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- BY GOLDSBOROUEH HOOVER CRITCIZED Maryland Senator Asks State’s Inclusion for Any Federal Farm Aid. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, August 16.—President Hoover has met with the criticism of one of his staunchest supporters in Senator Phillips Lee Golds- borough, who has protested his failure to include Maryland in the conference of governors seeking alleviation of drought distress. ‘The Maryland Senator embodied his protest in a telegram to the President, and at the same time Gov. Ritchie took issue with the White House on its ex- cuse for not including his State in the Telief program. . Maryland Non-Applicant. Gov. Ritchie voiced his protest Fri- and the White House immediately Teplied with a statement that Maryland had not applied for aid, and that the program of relief as drawn at the con- Zerence was left open for entry of any State needing relief. ‘The White House was advised, before the conference of governors, of the serious agricultural condition in Mary- land by Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, presi- dent of the University of Maryland, the governor said in a statement today. He declared he did not want to prolong dis- cussion with the Chief Executive, but that “if the President was going to consider means of relieving the plight of farmers elsewhere, that Maryland farmers were entitled to be considered Place Asked for State. The Goldsborough telegram, dis- patched yesterday, said: “Permit me Yo suggest that Maryland be included in the scope of whatever corrective or ameliorative farm measures that may be taken and be accorded representa- tion through the governor of the State Sacrifices Career as Pianist to Become Engineer and Overcomes Failure. ONCE JUVENILE ACTOR Passed Second Entrance Examina- tion to Famous French School of Bridges. BY J. V. FITZ GERALD. Few of us are fortunate enough to make our early dreams come true. But Ralph Modjeski has done so. The world foremost bridge builder, holder of the John Fritz Gold Medal, the highest honor that the engineers of the United States can confer on a member of their profession, dreamed, when he was a lad of 15 of becoming a great engineer, He sacrificed one career that held Ligh promise and overcame an initial failure to_achieve his ambition. This genius in the construction field was born in Cracow, Poland, in 1861. He was the son of Mme. Helena Mod- famous tragedienne. His father director of theatrical companies. As a lad he traveled with his parents through the country sections. Often the troupe made its journey in wagons. It was hard, but an enjoynble and instructive life. Young Ralph like so many children of theatrical folk, vwas a juvenile actor of ability. children’s roles in either German or Polish in his father's companes. Taught by Tutors, He was taught by tutors while travel- ing about the country. He didn't enter school until he was over 9. Then he took up his studies in Cracow. There he became a piano pupil of Cazimir Hofmann, father of Josef Hofmann. Young Modesjki ssed such high musical talent that friends of the fam- ily were certain he would become as famous & pianist as his mother was on @t any further or more extended con- ferences that may be held.” President Hoover is the third Chief Executive fo find himself at odds with the Maryland governor. Harding was the first when Gov. Ritchie refused to mobilize State troops during . coal mine strikes, declaring Maryland could handle its own situa- tion without shooting. He later re- fused to pledge Maryland support to the prohibition laws when President Cool- idge called a conference of governors seeking such action by each State. * PROFITEER CHARGE GOES BEFORE COURT New York Official Says Evidence Shows Firm Raising Prices Unreasonable. l:nth'owAmnm Press. YORK, August 16.—Charges that a food combination is engaged in Wholesale profiteering in New York City will be laid before a State Supreme m ;:(zm Ilo:\dn{. Willlam B. ., assistant attorn oo tod.nyAM at ey general, Groat, w] been conducting an investigation for several days, ..":5 he had evidence that food prices had been Taised beyond reasonable proportions, with the drought as an excuse. House- wives, lawyers, managers of farmers' co-operative associations store- n are scheduled Monday, one before Referee Charles C. Johnlo{a in the morning on the milk situation. Retail milk prices recently were in- creased in New York and New Jersey, distributors declaring that a shortage had resulted from the drought. Clark, ir., referee to food prices, torney eral could take I action * it can %mwn bhlt’:nmup of afi:": ers combine to boost e 44 Pprices RAIL ECONOMIES RESULT FROM MEXICAN FUNDING Bettlement Reached in New York Leads to Smaller “Personnel and Other Changes. