Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weathier Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers this afternoon; fair and cooler tonight and tomorrow. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 85, at pm. yestérday: lowest, 70, at 6 am, Full report on page 3. today. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 26 and 27 I No. 81,182, post _office. ~ FIVE-POWER PARLEY " FORGENERAL NAVAL REDUCTION MAY BE HELD IN DECEMBER Proposal Comes as a Result of a Virtual Agreement Be- tween Britain and U. S. on Cruiser Strength Equality. FRANCE, JAPAN, ITALY 'MAY ACCEPT INVITATION Japanese Naval Minister Says His Nation Welcomes Move, While News of Conference Meets With . General Satisfaction in Paris. | Building Holiday to Be Sought. By the Associated Press. As the result of a virtual agree- . ‘ment between America and Great Britain upon the fundamental principles of equality in cruiser strength, a general naval disarma- ment conference is in prospect for early December. So successful have been the ne- gotiations with the London gov- ernment which began with the in- ception of the Hoover and Mac- Donald regimes, that such a par- ley, to be attended by Japan, France and Italy, as well as the United States and England, is now definitely proposed. Admiral - Hyo Takarabe, -Japanese minister of the navy, today told the Associated Press correspondent in Tokio that the news of a virtual Anglo-Amer- ican naval agreement which would per- mit the early convocation of an inter- national conference to consider limita- tion and reduction of fleets, was most welcome in Japan. France Is Favorable. 45 Entered as second class matte ‘Washington, D. C. Rector to,Conduct Special Services For Church Thieves By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, I, September 14.—Special services for church robbers will be conducted at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church tomor- Tow. Dr. George Craig Stewart, rec- tor, will preach on the subject, . “Thieves in the Church,” for the special benefit of the men who robbed four leading Evanston churches of their Sabbath collec- tions & week ago. One thousand dollars was taken from St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Other robberies were at the Pirst Methodist, First Pres- byterian and Second Presbyte- rian Churches, PLANS ARE STARTED T0 GREET PREMIER {Charles L. Cook to Be in Charge of Reception Details for MacDonald’s Vi By the Associated Press, The State Department and the White House began today to prepare plans for the reception of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald when he arrives in the United States early in October for a visit to President Hoover. ‘While neither the State Department nor the British embassy has received any definite word from London regard- ing the prime minister’s announced plans, Secretary Stimson has instructed the division of intérnational conferences and protocols of the department to be- gin preparations for the visit. Charles Cook in Charge. Charles Lee Cook, acting chief of the division, who has had long experience in preparation for such receptions, is in charge of the arrangements. He will submit a tentative plan to Secretary Stimson and President Hoover as soon as ible. ith the visit only three weeks off. the plans will be rushed by the protocol division at the expense of less urgent matters. No official invitation has been extended to the prime minister in con- nection with the visit, but when he first indicated his desire to come, Am- An Associated Press dispatch from | bassador Dawes, acting on instructions Paris stated that the invitation for France, Italy and Japan to join Great Britain and the United States in a na- val conference was “Received here with satisfaction, but without surprise.” ‘The London Post, according to Asso- ciated Press, was quoted as taking a from the Chief Executive, told the premier he would be welcome. As yet it is not determined whether the British statesman will be the guest of President Hoover or Sir Esme ‘Howard, the British Ambassador. The latter has extended an invitation to dissenting view of the proposed confer- ence, declaring: 3 *“The British people are nervous about these disarmament negot: and don't much like this American notion of measuring the British navy with a yard- stiek, nor the preclpluflanzfih which Mr. MacDonald has aush ito the su'?