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WEATHER. (1. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Fair, continued row partly cloud Temperature— p.m. yesterday; lowest, today. Full report on page 9. cool tonizht; tomor: y. Highes Closing N.Y. Mark ets, Pages 14 lnsl 15 Che i No. 30431 post office, Wa Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. oy 1" ben WITH SUNDAY MORNI C., THURSDAY, AU . S. GUNBOAT HIT BY CHINESE SHOTS ON YANGTZE RIVER One Sailor Wounded in Fusil- lade—Vessel Silences Assailants. FIFTY BULLETS STRIKE SHIP, ADMIRAL REPORTS Orientals at Nanking Have Fired on Other Craft, He Declares. The ship of 50 1 Nanki the Na by chief « One sligh report Ass At Tsabe was passing nhoat Admiral Hough, rifle fire while the Yangtze River was informed commanding Department dmiral Williams, the Asiatic fleet American sailor received two fresh wounds, Admiral Williams’ «aid, before the Chinese fire was silonced by rifie and machine-gun fire Adn Williams said that since the arrival of Northern Chinese troops along the Yangtze there had been sev- eval other instances of Chinese firing on craft. Several months ago, wh ! fn the region, foreign maval vessels, including American s| were made the targets of frequent sporadic fire from ashore, but these attacks parently had ceased. TUNGCHOW CAPTURED. river Near Mouth of Yangtze Is 7 Miles From Shanghai. City By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Copyrizht, 18 —Tungchow, ver has News, SHANGHAL August 25 near the mouth of the Yangtze Ri and but 73 miles from Shanghai, heen taken by the Tenth Division ol the Northern Gen. Sun Chuan Fang. The attacking troops had heavy guns and equipment for a gas attack This suceess confirms the report that Gen. Sun had divided his forces, leav- jng a minor portion on the Tientsin- Pukow Railway to capture Pukow while moving the greater portion east- ward. The Northern forces are now pbut a half day’s sailing from Shml$~ ai if they can get water transport. Ml capture of Tunsehow, which was occupied, explains why the Na- tionalists or Southerpers, have been | yushing Chekiang province troops through Shanghai for Luiho, which is on the south bank of the Yangtze, six miles from Woosung. Big troop move- ments elsewhere are hard to explain. Three trains with 94 cars, loaded with jst Army men under Gen. Ho Ying- Ching, are en route from Nanking to Jangchow, south of Shanghai. This movement raises the question as to whether Nanking suspects the former day. | |Saved From Suicide, | Man. 60, Dro ps Dead [From Heart Attack' Br the A CHICAC Serhant, t Tuesday hy ink through a tube. He was conscious by his wife and by a Jung motor squad Last night while he was sitting the living room of his home h iddenly’ topp! dead fror disea W commit ling und vi n 60, da to sui n over B REDFERN HOPS OFF ON BRAZIL FLIGHT Leaves Brunswick, Ga., in Hope of Setting New Rec- ord for Long Distance. By the A iated P BR1 WICK, Ga., August son-Detroiter monoplane with Paul R. Georgia aviator, as pilot, took off from the heach at Glynn Isle, near rere, at 12:46 o'clock today on an at erapted non-stop flight to Brazil. With Rio de Janciro, the Brazilian | capital, 4.600 miles away, as his ob- jective, Redfern hoped at least to | make Pernambuco, several hundred | miles to the north. He will try for |long distance and endurance records. When the Port of Brunswick rose The of Redfarn st Port Brunswick, {broke from the throats of the spec-| tators. This was followed by silence as the lone aviator headed out to sea. ap- | Mrs. Redfern_Collapses. For several minutes the Port of Brunswick flew only a few feet above the surface of the ocean. Redfern did | not attempt to attain his altitude until j]\e had swung gently to the east and | | headed directly into a moderate wind. As the monoplane became but a | speck on the horizon, and then van- | ished, Mrs. Redfern collapsed into the jarms of friends. Mrs. Eugene Lewis | ¢ | was among those who tried to comfort | the :her, but since her husband could no | |longer see or hear her, she made no effort to restrain the emotion which she had bravely tried to mask with a | smile as she bid him good-by. In seeking to be the first to link the two Americas in a non-stop air- plane flight, Redfern was guided by | reckonings estimated for a 4,600-mile | course, the first leg of which lay over approximately 2,400 miles of ocean. Will Cross Parto Rico. From Glynn lsle Beach his course lay east of the Buhamas to cross over land for ‘the first time in Porto Rico, where he was scheduled to cut the southwestern corner, passing over the Port Guanica Lighthouse. The monoplane then would fly over | the Caribbean Sea, breeding ground | of hurricanes, passing near Grenada | Islands, Tobago &nd Trinidad and | soaring over continental land in Dutch Guiana for the first time ationalist genralissimo, Chiang Kai- Shek, of trying to raise an army. The Chinese military administra- tion at Shanghai has decided to in struct the Shanghai commissioner of foreign affairs to ask permission of the eonsular body for Chinese soldiers | 10 make arrests inside the foreign set- | 1lement, co-operating With the mu-| nicipal police. Such permission, It | zranted, would destroy the unigue | character of the settlement, ‘\'hv(‘h‘ alwavs has been an asyium for po-| Jitical refugees of all kinds. 