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Evening star., 1927-09-19
e PLANES START
IN BIC AIR DERBY
Meyers Plane Leading in
Dash From Roosevelt
Field.
Continued from First Page)

tCOntlnueu tfom FIRST fdEeJ
Charles of Richmond. Va. came to
earth at 9;45.
The Eagle Rock, polited ny Leslie
Miller, took off at 9412. wineing its
way westward i'm second place.
The Pitcairn Fleetwins. first to ar
rive was delayed by engine trouble.
The motor hackfired when an effort
was made To start il and mechanics
immediately went to work.
The Travelair, piloted by w. II. En-
cry, ir, of Bradford. Pa. came in AT
o'5S. at which time four other planes
were i'm sight
Several thousand persons were abou:
the field TO witness the arrivals and
departures. Perfect flying weather
prevailed.
At 1901 Pilot r. H. Johnson's Swat
low aiGhted.
Pilot Detmer took off ut 1902
At 1905 Pilot Banks finally got his
Pitcairn Fleetwing under way again.
Although he was first to arrive he
was the fifth 10 start the second leg
OF the trip.
Pilot X. r. Unger, flying another
Travelair arrived at 10;02i4. and Pilot
Litzenberger of Erie brought his
Waco 10 in at 2003.
Pilot +. G.. knapp's Waco 10. among
the last to leave Roosevelt Field, ar
rived here at 10:01l+. He got under
way again at loose.
Pilot LitZenherg took the air again
at 1910.
wireless report received here said
three planes were down at tiume-
town. They were the hess Ruebii d.
piloted bv L. w. Fleet: the Waco 10.
piloted by A. w. Steph nson. and
Pilot Sadowsky'S Swallow.
Emery Takes of.
Pilot Emery took off at 1911.
Pilot McMehan arrived in his Eagle
Rock at 10:l2%.
Pilot Unger left for the West At
10:1Sl2, and Pilot johnson took off
at 10:1924.
The last two planes to leave Roose-
welt Field arrived at almost the same
instant at the Belletont Field. They
were Jack Ashcraft in his TowanGa
aircraft ship at 10:l934. and Pilot
Memo Black of Chicago III IA Laird
machine, at 0:20.
Pilot McMehan took off at 10 % p.
followed by Pilot Ashcraft's Spirit of
Ammonia at 1890,
Pilot Black took off at 1898
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am; w. j. E.lch. Pitcairn Field Phiia'
| delph'a. passenger.
r. r. Quinby. Rock Island. III, eo4
am; Larry Pedisoe, ROCK island
| passenger. en-
c. W. Myers. Detroit. Mich, 500
am: Thomas b. Colby, passenger -.
y t. Roberts. Fargo, n. OAK. 6:ob
am: without passenger. o
ona minute was allowed to elapse
ror + C,icter ir.. Los Angeles, CANT
one OF the entrants, who taiied 10 ar
G. b McMahan, Miles City. Mont
| Cos I'M: Jack Hidccker. Kansas 1i'S
/ Mo. passenger. <,,. ca,
Tex La G~one. kansas tttE' o.''
am; j. b Brock. Kansas Clty' pas
senSer c.,o
/ Leslie Miller. Des Moines, iowa DIV
am: without passenger
/ G. smith T9Homa. wash. o;iI am
Iarl, story. TAcoma. passenger.
r. II Johnson. Missoula, Mont. bt-
/ am: without passenger
A. Litzembergpr. Isfle. Ia o'i'
A m. without passenger
Two Minutes Elapse.
+, Two minutes were allowed to eiapse
/ for the non-appearance of }. T. Sans
Of Long Beach. Calf and FL. +.
/ C,mnheu Long Island City. \. Y.
Campbell failed to start because ne
! said he had not received necessary
motor parts on time.
The next starter was A. w. stephen
son. Dillon, Mont. at els am. with
out passenger
The others:
L. F. Hughes. Wheeling, W. Va. at
s:1e am: Ernie Green, bridgeport,
Ohio passenger.
Eugene Detmer. Tarrytown, y. y
6:1S am. Lieut.. Jack Eisman of Rock'
away, pilot naval air station pas
senger.
VI. II. Emory. jr., Bradford, Pa. 6:19
m. without passenger.
X. r. Unger. Madison, \. j.. 6O2
d m. without passenger.
NJ. II. McMecham, Yakima, Wash
6:21 am, without passenger.
r. w. Cantwell, Oklahoma City
Okla, 6:22 am, Nj. NJ. Perea, Okla
homa City. passenger.
I. r. Sidowsky. Coffeyville. Okla,
6:2a3 am. Newman Waldo, Wichita
kans.. passenger.
r. f. Dake. Pittsburgh. ga am,
Walter Stewart passenger. y
Three Fail to Arrive.
The next three entries, from Los
Angeles and Baltimore, failed to arrive
and four minutes were allowed to
elapse before the next take-of.
:. Darius of Chicago took of al
6:29 am. NJ G. McGrogan, Chicago
pa ssenger.
E. G.. Knapp Ypsilanti. Mich. $50
am. c. w Maris. Flint. Mich. pas
senger.
Jack Ashcraft. Towanda. Pa, took
off in the Spirit Of Ammonia at 6:3l
M. with Bert Grader of ToWanda5
Pa. as passenger.
The last to start was Pilot NJ. Black
Chicago, who few without passenger
The planes, of many colors and
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RACE ENTRY CRASHES.

