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HUGE CROWD SEES ' AIR EVENT WIND-UP Army and Navy Flyers Share ! Center of Stage at Los Angeles Meet. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. * ®aff Correspondent of The Star. MINESFIELD, Los Angeles, Calif. Beptember 15.—The greatest crowd ever recorded at an aeronautical entertain- ment passed through the gates of | Minesfield, this afternoon to see the| Army, Navy and Col. Charles A. Lind-| bergh perform in the wind-up of the ' big show. | Commercial aviation, which failed to | take a leading role at any time during the meet, made a feeble bid for hon- | ors, but it was soon howled down by the roaring engines of the service pilots as they, highly skilled, drilled and possessing superior equipment, bore the brunt of the work. It is no secret among the service officers here that they believe their participation should not have been the head-line feature. The civilian and commercial plane, rerespented by letest developments, and performances, should | have occupied the center of the stage, but how could that be, when the public clamored for thrills and spectacular flights and the service pilots, as part of their every-day work, answered the cry without much effort. The Army Air Corps just about made its final bow to the assemblage today, although tomorrow's program has some= thing in it for the pilots. The Army's share, the lions share today, started with a formation of nine obsolete Havilland planes over the fleld; then a | race among the pilots of the 91st Ob- | gervation Squadron at Crissy .Field, San Francisco; a formation by eight planes from the second pursuit squad- ron at Rockwell Field; the "Three Musketeers,” led by Col. Lindberg; a formation of primary training planes from March Field, Riverside, Calif.; a | special exhibition of pursuit maneuvers by three pilots of the first pursuit group, Selfri Field, Michigan, a demonstra- tion of attack tactics by nine planes from the third attack group at Galves- ton, "Tex.; participation in the para- chute jumping contest and finally, a mass formation of all types of Army planes participating in the air races, except the bombers, which are prepar- ing for a return East and now are at San Diago. Crash is Averted. With the crash of Lieut. George H. | Hassellman, Navy- flier, last Sunday fresh in its mind, the public got a genuine California “kick” out of the observation plane race as Lieut. R. J. Little wrapped around the home plyon his lower left wing-tip seemingly swish- ing through the grass. As in the case of the Navy fiyer, a crash was expected but it did not happen. Lieut. Little flew Douglass 0-2-H two-seater as did all the other entrants, and all were Eowered with the Liberty’ engine. As jeut. Little finished his race, the old Liberty began to sputter, and he made the field just in time. Lieut. F. H.{ ‘Barber won the contest at an average speed for the 100 miles of 127.49 miles per hour. An innovation in flying above the heads of the assemblage was the “Luf- berry circle” of the eight planes of the 95th Pursuit Squadron, while Col. Lindbergh and Lieuts. I. A. Woodring and W. L. Cornelius put on their act. The pursult ships, separated by about B0 feet and banked over for circle fly- ing, apparently chased each other around -a huge circle, keeping it geo- metrically. perfect and producing a mighty roar and vibration that set the crowd wild. The “Three Musketeers” had a new addition fo their act in the form of a diving attack from three di- rections, culminating at one point in such a fashion that it looked like a wholesale collision right in the center of the field. > The Navy's “three sea hawks” dashed onto the stage in a unique fashion. Lieut. D. W. Tomlinson, leader of the formation, possesses an ancient “‘Jenny” which he flies off duty. This old craft was seen flopping into the field. It rolled up in front of the grandsiand close to the three Boeing fighters, which were waiting for their masters. Out of the “Jenny” jumped the three “hawks,” and they rushed at full speed for their ships. In a flash they were off. Their sterling flying captivated the crowd. “Races” a heretofore very prosaic event, were held for commercial aviation and stirred up a little interest. THe first was a free-for-all event open to all types of planes with engines of 510 cubic inch displacement or less. It was for 50 miles and the first prize was $1,200. Earl Rowland, who piloted his Cessna monoplane to first place in the trans-continental class “A” race carried away first honors with an average speed of 111,74 miles per hour. Free-for-All Race Held. ‘Then there was a_free-for-all for |\ planes with engines of 220 