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U W Partly cloud cooler tomorrow Temperatures—Highes! p.m. yesterday today Full report on Closing N.Y. Mark ATHER. (U. 8. Woather Bureau Forecast.) ¢ tonight and tomorrow; afternoon and night. 36, at 4:30 lowest, 64, at 6 a.m. page 4 i ets, Pages 10 and 11 Entered a seco post of i No. 30,440. ash »nd class matter ton, D. C. COURTNEY FORGED BY STRONG INDS 0 MAKE FOR SPAIN British Aviator Reported Abandoning Plan to Reach Azores by Tonight. PASSENGER AND TWO OTHERS ABOARD WHALE Proposed Route Will Take Craft to| Newfoundland and Then to New York. By the Ass LONDON, September 3.—A mes- gage. picked up by the Devizes Radio Station from Capt. F. Courtney's transa afternoon was making for Corur £s there was too much head w to continue on toward the Azol d Press. By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, England, September $—Capt. F. T. Courtney began his long-deferred Atlantic flight at 6:26 o'clock _ t morning (12:26 am. Eastern standard time), his immediate destination being Horta, Azores, about 1,200 miles distant, which he hoped to reach by 10 o'clock tonight. At Horta he will refuel, fiy to Newfoundland and then to New York. He is accom- panied by Lieut. Downer as navigator and R. F. Little, engineer. There was also a passenger aboard, escribed by air force officials as a millionaire,” who is said to 0 pounds (about § for a seat in the plane. He is about 65 years of age. Crowd Cheers Talke-off. The British airman made two un- successful attempts to leave the water {n his fiying boat, the Whale, but he could not rise because of lack of wind. On the third attempt the plane gath- ered a speed of about 80 miles an hour, when a fresh breeze caught the wings and the Whale gently took the gir. He headed her almost directly south toward Eddystone lighthouse amid the cheers of the crowd gathered at the Royal Air Force seaplane base, and was lost to view within a few minutes. Mrs. Courtney arrived at the air station shortly before midnight and remained to watch her husband’s last- minute preparations. When the sea- plane finally took off, she clapped her hands excitedly and cheered her hus- band probably louder than any of the other spectators. She remained wav- ing her handkerchief until the plane was out of sight. Capt. Courtney, an Irishman by birth, became ‘interested in aviation during the European War and sought a place as a flyer with the Royal Air force, but was rejected because he wore glasses. He did get into the air in an auxiliary capacity, being wound- ed in an air battle over Loos, France. Subsequently he tested lish planes. He began the preparations for the transatlantic flight in Jure and was all ready to start early -in July, but again and again storms frustrated the departure. Ready on August 10. On the morning of August 10 his plane was all fueled and ready for the take-off when last-minute weather reports told of unfavorable headwinds | over the Atlantic. The 900-0dd gal- lons of gasoline had to be drawn so that the flying boat could be return- ed to her hangar from the buoy anchorage and the disappointed av ator vowed that because of the un- certainty of the weather ne would not announce his hop-off beforehand. The Dornier-Napier flying boat, the ‘Whale, is a speedy craft and is said to be capable of miles an_hour. The plane is powered by two Napier- Lion engines, with a horsepows 1,000, and can carry a maximum of 9,000 pounds at high speed. Eq ped with radio, the Whale expects to receive constant weather reports from official bureaus in England and Amer- ica and trans-Atlantic steamers. On the side of the flying boat is painted “G-EBQO,” which is also the radio call of the boat. On the tail a large “Q" is painted ‘The flight of the Whale to and from America, with only a brief stop in New York, is designed to establish a tenta- tive commercial plane route. If the round trip is completed a total dis- tance of about 7,000 mi ill be flown. Invented “Death Dive. Capt. Courtney is credit invention of the “death dive the plane es earthward speed and, when within tance of the ground and a cr at hand, the plane, is ‘ and turned skyward. The Whale will refuel, it is expect. ed, at the Azores, and then resume flizht to New York, to land on an open siretch of water near the Battery. Weather conditions will in all prot bility determine the route back home | of Capt. Courtney’s craft. PASSENGER BELIEVED BROKER. LONDON, September 3 (#).