Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1928, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Sta:’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today; tomorrow _increasing cloudiness, possibly followed by showers Temperature—Highest, 75, at 10 am.; 70, at midnight report on page 7 s W ITH DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1928 —NINETY-SIX PAGES. HOOVER PLANNING 70 RUN CAPAGN TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS | GAMBLING HOUSES RUN WIDE OPEN IN (/) Means Associated Press. red as second office class matter Washington, D. ¢ 'OWEN D. YOUNG NOW BOOSTED AS NEW DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN No. SVITH WILL DRAF 1.215— GOTHAM THIS WEEK Councils With His Political Advisers Due to Start Tomorrow. ADDRESS FROM CITY HALL STEPS IS SET WEDNESDAY to Call Program Expected Whirlwind Campaign From Coast for to Coast and in South. f Tmi strategy of Dem presidential campaign | to began at o Gov. Alfred E. will go to New York tomorrow, d today that he has | Monday with persons | 1 political matters he | cr ary conferences the | of battle will be| up, and all indications are that call for a whirlwind campaign | lead Smith and his running | tor Joseph T. Robinson, from | and from the Canadian | o the southernmost | Gov. Smith has revealed little of his | ns, but the fact that he is going to | New York tomorrow, ostensibiy to keep | two appolitments Wednesday, indicates | that there are important matters to be | discussed at once, even before those Fourth of July appointments. To Speak at City Hall. On the Fourth the Governor is to speak at Tammany Hall, and in the evening from the steps of the City Hall. Observers of the political situation are The Governor and Senator Robinson re both the “fighter type” and it is clieved that both would welcome get- ing the political warfare started as soon as possible. Although the formal cam- paign is not expected to begin until Labor day, it seems likely that the in- tervening time will witness at least oc- casional skirmishes. It is generally conceded that the gen- eral strategy of the campaign will be | dictated by Gov. Smith, but there are | countless details which he must first | discuss with persons better acquainted | than he with national politics. * i To date he has merely said that he ! will conduct the as he has smcans that Be Wil ngnt day and nights means that ‘fight day and night, speaking at a great number of meet- ings, and also that he will ‘him- confine sclf to statements of what he expects | ical 1o do if elected rather than to charges against the Republicans, such as fea- tured the keynote speech. New Chairman Is Problem. Much depends on the choice of a chairman of the national committee to succeed Clem Shaver, and this seems at the moment to be one of Gov. lems, for it will tes the choice. It| nerally believed that the man chosen will come from the West, but there seem to be half a dozen men on | ‘whom the choice might fall. Smith is known to be enthusiastic | about the qualities of his running mate | and is believed to have had a good deal to do with his nomination. Smith and Robinson campaigned in New York to- gether in 1920 for Cox, and théy have 2 mutual respect for each other largely based on the admiration of one tireless | fighter for another. The details of the campaign still are 1 be decided on, but one fact is cer- | tain, when it is-ver the country will | have no doubt that it has witnessed a campaign 1 SCORE ARE ARRESTED | AS WORKERS PARADE Striking Textile Hands Rounded Up by Police in Massa- chusetts Town. Br the Assoclated Press NEW BEDFORD, Mass. June 30.