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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and tomorrow; mnot much change in temperature, Temperatures—Highest, 8 yesterday; i at 2:30 lowest, 68, at 6 am. report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 he nen L 4 WITH SUNPAY MORNING EDITION ¥intered as second clas: . post office. Washington, s matter D. C WASHINGTON, D. g Star. Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 108,030 . FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930—FIFTY PAGES. *#%% UP) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. OHIO REPUBLICANS ' REFUSE DRY LAW PPOSITION PLANK Convention Offered Platform Urging Enforcement of all Laws. REFERENDUM PROPOSAL IS VOTED DOWN, 18'T0 3 Hoover Administration Is Com- mended for Farm Relief, Tariff and Tax Reduction. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 12.— The Ohio State Republican platform placed before the party's convention for/adoption today carried no specific mention of prohibition, though calling Zor enforcement of all laws. Efforts of prohibition opponents to Obtain from the Resolutions Committee & pronouncement for repeal or a refer- endum on prohibition met with disas- trous failure. Only three votes, all cast by Cleveland members of the commit- tae, were all the proposal could muster. Petition Claims Count of 270,367 Omits 6 Suburbs Within City Limits. Officials, Newspapers, Trade Leaders and Private Citi- zens Back Action. | e | Motivated by civic pride, the City of | Atlanta, Ga., today asked the District | Supreme Court to compel Census Di- | rector W. M. Steuart to publish Atlan- ta’s population this year as 360,692 in- | stead of 270,367. The suit was filed by the city, three | of its newspapers, several business con- | cerns and prominent citizens through | Louls Titus of the Southern Building, | Washington. Justice Frederick L. Siddons ordered Mr. Steuart to show cause on or before September 19 why the writ should not be issued. The dispute between the municipality and Mr. Steuart arose over the ques- | tion of including the populations of six | suburban areas in the official census | figures for Atlanta. In official bulletins published to date the census director has credited Atlanta only with the population of the city proper, whereas the civic leaders of the town have de- | manded that the 90,325 residents of the | six adjacent boroughs be included. Claim Suburbs Within Limits. ‘The petitioners contend that under | the act of incorporation for Atlanta the | six different adjoining municipalities, Twenty-one of the twenty-two members' of the committee participated in fram- ing the document. National Plank Followed. The plank dealing with prohibition follows closely the plank of the Kansas City national platform and the one adopted by the State convention two years ago. It follows: “We heartily indorse the declaration relative to law observance and law en- forcement contained in the Republican national platform. We believe in the sincere observance and conscientious enforcement of the provisions of our State and Fedew#l Constitutions and of all the laws pursuant thereto.” planks calling for repeal of prohibition ‘and referendums on both the Volstead and State enforcement acts were summarily voted down. Advocates considered an attempt to carry the fight to the convention floor today. Repeal Proposal Loses, 18 to 3. The first defeat came with presenta- tion by State Senator Joseph N. Acker- man of Cleveland of planks calling for repeal and for referendum on the eighteenth amendment. These were presented to the entire committee and resulted in defeat by a vote of 18 to 3. candidates wix; mittee, which refused to to the whole com- "calling for dment together with certain unincorporated areas, all forming one contiguous com- ATLANTA SUES HEAD OF CENSUS FOR POPULATIO N OF 360,692 munity, were incorporated into & mu- | nicipal corporation, to be known as At- |lanta. The boroughs mentioned are Avondale Estates, College Park, De- catur, East Ppint, Hoopeville and un- incorporated areas. “The director of the census,” the pe- tition says, “is about to publish a list of cities of the United Stetes, including Atlanta, in the order of their popula- tion. Mr. Steuart threatens to, and will, unless a writ of mandamus be is- sued, publish the population of Atlanta as 270,367, which is the population of the single borough of Atlanta, and does not include the population of any of the other boroughs within the cor- porate limits of Atlanta. -He further (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) WHEELER SEES WET | STANDARD BEARER Senator Makes Prediction in Commenting on Stand "of Roosevelt. ‘The nexi presidential nomince of the Democratic party will favor repeal of the eighteenth amendment or modifica- tion df the national prohibition laws, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana predicted today. Senator Wheeler made this state- ment in connection with comments