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 16.—Reduc- &ion of personnel and abandonment of some unnecessary shops has already been started by the Mexican National Railways in order to meet the terms of the debt settlement conffuded in New York in July by Pinance Secretary Montes de Oca. Announcement of this beginning was made to the press today by Xavier Sanchez Mejorada, president of the rallways. The reduction in personnel will be carried out gradually, so as to reduce hardships for the workers. g ‘The president said that within a few days the railways plants at Durango | and Piedras Negras would be closed and | & number of unprofitable branch llnea‘K either would be returned to private As soon as money is available the railways will purchase new equipment. | ‘To increase business, freight rates will lowered. MRS. JEAN MORRIS SUED | S S | NEW YORK, August 16 (#)—Jean | Aubert Morris, French actress and estranged wife of Nelson Morris, Chi- cago packer, sued today in Supreme | Court, for $10,273, representing the | value of two pearls which it is con- | tended she purchased in Paris last August. ‘The suit was brought by Henry Menke of New York as assignee of a Paris Jewelry firm. SPECIAL NOTICES. o Wi accident at 6th st. and Massachusetts n.w., about 8:30 a. on Wednesd: Al Sasrea Sy T ctaztcab com JOHN D. 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Smith’s Transfer & Storage Co:, Tama vou s North 3343. 231 way ‘point rates VERY PABEN 1317 | the dramatic stage. But when Mme. \Modjeska came to this country in 1876 and brought her son with her. Ralph was thinking of other things than music. While he did not neglect his plano practice, he was beginning to think in terms of con- struction and to dream his dreams of becoming an engineer. The artist in music was making way for the artist in steel. ‘The newcomers to America lived in Hoboken for a time because expenses were less there. Then they went to California and bought a farm. They knew nothing of agriculture. ‘Their savings dwindled fast, Their first in- H= played | o TfiE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, [RALPH MODJESKI, FOREMOST BRIDGE BUILDER, "~ WORKED HARD TO REALIZE Drearmeo, wuen ue was A LAD OF FIFTEEN OF BECOMING A GREAT ENGINEER. OF Tas s vrouss mach. ITS JOURNEYS (N WACONS. BOYHOOD DREAMS Z RALPH LASSOOED A NEIGHBORS CALF THAT HAQ GONE ASTRAY. HIS REWARD WAS THREE DOLLARS.. LT Morasy come from the venture was obtained when Ralph lassoed a neighbor's calf that had gone astray. His reward amounted to $3. Mother and Son Learn English. Mme. Modjeska learned English. She made her American debut in_San Prancisco, to which she and Ralph moved. There he, too, quickly learned the language of his adopted land. All the while his mother insisted that he continue with his music. He practiced much while he was acting as advance agent for Mme. Modjeska on her first tour of the United States, in 1877. But his dreams were becoming more insistent. While he liked the life of travel, the atmosphere of the theater, the company of artists, there was something lacking. His own career 8s | a musician seemed promising enough, yet he finally cast it aside to take up the profession of engineering. He sailed for France in 1878 to study for the entrance examinations to the famous Ecole des Ponts ei Chaussees (8chool of Bridges and Roads). He worked hard on his books. Still he failed in the examinations and didn't qualify for entrance. It was a bitter disappointment to the youngster. Out of that failure grew a deter- mination to conquer the task he had set for himself. He stuck to his books, definitely deciding to pass up a musical career for that of engineering—one of the hardest and most exacting of the professions. His perseverence was re- warded. When next he tried the ex- aminations he stood fourth on the list. Before the end of the year he reached the top of his class in scholarship. He maintained that standing throughout his course. Graduated With Honors. Graduating with honors from the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees, he was a marked young man in the engineer- ing profession from the outset of his career as a bridge builder. He has lived up to his early promise and to- day is rated as one of the greatest engineers