Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1928, Page 1

\WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow not much change in temperature. ‘Temperature — Highest, 76, at noon yesterday: lowest, 61. at 6:30 a.m. to- day. Full report on page 7 ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's CircnlaIiQn, 97,960 “WASHINGTON, D. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 20 and 21 — No. B » ed_as second clafs matter office, Washington, D. (. 30,804, st , SATURDAY, ( SEPT EMBER 1. PAGES. TWO CENTS. () Means Associated Pre 'BOMBING SQUADRON READY| l FOR TRANSNATION FLIGHT BOTH PARTIES FAGE POLITICAL PUZZLE IN RHODE ISLAND Wet Sentiment Apt to Change Usual Republican Show | of Strength. Greatest Cross-Country Military Mane ver Ever Tried Intended to Show Defense Mobility. NORFOLK, Va.. Septcmber ocizted 1.—The second bombardment group. composed of nine Army bombing pianes, programmed to take off this morning on the Langley Field-Los sles flight, will do so this afternoon. if weather conditions which caused ihe delay permit The take-off from Langley, sch~duled for 7 o'clock. was postponed on account of adverse weather here and of weather reports from Fort Bragg. N. C.. where the first day’s flight s to have ended. FOREIGN-BORN VOTERS ARE HELD VITAL FACTOR | | BY FREDERICK J. NEELY, aff Correspondent of The Star. Who Is Accompanying the Second Bombers Group on If's Flight to Los Angeles. | LANGLEY FIELD, Hampton, Va., September 1.-~The greatest cross-country | military air maneuver ever undertaken in the United States starts from here | | today when nine twin-engined Keystone bombardment plancs of the Army Air Corps. fiying a close formation, take off for Los Angeles, Calif. The planes represent a composite squadron of the Second Bombardment | Group. based here, and which is America’s only Atlantic Coast protection in the The group numbers 27 planes, or three fights of nine @. 0. P. Has Advantage Con- trolling Most of Offices in State. G. GOULD LINCOLN spondent way of bombing planes. planes each. Led by Maj. Hugh J. Knerr, the formation will give a demonstration of how the Atlantic Coast bombardment organization could be diverted to the Pacific of emer cy. In meking the flight to California, the bombers are un- aking an aerial vovage which never before has been attempted by a flying unit of any type and numbering as many airplanes. The big ships are due at Lo Angeles on September 8. the ovpening date of the 1928 National Air Race and Aeronautical Ex| PROVIDENCE, R. L. September 1.— Rirode 1 cross-word political Republicans tory at the king their are still seeking to that spell in ti ition. To Show Strength. The fiight wos undertaken for two purposes whereby the pilots and mechanics would be given training of a war-time nature, and second to exhibit to aeronautical Amcrica which will be gathered at the Los Angeles mect the prize bombardment organization of the Air Corps. = The task of moving this big organization of | - nine planes and nearly 40 officers and enlisted men It is true that Wooddro d Rhode Island in 1912, publican factions, headed by Taft on the FURDPEPONDERS ON ANELOTRENCH DEFENSVEPACT tion of Text—Overtures to Russia Loorq. AGREEMENT LIKELY TO AFFECT AMERICA| | Two Powers Concerned Probably| Will Endeavor to Harmonize Foreign Policies. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The News. Copsright, 1928 PARIS, September 1.—The new Franco-British entente is considered in | governmental circles throughout Europs as by far the most important event of | the year after the Kellogg pact | Germany, Italy and Russia and also the United States and Japan are keenly interested. All realize that this unfore- | seen change in the international politi- | cal situation may vitally affect their own | interests. Already some curious conse: quences are perceptible So far as the United States is con- cerned, President Coolidge apparently | Star and Chicago Daily | one nand and Roosevelt on the other. outnumbered the Democrats by several thousand votes. Here is a State, however, which is strongly wet in sentiment. It is one of two States which never ratified the | eighteenth amendment to the Consti- | ption. And, further. here is a State; which contains several strong racial | groups. In eaddition to the original Yankee stock, the French, the-Irish and | the Italian groups are practically all| Catholic and they are also wet in their gvmpathies. The Irish fof the most art have been in_the Democratic fold gr a long time. The PFrench, on the ‘other hand. have been