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Benefit FOR VETERANS.
Costello Post Auxiliary to Give
Entertainment and Dance.

To obtain funds for the entertain
ment and comfort of disabled soldiers
in local hospitals. Vincent B. Costello
Post Auxiliary of the American
Legion, will hold an entertainment
and dance at the Jewish Community
Center Wednesday night
The playlet. which will be the fea-
ture of the evening. is a farce. entitled
"Auntie," directed by Miss Sue II.
Murrty. Members of the Holy Trinity
Parish Players will participate, Three
vaudeville numbers and selections by
an orchestra will also be on the pro-
gram.
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FIREMEN PROMOTED.
Lieut.. Hellmuth Made Captain
Sergt. Newton Also Elevated

Lieut.. Frank p. Hellmuth OF thc
District Fire Department was pro
NOTED by the Commissioners yester
day to the rank of captain, filling a
vacancy created by the retirement o9
Capt. Thomas f. Warren.
To fill other vacancies the Com
missioners at the same time promoted
Sergt. J. II. Newton to the rank O:
lieutenant, and elevated Private r. p.
Hanback, TO a SergeantcN.
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Ordered to Active Duty.

Col. John r. Scott and Capt. George
E. Strong, Judge Advocate Generals
Department Reserve, both Of this city,
have been ordered to active duty in
training in the Office of the Judge
Advocate General, War Department.
Evening star., 1926-05-30
Col. Point Leaves War College.

Col. Will TT. Point, Quartermaster
Corps. at the Army War College,
Washington Barracks, has been as
signed to duty in the office of the
Qua1'termaster General. War Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1926-05-30

At the height of one mile the aver.
age velocity of the wind is four times
las great as at the earth,S surface
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
HOLIDAY EXODUS
SKATERS RECORD
New York Railroads TANNED
With Outgoing Throngs.
Many Extra Trains.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September A great
army of travellers, expected to swell
to more than a million, today began
the annual exodus Of Labor day. The
traffic, railroad officials predicted.
would be the heaviest in the history
Of the metropolis.
Terminals became damned with the
crowds last night and extra ticket
sellers, baggage handlers and porters
were pressed into service. The New
York Central Railroad said 1t expected
to handle more than 800, 900 passen-
gers and had scheduled 200 extra
trains. The Pennsylvania said $40
extra traing would be operated.
The New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad was handling to-
day what Is characterized as unusual
traffic to New England points. Steam
ship companies were ready to accom-
mOdate throngs and all commuter
lines to New Jersey and Long Island
beaches were utilizing extra equip
ment. Subway, trolley and bus COM
pany officials said they were expect
ing great crowds to go to nearby rec
reatiOn centers.
Extra sections for through trains
to distant cities were found necessary
TO take care Of the increased business
Pullman reservations were sold out
two weeks ago.
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CONTINUED from First PaGe.>
through which motorists found it al
most impossible to drive safely.
Base ball league teams in Illinois
found their closing schedules wrecked,
and half a dozen county fairs com
puted losses from lack of attendance.
Five and a half inches of rain fell
at Springfield. ILL.,. last night and to-
day, compelling the closing of roads.
Ten flags were stuck along the paving
near Illiopolis, ILL.,, to show motorists
the path through the water. Fifty
motor cars were ditched at the road
side near ottawa when a bridge was
washed out.
Cow Carried Away.
A farmer, milking a cow near Paw
nee, Nebr.. was struck by tornado
and laid low by a piece of timber.
When he regained consciousness the
twister had carried the COW away.
In the same vicinity the wind
smashed a. bottle of acid against a
wall. burning a child's face.
Lewistown and Galesburg. ILL.,. were
without city water. the latter for the
second time this week. and the forme:
with it's pumphouse floor covered with
seven feet of water.
Estimates of damage to grain crops
fixed the amount of the 1925 oats
crop still IN the field at from 80 to 40
per cent and wheat at 10 to 15 per
cent This grain. it was estimated
would suffer a loss on unthreshed
U-neat o. 30 cents a buShel ana on
uats OF 10 cents a bushel.
in Indiana and Ohio iowiand crops
were still under water today, while in
Iowa new rains made crop conditions
similar to those in Illinois. though
generally not quite as bad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
''Y STAFF CHANGES
BROADEN ITS WORK
Boys Department Strength
ened and New Religious
Leader Appointed.