on the stand just taken by Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York in support of the repeal of the eighteenth amend- “I have no doubt” said Senator ‘Wheeler, “that when the next Demo- cratic National Convention meets "'l & | will nominate for President a man fa- State enforcement law. ¢ ‘White and Be':m sought but it m gates would be they being congressional dates ‘were not accredited delegates. Threats by them to precipitate a fight on the convention floor resulted in permission to present their planks to the subcom- mittee. Both White and Bender later stated they would not attempt to present their proposal to the convention. Ackerman, however, declared that he would force his fight to the floor. Declares Dry Law Not Issue. State Chairman Edward D. Schorr of Cincinnati, in voting against the Acker- man proposals, said that while he might have similar personal views on the liquor problem, he considered that pro- hibition is not an issue and therefore has no place in the platform. ‘The platform carried a strong in- dorsement of the Hoover administra- tion, reciting its enactment of farm relief legislation, the protective tariff, reduction of taxes, the foreign policy and other activities. COLUMBIA IS FUELED; PLANS HOP AT DAWN Plane Will Go to Harbor Grace to Await Favorable Weather for London Flight, to present committee, By the Assoclated Press. MONTREAL, September 12—The monoplane Columbia, veteran of the transatlantic air trail, was fueled today for a take-off at dawn tomorrow on the first leg of a second flight to Eu- rope. Capt. Erroll Boyd, a Canadian, will be at the controls, and Harry P. Con- nor, former lieutenant in the United States Navy, will act as navigator. The flight tomorrow will be to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, where favorable weather for the hop to London will be awaited. The flight has been delayed by a writ of seizure obtained against the.ship by Roger Q. Williams, seeking to gain money he considered due him in con- nection with his recent flight with Con- nor in the Columbia to Bermuda and back. The suit was directed against Charles A. Levine, owner of the plane, who flew in it to Germany in 1927 with Clarence Chamberlin, The writ was vacated yesterday. ‘Willlams, who flew to Spaln in an- other plane last year, is now waiting in New York to start another transat- lantic flight as co-pilot for Ted Lund- gren of Hollywood. HARDING MEMORIAL TOMB vorable to repeal of Nation-wide pro- hibition. National prohibition has not been a success.” Senator Wheeler said further: , Wheeler's Statement, “I voted for prohibition in Montana because I felt that the old saloon was & curse to the American people and I wanted fo do away with it. In the old days the breweries, in many instances, owned the fixtures, the buildings and the license and in many instances con- trolled local politics. “I am no more in favor of the saloon, no more in _favor of the sale of liquor today than I was before, but under pro- hibition you have in many cities more dives and speakeasies where they are openly selling rotten whisky than you had in the old days. “Today in many communities the bootlegger is becoming a greater politi- cal power and has more influence than the old-time saloonkeeper, as evidenced by that fact that he is able to reach many of our higher officials, He is gen- erally a much lower type of citizen. He has had a frightfully corrupting in- fluence upon our social, moral and political life. “In view df the fact that this ad- ministration and the previous adminis- trations have apparently been helpless in stamping out the evil, I am reluc- tantly forced to the opinion that na- tional prohibition is a failure and that each State should be left to regulate the liquor traffic as a majority of its citizens deem advisable.” Statement Js Significant. Senator Wheeler, while he voted for prohibition in Montana when it was an issue there, has not voted for meas- ures to extend prohibition to the Na- tion. For example, he voted against the Jones “five and ten” act. He has, however, voted for all appropriations for enforcement of the prohibition laws since he has been in the Senate. His statement today, however, is considered_significant in its relation to national Democratic policies. Demo- cratic candidates for office this year have generally announced for repeal or modification of Nation-wide prohibition, except in the States of the “Solid South.” In Ohlo the Democratic nominee for Senator—Robert J. Bulkley—is running o a wet platform. Former Senator James Hamilton Lewis, Democratic nominee for the Senate in Ilinois, is running on a similar platform, and even in Oklahoma, considered a Southern State as well as Western, the senatorial nominee—former Senator Gore—was nominated with wet support. It is true that the Texas Democracy has again gone on reccrd as favoring | national_prohibition_and has_renomi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Mother of Freud Dies. VIENNA, Austria, September 12 (#).