at least 75 per can, 1t is said, and many of have voted the Republican the Italians e is a considerable Jewish ticket. _There bie Jewish population, which in the past %o the poils and supported can ticket. But the Democrats are | now claiming that with Gov. Smith of New York at the head of their national | ticket, the Jews will vote, as many of the Jews do in New York, for Smith. Build Up Organizations. | Republicans and Democrats are work- | ing like beavers l strengthen their crgan! effort was made on both { a5 many new voters this vear as pos- | s other pe! thereon, he may tration, changed hae perpetual =] only ‘E;'en h‘;e;r she moves his or_her place of residence or disposes of the held. Rggflx; tration of voters closes june 30, 50 that Tt of the work of the two parties is t an end. ! ” This year the registration has been heavier than ever before in the history of the State, And from this fact, both gifies are taking encouragement. Indeed, | the Democrats seem particularly because of the large regis- | that many of the Irish- | have never reglstcredt‘ ore, or not for years, have now put ?l?xémsclvu in a position to cast their| ballots in November. On the other) hand. Republicans point out that many | new voters are women, and they main- | tein that the woman vote 18 going | largely for Herbert Hoover in the na- tional election The Republicans, pped up” tration, holding Americans who generally speaking, | bave one great advantage. They are in | power in the State. They hold the of- | fices. State and Federal, in great num- bers. It is true that the Democrats have one United States Senator, Peter | Goelet Gerry. But the other Senator. | Benator Metcalf, is a Republican, and #0 are the members of the House in Washington. The governor is a Repub- and the State Legislature is Republican Would Be Turnover. tie victory in Rhode Island | vear would mean a real turnover, | political upheaval. President carried the State in 1924, re- 6 votes to 76,606 for Davie nominec, and 7,628 for ependent Progres- 1920 defeated Cox. e for President th 2imost a Rhode Island are | intends to handie the affair himself. It | { was apparently on his instructions that | Secretary Kellogg decided at the last moment not to visit London but to re- ! turn immediately via Ireland. | Clamor for Text. .Lus( what are the basis of the entente Fising in formation for that great distance | FVRAY S '0 S0, TG PR calls for the utmost attention from the pllot of gin ic clamoring for publication of the each ship. Although aligned in “stair-step” fashion | fext of the agreement. Neither the | <o that there will be no collisions, each commander | prench nor the British government | of a bomber is forced to fly at and maintain a cer- | seems fnclined to accede to this popular | tain altitude and a certam speed and at the same | domand. Probably one reason is that | time keep an eye on those flanking him, those above | no actual text as yet exists. The letter | and behind hnd below and in front. | signed_“Chamberlain,” published by a ! The twin Liberty engines in each ship will|New York newspaper, is recognized maintain a cruising speed of about 85 miles an hour. | throughout Europe as a clumsy forgery. i is by no means an casy one. Throughout the jour- ney the bombers will fly in formation, a “V" shape alignment which is the greatest defense and protec- tion against enemy attacks. On stretches between sities and towns, the bombers will spread out a little to relieve the strain and tension on the pilots, but on approaching large communities they will “tight- | en up” and show the people below how the death- dealing armada “goes to war.” od > the Republi- lbm and the fuel capacity will provide a little more than The entente in its present form seems four hours' running between stops. The btgnest task | zhead lies in the overnight stops. MAJ. KNERR. To Keep Formation. Where possible the bombers will land in the same formation they have been flying at, but should the approaching fields be too small they will spiit up their massed position and land singly. This will necessitate the cruising around of the bombers that are to go down last, and then will folow the proper aignment side by side on the flying field “line.” Servicing the planes with gasoline and oil and inspecting the engines and vital parts will consume much time, and the two-score personnel will be kept busy to this task. When the time comes to depart, the size of the field will determine an expeditious take-off. If 1t is a large and level area, like y Field, the bombers will fall in on the ground and “give her the guns” , in the wir at the same time. By this method they can be off n their journey without further day. (Continued on Page 2, Colu AMUNDSEN'S PLANE LONDON-PARIS PAGT FLOAT IS FOUND 0. K. WITH JAPAN Part of Craft Picked Up Ofi‘Tokio Delegates at Geneva Nerway Identified as From | Decline to Discuss Accord. French Aero Latham. ‘ Disarmament Talked. By the Assoclated Press. , GENEVA, September 1.