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A\4 (U & Weather Partly Temperature—F¥ pm. yesterday; I today. Full report on cloudy and slightiy tonight and tomorrow. THER. Burean Forecast ) warmer Highest, 82, owest, 67 at page 7. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 30,454 post office, Wa The 7 Zalm A& WITH SUNDAY MORNI ‘i; NG EDITION ening Sfar. Entered as second class matter shinzton, D ¢, WASHINGTON, D, . C., SATURDAY, "EMBER 17, 1927 — 'ADOO DECLINES 10 RUN, PLAGING PARTY GOOD FIRST Sees Democratic Calamity if Convention Procedure of 1924 Is Repeated. PRINCIPLES COME FIRST, HE EXPLAINS IN LETTER Believes His Decision Will Clear Field for Development of New Leader. By the Associated Prese William G. McAdon, whose political personality has shadowed dis cussion of Democratic campaizn plans in recent vears, has decided to “stand aside” from the presidential race in 1925, The former Secrefary of the Treas- ury, whose forces epgaged in the mem orable convention battle at Madison Square Garden {n 1924, in communi- cating his decision to George F. Miiton, ! publisher of the Chattanooza News, Dased It on a_gdesire to clear the field, *so far as 1 can clear 1t,” so that a | Jeadership might be developed compe- | tent to maintain the supremacy of | “Demoeratic principles and progres: | sive policles” “I shall not, therefore, he a candi- date for the Democratic presidenti nomination in 1928, said a terse para- graph in a letter to Mr. Milton, whicn outlined the former Secretary of the ws of the situation con fronting the par Fears Convention Fight. A repetition of the “inconclusive and disastrous” convention fight of 1924, in which the forces of Gov. Smith and Mr. McAdoo clashed in bit. ter and unyielding conflict, would re- duce the Democratic party’ to impo- tence, he said. “The false religious issue” was in- cted into that convenfion against his opposition. he added. Whether Mr. McAdoo's declaration will draw from Gov. Smith any state- ment of his plans was a matter of widespread speculation among politi- cians here, especially among those who have urged that both Mr. McAdoo and Gov. Smith eliminate themselves In the interest of party harmon; fome of these pointed to the exact quotation of Mr. McAdoo that he pre- r the field, “so far as I for the development of Jeadership. ible should be done o prevent the 8 ccnvention from degenerating into a mere struggle of Individuals for personal preferment t the expense of principles and pok-. Jeies of fundamental importance to er and to the welfare of Mr. McAdoo wrote, Puts Principles First. “Principles and policies must come | first. Personal ambitions, however | legitimate, and every selfish purpose #hould be subordinated to them.” Although announcing that he would not be a candidate, Mr. McAdoo gave notice that as a private citizen he was #till in the fight for “the preservation of the Constitution in its integrity. for the defeat of nullification, for wohedience of Jaw and for the stern re- pression of crime, for incorruptible Government, for impartial justice, so- cial and economie, for orderiy progress and for wider human opportunities.” There was nothing in the letter to ndicate to whom the support of the McAdoo forces might be thrown, a subject which has been of intense in- terest since the campaign of 1924. Means Shifting of Plans. And in making his position as to his own candidacy clear, Mr. McAdoo ful- filled the promise ha made in Wash- ington several months ago that when he had something of, political im- portance to say he would say it him- gelf. This declaration was made after the former Secretary had heen quoted as having decided to support a par- ticular prospective candidate for the Democratic nomination. Although the McAdoo declaration undoubtedly will cause some shifting in the plans of various undercover pre-convention campaizns, the extent of its influence p nnot be de- termined for several dave. It was in reply to a lette: which the publisher a ocratic leader that *“pr ocrats looked to him and that the McAdoo strength had grown greater and greater. Mr. Mil- ton urzed that Mr. McAdoo make clear his position, Text of Letter, The text of Mr. McAdoo's letter, minder date of September 15, follows: y Dear Milton: T have read with care vour letter of September 8. I think you are yight in saving that the time has ar- rived when, in the interest of the progressive element of the Demo- cratic 7 with which I have al- ways been identified, and in order that my friends thronghout the coun- 1r be guided accordingly. I should te my attitude toward the