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w.s. w“l AlHF‘Rw’ ) ‘ “From Press to Home Showers this afternoon, fair and cool- Within the Hour” §§u('§$§§:"én§°'§g{°:m3§": ’ll‘-le\?nd;::‘;f The Star’s carrier system covers ture—Highest, 85. at 2:15 p.m. yester- every city block and the regular edi- day: lowest, 70, at 7 a.m. today. tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 9. ‘ as fast as the papers are printed. 3 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,407 Y N B0 BEL. o omee Wemnington. Db WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1928—SIXTY ‘PAGES. *% () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. BRITON IS MISSING, - HOURS OVERDUE ON ATTEMPTED FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC Comdr. MacDonald Not Sighted Since Start From Harbor Grace—No Word i After 25 Hours. 26-FOOT CRAFT CARRIED GASOLINE FOR 24 HOURS ‘Weather Along Coasts of Ireland and England Improves—Watch | Maintained Constantly by Brit- ish Air Officials and Aviator's Wife for Gypsy Moth. B~ the Associated Press. England and Ireland were anxiously scanning the western sky today for the tiny Gypsy Moth de Haviland plane in which Lieut. Comdr. H. C. MacDonald hopped off at 11:51 a.m. Eastern standard | time yesterday from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. With favorable conditions, it had been hoped that the daring | Yyoung flyer would strike the coast of Ireland in about 20 hours. At| 12:15 o'clock Eastern standard time, 25 hours after his take-off, no word had been received of his sighting. Visibility ‘along the Irish coast was generally poor, and there was the pos- sibility that he had continued on to Croyden, near London, about 400 miles east of the south Irish-coast. Weather Conditions Improve. Weather conditions were none too good along the Irishand English coasts, but as the afternoon wore on improved lafiwwh-t, LR s o _reports of MacDonald’s sightin, bad been received from any .!l':f;:‘s ig the neighborhood of the great circle course over which he was f;flng. 1t was estimated that the extra gaso- line carried in MacDonald’s 26-foot machine could keep him in the air for at least 24 , or until about noon today Eastern d .. This o o had rev w] er d favoring wi mnd weather. e There was also some difference of opinion as to the length of time he could stay in the air. London dis- patches stated that 35 hours was the maximum, while dispatches from St. Johns quoted MacDonald himself as| estimating 24 hours. NOT SIGHTED FROM IRELAND, Weather Conditions Improve as Flyer Is 23 Hours Out. DUBLIN, October 18 (#).—At 3:30 there was no word of Comdr. MacDon- fld, the British aviator, from any point Ireland. Weather conditions, which were bad in the morning, improved as the day wore on and were entirely favorable along the Irish west coast by midafter- noon. The harbormaster at Cobh reported at 1 gm. that a strong gale was blow- ing the west, accompanied by heavy squalls, Visibility was good and # close watch was being kept, but the MacDonald plane had not been sighted. A Galway message at 2 p.m. said that i}h‘:;e ‘was no sign of the Gypsy Moth e. WATCH KEPT IN BRITAIN. Gale Raging and Heavy Rain Makes Visibility Poor. | PLYMOUTH, England, October \H! (#).—Naval and air stations at Ply- mouth were on the watch for the Gypsy Moth this afternoon, but at 1 o'clock (8 am. Eastern standard time) had seen no sign of her. The weather was unfavorable. A gale was raging from the southwest | and heavy rain made visibility poor. WEATHER IMPROVES. Conditions Reported Better Along Coast | of Ireland. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, October | 18 (#) —Weather conditions along the | Irish Coast, which had been unfavor- ! #ble for the landing of Lieut. Comdr. | H. C. MacDonald, were much improved &t midday. Tralee reported that the weather was growing calmer and that visibility was much improved. While it rained nearly all morning a strong wind had mod- erated and conditions were generally better. The Galway civic guard headquarters stated that, although a constant watch was being kept along the coast, there was no news of the Gypsy Moth De Haviland at 1 pm. (8 am. Eastern standard time). WATCHERS AWAIT FLYER. ‘Wife of Flyer Shows Anxiety as Word | Is Expected. LONDON, October 18 (#).