in the world. It is estimated that Ralph Modjeski had been the directing genius back of almost $200,000,000 worth of bridges. ‘The structures he has designed span mighty rivers in many parts of the world. ‘The Ambassador Bridge, connecting Michigan and Ontario, Canada, the greatest suspension bridge in the world, is a monument to his ability. He built the Delaware River Bridge, supervised part of the construction of the Manhattan Bridge and the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. With these and many other great structures to his credit, Ralph Modjeski has ac- complished what so many of us fail to do. He has, indeed, made his dreams come true to the great benefit of the traveling public. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) (Next: Walter C. Teagle.) From the Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. “Queen High” HARLES RUGGLES is one of the funniest men in the movies. He deserves all the credit for sustaining the in- terest in “Queen High,” the picture which began a week's run at the Palace Theater yesterday. This picture, based upon the stage play ‘A Pair of Sixes,” is a noble attempt to elongate fair musical comedy material m'fm .t sound film ging basic idea of the play and the acting of Rug- gles redeem & mediocrity of plot. There are many laughs in “Queen High” and a complete cast that does its part with genuine co-op- :rn:on‘.! Even Charles Rusrles poan play. atte the first 20 minutes. ‘The story concerns two ever-quar- rel business partners who are en- in manufacturing and selling adies’ garters. This phase of the business offers orpommity for a rather nifty model The in- enue niece of one partner falls in fin‘e with the juvenile the nephew of the other partner. There also is a long-suffering and gome- what jealous wife and an equally long-suffering _sweetheart to add complications for the partners. To end the perpetual squabbling of these business partners the lawyer devises a scheme to have a contract which will make one the master and the other his servant for a pe- riod of one year, depending upon who wins the best poker hand. The married partner, ~Stanley Smith, wins, and Ruggles, as T. Johns, has many humiliating mo- ments as a butler until the niece suggests how he can successfully turn the tables. Then, after all their combined trials, they discover that the Jawyer was playing a trick on them as a contract based upon a f‘.mbllnl game is not legally bind- ng. The stage presents Herman Tim- berg, an unusually clever comedian; his son, Herbert, who seems even more talented than his father in dancing, doing a golf dance very well indeed; “Snoonie,” an amusing characterization offered by Barbara Blalir, and others, with the Chester Hale Girls offering terpsichorean figures and faces that are easy to watch, make an enjoyable ensemble. Dick Liebert wins his usual vocal Tesponse from the audience and there also are the usual short reels. “Dixieana,” Gem of the Southland. $*T)IXIANA,” which opened an en- gagement at the R-K-O-Keith Theater to a packed house yesterday afternoon, is the best all-around musical show that has been pre- sented in the sound films to date. With Bebe Daniels, popular picture star, singing the title role of & Southern beauty of ante-bellum New Orleans, and giving it a real South- ern_accent, too, and Everett Mar- shall, formerly of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co. of New York, as the Yankee hero, son of a Pennsyl- vania Dutchman who inherited a plantation, the show has distinction in the handling of the leading roles. In addition there is Bill Robinson— the gifted Negro who taught Mary Eaton and many others how to do real tap dancing, and who plays his role inimitably and seems to be worth his $5,000 a week. Also, there is the famous Johnson Hall Negro Chorus in unusually effective rendi- tions of old spirituals in the proper setting. ‘These plantation scenes where the darkies are shown singing at their work, are artistic and have a sense of convincing reality. Miss Daniels, looking her prettiest in the hoop-skirted frpcks, shows that she knows how sing, too. Her voice is not large, but very pleasing, and, with her personality, creates real professional effect. Mr. Marshall promises to take a place alongside of Lawrence as & grand opera star who also can make good in the movies. His voice s & rich and he has artistry in singing. He also knows how to act. Other roles, each important in the grand mosaic of the picture, are ably presented by Robert Woolsey, Raymond