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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
SyyIMS 99 MILES.
Alabama Man Expects to Try Chan.
mel Next Summer.

FLOMATON. Ala, August 80 P).
A world record of fresh-water
swimming is believed to have been
set by W. G.. Bill" Jackson of Flo
maton yesterday when he swan %
miles down the Escambia River in 9
hours 33 minutes.
Jackson. who. plans to attempt to
swim the Channel to Catalina Island
for the $25. 900 prize offered by VIII
liam G. Wrigley. entered the water
at 6:41 am. at the Esca mbia Bridge
here. and was taken out five miles
below Moline. Fla.
While Jackson was aided by six
mile current he was handicapped by
the cold water. which caused him to-
abandon his original objective, Pen
sacola, Fla. which would have taken
him more than 100 miles.
During the swim Jackson took
warm water, milk and chocolate. He
was accompanied by friends from
Flomaton and a staff man of the Mo-
bile Register, who timed him and
checked the distance.
jackson attracted notice in this
section as n distance swimmer when
he swan from Mobile to Fort Nor
gan, Fla, ~ miles, facing choppy
seas and head winds. He plans to try
the English Channel next Summer.
The longest distance covered by a
fresh-water swimmer previous To
Jackson's 92-mile paddle yesterday
was that of Lillian Hanison. who
swan rs miles In the River Platte In
Areentine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
.RUM0RS OF REVOLT
IN SPAIN CAUSE OF
ANXIETY IN GENEVA
Army Officers Dissatisfac-
ton With Promotion Schemes
Held to Blame.
LINES TO GIBRALTAR
ARE REPORTED CUT
Heir to Throne Seriously Ill,
Younger Brother May Be
Named to Place.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 3o.-The EX-
change Telegraph's Geneva CORE
spondent today says:
"Rumors have reached here of a
revolt in Spain. Anxiety is. felt in
the absence Of information"
Replying to a question in the House
of Commons this afternoon. Sir Austen
Cha mberlain. the foreign secretary
said he had no confirmation of a
press report from Gibraltar that all
telegraphic and telephonic communi-
cation with Spain had been cut.
He had no statement to make on
the situation in Spain, but felt sure
that if measures were required to
protect British nationals, they would
be taken by the Spanish authorities.
Army Challenge RumOred.
1t is rumored that a group of army
officers has challenged the authority
of Gen. Miguel Primo de Rivera, the
who has ruled with
a strong arm since September. 1923,
when by a coup d'etat he overthrew
the government of the Marquis of
Alhucemas.
No details of the situation have
reached London, although 1t is indi-
Gated in dispatches coming from the
Fra nco. Spanish frontier that the
Spanish railways have been put under
civil guard and that three Spanish
warships have sailed for Tangier, the
international zone in northwest Mo-
rocco, which Spain recently has de-
manded should be given over entirely
to Spanish rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
AUTO SALESMAN DIES
FOLLOWING ACCIDENT
Henry G. Gamble Thrown From
Car After Collision With
Telephone Post.

Henry G. Gamble. 26.year-old sales
man for a local automobile firm, died
at Georgetown University Hospital
this afternoon 10 minutes after ar
rival there with crushed chest and
internal injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident about mile from his
home, Eanderwerken Station. on the
Great Falls line, about ) miles beyond
Rosslyn.
Gamble was take to the hospital by
his mother. The automobile struck a
telephone post not far from Chain
Bridge and Gamble was thrown from
the machine. His mother, in the car
with him. escaped injury.
Gamble was treated by DR.. Hugh
WEIGH. but efforts to rally him were
without success.
Gamble, it was learned, had been
employed by the firm of Emerson &
Orme for five years and was we'll
known in local automobile sales
circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
BOARD ON SCHOOL
SITES CONSIDERED
Bell Thinks His Assistant and
Assessor May Work
Together.

