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TWODOCKSSWEPT
BY 100000 FIRE
Shipping Board Vessel Also
Damaged in Blaze at
Portland, Me.
BY the Associated Press.


PORTLAND, Me, August 10
Breaking out in the New England
Grain Co.'S plant at the end of
Browns Wharf early this morning.
flames swept through the large three
story frame structure, jumped across
the wharf to another wooden building.
and also set fire to the steamer Bac-
carat, a Shipping Board vessel.
The fire, the most spectacular and
disastrous that has visited Portland S
waterfront in years, is believed to
have done damage totalling $500, 900.
SO intense was the heat that the
fire jumped across the dock and de-
stroyed the historic Portland Yacht
Club on Merchants Wharf.
Tied up beside the steamer Baccarat
was the Shipping Board steamer
Seneca, which was warped out Of
danger after some damage.
At the outbreak of the fire Capt.
P. w. Dyer and his family were
asleep aboard the four-masted schoon-
er James c. Hamlen, which was tied
alongside the grain company plant
AS the flames quickly gained head
way, they were forced to flee from
the vessel. Firemen and volunteers
pulled the big craft out of reach of
the flames, her stern scorched by the
heat
A steam lighter owned by Williams
Co.. tied up on the opposite of
Browns Wharf, also was towed up
the dock away from the flames.
Feeding on large stock of grain
and grain dust, the flames made rapid
progress through the big structure,
shooting more than 100 feet into the
air. The old Nickerson coal yard,
also was destroyed hundreds of
pigeons perishing in the flames.
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ENGINEER OFFICER
SWITCH IS MADE
Mai. B. B. SomerveII to Sue
coed Maj. James A. O'Con-
nor in Local Post.

Maj. Brehon B. SomerVell, Corps
of Engineers, who has just completed
IA course of instruction at the Army
War Cole ge. will assume charge OF
the Washington engineering district
next Monday morning, and Maj
James \. O'Connor, the Engineer of
fcer, who has been in charge of that
district for the past two years, will
be given a short leave of absence
previous to entering the next class
at the Army War College. The change
follows orders issued by the War De
partment several weeks ago, and will
in no way change the routine of the
office or the regular personnel.
Maj. Somervell will have direct
charge of the District water supply
system, the Anacostia Park project
the Improvement of the birthplace of
George Washington at Wakefield Va
the Improvement of the navigation of
the Potomac River from the Chain
Bridge to it's mouth. and the i'm
prOVement of the tributaries of that
river and the channels and tributaries
of Chesapeake Bay.
On him especially will devolve the
responsibility of completing the prof
ectS of increa sing the water supply OF
the District and extending the system
into Virginia and Maryland. In all
those duties he will have the able as
sistance of Edward d. Hardy, civil en-
gineer. who has been the chief assist
ant of the u. S. engineer in charge
since 1890. and is generally recognized
as the best living authority on the his
tory and construction of the entire
local water supply system. He assisted
IN the construction of the Mcmillan
filtration plant, including the Lydeck-
err tunnel, and in all the subsequent
surveys at Chain Bridge, Great Falls
and elsewhere which led to the adop-
ton of the existing project for dou-
bling the water supply of the Dis
trict. He is the chief inspector of the
entire work in progress.
Maj. Somervell has made a personal
study of all the projects that will
come under his direct charge next
week and is especially we'll equipped
for his new duties. a native of Ar.
kansas, he was a star graduate Of the
Military Academy class of 1914. Dur.
ing the World War he served as a
lieutenant colonel with troops in
France and was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for extraor.
binary herOism in action. He already
has supervised several important river
and harbor Improvements in various
parts of the country. In addition tC
the Military Academy, he is also a
graduate of the Engineer School, the
Command and General Staff School
and the Army War College He reach
ed his ajority in the regular Engi
neer Corps in 1920.
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KNIGHTS PYTH|AS
OPEN CONVENTION
Delegates From 285 Do
mains Meet to Carry Out
Great Benevolent Program.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 1O.--Ready for
one of the most momentous conven-
ton programs in their history,
knights of Pythias from the 285
grand domains in the United States
and Canada assembled today for the
formal convocation of the thirty
fourth biennial session of the SUI
preme Lodge.
Wide expansion of their benevo-
lences, recognition of a Junior sub
sidiary organization and the selection
of q permanent home city were the
major matters introduced to the dele
gates by the formal opening of the
eight day convention of the Supreme
Lodge and the auxiliary groups.
There was the promise of Il warm
ly contested election of a supreme
vice chancellor to succeed Richard s..
White of Milwaukee, who succeeds to
the grand chancellorship. Seven can
didates seek the post.
In response to Mayor William f.
Deyer's welcome, Supreme Chancellor
John Ballantyne and Miss Lucy F..
Munson, supreme chief of the Pythian
Sisters. were spokesman for the visit.
ing orders.
The Pythian Sisters, the supreme
assembly of the Uniform Rank and
the Grand Keepers of the Records
and Seals also are in official session.
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AERIAL HIGHWAYS
LIKE EARTH'S SEEN
Capt. wilkins Says Courses
viii Be Charted and
Traffic Restricted.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 10.-Weather
men Of the future may pursue their
profession high above the normal
cloud line.
Certain pioneer meteorologists be-
lieve that the Weather Bureau of
the years to come won't be in an office
building, but in a balloon. and that
''soundings" thus made possible will
result in accurate forecasting of at
mospheric conditions for long periods
in advance all over the world.
Weather conditions in one hemi-
sphere, they believe. will give certain
indications Of what is to be expected
in another when these high altitude
stations have compiled sufficient data.
80 it will become possible to pre-
dict far in advance when certain
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obstruction, NJ. Renaudel demanded a
recess of the session so as to give the
members time to read the proposed
rules.
The rules having been adopted, M
Poincare introduced his bill giving
constitutional character to the law
creating sinking fund for refund
ing the floating debt, and the assem-
bly, readily voted urgent procedure.
Spectators Drift Away.
The spectators melted away until
when the session was suspended to 3
pm, only few were left in the gal
leries.
The Communists. in an effort to OBJ
struct and burleSque the assembly s
proceedings, solemnly charged THEN
leader. NJ. Cachin. to bring in a mo-
ton in favor Of reinstalling NJ. Mil
lerand as President of the republic(
from which post he was forced to re-
sign in June, 1924.
The motion will be rejected as out
of order by NJ. De Selves, the presid
ing officer, but the filibuster is piquant
inasmuch as the assembly is sitting
in the same hall where NJ Millerand' $
successor, President Doumergue. was
elected.
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OFFICIAL ACCUSED
OF TAKING BRIDES
Ex-Convict Says District At
torney of Saratoga Springs
Accented Gamblers Coin.
By the AssorI1ted Press