Maurel, Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee, Joseph Cawthorn and Ralf Harolde. The comedy lines are very clever. ‘The settings are beautiful and ex- cellently photographed. The Mardi- | Gras scenes at the end are elabo- rately mounted and done in techni- color, which greatly enhances their _effectiveness. While there is & rem- iniscent suggestion of “Show Boat” in some of the “atmosphere” and the gambling scene, still “Dixieana” has a very different, a more truly roman- tic story and is many times greater as a film. It is a picture that shows careful, admirably co-ordinated preparation and judicious expendi- ture. It deserves a long stay in W:.s:nlnmn and undoubtedly will get it. Preddy ClarR's orchestral efforts seemed to please, too, and the film | showing the Prince of° Whales won much applause. H. F. “The Dawn rol’ One of Season's Best Films. 'HE Earle Theater last week drew crowds of those who appreciate fine pictures, so that it is not to be_ wondered that “The Dawn Patrol,” Richard Barthelmess' latest starring picture, an epic of the air covering the period of the World War, should be continued through the current week. The picture is entitled to its patronage, and it is confidently be- lieved that few, if any, who see it will be disappointed. It presents the star in a new characterization, and while it sug- gests memories of “The Big Parade” and especially of “Journey’s End,” nevertheless it has intringic merits of its own that entitle it to high praise, The story is woven around a dogged, patriotic force of young British aviators, patient witnesses to the carnage of battle and the ap- parent hopelessness of it all, but still ready and willing to do their bit. Barthelmess, who has replaced the commander, is compelled to send aloft the brother of a dear friend, in spite of himself. The young man is killed and his gallant commander, ‘who sent him to his death is quick and effective in avenging him. The picture shows some daring and extraordinary feats of the war planes at their work. The inevitable crashes are most realistic, and, as in “Journey's End,” there is a sad ending. It is an artistic close to the picture that commands commenda- tion for that if for no other reasons. A news reel and a short comedy of the “Looney Tune” type, as sup- plementary contributions, serve to lighten the sadness of the fen'uri: H. L. FASCIST IS CONVICTED IN DEFAMATION SUITS Reichstag Member, Freed Once by Hindenburg After Alleged Insult, Fined $06 and $144. By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, August 16.—Paul Goebbels, Fascist member of the Reichstag who | got off easily Thursday in a defama-: tion suit brought by President von Hin- denburg, was convicted today in two similar suits brought by certain mem- bers of the government. He was sentenced to pay $96 and $144, respectively, wit hthe laternatives of 20 and 30 days in jail. He got off from the Hindenburg suit when the President sent a letter to the court urging that he not be punished. | ‘The President said he did not believe the defendant intended a personal in- sult when he wrote an article headed “Is Von Hindenburg Still Alive?” The oourt thereupon reversed a fine asesssed by.l lower court and freed Goebbels, Dog Attempts Rescue. A gallant but unavailing effort on the part of Turc, a Newfoundland dog, to rescue & drowning fisherman in mid- ocean several days from Fleetwood, Ire- Jand, was told when the French trawler Griz Nez recently reached port. Turc heard the man cry for help, jumped overboard, but was compelled to give up from exhaustion. | prevented, the possible escape of 4,000 SLOW FUSE BLAMED FOR PRISON FIRE Columbus Tragedy, in Which 320 Convicts Perished, Laid to Group of Six. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 16.—A de- lay in the operation of a fuse caused 320 convicts to die in the Easter Mon- day fire at the Ohio Penitentiary, but into the buy of Columbus to spread terror, officials investigating the cause of the blaze revealed today. Investigators found that a group of convicts had planned to set fire to the I and K cell blocks while hundreds of their comrades were in the mess hall and out in the prison yard. The con- victs planned a break for liberty during the confusion. e For some unknown reason, however, a taper or candle lit and timed to set fire to the oil-soaked roof over blocks I.and K at 4:30 pm. failed to have effect until 6 p.m., investigators re- vealed. At that time the convicts were locked in their cell blocks for the night, and those in the upper