—Watch- ers on this side of the Atlantic today were having an anxious wait for Lieut. Comdr. D. H. MacDonald, attempting 1o span the Atlantic alone from New- foundland in a tiny Moth plane—a feat never before accomplished. Mrs. MacDonald had a few hours yest this morning, but by early after- noon was up and about and already had donned her hat and coat. The fiyer's wife, who is a slim brunette, was then showing signs of anxiety, despite 8 cheerful smile. “I am already dressed, you see,” she remarked to a caller, “because I am waiting to go to the airdrome. Al- though I have heard nothing of my husband, I feel sure that he will make for London and be here today.” Wife Greatly Shocked. ‘Mrs. MacDonald confessed that news of the attempt which she heard over the radio last night came as a great shock. “He has been awfully keen on this fiight,” she sald. “He wouldn't say much about it to his friends. He ublicity and sent his plane " (Continued op Page % Colump3s j dent Coolidge and John W. Davis, Dem- The Cameron-Cadle expedition has been | in the Kalahari Desert in Central South | Africa to get the complete story of the | Kalahari's strange pygmies, the only ex- | tant people living in_the 'stone age of civilization. Following is the latest dis- patch from the expedition. ! BY DR. C. ERNEST CADLE. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, October | | 18.—The Cameron-Cadle Kalahari Des- | ert expedition has made its exit from the desert, after gruelling experiences, with a photographic record of savage life. It has noted graphically the zero mark of human origins. The expedition discovered men with no social organization and with no | possessions except a bow and arrows, a | wife and a dog. Their language ap- | proximates the chatter of -a baboon. Thay can count only to three. ‘We witnessed weird orgiastic dances, | including the unspeakable eland dance. We have a motion picture of a man catching the fast-running antelope to prove that he is a hunter and worthy of a bride. PROGRESSIVES HOLD EDGE IN WISCONSIN Blaine Forces Active for| Smith—La Follette Re- mains Silent. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. MADISON, Wis, October 18.—Pro- Smith Republican Progressives are play- ing hob with the Hoover ticket in the Badger State. If it were not for this Progressive support of Al Smith, the! Democratic national ticket would not stand a ghost of a show in Wisconsin. There have not been enough old-line Democrats in the State in recent years to make a dent in politics. It has been a fight between the La Follette Pro- gressives and the stalwart Republicans. But both the La Follette Progressives and the Republicans have claimed to be the Simon pure Republican article. Four years ago the La Follette Pro- gressives carried the State for the late Senator Robert M. La Follette by 74,000 votes over the combined vote for Presi- ocrat. The Dayis vote, by the % N v the Democtatic fat now proposes to wag the political dog, with the ald of the Progressive Republicans. Anti-Hoover Group Active. A huge sign bearing the scrool, “Al Smith for President Progressive Repub- licans,” adorns the headquarters of the Progressive outfit, which is seeking the downfall of the Hoover ticket here. This pro-Smith, anti-Hoover tion is working like mad. It has plenty of funds and scores of workers. It is send- ing out literature by the ton to all the old La Follette Progressives. And it is undertaking to convey the impression that it is the whole, complete and original La Follette Progressive party in the State. It has issued pamphlets seeking to sell Smith to the Progressive voters as a kind of reincarnated Robert Marion La Follette. The pamphlet purports to tell “why America’s first Progressive State will vote to elect America’s first Progressive President.” Quite a mouthful further it says, “Gov. Smith has stood for the same progressive legislation that (Fight- ing Bob) La Follette lived and died for.’ The organization is about to put out new pamphlets hooking up Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., with the Smith program, too, using the Pro- gressive platform which Bob La Follette the younger carried to Kansas City last June, and excerpts from Gov. Smith's speeches—his personal platform so- called—to show that they are in entire harmony. Represents Blaine Following. Now, as a matter of fact, the Al Smith Progressive Republican organiza- tion does not represent all the old La Follette Progressives. It does rep- resent the following of Senator Blaine, a La Follette Progressive, who has come out flatfootedly for the election of Smith, and it does represent a lot of other Progressives, but not all the La Follette Progressives. I have talked to some quite important Progressives whom it does not represent. Furthermore, Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr. the Republican nominee for the Senate to succeed himself, has made no announcement for Smith, and what is more, unless some c: his closest friends are sadly mistaken, he is not zoing to make any such announcement. Senator La Follette is saying nothing for Smith or for Hoover. He has not closed the door to a declaration on the presidential contest, it is true, but those who should know say they do not ex- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) QUEEN MARIE SUFFERS ATTACK OF INFLUENZA Three Medical Professors Rushed | to Royal Residence on Black Sea. