hottom {land along the Mississippi River be. i ort Madison and Burlington | ergzed by the hursting of the | Skt eck levee, waters receded alightly taday, but the stan ntinied to do extensive age. { Reardstown, T, saw itz finod reach ! ita crest on the Hiinois River and | breathed moce easily with prospect of | fair and windless weather tonight. | are what t called its “prudent invest. ment” @an. One of the items it had entered on its hooks under this plan. Air. Clavion said, was $60.000 value to tha permit to operate it had celvad free of charge from the D trict of Columhia. The Public Utilities Commission had gone before Congress to ask for o, small tax on the utilities in order that | funds might he made available for the commission itself to make valua- tions from time to time as might he necessart, Mr. Clayton said, These | eame companies. however, he added, | had expended thous thelr own valuations. but apenly the move to tax them tu | ¥ide funds for the commission The resolution approving Mr. Clay- : plan Immediately to raise the fund was offered hy George R. Wales | \nf Cathedral Heights. The resolution | gave Mr. Clayton both “moral sup i port” and “manction.” and many dele- | kates pledged financial assiatance, sither personally or through their Pelegation to Exposition. estion of Mr. Stull, follow- ing up the propesal of Commissioner was agreed that an ef. fort he made 1o get together a delé. | gation representing the federation for District day at the Sesquicentennial. F. It Henderson hrought befere the tion the zoning question, criti- the position of “architects and apecuiators™ in building row houses in the suburban sactions. He sald a ping the whole Distriet was heing made by a member of the e | National Capital Park and Planning | sion, and & report on the mat- ' Ald soon be considaisi byt e would become aciite few “months, he prodicie in view of the proposed st : ne: would ex- | clude even semidatached homes from A restricted areas. J‘ In_discussinz the ign for members, P're t J uter of the federation announced that in a re- cent conference with Oliver Owen Kuhn, president of the Montgome: County Civie Federation, and R. of the Arlington County Civie Federation, the matter of a unified membership drive had hean favorably discussed in a prelim inary manner. \ Delegates to the federation were in- vited 1o a meeting of the Kalorama association Tuesday. September 28, at | St. Margaret's Parish Hall, Columbia road and Bancroft place, when Com- missioner and Mrs. Dougherty will be s of honor, 'y the next espectaliy | Miss America |entire race was 84.69 miles and dur- Ling his hest lap he pushed his craft to | tem was heaten out for the trophy hy . Spitfire \'. and brought her across the Upper—The get-away in the final heat _of the President’s Cup race, won by Cigarette V. Left Inset—L. Gordon Hammersley, winner of the President's Cup race in Cigarette” IV, Right Inset—Gar Wood, famous racer, who drove Miss America V. Left Center—Coming down the stretch in the Secretary of the Navy" Cup race, with Miss Okechobee, the winner, driven hy Mrs. V! Connors, in center, Right Center—Miss America V, driven over the 26-mile course in 24 minutes by Gar Wood to win the in- ternational hydroplane race. Lower—Mrx. Delphine. Cromwell at the wheel of Nuisance, in which she was defeated a 6-mile race by Mrs, Connors, RN R CIGARETTE IV CAPTURES PRESIDENT’S CUP IN POTOMAC REGATTA! (Continued from First Page) Helen I1 and Lady Helen I, which fin- jshed in fifth piace behind three His- | cayne Babies, are owned by Aaron | DeRoy of Miami The international unlimited hydro- plane event, in which Gar Wood's | Miss Americas, hailing from Detroit, and Alec Johnson's Yankee Doodle, | from New Yo were listed to tr their speed against T. A. Clarke's | Excelsior, France, developed into a match between ‘the .twe Wood boats when the French entry was !r‘rmr‘hedf and Yankee Doodle broke down on | the second lap eof the 24-mile race. Clarke's bhoat, brought here from Furope as a challenger fe world ed records held by Miss Amerie: was reported to have heen dam aged in shipment, and although ahle‘ to navigate on the Potomac, was con sidered unfit