—It was re-| TROMSOE, Norway, September 1.— | norted here today that Japan deems the The first definite clue to the fate of | Pranco-British tentative naval accord Raold Amundsen and five men Who | acceptable as a basis for future dis- accompanied him on his expedition t | armament discuasions by the League of rescue members of the Nobile party, | Nations Preparatory Disarmament Com- | was brought here today. It was a float | mission. from the seaplane in which the| The Japanese delegation declined to adventurers started for Spitzbergen on | talk on the subject due, it appeared, to | June 18. | the fact that the replics of Japan, the The relic was found by a Norweglan | United States and Italy, to whom the fishing vessel, the Brood. It was picked | 4005, was submitted %or study, have up near the Fugloe Islands, a rocky group off this port, that is seldom ap- | proached because it is £o dangerous to shipping Officers of the steamer Michael Sars and the French vessel Durance identi- fied the float as belonging to the French naval seaplane Latham. in which Amundsen rode, with Rene Guilbaud as pilot. Comparison- of the float with Disarmament Discussed. Disarmament, again urged by Russia | in its acceptance of the Kellogg-Briand peace treaty, has become the dominant subject in Geneva discussions. Various delegates have volced the opinion that unless a preliminary agreement is at- tained among the five great naval powers concerning limitation of war- ships it would be useless to convoke another meeting of the Disarmament | | | photographs of the -plane tended to & which nas been taken by Gov. | ERIORE (der iication n his telegram to the Houston | Besides Amundsen and Guilbaud the and later in his speech inlniane carried Lieut. Lief Dietrichsen ig the nomination, rom- | a4 three French navy men, compris- a modification of the dry |40 the regular crew of the plane. he eighteenth amendment. | “ghipg afrplanes, hunters and fisher- with some little shOW | pepy have searched for more than two to say that | months for traces of Roald Amundsen. ng to make the ne gisappearance of this noted ex- iat if Smith 38 | jigrer the first man to visit both the | tion the sale | Norp' and the South Poles, accented and OWer | e ftragedy resulting from the wreck y. Cer the Commission. In Franco-British circles the hope was expressed that Japan, the United States and Italy would reply prior to the session of the disarmament com- mittee of the League Assembly, as the German delegates are expected to insist upon an arly resumption of disarma- | meit negotiations. | Would Exempt Small Craft, | The Franco-British provisional agree- | ment provided that cruisers carrying ee in the with pro- The n is 10 nderstand that such solid law o essential- aving much Re- gn happened ere Federal Government Business 1s ¥air | 5 a gres of utacture, pe the I8 countr Foi everal elry manufacturers have due claimed, 1o women we not ovidence eatest the e ard n it 4 that jewe id metals d of jewelr here, the wom( et of the cheaper ch each of thelr ¢ostume other hand, the women, mstead of g cotton dresse d cotton are buylng and wearing only which hils hard the cotton men of Rhods g wured e b [ v B »il Contir \ | to trace the half doz of Gen. Umberto Nobile's dirigible, Ttalia, | Amundsen joined in the search for | survivors of the Nobile party when he decided that special efforts were needed n members of that expedition, who were carried away with the balloon part of the big airship. In accepting the offer of the French gov- ernment for use of the Guilbaud plane he indicated his intention of heading toward the ice felds east of the Bpitz- bergen Archipelago, where it ved that traces of the oon party” would be found The big seaplanc had been prepared the Prench government for a trans- flight. It was equipped v nd for a few hours after the de- of the rescuers from Norway were heard from it. Then these ceased 1 ing definite concerning the party | six-inch guns and under would not be ct to limitations as regairds de- units. Similarly, as Joseph | Paul-Boncour, the French delegate explained today, small submarines, torpedo