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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy today, tomorrow local showers; not much change in the tem- perature, Temperature—Highest, 87, at 5 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 75, at 10 p.m. yester- “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone day. Full report on page 7. National 5000 to start immediate delivery. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION (#) Means Associated Pre: FIVE CENTS IT IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS DSTRT CATHERS LOCALCREDT PLA TAX BURDEN DATA 2% /172 e NoRouoH FOR FISGAL PROBE Zo 1" | RADADRELEASED Richards Gathers Figures on | Government Favors Corpora- Area and Land Values for tions to Operate Through he Sunday Star. EN CENTS a 3 Entered as second class mattes THHTIPASSENGER o ez AT IRUALOF s b o NIRVECNVESSEL == e START B From Coach After Fright- ened Animals Shy. N Master of Disabled Ship| sy e associatet Press. |Pistol Shot on Radio to Signal| Countermands Order to f oo Bresident. Charies. Cuvile umpea| Getaway of Women in WASHINGTON, IAIR RACERS POISE N MANY CITIES TO | ~ START BIG DERBY No. 1,519, B < * " 1,326—No. e , SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1930—112 PAGES. ) Vice President Charles Curtis jumped | from William H. Vanderbilt’s coach to ¥ Take to Boats. THREE OTHER CRAFT ARE RUSHING TO AID Uncharted Seas and Ocean Jungle of Portsmouth were knocked over. The | Between and Rescuers. ‘ Steamer By the Associated Press. Approximately 300 men, women and children, passengers and crew of the Union Line steamship Tahiti, which be- came waterlogged and disabled in the BSouth Pacific, 460 miles southwest of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Sunday, were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Norwegian freighter Penybryn, nearest ©f four vessels in that general vicinity rushing to render assistance. Reports received Saturday in San | Francisco direct from Suva by the As-/ sociated Press and by the Matson Nav- | igation Co. from its steamer Ventura said all on board had taken to life- boats and abandoned the Tahiti. A report from Wellington, New Zea- land, at 5 am. Sunday, New Zealand time (2 p.m., Eastern standard time Saturday), said the master of the dis- | abled ship had countermanded the or- der to take to lifeboats and arrival of | the Penybryn was expected Sunday afternoon, New Zealand time. Transfer of passengers and crew to the I'any- bryn was to take place before dark. The Tahiti, one of the largest ships plying the Pacific, left ‘Wellington for San Prancisco August 12, with 175 pas- sengers and a crew of 142. It was due in San Francisco August 29. Lost Siarboard Propellor. The vessel got into trouble when it Jost its starboard propeller and tail- shaft and began to leak. The cause ‘was not ascertained. The No. 4 hold began to leak early Sunday, New Zea- land time (9:30 am. Eastern standard time Saturday). Capt. A. T. Toten, master of the ship, ordered all aboard to lifeboats. It was this order that was counter- manded, presumably when it was Tealized the vessel would remain afloat until the Penybryn could reach it. In addition to the Penybryn, three other vessels were rushing to the ‘Tahiti. These were the Matson liner Ventura, en route from Suva; the Tufoa, diverted from the Fiji Islands, and the Tague, en route from Mangaia. The Ventura was expected to reach the Tahiti Sun- day night, New Zealand time. ‘Names of the Tahiti's passengers were not immediately available. The only name mentioned in dispatches was that of Sir Hugh Allen, director of the British Royal College of Music. The sea was reported rough, but the weather was fair. Built in Glasgow in 1904, Tahitl, a twin-screw liner of ".I'{;le tons, was built in Glasgow in 1904. It was operated by the ‘Unjon Steamship Co. under British registry. It is 460 feet long, 55.5 feet wide and 24.4 feet deep, Its officers are all New Zealanders. Capt. Toten was making his first voyage as its master. A dispatch from Pago Pago to the Associated Press this afternoon quoted 8 radiogram from the Tahiti as saying * Yhey were still holding on and the Ventura was 115 miles away, expect- ing to arrive 2 pm., Sunday, New Realand time. Uncharted Seas in Path. SAN FRANCISCO, August 16 (®).