—It was etated at the offices of the Bank of Montreal today that E. B. Hosmer, reported to be the enger in Capt. Courtney’s transatlantic flying boat, 18 a Montreal stock broker, aged about 45, the son of C. R. Hosmer, who is ® director of the Bank of Montreal and Courtney's fight. ? vs it is . Hosmer Jearned t ha One of been Yy as st fle he was r heard : attempting flight, it was considered likely he ht suddenly have decided to do so. BOURCHIER VERY ILL. British Actor-Manager in Johan- nesburg Nursing Home. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa September 3 (). —Arthur Bourcl well known British actorr seriously ill from pneumonia, is stated ther his recover: He nursing home here. fore their marriage in Bellew, is with him. 18 63 years old, His wife, who be is only slight hope of | is a patient in a| | By the Associated Pre N | NEW YORK, ptember 3.—The | turbulent Atlantic was generally be- lieved today to have claimed as its own England’s “Flying Princess” and her two escorts of the air. Despite rapidly dwindling hope of the safety of the London-to-Ottawa monoplane St. Raphael, with Lowenstein-Wertheim, Hamilton and Col Minchin, an extensive under W on land and | bouna |the Princess |Capt. Leslie | Frederic earch Wi i clues had been the hope of two slender to bolster Only receivec searchers. | e Dutch steamer Blijdendijk re- | portea that at 6 am. Thursday (Greenwich mean time) fits lookout had hted a white light, probably fro plane, about 400 miles east southeast of New York, while the Standard Oil steamer Josiah Macy reported sig a plane at 9:44 p.m. (Greenwich mean time) Wednesday night 900 to 1,000 miles off the Irish Coast. Toubt that the light sighted by the Dutch steamer was the St. Raphael was expressed in view of the dis- tance of .the point given from the start of the flight and the elapsed time. The position given was nearly BROCK AND SCHLEE AT BUNDER ABBAS Arrive at 3 0’Clock, Indian Time, From Bagdad—To Stay Overnight. By the Associated Press. KARASHI, British India, Sep- tember 3.—The American round- the-world monoplane, Pride of Detroit, piloted by William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, ar- rived at Bunder Abbas from Bag- dad at 3 o'clock this afternoon, Indian time. By the Associated Press. BAGDAD, Irak, September 3.—The American round-the-world aviators, William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, left for Bunder ‘Abbas, Persia, 885 miles from Bagdad, at 7 o’'clock this morning. Before. their departure they an- nounced their intention of staying at ‘Bunder Abbas overnight and then con- tinuing on to Karachi, British India, Sunday. The distance from Bunder Abbas to Karachi is 710 miles. The American airmen arrived at Bagdad from Constantinople in their plane, the Pride of Detroit, at 9:30 o'clock last night, having made the non-stop flight of 1,075 miles in 1% hours. They were the guests over- night of the Royal Air Force, 55th Squadron, having failed to locate the airdrome of the Imperial Airways be- cause of darkness. On landing they reported their ma- chine was in first-class order, having required no adjustments since they left Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, a week ago today. From that time un- til they landed at Bagdad, they had covered in successive stages about 5,000 miles of their 22,967-mile circle round the globe. e Decision to Attempt Azores Flight Original Plan, Courtney Radios BY CAPT. F. T. COURTNEY. star and North By Radid A° Newepaver Alliance. PLYMOUTH, England, Septem- ber 3.—My decision to to New York, via the Azores in- stead of Valentia, really wasn't an alteration of my program. It was a return to my original lan. l]‘\ly study of weather charts showed me that 1 might have the partial assistance of easterly winds to make a flight from Ireiand to Newfoundland, but it was also clear that such favor- able conditions occurred some- what unsteadily. It seemed to me highly probable that I might hop off with a favorable forecast, but that by the time I got far from land I might en- counter conditions which would make success impossible. ~ But ng via the Azores is a dif- ont matter. At the Azores there’s a reasonable expectation of fair, fine weather at this time of the vear. Also, by taking the | | Azores route my longest jump was reduced to 1,600 miles. 