Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1926, Page 7

‘Low Water in Dam Discloses Mower Unseen 20 Years SEIZE COUNTERFET SUSPECT IN CHASE Police Charge $10 “Gold Pieces” Were Passed in Va., D. C. and R. | Special Ill-bl(«h to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., October 25.— Due to a long drought water in the city’s dam on Pedlar River has dropped 45 inches lower than the us low water mark of Octo- , last year. machine, left in a low when the dam was being and abandoned when covered v water, is visible for the first time since 1906. There is still a month’s supply of water visible, and should this be used without additional rain the pumps at the James River will be used. The A mowing me: By the Associated P October 25.— ing ten-dol; was under RNl icre A chase in| - yames River water can be purified :2’:*; '1'1'} e sefore he | G the filtration plant if it becomes B0 E s e olic ) ro| ROEEERREVITIREEE R might e for whom Nor- e folk and s have been seeking the author of ! spuriou. picees which Lave be 1y on theu ter cushier: stores from | Providence, Virginia A Fuspect had e traced from Provi- dence to W a thence_to Richmond, ws and Nor- | folk. Stone, police sald, attempted to pur- chase a theater ticket h o & purported gl pece. Railroad Men Ask Federal ;?i; e and State Fixing of who loc i Motor Rates. chase Stone eight other and Federal egulations of recovered 0 police said. fares and s for their Despite warning busses and motor trucks, were urged ce president Norfolk t{today by H. M s w J ilroad, and I general solicitor of the coins was | the Irie Railrond ‘at the opening ses- with gold. SOUGHT ¥ eral hearing on motor < transportation before and Examiner Commissioner I Flynn of the In sion wing was held in the audi- um of the Interic and was confined exclusively Counterfeiter’'s Trail lul to Virginia from Providence, R. 1. NORFOLK, \ B mask ot d) v to testi fetaral . i CEeETES RS e e o ronds and of members of public utili {ties commissions. Shippers and v | near ston and operators of ; "I motor busses in and into the District from Provide: | of Columbia will be heard later in the Despite warnings | s the hear is ox- the cour | pected to run for several s e g ! Methods Held Unfair. - night und ¢ - in ] ;lv\:kyrr‘»vr N ]| m said the um lated victimized in 1 w s with no fixed rates of the coir operating where and assed in this s without real regula- Ron Wme ooii - to the railroads and babbitt met v covered with | ¢ ated as to rates and gold in the ywln\!u’! ! did not advocate that S0 plero catiet 1594 oads regulate trucks, but that 213 misce caitied in Uity trdek - Union Pacific vice pres 5 that the motor truck has a definite place in the transportation system, adding that one of the things PDSSE HUNTS CHILD ALL NIGHT IN WOOD |t makes it mreat ls that i eperates id he does not think that regulation uld curtail the use or usefulness of motor truck, but that reguls 11d be fair and \\m-'d improve i as both the oads and the public are concerned. gulation is »d for the rail- it is good for truck transport it aid, he added t and truck 1t favorably Trace of 3-Year-0ld Found Since Father Was Followed From Home Yesterday. No 8pecial Dispatefl to The Star e on would r > 14 ), Md., October « e oy e ippers and il carrier Spencer, employed at the Pa - said that the inter-State Rric, citit miles wast of Key uld be made subject 1o Va., has been lost in the wood sl ‘](LN“—;»L:“;:X ce 5 oeclock vesterday afternoon. | ©1 : Hien g cenn 4 followe father, who |l -ailros o1 had ‘m,l\{rvi:" ) ther. who 8 0 «oe miotor busses under the 28 gl Mr. | sa \tion to furnish adequate ke o ¢ ! nt service that the rail- “:‘.. o road companies are under. He quoted T 5 tempting to show the _de fie i pasenger travel on_the Erie Toa tho wbths child points in northern New Jes was with its father. More than 169 e \"v!‘n“ ‘rl;""“fi;;‘tfll‘h- men, including State police, searched 1o recent S e Co e couds all night and are keepin uphelding the HEhtS of motor bus e el ‘\\:Vh llll‘ tid. s of rators to operate in_competition 1 ral “fleets” of with rail carriers, li motor busses had sprung up in north- ern New Jers He was followed on ind by Leo. I, Conlon, senior traffic of the New Jersey Commission. Opening “the hearing, Commissioner h said the entire proceeding, which in up the hunt today, the lost child. TELLS OF HARDSHIPS | FACED IN RESEARCH| 1 been in pr had_heen t; v Western and Central Western tes, is intended to give the commis- 1 information on the motor bus and motor truck situation, so it may be in u_ position to re Mr. Esch said 391 witn d which testimony 12 Henry Field, Museum Curator, Re- lates Experiences of Scientists in Mesopotomia Explorations. 