— Uncharted seas and an ocean jungle of volcanic and coral archipelagoes lie be- tween the waterlogged steamer ‘Tahiti and two of the four ships seeking to rescue more than 300 persons, her pas- ers and crew. u¥m Norwegian tramp freighter Peny- bryn, nearest of the four ships, and the Tagua, were on the same steamer lane as the Tahiti, disabled in the South Pacific, 460 miles southwest of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The islands are the nearest land rating, even a dot on maps. The other vessels were on a more northern lane and were forced to pick their way through thousands of little islands and patches of shallow water. Next to the slow Norwegian freighter, the Ventura was the nearest vessel to the Tahiti. The liner's course was ex- tremely hazardous and was beset with small jagged islands and submerged shoals. In navigating the shallows of the uncharted South Seas the captain and his mates stand on the bridge and chart their course as they go. picking out deep water by reflection of light. Fast sailing is virtually impossible at night unless ships are in a wide stretch of deep water which separates the archipelagoes. For this reason officials of the Matson line here said it was im- sible to accurately estimate the time of the Ventura's arrival beside the disabled vessel. aid a woman knocked over by the horses here today. The accident occurred at the entrance to Oakland Farm, the Vanderbilt estate. The party was returning from the New- port horse show to a garden party, with Everett Colby of Orange, N. J.,, prom- inent New York lawyer, at the reins. The horses, frightened by a band, shied slightly and Mrs. Bertha Horton of Providence and Mrs. J. B. McLennan | Vice President sprang from the coach | to Mrs. Horton, who was not seriously | injured, while Mayor Mortimer A. Sulli- | van of Newport dragged Mrs. McLennan |from in front of the coach’s whe:ls | Mrs. McLennan was taken for treatment to the Newport Hospital. HOODLUM LEDGER SHAKES CHICAGO Judges, Police and Politicians Must Explain Names on Zuta Books. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 16.—The ledger of a slain gangster furnished eloquent testimony today, something mno living hoodlum ever gave. It told of the rich profits of the liquor traffic, of a notorious gang's losses in a dog race enterprise, of loans and gifts, and contained the names of judges, policemen and politicians, Public Men Rush to Explain. It started a procession of public men to the State attorney's office to explain their entries on the books of the Moran- Alello gang. At the Criminal Court Building a corps of photographers was busy throughout the day making photostatic copies of more than 300 pages {from the ledger of Jack Zuta, the Moran man- ager, who was shot dead by four men just two weeks ago in a Delafleld, Wis.. dance hall while he dropped nickels in a music box. ‘Those pages, only a few of which have been examined and made public by the investigators, already have given the first documentary evidence ever obtained in Chicago's gang history of an affiliation, friendly or commercial, geti:fien the underworld and public of- icials. Judge Confronted With Checks. Joseph Schulman of the Mu- Court, pavee of checks totaling $2,( and indorser of notes aggregat- ing $3,500, hastened home from South Haven, Mich,, to offer explanation of his dealings. - Needing money to build a home several years ago, he said, he had obtained the required sum from Morris Greene, an attorney, giving his personal checks with advanced dates to be cashed later in settlament. Greene was attorney for Zuta. “I never attached any significance to Zlilaa_'l signature on the checks,” he said. - Louis I. Fisher, attorney and brother of a judge, told the investigators he could not remember for what purpose he was given $500 and 3100 checks, made out by Zuta tc currency and in- dorsed by Fisher. “I knew Zuta, but never received any money or checks from him,” Fisher said. “I am certain I didn’t get these checks from Zuta. They may have been for attorney's fees or in settle- ment of card games.” Two Trunks Hunted. While the State's attorney's investi- gators took Zuta’s post mortem testi- mony from his minutely detailed books, others hunted through the city for two trunks believed to_contain other rec- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) —e MINES MINISTER LEADS RESCUERS IN EXPLOSION | By the Associated Press. BLAKEBURN, _British Columbia, August 16.—Despite belief that lower | levels of the Blakeburn mine, in which | an unexplained explosion occurred last | Wednesday, entombing 46 men, was & blazing furnace, rescue crews re-entered | its main tunnel again today, after being | forced to withdraw last night because | of smoke and gas. | " As mine officials and rescue workers | all believed today none of the men re- | maining in the mine could be alive, the | death list was set at 45. Four bodles | have been brought out, snd one man got out alive. Forty-one miners are not accounted for. | ""W. A. McKenzie, minister of mines. decided today to resume the search and personally led the party into the tunnel. 