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, October 18. | —Three medical professors were rushed | to the royal residence at Balcik, on the | Black Sea, today to attend Queen Marie, | who is confined to her room there by an !attack of influenza. i It was stated at noon that the | | | | | | i L WAy, Was L ZERO OF HUMAN ORIGIN FOUND BY EXPEDITION TO DESERT WASTE ‘Explorers Discover Men Whose Only Lan- guage Is Like the Chatter of a Baboon. Can Count to Three. The expedition definitely established the antiquity of man in Africa by the discovery of human beings who illustrate primitive man’s first intelligent adjust- ments to his environment. There has been no glacial change in the desert since the age of man began, which proves the hypothesis of man's tranquil existence there. i I Lave returned here to confer with Dr. Dart, discoverer of the famous Taungs skull—Australopithecus—on the proposed expedition of greater propor- tions, which will include a number of famous experts and which will work out the details of the fundamentgl knowledge gained by the Cameror- Cadle expedition. 5 Prof. R: L. Mannen of the University of Texas, geologist of the present ex- pedition, will proceed north to Victoria Falls to collect museum specimens. After conferring with Dr. Dart I will return to America to organize the new expedition. (Copyright, 1928, by the North American Newspaper Alltance.) USING LEGION NAME INPOLITICS SCORED Notice of Meeting of Veter- ans at Hotel Brings Double Repudiation. Announcements that “members of the Flying Squadron of the American Le- gion will hold their meeting.of the Wardman-Smith-Robinson Club * at Wardman Park Hotel Wednesday, Oc- tober 17,” which were distributed freely about the city early this week, today drew a sharp rebuke from Harlan Wood, department commander of the Ameri- can Legion of the District. ‘They also brought repudiation of the Wardman organization from Demo- cratic headquarters, 16 Jackson place, as an unauthorized club. Miss Helena M. O'Connell, president and organizer of the Wardman Park Club today said that she had drawn up the announcement without any in- tention of inferring that the “flying squadron” had any official standing in the American Legion, but said she mentioned the American Legion announcement because the meml Squadron™ refefred in he the ~fying. bers of Democratic uke Issued by Wood. The rebuke administered the Demo- cratic campaigners by Wood is as fol- lows: “To whom it may concern: “The issuance and cnrculation of par- tisan political notices under the name of the American Legion.or any unit of it are forbidden by our Constitution and moral obligation to our organization. motive of those responsible for such action is re) rehznsrlgle. Every right thinking Legionnaire, ‘regardless of his personnal political affiliations condemns such practice. *'As the responsible head of the Amer- ican Legion in the District of Colum- bia. I cannot too strongly assert my contempt for any one who would em- ploy such tactics for the dissemination of partisan political principles or the support of political candidates for elec- tive offices. The American Legion has no ‘flying squadron.’ It cannot have and will not have one. Our organization from its inception is by law and basic principal, non-political and non-parti- san. Those who violate our constitu- tion or moral inhibition will be subject to the penalty of such infraction. “HARLAN WOOD “Department Commander.” Statement for Democrats. It drew from Richard Seelye Jones, chairman of the veterans’ activities of the Democratic national committee in the District, the following statement: “The activities of the local Smith- forts to reach veterans. We have been most careful not to confuse the dif- ferent Smith-Robinson veterans' clubs with any already existing non-partisan veteran organizations. In fact, we have criticized the ublican national com- mittee for just this thing. Any notice of any meeting which is sponsored by Smith-Robinson supporters in the Dis- trict of Columbia, which attempts to bring in the name of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American War Veterans, and so forth, must not be confused with any activity emanating from 16 Jackson POLICE RAID 'NIGH?CLUB New York Officers Arrest Eight in First Foray After Campbell's Suggestion for Co-operation. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Ocober 18.