ItEDDlNG. Calf. September 10 L4)
The plane Seagu.l. piloted by Cliff
DE Figh. crashed in flames on the
north slope of Mount Shasta yester
day en- route from Everette. Wash.
to San Francisco. DE Figh said in a
message received here. lie said the
plane was destroyed. but that no one
was injured.
The plane was entered in the air
races from San Francisco to Spokane
scheduled to start Wednesday.
Japan's Spring cocoon crop has a
total weight Of 1853 ,554 ,789 pounds.
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ALL TAKE-OFFS SMOOTH.
Is Planes Start Race at One Minute
Intervals.

ROOSEVELT FIELD \. Y. Sep
tember 19 tP1.-Twenty-five light com
mercial planes took off on the first leg
Of cross-country flight to Spokane.
Wash. this morning. The start was
made at 6:01 Eastern standard time
and by 6:32 am. the last starter had
left.
All the take-offs, made at oneminute
Intervals. were accomplished with
clock like precision and smoothness.
Weather conditions which had threat
ened postponement shortly before the
race, cleared up quickly at the last
minute.
How Ships Took OF.
The pilots and the order of take off
were as follows:
]. S. Charles. Richmond. Va. with
out passenger.
f. w, Fleet. Hartford, Conn, 602
am; L. H. Homans of Hartford. as
passenger.
A. NJ. Banks, Philadelphia, at 6:oS
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Montana Tomorrow Night.

Tomorrow the planes will continue
their westward grind, with tive-min.
ute stops at st. Paul, Mimi, and
Fargo and Bismarck, \. Oak. To
morrow night they will make an over.
night stop at Glendive, Mont. The
pilots estimated that four hours would
be required to make the flight from
Chicago to st. Paul. two and halt
hours from st. Paul to Fargo. one
hour and ,45 minutes from Fargo to
Bismarck and another hour and three
quarters to Glendiye.
On Wednesday the planes will make
compulsory stops at Billings and Mis-.
soula, Mont. The pilots said they be.
Evening star., 1927-09-19

