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percentages by DECLARING that, under
the Young plan, Britain would re-
ceive more in reparations than slne
had in the past, and by denying
Snowden charge that the per.
centages agreed upon at the Spa
conference had been changed.
Demands Prompt Action
Snowden replied to these state.
mentS with considerable heat.
II do not accept a single argu.
ment or the accuracy Of a single
figure that M. Cheron produces"
the fiery little British statesman
said. 'I am fully prepared to re-
flute every last one Of his conclu.
sions.''
The chancellor added that Il
would be necessary to obtain q
decision on his proposal to create q
subcommittee to consider his OBJ.
jections to the Young plan with all
possible speed.
81 cannot wait much longer for
decision on the points / have
placed before the committee" he
| declared. 81 do not intends to re.
main at The Hague for the re.
mainder OF my days."
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city, But later "e changed ms mind ana decided 20
speed home.
The weather orable, it has been most of the way
The wind has he9ed shorten and speed
pace All day long have been trembling with the ex.
ctement Of this thrill
Roaring through the blacklist night with fog and clouds
ingy white in the reflected light and with occasional rains
spatering u.s. o'clock this morning found the Graf Zep
peln at 36 west longitude and A north latitude We
sreaking along at that hour like silver comet at 81
nautical miles nearly los miles per hour.
Through holes in the misty veil surrounding the white
capped Atlantic rolling turbueny 1900 feet below.
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LEGION To Open
MEET AUG. "A

Assistant Attorney General Seth
Richardson. an active legionaire in
North Dakotag will deliver the prin.
cipal address Wednesday night At
the eleventh annual convention of
the District Of Columbia American
Legion. The convention win con.
tinue for three nights. beginning
Wednesday.
A feature introduced during this
convention will be a joint reception
and dance of the legion and the
Columbia Heights Business Men q
Association. the latter being the
host to the convention, Ii viii
take place Thursday night In the
Arcade Auditorium,
The District Legion posts will
stage 4 colorful parade wednesday
night. 1t will start at 7:1S o'clock
from Fourteenth and Ogden Streets,
proceed south on Fourteenth to
Fairmount and then TO the Wilson
Normal School where it will be re
viewed. It will be headed by the
Navy Band. Richard O'Brlen will
be marshal OF the parade and is
prizes are offered for various units
in the marching line.
The legion convention committee
consists of William N. Morell, chair
man: Bernard 8. Buscher, Warren
q. Miller. Richard o'Brien. DR.. T.
y. Jones. Lucille Allen. Major Wal
lace Streater, Francis r. Miller,
Thomas e. Franklin, J. Thad
Baker, C. J. Painter, John Orlosky,
John Hitselberger. Robert M. Tol.
son and T, ]. Frailey.
The Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association committee, active
1y assisting the legionnaires, in
cludes President B. A. Levitan,
Frank J. Sabotka, Ralph Wallace,
Robert w. NeeIy, William F. Dis
mer, J. w Smith, Alton B. Carty
william Snellenburg, A. T. Androus
and H. c. Phillips.
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BOOKLET READY
On POTATOES

DIR. William Stuart, potato specia-
list Of the Department Of Agriculture
has just completed a booklet dis.
cussing the essentials for the pro-
duction of a maximum crop of late
or main.crop potatoes. The booklet,
Farmers Bulletin 1064-F, is ready
for distribution.
The late crop is Of vastly greater
Importance than the early crop. for
it needs IS per cent of the total
potato production Of the United
States. Approved methods of dis.
injecting the seed, spraying the
plants, cultivating and planting,
harvesting and storing, and other
phases are described in the booklet,
which may be obtained by writing
to the United States Department OF
Agriculture. Washington, d. c.
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so to 7b-Mile Speed Maintained

We retired early this morning and after good sound
Sleep heard Dr. Eckener at breakfast that bad
used UP only 1870 miles of roundrp ticket in
the first % of "a hours flight That is making
good speed-between IS and 10 miles hour.
We passed into clouds at g last night The lights in the
saloon the light gray surfaces shadows that puate
dark indistinct blurred to sharply defined
shouettes depending on distance from the clouds In
reality the shadowgraph constituted obscura.
The conditions of the flight necesstate the strict at
tenon of the ships hemsmen to the Instruments their only
guides the sphere above the earth Our Of veter
skilled the finest point but yet the ship unduates
under such trying circumstances Leeds and other air.
plane men aboard realize difficult airpane operation
is in such conditions.
From until IL o'clock last night drove through th
clouds and then beneath them, at from 600 feet t.
/ 900 feet.
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Pilot Escapes Unhurt
From z Wrecks i'm Hour