forthcoming campaign for Democratie presidential nomination “While most of my life has been devoted to the practice of law and 10 some important business activities as, for instance, the construction the Hudson tunr heless, eause of my profound attachment to the Democratie prineiples, 1 maintained a const interest public affaire. It was for this rea fon that I fouzht with all my power for the nomination of Woodrow Wil- aan n the Baltimore convention of 9912, After his election he honored me with an 2tion member- ghip in his cabinet as Secretary every wured the Dem ve' Dem- for leadership, Y, neve im to of | four from Cincinnati, from Mr. Milton, in| the | have | in | Out of Race | \ i 1 | & | B { | K LIAM G MeADOO. WILLIS HAS EDGE Delegates Instructed for Longworth Doubted if Both Enter Primary. RY G. GOULD LINCOLN, ft Correspondent of The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 17.— Since President Coolidge’s “I-do-not- choose” statement the Republican presidential situation in Ohio has been at sixes and sevens. publicans were all set for the re- nomination of the President; the President w.uld have had the delega- tion without doubt, and he would have carried the State in the gen- eral election. Ohio Republicans are intent on sending a delegation to the national convention next year which will carry weight. Ohi 1 votes in that body, if cast together, will be no mean factor. The job now, accord- ing to some of the leaders, is to iron out the situation so that this will be possible. Two important figures in Repub-| lican politics, Senator Frank B, Willis and Speaker Nicholas Long- worth, loom on the horizon. The prediction made by those who should know is that if both Senator Willis and Speaker Longworth enter the presidentfiil®preferential -primaries the great majority of the delegation will be instructed for Willis. It is estimated that the Speaker would have only a handful of the delegates, including and perhaps as many outside of that city. Third Candidate Possible. Neither Senator Willis nor Speak- er Longworth has said yet that he will permit his name to go before the voters in the primary which comes next April. The only thing that could prevent such a course, however, appears to be an agree- ment entered into by them and by other prominent Republicans in the State to support some third candi- date for the Republican presidential nomination. The likelihood of such n agreement so far appears ver: dim. The chances are at the present ing, or, rather, the probability that the Ohio tructed for Senator V There has been some t ing an uninstructed delegation, with the idea that President Coolidge may be drafted by the national convention for the presidential nomination. Sena- tor Fess of Ohio has strongly urged that the President be renominated since the Black Hills statement, but tle primary law here is explicit. Dele- gates to the national convention are elected only after they have stated their first and second choice for Presi- dent and after the consent is given in writing by the candidates themselv illis. Coolidge Consent Doubted. No one here helieves that President Coolidge would give such consent. The Ohio delezation, therefore, will be in- structed for some other person or per- sons for the presidential nomination. When it comes to candidate; for the Republican nomination outside of Ohio there is wide diversity of choice among Republicans; here there is real ment_fz g ‘he ination_of | | | AS OHIO'S CHOICE Ohio Re-| | training so_that regularly delegation will be | < of send-| GERMANY PRESSES ‘FOR DISARMAMENT N LEAGUE COUNCIL ‘ — 1 Chamberlain and Dandurand . Clash at First Session of Reorganized Body. BRITISH PROBLEM RAISED BY SEATING OF CANADA Point Arises as to Whether Great | Britain Can Now Speak for Entire Empire. BY R. A. DECKER. | The Star and Chicago Daily | News. Copyright, 18 | A, Septomber 1 “or the | t Britain and Dominion | | delegates sat on the League of Na- | on’s Council today. The point now can Great Britain henceforth | in the mame of the Bri | Empire. as in the past? The first session of the newly con- | stituted Council saw a brush be- | tween Sir Austen Chamberlain of ! Great Britain and Raoul Dandurand over the question of procedure. Dan- | durand insisted upon expressing his | opinion, although Sir Austen inter- rupted him twice. iermany is the land most in need of security, and therefore will take an active part in League debates and will assist any idea furthering di {armament. Foreign Minister Strese- { mann declared in an address Fr Disarm Spirit Lacking. Count Von