— ) than a score of arrests were made as several workers this noon attempted to narch from both ends of the city to the center in defiance or refusal by the Police Department o grant a permit for the parade. Among those arrested were Ell Keller, Passaic, N. J., strike Jeader, who organized the parade as a “Textile Workers' Union demonstration, Elizabeth Donneley, Boston or- this since the y began tatls of police halted the proces- | rted from north and ¢ places by parking the line piaced proached. Meetings of the textile mill com- s groups, which planned today's monstration, have been regularly per- d > the strike but their parade project of march under arrest tuation here b w. tees lead e for str T Murdoch. textile mill com- disorders. MARINE CAPTAIN WEDS NURSE IN NICARAGUA President Diaz Gives Bride to Bal- timore Man in Ceremony at American Legation. By the Associsted Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 30 With President Adolfo Diaz of N ragus giving the bride in marriage, Miss * Ruth Ginn of Bayard, lowa, was mar- ried here oday 1o Capt. Bernard Dubel, U. 8. M. C, of Baltimore. The cere- mony was performed at the American legation in the presence of members of the diplomatic corps, cabinet and gov- emnment officials and Mearine Corps Army and Navy officers Mrs. Susie Rosenthal of New York matron of honor and the brides- were Miss Margaret Larsch of Francisco and Benorita Chila i reigning Nicaraguan beauty Ginn was & nurse in Prance the World War and later was United Btates Army forces in Psnams. Ehe hes been superintendent of the Raiway Hospital lere for iwo Lt v nald |in Phillip: County, Kans., the eldest of | came national committeeman. I Draft Electrical ! Executvie. His Choice Seen as Auto- matic Guarantee to Big Business. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. 1 Dispatch to The Star. | HOUSTON, June 30.—Democrat lead- rs are streaming homeward from the Houston convention full of aggressive | plans for the campaign to elect Smith | and Robinson. Conspicious among pro- | osed arrangements to that end is a | vement to draft Owen D. Young of | New York as chairman of the Demo- cratic national committee. Other names | are under consideration—prominent among them that of Sehator Gerry of Rhode Island and George R. Van Namee of New York, victorious pre-convention generalissimo of the Smith forces. But Mr. Young is the man considered from many standpoints the ideal commander- chief for the Democratic battle of e E OWEN D. YOUNG. 1 Young is not an experienced or prac- ical politician. That is one of his ccommendations in the view of Demo- crats who would like to see him put at the head of their fight. He is a| lawyer and corporation executive. He is very close to Al Smith. Frequently during the past year when it was sug- gested that Smith might not be able IDAHO GOVERNOR FILLS SENATE SEAT John Thomas, G. 0. P. Na- tional Committeeman, to Succeed Gooding. to capture two-thirds of the national convention, Young'’s name has been mentioned as the Democrat to whom the governor would throw his strength. Young has periodically figured in politi- cal talk as a Democrat whom Smith would like some day to seat in the gubernatorial mansion at Albany. One of the_ psychological advantages of Young as Democratic_chairman. his (Continued on Page 4, Column Police Clear Hall As Smithites and Foes Stage Clash By the Associated Pr SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 30.— Police and the public safety com- missioner were called into the county Democratic convention here | today to quell a disturbance which arose when Smith and anti-Smith Democrats fought over the right to name a presiding officer. Police cleared the hall, readmit- ting only credited delegates. Those tcl]““d started a “rump” conven- on. Mrs. J. O'Donovan, committee- woman of the eleventh district and an_ardent worker for Gov. Smith, differed with Dr. Daniel V. Moore, retiring county chairman and anti- Smith worker, over rights to the chairmanship. Dr. Moore, when unable to fur- nish credentials to gain admission, led his followers to another hall, where he presided. | By the Associated Press. | BOISE, Idaho, June 30.—John Thom- | as, banker and cattleman of Gooding | and Republican national committeeman | for Idaho, today was appointed United States Senator to serve the unexpired | term of the late Senator Frank R. Good- | ing. The appointment of Mr. Thomas was | announced by Gov. H. C. Balbridge fol- | lowing conferences with political lead- ers from all parts of the State since Sunday. SEE T FORESEE COOLIDGE Thomas' - selection came after more | than 10 years of service in the Repub- n party and marked the rise of the | new Senator nominee from his birth- place in a rock dugout on a Kansas farm. Thomas was born January 4, 1874, a family of nine. He was uated 91. grad | e Phlipsbursh b scbool 1n 1891, | Brule. Observers Feel Presi- ded { School and gracgated m 1807 wiena| dent Will Speak Before Leaving Wisconsin. | bachelor of arts degree. 