—Four men and four women were arrested early to- day in a police raid on a night club in Fifty-third street, the first made since Maurice Campbell, prohibition admin- istrator for this district, pointed out to District Attorney Joab H. Banton how city officials might aid in closing ob- Jectionable places. The raid was made by four city de- tectives. The women were charged with disorderly conduct, the men with pos- session and sale of liquor. About 100 man and woman patrons were order>d Queen’s condition had shown no im- | provement to the street by the police and a guard placed at the door. i Bell Research SC By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 18—C. R. Englaud, a research scientist of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, said yes- terday that after extensive experiments he was convinced of the soundness of his theory that the human body was a radio tuning point. The tuning point of his body, he said, was 3.66 meters and was discovered accidentally while he was working on radio oscillators rrodul: very rt wave lengths, Englaud e: ed. € sald he Starting we ap fiv { The Human Body Is Radio Tuning Point, ientist Is Convinced worked downward gradually and en- countered difficulties when he went below four meters. A search for the cause disclosed that his body was work- ing as a tuned circuit, he said. ‘The scientist said he tuned his radio tubes to produce oscillations of 3.66 meters-and discovered his body was acting in the same manner as a Hertz antenna and was absorbing oscillations. Radio Programs—Page 1 her | PraYer anyway, bub merely an nwt%t&r R ? g as state- ments of doctrine, that very few to_are | p Robinson campaign have included ef-! ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. | ON DRY CHIEF’S REQUEST | LOW CHURCH PARTY 13 VICTORIOUS IN PRAYER BOOK FIGHT |House of Bishops Votes to Indefinitely Postpone Ac- tion on 39 Articles. ANGLO-CATHOLICS FAIL TO CONTEST MATTER Bishop Freeman's Resolution Against Anti-Prohibition Or- ganization Is Adopted. The House of Bishops of the Epis- copal Church today voted unanimously to postpone indefinitely any action on removing from the book of common prayer the 39 articles of religion—thus avoiding what had been expected to prove the bitterest fight of the present convention. This action means that the articles will be kept in the prayer book. The last = general convention voted with little debate to eliminate them. Unless this action was ratified by the present convention it would be nullified. Thus the articles stand precisely as they were before revision of the prayer book started. The work must be finished | this year and it is unlikely that any further prayer book revision will be at- temptea for many years. Still Up to Deputies. The question of ratification still must come before the House of Deputies. It was understood today, however, that the deputies tacitly have agreed to abide by the decision of the bishops, considering the question entirely a spiritual matter. If it should be called up and the 1925 action ratified by the House of Deputies it would make little difference, since the ratification of both houses is necessary and the Bishops probably would prove unyielding in conference. The actlon is considered a victory for the low-church party in what is de- scribed as a “one-sided fight” with the Anglo-Catholic wing of the church, the latter insisting that they had no vital interests at stake and refusing to fight back. The action at New Orleans in 1925 was based on the claim that the articles are not officially a part of the B i obscure. Immediately after the convention, however, arose that the n had been en- gineered by Anglo-Catholic leaders to get rid of certain presumably offensive references to certain practices of the Roman Catholic Church, and that, re- gardless of some of the antiquated ex- pressions, they were a constant safe- guard against ever slipping back into the Roman communion. At the open- ing of the present convention a peti- tion signed by more than 34,000 lay- men was presented to both houses ask- ing that the articlés be retained. Anglo-Catholics Unconcerned. Some Episcopalian theologians ob- jected to the articles on the ground that some of them are Calvinistic rath- er than Episcopalian in spirit, and that the church by no means assents to such doctrines as those of original sin and predestination. ‘There is some difference of opinion as to whether the act of becoming a mem- ber of the Episcopal Church involves assent to them. Before the convention Anglo-Catholic leaders expressed them- selves as unconcerned whatever hap- pened to the articles. The motion to postpone action in- definitely was made by the Right Rev. Charles L. Slattery, Bishop of Massa- chusetts, who has been in charge of prayer book revision. The bishops adopted a resolutiorr introduced by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, re- pudiating the utterances of the Church Temperance Society as expressing the voice of the church, and emphasizing that this is only a private organization whose members happen to be Episco: palians. ‘Will Aid Destroyed Churches. The Church Temperance Society is active in opposition to prohibition and has conducted polls among Episcopalian clergymen, showing that there