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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly warmer tonight; to- morrow fair and continued ‘Temperatures: - Highest, yesterday; lowest, 61, Full report on page 9, New York Stock Market Closed Today Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. No. 31,170, post office, 92, at 4 pm. at 6 am. today. ORI, FARDIERSES IS MAKING SPEED OF 80 MILES AN HOUR May Reach Friedrichshafen Tomorrow Afternoon and Lower Globe Mark. POSITION LAST GIVEN AS 1,570 MILES OUT Southerly Course Is Followed to Avoid Possible Storms Over North Atlantic. HAMBURG, September 2 (#)— ‘The Graf Zeppelin reported its position to the Hamburg-Amerivan Lines at 1:30 a.m., Eastern standard time, as 37 north 45.6 west. It was fiying at an altitude of about™,500 feet with a moderate west northwest wind. ‘The position given was about 1,570 miles east and slightly south of Lakehurst. It was veered slightly to the south since last reported. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J,, September 2.— Aided by favorable winds, the Graf Zeppelin was flying far out over the Atlantic today on her fifth crossing between the United States and Ger- many. She was bound for her own hangar at Friedrichshafen, Germany, after touring the world. Carrying 22 passengers, the airship was flying more speedily than on her first transatlantic flight to Lakehurst, less than a year ago. Radio advices indicating she was making about 80 miles an hour, virtually full speed for her five motors, strengthened the probability she would reach Friedrich- shafen before Thursday morning and lower her own round-the-world record of 21 days 7 hours and 26 minutes. The Graf Zeppelin's. best time be- tween Priedrichshafen and Lakehurst has been 55 hours 24 minutes. Such a rate of speed on the present trip would have the dirigible home tomor- row afternoon, and the Friedrichshafen- Friedrichshafen time would be less than the Lakehurst-Lakehurst time. Avoids Possible Storms. Avolding possible storm centers: over the North Atlantic, the ship followed a southerly course toward the Azores. Naval authorities esfimated “the -was traveling about 200 miles south of her previous eastern route. Dr. James H. Kimball, Weather Bureau meteorologist, predicted favor- able winds over most of the Zeppelin's course. In taking a southerly course the dirigible passed behind a storm that was headed toward Sable Island in a northeasterly direction. No bad weather | 1. was indicated on the course, with the possible exception of local disturbances. ‘The Graf was flying homeward under command of Capt. Ernst Lehmann. Dr. Hugo Eckener, who piloted the Zeppelin around the world and on her previous transatlantic voyages, saw the dirigible off, then took a train for Cleve- land to attend the national air races. From there he is to go to Akron, Ohio, |, to inspect the two new dirigibles being |" constructed for the Navy before sailing for Germany on Saturday. Hole of Mysterious Origin. Along with 22 passengers the Zeppelin was carrylng a patched bullet hole of mysterious origin in one of her fuel cells. Before departing members of the crew expressed the opinion it was made while the dirigible was flying over Texas en route from Los Angeles to Lakehurst. - They refused, however, to divulge: the basis for this belief or the theory that it was caused by a bullet. Officers of the ship said the slight dam- lfe would not impair the navigability of the ship or add to the hazard of the voyage. Two last-minute passengers were among the 22 who spent an almost sleepless night awaliting the departure that was delayed for eight hours by strong winds. Mrs. Harry A. Hobson of Jogansport, Ind., decided to make the trip while the special train bearing the passengers was pulling into Lakehurst. Mrs. Hob- son is a niece of Mrs. Charles B. Park- er of Cleveland, who was expected to be the only woman aboard. She had come from Logansport to bid her aunt bon voyage, but decided to accompany her ‘when she heard that was Maj. Peak, l-[oweiver, Denies Qil Man Takes Rides for Pleasure. TREATS PRISONERS Aids Doctor in Attending 40 to 50 Trusties at Ninth Street Wharf. Harry F. Sinclair, multi-millionaire oil magnate, now serving a term at the “| District Jail, has been assigned to spe- cial duties which afford him an auto- mobile ride several times a week to