48 STATEg OPPRESS WOMEN, CATECHISM FOR VOTERS BARES No Pay for Services in Home One of Answers in 228- Page Brochure Issued by League. By the Associated Press. The 48 varieties of woman’s legal status in the 48 States of the United States had been summarized yesterday in the catechism form of query and answer by the League of Women Voters. The questions were compiled under supervision of Dr. Sophonisba P. Breck- inr , professor of social econol of the University of Chicago, while Mrs. Savilla Millis Simons, graduate of that university, performed the detailed re- { gearch necessary to find the answers. All in all they fill a volume of 228 pages, titled “A Survey of the Legal | Status of Women in the Forty-eight States.” “Can a wife collect for services per- formed in a home?” the survey asks. “There is no State in which the wife may collect for services performed in her own home,” 1t answers. “Is the wife entitled to choice of the family home? query. voice in the “In no State is the wife entitled to the family determine the choice of home,” 15 the answer to that one. Questions of contractual rights, prop- " is another | erty rights, quardianship of children, marriage and divorce are covered for the Nation in general and for each of the 48 States. The brochure sets forth that in 23 States a married woman has absolute right of contract; in the rest she is va- riously limited. In 22 States, it declares, be made to pay for the family neces- saries ordered by her, but in 26 she cannot be made to pay. 2 In eight States lfi: mother does not share equally with the father in the custody of the children, and in one, Georgia, the father can will away from the mother the custody of the children, the study reveals. Other answers to questions set forth the following facts: Health certificates are ererfljulwu to marriage in 12 States. ere are only six States in which the law prohibits the evasion of marriage laws of other States. In 11 States both men and women must be 21 years of age before they may marry without the consent of parent or guard- ian. In several States legal inds for divorce are not the same for men and for women. ‘ a wife can Dash at Long Beach. MANY THOUSANDS IN PRIZES OFFERED | Event Expected to Promote Knowl- | edge and Develop Handy Small Plane. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, Augut 16.—Scores of | planes stood poised, Fast, North, Sofith | and West today to wing to Chicago for the 1930 National Air Races, hailed as a studied effort to hasten the day when Americans, en masse, will take to the skies. The report of a gun fired in Chicago, echoed by radio to Long Beach, Calif., tomorrow will launch the first great sweeping movement Chicagoward of planes. That will be the start of the woman’s derby, one of seven from scattered points on the rim of the country, to converge on Curtiss Reynolds Airport for the races August 23 to 30. Air race executives emphasized to- | night that the program of these 1930 air olympics is particularly designed to | develop a docile little plane to fit the | purse and needs of the average citizen, long the aim of the. manufacturers. For example, there is a special prize offered for planes taking off and land- ing in a 150-foot circle—low landing speed being deemed especially essential in ships for laymen. And to encourage fiying by Ilaymen, competitions for| “sportsmen,” or amateur pilots, are on | the program for the first time in the history of the races. Information to Result. Moreover, all of the competitions, in- cluding the derbies, are calculated to give information needed in building planes for general use, according to Maj. Reed Landis, a director of the races. “The races are designed to bring about an increase in the speed of aircraft with less horsepower,” said Maj. Landis. “This lowers the initial investment and operating cost and makes the plane more desirable to the average person. Then, too, an aim is to decrease land- ing speed as a step toward greater safety. “Exciting and colorful as the races will be, they are, after all, primarily a practical laboratory from which even- tually will come a plane within the means of all—a plane so small it can be parked in a bed room, so trustworthy it can be by nurse to take the hildren for a spin and so amenable it can be landed in a back yard if necessary. Millions to Be Spent. “The air races this year will