The creation of board of two, con-
sisting of the assessor and one of the
Assistant Engineer Commissioners, to
handle the difficult task of purchas-
ing land for school sites and other
municipal purposes is being consider
ed today by Engineer Commissioner
Bell as a substitute for his original
plan of turning this work over en-
tirely to the assessor.
Since making the original sugges-
ton. Col. Bell has devoted consider
able thought to the problem of buying
land and has concluded that it might
be better arrangement to have both
the assessor and one of the assistant
engineer commissioners work to-
gether.
Location of Sites.
"Under such an arrangement Col.
Bell explained. 1.-The Assistant Com
missioner could do the field work of
locating desirable sites and confer
ring with the board of education, after
which he would have the advice and
assistance of Assessor Richards in
dealing with the owners to acquire
the property"
The Engineer Commissioner believes
this arrangement could De put into
effect by the Board of Commissioners,
but he does not plan to lay it before
the board for formal action until
Commissioner Dougherty returns from
his vacation.
Mai HOicOmbe Transferred.
The purchase of land during the
past two years has been under the
supervision of Maj. w. H.. Holcombe,
who was transferred by the War De-
partment last week to a new assign
ment at New Orleans.
Although Col. Bell has not def
nitely decided what duties he will
assign to Maj. l.. F.. Atkins, his new
assistant, he indicated today that Maj.
Atkins probably will take over the
work left by Mai. Holcombe. which
included supervision of street light
ing and motor transport activities, as
we'll as the purchase Of land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
JUDGE HITS HOMER
WITH BASES FULL
Long CIout in First Frame at
New York Puts Mats
in Front.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

NEW YORK, August 30,-The Mats
were leading the Yankees in the sec
ond inning here this afternoon.
The score was 4 TO 0.
A couple of veterans were slab op-
pOnentS at the outset of the National
Yankee game today. Walter Johnson
drew the Washington pitching assign
ment, while Sam Jones went to the
firing line for New York. About 1900
fans turned out to witness the en-
gagement.
right field stands for homer, with
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON - McNeely flied to
Meusel. Rice singled to left. Ruth
fumbled Goslins liner and Rice stop
ped at second. Myer singled to left.
filing the bases. Judge hit a homer
into the right-1ield stands. scoring the
three men ahead of him. Harris
looked at third strike. Ruel walked.
Ruel was out stealing, Bengough to
LaZZeri. Four runs.
NEW YORk-Myer threw out koe-
mig. Combs grounded to Harris. Geh-
rig singled to center. Ruth famed
No runs.
SECOND INNING.
WASHINGTON-Reeves scratched
a single past Dugan. Johnson, at.
tempting to sacrifice. popped to Geh-
rig. Reeves was caught stealing. Ben
cough to LaZzeri. McNeely flied to
Ruth. No runs.
NEW YORk-Meusel famed. Lag
Zeri sent a long fly to Rice. Dugan
famed. No runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
MISS EDERLE WANTS RACE.
Cables Congratulations to VierkOeten
and Challenges Him.

NEW YORK. August 80 R.-
Cabling her congratulations to Otto
EierkOeten, latest conqueror of the
English Channel, Gertrude Ederle
today challenged the German record
holder to race across the Channel
next Summer.
Her cablegram follows:
Congratulations on your great
swim. l hope 1 can race you across
the Channel next Summer to bring
the record back to- my sex and my
country. Good luck"
The possibility of a race between
Miss Ederle and Mrs. Clemington
Corson, second woman TO accomplish
the Channel swim. is remote, an
announcement by Dudley Field Ma
lone. attorney for Miss Ederle, in
diCated today.
1T is not necessary for Miss Ederle
to swim around Manhattan Island
with anybody to prove that she is
the world" Mr.. Malone said, refer
ring to challenge by Mrs. Corson's
hackers.
"Her established record proves that
Mrs. COrSon, favored by good weather
in the daytime and the moon at night.
made the crossing in slower time by
an hour than Miss Ederle's record"
Threatened With Breakdown.
Threatened with a nervous break
down, Miss Ederle today was confined
to her home on orders of her
physician.
Loss of sleep and excitement that
attended her arrival home Friday.
when the city gave her a record home
coming ovation, were responsible for
her physicians directing that no one
be allowed to see her or disturb he.
today.
Malone said the young swimmer
needed about "a hours of sleep and
after that, he was convinced, she
would be herself again"
''She has not had a good nights
rest since she swan the Channel" he
said. Every great athlete has Il
highly nervous system, and Gertrude
has been on edge and in training for
two years, with a constant ambition
20 accomplish her purpose. All she
needs is a day of complete rest.
Four policemen were on guard out.
side the Ederle home in, Amsterdam
avenue to prevent intrusion or the
gathering of a crowd.
cvxU%Tc % NIVV ES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
Eighth to Swim Channel.

