Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1928, Page 1

WEA e 1y coole Ten p.m today ve to Full report ¢ i- | | | | | eht and tomorrow lowest, THER Bureau Forceast.) slight - on page ] : E WITH SUNDAY MORNI WASHINGTON, 1 NG Enmnug : 13 2 Sta 1928 —THIRTY “From Press to Within The Star’s carrier every city block and tion is delivered to Washington as fast as the papers are printed. Yeslerdll's Cirfu!a(ion, 97,869 Home the Hour” s system cove regular edi- the reg homes TWO PAGES. (/P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENT NEW YORK PROBE SUBWAY DISKSTER IN WHCH 15 MEET DEATH. 59 IIURED teel Car Broken in Two as Train Hits Wall of Tunnel. ; Cries of Hurt Bring Help. Traffic Is Haited. SECOND WORST TRAGEDY IN HISTORY OF TRANSIT 80C Passengers Aboard When A N Walk Mot Homi- c- by police alleged being held K humanity, was jon when ise on a Hits Concrete Wall. It crashed into a supporting concrete | jwall, broke in two, overturned, and Was telescoped by the car behind it. The/| g also turned over. Be-| fore the power could be shut off, short| circuits had set fire to the wreckage and the terror of fire was added to other | erils of the 1800 passengers. Every ambulance and ail police Te-| perves in the city were called to the res- cue and officiais believed that to gquick relie! operations was attributable the Ifact that the death list was not much | igreater. Baldwin was arraigned on a short fidavit charging suspicion of homici |sworn to by 2 detective, one of three to |whom the signal man surrendered. The, |emdavit read: - ! “That (defendant) on :h&’ 2“).hnx?é ugust, while in charge of signal :fi‘lwhes in the Interurban Rapid “Transit subway, did operate switch lo-| cated at Fortieth street and Seventh! avenue in such a culpable and negli- | gent manner as to cause said switch 10 shift, as the result of which ninth car { train was wrecked causing death of {35 persons and injuring 97. at- e | Figures Differ. red slightly in the af- The figures differed slig] he af- fidavit from the official count, bad 15 dead and 99 injured. While Baldwin was being arraigned t Jefferson Market Court three sepa. rate investigations of the wreck wer under way, one by the transit comm! sion, ‘one by the Interborough Rapid | ransit Co.. and one by the district at-| rney, assisted by the police depart-; ent, and reporting directly Mayor 'Walker. | At the arraignment Assistant District |Attorney McGowan, a leading figure the ty investigation, appeared as prosecutor, and an 1. R. T. attorney represented Baldwin. Baldw high bail on th y erime had beel second-degree man- | In his plea il, the law- lyer said d been LR . man for and that s struggle to Escaps I Hopeless Sufferer. i | by an expert, while Hassell and Cramer Law To Free Slayers of [Prague Plan [t ¥ o ppointed m iment be would punishment they RADID PN FAIL | L\ Station. hut “Flyers™ Are Not on Air. Chicago amateurs were unable to communicate with them. A group of operators and newspaper | en gathered at station 9CEJ, operated rris, who reported receiving | e from the fiyers Thursday | A series of questions had been pre-| pared for transmission to the airmen by | Joseph Faust, a relative of Hassell, but | failure to blish- communication pre- | vented the sending of the questions, | jesigned to determine whether the | ‘Rockford flyers,” as they signed them- | selves, were Hassell and Cramer. | Not Heard in Canada. Federal Government radio headquar- ters for the Dominion of Canada at Ottawa announced a thorough canvass of stations in Northern Canada had| failed to disclose any operator who had heavd from the Rockford flyers Thurs- day might. It was a week ago today the mono- plane Greater Rockford started for Mount Evans, Greenland, from Coch- rane, Ontario. The plane last reported its position as 75 miles off Cape Chid- ley. Labrador. Radio experts last night were frankly skeptical that the messages came from the missing aviators. Despite the doubters, however, rela- tives and friends of the fiyers in Rock- ford, Ill., belicved the messages genuine and that they gave added evidence that the aviators are safe. The messages picked up Thursday night said the e was down on a small island about miles off the coast of Newfoundland, adding that food sup- plies were low. and asking that the As- sociated Press and the fiyers' families | be notified. Doubt