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2 W T RIVERS IN SOUTH HH, LOSS LT James and Congaree at Flood Crest—Richmond and Co- lumbia Escape Inundation. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., August 18 Swollen rivers at flood crest were rush- ing by two Southern cities, Richmond and Columbia; 8. C.. tonight, but lttie mage was anticipated from s River flooded lowlands in y of Richmond, but precau- measures prevented serious over- ty proper. The southwest- n of the State, which received t of last week end’s storm. had overed and all its ported below dangerous flood At Columbia the Congaree River with & flood crest of 33.5 feet, its second high- est on record, inundated marshes and nds about the city, causing loss to ck and farm crops. In the city Jamage was confined to flooding of s along the river front, three units of the munici- orks was put out of com- 1is, S. C., a small town on the a River, was cut from communica- n by flood waters and the Southern y forced to convey it make train connections w on the great Peedee River r mules and cattle drowned in ty_pasture. Carolina_the situation was ing of paged when dam officials announced that e impounded water had been lowered 6 feet today by use of flood gates. Resi- s of the valley, who flew to higher d, expected to return. GEORGIA FARMERS PREPARED. Swamps May Take Care of Floods Rushing to Ocean. the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., August 18 —Farmers along the lower course of the Altamaha which is receiving the floods of the Oconee and Ocmulgee prepared against unusually high stages. The vast swamps of the Altamaha, it was believed, would take care of the major portion of the water In North Carolina, the Cape Fear, Roanoke and Neuse Rivers were swelling with the floods from the mountains and high stages here forecast by the Weather Bureau H The South Carolina Highway Depart- ment reported 17 roads and_bridges impassable. In Georgia, the highway situation was improving except in the | south portion. | Al was saved from inundati by the great flood dyke, constructed the time of high wateg in 1908. Planta- tions along the Sa River between | Augusta and the sea Selt the flood crest | tonight. i SHAM AIR ATTACKS SHOW THAT LONDON IS GOAL FOR BOMBS (Continued from FPirst Page) frankly disturbed at the result of the tests. They quote French newspapers as surprised at “official British candor in making this confession of Gefeat.” These papers point out that France leads the world in air strength and that including reserves she has more mili- tary planes than all other powers put together They say, too, that Germany dominates commercial aviation, which would be the source of many bombing airplanes in case of war. Fear Other Nations. Notice is also taken in these critical columns of the wide extent of the com- mercial services operated by the Ger- man concern * " ‘That con- several score passenger - freight ices which link up the whole of central Europe from the Baltic to the Mediter- ranean. The newspapers contrast this with the English commercial aviation equip- ment, saying that it is limited to 20 commerical air. liners operating over only haif a dozen routes. The only solace which the British newspaper critics find comes from a mew Royal Air Force two-seater ma- chine. This is credited with doing 100 miles an hour, which is much faster than the speediest single-seater of a year ago. PUBLIC NOT AROUSED. ion | al City “Pestroyed,” But People Are Not Worrying. BY A. G. GARDINER. By Radio w0 The Star. LONDON, August 18—A furious con- troversy is raging in the British press on the subject of the lessons to be Jearned from the grest air raid which was carried out this week over the whole London area. Theoretically, the city seems t0 be largely in ruins, and the population dead or fled. But it can be stated that the principal objective of the demon- stration—the arousing of popular con- cern over the perilous condition of the ¢y and the creation of an imperative and for a huge increase in the air force—was not attained Remember Zeppelins. Memories of Londoners still are fresh the recoliections of nightly ex- ences with the real thing, when t er of 1alling bombs and defensive s sent the population underground ble to yelate those experiences to mimic show and soundless battles, the populace Ies remained imperturbably indifferent. The inaby to distinguish nes T defensive planes left the entirely in the dark as 0 the course of events and discounted largely the ir sion intended 10 be created One section of the press, meanwhile i contending that the attack proved that London, under present stances, would be effectively put out of action in 48 hours. Forty tons of bombs are sufficient to