Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1928, Page 2

PARTY MEN LEAVE . POLTIGAL CAMPS G. 0. P. and Democratic | Headquarters Excited Over [* Shifts of Prominent Men. The shift of prominent and active political leaders from one party to the other has begun, and both Republican and Democratic headquarters are ex- cited over predictions of other deflec- tions or acquisitions ivelving the names of some of the most conspicu- ous politiclans and industrial leaders. his emphasizes the intensity of feel- ing in the campaign just opening. which promises to be one of the most exciting in the history of American | politics. Robert L. Owen, for 18 years a United | States Senator from Oklahoma, a for-| mer Democratic national committee- | man, one of the authors of the Federal | Reserve and farm loan acts, and & member cof the Senate foreign relations committee, came out t night with the statement that he “will not stand for Smith™ and will support the candi- dacy of Hoover. Senator Furnifold M. North Carolina. who has practically controlled the politics of North Caro- lina for many years. ‘was stated in a dispatch from his home at New Bern, N. C., last night. Prior | to the Democratic convention, at which he was re-elected national committee- Mman, he had been outspoken in opposi- tton w Smith. Raskob Started Shifts. Willlam H. Woodin, president of the American Car and Foundry Co. and the Ameriean Locomotive Co., and promi- mently identified with other large indus- trial and financial corporations, came ut last night in support of Smith for President, and made public a letter in which he declined to serve further on the campaign committee of the Union League Club. He has offered active campaign help to the Democratic or-| ganization. Or. D. E Mitchell, former president @ Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., a lifelong Democrat, also no- | tified Republican headquarters that he | and the majority of voters in the erst- | while Democratic stronghold, where he | resides, prefers Hoover to Smith. The recent appointment of John J. Raskob, formerly a Republican worker | with the Union League Club, as Smith's campaign manager, was the first notable | Jjump of a prominent party worker. Democratic _headquarters gossip s that this is the forerunner of similar | action on the part of other men con-| spicuous in the financial and industrial | world who in other presidential years had invariably given financial as well as personal support to the Repub- lican pariy and voted for its candidates. Credit 15 given to Senator George Moses of New Hampshire, vice chair-{ man of the advisory committee of the | Republican national committee, for in-| ducing’, former Senator Owen to throw | s lot muummflunmfldlt:fiz{ granted an interview after a conference with Chairman Work at the Rtvlzblh!.:nn Te. pational campaign headquarters In reply to questions, he said that “of mthkkll\?mmynmrmn m of organizing the charitable of the world in the protection of human life. Recounts Hoover's Work. knows about his saving 'llnflmmdthudunat it comparatively few un- | was miles ahead of the others and gerstand tremendous _diplomatic | maintained her lead for a whole day, battle by which Hoover - | although the wind had become fresh enceau to permit him to carry food- |and steady. stuffs through the blockade of Germany 1o save the lives of n’-:nm n{mwu- Topsail Splits. lions, no one knows how many, of the| ym., ¢ 25 knots, how- - '1:“;'“ ‘“dl "‘"‘:{'&:ng';;lmr. our balloon jib topsail split l;“‘nd 390.2 dag. and it was the beginning of | o e Shree poirs necded Jor chis the flt‘gt::" i‘nvn til.ke an active campaign. “Tam an Amer- citizen, and not a coward, and I'll DEFECTIONS ARE ANNOUNCED. Rival Camps Are Quick to Note Changed | Affiliations. | NEW YORK. July 26 (#).—The en- folling of two Democrats in the Hoover ml{n army, the defection of a once | Republican to Gov. Smith ind the placing of the tentative Demo- | tic campaign budget, at $3,000,000 y provided material for political on. The Democrats who came out for Hoover are Robert L. Owen, former Democratic Senator from Okiahoma, nd D. E. Mitchell, former resident of Zumberland College, a Presbyterian in- hitution at Lebanon, Tenn. “Oklahoma has uniformly stood for a! policy of national prohibition and is uniformly opposed to the Tammany R:‘.nm of government as to the Vare lystem in Pennsylvania,” Mr. Owen taid. Expects Others to Boit. , He prophesied that many Democrats I the South would follow his lead into ine Republican ranks because of what r, termed Gov. Smith’s “renuneiation | f the party platform.” He referred © the governor's message to the Hous- fi" convention, in which the nominee Jd that he was for modification of #e probibition laws Dr. Mitchell said that many in his tion would either vote for Hoover #tay away from the polls on election ay. He predicted the election of the {ntire Tennessee State ticket, which heludes Cordell Hull, running for re- flection to Congress, but the defeat of $ov. Bmith and Senator Robinson William H. Woolin, president of the American Car & Fouhdry Co. and for fears a member of the stanchly Re- bublican Union League Club of New |His resignation was transmitted (o fork, came for Bmith. | Chatrman John J. Raskob yesterday John J. Raskob, national Democratie | and announced here last night ffll:rmm, gave out a letter Mr. Woodin rote o the Union League Club. In the letter he declined appointment o the clubs Hoover campaign com- bittee Text of Letter, 1t read “Having enjoyed for many years a §ose friendship and association with he Hon. Alfred E. Smith, Governor of ew York State, the mare intimately 1 ve come 1o know him, the ideals that nimate him, the hlgh purpose toward | since Gov. Bmith's nomination. A short | ¥hich he sims and his notable abiiity, il and integrity as an executive, the hore I have come to admire him, not snly as & man, but as an unselfish pub- servant, I conceive it to be my duty ve him all the support in his cam-~ for the presidency of which I am o :é.rb) e tentative budget of $3,000,000 1, prosecuting the Democratic T AR | but for three Stmmons of | has resigned from ! the Democratic national committee, it | 3 { In reply to questions Mr. Owen said | Al expect, SRR e THRILLS MARK YACHT ELENATS ¢ e ~ TRIUMPH IN ATLANTIC RACE Squalls Rip Rigging BY HELEN G. RELL, Special Correspondent. for The Star and the New York Times on Board the Elena. Copv- right, 1928, {n Europe and the United States by the New York Times Co. SANTANDER, Spain, July 25.