Nierkoeten is the eighth person to
swim the Channel. and the first man
to perform the feat this year. Ger
trude Ederle and Mrs. ClemingtOn Cor
son, both of New York. are the only
others who have negotiated the cross
ing thus far this season.
Up to this year the record channel
crossing had stood at 16 hours % min
utes since it's establishment in
August, 1923. by Sebastian Tiraboschi.
ItalO-Argentine swimmer.
Miss Ederle, the first woman to con-
quer the famous waterway, set Il sen
sational mark with her II hours 81
minutes. Mrs. CorsOn last Saturday
also beat the former mems record.
but fell short of Miss Ederle's time,
taking Is hours % minutes.
VierkOeten, who has won champion
ships in Germany. failed in an at
tempt last week. He was in the
water 10 hours and was taken out
when his tug lost its way in IL heavy
fog not far from the Goodwin sands,
off the English coast.
MISS EDERLE WANTS RACE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
GERMAN BREAKS
|. CHANNEL RECORD
OF MISS EDERLE
Otto Vierkoeten SWimS Strip
in IL Hours, 40 Minutes,
to Set New Mark.
WOMAN CHAMPION ASKS
HIM TO RACE NEXT YEAR
"Trudy' Near Breakdown in New
York-Alabama Man Goes so
Miles in Fresh Water.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DOVER. England. August 30.-Otto
Vierkoeten of Germany today swan
the English Channel.
He landed at 2:15 o'clock this after
noon at Langdon Stairs. half way be
tween Dover and st. Margaret's Bay,
from Cape Gris-Nez. France. where
he entered the water at 1885 am.
The elapsed time of the swim. aC-
cording to the figures. is II hours 40
minutes, or nearly two hours better
than the record of II hours 81 min
utes established by Miss Gertrude
Ederle on August g.
Nierkoeten's landing was witnessed
by only a few soldiers. who ran down
from the Langdon battery. above the
beach. The soldiers carried the swim
mer to his small boat. which conveyed
him to the accompanying tug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
Trotsky Joins Encyclopedias Brittanica
Staff as Contributor on Life Of Lenin

monumental work in order to enlight
en- public opinion on the new move
ment.
Thus. Trotsky agreed to write
Lenin's biography. in which he in.
cludes a complete history of the rise
of bolshevism in Russia.
Prof. Einstein, author of the theory
of relativity. is writing on space and
time, Marconi on wireless, DIR. Serge
Voronoff on rejuvenation. Col. f. NJ.
House on Woodrow Wilson. and five
members of President Coolidge's cabi-
net on various problems with which
America now is confronted.
Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Daily News Col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
Crooked Bankruptcies Take $2500OO,0OO
From u. S. Firms Annually, Paper Finds

sense of the plan is essentially the
same:
The "racketeers" with money from
"angels men who put up the small
capital needed-set up a business. A
man in charge. known as "a front. +"
purchases on credit huge amounts of
mere handise. sells it to cash buyers
or fences" at from 80 to so per cent
of its value. then hides the cash and
calmly goes into bankruptcy. Little
Of the loot is ever recovered.
During the past year United
States Attorney Buckner and the Ma
tional Association of Credit Men have
been concentrating on the plan in an
effort TO beat II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
Ry CONSTANTINE BROWN.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
LONDON, August 30.-Leon Trot-
sky has become contributor to the
thirteenth edition of the Encyclo-
naedia Britta MICA. according to
statement made by Editor-in-Chief
GarVin.
Now that the old empires and an
cient dynasties have crumpled and
new nations and new systems have
appeared II was essential to revise
the Encvciopaedia. and ask the au-
thors of drastic political and intellec-
tuai changes to contribute tn The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
16FLEE KENTUCKY JAIL.
Prisoners Saw Way Out of Cells.
One Sentenced to Hang.

R).-SiXteen prisoners escaped from
the Clark County Jail here this
morning after saving their way
through iron bars of the cellhouse
Among the men who gained freedom
were George Bowman. under sentence
TO hang for criminal assault and held
here pending a new trial. and John
Howell and Roy Martin. accused of
completely in the robbery of the
Stanton. Ky. bank.
All of the escaping men are believed
to have caught a freight train out of
town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
QUAKE RECORDED HERE;
WAS $500 MILES AWAY
Athens and Island of Malta Also
Visited-Two-Hour Tremor Was
in Northwest Direction.

