Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. s (. S. Wenther Bureau Partly cloudy and cool row fair. ‘Temperatures—Highest yesterday erday. Jowest, 69, at 10 p.m. yes- Full report on page 5. a Forecast.) today: tomor- . 76, at noon “*From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to W homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Zhe Swndy Star, 1,221 — No. 30,784, B post ntered as sec office, Washington, D. ond class matter WASHINGTON, D. (., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1928 —NINETY-TWO PAGES. ® Means Associated Pre FIVE CENTS WASHINGTON _AND SUBURBS | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE HOOVER PROMISES FARM RELIEF, DRY ENFORCEMENT AND HONEST CAMPAIGN IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Spouké ‘Before | HIGHLIGHTS IN HOOVER 75,000 at | Stadium. 1 | RADIO HOOK-UP CARRIES VOICE Bands. Planes and Fireworks Add to Festivity. BY A JAMES L. WEST. . St w STANTFORD UNIVERSITY STADIUM, Calif., August 11.—His | voice heard around the world, | Herbert Hoover today enunciated | the principles upon which he asks | the American people to send him | to the White House as the third su ive Republican President. | He reiterated his stand against repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment and rigid enforcement of enabling acts under it; proposed farm relief through a three-fold | plan; declared for religious toler- | ance and promised the direction | of economic_ progress in support of the moral and spiritual prog- | ress of the Nation. | As read slowly and concisely the | 8.500-word message accepting the nomi- nation voted him by the Kansas City convention two months ago the adopted son of California faced a vast army of his countrymen banked tier upon tier in this huge amphitheater, who received his declarations with noisy demonstra-| tions. | Hoover chose this setting, here upon the rolling campus of the university where he enrolled as a first student, and his fellow citizens responded with | perhaps the greatest outpouring that | ever had attended a notification cere- mony in any State in the Union. More than 75.000 people were gathered in| the stadium, almost filling it to capacity. | Loud speakers, perched high upon a eolumn that towered above him as he | read carried his voice to the farthest reaches of the bowl Broadcasting ap- | peratus transmitted his voice to more than 100 stations in this country, a network reaching from border to bor- | der and coast to coast, while his utter- | ances were taken across the seas on ghort wave lengths to Great Britain, | Australia, the Hawailan Islands, the | Philippines—in ftct. ekvery"hfl't the | English language is spoken. ikt as Hoover has set out to make| this a rather unique campaign. so his fellow citizens of California strove to make this occasion different from any of the kind that had gone before. | Marching bands, stunting airplanes and | brilliant davlight fireworks !umlshedl the forerunner of the speech- g. The crowd bubbled over with enthu- siasm and it gave the Republican nom- inee a tumultuous weicome as his open motor car drove into the amphitheater and circled the running track. Mrs Hoover sat beside him and joined in yesponding to the greetings. The offi- eial band played “I Love You Cali- fornia.” t Moses Unnoticed. Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, who notified the candi- date, and Chairman Work of the Re- | blican national committee, and other | house guests of the Hoovers entered | the stadium on foot and passed into| the stand almost unnoticed as- the crowd glued eyes to the nominee's| motor. Small American flags were waved nison with the music as the automohile moved at almost a snail's pace behind an escort of police | Gov. Young was presented to m'l audience ¢ minutes ahead of sched- He introduced Moses, who, | of less than 10 minutes. de- | essage of the Republican bade Hoover go forth | crusade” which he » Jead red forward to the microphones, the 2 and cheered usands of little | in brought into | hands clasped in ninee bowed 10| ) stood at atten- | ds played “The | outhurst right a ere was 2 { ‘o 1 Hoover | 55 ounced that ce eighteenth amendment | )2, not ate” onl® ading in made no Eyes on the printed pages before him Mrs. Hoover, who sat directly behind hum, followed the reading very closely #s did young Alian Hoover. The nom- Snec’s wite n mourning for her Iather e e black crepe de e dress black cloche hat eckband ) the first part o y of the farm situa- silence, the crowd ap- w declared that he nfluence of his office 1o ) The text of Secretary Ilon'v"'l speech accepting the Republican nomination for President wiil be | cratic ranks. | specific remedy other than perpetual he most part kept his | ADDRESS OF ACCEPTANCE By the Associsted Press A STANFORD UNIVERSITY STADIUM, Calif., August 11.