is a strong sentiment among them for modi- fication and repeal. It has a large membership, particularly among church members in the Eastern cities. ‘The House of Bishops designated Sun- day, November 11, as Porto Rico-South Florida Rebuilding day, and ordered that the offering taken on that day be used to rebuild church property which was damaged to the extent of about $200,000 in the recent West Indies hur- ricane. Bishop Charles B. Colmore of Porto Rico and his suffragan, Bishop Manuel Ferrando, reported that re- habilitation of St. Luke’s Hospital at Ponce would cost $100,000. Many churches, rectories and parish houses in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands were badly damaged, Bishop Colmore said. The loss to the Episcaral Church prop- erty in Florida was estimated at $84,000. Candidates for ordination as Epis- copal clergymen must pass within two months of ordination an examination to determine their ‘“physical, mental and nervous condition,” according to a change in the canon law of the church adopted by the House of Deputies after animated discussion this morning. It was pointed out that the church maintains a pension fund for incapaci- tated clergymen and that there have been cases where ministers. have . suf- fered complete breakdowns a few months after ordination, ‘thus becoming a lifelong burden on this fund. Cites St. Paul. “But,” declared Henry D. Ashley of Missouri, “such a requirement would :‘"5 barred St. Paul from the minis- ryv-rlmu clergymen insisted that when they were graduated from the semi- naries they were badly broken in health, but had recovered and never missed & Sunday since. Rev. Dr. George Craig Stewart of Chicago insisted, however, that the board of examiners was not required by the changed canon to refuse ordina- tion to a deserving man whose health was poor, but simply were supposed to have medical data to guide them in the application of common sense to every case. It was announced that a mass meet- l ing of the Church Mission of Help, which is engaged 'k for unmarried | (Continued on Pjge 2, Column 1.) W W n\};\ ) §\§\ / A LTTLE 2 CAMPAIGN 77 DONATION FOR YOU VOTERS' QUIZ STIRS FAIRFAX COUNTY Democratic Officials Indig- nant at Questionnaires on Smith Support. Action of the Democratic executive commijttee of Fairfax County, Va., in sending out questionnaires to all office holders in that county asking them to register in writing their intention of supporting Gov. Alfred E. Smith, has resulted in signs of serious dissension in county Democratic ranks as the bit- ter struggle between Fairfax County Hoover supporters and “regular” Demo- crats moves into its final stages. There were signs aplenty throughout the county -today that the committee “it-will ‘be great’ - but " that openl; ored by many of the most mnue%a‘flnbemocmu in the district. Veteran Is “Outraged.” One man, who has been prominently identified with the Democratic party in Fairfax County for the past 20 years, declared today that the letter was “an outrage and an imposition on the loyal Democratic office holders of the county. I have been a loyal Democrat all my life,” he said, “but I 'am going to use my own judgment in this election.” Another man, who is recognized as one of the most influential Democrats in the county, said the way he intends to vote this vear “is none of the execu- tive committee’s business” and that he is going to vote as he pleases without taking any orders from them. General surprise was expressed at this aggressive action on the part of the committee in view of the fact the Re- publicans seem to have a chance to carry the county for the first time in its history because of previous deser- tions from the Democratic ranks. Text of Styles' Letter. The letter, as sent out by Samuel H. Styles, secretary of the executive committee, follows: “The Democracy of Fairfax County, for the first time in many years, 1s being seriously challenged. Conscious of its notable contributions to the wel- fare of our county and State, your party is girding itself for the comii battle against intolerance and. special privilege. In this hour of conflict the Democratic party feels_that those who have carried its banner to victory in the past and who have been rewarded with the honors in its power to bestow will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity and privilege to publicly an- nounce their intention to support and vote for the entire ticket on November next. “With this thought in mind and for the purpose of silencing those enemies of the party who are secretly and openly saying that there are Democratic office- holders so ungrateful that they will not support Gov. Alfred E. Smith, the Dem- ocratic executive committee of Fairfax County, composed of one committeeman from each precinct, of which J. M. Love Is chairman, has unanimously resolved to