Bernstorff stated in the committea discussing disarmament that Germany is disarmed and now awaits the promised reduction of rmaments by the allies. This shows one point in Germany's future for- eign policy. Tt would seem that Count Von Bernstorff has assumed, as a mission fittingly to close his long diplomatic career, the task either of scaling the allies’ arma- ments down somewhere near Ger- many’s or obtaining allied consent to Germany's partial armament. Although the League is debating re- duction of armaments, there is no real spirit for disarmament beyond the ex- tent demonstrated by the taxpayers. For example, France is reducing the time of military service, but at the <ame time is reorganizing milita amployed labor does the kitchen work and man- ual labor hitherto done by recruits, who now devote their entire period of service to Jearning the art of war. European armies are larges than before the war and infinitely better equipped. However, the leazus has four propositions for disarmament— First, the Dutch proposition to revise the principles of the Geneva protocol; the Polish proposition to sol- condemn aggressive war; third, the Nansen proposal to co-ordinate, combine and facilitate pacts by mak- ing it possible for one signature to close an agreement with all nations in in a universal, but individually-made pact; fourth, the resolution of Paul Boncour, which proposed codifying all problems and ways of solution, and particularly having a preparatory dis- armament committee, which would discuss a plan for combining security with disagreement. Proposition in Tangle. The entire question of armament is <0 bound up with the determination of the allies to maintain what many con- | sider an unnatural situation that it {has become a contest between those | who profited territorially by the war and those who lost ter: Tfore, the proposition is as tangled as are the frontie Herr Stressemanp showed how ten- der a point is evacuation of the Rhineland when he said, “Reconcilia- tion with Germany would proceed at a faster pace if obstacles were re- moved—for example, the Rhineland occupation.” ench statesmen tell the Germans they cannot move faster toward a rap- prochement with Germany because of | public opinion in France and the un- | settlement due to the coming elec- tions. Herr Stresemann also states that { public opinion in Germany is becom- ling restless. Thus one gathers that the Germans are not obtaining all they expected from the League, and even feel snubbed because no meeting ot the Locarno powers was called at | Geneva this session. There is a prob- ability that Germany will adopt a ifirmnr attitude in the future, becom- ing_weary of the rola of perfect | arise 4 speak ntinued on Page 4, Column ! "(Continued on Page 2, Column 7. | | By the Aszo NEW YORK, September 17 velt Field, where Lindbergh, Chambe lin and Byrd started their fights to converted again today ik alive with post-time planes prepared to go to ated Pres Eurepe, vas into tension tre Treasury. "My enthusiasm for the principles of progressive Democracy which that great statesman 3 Jader represent ed, induced me to accept that office. Resigned to Rest. “For almost six of the Treasury director general of the United World War, I devoted my sint or limit to the ser country. After the signing armistice, 1 was oblized to these offices because an absolute res free of all responsibilities, was im srative In 1920 a d 1o be v pation cratic a for 1] ne the year railro: ng without of the of my nomi the Demo o become of my party celfish sy honor at occasion that the (Continued cn Page aft me on entered the ed npor element Cojuma 3 me pre ) ) Reeretary ‘ S | Elev the | reached the | resign | h appeared the very | \Monday in the New York Derby ors of the Department Commerce were hand for ex { amination of the planes which will | compete for $42,500 in prize money, re of which is sought by each of nnounced entr n additio and the barrier Snokane A Five inspe planes— five six in class “R™ the field yesterday, while a | twelfth crashed in a Pennsylvania * | hayfield after one of its occup: made a J its pilot had it volplaned to earth. Valentine Reserve, of from his plane | Olympia, when the engin 2000 feet in the air. F Ande Ind., made din; of the i more minor injuries | cla | Lieut Corps leaped Gephart, Seattle, the Ci the 1 3 Field from Seattle when rached ayrivals Included: Class o 22 PLANES PREPARE FOR RACE FROM NEW YORK TO SPOKANE 'Eleven Additional Entrants Reach Start- ind Point as Twelfth Crashes E_n Route From Seattle. ) Roose. | in | nts had achute leap to safety