boats and small aircraft carriers would be free from limitation, ing powerful cruisers the Washington | treaty would be extended and some- thing tangible be achieved to arrest the | naval race of the great powers | He said that if the essential points of | the Franco-British sccord materalize | into a substantial agreement there was | no reason why the Disarmament Com- | mission could not be convoked by December WINDOW WAéHER FALLS EIGHT FLOORS TO DEATH | Colored Youth Killed While Work- ing at Corcoran Courts b atlantic parture had been known until the float was brought into Tromsoe today In starting to the aid of Nobile and his men, Amundsen tossed aside feelings of bitterness which developed after he and the Italian leader had flown Across | (Continued on Pags Column 3. HELMI SWIMS CHANNEL. Egyptian After 5 Minutes igWater FOLKSTONE, England, Sept 3 ). —Ishak Helmi, Egyptian swi | succeeded in crossing the Englisiy landed here Al 6 nel today. He Ipm. 23 hours and 3 minutes affer he nered the water at Cape Gris New, Franre Apartment. Jesse Proctor, colored, 19 years old was killed instantly today when he fell from the eighth floor of the Corcoran | Courts Apartments, 401 Twenty-third street, where he was employed as a window washer | No one saw him fall, but it 5 be- Jieved he was washing a window and fell, when he lost his balance. He lived #l 412 Twenty-frst street The body was removed to the Dis- friet. Morgue after physiclans from Emergency Hospital had made an ex- aminition and pronounced the youth ! dead, The coroner was notified Lands 23 Hours Paul-Boncour thought that by limit-| M A | air every evening at 7 o' to be largely a verbal understanding and psychological harmony, nevertheless, it ippears to have an extensive program. Common belief among the best informed persons is that it includes the following projects: 1. Economic agreements to be nego- | tiated in the future looking partly per- haps to British participation in the Franco-German cartels and partly to certain arrangements concerning Latin- American and Far Eastern markets, 2. A political understanding whereby both governments will endeavor so far as possible to harmonize their policies in varfous parts of the world: for ex- ample, the Balkans. the Baltic, the Mediterranean, the Far East and the Rhineland. 3. Possible technical defensive ar- rangements between the two fleets in waters where both have interests, i 4. Possible defensive arrangements | and mutual guarantees regarding land | and air forces. 3. An agreement regarding the forth- coming disarmament negotiations where- by France tends to support the Brit- ish naval viewpoint while Great Britain tends to support the French Army view- | point. H Assuming that it really exists, as! nearly all well informed observers do, what is the aim of this remarkable entente? Seen Private Matter. In the first place, it appears to be | a privte matter between France and Great Britain, cach reassuring the other | of its intentions and thereby alleviat- | ing Fiench fears of the British Navy!| and British continental policies and British fears regarding French sub- "~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) FULL-TIME RADIO IN . C. REDUCED WRC Loses Broadcast Wave Chan- nel of 468.5 Meters Under Commission’s Ruling. { | Station WRC will lose its present wave channel of 4685 meters (640 kilo- cycles) and full-time broadcasting in the District will be reduced from three | to two channels under the Federal Radio Commission’s new and drastic plan for dividing the Nation's radio facilities among the five zones which was made public today. In other words, only two of Wash- ington's four active stations will b2 pe mitted to have exclusive wave lengths, while the others will be forced to share one channel Commissioner O. . Caldwell who rep- | resents stations in the first zone, mn which the Washington stations are ai- located, did not Indicate the new chan- nel to be assigned to WRC, but it s likely that efforts will be made to bor- row from the New York and New Jei sey quotas, The 468.5-meter band prob- ably will be given to a Pacific Coast station, The upheaval in the broadeasting realm also 15 expected to affect two other Washington stations to some ex- tent—WMAL, owned and operated by s eese Co., and WTFF, that of the Fellowship Forum Publishing Co. WRHF, owned and operated by the American Broadcasting Co., 18 not ex- pected to be disturbed, however, as previous reports from the commission have mdicated that a change in the statug of daytime broadcasters was not