Authenticity. ‘While there was no doubt that such a message was sent, skeptics pointed to many reasons for doubting its authen- ticity. It was on a different wave band than that assigned the Greater Rock- ford, the message was transmitted as if are inexperienced senders, and the point where the message said they were down was hundreds of miles from the two villages in southwestern Green- land over which villagers said the plane passed Sunday morning, headed east. A heavy penalty is provided for a | pected accord of Europe's NEW TURNING POINT IN'WORLD POLITICS SEEN IN EUROPE Hirt of Anglo-German Break and New Naval Treaty Reverse Alignments. AMERICAN REACTION OF -¥ITAL IMPORTANCE ! Germany Expected to Force Issue of Premature Evacuation of Rhineland. PARIS, August rival in Europe ¥ much nt in world politics t.Britain definitely ceased diplomatic support to Ger- Has the Franco-German rap- been finally or only interrupted? Wil the ¢ sensational Franco-British entente > How will Italy. Germany and Secretary Kel- coincides with like a turning give many prochement arily mpe n a: I the United States react to this unex-| greatest naval power with Europe's greatest' military power. These questions will form the back- ground to all the private conversa- tions which Foreign Minister Briand, Premier Poincare and President Dou- mergue of France, Foreign Minister Stresemann of Germany and Acting Foreign Minister Cushendun of Great Britain and others expect to have with Secretary Kellogg at the official lunches and dinners, incident to the signature of the outlawry-of-war pact. Reparations Question Involved. Germany, moreover, shows _every sign of an intention to force France and Great Britain into the open by pressing them immediately for prema- ture evacuation of the Rhineland. As the French feel unable to disassociate the Rhineland question from the ques- tions of reparations and war debts, and as these last questions cannot be set- tled without the United States, it is evident that considerable effort is likely to be made to sound the Ameri- can Secretary of State regarding the possibilities as he sees them. Look back a few years. Great Britain was working hard for an under- standing with the United States, was supporting Germany and Italy, was trying to tame Soviet Russia by kind- ness, and was wrangling almost con- stantly with France. What is the sit- uation today? Between the United States and Great Britain there is a re- rettabie coolness. British diplomacy or over a year has been engaged an immense endeavor to subdue. then ~Italy discovered that Britain no longer was sympathetic to Dictator Mussolini’s vast ambitions in the Balkans and the Near East. France, on the other hand, which had painfully worked out a close cul- tural and economic rapprochment with Germany, abruptly found that the long-desired entente with Great Brit- ain had-at last become possible. Situation Is Reversed. In short, these changes in British policy have resulted in corresponding | | changes throughout Europe, and the | situation of a few years ago is now radio operator attempting to perpetrate such a hoax, but radio experts said it would be almost impossible to detect such a person if the messages are fic- titious. To trace him. it was pointed out, many direction detectors would have be employed, and there are 20,000 such stations in the country. HITS AT RADIO HOAXES. Publisher Will Ask Association to Take Action. NEW YORK, August 25 (#).—The annual convention of the National Aeronautic Association at Los Angeles September 8 will be asked to consider means of protecting aviators and their families from “the cruel hoaxes of radio teurs.” It will be proposed that the assocfa- n demand of the Department of Com. merce and the Federal Radio Commis- adequate policing of the air, or, if should prove too costly, cancellation enses of some ,000 short-wave r, publisher of Aero s gazine in the N that he ssociation a recurrence of such mes- picked up Thurs- erday purporting to ssell and Parker America-to-Sweden CUTTER ABANDONS SEARCH. | practically reversed. How does this affect the United | States? 