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WEATHER. (U. 8. Waataor Rurean Forecast.) Pair, continued warm tonight and to- morrow, followed by thundershowers, to- mortow afternoon or night. Tempera- tures—Highest, 95, at 4 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 75, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. . BN v Vi 7 | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITIONg il 4 n & ~ v v 4 oy $ - v tar “From Press to Home Within the Hour’ The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regylar edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circnlation, _9_8,561 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 SOTHG. - osk omds W Entered as second T class matte shington, D, ¢ FLYERS TURN BACK " NORTH OF AZORES, RADIO REPORT SENT . BY SHIP INDICATES Wireless Message Says Bi- plane. Believed to Be That| of Polish Airmen, Is HeadedJ Toward British Isles. i | [ SEEN 2 HOURS EARLIER | WINGING WESTWARD $teamer Sights Plane Flying East at Fast Speed—Changes Course to North After Circling Vessel. Messages May Have Been Gar- bled, However. The possibility plane d for has to 4 transatlantic returnin| d today by a mes- the British steamer The Valencia wireless station reported iving the following mossage from Amakura : am. Greenwich meridian time (12’ pm. Friday. Eastern standard | time). 4620 north, 2040 west, air-| plane approached from the westward, | encircled the ship at a distance of half 2 mile, height 500 feet, and disap] peared | narthward, flying very fast. No sig- nal.” | Sighted Two Hours Earlier. i 2:40 am. Greenvich time, a| e was reported by the Norwegian | Aztec at 44.22 nonh‘;nd. 2408 west. Thus slightly more than; two hours after being sighted by the Aztec, the plane appeared to have been sighted by the Amakura, having pro- gressed in a northeasterly direction. So far as known. there are no air- lanes in the regions mentioned by the fwo ships except the Marszalek Pilsud- At biplan tank steamer m:’n the original message sent by the master of the Aztec the phrase “in the direction of 75 degrees” was used. This | could be interpreted as indicating that {he plane was flying north by east. | The Polish plane carried no wireless | and messages from ships offered the | only method of gauging her course and | ition. E e <houia tam out fo have wessels shouid turn the United su‘é i her voyage to L | the machine should strike the North American coast some time about dusk. Planned to Pass Azores. After leaving the Prench coast, :‘l;: yers had planned to cross over fi:rfi and "’.hzn to head toward Hali- fax or Bermuda, depending upOn weather conditions. They were not| sighted over the Azores last night. but| 2 biplane, believed to be their ‘machine, was seen by the steamship Aztec 200 | miles north of the archipelago. | “All ssemed well,” was the word dioed by the Aztec. “Thr V’llfnlh wireless station this | morning announced that it had re-| ceived a message from the British; steamer Port Hunter which was relaying ; a message intercepted from the Aztec. | The message read: “Biplane passed this morning latitude 4422 north, longitude 24.07 west in the direction of 75 degrees at.2:40 Green- wich time. Machine disappearing over the water. All secmed well™ | The Aztec. a Norwegian tank steamer, | left Curacoa on July 21 for England. | Her captain’s message would indicate | that the plane passed the vessel on the | quarter east by north | 1f the plane was that of the Polish | sirmen they were apparently behind ! schedule. 25 they estimated that they| would pass over the Azores between % and 11 pm. Greenwich time last| ght. It is the only plane known to fiving over the Atiant RETU™NING, NAVY BELIEVES. Reports From Ships Interpreted That Fiyers Are Heading Back. EW YORK. August 4 (P.—The Navy hyd phic office today inter- prete. reports of ships at sea which sighted the Polish transatlantic atrplane dicating that the Polish aded back toward Eu- ved from the | been 'A message received from the steamer Aziec said the direction of the plane was 75 degrees. Officials of the hydro- | graphic office said that this meant that the ; g in o northeast direction d take it toward the British coast This interpretation seemed to be borne out in full by the fact that the steamer Amakura reported more than two hours after the Aziec that the plane was about 200 miles north- east of e position given by the Aztec “The position where the Polish plane wp last s approximately 800 miles off Fr 2,000 REPORT.ED DROWNED IN BIG CHINESE FLOODS