Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1930, Page 4

- ARCHIVES BUILDING - PROJECT TAKEN UP D}sastrous Govegnment Fire ! Draws Attention to Long Felt Need. The disastrous Government building fire yesterday has again centered at- tention on the proposed Government Archives Building, which for years has been proposed, and has been authorized by Congress, but is not yet constructed. New vigor has been put into the project, however, it was learned last night, in the form of a special advisory committee appointed by President Hoover, from tour departments and two independent Government establish- ments. Although the proposal for an archives building long has been on the list of necessities, many things have come up, it is pointed out by various officials having to do with it, to prolong con- sideration until a building of proper size, facilities, architecture, and dignity could be erected. The site has been changed from time to time, and is now fixed on Center Market, lying between B street and Pennsylvania avenue, Seventh and Ninth street, on the so-called axis of the Mall. Advisory Group Active, ‘The Presidential Advisory Committee on the archives building now is ac- tively engaged in working out the prin- cipal problems concerned in this profect. The President’s Committee consists of Louis A. Simon, head of the archi- tectural division of the _supervising architect's office, Treasury Department, chairman: Tyler Dennett, historical adviser of the State Department; Ebert X. Burlew of the Interior Department; Brig. Gen. James F, McKinley, assistant to the adjutant general; Dr. J. Pranklin Jameson of the Library of Congress, and James L. Baity, executive officer of the general accounting office. Two subcommittees have been ap- ointed to study the two principal prob- lems connected with the project. One subcommittee, headed by Dennet, is working on the question of what data £hall be presented by the various de- partments for the files of the Archives Building, the kind of material to be included in the new bullding and the amount. The other subcommittee, headed by Simon, is engaged in a study of the question of what kind of a buliding will be needed for the purpose and the de- taills of the plans necessary. John Russell Pope, eminent architect of New York City, is collaborating with the Treasury. Department and the commit- tee in planning the bullding. Building Model Completed. A model of the proposed building has been completed and placed in the toy city model of the whole Federal tri- angle on the first floor of the Treasury Department near the White House. It shows a monumental building with col- onades on -each side, Ats front facing the Mall. ‘The President's Advisory Committee on the archives will complete its inten- sive study as soon as is consistent with a careful survey of the problems in- volved, .and make its report to the Sec- retary of the Treasury. Following this plans will be developed. To set up an organization to direct the archives project from an adminis- trative angle, a bill was introduced by Senator Smoot, chairman of the Public Buildings Commussion, at the last ses- sion of Congress, sut in the legisiative Tush over the taril and other matters, it failed of enactment. It js still pending. Discussing this legislation, the Public Buildings Commission in its last report, declares: “The commission recommends legisla- tion to set up gn archives organization at an early date to assist the Treasury Department in designing the most suit- able building. Questions of space, preservation of records, governmental use of records, allotment, sequence, physical proper- ties of the air, selection, destruction of useless papers, administration, public reading rooms, arrangement of stacks, concentrating of consular, embassy and home documents, operation and gen- eral working processes of the building are commanding considerable attention at the present time.” $1,000,000 Already Appropriated. Congress has placed a limit of cost of $8,750,000 on the Archives Building and appropriated $1,000,000 toward plans and construction’; Much preliminary work has been done in the way of studying the needs of the various departments and the nature of the documents which may be presented for the archives. But it fs known that this phase of the question has not as yet been solved and is one of the difficult matters for solution, The question of the design of the building also has occupied much atten- tion from various officia}s. Louls A Simon, representing this Government, was sent on a trip to the capitals of Europe and was given access to the fa- mous old archives buildings of the Old World capitals,. There he gathered an immense fund of information which is being found of great value in planning the American Archives Building. Dealers of Center Market have been given by Congress until January 1 to get out of the building, so that it can be torn down to make way for the new archives structure, The legislation pro- vides, however, that during the latter part of this year 60 days’ notice may be given to vacate, provided the Govern- ment decides the site is needed. Sev- eral projects are under way to build a new Center Market somewhere in the retail area to house the dealers who will have to leave Center Market. THREE VIRGINIA FISHING CAPTAINS GIVEN FINES Maryland Conservation Officials Catch Steamers With Nets Spread for Haul of Menhadden. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE. Md., August 30.—Three Virginia fishing steamers were over- taken by officials of the State Conserva- tion Commission in Maryland waters at | their nets spread for a haul of menhadden, ac-| ‘Tangier Sound tcday with cording to a telegram received from Crisfield by the State C:nservation De- partment Five other vessels fled across boundary, according to the report. Owen Booth, captain of the A. Booth Taylor, cut of Ditchley, Va., and W. E. Bowen, captain of the Helen Euchane from the same port, were fined $250 each. The captain of the steamer Dolphin from Recdville, Va. also was fined, The arrests werc the first made in two years for the offense. *HYATTSVILLE PASTOR 70 PREACH IN VIRGINIA Rev. 0. N. Eaton to Occupy Pulpit for Rev, U. 8. A. Heavener, Called to Homecoming Services, Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., August 30.— Rev. Orson N, Eaton of Hyattsville will cccupy the pulpit of Memor! dist Episcopal Church at ser: morrow at 11 o'clock in the a the Rev. U. S. A. Heavener, reach at home-coming = services near Harrisonburg, Va. est doah Valley, in 1743 or 1744 He has collect~d material Wik & book of which the | 1 Metho- | at eaked Mountain Lutheran Church, This is the old- Lutheran Church in the Shenan- having been established Rev, HeaVener will give the historical bzckground of the chureh. connection the author. building at considerable risk to them- selves and directed the soldiers and civilian volunteers in the rescue work. Ambulances and private automobiles dashed madly to and from the fire on errands of mercy, as fireman after fire- man collapsed from the suffocating fumes or was inca) by frac- tured bones, laceral Jjuries. ht of the more serfously hurt remained in hospitals last night, while | 18 others were given hospital treat- ment or first aid at the scene. Chief Watson did not declare the fire | | under control until 4:15 o'clock. Smoke | continued to pour from the ruins for | more than an hour after that. Eight companies were detalled to remain in| the vicinity during the night. | One of the four employes who had & NAITOw escape was Mrs. Mabel Wil- | son of 1844 Columbia road. She was finishing up some work in the docket | division on the second floor when she smelled smoke. She ran to one exit, but THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, {26 FIREMEN HURT IN $225.000 FIRE IN U. S. BUILDING HERE found it Jocked, and then saw her other | ordinary avenues of escape cut off by the flames. She appeared at a first- floor window and was helped out by firemen. Willilam W. Bays of 3238 Hiatt piace, | an attornew in the examining division, | was in his office on the third aisle nll‘ the second floor when he heard the fire alarm in the building sound. Thought Alarm Accident. “I thought the alarm had gone off | accidentally,” Bays snid later, “and didn't | pay any attention to it at first. Then | I heard the sirens of approaching fire | engines and I got up and went to the hall door. I saw the smoke in the co ridor. 1 closed the windows in my office to prevent drafts und started to go through the corridor, but flames drove | und my way to a! south exit, howeve: | Margaret Klein, another employe, ! assisted by a colored messenger named | Harris, was working on some exhibits | when the fire broke out. The two es- | caped through a side door Through the courtesy of Frederic J. Haskin, journalist and infoi tion ex- | pert, an improvised press room was es- tablished in Haskin's spacious offices in the Potomac Park Apartments, just across the street. Many of the files taken from the building were carried | into Haskin's office for temporary safe- keeping. Firemen and newspaper men were served ice water and hot coffee by Haskin's staff. Tarpaulins were thrown over the hodge-poge of papers, volumes and fur- | niture piled along the sidewalk on Twenty-first street, and a force of 'building guards and park policemen was assigned to protect them overnight. | Confidential Records. ! Among the documents on the street were observed confidential records of the Federal Trade Commission in a number of notable investigations of trade practices. Some of the volumes contained decords of the hearings in the commission's inquiry into practices of radio and wire corporations, such as | the General Electric Co., the Radio Cor- poration of Ameri the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and other concerns. Maj. W. W. Shepherd, who conducted ! hearings in the Aluminum Trust case, sald he ‘believed the “records of those hearings were a total loss, but he said | the loss was relatively unimportant, be- | cause the case was closed. { Records of the commission in its | chain store inquiry were found ‘95 p!l"; cent intact,” according to M. P. Mom- son, clerk in the economists’ section. | William T. Kelley, assistant chlef counsel of the commission, appeared | jubilant over the extent of the salvage work. He said the findings of the com- mission