1In the first place, in connec- tion with naval disarmament. Both | France and Great Britain strongly deny | that the entente comprises any secret | agreements for common action of the two fleets. Nevertheless, the entente, | if it persists, would make a written | agreement unnecessary and naval co- | operation would be natural. The United | States is likely to find hereafter that | France and Great Britain are united | against some of our favorite doctrines in_disarmament negotiations. Moreover, in estimating the number | and kind of ships that we need it will | doubtless pe necessary to take into ac- | count all of the contingencies which the international political situation | | renders probable Germany Feels Isolated. In the second place there is the Ger- man determination to force the Rhine- land issue. Germany, since Great Brit- | ain’s change of front and the interrup- lton in “the rapprochement with France, feels hersell fsolated. Some Germans advocate an attempt to re- n British support by dropping the san alliance. Most, however, merely state forebodingly that if the Anglo- French entente persists, Germany must TRIBE BEATS NATS | 1 INFIRST GAME, 109 Marberry Weakens in 10th and Cleveland Scores Three Times. BY JOHN B. KELLER ‘The Indians defeated Washington in the first game of today’s double header at Griffith Stadium. ‘The score was 10 to 9. ‘The game went 10 innings. Sam Jones and Willls Hudlin were opposing pitchers. About 6,500 fans turned out. FIRST INNING. CLEVELAND —Reeves threw out Langford. Lind singled to center. Joe Sewell doubled down the first-base line, sending Lind to third. Bluege took Ho- dapp’s grounder and Lind was run down, Bluege to Ruel to Reeves to Judge. Joe Sewell took third and Ho- dapp second on the play. A wild pitch let Joe Sewell score and Hodapp take third. Summa singled to right, scoring Burns to center, send- WASHINGTON — Joe Sewell threw out Barnes. Rice got a double when his fly to left was misjudged by Langford. Goslin got a single with a bunt down the third-base line, Rice taking third. Judge popped to Lind on the foul line. Bluege drove a single past Hodapp, scoring Rice, while Goslin stopped at second. Cronin grounded to Burns. One run. SECOND INNING. CLEVELAND — Burke now pitching for Washington. Myatt was out, Judge to Burke, covering first. Hudlin walked. Langford fanned. Hudlin took second on a balk. Bluege threw out Lind. No runs. WASHINGTON —Joe Sewell threw out Reeves. Hudlin tossed out Ruel. Burke also went out the same way. No runs, THIRD INNING. CLEVELAND-—Joe Sewell got a dou- ble with a looper to left. Cronin backed up for Hodapp's pop. Reeves whipped out Summa, Joe Sewell taking third Bluege went back of the box for Burns’ pop. No runs. _WASHINGTON-—Barnes walked. Lind (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) “act accordingly.” One such action has already occurred | The German government has decided to lay down uninediately a new 10,000- | ton cruiser of precisely the type that | Great Britain dislikes so much in the | United States Navy i Another cxample of what the Ger- | mans mean by “acting accordingly” will | Follows Report of Flyers Being Seen doubtless be given in Parls within a | off Greenland | few days | 13 sultiled Tashruly i her - obigALIons ’ cutte arion | fulflle: ally all her ol ons Guard cutter Matin | under the Versallies treaty, and s andoned the search for | French security is amply insured by the Greater Rockford, | League, by the Locarno treaties and o et the plane | by the’ Kellogy pact, the allies should waters Fisk~ Quit the Rhincland immediately. The > 2 French reply 15 that Germany still re- tom the Marion's com- | fUS€s 10 make a Locarno pact in eant- 1 Comdr H. Smith ch froniier completed, How- X reh for Hassell in tling to consider reports of his being 1. for example, Germany ernes, Creenlanc (Continued on Pa ) Writing Notes to "A Planned in Effo ) ¢ “mashers” were warned by Lieut. Mina C, Van Winkle cetor of U an's Bureau of the l Department, that she has decided new plan o break up their activi- ’ ¥ and other streets arrests, which have tive in the pust d she proposed 1o se tag numbers she d A uto Mashers'” Homes rt to Stop Flirtations to be extended to cover all cases now of wutomabile “firting.” Lieut. Van Winkle pointed out that her observations have shown & ma- 1 jurity of the "mashers” are you men, although some of them have th NArue- teristics of being married and out for a “good (me” while thelr wives are away. Bhe cited one case in particular in which a letter played an Important | part in disclosing to & man's wife that w nt the evenings crulsing the