Over- Yellow River Tribu- ane was travel which wou Inundated in Two fow Towns Fron After August 4 state Heavy BRains Chinese re- that about towns of Ankiu Shantung, ha od caused hy 1B n River, a trib- wer as been experiencing y heavy rainfall VARE 1S IMPROVED. Phyeicians Report Better J or-Elect's Change for AT 1IC CITY, N August 4 Benator-elect William Vare ot wylvanis, who i8 seriously il as U of & paralytic stroke he suffered ednesday, slept pescefully last night wysiclans were more optimistie for overy than any tme since he was stricken Thelr bulletin told of a change for the hetter Buian | its Navy Department, was fully inform- | sponsible for any damages. However, i the Government cou!d not assume this | been ‘occupied by a former district judge. about hun and joked with his WASHI i I LOG OF POLISH FLYERS By the Associated Press. Thursday. 11:46 _pm. (Eastern Standard time) vers hop off from Le Bourget, Francs, for New York. Friday. 38 am.—Plane ux, 60 miles from well 3:10 am.—Trawler Pingouin sights plane 60 miles off French coast and 350 miles from Paris. 9:40 pm.—Steamer Aztec sights a plane about 200 miles north of Azores believed to be that of Polish fiyers. Midnight—Rcported by steamer Amakura about 250 miles northeast of position given by Aztec. indi- cating fiyers were returning to Europe. BAKER WINS FIGHT FOR ISLAND LEASE x i passes _over arls, flying | | | | | | Litigation' Against Retired Navy Man Over Porto Rico Tract Lasted 9 Years. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Running the gauntlet of three Federal courts. one of them the District of Co- lumbia Supreme Court, with three Gov- ernment departments and innumerable officials working against him, Lieut. Comdr. Virgil Baker, U. S. Navy, re- tired, now a resident of Porto Rico, has come out victorious against charges of almost every kind of fraud over & pe- riod of nine years. | He stands today holding his home on Government ground in Porto Rico, by | virtue of a 999-year lease, which has | been approved by Congress, as a result | of a decision just handed down by the | United States Circuit Court of Ap-| peals for ihe First Circuit, at Boston, a copy of which reached the offices of | his attorneys here, Palmer, Davis & ‘West, today. On the side of Comdr. Baker was the Navy Department, which the op- | ponents charged was defrauded by | Baker as a result of alleged misrepre- sentations, and that deparment sup- | ported him throughout his long fight. | The opinion, by Justice Hale of the Cir- cuit Court, indicates what the attor- neys for the naval officer contend—that it was a personal fight to secure a home | on the land which Comdr. Baker occu- | pied in the island possession. The opin- | ion says, in part: “Had Full Knowledge.” “We have seen that in matters re- | lating to the execution of the lease the | Navy Department had full knowledge of the material facts in the premises. “We have examined with care the questions brought before us by the bill of complaint. We are of the opinion that the complainant has not shown by the preponderance of evidence that the lease in question was obtained by fraud. On the other hand, the tasstimony clear- ly shows that the Government, through ed of the material matters involved in the act of Congress authorizing the ll“‘f( and in the making of the lease Comdr. Baker was a resident of Porto Rico. He was recalled to active Guty during the war and placed in charge of naval activities on the island, where, the Navy De it said, he performed very valuable se ices for the Government. Before tiring he was detailed to obtain cer: tain land which the Navy wanted for a distant control radio station site, and he made an agreement with officials | of the Loiza Sugar Co for such land, | at a cost of $200, with a sitpulation that the Government should be re- obligation and. as a_benefit to the Government, Comdr. Baker undertook to assume them personally, on condi- tion that the Navy Department lease him about nine acres of the San Geronimo reservation. Baker also agreed to erect certain quarters which he would occupy, with his family, the | same to be turned over to the Gov-| ernment in time of war or other emergency. The tract had on it an old house. unfit, then for habitation, which had A special act of Congress, after detalled investigation, was passed giving the au- thority for the lease. Baker then was given a lease of 999 years, Fought Lease. There then came to the island Ira Wells, as United States district attor-| ney. He sought to have the Navy De- partment