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o < RUM “CZAR” HEADS PHILADELPHIA RING Offenders Against Gang Vic- | tims of False Evidence, Monaghan Says. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 3 “czar” who rules his “subjects” with an won hand has been at the head of the Philadelphia rum ring. As described by District Attorney John Monaghan, in the “court of justice” set up by the bootleggers the czar settled all disputes among the rum rnners, fixed prices for contraband and dealt out all moneys to pay for pro- tection of liquor-beartng trucks, brew- Al THE EVENING STAR, WA HINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER " 1928. eries, whisky plants and speakeasies Offenders, if not slain, were “framed and sent to prison on manufactured | evidence Mr. Monaghan promises more star- tling disclosures when the grand jury | Investigating underworld activities re- sumes its inquiry tomorrow. To Complete Probe. more we discover,” added Mr. ghan, “the more astonishing the wi business becomes. It has become apparent to me that much time wifl be Decessary to complete the probe.” The prosecutor stated that he had received a complete report of the Ran- cocas Creek case of 1925, in which liquor valued at $500,000 belonging to the Philadelphia rum ring was seized by New Jersey State police when they raided a barge in Rancocas Creek, Bur- lington County, N. J. They arrested 55 men, many of whom | gave fictitious names and disappeared | the next day when a “big pay-off man" | from Philadelphia provided cash bail for all those taken into custody. The eignt N}\mlly brought to trial were ac- | t The records of the Rancocas Creek | affeir were found in examination of | bootleggers’ accounts in Philadelphia | banks, where they were said to have deposited more than $10,000,000 during the last year. Police to Co-operate. | Mayor Harry A. Mackey has assured | the district attorney and the grand jury that they will have the full co-operation | of himself and the police in the inquiry. | In a preliminary report last week the grand jury declared that gangsters and boot , “with the conni- sulting in the enrichment of its mem- ' bers to the extent of millions of dollars.” SURVEY REVEALS STARVING CLERGY Many British Ministers Are Un- derpaid, Newspaper Finds. DONDON (#).—Penury and even vanced as reasons for a sharp decline in applicants for ordination in this eountry. Axewmsunorm:dwunm wives are working as house- meet. Birmingham wife of a curate was found working as » . A certain London min- nas WILL TEACH CANARIES AN “ORIENTAL ACCENT” Ornitiaologists Constantinople for Study of Turkish Birds. CONSTANTINOPLE, (#). — German canaries in the future shall sing with an “oriental accent.” Such is the determination of four German orni who have arrived here en route to Anatolia, where they will make a scientific study of Turkish birds. Prof. Herman Passer, leader of the party, declares that Turkish canaries sre the finest in the world and their song is unique for its “Oriental accent.” ‘The visitors intend to study means of teaching this “accent” to native German canaries. Four German Turkey could develop en important pried source of revenue, says Prof. Passer, by developing her canary stock as she is already developing her carrier pigeons. PR “SQUIRREL” WAS A SKUNK NVER (Special) —Is a black and “kitty” & squirrel or a skunk? This question caused a split between D Pawolman Willlam Fine and Xuldcnui on_his beat. Differences started when Patrolman | Pine was called to rid the neighborhood of & “kitty” whose aroma had annoyed the residents nearly a week Armed with a shotgun and two rifles, Patroiman Fine cautiously investigated & chicken house. Three shots followed and the South Denver community drew a breath of relief—but only one. Patrolman Fine appeared a moment later carrying the “kitty” by the tip of its black and white tall 've got here,” he said Tt's & skunk,” & citizen replied as he Pine informed & neighbor. aral others the neighbor retreated Greece to Borrow $75.000,000. LONDON, September 3 (#).—An Ex whange Telegraph dispatch from Athens states that an agreement has been reached between the Greek government | and the Seiigman Banking House of New York for a loan of $75000,000 oThe money would be used for produc- tive works. ‘The dispatch says the agreement probably will be signed this werk CITY NEWS IN BRIEF FUTURE Civitan _luncheon 1lomorrow m., st the Lafayette Hotel J. H Jaurin, president of the American Association, P Mcl. ‘Wholesale Grocers speak. Montgomery County Civic Federation | in | will meet September 10, 8 pm., auditorium of Woodside Bchool, when the members will be guests of the Lin- | street | with ft den Civic_League at Seventh Pike and B street, Woodside, Md. Lincoln Post will meet Wednesdoy 2 pm, ip Grand Army Hall i LAYSLIBIRILS TOINEFFEENCY A. F. of L. Secretary Claims Party Spirit of Workers Has Disappeared. | By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. September 3.