— The mother of Dr. Siegmund Preud, founder of psychoanalysis, died tod: She was 95 years old. IRIGOYEN UNDER ARREST ON CRUISER FRENCH SODIERS WL LEAVE SR WITHI 3 HONTHS Briand Yields to Germany Upon Railway’s Security Being Guaranteed. SMALLER COUNTRIES VO|CE HOPES FOR PEACE Cuban League Delegate Says Amer- icas See Desirable Stability in Eu- ropean Collaboration Proposals. By tho Associated Press. GENEVA, September 12.—The League of Nations Council today decided the last remaining defense force of French and Belgian troops should be withdrawn from the Saar district within the next three months. ‘The action was taken on recommend- ation of Senator Scialoja of Italy, head of the Italian delegation since the de- parture of Foreign Minister Grandi. Scialoja conferred with Foreign Minis- ters Briand of France and Curtius of Germany regarding the problem. ‘The contention of France has been that a force of 250 men was necessary io guarantee security of railway trans- portation in the Saar district. Curtius insisted the troops were no longer needed. When the Saar Commission agreed to guarantee the security of the railways Briand yielded to German re- quests. Increase of Judges Voted. ‘The council also voted to increase the number of World Court judges from 11 to 15, to increase the salaries of the judges, and to allow pensions to the Minister of Interior Clears Up Mystery of Deposed Presi- dent’s Whereabouts. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Septem- ber 12.—Sanchez Sorondo, minister of the interior, today informed the Asso- clated Press that former President Irigoyen is under arrest on board the cruiser Belgrano and has not been per- mitted to leave Argentina jurisdiction. The interior minister, interviewed by the correspondent, denied reports that Irigoyen would be transferred to a steamer from the Belgrano or landed at Montevideo. ‘The minister said the crulser is still in Argentine waters, about two hours from La Plata, awaiting orders. Taken Aboard Secretly. Dr. Irigoyen was taken from the 7th Infantry Barracks at 11 a.m. yesterday with the utmost secrecy. de- ployed in the neighborhood kept even newspaper men away from the scene. He was understood to be convalescent from his illness, which was diagnosed as_pneumonia. The ministry of marine today pub- lished announcement of dissolution of the third naval division, containing the gunboats Rosario, Parana, Indepen- dencia and Libertad, all of which en- tered the port of Buenor Aires under the cover of the deposed administration in the last days preceding its fall. ‘The United States Chamber of Com- merce in the Argentine has cabled a description of the recent revolt to the United States Chamber of Commerce and has asked full support for the new rovisional government. “American business men in Argentina hope our government will be sympathet- ic toward the ne wgovernment, which merits support and confidence,” the cablegram said. British C. of C. Calls. ‘The board of directors of the British Chamber of Commerce have made a complimentary call upon Provisional President Uriburu and informed him of the British trade exhibition to be ned in Buenos Aires next year by the imperial government. Gen. Uriburu xromlaed to support the enterprise, adding that the govern- ment would heartily welcome the Prince n§ Wales if his promised visit takes place. Plan Education Campaign, Representatives of the parties of the opposition to the fallen government that is of the present government party- assembled in a joint meeting last night and decided to begin a campaign of education throughout the country, This movement will be aimed at explaining to the Argentine people the .exact ificance of the revolution and the political situation of the republic. Latér a course of action will be planned for establishment of a new permanent gov- ernment for the country, Minister in Montevideo, MONTEVEDIO, Uruguay, September 12 ().—The British steamship High- land Princess arrived here today, bring- ing Horacio B. Oyhanarte, foreign min-~ ister in the Irigoyen cabinet, who em- barked at Buenos Aires yesterday just before his deposed chief went info exile Paris to Consider Recognition. PARIS, September 12 (#).—In official quarters it was sald today that recog- nition of the new Argentine, Bolivian and Peruvian governments would ~be considered in due time, probably upon the return of Foreign Minister Briand from Geneva, where he attended the League of Nations Assembly. LA PAZ, September 12 (#).—Chile yesterday recognized the new military government of Bolivia, DEDICATION TAKEN UP Party Leaders Say Hoover Will Be | Presence Revealed as Boy Shouts “Look at the Dog.” Women Faint as Crowd Rushes for Exits. Asked to Deliver Address at Exercises. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 12.—A special committee of the Republica party will be appointed to arrange a suitable date for the dedi Hardirg Memorial Tomb at Marion, under terms of a resolution adopted by | minutes sat in the unlighted grand-|formed a cf on of the By the Assoclated Press. { PORT ROYAL, Pa., September 12.