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2 HAM URGES EQUAL CAR FARE INCREASE W. R. & E. Co. President Says Capital Traction Is Di- rect Competitor. *k (Continued From First Page.) account for his experience as a street rallway accountant, Willlam McK. Clay- ton public utilities chairman of the Federation of Citizens Assoclations, re- marked that the witness seemed to have qQualified as an expert bookkeeper. Clayton Asks Engineering View. “I want to ask the counsel whether he will also have Mr. Ham qualify as &:: expert in street railway engineering,” asked Mr. Clayton, “or does he expect this witness to confine his testimony to_accounting?” When Mr. Bowen started to explain, Mr. Clayton interjected: “What I am interested In <nowing about this busi- ness is whether bookkeeping is more important than engineering.” “I am offering Mr. Ham as an ex- pert_street railway executive,” asserted Mr. Bowen. Mr, Ham then introduced in evidence a large map of the District, showing all street railway and bus lines now in operation. This map was placed in view of the commission and spectators and Mr. Ham pointed out the various lines operated by his company. Outlining briefly the history of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., Mr. Ham said it had been formed by a consolidation of various independent lines, which had been originally bullt with the idea of bringing passengers from outlying sections into the center of the city without much considera- tion of the interchange of traffic be- tween lines. Independents Were Unprofitable. “The system was not.built as a mod- ern co-ordinated system of street rail- ways_would be byilt today,” explained Mr. Ham Most of the independent lines which went to form the present company, Mr. Ham said, had been unprofitable. Entering & description of the physical properties of his company, Mr. Ham said that the single-track mileage in the District totaled 127.494, of which about 69 miles were operated as an under- ground system. ‘The mileage operated in Maryland he gave as 36.461. This made a total of 163.955 miles of single track inside and outside of the District. Mr. Ham. said the company had 460 active passenger ‘cars and 96 busses. The witness said the various cross- town bus lines operated by the company have been advantageous to the public, saving time and preventing congestion in the dowtown areas of the city, while the company has found them more economical to operate than the cars. “The bus service is popular, as shown by the way the number of passengers on the busses has increased from year to year,” said Mr. Ham, “and this has tended to prevent losses in revenue which the company otherwise wculd have suffered.” As an example of the benefit to the public of bus lines, Mr. Ham said it takes 41 minutes for a passenger to go by street car from Georgia avenue and Rock Creek road to Mount Pleasant street, while the time by the company's cross-town bus service is only 5 minutes. Mr. Ham gave figures to show how the passenger traffic on the company's busses has increased since they were first put in service in 1922. In that year, 198,000 persons were carried on busses. From that time the number of passengers increased as fol- lows: 809,665 in 1923, 1,034,720 in 1924, 1,895,038 in 1925, 3,036,852 in 192 3,858,052 in 1927 and 4,425,610 in 1928, Says Companies Are Competitors. Mr. Ham said that the Park road bus line in 1927 carried 443,497 pay pas- sengers and 257,000 transfer passengers; the Woodley road bus line in 1928 car- ried 453,573 pay passengers and 391,- 644 transfer passengers. He then said that he wanted to show that the lines of the Capital Traction and Washington Rallway & Electric Cos. were directly in competition, and, pointing to the large map, said that the Capital Traction Co. has only two long lines in the District, the Connecti- cut avenue and the Fourteenth street lines. The Connecticut avenue line, he said, is not far distant from the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co.'s Wis- consin avenue line, and these are di- rectly competitive from the District line from Woodley road, and also from Mount Pleasant into town. The Fourteenth street line, he said, is in direct competition with the rail- ‘way company’s Takoma Park line. From Kennedy street south it is parallel from the Georgia avenue line two or three blocks distant. From Monroe street south it is paralleled by the Eleventh street line. The whole down- town system of the Capital Traction Co. is in direct competition with that of the railway, he said. Both lines serve the same major urban points, such as the Union Station, the Capitol and the ‘Treasury Department. The Washing- ton Railway & Electric Co. system, Mr. Ham said, is more spread out and has longer hauls than the Capital Traction system. The average distance from the end of the railway line to Eleventh and F streets, he