makes, first lined uo In helter SHELTER
order. Arrival of the starting COM
mittee however. quickly disentangled
them and placed the first % abreast
i'm the front line facing due west, The
last two starters made a two-plone
second line.
400 Crowd Fired.
About 400 man and woman specta.
tors and friends of the flyers crowded
around the machines, some of them
dangerously close to the whirling pro
pellcrs. All joined In general hand
waving as the red flag in the hand Of
Capt Walter Render, one of the of.
ticial starters. dropped on the stroke
Of the minute and each plane TAXED
down the field away from the sun,
which was struggling to pierce the
early morning mists.
The starting officials were highly
pleased at the smoothness of the take.
offs. all of which were made without a
hitch. -
A squad uf caValry galloped around
the outs,;jr,S of the field. halt-hidden n
in the mistS that cncircled the horizon,
and more than a dozen photographers
planes droned overhead.
The race was the first of three
scheduled To start today. tomorrow
and Wednesday, as part of the ma
tional air meet at Spokane. The
route in today's race lay westward, a
distance of 1850 miles.
Various pilots agreed that the
planes would do we'll if they averaged
80 miles an hour. They estimated that
two and a half hours would be ie.
uuired to make the flight to Bellefont,
Pa, where the first fivemnute com
pulsory stop was tn he made; two
hours from B>llefonte TO Bryan, Ohio
where another tive-minute stop was
scheduled, aud an hour to an hour
and half from Bryan to Chicago
where the planes will stop overnight
tonight
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HOLY LAND QUAKE
LEAVES CITIES OF
DEAD;;RU|NS GROW
$50 Bodies Recovered From
Debris in Palestine
Communities.
HISTORIC SAMARITAN
CENTER DEVASTATED
Inhabitants of Towns Flee to Open
Country, Fearing Repetition
of Disaster.

By the Associated Press
JERUSALEM, Palestine, July 13.-
Nablus, ancient Samaritan center, 80
miles north of Jerusalem, and other
towns in the Holy Land appear like
cities of the dead. say reports which
reached Jerusalem today of the dis.
astrous earthquake that rocked the
region Monday afternoon.
Four hundred bodies of victims
have been recovered from the debris
in Palestine cities and villages.
A list Of casualties compiled by the
authorities places the number of in
jured at $50.
No casualties were reported among
the Jewish population in the country
districts. Thousands of families all
over the country spent last night in
the open air, fearing a repetition Of
the earthquake. Not a house in
Jerusalem or Hebron is without some
damage.
Buildings i'm Ruins.
Two synagogues, one in Jerusalem
and the other in Liberals, were de.
stroyed. In several Palestine towns
the Moslem mosques and the govern
ment office buildings were damaged.
The house of the British represent.
ative at AMMAN, the capital Of Trans
jordania, was totally destroyed. The
church Of the Holy Sepulchre as well
as the Greek Choir Chapel and two
large domes were damaged.
"A message nf anafhv
ceived by Acting High Commissioner
Col. Symes. from High Commissioners
Lord Plummer, who is now on vaca.
ton in England
Details from many of the affected
places were still being awaited today,
but the story of the fate of Nablus
says 1t presents an awful spectacle of
destruction. Scarcely house in the
old part of the town escaped. Some
collapsed entirely, while others seem
to. be held together by a miracle.
High fretted buildings piled fantas-
tically above narrow streets collapsed
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SOLDIERS HOME FIRE
PROBED AS ARSON
Ninth Blaze at Sawtelle Institu-
ton Believed of Incendiary
Origin.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAWTELLE, Calf, July 13.-In.
vestigation Of the ninth, of a series
Of fires in the Soldiers Home here
which yesterday burned a part Of a
barracks. was started today by Col.
John Hadley, governor of the instl.
tuition, on the theory it was of in
cendiary origin.
+. E. Enos, chief Of the Los An
geles Bureau of Fire Investigation,
also will begin an inquiry by question
ing every man in the company quar-
tered in the barracks. Only one man
was in the building at the time the fire
was discovered. He escaped. The
building. Of frame construction, three
stories high. stands a few yards from
the ruins of the large mess hall
burned last March. with a loss esti-
mated at $125,000. The appraised
value Of the barracks Is $4,000.
The 5000 veterans at the home,
may Of them aged. crippled or bed
ridden. live under the shadow Of this
persistent and mysterious fire men,
ace. while four Investigations were
carried on in an effort to determine
whether the home houses a pyro-
maniac or an arson gang.
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CAPITAL TO GREET
OVERSEAS FLYERS
Byrd, Chamber|in and Matt
land and Hegenberger
Will Visit City.