By the Associated Press.
A very sharp earthquake was re-
corded today on the Georgetown Uni
versity seiamograph beginning at
$50 am. and lasting until S:45. Di-
rector TOndorf located it as $500
miles from Washington in a north
westerly direction.
VALETTA, Island of Malta. Au-
gust 80 R).-A slight earthquake,
lasting about six seconds, was felt
here at 1910 o'clock this afternoon.
ATHENS, August 80 LP).-A slight
earthquake was felt here early this
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, August 30.-The
New York World today says that le-
gitimate business concerns in the
United States are defrauded each year
of $3.50. 100000 by new scheme of
crooked bankruptcies.
THE crooked bust" as it is known
in police parlance. has its center in
New York. but is being copied
throughout the country, and the law
cannot aid the creditors. the paper
says. The authorities say it is the
most popular racket" ever known to
commercial sharps.
While there are many ramifications
of the scheme, the-naper says, the es-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
FLETCHER VISITS DUCE.
American Envoy Holds Farewell
Conference Before Sailing.

ROME. August 80 (R.-Premier
Mussolini today received the America n
Amba ssador. Henry P. Fletcher, in
farewell audience prior to the latter $
departure for New York aboard the
liner Conte Rosso for a vacation
They had lengthy and cordial con-
versation. during which several rou-
tine matters were cleared up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
100 DIE IN BOAT CRASH.

LENINGRAD. Russia. August 80
R9.-One hundred persons perished
when the Russian steamer Burevest-
mix collided with the German steam
er Graine, in the Morskoi Canal. near
here. last night. A ma jority of the
victims were Russians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
o. I'll. Oldroyd Gets
Check for $4,000
FOrLincOln Relics

A check for $4,000 was handed
this afternoon to O. II. OldrOyd as
the Government payment for the
collection of Lincoln relics which
for many years have been housed
in the building on Tenth street in
which the martyred Civil War
President died.
The check was given to Mr.. Old
royd by Capt. Harris Jones, assist
ant director of public buildings and
public parks of the National Capt.
tal. and the transfer took place
in the Tenth street house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
Mystery Ailment
Kills Pope's Horse,
One of Famed Team

BY Radio to The Star and the Chicago
Daily News.
ROME, August 30.--The Pope's
horses have become afflicted with
q mysterious disease. The famous
black horses used daily by the
Pope in his drive through the Vat
lean gardens have been impaired
by the death of one of the team.
The death was big loss. not only
because of the value of the gigan-
tic horse. but because it will be
most difficult to find a new one to
match the team.
Copyright. 1926. Chicago Daily News)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
Cabinet Change Expected.

Information coming out of Spain in
recent months has Indicated that a
revolt against Primo de Rivera S rule
was afOot. AS recently as Friday a
dispatch from the Spanish frontier IN
France said that it has been learned
that change in the Spanish govern
ment was imminent at any moment.
Another dispatch reported unrest
among the Spanish artillery and engi'
neer corps, because of the premier
method of promoting officers by elec'
ton instead of by seniority.
In June the Spanish government in
a statement announced that 1t had
utterly crushed" a revolt backed by
advanced Republican and Liberal ele'
ments. said to have been headed by
Gen. Weyler, well known to Ameri'
cans for the severity of his rule IN
Cuba after he was sent there in 1886
by the Spanish government.
Dagger Thrown at Premier.
Several attempts have been report
ed to have been made against the
life of the dictator-premier in BARGE
Iona and other places. Early in the
present month in Barcelona a dagger
was thrown at him.
Recently it was reported that King
Alfonso was in disagreement with the
premier.
If Primo de Rivera is overthrOwn
he will be the second dictator within
two weeks to have been removed from
power through a coup d'etat. Gen.
PangalOs Of Greece was outSted by
Gen. kondylis and has been exiled.
A dispatch to the Daily Express
from Hendaye, on the Franco-Span nlsh
frontier, says thee ondition of the ~
year-old heir apparent to the Spanish
throne. the Prince of the Asturias, has
taken sudden turn for the worse and
is causing fears to be expressed for
his life. The prince has been in deli
cate health from spinal disease since
his birth.
The Spanish Cortes, says the dis
patch, has been convoked to name
the kings third son. Don Juan. heir
apparent. 1t was desired by King
Alfonso that this he done by act of
Parliament rather than by royal de-
cree. Don Juan is 13 years old.
Don Jaime, the Kings second son.
has undergone in recent years a series
of operations for deafness and impedi-
ment in speech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30

BUENOS AIRES. August 80 CP.-
Three persons are known to have
been killed and more than 25 injured
in a train collision on the Central Ar
sentine Line this morning at Paler-
mo. a suburb of this city.
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CONTINUED on Page 4, Column H.
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WEATHER.