— | Labor planted the seed of non-partisan- {ship in America and is watching it grow, Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federa- tion of Labor, said today in an address at an intercity La- bor day celebration. “Today,” he said, “party spirit has disappeared as far as the great mass of workers is con cerned.” Mr. Morrison laid the cause ior unrest in the coal fields at the door of the operators. “The bituminous miners’ i7-month strike,” he sald, “is the dl’eslllll of an overdeveloped, over- producing industry that brought thou- sands of extra workers into the coal fields, and then, to rectify their mis- Frank Morrisen. wages be reduced to non-union levels that would drop lower and lower as creased. man- agement and ploughing profits back into the company in the form of stock dividends and then demanding wage reductions to earn interest on this in- creased capitalization on this modern take, the coal operators demanded that SAVED FROM KIDNAPER COLLINS. -—Star Staff Photo. True Day of Labor Observed by D. C. Police Court Judges abor day was a true, day of labor tor Police Court judges, lawyers and court officials today. ‘There were more than 200 cases on the docket this morning—not count- ing 300 collateral cases, none of which were heard. This large number was due partly to the fact that Washington evi- dently had a premature celebration of the holiday and there were a | greater number of drunks arrested | over Saturday and Sunday than in any other week end this Summer. Altogether there were 172 cases in the District of Columbia docket, which ncludes traffic offenders, and about 50 more in the United States docket. The ju. 7es remained on benches until well after noon All branches of the court were in full swing except jury court. BELLS RING, SIRENS | WHINE AS FIREMEN HOLD GALA PARADE (Continued from First Page.) their | | vicinity of Capitol Hill. The volunteer | companies gathered this morning 2long | New Jersey avenue, near No. 3 Engine | House, the District companics assembled | on Massachusetts avenue near New Jer- | sey avenue and the civilian groups | formed at First and B streets northeast. Inspector Albert J. Headley directed | police activities on Pennsylvania ave- {nue east of Seventh street and In- | spector L. J. Stoll was in charge of | operations west of that street. All park- |ing along the avenue was prohibited | during the parade Baby Parade to Follow. The baby parade will take place this | afternoon, providing it is not raining method of hiding excessive profits. . " - . | at 4:30 o'clock. Similar provisos apply ‘Organized labor demands that these - Ve to the other afternoon and evening industries be on a basis in | eyents. KIDNAP ATTEMPT PROBED BY POLICE Maid Tells of “Gypsy Wom- an” Who Tried to Take Infant. An attempt by a young woman, de- seribed as being “dressed in a gypsy cos- tume,” to seize 17-month-old “Billy" Collins of Brightwood Park Courts, while his nursemaid was rolling him through Rock Creek Park in a baby car- riage yesterday afternoon, brought an investigation by the police today Margaret Robinson, 13 years old, col- ored, daughter of the janitor.in the apartment_where Billy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam O. Collins, live, has veen taking the child to the park every Jay for the past few weeks while his ' mother has been in the hospital. i Yesterday she set out from the home of Billy's grandmother, Mrs. Mary Col- | lins, 1349 Jefferson sireet, and rolled | | aim’ to the park as usual | She was on Military road, she says, | when the woman drove up in a larae | | touring car, with Maryland tags, and announced ‘she had orders from the child’s mother to take Billy with her “I won't turn Billy over to vou un his mother tells me to,” Margaret de- | { clares she answered | " “All right, but I've been watching you take him from his grandmother's ev day, and I'll get him some other tim the 'woman answered. Margaret took Billy back to his grand- | mother’s immediately and reported th: | incident. Mrs. Collins told Billy's father, | who is a meat merchant at the Arcade | Market, and the latter had the colorad | imaid give police of the thirteenth pr:- | {einct a description of the “gypsy.” ! | MISSIONARY CONFIRMS COL. FAWCETT’S DEATH | IN BRAZIL JUNGLE (Continued from Pirst Page.) Raleigh-Rimell, 23, of Los Angeles, had perished at the hands of Indians in | July, 1925, | | Concurring in this, Mr. Legters said: | | “Besides the tangible evidence every- | where we went, I can give at least three | reasons why I think Col. Fawcett and | the two men with him perished. | “One is that they started without | sufficient food. The only way they | could have lived was on wild animal | | life and the bounty of Indians. But no | { man can live on game alone in that country. And vegetable food is scarce enough for the Indians, who live | | chiefly on mandioca and fish | | “Second, malaria fever. It ex(slsl | there in very virulent form. It comes upon you almost without symptoms. Now you are well and two hours later | suffering with a fever of 103, running | quickly up to 105. It prostrates you.