cost millions of dollars and months of cease- less preparation. Ten million dollars’ worth of airplanes will be on hand and there will be a million spectators. Yet shose who question the value of the races should remember that the automobile driver today with the automobile race spectator 20 years ago. Spectators of the 1930 air races will be the pilots a few years hence.” Although the program at Curtiss- Reynolds Airport does not begin until next Saturday, six of the air derbies get under way this week and several events, including a mammoth inaugural parade, the annual banquet and re- ception of the National Aeronautic As- sociation and special events honoring noted flyers from Germany, France and England, are scheduled in’ Chicago. Events at the airport have been ar- " (Conunuea ou Page 7, Column 5.) SWIFT, JR., IS SUICIDE; Chicago Meat Packer's Son Shoots Himself in New York Sanitarium. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 16.—William Swift, member of the Chicago meat packer's family, shot himself to death late tonight in a Park avenue sani- tarium, where he was undergoing treat- ment. Swift, who was 33 years old and mar- ried, was undergoing treatment for in- flammation of the brain, alcoholism and pneumonia. He had been in the hos- pital eight months, Edward Cowle, head of the sanitarium, notified the medical examiner's office of the shooting, and police and a med- ical examiner hurried to the institution. ‘The patient had been shot through the heart with a .38-caliber revolver, long-barreled, and of the type used for target practice. The weapon lay on the floor beside the body. ! Hospital officials said the man had | tried earlier in the night to jump'from : the window of his fifth-story room. He | was restrained by a man nurse, who | put him to bed. Half an hour later the nurse heard a shot and ran to the room to find the patient lying on the floor with a bullet through his heart. Leaves Wife and Son. CHICAGO, August 16 (#).—William | E. Swift, 33, who was found self-slain in a New York hospital tonight, was the youngest son of Louis F. Swift, president of Swift & Co., meat packers. Friends here blamed his suicide on despondency over ill health. Swift is survived by his wife, who was Miss Hélen Morton, and a son, Wil- liam, 5 years old. His father is in Europe, and he leaves also two broth- ers, Alden Swift of Chicago and Louis | and figures for the guidance of his sub- {GIRL BELIEVED KIDNAPED | Bazzell, also of Howard County, is also Senator Bingham. BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY READY TO MAKE INQUIRY New Population Figures Are Now Available and May Be Checked by Experts. With fiscal relations between the United States and District Governments regarded as one of the chief local ques- tions to come before the next session of Congress, District officials are taking steps to assemble as much data as pos- sible on taxation here and in other cities. ‘The special House Committee created just before adjournment to investigate the subject has not called on Federal or District agencies up to this time for in- formation, but in view of the fact that the text of the resolution directs the committee to inquire into present and proposed methods of taxation, Commis- | sioner Reichelderfer has suggested to Assessor Willlam P. Richards that he gather such information on tax mat- ters as might be called for in such a study. At the same time Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on District appropriations, | has asked the local authorities to com- | pile for him the latest available figures | on the area and value of land held by the United States, the amount held by the District government, other tax- exempt property, and certain data re- lating to taxable real estate. ‘This is a clear indication that while the House has its special committee delving into the problem, Senator Bing- ham will be arming himself with facts committee in considering the next ap- propriation bill and in considering what- ever proposals the House may advance. Differences Brought to Head. The long-standing difference in view- point between members of the two branches of Congress as to what con- stitutes a fair division of the cost of maintaining the Capital _City was brought to a head at the last session when the Senate declined to yield again | to the House on $9,000,000 as the Fed- | eral share in a total appropriation bill | of more than $45,000,000, and succeeded in obtaining & compromise on $9,500,000 | a few hours before adjournment. It was immediately following this| compromise for the current fiscal year | that Representative Simmons of "Ne- braska, in charge of local appropria- tions in the House, had the resolution adopted under which the Speaker has named a special committee of seven House members to go further into the fiscal relations problem and also to de- termine whether new forms of local | taxation should be considered. The promptness with which Senator Bingham has moved since the adjourn- | ment of Congress to have further data | collected means that research work on the question in preparation for the next | session will not be confined by any | means to the House inquiry. The Bureau of Efficiency is holding itself in readiness i TO PREVENT PROSECUTION, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smith of Unity, Md., Ask Aid of Mont- gomery County Police. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smith of Unity, Md., last night reported to Montgomery | County police that they believed their daughter Retha had been kidnaped to prevent her from prosecuting an al- | leged fradulent marriage charge. Po- | lice said they were informed that the girl disappeared last Sunday, the day before her sixteenth birthday. | Howard County records show that | Kenneth Higgins, 25 years old, of Eli- | cott City, Md., is being held on bail | | of $3,000 on a charge of having been | a principal in an alleged faked wed- | ding. Retha Smith was said to have | been the supposed bride. Jennings out on bail, on a charge of having im- personated a minister in connection with the affair. The fraudulent marriage charge was supposed to have gone to trial in Ellicott City on September 1. TODAY’S STAR PART 1—22 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial _Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. News of the Clubs—Page 5. Veterans of the Great War—Page 6. Fraternities—Page 8. and PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society Section. . W. C. A. Notes—Page 8. Spanish War Veterans—Page 9. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 9. Serial Story, “The Dagger"—Page 12. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. Amusement _Section—Theaters, Music and Screen. In the Motor World—Page 5. Aviation—Page 7. Organized Reserves—Page 8. Radio—Page 9. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial News: and Classified Adver- tising. The Home Gardener—Page 5. Marine Corps Notes—Page 5. Army and Navy News—Page 5. District National Guard—Page 11. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. P. Swift, jr, of Denver, Colo., and a sister, Mrs. James Minotto. ——— Train Hits Crowd; 100 Hurt. ZAGREB, Jugoslavia, August 16 (). —A freight train ran into a large crowd watching fireworks display from a rallway e here tonight and about 100 persons were injured. from the Many persons I into the waters of the Save River, Magazine Section. Reviews of New Books—Page 18. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22, GRAPHIC SECTION--8 PAGES. world Events in_Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mr. and Mrs.; 'lar Fellers; Mutt and Jeff; Little Annle; Brutus; the Smythes; 1ights of Hi N = = S N e NN S > S === — JAIL SENTENCES GIVEN WOMEN | FOR INSULTING AMERICAN FLAG Two Leaders in “Workers” Camp Must| Serve Three Months and Pay Fine After Spurning U. By the Associated Press. ELMIRA, N. Y., August 18.—Ailens Holmes and Mabel Husa, directors of the Workers' International Relief Camp at Van Etten, near here, were convicted of insulting and desecrating the Ameri- can flag in Justice of the Peace West- brook’s court at Van Etten today. Each was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to spend three months in the Monroe County Penitentiary. Flag Refused, Is Charge. ‘The charges resulted from the alleged refusal of the two young women to ac- cept an American flag for the camp, a refusal which, the witnesses sald, was accompanied by the statement “To hell with the American flag and the Ameri- can Government.” A red flag bearing the sickle and hammer was destroyed by a group of Pennsylvanians last week. Miss Beatrice Carlin of the Workers' International Relief Society and the In- ternational Labor Defense was trying to reach a Supreme Court justice to- S. Emblem. night and win the women’s freedom on | bail, pending appeal. | The charges were preferred by An- | drew Dennis of Athens, Pa., whose | claim 'he represented the American Legion was denied by the commander of the Athens Post of that organiza- {10"}.