1 . | CAMPAIGN ON REBELS | perhaps Para, before reaching Rio de | Janeiro. Jf forced down elsewhere in | Brazil it likely would be in the jungle, | where he might never escape. even | should he not be injured in the | descent. | Redfern gave his huge Stinson-De- | { troit monoplane its final inspection | early today. | | Carries Plenty of Food. | Redfern, flying a land plane, seeks 10 link the Americas by air in a n {stop journey to establish new lo | distance and endurance records. H s charted a course for Rio de Ja- | 0 along a route east of the Ba-| hamas, thence over the Caribbean Sea | to a point about 56 miles east of Port | {of Spain, on the Isle of Trinidad. | Winging his way along the South American coast, he will head 50 miles east of Georgetown, British Guiana | before swinging inland toward M: | capa, on the northern bank of the | Amazon River. Here he will drop a | flare 1o indic {ceed for his destination of Rio de .J | neiro or cut short his flight by head- |ing for Pernambuco, because of a | shortage of fuel or another cause. Although he is confident that “is_car PUSHED BY MEXICANS| Federal Forces Continue War on Revolting Bands in Vera Cruz. the Asenciated Press. MEXICO CITY, August Contin- wance of the military campaign ast rebel groups operating in the B » of Vera Cruz is reported in spe-| patches from Vara Cruz. The are =aid to be directed especially against the former Gen. Miguel Aleman Perez(, who' revolted Tecently owing to local political differ- activities forces under Gen. Jose Do- ertook and d:featdl Perez at Perez was also defeated with heavy casualties by agrarian volun- teers when he attempted to enter the town of Chicontepec. Another rebel zroup he Uriel Martinez band entered the town of Banderilla, but fled when fed- eral troops approached. McCOY—RéACHES MANAGUA General Who Will Supervise Nica- raguan Voting Arrives. belonging to Frank R. McCoy recently appuinted by President Cool ids supervise the Nicaraguan , 1928, arrived in Managua ind | was pre President Diaz by hardt, the America Gen. McCoy wa Harold Dodas MANAG (/P).—Brig mpanied by of Princeton Uni wha alded in th: aguar of 1924 and w n his supervision of t e | Brazilian capital. shortly after sighting St. Andrews Point, British Guiana. At Macapa, on the north bank of the Amazon, he expects to decide whether to turn to Pernambuco, northeast of Rio, or continue to the | | “If I drop a green flare, everything | is fine and I am going on to Rio, but it I drop a Ted flare, it means that I expect to land at Pernambuco,” the pilot said, explaining that his de- cision would be determined by gaso- line supply and weatmer conditions. Information from Brazil stated that | there are no places where an airplane | by gasoline which was pourned by | | can land except at Pernambuco, and n- so much food when he pects to reach a Brazilian city within 50 hours, e has stored in his plane enough food to sustain him more than two weeks. ! complete | in her afterpart, did not sink te whether he will pro- | he | uninjured, ng coals to Newcastle” by |Of the family who escaped uninjured. ex- | 9 BELIEVED LOST IN JAPANESE SHIP CRASHES AT NIGHT Fatal Accidents Reported During Maneuvers of Battle Fleet. t TWO DESTROYERS STRUCK | BY CRUISERS; ONE SINKS | 102 Victims on One Boat—27 on| Other—Prince Is Survivor. LONDON lisions invol ships carrying —Two col apanese maneuvers ir night today were feared to have cost 129 lives, says a Reuter's dispatch from Tokio. One destroyer, tha Warabi, after being struck by the cruiser Jintsu ank in 15 minutes with the loss of | 90 men and petty officers and 12 officers, only 22 of the ship's crew aved. About the same time ser Naka collided with the destroyer Ashi, resulting in the loss other men. The Ask mashed i but was | cruiser war- | on war la darkness t towed into port by the \ the Chinese fighting was acute | gracefully in the air. a lusty cheer | ADUKama. s on Way to Base. The vessels were returning