RALLSTON SPA. n Y. August 10.
Jules Formel of New York City, who
served a term in State Prison for OPP
Grafton Of a gambling house in Sara
toga Springs m 1919. went on the wit
ness stand late yesterday in the Sara
toga Springs gambling investigation
and accused District Attorney Charles
B. Andrus of accepting money from
gamblers for permitting them TO oper-
ate here previous to 1920.
Removal Of Andrus Sheriff Arthur
O. Wilmot and DR.. Arthur j. Leonard,
public safety commissioner OF Sara
toga Springs. is sought in the present
proceedings on charges brought by
Peter 4. Finley. president of the Sara
tOga Springs TaXpaye Association.
Supreme Justice Christopher J. Hef-
fernan is hearing the case as special
commissioner by appointment of Gov.
Smith.
Tells of Alleged Offer.
While the 1920 grand jury investiga
ton of gambling in Saratoga was un-
der way. F0rmel sWore. the district
attorney came 10 hiIu with tears in
his eyes" and "cricd to me to keep
him out Of prison" Andrus promised,
the witness said. to pay Formers wife
500 a week while Formed was in
prison II ne WOull not lltlpiCdl' lle
official. He kept his silence, Formel
swore, but Andrus never paid the
money promised.
Formel testified that Saratoga
Springs was wide open" last year,
naming several places where he saw
gambling.
Earlier in the day Orvllle S. Po-
land, head Of the legal department OF
the Anti Saloon League Of New
York. was ordered by Justice IIeffer-
nan to appear before him in answer
70 q subpoena to explain Il statement
credited to him to the effect that the
gamblers believe the hearing had
been fixed with Gov. Smith so that
the accused officials would be cleared.
Statement to Press.
In his statement given out to the
press Ar. Poland said;
II have an affidavit to the effect
that this week Il gambler by the name
of Frank KehOe, who the affiant
sWears was in charge of the game at
Rileys at Saratoga, was asked how
II was that he dared To operate so
openly in face of an impending in
vestiGation. He replied. in effect. so
the affidavit states. that no matter if
the hearing before Judge EIcfferman
IS unbiased and on the level, never
theless Kehoe had influence. and that
the case was already fixed with Gov.
Smith-he had nothing to fear. In
corpOrated in the same affidavit is the
statement OF another gambler
TO the effect that il is because of his
personal friendship with the governor
that he has been able to fix this in
vestigation in advance.
The most sensational and SiCnifi
cant event Of the hearing Friday was
the offer of counsel for the petitioner
TO produce two reputable and widely
known citizens, whom he named in
open court, who would testify, he said
that open gambling had been carried
on in Saratoga with the personal
knowledge of Gov Smith, if he did
not actually participate in games
Judge Heffernan agreed to furnish
subpoenas for these men"
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GERMANY PUTS DRASTIC
AlRPLANE LAW IN EFFECT
Ban on Any Arrangement for Use
In War-Students and Machines
Must Be Licensed.
By the Assoclated Press.