—Elena | has won the transatiantic race to Spain, | crossing the finish line at 3:15:22 on | Tuesday, after a vovage of two weeks, two days and 21 hours. | We enjoyed every kind of weather | except snow and after an eventful trip ur labors now are fully rewarded. If was a glorious exverience over every one of the 3,055 miles. During most of the trip the weather was excellent, | ays, beginning on July to a | | | 14. Father Neptune treated is real storm. | It began with a fresh racing breeze | and a rough quartering sea, so that b 4 pm. when our jib topsail carried | away. our troubles had bezun. The | ship heeled over until the lee rail was | awash, snd now and then as she | | shipped water over the stern, the | water raced down the scuppers. Squalls Encountered. When I turned in for the night the sky was covered with ominous black clouds. The sea seemed infinitely large while qur little boat had shrunk in | size since we left New York. At 4:30 | am. heavy squalls struck us unex- | pectedly with terrific force and the | wind, with a velocity of 40 to 50 miles, made us heel over so that the gaug registered 25 degrees. The lee rail was buried two feet under | water. I was sleeping soundly at the | time, but awoke suddenly to find my- self lying jammed up against a bureau | ‘across the room from my bunk. The | reason for this rude awakening Wwas | that T had been thrown clear over the canvas strip attached along the bed to prevent just such an accident. On deck men rushed back and forth | working frantically to furl the topsails while a blinding downpour of rain added to the discomfort of the situa- | tion. The strain on the rigging was terrific. At any moment something might give way, but when the canvas was reduced, Elena rode out the storm well, and the worst of the squall blew itself out at 9 o'clock. 2 Elena proved herself a splendid rough-weather boat and made excel- lent progress with all head sails furled, as much as 12 knots an hour | when held within 4 points of the wind. | She also was remarkably dry, as the wooden covers, screwed over the sky lights before we left New York to pre- | vent the glass being smashed,in a| storm, were not needed. It. however. was necessary to keep everything tightly closed as s precau- tion and to wear ojlskins continuously because of the spray which came over the bow every time Elena buried her nose in a wave. 2 Fair Weather Prevails. The slant of the boat was so great that the electric refrigerator would not work, and we were obliged to salt down the meat in order to keep it from | spoiling. ‘Most of the time, however, the weather was fine, the sea blue and the breeze, generally from the Southwest, light. ‘The greatest entertainment was pro- vided by Nip and Tuck, the two wire- haired fox terriers we took along as mascots. The names were given to them so that if the race was nip and tuck between us and the Atlantic, we would have both of them with us. sealegs very soon, but ‘Tuck self. By the time the storm was over, however, both had become regular sea- dogs. Tuck still objected to the slant of the deck, but recovered sufficiently to have a tug-of-war with the mainsheet. Nip seemed worried because he couldn't find any place to bury bones and none of the works on navigation which he had aboard gave dogs afloat any ad- vice on the subject. ‘The first three days out, in_some ways, were the most interesting. It was ncfiummmdmmrnu. for the Atiantic was continually in sight. The race started with a gentle breeze from the west, and, as predicted, Elena proved herself a wonder in light airs. She soon tic came up and passed us. When our jib was reset we passed her in turn 80 closely that we took her wind and we could see her sails shaking. Later the wind increased and our jib split again, this time even more se- verely. Although this sall had passed expert inspection before leaving New ‘ank it evidently had been attacked by | was decided upon at a meeting of the full executive committee. Chairman Raskob stressed that the budget was only tentative, It might be necessary, he said{ to spend $3,500,000 or perhaps only $2.500,000. Solicitation of funds under the direc- tion of Col. Herbert H. Lehman, n | tional treasurer, will start immediately. Col. Lehman said the committee al- ready had several thousand dollars as a start. Of this amount $200,000 was | turned over to him by the retiring na- | tional treasurer, Jesse J. Jones of Hous- | ton. Thousands of dollars in voluntary contributions also have been received, | he said. ! Woman Official Resigns. At Augusta, Me., Mrs. Gertrude M. | Pattangall, former Democratic national | committeewoman from Maine, came out | | for Hoover. She said that election of Gov. Smith would be the first step to- | ward a repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment; that she felt she was within her | rights as a Democrat in favoring Hoo- | | ver because Gov. Smith and Chairman Raskob had “repudiated” the Demo- | cratic platform. SIMMONS QUITS CAMPAIGN. Senator Had Been Outspoken in Oppo- | | sition to