a branch clinic of the jail at the Ninth street municipal wharf. This. was disclosed today by Maj. Willilam Peak, jail superintendent, in denying reports that his wealthy pris- oner had been permitted to go on pleasure trips by motor. . Sinclair, Maj.. Peak explained, has been on the less-confining assignment for about two months, riding “every day or s0” to and from the wharf in com- pany with Dr. Morris Hyman, resident physician at the jail. Sinclair is drug clerk and assistant to Dr. Hyman and his assignment to the wharf duties was made by Maj. Peak on the recommendation of the physician. Helps Doctor Treat Prisoners. Mn{ Peak said Sinclair’s work at the wharf was to assist Dr. Hyman in treat- ing ailments of about 40 or 50 priosners detailed to the docks from Occoquan. This detail, he said, has been main- tained at the wharf for several years for the loading and unloading of mu- nicipal craft plying between Washing- ton and the District Reformatory. These men are “semi-trusties,” who live in a frame building at the wharf under constant guard of a supervisor, Edward Stein of the Ooccoquan force. They cook their own meals and other- wise live an “independent” existence under restraint of the law. z “About two months ago,” Maj. Peak stated today, “Mr. Barnard, superin- tendent of Occogquan, suggested me that a branch of our jail clinic be es- tablished at the wharf to render essen- tial medical attention to the prisoners residing there. I readily agreed to adopt the suggestion, and a small room was fitted up with minor medical and surgi- cal equipment, such as first-aid kits, some drugs, etc. Denies Pleasure Trips. “Dr. Hyman made a written recom- mendation to me that Mr. Sinclair be allowed to continue his services as pharmacist and assistant at the branch clinic, I saw no reason to deny this request, and since that time Mr. Sin- clair_has made trips to the wharf in Dr, Hyman's automobile severa] times weekly. Maj. Peak declared the sutomobile bearing Mr. Sinclair and Dr. Hyman was operated on business missions only, that the route taken was the quickest available, The route might vary & block or two ut times, he said, due to desire of Dr. Hyman to stop at a drtig store and purchase supplies needed at the wharf, but on no occasion has the car g;m; on pleasure excursions of any ind. The visits to the riverside clinic, Maj. Peak stated, are made usually in the afternoon and are of short dura- tion. There is no definite schedule for the trips, he said, and no special days set aside for them. The physician and his assistant always return in time for supper at the jail, it was asserted. Public Barred From Wharf. ‘The Ninth street wharf is hidden from street view by a high board fence. The public is not admitted. The prisoners some years ago receifed their meals by automobile delivery from the District jail, but arrangement proved unsatisfactory, and now the men prepare their food on the sp-t. The present frame quarters are to be replaced before long by a brick struc- ture. The branch clinic will be set up in the new building, it is expected. 13 PROSTRATIONS ARE BLAMED TO HEAT | Spectators and One Participant Are Overcome During Firemen’s Labor Day Parade. The excitement and heat of the sun along the line of march of the fireman's parade was blamed for 13 prostrations today. an empty berth. Mrs. Hobson carried no baggage at all and arrangements ‘were made to cable her passport to_her. Alfred G. Bernheimer, New York broker, was on his way from New York to spend the week end at Atlantic City when he decided to make the trip on the Zeppelin. He bought his berth by telephone and had his brother bring t to Lakehurst by automo- m‘.li hl:ll"le consisted of only a 8. ngers were Ed- A. L. Bogan oi Syracuse, N. Y.; erick 8. Hogg of Mount Vefnon, N. Y.; Harry Vissering, director of the Good- year pelin “Co., and three United States Navy officers, Lieut. Comdr. H. . Wiley, commanding officer of the le Los Angeles; Lieut. . J. M. Shoemaker, head of the Aeronautical Engine Service of the Navy, and Lieut. Roland G. Mayer of Construction Corps. DOCTOR FACES ARREST. Chinese AttmpF to Beize TU. 8. Medic in lll‘ Boy's Death. They were: Mrs. Hazel Ridgel, 18, of Baltimore; Claudia Stuart, 12, of 1260 R street; Margaret Webster, 27, of 1706 Eighteenth street; Eunice Prince, 20, of 1352 Kenyon street; Elizabeth Palmer, 17, of 113 Hess avenue, Martins- burg, W. Va.; Margaret Miller, 13, of T3 Jennie V. 1722 Thirteenth street; A , 10, of 5725 Colorado avenue; Ifride, 21, of the 1500 block of h s 3 Filome street northeast; the 700 block of New Elizabeth Van Pelt, 13, of Brentwood. Md., Alma Mitchell, 23, of the 1600 block of First u':%”fi'-z of No. 3 Engine Earl R. Moberly, 17, of No. Fredes parady passing the Ellipse. =og:ly got ;.h“z'om beneath a wheel. He was taken home by a companion. SAFER SEA HOPS SEEN. Kimball Points to Plans for Map- ping Atlantic Weather. NEW YORK, September 2 (#).