2| | ““But although the length of ! biggest jump was reduced, ng by the Azores means an of 500 miles in the total | : vestward flight | | and adds five hours to the flying { | time. Four months ago I made arrangements for supplies at the | | Azores. It was pointed out, | | hewever, that the public might | | misunderstand the facts in- volved and be more interested in an Ireland-to-Newfoundland jump. Personally, I was anx: jous to get to New York the quickest way possible. But the | | atrocious weather this Summer | | made the Ireland route impos- | | sible. I'm mot saying mnobody will fly by this route, if they're I'm unable to wait fenger_for luck. In the first e it's not aviat 'm obvicusly going by the wsible route.” ‘Transatlantic cervice of the future will be the Azores, because it's a ommer reasonable propo- sition. | “To fly thousands of miles over water in a land machine may do some good when the flight succeeds, but the loss of fhose lives_in the Pacific has parmed aviation. And merely to fly somewhere, without means of refueling, doesu’t demon- strate much. I'm trying to carry out this transocean flight the way it will have to be done in the future, instead of setting cular_ flight, re- te. If I fail, it fault.” 1927, in al sardless of will not be - opyright. e Toynte | | but Geeat Brlialn by ol . Bourchier | can ~ Newpaper_ _Allian Britain by the Westmi @h WASHINGTO! D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e ——————————— EPTEMBER 3, C., SATURDAY, 1927-TWEN ¢ Foening Slar. Y-EIGHT PAGES. TWO SLENDER CLUES OFFER ONLY HOPE FOR PRINCESS' PLANE ‘Wide Search Carried On As Optimism]| Wanes; Ship Reports Seeing Light, Another Sights Aircraft. 13.000 miles from the starting point and as the light was sighted only 24 hours after its start, it would have had to travel at a tremendous speed to get there. Even then its fuel would have been nearly exhausted. The position indicated by the Macy report was half way across the At- lantic and at that point the plane, ac- cording to weather reports, would have run into head winds and fog. While some bellef was expressed that the plane might have been forced down in some isolated spot in New- foundland or eastern Canada, aviation authorities at Ottawa and in London said they thought the plane had plunged into the ocean, with no help at hand. Tracing every possibility, ships at sea and along the eastern Canada coast, airplanes and landsmen werc enlisted in a vast hunt that extended from Ottawa to the sea and from the coast across the 1,900-mile stretch of ocean to England. John A. Wilson, director of civilian aviation for the Canadian air boar said the search would be slow be- cause of the vast region to be covered. He also said that employment of air- craft in the search must be restricted because of the limited number of landing fields in_the great stretches (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) WINDSOR FLIGHT 10 START AT ONGE Schiller Says Take-off Will Come After Lunch—London Hop Postponed. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHNS, Quebec, September 3.— When notified by the Associated Press at 11:45 a.m., eastern standard time, that the Cape Elizabeth naval station reported fog lifting off the Maine coast “Duke” Schiller said he and Phil Wood would take off on their non-stop flight to Windsor, England, as soon “as we finish lunch.” Schiller said he would head directly for Portland Me., then up the coast to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. “We will not stop at Harbor Grace unless forced down by fog,” he said. The Royal Windsor has 350 gallons of gasoline in her tanks, enough for finfsted Tuneheon 2t noan and immediately motored to the St. Gregire field. Schiller planned to work on the plane for a time and said he hoped to be in the alr by 2 o'clock. From St. Gregire to Portland in an air line is about 250 miles. The route laid out by the airmen will carry them directly across the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The airmen arrived at the field at 12:30 o'clock and immediately start- ed tuning up the motor. Their bag- gage was transferred to the plane and indications pointed to a start within an hour. Schiller said he expected to aver- age 100 miles an hour with the full load and if the plane were favored with a good west wind he might make better time than this when the laad was dizhtened. ENGLISH ARRANGE HOP. Mrs. Joynson Wreford Reaches Dublin to Watch Dash. DUBLIN, Ireland, September 3 (P). —Mrs. Joynson Wreford, wife of Capt. “Tony” Wreford, has arrived from Parls to see her husband and Capts. R. H. MacIntosh and A. J. Barnes take off on their flight to Philadelphia. Mrs. Wreford said today that the principal object of the attempt by her husband and his assoclates was to “show the Americans that we on this side can do something.” “As English pilots were the first to fly the Atlantic from West to East, so will they be the first to cross from East to West,” she predicted. Monday at Earliest. BRISTOL, England, September 3 (#P).—Capt. R. H. MacIntosh and his fellow aviators, Capts. Anthony Wre- ford and A. J. Barnes, are remaining here today, but expect to fly to Dublin tomorrow. It is stated that there is no chance of their hopping off for America until Monday at the earliest. LONDON FLIGHT DEFERRED. Unfavorable Weather Reports From Harbor Grace Direct Action. CARIBOU, Me., September 3 (#).