— Highlights in the acceptance address of Herbert Hoover today were: Opposition to the repeal of t a pledge for enforcement of the laws enacted under it. Farm relief through tariff protection, development of in- land water transportation and Federal aid for farm stabiliza- tion corporations. tures. and irrigation Further economy grouping of governmental agenci eral subject. consumer. tional defense. creed of America. spiritual progress. their enthusiasm to the success democracy. An honest campaign with public accounting of all expendi- Repeal of the national origin basis of the immigration laws. Indorsement of the principle of collective bargaining and freedom in labor negotiations, with a pledge to curtail excessive use of injunctions in labor disputes A comprehensive and co-ordinated plan for waterway im- provements, flood control, development of hydro-electric power in Government by A call to the women and y he prohibition amendment and reorganization and ies dealing with the same gen- Co-operation between Government and business on a vol- untary basis for the benefit alike of producer, distributor and A foreign policy dedicated to bringing about world peace, but with the retention, meantime, of a Navy adequate for na- Honesty in Government with no place for cynicism in the A declaration for religious tolerance. Direction of economic progress in support of moral and outh of America to contribute of the American experiment in A pledge to adhere to the course of Government charted by President Coolidge. SHOOT ACLANS HOOVER ADRESS But Pittman and Fletcher Call It Speech of Gen- | eralities. | By the Associated Press. . | Voluntary expressions on the address | of Herbert Hoover accepting the Re-| publican presidential nomination were quickly forthcoming at the Capital last night from both Republican and Demo- Senators Smoot of Utak and Jones | of Washingtor spoke up with unstinted | praise on behalf of the Republican nominee. Senators Pittman of Nevada and Fletcher of Florida were the critics for the Democrats. “Mr. Hoover's acceptance speech is in a class by itself,” said a statement by Senator Jones, “and s a wonderful message to the American people, re- gardless of parties. It deals with human issues and problems of the campaign in a genuinely human way. It is frank, clear, concise and appealing. It be- speaks the honest, frank, earnest, sincere man of broad vision and world- wide experience. It places humanity ahove everything else. It will be read from beginning to end by every voter | in the land who can read.” Pittman Raps Speech. Senator Pittman, who was chairman of the platform committee of the Demo- cratic convention and who is regarded as a spokesman for the Democrats, issued this statement “It is an able message. It is the best defense of eight years of Republican administration that could be made There is no surprise in it. It is an echo of Coolidge’s speech of acceptance of 1924, It is as complete an indorse- | ment of the platform as if the candi- date had drawn it “The only diversion from custom of | candidates is the bold admission of the | evils that exist. He neither analyzes| the causes of such evils nor provides a promises He indorses the elghteenth amend- ment and the Volstead act. He admits that ‘grave abuses have occurred— | abuses ch must be remedied.’ He| 2 crime and disobedience of | threatened ‘to break down | istitution and laws of the United He makes no explanation of e of the Republican adminis- uring almost, the entire exist- | uch law during eight vears to| such abuses and to eliminate ness. He admits that no one is to criticism for asserting the | 1o seck the amendment of the | ubject ight y upon the Repub- | farm relief. He offer * He makes no why the Republican ad- a5 ot provided remedy development of inland a means of reducing rail- but he gives no why boats are not mtinued on Page 2, Column 1) 'E.Babics Cry Because of South Wit;d ” Dehydrating Them, French Doctors Say | will deliver SMITH AT RADI_ ASHODVER TALKS Democratic Nominee Refuses Comment to Re- porters. BY PAUL F. HAUPERT, Associated Press Staff Writer. ALBANY, N. Y., August 11.