—Dr. James H. Kimball, United States Weath- Bureau meteorologist and unofficial transatiantic flights, yes- Foenin . WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TFrom Press to Home Within the Hour” The - Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes % Saturday’s WASHINGTON; D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1929—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. INCLAIR GETS CAR TRIPS OUTSIDE JAIL AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO PHYSICIAN HARRY F. SINCLAIR. MDONALD REPORT 1S DUE TOMORROW Premier to Reveal Progress of Discussions inTalk at 'League Meeting. BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN. By Cable to The Btar. GENEVA, September 2.—Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald has set tomor- rcw morning as the date of his anxiously awaited speech on disarmament before the Tenth Assembly of the League of Nations, and that speech will hinge on the current naval conversations between the United States and Great Britain. It is not likely that the British Prime Minister will announce that a program | ., has been completed for Anglo-American ship reduction, but it is almost certain that he will make public the fact that the negotiations have reached a highly important and entirely satisfactory stage. . Approved by Mr. Hoover, The text of Mr. MacDonald’s state- ment was dispatched to the White House some days ago and is understood to have received President Hoover’s con- § currence, The President is guarding its details until it is delivered. Although these are also carefully sequestered in Geneva, it is possible to give-the fol- lowing outline: Prime Minister MacDonald, despite his sanguine temperament, will be too cautious to raise hope unduly high, but he will elevate it some distance and an agreement in principle will be frankly admitted. Purthermore, a sharp dis- tinction will be drawn between the present negotiations and their prede- cessors, " At the f{ll-starred tripartite con~ ference the technicians were in the saddle; at the start of the pourparlers between Mr. MacDonald and Ambassa- dor Charles G. Dawes .the diplomats necessarily acted alone, but now for some time the technicians and diplo- mats have been co-operating and syn- chronizing their labors. The problem has finally become orfé ot applying the agreed-upon principle of parity in practice to the British and American Navies, with their differing requirements, while yet achieving genuine reduction. Three phases must thus be synchronized: 1. The principle of parity. 2. The separate requirements. 3, Reduction. And it must be borne in mind that cruisers form the most difficult divi- sion of the navies in such a synthesis. Cruisers Only Barrier. Here, as was expected, the negotiators have encountered whatever hitch exists, but_this technical barrier seems to-Mr. MacDonald possibly of speedy leveling. That accomplished, the United States and Great Britain will find themselves in full accord and will, of course, joint- ly announce both the result and the method to the other three of the world’s great naval powers. Since the tripartite failure, the les- son has been well learned that nothing can 1 much more disastrous than opening formal discussions before some common basis for them has been reached. Therefore, private' conversa- tion among the “Big Five” would be the succeeding step. 1t after a general examination there appears to be a good chance of mutual agreement the. already heralded five- power naval meetings be called either at Washington or at London, and either at thet endto! this year or at the of next. Include Entire Problem. » Since ‘they would practically antici- &u by some 12 months the Washing- conference scheduled fop 1931 their scope would include e: ination of the entire naval problem, from capi~ tal ships down to submarines. Assuming- there was anothér felici- tous issue, the scene would shift to Geneva., To bring the affair into line with what already has been begun be- Lake Leman, the fruits of the five w'en" h&rv?