horsepower or less. This was won from the speed standpoint by L. A. Schoenair, in a Buehle airsedan, at an average speed of 118.79 miles an hour. The unlimited all-civilian contest for the air transport speed and efficiency trophy offered by the Detroit News, caused more interest owing to the presence of Art Goebel, wno is Los Angeles’ own favorite and famous avia- tor. Art did not win, but Robert W. Cantwell, flying a Lockheed “Vega" with a “Wasp” 425 horsepower engine, the same type as Goebel's except for the paint, carried off honors for speed, fiying the 50-mile course at an average speed of 140.”0 miles per hour. Cantwell won praise for his fearless turns, which usually are avoided. Goe- bel was second, at 139.73 miles per hour; Louis G. Meister, former Army pilot, was third 1n a Buhl, special air sedan, at 116.37 miles per hour, and Lee Scho- enair, also in a Buhl, was fourth. Then Col. Lindberg came across with another surprise. Al Wilson, the dare- devil aviator, has been flying around here in an old 1910 model Curuss push- er, a type of plane that seats the pilot far out front, surrounded by nothing but air on all sides. To the amaze- ment, surprise, glee and possibly horror of various portions of the crowd, the Col. climbed aboard this ancient ship and “gave 'er the gun.” He contented himself with flying absolutely level and chasing a formation of three pursuit ships, The colonel certainly had the spirit of the crowd and the occasion. His landing was perfect, and as was to be expected, despite the police and sol- dier guard, a crowd dashed out on the field for him. But a sedan also dashed out, drew up alongside and the hero of the air meet was protected from the crowd. By 5 o'clock, Pacific time, the crowd showed no disposition to go home. The roads were clogged for miles around with cars clamoring to get into the grounds. Trial Usurps Interest. To add to the Californians’ excite- ment, newsboys rushed through the stands bearing extras with banners six inches high and yelling “Poor Kelly found guilty.” . That Kelly trial has robbed the air meet of the benefit of ssme of Angeles’ best newspaper talent. While zhe race committee selected a time when the weather was 100 per cent per- fect (the Californians say its always 1928—PART 1.1 Kidnaped Boy BILLY RANIERIL REWARD OFFERED FOR KDNAPED B0Y Chicago Father Will Give| $2,000—Week’s Search | {s Futile. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 15.—With po- | lice pursuing a fruitless search and his | own efforts to rescue a kidnaped son | proving equally futile, A. Frank Ranieri | today abandoned his lone game and of- fered a reward to any one who would bring home his 10-year-old boy, Billy. | For nearly a week the Itallan father had hidden the secret of the kidnaping and for three days more he had resisted | every attempt of police to trail the hoy. “In 24 hours I'l get my boy back if you keep out of it,” he pleaded yes- terday, but today the 24 hours had passed, the police had raided a resort where they said the youngster had been held, and still Ranieri was without word from the band that had demanded $60,000 for Billy's return. Today, with wavering faith in his own ability to negotiate his boy's re- lease, Ranieri went into conference with Police Capt. James E. Doherty and of- fered $2,000 reward for hte rescue. The reward will be increased to $5,000 dur- ing the night if relatives are able to add to the fund. Three detective squads sped out to a roadhouse near Elgin last night on a tip that the missing child was there. They came back empty handed, but Deputy Police Commissioner John Stege expressed satisfaction that the hiding place was found. He was certain the kidnapers had left there for Chicago only a short time before the raiders arrived. Charges of kidnaping were lodged against Salvatore Mastroianni, God- father of Billy Ranieri, and Renaldo Schiedo and their bonds were set at $25,000 after Mastrolanni admitted to police that he and Ranieri had been to- gether daily since the kidnaping, under orders from the band who held the boy. - e gl HURRICANE IS DUE TO HIT FLORIDA COAST TOMORROW (Continued from First Page.) quarter of the city is considerably more exposed than the northern portion, ow- ing to the protection afforded on the north by the fortification of El Torro and San Cristobal. ’ The municipal area along the water front received the brunt of the winds, which reached a velocity of 132 miles an hour. La Princesa, the southern section of San Juan, was leveled to the ground and more than 2,000 per- sons made homeless. Little accurate information has reached Havana concerning damage to the Porto Rican sugar crop. It is known that the