%’eec!." Post is considered a big Navy advocate and suspicious of any move for limitation of Britain's sea forces. Assuming that the conference will take place, the United States, among other important propositions, intends to ask that the present 10-year holiday in the construction of capital ships be extended from 1931 to 1936. By 1936 it is expected that the way will be open to further curtailment of battleship ton- nage, leading possibly to the elimina- tion of this type of vessel as a fighting unit. The proposal presupposes the calling of another conference in- 1936, Single Difference Looms. As officially outlined here, but a sin- gle difference of opinion now stands in the way of a compelete Anglo-Ameri- ¢an accord upon the problem of cruiser parity. This concerns some 30,000 tons of cruiser strength and the question of ‘whether or not they shall be embodied in three vessels carrying eight-inch guns or the ition favored by the British that this tonnage comprise four or five smaller vessels with six-inch ns. ‘uln this question is involved the fun- damental difference in the naval re- quirements of the two nations that long has stood in the way of an agreement on cruiser parity and general disarma- ment. Great Britain, with widespread coast lines and sea lanes to protect and numerous refueling bases, wants small cruisers. The United States, on the other hand, due to its comparative lack of bases, requires larger cruisers with th;llr correspondingly greater steaming radius. It is understood that no attempt will ‘be made to reach an agreement on this one remaining difference until the De- cember conference. The ibility of President Hoover and e Minister ‘MacDonald attempting to settle it when the latter visits Washington next month is regarded as very remote. Reduces Estimated Tonnage. In the course of the recent nego- tiations Great Britain has reduced her cruise: its (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) the prime minister to be his guest as long as he may desire. % Ambassador Leaves Capital. The left Was] ton to- day for a brief vacation at Bar Harbor, Me., but will return in time to confer with American' officials on last-minute detalls of the plans for the visit. ‘The British statesman has not yet requested that a visa be issued for him to come to the United States, but when this request is made, he will be accord- ed a diplomatic visa granting him the full privileges of entry. into the United States customarily extended to a special "Aside trom th ts for his rom e arrangemen or entertainment, American officials have many details to look after. These in- clude such matters as protection, move- ment of baggage, trains and schedules for arrivals and ures and the housing of any s which may ac- company him. SUPPOSED FURRIER MURDERED IN HOTEL Shooting of Samuel Rheinstein Branded Gangland ‘Execution by Boston Police. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 14.—Samuel Rheinstein, 29, supposedly a furrier of New York City, was shot to death in a corridor of the Hotel Huntington here early today. branded the killing a gangland execution. The slayers es- ca) Themlurflum:hntdownfiombe- hind as he walked to his room on the second floor, while outside the hotel entrance, his wife, had just re- turned with him from a theater party, an’ open the fourth floor leading directly onto a fire escape. A man who occupled a room adjacent to that of the Rheinstines checked out a few minutes before the furrier re- turned to the hotel. O iy PROTEST MANEUVERS. The WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1929¥T‘I{IRTY-SIX PAGES. |row of sweeping reorganization of the MUSSOLIN REVIEWS FASCISM BEFORE PARTY ASSEMBLY Recounts Land Reclamation and Dwells on' Relations of Church and State. MINIMIZES DIFFERENCES OF ROME AND VATICAN Views Appear to Conflict With Previously Expressed Opinion of Pope Pius. By the Associated Press. ROME, September 14—On the mor- Fascist ministry, with the relinquish- ment by the duce of all but one of his cabinet posts, Premier Benito Musso- lini today reviewed the work done by the Fascist government in an address to the grand assembly of the party in the Venezia Palace. About. him sat the great leaders of front of him was the hy of the party. ‘The duce, after recounting the gov- ernment’s achievements and its plans for land mation on a vast scale, dwelt at length on the relations between church and state. Before going on to take up the intriguing question of the reorganization of the ministry. He minimized the importance of cer- tain differences of views between Rome and the Vatican, saying that the new | rules established by the Lateran treaties were working well. But he emphasized the point that