7 exhibit 14,604 pages of testimony i By the Ase | Commereial Motor Vehicles CHICAGO, | Owners Association plans to mak ary work D mand that the motor truck industr, romance permitted to rezulate itself, accord- suffer | to a decislon reached by the asso- problem « ation recently. hearings will con- and other tinue this afternoon and tomorrow. h meland, 'HEAVY STORMS RAGE WREAKING DAMAGE Several Persons Injured, Property Destroyed by Wind Approaching Tornado Stage in Two States. With and other ted Press D, Mass., October > hurricane Wy damage e torn from uprooted, and much to property done. So n0 one was injured. SACCO DEFENSE PLANS | SUPREME COURT FIGHT a small were reported at As: b and Trenton. Five Days Allowed to Prepare Ap- |7 snapped off, 3 mden several peal. Chief Attorney W. G. eral per- Thompson Says. was confined where win wvnings were big trees up- Paterson ti business ¢ were broker off and several TWO SEAPLANES DOWN. (nr‘ |F1vem From D. C. Found Safe Near 2 Hampton, Va. interest, v new trial d Judge Welster ouptions NORFOLK, October 25 (#).—Two e anes, en’ route from Washington s = Hampton itonds Naval A =ma A e were forced down off Bac nn-er. e on wear Hampte vesterday afte a2 \ noo! by bad weather. When the machines failed to show j\.p the naval tug Sandniper was sent | to ‘search for them ai. found them but unable to continue their TRADE CHARGES DROPPED Commission D:smnss.-s Compm)nts‘fl Against Pen Company. | Md., October store at_Fort Hill, her, was Iding had ‘rooms, Eicher and | daughter occupied part of the first |anad all of the second floor as a resi- dence. All the post office fixtur with mail and stamps, were destroyed. The loss is partly insured, was Federa poration of rounced alleged d its pens fictity that the corpo 11 and their con and exaggerated prices that re iallers might create an impression that they were of unusual value at ihe actual selling prices. erstate Commerce | Department | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. BRENNAN DONATES 0,000 N OWN RACE Contributes $100 to Republi- can Club—Senate Aspirants Make Reports Here. By the Associated Press. George E. Brennan, Democratic senatorial candidate in Illinois, report- ed to the secretary of the Senate to- day that he had spent $40,894.97 in his general election campaign. Contributions of $32,525 were report- ed, including 00 from George Hull Porter, $2,000 from W. A. Kelly, $2,- 500 from W. P. Murphy, $2,000 from B. J. Whitty, $5,000 from Joseph Geary, $1,500 from J. B. McCahey, $1,000 from T. V. Brennan, $1,000 from B. Joyce, $3,000 from George Grif- fiths and $5,000 contributed by him- self. The expenditures included $1,200 to the Chicago Defender, $2,520 for bill posters and $100 to_the Thirty-second Ward Republican Club. Rosenwald Alds Magill. Tugh S. Magill, Independent, Illinois, reported expenditures of $6,173 and contributions of $18,495, including £1,000 each from Logan Hay, C. M. Kittle, . Harrison B. Riley and Julius Rosenwald Senator Gooding, Republican, Tdaho, reported expenditures of §2,249.19 and a contribution of $2,500 from the Re- publican national senatorial com- mittee. Senator Harreld, Republican, Okla- homa, reported contributions of $1,595 and expenditures of §1,159.10, includ- ing $100 for “miscellaneous drinks at soda fountains, cigars and meals.” Carl D. layden, Democrat, Arizona, |cpnnml contributions of $1.050, in- cluding $1,000 from the national Democratic senatorial committee, and expenditur of $1,620. Senator Stanfield of Oregon, run- { ning as an independent, reported con- tnhullonv of $5,000 and expenditures The contributions in- _from Walter Hayes, L. Thompson, $1,000 ithian and $500 from (xvflrge Wingtield. Pomerene Makes Report. | P. J. Gunderson, Democrat, South Dalkota, reported expenditures of $154, and no ‘contributions. a Kent Kane, prohibition can- ylvania, reported con- and expenditures Atlee l‘nmerono Democrat, Ohlo, re- ported expenditures of $1,937 and con. tributions