tiers of G and H perished before guards could open the cell doors. Joseph D. Clear, the State fire mar- shal’s chief investigator, who has bcen questioning prisoners at 'the prison here and at Mansfield and London since the fire, had two convicts taken secretly to the Columbus City Prison Thursday night for further examination. What information the questioners expect ulti- mately to obtain was not revealed. A} least half a dozen prisoners were involved in the fire plot, one of whom died in the flames, according to Ray &. Gill, State fire marshal; Clear a ‘l:’,aoByml Hues, the marshal's legal ad- T, ‘The officials said that during the fire the convicts planned to seize the iad- ders from Columbus firemen and scale the walls. The firemen aid not ent.r the yards until National Guardsmen and Regular Army troops had been thrown around the prison. The convicts did cu:' lhev.}aoae l!ne‘n, holwt‘ver. “ o evidence of explosives was foun in the cells, -Clear xs’;id. ;- MILK SEIZED IN STRIKE Trucks Carrying 490 Gallons Are| Emptied Near Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, August 16 (#).—Two trucks carrying 490 gallons of milk to Kansas City were seized and emptied by parties of unidentified men today, the latest development, in a strike called | by the Pure Milk Producers’ Association. | The drivers of the trucks did not resist. | One of the trucks was manned by & | dairyman who said he had stopped pay- ing dues to the association. The shike was called several days ago, after local distributors refused demands that they Tetain 5 cents from the price paid for each “hundredweight of milk and turn | it over to the. association. | Distributors said today the strike was not_seriously affecting delivery of milk | to the consumers. Build NOW! | Lowest Prices! Easiest Terms! Best Built Metal GARAGES Comerete Block and Also Frame, Terms in propor- Stucco Garages. tion to the cost. 200 K St. N.E. Atlantic 4320 | slightly injured when she opened the R-100 IS MOORE AT HOME BERTH Feat Is Crowded Off Front Pages by Other Big News Events. By the Associated Press. CARDINGTON, England, August 16. —The R-100, largest airship in the world, tonight swung in her home benvh‘ after successfully completing a 57-hour crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from Canada. ‘The airship arrived over Cardington Airport at 10:40 a.m. today (4:40 am., Eastern standard time) and was safely moored 1 hour and 20 minutes later. Eighteen days ago the great craft left for St. Hubert Airport, Montreal. The outward crossing was made without in- cident, except for a tear in one of the fins, After 13 days in Canada the R-100 started for home and made ex- cellent time until she reached the Mid- atlantic. There she encountered heavy 'wind and rain, which slowed the speed at one time to 15 miles an hour, but later the weather cleared, and the big ship, with a tail wind boosting her along, sped over the ocean at 92 miles an hour. ‘The delay was enough to spoil the hope of a record crossing, but the time was considered good at that. Crowds Witness Landing. ‘The dirigible left Montreal at 8:28 p.m. (Eastern standard time) Wednes- day night and completed the 3,287-mile crossing in 57 hours and 12 minutes of flying time, as shown by the log. Great crowds witnessed the landing, giving & warm welcome to the members of the crew and the passengers. Then, after sending a consignment of fresh Canadian flowers to Queen Mary and box of Canadian peaches to the Prince of Wales, the officers and men went to their homes for rest while the lessons of the flight were studied by Britain’s air experts. While the country was delighted at the successful trip of the big airship, the flight had only a brief half day of glory on the front pages of London newspapers. ‘The British-Australian cricket test match soon swept it to the inside pages, while the trouble of the British liner Tahiti in the South Pa- cific, the expectation of a royal baby at Glamis and the reception in Hyde Park this afternoon to Amy Johnson, girl ?yetr, helped to tone down the R-100's eat. Correspondent Speaks. E. W. Grange, who was correspondent for the Associated Press and the Reuter | Agency of London on the return jour- ney, spoke enthusiastically of the com- fort. speed and safety of the airship. He related how the passengers con- versed in the dining saloon until after midnight last night, then went to bed and slept peacefully without knowing that the R-100 was battling an ocean storm. He remarked, too, that the average lged of the airship from Montreal Cardington was approxi- mately three times that of the steam- ships the dirigible passed. It is believed that better co-operative measures between Great Britain and Canada for mapping Atlantic weather will result from the flight. Much valuable information regarding air cur- rents was obtained and the knowledge gained will be applied to the charting of future flights. g LIVESAY IS CHOICE OF ARKANSAS 6. 