[!!;4 by Mrs. Daisy Felt of Waver- Charges Follow Disturbances. ‘They followed a series of disturbances | about the camp the past several weeks. From 60 to 75 children had been in the care of the young women for six weeks. ! This was the last day of the camp. Once Miss Holmes and Miss Husa were seized by a crowd and taken before Jus- tice of the Peace Westbrook in Van Etten, but he refused to act, since no warrants had been issued and they had | not been arrested. They were finally | arrested Tuesday night. | At their trial today they said the | Amerjcan flag was the flag of their | country apd they respected it as such, | but they regarded it “as the emblem of | the capitalistic bosses.” They denied | making the statements the plaintiffs | said they made. 1. 5. RENEWS PROBE OF EWALD CHARGES | State Prosecutor Also Acts as Gov. Roosevelt Asks Records in Case. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 16.—Instead of ending investigations into the charge that $12,000 was paid to influence George J. Ewald's appointment as a city magistfate, the collapse of & county in- quiry this week has led to a Federal in- quiry of new intensity and today a State investigation also scemed possible. A county grand jury declined to in- dict anybody after hearing the story of a $10,000 loan made by the resigned magistrate’s wife to a Tammany district leader at about the time of Ewald’s ap- pointment. But_today District Attorney Crain complied with a request from Gov. Roosevelt for the records of the case, and Federal Attorney Tuttle prepared subpoenas for all the principals. | Tuttle tried once to get some light on | Mrs, Bertha Ewald’s loan of $10,000, without interest, to Martin J. Healy, Tammany official and former city officiai in 1927—but_Mrs. Ewald, Healy and Thomas T. Tommaney, sheriff’s clerk, through whepe hands the loan passed, declined to testify. He called today for the minutes of the county grand jury's proceedings, and planned, with them as & basls, to renew his questioning, forti- fled also_with bank records of Healy and the Ewalds. ‘HAM’ LEWIS MAKES ‘HOME RULE’ ISSUE Dry Law Repeal Not Necessary, He Says, in Announcing Anti-McCormick Stand. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Augut 16.—James Hamil- ton Lewis, Democratic nominee for United States Senator, who has an- nounced he would oppose Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican, for the sena- torial toga chiefly on the prohibition issue, placed that issue in the forefront of the platform he made public tonight, and which he asked the State con- vention to adopt next week. Mr. Lewis said he would introduce to the convention planks dealing with pro- hibition, unemployment relief, jury service for women, soldier compensation, a national pension system, waterways and taxation. The Democratic candidate reasserted his opinion that repeal of the Volstend act and the eighteenth amendment was unnecessary to permit State legislation in prohibition enforcement and temper- ance administration. He proposed as a first declaration of the party platform a demand that this Government be brought back to the pri le on which our States are es- tal , of lative home rule in any sumptuary law, CRANT TO PUSH 1.C.BATHING POOLS Need Brought Out by Heat Wave—Avoids River Pollution Problem. | The recent prolonged heat wave, | which strikingly manifested the lack | of adequate bathing facilities in Wash- ington, has led Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks of the National Capital, to make definite plans to carry out the compre- | hensive bathing pool construction pro- gram authorized by Congress in 1926. Col. Grant said he would make a vigorous effort at the coming session of Congress, n December, to procure funds to build two additional pools, which could be completed and made ready for use by next Summer. Two pools, one at McKinley Technical High School and the other at the Francis Junior High School, are the only ones constructed under the old program, and these are inadequate, it has been shown, to meet the demand of the public for bathing facilities in hot weather. Authorization of the bathing pool ing of the Tidal Basin bathing beach, which Congress legislated out of ex- istence. This program provided for two large pools, but when it was sub- sequently discovered that pools of great size were difficult to keep clean and sanitary, a series of 12 small pools were authorized. These pools were to be strategically located in various sections of the District where they would most conveniently serve the different com- munities. Program Is Amended. ‘The pools at McKinley High School and the Francis Junior High School were the first to be constructed under the series plan, and before appropria- | tions for any of the remaining 10 were | forthcormng, Congress, in February, | 1929, amended the program, fixing six | additional pools as the total to be built | and limiting the cost to $150,000 each. The failure of the pool construction program_has_been felt more this Sum- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GEORGIA DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED AT WAREHOUSE Body Found on Loading Platform After Shooting at 3 0'Clock in the Morning. By the Associated Press.