— Capt. Terry Tully and Lieut. James Medcalf decided not to resume today their flight from London, Ontario, to London, England. This decision was definitely reached unfavorable weather reports from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, their next stop, and had visited their mono- plane, the Sir John Carling, in a rain- soaked field near Washburn, where they alighted Thursday night. WAYNE B. WHEELER TAKEN TO SANITARIUM By the Associated Press Mich., September 3.— Wheeler, general counsel the Anti-Saloon League, was brought to a hospital here Thursday from his Summer home, at Little Point Sable, near here, and yestcrday was' removed to a sanitarium at Bat- tle Creek, it was learned today. Hospital attendants would not dis- cuss the nature of his ailment or his condition. KORELL FOR CONGRESS. PORTLAND, Oreg., September 3 (#).—Franklin F. Korell, Portland at- torney, received the Republican nomi- nation last night for Representative | for the third congressional district, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maurice E. Crumpacker, in the first convention called in Oregon in many years, for the express purpose of making a party nomnation, _ at noon after they had received veryq PRESIDENT HOLDS PLEA OF BANKERS NOTAIMEDAT. 5. Use of Manifesto by Debt Cancellation Propagandists Termed»Unfair. DIRECTED ONLY AT TRADE RESTRICTIONS IN EUROPE Impression Document Sought Tariff Revision Here Declared Mis- leading and Undeserved. BY J. RUSSELL YO 3 Staft Correspondent of The Star. RAPID CITY, S. Dak., September 3.—President Coolidge looks upon the repeated attempts to use the so- called bankers' manifesto in support of debt cancellation and revision of the tariff demands of this country as being far-fetched and unfair. In expressing himself to this ex- tent while discussing the subject with callers, the President made it clear that his understanding of the manifesto in question, which con- stitutes a statement of Amerioan and Eurovean business men, was that it was directed at trade restrictions set up by European countries against each other, and was not directed at the tariff and trade policies of the United States. In the opinion of Mr. Coolidge, in- ternational commercial relations are not being helped or improved by the widespread efforts on the part of debt cancellationists and trade interna- tionalists to create the impression that the document was aimed at the policies of the American Government. He considers these charges and impli- cations as misleading and undeserved. Informed of Propaganda. Mr. Coolidge for some time has been receiving information that propaganda of this nature has been spread in this country to influence people in behalf of debt cancellation and tariff revision but he has otherwise taken no notice of it. As the President looks upon the manifesto in question it fails to criticize the policies of this country. He recalled while discussing it that one of the various resolutions adopted as a result of the manifesto endeavors to remedy the trade restrictions in Europe by recommending that the nations of Europe should have the same freedom of commercial inter- course as is maintained between the 48 States of the United States. The President said he was happy to note that the people of this country are finally being awakened to the un- fairness of the-implications that the trade restrictions referred to in the manifesto were directed at the United States. MacMurray Asked to Return. been announced by the Sum- ite House that John Van Mac- Murray, United States Minister to China, has been requested by the State Department to return to Wash- ington for the purpose of conferring with the Secretary and the President on the Chinese situation. Regarding the present situation in China, it was explained that develop- ments there have not been of sufficient importance for the State Department tu bring them to the President’s at- tention, isasmuch as he has heard nothing on the subject from the de- partment for some time. Although the President has reached no decision with respect to a special session of Congress or of the Senate alone, there is reason to believe that the President is seriously considering the convening of the Senate in ad- vance of the regular session of Con- gress. The President is known to think it advisable to explore well the question of summoning early the Senate prin- cipally for the purpose of taking up the contested elections of Senators Smith of Illinois and Vare of Pennsyl- vania, Hosts at Lawn Party. This being