paralyze the life of the community, is argued, and it is clear that the defenses are inade- quate 1o keep the enemy at bay. The moral is that a huge increase in the air 1= called for On the other hand, it is asserted that the attempt to create a panic was en- s. It is true that the defenses were penetrated, says the op- position, but no matter what precau- tions are taken, air defenses are al- ways vulnerable Forsee Use of Poison Gas. The big air party replies that poison ga: will be used. but the retort is made {hat experience in the World War show- ed it was necessary to pour gas shells the hundred o ingle battery be- fore putting it temporarily out of ac- tior Moreover, it is pointed qut that 1f London is vulnerable are equally undefendable against Lack enemy not epter Into recognize that war anthink- out- solution 1is w air, but r mdern conditions, & an le barbarity, 0 be ruthlessly wed, circum- | ___THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHD AUGUST 19, 1928 PART NGTON, D. ¢ Forbes Witness Dies . | | | ELIAS H. MORTIMER. |FORBES ACCUSER DIES IN MIDWEST E. H. Mortimer Was Leading Wit- ness in Veterans' Bureau Fraud Case By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, August 18. | Mortimer { tion witnesses in the trial and con- | viction of Col. director of the United States Veterans Bureau, died at his home Friday. Mortimer had been ill for nearly a year. He was a mamber of a family of Minneapolis pioneers Forbes was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Government in connec- tion with Veterans Bureau contracts. Mortimer was a special agent for the | Department of Justice during the in- vestigation of the charges against Forbes. Elias H Mortimer told of an alleged conspi acy involving Forbes and opher offici of the bureau as well as various co tractors who bid on construction proj- | ects for Government hospitals. | Forbes was released from the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth last Fall after serving 18 months. Following his testimony in Washing- ton, Mortimer was arrested on bad check charges in New York, but was | discharged. | 'SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER TWO ARRESTS Popolas Held for Observation Fol- lowing Alleged Threats to Witnesses. . Chris E. Popolas, 38 years old, of 1200 Shepherd street, after being ar- rested Priday night on charges of as- sault and threats and released under $300 bond in each’ case, was rearrested yesterday afternoon under an attach- ment signed by Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly, after Popolas is alleged to have made threats against Mrs. Bertha Shield and her son, Corbin Shield, jr.. of the Mount Vernon Apartments, 9504 New York avenue. The attachment was issued when Mrs. Shield complained to Policeman J. E. Kane of the first precinct that Popolas, with whom she an argu- ment Friday, had threatened to kill against him in court yesterday morn- ing. Policeman Kane notified Albert Stearns, assistant prosecuting attorney, in the office of Ralph Given, assistant district attorney, who presented the evidence to Judge Mattingly. ‘The case which was to have come up yesterday morning was postponed until Thursday. Meanwhile Popelas has been taken to Gallinger Hospital for observation. Popolag’ first arrest came after he had engaged in a fight with Corbin Shield, jr., who defended his mother in an argument with Popolas in front of the Mount Vernon Apartments Friday. Shield said that Popolas insulted his mother and that when he went to her assistance the man struck him with the butt end of a dog leash. After that, Shield, despite the fact that he was carrying a broken arm in a sling, knocked Popolas down and took the leash away from him, afterward beat- |ing him until he jumped into a cab | and fled Popolas claimed after his arrest Fri- | day that he and Mrs. Shield had been | friends for years and that he had gone | | there to talk to her and that he was | attacked by Shield before he got out | of his car. He used the leash in self- | defense, he said. POLICE CALLED TO “STOP MURDER” FIND HOAX as Result | { | | | | Man Sent to Gallinger ] of Alleged Effort to “Get Even” With Friend. Alleged efforts of Bruce Trevathan, {28, 423 Sixth street southwest, to enlist police support in a plan to “get even” with a friend last night resulted in his being taken to Gallinger Hospital for mental observation Trevathan called the fourth precinct about 3 o'clock and asked that & police- | man be sent to Sixth and F streets southwest, adding that the officer had better hurry as a murder was being committed Four offic | eve rushed to the scene in a patrol wagon. When they arrived Trevathan stepped forward with s smile and sald that a man who had insulted him