and ved with the craft as went dead ed Parker of forced | men suffer- The 1 v of Olvmpia was en ronte to Roose. | planes have been listed for the event, | convention, also has been declared a it | A" glanes—E. E.WPallough, & tramsatlantc flight | Chicago, Laird Commercial; C. Sloan, Moline, Til, Yackey monoplane: James Ray, Philadelphia, Pitcairn Mailwing; {Robert Hudson, Marysville, Mich., | Buhi Airster; Robert Fogg, Con- {cord, N. H.,, Waco Whirlwind, Roherts, £ AL N | Ba adelphia, Pitcairn Mail- | wing: Lesiie Miller, Des Moines, Towa, | Baglerock; Hilaire E. Campbell, Long | Tstand. erock; C. W. Meyers, De- [ troit, Waco Ten, and Knapp, Ypsilanti, Mich., Waco Ten Seven plancs are entered in the class flight, which will take off Tuesday morning, making an_oves- night stop at St. Paul, Minn. Kach is to carry a pilot and two passengers and compete for first prize of $10,000, second prize of $3.000, third prize of $2.000 and fourth prize of $1,000. Yifteen entrans are on the fleld for {the B” flight, which starts Mon- day morning and has overnight halts at Chicago and Glendive, Mont. Prizes in this event are $5,000, $3,000, £1,000 and $300 for first, second, third and fourth places There were no entrants on the field | 1ast night for the non-stop flight from New York to Spokane, although seven including the monoplane Roval Wind- sor, which €. A. (Duke) Schiller and HIRTY-SIX PAGES. * NG IN STIRRING T By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 1 On the slopes of Mount Valerien, overlooking all Paris and surrounded by the mar- ble crosses marking the last resting place of 1,500 comrades who gave their lives on the battlefield, Gen. John J. Pershing and National Comdr. Howard P. Savage today paid the tribute of the American Legion to their fallen buddies. | There was a drizzle of rain at times during the short ceremonies, at which Gen. Pershing, Comdr. Savage and Marshal Foch made the only ad- dresses, the American Legion com- mander speaking directly to the dead rather than to the living audience. A distinguished company of French military and civil leaders was present. The ceremonies were presided over by Sheldon Whitehouse, American charge d'affaires, and those attending included Gen. W. W. Harts, military PERSHING AND FOCH LAUD DEAD | RIBUTE AT PARIS Savage Joins in Voicing Honor at Cere- mony on Slopes of Mount Valerien, Where 1,500 Sleep. attache; Gen, Milton Foreman, Gens. and Gouraud, Col. T. Bentley Mott, M. Bowju, prefect of the Seine, and Capt. L'Hopital, who is aid to Marshal Foch. The inclement weather and the lack of transportation facilities from Paris | kept many Legionnaires away, so the attendance, which was rather small, was about equally divided between Americans and French. Gen. Pershing, the first speaker, | noted_the fact that the first act of the official Legion delegation had been to pay tribute to thei dead French comrades at the Are de Triomphe | after their arrival yesterday, and then | to their own dead comrades in| Suresnes Cemetery this morning. | “These companions of ours came to France with all the enthusiasm men can have when engaged to defe cred cause,” Gen, Pershing said. : came représanting a people who have ever fought for liherty and justice, and (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) DRAFTING GOOLIDGE 1S SEEN BY THREE Wood, Slemp and Taylor Say/| Country Wants President to Run Again. According to three Republican lead- ers who were callers at the White House today, the sentiment of the country is for President Coolidge for| nother term and two of these leaders expressed the belief that there is a strong possibility of his being nom- inated at the next Republican con- vention. Representative Will Wood of 1In- diana said that while the President is absolutely sincere in his statement, he be es he can be prevailed upon to sacrifice his own personal desires when the time comes. €. Bascom Slemp, Republican na- tional committeeman from Virginia and former secretary to the President, said that there is no question that the people of this country are anxious for a continuation of the present admin- istration, and that if they can’t get President Coolidge, they want his duplicate. tepresentative Will Taylor of Ten- nessee, Republican national committee- man from that State, said that his State is overwhelmingly for Coolidge and that the Republicans will no doubt send a delegation instructed for Cool- idge to the next national convention. HEADL_ESS BODY CASE MAY PROVE SUICIDE Young Baltimore Chemist Said to Have Been Despondent Before Disappearance June 9. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, September 17.—De spondency - over fast-approaching blindness and the failure of important experiments may have caused .J. Athey Kerner, 22-year-old Baltimore chemist, to have taken his own life, it has been testified at an informal hearing hefore Magistrate H. (. An- dreae, who later will hold the Inquest. Intimate friends of Kerner, who disappeared June 9 and whose body was found in a forest reserve last| Thursday, expressed the conviction| that the voung man was the victim | of hootleggers, whom he had refused | a formula for removing poisonous matter from alcohol. i Prior to last night's hearing police had attempted to solve the case on the theory that Kerner, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University and a research chemist, had been murdered. PAYS TRIBUTE TO LEGION. TUNIS, September 17 (#).—S Mohammed, ‘bey of Tunis, has is decree declaring September 19 a ay in honor of the American Funis is a colonial possession of France, where the 19th, the day of the opening of the American Legion national holiday.) Phil Wond yecently planned to use In TRIANGLE RAZING BIDS ARE ASKED First Clearing for New Com- merce Building Will Start in Short Time. Pushing forward the Federal build- ing program, the Treasury Depart ment has advertised for bids to bhe opened September 23 for the first raz ing of old buildings to make way foi the great Department of Commerce Building, which will bs longer than the Capitol. The estimates asked of contractors are for clearing the site in the area bounded by Fourteenth and Fifteenth | streets, 15 street and Ohio avenue. vthing above ground in this sec- tion ‘will be torn down with the ex- ception of the House of Detention, which will be razed later. The contractor will be asked to tear down these buildings within 30 day after award of the contract. Occupants of the buildings to be eliminated in this program already have received notices to vacate, and it is expected all structures will be emp- tied before time for the contractor to art work. The only other building ing on the Department of Com- te is what is known as Annex . 2, a large temporary frame build- ing housing the income tax unit of the Internal Revenue Bureau, located be- tween B street and Ohio avenue and Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, The block on which Poli's Theater and the old G. A. R. Building stand probably will not be razed for some time yet, as under the present pro- gram “this will be converted into a large plaza. ADMR. HUTCHISON DIES AT UTICA, N. Y. Widow Advises Department of| Death of Former Commandant of Navy Yard. Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Hutchi <on, former assistant chief of naval| operations and former commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, died today at Utica, N. Y., the Navy De- partment was advised by his widow, Mrs, Helen Hutchison. Admiral Hutchison was a native of Missou Admiral Hutchison was comman- dant of the navy vard here for four years, being relieved last June by Rear Admiral A. L. Willard, now in command. H Admiral Hutchison was born in St. Louis and was fraduated from the Naval Academy in 1889. His service | has included the ships Yorktown, | Michigan, Petral, Detroit, and ashore at training st i and Nor the Naval Academy, | Naval War College, navy yard New York and Norfolk and at the | office of the Navy De- | He was also adminisirator | floating ~ equipment. at | partment. of a tanker New York. During 1917 he commanded the Kansas, and in 1918 the Mississippl. He was a member of the Army and Radio Prpz:qw—,l’aee 29 Navy Club, ——— ions at San Francisco ||| at (|| QUIT RAGE, HARRIS DEMANDS OF SMITH Senator Sees Repetition of 1924 Convention Unless Governor Drops Out. By tha Associated Press. A call for Gov. Smith to follow the lead of William G. McAdoo and *“with- draw from the race” was contained in a statement here today by Senator Harris of Georgia, who said that un- Iess the governor takes such action e next Democratic convention will see a repetition of the Madison Square Garden fight. “The only hope of Democratic suc- cess is for us to unife on. some man the Smith and McAdoo factions can agree upon,” he said. “I have nothing but the Kind, feelings toward Gov. Smith. He has made a splendid governor, but Secre- tary McAdoo made one of the great- est Secretaries of the Treasury the country has ever had,and his claims on the party are equally as great as those of Gov. Smith. Says State Opposes Smith. “I have taken no part in the mat- ter and I am not supporting