Washington will have an opportu.
nifty TO greet the personnel OF the
three notable over-ocean flights since
the famous Lindebrgh venture before
the end of the month, according to
plans which were set afoot today to
assemble the noted aviators in the
Nations Capital.
AS the matter stood today only two
of the eight airmen whose names have
been chiseled in the aeronautical hall
Of fame after the Lindebrgh flight
were known to be headed for Wash
ington. They are Lieuts. Lester j..
Maitland and Albert +. Hegenberger
of the Army Air Corps, first to fly
from the Pacific Coast to Hawaii
These famous pilots, who landed at
San Francisco yesterday and now are
in the center of a seething mob of en-
thusiastic admirers, have Washington
as their official destination. Lieut..
Maitland is station here, in the office
of +. Trubee Dawson, Assistant Sec
rotary of War for aviation, and he
and his navigator must formally re-
port to their superiors on the memoir
able flight.
Byrd to Come Here.
Comdr. Richard Evelyn Byrd, Bert
Acosta, Bernt Balchen and George
Neville are due to land in New York
Monday and after the greeting given
them by the metropolis they will be
invited to come to Washington by
the National Aeronautic Association.
Clarence Chamberlin, pilot of the
Wright-Bellanca monoplane Columbia,
which flew the longest airline distance
of the four flights. and his mother,
have been invited by Harry +. Hull.
commissioners general of immigration
and president of the Iowa State
Society. to be the guests of the Iowa
Society reception and dance to be
given here July 80, in honor of 1900
members Of Iowa Kiwanis clubs who
will be here at that time.
Possibility of having Charles A.
Levine, the first transatlantic airplane
passenger. here with the other flyers,
seems remote in view of reports from
abroad that he will remain there for
several weeks until arrangements are
completed for flight back to
Will Escort Flyers.
Col Gerald G. Brandt, executive
officer of Mr.. Davison's office, and
Lieut.. MdILdnQ y immaculate superior
on that duty, stated today that the
first pursuit group, 1.-The Army's best"
which served as an official aerial
escort for Col. Lindbergh between
Washington and New York and to St.
Louis, will escort the two Pacific flyers
from Chicago to Milwaukee.
The two Army flyers will come East
by train, as far as Chicago, where
they will board an airplane and fly to
Milwaukee. Lieut.. Maitlands home
city, for big celebration now being
arranged. The group will accompany
them to Milwaukee and return as far
as Detroit, where, it will stop at Sci.
fridge Field, it's station, and resume
busy program.
From Milwaukee they will fly to
Dayton, Lieut.. Hagenberger's home
station, and where Lieut.. Maitland is
well known. Then they will resume
the last leg of their transcOntinental
trip by flying into Washington.
Col. Brandt said that an escort OF
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MATS TRAIL TIGERS,
G TO Z, IN FOURTH
Rice and HeiIman Hit H0merS:
Detroit Routs Burke in
Third Inning.
BY JOHN h. KELLER.