take some action to vacate the |lease, according to Baker's attorneys, | but the department advised against any action. Later Wells became Assistant Attorney General, and again urged the {Navy Department fo take steps to va- |cate the lease, but the Navy Depart- ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | | | | | NITROGLYCERIN BLOWS UP | Blast of 800 Quarts Heard 30 Miles | in Oklahoma. | MUSKOGEE, Okla., August 4 (P) A ‘terrific explosion that was heard for | 30 miles occurred yesterday when 800 | quarts of nitroglycerin stored in a small bullding four miles north of Has- kell, Okla., blew up. Considerable alarm was caused in nearby towns, residents at first bellev- ere had been an earthquake. American_ Gly 5 belief that thieves attempting { entrance to the storehoure accidently | caused the blast. Three days ago 240 | quarts of the explosive were stolen and NGTON, VoA ST 4, 1928— LIRTY PAG U. 5. OLYMPIC LEAD CUTASFINNG SCORE (3N STEEPLECHASE Stewart, in Second Place,! Battling Three Scandina- vians for Decathlon. | | | | | HARVARD OARSMEN LOSE; CALIFORNIA EIGHT WINS Americans Take 1,600-Meter Relay Trial and Qualify in 1,500- Meter Swimming Event. Auto Breaks Down And U. S. Crew Wins Without Timekeeper By the Associated Press SLOTEN. Holland, August 4. When America's eight-oared row- ing representative in the Olym- pic regatta, the big University of California crew, defeated Den- mark today there was tragi- comic incident in that the time- keeper's automobile broke down in the rain and his watch stop- ped so that no official time was available. In the absence of an official time, California was given the unofficial clocking of 6 nfinutes 30 seconds. A few hundred Amer- icans braving the storm to watch the race were under the impres- sion the Danes were leading most of the way due to the error of the officials who thought the Californians were the Danes. The system in use here is for the of- ficials to broadcast a running description| of the race by radio to the crowds assembled near the finish_ line. By the Assoclated Press. OLYMPIC STADIUM, Amster- dam, August 4.-—Paavo Yrjola of Finland, after an all-day battle with the stalwart American entry, Jim Stewart of California, virtually clinched the Olympic decathlon championship today by a strong fin- ish-in the javelin throw and the 1,500-meter run, the last of the 10 events. By the Asociated Press. OLYMPIC STADIUM, AMSTERDAM, | August 4.—Pinland added another to! its list of Olympic running victories today when Toivo Loukola won the| 3.000-meter steeplechase champlonship, { with Paavo Nurmi second. Willie Ritola i quit. It was the second beating in two days for Nurmi, who previously had not been | defeated in an Olympic final since 1920. Yesterday Ritola beat him for the 5,000-meter championship, but to- day the New York Finn, although de- fending his championship, could not keep up the pace and dropped out. The victory marked Finland's fourth championship of the Olympic games thus far, all being in running events. The others were the 10,000-meter title, won by Nurmi; Harry Larya's 1,500- meter victory and Ritola's win at 5,000 | meters. ! Despite defeat of their two favorites, | Nurmi and Ritola. Finland placed one, two, three. Loukola defeated Nurmi by 50 yards, with Ove Anderson third. The | two Americans, W. O. Spencer and Mel Dalton. badly beaten, brought up the rear in seventh and eighth positions. Loukola’s time wa; 9 minutes 21 4-5 seconds, which broke the Olympic rec- ord by nearly 12 seconds. Ritola set the mark at 9:333-5 at the last games. Three Pinnish flags went up the poles for the first time. Willie Ritola Sluggish. Ritola’s failure was even a bigger up- set than Nurmi’s defeat. Willle was sluggish and was last from the start and quit on the last lap. Paavo's main interest seemed to be coaching twn young Finns, Loukola was first to move | out of the back, took a big lead and steadily increased it over the last two | ps. | Dalton tired quickly after a good start and he and Spencer never threat- ened thereaffer. The race finished in a driving rain, Finland picked up 19 points on the | United States as a result of its sweeping victory ir the steplechase. The Ameri- cans with 142 for the events decided thus far still enjoyed a comfortable | lead, but the finish total had.suddenly risen from 64 to 83. Sweden by getting three points in the steeplechase went into a te for third with Great Britain with 40 and France increased its total from 10 points to 13. America was shut out completely in this event as neither of its gwo standard bearers were among lhfilx point winners. Swede Wins Pentathlon. 