said, is 4.9 miles and from the end of the traction lines to Fif- :;fxmh and New York avenue is 3.4 les. 426 Cars in Operation. Hs company, Mr. Ham said, operates 426 Eluenzer cars as compared with y the Capital Traction Co., and 96 busses to the 43 of the rival con- cern. He went on to give other figures of a similar character and wound up with the conclusion that regardless of valuation, earnings, or other considera- tion, company cannot be operated as economically as can the Capital ‘Traction Co. “Our company is a pionetr,” Mr. Ham said, “In going out into the open spaces and building up the community and it would be an absoluely unfair thing to give a rate to the Capital Traction Co., which was not given also to_us. “The problems of rush hour service are just as acute today as they ever were and the congestion of automobile traffic in the street makes it increasingly difficult to operate the service,” Mr. Ham said. “While I don’t believe the public is much interested,” the witness continued, “Do Not Choose” Message Surp rise To Mrs. Coolidg Former First Lady Says She Learned President’s Step From Friend. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 19.—In the September American Magazine Mrs. Calvin Coolidge reveals that the former President’s now historic “do not choose to run” statement which came out of the Black Hills to startle the country in 1927 was only revealed to her, several hours after it had been given to the press, in a causual conversation with a friend. On the morning of the day the state- ment was given out, Mrs. Coolidge says, the President upon finishing his break- fast remarked, “I have been President four years today” and step) into his car for the ride from the lodge where they were staying to his office in Rapid City, 8. Dak. Soon after 1 o'clock Mr. Coolidge returned with two Senators for luncl and after the meal went to his room for a nap. “Quite a surprise the President gave us this morning,” one of the men re- marked. Seeing that Mrs. Coolidge did mnot know what had taken place he told her. She tells the incident to illustrate how completely she abstained from in- terfering with™ the President in affairs of state. “I am rather proud of the fact,” she writes, “that after nearly a quarter of a century of marriage my husband feels free to make his decisions and act upon them without consulting me or giving me advance information con- cerning them. “in the small increase which the street railways are asking for, still we must re- member that human nature is human public would take the line when the rate is lower in the neighborhoods where those lines are directly competitive. The public of Washington has expressed itself in favor of a uniform fare by re- fusing to express any favor of the zone system when we sought to institute it a few years ago as & means of raising increased revenue.” Offers Record of Old Hearing. Mr. Bowen offered a portion of the record of the former hearing on the Capital Traction Co.'s petition for an increase in fare in 1928. Mr. Hartman pointed out that much of the record which was offered was pure argument. Mr. Bowen admitted that this might be so, but said that under the old com- mission the rules of practice were not so strict and it would be hard indeed to read the record and distinguish carefully between narration of fact and argument. Mr. Hartman said if he allowed that old record to go into the present case in the shape in which it was offered it would be equivalent to paying for print- ing the company’s briefs. The matter was settled by Mr. Bowen withholding his offer until the commission had time to examine the record and indicate which portions of it were considered ar- gument and which portions considered testimony. Mr. Ham then said that the valua- tion, as found by the Public Utilities Commission in 1914, of the Washington Railway & Electric :nd its subsidiary companies, plus the costs of additions and betterment to date, which the com. pany sets out as its present fair yalu: tion, must not be taken as any estima gg what the company estimates its value Clayton Opposes Remarks. Mr. Clayton moved to strike Mr. Ham's remarks from the record and also that portion of the company’s an- swer on which they were based. “This,” said Mr. Clayton, “is 4 rate case. We do not know what the vérds of this witness mean. Is he going to come in here with some other valuation than that set byt the commission?” Mr. Hartman said that the company had a right to confront the commission with any alleged valuation it chose and that the witness’ remarks would only g0 to the weight to be given the com- mission’s estimate of valuation by the company. Mr. Clayton then withdrew his motion, but said that he probably would renew it at another time. “Fair” Value Is Shown. Mr. Ham next introduced two stae tistical exhibits for the purpose of show- ing the “fair” value