1 He served four years as county school | superintendent of Phillips County and | later was appointed registrar of the | land office at Colby, Kans., by Presi- | dent Roosevelt. { Opon his arrival in Idaho, about 10 | Staff Correspondent of The Star. years ago, he became associuf v e e o cluted With| CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, Brule a Gooding and later became head of three | River, Wis., June 30.—While President hudz.ks. onemmh in Gooding, Jerome | Coolidge has intimated to friends here be | . | that he has no intention of taking an onldn slggg.w':mng;odm .mh“{se 2‘;;”?.} |active part in the coming campaign, 1918 having been um"w“m‘m. Thomas | [Here Is every indication that there will was named State Republican chairman | D¢ CO-operation between the Summer and led his party to victory. He was | White House and fhose who are to be State chairman until 1924, when he be- | in charge of the campaign to elect Her- bert Hoover to the presidency. The impression here is that Mr. Cool- idge will make one or two speeches that will be flavored strongly with politics before he leaves this section of the R D. C. MAN KILLED IN OHIO ACCIDENT (o o et v ! doubtful by those who know his state of mind at the present. This, however, is likely to be determined during his conference with Dr. Hubert Work, the new chairman of the Republican na- BY J. RUSSELL YOU G. E. Sullivan, 70, Is Victim When Auto Upsets at Curve, SPECH FOROOVER thousand striking textile | was frowned on by authorities from the | now is serving a sen-| Wife Injured. Gerald E. Sullivan, 70 years old, 4226 Seventh street, was injured fatally, and his wife, Mrs. Anna Sullivan, 50, | was hurt when thelr automobile turned over near Medina, Ohio, late yester- | day. Mr. Sullivan’s neck was broken. Mrs. Angela Haughey, 40, of Tiffin, | Ohio, who accompanied them, recetved cuts and bruises in the smash. Mrs. | Sullivan sustained several broken ribs. Mr. Sullivan died several hours after | being taken to a Medina hospital with his wife and their companion. ‘The accident occurred when Sully: lost control of the machine wi | rounding a curve, according to repor and the occupants were pinned be- neath the car. They were on ther way to Akron for a visit, having left here about two weeks ago, according | to neighbors. Mr. Bullivan was a newspaper man | in the Middle West for many years and also at one time practiced law in Tiffin The Sullivans have resided here | about six y btecc SO LA Teases Bull; May Die. GREAT BEND, Kans., June 30 (#) John Goddard, 20, a farm finding & moment of idleness today iveased a bull. The animal attacked, | crushing his chest. Goddard is | expected 1o live. hand, | not | tional committee, who will arrive here | Monday to present his resignation as Secretary of the Interior. With the battle lines for the forth- coming political campalgn now drawn, and the opposing forces entering seri- ously upon their tasks of electing their respective candidates, it 1s expected that there will be more or less activity at the Summer White House. Most fm- portant, of course, will be the visit of Secretary Hoover, who has notified the President that he will stop here to ten- der his resignation from the cabinet and to talk over the campaign pro- gram. The President has not been in- formed definitely just when Mr. Hoover will come. Good Is Expected Soon. | | _Next in political significance will be Secretary Work’s visit. It is expected | | | | | that James W. Good, who was Hoover's | | pre-convention campaign manager, and who is to direct the Republican cam- paign in the Middle West, will call on | the President very shortly. He is in this | section of the country for a rest, and [\mne ssing through Buferlm' yester- day, signified to the President's secre- | tary that he would like to chat with Mr. Coolidge before returning to Chicago. | It would not be xurrrulng to some of | the President’s assoclates here if he did not receive quite a number of Repub- lican Senators and political from between now and the time he heads back East. Becretary of State Kellogg, who has (Continued on Page 6, Column 3.) |Boy Stowaway Flies | President With | By the Associated Press. BT PAUL, June 30.