mills and buildings of the South Porto Rican Sugar Co. escaped with slight damage. SHIP LOST WITH CREW. Other Vessels Wrecked at Moorings at Turk’s Island. TURKS ISLAND, British West Indies, September 15 (#)—The hurri- cane struck Turk’s Island and neigh- boring groups of islands last night leav- ing in its wake wrecked coastal schoon- ers and serious property damage. ‘The schooners C. Maude Gaskill and William K. A. Naugler were partly wrecked at their moorings. Each vessel carried half a cargo of salt. The schooner Hawk's Nest has been reported lost with all members of the crew. A strong gale is still blowing. Efforts to establish communieations with outlying islands in this region have been un- successful. RED CROSS PARTY SAILS. Baker and Aides Leave Charleston on Destroyer; Take Movie Camera. CHARLESTON, 8. C., September 15 (P)—Henry Baker, national disaster relief director of the American Red Cross, with four assistants, sailed from here at 5:15 p.m. today on board the naval destroyer Gilmer for Porto Rico to make a survey of the hurrican> damage there and direct relief opera- tions. The four assistants safling with ‘THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C. SEPTEMBER 16, D. . RAISES FUNDS FOR STORM RELIEF Red Cross Issues Call in Porto Rico Disaster—Pas- tors to Make Plea. ‘Washington yesterday was called upon to, raise funds to assist the people of Porto Rico, now suffering from the tor- nado which swept their island. Both the Washington Federation of Churches, and the District of Columbia Chapters of the Red Cross have issued appeals for public response to the suf- ferers, with the money in both cases to be handled by the American Red Cross. In his appeal for the Washington Federation of Churches, Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secretary, declared, “relief of every kind is imperative and money to purchase these supplies should be contributed as generously and promptly as possible. This appeal is intended to include congregations of all faiths and races.” - Pastors Make Call. Juding from past experiences, Dr. Darby stated that undoubtedly the churches of Washington would respond cheerfully to this apppeal, as they have in similar emergencie: Pastors of all churches in the city and vicinity have been asked to ask offerings if possible with the church services today. In cases where some other plan is necessary, pastors have been requested to take such action as their own local situation will permit, appointing some individual or committec to take charge, or ar- ranging for a special offering on. the succeeding Sunday. The churches will | send money to the American Red Cross at 821 Sixteenth street. ‘The appeal from the local Red Cross came from Victor B. Deyber, president of the Second National Bank, who is chairman of the disaster committee of the District Red Cross. Mr. Deyber said he had received from John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross, an urgent appeal to raise immediate funds for the disas- ter victims, to be handled by the na- tional body. Prompt Action Vital. “The situation is imperative,” said Mr. Deyber. “Relief must be extended as soon as is possible to the victims of this terrible calamity. I am sure the good people of Washington will respond generously, and uphold their splendid record as humanitarians of the first order.” Mr. Deyber asks that contributions be sent to the uptown branch of the Second National Bank, 1333 G street, where arrangements have been made to receive and acknowledge them. and Charles Carr, workers, and William B. Tayler, publicity man. The party arrived here by train from Washington, and the destroyer was di- rected by the Navy Department to pick up the five men and carry them as speedily as possible to the stricken area. To strengthen the appeal to tl American people, for ald for the su ferers, plans were made to make mov- ing pictures of places struck by the hur- ricane. These will be shown, it was said, as a part of the Red Cross cam- palgfin for funds to carry on the relief work. RED CROSS ISSUES APPEAL. $30,000 for Initial Work Set Aside by Agency. By the Associated Prees, With its task growing hourly as ad- ditional appeals for aid were sent in from the storm-swept West Indies, the American Red Cross yesterday . issued an appeal to the American people for funds, and set aside $50,000 of its own money for relief and rehabilitation. ‘The mobilization of resources was de- termined at a conference between Presi- dent_Coolidge, who is also president of the Red Cross, and John Barton Payne, chairman of the organization. Messages from chapters in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands added to