JOHNSON CITY. Tenn, Aug. u
u.N.S.l S.l.-Although he wrecked
two airplanes yesterday within an
hour. Frank w. Ward. Birrning'
ham tAla. pilot, today was living to
tell about it.
/. He took two passengers aloft in Q
plane here, ana the engine went dead
about q hundred feet up. The plane
crashed Into q tree and was badly
damaged. No one was hurt.
About an hour later Ward tooh
another plane up. The engine went
dead again. and crashed. Again he
escaped injury, although the plane
was virtually demolished.
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BLACKSMITH RETIRED

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Aug. TO-
Victor ]. Jack" Lucas. blacksmith
foreman at the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad shops here, has been placed
on the retired list after Al years
Of service with the company. He
entered tha service aa an apDrenticO
at the shops at 0raftqps W. Va
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Britain Tew Thrills
Guests on Big Yep
on the way to court.
BY KARL B, Won WIEGANp

Continental
Il prohibited.
g. n. UIBtlDJ
ABOARD GRAF ZEPPELIN, OVER LANDS END England
Aug. 10.
n AND It is Lands End. 1t is England. We have
crossed the Atlantic 1t is o'clock in the morning
- A hours after we left Lakehurst.
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Major Jacob Bowman
Dies at Johns HOpkin:

Major Jacob c. Bowman, Medical
Corps, died today at the Johns Hop.
kins Hospital, Baltimore, according
to word received at the War Depart.
ment
Major Bowman, whose home was
In J0nesville. Va. was born January
l, 1889. For many years he served
as a captain @in the Virginia Ma.
tional Guard. and eeryed durinR the
epanAshsAEnsfieaR Wal q thO halG
heazSwa OspVtea
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Miss MurieI e. Kennedy
To Wed Elmer Sullivan

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Aug. 10.-A marriage
license was ISSUED at the county
c1erk,s office today to Elmer P.
Sullivan. %. Of BaIlston. Arlington
county. and Muriel r. Kennedy, 2Z'
of Clarendon, Arlington county.
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VA. MERCHANT DEAD

BERRYVILLE. Va. Aug. To-
Joseph walter, e6. prominent mer-
chant OF Clarke county, died in
Wiuch~ster Memorial Hospital fol-
lowing an operation. He = survives
bv enc dauGhteE. IA H - ~
n, G nea1 &
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MONTAGUE TO SPEAK

LEESBURG. Va, Aug. 1O.-Rev.
Carey Montague. of Richmond, Va,
viii preach at the open-air services
in LeesburK Sunday. A notable
feature OF the service will be the
singing by Charles T. Tittmann. Of
washington. d. c.. and Leesburz'
who has 3 nationwide Peputatios
as q baUO soloisL-
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Winds Add Speed

When the sun was only two hours
old this morning, DR.. Eckener, pro-
foundly weather-wise, elevated the Zep-
pelin to an altitude OF, 1880 feet and
was rewarded with air currents which
have hurried US along at a tremendous
rate, sometimes adding as high as IS
miles an hour to the cruising rate OF
65.
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This unexpected windfa is stimulating the jubilance
aboard all confident of breaking the transatlantic
record set at and 46 minutes by the Graf Zeppelin
last October 81.
The menu somewhat altered of course because this
is not only the greatest drgb aflOat but also the one
place in the world that have the best Of home
cooked meals and still not be tied to solid earth.
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Weather FGUOrs Trip

Shortly before midnight DR.. Eckener
began to consider seriously passing
over the capital of the British Empire.
He asked Lady Drummond-Hay to
come to the bridge Of the Graf Yep
pelin and enjoy the thrill of 48 hour
or less record from America to her
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The Scilly Islands first, soon after
midnight. Then on like flash to the
shores of Cornwall. A peaceful Zep-
pelin--over England-the first one
since the war.
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InlB Cruise dCLUss Lhs hIIdHtIV VIII
most certainly break the record set by
the Zeppelin last year. DR.. Eckener. is
smiling and happy, and the passengers
and officers have caught his mood,
which is nothing If not triumphant.
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ABOARD THE GRAF zEPP