—Believed to be | the first aerfal stowaway In the North- west, Herbert Stats, 13, son of 8. J. | Stats, hotel owner of Kansas City, | was back with his father here tonight ter flying to the Brule in an attempt President Coolidge. Young Stats, who is visiting here with nis futher, sald he “planned this trip for several days” after he learned that « large plane would fiy with 15 busi- | ness and civic leaders 1o call on the President, The trip was made yester- Herbert | ruselage of the gi pilot wasn't managed to Jant lip into the hip when the « Yhe PAMSPSYY 150 Miles to See Boosters; Ruse Fails filed in and after the ship was well underway Herbert walked into the pe sengers’ cabin and smiled, Since all the available passengers’ seats were | taken, the lad was forced to remain in | the fuselage throughout the entire flight ‘u’ 150 miles. he boy took his camera with him because “intended to shoot some | pletures” on his way, but his position n the ship folled his plans, The party | had an appointment with President Coolidge, but were delayed at the start of the trip and missed the Executive, Because of the heavy load on the re- turn teip, Herbert was given railroad 11-:- and returned to 8L Paul on a alay ; . leaders | FROM WASHINGTON Commerce Secretary Has 0f- fice in Home and Will Have One in Barr Building. WILL MAKE FEW TOURS FOR STUMP SPEAKING Acceptance Address in Preparation. Will Talk to Farmers at West Branch. ! secretary Hoover 1s golng to wage | his campaign for the presidency with- | !in easy striking distance of that goal of all presidential aspirants, the White | House. Foregoing his usual custom of spend- ilng a month or so in California, the | Republican nominee will cut short his | vacation this year and hurry back here | to take active personal direction of his | campaign. The base of operations which most appeals to the Commerce Secretary is ! his comfortable home at 2300 § street. If there is going to be any porch cam- paigning in the Republican camp it will be from the cool rear veranda of the Hoover residence up on the heights. Hoover has a great attachment for his home here. He likes the National Capital as a place of residence. He does not plan to make any extensive stumping tour, and he feels it will be quite convenient for him to remain in Washington and operate out of the | city by means of train, wire and radio. Short Speaking Tours. There will be a few carefully map- ped-out excursions for speaking pur-. poses, but they will be of short dura- tion. Invariably Hoover will endeavor to hasten back here and resume direc- tion of the drive in his behalf and | for Senator Curtis. Upon his retirement from the cabi- net shortly, he will be assigned an office on the fourth floor of the Barr Building, where the Republican na- tional committee has leased an entire floor. There Chairman Work also will preside over the campaign. forces. Most of the tactical conferences will be held at Hoover's home, however. Hoover already has had a campaign | office established on the second floor jof his home. There he is writing his | two opening campaign addresses, away from the rush of business at the De- partment of Commerce and carefully shielded from callers. 1t is said that Hoover’s initial speech, in acceptance of the nomination, will sound the keynote of his entire cam- i paign. It will be delivered in the late afternoon from his home overlooking the campus of Stanford University, so that the radio may carry it into the East at an appropriate evening hour. The second address, calculated to ap- peal to the farmers, will be made in the heart of the troubled corn belt— at his birthplace, West Branch, Iowa. Farm Relief to Fore. | Farm relief and prohibition are due to come in for major share of atten- {tion in the speech of acceptance. The | wet pronouncement of Gov. Smith has been received with rejoicing in the Re- publican camp and it is now regarded as certain that Secretary Hoover will make an urgent lgpeni to the people {in behalf of the eighteenth amendment. The address at West Branch will be | made on the way back to Washington from the coast. Those who invited the Secretary to appear there have ar- ranged a monster celebration, ‘o which many thousands of farmers will come. The occasion provides an admirable opportunity