— A circus lion escaped from its cage dur- ing a fireworks celebration last night at the Port Royal fair, and for 20 the State Platform Convention here to- | stand unnoticed. day. Teaders at the convention said efforts will be made to h celiver the dedicatory addrees. ‘Then the shout of a small boy, “look at a dog” revealed the animal to ave President Hoover the. crowd, and several thousand per- | performance which w jd the Several | called off. sons rushed for exits, { LION IN GRANDSTAND BREAKS UP FIREWORKS CELEBRATION AT FAIR | personnel of the court after January ne’}tfiese three provisions are in accord- ance with the new World Court statute, but were enacted by virtue of authority given in the original statute, which is still in force. Cuba had objected to some of the provisions of the new statute, but agreed to these adjustments. Cuban Favors European Co-operation. Oreste Ferrara, Cuban Ambassador at Washington, told the League As- sembly in an address today that Amer- ican countries are “profoundly and fa- vorably interested in the success of & scheme for economic co-operation among European countries.” Pointing’ out that American states, particularly those which provide raw materials for commerce, depend upon the prosperity of Europe for their own economic betterment, the diplimat said. “America, therefore, welcomes a move for European collaboration.” Such & union would not be regarded by Amerioans as a reaction against pan- Americanism, the Cuban asserted. Ambassador Ferrara described pan- Americanism as the “synthesis of Amer- jcan international political sentiment and an absolute negation of continental egofsm.” Lesser Nation’s Delegates Speak. Today's meeting was a field day for the representatives of the smaller na- tions, Beelaerts van Bloekland of Hol- land speaking first. Referring to the project of M. Aris- tide Briand, French foreign minister, for a federation of European states, Van Bloekland told the Assembly that in any scheme of international co-opera- tion participation of the League of Na- tions would be essential. __He expressed the view of his country (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. MANUFACTURER IS SHOT DURING PARTY AT HOME Officers Say Californian and Guests Were Holding Target Practice in Kitchen. By the Associated Pres HOLLYWOOD, Calif, September 12.—Douglas Kendall, a manufacturer, was shot and slightly wounded early today at a party in his home. Police sald a guest shot the manufacturer accidentally. Officers said Kendall and his friends had improvised a target on the kitchen door and were firing at it with a small ghwl. Kendall was taken to a hospitai y Lloyd Hamilton, motion picture comedian who told the police he arrived at the Kendall home just as the manu- turer was shot. The Super-Salesman Advertising in The Star is the super-salesman in Washington. He tells his story in more than 100,000 homes every day at an hour when the families have the time and inclination to be told of all that is going on in the stores and business life of the community, Today he tells about— Beautiful Winter Coats for Women, Men's Fall Suits and Hats, School Fashions for, Chil- dren, Toilet Articles of all kinds. Young Ladies’ Coats, Suits, Shoes and Dresses, Housefurnishings and Fur- niture. Yesterday’s Advertising Local Display Lines. women fainted in the crush. A few persons who remained in the stands fled in confusion when the animal roared. State !roorers with drawn_revolvers rcle about the lion until circus attendants lassoed it and drag- ged it back to its cage. ‘The fireworks exhibition and circus s to follow were The Evening Star. . 60,293 2d Newspaper. .. ..20,150 3d Newspaper..... 6,740 4th Newspaper.... 5,047 5th Newspaper.... 4,698 Total 36,635 other four newspapers, { 5 ST ,—\ S-,o;‘v SERN TORNADOES HAVE BEEN TerrioLe' / ! | 1 DOMINICAN LOAN Treaty Gives U. S. Right to Deny Republic Further Indebtedness. By the Assoclated Press. SANTO DOMINGO, September 12.— ‘This republic’s need for a loan to meet the emergency created by last week's hurricane will be put squarely up to President Hoover, who will say finally whether or not the amount needed may be floated. Under an agreement more than 25 years old, the Dominican Republic may not increase its exterior indebtedness without consent of the United States, the treaty dating back to the time when Uncle S8am, requested to intervene, ar- ranged for consolidation and refunding of the entire Dominican debt with a customs receivership to guarantee pay- ment. Financially, for more than a quarter of a century the arrangement has worked well. Service payments have been met regularly on the Dominican exterior indebtedness of $20,000,000, and President Trujillo has assured the United States Government that the next service fee, due September 20, will be met as usual. ‘The Government, is seeking a $3.000,- 000 loan, of which $1,000,000 will be used for Government public works and reconstruction, and $2,000,000 will be used for limited private loans to in- dividuals on first mortgages at a small interest rate. TWO CHILDREN DIE AS TENEMENT BURNS |Ten Hurt, Five Critically, While Many Are Carried to Safety in Newark Blaze. By the Associated Pre; NEWARK, N. J., September 12.