in a house nearby was selling whisky and ought to be arrested. “Yes,” the officers answered, “but where s the murder taking place?” Trevathan was arrested when he ex- | plained that the murder was his own | invention and that he mentioned the | matter only to make sure the officers | wonld not loiter on the way. |GUIDES MUST OBTAIN | | | LICENSE FROM POLICE| Church Groups Seek to Prevent Altoona Auto Races, Postponed Until Today | Will Bear Special Under Penalty of $100 Fine Under New Regulation. The day the unlk seeing or tourist guides ha: | Washington Prom now on they wil come under | tendent of licenses and the police, | , The District | day adopted a police regulation viding that all such guides must turn Badge of nsed contimental cities | in their unofficial badges for a special at- | official badge costing $1 It will be is tes! licensed guide responsible for i |un~ filed alsg his name and address lation of the ngw code. one of the leading prosecu- | Charles Forbes, former | both her and her son if they appeared | witnesses told police, | sight- passed in the eye of the superin- Commissioners yester- pro- mial that he is his | | conduet 1o the police, with whom he A fine of $100 will be imposed for vio- | racing extremely dangerou TSUPELT TAKEN INSUTCASETHETS {One Man Said to Have Ad- | mitted Taking 17 Grips From Tourists’ Cars. Believed to have been implicated in | | the theft of a score of suit cases from tourist automobiles during the past | seven months, three white men, five | colored men and seven colored women | were taken into custody by police of the | Fourth precinct yesterday and held for | investigation { Samuel Stewart, 23, 311 Seventh street southwest, was arrested in front of the National Museum yesterday by Policeman Robert Barrett while he was removing & suit case from a car, ac- cording to the officer. Stewart, police say. confessed stealing 17 suit cases from tourists since January. The 14 others under arrest were taken into | custody on the strength of informa- tion given by Stewart, Barrett said. 20 Grips Recovered. Stewart is said to have told police he was assisted in several thefts by |Edward Matthews, 38, 1114 Sixth street southwest, and Everett Holt, 42, 1353 L street southwest, both of whom are being held Twenty suit cases in all wers recov- ered by Officer Barrett, most of these | being found at 1008 Third street south- west, where was arrested Stewart told police he would spot a car with an out-of-town license and follow it until the driver parked, many of them in front of the Museum. When the occupants had gone inside, Stewart said, he removed the suit cases and sold them with their contents for $4 each. Several of the women under ar- rest, according to Barrett, have ad- mitted they bought suit cases from | Stewart for this price. | Loot at Station. l‘ Police expect to file formal charges | against _several of the prisoners tomor- row. Some, it is believed, will be re leased to appear as witnesses. | The suit cases, containing several +hundreds of dollars’ worth of clothing, are at the Fourth precinct. Many of | the out-of-town owners have been lo- cated and notified to call for their | property at Government expense. | With™ yesterday’s arrests police be- | lieve they have put an end to a long serfes of suit case thefts, causing ! numerous complaints from tourists. Rachel Chase, colored, AL ROBBERS KILL " ONE. WOUND TWO Man Is Slain as He Tries to Pull Stranded Fugitives’ Car From Ditch. | | PARRY SOUND, Ontario, August 18 | (#).—~A -large -posse of ‘provincial police | was beating through ‘the bush tonight lon a manhunt for twb robbers whose | participation in the hold-up of a mail jcar and theft of an automobile today ‘resulted in the killing of a farmer and { the wounding of two other men. | The man charged with the shooting | was in jail, captured by one of the men he wounded aithough the latter was armed with nothing but a monkey | wrench. As a transcontinental train of the Canadian Pacific was passing through Romford, 30 miles from here, before dawn, two armed men entered the mail car and backed the three clerks, such men being unarmed in Canada, against the wall. One robber kept the clerks covered as the other went through the mail sacks and rifled them. Take Tourist's Car. At Parry Sound the robbers dropped off the train, joined a confederate, and drove away in a car belonging to E. {Lyman, a United States tourist, which | they appropriated. The theft of the automobile was witnessed by Walter | and Houghton Laird, brothers-in-law of Lyman, who notified police and then set out in pursuit in another car with Ly- man and Harold Roland. At Waubamick the pursuers came on the Lyman car stuck in a ditch and un- occupied. They drove