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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
EIGHT STATES VOTE
IN TODAYS POLLING
Senate, House and Guber-
material Candidates to Be
Named in Primary Elections.

BY the Associated Press.
In eight States, scattered from coast
to coast, voters today choose party
candidates for national and local office.
Today's primaries are to decide who
will represent Louisiana and South
Carolina in the Senate. Their Demo-
cratic nominations are equal to cleo
ton. Senate candidates are to be
chosen also in Colorado, Michigan and
New Hampshire. In Arizona and
Vermont selections for Governor hold
the principal interest, while in the State
of washington contests for House seats
head the list.
Tomorrow Georgia Democrats will
hold primary and next week Massa-s
chusetts, New York and wisconsin will
stage the last prediction contests.
Maine Voted Yesterday.
Names balloting yesterday returned
Republican victories all down the line
with Representative Wallace H. White,
jr., elected Senator and William T.
Gardiner reelected Governor.
Absence of contests within the parties
IA WAL 40AAA AA1a0C JCoS~AAdy pan
there largely formality, marked by the
lightest vote in years.
South Cardinals contest is q run-on
primary to decide between the leading
candidates in the August 20 polling.
Cole L. Blease seeks to hold his Senate
seat, and James F. Byrnes, former
Representative, Is making his second
try to GUST him. libra G. Blackwood
and Olin d. Johnston, both of Spartan
burg, are seeking the governorship.
Louisiana's primary marks the end
of a heated campaign in which Gov.
Huey P. Long sought the Senate seat
held for many years by Joseph E. Rams
dell. Long spent last night under
heavy guard after having been struck
in the face by a New Orleans reporter
yesterday.
Five I'm Colorado Races.
In Colorado five men are seeking sena-
torial nominations. william v. Hodges,
former treasurer Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, and George H. Shaw,
former State chairman of the party.
CONTINUED on Page Q, Column So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
HUNGRY HURRICANE
VICTIMS STAGE RIOT
Troops Crush Rush of Dozens
Attempting to Reach Food
on Wharf.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTO DOMINGO, September g.
The furnishing Of food and water to
Santo Domingo's stricken thousands to-
day became . problem Of increasing Inn
portance to national and Red Cross au-
thorities.
Soldiers of the Dominican Guardia,
with United States sailors standing by,
suppressed q food riot yesterday at one
Of the wharves where relief supplies
were being unloaded from the United
States destroyer-mine sweeper Grebe.
More than 100 persons watched until
the supplies had been placed on the
wharf and then rushed the laborers
Soldiers held on the rioters while
speakers assured the crowds that the
rations would be distributed as soon as
possible. Most Of the crowd had not
had meal since Wednesday, when the
hurricane struck the city.
Relief Supplies Meager.
While considerable food has been
brought for relief purposes by the
steamships Ruth Lykes and the Gather
inc and the Grebe from Porto Rico, and
in the steamship Tryton's cargo of rice
from Europe, the amount has been
little compared to what Is needed. Yes
sells have been forced to anchor in the
Caribbean while launches and small
boats brought their cargoes to shore.
Lack of water has become almost as
distressing q problem as lack OF food,
but an aqueduct has been repaired for
bringing water from inland sources.
A survey shows that more than 1900
seriously injured patients are receiving
treatment in IS hospitals and i'm
promptu first-aid stations in the fcity.
Many Of them suffer from gangrenous
infections.
Additional Serums 70 BE Rushed.
The loss Of life has been so great
that no effort to report deaths to q
central ONCE has been made. Crema-
ton still continues.
e. j. Swift head Of foreign opera
lions of the American Red Cross, who
arrived here yesterday to take charge
Of relief work in this city, said that
plies would be rushed to Santo Do
mingo by DESTROYER.
Roosevelt Emergency Hospital, 50
named by President Trujillo in honor
of Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of Porto
Rico, will be open tomorrow, giving
greatly needed facilities to the over
worked doctors and nurses. 1t will have
1000 beds, which will be devoted to
patients needing emergency treatment
or minor surgery.
Many refugees left yesterday after
noon on the steamer Catherine for San
Juan and later will go to the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
Precautions by Uriburu Bring
Prophecies of More Fight
ing-Ex-PreSident Is Held
Incommunicado.
PRINCIPAL FOLLOWERS
1 ARE ORDERED ARRESTED
Firing, Blamed on Misunderstand-
ings by Government, but Skep-
ticism Is Voiced in Some Quar-
4 ters-56 Wounded During En-
/ counters-15 Held for Execution
by the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, September o.
Buenos Aires presented tranquil
apparence on the surface this
morning after a wild night of
bloodshed, rioting and shooting,
in which seven were killed and Sc
wounded, but an ominous air at
tended the heavy concentration
of troops in the capital.
Some observers prophesied fur
ther fighting and pointed out the
extraordinary preparations in
progress by the government of
Provisional President Jose Evar-
lsto Uriburu.
Soldiers and sailors were pick
eted at strategic points on the
streets. Hipolito Irigoyen, sick
and overthrown President of Ar
gentina, who has hitherto been
accorded virtual liberty within the
country, was ordered arrested and
held incommunicado. His prirl-
cipal followers we're also ordered
arrested.
An imposing display of military
strength, cavalry, infantry, guns and
airplanes. was made by the provisional
government in the city.
Planes Patrol City.
All military airplanes available new
in formation over the principal points
of the city, the Ayenida &c Mayo, tn lls
plaza de Mayo and the Government
Cavalry units in full war equipment.
Mith rations as If for heavy campaign,
we're concentrated at the city's principal
railroad station. It was rumored tney
might be entrained for the provinces.
News from the country was scarty.
ON orders of the provisional govern
rnent. attachments of sailors were land
ed from the fleet of IS ships In the
l1arbor at dawn. With soldiers anu
police, they proceeded 10 Clear Lne
streets of pedestrians. All transporta-
tion and Communication systems were
seized by government authorities and
placed under strict control.
The ministry of war in statement
declared that .'in the city there are GER
fainIy many elements still partisans OF
the former government.
Is Held for Execution.
Municipal police were posted in force
at their regular positions. About 10
persons were being held for summary
execution this morning. charged with
footing.
THE finest quarters Of the city showed
the effects of last nights firing. The
Plaza de Mayo and the streets ano
SQUARES between the Government House
and the central post office presented q
scene of destruction.
Windows we're broken, street lamps
smashed and buildings pockmarked by
bullets.
The governments version Of the mr.
Sna. attributing it to series Of extraor-
dirlary misunderstanding at q time Of
tense alertness and rumors OF counter
revolution, was not accepted IN al
quarters.
Uriburu Takes Oath.
Last nights events came shortly
after 100, 900 civilians and soldiers gain
cred in the Plaza de Mayo and heard
provisional President Uriburu take tns
oath of office. There were no mani
fegtations of opposition to the revolu'
tionary regime then. When Gen: Orl.
7T,crtin,Ied ~, PAGE 2. Column A.
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LEWIS CALLS SESSION