0. P. Accepts Nomination to Oppose Gov. | Parnell in Gubernatorial Race. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., August 16.—J. O. Livesay of Ashdown was nominated | for Governor by the Republican State | convention here this afternoon. The nomination was made from the floor, and Mr. Livesay announced his ac- ceptance. Livesay, former assistant United States attorney for the western dis- trict of Arkansas, said he womld make an active State-wide campaign, defining the issues outlined in the party plat- form adopted today. ‘The platform came out stronlly for prohibition, for a thorough audit of the State Highway Department and other State departments, and for “hon- esty in State government.” Livesay will oppose Gov, Harvey Par- nell, who was renominated in last Tues- day’s Democratic primary. With other indications that the Re- publicans would wage one of the most active campaigns in years for its State ticket, convention speakers made an | open bid for the support of independ- ents and anti-Smith Democrats. Police Hunt Bomb Sender. Police of Paris are searching for the person who sent bombs by mail to Bar- oness Rothschild, Countess Jacques de | Vienne and Count de Boisgelian. As the addresses are race horse owners, the police believe the bombs have been sent by some one who lost money on their horses. Countess de Vienne was envelope addressed to her. That to Baroness Rothschild exploded in the post office, but injured no one. AUGUST 17. 1930—PART ON R-100 STEADIER THAN STEAMER, NEWSPAPER MAN ABOARD FINDS Lights Going Off and On During Storm Cause Alarm—Hot Water for Shaving Is Missed. BY C. H. J. SNIDER, Staff Correspondent of The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance on Return Trip of the R-100. CARDINGTON AIRDROME, Bed- fordshire, England, August 16.—Here we are, lashed to the mooring mast. It was 57 hours ago that we snaed away from Montreal aboard the R-100. Great people, the English. Going to work, a Bristol mechanic paused in lighting his pipe to look up and spy the R-100 bowling toward him through the western blue from Canada. He gave us a easual look and then returned to the business of lighting up as the epic ;lm;:;re binder passed smoothly over his ead. The first sign of Europe was a light in Southern Ireland, which we sighted at 1:30 this morning. The fog shut it out before it was quite identifled, but supposedly it was the Cull Lighthouse. By 2 o'clock the Fastnet light with its flashes was definitely in view. Mon- treal was then 48 hours behind. Towns Roar Welcome. Dawn came through over Lundy Isle. At 7 we were up with Ilfrancombe in the, Bristol Channel, boring straight for Cardington. Not every one was as complacent as the Bristol mechanic. Every steamer and ‘every town roared us a welcome with a "whistle as we droned along over brown water and then over the déar green land which is England. The mooring took a long while, for the sun had heated our hydrogen and the R-100 did not want to come down. It was precisely 11 o'clock when a roar of cheering from spectators told us that ‘we were over the mooring mast, At last & reply came. At 10:33 the red and white landing pennant was broken out and the landing wire was dropped. ‘The R-100 came across from Canada 50 smoothly that a particularly luscious Niagara peach which had a place to itself on the sideboard never rolled, and so swiftly that gorgeous bouquets of sweet peas cut in Montreal Wednesday evening were fragrant and fresh on the dining saloon table when the ship was moored at Cardington. Floats Upward Gently. On Wednesday night a man pulled a lever somewhere in the mooring tower at Montreal. This released a pin con- necting the last mooring cable, and the R-100 floated upward so gently that the passengers knew nothing of what had happened until they heard the roar of automobile horns, sirens and voices from below, and saw that the myriad lights of St. Hubert Aviation Field seemed to be moving in the late twi- light. It was the R-100 that was moving. By the time Quebec was astern, at mid- night, passengers and crew had settled to ship routine. All was unbelievably