for competition. Travels 68 Miles an Hour. George Wood, a brother of builder of the Miss Amerlcas, 1 IV against the d | vecord holder. piloted by the white haired Gar Wond, Gar took the lead | at the opening gun_and was in the | van hy more than 500 yards during | seven laps of the 24-mile spin. his two 12.cylinder engines =inging like tele graph wires In the wind as he falriy flew over the water at a speed hetter | than &0 miles an hour. The second. | place hoat cut down the xap in the | hack stretch of the final 3-mile lap and was heaten hy less than two boat | lengthe at the finish line. ¥ Waond's avecuge apesd for the more than 68 miles. He made the 24 miles in 22 minutes 15 3-5 seconds Woad's scheduled attempt to lower the world record for a atraightaway mile was called off on account of darkness. Paul Prige's Biscayne Bahy No. 20, from Miama, winner of the first and ond heats in her division on Fri- day, flashed to the front again in the | final at a speed of 41 miles an hour. | Three straight wins gave her the | prize. Banquet Follows Races. Miss Wesichester [l K of the 151-clase hydropiune tion, but according to the s the final competi- ing wys- Spitfire V1 of Buffaio, winner of firet two heats, which failed to finish in the iast 8-mile spin. Commodore E. W. Hammond of the Horse Shoe Harbar Yacht Clubh at Larchmont, N. Y., drove Miss West- | chester around the &-mile track In R minutes 34 onds, 8. L. Reed, who drove Spitfire VI Friday. in was line in second place. Miss Westches- or received second place in the point | score, while J. G. Beard's Miss Wash- ingron, winner of third place in the final heat, was third on the list of scorers, i The (hexapeake-Potomac section | handicap, a 9-mile event, brought out | only one starter, J. W. Orme’s Miss Iizzie. Gardiner Orme took her over | the course in 18 minutes, averaging | 30 mile | The winners, with one exception, were presented with their trophies | last night at the New Willard, when { the drivers and officials gathered for | a banquet and dance. | The President’s €up was not pre- sented bacause President Coolidge was not at the hanquet. Arrangements will later, it was an Admiral E. naval operatio retary of the Navy Cup to nounced. W. Eberle, chief of presented the Sec- Mrs. > ! friend” as are needed for her comfort. BHoTo BY PBA nors, and District Commissioner Proc- tor L. Dougherty awarded the Com- missioners up to Horace Dodge, who drove the Horace to win the Po- tomac River championship Frida) Edward F. Colladay was foastmaster. Summaries of Races. Summaries of the second racing follow President’s Cup (second heat}—Won by Cigarette 1V second, Miss Syndi- 1te: third, Horace: fourth, wich Folly; fifth, Solar Plexus; sixth, I'alm RBeach Da seventh, Sara de day's Soto: eighth, *Nuisance; ninth, Special | Winner's time, 16 miles minutes 18 2 seconds. ed—53.7 miles per hour. 5l-class hydroplanes Miss Westchester 11; second, M hre VG third, Miss Washin Baby Peerless; fitth, La xth, Raby Star. Winner's time, f miles—N minnte 8 seconds. Aver- age speed—-40.15 miles per hour Riscayne Bables (finah—Won 20; “second, No. 15, third, No. 00; fourth, No. 13. Winner's time, # miles— % minutes 34 seconds. Aver- e apeed—41 miles per hour. President’s Cup (final—Won by igarette [V: second, Horace: third Gireenwich Folly: fourth, Selar Plexus; fifth, Palm Beach Days; sixth. Sara de Soto: seventh, Nuisance: eight Special Chance. Winner's time, miles—17 minutes seconds. Aver- ace speed—-52.8 miles per hour. Secvetary of the Navy's Cup—Won hy Miss Okechobee: second, Hora third, Greenwich Fol Winner's time, 24 miles, 27 minutes 22 45 sec- onds, Average speed, 52.58 miles per hour. Junior Presiderit's Cup—Won by ¢ Helen I1: second, Biscayne Bab; ; third, Blscayne Baby No. 1 e Baby No. 00; fft Helen i: sixth, Biscayne Baby No. 23. Winner's time, 9 ‘miles, 13 mimites 4 seconds. Average speed, 41.33 miles per hour. International unlimited hydroplane event—Won by Miss America Vi sec. ond., Miss America IV. Winner' time, 24 miles, minutes 15 3 nas, Woman's race—Won by Miss Oke chobee, Mre. W. J. Connors driving. weond. Miss Syndicate. Mrs. Delphine Dodze Cromwell driving, Winner's time. 6 miles. 