8, A. Thorfeldt of Sweden won the Olympic modern pentathlon champion- ship today, succeeding his countryman, B. 8. G. Lindman, who finished second Americans fared badly today in the final test of the five-day, five-event | | competition, which was horaeback riding across country. Lieut. Audrey 8. New- | | man was the best of the Uniled States' | representatives in the final standing. | ranking 15th. Lieut. Richard W, Mayo was 19th and Lieut, Peter C. Hains 20th | In the 5000-meter equestrian .Cross- | country test Hains finished seventh: | | | At that time stronger locks were placed on the doors : :W(iamcra;‘}a‘]“ucd :;t 6vcr $50.000 Seized ' To Protect Dutch Monopoly at Olympics i BY NEGLEY FARSON. Tie Star and Chicako Daily Copyright, 1028, AMSTERDAM, August 4.—The Dutch suthorities during the last few days | have seized at the Olymple Stadium | more than 2000 cameras, valued Wt more than $50,000, in & determined ef- fort 1o protect the photographic monop- oly granted exclusively to one firm. | During the first two days of the |games an American photo setvice crashed the gates by smuggling cameras | inside the grounds and also by taking plet from & plane sonring overhead, | The Dutch stationed police at the Bloten | By Canle to | ews | He recognized and talked 1o | Canal Aerodrome 1o search all descend- | ing planes and seize all photographs or comeras, They were largely successiul L Newmann 31st, and Mayo 37th and (Continued on Pi mn 6.) | and when the United States team began | to flop many discouraged photographers packed up and went Lo Paris. Detectives were placed out in the stadium oval armed with spyglasses. ‘They lay flat on their stomachs ard watched the stands. prowled about the stands, watching for signals from the observation posts In the oval, When an observer saw & per- son produce a camera he would wave his arm, signalling the stand stalker fo move to the right, left, forward or back- ward The Dutch are determined not fo let | | | | seventh floor of the Baitimore Y. M. night* shortly .after the performance L0ST PLANE VICTIM PLUNGES TO DEATH Frederick Bisman, Under, Treatment Here, Falls From | “Y” at Baltimore. Frederick Bisman, 29 years old. n[} Brooklyn, N. Y. who had been under | treatment here for nearly twe months for injuries sustained in an airplane ccident, plunged to death from the | C. A. early today under clrcumnnncesl that indicated suicide while local police were searching for him in response to| an appeal from his mother, who said | he disappeared here last night while at- | tending a performance at the Fox|/ Theater. | The mother, Mrs. Julia K. Bisman, said her son left her in the Fox last rted. He registered in the Baltimore Y. M. C. A. about 10 o'clock, using the name of “Frank Foote. As m{um‘ H. Stoll, night clerk at the institution, was preparing to go off duty this morning he heard a crash in an areaway and, going to the win- dow, saw 3isman, partly clad and un- conscious, on a ~lass roof above the swimming rool. Police were notified and Bisman was taken to Mercy Hospi- tal, where he died shortly afterward. Leaves Notes in Room. When his room on the seventh floor of the Y. M. C. A, was entered, three penciled notes were found weighted down on top of the bureau. One addressed to the Y. M. C. A. told | his right name and added: “Please ad- vertise for articles on front page of Washington and Philadelphia papers.” Another was addressed to his mother, and a ‘rd, accusing a local hospital of “wronging” him, was addressed to W. R. Luhrs, 436 Sterling place, Brook- lyn, N. Y. Luhrs was his companion in the plane when it crashed. He recov- ered from his injrries. This 1 > read: “I have heen wronged at the Washing- ton, D. C.. hosvital. I hope you and | Jimmy will arrangz with those con- cerned to get in the apartment and get whatever you want, furniture, ete. have been doped by a hospital in Wash- ington, D. C., so I know I won't live long. Best love for all. I am yours. “FROTZIE FREDDIE.” The note to his mother read: “Good-by, mother divine, also eves one you may see. Love, FRED. “Please have me laid out in Brook- land and Philadelphia. Cremation aft- erwards. 