—With | an interest only a rival for the presi- dency could have, Gov. Smith turned tonight to the radio, like millions of other Americans, to follow Herbert Hoover's acceptance speech in far-away California word by word. Newspaper men who have been in contact daily with the Democratic nominee were invited to the executive mansion to listen in with him on the notification at Palo Alto, but not until they had been warned that he would have no comment whatever on his op- ponent’s address. The reporters expanded a family circle that included the nominee, his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, a son and daughter-in-law, the only members of the household in town for the week end. It was agreed, at the governor's suggestion, that none would attempt to describe his reaction. Previously Smith had indicated that later in the night, after the radio be- came silent, he would do some intensive | work in his study at the mansion on his own acceptance s h, which he a week from Wednesday evening from the east steps of the Capitol. He has formulated a rough draft, and expects to have his address | in final form early next week, in time for Nation-wide distribution to news- | papers in advance, Several hours after his return this morning from Chicago, where he at- tended the funeral of his political ally, George E. Brennan, the nominee held a brief press conference at his residence No inkling has been given by Mr. | Smith as to what he will say in accept- ing the call of Democracy to lead its fight for control of the Federal Gov- ernment. He has promised, however, to discuss all campaign issues, and has indicated he will treat exhaustively such questions as prohibition and farm | relief Prior to delivery of his speech he ex- pects to hold a number of important conferences here with farm and party leaders, but these probably will come too late to enable him to incorporate any suggestions in his address. Rather he is counted on to make use of them in speeches to the voters during his stumping campaign after Labor day. ROBINSON LISTENS IN HOT SPRINGS, Ark., August 11 (#) Senaior Joe T. Robinson, Democratic nominee for Vice President, listened to the speech of acceptance of Herbert iington Hotel this afternoon, sur- rounded by a few friends. I had the privilege of hearifiiy the acceptance speech by Mr. Hoover over the radio,” said Senator Robinson. It is 1o be noted that Mr. Hoover, speak- g for hiz party, admits the distress agriculture, the necessity for re- but he makes no definite pro- of lief, posal By the Associated Press PARIS, August 11—Mothers take | heed—it & the south wind that causes { your babies to cry, in the opinion of | eminent physicians of the French | Academy of Medicine 1t & o sclentific fact, assert two doc tors of Lyon, M. Charpentier and Mouriquand, who reported their ob servations to the academy, after they d completed experiments at the Lyon Hospital The bsbies are not at fault when | they start to vell about tea time, they declared. 1t is because the south wind drys out the air and affects the in- fanta, M |c | bodies remedy | But babies cannot understand anything The doctors explained that adults do not notice this pathological effect be- cause they are stronger and their matters automatically | about “dehydration,” yet thelr sensi- | tive organs are affected. They cannot | talk &0 they just yowl untl the wind | subsides or | weather, Some of them even run up a fairly high temperature Having located the trouble, the doec- tors suggested a cure in the form of clectric fans blowing on blocks of ice. ‘This would restore moisture to the st- mosphere and lower the temperature, there 1 a change in the | ! ;Opposes Repeal ' of Prohibition Law. WORLD PEACE IS ADVOCATED | Asks Tariff l’rol(‘v-‘L tion and 'Pleads for Tolerance. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Herbert Hoover's campaign for | | election to ifornia last night. In his address accepting the nomination for President at the hands of the Republican party, | Mr. Hoover dealt frankly and in understandable terms with the | issues of the day. At the same time, he enunciated | his own philosophy of govern- ment. His is essentially a human document. His personal platform, en and children than to the ad- vancement of any or every busi- nes institution. In one sentence he summed up succinctly hlstview of the purpose of government. “our l’urpose." he said, “is to’ build in this Nation & human society, not an economic system.” And he added, “we wish to increase the efficiency and pro- ductlvltyhot h:ur'cou}r‘ur_\'. but its final urpose jer homes.” & He called lllggflnn to his own humble origin when he said: “Having earned my living with my own hands, I can- not have other than the greatest sym- pn{hy with the aspirations of those who toil.” Backs Eighteenth Amendment. Mr. Hoover declared again for the eighteenth amendment and inst its repeal. He promised! strict enforcement | of the laws enacted thereunder. He de- | clared against modification of the en- forcement laws which would permit that which the Constitution forbids, dubbing such modification as “nullification.” He joined the issue squarely with Gov. Alfred E. Smith and Smith campaign leaders, who oppose prohibition and seek modification of the dry laws. It remains to be seen whether Gov. Smith will declare himself for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment in his ac- ceptance speech 10 days hence in Al- bany, or_later in his campaign. The Republican candidate repeated verbatim his adherence to the eight- eenth