of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. as of December 31, 1928, and explaining how it was built up. Commissioner Hartman asked counsel to-state whether it was intended it these exhibits should be taken as proof offered by the company of its “fair” value. Mr. Hartman and Mr. Bowen engaged in a discussion of what the real purpose of the exhibits was. Finally Mr. Ham said that the figure of $19,- 210,890.39 was offered, as the “mini- mum fair value.” “Isn't this figure developed in identi- cally the same way that the Inter- state Commerce Commission was taken to task by the Supreme Court for using in the “O'Fallon case? asked Mr. Hartman. Mr. Bowen explained that in’ the absence of a valuation up to date by the commission, the best evi- dence of present value was the com- mission’s formeer valuation figure plus the sworn statements of the company made since 1916. “But if the commission accepts this figure,” insisted Mr. Hartman, “would it not be inviting the same criticism that the Supreme Court administered to the Interstate Commerce Commission in the O'Fallon case?” Sidesteps Answer. Mr. Bowen sidestepped a direct answer to this question by saying that the company’s exhibits were the best evidence now available. The commission, Mr. Bowen said, is empowered to make any attack on the valuation found by itself on the com- pany’s property, and so is every indi- vidual, except those who have appealed from the commission’s finding. 3 Hartman said that the commission could reopen that case at any time that it detected error in it, and readjust the findings accordingly. Mr. Bowen wound up the argument by saying that the company was not introducing evidence in this case as it would in a valuation case. This ap- peared to satisfy Mr. Hartman and re- cess was taken for lunch. nature and that a large portion of the | b THE EV. NG 3000 VETERANS IN SESSION HERE 80th Division Reunion Dele- gates Are Welcomed to Capital by Taliaferro. Commissioner Sidney A. Taliaferro this morning turned the Capital over to the nearly 3,000 World War veterans {from Virginia, West Virginia and Penn- sylvania here for the tenth annual re- union of the 80th Division fo the Amer- ican forces in France. In an address of welcome at the opening business session of the reunion at the Raleigh Hotel the District Com- missioner urged the veterans to make the city th own during their stay here, which will close with the annual division ball Wednesday night. Col. C. Fred Cook of Washington, called upon to extemporaneously intro- duce Commissioner Taliaferro, told the veterans of the voteless plight of the citizens of the District. He explained the form of government now in force in the District, how the Commissioners are not chosen by the people, but ap- pointed by the President; how the citi- zens have no voice in the affairs of the city other than through indirect suggestions. Commissioner Taliaferro, however, he sald, represents not only the people of Washington but of the entire United States, through his ap- pointment by the Chief Executive. Other speakers at the morning ses- sion were Maj. Gen. Ephraim Peyton, who commanded the 320th Infantry of the division during the war; the Rev. Edwin Wallace of the Catholic parish of Manhattan Beach, Ashby Williams of Washington, chair- man of the general reunion committee ere. On behalf of the 80th Division Asso- ciation Auxiliary, made up of wives, mothers and sisters of members of the division, a large floral display was pre- sented the division. A full day is being spent by the vet- erans today, with scores of unit re- unions and small get-together meetings of “buddies” of overseas days, the reg- ular business meeting this morning and a pligrimage to Mount Vernon aboard an Army transport this afternoon. Howard Wells Presides. Howard Wells, commander of the 80th Division Association for the past year, who was blinded in action during | the war, presided at the opening ses- slon, assisted by Capt. Thomas W. ‘Hooper. Committees on nominations, audit- ing, resolutions, ghce of next meeting and distinguished guests were named by Comdr. Wells this morning, and re- ports are to be submitted at a business session to be held in the ballroom of the Releigh at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. A joint luncheon of the executive council and the history committee, a standing committec, was held at noon today, at which plans for the publica- tion of the division history, a mass of data for which have been col- lected by the committee, were ussed. Following tomorrow morning’s busi- ness session, the veterans will be guests of President Hoover at a reception on the grounds of the White House and ‘will be photographed with the President. ‘The veterans, many of them still bearing the scars of the conflict in France, yesterday afterncon paid hom- age at the shrines of dead heroes of the World War at Arlington National Ceme- tery following a big memorial service in_the amphitheater of the cemetery. Wreaths were placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and upon the grave of Brig. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, an officer of the division and for three years president of the 80th Division As- sociation. Approximately 3,500 persons attended the memorial services. ‘The principal address at the memo- rial service was delivered by Lieut. Frank Schoble, jr., of Philadelphia, who lost his eyesight as the result of wounds in action in France. Lieut. Schoble, a for- mer president of the 80th Division As- sociation, spoke on “Memories.” Music for the service was furnished by the Army Band. The invocation was pro- nounced by the Rev. Theodore Beck, who_ while serving as chaplain of the 320th Infantry was wounded in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Rev. Thomas W. Hooper of Culpeper, Va., who com- manded Company K of the 319th Inf try and earned the sobriquet of “Figh ing Parson,” delivered the benediction. After the services in the amphitheater “taps” were sounded over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the wreaths were placed. CHINA MOBILIZES MANCHURIA ARMY TO GUARD BORDER (Continued From First Page) rian border had arrived there, equipped with machine guns and field guns. A Mukden dispatch to the same ncy said that Gov. Chang Hsueh | ng had appointed Gen. Wi Shu Chang commander of the Manchurian forces at present en route to the Si- berian bo; and had summoned a mil- itary council to meet at -Mukden. ‘The Manchull report said that calm had been restored in that area after the Soviet rald on Dalainor, although the town itself was deserted and Manchuli panic after the clash. Chinese of- cials arrested 12 Soviet workmen and sent them to Harbin. A Harbin dispatch said that the tele- graph lines to Pogranichnaya had been cut and accused Russians of sabotage in this connection. The tch also said that three men were ‘when the engineers’ quarters near the railroad station there were bombed. Chinese allege that it was the work of Russians carrying on the work of sabotage. The Chinese also reported that a man was rds when he attempted to e Sungari Bridge, near here, m killed by d’filmt}l?u orning. ear] nflnun sources at Harbin said Ger- who is looking aft- er found, when he vis- ited a detention camp near Harbin, that the only rations were raw tomatoes and erture, l’flll x!xéany of the woman prisoners were | Claring man Consul Stobbe, Soviet interests, ers were 5 was many scantily clad, since they were at night and not permi w arrested GRAF ZEPPELIN ROUTE TO TOKIO 1BE EARLY FRIDAY. ' ., N. Y, and Col. | STAR, WOMAN COMPOSER BELIEVED SUICIDE Young Texas Matron, Miss- ing in New York, Sought' Curtis’ Aid. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 19.—Police were dl‘ll‘lnf the East River. today in their | search for a young Texas matron who disappeared shortly after she had ap-! aled to Vice President Curtis to’help ér enter a career as a song writer. A woman believed to be Mrs. W. C. Edwards of Beaumont, Tex., Saturday night walked up to a little girl near the Brooklyn ‘Bridge, handed her a note and asked the way to the river. The note read: “I'm 1035 Jjourney; will y stuff to my mother?” Letters Found in Valise. In a valise which police located in | the Pennsylvania Station through a baggage check that was inclosed in the | note, were found two letters of introduc- tion for Miss Lola Enloe of Beaumont, Tex., to New York song publishers. The letters, referring to Miss Enloe as & mng ter, were written on stationary o the office of Vice President Curtis and were signed by a brother of the Vice president’s secretary. Also in the valise was a letter ad- dressed to Mrs. W. C. Edw: , 102 Brandon street, Beaumont, and a clip- ping indicating Mrs. Edwards had charge of a children’s hour over Station KFDM, at Beaumont. Advices from Beaumont were that Lola Enloe was the maiden name of Mrs, W. C. Edwards, who had left Beau- mont for New York about two weeks ago. She was interested in song writ- g Vice President «Curtis recalled meet- ing a young woman who asked him to help her start on a career of song writing in New York last Thursday. The Vice President referred her to his secretary’s brother, himself a song writer, who wrote letters of introduc- tion for her. ‘The theory that the woman's disap- ptarance was a publicity stunt was dis- | carded by Detective James Anderson, in charge of the case, who sald the old clothes found in the valise would not support that explanation. Mother Expresses Fear. Police today received from Mrs. M)r- ence Enloe of 102 Brandon avenue, Beaumont, a telegram begging them to search for her daughter Lola. ‘Please do everything possible to find my girl,” the message read, “I fear it was she who jumped into the river Sat- urday