‘t ‘would be hmwon dtgz altar of -the League's preparatory dis- armament commission as a final con- tribution from the naval powers to that body’s universal disarmament scheme. It would then remain m?'nly for the to receive obligation te it in the agents of that conference f 5:30 Edition e 'The Star Today b F CAPPER REITERATES MERGER ADVOCAGY ON RETURN TO CITY Indicates Action in Winter Hinges on Developments Through Commission. OPPOSITION TO HIGHER CAR FARE IS CONTINUED No Reason Is Seen for Subcommit- tee to Delay Work on Problem. & Returning to the city today in prepa- ration for the resumption of business on Capitol Hill this week, Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, chairman of the Senate District committee, said he stiil believes Washington should have a rail- way merger, but he indicated that what is done on the subject at the regular session this Winter will depend on what develops. through the Public Utilities Commission. : The chairman said he did not. expect the District committee to begin work- ing on a program of local legislation until the regular session starts in De- cember, but added that he saw no rea-. son why subcommittees that have. pare ticular matters. before them should not begin consideration of them during the remainder of the special session, fn or. der to have d b, ~recommendations ready for ~are: tees, ‘orie- s Yo increased He termed & 10-cent fare as “unreasonable,” and said he thought the commission should go thoroughly into the tion before passing on the fare application. The Senator added that he had confidence in the commis- jon. With regard to the merger situation, the Senator pointed out that Congress could not put through a forced con- solidation, and that there is not much to be gained by the committee taking up the lg::suc;. unless there are assur- aBnees a 1 can be agreed upon and accepted. The Beénator’s statement that the entire committee would not to act on District mattems until the regular nabvvx'rs leaves Séveral months, in e before the i mittee “would prepared to tufn attention again to the merger probiem. | qld, New Plan Submitted. Since adjotrnment of the old Con- gress without taking action on the plan of merger which had been agreed to in committee the Utilities Commission has, in_connection with the present rate case, submitted to the companies the outline of apother consolidation agreement con- taining ghe essential features of the Senate committee’s plan with further modifications. T GOAL OF 471 HOURS SET BY “CHICAGO—WE WILL” Endurance Flyers Are Sure They Can Better Robin's Mark by 50 Hours. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 2-+Determined to stay in the air longer than any other man, Russell Mossman and C. E. Steele continued to soar today above the Sky Harbor rt in the Chicago—We will, wlLAhkptohek' goal 471 hours, 50 more than the record recently set by the 8t. Louis Robin. committeee early in Decem- such subcommit.| " FAMILY OF NINE. WITH TWO ILL, IN TINY MOUNTAIN HUT 'LIVES This {s the fourth of a serles of five articles describing conditions among some of the mountain people of the proposed Shenandoah National | Park area—less than a hundred miles from Washington. BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. OLDRAG, Va., September 2.—The one-room log cabin, in the midst of a quarter-acre of scraggly corn, was approximately 10 by 15 feet square. Inside, almost filling the room, were a bed and a small, rusty Here dwelt a father, mother and seven children. It was a | sultry afternoon. In the room were the mother and five of her brood. The door was closed tight- The window was nailed so that it could loose the nails. She wanted the room closed, two of the children were sick. stove. be opened only by pry:gg the mothersaid, beca; ‘The bed was not leasant sight. ‘There was !; ‘i?y%d I:“g fathe) ind bl o ‘Under the blanket wa SIS i3 all in rags, sat on the edge of'| the bed. The room was filled with files th:t settled in black patches on the 's face. ‘Without Meat or Milk. Both the children and herself, the mother said, were always sick. Some- times, on