of $1,000, including §50 from H. P. McIntosh, §250 from Ar thur I. Young, and $250 from P. C. Rerg. Willlam B. Wilson, Democrat, Penn- sylvanta, reported expenditures of §1,- 39, and contributions of $3,526, in- ling $500 from Charles R. Crane, 500 from Vance McCormick and $2,000 om the national democratic sena- Al commit *. L. Dickey, treasurer of the aign committee of the Ohio Anti-Sa- loon League, reported contributions of $1,160 and expenditures of $940; F. F. Burchard, Democrat, North Dakota, | contributions, $30; no expenditures. Labor Helps Democrats. | The Massachusetts Anti-Saloon | League reported contributions of $276 and expenditures of $469. The Democratic State committee of Kentucky reported expenditures of $14,818 and contributions of $16,400, including $1,000 from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Lngine- men. The Anti-Saloon League of Tilinols reported reccipts of $1,209 and ditures of $1.460. The Anti League of Wisconsin reported no ex- penditures and no contributions. i 'SHAH IS ENDANGERED BY AUTO EXPLOSION Car Carrying Ammunition Blows Up Near Persian Ruler—Sev- eral Officers Killed. By the Associated Prese. TEHERAN, Persia, October 2 The Shah of Persia today escaped uninjured when an automobile which was escorting him on a tour of the m- Province of Manzandaran was blown jup | near Damavend, several officers were killed and two injured. The automobile blown up was car- ryving arms, ammunition and bombs. The cause of the explosion was not apparent, The Shah continued on his tour. The Shah. Reza Khan Pehlevi, was the object of a plot late last month, when several high officers were ar- rested. v was the Shah to be the authorities ated, but also the Crown Prince, many high military officers and mem- bers of the Mejliss, or national as- sembly. Simultaneously the plotters were 1o seize Teheran and form a new governmen Reza Khan is a colorful personage, but is not, as has been reported, of lowly parentage. He is of good family and, like many young men of noble rank in Pe erved for a | short time in the cavalry. This cir- tance gave rise to the tales of se from stable boy to dictator.” had advanced himself to the post of premier when he carried out the coup which dethroned Shah Ah- med Kajar during the latter's absence on one of his lengthy visits to Europe. At first Reza Khan announced him- self in favor of a republican form of government, but he changed his mind and was crowned in Teheran last | April amid scenes of Oriental splen- dor. Characteristically, he placed the crown on his head with his own hands. = ' MOTHER IS FOURTH T0 DIE OF BURNS Vain Efforts to Rescue Children From Maryland Farm House May Cost Life of Father Also. 1 e { By the Assocated Press. 5 OSTERBURG, Md., October 25.—| Mrs. Gertrude 'Kauffman, 30 vears jold, died of burns at Roaring Springs | Hospital late yesterday. Saturday she and her husband, Rus- sell Kauffman, were taken to the hos- i pital, after three of their children | were burned to death in their farm | home here. Both were burned about faces, hands and bodies, eath is hourly Fire was caused by The flames enveloped . who fled with her in- fant and then rushed back, desperate. ly trying to save the other children, whose pussage had been blocked by the flames. The husband ran to her| aid and was also enveloped by the | | flames. In the midst of their strug-| gles nelghbors arrived, but the house was then a seething furnace. The infant was but slightly burneds expected. | The ||| the explosion of ||| Cumberland Has Snow and Drop In Temperature Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md,, October 25. —Snow is falling at Cumberland today. In the mountains in the vicinity of Oakland one inch fall is reported with flakes still descending. The }:mpernture is taking decided drop ere, MASONS RESUMING VISITATION SERIES Sidney R. Jacobs, Grand Mas- ter, Will Call Upon Joppa and Takoma Lodges. Sidney R. Jacobs, grand master of | Masons of the District of Columbia, | accompanied by the officers of the| Grand Lodge, will resume the pres- | ent series of grand visitations to the | constituent lodges tonight, with offi-| cial calls on Joppa Lodge, No. 35, at 8 o'clock and on Takoma Lodge, | No. 29, ¢ o'clock. Joppa Lodge meets in '\| sonic Hall, 4209 Ninth toset a0 PhWota TioEs i drasanic Hall, Takoma I’ark, D. C, Visitations