past, turned and came back. By that time one man was | seated in the car and Thomas Jackson, | a farmer roused by the robbers to haul them out of the ditch, was preparing wids his son to hbitch a team of horses to the stranded automobile. “Want any help,” Walter Laird asked | the man in the other car. | “No,” the man replied. { be alright.” Farmer Killed by Shot. The cars were close together then jand Walter Laird pointed a monkey | wrench, held as though it was a re- olver, at the man at the wheel of the stolen car. The man begged: “Don't shoot” and then as he pretended to comply with the order to get out of the car, opened fire with his pistol. Jackson, the farmer, fell with a bul- let through the neck, dying almost im- mediately Lyman and the Lairds sprang toward the armed man and he shot Walter Laird through the chest and Houghton Laird through the hand. Then Walter Laird, though seriously wounded, swung his monkey wrench at the man’s head and he crumpled in the road. The other wo occupants of the stolen car fled into the bush, Brought to the jail here the prisoner gave his name as John Burowski and sald he was a carpenter and had been given a lift on the road by two men whom he didn't know. He did not ex- plain his possession of $1,925 in cur- rency, believed to be part of the mall car loot A preliminary check on the mafl cargo revealed that the bandits had left the car without taking any mail sacks, and that in their hurry they had missed most of the sacks which contained large | money shipments. | Many registered letters were rifled, and postal authorities sald it would be “T guess we'll | Picked up on suspicion in the pol Stewart admitted the theft of all these pi Detective R. J. Barrett of the fourth prec nvestigation into wholesale thefts of luggage from automobiles parked by touri ces of luggage. In the photograph, left to right, Patrolman I. T. Headley, I t, who arrested Stewart at 10th and B streets. ——— Y | IMEN AT CAMPGET DA REREATON | | Many in Engineer Regiment Prepare to Receive Their Guests Today. BY WM. J. WHEATLEY. Staff Correspondent of The tar CAMP ALBERT RITCHIE, CAS- CADE, Md., August 18.—After complet- | ing five days of arduous labors in the | field, learning military field engineer- | ing, the troops of the 121st Regiment of | Engineers were turned loose, this aft- { ernoon and tonight, on their first real | recreation period since they came into | camp last Sunday. 4 | "It was a deserved relaxation, accord- ing to the officers who have been di- recting their training, for they have drilled and worked from early in the morning until late afternoon. Several of their evenings, when they were de- sirous of seeking entertainment in the surrounding resorts, were marred by the heavy rains which kept them con- fined to camp. ‘The weekly inspections by Col. John |'W. Oehmann, commanding the regi- ment, and Majs, Julian Olff and Ralph Childs, commanding the bat- talions, indicated that the men have learned well to take care of their equip- | ment. There were a few who failed | to pass the inspection officers with their | rifles, and they were kept in camp | until they had cleaned and oiled them Not a few of the men left in the | early afternoon for Washington, to bring out relatives and friends to in- | spect the camp tomorrow. and to wit- | ness the parade which will be held in the afternoon. The liberty which was granted the outfits will .expire just be- fore the parade tomorrow. Special Feast Today. The company mess sergeants were busy today, ordering specials for the big noon meal tomorrow, when many of | the companies will have as their guests | the friends and relatives of their mem- | bers. With the prospect of so many visitors, who will make the long_trip from the National Capital, the -officers and men are hoping for at least a tem- ' ear the National Museum, Samuel DOTTY 'l;f:‘?“gmg"fsmfihinxi?gg !'l;]‘, tehelor, Stewart, the prisoner 21| threatening clouds _obscured the sur- = *0-__ rounding mountain peaks for the greater st 0 ts . B DEARE MATIE COMDR. LEIGHTON QUITS NAVY PLAN PEACE MOTIF TO JOIN WRIGHT FACTORY STAFF H]R Pflm SIGN'NG Chief of Aeronautios Plans Bureau Was Expert on Air-Cooled Engine. French Officials Will Bar Con- troversies at Execulion of | Treaty to Renounce War. ;Had Played Large Part in Development of Whirl- wind Type. By the Associated Pr | PARIS, August 18—Ceremonies and | conversations attending the signature of the Kellogg pact for renunciation of war are going to be exclusively of a nature appropriate to a peace festival, it was learned in offictal circles today. Everything of a controversial nature is 10 _be banned. French officials made this plain in disposing of persistent rumors that Aristide Briand, secretary