address a questionnaire to every Democratic office holder of the county asking them to proclaim their purpose of supporting the entire Democratic tic- ket in the coming election. The com- mittee has further decided that the neglect or refusal to answer this ques- tionnaire will be construed that such of- fice holder does not intend to support the ticket. “The writer, therefore, as secretary of the executive committee, 'pursuant to instructions of the executive com- mittee, respectfully requests you to sign nd return to him in the inclosed self- addressed envelope the statement ap- pended to the foot of this letter.” Text of Statement. the, action’ of | Chi b b Neanderthal Man’s Home Town Fixed In Mayors’ Debate Was a Dusseldorfian Hail- ing From Cologne When Argument Ended. By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, Germany. — The chief burgomasters of the two leading cities in the Rhineland, Dusseldorf and Cologne, have solved the problem as to where the aboriginal neanderthal man had his abode. He was a Dusseldorfian, but hailed from Cologne. Duesseldorf and Cologne are bitter rivals for supremacy in the Rhineland. They are constantly watching each other in the hope of going the com- petitor one better. ‘When the League of German Munici- palities met for its annual convention, ef ter Lehr of mmldo';& ( e *fante of i city, , as & clin "that where 1- dorf now stands was once the habi- tation of the prehistoric neanderthal man. Chief Burgomaster Adenauer of Co- logne followed. Politely he admitted the possible truth of his colleague’s conten- tion, but added, with a view to his home town’s reputation, “Of course the Neanderthal chap was a man from Cologne who got lost in the woods and settled down in Duesseldorf.” Everybody laughed at the sally and looked to Mayor Lehr. After a few mo- ments of fast and furious thinking Lehr pulled himself out of the affair by saying, “Come to think of it, Dr. Adenauer of Cologne is right. An ex- amination of the Neanderthal man’s skeleton shows that nobody but a na- tive of Cologne could have had such a big mouth.” GILBERT IS ASSURED OF LONDON SUPPORT Obtains Churchill Promise of 0. K. on Early Reparations Parley. Goes to Paris. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1928, LONDON, October 18.—S. Parker Gilbert, American agent general for reparations, after spending a few days with Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, left today for Paris to discuss the question of reparations with Premier ' Poincare. SR The American reparations agent had a very difficult task in London, and it took a good deal of diplomacy to induce Mr. Churchill to promise that Great Britain will not obstruct the coming al)n!erence for alteration of the Dawes an. D When, in Siptember; the Wreneh sugs gested at Geneva that the whole ques- tion of reparations should be discussed again, they found Mr. Gilbert most anxious to have the Dawes plan revised. He, however, urged that the conference should take place at the earliest pos- sible moment, namely, between Novem- ber 10 and next March. Mr. Gilbert's reason is that after March the British will be busy with the general elections and will not be able to find time to dis- cuss until next Fall the question of a substantial reduction of the reparations sum, which at present is estimated at some $30,000,000,000. TOWN FEARS ATTACK. Ten Marines Rushed to Scene to Ward Off 80 Costa Ricans. The statement referred to reads as BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, October 18 follows: “The undersigned Democratic (#).—Ten Marines and four men of the officeholder of Fairfax County, Va. hereby publicly states that he will vote for and support the entire Democratic ticket in the general elections to be held November 6.” Mr, Styles, when interviewed at his Nicaraguan - National Guard have been rushed to San Juan Del Norte to re- inforce the police there. The movement was in response to a rumor that 80 Costa Ricans under the office in the Transportation Building leadership of Gen. Fernando Larios were to attack the city. today, specified that the letters were GERMANS DUE HERE| EARLY TOMORROW Program for Reception In- complete Because of Un- certainty as to Number. Although Dr. Hugo Eckener, com- | mander of the dirigible Grat Zeppelin, and officers of the huge ship, which now is being conditioned at the Lake- hurst naval air station for a tour of the Eastern United States next week, are due to arrive in this city at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, the program for their reception here has not yet been completed because of uncertainty as tp the number who will come and the time of their return to Lakehurst. The Navy Department has been in- formed that the' Germans-had:planned tentatively to leave Washington tomor- row night, but it now is considered likely that