to their base at Maizuru practicing night de- | fenses against destroyers and were proceeding through inky blackness | when the destroyer flotilla launched its offensive. The Warabi and Ashi | apparently were attempting to cut across the hows of the cruisers, which were plowing along at full speed The Naka was not badly damaged. but the Jintsu had to be towed into port by the cruiser Kongo. | A member of a collateral branch of | Japanese royal family, Prince Hiroyoshi _Fushimi, son of Vice Admiral H su Fushimi, was aboard the Naka when the collision occurred, but was not injured. He | is a lieutenant in the Japanese Navy. | Search for Missing Men. The vicinity of the crashes was | heing scoured today in the hope of picking up some of the missing men, although there was little hope of find- | ing them. POURS GAS ON FIRE. FIVE ARE KILLED Woman and Four of Family Die After Blast—Girl, 10, Only One Unhurt. By the Associated Press RWALK, Ohio, August Five persons are dead here today as | a result of an explosion at a farm- | house near Greenwich, in southeas ern Huron County, last night, caused | mistake on a cook-stove fire, The victims were Mrs. May Hicks, 36. Diva Hicks, 3, daughter. Mary Hicks, 8§, daughter. Mrs. Robert Pool, 18, daughter. Mrs. Pool's §-month-old son. Homer Hicks, husband of Mrs. May Hicks, was seriously burned. The family was congregated in the kitchen when Mrs. Hicks, mis- | taking a can of gasoline for kerosene, shed it on the fire. 'The room was | enveloped in a flash of flame. | Diva Hicks was killed almost in-| stantly. The other members of the | family were taken by neighbors to | a hospital here, where they died early today. Hic although severely burned, succeeded in dragging the other mem- | bers of the family from the room. | Neighbors found them and they were brought to the hospital in autom biles. Al died within an hour of each other after several hours of uncon- sciousne One 10-vear-old daughter, who was | another part of the house, was | She was the only member married | in Mexicans Execute Rebel Leader. NOGALES, Ariz, August 25 (#).— Mexican federal officials said that Juan In addition ne has included in his safety knite | which he believes he could k If fairly well fed indefinit { he be compelled to make ‘[ landing. He also has a small distilling | apparatus 1o provide water eep him y should equipment « rifle, fish hooks, | executed at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, matches and other articles with | | Montano was a former bodyguard of | former farced | Sonora jcould be obtained from the federal Montano, rebel leader of Sinaloa, was yesterday by Mexican federal troops. Gov. No de Francisco ails of Elias of the execution officers, " Thousands of Birds Convene in Capital HUNT FOR FLYERS 72 e LOOKING L 4 n NG EDITION JGUST The only ev ening paper in Washington with the Associated Pr service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,691 () Means Associated Pres: ‘BNl @VER: AT ‘THE COUNTY FAIR. RE Eberle Tells Officers to Aid as Long as Chance of Rescue Remains. NEWED BY NAVY | Br the Associated Prece | SAN FR. CISCO. August g | With authority to continue search for | the missing Dole flyers, six men and | a girl lost while trying a flight from | the Golden Gate to Honolulu, as long as officers in charge think there is a chance of finding them, the U. S. 8. Omaha, flagship of the destroyer divi- sion, and six destroyers today were plowmng the Pacific with renewed en- ergy. The Navy had announced that the search would be given up tonight if slews to the missing aviators failed | to materialize. Then Admiral Eberle, chief of naval operations, in Washing- | ton, authorized Admiral R. H. Jack- | son, in charge of the hunt, to use his | own judgment as to how long the | search should be continued. | The re It was a radio order to (he‘ Omaha and her fleet to continue on to | Honolulu, sweeping probable drift | areas between their present positions and the Hawaiian Islands. Naval | communications officers were scruti nizing charts closely in the hope of finding an unexplored area into which the planes or life rafts launched by | the stranded fivers might have drifted Put Hope in Life Raft. Tests of a rubber dife raft, the same | in every respect as those carried by | the Dole flyers, renewed hope that | the Jost aviators might still be afloat. | The tests, conducted 12 miles out, in an Pedro channel, with an 1S-mile | westerly wind, a choppy sea and ground swell, convinced J. N. Listman, chief hoatswain in the United tates Coast Guard and commander | of the cutter 25-R, that it would be impossible to swamp the raft. | Two 180-pound