night. She had a great sorrow and had written it in songs and was in New York to sell them.” CALLED ON VICE PRESIDENT. leaving on a u please send this Young Woman Sought Advice for Pub- lishing Songs. ‘The young woman who disappeared in New York Saturday is believed to have been in Washington early last week, seeking the assistance of Vice President Curtis in her effort to have pub'\;shzd several songs she had com- A young woman, who said her name was Enloe and that her home was in Beaumont, Tex., telephoned the Vice President’s office last Monday asking for an appointment. She was‘told she could see the Vice President the follow- ing morning. She called Tuesday morning and asked Mr. Curtis if he could tell how to go about getting her songs published. He told her he was not familiar enough with the subject to advise her, but he remembered that his secretary, Miss Lola Williams, had a brother who sings over the radio and who might be able to give her the information sought. Mr. Williams happened to be in the Vice President’s office at the time. Mr. Curtis did not hear any more from the woman. It was learned today that the young woman who called at the Vice President's office said she did not want to sell the songs outright, be- cause, she explained, she did not need the money. She said at the time that she was a member of a Democratic Hoover-Curtis Club in Texas and indi- cated by her conversation that she fol- lowed political developments closely. ATLANTA IS EXTENDED. Governor Signs Bill Providing for Annexation of Towns. ATLANTA, Ga., August 19 (®).—At- lanta was assured of a population of nearly 350,000 today with the signing o the bill creat! reater Atlanta” Gov. L. G. The bill provides for the annexatio] of the municipalities of Decatur, Haj ville, East Point, College Park and ti unincorporated community of Avens Estates to comprise Greater Atlanta. ‘The municipalities included in the an- nexation will retain their present gov- ernments under the borough plan, but the Mayor of Atlanta will also be Mayor of Greater Atlanta, and the mayors of the otxliler cities will eonstitute a general council. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Army Band, Curtis D. Alway, captain, Infantry, com- manding; Willlam J. Stannard, leader; as F. Darcy, second leader, con- , at Anacostia Park, this eve- , 7:30 o'clock. March, “Pepe Conde” Vive Overture, “Czaar and Zimmerman: Lortzing Waltz, & Dream’ Codina Fox trot, “Sing a Little Love sar':gl t:: , “The Last Days of Pompeil’ “In the H!.nl.?_!Nl:{i urbo and Stra- ‘Thom: duct tonice” and Habanera, “Esi ‘Noi Selection from the musical eomedy." “The Yankee Consul” Robyn Mai “Indians y the United States Navy Band, Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant lnde;. at \‘.khz Capitol, this q ocl (Bandmi Gl;nd scenes from the opers 3 Two Cuban dances (a) “Malaguena,” (b) “Banza Lucum{ Lecuona poem, “Vitava’ m. “Old Timers,” aster Charles Benter). “Sal “By the Waters of eurance l_ueryh from “No, No, Imw;‘;;m B, of the Hours,” Ballet music, “Dance S Shtenlt “Anchors Aweigh” “The Star Spangled o By the United States Marine Band, March, “Anchors Awelgh” Overture, “181: . = of the city. Designers’ sketch of three large hotel apartment buildings, to be erected by the Wardman Construction Co. on the 11-acre site on the south side of Calvert street, just below Connecticut Avenue Bridge. shortly. 1 et Construction is to be started SUN GOD BATTLES | STORM ON RETURN Endurance Plane Leaves Cleveland for St. Paul, After | Having Reached New York. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 19.— Overcoming storms which made hazard- ous flying from Roosevelt Field, New York, to the Cleveland airport, the en- durance plane Spokane Sun God re- fueled here this morning and flew on toward St. Paul, the next point where provisions and fuel are to be taken akoard, on its return flight to the Pa- cific Coast. The pilots, B. Mamer and Art Walker, reported all well aboard. They took on a hot bredkfast in the morning's con- tacts, but said they needed no oil. Last night's siorms, they said, were a severe test of both plane and pilots. The plane was expected to reach St. Paul today. i ‘The refueling plane was flown by Dan Robertson and James Buchanan. The westward flight will include stops at St. Paul and Missoula, Mont. Circle Over Bellefonte. ‘The plane reached here after a night of battling extremely rough weather across Pennsylvania "and in Eastern Ohilo. Radio reports to the airport here during the night said that Mamer had been forced to circle about Bellefonte, Pa., until the weather cleared suffi- clently to permit the plane to continue. ‘The Sun God arrived over Roose- velt PFleld at 3:45 p.m., Eastern stand- ard time, yesterday, having been in the air 66 hours and 47 minutes since it left Spokane at 5:58 p.m., Pacific time, Thursday. It had covered 3,600 miles. ‘The