Smith. | NEW BERN, N. C.. July 26 ) —Giv- |ing no reason for his action, Senator | | Fumnifold M. Simmons, an outspaken | opponent of Gov. Smith, has resigned as & member of the Democratic national | commitiee. { Senator 8immons had held a place {on the commitiee since 1924 and for | years has been recognized as u power | |in the Democratic party in this State, | | An ardent dry, the Senator opposed | | the candidacy of Goyv. Smith with un- | compromising vigor during the pre- | convention campaign. Tliness prevented | him from attending the convention at | | Houston and the meeting of the na- | | tional committee at which Raskob was | made chairman, He arrived at his | | home here a few days ago from & | Maryland sanitarium, where he had | | been convalescing | | _ The letter of resignation was Senator Simmons’ first political act or statement | while ago he declared unauthorized any speculative storjes as to his attitude to- | ward the Dem: that when he was “ready Lo make '»u!rmtnl" he would do so "under his own name.' Simmons was returned to the na- tional commitiee by the unaimous vote of the North Carolina delegation st the Houston convention. { removed. | the refrigerator failed us during | cratic nominee and said | as Vessel Speeds to Goal in Spain. Calm Dashes Hopes Before Close Finish. dry ot and should_have been replaced before the race. The sailors in the main cabin worked two days and two nights repairing it. The demand for light canvas became so_great that the chief steward con- tributed some old duck uniforms for | patching, the brass huttons first being Another balloon jib, carried for port to port racing ‘along the Spanish coast, was pressed into service, but in two hours it split clear across. While these events were taking place, the Atlantic crossed us and finally disappeared from _sight during the iight, although, judging from radio re- ports, we soon regained our lead, Chafing of Rigging. Besides having trouble with our light sails, we suffered continually from chafing on the rigging. It is incredible how soon both rope and wire rigging tend to give way in occan sailing de- spite ecqpstant watching. 1 will 'not soon forget the excitement when the balloon - staysail halyard snapped with a noise like the crack of a pistol and the sail, 100 feet high and 45 feet wide, shot out to leeward. As the middle watch raced across my deck, which was the ceiling of my room, to catch the sail before it tore, it sounded like 30 men. Except for the Atlantic we saw only four boats during our trip, three stewm- ers in the distance and one freight schooner, which evidently had suffered from the same storm as ourselves, for her foremast had been snapped oft near the deck. Otherwise the only signs of life were one shark, two sword- fish, dozens of porpoises playing around the boat, some schools of flying fish and five whales. On one occasion the lookout shouted, “Whale ahead!” We turned the Elena just in time to see it cross directly in front of our bow. near enough to make us speculate on the consequence if we had hit it Our provisions lasted well, except "‘j:l the storm and worked too well another day, freezing some lemons and cucumbers solid. As the fresh-water supply was the chief care, on the fifth day out we began boiling our potatoes in salt water, Looked for Competitor. Such rigid economy was being prac- ticed in the fo'castle that the mate said the sailors made every drop of water do the service of a bucketful way the water supply proved adequate, especially as the tanks were replenished during the storm by some 60 gallons of | rainwater bailed out of the Iifeboat covers and out of canvas spread under the main boom. The chief topic of conversation always was, “Where is the Atlantic?” The yachts exchanged positions by wireless when no advantage could be gained by such information, but ordi- narily the locations were kept a dark secret. The attempts of the two wire- less operators to get the expected in- formation from each other without giving any proved very amusing. Each boat, of course, was anxious to find out what kind of wind the other was hav- ing. %What kind of weather have you found?” the Elena would question. *I don't knoy. What about yours?” the Atlantic would answer. “Haven't the slighest idea,” operator would reply. “What time have you?" would come from the Atlantic, realizing that our :c‘t’un time would give away our longi- ude. Otir operator would give Greenwich time, and so the game would go on, Exciting Finish. The end of the race was as exciting as_the beginning. When about 700 miles from Spain we encountered an exasperating period of calm. The Elena wallowed around in a windless sea, while her sails slatted uselessly. This was all the more annoying as we be: lieved ourselves slightly in the lead an imagined our rivals might not be shar- ing our hard luck. We pictured the Atlantic and Guinevere enjoying a love- ly breeze and eating up the distance between us. At last a strong mortherly wind sprang up and we started for Spain like a streak, thrusting our boat through the waves and scatter the spray The evening before we fin- information to the effect that the Atlantic was 34 miles astern and the Guinevere close behind it. Our showed that at thal time we had sailed 3,400 miles and the 34 miles between us seemed no great margin. However, we crowded on all sail and ran for the line. The next morning we sighted land and were welcomed by numerous fishing boats, blowing whistles to salute us and crews shouting and clapping their hands. Our greatest desire, of course, was to make sures that our rivals had not slipped away from us, but the captain of one of the little fishing smacks shouted “Nina,” so we knew that the smalier yacht Nina already had arrived, while in our class Elena was first. When the line was crossed we were welcomed by a small motor yacht, on which his majesty the King of Spain and her majesty the Queen came out to meet us, and another craft, which had the American Ambassador on board. RO % CARNIVAL CROWDS BIG. “Miss Arlington” Contest at Lyon Village Saturday Night. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, July 26.—Record crowds are attending the annual car- nival and falr being given fn Lyon Vil- lage by the Arlington Post, American Legion. Last night more than 2,630 per- sons were on the grounds. Many booths are attracting hundreds our | Extensive plans are being made by the committee for the closing night, Satur- day, when “Miss Arlington,” to repre- sent Arlington County at the annual State convention of the Legion, will be chosen, Preceding the choosing of “Miss Arlington.” which event is scheduled for 8 o'clock, George D. Ricker, gen- eral chairman, announced thday, there will be & baby beauty contest. Cardinal Decrees Girls Must Cover Legs Below Knees e Star and Copyriht ROME, July 26 ~Cardinal Gamba, Archbishop of Turin, not content with protesting against the liberty of modern feminine fashions, has fixed definite limits as to the length of sleeves and skirts which he says must be observed by all respectable women, The regulations, which appear in the Diocesan Review, require sleeves that shall at least cover the elbows and decollettes must show not more than four inches of neck. Bkirta for [oung girls must_come st least he- ow the knee and for adull women should be siightly lower, The ma- terial of dresses’ must really cover the body and not be transparent, The archbishop orders priests to refuse admittance to masses, wed- dinge, baptisms or confirmations o women otherwise dr L By Radio to Th Chicaen Dally News 190K That | WSS LA SEEN TZWLESFRONGOAL Girl Swimmer in North Chan- nel Since 2.57 This Morning. PORT PATRICK, Scotland, July 26 ().—Miss Mercedes Gleitz, Lon- don typist, who started from Donag- hadee at 2:27 am. to swim the North Channel to the Scottish coast, was sighted 10 or 12 miles out from Port Patrick directly west of the village at 2 o'clock this afternoon. By the Associated Press DONAGHADEE, Northern Ireland, July 26.--Miss Mefcedes Gleitz, London typist, today was attempting to swim the turbulent waters of the North Chan- nel to the Scottish coast. She started from this at 2:57 am. today for Port Patrick, Scotland, 22 miles away by the old royal sailing route, Hugh Muir, an ex- pert on tidal conditions, asserted, how- ever, that the treacherous currents would force her to swim three times that distance, It is recognized that the stretch of water offers a swimmer much greater handicaps than even the Eng- lish Channel. Miss Gleitz last October claimed to have swum the English Channel in faster time than Gertrude Ederle, but | was denied official credit, because no | recognized officials or newspaper men { were present. She has also couguered the Strait of Gibraltar. Her initial at- tempt to swim the North Channel on June 23 failed. MAY USE 12,00 PLESINBUILDING Treasury Officials Decide on Concrete Plan for Com- merce Structure. The Department of Commerce site | probably will be underlaid with the largest number of concrete piles ever fishing_village Columbia, according to present pros- pects. reached by officials of the Treasury Department Supervising Architect’s Office, after careful study of all the engineering data available. Plans are being completed, and it is likely that the next big contract after completion of the excavation now well under way, will be for the piling and foundation. About 10,000 or 12,000 concrete piles, is the estimate made at this early stage, for support of what will be fhe longest bullding in the National Capital, even longer than the'Capitol itself. Piles which are being sunk in the Internal Revenue Building site now, south of the Post Office Department, will number about 8000. Six pile drivers are snorting their way into the muck, dirt and gravel under the In- ternal Revenue site, some of which is in the bed of the old canal over which much traffic once came to Washing- ton's business area. On the Department of Commerce site which 1is bounded by Fourteenth and Fifteenth, B and E streets, contract has been let for excavation of all but one little plot of ground on which still rests the old House of Detention. This is | expected to be vacated next month, and will be pmmrfly torn down. Excavation of the small plot of ground under it could be provided in the general con- tract for piles and foundations. THIEF ROBS APARTMENT AS WOMAN TELEPHONES Police Hunt Perpetrators of Four Minor Burglaries Reported in City. While Mrs. Frances Bogart, 1803 Biltmore street, was talking over the fternoon, a thief entered through the door, which had been left open, and stole $24, she reported to the police. She furnished police with the description of a suspect. Leroy Franks, 2037 H street north- east, reported the theft from his home of $19.25. Entrance was gained by cut- ting the screen in a basement window. A th®f entered the room of Mrs. Frank Anderson, jr., of Aldle, Va.,, who is stopping at 716 Jefferson street. and stole a purse containing $4 in money, a fountain pen and a wrist watch. She set the total amount of her loss at $30. Mrs. John H. Wormke, 2123 Fif- teenth street, reported the theft from her home of a handbag containing $10 in money and two blank checks signed by John H. Wormke, HEENEY OUTWEIGHS TUNNEY BY 11 1-2 POUNDS AT RINGSIDE __(Continued_from Tirst Page) Stadium at 2 o'clock this afternoon, it was assumed the Anzac's disappearing act meant, that he had quietly left for New York along with his retinue, but whether by boat, train or automobile could not be ascertained. Heeney's re- tainers hired