men went aboard the raft, the cutter withdrew eight miles and the men stayed on the raft for an hour and 50 minutes without the cutter said the raft was plainly visible at the eight-mile range, and es- timated that it could be sighted easily by a ship's lookout with a glass 20 miles away. The test was ordered by Coast Guard officials when life raft manufacturers protested that recent tests of a life raft at San Diego were not made with the type of raft carried by the Dole fiyers. | n Search Goes On. the tests indicated to suard officials that, if the flyers | successfully got ahoard their rafts with supplies sufficient to sustain life, they | could float indefinitely, even under ad- | verse weather conditions | Search in Hawaiian waters and on | the islands yesterday continued inten- sively, but without developing a trace | of the Jost fiyers. The Navy sent vessels to every point at which it w considered possible that the flyers might be found. Martin Jensen, who finished second in the Dole flight, flew to the Island of Hawaii and returned, having seen nothing to indicate any of the flyers were on the lofty Kea, where a green flare was reported seen Monday night, arousing hope that the lost aviators might he signaling. Jensen circled the mountain without | sceing a trace of them. The missing flyers are Miss Mildred ng school teacher,” John Auggy Pedlar | and | Miss Doran; Jack Frost and Gordon |and Capt. Willlam Erwin and A. H Eichwaldt of the Dallas Spirit. ‘For Annual Winter Tour to South America ‘ IRISH GOVER&MENT Thousands of feathery members of the Purple Martin Society have previous sessions vears they at different have held their points around CLAH\;IS SPEED RECORD. Britisher Flies 100 Kilometers at| | town, one vear selecting the elm tre: {near the Pan-American Building, an- {other vear nsing the trees near the | Botanic Garden and still another ¥ in the northeast section. fiscked to Washington from nearby ates for their annual convention, | preparatory to embarking on their | usual Winter tour of South Americ: The birds have selected as their 1r meeting on Rhode lsland avenue { 186 Miles an Hour in Tiny Plane. LONDON, August 25 for a light airplane was made evening by Capt ger Moth plane he did Jometers {about 67 mil $6 miles an hour he record subject by the International n to confirma. 7 Merle Davis Leaves for Geneva HONOLULLU, August = (.- Davis, general secretary of Pa Relations fo ancis rday to (Geneva to act as an un server for the institute Institute (#).—What is med to be a world’s speed record last Hubert Broad. Fly- 100 at a speed Aeronautic | meeting place the wires atop the poles on Floral street, between Thirteenth strect and Alaska avenue, where they hold early morning and nightly ses- sions to the wonderment of residents of the vicinity and passing motorists. This morning they rested side by side on the wires for a distance of two blocks, later taking off for an inspection tour and “bird's-eye” view {of the city. This evening they will | return_again and one of these morn |ings they are going to adjourn sud |denly and begin their flight ward, according to Dr. C. W mond of the division of birds, . Rich- mith- of the |sonian Institution. sailed ouite F \ofeial ob. ' National Capital as an annual meet-|ihe migration begins hefore the hunt- that the the Richmond points out em to have selected Dr. Marting ing place in the late Summer. In South- | “After embling from mearby places and from Virginia, Maryland Pennsylvania and other sections near Washington, they usually hang around for a few days before suddenly taking oft in one group for the South,” Dr. Richmond stated. “They will take up Winter quarters probably in South | America. Sometimes they number | from 10,000 to 20,000 birds, according | to various estimates.” Other large flocks meet in other |cities about this time of year, Dr, Richmond said, and they too will journey to warmer climes. While the exact date of departure of the visitors on Floral street can only be guessed, it appeared certain that leaders of the flock will see that ing season opens next week. WINS DAIL MAJORITY | Election of Two Candidates In- sures Cosgrave's Hold on Office. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, August 5 (A).—President Cosgrave's govern ment has gained a majority in the Dail Eireann by winning the two by-elections held yesterday. The count of ballots today showed that both government _candidates, Gerald O'Sullivan and Dr. Thomas Hennessey, were elected. Berlin Pays 125,000,000 Marks. BERLIN, August 25 (#).