of foreign | affairs, would talk with Mr. Kellogg about war debts. They made it plain that the subject will not be mentioned. In the same way it was emphasized that if Gustav Stresemann, foreign minister of Germany, desires fo discus an early evacuation of the Rhinelan he will have to wait until the League of Nations meeting next month Final arrangements for the signing ceremonies will not be completed until after the cabinet meets next Thursday. President Doumergue may give a state reception in honor of the Visiting states- men at the Summer white house. Both Premier Poincare and Foreign Minister Briand wish to sponsor similar affairs According to present plans the actual signing ceremony w..I be simple, but as impressive as it can be made. Detal are being kept secret until Secretary Kellogg can approve them It is understood that Secretary Kel- logg will give a dinner the evening be- fore the signing takes place. All powers invited to sign have ac cepted except Italy and Poland. T% signatories_follow United State: M. Briand: Eng Cushendun; Germany, Herr mann; Japan. Count Ushida Paul Hymans; Australia, lan: Canada, Mackenzie King: South Africa, D. 5. Smith: New Zealand, Sir C. V. Parr; Ireland, Patrick ligan. RAINS SHIFT LIQUOR SOURCE FOR CAPITAL Baltimore Now Need Here, Police Say, With Southern | Maryland Stills Washed Out. Washington is getting most of its bootleg liquors from the Baltimore sece tion since the torrential rains inun- dated large areas in southern Mary- | land a week ago, if liquor selzures by | the police sre an indication, ~Many | stills in eouthern Maryland were washed away by the rains, police be- | lieve, hencé the shift in location of the chief source of the s dllicit sup- ply of forbidden beverages. Despite the storm damage to stills police say, prices have not increased nor has liquor consumption here fallen off. | During the past week dry law enforcers | selzed 2,050 quarts of whisky, 371 quarts of alcohol, gin and rum, 1076 bottles of beer and several hundred gal- lons of mash. Sixteen automobiles also were taken by the agents, while ar- rests for intoxication during the sev- en-day period totaled 16 RAIDERS TA.KE MAN, 71. John Samuel Harley, colored, 71, was arrested last night by police of the eleventh preeinct, who sald they found an old-fashioned bar in the basement of his home, 2609 Wade street south- east. Harley was charged with sale | and fllegal possession of intoXicating lquor The raid was made by Licut J. Marks, accompanied by R. 8. Man- | ; i I i | Lieut. Comdr. Bruce G. Leighton, chief of the Plans Division of the Bu- | reau of Aeronautics, who is credited with having contributed more to the development of the air-cooled radial engines as now used in the Navy and commercial work than any other person, has tendered his resignation from the service, effective October 1 It is understood he will accemt a high position with the Wright Aero- nautical Corporation of Paterson, N. J., manufacturers of the Whirlwind en- gine, M the development of which | cause of accidents | Comdr. Leighton had a leading role. | Which board has As chief of the engine section of the | report Bureau of Aeronautics, in 1921, Comdr, | Comdr. Leighton is a pilot of many Leighton, recognizing the air-cooled | Years' experience and he numbers among radial engine principle as worked out | his fiying accomplishments the distinc- with three cylinders by Charles L. Law- | ton of being the first airman to pilot rence, now head of the Wright concern, | @ seaplane into a port of Greenland. encouraged the development of that | He was aviation officer of the light principle and contributed much tech- | Cruiser division scouting fleet at the nical knowledge [ time ]arlm.- Army world flight n}ud was . ’, attached to the J. 8. 8. ichi nd., Worked Out J—1's. which escorted the fiyers from Eng- Leighton's work brought about | jand to Boston via Iceland and Green- HARRIY & EW LIEUT. COMDR. B. G. LEIGHTON. in Naval just Aviation, rendered its Comdr the J—1, nine-cylinder air-cooled radial | jand engine, which, with modifications, now | He made a flight from the U. S. §. is known commercially as the Whirl- | Raleigh, which also assisted in the wind, This engine was adopted in | escort from a point far at sea into the Navy at a time when water-cooled | the port of Angmasalik, Greenland, to engines were performing satisfactorily | inquire into landing conditions for the nd in fighting for the adoption of the | world fiyers. Comdr. Leighton also flew air-cooled principle, Comdr. Leighton|many hours searching for the missing encountered much opposition. | Italian airman, Antonio Locatelli and When the Lindbergh, Chamberlin. | his two ccmpanions. Byrd and Maitland flights convinced