| With all precaution against malaria, | every man in our party suffered from it except my son Brainerd. I made him take two grains of quinine dail | from the very beginning. I wasn't tak- | ing_any chances with him. i | “Now if our expedition suffered so | from malaria, what may have been the | case with Fawcett? 1 have no means | of knowing Fawcett was without medi- | cal supplies, but his expedition was | scantily equipped, and he abandoned | | things ™ right and left. The Indians| wondered at him. He didn't seem | normal. It was the lavish way he dis- tributed gifts that made Indians de- mand from us everything we had. Some Tribes Friendly. “Third, and a significant reason is that Fawcett and his men possibly in- | | curred the enmity of the Indians. Some | lof the tribes are friendly and some, .er the Nahuqua. in whose midst I dis- | |covered Fawcett's trunks are unre- | sponsive. They remain distant. When they take a dislike to you it is apt to| manifest itself seriously. | “The expedition in which I hit upon | Fawcett's tracks was the second 1 had | made to Brazil. We left Philadelphia | WHERE THE RESCUED FLYERS CAME DOWN SUNDA \ (o (e (e S : A\ Llevation Gl Covered ] 8 (Glacial " Ice hrishians - (o Sukkertop) 30 e V] N F‘aoo-/aaaa ; & with | \ ab \ \ ha, 7 s HALPLANEHOPS FROW HP AT SE Catapulted From Deck of French Liner Off Cape Race. By the Associated Press. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, September 3.—A seaplane bearing mail from the French liner Ile de France hopped off from the local air field for Boston #t 10:40 am. local time, after having stopped here for two hours to refuel. The plane was catapulted from the deck of the French liner off Cape Race | about 2 o'clock this morning and flew to this city to get gas before starting | on the longer jump to Boston. Originally it, had been planned to fly AUGUST |19 ) Map shows the route traveled by the plane Greater Rockford till its descent Jine shows the projected route of the fiyers from which they were drive | from the steamship to New York City, | but the ship was behind schedule and | it was decided to make the flight to | Boston, where the mail would be taken | from the plane and placed aboard trains | for distribution in the cities to which it was addressed The plane is due to arrive in Bostor | during the afternoon i LANDS THIS AFTERNOON. | Seaplane to Be Met at Boston by | Postal Officials. | BOSTON, September 3 (#).—Word . was received by officials of the French Line here this forenoon that the sea- plane bearing mail from the liner Ile | de Prance, probably would arrive in { Boston from Halifax, Nova Scotia, be- tween 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon. Upon its arriva® here the plane will be met by representatives of the line and postal officials and the mail will b eks ago yesterday. The unshaded two we From New York Times | ROCKFORD BEDLAM OF NOISE CELEBRATING FLYERS' SAFETY 'Home City Unlocks Emotion Pent Up for| PROPORTION GV MANY ARE HURT IN AUTO CRASHES | Hyattsville is foreman .fid which last _ (Confinued fram Pirst Puge.) Two Weeks—Thousands Throng Downtown Streets. By the Associated Press. ROCKFORD, Il single wort unlocked all the pent emotion that Rockford had locked in its breast for two anxious weeks. It transformed dull hope to glorious reality—Bert Hassell and Parker Cra- mer, co-pilots of the monoplane Greater Rockford, were safe. Word of their safety in Greenland stirred the city to a bedlam of noise in a spontaneous celebration that rivaled | that of Armistice day 10 years ago. ‘Through it all, two children clutched | the hands of a dry-eyed mother who fought for self-control as she watched the news of Bert Hassell as it came in over telegraph wires at the offices of the Rockford Morning Star. Wife Kept Up Hope. With eyes for nothing but printed | words and tears for only the noise of automatic typewriters, the wife of Bert Hassell said: “I would have kept up my hope if he had been gone a year.” When asked what she thought about it all, she appealed: “Do I have to go through all that now? Mrs. Fannie Cramer, mother of Park- er Cramer, was in La Grange, Ill, and er other son, Willlam, telegraphed her the glad news from New York. It was quiet in La Grange and she was glad. She could give thankfulness in com- parative quiet. But not so in Rockford. Automobile horns squawked and factory and loco- motive whistles screeced. Stranger slap- September 3.