an auto last night, so that this appeared the most likely means of conveyance employed Heeney did not even appear for breakfast, & rite which he has never before beén known to omit. Neither did the officer Who has heen his personal oodyguard, and all indications were that Big Tom, Who has expressed a decided disitke for giving ' Interviews, took to flight to save him that annoyance on his battle day. BRITAIN EXCITED. Hope of Capturing World Title Stirs Sport Public in Isles. LONDON, July 26 (#)~The Tunney- Heeney fight apparently could arouse Ifttle more enthusiasm in Great Britain if it were held ina London ring instead of one 3,000 miles away. Preparations for the bout, the fight- ers’ stutements, and the opinlons of the experts are splashed all over the front pages of the Wfternoon newspapers, while speculation s to the outcome is the chief toplc of conversation wherever men congregate Bome rosy-hued accounts of the chal- lenger's condition and prowess seem to | have encouraged & large number of Britons to believe that there Is an exs cellent. chance the world heavywelght ecrown will be wrested from the Amer- fean and clapped on the brow of the man who 1s a British subject even if | from a dominion as far away as New Zewland. ‘There's lttle evidence, how- ever, of any considerable backing of this optimistic_opinfon with hard cash The British Brondeasting Corporation announced it would -attempt to plok up and relay the running account of the fight from the Yankee stadium at New York, beginning Fridny morning at 2 o'clock, All-night parties are he- ing planned among the sport-loving lic on the chance that thelr lstens n will be vewarded, b sunk into one site in the District of | hoadquarters in the Southern Building . | Decision to use concrete piling was THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, | telephone in her apartment yesterday | DEMOCRATS READY FOR D. C. CAMPAIG Local Headquarters to Be Opened August 1 to Aid Absentee Voters. TLocal Democracy is getting ready for a vigorous campaign in the voteless Na- tional Capital and surronunding terri- tory, according to plans discussed at @ meeting of the central committee last night. Local headquarters are to be opened up August 1 in the Home Life Building, Vermont avenue and L streets, where notaries will be stationed to help the 50,000 or more absentee voters in the District to get their ballots prope prepared and mailed. “Al Smith night" is to be celebrated when all trict are invited to a mass meeting in the Mayflower Hotel. A powerful radio will be in stalled in_the ballroom for reception of Senator Pittman's speech notifying the governor of his selection to be the p: standard bearer and Mr. Smith’ ecch of acceptance. The program will start at 7:30 o'clock, with an orator of na- tlonal prominence making an appre priate speech. There will be patriotic and campaign songs. Meet August 8. In advance of this celebration 80 of the leading Democrats in this vicinity are to be guests of Mrs. J. Borden riman, the Democratic national -com mitteewoman, in her home on August 8, to plan campaign activities. All of the various clubs and organiza- | tlon working for the election of Gov Smith and the Democratic cause are to be solicited to consolidate into a master club to be known as the United Smith- Robinson Democratic Club to work as a unit during the campaign. John B. Colpoys, chairman of the State central committee, appealed last night to representatives of ail these smaller clubs to come into such a con- solidation. He pointed out that it is not desired that these smalier clubs shall lose their identity, but shall sub_ merge whatever differences they might have had with the central committee, forgetting family differences; and join forces, working harmoniously and vigorously for the success of the ticket in’ November. About Voting Laws. Representatives of most of these or- ganizations have already heartily agreed to the proposal. The Al Smith Democratic Club an- nounced today that it is prepared at its to answer all inquiries relative to voting laws in the States and that 28 States now have absentee voters laws, At the regular meeting of the Al Smith Club tonight in the Burlington Hotel, the constitution and by-laws committee is to make a report. Plans will be announced for getting out the absentee vote. A membership drive is also to be inaugurated. BIDS ON TEAPOT FQUIPHENT ASKED Navy to Dispose of Machinery Which Has Been ldle Dur- ing Controversy. Another episode in the famous Teapot Dome naval oil reserve controversy, which for several years has been run- ning the gauntlet of the civil and criminal courts and congressional in- vestigations, was written by the Navy /| today when it asked for public bids for the hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment which are installed off the land for the purpose of -taking out reserve oil. The bids are to be opened by the inspector of the Teapot Dome reserve at Casper, Wyo. on the morning of September 5. In the mean- time those interested in purchasing any of the material will be given full oppor- tunity to inspect it on the site. ‘The oil-extracting machinery has been idle for several years during the continuance of the controversy, and as the Navy will not remove the oil under the ground, it has decided to dis- pose of the machinery and other equip- ment, which would deteriorate if left standing. The material to be sold includes 10 | oil derricks, the Sinclair pump station, which includes warehouse, oil house blacksmith shop and various valves and fittings; the main pump and engine bullding, two 600-horsepower Diesel en- gines, two high-pressure oil pumps, two water pumps, one 60-horsepower Diesel engine, one electric current generator, oil fliters and air compressors, a boiler house