flyers, who are seeking to estab- lish a distance record for air refueled flight, hovered over the fleld two hours, taking on gas, oil, food and other sup- plies, before leaving for Cleveland on whe return flight. Tempted to Land. ‘The pilots dropped several notes while over the fleld, in one of which they ex- pressed their delight at arriving over New York, and declared they were tempted to land here. They also dropped a message of greeting sent to Mayor James J. Walker from Mayor James Rolph of San Francisco. ‘The refueling here was done by Ray ‘Wassall and P. V. Chaffee, who refuele the St. Louis Robin in its record-break- ing two-an half-week endurance flight at St. uis. They transferred 210 gallons of gasoline, 8 gallons of oli, food, water and repair parts for an earth inductor compass. ‘The Sun God headed toward Cleve- land, with Capt. Prank Hawks, holder of the transcontinental speed record, piloting a guide plane as fonte, Pa. —_— FIVE DIE AS FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE Gas Stove Blast Staits Blaze, Trapping Victims on Second Floor. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. August 19.— Five persons trapped on the second floor were burned to death and half a dozen others injured severely in a fire that g:::myed a boarding house here early y. ‘The fire resulted from an explosion of a gas stove and spread quickly through the wooden building, which was located in one of the older sections The dead are Samuel Archer, Hiram Evans, 30; nk Harty, 60; Martin Knapp and an unidentified man. ‘The blast occurred as Mrs. E. L. Dar- ragh, ht the e was burned severely about the face and hands by flames that enveloped the kitchen and her screams awakened some of her roomers, who jumped from | of Sinclair and others in the contempt- far as Belle- | SINGLAR PETTION GVEN T0 CORDON Rover Submits Pleas of Oil Man and Aige to Justice | for Recommendation. | United States Attorney Leo A. Rover today submitted to Justice Peyton Gor- | don of the District of Columbia Su- | preme Court ti® epplication of Harry | F. Sinclair, oil magnate, of New York,i and of Henry Mason Day, one of his chief assistants, for release from the District jail, where they are serving| terms of six months and four months, | respectively, for contempt of court in connection with jury shadowing dur- ing the trial of Sinclair and Albert B.| Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, | charged with conspiracy to defraud the | United States in connection with the leasing of the Teapot Dome naval oil | reserve. Justice Gordon was formerly United States attorney and led the. prosecution of-court matter. Mr. Rover thcught that his recommendation to the Attor- ney General on the petitions for exec- | utive clemency should be accompanied | by that of the real prosecutor in the case, although Rover was chief assist- ant when the case was tried. Both officials declined to discuss the reasons stated in ihe applications of the oil men to be released from further confinement, but announced they would | forward their recommendations in a letter to Justice Frederick L. Siddens, who presided at the trial and imposed the sentences. Justice Siddons is at his Summer home in Haven, Me., and the applica- | tions of Sinclair and Day, with the rec- ommendations of Justice Gordon and United States Attorney Rover, will be mailed to him this evening. Justice Siddons is expected to return the ap- plication with his indorsement to Unitad States Attorney Rover, who in turn will transmit the papers to the Attorncy General. In case of a favorable recommenda- tion by the prosecutors and the presid- ing justice the applications will be laid before President Hoover by the Depart- | ment of Justice. THREATEN T0 HOLD, NEW FIRE ENGINE {Arlington Supervisors Warn Clarendon Department to Settle Differences. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., August 19.—Acting on an appeal by Joseph C. Boss, a trustee, and | Edgar W. Pumphrey, attorney for the | Clarendon Methodist Church, the Board of County Supervisors today passed a resolution notifying the " Clarendon Volunteer Fire Department that if it persisted in the erection of an engine house on Lawton avenue, the board will refuse to deliver to it the new fire engine | which been ordered and will be shipped here in a very short time. The motion was to the effect that “there being strong opposition to the location on which the firehouse is be- ing built, the board will not deliver the new engine to them until a suitable lo- cation has been found.” It was the unanimous opinion of the board thlt’ no fire engine house should be located ; near a school or church. e Silver Star Awarded War Hero. A silver star citation has been awarded by the War Department to George M. Hagee of St. Louis, for gal- lantry in action near Cheppy, France, September 26, 1918, while serving the second floor. v Ithturs on picket duty at the mill. MILL STRIKE RIOT CALLS OUT GUARDS 1,600 Men Attack Non-Union Force at Marion, N. C., Wounding Several. By the Assoclated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C, August 19.