6 minutes 4725 sec onds, Average speed, 53 miles per Chance. No. 6 WILL IS PROBATED. The will of Robert Beverly, filed or probate yesterday, leaves to hix “'good James H. Smiler, his gold watch and chain: gives $200 to his niece, Gertrude Scott: $200 to Rosa Scott and $100 to the latter's son, Edward Scott. To) Marie Powell of this city. he gives §100 and Eleanor Wright of Philadelphia, $100. He leaves the premises 2507 Georgla | to his cousin, Mildred Gould | avenne of Philadelphia. in trust, to use the Income therefrom to supply téstator's sister, Eliza Beverly, now a patient in St. Flizabeth's Hospital. such things Upon her death the property is to be sold and from the proceeds the -Ashbury M. E. Church, of which he has been a member for many vears, i 1o have $100. The residie of the estate is to g0 to Mildred Gould. Otto ‘Alphonso Gonld and Rosa, Gertrude and Ed- he made for the presentation|ward Scott, share and share alike. 'the 15mile course. of Philadelphia is The testator died t, and the will is Mildred Gould named executrix September 14, dated July 19. (tinah)—Won | ISUCCESS OF REGATTA MAKES PERMANENT EVENTS POSSIBLE ‘{Speed Boats Write New Chapter in His- | | tory of Aquatic Sports of City, Winning Approval of Thousands. | | was made (nr"nl 1:05 p.m. he entries were jor Potomae River | ing up stream while the minutes v counted out preparators to the hour,” Around the t how of the Apache, Miss Syndicate, driven by Horace Dodge, appeared He had layman, the f national ve- | timed his getaway to the second and the President’s Cup Regatta - |rang on his engines. And just as he, | promoted by the Corinthian Yacht |Cigarette’s most dangerous compe! | Club, was overwhelmingly received hy | tor, if she had anw at all, got under | 1ame of thousands of Washingtonians | way, Hammersley threw the throttie and forthwith deciared to he an an-|wide open. Cigarette leaped clear ont nual event, 1f possible. | of the water and was away in the Speed and daring. danger and keen |lead. Then and there it was svident competition will never go unnoticed | that she was the queen of the field by & group of spectators, no matter.(and only engine trouble could beat | how new the contest i rette | her. IV, unknown to the eity at large un-| Her Tead Was Safe |t "Friday and yesterday, last night | Sares was endeared fo the hearts of that| When they came down stream to St it ot humanity which watcked | complete the half lap and tore along eoin e Tk Of the Motom m | the starhoard side of the official hoat, the railroad bridge to Hains Cigarette had no worries—her lead and alsn from the “bridge of ships” | was safe, on the Virginia side of the channel. These hoats. with their moaning. Mra. W. J. Conners of Buffalg, | humming, screaming sounds, pre. Whoke name meant Jnst so many let | Xented a stirring sight as they faded Tt the. Texaita opanad, last |AWAY for the upstream or downstream nignt was acclaimed 8 pmcky little | LUFNS. Oniy a dark object could he woman who drove her Miss Okeecho- ‘ seen in the center of two huge sprave bee at a clip ahove 30 miles an hour | —Wing like. Thev were right on the P e e Y S ih speed clanslc | Yery surface of the water, their keels e edlted tata woman And cou- | Sticking up at an angle and dry almost pled with her name is that of Mrs. Del. | a1l the way to the stern. Thev Phine Dodge (romwell, who in & hoat | Pumped and hounced every second she has never before driven, and which | 3!l excent one, the Horace, which B et peen thratgh some —saw and , Plowed through the water with muf- hatchet™ repairs to keep it running, |fled motee and rode in solid comfort gave battle to her colleagie in a | Compared with the othe special race between the two, as the| [N Winning ythe Secretary of the closing number on s program crowded | XAVE Cup, Mrs. Connors at the wheel o s of Miss Okechobee, crowned herself L with the glory of being the Arst Others Win Fame. | woman to win such a contest. And | Miks Spitfire V1 also hecame a topic | then she - turned right around and Iast night, along with Miss America | 'Aced Mrs. Cromwell. She had IV, Misx America \" and Yankee Doo- Personal joy in the former event of e R A e