—One hun- dred and twenty-five million gold marks, the interest on German indus- trial bonds for the second half of the current year, was handed over today to the agent general for the repara- tions account. ‘Radio_pro ot |1v mountain Mauna | from | Lieut. Vilas R. Knope, all of the plane | Seott of the monoplane Golden Eagle, | Turk Celebrates Golden Wedding by Strangling Spouse By the Associated Press. SMYRNA, Turkey. 70-year- old son of the soil, Salih Baba, has just celebrated the fiftieth anni versary of his marriage with 90.year-old Aiche Hanem by strangling her with his bare hands. When arrested the old peasant lily confessed to the crime, ex A years, then in the fiftieth year she called me a donkey and a son of a donkey, and so I strangled her.” 1.5, WOMAN, SHOT N EXICD, DIES Succumbs in Hospital to Wounds Received in Bandit Attack on Train. By the Associated Press The death of .Miss Florence M. An- derson of Los Angeles, who w wounded in a Mexican bandit attack on a train south of Acaponeta, Me ico, was reported today to the State Department. Miss Anderson died last night in a hospital at Mazatlan, where she had been taken for an operation, said the message, which was sent by J. Winsor , American vice consul there. It was not stated whether Miss Ander. | son had died before or after the oper- ation was carried out. She had heen shot in the left side, the bullet pierc- ing her intestines. Representations have been made by Mr. Ives to the governor and military authorities of the state of rit, in which the attack took place, seeking shipping a drop of water. Officials of | the capture and punishment of the | bandits, said to have numbered sev- hundred. YAQUIS REPORTED ACTIVE. Concentrated in Sonora—Three Towns Captured by Revolutionists. NOGALES, Ariz., August 26 (#).— Dispatches to the Nogales Herald to- day told of a Yaqui rebel concentra- tion in the Sierra de Bacatetes Moun- | tains of Sonora and of three towns in southern Jalisco, Me being cap- tured by revolutionary bands. The Yaquis' were reported to have committed depredations within sight of El Palme, railroad division point. | Gen. Zertuche has been detailed to in- vestigate the reported concentration {in the virtually impenetrable natural fortresses, Buenos Aires, Mazamatla and Con- ception were occupied by the rebels in Jalisco, the dispatches said, after rout- ing a small federal guard force. Fed- eral troops are being assembled to re- gain the lost positions. “KEY CLUB” FILMS BROUGHT TO CAPITAL Florida Judge Says Movies of Patrons of “Speakeasy” Are in Sargent's Care. the Associated Prese. TAMPA, Fla, August Films depicting activities around Tampa's celebrated “Key Club” have By been | $100 REWARD FOR [T-AND-RUN AUTOS A. A. A. Makes Offer to En-| courage Witnesses to Re- port Fleeing Drivers. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. v 1 to action by scores of hit- nd-run accidents in which the drivers iccessfully have made good their es e, the District of Columbia Division of the American Automobile Associa- tod offered a $100 reward to citizen who gives information ng to the apprehension and con- ! viction of any motorist who flees the scene of an accident without making his identity known. In a Jetter to Proctor L. Dougherty. chairman of the Board of District tion any le: | | mobile eral manager of the American Auto- Assoclation, declared the re- ward was offered in the belief that the | hit-and-run driver can be brought to | justice only when witnesses in such | mishaps are given a guarantee that | her appearance in court will not mean {a definite financial sacrifice. The $100 reward, the association believes, will | cover the possible loss in time and pay |in a majority ot cases and this fact | will stimulate thousands to act where, | otherwise, individual interests would dictate inaction. Steady Increase Here. With Traffic Bureau officials estimat- ing that one-halt of the hit-and-run | drivers escape the penalty for their cowardice because of lack of evidence against them, leaders in official, civic and automotive circles have felt that some supplementak step was necessary 1o relieve a situation that has become increasingly intolerable. A steady in- | crease in the number of hit-andrun cases is_recorded in the files of the | Police Department. In 1923 such ests numbered 247. The following year the fizures jumped ! to 283, and in 1925 a still sharper in. | crease brought the total up to 349, |Last year the number reached 358, and to date, running well ahead of the seven-and-one-halt-month period of 1926, the figure is 244, These figurs do not | include the which the police have not compiled Failure to obtain convictions in more than one-half of the trials of the hitandrun s, in spite of the | fact