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, September Q
F1.-The International Executive
Board of the United Mine Workers Of
America will convene here September
II on call of John l.. Lewis, internal
tionaI president. 1t viii be the flrst
session of the board since the thirty
second biennial convention here last
Spring.
Lewis said the meeting had been
called to take up routine business. 1t
is understood the dual organization
movement that has been set up in ILL
lsoa8 win be discu II ut aength -
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TENANT DECLINES TO PAY RENT
AS DOG IS PUT IN SERVANTS LIFT
Fear Expressed That HighClass Airedale May Develop
Inferiority Complex in Elevator.

a ritzy creature, was to ride In the
regular passenger elevators. OF late,
however, the hostelry has altered its
rules, barring Buster from going up
and down in the lift with the paying
guests.
Fear has been expressed that con-
tinued association with the hired help
in the servants elevator might develop
In Buster an inferiority complex.
Settlement Of the dispute is one Of
the things Judge Brothers has to worry
about Thursday. In the interim, so
far as the hotel Is concerned. Buster
can ride with the servants, walk up,
O. a1e9 euk Altoaetheh .1---...-..--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
TWO FORCE MANAGER
TO OPEN COMPANY SAFE
Cleveland ROBBIE Escape With
$I1,5 ss After kidnapping Man as
He Leaves Woman's House.

B. the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, September S.-Two
robbers kidnapped Edward Kells, 70,
department manager of the Telling
Calle Cernon Co, forced him to open
the company's safe and escaped with
SIi.s6S early today.
Wells told police he was about to &c
h me after visiting at the home OF
young woman friend when the robbers
hcl:ed him and ordered him TO drive to
tbs company's headquarters.
They forced him to open the safe
blindfolded him, and fed after ordering
Inn to give then 10 minutes start.
The robbery was conducted so quietl!
that it was unnoticed either by thu
Waterman or a crowd which gathered
in front of the place after an auto
mobile accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
NEW H00DLUM VICTIMS
BODY DUMPED FROM CAR
Young Man With Four Bullets In
Head Mutters "A1--," Then
Nothing" and Dies In Chicago.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 9.-Peter
Nicastros body, with four bullets In the
head, was dumped from a curtained
motor car at South Canal street and
Archer avenue early today.
He was alive when picked UP and he
muttered something that sounded like
"Al--Al--." Then he said, quite dis
tinctly "Oh, nothing, nothing" and died.
The police superstition was that
Nicastro,, who was 81 years old was
taken for q ride" because Of hts re-
puted attempts to muscle IN" on the
He was not well known TO officers, and
so far as an early check-up revealed
ha haA No police xsccE6 .----
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EIGHT DIE IN BLAST

oil-Ladened Tanker Explodes, Set
ting Fire to Nearby Vessels.
ATHENS, Greece, September 8 (H1.-
Explosion of an oil-ladened sailing yes
sci in front Of the Standard Oil depots
at Drapetsonias Harbor last night took
at least eight lives.
The blast destroyed the vessel, fam
ing fragments of which set FIRE to ID
nearby sailboats and one steamship.
some of the boats burned rapidly and
their crews were compelled to take to
the water. 1t was feared many were
burned fatally.
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STORM WARNINGS
ALARM HAITIANS
Steamship Remains in Harbor at
Port-au-Prince to Await
Better Weather.