BERLIN. August 1Q.--In con-
formity with a law passed last month.
the government today issued strins
gent regulations regarding the con-
struction importation and use of fly
Ing machines in Germany.
AirplaneS must not he armored.
have protection OF any kind or he
supplied with arrangements for
mounting machinery of war 1t is
forbidden to construct. import or use
machines the movements Of which can
be controlled from central point.
Special permission from the minis
try OF communications is necessary
for the construction or importation
OF mo~ern sporting planes. All mill.
tary instruction Of pilots is forbidden.
Airplane factories must he licensed
by the ministry of communications
and all aviation students must be
registered. as We'll as all finished or
unfinished machines.
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part of the world will be subject to
droCth. and the consequent famine
disease and death can be avoided
said Capt. J. II. Wilkins. flying ex.
plorer OF Australia. whose recent air
plane expedition into the Arctic con-
cerned itself largely with rneteoro-
logical conditions.
Also" he said, the world path of
storms will be mapped out long be-
fore they make themselves felt. and
the science of meteorology will be n
exact science dealing in advance in.
formation which will make possible
worldwide adjustment TO weather
conditions
Capt. Wilkins forecasts the DAY
when the air currents will be Charted
as are the currents of the ocean, and
certain courses will be regularly fol-
lowed at certain seasons of the year
by all aircraft wishing to make the
same journey.
The charting Of the air will also
aid in solving the problem now feared
by many who see in the lawless air
cruising Of n few years hence the
cause Of many crashes. The upper
air will probably be found to be ar
ranged in a number of "one.way
streets" as we'll laid out as those Of
city traffic, say the experts.
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DEBT PACT SHELVED.
Poincare Yields to Opponents of Rati-
ffcatiOn Now.

PARIS. August 10 CR.-Premier
Poincare has definitely abandoned get
ting the Franco American and Franco
British debt pacts ratified in the near
future, as the financial experts COM
mittee had urged, in view of deter
mined opposition both in his own cabi-
net and a large section of the Cham
Der of Deputies. This opposition has
been crystalized by the open letter of
former Premier Clemenceau to Presi-
dent Coolidge on the question Of
Frances debt to the United States.
The only action that has been taken
with regard to the debt agreements
arrived at in Washington and Lon
don has been their reference to two
subcommittee of the foreign and
financial committees of the Chamber,
with instructions to study all the doc
uments so as to be able to make a
complete exposition of the facts when
Parliament reassembles in the Fall.
1t is remarked that the subcom-
mittees have not been asked to make
report with recommendations, but
simply to get together the papers and
marshal the facts.
RACKS CLENENCEAII VIEW
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D'ANNUNZIO Is FETED.
Comes From Seclusion to Observe
Anniversary of Vienna Flight.

GARDONE. Italy, August 10 lP).-
Gabrielle d AnnunZiO, Italy's warrior
poet, who recently announced that he
was going into strict seclusion until
November !, 10 concentrate on his lit
erary work, again broke his self-im-
posed exile today TO preside at an
elaborate celebration of the ninth an
niversary Of his flight over Vienna.
The author broke his hermit's life
IN June % 10 celebrate the publication
OF a new edition Of his works.
D'Annunzio made a five-hour trip by
motor boat in the Gulf of Salo and
saluted the crowds gathered OK the
shores 10 pay him tribute in ceSebra.
ton Of his exploits during the war
SIS an aYiRtoys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-10
Helium Stars Have Travelling Mates
And Lag Along at 4 Miles Per Second

the Astrophysicial Journal. The re-
search was begun in 1901, when he
lium was first noted in the light of
stars.
Helium stars, DIR. Frost observed,
move at a rate of only four miles a
second in some cases-a rate about
onethird of that maintained by the
average yellow star. While he was
making his discovery the astronomer
found that about so per cent Of the
helium bodies have consorts. which
are not planets but companion stars
only slightly DINNER than those we
see
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Banker Makes Hole in One.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, August 10 (P).
William ID. Hoover, president of the
National Savings and Trust Company
of Washington, made the 199-yard
fourth hole of the difficult Cascades
course here yesterday in one stroke.
Mr.. Hoover was playing with DR..
Ohio Bisher Ball of Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-10