the serious complexion of the catastrophe as pic- tured Friday by the chancellor of the University of Porto Rico in the firsc word received from the stricken island. Relief Work Started. Relief work has already been started there, Manuel Mendia, acting chairman of the island chapter, cabled national headquarters, but it is “impossible as yet to obtain data of extent of disaster.” News of the distaster continued meager. The Red Cross was informed by cable from its Virgin Island chapter workers at St. Croix that there was no communication with St. Thomas, the capital and largest city, that hundreds were homeless, and that clothes and money were nceded. The Navy has radio transmitters at these two points and at St. Johns, but had received no| information of conditions on the island. All large Illinois units were asked to render assistance to the Rockford sufferers and assistance was proferred also to Gov. Small of that State. Chapters in Nebraska, North and South Dakota have already organized to aid in relieving Nebraska sufferers, national | headquarters was informed. The National Education Association joined in the movement to extend help F’ the sufferers. J. W. Crabtrece, secre- ary, instructed the heads of public instruction in, the stricken Aareas to “give all possible organized assistance to the Red Cross in making relief ef- fective.” LEPER COLONY DAMAGED. Tubercular Patients Live in Open After _Roofs Are Torn Off. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, September 15 () —Three hundred tubercular patients are living in the open at Rio Piedras, just south of here, and 70 lepers have been concentrated in the Administra- tion Building. Commissioner of Health Ortriz, de- scribing conditions today, said that no one in any of the government hospitals or institutions had been reported in- jured. He said that every building at the Rio Pledras Tuberculosis Station Baker were M. E. Reckford, assistani disaster relief director; Grover C. Crane that way), they forgot to check on the possibility of a gory murder trial. Con- sequently, many inches, yea, columns of Eu?]icny for the races, went to {Poor Telephoto picture showing _nnml view of plant B of the Rockford Cabinet Co, which was crushed by the umu. killing seven and o.lo.h’“fl" was unroofed by the hurricane, as were TORNADO'S DEATH TOLL REACHES 19 Six Still Missing at Rockford, l.—Crop Loss Put at Millions. By the Associated Press. | The death list in the tornado torn | 7 | sections of Tilinois, South Dakota, | Nebraska and Wisconsin rose to 19 last | night as indefatigable workers reduced | the number of missing to six at Rock- ford, hardest hit of the cities. In the other three States, where crops suffered from wind and water, the damage was approximated at several millions. The heroism of two teachers was related in stories from Nebraska which told of the destruction of three schools. Miss Helen Rooney was killed near Homer after she had herded her pupils in safety to the basement, while at Walthill Miss Phyllis Stewart, the children huddled in one corner of the room, played the piano to calm them as the tornado approached. Two of the pupils lost their lives. Dozens of houses and barns in the four States were destroyed, half the village of Davis, S. D., being razed. MILITIA CALLED OUT. Believed Buried in Ruins of Rockford Factory. ROCKFORD, September Six 15 (P)— | The life-and-death side of Rockford's tornado tragedy stood tonight at eight. More than a score seriously injured, are in hospitals. Six others are missing. They may be buried beneath the brick, timber and machinery of the storm-wrecked chair factory “B.” The more hopeful theory of relief workers is the missing may have escaped, as did 50 others when the twister darted down out of the black Friday afternoon sky, doing dam- age close to $5,000,000. Gov. Small at Springfield ordered Company K of the 129th Infantry, Illinois National Guard, to report here for tornado guard duty. A detail of 50 highway police also was assigned. The death list, as it stood lonight, was: Everitt Cornmusser, 16. Virgil Cornmusser, 17. Bernard Cornmusser, 14. George Fagerberger, 51. ‘Tony Martinkas, 50. John Drunski, 4 Swan Swenson, 40. ‘Axel Ahigren. Swenson and Ahlgren died today in hospitals. They were furniture factory workers caught beneath falling walls, DEATH FARM TALE DOUBTED IN WEST; BOYS BELIEVED ALIVE __ (Continued_from First Page.)