* BUTLER, Ga., August 16.—The body of Homer Bazemore, a deputy sheriff of Taylor County, was found face downward in a pool of blood here | today. His pistol, containing one empty cartridge, lay 6 feet away. A coroner’s jury heard several wit- nesses and recessed until Monday morning. Witnesses sald powder burns were noted on the forehead. Tl shooting took place about 3 o'clock this -mor on a cement Miss Holmes is 23 and Miss Husa 20. | construction program followed the clos- | | IMDANDY. 0070 1, BEATS GALLANTFOX Year’s Greatest Racing Upset Sees Outsider Lead Cham- pion Home. Special Dispatch to The Star. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., August 16.—Gallant Fox, pride of the Belair stud and 3-year-old champion of the year, finally met his Waterloo here to- day after six successive major stake triumphs, but not at the hoofs of Harry Payne Whitney's Whichone, his admitted deadliest riv: ‘While 50,000 race-mad enthusiasts looked on and swayed to excitement as the small but select fleld battled through the stretch, the stout-hearted son of Sir Gallahad IIT and Marguerite was forced to take the mud of Chaffee Earl’s Jim Dandy, & 100-to-1 shot, after he had broken the heart and the heels of the flying Chicle colt. Gallant Fox met his Waterloo in the sixty-first running of the Travers, America’s oldest stake, which ever has been the graveyard of thoroughbred dreams. History repeated itself in this, the latest chapter of the Travers, and doubly so. It was in the Travers that Reigh Count, much in the same position as Gallant Fox stands today, ran last |in a fleld of four to Petee Wrack, Vic- torian and Sun Edwin two years ago. And last year Chaffee Earl sent this same Jim Dandy, that took the measure of Gallant Fox today, out East to win the Grand Union Hotel stakes at the Juley odds of 50 to 1. ‘Whichone Pulls Up Lame. Gallant Fox may yet go on to all the triumphs attained by Reigh Count, the champion of his year. Beaten, he was not disgraced, nor was Whichone dis- graced, though beaten farther. Yet, his chances in future are slim, indeed, for in the running not even the bar plate, which hampered him, could protect the quarter crack it shielded, and he pulled up so lame Sonny Workman was forced immediately to dismount. Few of the big crowd of 50,000—one of the very largest that has ever seen thoroughbreds run in the East—s - ed the tragedy to Whichone. And among that number was Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and his staff. Gov. Roose- velt, as well as George H. Bull, presi- dent of the Saratoga Association, talked over a nation-wide hook-up shortly after the finish of the race. For until the very finish it was a horse race fit for the gods of sports—a titanic battle between the giant two that exhausted stamina and strength to a degree where a David might step in to slay a Goliath. Neither would give an inch of ground to the other. They raced at breakneck s far in front of the other two, till they were drunk and reeling from their efforts. Then, when they had spent themselves beyond peradventure, F. Baker, on Jim Dandy, came through the heavier going between them and the rail and carried on to a brilliant victory. The_track over which this Travers " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ' VOTE COUNT PROTESTED Burn Acts in Republican Fight for Tennessee Governorship. MEMPHIS, August 16 (#).—Harry T. Burn of Sweetwater, Tenn., defeated on the basis of unofficial returns for the Republican gubernatorial nomina- tion in the August 7 primary, today notified C. Arthur Bruce of Memphis, his opponent, of a protest against the ballot count. Burn said he had filed the protest at Nashville with the State Republican Executive Committee and delivered a copy to Mr. Bruce's office. Intermediate Banks. POSSIBLE PROFIT SEEN IN ASSISTING FARMERS $121,875,000 Allocated by Agricul- ture Department to Provide Jobs—Produce Market Steady. By the Assoclated Press. Moving swiftly with its drought relief program, the Government yesterday made $121,875,000 in Federal road aid money immediately available to the various States. Secretary