the power hearings were in print at the Government Printing Of- fice. The annual report also is in the hands of the Government vprinters. He expressed the opinion that the “heart” of the records had been saved. He thought the most serious loss probably was in accounting charts and exhibits prepared In connection with various | cases under investigation. Law Library Lost. Miss Billle Wellburn, an adminis- trative clerk, assisted in supervising the | removal of files. She sald most of the files of the disbursement and personnel sections had been preserved, as well as the current docket of cases pending and records in the office of Otis B. Johnson, secretary af the T Comimission. A valuable economic law library was destroyed. Edgar A. McCulloch, memher of the commission, visitéd the wrecked build- |ing and conferred with officials. He | declared that most of the records de- | stroyed aiready are in print and can he | | replaced, while accounts of varlous | hearings, if lost, probably can be dupli- 1 cated by a New York firm of stenog- | raphers which has the contract for re- | cording all testimony in the commis- | sion’s investigations. If reports from | | field investigators in pending cases have | | been burned, he said, the field men will | be asked to rewrite their reports, | Protect Other Structures. |, The fire grew so menacing at times that firemen turned their hose on an- | other temporaty war structurg across C street, and on storage tanks of a Gov- | ernment gasoline filling station, nearby. | -A quantity of photographic film at | first was reported destroyed, but later | | was found to be among the goods res- | cued. Knowledge of the presence of | the highly inflammable material caused fire officials to warn against a possible explosion. ;| Investigations by the commission which were not complete and which | may be impeded by the fire include the following: Colton seed prices, the pea- | nut industry, power and gas utilities, | | interstate power distribution, chain stores. resale price maintenance and price bases. i At one (ime a stir was caused by the report that a score of firemen had been | trapped in the central portion of the | building when a roof collapsed. The firemen, members of No. 21 and No. 4 | Engines Companies, finally emerged, after having been trapped for a short | period by swirling blazes and stifling | fumes. Ladders were raised to help | them from their perflous position in the | flame-swept second story. Several of the men were overcome by the smoke, | BANK HEAD ARRESTED. | Indiana Polish Institution Presi- | dent Faces Embezzlement Charge. HAMMOND, Ind, August 30 (#).— Paul Lipinski, president of the North- ern Trust & Savings Bank of Ham- mond, was arrested at his home today. He is charged with embezzling $85,000 of the funds of the First Polish Bulld- ing & Loan Assoclation, for which he | was cashier. The warrant was sworn out by Martin Kowalik, a director. | Lipinski was reported missing last | | night when the warrant was issued | | but appeared today with his attorney His arrest followed that of Boleslaw | Salik, secretary-treasurer, following the | disclosure of a shortage of $225,000 in the funds of the two institutions. Salik is in jail in de:ault of $50,000 bond. | | -GUM CHEWING GAINS | t — - | United States Continues to Hold | Top Place Among Nations. The United States shows no signs| f deteriorating as the champion gum: chewing Nation in the world. reveal that the total chewing gum in 1920 was valued af $58,282,582, which represents an crease of thiee-tenths of 1 per This figure compares with $58,11 reported for 1927, the last preceding census year. o These three firemen were injured in the fire that destroyed the office of the Federal Trade Commission yester- day. Upper, Edward B. Smith of 234 Tenth street southeast. Center, William James of 1447 V street southeast. Lower, John Carrington, 1526 East Capitol séreet. —Star Staff Photos. NINE WAR BUILDINGS OF TYPE DESTROYED STILL IN USE HERE ¢Continued From Pirst Page.) on the Mall between Sixth and Seventh streets. There are also housed in | bullding C part of the Department of Agriculture, including employes of the Bureau of Agrictutural Economics and the Food Drug and Insecticide Admin- istration. The Federal Trade Commission, s | listed to be housed in a permanent | building along with & group of so- called “independent establishments.” At one time, it was considered that this commission would be taken care of in the Federal triangle, in a bulid- ing located along Twelfth street at the corner of Pennsylvanias avenue. Buf A change in plans now has turned this site over to the new Post Office Depart- ment building, plans for which are well under way. Just where the new permanent home for the Federal Trade Commission will be has not as yet been determined, so far as could be learned Jast night. It the meantime they will be housed again temporarily some place by the Public Buildings Commission. The Children’s Bureau and Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor, which were burned out in the fire, will eventually be housed in the new De- partment of Labor building, which is |to be erected at Fourteenth and B streets on