ABOARD THE GRAF ZEPPELIN, Aug. 9.
WYE are now speeding along so miles hour lat 10
w o'clock local time or p. m. E. 8. IT, and expect
to get first sight Of England at Lands End
along about midnight.
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Ne.v Record Assured
On Graf Crossing
Bv eIR HUBERT Wilkins


eherR u. II.
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Pick Ups and Put Outs
BY BOB THAYER

NEW YORK, Aug 30The great Shires given
trial by the Grffmen He through his under
Then in his ticket by
President Clark c. Griffith and joined the Gffs St Louis
Western but considered
turned Hayes has than Shres and Duroher
together confines thinks
the AS will beat the Cubs world and will watch
blue ribbon classic the gandand the first time since
1925 Miller Higgins Earnhaw to shine in the
autumna classic considers Earnhaw superior both Grove
and Waberg Colonel Jake Rupert enthusiastic
GianYankee city series He has little for John MGraws
Scribes maintain that such would outdraw the
nual The Brooklyn Robins popular than
the Giants here land always big hand when they down
the McGrawmen Nick Atrock and Al schacht working.
vaudeville for this winter will introduce
juvenile prodigy complete their Sam Jones that Babe
Ruth is dangerous than and has only weakness
base balls The Washington pitchers Gehrg
they shoot them in the the Columbia boy
them little trouble. shortstop
lean League New York admit and tout
ing Joe of the finds of the Bill Dicy
hardest hitting backsOps in the business but he can't begin
equal Roy Spencer receiver Joe Judge has cracked left
handed pitching harder than other member Grfmen
this the statistics
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.51IGTI'T'


sAt Newark-Artie de Champlaine,
New York, outpointed Harry Mosco,
Newark, In eight rounds, NPaulis
Walker, Trenton, defeated Jack
Hoskie, Garfield, in eight rounds.
At New York Kid Chocolate,
Cuba, won decision over AL Singer,
New York, in II rounds, Jack Berg,
England, won 1O-round decision over
Epug Myers, Idaho. Harry Ebbets,
Ereeport, won 1O.round decision over
Izzy Grove, New York. r.
AT Broeklyn-ArtHur De Kun
nfopped Frank Zaveta in the first
round (10). Ralph Ficucello, former
national amateur heavyweight cham;
pion, I'M his first professional ap.
nearance defeated Gus Rodenbefg
n six rounds.
At Boston-Big Boy Rawson, Bos.
ton, knocked. out Bob Mills, In
kourth round Q0l.
At Chicago Tuffy Griffith, Sioux
lily, won technical knockout over
sig Boy Peterson, New Orleans, ia
18th round Q0).
At Kansas City-Eddie Anderson
lightweight. Casper. Wyo., defeated
Mickey Cohen, Denver C10l. Bobby
Allen. bantamwelght, Chicago, lost
- Tommy Maroon Co).
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Rules for Winning
Trips to Next
World Series

Pick two pitchers, one catcher,
q first baseH1an. second baseman.
third baseman. shortstop, and a
left. right and center fielder. But
one team can be submitted by
each contestant.
Contestants -four In number)
ton and submitting the best
reasons for selections will be de-
clared winners. They will see the
first block of world series games
wherever played. as guests OF
The Washington Times. All win.
ming ties will receive the same
awards.
Contestants must not only try
to select the same team that Babe
Ruth picks, but must attempt to
assign players to the same posi-
tons as those on Ruth's team.
Rith's batting order also must be
attempted. Print full name and
address on selection.
Each selection must be accom-.
panied by q letter Of $50 words
or less, giving the reasons for the
selection,
A player may be placed in q
position other than his regular
position, provided he has occupied
the alternate position in one or
more games this year.
All players on all major league
teams are eligible except Babe
Ruth himself. Ruth will not select
himself.
Players must be selected upon Q
basis Of the 1929 playing season
only. No other past performances
will be taken into consideration.
Address all selections to Babe
Ruth Contest Editor. The Wash.
ington Times, Washington, D. C..
The Babe Ruth All.American
Contest ends at midnight, August
81, 1929. II possible use the
coupon printed on the sports
pages for submitting your team.
Babe Ruth will autograph 10
baseball bats and 10 handsome
Babe Ruth desk blotters for the
20 runners-up.
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Vol, District Printer,
CAPTURES Golf Crown