any candidate, but I recently visited 50 counties in my State, and from what 1 was told on all sides a large ma- jority of the people of Georgia are opposed to Gov. Smith's nomination. They are strongly opposed to Gov. Smith’s view on prohibition, and would not sacrifice this great moral principle even at the thought that by so doing a Democrat could be elected President. “I believe that the Democrats can be successful without a doubt if they can harmonize their differences. There are plenty of able men in the party who would make great Presidents.” A similar view as to harmonizing differences in the Democratic party was expressed by Senator Fletcher, Democrat, Florida. Wants Smith to Quit. fr. McAdoo's withdrawal is an- other evidence of his loyalty to the party and his statesmanship,” Senator Fletcher said. “He sacrifices himself in order to avoid any ch as that tadison (Continued on Page NO OFFER TO JARDINE TO QUIT THE CABINET Suggested Informally That Florida | Fruit Growers Would Like His Services. Persistent reports that Secretary of Agriculture Jardine is about to quit the cabinet to head a Florida citrus fruit marketing organization resulted today in a clarifying statement at the Department of Agriculture. No offer of a salary of $35,000 a year or of any other_amount has been made Secre- tary Jardine. and he has no knowledge that any offer of any kind will be mad It is true that Florida fruit growers have been in conference with the Sec- retary, who is the country’'s foremost proponent of co-operative marketing, and he has been helping them with plans to build up and strengthen their organization. He has extended simi- help to co-operatives in other lines of agriculture, not only at conferences here in Washington but in his travels throughout the country. At one of the conferences with the Florida growers members of the dele- tion expressed the hope that Dr. Jardine might be prevailed upon to consider an offer to head their organ- ization, but no offer was made and the discussion was wholly informal. The citrus fruit men have returned to Florida to attempt reorganization along the lines suggested by Secretary Jardine. Whether they will succeed in their efforts remains to be seen, as it remaing also for the future to de. termine whether there will be a formal offer to the Secretary to head the organization and whether he would ac- cept the offer if made. “American Soldiers of Fortune” A feature which is educational and intensely interesting, Begins in Monday’s Star The articles are written by Albert Payson Terhune, and the pictures are drawn by a well service. (#) Means Associated Pre: Runs Over Officer, ( Shock Sends Auto | Driver to Hospital; By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. September 17.—The | Chicago police will have to wait until William Schneider, 30, gets out of the hospital before they n serve a warrant on him for ault with an automobile on one of their fellow officers Schnelder got his greens mixed, ran through a traffic light, knocked the officer down and ran completely over his hody before he brought the car to a halt. The shock of tha accident sent the driver to the hospital suffering from a collapse, in the same ambu- Jance with his victim. Both driver and victim will recover. FARMER S SLAIN DRY RAIDER SHOT Fellow Agents Freed on Bond as Result of Battle Near Leonardtown, Md. reds and A Marvland farmer, Charles B. Gunderlach, 67, was killed and a Fed- eral prohibition agent, John T. Fisher, was wounded in the legs and probably crippled for life, in a shooting yester- day afternoon at Gunderlach's home, about six miles from Leonardtown, Md. The farmer opened fire on the pro- hibition agents without warning. drop- ping Fisher to the ground with a shotgun and firing at him later with a pistol before the agents returned the fire, according to Robert D. Ford, deputy’ prohibition agent in charge of operations out of Washington. The agents were charged with man- slaughter and released on $1.000 bond each by ‘s Attorney Philip H. Dorsey, jr. _eonardtown. Hearing will be ziven the men Monday after- noon at 5 o'clock hefore Magistrate J. Roland Duke. The grand jury will convene with the opening of Septem- ber term of court also on Monday, and Dorsey today was gathering evidence for presentation to the grand jury should the men be held by the magistrate, Feeling Runs High. Feeling in the ction is running high against the Federal agents, it was learned from Leonardtown today, and State’s Attorney Dorsey is being sharply eriticized for not ng the men I night and charging them with