already made include calls on King Solomon Lodge, No. 31, John J. erber, master; East Gate Lodge, No. 34, Harry A. Strong, master; King David Lodge, No. 28, John T. Williams, master; Stansbury Lodge, No. 24, George D. master; Brightwood Lodge, Raymond 1. Schreiner, H Eigin Smith, Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, master; Columbia TLodge, No. 3, Louis M. Hewlett, master; Albert Melvin A. Wertz, No. Pike Lodge, No. master; lentaipha Lodge, Harry I, Underwood, jamin B. French Lodge, C. White, master: velt Lodge, 44, master; Washington - Centennial Lodge, No. 14, John D. Tlughes, n ter; Osiris Lodge, No. 26—the gr: mother lodge—J. Edward . master; William R. Singleton | No. 30, Robert Iflemin, q ning to Singleton and Chevy Chase Lodges was a joint affair, held in the new building of Singleton Lodge, 511 Wisconsin avenue, Tenle 1t was in the nature of a housewarming, so far as visitations are concerned, and was largely at- tended. Following the Masonic cere- mony, entertainment was provided and refreshments served. The latter included a_“fruit shower,” for which Singleton Todge is famous. Owing to the large number of lodges—there now being 41, with an- other operating under dispensation and two more in process of organ tion—the grand master, as an_ ex- periment, s visiting two or three lodges in one evening during the present series of official calls. Tlo is vislting three lodges in an ev ning when all three meet in Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue, and at least two lodges in an evening where the place of meeting is outside the temple, GALE CAPSIZES BOAT; TWO ARE DROWNED Terrific Explosion Follows as Boil- ers Touch Water—Woman One Victim in Hudson. JDSON, October —A man and & woman were killed and nine other persons narrowly es- caped death today when the steam freighter G. F. Brady of Péekskill capsized in a gale that swept the Hud- son River, and was torn to plece a boiler explosion. The dead are: scar De Mund, cook, and fireman. The rest of ved from the water, only from shock and ex- the crew we suffering posure. As the frelghter, which plies be- tween Peekskill and New York, was passing this point the gale struck it with tremendous force and listing slowly to starboard, the craft slowly turned completely over. The inrush of water to the engine room was followed hy a tremendous explosion and persons on shore saw portions ofj the boat thrown high into the ai A tug was the first boat to reach the scene and lines were thrown to the nino living members of the crew, who were pulled on board. The gale was said to be the worst experienced here in many years. In the district between Peekskill and Yonkers property damage was be- lieved to have been heavy. REPORTER SE:'EK!NG NEWS TREED BY BLOODHOUNDS Goes to Prison Farm to Get Infor- mation on Escape of 25 and Is Forced to Climb Pole. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., October 25— Twenty-five_white convicts escaped from the Blue Ridge State Prison Farm near here late last night, ac- cording to reports recelved hers by Night Chief of Police R. J. Martin. Posses led by bloodhounds were closing in on the fugitives, according to long-distance telephone operators at Hobby, Tex. where the farm Is located. The last effort made to get information from officials at the farm resulted In the treeing of a Houston Post Dispatch correspondent by the hounds. The correspondent was on | his way to the camp when he met | the hounds and was forced to climb a | telephone pole. S Merchants When in need of Help, either ||| clerical or mechanical, you can | rely on a Help Wanted Adver- tisement in The Star to supply ||| it. Practically everybody in Wash- | ington and vicinity reads The ||| Star, so your announcement is || almost sure to reach some one in search of a position such as you offer. To insure securing the right ||| party, with least possible delay, write an advertisement contain- ing_full information about the position you are offering and re- quirements necessary to fill the position. Send it to The Star before 11 P.M, and it will ap- pear in all editions of the next day. 3c per word, 45¢ mini- mum charge, per insertion. Pure Lard, Ib. . Pink MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, Smoked Hams, Ib. 17%c 1926. 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