that no motoring accident so in- { censes the public, indicates something | radically wrong, the A. A. A. believes. | This “something,” the experience of | other communities as well as that of | the District of Columbia indicates, is the personal desire to avoid loss of {time and pay, which transcends the |desire to seo a careless, reckless and | cowardly driver brought to justice for { maiming or killing another person. | | | Violators Know Situation. The hit-and-run-driver, the wor: ven in the ranks of motordom, alive to the situation which exists in | Washington as well as in other cities, |says Mr. Smith. “The fact that in viduals are unwilling to admit the: witnes his_di: act_is reco; " (Continued o 0 | THINKS ALARM MAIL BOX. Pulls Fire Call Lever to Send Letter. Just as he was about to embark on | a sightsceing bus at First street and | Pennsylvania avenue this morning E. L. McAninch of Lambertine, Pa., d cided to mail a letter. He pulled down the lever of a box and fumbled around with the contraption when it did not open properly. The next thing he knew he heard sirens sounding from all directions and saw flaming red vehicles descend- Sightseer | Commissioners. Ernest N. Smith, gen- | ses in which no arrests were made, i turned over to the United States At-|ing speedily on the box from all sides Stricken in Woods, | Astronomer. 67, Helpless 4 Hours Stricken with pa taking en woods achusetts Observator u. 8 an astronc lay on the hours yes sistance patch of s¢ off Ma aval Kimmell, ey years of the observato for nearly fo unable to call Humilton, omer, found him Comdr. Kimmell Naval Hospital, where in a serious condition at 1931 Biltmore street en route to the ¢ overcome and was row path, which e observatory taks 1 ur an 1 he remai He live He rvatory wh using a n ployes of om the f Calvert NEW TRAFFIC PLAN AIMED AT WALKERS | Proposed Rules Also Apply“ ! to Street Car Operation in Capital. | Control of pedestrians and street | | cars, an authority granted the traffic director by the first session of the Sixty-ninth Congress, was for the first in a revised edition of the Traffic Code, | submitted to the District Commission- ers today by William H. Harland with the recommendation for its adoption The new regulation for the control of pedestrian traffic is designed to be \pplicable only at trolled by traffic officers or signal de At all other cross-walks the pedestrians will continue to have the vight of way, but the proposed amend- ment provides that “it shall be un- | lawful for a pedestrian to disobey the | signal.” Previous attempts at pedes- trian control have met with reversals in the courts. Harland seeks to use his au- to regulate street car traffic rting in the regulations a new finition for the word ‘“vehicle, | which reads p ny appliance moved over a highw | on wheels or traction tread, includin; street cars, draft animals and beasts of burden. Right-of-Way Rules. proposed regulations vices The dealing with they shall yield the right of way to | vehicular traffic whenever such traffic | is moving on proper signal, but that | | drivers of vehicles making turns shall yield the right of way to pedesirians on the cross-walks where traffic offi- | cers are on duty The proposed revised edition of the traffic code recommended by Mr. Har- land has been simplified and condensed { to about one-half of its present size. | The condensation has been effected { by eliminating all restrictions with respect to parking, one way streets, turns at intersections and bridges all of which are clearly indicated by signs and are constantly changing. and therefore, in the opinion of | Traffic Director Harland, are of no | particular benefit to the public. These restrictions probably will be published in a supplement to the regu- iations but only in sufficient quan- tities for the use of the courts and Police Department. | tains virtually all of the 40 changes in the regulations advocated by M. O, Eldridge when he was director of traffic, in addition to the new amend- ments by Mr. Harland. One of the | regulations pronosed by Mr. Eldridge |in his set of 40, which would permit vehicles to pass on the right as well as the left, has been removed, and in its place Mr. Harland has inserted the following® “A vehicle overtaking an- other shall pass to the left of the vehicle so overtaken. No driver attempt to pass another vehicle going |in the same direction ‘on any high- | ¢ except where there is an unob- ted clear course ahead, and ne driver shall attempt to pass another | vehicle going in the same direction it any street intersection unless the | same be controlled by el lights or a police officer