the change in name of the Ministry of Public Instruction to the Ministry of National Educaticn, was intended to confirm in the most explicit manner the principle that the state alone has not only the right, but the duty, to educate people instead of mere- ly instructing them. Views Appear to Conflict. His views appeared to be somewhat in wnmct' '!rlgh tl;lz previously expressed opinion o us. king o!pt!ne recent reorganization of the cabinet, the duce said the new administration bears still more the Fascist imprint which, however, did not me“lr;hl::sme dictatorship did not per- mit criticism. What is forbidden, he emphasized, is attack on what are the fundamental principles of the Fascist revolution. Otherwise criticism was helpful. He read a letter from Secretary Gen- leader expre: a 0 {I:rrltly among thxzp rank and file, having completed a term of three years in office. « . of perfect Fascist style. This letter, of perfe 1 have answered Y, nrdcflni to remain at his post and continue his tasks.” unit, the Duce announced party was becoming an organ of the state. The secretary &‘d u;: m ‘d’:“ henceforth be appoint y = cree and :bc (tde|nl secretaries by crees of the premier. The Duce stated further that, on September: 7, 1929, the strength of the Fascist -party in Italy was 1,020,000 registered male members, 93,495 women and thousands'of Italian youths organ- boys and girls. Polish Press Indignant at Action of Soviet Fleet. WARSAW, September 14 (P).—The Polish press today indéglufln “uu'mmnmv rs of the :ovm 522 b 'n:lr the coast. m'&nm& st of 1y | derson of Sturgeon found morel unity.” i storm which swept Southern Lake -| the Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SHP' WRELKAGE FOUNE 25 HISNG Crew Believed Perished on| Gravel Carrier on Lake Michigan. By the Associated Press. GRAND HAVEN, Mich, September 14—Twenty-four men and a boy are believed to have perished in the wreck of the freighter Andaste which went down in a storm on Lake Michigan last Monday night. The water is deep | where the vessel sank, and fishermen of this region said they believed many of the bodies never would be recovered. ‘The Andaste, which was a steel, semi- whale-back, a type of freighter seldom seen now because unsuited to the rough weather of the Great Lakes, cleared from here for Chicago at 9:10 pm. Monday, loaded with gravel. Seamen here believe the cargo shifted in_the lne?l.fin & short time later, and caused p to break up and-sink. Sight Distressed Vessel. 1 a cottager living 10 miles north of Ottawa Beach Harbor, told Coest Guardsmen today of having seen a ship apparently in distress a few miles off shore Monday night. A heavy sea was rolling and the ship apparently was heading toward Ottawa Beach Har- bor, he said. While he watched, the lights disappeared. Wreckage identi- fied as part of the Andaste was washed ashore Wednesday. lnck ient DAASEIRE . wieckage af the night g in_wrecl e Andaste, including the door of cabin occmpied by Capt. Albert L. An- Bay, Wis, master of the lost ship. The wreckage was identified by mem- The n of the Fascist Grand ol e St prescat 34 maemn: . 2 “beuy“,,’t was im] o to discuss or de- cide anything secret. ‘The general sug‘:&’tm party would be reduced to a um. The Duce concluded by saying that the famous motto “of the three words of 1789 was alr to weaken e A e raf Y, Py e motto for the Fascist regime were be- coming & reality, namely, authority, order and justice. Not Reactionary. “Are we Treactionary?” the Fascist leader declared. “No; we are the Y‘r;cumr. the antici- pators and the realizers of a new form of political and social life which has been tried under different forms in dountries which represent the now ob- solete ideals of the last century. “Fiascism is unique and the only new thing that the first 30 years of this century have seen in the political as well as the social fleld.” He announced that the Fascist land | Harry redeem reclamation scheme would re 3~ 200,000 acres, with an expenditure of 2,300,000,000 lire and representing an effort of which Italy was proud. Irrigation work to the extent of 374, 000,000 lire would be undertaken. The eneral Fascist scheme of public works, e l].lld. h.:d already redueeed mn‘fff employment figures more han 3 from 789,000 to 201,000. Arrested on Rum Charge. CHICAGO, September 14 ().—John Reid, Republican from :l;: ly - today Federal its, who ear] agen! said th’ey lmmg, a large quantity of beer and alcohol at his home. . . WOMAN FOUND DEAD .