_ farm next. Northeott told him, Clark said, that he was bringing a playmate and when the boy came he -was intro- duced as “Collins.” For a week, Clark related, Collins was subjected to fright- ful tortures while tied to a bed. Then Northcott wanted to get rid of him, but his mother, according to Clark, was afraid. Mrs. Northcott later, however, stole into the boy's room and killed him with an ax, Clark said. He did not know where the body was burfed. Detectives found a bloodstained cot similar to one described by Clark as that on which the killings occurred. The next kidnaping -supposedly . oc- curred May 16. Nortlcott, Clark said, came home with two' boys in his car, At police headquarters here he identi- fled photographs of the two Winslow boys of Pomona as the pair Northcott brought to the farm. For a week, they, too, were allegedly put through tortures similar to those meted out to Collins and the Mexican. Then, Clark declared, Northcott forced him to slay one of the Winslow boys with an ax while the other was slain in similar manner by Northcott. Sister Fled to Canada. Clark was brought to Juvenile Hall several days ago after a sister from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, had visited the Northcott Ranch. Threatened, she said, by the Northcotts, the girl feared to tell what she knew of the murders. On returning to Canada, however, she informed immigration authorities who brought about Clark’s detention. ‘The youth, who revealed the crimes, accompanied officers to the ranch to- day to aid in the search for bodies. Word was received from Vancouver, B. C, that Northcott and his mother were believed to have been there a week ago. The slain Mexican youth was about 17 years old, Clark said. A headless body, which Clark said was the Mex- ican’s, was found a few miles from the ranch several months ago. Ax Found in Coop. In a chicken coop was found an ax encrusted with blood and hair. Offi- cers declared themselves certain this was. the weapon used in the slayings. Twaq, telegrams from Canada, in which persorfs believed to be connected with the murder ranch crimes were urged to secrecy, were seized by. the police today. The telegrams, from Vancou- ver, British Columbia, and Jasper, Al- berta, were addressed to George Cyrus Northcott, who is held as a material witness in the case, and to his wife. Both were dated September 14. The first read: “J. has sworn statements regarding moral life of boys if S. does not deny them if questioned regardless of what he said before he may be there for years impress on him silence is sal- vation W. coming V. with M. She is helping us send wires all news.” This telegram was sent from Van- couver and signed “Frank Lyons, bar- rister.” The second telegram, addressed to Mrs. Northcott here, read: “See Sanford Sunday. Winny on way to Vancouver to meet him. Tell him he knows nothing. no matter what any the quarters at the leper colony. y one says to the contrary. Winny doing Above: Lawrence Thompson and Tayloe Apthony were snatched away from their play yesterday to pose for this daydream of the early Fall days of school. Below: Helen Thompson at her desk is thinking of everything but study. - —Star Staff Photos. D. C. SCHOOLS OPEN TOMORROW; PEAK ENROLLMENT EXPECTED (Continue First Page.) ant_ superintendent of _schools, 200 pupils of the “ninth grade” (first year of senior high school) and 400 boys and girls of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the elementary schools. The relief which the Gordon building may offer to elementary buildings, however, may be offset to a degree by the con- templated abandonment of the old Threlkelde School, which was opened during the Civil War period. Mr, Hay- cock said yesterday that this old four- room structure will be vacated if the burden of its puplils will not tax other buildings in the same district. New Colored Junior High. Similarly, the elementary schools of divisions 10-13, those composed of schools for colored children, will be aid- ed by the opening late this term of the new Garnet-Patterson Junior High School at Tenth and You streets and Vermont avenue. The first unit of this structure will be ready for occupancy. school officials hope, by Thanksgiving day, while the entire building will not be completed much earlier than Febru- ary 1. This building, when finished, will accommodate approximately 200 senior high school children and 400 sixth, seventh and eighth grade pupils. The one new elementary school to be opened will be the Potomac Heights Building, containing four rooms with facilities for 160 puplls. The additions to old buildings whch will be opened this term include the eight-room annex to the Barnard Building with accommo- dations for 320 children and the six- room addition to the Bryan School offering facilities for 240 additional pupils. The latter annex probably will not be ready for occpancy until after the school year's first term is balf over. Despite the new