to discuss the farm situa- | tion, and Hoover was prompt to seize upon it. He has been in conference here with numerous farm leaders from the Middle West, including Gov. Hamill of Towa, who organized the “committee of 22 designed to protect the in- terests of. agriculture in the coming campaigns. Hoover will start West early next week, stopping over in Wisconsin to submit his resignation to President Cool- idge at the Summer White House. Be- fore ler /ing he will receive from Chair- man Work a report on what part, if {any, the President wil! take in the Re- publican campaign Dr. Work now is en route to the Sum- Ihis formal resignation as Secretary of th~ Interior. He will stay today at the home of his sister_in Evanston, Ill, TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 P. General News—Local, National Foreign. Army and Navy News—Page 12 Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 12. D. A. R. Activitles—Page 13. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 14. Radio News—Page 22. | List of School Athletic Awards—Pages 23, 24 25 and 27, PART 'rw()—n PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Review of Summer Books—Page 4 Financial News—Pages 5, 6 and 7 PART THREE—12 PAGES. Soclety. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 8 | News of the Clubs—Page 9. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 12 Around the City—Page 12 PART FOUR—12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, | and Music. | News of the Motor World—Pages 5, 6, 7 and 8 Fraternal News—Page 9. Civilian Army News—Page 9. Spanish War Veterans—Page 10. District Natlonal Guard—Page 10. District Naval Reserve—Page 10. Marine Corps News—Page 10. Berial Story, “The Greene Murder Case"—Page 11 Cross-word Puzzle—Page 11. PART FIVE— PAGES. Pink Sports Sectlon, PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. W. C. T. U, Activities—Page 8. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiotion and Humor GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pletures, JOLOR SECT Mull and Jeff; High Ligl and Screen mer White House, bearing with him { | i | | AR W AN CHOICE! TAKE YOUR FOUR PLANES HUNT [TALIA'S SURVIVORS |Finnish Craft With Skiis May | Atlempt Landing Near Foyn Island. By the Associated Pres: | ROME. June 30.—The Stefani News Agency, quoting an official communique ; from the Citta di Milano, says four | planes, two large Italian hydroairplanes, | a Swedish hydroairplane and a small Finnish plane equipped with skiis arc to make a trip to the region of the | Italia’s survivors, near Foyn Island, to- | night. : Fog has lifted, the wind has veered | to the southeast and the temperature has lowered so as to make landing of the Finnish plane feasible, it is said. | A radio message from the strandcd | group near Foyn Island to the Citta | di Milano, the dispatch adds, says | conditions there are most propitious for a landing. The three hydroairplanes will escort the Finnish plane to its destination | and will drop more food and supplics | to the men on the ice. In the event | the conventional signal is given in- dicating continued favorable landing conditions, the Finnish plane will at- tempt a landing, the three hydroair- planes continuing their search for other members of the crew. Premier Mussolini returned to Rome | today from an inspection tour of vari- ous military stations and immediately went into a conference with officials of the air ministry concerning rescue efforts for the remaining members of the Italia’s crew and the Roald Amund- sen party. ICEBREAKER DUE TOMORROW. Russian Boat Makes 14 Miles An Hour ar Foyn Island. | MOSCOW, June 30 (#).—The fce- breaker Krassin 13 expected to reach the place of the Italia’s disaster Mon- day. it was announced here tonight. The icebreaker crossed the seventy-eighth | parailel Saturday on its northward | voyage and:was sald to have made as | much as 14 miles an hour through the | heavy ice. | No news has been received from the | aviator Babushkin, who left the ice breaker Maligin Friday in an attempt | (Dispatches from Rome, through the Stefant News Agency to the Associated Press Saturday, sald that Babushkin left the Maligin Friday night, 9:20 p.m. The plane maintained its radio connec- tion with the Maligin for only 20 min- utes. The same dispatch sald that the | ice breaker Braganza, which had been held In the ice off North Cape, Spitz- bergen, has freed itself. It is assumed that it is proceeding toward Foyn Is- |land in furtherance of its rescue project {in that area.) NO NEW OF AMUNDSI Italia Disaster Enters Sixth Week With Rescue Unaccomplished. KING'S BAY, Spitzbergen, June 30 (#).