the site of the station of the Potomac Electric Power Co. This Joca~ tion has been purchased by the Gov- ernment, and plans for the building are now under way in the hands of Arthur Brown, jr., architect, of San Francisco, who is a member of the. Treasury De- partment Board of Architectural Con- sultants. In the meantime, however, the Labor Department bureaus will have to be housed temporarily elsewhere. ‘The remaining temporary buildings are well scattered through the down- town section around the Mall. They are listed by the Public Bulldings Commis- sion as follows: Remaining Structures. Temporary Building, No. 1, Eight- centh and D streets; Temporary Build- g, No. 2, 1901 D street; Temporary Bullding, No. 3, Nineteenth and D streets; Temporary Building, No. 5, Twentieth and C streets; Temporary Building, No. 6, Eighteenth street and ' Virginia avenue; Temporary Building C. on_the Mall, between Sixth and Seventh_streets; Temporary Building D, on the Mall at Sixth street; Tem- porary Building E, on the Mall also at Sixth street; Temporary Buflding F, on the Mall at Seventh street. In addition to these principal war- time buildings there are a number of smaller structures alsa listed as follows: Bureau of Fisheries office building, Mall, Sixth and Seventh . streets; Fishery Products Laboratory, near the same location; Bureau of Fisheries Sheds. also nearby; administration building for the office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, on the Mall between | wifich the bombers have ever been put. THONPSON TROPHY SEEN AI T0 PEED Eleven Planes Entered in Race Expected to Revive Fast Land Competition. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CURTISS REYNOLDS AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IlI, August 30.—The roal g motors of the fastest airplanes in the United States on Monday will sig- nal the start of one of the most spec- tacular aviation events of years when the first of 10 annual races for the new ‘Thompson trophy is to be held in effort to revive land piane racing as a major event. Not since 1923 has land plane racing been treated with the consideration ac- corded in the days of the Pulitzer races, which produced the fastest planes this country has seen. In 1924 the land plane speed record passed frem the United States when Warrant Officer Bonnett of France established the pres- ent record of 289 miles per hour. The American record of 266 miles per hour was established in 1923 by Lieut. Alford J. Willlams and may fall on Monday after standing for séven years. The attention of the aeronautical world is focused on the Thompson race, which is regarded as of the most vital importance to American aviation during the next decade. The prize is the richest ever offered for a racing event in this country and, while only 11 ships are entered, there being no more con- sidered worthy of starting, it is thought certain that by next year the produc- tion of special planes for the event will begin, 3 Navy Revives Study. ‘The failure of the United States to maintain its place in the world of speed was the subject of congressional in- vestigation last Spring and the Navy Department has begun a new study of speed planes, curtailed after the Army and Navy dropped out of Schneider Trophy racing several years ago. ‘The United States military services will be without representation in the race except for a plane’ developed with great secrecy by Capt. Art H. Page Marine Corps, winner of the last Cu tiss marine trophy race at the National Capital, who now is on_duty in the Navy Department. Capt. Page is looked upon as one of the strong contende; in the race on the basis of reports boot- legged around concerning his plane's performance. Rumors place the speed of the plane at anywhere from 200 to 300 miles per hour. Capt. Page used as the basis for his plane the Curtiss Hawk in which he won the Curtiss race. He removed the floats, substituting land wheels, made a monoplane ot it by re- moving the lower wing, cleaned up the streamlining and installed a 550-horse- power Curtiss Conqueror engine. Page is going to need all of his skill in handling the ship which has a re- puted landing speed of 75 miles per hour. Jimmy Haizlip and Paul Adams are expected to be the other two out- standing contenders, both fiylng Travel- air mystery ships of the type which beat the Army and Navy for the first time in the history of the national air races last year at Cleveland. All Entries Monoplanes. It is interesting to note that every plane entered in the race is a mono- plane, though the placing of the wings varies from the high-wing to the low- wing types. The race will be 20 laps of a 5-mile course, the race including 60 pylon turns, so that flying skill will count as heavily as sheer speed. A purse of $10,000 in addition to the beautiful Thompson Trophy is being contested for. One of the most disappointing fea- tures of the races has been the poor performance put up by the women pi- lots. ~Entries in the two derbies for women pilots was small and they have failed to enter the races in any num- bers. In the dead-stick' landings they have been consistently wide of the mark, many winning places with land- ings more than 300 