streets in the family car instead of working in his office as he promised to left home do when he | By W by Burke, 1 SCHOOL HEALTH REPORT GIVES DEPRESSING PICTURE OF DEFECTS| 91.1 Per Cent of Ki ndergarten and First Grade Pupils Found with Physi- cal Imperfections. A depressing picture of the physical condition of the public school children of Washington, showing a staggering percentage of physical defects among those examined, was laid today before Dr. William C. Fowler, District health officer. The condition is outlined in the an- nual report of Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, chief medical and sanitary inspector of the public schools, which is based on the activities of the school medical and dental forces in the past school year. Dr. Fowler, however, did not view the situation with alarm, pointing out that & great many of the defects dis- covered were corrected, which, of course, was the primary purpose of the physical examination: ‘The most serious situation, the report .showed, was among the puplils in the $680,915 CANAL PROFITS FOR FISCAL YEAR SHOWN Business on Panama Waterway Re- ported Developing Considerable Increase of Cash on Hand. By the Assoclated Press. PANAMA, August 25.—Profits on business operations of the Panama Canal for the fiscal year 1928 totaled $680,915. The annual report has been submitted to Gov. Walker by Elwyn Green, canal auditor. It shows a con- siderable increase of cash on hand, which totaled $2,147,093 at the end of the fiscal year, compared with §$1,983.- 725 the previous year. During the period covered by the re- port employes at the canal earned $11,- 899,168, of which $7,138,126 was earned by Americans. The book value of prop- erty used in connection with the trans- portation of vessels through the canal lotaled $257,074,172 at the close of the Ascal year. BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME CLEVELAND AB. R H o. A E. | Langford, If.... 6 o0 1 1 0 [ Jamieson, If 0 [ 0 [ [ 0 Lind, 2b..... 6 2 3 5 4 0 J. Sewell, ss. 4 2 3 0 7 0 Hodapp, 3b E 2 [ [ 1 0 Summa, rf 4 1 2 2 0 [ Burns, 1b 5 2 3 16 1 0 Harvel, cf. 4 1 2 2 0 o0 Myatt, c... 1 0 0 0 [ 0 Autry, ¢..... 3 [ 2 4 0 [ Hudlin, p.... 2 0 [ 0 B 0 Bayne, p o0 [ o0 0 0 Underhitl, p 0 0 0 o 0 Shaute, p i 0 [ 0 ;| RO 10 16 15 [ WASHINGTON | AB. R H o. E [ O PR seeees B [ [ " o0 Rice, rf 4 4 1 [ 0 Goslin, If : 2 1 9 [ Judge, 1b 4 [ § 3 0 | Bluege, 3b. 5 0 3 2 0 | Cronin, ss 5 1 0 3 [ | Reeves, 2b 4 1 1 4 [ | Ruel, ¢ 2 0 1 2 [ | Gaston, p 0 o 0 [ 0 | Marberry, p 2 0 o [0 0 | Jones, p [ 0 [ 0 [ | Burke, p 2 0 0 1 o 1 | Kenna, 3 1 0 0 Harris 0 0 0 0 | Tot it 30 [ 18 1 | Harrls ran for Ruel in the sixth inning. SCORE BY INNINGS 1300 N B A IR Cleveland 30001120031 ~10 | Washington 1010032002 - SUMMARY bt e e iednnn Cromn el | M8 BT O "Undernin, °% S inr: Ans! , Juds berry, 1. Hewell (8), Harvel, Rice, | Hits—Off Hudlin, K in 5 Ao Rice, Judse, Blue Toine, o Burker s 1o o inatueer o ».||n“:|"-rv i off Underhill, & kindergartens and first grades—chil- dren who, in most instances, had just entered school for the first time. Four thousand seven hundred and one in| these preliminary grades were exam- | ined. and 4,283 or 91.1 per cent were found to have physical defects. The | average defect per pupil was 2.30. Defective teeth and diseased tonsils led the list. The percemtags of the former was 61, while diseased tonsils were found among 45.6 per cent. The other principal defects found were: enlarged cervical glands, per cent; poor nutrition, 23.3 per cent defective nasal breathing, 16.5 per cent; defective vision, 10.8 per cent; anaemia, 9.9 per eent; chronic and nasal ca- tarrh, 6.8 per cent: skin and para- sitic diseases, 4.7 per cent: orthopedic defects, 3.8 per cent; nervous system de- fect, 3.8 per cent; pulmonary disease, 3.5 per cent: speech defect. 2.5 per cent; defective hearing, 1.9 per cent; cardiac disease, 1.9 per cent; uther eye diseases, 1,6 per cent: crossed eyes, 1 (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) AUNTCRLGHT ATTENPT HALTED {French Plane Dodges Trees and Wires, Then Returns Quickly to Le Bourget. | | By the Assoclated Press. LE BOURGET, France, August 25.