Edwin s. La F'etra, a native WASH
ingtonian and associated here FOR
many years in business and religious
work, has been appointed business
secretary of the Washington Y. NJ.
C. A. to succeed w. o. H1ltaoldie'
whose resignation to become general
secretary of the York, Pa, Y. NJ. y.
A. became effective last week. ne
will take up his new duties September
Is. Mr.. La Fetra was proprietor LOT
Is wears of the hotel here which pore
his name. Later he was secretary
and treasurer of the Bliss electrical
School. He is a member and trus,
tee Of the First Congregational
Church.
Other changes in the work of sec
retaries at the local Y. NJ. &. A. nave
been announced by William knowles
Cooper. general secretary. Earl D.
Fuller. for the last eight years secre.
tary of boys work, has been renewed
of many of his former duties anu
placed in charge Of the city-wide WORK
of his department, which lnciuues
such activities as the ORGANIZATION
within the schools of Hi-Y CLUBS:
trai-jnr Older bows for leadership In
snort and religious work. and the or
ranization of young peoples groups
in the various churches. >.
The work in the boys building IT.
self has been taken over by Nelson M.
Blake. who has been assistant rens-
ions work secretary. Mr.. Blake mas
inaugurated a program of hikes ana
sightseeing tours in and about WASH
inpton. which has proved popular
with the younger boys. Under MS I'll,
rection the boys are being arranged
in two groups. which will have some
senarate facilities and equipment IN
the boys building. ARRANGEMENT OF
the lower floor has permitted speclal
reading and study rooms, game roonls
and club facilities. "a
William nj. Wilson, graduate OF
the Springfield, Mass, Y. M. Z. A. Col,
lege. has come to washington as boys
physical instructor. The boys gym
nasium is being reprinted, improve
ments made and a schedule OF winter
snorts and athletic activities ar
ranged. The boys swimming pool
has heen thoroughly cleaned and rem
ovated in preparation for its use TINS
Winter. ,;.,,,,s
William r. Schumacher, rehglous
Law worker for many years mere. mas
been appointed to succeed Mr.. Blake
in the religious work department: Mr.
Schumacher has taken prominent
part in training group singers. At
present he is superintendent or the
Young peoples department of the
Hamline Methodist Episcopal Churcn.
He is a past president of the Laymen's
Association of the Central PennsyiVa-
MIA Methodist Episcopal Conference
and a former president of the Har-
rishurg district of the EpWorth
League. He lives at 1414 Decatur
street northwest.
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AMERICAN SUSPECTS RUSE.
NETS TWO LONDON CON MEN,

transacted a little business. Rowan
then invited them to the Gatwick
race track.
At the track Rowan disappeared. re.
turning to tell Levers he had placed
So, 900 for him on the first race. Be-
fore Levers could recover from his
Mortified establishment and could OBJ
ject, the race was over and he had
won $4,000. His objection went un-
voiced, and Rowan, whose knowledge
of horses seemed SO lucrative, made
bets for Levers on each race.
At the end OF the day, however. he
reported that Levers had lost $4,000.
He himself, he said. had lost much
more, and suggested that they both
cable home for money. This Levers
did. but during the night he thought
the matter over and remembered tales
OF confidence men. At breakfast time
he appeared at Scotland Yard. When
the pair were arrested it was found
Rowan had been previously arrested
in Liverpool and Smythe had four con-
victionS in Australia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
UNION MEN HOLD PARADE.
y Francisco Musicians Demand
One Day a Week of, They Say.