feet away, as con- trasted with the men who have fought for fract.ons of inches. Today Ruth Nichols won the wom- en's contest with a distance of more than 113 feet from the marker. The second man was 3 feel 4 inches away and the third 6 feet 8 inches. Yester- day the men were even more closely bunched for the first three places, while the first three women ranged from more than 100 to 350 feet away. Pre- cision in landing is one of the acid tests of piloting ability. The women- pilots, however, have been adding much to the color of the show, conducting an informal costume competition. They have demonstrated what the woman pilots should and should not wear, several of them hav- ing brand-new outfits for each day in the week. Their style show competi- tion has been much more bitter than their aerial competitions. Army Corps Wins Honors, The Army Air Corps, though repre- sented by fewer planes than in past years, has covered itsell with glory during the races. The Selfridge Field ursuiters have added several new com- at demonstrations to thelr show, in- cluding an 18-plane Lufberry circle, which produces one of the most sus- tained and nolsy thrills of the show for the crowds. Some of the finest flying of the en- tire show, however, was done by three bombardment pilots from the 2nd Bom- bardment Group, Langley Field, Hamp- ton, ‘Va., in their huge and nor- Tdnlly lethargic twin-engined bombers. euts. ment Squadron were the pilots. They maneuvered the big planes like pur- suit ships in the severest public test to The bombers passed the maximum speed of 160 miles per hour recorded on_their air speed indicators. The indicator hands were driven hard against the stop pin_before the maximum speeds of the Divest were reached, and it is thought by Lieut. Powers, leading the flight, that the 180-mile-per-hour mark was passed. This Is double the cruising speed of the ships. The Alr Corps also has taken a prominent place on the radio, Lieut. D. C, AUGUST 31, Pastor Accepts Job As Janitor, Believing He Can Save Money By the Associated /r: WAUTOMA, Wis., August 30.— Rev. V. W. Bell, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has resigned to accept the janitorship of the First Congregational Church in Oshkosh, Wis., which, he says, will enable him to save more money. “A preacher,” he said, “is seem- ingly under obligation to attend almost every social function. That, and the cost of running my automobile between Wautoma and my rural churches, eats a big hoie in my salary.” He preaches his farewell ser- mon here Sunday. MREADY INIURED INCHEAGD CRASH Noted Pilot and ‘Record- Holder Is 14th-Victim of Air Meet. (Continued From Pirst Page) by W. J. Fleming, Glendale, Calif. A Curtiss-Robertson entrant flown by Prank Kern, St. Louis, dropped out of the race in_the fifth lap. Ben O. Howard of St. Louls, fying a tiny plane of his own design and build, won the race in which Maj. Mac Ready crashed. He also won anot free-for-all_race with the same plane earller in the day. The first free-for-all was limited to ‘motors of 350-cublc-inch piston displace- ment or less. In it Howard averaged 163.01 miles an hour. E. V. Newson of Little Rock, Ark., was second, and J. R. Wedell of Patterson, La., third. For the second event of the kind, limited to motors of & maximum of 800~ cubic-inch piston displacement, Howard needed only 162.43 miles an hour to win. Erret Willlams of Patterson, La. was second, and W. A. Ong of Wichita, Kans,, third. Mrs. Omlie Close Victor. Phoebe Omlie of Memphis, Tenn., passed Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach, Calif,, on the last lap to win the women's 800-cubic-inch cabin ship race by 6-10ths of a second. Her average speed for the 25-mile distance was 139.97 miles per hour. Mrs. O'Donnell averaged 139.84 miles. May Haizlip of St. Louis was third. A men's cabin ship race for motors of 450-cubic-inch piston displacement was won by Verne Roberts, Moline, Ill, in a | monocoupe which he piloted at an aver- age speed of 146.20 miles an hour. J. H. Livingston, Aurora, IIl, one of the most consistent winners of the meet, placed second. R. T. Quimby of Moline, Ill, was third. ‘Women pilots got into action early in the day in a dead-stick landing con- test which was won by Ruth Nichol: New York City. She turned off tae mo- tor of her plane and put it down to the fleld 113 feet 3 inches from the mark. Nancy Hopkins, Garden Cit; Long Island, placed second in this contest and Betty Lund, Troy, N. Y, was third. Miss Lund was disqualified for landing without cutting off her motor, but there were only three contestants and she was awarded the third prize. Male pilots showed superior skill in their dead-stick landing contest. Art Davis, East Lansing, Mich, put his plane down one-half inch from the mark. W. W. Kratz, Louisville, K missed the mark by only 3 feet 4 inches, taking second. Basil Sims, Kankakee, was third, his ship stopping 6 feet 8 inches | from the mark. 260,000 See Races. Al race executives announced that a total of 260,000 aviation fans packed into the _airport _grandstands bleachers during the first seven days of the meet. The daily average attend- ance has been 37,150. Last Sunday's program drew 55, persons. On