— An attempt to cross the Atlantic by air from east to west failed this morning when the monoplane France returned to the flying field here at 7:20 o'clock, shortly after having taken off on what was hoped would be a non-stop flight to New York. In taking off the plane narrowly missed colliding with high-tension elec- tric wires skirting the field and it was due to dexterous handling by Capt. Louis Courdouret, the pilot, that the machine was saved from destruction | and its three occupants from death. Wind Is Unfavorable. ‘The crew consisted of Courdouret, Count Louls de Mailly-Nesle, relief pilot, and Capt. Mailleux, navigator. The at- tempt to lift their machine, loaded with 1,220 gallons of gasoline, was made more difficult by an unfavorable wind So little altitude had been gained at the end of the take-off stretch that the landing gear struck a board fence bounding the field, smashing one of the wheels, The next moment death stared the flyers in the face for, after clearing | the fence, they found they could not | ascend rapidly enough to pass over the electric wires strung a short distance outside, Taking the only alternative, Cour- douret ducked under the wires fn a long swoop in which the machine grazed the ground. Just beyond these wires were a num- ber of telephone wires, over which Courdouret soared. carrying away two or three of the wires but getting clear. Zigzags Among Trees. The pilot, still unable to attain al- | titude, ‘was obliged to sigzag among | trees and narrowly missed the house- | {tops of the village of Gonesse. Then | { Capt. Mailleux saved the day by open- (ing the emergency safety cock and lemptying the extra gasoline tanks. | This caused the plane to shoot upward | jand gave Courdouret opportunity to maneuver back to the field. Gasoline {stll was streaming from 'the tanks when the plane landed with a bump, | | | | | | | | | | bursting the tire on the undamaged W | ‘The aviators were not injured Courdouret, after declaring himself happy to be on the ground again and remarking that he considered their cs- cape n miraculous one, said he would try the flight again as soon as the plane can be repaired e plane s a BHernard machine {powered by a single 600-horsepower | Hispano Sutza wmotor. It is able to | stay in the air 47 hours and has a ferulsing radius of 4,500 miles and a maximum speed when fully loaded of 150 miles an hour Fire on Ship Under Control. UTUILA, American Samoa, August 25 (#).—~The British freighter Port Napier, which caught fire about 75 | President Earns $2 Bounty for Killing Crane While Fishing Brings Down Bird on| Second Shot From Revolver. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO SUPERIOR, Wis., August 25.—President Coolidge today, for the first time since the days of his youth in the hills of Vermont, shot and killed a living thing. It was a large crane, caught by him in the act of spearing a trout in the water near where he was fishing. He brought the bird down with the second | shot fired from a .38-caliber automatic revolver which he borrowed from Walter Ferguson, one of the Secret Service men in the canoe with him at the time. For this fine bit of marksmanship Mr. Coolidge made himself eligible for | a bounty of §2. That is the price, placed on the head of cranes within | the borders of Seven Pines, the 1,500- | acre estate of Charles E. Lewis, wealthy | broker of Minneapolis, where the Presi- dent, Mrs. Coolidge and their son, John, were overnight guests. After breakfast this morning the President in company with his hos and Ferguson of the Secret Service had gone for a final fling at the trout that abound in the streams on the Lewis| estate, before returning to Cedar Island Lodge. ;The President and his host had fished virtually all yesterday afternoon with rare good luck, but he was not satified. He wanted more before re- turning to the Brule. As their canoe glided softly around a bend in the little stream Mr. Lewis called the President’s attention to a crane standing in the reeds near the bank. While the canoe was drifting softly toward the bird, Mr. Lewis told about the destructive habits of the crane—how adept they are at catching trout. He mentioned something about a $2 bounty which he had been paying to any one killing one of these pests on_his estate. Immediately following the mention- | ing of the bounty, the President, with- out asking any questions, turned to Fer- guson, paddling in the stern seat, and | asked for his revolver. SMITH IS GREETED BY HUGE CROWDS, Will Review New Jersey Troops at Democratic Rally at Sea Girt. By the Associated Press. SEAGIRT, N. J. August 25.