(U. S. Weather Bureau ForecastD
Fair tonight: tomorrow partly
cloudy: slightly cooler tonight.
Temperatures-Highest, "a, at 3:15
pm. yesterday; lowest, 73, at $40 am.
today.
Full report on page 9.
, 1926-03-10
LOYALTY TO CODY

Loyalty is the ~shibboleth that has opened venue 20
'ne attainment o hopes and ambitions than ANYTHING else Con
slant, faithful fidelity will ever merit and receive It's revord
lis IS equally true in every phase of life. II matters not
"ha' your vocation may be or part played in that work, the
same insistence as to the executive.
In the home life, loyalty is the sesame which opens and
neeps VIDE n door to happiness and contentment. It assures
n connecting of love and affection of parents with each other
and with their children. ~
imagine what would happen if the employees of a bank ifs
cashier r file clerk, were to be responsible for the circulation
OF a report that the institution was short of cash r. tberwis
In trouble, or OF a clerk in a mercantile establishment TELLING
customers that their prices were in excess of what sbou1d be
charged Or that lack of funds was handicapping his emnlover
out and to stay out.
And so we come to Cody. Your home, the home of vou
family friends, of your business and employer. The home
tnat is truly entitled to your loyalty. Are you absolutely loval
Z the city, its churches, schools, organizations and agencies for
the moral and physical betterment of its people and business
estaohshments? You may knock, be disoyal without having met
ed out to you the fate of the unfaithful employee. You will
not be dismissed or told to get out and stay out, but YOU will
receive the righteous condemnation of the good citizens. You
will be denied that by them which should be of greater value
than gold; their approval and praise.
Let loyalty be your watchword. Disloyalty is dishonor.
, 1926-03-10
NOW FOR THE GARDEN

Inc approach of the vernal equinox is a reminder that the
garden spot will ere long be dry and invite the spade. The an
tnuslasm Tor gardening begotten of the war NAV have waned in
some breasts, but to him who feels that a garden is a lovesome
spot" real life is renewed with the coming of the DAYS when the
season invites to turning of the soil. For the indoor worker
there is as much exercise, there is as much health in boeino
and spading and caring for a garden as in playing golf. Besides
IL is cheaper. More than that, the stuff grown in ones garden
n pulled fresh is better than any that can be purchased. Thus
there IS profit in health, purse and quality of the product.
A garden provides a source of relaxation for the Individual
whose working hours are spent amid the Glamour and clatter of
the city. One needs diversion and digging in the soil and pettinp
the odor of the mould is reinvigorating. 1t restores TRANQUILITY
Oh nlnd to one whose day has been spent in business. The
weI-kept garden betokens the wellkept home, the home where
there is thrift and comfort. The ideal world would find very
body able to sit under his own vine and fig tree in a garden.
, 1926-03-10
TARIFF AND THE FARMER

The old familiar falsehood continues to be repeated. that
farmers buy under high tariff prices and sell in almost free
trade markets."
President Coolidge, in his recent Chicago address, made COM
pete REPUTATION of the charge that the tariff is directed both
ways to the detriment of the farmer.
The facts found in the tariff act itself show that the
large proportion of things the farmer consumes are free
from duty, and the large proportion of things he sells are
heavily protected.
What do the free trade advocates want done with the
tariff? Do they want wool to compete with free wool from
abroad? Do they want free trade in fruit and dairy products
The President showed from the records that dutiable goods
which the farmer consumes are only IL percent of our total
imports, and farm expenditures are increased only 13 per cent
by these duties.
The free trader would save the farmer this 1.3 per cent
of tariff and ruin the farmers home market by reducing farm
prices and lowering standards of living on farms, by SUBJ
jecting him to unrestricted free trade.
, 1926-03-10

The breaks always go against
the drone.
, 1926-03-10
Here's a New One

A Topeka garage owner, after
each service job, sends out return
post cards asking the following
questions:
Was your work done satisfactor-
lily?
Were you treated with courtesy?
Was your a delivered to you
free from grease on body, uphol-
stery, steering wheel and floor
boards?
What suggestion would you of
fer which would improve our SER
vice to you?
me garage man says he gets a
lot of really valuable suggestion
via these cards.