DETROIT, July 13.-The Tigers were
leading the Mats in the fourth inning
of the first game of the double header
here this afternoon,
The score was 6 to 2.
Bob Burke. yOi--S outhpaw of the
National staff, went to the firing line
for the first game of the double-header.
His pitching opponent was Sam Glib.
son, a Tiger Highlander. Less than
1000 fans were in the stands when
play began.
FIRST INNING.
Observation-Disclosures missed
Rice'S drive and it went over the
center-fielder's head for a home run.
Tavener threw out Harris, Speaker
flied to Warner behind the box. Cos
lin got a Texas Lacquer to right and
was out trying to reach second,
Gehringer to Tavoner. One run.
DETROIT-Warner singled to cen.
ter. Gehringer sent long fly to Rice.
Manush forced Warner. Bluege to
Harris. Fothergill lined to Harris.
No runs.
SECOND INNING.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. threw out
Judge. Bluege fouled to Warner.
Reeves walked. Reeves was safe at
second when Gehringer dropped
Woodall's throw. Tate flied to He'll.
mann. No runs.
DETROIT-Heilman sent a long
fly to Rice. Reeves made fine stop
back of second and threw out Neun.
Harris threw out Tavener. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
WSHINGTON-Burk popped to
Neun. Rice flied to Fothergill. Harris
pop drive glanced from Gibson's glove
Alto his head and into left field for a
single. Gibson was knocked out by
the blow. fter being down a few min.
utes Gibson arose and resumed pitch
ing. Speaker walked. Colin sent long
fly to Heilmann. No runs.
DETROIT-Woodall walked. Gibson
sacrificed, Bluege to Harris, who GOV.
cred first. Reeves threw out Warner
Woodall going to third. Gehringer
singled past Bluege, scoring Woodall.
Gehringer stole second. Manush walk
ed. Fothergill doubled to left, scoring
Gehringer and Manush. Heilmann hit
a homer over left field wall, scoring
FOthergill ahead of him. Neun singled
to center. Tavener hit over the infield
for base, Neun stopping at second
Burke baked. both runners advancing
Burke was taken out of the box. Coff
man relieving him. Neun and Tavenei
worked double steal, Neun scoring
Woodall walked and died stealing
Tate to Reeves. Six runs.
FOURTH INNING.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. threw
out Judge after a one-handed pickup
back on the grass. Bluege walked
Gehringer fumbled Reeves grounder
Bluege going to third. Tate forced
Reeves, Warner to Tavener, Bluege
scoring. Coffman walked. Tavener
threw out Rice. One run.
DETROIT-Reeves went back fol
Gibson's high fly. Warner was safe
when Bluege made wide throw
Gehringer famed. Manush popped t
Harris. No runs.
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By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 1S.-"Watch your
step" will mean something in Chicago
from now on.
Judge A. B. Summers of Traffic
Court has announced that pedestrians
must obey the red and green street
crossing lights the same as motorists.
"Jaywalkers" will be given fort.
nights period Of training" before ar.
rests are made, said Police Chief
Hughes. After that they will be sub.
ject to as high as 500 fines.
In looking over the traffic laws the
police found some interesting regula-
tons which, they say, will be enforceh
One providess That person on foot
must cross highway by the. most
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Heat Wave to End
Tomorrow Night,
FOrecaster SAYS

A break in the heat wave which
is engulfing the District of Columbia
will occur tomorrow night. Forecaster
Mitchell predicted today.
Riding in from the West, the
break" will come on the heels of a
thunderstorm which, data at the
Weather Bureau indicate, will visit
the city tomorrow afternoon.
The highest temperature yesterday
was SO degrees. Mr.. Mitchell said,
but that fact brought no honors to
the day with respect to- it's being
the hottest so far this year. Mr..
Mitchell recalled that June 20 the
thermometer reached IS and up until
noon today that still was the record.
Until tomorrow afternoons sched-
uled thunderstorm and the break
which is due to follow. the most
Washington can expect in the way of
comfort is to have the clouds shut
out the sun.
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BY IRA l.. REEVES.

When became prohibition administrator of New Jersey in September
No attempt made to take but it
of OF
ned is the best record made to da
duty
5 men in an
probably
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PR0bERS SEEK NEW
Ware BALLOT RULE
SIush Fund Body to Appeal
Decision Handed Down in
Philadelphia.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN