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 10.-Helium stars
are easy-going, gregarious creatures.
Nearly every one has a travelling COM
panion, and they amble together along
the celestial by-ways while their
speedier neighbors streak across the
sky.
An insight into the habits of helium
stars is revealed by Dr. Edwin B.
Frost, director Of Yerkes Observatory
of the University of Chicago, at VIII
liams Bay. Wis, who, with two as
sociates, chronicles the results of %
years of study in the current issue of
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rs BELIEVED DROWNED.
Fishing Ship Pounded to Pieces on
Bar Off Sable Island.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. August 10
fishermen were be-
lieved today to have been drowned
when the Sylvia Mosher of Lunen-
burg was pounded to pieces on the
outer bar to the North of Sable Is
land.
The wreck was reported in dis
patches from the Sable Island Life
Saving Service where 1t was believed
the schooner was a victim Of last
Sundays hurricane. No sign of the
crew was seen on the wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-10

The celebrated British Friesian
COW, Osmaston Jenny, that last year
created a British record by being
the first COW in England to yield
1000 gallons of milk in one year on
four consecutive occasions. has i'm
proved on that great work by ac-
complishing the 1000 gallon per-
Torrance for the fifth time
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ABSTINENCE BODY
OPENS CONVENTION
Catholic Union Is Told Men
Must Understand Principles
OF Righteousness.

Asserting that the work of those
interested in temperance and total
abstinence was not complete until
men were sober by their own volition,
Rev. T. J. O'Callaghan, in d sermon
following pontifical mass at ST. Pat
rick's Church today, urged 900 dele
gates attending the opening of the
55th annual convention of the Cath
Ole Total Abstinence Union to con
tinue their efforts until this final goal
is realized.
Think not that you have COM
pleted your work if you make the
whole Catholic Church sober in the
sense of total abstinence" Father
O'Callaghan said; nor if you make
every Catholic sober unless they are
sober and total abstainers because
they want to be; because they hate
iniquity and recognize the pitfalls
strong drink lays before them. To
do this we must understand the
underlying philosophy Of righteous
ness"
CompulsiOn Not Aim.
1t was pointed out that sobriety by
cOmpulsion was not the aim and object
or the league, out ratner the lnQlNlQ
ual recognition and individual support
of total abstinence, the course being
chosen voluntarily because it is the
best course.
Right Rev. Mgr. {. f. Thomas of
ficiated at the mass, following which
the sermon was delivered and the
delegates went to the knights of Co
lumbus Hall, 918 Tenth street.
At the hall Col J. Franklin Bell
Engineer Commissioner Of the District
delivered an address welcoming the
delegates to this city for the conven
ton.
Public Meeting Tonight.
A business session is being held at
the hall this afternoon. Tonight
there will be a public meeting at
Polls Theater, presided over by vii
liam Fl. De Lacy. Addresses will he
delivered by former Senator A. O.
Stanley of Kentucky and Father
O'Callaghan.
Features of the program will in
clude a piano selection by Christopher
Tennely and songs by Miss Mary
Frances Green, Mrs. Rose Poll-Jarman
and Thomas A. Cantwell. Miss Marie
Hanson will accompany Miss Green
and Mrs. PollJalman, while Mr..
Tennely will accompany Mr.. Cantwell
Tomorrow's session will be preceded
by a. requiem mass for deceased mem
bers at St. Patrick's Church at 8
o'clock.
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FRENCH ASSEMBLY
SUSTAINS POINCARE
IN FIRST TEST VOTE

Continued from First Page.)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-08
InnNs, srATEMENr

PRESCOTT, Sept. S---At l o'clock this
morning. A. A. Johns of Prescott, state
chairman of the Democratic party, after
reading Associated Press reports from
a dozen counties, issued the following
statement:
There is now no doubt of the atti-
tude of the people Of Arizona in regard
to the Colorado river, radical changes
in the banking laws, and the past per-
Torrance of the state administration.
The people still believe that the stand
taken by Governor Hunt is the one best
calculated to preserve the integrity and
the future welfare of Arizona They
still believe that the Colorado river and
its waters belong in a large measure to
the people of this state and will ulti-
mately be the means of paying large
proportion of the states taxes. They
also believe that it is dangerous to
Arizona's financial future to make
drastic changes at this time in its
banking laws. The election is a COM
plete vindication of Governor Hunts
administration and his policies"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-08
Hunt Leading
EllinwOOd by 1921
Continued From Page one)