murder. Mrs. Gunderlach, who was the only other witness to the of- fair, was being questioned today by Mr. Dorsey. The shooting took place as the agents, including Fisher, Robert F. Cornet, Dano Jackley and Randolph Brewer, approached the Gunderlach farmhouse to investigate reports that the farmer was operating a still. The agents did not carry a search warrant nor an arrest warrant, Mr. Ford said. An arrest warrant, however, had been sworn_out_agai sunderlach (Contin 278 AUTO DRIVERS ARRESTED IN DAY Campaign Against Minor Vio- lators Will Continue, In- spector Brown Says. As the result of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse's campaign against traffic vio- lations, inaugurated yesterday, the police headquarters’ report this morn- ing shows 278 arrests for the past 24 hours, as compared with 180 for the day before. The figures of the report indicate that particular attention is being given to minor traffie violations, which have threatened, by their frequency, to be- come a graver source of danger than more serious offenses. More than 100 of the arrests yesterday were made for miscellaneous offenses. which in- clude, mainly, cutting corners, driving through a safety zone and similar in- fringements of the traffic code. The campaign is particularly against motorists who cut corners, violate safety zones and disregard traffic lights. It was largely the continuous violation of these regulations that de- termined Maj. Hesse and Director of Traffic William H. Harlan to begin their fight on traffic_infringements. Inspector E. W. Brown, who is in charge of the execution of Maj. Hesse's order, says the campaign will continue until the violations are ma terially reduced Twenty additional motor ecycle and bicycle policemen from outlying pre- cinets, were assigned yvesterday to In- spector Brown for the execution of his orders. Traffic Director Harland believes that the drive will soon reduce the number of complaints of careless and reckless driving that reach his office every day. He expressed himself as particularly pleased at the co-opera- tion he is receiving from the police department. Of 173 who deposited collateral at Police Court yesterday afternoon and last night only 12 showed up this morning, the others forfeiting sums ranging from to §10. Informations filed showed that one officer made 25 arrests. 70 FISHERMEN MISSING. Typhoon and Tidal Wave Bring Havoc in Japan. TOKIO. September 17 (A).—A de- laved official report states that 70 fishermen are missing and that 114 fishing boats were capsized off Ama- kosa Island, southwest of Kiushiu, during the recent typhoon and tidal wave there. (The typhoon caused at least 400 deaths in villages in the Prefect of Kumamoto, near Nagasaki.) Northwest Farm Sales Grow. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., September 17 (). — Northwest farmers last month sold products totaling more than one-fifth more than the value of those disposed of during the same period last vear, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis announced todas First results of the new income served to increase debits to individual accounts by 2 per cent at 17 report- known artist, ing cities and to raise department store sales in the larger cities by nearly 11 per cent. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 97,669 TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE ATTENDS SPEEDBOAT FINALS FOR PRESIDENT CUP |Early Crowd Indicates 100, 000 Will View Regatta Fin- ish Off Hains Point. GREENWIE;FOLLY HOLDS EDGE BY ONE VICTORY Horace Dodge Memorial Trophy Virtually Won by Its Donor’s | Own Miss Syndicate, | With the Horace Dodge Memorial Trophy rtually won by its dgaer’s own Miss Syndicate, four of the“coun- try's fastest speed boats today were in the fight for the other big trophy at in the regatta here, the President’s Cup. | George Townsend, in his Greenwich | Folly, twice winner of the gold cup, | is facing tne fight of his life to keep the advantage he won yesterday in the | first heat of the President’s Cup race. Pitted agamst him in the final two heats today are the Syndicate, Dodge's sister Syn and a new rival, Baby rated the favorite in today's stake Miss Syndicate, which developed en- gine trouble and limped in a bad third in yesterday's heat, faces the necessity of ‘winning both of today’s heats to carry off the trophy. Dodge's other boat, Sister Syn, which is piloted by his sister, Mrs. Delphine Dodge Crom- well, although rated as a slower boat than the Miss Syndicate, has a chance as a result of the second place she won yesterday. Baby Chic Refitted. The