|RUM CABLE UNDER DETROIT RIVER FOUND BY PATROL AND: WRECKED|Washington Senstor Will Broad- IN HER APARTMENT Estranged Husband Finds Body of Mrs. Virginia McPherson. - Police Start Probe. Newspaper Says Sled Was. Used to Carry Liquor| _ = | issues, including the bers of the crew who had remained in Grand Haven. Capt. George Van Hall of the G reported finding strewn for several miles about 14 miles out from Ottawa Beach. The Bertha G_cruised h the wreck- age searching for bodies, but found none. Coast Guardsmen put out from Ottawa Beach and G Haven last night to search for bodies and were joined today by the tugs Freedom and Liberty and ths Materials Construction, Oufl, under whose charter the Andaste sal List of Missing. Those on board when the Andaste sank, as listed by the Materials Con- struction Co., were: Capt. Albert Anderson, Sturgeon Bay, ‘Wis,, master; Capt. Charles Brown, Grand Haven, first mate; Claude Kibby, Fenneville, Mich., chief engineer; J. J. McCadde, Cleveland, d ite; Frank Grand Haven, cook; Henry Schinteman, 3 Fred Neinhouse, Ferrysburg, Mich.; J. Bayles, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Earl Zietlow, Grand Haven, a 14-year-old boy; Thedor Jorgensen, Owen, Wis.;: Lutes, Benton Harbor; Clifford Gould, Asheville, N. C.; Ralph Wile, Benton Harbor; W. Lorenese, Manistee, Mich., and George Watt, E. Bluechelt, H. Whittaker, John Anderson, M. Green, Darwin Smith, Orville John- son, George Rathcliff, Willam Joslin, T. Gocas and H. Raymond. i ‘Two members of the crew remained in Grand Haven when the Andaste started on its last voyage. They arc George Evans, oller, and Joe CTollins, P e Andaste Tl 1801, x5 X ‘was . sank in Lake Hiron,three. years ags. PROGRESSIVES, DILL'S SUBJECT IN FORUM cast Message on Major Issues in Congress Tonight. the in Congress can 5 e e be expec o | figfigsg i 7 g i i 2598 - { By the Associated Press. ’Tis Golf, Not Work, That Causes Bad Eyes - Among Business Men By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 14.— “ Tis golf, not work, that gives the tired business man weak eyes and a headache,” and the way Dr. B. T. Hoffman, an eye spe. :!hllfié arrived at that conclusion The average man works all week under poor or artificial light. Then he rushes to the links, often without a hat or sun glasses. His eyes can’t stand the sun strain. Eye trouble and headaches follow. Golf, Dr. Hoffman told the Chicago Optometric Society, for this reason ruins more eyes than office work. SCHWABIS ANONG FRST 10 TESTIFY Bardo and Parker Also Sum- moned in Naval Propaganda Investigation. Officials of the shipbuilding com- panies charged with having employed ‘Willlam B. Shearer, self-styled naval expert, to break down the naval limi- tation conference at Geneva will be he | the first witnesses heard by the Senste naval subcommittee in the investiga- tion ordered by the Senate. The subcommittee has summoned as its first witness C. L. Bardo of Camden, vice president of the American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation. He has charge of the shipbuilding division. The second witness will be Norman R. Parker, treasurer and secretary of the same corporation and also, of Camden. Schwab Is Called. Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of directors of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, which owns the ship- building company of that name, will be the third witness, and S. W. Wake- man, president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., who is located at Quincy, Mass, and in charge of ship- building o] dons in the Eastern division, will be the fourth witness. Other officers of these companies may be called. The committee will also summon officers of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. as soon as they have determined which officers they desire. ' In response to communica- tions from the committee, officers of the companies have said they will ap- pear voluntarily. ‘The first hearing before the sub- committee will take place at 9 a.m. next Friday at the Capitol. The postpone- ment has been necessary to enable Senator Allen, a member, to go Wichita, Kans., to appear as a witness in a law ml:‘n lnddw.l::mmm '{or :ge opening session, an ive_the 'llv.numm‘ a reasonable time in which to appear. Shearer’s Appearance Deferred. e matter was to summon the of the shipl companies as the first witnesses. Shearer, who was em- by these companies, and Wi - 000 compensation, wi s Senator Shortridge said. CLEANING UP CHICAGO INDEPENDENT OF POLICE in!State’s Attormey Swanson Starts Drive Resulting in Seven Speakeasy Raids. e bentures should be provided for in the ho | over as presenting controversial issues HOLIDAY DELAY OF TARIFF AVOIDED Senétors Continue Debate With Attacks by Democrats | and G. 0. P. Replies. By the Associated Press. Anxious to avoid all possible delay | in the consideration of the tariff bill, the Scnate debate today dispensed with | its usual Saturday holiday. Although the administrative provi- sions of the measure framed by the Republicars of the finance committee were the official subject of debate, gen- eral attacks upon the bill by Democratic members and replies from the Republi- can side of the chamber were proving the accepted order of procedure. ‘Thus fer two Democrats, Simmons of North Carolina, the minority leader of of iseiaiopis Togetbir with Brootnart of fowa, a member of the iadependent group that has allied itself ;euh the Democrats in ovpu'l;wd & publican ‘Dave assaile DL There have becn replies irom Chairman Smoot of the finance com- mittee and several others. Senator Watson of Indfana, the Re- publican leader, last night made his first Yubllc utterance on the Senate ittee bill in a radio sddress, serting it w‘:]; lbl'fe to assume 'lm a measure Woi passed very largely carrying out the ideas expressed by President Hoover. Views Declared Changed. Recalll that the Underwood-Sim- mons act ‘placed practically all agricultural products cn the free Lst, Watson. declared that the “very men who foisted that policy on the country ones who are now demanding rates for these same agricultural products.” He argued that protests from foreign governments were no cause for alarm. “The bald fact is,” he said, “that every time the American Congress has enacted a protective tariff measure, from Lincoln’s day down to this time, foreign governments have _interposed and have done their level best as far as they could under the conditions that mrmut inded them to prevent its enact- ment.” Brookhart late yesterday told the Senate that the measure fails to give the farmer the -home market pledged to him in the Republican platform of the recent presidential cempaign. He said the measure was not a Republican bill, but one for special privileges, which would force the farmer to scll his prod- ucts in the compeiitive markets of the world, For Debentures System. In his , interrupted frequently by arguments betwcen Senators Reed, Howell, Republican, Nebraska, and Barkley, Democrat, Kentucky, over the necessity of the proposed 20 per cent duty on_shoes, now cn the free list, Senator Brookhart said a system of de- bill, not only for agriculture but for some special industries. ‘The 1 he had i mind, he said, was to allot the farm debenture certif- Federal Farm stabilization corporations for use in stabilizing surpl crop prices. lus agricultural 3 money derived from the certificates also would he set up under his as & fund irom which crops be bought and held for a good Several non-controversial committee amendments to the administrative pro- visions were approved ‘ate in the day yesterday. Among the clauses passed were those relating to the organization of the Tarif Commission and the proposed substitution of domestic for foreign valuation in computing ad valorem dutles. Boy Tractor Driver Killed. MOBILE, Ala., September 14 (#).— Neff Calhoun Van De Vander, 13, w: instantly killed shortly after 2 o'clock when a tractor he ® WORLD COURT PLAN 1| dress for dinner. yesterday afternoon was operating at the State docks was jammed by a string of freight cars. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. @ Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,246 (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. TONING APPEALS 00K FOR RECORDS BOARD URGED BY JOINT COMMITTEE Petition Filed With Commis- sion-Asks Creation of Body or Substitute System. FIRST UNITED STEP FOR MAJOR CHANGE Trade Organizations Ask Action for| Program Ends Fewer Meetings Be Rescinded. Creation of a zoning board of appeals for the District, or an alternative sys- tem having the same purposes, is pro- posed in a petition filed with the Zoning Commission today by a joint committee | of local trade bodies, which has been acting as an advisory body to the com- mission. This constitutes the first concerted movement here for a major change in the zoning code for Washington since it ‘was established in 1920 under an act of Congress, and is in line with zoning procedure in most of the large cities of the country, where property zoning has been given a real test. ‘The petition was coupled with a plea that the zoning body rescind its re- cently announced decision to hold but three