1 just couldn’t understand you, All my fault.” This vas signed with initial “F." In addition there was an empty two- ounce bottle which bore 4 poison label, but from which the description of the contents had been scratched A check with _the druggist from whom the bot- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) BAKER RECOMMENDED AS TIGERT’S SUCCESSOR Missouri Governor's Name Is Men-| sta ry- tioned for Vacant Post on Fed- eral Bureau of Education. Gov. Sam Baker of Missourl, former State superintendent of schools in that State, has been recommended as suc cessor to Commissioner John J, Tigert of the Federal Bureau of Education. Secretary West announced today that Gov. Baker's name 15 the only one that has been suggested, and that he s being considered for the place. Secre- | tary West said he did not know whether | Gov. Baker's name has as yet been sub- | mitted to President Coolidge, who will make the appointment, Commissioner Tigert resigned Wed- | nesday, effective September 1, to accept | the presidency of the University of | Florida. Gov, Bakcr's name was mentioned in | the testimony taken in the Federal | Trade Commission’s public utility in- | vestigation as having permitted the ! dissemination of certain publicity mat~ ter in Missour schools when he was | State superintendent, 1 ROCKET CAR WRECKED. Becond Opel Machine Comes (? @Grief in Trial HANOVER, Germany, August 4 (#) Another of Pritz van Opel's rockel | cars has come ta grief, The car Rak IV was making its first test on a rallroad track from Burgwe- del to Celle and was deralled at the same spot where the*Rak IIT left the #1 get away from them over this pho- tographie concesslon which now looks like another Olympie flop, but say the selged cameras will be returned atler e games, » - g 1 ralls on June 23, One rocket exploded he wrong way and the Rak IV was wrecked, There were no casualties, Further tests were postponed indefi- nitely, I WON'T I LONG NOW | Ancient Mexicans, | Experls in Science,| ~ Traced by Tablets i |Race Knew Physies and| Astronomy, Archeolo- gist Holds. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. | Special Dispatch to The Star. MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., August 4.— | Col. James Churchward, British arche- | | ologist, today informed the writer that | his partially completed study of 2,600 recently discovered Mexican tabicts has convinced him that there exitted in Mexico more than 12,000 years ago a highly civilized race and that this peo- ple had a knowledge of physics and as- tronomy far more profound than that of modern science. Coples and originals of the tablets were sent to Col. Churchward by Wil- liam Niven, Scotch archeologist, for many years national geologist of Mex- ico, who found the stones at Remedios, Chimalpa, Santiago, Ahuzoctla and San Miguel Amantla, at depths of 12 to 15 feet. Many of the stones are, in fact, rather pebbles than tablets, ranging from 1 to 18 inches in diameter. Many of them were completely covered with hard clay, like the shell of a nut, which, being stripped off, reveals characters suggestive of archaic Chinese, Sanskrit and ancient cuneiform writings. Like Hindu Script. “T place this civilization at about 10.- 000 B.C." said Col. Churchward, “but I think I will be able to prove that it originated quite a few thousand years before this. I found that many of the | | | | | | Lunatic at Large I ROBERT EVANS. INSANE PATIENT STIL AT LARG Robert Evans, Jewel Bandit, Severs Bonds and Eludes Hospital Guards. Eluding efforts of hospital guards and the police to recapture him, Robert Evans, 23, a patient in the ward for the criminally insane at St. Elizabeth's Hos- pital, was still at laree today, following h’s escape yesterday afternoon. Evans, who s considered a dangerous criminal, succeeded in severing a leather strap that bound his wrists to his body, while he was being transferred from the surgical bullding to Howard Hall, and outdistanced his guards in a dash for the woods. The fugitive created a furor of ex- citement last January when he walked into the jewelry store of Samuel Mitc.ell, 711 Ninth street, took jewelry valued at 93,000 from a showcase and then fired at a clerk as he left the store. There followed a chase through the downtown streets, during which he fired several shots, before he was cap- tured at “leventh and E streets by Po- liceman Roy Bridges. He had held up a motorist and ordered him to drive away and Bridges followed in a com- mandeered automobile. Evans attempted {to shoot Bridges, but his gun jammed. At his trial his lawyers pleaded in- sanity and he was committed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Evans was believed to have a surgical instrument to sever yesterday. The police were immediately notified and a general lookout was broadcast