the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, September A.
> eater musicians, motion picture
echine operators and back stage
BE- 'rkers, who struck in San Francisco
ID vicinity paraded Market street
lay with banners calling attention
= the musicians leading demand "one
Y. No raise in wages was asked
irued to show pictures and give
udeville performances with the aid
improvised orchestras and in many
sea a lone piano player.
The strike is due to spread after the
rformances tonight when the call
+ the musicians employed in all
heaters operated by the Orpheum
ID Pantages circuits is to become
ective.
rhe musicians union in a state
lent today, reiterated the principal
~mand was that in all theaters
here musicians worked both after
Don and evening such musicians
lould have one day off in seven, the
MUSICIANS to pay out of their own sal
" the cost of a substitute on that
Nv. No roise in wages was asked
: these houses.
Other requests were for a dollar
ay raise in the houses working
;ghts only where the scale for such
-ork amounted to $3.50 week and
or a raise in wages for musical
lows Of the travelling type and mi
or changes in hours and working
unditions.
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ternatlOnal railroad, IN the vicinity
of San Jeronimo.
Wore Boots to Shreds.
At that time he was carrying a
knapsack weighing % pounds. con.
tanning spare clothes, specimens Of
native idolic statuary and q revolver.
He had concealed his passport and
papers inside his shirt. He was glad
to reach standardization again to pro-
cure a fresh pair of boots, for his
original footwear was now worn to
shreds. At Cordoba he was ordered
to remove the Spanish coat of arms
woven into his pith helmet, but was
excused when he recounted that he
had served as a soldier in Morocco.
Colera then continued to Vera Cruz.
Mexico City and San Luis Potosi. Be
tween the latter city and Tampico, in
the Corte del Moneo Mountain pass,
he was again waylaid, this time by
six ma sked bandits, who robbed him
of his money. Undaunted, he crossed
into Texas at Laredo and tramped
through the State to New Orleans,
where he embarked for Havana, in
search of employment. He went there
because his funds were getting low
and because he knew only the Span
ish language. But labor conditions
were unsettled in Cuba and he was
forced to sell some of the curios he
had collected to pay his steamer fare
to Tampa, where he earned more
money by publishing his experiences.
When Colera got to Jacksonville he
decided to travel the rest of the way
to Washington by train, because of his
inability to comprehend English and
thus obtain periodic employment to
tide over his daily needs. He is now
in the National Capital, staying at the
Y. NJ. c. A, of which he is q member
in the Argentine. He Is ready to make
a similar trip or one Of longer dura-
ton. He is bronzed and hardened
from his experiences.
The Spanish embassy, the Pan
American Union and the State De-
partment have already taken cog
nizance Of Colera's feat, for they have
certified in writing his arrival here.
He hopes to arrange a series of lee
lures on his Wanderings, before the
Spanish colony in New York. and
eventually to write a book with the
aid of his exhaustive diary. He has
saved some of the contributions which
he received in such places as Tampico
and Monterey, which, together with
the proceeds Of the sale of his travel
souvenirs, will probably enable him to
visit New York in very comfortable
style as contrasted with his erstwhile
Strengthened circumstances. Tomas Is
still unable to speak a syllable of
English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
DUCHESS CRUISER TRIP
TO DEMOLISH TRADITION
Visit TO Be Made to Australia and
New Zealand, Where Duke of
York Will Open Parliament.

Nv the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-The Duke ana
Duchess Of York, who are going to
visit New Zealand and Australia, Will
ssil from Portsmouth aboard the bat
,le cruiser Renown on January 8,
proceeding by way of the Panama
Canal.
This official announcement, made
today, dispels the illusion that no
woman, not even a duchess" may be
nermitted to Journey on a British
warship. Thus one Of the traditions
of the British navy will soon go by
the board
1t previously had been reported
that the Duke and Duchess would
travel by regular liner, as did the
King and Queen when they went to
Australia in 1901 on the liner Oplr.
The Duke of York will officiate at
the opening Of parliament in the new
Australian parliament at Canberra on
May 9. The royal couple VIII reach
New Zealand in February and Au-
stralia toward the end Of March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
PLANE TO BRING GUESTS.
Optimist Club Members Coming
From Philadelphia Wednesday.

Eight members of the Optimist
Club of Philadelphia will come to
Washington Wednesday by airplane
to be guests of the local optimists at
their luncheon at the City Club.
They are due to arrive at Hoover
Field at 1890 am, but before they
come to earth they will be photo
graphed from another plane by
Arthur E. Nesbit. The Washington
Optimist Club Kazoo Band will SER
enade them on the landing field, after
which they will be motored about the
city by Leon S. Hurley and by Harry
Angelica. in charge Of decorations.
They will be welcomed in an address
by I. Burkart.
The luncheon will begin at 1890
o'clock, after which they will be taken
on another tour of the city, prior to
their departure by air for Philadel-
phia at o'clock
The officers of the local club are:
Frank Pierce. president: w. c. Klo-
man, first vice president: Harry E.
Hill, second vice president; Ed f.
Muth. third vice president. and G. f.
S. Williams, secretary-treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
HELlCOPTER MEETS TEST.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, September "a
helicopter that really goes up In the
air is being tested al Curtiss Field
and tests were described today as
successful. Each time the machine.
uiloted by Vincent Burnelli. lifted
itself about 10 feet off the ground
and then flew horizontally several
hundred yards.
Two IS-inch propellers on the top
Of the helicopter spin in opposite di-
rectionS and create air pressure
which pushes the machine OFF the
ground Horizontal progress is OBJ
tanned by the force of the air from
the propellers against six adjustable
eoualizers. which are at right angles
to the ground. The body OF the ma
chine. built by George Francis Myers
Of Jackson Heights, is an ordinary
airplane fuselage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
REPORT SUBMITTED
Definite Policy for Proper
Treatment of Grounds
Is Recommended.