amendment contained in his re- naire, sent to presidential candidates last Winter. He added: “Common sense compels us to realize that grave abuses have occurred— abuses which must be remedied. And organized searching investigation of fact and cause can alone determine the wise method of correcting them. Crime and disobedience of the law can- not be permitted to break down the Constitution of the United States. which would permit Constitution forbids is nullification. This the American people will not countenance. Change in the Constitu- tion can and must be brought about only by the straigtforward methods provided in the Constitution itself. There are those who do not belleve in the purposes of several provisions of the Constitution. No one denies their right to seek to amend it. They are not subject to criticlsm for asserting that right. But the Republican party does deny the right of any one to de- stroy the purposes of the Constitution by indirection.” | Hits at New York Idea. Here Mr. Hoover was hitting directly at the New York idea, which has had the support of Gov. Smith, under which it is proposed to give the States the right to determine individually what constitutes an alcoholic beverage in the meaning of the prohibition amendment. The Republican candidate discussed the farm problem at greater length than any other single question. He enunciated a definite, practical program of farm ald, which fits within the plat- form declaration of the party, written at Kansas City, Mr. Hoover's program, to which he committed himself in the event of his election to the presidency, is for full tariff protection for the farmer. It pro- | poses the establishment of a Federal | Parm Board, composed of farmers, which shall have at its disposal several hundred million dollars “advanced by | the Government without obligation upon the individual farmer.” This | would aid farmers, co-operatives and | pools to build up ' farmer-owned and farmer-controlled stabilization corpo-~ rations, “which will protect the farmer from the depression and demoralization | Hoover In his apartments in the Ar-'of seasonal gluts and periodical sur- pluses.” | ""The third big item in the Hoover farm i program looks to the development of | |inland waterways as a practical means jof reducing freight rates upon farm roduce | the farmer in recent years |, Mr. Hoover made no reference to th | McNary-Haugen bill or the “equaliza- tlon fee". His effort was to outline a = | concrete program of farm relief which {the Government should undertake. To I(nrnl ald and to this program, he de- clared himself “pledged.” It fs a pro- gram understandable to the farmers and one which Ra{luhllun leaders be- lleve will meet with general approval, If the so-called religlous lssue is to be raised in this presidential campaign. it will not be raised by Mr. Hoover, o with his acquiescence, The Republican candidate clearly indicated his position in this matter, saying: “In this land dedicated to tolerance, jwe still find outbreaks of intolerance, | T come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their bellefs. Here they sought and found religious fr dom, By blood and conviction, 1 st for l‘r‘ll’nlnun tolerance both in act it | and The glory of our American . we ini ~{Gontliied on Fage 3, Column 3 if such it may be called, is a plat- ! | form with regard more particu- | larly to the welfare of men, wom- | ply to Senator Borah's dry question-| “Modification of the enforcement laws | that which the | which have militated against | the presidency was | formally launched in far-off Cal- | l | urate | mMutt and Jeff, Reg'lar Fellers: MAY OPEN NEW ERA 7 i | | | NG A August 27 Expected to Be-| come One of Greatest Days in Modern History. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and the Chicago’ Daily News. Copyright, 1928, PARIS, August 11.—Signing of the so-called Kellogg pact to outlaw war in the famous clock hall of the French ministry of foreign affairs on August 27 will prove perhaps one of the most important dates in modern history. Something new in international re- | lations is about to be achleved—some- | thing new—but what? Nobody seems to know exactly. Opinions dnfler.