Saturday, the President remained away from his office. He and Mrs. Coloidge are this afternoon to re- ceive practically the entire community of Hermosa, and the immediate coun- tryside, about 150 people in all. They are to be hosts at an old-fashioned lawn party and picnic. Several days ago, four women mem- bers of the Hermosa Congregational Church, where Mr. and Mrs. have worshiped this Summel constituted a committee to inquire whether it would be agreeable to the Coolidges to have the people of the town call on them in a body to extend their greetings. The reply came yesterday, when the first lady sent a messenger in- viting the entire populace of Hermosa and vicinity to a picnic luncheon on the White House lawn tomorrow aft- ernoon. The 4th Cavalry band from Fort Meade is to be at the game lodge for several days, in the camp of the cavalrymen assigned to guard the game lodge, and it will furnish music for the outing. The band also may play on the lawn again on Labor day, but in the morning President Coolidge will come to his office as usual. He has no other plans for the holiday. Senator Bingham of Connecticut, who h been touring the Orient, will arrive at the game lodge about supper time tonight to remain over the week end. DRY SQUAD SEIZES STILL; ALLEGED OWNER HELD 1,500 Gallons of Mash and 36 Jars of Brandy Taken in Hamlin Street Raid. Conductin; an investigation on in- formation obtained from the Baltimore police, Sergt. George M. Little led members of the dry enforcement squad to 900 Hamlin street northeast yester- day afternoon and made an arrest and rumerous seizures. Joseph Roa, 40 years old, was ar- rested while the seizures included a copper still of 80-gallon capacity, re- ported found in operation, and two smaller stills secreted .in a closet. More than 1,500 gallons of mash and 36 jars of peach brandy also were found and destroyed. Roa, according to police, was filling jars with the peach product when they entered. Charges of m.nufacturing and illegal possession of liquor and stills were preferred against him. —— Radio Profams——_Page 28 LEAGUE INVITED 10 SOUTH AMERICA Colombia, Japan and Britain Suggest Session on West Side of Atlantic. BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable to The Star and News. Copyright. GENEVA, September 3.—The Coun- cil of the League of Nations decided today to permit High Commissioner Van Hamel to refer to the League all demands of the Danzigers regarding the building of aircraft. This places Danzig in the same category with Germany, Hungary and Austria, in whose cases the League is to deter- mine whether their aircraft is for com- mercial or for military uses. The Council meeting developed into a dull serial event, with the deputies occupying their time saying nice things about each other and discuss- ing subjects without political impor- tance, such as child hygiene and cre- atfon of an international relief organi- zation for Bulgarian refugees. Opium Pacts Mentioned. The opium conventions were men- tioned, but not enough States have ratified them to make the conventions effective. While discussing the re- port to the hygiene committee, which has sent technical missions to South America, the Colombian, Japanese and British representatives suggested a council meeting in Latin America. Sir Austen Chamberlain, the man who is of most interest to league visitors, said there was nothing he would like better than to have a council meeting in South America, as this would give him an opportunity for a vacation. However, back of this facetiousness lies important na- tional interests. The remote idea of the council meeting in Latin America contains the idea of bringing the Pan American Union to Geneva.and of- fers politically ambitious South Americans a chance to rub elbows with European leaders. Meetings Spur Agreements. ‘While nothing of importance seems to be slated for either the council or the assembly, outside of the question of disarmament, which some now want ta postpone, it seems that league meet- ings act as a spur to force nations to conclude agreements before the assem- bly meets. For excmple, a full accord seems to have been attained upon re- duction of the Rhineland occupation forces, the Germans stating that they do not intend to raise the subject here. Foreign Minister Briand arrived to- day. It is expected the three will meet and discuss general questions, without any one question just now looming up as providing a real differ- ence outside. of disposition of the tick- lish disarmament problem. INFANTILE PARALYSIS MAY DELAY SCHOOLS Ohio City Defers Opening Date. Problem Left to Local Health Authorities. Chicazo Daily 1927, By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 3.