simple. The ship was steady as a wall, with only the slightest vibration and no sound by the subdued purr of the engines. For the passengers it was much like being aboard an Atlantic steamship, only there were fewer stairs and much more steadiness. Thursday ended with the nearest approach to a wild night at sea. Up to the end of the 24-hour period after leaving Montreal we had been optimistic of coming through in 50 hours, but the favoring winds failed and a headwind brought our rate of progress down from 60 knots to 35. This had been forecast, and so had the fog and rain into which we plunged. But they all came .at the wrong time and lasted longer than we wanted. The. rain swilled down the gutters and soon filled the ballast tank, so we were saved from having to throw petrol over- board when we came to moor. Salon Plunged in Darkness. But the downpour went much farther than that. Curtains of following water sloshed down the narrow catwalk, pene- trating the fabric and leaked into some of the cabins. No one paid much atten- tion to the storm until suddenly the brilliantly lighted salon was plunged into darkness. Conversation went bravely on without interruption, but each man, by his own thoughts, knew what evety other man was thinking. Down below in the con- trol cabin radium dials suddenly shot the darkness with green spots. With these and electric torches and flash- lights the navigation of the ship was continued uninterruptedly. | . After an interval of 16 seconds, which seemed like an eternity, all lights were on again. The first hiatus was at- tributed to changing engines, but the lights continued to go on and off again. Hot Water for Shaving Missed. ‘The electric heating went out of com- mission. And horror of horrors— there was no hot water for shaving next morning. Otherwise we fared on- ward exceedingly well. We had cold meals of excellent quality. I bitterly missed my tea, but the others had been eir smoking ever since leav- s0 I recelved as little sympathy as I deserved. Through all the storms the ship was as y as a_total abstaine: with no 3 Rooms, Kitchen $65.00 THE MONTANA 1726 M Street N.W. Come Out Where It Is Cool and Health INSPECT See Many New SUNDAY Ideas Shown in These Very Attractive Homes 17th & G Sts. S.E. Just North 17th & Pa. Ave. Street Cars Large Built-in Garage Green Colored Porcelain Plumbing Closed Sleeping Porch Four Outside Bed Rooms Green Porcelain Gas Range General Electric Refrigerator Three Large Porches Armstrong’s Linoleum Hardwood Floors, Entire House Open and Lighted—Why Not Come Out? H.R.How NSTEIN (O; INCORPORATED { 1311 HfSTREETINORTHWEST rolling or pitching. The only feeling of motion was when we wauld climb to 2,600 feet for steadier winds or swoop down toward the ocean surface to 700 feet to check up on our crift. Viewed close throug! e dows of the control cabin, the dense fog banks veered through the black of the night like jagged icebergs, and the howl of the wind and the Yoar of the spilling cataracts of rain boomed & great diapason. Morning brought light, but no visi- bility, the ship boring through a fea- tureless chaos of blinding white into a_ buffeting headwind, now with four of our six engines, now with five, using all except the starboard cripple, which was out of commission before we left Montreal, During the morning the southwesterly wind was picked up and we went booming along with it on one quarter. It developed into a 60-knot gale, and at times we were doing a hundred miles an hour with it. Sea Visible as Fog Clears. ‘When the fog cleared enough to make the ocean visible our rate of drift across the bursting combers seemed prodigious, we were sliding .like a sailing dinghy with her center ‘board up. To coun- teract this we headed almost south, and so made a good course. A glimpse of the south of ireland ‘was promised, perhaps by sundown, and perhaps later. We climbed to 2,600 Teet. ‘What next for the R-100 She is not going to be allowed to rust at her moorings. As soon as may be an ef- fort will be made to send her back to Canada to bring the Hon. R. B. Ben. mett, new prime minister, over for the Imperial Conference. Sir Denniston Burney, designer of the R-100, tells me that larger vessels capable of maintaining 85 knots and carrying 100 passengers are necessary for a regular schedule, which he ex- pects to see established. He is not without hope, from what Prime Minister Bennett told him, that Canada will go into that. “I see nothing to prevent regular transatlantic service,” said Sir Dennis- ton, “as soon as faster vessels can be built. As regards the R-100, if I had a free hand I should re-engine her and carry out other alterations that woulg increase her range and cruising speed. “In_her modified form she would be capable of operating across the Atlan- tic and over Canada upon a semi- commercial basis.” Sir Denniston would like to see the bullding of one of the big ships started in Canada at once, but he favors a commercial enterprise rather than a governmental or departmental under- taking. (Copyright, 1930.) TEN PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO 32 INDICTMENTS Former Officers and Employes of Insolvent Bank Will Face Trial in September. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 16.—Ten | persons, ineluding former officers and employes-of the insolvent Cosmopolitan Bank & Trust Co., pleaded mot guilty today to 32 indictments returned against them after the bank failed for $2,000,000. Over t of defense attorneys September 10 was set as the date of the trial. ‘Those who led were F. J. Dorger, former vice president; Clarence Dorger, a director; Russel Holmes, cashier; Herbert Dorger, assistant cashier; Anthony Kunz and Charles B. Erhart, directors; Emeron B. Tillar, branch official, and Benjamin F. Davidson, J. O. Hamilton and Preston Roberts, stock salesmen. The trial of Amor W. Shafer, former branch manager of the H. L. Doherty Co., whose alleged $1,000,000 specula- tions led to the closing of two banks, including the Cosmopolitan, was con- tinued until August 25. Shafer was to have been tried next Tuesday. He is charged with embezzlement of $210,160.40. el iy Republican Leader Dies. ASHEVILLE, N. C., August 168 (#).— Thomas 8. Rollins, 58, well knowxf’ at- torney and Republican leader, died here today following a heart attack. NOTED HORSE THIEE, RING IS RECALLE Blackmar Memoirs Tell of Notorious “Pony Club” 702 and Rough Life. e By the Associated Pres COLUMBUS, Ga., August 16.—A well organized horse thief racket was in operation in the Southeast 100 years ago—long before the modern “racket” became accepted as an American in- stitution. ‘The activities of the influential ring that extended from Charleston, B. C., to New Orleans, were recalled here in the memoirs of the late Alfred O. Blackmar, who received national recog- nition just before his death several months ago when he and his wife cele~ brated their seventy-sixth wedding an- niversary. “Pony Club” Was Powerful. The organization, known as the “Pony, Club” gained a wide reputation through its successful operations and for many years none of its members languished behind jail bars. Local headquarters for the club were at the Franklin Head Tavern, a ren- dezvous of outlaws. The sign of the tavern was a carved head of Benjamin Franklin, gilded and mounted on a post at the street corner. Columbus was then & frontier out- post and the Franklin Head had a large patronage. These were rough gamblers, boatmen and the members of the “Pony Club.” The tavern was safe for those who cared not for the law. If the authori- ties became too pestiferous, the habi- tues of the Franklin Head had only to cross the Chattahoochee River into what was lower Alabama ard outside the law. Indians then were masters of all the land west of the stream. Slept With Boots on. ‘Members_of the “Pony Club” were ‘hard men, living a hard life. They ate ham swimming in molasses and washed it down with scorching liquor fram bar- rels. They fought and slept with their boots on, their guns always at d. Chief headquarters for the “Pony Club” were at Charleston, with New Orleans the southern terminus, Colum- bus_being the intermediary station. The club's method of operation was for a member to steal a in Charleston and another to seize an ani- mal in Georgia. The thieves saddled their mounts and met midway between the cities by prearranged plan and changed mounts. The animals were carried farther from their homes, de- pending on the value of the horses, al- ways using the rider-relay system. Pioneers Preyed Upon. Pioneers in their covered wagons were always prey for the club. No pioneer d';red lem{le" l’}ll“lnlmlls without a guard en ni ell. Hnlll‘ya the “Pony Club” became 8o ‘widely known and feared that settlers along the route of operations took sum- mary action and the racket was broken. The capture of the leader of the no- torious club came at Charleston. A let- ter was intercepted by the authorities which contained instructions concerning the disposal of stolen horses. 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