the world of the efficlency of this type Regret Leaving. power plant, even though it had been slore. belng serving the' Navy's needs for a long| pieiors i€ assigned period prior to those great ocean fEhS, | [ajohton served as omdr. Leighton, together with Comdr. | gqward P. Warner, stant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics. Comdr. E. Wilson, who succeeded the former chief of the engine section and car- | Peighton is regarded in the Bureas of Aeronautics as one of the most effi- ed on the development, were given Cltations by the Secretary of the Navy. | cient officers in naval aviation, and | general regret over h! the serv- ‘\‘V‘hon awarded the Collier Trophv for 1927 for the invention of the Whirl- quarter “loss” of Comdr. Leighton fol 927 wind engine, Mr. t ‘I‘A}E::’x:n the lows closely on the hes of the de. | parture from the bureau of Capt. Emory 8. Land. assistant chief, who has be: come vice president and treasurer of On Accident Board. Comdr. Leighton is a member of the the Guggenheim PFund tor the Pro- moton of Aeronautics, Inc DRYS WILL NOTIFY EDGERTON AT HOME Parade Through Downtown Streets W. C. PIERCE WINS | FIRST GARDEN PRIZE to Fort Lyon Planuned for Candidate Mr. Kellogg: France, and and India, Lord to head the bureau Comdr iation aide to Lawrence paid_great hare played by Comdr Supplying City View Heights Garden Club | Announces Awards to 31 Contestants. /inners of the 1928 g he City View Heights Garden Club © announced yesterday by Elmer E.! Ay, ir., chairman of the contest com- mittee. Prizes totaling $350, offered by Harry A. Kite, were distributed among 31 winning contestants. The judges were M. C. Wilson, president of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Assooiation; I M. Clark, vice president of the Wood ridge Garden Club, and H. J. Clay. editor of Neighborhood News. First prize of $50 was awarded Wil- | fred C. Plerce, 1743 L street northeast. | rs. Rosaline arden contest| James A. Edgerton will be formally notified of his nomination for Vice dent by the National Prohibition Party at his home at Fort Lyon. Va, at 7 pm. Wednesday, August 20. The Jefferson-Lincoln League will have charge of the event The notification will be preceded by motor car parade through down- Washington and Alexandria Edgerton’s residence. The parade will start from the 1600 block of K A paulding, 1803 1, street : street at 6 p.m. There will be a band northeast, and James L. Dyer, 1802 L | Various prohibition and anti-Smith or- street northeast, each won $25 prizes. | ganizations have been invited to join | Prizes of $15 each were awarded Elmer | the procession. Individuals may join E. Imlay, fr, 1949: Edward D. Mc- the parade upon application Carthy, 1908, and Wilbert T. Imlay of | The program at Mr 1921 L street northeast. Thomas F. ! dence will be followed by an old-fash w f [ town Mr. Sidney | several days before an accurate esti- | mate of the loss could be made. By the Associated Press ALTOONA, Da, August 18.—While speedway officials’ tonight planned to run off the annual asutomoblile races here tomorrow, following the postpone- ment today because of wet weather, representatives of church organizations magde known they would attempt to prevent the racing on Sunday. 'The race is for 200 miles and some of the country's foremost pllots are entered. The race was t off today when R. B. Gable, referce, said the slippery condition of the hoard oval geould make for the N drivers, haney of 1800, James J. Brogan of | joned Southern plantation watermelon 1905, Harry E. Davis of 1726 and Mal- | feast and perhaps also by dancing. The colm B. Crismond of 1711 L street | coremontes will be broadeast between 7 northeast eac warded $10 prizes. | pm and 8 pm. by WRC. | Five-dollar prizes were given each of | the following: Willlam R. Martin, 1937; | Miss Oatherine Conroy, 1782; George | D, Beveridge, 1727; Ambrose E. Brown, 1920, and Robert L. Talbot, 1912 L street northeast, Those awarded prizes of $2.50 each were Jess B. Martin, 1724; Eldridge N. Ford, Officlals of the Speedway said they | 1728: John Allen Long, 1738: Mrs, Ruth ere unwilling to disappoint u large | T- Howell, 1751; Nolan 8, Curles, 1810 ning, F. F. Miles and B. H. Allen. A small quantity of liquor was found GEN. STEPHAN BETTER. Reported Recovering From Illness After Camp Dinner. Stan C | ; espondent of The crowd of spectators gathered for the Jumes 1 Kidwell, 1811 Wiley K. Dur-| CAMP ALBERT RITCHI event, and that the race would be run | den. 1812; John MecG. Hutchens, 1819; | CADE, Md. August 18 —Ma). Gen tomorrow. Patrick Doherty, 1902; Mrs. Ethel F.|Anton Stephan, commanding the 29th Threats that arrests would be made YMAde, 1015 John K. Graybill, 1914; | Division, District of Columbia Miiitia, If the cars crossed the starting line on | HOWATd D Leslie, 1017; Charles F.