ination for superintendent of public
instruction.
In the democratic race, c. Q. Case,
Incumbent, had a lead Of only 202 votes
over A. L. Jones. The count: Case,
6,1s1; Jones $3.50. Loren Vaughn. the
democratic incumbent, and r. A Kirk,
republican, were unopposed for the
nomination for corporation commits
sioner. vughn polled 1928 votes and
Kirk, 97S.
Tom Foster, state mine inspector, ap-
peared to have won out over w, p.
Mahoney, sheriff of Mohave county, in
the contest for denomination. The un-
official figures gave Foster $3.50 votes
and Mahoney $40. r. L. Stallings, re-
publican, was unopposed for the nomi-
nation.
Both incumbents on the state tax
commission, e. A. Hughes and Frank
Luke, democrats, were on the face of
the returns renominated for these Of
fices. M. A. Murphy opposed them for
one of the two nominations. The vote
stood: Hughes, $500; Luke, 5,464; and
Murphy, 1852.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-08
Pinal County

FLORENCE, Sept. Z. (AP).-Twelve
precincts incomplete in Pinal county
give for senator: Hayden 40; Ruther-
ford 3. Congressman: Belts II; Davis
Douglas 90; Duffy 5. Governor: Hunt
IS; Ellinwood 81; Cox 16. Secretary
of state Kerby %; Wright "a. Audi.
tor; Frohmiller 20; Munich Is. Treas.
urer: Hankins IA; Callaghan %. At.
torney general: Murphy 49, Ludwig 2,
Laprade %. superintendent public III
struction: Case IS; Jones IT, Corpor-
alton commissioner: Vaughn %. Mine
inspector: Foster "a Mahoney %. TaA
commissioner: hughes 10; Luke 25i
Murphy 25.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-08
HUNT WINNING

PHOENIX, Sept. S.-Governor George
w P. Hunt. democrat at an early hour
today apparently had been nominated
for the sixth time as governor of Ari-
zona. Congressman Carl Hayden had
an Overwhelming majority of the votes
cast for United States senator with IT'S
incomplete precincts out of 4S4 in the
state reported.
The democratic vote for governor
gave: Hunt 1862; E. E. Ellinwood
1869; ]. ]. Cox S,239.
In the race for the republican gu
bernatorial nomination, e. S. Clark
was leading Tom Maddox by 1,7SO
votes. The count was Clark 3,O25 and
Maddox 2,245.
The democratic vote for United States
senator was: Hayden 4,5O9; Ruther-
ford 1,42O,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-08

Douglas 1851 Davis 175; walton so;
Duffy 34S; Belts SSS; Hunt 1928; Cox
1872; Ellinwood 991; Wright 776; Kerby
LAPS; Hankins 1895; Callaghan 527;
LaFrade 926; Ludwig 1885, Murphy 92S;
Jones $40; Case 1,132; Mahoney SS5;
Foster l,565; Hughes 1869; Murphy S99;
Luke IT'S Auditor: Frohmiller III;
Munich Lilo. Corporation commissioner:
Vaughn 1866; Kirk 0. Mine inspector:
Foster 1866; Mahoney SS5; Stallings o.
Tax commissioner: Hughes 1863; Luke
IT'S; Murphy S99.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-08

precinct.
The tabulation at 1890 D. m. gave for
the democratic gubernatorial candi-
dates: Hunt 5,1S6; Ellinwood 1855;
Cox 2,34O.
For the republican gubernatorial
nomination, E. S. Clark and Tom Mad
dock were running in sharp competi-
ton throughout the evening, but at
1880 o'clock Clark had lead of slight
ly less than 400 votes. The tabulation:
Clark 2,O4O; Maddox 1,64S.
Scattered returns gave for demo :
cratic congressional nominee: Amos A.
Belts 2,28S; H. A. Davis 455; Lewis w.
Douglas 2,124; Judge Frank Duffy 6SS.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-08
HUNT AND CLARK LEAD

PHOENIX, Sept 7-Scattered returns
from the 4S4 precincts in Arizona at a
late hour tonight gave Governor Geo
w. P. Hunt a commanding lead over
his two opponents, e. E. Iillinwood and
State Senator J, J. Cox for the demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination,
Governor Hunts greatest strength
in his 4 years activity in Arizona pol
itics since the admission of the terri
tory to state hood has always been in
the country vote, and Hunts support
ers were predicting comfortable plu-
rality for him when the count is com
pleted. Hunt carried Ellinwood's home