The Reed slush fund committee,
acting through Senator King of Utah,
it's only member now in Washington.
and Jerry South, who has represented
the committee, today took steps to
perfect an appeal in the Vare-Wilson
senatorial ballot case in Pennsylvania.
The decision of Judge j. Whitaker
Thompson in the Federal District
Court in Philadelphia yesterday. that
the court was without jurisdiction in
the case, was disappointment to the
members of the Senate committee.
Senator King said. however. that the
committee would do everything in its
power to have the ballots cast in the
Vare-Wilson election in 1926 pre-
served. Apparently this can be done
only through an appeal from the de-
cision of Judge Thompson and the
issuance of a restraining order to pre-.
vent the destruction of the ballots be-
fore the election which is to be held
in Pennsylvania September 20.
After comforting with Mr.. South,
Senator King announced that steps
would be taken to perfect an appeal.
Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
Court Order Needed.
Senator King said that under the
Pennsylvania State law, the ballots in
the senatorial election will be de-
;troyed prior to the coming Pennsyl-
vania election. unless the court should
issue restraining order. That order.
he said. probably would have to come
from the Court of Appeals.
Copies of the decision of the court
reached Senator King today. They
will be forwarded to Senator James A.
Reed of Missouri, chairman of the
slush fund committee. and to Senators
Wisconsin, the other members of the
committee. he said. Senator Reed, it
was said at his Office, might come to
Washington. But Senator Kings un.
derStanding was that Senator Reed is
now on the way to Kansas City.
Senator King said that the COM
mittee was interested principally in
the preservation of the ballots, which
the Senate will need if it is to de-
termine the contest which has been
lodged by William b. Wilson, the
Democratic candidate for the Sem
ate, against Senator-elect William S.
Ware in the 1926 election.
Whether the Reed committee, the
privileges and elections committee
or some other committee of the Sen
ate is to conduct the inquiry and
make a final report to the Senate is
all one to me-" said Senator King
But it is imperative that the bal
lots be preserved for the use of the
Senate and it's committee"
Expected Bitter Contest.
Senator King expressed the hope
that an appeal would be dealt with
promptly in view of the Importance of
the matter at issue. He said that
doubtless the opponents of the Reed
committee would carry the matter to
the Supreme Court of the United
States, if the appeal from Judge
Thompson's decision was adverse to
them. and that certainly the Senate
committee would do so. The Supreme
Court does not meet until October.
Whether the Supreme Court could
reach the case, in the event of an ap-
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Chicago Pedestrians Must Obey Traffic
Lights and Stop Lettering, Judge Rules

direct route" and that when crossing
any place other than crosswalk he
must give right of way to vehicles.
Motorists, too. will find new en-
forcement. They no longer will be
permitted to honk their horns when
irked by traffic delays. The law says
the horn Is to be sounded only as
warning signal.
And another rule which reaches right
down to the boys and girls provides
that mo roller skates, kiddie cars,
sleds or other toy vehicles are per.
mitted on the street"
In the effort to speed up traffic
woman shoppers laden with bundles
also will be told to move on IL they
stop to gossip in the street, and there
will be no more street corner visits
for the men, Judge Summers said:
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PROBE FATAL WRECK.
Inquest May Fix Responsibility for
Ohio Crash.

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 13 R.-A
coroner's inquest was held here today
to determine if possible responsibility
for the wreck here late yesterday OF
an interurban car and freight train,
which resulted in three persons being
killed and nine others injured, one
seriously.
The wreck occurred at crossing
Of the New York Central Railroad and
Toledo and Indiana interurban lines,
while the crossing Waterman was
away from his post. The interurban
car was practically demolished.
The dead are Mrs. Mary Fought,
63, Holland. Ohio: Helen Starlight, g..
granddaughter of Mrs. Fought, and
an unidentified man believed to be
from Flint, Mich.
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OFFICERS URGED TO FLY.
Army Asks Men in Other Branches
to Join Air Corps.

Army officers were urged today by
the War Department to apply for
transfer to the air corps because of
1.-The promising future Of aviation in
general and of the Army Air Corps in
particular"
The expansion of the air corps will
increase it's commissioned personnel
to 1850 and the department is making
special effort to get from other
branches of the Army men qualified to
fill some of the vacancies after having
been trained to e..