|was reported recovering tonight from Sunday came to race oficials from per. | A 19197 Jullan Selby, 1923; William | the effects of a serious ilineas belioved sons opposed Lo Sunday sports. Attermors | W, Mobley.' (925, and William C l‘hnp-llu be ptomalne poisoning Were mads to locs te the county. fudge | ™O®. 1043 L street northeast Gen. Stephan was stricken suddenly and enlist his afd in stopping the event, | | Friday night at a dinner which he was but he was out of town %lvlnk for his division staff at Buena i 1aiash sArowdl & s German youths average one and one- | Vista Springs. He was forced to quit the nen e e ety “todey rave et inches shorter than before the |the dinner and retum to camp, where A0 Tag s In the city today, race World War, according to latest statis- | his condition earlier today was said to officlals waid. e, be critical. to ! Edgerton’s resi- | part of the day. Unless there are a few | hours of hot sun, the visitors will have | to plow through much mud to reach | the tents of their soldier friends, which | are on the mountain slope While the troops have been able to | keep largely to the schedule mapped iout for them by Lieut. George Harbin, HURRIGAN RAKES SOUTH G KA 200 Reported Dead, $1,- | 000,000 Lost in Property After Tropical Storm. regimental plans and training officer, they were prevented from inning construction of the two bridges for the camp. This was due to the failure of material to arrive, although it was or- dered three months ago. Investigation | as to the delay brought forth the fact that the contractor not even cut the trees from the forest. They will make an effort to carry on the work during the ensuing week, put their schedule is a very full one. some of which even may have to be passed up on account of the rainy spell. They have only about three military working days in which o complete the work. which calls also for the construction of a section of macadam road in the A On Thursday they will. start thelr combat training.- when the maneuvers will begin with a battalion problem, to be followed on Friday by a regimental maneuver, which will complete the camp work. Preparations then will be- gin for dismantling the post and for return movement ‘6n Sunday: Plans for Pay Day. Maj. James F. Lusby, United States property and disbursing officer of the Guard, is completing plans for the pay- ment of the troops as soon as they &r- By the Associated Press. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, August 18. | -News of the disastrous hurricane | which struck this southern peninsula of Haiti three days ago and is believed | to have cost many lives, reached Port ! Au Prince today. In some estimates the number of killed was placed at 200 and property | damage at about $1,000,000. Small| baats were sunk or hurled to the beach, ' crops were destroyed and all communi- cation disrupted. From fragmentary reports here it is belleved the damage was confined to he at rive on time. The 20th Military Police |8 TV S e rive at their Washington armory, fol- area a lake was formed 20 feet deep the officars and men for the duty the) ASKS $10.000 DAMAGES rious task of removing from the ground 4 | M. E. Davis of Company B, Sergt. A. J. rack struck her on the head while she | later will be assigned as specialist Court to recover $10,000 damages from | noon gave a concert in honor of the | Rudolph H. Yeatman and George D.| Buena Vista Springs, Pa., attended by a | the Capital Traction Co. She says she | tary formations tomorrow the Havenner Baking Co. for $10,000 | that State. will be host to the 39th Di- street at Ninth and G streets. Attorney Leo E.|starting with a division and brigade | ages from the Penn Oil Co. and its just before they leave the reservation has been required to expend $500 in|should be stationed. according to the proceed to the point of the plans. It h - The Quartermaster Corps Detach | curement and transportation of pro F. Bosworth will begin at 3 o'clock this they have been working without the | Jubilee Singers, an organization of col- complaints of failure of supplies to ar - Company, headed by Capt. Claude Bur- of lifo have been invited to attend. In | \ingame, and the colored Infantry com The naval tug Woodcock returned | Tive Reguls {oday srom tho peninsula atter having oo ,,:*,‘;.::,,,‘,’1‘“?,‘,:'63& e, iiors stribute and medical supplies. ' | Tesel h. Maj. Lushy Officers reported that in the Miragoane | ey leave the reservation. Maj Lushy |and four miles in length. At Aquin | |a dock was lifted bodily and carried gop | ave performed while here. yards inland. Lieut. Hardin and his Nplol!vtsb:)ad ¢ A demolition detail. while the main Ly of troops was in ccmp. went to the HIT ON HEAD IN TRAIN cene of the operations during the week ’ | and undertook succe-sfully the preca- several charges of TNT which had | failed to explode. This special dg'.a)l(. 