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 3d.
John e. Voll, Of Washington, D..
c., annexed the International Union
Printers golf championship here,
with'a final 72-hole total of 337 with
rounds of 8S, IS, 80, "a. G. Herbert
Ryan, of Detroit, trailed Voh-> by
two strokes.
Cy Burriss, of the Washington,
%. Co. Times, had a combined total
of S99 for u holes. John Hips,
also of the Washington, %. c.
Times, scored 433 while Stringer,
another Capital city entrant, had a
total Of 35S and Wilson, also Of
WASHINGTON, collected $50.
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Wrigley 15-MiIe Swim
Temperature Is Right

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. So
Barring sudden drop In the tenn
perature of Lake Ontario, the much
postponed Wrigley 15.mile marathon
swim will be staged today. Officials
declared early today that the waters
of the lake were above the required
So degrees and that all was set for
the event.
Ernest Vierkoetter, of Germany,
winner of the marathon two years
ago, remained the outstanding fay.
orite to cop the race. though George
Young, winner of the first Wrigiey
swim at Catalina Island in 1926,
does not lack in supporters.
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Totals. 1900. 81 n "A
lBatted for Pennoch In eighth.
2Batted for Larry in eighth.
WASHINGTON. OO1 100Oe Cd
TwO-base hIt-Myer. Home Funs-GOs-
lin, Ruth. Sacrifice hIts-Ruth. Mar
berry, Cronin. Double play-Myer to
Cronin to Judge. Hits-Off PennOck. .,
with runs In innings. Left ON basea
on baIIs-Off Pennock. 3: off Zachary,
1. struck Out-By MarbeFFy, Q: by PEN
mock, 8; By Zachary. 1. HIT by pitcher
by Pennock (Hayesl. Winning pitcher
-PennOck. Losing pitcheF-Marberfy.
Ian. Time Of game-2:OO. Attendance,
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D. C. COP IN SHOOT

Policeman e. C. Moore, of the
Metropolitan Police force, will com.
pete in the national rifle and pistol
matches at Camp Perry, o. Moore
is now at Camp Perry taking pre-
liminary instructions in the school
there. He has gained high honors
in national pistol circles.
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DUAL WINNER

In 1916 Chick Evans accomplished
the unusual feat Of winning both
the open and amateur golf cham.
pionships Of the United States.
something even Bobby Jones has
thus far failed TO do. 80
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FREE TO. PUBLIC