contemplated. This station l(ll()m off the The detalls of the changes faced by the Washington stations will be forth- coming early next week, Mr. Caldwell said, at which time the commission also 15 expected to announce the new assign- ments in the several broadcas nes The order for the widespres nges reduces the total number of full time broadeasting assignments from 546 to 1t becomes effective October 1 when station licenses must be relssued. SEEK DISTANCE RECORD. Two French Flyers Leave Le Bour- get for Caleutta, LE BOURGET, France, September 1 ) Gn\fl.. Ludovic Arfhchart, noted French long-istance fiyer, and Ma). Rignot, also & nated fiyer, took off here at 6:28 am. today in an attempt to break the world non-stop distance reg- or tta and hoped e alr 50 houra, d They headed for Ci ! to he able to stay in (B | police who have taken bribes. \Public Clamors for Publica- . | i i } | WOMAN LOSES LIFE 3 SAVED AS CRUISER BURNS IN POTONMAC | Mrs. J. B. Mac‘Murray's Body | Found—d. 8. Woods Severely Hurt. —— '/ |60AT AFLAME AFTER GAS TANK EXPLODES Crew of Government Tug Rescues Two Uninjured—Pleasure Craft Sinks. One woman lost her life and three companions were saved by the efforts of the crew of a Government tug when a cabin cruiser burst into flames fol- Jowing the explosion of the gasoline tank and sank in the Potomac River | off the Bellevue Laboratory last night. Mrs. Esther G. MacMurray, 28 years old, of 2308 Ashmead place, met death. Her body was found floating face down- ward in the water near the burning boat. POLICE RUMRING PROBE T0 CONTINUE Philadelphia Judge Threatené “Extraordinary Methods” to End Crime. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 1.—The | finding of a grand jury that police are on the payrolls of bootleggers and have received hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of dollars in bribes caused a stir today. The jury’s report says also that liquor interests have been protected for years by an alliance of police and “misguided” politicians and that the menace of gun- men and gangsters threatens to make this city a second Chicago, with target practice held in the streets and human beings the targets The grand jury was called two, weeks ago to investigate gang murders, boot- legging and other underworld activities. Judge Edwin O. Lewis, after reading the report, granted the jury's request to continue its investigation. Threatens Extraordinary Methods. Rum rings must be broken up, he said in addressing the jurors, and their irail of murder and corruption must be eliminated. If the police department is not purged, he said, by the proper city officlals and the Civil Service Com- mission, he will appoint a commission under the city charter that will have power to subpoena any witness, no matter what his station, to testify. “1 will do this," Judge Lewis said, “if it takes the commission years to complete the task and if it necessitates the use of the most extraordinary methods ever evolved to combat crime here. “I have information that gunmen have been hired in the business world of our city. here to carry on trade rivalry—the | blowjng up of business houses, the as- sassination of business rivals. They do it in Chicago and St. Louis, now they are trying to do it here, but we are not going to let them. Says Commission Has Power. “The Civil Service Commission has the power to find out how many motor cars every policeman has, how many diamond rings, the lavish scale he lives on, the money he has and to find out il he is taking graft.” John District Attorney Monaghan | revealed that a graft payment of $10,- 000 had been paid by the rum ring to a person indicated on account books in | his possesison, along with other data i showing that records were kept of pay- ments to police ranging from $800 a { month and upward and downward. The disclosures, he said, were only “a scratc on the surface” of what further investigation of the seized books of Marks, Weinberg & Co.. public ac- countants, would reveal. Thus far his information concerned a single Phila- delphia_alcohol plant. “It would appear from this record,” he sald, “that these people. over a period of five months paid $29,400 to | persons designated ‘cops.’ “Chief Cop” Got $10,000. “Individual entries were there also. One sum of $10,000 was charged this way: ‘Chief Cop, $10,000. was the full name of a high police offi- cial, After this was another, ‘$800 per month,’ then others ‘I am not ready to reveal names of will be done later and arrests made." The grand jury, which will recess over Labor day, reported that the in- formation 1t had gathered from 40 wit nesses was ‘amazing in its character ‘They have been brought | Under this | That | [Smoot “Settles” Smith in Shortest | By the Associated Press. Senator Smoot of Utah, who is on record with many statements about politics and Government financing and about parties and platforms, to- day issued the shortest formal politi- cal statement of his career. It w directed against Gov. Smith and ad- dressed “To the voters of the United States.”” It read: “Gov. Smith suggests that your State, my State, become a manu- facturer and peddler of booze. “God torbid!" 06U PROCLAIMED * RULER OF ALBANIA National Assembly Formally, Makes President King. Troops Line Streets. | | { | By the Associated Press. | TIRANA, Albania, September 1.— | Ahmed Zogu, president of the Albanian Republic, w teday formally proclaimed | king by the National Assembly. The process of changing the govern- | ment was carried out according to a Istrictly scheduled program. The As- sembly met at 9 a.m. unanimously acopted eight revised articles of tl constitution ancd then by acclamation | passed a resolution inviting Zogu to as- | sume the'throne. A deputation of the Assembly was | sent to the palace at noon to notify the | new monarch of this action. Takes Oath This Afternoon. | Zogu was sworn in as King before | the Assembly at 4 p.m. today. Troops lined the streets early today and crowds assembled several hours in advance to watch the procession in which Zogu was to ride in full state | from the palace to the Parliament bulld- |ing. A detachment of Horse Guards carefully selected, and under the col | mand of high officers of the army, was ready to surround his automobile on its progress through the streets. i After Zogu had taken his new oath | of office, he reviewed the infantry and gendarmes which lined the route of the | procession. A number of civic organi- zations also marched past the palace. Reception to Be Held. A reception to army officers and to | deputations from various cities of the | country was next on the program Finally, Ahmed Zogu is to issue a' proclamation thanking the people for the honor bestowed upon him and af- frming his intention to consecrate himself to the good of the nation. Great | popular rejoicings were planned for this | evening and tomorrow. POINCARE CELEBRATES “DOUBLE” BIRTHDAY { Marks Own Sixty-eighth Anniver- | | 1 sary and Government's Second. By the Associated Press CHAMPIGNY, France, September 1.| {Uihcritatively that John has closed | Premier Poincare gave a double-bar- reled birthday party here today--his own sixty-eighth and his government's second. He also held his first cabinet meeting not to be reported in the newspapers, and almost : unbellevable in its sig- | having sent a note to each of the ed- nce.” nificar < “It shows clearly. the report con- tinue itors yesterday expressing hope that the rivacy of the meeting would be respect- ‘tha there has existed in Phil- |eq and that the reporters and photog- adelphin during the last several years 'raphers would ignore his party & group of lawless men who have vio- | lated the law on a wholesale scale, who have flaunted the law with the corrupt connivance of police officials, high and low, resulting in the enrichment of its members to the extent of milllons M‘l dollars. “As a regularly conducted part of this unlawful scheme, notorious criminals, gunmen and thugs have been put upon the streets of Philadelphia with deadly weapons who have not: hesitated to in- dulge in bloodshed and wanton brutality. “These men, without apparent fear of apprehension, have committed bri- bery, rabbery, assault, murder: In fact, have run the whole gamut of crime openly and brazenly." Southern Cross Flight Delayed. BYDNEY, Australia, September 1 (). —~A projected flight by Capt. Kings- ford Smith in the airplane Southern Cross from Sydney to New Zealand, which was scheduled to start this eve- ning, was postponed today because of had weather. 