— Whether public school openings in Ohio will be postponed due to the epi- demic of infantile paralysis remained in the hands of local health officlals and school boards today following yes- terday’s conferemce here of State offi- cials and health officers from the 40 infected counties. Although several cities already have postponed opening of their schools, health officials of only two counties at the conference favored State-wide action. Dr. John E. Monger, State health director, who called the conference, said the schools should be opened with close medical supervision, The Columbus school board, how- ever, unanimously voted to defer the opening here from September 5 to September 19. Dr. C. P. Robbins, chief of the division of communicable diseases of the Public Health Service, ‘Washington, said the peak of the epi- demic has passed in Ohio. There have been 286G known cases since July 1, with 37 deaths. o Burton Invites Statesmen. to The Star and Chicago Dail iy News. Copyright, 1027. 34 GENEVA, September 3.—Repre- sentative Theodrge Burton of Ohio is in Geneva issuing invitations to the Cleveland peace centennial. He will ask prominent Britons, Austrian and other statesmen to attend as speakers, s Failure to Call Doctor Brings Rum Death Conviction By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 3.— Fred W. Braddock was found guilty of manslaughter here yesterday because he failed to call a physi- cian for Mrs. Allle Drake of Hunt- ington Beach, who lay dying in his home as the result of a prolonged liquor party. Prosecution was based upon a rarely used provision of the man- slaughter statute providing that it an incompetent person died in a competent person’s_care the com- petent person may be found guilty of negligent homicide or man- slaughter. Braddock will be sentenced Mon- day to ome to 10 years in San Quentin. TWINS END EFFORT 10 SWIN CHANNEL Phyllis and Bernice Zitten- feld, 13, Abandon Attempt After 4 Hours in Water. By the Associated Press. CAPE GRIS-NEZ, France, Septem- ber 3.—The 13.year-old New York twins, Phyllis and Bernice Zittenfeld, who started from here at 11:43 o’clock last night in an attempt to swim the English Channel, had to abandon the effort after swimming more than four hours. One of them left the water at 4:07 a.m. and the other at 4:30. Phyllis was the first to be taken out of the water. She was forced to quit because of a cramp in the left Miss Marriot Also Quits. Bernice. who was going well at the time, continued to progress steadily, but bher mother urged her to abandon the attempt after her sister had been taken aboard one of the tugs, and she did so. As dawn_approached, the wind in- creased and the sea, which had been calm, began to rough up. By 7 o'clock the water was so choppy and the wind 8o cold that Miss Lorna Marriot of England, who swims under the name “Jane Darwin,” also abandoned her attempt, which she began at 11:50 o'clock last night. By the time she left the water, the %igem’eld twins were snug in their eds. Start on Dad’s Lucky Day. NEW YORK, September 3 (P).— The Zittenteld twins started their at- tempt to swim the English Channel on_their dad’s lucky day. Julius Zittenfeld, father of the girls, reccived a cablegram from Mrs. Zit- tenfeld, who is with the girls, telling of their intention to start. The mes- sage said: “With help of God babies will make attempt_tonight, Friday, vour lucky. gay. Everything wondertul. Pray or us.” * Twins Set Record for Hudson. Zittenfeld explained that Friday always has been his lucky day. He was married on a Friday, and the day frequently has been marked by good business turns for him, he said. The Zittenfeld sisters have been swimmers since they were 2 years old.: Last June, at the age of 13. they set a record of 52 hours 30 minutes for the swim down the Hudson from Albany to New York, lowering by 4 hours 41 minutes the record previously established by Lottie Moore Schoem- mell. The only ev: service. ening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 96,337— * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 'THREE MEN DIE - AS TRAINS CRASH One Probably Fatally Hurt, 7 Others Injured After En- gine Hits Open Switch. S By the Associated Pre PRINCETON, Ind., September 3.