—Two children were killed and 10 adults were injured today in a fire which destroyed a three-story brick tenement on Pros- pect street. Five of the injured are in a critical condition. Several persons were carried to safety by police and firemen and three leaped safely into a life net. ‘The child victims were John Romero, 6, and Edward Santon, 5. JAPANESE VOL.CANO IN VIOLENT ERUPTION Asama Hurls Ashes and Small Stones on Village Noted as Summer Resort. | By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 12.—Asama, Ja- pan’s most active volcano, erupted vio- lently today, sending a shower of ashes and small stones down upon Karuizawa, the small town nearby noted as a Sum- mer resort and meeting place of mis- sionaries. Villages nearer the mountain were subjected to a hall of falling stones which damaged roofs. Ashes seriously harmed crops. Flying fire ignited the | woods near the mountain's base. One Japanese mountain climber was seri- ously injured. ‘Asama has been unusually active this | | Tugboat Crew to Be Sent to Retrieve Craft From Potomac After Overnight Soaking. Summer, erupting frequently. OLDEST OF CLASS DIES Edward William Flagg, Classmate of Taft in 1878 at Yale, Expires. WORCESTER, Mass.,, September 12 () —Edward William 'Flagg, 179, the oldest member of the distinguished class of 1878 at Yale, which included the late Willlam Howard Taft in its ranks, died today. Following _his graduation from Yale he taught for four years at Glencoe, TNl Later he was for 40 years a teacher at the Potsdam, N. Y., State Normal School BREWERY VISITED American Minjster Begins Good ‘Will Tour of Czechoslovakia. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, September 12 (#)—Abraham C. Ratshesky, the American Minister, today started on a good will tour here. He visited the famous Pilsen brewery, the Weissberger Dye Works and the Skoda iron, steel and munitions factory. Radio I;ogn-l ;I— P;gc C4 PUT UPTO HOOVER 'Holds Columbus, | Catalonian Pirate, Came With Danes |Peruvian Librarian Says | | First Visit to America | Was Before 1492, By the Assoclated Pres HAMBURG, Germany, September 12. —Prof. Luis Ulloa, director of the Peru- vian National Library, at Lima, in an address at the Americanists Congress last night said newly discovered docu- ments show that Christopher Colum- bus visited America once before 1492, the accredited historical date of dis- | covery, The professor sald that Columbus accompanied Danish Corsairs on_a voyage which took them from Ireland to Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland and the American continent. Columbus, he declared, was not Genoese, but a Catalonian Corssir. He challenged documents heretofore pro- duced, such as the alleged will of Co- lumbus, as falsifications. RS S ENBREY CHANGES PLEA T0 GUILTY Justice Siddons Reserves Sentence— Others to Fight Hold-up Charge. | | | | Paul C. Embrey, under indictment for the robbery and hold-up of Gilbert E. Hyatt, jr, & runner for the Mount | Vernon Savings Bank, on August 1, pleaded guilty today before Justice Frederick L. Siddons in the District Supreme Court. Previously Embrey had pleaded not guilty when arraigned. Justice Siddons reserved sentence. Carl Benjamin Davis and Morris Beck, | who were indicted with Embrey, stand | op their pleas of not gullty and intend to fight the case, according to United | States Attorney Leo A. Rover. Hyatt told police that Embrey forced him to enter an automobile at Fifteenth and M streets, He was carrying at the time $3.900.71 in cash, a bona for $100 and two cashier's checks totaling $2,045. After Hyatt had refused an alleged offer to split the money with Embrey, the latter is said to have taken the money, handed it to Beck, and then forced the runner to enter the auto- mobile. Hyatt was later put out in | Rock Creek Park. Davis is also under indictment on a similar charge in connection with the hold up on July 13 of Benjamin F. Burch, a collector for the Lord Balti- more Filling Stations. Assistant United States Attorney James R. Kirkland, with the consent of Mr. Rover, agreed to permit Embrey to change his plea. It was said, how- | | ever, that no recommendation for clemency will be made by the Govern- ment. BRAVERY AWARDS ANNOUNCED TODAY Police and Firemen Get Med- als for Heroism During Year Past. ‘The District Commissioners today announced the names of the winners of the hero medals in the Police and Fire Departments during the past fiscal year. The awards, which were given for acts of great personal bravery done at great personal risk, were as follows: Gold medals — Pvt. Esley E. Davis, | No. 20 Engine Company, Fire