7 j organized this week, is composed o Woman Says Suit Case Fell on Her ‘ s:xm. J. E. Butler of Company A, Ser From Rack— Three Others | Kubelzis of Company C. Staff Sergt. L Ask Indemnities. | B ‘.f’;,i‘ of 'Campan_\‘ D'ECMPA' (‘7! c Bradshaw of Company and Corpl Because a sult case falling from a car | W. E. Homn of Comgsny F. Thes was a_passenger traveling from Rich- | demolition work, to instruct a}’f“‘ to Washington September 19 last | bers of their respective units in the Lavinia Holmes, 811 Twenty-first street, | method of handling explosives ins filed suit in the District Supreme| The 121st Engineers Band this after- the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Po- | commanding officer in_front of Col (firé\::e?nuroad C‘nj She cjgims to have | Ochmann’s tent s serious injury. e repre-| The officers tonight are holding their sented by Attorneys Wilton J. Pambert, | annual . encampment dance at the Horning, Jr. large number of their v e guests, who camie Through the same attorneys, Lillie B. | out from Washington, many of wham | Grant, 210 E street northeast. has filed | will remain overnight for an inspec- uit to recover $10,000 damages from | tion of the camp and a view of the mi | was struck by a car of the com . : June 6 at Ninth street and Pennsylvania e S avenue and sustained severe injuries. Brig. Gen. Milton A. Reckord. com- Dora Madeoy, 915 I street, has sued | manding the National Guard of Mary- land, and the 91st Infantry Brigade of damages for alleged personal injuries. | She informs the court that a truck of | vision staff at a dinner at his home on | the company struck and injured her | the reservation Monday night. May 5 last when she was crossing the| The division staff on Monday will She | begin a full week of activity in the field s represented by Simonton. plan of attack early in the morning, Ira 8. Holmes, East Riverdale, Md.,| The plan for their instruction has | has filed suit to recover $25,000 dam- been described as a sort of “treasure { hunt.” A problem will be given them | agent, Lloyd L. Jenkins, for alleged as- | sault.” Holmes says he was beaten by |and the Regular Army instructors will | Jenkins February 15 at the company's| have placed in the surrounding moun- | filing station at Rhode Island ave-| talns certain placards, indicating the ! nue and Eastern avenue northeast. He | SPOts at which certain mythical units doctor’s bills, he asserts. Attorneys | WAY the Regulars figure the battle should John D. Watkins and S. Robert Young | bé undertaken. hen a member of appear for the plaintift the division decides what he would do under the ‘oblem hang m, he w! . der the problem handed him, he will EVANGELICAL CAMPAIGN | s correct he will find the placard a0 win the war game, for he will have solution of the problem as soon as he finds the placard Rev. F. F. Bosworth to Open Se- Ment, commanded by Capt. F. F. Berns- : - dorff, has been receiving its training rles of Services in Auditorium | during the week in the service of sup- 3 0'Clock. plies for the camp. Including the pro- afternoon in the Washington Audi- well as (}xmlslflnx_ trln!'poflahm'v torium when, in addition to the min- | (h¢ H00Ps to various paints = Whil ister's sermons, programs of gospel | <. 2 . 4 {songs will be rendered by the Tindley | Ary e S En GganLitary parade | ored wocalists. units, there is ample evidence of their The gervices which the evangelist wilt | CBCIent functioning. in the lack of conduct will be undenominational and | men and women of all beliefs and walks Addition to the double quartet of Tind- | . pany, commanded by Capt. A. C. New by his wife and Rev. Paul R. Allen. | "CUVities of the Army doughboy. HELD IN AUTO DEATH. | COLORED ELKS TO MEET. | Members of Morning Star Lodge, No {40, T B. P. O. Elks, colored, will leave Georgla Woman Dies. by spectal train next Sunday for the an- | nual convention of the arder in Chicago. | Cuban Charged With Murder When ATLANTA, August 18 (#.—Conzales | J. Finley Wilson, president of the | G. Noble of Havana, Cuba was released |order, is a candidate to sucosed himsel! on bond of $3.000 foday to await trial | Thomas F. Harper i chairman of a on charges of killing Mrs. F. J. Garbutt | committee in charge of arrapgement In an automobile aceident here yester- ffor the trip. Other members of the dax | committee are William B. Harris. vice rrantgeharging Noble with mur- | chairman: John T. Rhines, John Law- der was swoba out by & friend of the 'son, Samue! E. Jones and Thomas E dead Green.