to all precinets. Hospital authorities explained that Evans suffers from hallucinations and that in his present condition he is dan- ;(Ael;fllls. He is a native of Phoenix, riz. icked up s straps ROBBERS LOOT STORE; PROPRIETOR TRUSSED Fred W. Boone, 65 years old, pro- l;nvmr of a contectionery store at 2103 ennsylvania avenue, was held up at the point of a pistol this morning short- ly before 10 o'clock and robbed by two young white men. The robbers tied him with his shirt and wife's apron, [ After 15 minutes of struggling he was able to free his hands. He then rolled over to the opposite wall where he loosened the bonds around his feet against a knife sharpener, Mr. Boone told the police that the robbers entered his store and, finding a policeman there, left after making a small purchase. The officer having been gone about five minutes, they re- turned and drew their revolvers. After taking a small amount of money from two cash registers, $100 in cash from a hiding place under the counter, and a $50 check, they forced Boone into a room in the rear of the store. There, he said, they threw him on a couch and tied his hands with one of his own shirts and his feet with his wite's apron, ‘The check bore the signatures of Motrls Hahn and a Dr. Herbst. FLIES OVER PIKES PEAK. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Au&;fi 4 () —Arthur Goebel, who led the transpacific fiyers from Oakland to Hawall last Augui terday flew over he summit of Pil A To accomplish the feat he was forced to pilot his plane through dense clouds surrounding the mountain and to fight a I:iflm ject and snowstorm above et ' \ characters were exactly the same as the ancient writings of the Hindus, which I deciphered in India in 1873, where I had gone in the colonial service. Gaine ing the confidence’ of an East Indian priest, I was given access to the so- called ‘writtings of Mu’' in one of the temlples. “I took wax impressions of these tablets and spent many years in trans- lating them. They revealed the fae: that this ancient peopls, which. in my opinfon, was overwhelmed by a great disaster about 12,00 years ago, had re- duced their conception of matter to a basic force and that they regarded all phenomena as manifestations of this one fundamental energy. “Now, in these ancient Mexican writ- ings I found the same story told in the same characters. I find that these peo- ple knew that the earth was round: that it revolved on its axis; that it was part of a planetary system, with the sun at the center, and that the sun was a | part of a stellar system. They had a | knowledge of subatomic structure much more thorough and profound than ours today and, personally, I am convinced that they used this knowledge, not in breaking up the atom, but in deri latent energy from the electrons in some other way. Origin of Universe. “While Mr. Niven found a vast aount of pottery, uf and weapons, which I have not seen, and which may reveal much as to the manner of life of these | people and their state of civilization, I can deduce not! as to these matters from the tablets. their entirety they are a sort of scien treatise and are all ] theme of the origin of the universe and | of the understanding of matter and en- | ergy.” . Churchward has given almost , life to ai having been wi Central , M 3 America, Siberia, Alaska and Thibet. Although he is of British citizenship. ' he has maintained his residence in| America for many years. He is the author of several books. When asked whether he belonged to any scientific societies Col Churchward said: | “1 have refused to join them. The moment a man joins a society he be- comes orthodox. I am, of course, in touch with scientists of various uni- versities, and have on many occasions co-operated with them in research, such as this examination of the Mexi- can tablets.” (Copyrizht. HEAT T0 CONTINE; NO RELIEF IN'SIGHT Thundershower Possible To-| morrow, but Break in Tem- ; perature Is Unlikely. | Therz is no immediate prospect of re- lief from the hot weather which has kept this city sweltering for three days, the Weather Bureau forecast shows to- day. This afternoon probably will bring a maximum temperature even higher than the 95-degree high level reached at 4 o'clock yesterday after- noon at the Weather Bureau, Tomor- row will be hot and fair, with some possibility of a thundershower late in the afternoon or tomorrow night. No break in temperature is likely to follow the shower, however. . ‘Washington's in common with that of the entire Eastern half of the country. Chicago