mll ntand Cigar- | beating the Horace, which Friday eve. efte TV, Cigarette, a new venturs in (PINE. With the advantage of a good the fleld of motor boat construction, |StATt ahead of her. won the Chesa- made of duraluminum and powered | Peake Potomac Section race. with twa 12-cylinder airplane engines, | v Save Ry il T e B e st Hammersley of the Columhia Yacht ' What promised to be the most thrill- Club, New York, is the owner and was | ing_event of them all—ilg interna- the victorious pilot in the three heats tlopal unlimited hvdroplane race, to for the President’s gold cup and there ' enter which boats had te qualify at a | wasn't a spectator who begrudged his | Speed of more than 85 miles an hour— | vietory. id not turn out so well, although the Instead, fears began to mount for | Wood brothers, Gar and George, did | him toward the close of the final| their best to put on a good show race, because the sonorous drum of | Fighting against the Misx America his two powerful engines had changed | IV and V, on the program, were the into a “put-put,” which gave rise to| French boat Excelsior and Yankee all sorts of rumors that he'd never fin- | Doodle. The former did not enter, as ish. One of the power plants had |its condition was not regarded safe developed trouble, probably fouled | enough for the race, while the latter plugs. The net resilt was to pull the | developed trouhle before the first lap, | Cigarette's time down a few pegs. Her | and had to retire. This left the Waod second heat time was 16 minutes | hrothers, |18 4-10 seconds, while the final event | the 1V, prge lost considerable on | Speed hoat Washington vesterday. Coming as an innovation in the field 1l sports, and running the risk of beipg ont of the comprehension of history on the showed 17 minutes 2 -10 seconds for | the up-stream turn when he overshnt But at that her | the buovs and went far afisld. With | speed was 52.8 miles per hour, only | these two so far apart it would not he a | 4% miles below the average for the [race, just a tour of the course at over 1 previous two heats. It was the start of the secodd lap 1@ evexs eda cut dowa the revolutions ¥ the | ar in the V' and George in | NATIONAL Pk To . of his two Tiberty airplane engines, allowed his brother to creep up on him, and as the finish line was in sight they came down the course neck and neck. Then, with one mighty burst of speed, Gar shot over the line one length ahead of the TV, taking the 24 | mile course at an average speed « 8618 milex pér hour and in minutes 15 6-10 sec These w were the most powerful and fastest | bouts on the river. Their two Liberty | engines each were symbolic of the power and speed they were capable of producing. . They were mighty look- ing and the very sight of their power plints was emsugh to impress. Still it is said they did n pen wide, a %0 miles an hour or better is what they are capable of doing. In addition to Yankee whose trouble is helieved heen In the hatteries. the riiss Wilgold was forced out of the Secre- tary of the Navy Cup with a hioken clutch, following a leap in the air and a heavy crash to the water. Then Miss Syndicate snapped a pro- pellor shaft in the final of the Presi dent's Cup and was towed around to the navy yard. Mechanies got to work and doctored up the boat to the extent that Mrs. Cromwell could use it. The nature of the repairs Doodle, to have and she was forced to cruise and cruise until the time to match her strength against Mrs. Connors, Spitfire VI Forced Out. Miss Spitfire VI, awarded the win | ner of the 131 class. although she was forced out with engine troubl about completed the boat 1alties for the long grueling hours. Mi: Washington, which siipped and slid all over the river Friday and "o a twice ax much ground” as the other entries in the 151 class, was granted third place. She did much hetter ye terday, her owner and driver, J. ¢ Reard, having installed some last minute additions to the keel which kept her on a level course. The battle for motor boat suprem- acy between the two women was A& | ranged about midnight Fridwye and was injected into the events unknown to a great many. The judges de- sired that the two start