facllities, however, the school system’s most seriously con- gested sectors still will rely upon port- ables for the housing of their classes. These sections are Chevy Chase, Pet- worth, Cleveland Park and Takoma Park. ‘The most critical situation of student- crowding probably is in Chevy Chase, where nine portables will be cperate:d this year for the relief of the E. V. Brown School alone. Cleveland Park will receive relfef again by the contin- ued maintenance of a group of portablés at Wesley Heights. Other portables will be open on the Broad Branch road site at Northampton and Thirty-third streets; the site of the proposed B. W. Murch School at Thirty-sixth and Eli- cott streets; the Grant road site: the Kalmia road site: the Petworth School grounds, and on grounds adjacent to buildings in the Takoma Park and Manor Park sections. her best for us. Wire now. is keep job. Nothing here. developments.” It was sent from Jasper, Alberta, and signed “Mrs. W. C. Hudsod.” Father Is Silent. As a result of the clues obtained in the telegram, police detectives redou- bled their efforts to locate here or in Canada Northcott's son, Stuart, whom Sanford Clark, 15-year-old Canadian boy, accused of abusing, killing and burying three other youths. The de- tectives expressed the opinion the let- ter J in the first telegram referred to Jessie Clark, the young informant's sis- ter, who returned to Canada recently after visiting her brother at the North- cott murder ranch near Pomona. The letter “V” in the telegram from the mysterious Mrs. Hudson was be- lieved to mean Vancouver. When confronted with the telegrams at the jail, the elder Northcott, de- tectives said, appeared to become greatly agitated, but maintained his silence for some time. Then he asked if he was compelled to answer questions as to whether he had previous knowledge of either telegram. ~ When told of his rights. he said “I refuse to answer.” Northcott, however, inadvertently ad- mitted receiving the one from Lyons. Everything Will wire vancouver lawyer, but insisted he did not know the man. IN WAKE OF DEATH-DEALING TORNADO AT ROCKFORD, ILL. many. Photo, 0. Unarngies bae £ P & fhrass Sa NANES CFFCL OF ALBANY POO. Barnes Charges Base Ball| Lottery “Stole”” $100,000 in One Week. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 15.—Clarence A. Barnes, candidate for the Republican nomination for Attorney General of Massachusetts, who has been engaged in a controversy with Gov. Smith of New York regarding: the Albany base ball pool, today charged thaf the pool 'stole approximately $100,000” from the people of New York and this State dur- ing the week of June 4. . Replying to Gov. Smith's challenge that he go to Albany to assist in stamp- ing out the pool, Barnes said the head- quraters of the pool were at the Hotel Ten Eyck at Albany, and the last treas- urer of the pool was William Pringle of 608 Morris street, Albany. Barnes said he would be in the New York State capital next Wednesday “prepared to accept the governor's invitation and show him how a Massachusetts’ attor- ney of experience can get results when he means business and has the en- thusiastic support of the decent people of the United States.” Barnes sald he had in his possfsion | records issued by the pool operators to its agents describing the play for various weeks. He said, “As an ex- ample, on the week of June 4 the prize money ostensibly awarded to the win- ners amounted to $55,250. - From my analysis of the way in which the money comes into the pool and stays there, I} estimate that the net clean-up for the | week of money stolen from the; people of New York and Massachusetts was $100,000. “Of this sum, which means $5,000,000 | annually, not one cent of income tax | has been paid to the Federal Govern- ment. A great deal of this money has been used to debauch men in public life who failed to do their duty in cleaning up these swindles.” The controversy developed when Barnes recently wrote the New York executive asking him what new method of law enforcement he intended to in- augurate as President, with vegard to the eighteenth amendment that would be “more etfective than your handling of the notorious base ball pool.” The governor, in a reply, accused Barnes of playing politics and invited him to THOUSANDS RETURN 10 MINES MONDAY llinois ~ Colliery ~ Workers Ratify New Wage Agreement. By the Assoclated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, September 15.