Additional Amendments. | Mr. Harland has added to the regu- | ations amendments to prohibit com- | mercial vehicles from parking in front | of any private dwelling or apartment | house except when actually engaged in | | loading or unloading merchandise, and | | making it illegal for a vehicle to park | for the purpose of making repairs, ex- | | cept those of a minor nature, and then | { | land is calculated to prevent vehi fl’um‘ driving through streets at wh | barriers have been placed and s | signs erected indicating that the street is | closed. The revised code also contains a new plan for the isyuance of auto- mobile registration cards which was advocated some time ago by an em- | ploye of the office of Wade H. Coombs, | superintendent of licen: 1t pro- | that instead of issuing the 3 tration certificate at the time the tag is issued a receipt be iven the owner for payment of the | tag fee and that the registration card be held up for a period not in ex- | cess of 10 days, during which a police | | officer would check up on the address | in order to ascertain its accuracy Motorists also would be required to | report to the director of traffic and | superintendent of licenses any change | in address within 48 hours after the | change is made. Adoption of this | plan, the officials believe, will provide an effective check against the falsifi- | cation of addresses and will assist the | Police Department in its work of ap- | prehending violators time put in the form of a regulation | intersections con- | “Vehicle shall apply to | pedestrians also provided that | The proposed revised code also con- | TWO CENTS. FALLS POWER PLAN NEED CHALLENGED Vice President Bowen Tells Opening Hearing Public Convenience Is Vital. |PUTS BURDEN OF PROOF ON PETITIONING FIRM | Representatives of Citizens’ Groups Attend Sessions in Interior De- partment With Interest. T P | furnisi |of Washington, | the Potomac ¥ ver Corporation, whi seeking the st liminary permit to power of the Po- required to show ience would be served or what necessity exists for the ntemplated project, S. R. Bowen, { vice president of the local company declared at the public hearing on th application the Interior Depart- ment this afternoon. Representatives of a considerable numk of civic organizatiéns were present in addition to officials the hea got under way after 1 o'clock. Position of Weller. In his statement on behalf of the Potumac Electric Power Co. Mr. Boweh pointed out that studies made by that company and expert advice given to it do not show that the development of Great Falls would benefit the District of Co- lumbia. He added, however, the company would not hesitate to lend an atten- tive ear if the contrary demon- strated Francis R. Weller, chairman of the water supply committee of the Wash- ton Board of Tras presented a statement, taking the position that the Federal Power Commission should determine the relative cost of hydro- electric power as eompared with the current now generated by steam plants in Washington, Baltimore and other places, for the reason that if there is no reduction of cost, the pro- posed development, “which, to a large extent, will destroy the natural beau- ty of the upper Potomac’s gorge, should not be made at this time.” Necessary Water Rights. “We further believe,” said the statement of Mr, Weller, “that the promoters should show that they have acquired sufficient of the mece: | sary water rights to put them in a | position, it this preliminary permit is | sranted, to proceed with the surveys jand plans with the assurance that they will be able to carry out this de- velopment. It has been the policy of the Federal Power Commission in’ the past to grant preliminary permits only to such persons or companies having already acquired the bulk of the nec essary- water rights befors the appli- cation is presented.” Mr. Bowen also filed a statement in behalf of the Great Falls Power C which is a subsidiary of the Washin, ton Railway & Electric Co., in which he said: “It is assumed that the purpose of the hearing is not to hear objections going to the question of jurisidiction, nor the right to file and maintain th application of the Potomac River Cor- poration nor as to the sufficienc thereof, nor the power to grant appll- cant’s petition. The notice excludes all questions relating to water rights, lands in- volved or damages resulting from the execution of the proposed proj- ect, particularly as we understand | further that this hearing is not in- tended, nor can it affect the prop- erty rights of the Great Falls Power Co. elop what uld be public conv | { Rights Held Unaffected. “At the hearing before