— Three persons were killed and another injured, probably fatally, when west- bound Southern Railway passenger train No. 2 hit an open switch and swung head-on into a Big Four coal train at Francisco Mine No. 2 at 1:15 o'clock this morning. Seven other persons, mostly pas- sengers on the Southern train bound from Louisville to St. Louis, were in- jured. Engineer Is Killed. The dead: Thomas Nelson, 62, New Albany, engineer on the Southern train. Leonard Wilson, 44, Southern fireman. W. E. Anderson, Petersburg, Ind., fireman. George Fluher, 40, Petersburg, en- gineer on the coal train, was injured so seriously that he is expected to die. The seven persons injured, in ad- dition to Fluhr, were: Henry Young, Louisville, Ky., Southern train baggagemaster, severe lacerations. Mrs. W. C. Miller, Alexandria, Va., head cut. Fred M. Sibert, Mount Carmel, IIl, injured leg. W. D. Owens, Somerset, Ky., left leg and body lacerated. Mrs. G. M. Bassford, Edwardsville, IIl., neck and shoulders cut. Alfred C. Tarlino, Lincoln, Nebr., nose broken and face lacerated. Edmund Thensted, New Orleans, shoulder and body bruised and cut. Both Engines Derailed. C. E. Rush, trainmaster at Prince- ton, and Fred Meixner, foreman of the Southern Railway shops here, were in charge of the wreck. The main line was open to traffic, the debris being piled up on the coal mine switch line. The wreckage told its own story. The passenger train leaped from the open switch 150 yards into the coal train, which was waiting for it to pass before moving a cut of cars to Petersburg. The engines were de- railed and thrown across the track. The Southern train tender mounted the engines and crashed down on to the coal train tender. A steel mail coach piled up on the wreck and then toppled over on its back. A wooden baggage coach next in the passenger train was splintered and the next car, a passenger-bag- gage coach, plowed through the wooden car, crashing into the wreck- age of the engines and coming to a s?op with one engine reared in the air. Three other passenger coaches were not derailed. The injured were in them, the force of the crash knock- ing them from their seats and berths. GEN. CHAMORRO RESIGNS. Former President Princeton, of Nicaragua Quits Post of Envoy to Europe. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, September 3 ().—Gen. Emiliano Chamorro, who has been special Nicaraguan Minister to England. France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Vatican since he relin- quished the presidency of the republic last year, resigned his mission today. He also curtly refused the request of the Conservative party that he send a declaration to Nicaragua, saying he would not be a Conservative candidate in the 1928 presidential elections. Ornithologist Produces Greatest Work In Jungles With Box of Cheap Paint. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 3.—Now the late Louis A. Fuertes, noted ornithologist, with only a box of cheap water colors and a pad of paper turn- ed out In' the African jungles his greatest paintings and his greatest manuscript, is told .today by Robert H. Davis in a copyrighted article in the New York Sun. Fuertes was killed recently in a grade-crossing crash at Tannersville, N. Y. Commissioned by sclentific societies to visit Africa and obtain, pictures and text for a volume on Abyssinian birds, Fuertes two years ago, after fighting his way through untold hard- ships to reach a native village 1,500 imiles !roT the, séacoast, -found that ! i i the boxes containing his palnts, canvases and drawing material had been left behind in America on a Brogklyn dock. He ransacked the community, in- habited by not more than 20 natives and white people, and obtained a box of water colors, such as are used by children, and a pad of paper recep- tive to that art medium. After 18 months he emerged from the dark continent with his manu- script and nearly 40 paintings of bird life in color. Dr. Frank Michler Chapman, curator of ornithology of of the American Museum of Natural History and Fuertes' close friend and critic, gave the works his un- qualified indorsement. ‘The manuscript and paintings were rescued by a passing stranger when the automobile burned after the crash at Tannersville, + plea is THREE BUILDINGS MAY BE NUCLEUS FOR GIVIC CENTER Fine Arts Commission Plans Great Municipal Area for District. OFFICIALS WILL HEAR SCHEME SEPTEMBER 16 Land From Third to Seventh Streets, Between Courthouse and Avenne, Would Bz Uszd, Three new buildings devoted to municipal activities of the District of Columbia will form the major archi- tectural features of the District civie center under plans forming in the minds of members of the Commission of Fine Artg, to be laid before the Dis- trict Commissioners at a meeting at the District Building September 16. With the plan for a great civic center in Chicago constantly in mind, a heroic scheme involving nearly a score of city squares in the Illinois city, mem- bers of the fine arts body believe Washington should provide for future municipal growth in the Capital by enlarging the present plan for