meetings a year, after next Jan- uary, instead of eight or ten as in the past, until a zoning board of appeals or | a substitute plan has been established. Simultaneously, the joint zoning committee filed a separate petition seeking a hearing on a proposal that construction of garages for the use of tenants be permitted in apartment houses without the necessity of ob- taining consents from adjoining prop- erty owners, as now required. Hearing on this matter has been sought by the Operative Builders’ Association over a period of months, The petitions were signed by Harry Blake of the Washington Board of Trade, W. I. Deming of the Washing- ton Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Percy H. Russell of the Washington Real Estate Board and Rufus S. Lusk of the Operative Build- ers’ Association. All are members of (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BEFORE LEAGUE Embodies Chief Objection on! Part of United_ States to Enter Tribunal. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 14.—The pro- tocol providing for adhesion of the | ¢p, United States to the World Court for International Justice was formally sub- ; mitted to the League of Nations Assem- bly this afternoon by M. Polites of Greece in the form of a report of the committee on legal and constitutional questions. The agreement which the protocol embodies will affect the right of the Assembly to ask for an advisory opinion | from the World Court. Hitherto this question has formed the chief objec- tion on the part of the United States to entering the court. 1t is hoped that the exchange of views | which will arise from this course of | procedure will be sufficient to insure an | understanding being reached. i Article 5 of the proposed agreement reads, in part: “With a view to insur- ing that the court shall not, without | consent of the United States, entertain | any request for advisory orimon touch- { ing any dispute or question in which | the United States has or claims inter- | est. the secretary general of the League | of Nations shall, through any channel | designated for that United States, inform the United States of any proposals before the Council or Assembly for obtaining advisory opin- jon from the court, and, thereupon, if desired, an exchange of views as to whether the interest of the United States is affected shall proceed with all convenient speed between the Council or Assembly of the League and the United States.” Patrick McGilligan, foreign minister of the Irish Free State, today signed on_behalf of his government the com- pulsory arbitration clause of the Par- manent Court of International Justice. HOMERIC OFFICERS HOLD MARKS’ DEATH ACCIDENT Report Ohio Manufacturer in Good Spirits and Apparently Had No Reason for Suicide. By the Associated Press. CHERBUORG, France, September 14. —Officers of the steamer Homeric, dock- | ing here today, expressed the opinion that the disappearance of Claude V. Marks, president of Ohio Brass Co. of Mansfield, Ohio, last Monday ' from aboard that ship was due to an accident. | It was believed he fell overboard and was_drowned. They said Marks appeared in the best of humor Monday afternoon, and took a cocktail with friends. He left for his cabin, saying he was going to He did not appear for dinner, and later a search of the ship he }ud disaj . No motive was known | for 2 Consular authorities are arranging to return his effects to America. . [PAINTERS GET $11 purpose by the | he + he had to take to the water. IN SECOND DAY'S REGATTA RUNNING Two Heats of President’s Cup Race Expected to Be Bitterly Contested. LADIES’ FREE-FOR-ALL IS ONE OF FEATURES With Potomac River Event for Giant- Motored Craft. The course glassy calm and the boats tuned to the highest racing pitch with one day's racing behind them, race officials today were looking for a gen- eral smashirig of records in the second day’s plowing of the Georgetown Chan- nel of the Potomac in the closing events of the renewal of the President’s Cup Rqu:tuA e race for the cup nsored by the Chief Executive, the flrgmnen of wyhlch, turned out dismally yesterday when one of the two contestants was forced from the course by engine trouble, promised to be more of a race in the second and final heats today, mechanics of Gerald Holbrook, New York race boat enthusiast, working late into last night to get the big Gold Cup racer into condition to contest the issue this afternoon with Richard F. Hoyt's $100,000 Gold Cup racer, Imp II, which almost idled to victory yesterday in the slowest time ever made in a