the subcom- | mittee of the committee on the Dis- trict of Columbia of the House of Representatives in June, 1924, it was | stated that the Great Falls Power Co. has been granted the right by the State of Maryland, confirmed by the State of Virginia, to appropriate and use the waterpower at Great Falls, and we know of no action that can be taken as a result of this hearing to affect the rights of said company in respect thereto. With these observa- tions and with reservation of all rights of the Great Falls Power Co. we will make a brief statement in respect to the matter so far as the position of the Potomac Electric Power Co. is oncerned.” Speaking for the Potomac Electric Power Co., Mr. Bowen continued: “It appears to us that the applicant should be required to state what pub- convenience would be served or what necessity exists for the pro- posed development; more of the exact nature of the undertaking should be losed, and a showing that there be no duplication of investment. The applicant further should show the advantage to accrue to existing utilities who are now permitted by law to transmit and distribute elec- tricity.” Mr. Bowen then requested to In- corporate as part of his statement testimony given before Congress in 1924 by Willlam F. Ham, president of the com nd by an expert consultant, the affect of which testi- mony, Mr. Bowen said, was to show he efficiency of the Benning Plant, and that it is cheaper to generate the power by steam than by water, taking all things into consideration.” Mir. Bowen stated that the company would be interested in any undertaking by which it could obtain electricity cheaper than it could manufacture it. Closing his statement, Mr. Bowen said: torney General at Washington for in- formation of the Department of Jus- tice, Municipal Judge Stalnaker an- nounced today. Justice Stalnaker said this informa- tion was contained in a telegram from }La\\‘renca Ponder, ex-chief of the local i vice squad, who is said to have made | the pictures and carried them’ to | Washington. Ponder wired that he I had *“personally turned the fllms over {to the Attorney General on advice of the prohibition director,” Judge Stal- naker said. The pictures are said to have been made of “patrons” entering and leav- ing the club, where it is charged liquor was sold. llnnumlllg&m:y; for A. A;"s:rt.. of club, are awal m Circuit Judge Parks on a ;nauon !:r a writ of prohibition to m talnaker from hearing Saseon the.§round o “obvious and He had mistaken a fire alarm box for a letter hox. | _A_slight modification_in thfiivxrnsolt' pre “That unless increased efficiency and (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) | reduction in operating cost would .ac- {erue from the proposed undertaking, With Unusual M A minimum temperature of 54 degrees recorded at 4:46 o'clock this morning tied the record for the coolest August 25 in the history of the local Weather Bureau. On August 25, 1890, the ther- mometer also reached 54. The bureau's statistics run back to 1872. Forecaster Weightman said the out- look for the next day or two is ‘“con- tinued cool weather.” The tempera- tures for this area, Mr. Weightman been. “rather low for Au- su y's temperature was by him (without access to the statlptics) as being “a little un- | so that electricity might be obtained Dby the local distributing company at lower cost than now, it would appear City Has Coolest August 25 Since 1890, | | { | onth, Forecaster Says usual.” The averag perature for August 25 since 18 cording to the records, is 64 degree President Coolidge spent a ‘*‘cool” night in Yellowstone Park last night, where the temperature was 38 degree: The maximum yesterday was 76 de- grees. Flagstaff, Ariz., reported the record high temperature yesterday at 100, while fan Antonio and Palestine, Tex. each registered 96 degrees. Augusta, Ga.. and Abilene, Tex., each was two degrees lower. East of the Mississippl and with the exception of the South Atlantic, 1t is cool, the zwm said. ’ I that no direct benefit would come to the residents of the District of Co- lumbia from the proposed develop- ment.” Statement of Weller. The statement of Mr. Weller of the Board of Trade read, in part, as fol- lows: ‘The Board of Trade, composed of 3.000 of the leading business and pro- fessional men of Washington, and representing the business life of the Capital City, is vitally interested in any plan for the development of hydro-electric_power of the Potomac River, since Washington and vicinity ' is the logical market for the output of this power project. In_devel this (Continued on Page 3, ol

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