the proposed civic center and at the same time provide for housing the existing municipal enterprises which are sched- uled to go from the triangle when the Federal building program gets well under way. It may be many years before the present District Building will have to be removed from the triangle to make way for Federal buildings. But eve:n now it has been outgrown by the constantly increasing needs of the District government, and both the Commissioners and members of the Fine Arts Commission believe now is the time to begin planning a civic center *to take care of the enlarged demands of the municipal govern- ment. Area May Be Too Small. Plans for the civic center prepared in the office of the municipal architect call for a comparatively small area from John Marshall place to Sixth street in an east and west direction, and from Pennsylvania avenue nearly to Indiana avenue in a north- and south direction to be included in the area to be given over to the civie center. Fine Arts Commission officials believe this area may be found to be too small to permit of the massive treatment demanded of a civic center for the National Capital, and may even not fit with the physical needs of the District a score of years hence, when the enlarged activities of ~the municipal gosernment make it plain that larger municipal administrative headquarters will be needed. The plan taking form under Fine Arts Commission auspices would take in the entire area from Third street to Seventh street, and from Pennsyl vania avenue to Indiana and Louis- fana avenues, creating a great civie center stretching for four blocks along the three avenues, fronting on the present District Municipal Court Building and including in its scope at least - three new buildings to house municipal activities. There are a new administrative building for the District government, a new Police Court building and a police headquar- ters building. In addition, a structure to house the office of recorder of deeds may be constructed, under the plans in mind. Moore Is Leading Factor. These plans in their enlarged form are virtually certain to be arought before the. joint meeting on Septem- ber 16. Charles Moore, c! ‘man of the Commission of Fine Art leading factor in the compi plans for the Chicago civic center :. is represented as feeling that Wash- ington, on a more modes: scale 1efit- ting the size of the ci should at- tack the civic center problem on a scale which will not only provide for present needs, but will niwke room available for expansion. Although no appropriation is avail- able, the mew Police Court building site has been decided upon, to front on Judiciary Square, near the present Municipal Court building. Early con- struction of this building may be held up to it in with the proposed civic center plans. All the buildings to form the civie center group, under the plans to be laid down in mid-September, will front on a great square, from whose center avenues will radiate out to fit into the highway scheme of the city. In- asmuch as the United States’ Capitol is in the geographic center of the city, that site is not available for a civic center site, and municipal offi- cials, as well as officers of the fine arts body, are disposed to make the new civic center fit as closely to the present judicial, center as possible, bringing the courts and the adminis- trative headquarters of the District Government into one central location. UTILITIES MEMBERS T0 GO TO BALTIMORE Will Hear Higher Fare Argument There at Invitation of Mary- land Group. Members of the Public Utilities Commission will go to Baltimore Tues- day to attend the public hearings before the Maryland Public Service Commission on the application of the United Railways for authority to charge a straight 10-cent cash fare in Baltimore, it was announced today by John W. Childress, chairman. The trip will be made at the invita- tion of the . Maryland commission, which the local commissioners quickly accepted, in view of the threats made some time ago by the Washington Railway and Electric and Capital Traction Companies to appeal for a higher fare if they were not permitted to extend the use of the more economically operated one-man cars. According to present plans, the Balti- more Car Co. is to present its case at the opening hearing, and members of the District commission will have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the arguments for increased fare. Although the commission has de- cided to oppose any effort of the car companies to augment their rolling stock with conductorless cars, nothing authoritative has come to its atten- tion to indicate that a higher fare to be entered soom.