Adoption Of definite policy for the
proper treatment Of the grounds sur
rounding public school buildings Is
recommended in the annual report of
Municipal Architect Albert l.. Harris,
submitted to Engineer Commissioner
Bell yesterday.
Estimates for buildings" Mr.. EIar-
ris said, ARE based on the actual cost
of the building itself and do not carry
an item for the treatment Of grounds.
This has been made necessary to con-
serve the maximum amount Of money
for buildings Many Of the school
sites have been left in an unfinished
condition. I have asked the Board
Of Education to give serious thought
to this problem and adopt some gen.
eral policy with reference to its
solution"
Work of installing modern lights
in the schools is going forward rapidly
and it is hoped that by June 1927
every school building in Washington
will be completely electrified, accord
ing to the report OF Henry Storey.
SUPERINTENDENT Of repairs, which &C
companied the statement Of the
architect.
Record of New Buildings.
Mr.. Harris gave the Commissioners
a record of the status Of all school
buildings started since July j, 1879,
as follows:
Enlargement of Armstrong Techni'
cal High School, p street between
First and Third streets, completed
November, 1925.
Addition to Western High School,
Thirty.fifth and Reservoir streets
completed January, 1925.
Assembly hall and gymnasium Tor
mcfarland Junior High, Iowa ave-
nue. between Allison and Upshur, COM
pleted April, 1926.
James F. oyster School, Twenty
ninth and Calvert streets, completed
June, 1926.
Francis Junior High, N street be-
tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty.
fifth, now in course Of construction.
Randall Junior High, I street be.
tween Half and First streets south
west, being an eight-room addition
to the Cardozo School, now in course
of construction.
Stuart Junfcr High. between E. F.
Fourth and FIFTH northeast. in course
Of construction.
Junior High, in course of construc.
ton.
Brightwood School, Nicholson and
Thirteenth streets. completed. August
81 last.
Addition to Bell School, Second.
between Virginia avenue and d
street southwest. completed August
3 last.
John Greenleaf Whittier School.
Fifth and Sheridan streets, nearing
completion.
Job Barnard School, Fifth and De-
catur streets, nearing completion.
George Truesdell School. Ninth
and Ingraham streets, nearing COM
pletion.
Contracts Total S4,737,876.37.
During the fiscal year ended June
so, 1926. the Municipal Architects
Office entered into contracts for
schools and various other municipal
structures aggregating $4,737,876.37.
Mr.. Harris tells the Commissioners
an office designing so many buildings
should be equipped with a library of
architectural books, and recommends
that an appropriation be sought to
buy such books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
Ry Cable TO The Star.

BY Cable to The Star.
LONDON, September Am Ameri-
cans incredulity Of the loss" of S25.-
900 on races resulted today in the SEN
fencing of two middle-aged confidence
men, John Rowan and Charles
Smythe. in the Bow Street Court.
The American, William Levers OF
Honolulu, while here on vacation
met Rowan, who posed as a retired
Australian sheep rancher While
Rowan was entertaining him at din
ner in the Carlton Hotel they met
Smythe, apparently by accident. He
took them for ride in his expensive
car. This, the prosecutor observed
today. considerably impressed Mr.
Levers
The next day Rowan failed to keep
an appointment with Levers. but
Smythe appeared. saying that Rowan
was busy selling blooded stock for
the prominent owner of a racing
stable. Together they went to Rowan's
richly furnished Office in Leicester
Square. where Smythe and Rowan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
LEGION HEAD IN POLAND.
U. s. Delegation of Is Attends In
terallied Veteran Meeting.