— Having ratified the new wage scale agreement by a majority of 1341, a large percentage of the State's 90,000 miners will be ready to descend into the coal pits again Monday morning. For many of them it will be their first work since April 1. Announcement of the result of the vote, taken throughout the mining dis- tricts Wednesday, was made late this afternoon at mine headquarters here. Immediately after announcing the vote, and issuing a short statement, officials of the union retired into executive ses- sion. The vote of 26.838 for ratification and 25,497 against represented the success- ful culmination of wage scale negotia- tions. . The new wage scale will be in force for four years. It represents a decrease in salary of from 16 to 10 per cent the new wage scale calls for 91 cents per ton and $6.00 for day workers, com- pared to the old pact of $1.08 for ton- nage workers and $7.50 for day men. Secretary Nesbit sent the following telegram to all union locals: “According to reports from State tellers on their tabulation of the ref- erendum vote, the proposed new wage agreement has been ratified by a vote of 26,836 to 25497. It therefore fol- lows that the new wage agreement be- comes effective September 16, 1928. All local unions should be governed accord- ingly.” RUNS CARS FOR PUPILS. For the benefit of pupils attending the new McKinley High School at Second and T streets northeast, the Capital Traction Co. will operate through service on two runs from Cal- vert Street Bridge beginning tomorrow. «The first car will leave the bridge at 8:20 o'clock in the morning and the second at 8:30 o'clock. They will fol- ! U street low the usual route along straight to Florida avenue without the necessity of transferring. Only one fare is to be.charged. Capital Traction officials explained that this augmented through service is in the nature of an experiment, but will be maintained as a regular service come to Albany to assist the district attorney there in p ting the pool. for McKinley puplls, if the business justifies its con Attention The sooner you know that you have been infected quicker and s with Tuberculosis the urer can you be cured. Delay in Finding Out Makds It Harder to Cure You Do you tire easily? Are you losing weight? Do you cough persist- ently? If you have some of these Have you a poor appetite ? Have you any pains in the chest? symptoms go at once to vour doctor or have yourself examined at the free Health Department Clinic Corner 6th and T Streets N. Saturday at 1 o'clock, Friday W.. Tuesday, Thursday or evening from 7:30-9 o’elock Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone Main 992 1022 11th Street N.W, GERMANY DRAFTS - REPLY TO POWERS Immediate Rhineland Evacu- ation Is Theme of Communique. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 15.—The Gere man government's reply to powers cone cerned with the occupation of the Rhineland ‘was drafted at a prolonged session of the cabinet today and will be communicated to them by Chancellos | Muel’zr at Geneva tomorrow. The official communique wify ane nounce briefly the cabinet's appraval of the procadure thus far followed by | the German delegation at Geneva. Parliamentary leaders, however, learn that the German government will ree iterate emphatically its previous de- mand for immediate evacuation of all Rhineland zones. As compensation for this concession on the part of the former allies, it is belleved that Germany would agree | to the proposal concerning the estab= ishment of a special “commission of | occupation” in the evacuated territory. , Her acceptance of this commission | would be conditioned on the powers’ agreement to terminate it in 1935, | Approves Commission. ‘The cabinet also approved the estab- { lishment of a special commission ‘o | determine the exact amount of Ger= | many’s future reparations payments, on | condition that the reparations issue be | dealt with independently of evacuation. In the absence of Chancellor Mueller { and Foreign Minister Stresemann, to- ! day's cabinet council was presided over | by the minister of defense, Gen. Groener, the oldest ranking cabinet member. The reports of Chancellor Mueller from Geneva, in the opinion of Herr Stresemann, who is recuperat- ing at Baden-Baden, constituted the basis of deliberations, however. The cabinet’s instructions to Herr Mueller reaffirm the German position on evacuation as enunciated by Herr Stresemann in his Reichstag speech January 30. In that speech he deciared that the German government could not purchase liberation of the occupied areas at a price which would impose a system of control extending beyond the lefter of the Treaty of Versailles and which would be calculated to per- petuate conditions of mistrust between neighboring peoples, thus hindering the progress of pacific reconciliation. 