— Asheville National Guardsmen were or- dered mobilized early today for duty at Marion, N. C., where 1,600 strikers at the Clinchfield cotton mills this morning refused to permit 400 non- union men to.go to work. The troops were called out by N. A. Townsend, representative of Gov. O. Max Gard-! ner, at the scene. | Troop K, National Guard Cavalry unit, left for Marion. Approximately 55 men were in the unit, which is com- manded by Capt. W. C. Lyda, with First Lieut. Joseph Tallant and Second Lieut. Carl Shytle MORGANTON, N. C.. August 19 (P).| —Coinpany B, 105th Engineers, North | Carolina Natlonal Guard of Moogan- | ton. left this morning for Marion on strike duty. The company is composed ot about 60 men, headed by Capt. A. L. _Schuping. BEATEN BY 1,600 STRIKERS. Marion, N. C., Non-Union Men Pre- vented From Returning to Mill. MARION, N. C,, August 19 (#).—One man was badly beaten and several oth- ers sustained bruises when 1,600 strikers at the Clinchfield cotton mill here early today prevented 400 non-union men from returning to work in the mill. The disorders occurred at 5:15 o'clock this morning when pickets are alleged to have attacked the advance guard of workers attempting to enter the mill, ich has been idle for several weeks. Immediately afterward Nat A. Town- send, executive counselor to Gov. O. Max Gardner, who was sent to Marion 3aturday by the governor to watch the situation this morning, telephoned Maj. Eugene P. Coston of Asheville to mobi- lize the Asheville National Guard forces and come at once. Troops were sent here from Asheville and Morgantown and went on duty at the mill. Supt. Henderson of the mill was badly beaten with blackjacks and clubs elded by strikers and strike sympa- “Bring on your troops” they shouted almost in unison. Albert Hoffman, organizer for the Union Texile Workers of America, who has been counseling eace, attempted to prevent trouble, but , too, was hooted down. The strike at Marion has been on about six weeks. At first a compara- tively few workers went out. the plant was closed down. Two weeks ago an attempt was made to take a number of non-union workers into the mill and a fight occurred which resulted in the arrest and fining of a dozen strikers. On last Friday deputy sheriffs attempted to evict a number of mill workers from company houses, but met with resist- ance. The company announced on Sunday that the mill would be opened this morning. Gov. Gardner sent N. A. Townsend to ®Marion to watch the situation, and up to last night Mr. ‘Townsend reported that he did not be- lieve troops would be needed. Two Killed at Crossing. EAST ST. LOUIS, Il August 19 (). —A man and a woman were burned to death and another man injured serious- ly early yesterday when their automo- bile_caught fire after a collision with an Illinois Central freight train on a| de crossing in National City, adjoin- g East St. Louis. ‘The dead: Miss Zelma Witt, 24, of Granite City, Ill.; Robert Carl McDon- ald of Granite City, Ill. The injured: Lester Feahling, 26, of Granite City, as first lieutenant, 138th Infantry, 35th Division, A. E. F. n. WILLIAMS 10 SHIP UNTESTED PLANE Flyer Abandons Attempts to Theroughly Try Out Speed Craft. By the Assoclated Press. . ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 19.—Deci- sion to send the Mercury racer, Lieut. Alford J. Williams’ tiny but powerful plane, abroad this week to compete in the Schneider Cup races without any further tests here was announced at the Nzval Acacemy today. Lieut. Comdr. De Witt C. Ramsey, un- der whose management Williams’ tests of the speed plane were conducted here, made the announcement, saying that the decision was reached with full co- operation of the Navy and the men who backed Williams in construction of the plane, Comdr. Ramsey said that in yester- day's tests Williams had the plane off the water a few feet despite a bent propeller and that the speed it de- veloped in a 400-yard hop in that man- ner convinced the fiyer that the racer \\'oul;i give the performance he expected of i ‘The plane will be shipped to New York at once, he said, and Williams and his racer probably will leave for Eng- land on the Majestic on Priday. PLANE TEST PLEASES WILLIAMS. Craft Skims Waves, Barely in Air, in Trial at Annapolis. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON . Aviation Editor of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, August 19.