Thursday and on Friday, while Col and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh were vis tors, the attendance was 40,000. L. C. Snyder of Jackson, Mich., suf- fered & fractured ankle while compe ing in air-race parachute jumping con- test. Roger Don Rae, East Lansing, Mich. Joe Crane, Mineol Enrique Miles, Cin- there are not so many obstacles to in- terfere with the sport. Al Williams, who now makes his home in the National Capital, upheld his reputation as one of the world's greatest acrobatic pilots in his first big demonstration during the races this afternoon. In his new Curtiss Hawk, which embodies many changes and im- provements he devised for acrobatics, he puts up a magnificent exhibition ot inverted and straight acrobatic flying. It was the first time he has performed directly before the crowds here, me- chanical difficulties with the new plane, | which has just come out of the fac- | tory, having delayed him. Stages “Crazy Flying Flight Lieut. Richard L. R. Atcherly of the British Schneider racing team Who has been putting up a masteriy exhibition of acrobatic flying, duplicat- ing Lieut. Willlams' famous inverted falling leaf, gave the crowds a new thrill yesterday and today with an ex- hibition_of what he calls “crazy fly~ ing.” Borrowing a Curtiss fledgling training _ plane, he simulated _the antics of & student pilot in serious difficulties. While a motor cycle policeman pursued him, ostensibly for |'the purpose of dragging him from the cockpit and arresting him, Atcherly wobbled and limped around the field, seldom entirely off the ground, dragging his wing tips, skidding savagely on one wheel, bobbing up and down and otherwise behaving with a sort of skillful abandon. = The performance was jammed with thrills for the crowds and ~ was & startling example of delicacy in handling the ship with a bad crack-up as the instant penaity for slipping up on the controls. Arthur 1. Bonis of the office of the chief of the Air Corps, Washington, and Lieut. Marshall Andrews, Air Corps Re- serve, also of Washington, being in heavy demand for broadcasting the racing events. Both are on the air .dafly and have talked for 10' radio sys- tems or individual stations, including all the majcr circuits. Balloon Jumping Thrilling. The crowds here have been treated 7 and | 1930—PART ONE. JUNTA SCRAPS LAW FORLEGUIA TRIAL Constitutional Rights Sus- pended in Peru—Argentine Reinforces. (Continued From First Page.) him to sign a resignation. He refused. A workman participating in a demon- stration celebrating the current revolu- tion tore off the bronze tablei and re- placed it with a poster reacing, “He has already signed.” ARGENTINE FORCE AUGMENTED. Precautions Taken Against Outbreak or Attack on President. BUENOS AIRES, August 30 (P).— Reinforcements of heavily armed troops ‘were brought in today by the'govern- ment as & precaution against a possible outbreak or an attempt to assassinate President Hipolito Yrigoyen. The resignation of the Minister -of War Luis Dellepian was reported to be imminent by the newspaper La Critica this evening. The 8th Regiment of Cavalry marched in from Campo Mayo with fuil | war equipment, while the tholisands of | soidiers garrisoned in the capital were either guarding strategic positions or | held in quarters for instant dut The government began taking meas- ures against trouble Thursday night following upon_the declaration of & 24-hour strike by 6,000 telephone em- ployes, and it was sald there was N0 fear of a revolt, although the president believed an attempt might be made to kill him. Little Strike Trouble. Strikers caused little trouble, merely cutting a few lines, which were quickly repaired, and demonstrating in front of an exchange, but troops and police remained on duty nevertheless. The squares near the President’ house and the capitol were heavily guarded, while atop Yrigoyen's Palace machine gun crews sat with their guns ready to sweep the streets. Other forces were posted at the Cabildo Build- | ing adjacent to the Government House; | the Banco de la Nacion and the gov- ernment buildings surrounding the plaza. Three destroyers were anchored in the harbor, prepared for action. Thus far there has been little trouble except a shooting affalr last night in which two men—one a divisional chief of the territorial police—were wounded. This occurred as 5,000 Yrigoyenistas | ‘were parading the streets in a-demon- | stration for the President. At ome point they were fired on by & bystander |and returned ~the shots, the two | casualties resulting. Prisoners Face Inquiry. It is reported that a summary in- | vestigation has been ordered into the | activities of four army officers ana 10 | non-commissioned officers, arrested | yesterday and confined in the 1st, Infantry barracks. ‘ The officers are Col. Mayora, Lieut. | Col. Rocco, Capt. Jorgensen and Lieut. | Carosella. | The destroyers Catamarca, Cordoba | and Mendoza, which arrived in port | yesterday to reinforce the gunboat | | squadron, swung idly at anchor today. | | The Minister of Marine, Rear Ad- | miral Zarueta, was busy receiving naval | officers throughout the day. | Opponents of President Yrigoyen are said to be planning a counter demon- stration to last night's show of strength by the Yrigoyenistas. BRAZIL DISORDERS DENIED. Ambassador at Atlantic City Says Re- | ports Are Unfounded. NEW YORK, August 30 (#).