and boilers, one heater house, nearly a score of large valves, a black- smith shop, a warehouse, 85,000 feet of 814 pipe line, known as the “Sin- clair pipe line”; 28007 feet of tele- phone line, including poles and cross- arms; 53 oil tanks of varlous descrip- tions for oll and 31 other tanks. Also included in the list are 13,300 barrels of crude oil. ‘The advertisement for the bids re- quires that all material must be re- | moved from the site, which must be left clear. In removing the pipe line from the ground the successful bidder must close up the trenches, MARKET WORK STARTED. Construction Begun on First Unit of Wholesale House Construction .work on the first unit of the new wholesale market houses to be located in the Water street termi. nal area, was started this morning, when ground was broken at Twelfth and E streets southwest for the stores which are ‘to house the poultry and commission dealers of three of the lead- ing firms now located in the old whole« sale row. . The inauguration of this building Er()ll‘llll means that the wholesale mar- et in the Southwest is soon to become a reality, the contract for the first unit calling for completion by December 1 of this year, these buildings are the Hickman Co Gale E. Pugh & Co. and Faunce & Hrooke Co. The contractor is Lake sitone Co,, Ine, of this city, Patient l~‘1;|md $ Sues Hospital for $6,032 as Wage Bill By the Awsociated Press, MILWAUKEE, July sane by a jury and dischargs spending 16 years at a county hos- pital for mental diseases, Allen Weller, 53, Milwaukee, today was at~ tempting to collect $6,032 from the county as wages for work he per- formed while confined, Weller was committed to the insti- tution in 1911, A skilled painter, Weller worked at his trade in the hospital for 16 years. he country will oppose the sult which attorneys belleve i the first 1‘1“:: kind to be Inatituted W any w ‘The firms to be housed In | ane | Miss SThyl Baker of the District Miniature Alrcraft Tournament Committee, | ! with the silver cups to be awarded by the committee to point winners in the various contests of the tournament. The finuls will be held on September 4. i i i aff Photo. By the Associated Press. Satisfied that a “new and unified” na- tion 1s emerging from the chaos and ‘ civil war that for years have held China | in an iron grip, the United States is| ready to negotiate a new tariff treaty | with the Nationalist government, ac-| cording to it thereby a limited de facto recognition. ‘This was made known last night with | the publication at the State Depart- | ment of a note addressed to the Na- | tionalist minister of foreign affairs, au- | thorizing Minister MacMurray to rep- | resent the United States in drawing up | the proposed compact. Reaffirming the attitude of the Wash- ington Government toward China. the communfcation declared that America welcomes “every advance made by the Chinese people toward unity, peace and progress.” The United States does not believe in interfering in China’s inter- nal affairs, it contjnued, and asks only | what is expected “from every nation | with which we maintain friendly inter- | course, specifically proper and adequate protection of American citizens, their | property and their lawful rights and, in | general, treatment in no way discrim- inatory as compared with the treatment accorded to the interests or nationals of | any other country.” National Tariff Autonomy. ‘The Washington Government asserted that it expects the proposed treaty to give full expression “reciprocally to the prineiple of national tariff autonomy | and to the principle that the commerce | of each of the contracting parties shall enjoy in the ports and territories of the other treatment in no way discrim- inatory as compared with the treatment accorded to the commerce of any other country. The note revealed that a new tariff | treaty was suggested by the national- | ists in a communication transmitted to | Secretary Kellogg on July 11 by Dr. C. C. Wu, the representative of the Na- tionalist government here. _Several | months before Secretary Kellogg had said { that the United States was willing to | enter into tariff negotiations with any | government that “could represent or speak for China.” Together with the establishment of | the joint commisison for settlement of claims arising from the Nanking inci- dent, the note was interpreted as ac- cording to the Natlonalist governmens. recognition of a limited de facto form. | It was pointed out, however, that if the negotiations result in the mutual rati- fication of a treaty giving China au- tonomy over rates to be charged on im- | ported articles, the Nationalist regime | will thereby be given virtually complete | recognition. “The good will of the United States U. S. READY FOR TRADE PACT WITH CHINESE NATIONALISTS Action Would Accord Limited De Facto Recognition to New Regime. Kellogg Sees Unified Nation. toward China is proverblal and the American Government and people wel- come every advance by the Chinese in the direction of unity, peace and prog- ress,” Mr. Kellogg said. Sees Unified Nation. “With a deep realization of the nature of the tremendous difficuities confront- ing the Chinese nation I am impelled to affirm my belief that a new and uni- fied China is in progress of emerging from the chaos of civil war and turmoil which has distressed that country for | many years. Certainly this is the hope of the people of the United States. “As an earrlest of the belief and the conviction that the welfare of all the peoples concerned will be promoted by the creation in China of a responsible authority which will undertake to speak to and for the nation, I am happy now to state that the American Government is ready to begin at once, through the American Minister to China, negotia-} tions