warm days, she takes the baby out in the sun, as the doctor from the SBumimer hotel has advised her. The children very seldom have any milk or meat. They eat corn mush, cabbage DAY, 1929. * () Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 97938 Sunday’s Circulation, 106,304 TWO CENTS. (—— ‘ mother and T, \-‘1[ 3 e E and not. _Hore, the children slee and hot. Here the children s! father, mmé’fl. by -slcep . bed. ‘There is Toom:- move between the bed and the stove. ‘This family gets along -well in the Summer when there are on the mountain sides and vefihhlel in the garden. Like most of the familics in this part of the mountatns they keep no dome animals. There fs nothing for a hog, cow or chickens to eat. The mother and children tend the littic corn ; Accompanying the party which vis- ited the hollow was a wealthy Washing- tonian, who proceeded to distribute coins among the children and shoved a (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) 4nd potatoes~just like the MASSACRE SPREAD THREAT SOUNDED Moslem Leader Warns Brit-| ain to Abandon Jewish a note late yes- mo The flyers terday declaring ir motor was run- ning ‘perfectly and that they felt sure they, would exceed the St. Louis Robin mark by at least 50 hours, and that their engine would last “at least 1,200 ‘hours.” Thousands of persons gathered at the wrf.lv and officials prepared still larger crowds today. The fiyers had been in the air 237 hours at 8:31 o'clock this morning. Pt L ] EDISON, ILL WITH COLD; DOCTOR BANS CIGARS Orders Are Issued After Family In- vents Way to Keep Inventor From Smoking. By the Assoclated Press. WEST ORANGE, N. J., September 2. —Thomas A. Edison, suffering from a cold, must forego cigars until he is better. The venerable inventor on Saturday invented a way of smol , in. effect to wit: The doctor had 1 . And so the inventor puffed with delight. But-the cold got worse. the family invented a way of 72 OFFICERS BRANDED' AS “UNFIT” |3 BY GRAND JURY ARE BACK ON JOB /&= Philadelphia Director Restores Men to Duty Under Protest on Orders of Civil Service. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September. 2. ;5‘ ;gé E i Eb 1 g&‘ L fg i % : E i i 1 E 1 i § i %e i i zz H 1 sgd : i i : ; Homeland Plan. By the Associated Pfess. , JERUSALEM, September 2.—Warn- ing that Palestine and Arabia cannot regain peace and tranquility until Great Britain abandons its policy of making Palestine a national home for Jews was given today by Amire E1 Hus- sein, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and president of the Moslem Supreme Council. “This is a serious national revolution, the reverberations of which sgon may be heard in every corner oslem Arabia,” the Grand Mufti toia C. J. Ketchum, Jerusalem cortesganaent of the London Express in an interview. “We are faced at this moment with a grave national rebellion in which we have the sympathy and if need be the support not only of Moslem Arabs of sg Egypt and North Africa, but of whole of Arabla with its sixty millions of people. “There will be peace in the edi- ate future as far as we can rve it. ‘We will not op) British baygets, byt what Great Britain must umierstand is that the EV! events you have wit- nessed here have little really to do with the wall. “They go back much further. They (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) FOUR ARE DROWNED IN POTONAC RVER Mother and Two Children Perish When Boat Sinks at Seneca. i Four persons, two of them children, were drowned in the Potomac River at Seneca, Md., 12 miles northwest of Rockville, last night. Three lost their lives when a motor boat, in which the party was riding, sank. The fourth lost his life when he stepped out of his depth and was unable to swim to safety. The dead are: Mrs. Ray Wilson Waters, 36, of Reck- ville. Martha, her 6-year-old daughter. ‘Thomas Dawson, jr., 6 years ajg, of Rockville. Melvin Myerly, 26, of Mount Rainier, Md. The triple tragedy occurred at®about 7 o'clock last night. when a party of four adults and three children was crossing the river in a small motor boat which had been hired for a pleas- ure excursion. In the party were Mr. and . Thomas L. Dawson and their two _children, Thomas, jr., 6; and Anne, 4; Mr. and Mrs: Ray Wilson Waters and their daughter, Marthis Believe Boat Was Overtiaded. The accident is- believed to have occurred -when Mrs, Waters called out to her husband, who was attending to the engine, to cut it off. It is said that | opinion that the boat' was overload and t&“lflfl“fly low in the water at the e it set out. When the accident flam Stinson ‘of Howard County, Md., ey " Caunty. My i another ‘Mont y L, boat, sped. to 'the fescue. They . m“w";.'u“'th"mau' HOOVER TOHELP ~ MOUNTAIN FOLK President Plans to Launch Move lolj Education of " Children. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Va., September 2— President Hoover has decided to initiate a move looking to the education of the mountain children living in the sparsely-settled region surrounding his fishing camp on the headwaters of the Rapidan River in Virginia. The Chief Executive proposes per- sonally to head a committes which will raise funds to building & little school house in the mountain region. He also has - undertaken the formation of & 10 confer with Virginia “over ~obtaining: - teaghéy for the schook: - - It beckme known today the President | the had decided upon this course after a long conference yesterday with “Pa” Burraker, father of the 14-year-old' “Ray," who several weeks ago entered the presidential camp unannounced and president Mr. Hoover with a possum. Discussed Plan for School. For some time Mr. Hoover has been impressed with the lack of advantages for children ifi. this section of the Blue Ridge Mountains and yesterday asked “Pa” Burraker to visit him. Plans for the school were discussed as the two, oné the President of the United States and the other a rugged mountaineer, sat beneath the trees which shade the fishing camp. 37 Burraker agreed to head a comimittee of local citizens while the President promised to head a national committee to raise funds for the purpose. It is expected that only $1,200 will be needed to erect the school building. There are five families in the im- mediate neighborhood, including the Burraker family, which has five chil dren of school age. Star Series Discloses State. The living conditions.'of the moun- teineers in the Oldrag area, 10 miles from the President's camp, were dis- closed by & series of stories in The Star by Thomas R. Henry, who went into the mountains to investigate reports that mountain people were living under early eighteenth century cenditions, unable to read or write. How true he found the reports and other conditions are described in the articles, one of which appears in The Star today. Previous to Mr. Henry’s investigation, Rex _ Colller, another Star _reporter, sought out the family of Ray Burracker for the first story of the boy who visit President Hoover at his camp. The President shjywed an unt interest in the mountain boy. PO 11 ARE CREMATEQ® IN ENGLISH FIRE Six Members of One Family Lose Lives as Flames Level Buildings. By the Associated Press. SMETHWICK, Staffordshire, Eng- LABOR DAY PARADE OF FIREFIGHTERS | STIRS THOUSANDS |Pageantry Spirit Marks Cap- | ital’s Observance, Attend- ed by Horde of Visitors. MARDI GRAS WILL END CELEBRATION TONIGHT 100,000 Spectators Line Pennsyle vania Avenue for Procession of Men and Apparatus. Host to a great influx of visitors from negrby States, the National Capital to- day was celebrating another Lobor holi- day in a spirit of pageantry. From the start of the annual fire- men's parade at 10:30 o'clock, colorful with 125 gaily decorated floats and shining fire apparatus, the program proceeded through a variety of events that will culminate tonight with thou- sands of citizens participating in a Mardi Gras at the Sylvan Theater, in the Monument grounds, and a contest between a score of bands. Upward of 100,000 spectators lined Pennsylvania avenue, from the Peace Monument to the - Treasury, as the parade of Washington and visiting fire- fighters got under way this morning amid the shrieks of sirens and blasts from 26 bands and 10 drum corps, headed by the famous aggregation from the United States Marine Corps. Fire companies from at least six States, with the Maryland forces, headed by Gov. Albert E. Ritchie, competed for cheers and honors with Washington's best. Parade Features Day. It was a gala day for the local fire- men in their role as host and partici- pants. The parade in itself, several miles in length, was the biggest single event of the day. Its completion marked | the beginning of a general invasion of Griffith Stadium for the decorated