Depart- ment, and Pvt. Robert 8. Bryant, sec~ ond precinct, Police Department. Sil- ver medals—Pvt. Walter A. Walker, No. 20 Engine Company, Fire Department, ted and Pyt. Van Doren Hughes, second | fix work i Chi 0 Police Department. Bronze bars—Pvt. Willlam E. Thomas, No. 7 Engine Company, Fire Department, and Pvt. E. L. Shelton, second preeinct, Po- lice Department, Rescued Boys From Sewer. Davis and Walker won their medals in the same instance. On April 18, 1930, their engine company responded to a local alarm to the front of 3831 Warren street. When it reached the spot it was found that four boys were lying unconscious at the bottom of & gas-filled sewer about 15 feet below the level of the street. Without awaiting orders and not even stopping to get a gas mask, Davis hastily descended and rescued one of the boys. He then rescued a second by the use of a rope tossed down by the fellow members of his company and made an effort to rescue the third boy. By this time the gas had affected the fireman to such an extent that his superior officer ordered him out of the sewer. Walkre promptly took Davis’ place and he also, without losing the time for adjusting a gas mask, descended and rescued the third boy. Policemen Won Honors Together. ‘The gold and silver medal policemen also won their award in a joint inci- dent. It occurred on the night of Janu- ary 3 while Bryant and Hughes were patrolling their beat near First and L streets, The men observed a roadster with the lights turned off coming west on L street with three men inside. They stepped into the street to stop the ma- chine and the three occupants jumped from the running board and fled in different directions, the machine crash- ing into a truck west of First street. Bryant pursued one of the men and Hughes pursued another. Hughes’' man ran east on L street and north into distance _of _approxi- { on Page 2, Column 7.) KILLS BRIDE AND SELF Camadidn Mounted Policeman Shoots When Ordered From Home. TORONTO, September 12 (#).—An- gered when his bride of two months or- dered him out of her parents’ home, Simon McIntosh, 30, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable, shot and killed his wife, Helen, 23, with his serv- ice revolver today. Walking then to the rear of the house, he shot himself, dying instantly. What is understood to have been an effort to combine aerial sightseeing with the flying of an airplane proved highly embarrassing to Pilot Ralph Bangs, 27 years old, 1465 Columbia road, late yesterday. A ground crew from Hoover Field, aboard a tugboat to be sent out from Fdrt Hunt, Md, expect this afternoon to 1ift out of n bed of seaweed In the Potomac ' River some 12 miles below Washington an airplane from which Bangs and a passenger, John Blanchard, 28, of Woodside, Md.,, landed in the river just before dusk. Bangs and Blanchard took off from Hoover Fleld shortly after 5 o'clock yes- terday afternoon in a tninlnfl plane. After cruising around a while they headed down the Potomac. Near Mount Vernon, they said, they dropped to a rather low altitude over the river to look around. The sightseeing _was unfortunate, Bangs told Hoover Field officials later. The first thing he knew he had lost fly- ing speed, probably because the engine was throttled more than he rea ised. The the river was too SIGHT-SEEING ATTEMPT LANDS ' TWO AND AIRPLANE IN SEAWEED close for anything but a landing and Bangs, set the little ship down as well as possible. Landing in a thick bed of seaweed, the plane floated like thistledown on its low wings, both cockpits out of water. Neither man got so much as wet feet. They sat there in comfort and safety, but in a sad state of embarrassment, until they were picked up by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hickman of Stoneleigh Courts, who were cruising around in a speedboat, when they noticed the strange landing. Mr, Hickman, who is vice president of the Franklin National Bank, put the fiyers ashore at Fort Hunt so they could make arrangements for pulling the Bhnu out of the river. Bangs and lanchard then returned to the plane in a rowboat and worked until midnight u‘ylnl to get it out of the weedbed, without much success. A{w’rn llfll;l;" Ilrs m:n:! o;ller);lullr,g , inclu regluf all plywood joints, which have soaked in the ater overnight, it 1s expected the plane’ will be ready to fiy l‘:m-c NYE DENIES AGENTS USED 70 SHADOW MRS, M'CORMICK Senator, Back in Capital, Says Committee to Meet in Chicago Monday. EXPECTS TO END WORK IN ILLINOIS NEXT WEEK Probe to Be Carried to Nebraska, Massachusetts and Colo- rado Later, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senatorial Campaign Investigat- ing Committee is to meet Monday in Chicago to go further into charges of excessive expenditures in the Tilinots primary. Senator Nye of North Dakota, ehair- man of the committee, who has just returned to Washington, saild today that he expected every member of the committee to attend the meeting in Chicago next week. The chairman