Baby Chic, owned by Chris and Bernard Smith and driven by the lat- ter, has been fitted out with a new propeller to take the place of the one she broke yesterday. Out of the race s far as winning the trophy is con- cerned, the Baby Chic is in a position to blay havoc with the other boats’ ratings, If Miss Syndicate wins both heats today she takes the cup, but if any other boat wins both of today’s heats and 'l";’\\msen);l can manage to finish as good as third, the troph; the Greenwich Folly. T Only a disaster that would throw it out of the race altogether can keep Miss Syndicate from winning the Dedge Trophy in the final heat today, With 400 points to her credit as re;ult of yesterday's two victories and ouly three boats in the final heat, Dodge’s boat, piloted by J. H. Crom- well, has only to circle the course the ;egulli’l_lxgn a‘ X lxnlles to gain the points or third place that wi e ill give her the As the time for the first event of today’s races drew near, indications were that a crowd as big as or greater than last year’s estimated 100,000 would be lining Hains Point aad filling innumerable boats in the river before the day was over. Coolidge to See Races. President Coolidge will wat races from the Mayflower !odac}h. :::; after they are over he will present :gfifreizglfgt's Cup, to its winner. Sec- retary ur is also expe there in the Sylph. e Two world records one of them twice. J. T. ing his Kayo II, fell yesterday, . . Herbst, pilote , in the Class B out- boards, broke the record in the first heat with an average speed of 26:027 miles per hour, and then smashed his own mark in the second heat with a &peed of 26.368. The Kayo 11 easily ::\T" all!;lhre;{ }}eats of the outboards, aking e Hall Scott Ci i ]l}u}:hy t Championship The second record was shatt Bfllp‘h Snoddy in J. H. Randg;egfll;x Spitfire VI, in the 151 hydroplane un- limited class. Snoddy, who won the Duke of York's trophy in England gf‘v‘:‘r;\l “Tek’haso‘ easily took the 'st heat in this class wi of 48.36 miles per hour. e In the second heat he went out for the record for the fastest speed in any single lap in competition. Complet- ing the first lap in more than 50 miles per hour, Snoddy opened the little boat up in the second lap. She leaped from the water, only a few inches of bottom touching the waves. Propeller Blown to Pieces. With his engine roaring and spit- ting and the little boat swaying, leap- ing and bucking, Snoddy -careened around the course once and then stopped, his propeller blown to pieces by the terrific speed. The official timing gave him 52.1221 miles per hour, a new record for a single lap. _ With Spitfire out of the race, the New Yorker, piloted by Adolph Goebel, won the heat. Miss Buckeye was third, Gibson Bradfield at the wheel. Snoddy repaired his boat last night and was back in the running today, rated favorite to win the final heat. A steady, distance-devastating pace won the Dodge race heats for the Miss Syndicate vesterday. Pitted agalnst Dodge's other boat, the Sister N piloted by Mrs. Cromwell, and George Townsend in his sensational Green- wich Folly, James Cromwell eased the cate up to a speed of more l})an 50 rgilles gn hour and held her there steadily throughout the 15 of both heats. 5 S Greater Power Tells. Townsend was the big danger. In his smaller, but not quite so speedy, boat he could skid around the turns at a pace that would bring disaster to the big, black Miss Syndicate. In both heats Townsend got away to a fiving start and maintained his lead for two laps, hut each time the greater power of the Dodge boat began to tell and the Folly was overhauled. Sis- ter Syn never was dangerous. In the second heat Townsend made his bid for the lead three times and each time he was outdistanced. After being overtaken on the straightaw: on the second lap he made a hair- raising turn at the upper end of the course and for a moment it looked as though he had nosed in ahead of the Miss Syndicate. But as the turn was rounded the big boat shot ahead, and as they passed the offi- cial boat she was leading by a length. Misses Again by Hair. Twice again Townsend tried to cut in ahead at the turn, and each.time he missed by a hair. Then on the last lap when Miss Syndicate seemed to have the race in her pocket, the Greenwich Folly suddenly put on a terrific burst of speed, eating up the distance between the two boats. If there had been another half a lap she might have won, but Cromwell had too good a lead. He flashed across the line a good two lengths ‘n_the lead. _Trrepayable damage to Count K. tCenllpnd on Page 2, Column 8.