Hyde, who announced the allocation, said the membership of the national organization to work with the States would be announced soon and that questionnaires had been sent to 50,000 crop reporters over the country, asking for more data on the needs in stricken communities. Even before the conference at the White House Thursday, Governors who | came here in response to the call of President Hoover urged that the Fed- | eral highway funds be made immediate- ‘Hy available to provide emergency em- ployment. President Hoover instructed the Agriculture Secretary to take any | necessary action and yesterday’s move | followed. States to Match Funds. Ordinarily, the money would not have been allocated until January 1, 1931. The sum advanced will be matched dol- lar for dollar by State runds. » An indication that the Government favors the formation of local credit corporations to operate through inter- mediate credit banks was seen in & statement by the Agriculture Secretary that such a plan would not only help the farmers, but might prove profitable. mp, Sectelary Hyde was' viepuslly 1 camp, retary ‘was Vi charge of the drought relief program. Rain and rain in prospect in many dry States and reports to the Depart- ment of Agriculture that there was lit- tle evidence ot forced marketing of live stock were encouraging news today in a situation that has been largely a suc- cession of gloomy reports. Agriculture Department economists, after a survey of 18 leading live stock markets, said that in many instances Shech and hogs that might Sthoreise sheep an s 80 to market if prices were &m" fa- section that has been hit the hardest by the drought,” the de- partment said, “it is probable that some stock may go to market that otherwise would be retained on the farm if feed and pastureage were more plentiful. These sections, however, have a small proportion of the country's live stock supply.” Receipts of cattle at lic markets in July were 13 per cent smaller than in July, 1929, and 17 per cent below the five-year average. Recel) of calves were about the same as in July last year, and 2.5 per cent smaller than the five-year average. Receipts of hogs in July were about 12 per cent less than in July a year ago, and for the first seven months of the year Federal-inspected slaughter of hogs was 7.5 per cent smaller in the same period last year. Sheep and lamb marketing thus far this year has been much larger than average, because in recent years sheep production has expanded greatly, the e e Fresh Produce Prices Level ‘The Agriculture Department also said that the dry weather had not seriously affected the retail price of fresh prod- uce in four principal cities. The price of fresh frult and vege- tables in New York did not, the feport said, show any considerable price changes, save on a few products '.3& have become scarce as the season ad- carlot receipts of vances. In Cincinnati vegetables were heavier than usual for the season and were available at prac- tically the same prices as last year. Local supplies were scarce, but this was offset by heavy truck receipts from dis- tances of 50 to 300 miles. 5 | Prices have changed little in Pitts- burgh,_the report said. but (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) MACHA_DO DENIES UNREST Cuban President Says This Country ‘Will Not Intervene. HAVANA, August 16 (#).—President Machado in an interview the Associated Press di recent reperts of political dissatisfaction and unrest in Cuba. He also denied that the United States might inter- vene in the Cuban elections this Fall. “At the present time,” he said, “the political situation of the republic is norm: Peace prevails throughout the island and I have the honor of the first Cuban President who has seen actual or attempted overthrow ef government by armed revolution during his administration.” BUS _BANDIT WITH SHOTGUN FOILED BY QUICK-WITTED DRIVER Washington Coach on Way to Seminary, Va., Escapes Hold-Up After Thrill for Passengers. Quick action on the part of the opera- tor of a Seminary, Va, bound bus shortly before midnight last night thwarted an attempted hold-up of the coach by & man who had thrust a shot- | gun into its door as it stopped to admit | him as a passenger. E. L. Prince, driver of the A. B. and 0l loading tform at_a cotton ware- house, l}’lm.at the officer had arisen and left his home. family said he Members of his k«m:hnmwuudmm Prince ducked as the man back for a moment and his six sengers, including one between the coach seats. A foot and Prince threw in the bus and the vehicle lurched forward away to safety. t the time Prince was cash.