from a jock- eving position and cross the line with their hows even. After one sr two attempts this was done and Mr Connors gradually pushed into t lead for the 6-mile event. On the upstream turn she gained consider- ably and on downstream huoys she added more to the distance hatween them. Then the race settled down with all odds in her favor and Mr romwell, in the heautiful Miss dicate, following in the wake. checkerad flag was given Mrs. ( nors as the last big contingent spectators aboard the Coast CGuard cutter Apache were about to depart for shore, Mrs. Connors’ spead was miles per hour for the two laps. But after the gamut of all the events are run, the story goes right back to Cigarette, her beautiful dur- aluminum body, with the two white- clothed figures sitting in the pilotx seat, humming along the rough water, churned and stir: propellers of the other hoats, a win- ner in every meaning of the word. When Cigarette returns xhe. will be welcomed with more enthusiasm than | greeted her arrival here a short time | ago. Likewise 1ic Greenwich | Folly, Nuisance. Solar Plexus, Misa | Svndicate. Sara De Sota, Palm Beach | Days, the mysteriousiooking “H-40," ! Yankee Doodie, the two Americas and |.the smaller bomts, all of which to many meant nothing, will he greeted hy persons who for no reason at all have singled out speeders here wnd there and called them “my hoats. DRIVER TAKEN IN CHASE. n. land on Drinking Charg | told police he was from Bladensburg, Md., was arrested after a 2.mile 1to chame last night near City and brought back to the District, an automobile while under the influ- nce of liquor. Detective Oscar Mansfleld and Lieur, | Joseph Pierson of the twelfth precinct | statfon maid they first sighted Iiigh smith at Ninth street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, where hix | antomobile was swerving in the read | They =ay they chased him to Cottag City, where he pat up 5 fight they took him inte custody. A depn: sheriff accompanied the prisoner over 60 miles an heur. fn Gar, it appearad | the District line. where he was turned over to the lscal police. 5 preciuded the stopping of the engines | d by the whirling | D. C. Police Arrest Youth in Mary-| Julius Highsmith, 24 years old, who Cottage where he was charged with driving when | PERSHING DECLINES LEGION CANDIDACY Could Not Give Full Time as ' Commander, He Writes, Settling Question. Gen. John J. Pershing Is not a ran didate for national commander of the | American Legion. nor could he accapt the post, an account of the press af ather affa This definite attitude of the mander of the American Expedition ary Forces on the matter was made known last night fn & communication 10 the officers and members of George Washington Post, No, 1. Gen. Persh ing is & charter memher of thi post, which recently indorsed him, as did the District Department of the Legion, for the commandership, which will be awarded at the Legion conven tion in Philadelphia October 11-15 He is “content o serve in the ranks, he wrote. The letter com wettles the question of the Pershing candidacy which has been agitated in several quarters, where for sentimental rea sons it had heen hoped to have the war-time commander lead the vet erans to Paris for their annual con vention next year Grateful for Confidence. n. Pershing wrote ince my return have learned of the smplimer tary resolution passed Georgo Washington Post. proposing my name for the high office of national mander of the American Legion a charter member I am in accord the noble aims and purpnses of Legion, and retain an abiding ext in its welfare and developm 1 shall ever cherish assocfation with its veteran memhership. “The Legion has hecome an invain Able asset to the Nation. [fte nnwrit ten code impose: AN ohligatian guard in peace those tenste of liber o gallantly and nnselfishiy defended in war. It rightesusiy stands for the maintenance of Iaw and arder, and fte influence for good citizenshin should be far-reaching “Necessarily the du sibilities of the camman fold. He is at once the |ezian’s sx ecutive and representative. and alen the exponent of its patriatic principles and ideals. As head of the erganiza tion, he can do no less than devore himself wholly te its affairs. “Recanse of important work that 1 have In hand at present, it would not be possible for me 1o give the exli =ive attention this 1asl which eoffi cient leadership demands, 1 am, therefore, compalled 1o deny myself the opportunity for an honor that might well crown the carser of any snldier. “I am not a eandidate for And have not anthorized the use of my name in that connection. 