—Tests of the Mercury racer. in which Lieut. Al- ford J. Willlams, U. S. N., will race in the Schneider Cup contests in England next month, were halted yesterday, when Lieut. Williams noticed a vibration in the motor, coupled with a falling off of the gasoline pressure. The vibration was found to be caused by slightly bent propeller blade, twisted at its tip by contact with water thrown against it by the pontoons in taxiing. The pres- sure difficulty was of a minor character and was easily remedied. The propeller was sent to the Ana- costia Naval Air Station at Washington yesterday afternoon to be straightened and returned here in time for final tests today. Lifts Easily From Water. Sc brief was yesterday’'s flight and so close to the surface of the water did the racer remain that is was diffi- cult for observers to tell much about the performance. Licut. Williams, how= ever, was highly pleased, as the criti- cal moments in flying the powerful little ship are during the take-off and landing. Though the plane barely left the water before he was forced to set it down again, Lieut. Williams was able to learn that the ship lifts easily from the water, flies steadily, and can be landed at its minimum flying speed, estimated at 110 miles per hour, with- out difficulty. ‘Yesterday's tests were witnessed by the largest crowd gathered at the Naval Academy since the racer was brought here nearly two weeks ago. Many private boats stood by outside the lines cleared by Navy patrol boats. A slight breeze was blowing up the Severn River from the southeast, whip- ping the water into choppy little waves, as the racer was lowered off Santee ‘Wharf at the Naval Academy. It was made fast to a barge alongside the aircraft tender U. S. S. Sandpiper, and the starting apparatus, on another barge, was brought into connection with & slot in the propeller hub. On the third attempt the motor ‘“took hold” and began spitting sheets of flame from its four banks of exhaust stacks as it was turned over slowly to warm up. Something New in Flying Togs. Lieut. Williams displayed something new in flying equipment as he climbed into the plane. He wore shorts, a silk shirt with no collar and white canvas “sneakers” A helmet, goggles and parachute completed his outfit. After a short warming up, Lieut. Wil- liams ordered the plane cast off and. taxiing out into the channel, turned the nose of the ship downstream toward Chesapeake Bay. Followed by three Navy boats, he taxied slowly down the channel to a point beyond the down- stream end of the Academy grounds before opening up the throttle. A Navy submarine chaser, with a diver aboard, was stationed near the mouth of the river, and smaller Navy craft stood by at intervals along the course in case of emergency. A twin- motored F-5-L flying boat circled over- head during the trial period. As Williams opened the throttle, the little racer disappeared from view in a dense cloud of white spray and black smoke. After an interval, it shot out of the cloud, the twin pontoons high on the water. The plane lurched he: ily over the waves and Lieut. Willias shut down the motor and resumed his methodical ~taxiing/ into more open water. ‘Three similar attempts were made, the plane pulling farther and farther out into the bay, before the ship rose entirely off the water. It then was so far out it scarcely could be seen with the naked eye from the shore. Owing to the shortness of the initial hop no estimate could be made of the speed. The motor, however, was turn- ing over at far less than its full speed. Williams than cut the throttle and a Navy barge took the racer in tow and brought it back to Santee Wharf. VETERAN SEEKS RECORD FOR BRIDE CONCEALMENT Oliver K. Fry of 80th Division Is Keeping His Buddies Guessing as to Her Whereabouts, Oliver K. Fry of Pittsburgh, Pa, colorbearer for the 80th Divi here for the annual reunion with his buddies of the days in France, has what he believes is a record of some kind. For two days—and nights—he has ‘| CORUNNA, Mich., Two ers in the o here, placed a wreath yesterday on the Tomb of the Gordon, past Ia; ying wreath, and Lieut. president, Pennsylvania Auxiliary, No. 1, Phila- Frank Schoble, jr., —Star Stef Photo. kept secret the name and location of the hotel in which he and his bride, formerly Miss Edna McMurray of Pitts- burgh, a member of the 80th_ Division Association Auxillary, whom he mar- ried Saturday, are staying, despite numerous attempts of many of his as- sociates of headquarter's company of the 319th Infantry, to learn his ad- dress, so that they may give the bride and bridegroom the reception to which they feel they are entitled. th and his bride have at- tended all of the reunions of the 80th Division. PLANE FLEET HELD UP. San DPiego Take-off Delayed to Await Expense Money. NAVAL AIR STATION, San DIEGO, August 19 (#).—An overdue check for cxpense money held up the departure of 18 naval yunlllt planes uled to leave for Celveland, Ohio, today. Fail- ure of this check to arrive by air mail caused naval officers to order postpone- ment of the flight-until the check comes from Clevelan Pepper Used.in Escape of Two. August 19 jo—