—A | sp d—" unharmed”—last night | from the time the message first was | By word of mouth the tidings were read, and it was but a few minutes recelved over the air until thousands had thronged the downtown section. It was just two weeks ago yesterday that the Greater Rockford’s radio set signaled the letter “R" at 3 o'clock in the morning, indicating by that alpha- betic code that the plane was about 75 miles off Cape Chidley, Canada, on its way to Mount Evans. From then until last night hope rose and fell as almost daily rumors of messages purported to be from the lost flyers were proved erroneous. Arctic explorers said there was littie if they were forced down in the ingerior had been forced down in the sea. Series of Hard Luck. ‘The tragic end to the transatlantic flight was considered another bit of the ill luck which has followed the Greater Rockford almost since it was received early this year from the factory. Twice on fits trial flights the plane made forced landings One was in an Iowa | cornfield, which caused a postponement of the take-off from Rockford. On July 26 the plane took off from the Rockford municipal airport and dis- appeared in the mist over the Rockford River at the far end of the landing field. Five minutes later, another plane re- turned with the news that the end of the flight had been in a field five miles away. | chance of Hassell and Cramer surviving | of Greenland, and no chance if they | | Capital Shows One Acre of ! Recreational Space to Each 128 Inhabitants. | | Washington has one acre of park to | each 128 of its inhabitants, the Bureau | of Labor statistics of the Department | of Labor announced today, in placing | the National Capital in the front rank | of cities approximating its ionulnhn in recreational facilities for the people. ‘The bureau pointed out that Minneapo- Iis leads all cities of more than 100,000 population in the percentage of park acreage to the total city acreage, having approximately 14 per cent of its area in park property and an acre of park land to each 80 of its inhabitants. Among the other cities of 250,000 or more population that have led in ac- quiring parks are Kansas City, Mo., | with a ratio of one acre of park to every 100 inhabitants: Los les and Portland, Ore., with a ratio of 1 to 118, and Indianapolis with a ratio of 1 to 122, the department declared. For 1925-26, upon which the survey is based, the bureau said, Washington's 437,571 inhabitants had 45,106 acres in the city area, and of this 34255 was in parks. “In all the cities with a population | of 250,000, or more, the most notable deficlency as to types of properties is in children’s playground and neighbor- hood playfleld parks, two types of properties in a park system that were not given serious consideration in plan- ning until well along in the past qua: | ter of a century,” the department de- clared in its bulletin. The plane again was returned to the | Phoenix Outside Area. | night viewed the body at Gasch's Sons | undertaking establishment at Hyatts- | ville. An inquest will be held tomorrow | night at 7:30 o'clock in Hyattsville. | Miss Mimi E. Anderson, 21 years oid. | injured in a mysterious head-on c | lision in front of Arlington Park ne | the Highway Bridge during the niskh | _ She was driving to Alexandria with | Ensign Edward Boughton, 26, 3405 Vista avenue, Oak Crest, Va., who is in Naval Hospital with numerous severe cuts and | bruises. Miss Anderson is at Emer- gency Hospital with a badly fractured jaw, several deep cuts on the face and bruises. According to John Eckstine, 2380 Rhode Island avenue northeast, who brought the injured couple to this city, their nmachine was in collision with o coupe driven by a man who has not yet been identified. Finds Cars Wrecked. Eckstine said that he was on his way into the Capital about 1:30 this morn- ing when, passing Arlington Park, just across the Highway. Bridge, he noticed two coupes, darkened, standing head to head on the north side of the road Hearing the starter of one clicking, he approached the car and found Ensign Boughton and Miss Anderson dazed and . Looking into the other car he said he saw the driver unconscious ‘While Eckstine was transferring the couple to his car another car in which some men were riding came up. and hc thinks they must have taken the lone man away. After he had brought his two pas- sengers here for medical attentic. Eckstine went back to the scene of thi accident, in the meantime notifying & policeman. | The officer, he said, investigated. bu! i ped stranger on the back, hats were factory for repairs. On the morning of tossed in the air, and thousands shout- | August 16, three weeks to the day after | the police kad no report that would aid The largest of the city parks outside | e bollcé had no repo at | 2:30 | line with the present era of efficlency and that working hours be reduced to a te an equality with the auto- matic machine. This theory will be their automatic machines but not consumers “One of the outstanding differences between American trade unionists and those of other lands is that we believe in the non-partisan use of the ballot rather than in a labor party.” CUMBERLAND REVIVES LABOR DAY PARADE Municipal Band and City Officials Head March, in Which Some of Craftsmen Are Uniformed. are producers, i Special Dispatch to The Star CUMBERLAND, Md., September 3.