{ Everybody feels the importance of the | event. Some observers express their in- tuition that the pact in the future may produce far-reaching and unforeseen effects. For the rest, the skeptics, as usual, are pessimistic, the idealists are optimistic and the general public, as unfortunately often happens on great occastons, looks on half blinded by un- certainties, but hoping for the best Conservatives Distrust Plan. ‘The pact is in effect an attempt to abolish large-scale war by a formal declaration without other than moral or indirectly implied sanctions or guar- anties. Generally speaking, in all the countries immediately concerned, the conservative politicians distrust it and only accept it because they see no good alternative; but the liberal politicians, while regretting some reservations and wishing they were more strongly worded, are inclined to favor it. Such doubts as the liberals have con- cerning the pact may be summarized in two questions. WIll it not, in some unexpected way, tend to weaken the highly priced peace system built by the League of Nations? Do not the French and British reservations and in- terpretations as accepted openly or tacitly by the United States really nulli- fy its opportunities for good? ! Criticisms of the conservatives every- where suggest it may prove an obstacle in the way of legitimate national aims and may do much harm by creating a false sense of security, and may leave the United States as isolated politically as ever from the other great powers Hope for Peace Atmosphere. Not a few competent students of in- ternational affairs, however, while ad- 24 PAGES. National and creen mitting the plausibility in some re- spects of all these doubts and criti- cisms, take a more positive view. The | pact, it is predicted, will gradually create a new moral and psychological atmosphere of peace throughout the world. It will strengthen both the League of Nations covenant and the Locarno treaties, for it tends to bind {Cantinued on Page 5, Column 6.) By e Qe TODAY’S STAR PART ONE— General News—Local Foreign Radio News - Page 10 | Political Survey of the United States— | Pages 16 and 17 | PART TWO—10 PAGES Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- | torial Features. Review of New Books - Page 4 | Around the Page 5 | Fnancial News—Pages 6 and 7 PART THREE—12 PAGES | Soclety News of the Clubs--Page 6. Clubwomen of the Nation-Page 7 Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 8 Army and Navy Union—Page 8 PART FOUR—I4 PAGE! 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A woman who fainted when the quake oc- curred was found to have lost her speech when she was revived. A group of American experts at Mexico City studying earthquakes and their origin has attributed the recent disturbances to a new island which their nvestigations indicate is about to appear in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Nayarit. MARITAL MURDER PLOT IS HINTED Six Held in North Carolina as Two Husbands Are Near Death From “Powders.” By the Assoclated Press CHARLOTTE, N. C., August 11.—A plot for the wholesale murder of hus- bands whose wives had tired of them and of wives whose husbands sought other companionships was uncovered here tonight, police assert, when three persons were arrested on charges of murder and three others on charges of conspiracy to murder. While the wives of two men were in the county jail accused of attempting to kill their mates, their victims lay at their homes battling for life as the re- sult of “white powders” obtained from a fortune teller and administered by the wives. Police said that all of those arrested had confessed. Those arrested were 8. W, Daniels, alias Prof. Brandorine, | w fortune teller; Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Preslar, Mrs. L. W. Pridgen, Mrs. Lilly Townley and J. H. Moore, a colored Frrnthcr of Newton, whose wife lives n Charlotte. The arrests came about through un- expected disclosures made by a woman who had been caught shoplifting in a local department store. Detectives Lit« tlejohn and Joyner, who made the ar- res said tonight that they cross-ex- amined the woman and she told them she had stolen to get money to pay Daniels for some things he was to do for her. The detectives went to the last known address of Daniels and there found a can partly filled with a poisonous powder and a list of persons, all of whom, it developed, were ill with symptoms of poisoning. They retained the powder, but could not for a time locate Daniels. Then a letter came from Moore asking, the detectives said, why his wife had not died. Moore immediately was arrested and brought to Charlotte. In his pocket was found a letter from another colored man disclosing the new address of the fortune teller. Daniels and the Pres- lars then were arrested, and the con- fession followed. BANS RECONSTRUCTION. Honduras Denies Guatemala’s Right to Rebuild Town. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, August 11 (#).