—Here in the same surroundings where Wood- row Wilson mapped out campaign plans | 16 years ago which carried him to the | presidency, Gov. Smith today found himself the central figure of a huge Democratic rally intended to boost his | own chances for that high office. ‘The Democratic presidential nominee, | with Govs. Moore of New Jersey and Ritchie of Maryland, late today will re- view the State National Guard regi- ments in_encampment here on a wide | stretch of ground between Mr. Moore's | Summer home and the Atlantic Ocean. It was estimated that more than 10f 000 persons would turn out for the ‘Governor’s day” affair, which is ar- ranged each year and which Gov. Smith has attended three or four times before. Will Only Review Troops. Since the nominee’s campaign speak- | ing plans still are in the making and | the event is an open air one, Gov. Smith planned merely to review the troops and to stick to his determination to steer clear of outdoor speeches as much as possihle. With Govs. Moore and Ritchie, who attended a “governor's ball® in honot of the three State executives at the New Monmouth Hotel at Spring Lake last night, the Democratic presidential candidate was to ride around the guard camp in an old-fashioned barouche. between long lines of the State troops and in full view of thousands expected to occupy seats in flag-bedecked tents set up in the grounds. Will Meet Leaders. During the day the nominee planned to meet several New Jersey party lea ers, including Senator Edwards, Mays Hague of Jersey City, and Willam L Dill, Democratic candidate for governor Gov. Smith with his family and sev- eral friends are stopping at Spring Lake, a little over a mile fiom the camp here. He intends to spend the week end there before going back t» York or Albany direct, prepara- | tory to visiting Syracuse next week to | attend the State fair. After registering in his native city vesterday afternoon to enable him to cast his vote in the November elec- tions, the nominee was taken by auto- mobile for his first taste of reaction of the street crowds since his notifica - tion at Albany last Wednesday. Through Jersey City, Newark and Elizabeth and on down through the various seacoast resorts, people jammed the streets, velling and cheering while the governor doffed his straw and waved his arms. | Escorted by a group of motor cyele police of this State, the nominee ar- rived at Spring Lake to find another great crowd waiting for him at the doorway and on the balconies of his hotel. ~ Later, with Mrs. Smith and | other members of his family, he came | down to the dining room. where hun- | dreds in evening dress had gathered | before going to the ball | Albany Address One of the many features Tomorrow’s Star will be a half-page picture in the Rotogravure Section of Governor Smith delivering his notification address of | miles south of Fago Pago. docked here tonlght and reported that the fire had | been controlled. [ | ; in Albany Wednesday evening THOUSANDS CHEE HOOVER'S ARRIVAL HERE FROM WEST G. 0. P. Nominee Greeted as Neighbor by Crowds at Union Station. VETERANS’ AND VOTERS’ GROUPS GIVE WELCOME Candidate Makes Short Talk to 150 Residents Near Home on S Street. Through a !ane of cheer at Union Station, Herbert publican nominee for Fros Te= turned to the National last night. Smiling broad ed with a triendly every fresh outbur: was escorted along 2 the concourse flanked by the 1g hosts. At his side walked ver, cne of their sons, Allan, and Chaire man Work of the Republ 5. Hoo= an national committee. With torches and photographers® flashlights illuminating the aisle almost to the brilliance of sunshine, an Amer- ican Legion bugle and drum- ccrps sounding a military air and fervent ad- mirers shouting personal greetings, Mr. Hoover looked out upon a homecoming scene appropriate for one who has been a part of Washington, through his pub- lic service since the war. Fleming Voices Greeting. The various organizations that joined in the reception arranged to have Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank, say a few words of welcome to Mr. Hoover on behalf of the assembled delegations. As the nominee and his party paused in the concourse to accommodate a bat- tery of photographers and to meet the committee, the crowd, estimated at nearly 10,000 kept up the spontanecus chorus of cheers