they will remain in this city until Saturday afternoon or Sat- urday night so that they may accept an invitation to be the luncheon guests of the National Press Club here Sat- urday. Arrive at 7 Tomorrow. ‘The party is to arrive at Union Sta- tion by railroad at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning and will go immediately to the Carlton Hotel as the guests of Harry Wardman and Clem W. Gerson, hotel manager. Dr. Eckener and his officers will be the guests of Mr. Wardman dur- ing their stay in this city. A press conference will be held by Dr. Eckener at the Carlton Hotel from 7:15 a.m. tomorrow until time for him 10 leave for the White House to attend breakfast at 8 o'clock as the guest of President Coolidge. Following the breakfast Dr. Eckener and his officers will be taken sight- seeing by automobile and airplane and will attend a luncheon to be given in their honor by the Assistant Secretaries ol the War, Navy and Commerce De- partments in charge of aeronautics. Dr. Otto C. Kiep, counselor of the German embassy and charge d'affaires ad interim, will be host to his fellow countrymen at a tea and reception at the Carlton Hotel at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and at a dinner, also at the Carlton, at 7:30 p.m. Another recep- tion will follow the dinner, closing the day’s program. Repairs in Progress. The Navy Department has been in- formed that the work of renlh‘ing the damaged elevator and refueling of the Graf Zeppelin was in progress all day yesterday and was resumed today. More than 1,000,000 cubic feet of fuel gas, similar to the “Blau” gas used on the westward trip, have been brought to Lakehurst from Kentucky, wheye it was produced especially for the occasion by “cracking” gasoline. This fuel gas, hav- ing about the same weight as air, will be even superior to the famous “Blau” gas, it is believed. The Navy Department also has on hand 357,000 cubie feet of hydrogen gas especially procured for the German ship, since helium is used exclusively in the United States dirigibles. Ten tons of high-test gasoline and . three and a half tons of lubricating oil also will go into the Zeppelin's tanks. Dr. Eckener and his officers are in Philadelphia today, where several func- tions have been planned in their honor. The Zeppelin commander, it is under- stood. En.s been swamped with tele- graphic requests from cities in the Middle West that he fly over them during the American tour. The itiner- ary of the trip, however, has not been decided upon definitely, the Navy De- partment has been informed. ECKENER SEEKS $15,000,000. Envisions Regular Transatlantic Air Service With Four Zeppelins. NEW YORK, October 18 (#).—Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, hopes that before he sails for | home next week his dream of a regular mailed at the command of the executive committee and not of his own volition. .. CUSTOMS MEN OUSTED. Fifteen Inspectors on Patrol Work at Detroit Discharged. DETROIT, October 18 (#).—The dis- charge on October 15 of 15 inspectors of the United States border customs patrol in Detroit was revealed today by Sumner C. Sleeper, director of the Michigan area forces. Sleeper said the inspectors were dis- missed on orders signed by Ogden L. Mills, Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury, from Washington. "He declined to fivemydeuunumtheuuunfor he dismissals, but said the force soon would be recruited up to its normal strength from men who have passed clvil service examinations. e By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., October 18.— Following the ignoring of an order to cease distribution of political mat- ter, several hundred pamphlets es- pousing the Republican cause and urg- ing the election of Herbert Hoover were seized yesterday from the W. C. T. U. booth of a local food show. The woman’s organization was warned that any further action in behalf of any candidate would be met with the clos- of its booth. leaflets were said by officials of food s] which is being conduct- by local le and retail grocers, (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) | | i W. C.T. U, Republican Pamphlets Seized In Booth at Baltimore Food Show to have been procured from the Repub- lican national committee at the request of the Anti-Saloon League. Distribution of the matter was started Monday, the first day of the show, and officials then warned the women in charge to cease. Yesterday when it was found that the booklets were still being issued the seizure was made and the women told that any further ac- tion would mean the closing of their booth. A picture of Hoover was also removed from the th. TR T ment, in whicl y_e: ed regret at te action of the W. C. T. UA“ S R L FARE RAISE RULING EAPECTED MONDAY AFTER MORE STUDY Three-Hour Session Today Fails to Produce Decision by Commission. NEW REJECTION