1 shall he content to serve in the ranks, Thanking you for the confidence which your n implies, 1 pledge anew my lovalty to the Legion and my support to the man whe may chosen national commander althiully yvours, ) “OHN . PERSHING apparently from abroad | and respon ave mani the office (signs | Other Backers to Get Copy. | A copy of the communication will [he turned over to the delegaiion re cently elected at the Districi of Ce- Llumbia department convention. which unanimously adopted ution te | present the name of Pershing hefore the canvention at ieiphis At a meeting several weeks ago of George Washing o Post the name of |Gen. Pershing was advanced as » possible candidate for the office, and the post unanimously indorsed him with instructions to present his name At the department convention hell August 27-30, These instructions were followed, wi® the reenlt that the con vention took =imilar on | The two names outstanding fleglonnaires mentioned in connection {with the national commandership | were tien. Pershing and Comdr. F | ward E. Spafford, a former lientensn: |commander, 1. S Navy. Comi { Spafford is a past tate commander New k and wus runner-up lasi " John R. McQuigg. the sent national commander tor vernl years past he has served as hairman of the national naval affairs committee and as a member of the national executive committee of the American Legion ac ) ' TROPIC PROBLEMS NOTED BY SCIENCE World's Rapidly Growing White Population Seen as Factor i in Colonization. | > | | Special 1 h to The Star MADISON, Wik September 18 rhe world's rapidly growing white population. with ite demand for mora food and space, is making colonization | and acclimatization of the tropics a | constantly mere important prohlem | but, despite the advan: of sciencs, conquest of the tropies is de terred by many handieaps True acclimatization. declares Prof. Glen T. Trewartha of the I'niversits | of Wiseonsin, wha has reported his | study 1o the American Geographic | Society, Involves two requiremants: Fivet, that large numbers of whitex may live in the wet tropics on a plane of civilization similar to that of their home#, retain their original physical health and vitality and their mental and moral vigor, and perpetuate their kind: second, that future generations | hegotten by tropical immigrants main tain a civilization at least equal to that in their homeland and possess the equivalent in length of lite, moral character, physical stamina and men tal alertnese smed by their inter | mediate-zone ancestor Summary of Publications. Summarizing recent_publications the question, Prof. Trewartha finds | that both the dry and wet tropical cli | have advantages and disadvan In the drier, lack of water a limitation on agricuitural velopment. It Is the constantly wet tropies which seem 1o hold greater possibilities for the increased food pro duction, growing world population is ! demanding. vet which hold the most sorious handicaps for white coloniza tion. Despite the advance of trapical med icine, which has bettered economic | conditions in saving life and increas ing production, complete eradication of tropical diseases in low latitudes cannot he expected in the early futu Physlological effects of the heat and other conditions of tropical climate will also remain, Colored Race Suffers Less. It is known that the colored race suffer phyelologically from the troples in lesser degree than the white, hut Prof. Trewartha concludes that while the quisition of the negrn's greater immunity to troy Snidity and Adlsease wonld ahle it wounld e of doubtful it were tn he gainad At the of sacrificing those aqualilies vce the white { man's ehief . tinction ne de: Ve vt The official salary of the Blahap st London is £10,000 a yea