WARSAW. Poland. September 4
CP).-An American delegation to the
seventh congress o: the Inter-Allied
Veterans Association. numbering is.
arrived here tonight. The congress
will hold its first session September 3.
The total number OF delegates from
various countries VIII reach about
1870. Among the Americans are Col.
Thomas Miller. president of the asso-
citation. and Brig. Gen. John A. Nc
Quieg. national commander of the
American Legion.
The opening of the congress will
take place in Warsaw and it will end
at Cracow. Each day will be CON
secrsted to a different allied country.
the Official opening to the United
States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
PUBLIC SENTIMENT
FEARED BY MAZER
Counsel for Man Indicted in Mel.
lett Death to Ask Change
of Venue.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. September AT
torneys for Louis Mazer of Canton,
held in Jail here on a Federal con-
spiracy charge and indicted yesterday
by a Stark County grand jury on a
charge of first degree murder I'm con-
nection with the Staying of Don r.
Mellett. Canton publisher. announced
today that a change OF venue will he
demanded because Of public senti-
ment. as soon as the date for the
Canton murder trial is set
Ben Rudner. Massillon. and Patrick
E. McDermott. Missing Manly Clio.
Pa, suspect, were indicted with
Mazer for the Mellett murder. Mazer's
attorneys also declared they will at
tempt to have their client tried alone.
In a statement today Mazer said
I'm not getting a square deal in
Canton. They haven't got any evil
dence to prove / was connected with
the killing of Mellett. The indictment
was unjustif1ed and a frame-up. Some
body had to be blamed by the inves-
tigators for the murder. and because
Rudner and | hung around the tough
err section Of Canton they made us
the goats along with McDermott."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
CHICAGO MUSICIANS
TR|KE CALLED OFF.
CT Walk Out in Kansas City
and Denver-Parade
in Frisco.
he Associated Press.

he Associated Press.
,HICAGO. September 5.-Threat-
ing picture houses here was avert
early today when compromise
cement was reached between rep
,ntatives Of the musicians and the
wing picture operators. the latter
oeing to increase the wages of the
sicianS $3.50 per week.
he settlement was reached after
ussion lasting more than five hours
he La Sale Hotel. Jack Miller,
sident Of the Motion Picture Ex-
itors League. and James Petrillo.
Sident Of the Musicians Union, call
their men for the meeting which
~ the outset gave signs of an
cable adjustment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
Millions in Watermelons.

While the watermelon is a seasonal
delicacy end Is not considered in any
way as a food necessity. it is esti-
mated that the watermelon crop for
this year in the United States will be
worth $12 900, 900. With one excep.
ton, the crop of 1925 has been the
greatest In history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
Test Fails to Keep
Flowers Awake by
Artificial Light
By the Associated Press.

F'lowers-at least the magnolia
cannot be kept awake by means of
artificial light. investigators Of the
Department of Agriculture have
found in motion picture tests.
Using an automatic time lapse
camera to record the growing
stages Of the flower, the investiga-
tors were treated to an unexpected
sight when the magnolia, set in a
room flooded with electric light,
closed it's petals when natural dark
ness arrived, to open again only
with the arrival Of daylight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
Famous Old Code Sought.

It has been discovered that the ia
nous Amalf maritime code whlcn
until 1870 was the recognized code IN
the Mediterranean, is in the Imperial
Library of Vienna, and the cities OF
Amalfi and Naples are now making
an effort to have it returned to the
proper repository in Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
Returns to Post in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, Sept. R.-H.
Arthur Schoenfeld. counsellor to the
American embassy. returned here
from his vacation in the United
States today and took over the post
Of charge d'affaires from Arthur
Bliss Lane, first secretary of the
emba SSy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
Kansas City Men Out.

ANSAS CITY. September R.-
on musicians. motion picture oper-
% and stage hands of the two local
pheum Circuit vaudeville houses
ut on strike tonight. In addition,
musicians Of the Pantages Theater
'ked out.
he theaters announced their bills
'uld be presented tomorrow with
n-union men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
Russia Working Gold Beds.

In the ancient bed of the Lena River
In Russia is one Of the worlds richest
gold mines and an American dredge
has been ordered by the Soviet gov
eminent for this district The dredge
will be shipped $4,000 miles by the
time il is ready to work in 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-05
BOAT CAPSIZES: d DROWN.
Lake Victims Are Two Brothers
and Two Sisters.

DURANGO, Colo, September CP).
Two brothers and two sisters were
drowned in Electra Lake. % miles east
Of here today. when the motor boat in
which they We're riding capsiZed.
The dead are Lille and Bertha
Lewis, is and 20. respectively. and AL
fred and Bernard P Leithauser, IS
and o6, all of Durango.