—The Brazilian Ambassador to the United States, S. Gurgel do Amaral, declared in a message to the Associated Press | from Atlantic City today that reports |of disorders in Brazil are unfounded ““The Brazilian embassy,” he said, “is duly authorized to declare that rumors circulated yesterday and today concern- ing the alteration of public order in the Brazillan state of Rio Grande do Sul are not confirmed by facts. They are devoid of anv foundation. Tran- | quility and order prevail throughout Brazilian territory. |SEVEN ARMY OFFICERS PLACED ON RETIRED LIST | Seven officers of the Army, having been found incapacitated for further | active service on account of disabilities | incident to the service, have been trans- | ferred to the retired list. They are Col. | Allan L. Briggs. Infantry, at Vineyard | Haven, Mass.; Maj. Jenner Y. Chisum, ' | Air Corps, at Walter Reed General Hos- | | pital; Maj. James L. Olsen, Dental| | Corps, at "Baltimore, Md.; Chaplain | Stanley C. Ramsden, at Ventnor, N. J.; Capt. Henry K. White, Infantry, in this First Lieut. John A. Bruckner, jr., | Infantry, at Honolulu, Hawali, and Sec- ond Lieut. Samuel H. Lane, Infantry, | at Harrisburg, Pa. | Col. G. Maury Cralle, Infantry, com- | manding’ the Disciplinary Barracks at | Alcatraz, Calif,, has been assigned to | command of the 30th Infantry at San | Prancisco; Col. William R. res, | Coast Artillery, at Harrisburg, Pa., has | been assigned to command of Coast | Artillery groups at Erie, Capt. | Stuart Cutler, Infantry, has been trans- | ferred from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to | the Philippines, and Second Lieut. Her- | bert H. Ehrgott, Corps of Engineers, from the Massachusetts Institute o Technology to the Ecole Natfonale des Potns et Chaussees, Paris, France. 1 | THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road N.W. 1 Room, Reception Hall and Bath The Bank that Makes You Wedding Anvil Journeys. Following the journey of the famous | anvil of Gretna Green, Scotland, over which eloping couples are married, Cupid's decreasing business is picking up again. The anvil was taken through England, stopping at some cities where public events were being held. One of the most recent couples were Miss Miri- am Wilkinson of Manchester and John A. S. Kennedy of London, who arrived in an expensive Automobile and were married by the village blacksmith as a lone flashlight illuminated the anvil. Soon afterward Blacksmith Rennison united a man of 70 and a woman of 65. from Glasgow. e & Rosebud. The agriculturists of Cornell Univer- sity have succeeded in growing cab- | bages which have all the appearance of a great red rose. The hope is that it may smell as sweet when undergoing |the cooking operation. The color | matches the deep red of sunset and is a complete departure from the purple commercial cabbages often called red. It is one of several new color combina- tions in cabbage garbs that promise to 1ift this ancient edible above its corned beet social standing, not simply because of its fancy dress, but through novel flavors and better values. 5 HOURS MONDAY (Labor Day) Breakfast Time to Lunch Time 8 AM. to 1 P.M. ONLY! FASHION SHOP’S O &F das n Clean-Up d ! During a' year's business, hundreds of items accumu- late that we can’t sell in the usual way." Splendid mer- chandise, but perhaps size ranges are broken—certain num- wers etc. discontinued-—short quantities—slightly TOMORROW'S THE DAY V soiled items, E SET ASIDE TO DISPOSE OF THEM—so we've marked them at prices that make them almost give-aways. SUITS 8 WORSTED SUITS—Tan striped and Sizes 1—37 2—38, gulars; 1—38 short. Were $39.50 and $45.00. 3 TWEED SUITS—Two tans and one gray. NOW. i, o eany ble-breasted models. Were $35.00. 3 SUITS—Very fine Doublewear gray, medium gray and light gray shades. and 46 stout (all men’s conservative models). $50.00. Now 8 VERY FINE WORSTED SUITS—Li with stripes; Young Men's Holly Were $50.00, 2—39, 2—40, 1—46. 5 TUXEDO SUITS—Sizes 136, 1—40 short, 1—42 short. men's models. Sizes I—. short, 1—38 short; 1—40 long. 9 TUXEDO VESTS—Black, sizes 2—40, 2-—42 regtilars: white, sizes 1—36, 2—37, 1—40. Were $35.00. 8 TUXEDO SUITS—Fine Rochester 136, 137, 140, 1--42 regulars; | grey striped, single and dou- 38, 1—39, 2—40, 1—42 reg- Now. ...$16.00 Sizes 1—38, 2- worsted; Rochester tailored; dark es 38 long, 37 stout Were $45.00 and “eine . .§18.00 ht gray and medium gray vood Models. Sizes 137, 2—38, 00 and $60.00. Now .$21.00 7, 1-—40 regulars; 37 short, Now ..$16.00 tailoring and young 1 men 1—37 Were $55.00. Now .......$23.00 1—40 stout; Sold for $6.50. Now.........5250 I HOT-WEATHER SUITS 3 LINEN SUITS—Sizes 135, 237, 16 SUITS—Consisting of * tropical worsteds, fine quality gabardines, finest Palm Beaches and Nurotex. 438, 1—40, 1—46 regulars; 135, 2—. §1800 and $20.00. Now Were $15.00. Now.......$6.00 mohairs, Sizes 2--36, 3—27, —37 shorts. Were $156 50, 12 SUITS—Consisting of, fine. tropical - worstedss light, miediam dark shades. short, 1—40 shor Now 3 LINEN SUITS _Finest quality Were $25.00. Now 3 TAN GABARDINE SUITS—Size 136, 1—38 re; 2 SPORT COATS—Fine all-wool blue flannel. 