— After a lapse of several years, the Labor day parade was revived here, with the Allegany Trades Council in charge. It moved in four divisions, with the mayor pal Band, in the lead. Included in the line were the various crafts, members of some of which were uniformed, the fire departments, drum corps of the erican Leglon and of Veterans of { Porelgn Wars and a number of busi- | ness and industrial floats. The thirty- sixth annual Labor day picnic was held at Narrows Park Methodist Protestant, Methodist Epis- copal and Methodist Episcopal South united in a program at Union Grove 8) included Dr. Lucius Clark, chancellor of the American University, Washington, Rev. Dr. J. J. Rives, pas- tor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Harrisonburg, Va.. Rev. Dr. Hugh L. Elderdice, president of West- minster Theological Seminary, West. minster, Md., and Rev. Dr. E. T. Mow- { bray, Hagerstown, Md., superintendent of the Prederick district, Baltimore | Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. | Cumberland Council, No. 586, Knights | of Columbus, held its first annual out- | ing, with athletic events, at the fair | grounds. The Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen of Cumberland, Keyser and | Graftor: held an outing at The Pines, at Corinth, just west of Oakland, Md., when -addresses were made by Senator Mansfield M. Neely and William G. Conley, Republican nominee for Gov- ernor of West Virginia Mauretania’s Crew Wins. NEW YORK, September 3 (#).—A rew from the Cunard liner Mauretania won the Neptune Association’s second | annual international lifeboat race to- | day, beating crews from six other liners over a mile course between the Statue of Liberty and the Battery, The time was 9 minutes and 40 seconds All .a Misundersta Stadium Ruth says Mr. attra time.” and city councll, headed by the Munici- | It was all & “misunderstanding,” and 1‘Blbe Ruth, the Yankees' slugging out- will | fielder, says he 15 sorry now he did not| pape's refusal to pose with him for 4 avail himself of the opportunity Satur-| photographer was from the news) day of meeting Herbert Hoover, Repub- lican presidential nominee, at Grifith| R “Politics had nothing to do | The ball game was about to| said he looked forward “with pleasure” Hoover was the center of | o meeting the home-run king fon and I thought it would look | carnest base ball devotee 0dd for me 0 go to his box st that| admired Ruth's batting ajgity” | The awards for the baby parade will ibe made immediately upon conclusion of the judging. The prizes which The | Star has donated are: $50 in gold for accepted when employers realize that|ipo pest decorated carriage and most | attractive occupant; $25 in gold for the second best, and $15 m gold for third- place winner. The winner of first place also will be given a cup as a permanent | trophy. | Prizes will be awarded for the out- | standing costumes in the Mardi Gras |and comedy parade tonight on the | Ellipse ‘The annual Labor day celebration for | the benefit of the German Orphan | Asylum on Good Hope road, Anacostia, will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock. There will be a “country circus” and an_old-fashioned German dinner. | Residents of Sherwood Forest | celebrate with a swimming meet this afternoon and a social evening in the | clubhouse. Dr. F. K. Nichols will award |# cup to the champlon boy swimmer under 15 years of age. CURE OF PARALYSIS IS LAID TO MIRACLE Lame Woman Gets Out of Wheel Chair and Walks During Re- vival Meeting. WOODSTOCK, Ontarlo Stricken two years ago and since tha time confined to a wheel chair as her only means of locomotion, a well known and respected woman resident of this | city rose to her feet the other evening and with the aid of a friend walked | several steps. The apparent miracle happened in the tent in which Rev. W. Raymond Watson and his wife have been con- | ducting revival services here for six weeks as leaders of the Pentecostal | Church. Mr. Watson points to this as | proof that the possibility of healing by faith is as strong today as it was at | the time of Christ Seen at her home later, the woman | corroborated reports that she had been | completely paralyzed for two years and | sald she ascribed her recovery of the | use of her Iimbs to faith. She said she lost all hope of recovery by the use | of medicines long 8go. On the night of the “miracle,” she | stated, she was anointed with ofl by | Mrs. Watson after the minister and | his wife had prayed for her following the former’s sermon. She had been at- tending the meetings in the revival tent for some time. Then, after the anoint- ment, she rose and with a little ald was able to take several steps “Although I cannot walk properly yet,” said the woman, “I hope through the Lord’s help to be able to do so. 1 certainly feel much better today than I have at any time since my illness and look forward to my complete recovery.” (Special) — nding. Says Ruth After Failure to Pose With Hoover| M. Hoover is equally as sorry he did not meet Ruth, The presidential nomi- nee sald that the first he heard of the pers and he “certainly can sympathize” with gam In a statement yesterday Mr. Hoover “As an 1 long have he | added. will! uth for not wanting to hold up the | po e | | in March, 1926, a year after Fawcett had begun