'Radio Prn‘ra.ms —Page 22| | New South Wales Goes Wet. SYDNEY, Australia, September 1 () Prohibition was defeated by more han two to one in the New South Wales liquor referendum today. Voting Was compulsory. The count showed 165,145 In favor of prohibition and 398992 against it. wement ot it WTHEARYEADER Richard B. Woods, 28 years old, of 4701 Connecticut avenue, the owner of the boat, was severely burned on the body and arms by the flaming gasoline. J. Barton MacMurray, 34 years old, husband of the dead woman, and Miss Mary O'Brien, the fourth member of the party, were unhurt. Were on Pleasure Cruise. The explosion occurred about 7:30 | while the four were on a pleasure cruise. Meets Loan Board Chief and| sishiea o tns mosy s pimmediately (OOLIDGE CONFERS | be ted by e whe | were iy y one who has his hand | oot every cunce of steam possible | was put into the boilers. | uation. ighted by the naval tug Tecumseh as Seoretary Davis o Dibotes | aiisl WEsa S s bee S TS e e Campaign. { Proceed under full steam o the scens. | The Tecumseh is an old boat and SRREIL YOUNG. | in ety IS O BY J. RUSS FOUNG, | : Staff Correspondent of The Star ot :,s;:"o;?r o e s CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, Brule | Murray was still swimming in the water Rivey, Wis., September 1.—After listen- | foou 00 Yards away and making for ing to political observations during the | week from guests prominently identified | with the national campaign President Coolidge today is hearing what Secre tary of War Davis and Eugene Meyer, chairman of the Farm Loan Board,| have to say. : It is doubtful if the rresident will | learn much from Secretary Davis, be- | cause he has just returned from Hawaii | and his observations are confined to his | hurried trip from the Pacific Coast. But from Mr. Meyer the President will on the pulse of the so-called farm sit- From the latter the President expects to get some clear idea of the reaction | among the farmers of the country to| the farn¥ relief promises held out by the Democrats. Mr. Meyer is not a practical politician and is not identified with the campaign, and for that rea- son his views on_agriculture should be helpful to the President in arriving | at some idea of the true conditions. | Reluctant to Talk. | Both Secretary Davis and Mr. Meyer | were reluctant to express their views, upon their arrival this morning. They stated that they preferred first to see the President. President Coolidge has been mani- festing a deep interest in the campaign | and has been receiving personal and written advices as to its progress. It is understood that he had received re-| ports that there was considerable fric-, tion and lack of harmony in the man-| agement of the campaign, and that he | wanted to find out for himself just how matters stood. The belief is that the President is| holding these conferences with a view to making a campaign contribution him- self, possibly in the form of an address or_ public letter. It has been expected he would speak at the tri-State fair in Superior next Wednesday, although the President in- timated to friends yesterday that he doubted very much if he would say | anything at the fair. 1 The President was looking forward | to a vi from C. Bascom Slemp, Re-' publican national committeeman. Continues Fishing. President Coolidge did not wait at| the lodge to welcome his guests this | morning, but went fishing. Mrs. Cool- | | | The inert form of Mrs. MacMurray was some distance down the river near where the burning boat had drifted. A skiff, manned by a civilian whose name t ascertained. was not . pulled out from the shore just as the tug arrived and assisted in the rescue. The three sur- vivors were pulled into the boat and rowed to the Tecumseh. while Firemen Paul Manning and J. D. Henry of the naval boat were swimming toward M MacMurray. Rushed to Navy Yard. Williams ordered his vessel to pro- mawmcmwnmnww«g’u soon as all the vietims of the accident He said this morn- louv;gflz}\ t:negn docked :L u:hr yard. they a news of the tragedy had been flashed ahead. and doctors and | ambulances from Emergency and Cas- ualty Hospitals were at hand. The galley of the Tecumseh was con- | verted into a hospital room. The Fire Department rescue squad reached the scene a ~ w minutes after the tug and they immediately attempted rescusita- tion of Mrs. MacMurray. Several times. they said, they caught a faint- flutter of the breath. but after they had worked on her with the pulmotor for more than an hour, she was pronounced dead by Dr. I. Rutkoski of Cy. Woods and Miss O'Brien were sent to the naval dispensary for treatment, After Woods' burns had been attended to the couple returned to their homes. MacMurray refused to leave his wife. despite his weakened condition from his strenuous efforts to keep afloat. ‘Woman Apparently Drowned. Doctors who examined Mrs. Mac- Murray said today that she apparently | was drowned. but that there could not have been much water in her lungs since she was found floating 15 minutes after she entered the water. It was suggested that she may have strangled to death. The heroic efforts of the crew