1935 Set as Limit. T The cabinet's decision today, it was |learned, demands tha lete evacua- | tion of remaining zone precede installation of the commis- sion “for establishment facts and verifications” and that the Ilatter's function shall not extend beyond 1935. This date is that provided in the Treaty of Versailles for evacuation of the third Rhineland zone. z In the opinion of the German gov- ernment this commission is to be given the character of a purely transitory agency and shall not transcend in its t{:\ctwm the authority of the League of Nations or the letter of the Locarno pact. This latter proviso, it was indi- cated, will call for juridical interpreta- tion of article four, section one, ot the Locarno pact which vouchsafes Germany complete freedom of Rhine- land control. Little Difficulty. The cabinet treatment of the repa- rations angle proved a less difficult is- sue, and its acceptance of a special committee of experts to study the repa- rations problem and determine the fixa- tion of German liability was definitely coupled with the proviso that such com- mission shall operate independently of | the Rhineland issue. Leaders of the political parties con- stituting the present coalition party are inclined to take a more hopeful view of the progress of the Geneva delib- erations despite the partisan activities of the German Nationals, who are de- manding the breaking off of Geneva ne- gotiations immediately upon the return of the German delegation. Count Westarp, Nationalist member of | the Reichstag. in a statement to the press today said: “We most emphati- cally warn the German people against engaging in any one-sided continental bargaining on reparations. America gave a name to the Dawes plan, ap- pointed the reparations agent, and is creditor and money lender. Only with, inot without, and certainly not against, | America can the solution be obtained. | America declines, as we have hitherto | declined, fusion of reparations with al- lied debt. We must not either in | reality nor even in semblance lend our- | selves to being made a battering ram jof France in France's dispute with the United States.” AMERICA BIG FACTOR. Germany Sees U. S. Linked to Repara- tions Problem. GENEVA, September 15 (#).—Inside | developments in negotiations for evacua- {tion of the German Rhineland indicate that the United States will have a vital interest in the financial aspect in the | solution of this problem. Evacuation will necessarily raise the jquestion of fixation of total German "reparulons. it is believed, and this will inevicably be linked with the question of debts to the United States by its allies in the World War. Just now it appears { that in the event of immediate evacua- tion, the committee of financial experts in studying the new application of the Dawes plan would establish its relation to inter-allied debts and either with or witnoyt American assistance frame a aew general scheme, The United States would be asked to collaborate either during or after negotiations and be s requested to do something for a reason- able European financial reconstruction by lowering its debt claim. Such lowering, the United States probably would be asked, would be in proportion to the capacity for payment of Germany and the ensuing capacity of the allies to pay their debt to the United States. The idea behind this project is that it is Germany which is really liqui- dating the principal part of the aliies’ debt to America and that any reduction of Germany's reparations should be followed logically by a proportionate lessening of the allied debt to the United States. Spokesmen of interested countries here show extreme nervousness, indeed, are almost in panic, when they talk about the United States. This is plain- ly due to their fear that the American people will see in the European negoti- ations an attempt to fashion an united front or union against their country. They insist, however, that they mere- ly desire to appeal to the United States on a bustness basis to help put Europe's financial structure on a sound financial basis. The prevailing opinion tonight is that despite the impossibility of satis- fying public opinion in both France and Germany, an accord in principle on the question of evacuation will eventually be reached and that committees will set to work to arrange its detalls. Charges Anti-Catholic Drive. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. September 1 (#)—A direct charge that anti-Catholi? propaganda against Gov. Alfred E. Smith is being distributed in the South with the sanetion of an accredited rep- resentative of the Republican national committee was made by Vincent M. Miles, Democratic national committee- man for Arkansas, in a speech at & Pplcnic at Natural Dam Park today. |