baby carriage parade and the annual fire- men’s and policemen’s base ball game at 3 o'clock, for which enough benefit | tickets had been sold to pack the huge grandstands from top to bottom. ‘While the official reviewing grand- stand at Fourteenth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue was being fiilled by repre- sentatives of the District Government, civic and commercial organizations and the judges of the various entries, the #ix divisions of the firemen’s parade i were formed in the vicinity of the Peace Monument. P “Htmdreds of pieces of apparatus, decorated floats and several thousands of archers filled the streets awa signal to start. The main col of the parade formed on B street with its head at First street and extended to Second street. Other portions were grouped in their regular order on New Jersey avenue from B street to F street; on First street from C to F street; on C street from New Jersey avenue to ‘Third street; on D street from Delaware avenue to New Jersey avenue and on Second street from C to F street, Due to the diligence and the care- ful preparations made by Sergt. A. J. Bargagni of the District Fire Depart- ‘ment and members of his committee who attended to all details of the pa- rade, the event started without con- fusion or mishap. Six Grand Divisions in Parade. Shouts arising from lower Pennsyl- vania avenue signaled the advance of the parade, headed by a police escort, Sergt. Bargagni, the marshal, and the United States Marine Corps’ Band in full dress regalia. There were six grand divisions in the line of march. The first, headed by Gov. Ritchie of Maryland and his official committee, embodied the officers of the Maryland State Vol- unteer Firemen's Associations and the gracious young hostess of the Volunteer Fire De ents, Miss Mildred Bar- gagni, who waved and smiled at cheer- ing admirers. Washington has witnessed hundreds of military parades in its historic past, with conquering heroes home from wars, but it has only one such parade as the firemen's, with its touch of mardi gras seen in the picturesque its, bedecked . with flowers and streamers and its shining fire apparatus and helmeted firemen. Through such scenes, the most famous members of the District Fire Department, the re- tired fire horses, Barney, Gene and Tom, have strutted in the hey-day of their veteran service. Again today, the old fire horses sniffed at glory through di- lated nostrils and shared in the at- tention focused on the first hand-drawn engine and the first horse-drawn en- gine that formed one of the features of the day. All of Washington's available fire ap- paratus, except those pieces retained for emergency, were dressed in their best. While there appeared to be favorites, the competition was a hard one from the viewpoint of the judges, who had to pass upon 21 different classes for which rrlzes were awarded. Visiting nies from Alexandria, Hyattsville, ville, Thevy Chase and a score of other towns, vied for honors, and found no lack of loyal supporters. second division of the Department Drum Corps and the Mary- land volunteer fire rc%‘mplnlal‘ O?v Ritchie, who left the parade to join other officials in the reviewing stand, waved encouragement to them as the land, September 2.—Eleven persons,| passed. six of them members of ope family named McDonald, lost their lives in a fire here today which originated in & a confectioner’s shop and spread to & severe injuries. Several families were trapped in the bu 3 occupants de Vries of Hagerstown, Md., and Wil- | Win! found the remains of M , father, mother and children, hud- jed together. et HOLD-UP IS “ON TIME.” CHICAGO, September- 2 (#)- theater holdup—there has been a Sunday night robbery for several months—was sistant Marshal E. J. Brosnan United States Navy Band, found the various Virginia volunteer companies in line. division, comp: the dew'fllm;i“' 5:‘::;‘:5.“ and the fifth division, with visiting Delaware companies, was headed by As- sistant Marshal J. J. Tracy. Bringing up the rear of the parade were the Pennsylvania and New Jersey volunteer departments. At their head rode Assistant Marshal W. D. Cantor. List of Visiting Companies. ‘The out-of-town fire companies, the largest number to participate in any previous Labor day parade here, in- cluded contingents from Sunbury, Pa. Lot Piedmont, Coatesville, almost weekly | Traine