of the Tecumseh to reach the burning boat in the shortest possible time probably saved the lives of the survivors. The couple clinging to the piers declared that they could not have held on much longer, and MacMurray was exhausted when pulled from the water. According to MacMurray, he and his wife had gone on the trip dowr the river as chaperons for the other couple. Just as darkness fell, he said. the gasoline motor backfired and set fire to the craft. MacMurray was at the wheel at the time. Woods at- tempted to put out the flames with a idge remained -behind to receive them. | He fished today in one of the private | chemical fire exinguisler. Lut gave up pools on the estate, since the trout|When the gasoline exploded. season closed in the State last night. | MacMurray dragged two life pre- Next Wednesday, to show the country | Servers from a locker in the rear of that his prowess as & trapshooter has | the boat and threw them to his com- not been exaggerated, the President has | Panion in the bow. instead of being consented to break a few clay pigeons [ CAUght by the others, the life elts went while the news reel and newspaper oOverboard. ~As he was trying to get camera man take pictures. | out another ‘preserver, MacMurray said, Despite the flood of offers of jobs he slipped and fell into the water. | which have reached John Coolidge, Although the boat was still burning, from learing the railroad business to | the propeller was still churning and he playing the saxophone in a New York revue, the President has made it known | with no job yet, although he will leave | here Monday night for Hartford, Conn. It is assumed he will visit the family of Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut, to whose daughter Florence he has been very attentive. President and Mrs. Coolidge, accord- ing to a spokesman for the President. | ars not going to Connecticut before returning to Washington. Ohio Plans Belgian Memorial. | BRUSSELS, September 1 () —The! State of Ohlo will construct a memorial | bridge near Audenarde, where the 37th | Division, A. E. F,, an Ohio organization, | crossed the Scheldt on November 7, 1018. The bridge, which will X 000, will be decorated with the Ohio | State shield and four bronze oxen. | Dairy Reported R-aided by U. S. Agents {Who Find Milk b! lfoldng Fingers inBottles | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 1 column _“streamer” headline on the home edition of today’s Tribune was “Drys Raid Dairy, Find Milk." The story dealt with a rald by Fed- eral prohibitlon agents at the Western Dairy ©o.'s plant, where, the paper | aald, two agents with revolvers lined 30 employes of the concern against a wall and then searched the place, even “poking 'I\‘I fingers Into milk bottles The eight- | less hunt for lquor. and damaging machinery” in a fruit- The warrant under which the rald was made was obtained on the state- ment of one of the agents, who sald he had smelled “a strong odor of alcohol and fermenting mash™ from the dairy, The Tribune said that owners of the dairy had consulted attorneys in an effort ‘to learn If they have any legal, redress for the damage they charge was done. ' was left far behind. Woman Unable to Swim. Of those in the boat, Mrs. MacMur- ray was the only one who could not swim. Woods tied one end of & rope to the stern of the boat and gave the other end to Mrs. MacMurray and told her to jump overboard and cling to the line. The plan was, he said, that she would be kept on top of the er by the speed of the launch until help could reach her. In the meantime he and Miss O'Brien leaped into the river and were able to swim to the pier. Mrs. MacMurray evidently became e: cited and strangled. her husband d. clared, and released her hold on the hm‘l)df{ I‘I‘[(;"I All efforts to revive her ailed, her ly was taken District Mo uvm st Rear Admiral A. L Willard, com- mandant of the navy yard, took per- sonal charge of the relief work and directed that all the facilities of the yard be placed at the disposal of tho physicians. Naval officials were loud in their smlu this morning of the action of hief Willlams and his crew. The pleas- ure launch burned to the water's edge and was a total loss. No attempt was made to salvage it, - SRR S Maxim Gorky Taken Ill. LENINGRAD, Russia, September 1 (#).—Maxim Gorky, the noted Rusafan writer, who has been visiting scenes of his )':I‘I:‘h kl\en.‘ wnhuhl:l 1ll today with an ck o ronle appendieitis. Physiclans m»r.f‘ him to bed for a complete rest. He has been vi slrhbo‘oh. factories and working men's clubs.