region according to Associated Press dispatches, and the Atlantic seaboard States con- tinued to swelter today, with two deaths in New York, three in Boston and vi- cinity, two m Providence, R. I, and one in Erie, Pa. The highest tempera- ture in the East was reported from Limerock, R. yesterday, where the thermometer recorded 102 degrees, the Associated Press dispatches stated. Possibility of Thundershower. ‘Temperatures from 6 to 10 am. to- day were recorded as follows the Weather Bureau: 6 ash., 75 degrees (the lowest recorded during the past 24 hours): 7 am., 76 ; 8 am., 80 degrees; 9 am., 85 degrees, and 10 am., 88 degrees. The temperature at 10 a.m. yesterday was 86 degrees, two ?:er lower than at the same hour U. S. BUYS PARIS SITE | FOR SERVICE BUILDING y. ‘There is a remote possibility of a local thundershower here this afternoon, according to the Weather Bureau, and there probably will be widely scattered local thunderstorms over the heat-af- fected area of the Eastern United States. No additional heat prostration cases were reported to the police here this morning, though three were added to the total here yesterday afternoon. William Stewart, 31, of 1113 Holbrook Terrace, and* Willlam Nutt, 52, of 902 I street, colored laborers were overcome while working at 1009 Lamont street, and were treated at Emergency Hospital. Edwin Kurtz, 27, of 1327 U street south- | east was treated at Casualty Hospital by Dr. L. Jimal. Kiosk Records. While the official maximum here yes- | terday was 95 degrees, as recorded at the Weather Bureau, the recording ap- ratus at the Weather Bureau kiosk, nnsylvania avenue near Fourteenth | street, showed A maximum of 98 degrees | at 4 pm. yesterday. | _New York had a high mark of 90/ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Ambassador Herrick Presents Check for $1,014,000—Nota- bles at Ceremony. By the Assoclated Press, PARIS, August 4.—Secretary Mellon | | was present today, when Ambassador | Myron T. Herrick handed over a check ! on the United States Treasury for | $1,014,000, completing the payment on the Place de la Concorde site of the | American foreign service building. Rep- resentative Stephen G. Porter, as chair- man of the foreign service building com- mittee, was also present. | Benjamin Joy of Morgan & Co., took | the check as the embassy's agent to| convert it into francs for the actual /) Means Associated Press. 156.0.P. LEADERS e Pt to the main | | to WO CENT 1] CONFER IN CHICAGD ON'FARM BALLOTS Dickinson, Head of Special Agricultural Campaign, Scores Peek. HOLDS SMIT! VICTORY WOULD AID ONLY SOUTH Hoover Completes Speech and Pre- pares to Meet Leaders to Plan Strategy. By the Asdociated Press. CHICAGO, August 4.—Seventy-five Republican leaders, principally from the Middle West, sought in conference today the open sesame to the presiden- tial votes of corn belt farmers and the women of the Midwest. Hubert Work, Republican national chairman, was to address the con- ference and talk with agricultural lead- ers on the problem of insuring a strong Hoover-Curtis vote among farmers of the corn belt and Northwest States. Plans for preventing a bolt in a tra- ditional Republican stronghold were expected to command specfal atien- tion. Leading the proponents of a cam- paign Lo enlist women's votes by means of local “Hoover Clubs for home= makers,” was Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, na- tonal committeewoman from Ken- tucky and head of the women's division of Hoover national headquarters, Governors to Confer. The Republican vote-gathering prob- lem throughout the Middle Wv.?slp was 10 be discussed by Govs. John 8. Ficher of Pennsylvania and Pred A. Green of :;i:r‘hl:mi }:nd James W. Good. in of Hoover's quarters here. e Recpresentative L. J. .Dickinson of :g::fi nawly appointed leader of a lized campaign amo; farmers last night declared that a ;:llh victory would take farm relief out of the hands of N¢ and it with will aid Dickinson in the fight to organize pro-Hoover sentiment in the agricultural zon-. Dickinson told Good that support of gm;‘t m was l'he “only salva- " " - oo B e ~ ':run.xer of Iowa, is proud of Hoover,” Remmel hl:ld “The State hllell;o( ¥fl'l".- greatly admired Senator Robinson, but. felt the State would have to go against its favorite son. State Chairman Ludwig Roe of Wis- consin said two issues had come to the front in Mirnesota. He described them as the revision of tariff on agricultural products and an early completion of | the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway from Duluth to the ocean. HOOVER PLANS CONFERENCES, ;Conplelg Speech and Starts Work en Party Organization. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif., August 4 (). —With preparation of his acce| address finally behind him, Herbert Hoover, Republican presidential candidate, was re: today to give his full attention to matters of party organ- tion and strategy. Early next week he will begin a series of conferences with party leaders con- ing campaign upon his arrival here for the notifica- tion ceremonies one week from today. Hoover had no engagements for to- day, and planned to leave in mid-after- noon for Santa Rosa, well to the north of San Francisco, to join his fellow Bohemian Club members in witnessing the club’s annual play, “Nanda.” which will be staged tonight in the sylvan theater on the expansive club grounds near that city. This is an event for which club members prepare for months, and proves one of the spec- tacles in this section of the country. Nominee Is Relieved. payment, while 50 other persons of dis- | tinction in American and PFrench life, | including Senator Elmer Thomas of | Oklahoma, witnessed the formality. Messis. Mellon, Herrick and Porter | each spoke briefly on the significance of | the event. Albert Lanoeil, president of the Cercle Union Artistique. the club selling the property, and Count Cammando. the oldest member, replied. | They said it was a consolation to know | that the most beautiful site in Paris| was going into the hands of friends, not “foreigners.” T ‘The club is entitled to remain i pos- sessfon for two , but is seeking a | building for earlier occupancy so as 10 | deliver the club to Ame: earlier ‘The American Government will adopt for the extexjor drafted by Ange Gabriel, the atehitect, who designed the other famous structures in the place De la Concorde. Lord Haldane Ordered to Rest. LONDON, August 4 (#).—Lord Rich- ard Haldane, former secretary of state tor wars, is not wil and has been ordered HOPE IS HELD FOR LIVES OF STILL BLAST VICTIMS Death Toll in 0il Refinery Explo- sion 23—Some of Injured Be- lieved Likely to Recover. By the Assostated Press, VINCENNES, Ind., August 4-—With the death toll from an oll still explosion at Lawrenceville, Ill, Wednesday stand- ing at 23, hope was expressed today for the first time that several of the men burned by the jet of flames which shot from the still would recover, Dr. R. Trueblood, ghyllelnn for the Indian Refining Co., at whose plant the blast occurred, sald that unless there was a serious change for the worse the lives of a few of the 37 victims brought to the Good Samaritan Hospital here ml"m be spared. ‘hree men died from thelr burns ves- terday afternoon and last night. They were Paul Boughman, 25, and James Graves, 20, both of Lawrenceville, and George Bruce, 34, of Princeton, Ind. clans. | “The Fortunate Wayfarer” I BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Begins on Page 21 of Today’s Star Tangled skeins of romance—stirring action—a novel which will hold you to the very last word. De | coun! Sielly, August 3 accompaniment of loud ex Ny Ponte, Institute, says that sign of open fire has been visible abave the crater, Radio Programe—Page 30 \ heAdll:lf:’ton is by invitation only, and usually runs one guest to three members. o0 . Completion of the acceptance address fted quite a load from the shoulders ?r'w'fih;m‘ma nimy"t’ A an o the first mes he is to deliver to the mzenw , and lly to those por tions dealing with two subjects that ad- mittedly are of the highest im) . in the cam portanc ign at this ime—farm relief !nal r|:‘rlum tlona i le some disquieti reports as to conditions in the corn belt have reached the nomin @ by word of mouth and in private and pub'ished reports, the situ- ation in the Nort' west apoarently is giving Hoover little concern. He will be on the ground there himself from August 31 to 23, when he visits his birthplace, at West Branch. lowa, and | expects to be able to assess the situation ;:-'\'ore wvunfily after his contact with e there. At this old home town the nominee of the will deliver the second speech cu'np:::‘. llnd. while he probably will no n to take a complete rest by his physi- | Dis acceptance address the | el ‘questin st condkderasty srveter relief question “nah than it will be possible for him to do in its preparation until after neral be- the farm 'ral ‘s speech here mext Saturday. MOUNT ETN A ERUPTS. Sicillan Volcano Emits Smoke and Cinders During Explosions. CATANIA, o director of the no light or