that expressed Wash- ington's greeting in unmistakable terms. Occasionally a voice stronger than the rest would call out. “Hurrah for Hoo- ver!”, and the assembled crowd would resume its cheering. With the picture taking over, Mr. Hoover, still smiling and waving his hand to the large assemblage, was led by police officials to a waiting automo= bile at the exit reserved for dis- tinguished persons, at the east end of the station. Across the plaza hundreds of others formed a hasty lne to wave a greeting as the car bearing Mr. Hoover, his wife, son and Dr. Work went by. The trip to his home at 2300 S street was made by way of Pennsyl- | vania avenue and Twentieth street. Ends Long Jeurney. ‘When the Republican nominee ar- rived home last night he ended a long journey to the West coast, made pri- | marily to receive the official notifica~ tion of his nomination in California, but which included frequent steps in a number of other States. The greeting accorded him at Union Station last night was arranged by the Hoover-Curtis Club of Washington, with the co-operation of a long list of other organizations which sent com- mittees to the depot. John Lewis Smith, president of the Hoover-Curtis Club, introduced Mr. Fleming, who had prepared the follow- ing brief message of greeting: “Tonight Washington is proud of the opportunity to welcome you back to the Nation's Capital. Through your de- votion to the service of your country you have resided here a portion of your time since April, 1917. and during these 11 years the citizens of Wash- ington have come to know you as their friend and neighbor, and it is particu- | |larly gratifying to us to now have the opportunity to welcome vou here on your return as nominee of the great Republican party for the presidency of the United States. Says Capital Is Honored. “Washington is honored in that the national headquarters for the Repub- lican campaign committee is located here and we trust that the results of the election in November will give us the opportunity of again expressing the affecuion, esteem and admiration which we feel for you, our friend and neighbor, on March 4, 1929." While Mr. Hoover paused to receive the formal greeting of the committee his hundreds of admirers, banked deeply along the side lines. kept shouting words of welcome to him When the train rolled in a few min- utes before the scheduled time of 8:45 p.m.. Mr. Hoover was met as he stepped from the rear platform by Dr. Work. While pictures were being taken at the train the assembled throng in th n- course crowded close to the ir that lead to the trains. Mrs. Hoover and their son in sight from the train sheds, the en thusiasm of the crowd arose in a suc- cession of cheers that did not ccase until, a few moments later, the nominee was in his automobile. Organizations Behind Welcome. Among the organizations which co- operated with the Hoover-Curtis Club in arranging the welcome were the Re- publican State committee, Hoover and Curtis Republican League, League of Republican State Clubs, League of Re- publican Women, a committee of vet- erans of the Civil, Spanish-American and World Wars, Republican State Voters' Association, Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants and Manufacturers' Assoctation and a com- mittee from the Blaine Invincible Re- publican Club. Mrs. E. A, Harriman, the reception committee, presented a corsage bouquet to Mrs, Hoover. The crowd included many members of the Towa Hoover-for-President Club of the District. ‘When Mr. Hoover arrived at his home on 8 street he was met by a crowd of approximately one hundred and fifty residents of the neighborhood. And there he made a short talk. He ad dressed them as neighbors and told them how happy he had been made by the reception which he received. He shook hands with several of them and then retired into the house. Mr. Hoover's arrival here last night a member of | brought to a close an absence of siv weeks from the eity, during which time he passed through 19 States. His Iast talk was in the nature of o warning to the residents of Pennsyl vania, a Republican stronghold, tha the coming campaign was to be a hard- fought one and that the party would need the ballots of all of its adherents ‘The nominee ted by a cheer- ing crowd in Ba where he com- peted with the nolse of passing trains to express his thanks for the visit and cheeray 2