—An attempt by Guatemala to reconstruct the village of Cinchado, re- cently wrecked by a tornado, has been protested by Honduras. The village is on this side of the Motagua, River and is in the Honduras territory disputed by Guatemala in the frontier question Guatemala ordered reconstruetion of the wrecked buildings In the village and sent officials to supervise the work. Honduras has notified ner that this action is considered a violation of the status quo which was to be maintained pending a decision In the boundary dispute. FREENENETESTS SETFORTONORROW City’s Companies Compete for Speed Records and The clang of a fire gong pulled for | the test signal, “1-—3,” will launch to- | morrow the annual Fire Department | speed tests, to decide this year's speed | champions among the Capital's engine and truck companies. Dashing out of quarters in the quickest possible time, Washington's 29 | engine companies will compete for a leg on a large silver cup awarded by The Evening Star, while the 14 truck companies will match their speed in |by the Merchants and Manufacturers’ | Association. No. 21 Holds Two. | Two legs on The Star cup already | are held by No. 21 Engine Company, whose station is on Lanier place be- | tween Adams Mill and Ontario roads, | and one leg is claimed by Engine Com- | pany No. 23. The former company, by | virtue of its remarkable performance in | 1976 in clearing the engine house door- wey in 6 seconds flat, lays claim to the Fire Department speed champion- ship of the world. Last year the com- pany came within two-fifths of a sec- ond of equaling its own world record. Truck Company No. 14 last year broke the world speed record for trucks when it zipped out of its house on Connecticut avenue near Porter street 6 4-5 seconds. In so doing it smashed the mark of 7 4-5 seconds set by Truck Company No. 12 in 1926. Fire Chief George Watson yesterday issued a special order announcing plans and regulations governing the tests, which will start tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Chief Watson designated Battalion Chief Thomas F. O'Connor, | Fire Prevention Engineer W. W. Dean of the War Department and a rep-| resentative of The Evening Star as a| | committee to conduct the tests. Rules for Contest. The apparatus will be clocked over a | measured distance of 39 feet. A fixed | point on the engine or truck will be timed in its movement from a chalk mark on the floor of the house to the sill of the doorway as the apparatus whizzes out of the building. Stop watches will be held by Chief O'Con- uor and The Star's representative, and | time will be measured to fifths of a second. | The order issued by Chief Watson | | specified the following procedure for the tests: “Members of the company will be | stationed at different places on the| apparatus floor, with the driver 14 feet | in the rear of the apparatus seat and | on the side from which he mounts to| the seat. Where apparatus is started | by hand crank, the man detailed there- for shall also be stationed 14 feet from | the crank. “In engine companies only one piece of apparatus will be used, and it will| be optional with company commanding ofcers as to which piece, the engine | or hose wagon, is selected “The rear step of apparatus in an| engine company is to be placed 39 feet | from the front door sill 1s not deep enough to allow this, a| line will be drawn on the pavement in | front of the door 39 feet from the rear | step. In truck companies a mark will | front door stll. Wait for Count. | “The test will be started by striking | | “1-3" on the big gong. At the first, | stroke of the gong members shall | | take their places on the apparatus | and the motor shall be imme- | | diately started. The apparatus shall { not be placed in motion, however, until { the officer In charge has counted the | box, which, as above stated, will be “1--3," and has called “Box thirteen, | o | “The Evening Star cup was won last year by No. 21 Engine Company, and the Merchants and Manufacturers As- soclation cup was won by Truck Com- pany No. 12." Town Fed Up on Eleyl\ant Steak: As Food. It Proves a Monstrous Fake By the Associated Press LEWISTON, Idaho, Lewiston is fed up on elephant steaks. It came about as the result of the elephant stampede here Thursday, in which five circus pachyderms stam- peded through the streets for two hours and were not rounded up until one of them had been killed What August 11 ‘ AR g | became a problem. Then some one | quoted Carl Ackley. big game hunter, as having said elephant meat was as | palatable as pedigreed beef. Meat cutters went to work and soon had the two and a half tons of ele- phant carved up into steaks, chops and_cutlets Those who ate the meat declared that 1t was far worse than any steak to ’o with a dead elephant | that ever figured in a joke, Silver Cups. | competition for a similar cup awarded | | the first call No. If the house | .. be placed on the truck 39 feet from the | Dhmlnfluonmlqu' 120 ARE RESCUED BY FIREMEN WHEN TORRENTIAL RAINS INUNDATE HOUSES Five Main Highways Out of City Impassable — Seven Injured in Traffic Accidents During Storm. MARLBORO ROAD BRIDGE WASHED 0UT BY FLOOD | Five Inches of Rain Fall Here, Mostly Between Midnight—Street Car Service Disrupted When Plowpits Are Filled With Water 6 PM. and More than 120 were rescued from their flooded homes in