Once q year, during the past six
seasons, William r. Knebe1kamp,
president of the Louisville club In
the American Association, has
opened his baseball park and ad.
mitted the public without any charge.
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he had, for the most part, escaped
the sting of Babe Ruth's bat.
He has not been so fortunate this
season, however. The Babe con-
necied for two home runs off Bob's
throwing in one instance and came
through with a single circuit shot
In another.
Adding insult to injury Bambino
has since classified Burke among
his many cousins, an unenyiable
distinction, Bob thinks.
The sOuthpaW STRIPPING isn't
much for conversation but when
he Is matched against the Yam.
KEGS i'm the third game of the
Washingt0n.New York series to-
day it's q sure thing that he
will be cunning for the Babe
with all he's got.
Fresh from a Today layoff &C.
casioned by a sore arm. Burke will
be shooting the works in an effort
to make 1t two out" of three for
his club.
Manager Miller Higgins was un-
decided regarding his slab selection
today but limited that either Eddie
Wells or Fred Heimach would get
the call.
Both southpaws have shown some
good stuff against the Griffs this
season and would guarantee formi.
dable argument at the worst.
While Heimach has been waylaid
with q crippled salary wing, he re.
ports Improvement and, in view of
his usual effectiveness against the
Griffmen, may be handed the nomi.
nation.
Strange as It may seem, the
Yankees are hustling for all they're
worth IN an effort to fight off the
Browns and Indians for second place
money.
Since that position carries .
neat financial rewOrd and the
1923 champions are but five and
One-half' games in front Of the
surprising Brownies, they are
striving desperately to brace.
In q. long drawn out double-header
before 10000 paid admissions yester.
day the Griffmen and Yankees could
get nowhere.
A blue-ribbon boundry belt by
DdDG UlI viii
two chums on in the eighth pulled
the game out of the fire for the
Yankees in the inaugural and earned
them the nod, to 4. The visitors
evened the count In the sunset strug-
gle, however. when they plastered
three home pitchers for six runs and
subsequent win, 8 to 4.
After Goslin's seventeenth home
- IL WsSSk
singles and q force.out had sent
Washington ahead in the eighth pc.
riod OF the matinee, to 2, two
Yankee singles and Ruth's thirty.
seventh grand slam of the season
over the winning edge in the resi-,
dent half.
PennOck faded away for q
pinch hitter In that deciding
frame but was credited with the
win. Tom Zachary succeeded
him and finished strong in the
ninth.
Some unsteady support behind
Irving Hadley gave the Yanks a
4-to-2 margin after seven heats in
the afterpiece. In the eighth. how.
ever, the Griffmen stepped out
with six runs off Hoyt and Moore
before Nekola finally checked this
offense.
The tying run leaked over when
Durocher erred on Myers grounder
with Moore in the box, while
Vests single slammed over the
winning run which was on the
paths when Hoyt retired.
Joe Cronin then made victory
safe by betting his seventh home
run OF the year into the lower left
field stands with two on.
Two runs in the first and fifth
constituted the Yankee total. while
single tallies in the third and fifth
along with six more in the eighth
represented Washington's winning
attack.
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For you know that no selections
will be considered If they are not
in this office by midnight to-
morrow! For the rules laid down by
the Babe give you fans exactly one
month and midnight tomorrow,
August 81, brings the end Of that
month.
So this Is your last chance,
fHns-gct that team down on
paper, together with your
reasons for selecting them and
the way you should have them
In batting order and mail 1t in
drop into the office II you are
passing the building II you wish!
Anyway-Only get 1t here on
time!
Funny thing about some of the
mail today. Your editor picked UP q
handful OF selections which one of
the girls had just taken out of the
envelopes and started to look 'em
over. Well, you know in nearly
every team we've published Grove
or Grimes have usually been chosen
as one of the pitchers for their
team.
But in this handful we picked--31
selections-not one Of them
contained either Grove or Crimes:
Can you beat that? 1t started us
to wondering! It's similar to one
day last week when so many
selections came from the Virginia
suburbs! Sunny how such things do
happen!
In this bunch, we saw two
both from LADIES' that used the
Babe i'm the 0utfield. Just shows
that they either didn't check up
on the rules or else forgot them!
Or maybe they just like the
Babe. That must be 1t, for one
of them, In her letter, mentions
the only time she sees big
league ball game Is when the
Mats play the Yankees at Grit.
fifth Stadium.
But whatever the reason his
name was used both entries are au-
tomaticalIy disqualified and both
ladies will lose the opportunity of
going to the world series with Kirk
Miller and the gang.
Say, that's going to. be q treat,
fans! Kirk was outlining some ten
tative plans for the entertainment
of the bunch to US yesterday, ami
ever since we have been wishing
that we could have been eligible to
try for the trip. Some time next
week, maybe. wen tell you what
to expect 81 the series. There's
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Fans Bury Contest Editor
With Ruth Selections
BY Babe Ruth Contest Editor

Were of you Babe Ruth AAmerca Team fans at The
Times Building this mornngf Well if you were you may
have wondered at the Postoce trucks unloading there The
answer is simpe-t just AAmerica Team selections
made by Washington fans and getting under the wire
ample time
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nothing definite as yet, howevey,
except that four Of you are going!
Don't forget to get your team in
here before midnight tomorrow-you
may be sorry If you don't!
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ALMOST NOVICE

Although he has been boxing
nearly five years, Victoria Campolo,
Argentine giant. has had but II
professional bouts and Q like amount
Of amateur contests.
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WON MINUS SHOE

Phil Edwards won the haif.mile
race at the Ontario track and field
championships with zone shoe off
been spiked by an opponent.