BASIS SUBMITTED BY BRIDE Would Turn Down Capital Traction Request Through Compet- ing Company. Washington car riders must wait until Monday at least to learn whether | they will have to pay a 10-cent fare. The Public Utilities Commission, after a three-hour discussion of the car-fare case again today, adjourned at 2 o'clock in apparent deadlock and deferred its decision until the next regular meeting, which is scheduled Monday. Considerable progress was reported to have been made, however, toward reach- ing a verdict, which undoubtedly will come at the Monday meeting. Bride Outlines Plan. Cerporation Counsel William W. Bride, the commission’s general counsel, spent more than an hour and a half with the commission while the fare question was debated. He is said to have pointed the legal way by which the Capital Traction Co.'s petition might be turned down. This is to be given serious consider- ation by the members of the commis- sion before the next meeting. Bride's suggestion, it is understood, is first to deny a higher fare to the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co., which did not ask for it, but was made a party to the case when the Capital Traction Co. announced it would not acezpt an increase unless the competirfg company is similarly treated. ‘Then the commission would be in the position of telling the Capital Traction Co., that it would be idle to grant its application if it does not propose to accept the higher fare. P Col. Ladue went into the executive meeting of the commission for consider~ ation of the street car fare case today determined to make his last stand against granting the Capital Traction Co.’s application. It is known that Col. Ladue has vigorously opposed an in- ever since the hearings started on ' the company's” petition about = month ago. Others' Views Differ. ‘There is little doubt at the District Building as to how the two civilian members of the commission feel toward the application. John W. Childress has stated on several occasions that the commission is legally bound to grant the increase if the company is not earning a-fair return on its valua- tion. Col. Harrison Brand, jr., the third member, however, has been more cautious about indicating his position, but it has been reported that after a serious study of the record in the case he has been unable up to this time to find a legal ground on which to turn down the application. Col. Brand's reluctance to give pub- lic expression of his attitude, it is be- lieved, is due mainly to the fact that he is serving under a recess appoint- | ment that will have to be passed upon by the Senate when Congress convenes in December. A number of Senators already have registered their objec- tion with the commission to higher | street car fares in Washington. {DRY LEADER DROPS FIGHT TO AVOID JAIL Dr. E. S. Shumaker’s Plea for New Trial on Contempt Charge Abandoned. | B the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, October 18.—Dr. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the In- diana Anti-Saloon League, today aban- doned his efforts to escape the 60-day sentence on the State penal farm im- posed on him for contempt of the In- diana Supreme Court. Ethan A. Miles and James Bingham, attorneys for Dr. Shumaker, presented to the Supreme Court a withdrawal of their motion for a new trial on the mo- tion for a rehearing of the case. The Supreme Court granted the withdrawal, thus sweeping away all legal technicali- ties and paving the way for the immedi- ate isuance of commitment papers which would authorize Dr. Shumaker wulbe‘m serving his sentence immedi- ately. 2 The Anti-Saloon League superintend- ent awaited in his office the arrival of the sheriff with the commitment papers. In addition to the penal farm sentence Dr. Shumaker was fined $250 on the contempt charge. The contmpt case was brought by Arthur Gilliom, attor- ney general of Indiana, and was based on statements in the annual report of the Anti-Saloon League charging that certain justices of the Supreme Court were prejudiced in their decisions on liquor cases. MAN AND WIFE IN PLANE BELIEVED LOST IN LAKE Craft Headed for Michigan City Long Overdue—Search Is Started. By the Associated Press. MENOMINEE, Mich., October 18.—An airplane piloted by Thomas Mitchell, 27, of Manhattan, Kans., and his wife as a passenger. which took off from Sturgeon Ba,’, Wis., late yesterday for this city, had not arrived last night and is believed to have fallen into Lake ;l‘l)mmnfi‘;he trip u;ml:ul a bay about normally w take a short time. % 5 G The plane was a standard four-pas- senger Stinson-Detroiter, which is not adaptable for water landiug. A terrific wind and rainstorm broke after the ship took off and it is feared the plane was forced down. Coast Guardsmen plan to 311 Ships have- bese: ackeg. ta"pe oh on for the plane. : ployed