is- 1sued a strong denial of charges made !by Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Re- { publican nominee for the Senate in Illinois, that the committee agents had shadowed her or broken into her of- fices in search of records. “No agent of the committee,” said Senator Nye, “has been hired to steal records, tap wires or to shadow indi- vidual candidates. Such charges against the committee have been given wide- spread publicity, but are based on noth- ing except the charges of one candidate who hired detectives to shadow the agents of the committee and the chair- man. Has Been No Shadowing. “T am rather ashamed of even honor- ing these charges by making a state- ment in regard to them. There has been no shadowing of Mrs, McCormick by agents of the committee or by any other person. The committee has no reason to be ashamed of any of work done by its agents in Iilinois or elsewhere.” Senator Nye sald the committee un- doubtedly would go further into the charges and counter charges of detec- tives and private agents in Illinois. He said the committee has about 30 more witnesses to hear on the Illinois mary and plans to go deeply inta charges regarding expenditures in Cook County and downstate. He said the committee cago pri- week. m_llinos, the committee will go Nebraska, where Senator Nye ex- gem to have George Norris of Broken ow finally appear before the commit- tee. Senator sald he believed the committee was fully justified in going further into the ca of Senator Norris’' namesake, even though the Nor- ris of Broken Bow withdrew from the primary contest before it was held. Going to Denver. After it has completed its hearing in Nebraska, the Senate Committee will go to Denver, Colo. Charges of excessive expenditures in the Colorado primary have been made. Also it has been chaiged that A. J. Finch, the head of the Anti-Saloon League in the State, sold stock in various concerns to seve eral of the candidates for nomination. “Undoubtedly the Senate Committee will make an investigation of the sena~ torial primary in Massachusetts,” Sena- tor Nye continued. “The reports re- ceived from the agents of the commit- tee would warrant such an investiga- tion.” The inquiry into the Massachusetts primary probably will not be under- taken until October, Senator Nye. said. The Massachusetts primary takes place on Tuesday, September 16. The charges which have been brought before the committee, alleged that excessive sums of money have been expended in behalf of the nom- ination of William M. Butler, a candi- date for the Republican senatorial nom- ination. Mr. Butler was formerly chair- man of the Republican National Com- mittee, and at one time served as Sen- ator from Massachusetts under appoint- ment by the Governor. Undecided About Maine, Whether the committee will under- take to make an investigation of the senatorial primary in Maine will be determined later, Senator Nye said. He has been trying to get Representative Wallace H. White, newly elected Senator in Maine, to file with the committee & more detailed statement of his cam: paign expenditures. It is unaeg:? that Mr. White has sent to the commit- tee a further statement. The chairmam said that he would go over the state- ment, and take the matter up with the committee. Letters, he said, have been jreceived from Maine, indicating that | considerable money was expended in behalf of Mr. White during the primary campaign. The committee will go to Tennessee to conduct an inquiry into charges of excessive expenditures, involving sena- tor Brock and Representative Cordell #Hull, the successful Democratic candie dates in the senatorial primaries there, Senator Nye said. Other Probes Asked. ‘There have been demands for in- vestigation by the committee also in Oklahoma, Alabama and North Caro- lina. And more recently, Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina, defeated in the recent primary there by former Representative Burns, has put in & plea for a senatorial investigation of the expenditures made for his opponent in_the primaries. Evidence has been submitted to the committee that money in excess of the $50,000 limit set by the New Jersey pri= mary law was expended on behalf of the candidacy of Dwight W. Morrow and on behalf of other candidates for the senatorial nomination in that State, according to Senator Nye. He said, however, that he did not believe it would be possible for the committee to get into New Jersey until after the gen- eral election in November. BATTLE REBEL KURDS Turkish Groups Meet Desperate Re- sistance at Mt. Ararat. ANGORA, Turkey, September 12 (#), —Army officials announced today that revolting Kurdish tribesmen been cleared from the east and south sltanu of Mount Ararat, although hot fighting continued on the north slope. Only one band of tribesmen continued resistance, but they had taken refuge among the rocks and were offering & desperate battle. The Turks said the rebels numbers were being steadily re- duced by gunfire, {