his journey into the interfor. “At Simon Lopez, the last outpost of civilization, our party was increased by seven Indians. I have no doubt the | Indians Dyott is using are the same. | Here we heard the first word about| Fawcett. I found one of his mules in | the possession of an Indian. The man in charge of the post told me Fawcett | had been there a year before. He had | left with no guides, and was even then | beginning to abandon his equipment. | “I don’t know why he should have | done this unless he found himself 0> | incumbered for the tremendous task ahead. There were only three in his | party. It is a man-killing country to | traverse. A man must be more than | ordinary; he must have physical and mental resources, great endurance and a good aid. | “I don't know why Fawcett didn't take guides. Fawcett lived for a time in Indla. T was told he may have| acquired the mysticism of that country He was a spiritualist. He told my | friends, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Landis, | formerly of Philadelphia (Mr. Landis | s now a missionary in Cuyaba, | Brazil), that a spirit had told him where | he would find traces of a lost cviliza- | ton. A supposed hidden city was be- | | lieved located near the Serra de Ro-| | meador, in the heart of the State of | Matto Grosso. Would Work on Trees. rom Stmon Lopez our_destination | We actually had to cut our way through. When one of our Brazilian helpers learned wher: we were going—into a | region where the Indians were none | too friendly—he deserted. Dyott re- | ports that he found marks left upon | trees by Fawcett. They were not Faw- cett’s marks. They were ours “When we reached the Kulisevu | River T sent our animals back with the | Brazilians to Simon Lopez. The In- | dians would certainly have taken them. There s a particularly savage tribe in that section, the Kayapa “The spot on the Kulisevu where I| found Fawcett had come In contact with the Indians was 150 miles from | its source. It is an Indian village of | the Nahuqua tribe. The ruler of the | tribe, scattered in half a dozen settle- | ments along the Kulisevu and some distance to the east, lived there. | “This chief seemed to regard us with susplcion. We could not talk with | | him, even through our Indiavs. but he | indicated bluntly that he wanted all our | possessions, 1 refused. Finally, how-| ever, we won his friendship. ‘When we entered the chief's hut he dragged out & couple of trunks for| us to sit on. They were English Army trunks of a greenish-gray cast, about the size of United States Army’ trunks | or a steamer trunk. I remember seeing army labels on them. They were Leavy and closed Sat on Fawcett’s Trunk he chief told me they had been | left by three white men, & captain and two men, as the Fawcett expedition was designated by the Indians. The | chief was not communicative about Fawcett and 1 was not especially in- quisitive. Of course, 1 was there for | other work, not searching for Pawcetl, upon whose trail I had hit aceidentally “At that time there was no organized search for Fawcett. He had told the Indian agent at Lopex that he wus ex- pecting to return by way of Goyaz. “Another evidence of Fawcett was the many small periscone mirrors in the sseston of the Indians. The indians { were frlendly, but 1ot talkative They said they had recoived the Urinkets from a white captaly, They called him by his first name, but I can’t recall { what 1t was ~Later I talked with the | | chief of a village on the Kuluene River,: east of the Kulisevu, who came to visis | | his supertor. cd, and cheered as they shoved and | the first takeoff, the Greater Rockford pushed and rushed about the streets | took the air and headed into the North- eagerly seeking the “latest news.” Outpouring crowds from swelled downtown crowds and many per- | west. It arrived at Cochrane, Ontario, theaters | on its first destination, that afternoon. Rain delayed its takeoff from there for sons, who had gone to bed when the|two days. first message was street clothes to scurry downtown. First word of the safety of the flyers was recelved by radio fans who kept telephone operators frantic by calling friends until early this morning. received, donned | From the time it left Cochrane early {on the morning of August 18 until 3 o'clock the following morning, regular signals were heard giving the plane's lo- uuox;. Then the signals suddenly ceased. BONFIRE ON ISLAND SIGHTED BY SEALERS MAY BE AMUNDSEN’S (Continued from First Page.) had stated he notcied something like an | airplane float in the sea where the first float was found by the Brood, a fishing vessel. He did not take it aboard as he did not consider it im- portant. When he saw the float brought in by the Brood he said it probably was the object he saw floating in the water. AMUNDSEN HUNT ABANDONED. | Norway and France Give Up Efforts to | Find Explorer. % OSLO, Norway, September 3 (#).