Northeast and Southeast Wash- ington, five of the main highways | leading out of Washington to the south, east and northeast have been cut off, and public utilities service has been crippled through- out the city and its suburbs as a result of many hours of torrential rains last night, when this sec- tion was swept by the tail-end of the hurricane which devastated | the coast of Florida earlier in the week. Twenty homes in the Living- ston road section, at the foot of Congress Heights, were inundated | by the flood waters of Oxon Rur, reaching a depth of 15 feet in places. Approximately 100 wom- en and children were rescued by the police and firemen and taken to the safety of higher ground in Congress Heights. A number of houses in the vicinity of Fifty-second street and Division ave- nue northeast and Forty-fourth street and Deane avenue northeast also were cut off by the flood waters and more {than a score of persons were rescued | by Fire Department rescue crews. Bridge Washed Out. The bridge on the Marlboro road over the Patuxent River was washed | off its foundation. and carried 50 feet | downstream. An automobile occupied by three men was swept off the Matta- woman Creek Bridge on the southern Maryland highway as the flood rose | and closed this artery. The Baltimore- Washington boulevard was flooded to a depth of more than 4 feet at Bladens- | burg: the Defense highway was biocked by fallen trees, and the Washington- Richmond highway was blocked, be- tween here and Alexandria, by high water at Four-Mile Run. The flood waters took their heaviest toll in the Livingston road section, sweeping through “Bungalowtown” as Oxon Run rose. At 1 o'clock this morning 20 houses were flooded on the first floors and the water threatened to rise to the second floors before morn- ing. The homes were centered around Yuma avenue, Atlantic avenue and Livingston road. As the ink-black water swirled up around the houses five policemen of the eleventh precinct went to the rescue of the scores of women and children in the flood-isolated houses. Working rapidly, they assisted the women and children to the shelter of homes on the higher ground, while the men, for the most part, stuck to their flooded homes in an effort to save their valuables. Policeman Is Marooned. The family in one house about 200 feet off Livingston road, close to a high bank, retused to leave their home, telling the policemen they would go to the second floor as the water rose and, if forced to leave, would attempt to gain the safety of the bank. One of the policeman, Pvt. W. E Grimes, crossed a flooded hollow over the Maryland line and was marooned on high land as the water rose behind him. The other four officers taking part in the rescue work were Pvts. A. F Claggett. E. Grimes, George Earl and J. E. Glick. They were assisted by Billy Devon, 18 years old. and an- other boy about the same age, whose name was not learned. Rescue parties were forced to go to the Division avenue section twice. On 27 engine company 1 truck cempany responded and the firemen rescued nine colored persons. Several more were taken from the Deane avenue section. where the water was more than 3 feet deep on roadway and No. Fire Compans Threatened. On the secong talp to the group of flooded homes on Division avenue No. 7 engine company rescued Dorothy Cavanaugh, colored, from the house at 615 Division avenue. While making this rescue members of the company heard fes for help from a house at 504 Fifty- third street northeast. The water around this house was about 6 feet deep and the place could be reached with safety only after one of the firemen swam out with the end of a rope. which was tied to the house and used as a guide line to the hose truck From this house the firemen rescued Frank Jenkins and his wife and Nellie Ferguson, all colored. Guided by the line, the firemen got the trio ashore by swimming and wading. The rescues wers directed by Lieut. F. H. Samue! commanding the company No, 27 engine company itself was threatened by high water, it was re- ported shortly after midnight. The flcod waters then were near the engine house at Minnesota avenue and Hunt place northeast, and were riding slowly Seven persons were injured in two traffic crashes at the height of the storm. A crash between a street car and bus at Seventh and Rhode Island avenue sent four to hospitals, and a motorist, blinded by the rain, erashed into the Baltimore & Ohlo viaduet supports at Seventh and Rhode Island avenue northeast. The driver and two passengers were injured A thrilling rescue of three colored men swept with their ear into Matta- woman Creek to the northwest of Wal- dorf, marked the progress of the tor- lrrn;lnl rain through southern Mary- and. Roscoe Roby and Willlam ‘)INI. om- at Waldor!, went_to_the rescue of the trio, and (Continued on” Page 2, Columa 89