with properly accredited represent- | atives whom the Nationalist government | may appoint, in reference to the tariff provisions between the United States and Cyina, with a view to concluding a new treaty. “It was stated,” the note adds, “that the American Government looked | forward to the hope that there might be | developed an administration so far rep- resentative of the Chinese people as to | be capable of assuring the actual ful-| fillment of any obligation which China would of necessity have for its part to assume incidentally through readjust- | ment of treaty relations.” Other Nations Act. In,view of the Nanking settlement agreement, State Department officisls were not inclined to attach significance to the effect of the new note on the | question of recognition of the Chinese Nationalist regime. Both the Nanking agreement and the present project rep- resent a limited form of de facto recog- nition of that government. Should the | 3 ropean | negotiations produce a new tariff treaty | tOUr until about the middle of August. restoring Chinese autonomy over rates to be charged on imported articles and that treaty be duly ratified by both governments, virtually complete recog- nition will have been accorded by the United States. | The American decision to negotiate such a treaty involves no joint action with other powers in that regard. Sev- eral countries are already engaged in similar negotiations with the National- ts. The step is calculated, however, to | make effective American approval of the resolution adopted by the unsuccessful joint tariff conference in Peking stipu- lating that Chinese tariff autonomy should become effective on January 1, 1929, under treaty arrangements to be readjusted in the meantime. EX-BROKER IS HELD INTWO STOCK DEALS W. T. Lawrence Is Taken in Bnlti-. more on Complaint of Au- thorities Here, | Arrested by Baltimore police on the | complaint of the local authorities, who | charge that he fleeced a fire ptain | and a physiclan of $100 each in fraudu- | lent stock deals, William T, Lawrence, | 45, is held in that city to await the | arrival there this afternoon of Head- | quarters Detectives C. J. P. Weber and E. E. Thompson. They expect to return him here. Police say Lawrence until two months | ago operated an investment brokerage | business in the Insurance Building. , Capt. Jacob Stultz, commander of | he fire boat Firefighter,” ana Dr, J S. Amold, 24 Second street northeast, | each claims he pald Lawrence $100 for | stock In the Photomaton Co., a firm manufacturing a machine fthat takes | and develops photographs when a coin | is Inserted in a slot. They claim they | never recelved the stock. rates. A letter has been written to the Meanwhile, the Southern carriers | Photomaton C 10 learn whether | that bring so-called smokeless coal from | Lawrence has ever been employed by them, 8o far no answer has been re- | celved. LEAVES VIRGINIA POST. | Maj. D. M. Swan Detailed to Duty | at Mississippi School. Ma). Danfel M. Swan, Coast Artillery Corps, at Fort Monroe, Va., has been detailed to duty at the Mississippl Ag- | rienltural and Meghanical College, Maj, John H. Mellon, 'Quartermaster Corps, from Fort Mason, Calif, to Fort Sill, | Okla.; Ma). George P. Hill, Judge Advo- cate General's Department, to addition- al duty In the office of the arbiter of war claims; Capt, Albert M. Jackson, 62d Coast Artillery at Fort Totten, N. |Y, has been ordered to take a course of Instruction at the Institut d'Optique, Paris, France; Maj. Charles M. Steph- enson, Cavalry, at the Agricultural and Mechanical Callege of Texas, has been | ordered to Denver, Colo, for duty, Two Die in Plane Crash, ELKHORN, Wix, July 28 (4),~Cyril Burton, 26, Chicago, and Edith Gates, ko o T Selections from * 19, Willlams Bay, Wis,, were killed south | = Degrees were conferred upon 13 stu- | (United States) ............Herbert | of here vesterday when Rurton’s plane | denta of Rutgers University at the glos Iuwh, “Calt’s Armory" (United went into a tatlspin and fell 500 feet. 'ing exercises of the ffteenth anaual' States) ........ 5 w. Burton was an unlicensed pilot, Sumumer i “The Star Spangied CAPITAL COAL RATE CASE MAY BE OPENED D. C. Business Interests’ Brief Treated as Suspension Re- quest by I. C. C. The protest recently lodged by Wash- ington business interests with the In-| terstate Commerce Commission against | the increase to $3.13 per gross ton, ‘| He will take his first lesson this aff 1 noon. | Shedd. department manager Swift & Ogden | sistants, Carl T. Schuneman and H. H. Bond. PRESIDENTTOTRY HAND AT SHOOTING Traps Set Up Near Lodge Probably Will Be Limit to Sport, However. S L YOUNG, iSLAND LODGE, Wis., July nt Coolidge has so com- ¢ caught the real spirit of the out- doors since coming to the North woods ¢ country that he has decided to go in for shocting. He has made it evident that he wan! ‘ n CEDAR 26.—Presid ple to Tound out his vacation as an ali- round outdoors sportsman, not merely as an an e not handk when he brought home a ral of Vermont. The President will confine his ing, at least at first, to trap-shoot Traps of the most modern mak been set up in a clearing near th of the Brule not far from the He did manip to gee how they worked and seemed in- terested in watching the clay pigeons and disks slung into the air. He also watched some of the’ members of the party, who are experienced gunners, shoot, and listened to suggestions from them. late the trap: just Friends Give Guns. The President has sc 1 sho'guns d a repeating rifle which have been given to him by friends. It is thought likely the President will confine his indulgence in this sport to trapshooting. He probably will be gone before the hunting season opens and he is known to have expressed a dislike for killing any