— | ¢ | was the headwaters of the Xingu River. | ipformation from government circles to- day was that the Norwegian and French governments would abandon further ef- forts to find Roald Amundsen and five men, who disappeared with him on a flight to Spitzbergen in connection with the Italia Polar disaster. ‘The Norwegian admiralty said it had previously decided to end the search on September 10, and that no fresh orders had been issued as a result of the find- ing of a float from the Amundsen plane near Tromsoe. It was stated that the French cruiser Strasbourg will also give up the search. In view of rumors that another pon- | toon had been sighted near the Fugloe Islands, the government steamer Michael Sars is leaving for that viein- ity. I think he probably was among the last men who saw Fawcett. “Leaving Nahuqua headquarters, we proceeded north on the Kulisevu. was astonished at something I saw. We met a canoe containing several Indians. Among them was a woman uj whose lap was a white baby. They were about 10 feet from us. The baby's face was turned to me and I could see its weak eyes and tender skin. It was distinctly light haired. It's face was badly sunburned. The woman Wwas painting it with an oil. As soon as she | saw us she put up her hand before her own face as if to hide it." Mr. Legters' home is in Deland, Fla., but his headquarters in Philadelphia keeps him here much of the time when he Is not exploring. He is the advance guard of missionaries. His job 1s to dis- cover where the need for misslonary work exists, then report to some denomi- national board. As a result of his penetration into Matto Grasso, the Amazonian Mission in London and the Inland South American Union in this country Are considering sending mis- slonaries there, he says. Mr. Legters discounts a report by a French engineer, M. R. Courteville of Rio de Janeiro, who says he talked with « man he believes to have been Fawcett, near Cuyaba, in October, 1026. The Frenchman's lack of geographical knowledge of the country shows his statement to be entirely mistaken, says Mr. Legters (Copyright, 1978, Wy North American Nowspaner Alliance.) | | | ! i T!mous for his defense of Loeb-Leopold Aviators Carry Belated Letter | | | By the Assoclated Presa. ANN ARBOR, Mich., September 3. —When Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer reached the Mount Evans Observatory Camp of Prof. W. H. Hobbs of the University of Michigan, théy probably delivered to Prof. Hobbs the first letter from his wife the educator has received since last Spring. The letter was given to the flyers by Mrs. Hobbs before they left Rock- ford, it was disclosed at the Hobbs home here today. Mrs. Hobbs has followed the news of the Hassell flight with deep interest and before she left for a visit in Clinton, Mass., last week she expressed fear that the fiyers had lost their lives. DARROW SUPPORTS MUSICIANS’ STRIKE Tells Workers They Can Quit,| Despite Injunction Granted Theater Owners. | | By the Assoclated Press : CHICAGO, September 3.--Musicians | in 300 outlying moving picture theaters had the word of Clarence Darrow, fa- and Darwinism, that they were at lib- erty to quit work today, a Federal in- junction obtained by theater owners notwithstanding. “Courts," Darrow saild in an opinion prepared for the Chicago Federation of Musiclans, “have no authority to compel any one to work against his will. and this present order should not be construed as directing any one to work against his will in the absence of a satisfactory contract of employment. - The contract under which approxi mately 750 musicians have been working expired last midnight. Orchestras and organists in downtown theaters e not affected, their contract still having | @ year to run. | James Petrillo, president of the musi- | clans' union, issued no strike call. but | he directed the attention of union members to the Darrow opinion. NATIONAL LEAGUE. MORNING GAME. At Pittaburgh~— hic ttabur, 123456789 8884 LX} Tineup. Holly 00! d Hart- . Brame and Hargreaves, Batteries nett, Gonzale: em- siey |lence begin to decrease rapidly. Dis- | the limits is owned by Phoenix, Ariz., and comprises 15,080 acres property, the department said, addin; that Denver owns more than 10,000 acres in mountain parks outside the city. Pelham Bay Park in New York and Rock Creek Park in Washington, each covers more than 1,500 acres. “Today the capital investment in pub- { lc parks and recreation of | American cities is estimated to | siderably over $1,000,000.000, and the | current operation and maintenance ex- | | pense runs considerably over $100,000, | 000, annually, the department’s survey said. Among the chief sources of revenue for operation and maintenance of park and recreation systems are annual ap- propriation by the city or county gov- erning authdrity: special tax levy: spe- cial sources of income such as a cer- tain percentage of the gross income of street rallway system (Baltimore): per- centage of a vehicle tax (Kansas City. Mo.); percentage of gross receipts of city from fines, penalties and licenses (Seattle), etc.; gifts, legacles, uests; fees from the operation of different types of recreation facilities, the