—Today, the start of the sixth week since Gen. Umberto Nobile and his polar expedition crashed on the ice off North- cast Land, passed without news of the nine missing members of the Italia’s crew or of the party of six which Roald Amundsen organized for search and res- cue work in a French naval seaplane. There was anxlety here tonight for the safety of Lient. Lundborg, rescuer of Nobile, and the five explorers at the camp from which Nobile was taken The Arctic Summer is affecting the ice fields and the floes are moving under the influence of wind and current. The flelds are beginning to break up and there is apprehension lest the big floe on which Nobile’s tent was pitched dis- integrate e i D. C. Woman Reported Injured in Maryland Accident. Special Dispatch to The B BALTIMORE, June 30.—~When their automobile collided with a car full of colored people, sald to b zagging down the Orain highway in Glenburnie today, two women were in- Jured. Mrs. Edna Frank, 33 years old, of Washington, suffered a broken arm and lacerations, and her companio” Mrs. Coldie Davidson of Baltimor was severely cut by flying glass. Ihe driver of the other car, James, Hub- bard, of Glenburnie, suffered a fractured skull and cuts and abra- ‘Two others in Hubbard's ma- ‘were injured, Al were the Baltimore Clenera | populated country been zlg- | 1 | satd Motor Boat Hits British Consul as He Swims at Night By the Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga., june 30.—R. A Lee, British consul, narrowly escaped death last night when he was struck by a motor boat while taking a moonlight swim in a stream near here. His side was lacerated and he was found unconscious after having made his way into nearby marshes. He was rescued by two boys and brought to a hospital where it was said he is out of danger. OZARKS HIDE FATE OF MISSING FLYER 20 Planes Cruise Over Hills, Seeking Clue to Lost Mail Pilot. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, June 30.—The rugged Ozarks clung tenaciously to the secret of the fate of Leslie H. Smith, Air Mail pilot missing since Thursday night, as 20 Army and civilian planes and the Army airship C-52 continued to scour the hills late today for a clue concern- | ing his welfare. From Hunter, Mo., 120 miles South- west of here, came the report that a plane was heard passing over the town at 8:40 o'clock on the night that Smith set out for St. Louis from Little Rock with news photographs of the Demo- cratic_convention at Houston. E. D. Robinson of Piedmont, Mo., stated that he had seen lightning strike an object in the air, possibly an air- plane, about five miles Northwest of Williamsville, Mo, and 20 miles from | Hunter, on the same night i It is feared that the storm which | swept this heavily timbered and sparsely | may have proved fatal to the pilot, who has a record of eight months’ flying the mail without | being turned back because of bad weather Fellow pilots of Smith who assisted in the search recognized him | as one of the best “bad weather” flyers | in the country. Frank Robertson. president of the Robertson Aircraft Co., whose Dehavi- land plane the fiyer was piloting, stated late today that there was little likeli- hood Smith would be found alive. Ex- perts regard it as improbable that Smith could have found a landing place | to reach Foyn Island {at night in the storm large enough to | plane safely to the | bring the heavy ground without crashing. WIFE DIES IN FALL; HUSBAND ACCUSED f Then Leaped Himself, | By the Associated Press. MARSHALL, N. C., June Adeline Price, who was fatally injured when she fell from a 45-foot precipice near here yesterday, was pushed off by her husband, a coroner’s jury found to- day. A. Price, same time, jured. His her but was only slightly in- ife died in a local hospital this morning. Witnesses testified that the were quarreling and scuffing on the off, followed by her husband, begun their quarrel at home, it was testifled, and Mrs. Price was seen to run toward the cliff, her husband fol- !lowing. They continued the quarrel edge. Price. a telegraph operator for the held without bail for the grand jury. ‘Man Pushed Mate Over Cliff and | | the 17 BALLOONS START N BENNETT RACE Pilots Carry Colors of Seven Nations—U. S. Has Three Entries. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, June 30.—Scores of watchers saw a balloon which started from Detroit in the James Gordon Bennett international balloon race pass over Cleveland at 11 o'clock tonight. The bag was too high to be identified but it appeared to be sailing fast. | By the Associated Press | DETROIT, June 30.—Carrying the | colors of seven nations seeking premier honors in the world’s aeronautical classic—the James Gordon Bennett balloon race--12 balloons were un- leashed from their moorings at the Ford Airport late this afternoon. The German bag Munster, piloted by Ferdinand Eimermacher, was the first to sail away at 4 pm. The other 11 followed at intervals of 5 minutes amid cheers from a great throng of approximately 150,000 per- sons. Air currents indicated that the bags would take an almost due South course. Three of the balloons possession of the second James Gordon Bennett international trophy, Amer- ican teams having won the races in 1926 and 1927. Anthems Played. Like the United States, Germany had three entrics, France had two and the other nations entered were Denmark, Switzerland, Argentina and Belgium. As each bag was released and swung racefully into a cloudless sky, a band struck up the natioral anthem of the nation it represented. All 12 of the contest balloons started off almost due south. C. G. Andrus, meteorologist at Hadley Field, N. J. said the bags would veer to the east or west after considerable distance had been covered The balloon which flies the farthest from the Ford airport in an air line will be declared the winner. Last year's flight was won by a flight from the | Ford afrport at Bagley, Ga.. about 800 miles. The record for the Gordon Ben= nett contest, made in Europe by Frenchman 1912, miles. in List of Balloons. On hand as one of the officials was Brig. Gen. Frank P. Lahm, winner of first international race which started from Paris in 1906. Following the Munster, were the other balloons; with their pilots in this order: No. 2, United States, the American Business Club; A. C. Palmer, pilot, and Lieut. F. M. McKee, aide. No. 3, United States, the Peoples oOutfitting Co., Detroit, William C. Nay- {lor, pilot, and Russell Wherritt, aide. No. 4, France, the Lafayette; Georges 30.—Mrs. | husband, fell at the | couple | aide. | cliff's edge when Mrs. Price dropped E They had | Eareckson | | Southern Railway here, was ordered Charles Blanchet, pilot, and Dr. G. Legallee, alde No. Kaulen. jr.. aide No. 6. “vermany, the Ernst Branden- burg; Otto Bertram, pilot, and George Froebel, ald: No. 7. Denmark, the Denmark; S. A Rassmusen, pilot. and Tracy W. South- worth, aide. No. 8. Switzerland, the Helvetia; E. Maag. pilot, and Alphonse Coques. Capt. W Willlam the Garmen, Hugo and Hugo Kaulen, 5. Germany sr., pilot No. 9. United States Army Kepaer. pilot, and Lieut alde No. 10, Argentina Dor Eduard Braaley, berto H. EIff, aide No. 11, Belgium, the Wallomie: Lieut the pilot, Argentina; and Hu- | there, witnesses said, and fell over the [Joseph Thonnard, pilot, and Ingenieur, aide. No. Blanchard: and Georges 12, France. the Adolfus, pilot, Cromier, aide. | By the Assoolated Press. SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, June 30.—~Commenting on the strange beast which hunters claim to have found beached at the port of La Unlon, Senor Larde, well known nat- uralist, today declared it impossible to express a definite opinion on the mon- ster, since It apparently does not be- long to any known classification. He 1s not a serpant, while the ly Indicate that the anl- | (Naturalist Unable to Classify Strange Beast Washed Ashore at El Salvador|; mal could not belong to the erocodilian Republic of EX | family The skeleton, to which flesh still ad- carried the | hoves of America to gain permanent | al stands at 1358 i | D.C. DESPITE RAIDS | Investigation by The Star Indicates That Scores of Resorts Operate Daily. [DELAY IN THE COURTS CHARGED BY POLICE