living thing. On August 2 the President will visit the famous Missabe Iron Range in Min- nesota, about 90 miles from Duluth. This range is conceded to be the largest open iron ore pit in the world. Would Leave August 12. The reported Yellowstone Park trip Is still undecided. Mrs. Coolidge and John are known to be eager for this trip. Both the President and Mrs. Coolidge greatly enjoyed their visit to Yellow- stone last Summer and both expressed themselves as intending to revisit the park. Mrs. Coolidge has greatly im- proved in health since coming to the North woods and is most enthusiastic about the climate, but she admits find- ing life at the lodge a trifle cull, with no recreation except playing with the dogs, picking wild flowers, being canoed up and down the Brule and watching her husband fish. It was reported today the plan al- ready has taken tentative form to have the presidential party leave here about August 12 to spend about two weeks in Yellowstone National Park and then proceed to New England, where Calvin Coolidge may make a last visit to his home town as President of the United States. The President, however, has made no announcement yet. It was announced at the executive office today that the President had ap- pointed the following as American rep- resentatives to the International Tele- graph Conference to be held in Brus- sels, Belgium, September 10: Charles H. Co., Chicago; John Goldhammer, vice president Commercial Cable Co. and Leland Harrison, American Minister to Sweden. LOWMAN IN CHARGE. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Seymour Lowman, in charge of the en- forcement of prohibition, tomorrow, for the first time, will become Acting Sec- retary of the Treasury, in the absence of Secretary Mellon, Undersecretary L. Mills and the other two as- Mr. Mills. will leave tomorrow for two weeks' vacation at Saratoga, N. Y. Mr. Bond is:on vacation, and Mr. Schuneman is on an extended trip in the interests of the Government's build- ing program. Secretary Mellon is not expected to return from his Eus PHYSICIAN ENDS LIFE. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., July 26.—Dr. Lewis L. Putney, 38 years old, of the medical staff at Western State Hospital, was found dead in the basement of his home this morninz. He had haaeed himself while his wife was absent for a brief time, had been m ill health five months. wife has been unconscious, under, medi- cal* treatment, since discovering his body. A brother. Dr. Charles W. Putney, is a practicing physician of Staunton. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band, at the Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, 7:30 o'clock tonight. March, “Entry of the Gladiators™. Fucik Overture, “Flying Dutchman. Hebrew melody, “Kol Nidrei” Old Irish melody, “Londonder: Grainger Euphonium solo, Valse Caprice, “Beautiful Colorado”. ... . Luca “Salome’s Dance,” from the music drama_“Salome” ‘Rondo Turque™ . Grand scenes from Giordano “The Star Spangled Banner." By the United States Soldiers’ Home which the Chesapeake & Ohic. the Nor- folk and Western and Virginian Rail-{ roads propose to put into effect August 10 on coal coming into the Capital over | their lines, is being treated as a suspen- | sion request only and not an appeal | for the reopening of the whole rate! se This was learned today at the Imtr-i state Commerce Commission. The | { opinfon was expressed unofficially that | Mosaie, “Vienna Folk Songs” {only the original parties to the case,!Tox trot, “My Melancholy Bab which affected the Potomac Electric Power Co, could now ask for reopening of the subject, The Potomac Electric Power Co. has taken no action in the present move to suspend the new coal the flelds of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky into Washington, are being given an apportunity to file an answer | to the protests if they desire. | . | ARMED GUARD PUT 'OVER ITALIA'S MEN IN NORWEGIAN PORT | (Continued from ' First Page) | a lively correspondence to this end lunl been exchanged. | Prof. F. Behounek, Czechoslovakian meteorologist, who has arrived at Nar- vik aboard the base ship Citta di Mi- lano, has received orders from Praguo to_return immediately to his country. | Prof. Behounek was a member of the | crew of the Italia, and was one of the five men rescued off m Island by the Russian ice breaker Krassin. ‘The newspaper Dagens Nyheter says advices received from Prague indicate that Itallans arve oreat! difficulties :-.buul Prof. Behounek's diveot repatria- | jon, | the Capitol, at 7:30 o'clock tonfght. ! Intermezso, “Recuerdo™ (Chile) Marimba salo, “Fado Flanquita® JLai March, “Cruz Roj Fantasia, “The Evolution of Yankee | ‘Preludio Sinfonico™ (Mexico) “The 3 Military 30 o'l March, “Boots and Saddles”. .. Overture, “La Gazza Larda™ “The Thieving Magpie”). .. Rossini Suite de concert, “On Themes of Robert Schumann Langey “Allegro Pompose. “Andantino.” “Allegretto.” Bklnd. at the bandstand, at ..Lusk Ko Valse Lente, “Valse Triste". Finale, “Your Land and M Romberg The Star Spangled Banner." By the United States Navy Band, at the Navy Yard bandstand, tonight, 8 Yelock. - March, Victor Herbert™. vaes Care Overture, “The Magie Flute”. Morart ‘Shadow Dance” Meyerbe (From the opera “Dinorah.") “Grand War March and Batile Hym Wa from “Rien: Grand scenes Juive™ . Ceseaas Valse Philipiuo, “La Tagala,’ arr Excerpts from musieal comedy “Florodoro™ from the opera * . Stuarg “Star Spangled Banner."” BY the United States Army Band, at March, “Trophy of Victory" (United States) ...........Stannard Soro Duet, “La Golondrina™ (Mexico). Serradell Waltz, “Impassioned Dream" (Mexioo) Rosas rrazabal -Domingues from (CQuatemala) "Mareh of the Toreadors, “Sevillian Festival Sulte”......Tavan Doodle" (United States)........Lake Carrasco