depart- ment found. “Maj. L'Enfant, by using a combina- tion plan of rectangular and radial streets, provided for numerous open spaces in the City of Washington, plan which was later followed in Buffalo Erfe, and Indianapolis,” the department | said Comparison of Acreage. ‘The survey showed that Washington in 1880 had a population of 177,624 and 580.7 acres in city-owned park spaces, | and that by 1890, when the population | stood at 230,392, Washington had 331 park spaces of 2,704 acres, and that by 1916, when the population had jumped to 361,320, there were 417 park spaces, totaling 3,067.4 acres. In 1926, with & population of 528,000, the survey said. Washington had 564 city-owned park spaces totaling 3.424.5 acres, exclusive of 110 acres in the Tidal Basin. The department pointed out that for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1925, | ‘Washington expended for parks $1,370,- 402.72, apportioned as follows: Depart- ment of Public Buildings and Grounds, | $704,234.64; National Capital Park Com- | mission, $247.827.84: National Zoologi- | cal Park, $147,647.64; National Botanic | Cardens, $105.122.60, and Department | t Playgrounds, $165.570. This total | compared with $1.730.370.29 for Buf- | falo, N. Y.; $2,046,791.46 for San Fran- | cisco and $1,122548.11 for Milwaukee, | Wis. TORRID WEATHER CURBS | RATE OF VIOLENT CRIMES | Temperature of 85 Degrees in New | York 1s Accompanied by De- crease of Lawlessness. NEW YORK (). -When the ther- mometer touches 85 on its way up. there 15 one comfort for the philosophi- cal. At that temperature, says the Nation- | al Probation Association, crimes of Vio- | | } inclination to heat s a possible cause assigned for the decrease. | ‘This is not to say there is less crime | in hot weather, for crimes of violence | increase with the rising temperature, up to 88, says the report. Other conclusions are that assault and battery, murder and crimes against morals reach their maximum =i Juiy nd August, while m Winter crimes hysical activity in the | Cuyler made a home run off Brame in the fifth Inning. ;1‘ inst properfiy are in the ascendancy by cold weather economie needs. g | | the department. Elk are e Winter tendency is accounted for been called off. as the band is .. pating in the firemen's celebras T man. bled, Eckstine re- found that t ouple had Dbe: there was | Both cars were di | ported, and while i | one occupied by the | towed here for repa. { trace of the other. Arlington County police sald thev | knew nothing of the accident and had not investigated because it occurred on a Government reservation. | Robert M. Talley, 45, 5205 Sherrier | place, received indications of a skuil | fracture, internal injuries and cuts and bruises on the forehead when knocked | down by a hit-and-run driver at Fifth | street and Massachusetts avenue. t Casualty Hospital, his condition was said to be serious. | Jumping from his automobile which | was being pursued by Sergt. Little of the police vice squad. Walter Douglas | colored, 31. 703 Kenyon street, was | bruised on the body. He was taken to Cl;flllllty Hospital in the sixth precinct rol. |, The following received minor injuric {in accidents and were treated at va- | rlous Washington hospitals | Henry Pressman, 42, 815 Hamilton | street: Andrew Metzger, 30, Cumber- land, Md.: Louise Dyson, colored, 22. 1766 Willard street; Edward Craig. col- ored. 8 years old. 1238 Fourth street; | Prank Sweeney. 482 Pennsylvania avenue; Margaretie O'Connor, 13, 3146 Dumbarton avenue, and George Aus- i man, 26, marine stationed at Quan- tico, Va. RELIGIOUS IMAGES FOR HIRE IN SPAIN | Women Carry Statues of Saints to Those Who Fail to Attend | Church. MADRID (#). — When the Spanish people neglect going to church the church goes to them—at least, in a way of speaking. D Every day and all day as one walks the streets one may see elderly women carrying in their arms little tabernacles. These women are carrying to variovs homes the image of a saint, which they leave with the would-be suppliants er worshipers for 24 hours. ‘The presence of the image in a hom# is supposed on many occasions to have brought about the fulfillment of the desires of the persons who have paid a small subseription for its hire. IDAHO BIG GAME GAINS. R - BOISE (Special).—Big game is plenti. ful in practically all parts of the State, reports at the State fish and game de. partmant revealed in & survey 3 open season in most sectiong the State will be October 1 l Information from the Clearwater seq. tion, in northern Idaho, indicated deer ?dnl:\:?hmd as much as 100 per cent dur e past four years, urmnmn the Buise basin l-v.“:lf por at the deer are to daily in the meadows. % - puty game wardens report ranging from half & dosen 1 more fhs 4 score in their weekly statements to creasingly numerous i northern m‘"r; and the protected herds in. southe: Idaho are gaining headway. . Qoats likewise are increasing, byt not 50 rapidly as deer and elk. Band Concert Called Off. The Marine Band for today At the Marine Barsoneeped partiet- tion.