35 double breasted. breasted, | 1—40 stout. Sizes 136, 4—37, 2 : , 1—39, 1—40 regulars; ‘Were $18.00, $20.00 and $22.50. All size 37. Were $20.00. Now $8.00 gulars; 1—42 long. y ....$1L.00 single Now $7.00 i Sizes Were $16.50 and $25.00, 3 SPORT COATS—Tan shades. Sizes 1—36 and 1—37 single breasted ; 00 1—37 double breasted. Were $18.00 and $25.00. Now..... PR X | MISCELLANEOUS I ' 1 LOT OF PURE LINEN KNICKERS—Perfect condition. all sizes. Were $3.00, $4.00 and Nearly $1.69 $4.50. Now 1 LOT OF WHITE DUCK TROUSERS—Ncarly all sizes. Sold for $3.00 and $£3.50. Now 3 PAIRS WOOL KNICKERS-—W $7.50. Now aist sizes 131, 132, 1 4=PAIRS ODD WORSTED, TROUSERS -\ 1—38. Were $7.50. Now 1 LOT SPORT TROUSER! plain white flannel, to $850. Now sorted stripes. White serge with assorted strip Waist sizes 30, 31, 32, 34 and 42, 1 LOT SPORT TROUSERS—Finest quality Waist sizes 29 to 40. es ‘and Were up as- white ‘serge with .$4.95 Sold up to $15.00. Now. I TOPCOATS and OVERCOATS I 1 TAN TOPCOAT—Size 36. Was $29.50. he 1 TOPCOAT— Jan model. tan Was ne* quality Size 37 long. 3 OVERCOATS—One blue Kersey gray with plaid back. 8 OVERCOATS—4 blue sizes 1--39, 1—40, 2—42. models, full satin lined; models, one tan checked s size 36. Were $35.00. Sizes 37 2 blue Nov 3 BLUE OVERCOATS—One doul single-breasted velvet collar bluc herringbone size 36, dark blue Chinchilla double-breasted size 35 long. Now 2 CAMEL'S double-breasted 38 regular, 138 stout. ize 40 and one bluish HAIR OVERCOATS—Very ......$1200 ngbone; single-breasted Rag- 500, NOW.....vvers..n.. 516,00 with velvet collar size 38: two and 38, Were $2500. Now..$11.00 young men’s models, Kersey velvet collars, conservative 2 young men'’s grey herringbone ..§16.00 size 3. One One Were $. reasted fleece, " finest imy ported heavy camel's hair fabric, finestj Rochester tailoring, the new -double- breasted all-around belt model. Now 21 PAIRS HOSE—Solid colors in pure silk, of nationall makes, Sizes 9 and 10 only. Were 75¢, $1.00 and $1. Sizes 36 and 38. ly known Now 19¢ . 22 BATHING SUITS—3-piece models all in perfect condition, all wool, new one-piece model, in 38, 40 and 42. Were $5.00. 42 Rayon Polo Shirts—Discontinued styles, in long and short slee solid black asd navy blue. Sizes $1.95 ves, Oensus figures made public yesterday production nq doubled in seven years, [ s 108 | in takin Sixth and Seventh streets; Laborers Building, on the Mall between Sixth and Seventh, a large Mall cafeteria and garage, on the Mall between Sixth and Seventh streets. to one of aviation’s oddest thrills— balloon jumping. The jumper uses a tiny balioon which neutralizes all but about five pounds of his weight and hangs in & loop which leaves his feet free. A shove with his feet sends him 25 or 30 feet into ghe air and he lands a hundred or more feet away. It is ssible o jump nonchalantiy over ouses. treen ot other obsiacies, golng off across the country in great bounds. feal Aspoolation, | e jumping balloon has been dem- Dr. L. H. Bauer of this city today was onstrated by Jack Cope, who predict: re-elecied president of the Aero-Medical that balloon jumping clubs will become Association in session at Chicago in s aviation institution, especially in the connection with the air races, according | open Middle Western _country _where to an Associatéd Press dispateh from | S o —— that city . Parts r Hot Water Boilers Fries, Beall & Sharp 734 10th St. N.W. NA. 1 DR. BAUER RE-ELECTED D. C. Man Agaip Heads Aero-Med- Correspondence With Europe. The smount of mail matter shipped from the United States to Europe It now amounts to 40,000,000 pounds annually, The cargo capacity of one of the largest of the liners would be taxed nine iimes g care of this material. The &cmm« of the air has boosted Repair THE MORRIS PLA For each $60 or Jraction borrowed you agree to de- it 85 a month an a Loan with a Smile The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and fair —it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank to borrow. Loans are pass- ed within a _day or after filing :fkl}::flon— i excep- Easy to Pay MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, thoufh they may perkad of 1 per: 3 to 12 months. the mnote when due. Deposits may be made on a weekly, semi- monthly i || $1,200 $100.00 you prefer. $6,000 $500.00 MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. *“Characie: and Karning Power Are the Basis af Credis $45.00 5 all sizes. Were £1.9 Now orse 50 SHIRTS--Discontinued styles, collar attached, neckb: and Barrymore models, in solid colors, whites and neat patterns. Some slightly soiled. © Were $1.95, $2.50 and $2.95. Now.....:79¢ 2 SILK SHIRTS—Pure radium silk an I d radium crepe, window soiled Sizes 1414 and 17 only. and $1.50. Now ...... : 5 BATHING SHIRTS--All woo Were §3 39 TIES—Window soiled. Were $100, $1.50 and $2.00. 21 BELTS—In leather, sizes 30 and 36 Size 40 only. 95 and $7.95. Now $1.95 19¢ in silk, all sizes. Were $1.00 Were HUNDREDS OF OTHER ARTICLES TREMENDOUSLY REDUCED IN ALL DEPARTMENTS NO ALTERATIONS 3 NO CHARGES, NO EXCHANGES, NO C. 0. D.'S ALL SALES FINAL—NO PHONE ORDERS