President’s Cup race. Look for Thrills Today. Today’s program was packed full of potential thrills for the thousands that are expected to line the shore at Hains Point and to be aboard the countless Ppleasure boats along the 2!5-mile race course, beginning with the closing heat of the class C outboards, one of the fastest divisions for these tiny racers which skim over the water and often hop clear out of their element as they Toar at speeds well above 30 miles an hour over the course. The program ends with the Potomac River grand free-for-all race, which is expected bring out the two President’s Cup ra ers, W. S. Corby's giant-motored Jay II, which was disqualified in the Presi dent’s Cup competition and a number of other super-speed craft. The card includes an event for the big stock runabouts up to 225 horse- power, the two heats of the President's Cup race, the Secretary of the Navy Cup race and the Bernard McFadden trophy race. a free-for-all affair for the outboards. ‘The ladies’ grand free-for-all is ex- pected to bring out a big .contingent of the fair boat racers: Seat Price Reduced. Race officials announced this morn- ing that the price of seats in the stands erected at the tip end of Hains Point been reduced from $1 to 50 cents for this afternoon's races. Amplifiers have been installed on the stands and race official from the judges’ boat mi way of the course will keep the spec- tators apprised of the progress of each vace, the winners and the history of e boats contesting. Plunged and bucking through the channel, fanned to choppiness by a light wind yesterday afternoon, the nearly 200 racers here for the regatta furnished the watchers along the shore and in the boats bounding the race course with thrills aplenty and three spills, none of which was serious. The first spill came in the fifth race, an event for class C outboards. Round- ing the turn near the railway bridge, ‘Travis Chestnut of Jacksonville, Fl fell from his little racer and received a ducking. A Coast Guard patrol boat picked him and his boat out of the water, little the worse for their ex- perience. Chestnut Spills Again. The date, Friday 13, must have a real jinx on Chestnut, for he figured in an- other spill that sent his boat and that of Frank Davis of Middletown, Del, to the bottom of the shallow channel. This spill occurred at the start of the ninth race for class. B outboards. A dozen of the little racers were jockeying about starting point, just off the bow of the Coast Guard cutter Boutwell, the Judges’ boat, when the starter's gun went off and the white flag went down. Founding the stern of the Boutwell, Chestnut’s racer P-Nut crashed into the boat of Davis, overturned and started sinking. Davis’ boat sputtered and stopped and took water so rapidly that Both men and boats were rescued by Coast ‘Guardsmen. The contestants in the first race yes- terday evidently had not read the rules or did not pay much attention to them, for, although there were several entries for this contest, only one turned up at the starting point at starting time, 1:10 p.m. M. G. Haring of Washington, had his Dum Dora, a stock runabout, on the starting line when the flag was dropped and he had completed a lap of the 5-mile race before the others arrived on the scene. The rest of the contestants were waved from the course by the judges and was awarded the race. Second and third places were not awarded. ‘Wilmington, N. C. Boats Win. Gene Pickard of Wilmington, N. C. and his mate, Julius Herbest, of the same city captured first and third . respectively, in the final award or the two heats of the class B out- boards, the second and ninth races on the card. Pickard won the first heat with an average speed for the five miles of 32.05 miles an hour and placed secont lerbst in the second heat. Herbst’s speed In the second heat was 34.774 miles an lhh(mr. Earl AND 5-DAY WEEK | i sz third place UNDER NEW WAGE AGREEMENT | tne foai Masters and Independent Operators Sign Contract for Raise and Shorter Hours. - Following. tiations lasting nearly ey Painters and liam A. ters, | E. L. Smith, Previously the painters were paid at the rate of $10 a day and worked five and a half days a week. ‘The new contract was signed by Wil- vice president, and m.:;v,otthem:m * secretary, the brotherhood. » Century Cyclone, driven by Alex Mas- terson, was second, and Louis Gadoci, in_Doane Plane, was third. ‘Two _Chris-Craft, both owned by Chris Smith, boat manufacturer, met the issue in the seventh race, the one driven by Bernard Smith of Algona the course at a 36.97-