Afternoon and Night Clans Gather to Bet on Races, Craps and Other Games. Note: Prompted by the warning of Representative Gibson, chairman of tie subcommittee of the District committee, to the police to clean up the gambling situation in Washing= fon, The Star had conducted an in- estigation into gambling establisie ments in operation here. 1f the ac- tivities of the police and courts have succeeded in forcing any of these establishments to close up, members of The Star staff who spent two weeks visiting these places failed to discover it. The Star men visited many places with little difficulty and watched hundreds gambling. What they found will be described in the following article and others to Washington is full of gambling houses, and the door is not wide open, it is unlocked so that anybody who knows enough to turn the knob can walk right in. Every afterncon and every night, |in innumerable places throughout the |city, the clans gather for betting on jthe races, craps, black jack. roulette, |hazard and so on, and the only effost made to stop it is an occasional futile | gesture. | The number of gambling houses in | Washington has been variously esti- mated at from 20 to 200. The latter figure appears to be nearer the mark. | A month ago the Gibson subcom- | mittee laid before Police Supt. Hesse a list of 19 large gambling establishments in the city and read to him a report | painting a lurid picture of gambling | conditions here. Maj. Hesse embel- [lished the picture by estimating that | there are 200 such places. Whereupon the subcommittee, before adjourning. promised to return in July to find out what had been done to get rid of them. Police Blame Courts. Today the picture is as lurid as it Wwas a month ago. The police admit that there are more than 200 gambling | places running, keep on raiding them, and blame slow court for the failure to break Lhem pro- prietors, appreciating the situation, are ?wmfig‘mflwfl reportes foe nvest y, & er for ‘The Star found little evidence of any- !h!éu eflegéire b:tr:l.(' done to stop it and no evidence body thought it could be stopped. w4 He found elaborate clubs, ol | ing the horses; he shot craps and black jack, and usually lost, and saw clerks and carpenters and children los- ing. too, and observed that it was all organized in a very un)&ble t? b;al.‘.’oo ost of the 200 gambling places, . Hesse told the Gibson su&%mmuee.uyn operated by handbook makers. The ma- | Jority of these and many of the places where other gambling goes on are small places, some of them rented rooms, some private houses. A number of them | are transitory. A place is raided and | the gang moves somewhere else. Occa- sionally the proprietor of one of them is put out of business. but very seldom. | The records show that. Clubs Incorporated. Most of the heavy gambl goes o in incorporated clubs. It was these lh;r: | the Bureau of Efficiency investigated for | the Gibson subcommittee. The bureau { found 19, and 10 days of investigation | convinced The Star reporter that that figure is about correct. He visited a number of them and watched them do A Il??:vm‘ bubsel‘nms. an unbeatable game. The will admit that. Of course, mn"i'.”: ade in 1t up. The reason is that it is organized. The big gamblers who own the places never -Epnr there. They have the places incorporated—usually without their own names appearing—as D. Q. Athletic Club” or “The Pie- s’ Social Club” or “The Hod Carriers’ Shakespeare Club” or any other name that will not indicate the purpose of it. Of course everybody knows what they are for. Some of them are o | other for night work, with craps as the chief attraction. They are in every sec- | tion of the city, just like the neighbor- hood movie houses. but the biggest ones | are downtown with the banks and | stores. \ Easy to Find. They all look alike. Most of them ar on the second floor, reached through two or three steel or wrought iron steps which are con hered when it was found, is not that of | been fined, a fossil, Senor Larde said, but of a contemporaneous beast, which led him torw!.natnhnol«tm.mnnle period. This, In the opinlon of the vant, indicates that all the coast ter- Belongs fo the Uiper Teriary pariod. longs pper Senor Larde hasarded that &'- beast may have been a it nal. per- tences. tends to