BY the Associated Press.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti. Septem-
Der 9.-Hurricane warnings in the Car
ibbean today created apprehension in
the Haitian capital. The steamship
Ancon of the Panama Line, bound for
the Canal Zone, anchored in the har-
Dor here awaiting more favorable
weather reports.
The warnings were issued late yester-
day. It was reported that the tropical
disturbance probably would pass south
of Haiti.
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MESSAGE FROM MISSING SHIP
PROVES PRANK OF SMALL BOY
Note Set AAoat in Tin Can Was Thought From Vessel
Lost in 1901.

note purporting to be from the wrecked
ship Commodore, and sent 1t afioat IN
q can which he found on the shores OF
Tampa Bay.
Charles says he got the name Conn
modore out Of library book, but did
not know that ship of that name was
associated with a mystery of the sea.
April s, 1901, the Commodore OF
Philadelphia drifted out of Brooklyn
Harbor without trace of skipper OF
crew and no clue to their fate WA
ever found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, September
ga boy with a taste for sea stories
assumed responsibility today for note
In a tin can found floating in the water
here Saturday that was believed to have
heen 4 distress message from the crew
of the mystery ship Commodore OF
Philadelphia, that disappeared 80 years
ago. .
Charles NJ. Raphum, jr., III years old,
said that on Labor day he wrote the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
RESIDENCE is BOMBED
Republican Committeeman and Fam
lily Are Jolted From Beds.

CHICAGO, September 8 R.-
Political enemies were blamed by John
S. Rybicki, Deneen Republican commit
teeman in the twenty-first ward and
former president of the Building and
Loan League of Illinois, for the bombing
today of the two-story store and apart
ment building in which he lives on the
West Side.
A black powder bomb exploded in the
doorway OF the store, jolting Rybicki,
his family and other residents of the
building from their beds. Damage to
the building was estimated at 81, 500.
Rybicki told police he recently had
received threats on account Of his
political activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
By tte Associated Press.

by IIlE ASSUCiHGtu FIes5'
CHICAGO, September 9.-The Sheri-
dan Brompton Apartment Hotel Is
very bearish on dogs, particularly on
Buster, Mrs. Beatrice Smythe's high
class airedale.
Mrs. Smythe is being sued for seas
back rent. She takes the stand that
she won't pay the rent until such a
time as the hotel management ceases
the practice of making the high class
airedale ride in the servants elevator.
When she moved into the Sheridan
Brompton, Mrs. Smythe said, 1t was dis
ttnotAR. Mnderae0pd that 1ueheRa haina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
ANGoRANs RoUT KURDs
Turks Successful in Conflict With
Rebels in Ararat Area.

IsTANBUL, Turkey September 9 tH).
The government today announced
that the Angora offensive against Kur-
dish rebels in the Mount Ararat region
had developed successfully and that the
back Of the resistance had been broken
According to the report, the Kurds
are retiring in southeasterly direction
followed by Turkish forces, which have
occupied strategic positions.
Operations in the zone adjoining the
1rak frontiers will be Commenced soon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
CURRENTS FOIL DIVERS
Men Unable to Reach Sunken
Treasure Vessel Egypt.

BREST. France, September Q. d.
Italian divers operating off the coast
were unable to reach the sunken steam
ship Egypt today in their quest for
treasure. The sea was calm but ocean
currents were so strong that divers
found the work under seas dangerous.
The party returned to Brest on the
salvage ship Artiglio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
Grain Warehouse Burns.

WOODLAND, Calf, September . up.
Fire early today destroyed the Suffer
Basin Corporation warehouse AT Sey-
mour, Suffer County, and $4,000 tons
of grain stored in 1t.
Fire officials estimated the loss at
more than $500,00O. Origin Of the
blaze was not determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
Sanitarium Walls
Collapse in Flood;
Inmates Escape

HURRICANE, Utah, Septem-
Der 9 (R.-Walls of the La
verkin, Utah, Sanitarium COL
lapsed under the strain of food
waters last night which poured
from neighboring canyons fol-
lowing a severe storm and cloud
burst. Inmates were carried to
safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

The time to SAVE is
when prices are high and
the time to SPEND when
prices are low. -. -. -.
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FATE OF AMERICANS IN DOUBT
Four Reported to Be Safe on japanese
Vessel.

Vessel.
BY the Associated Press.
The capture by Communist forces Of
Shasi, a city in Hupeh Province, China,
reported to the State Department late
yesterday, left in doubt the fate of
American citizens known to have re-
sided there.
Four Americans were reported safe
aboard japanese vessels, but their iden-
tity was not disclosed. Whether more
were in the city at the time it fell to
the invaders on September could not
be aScertained. Department records
list as Shansi residents Rev. and Mrs.
Elmer Zimmerman of Alton, ILL.,, and
one child, and Miss Gertrude Simon of
zachow, Wis. She was connected with
the Evangelical Lutheran Mission.
The report came to Washington from
the American consulate general at Han
kow and was based on information OBJ
tanned from the Hankow Public Safety
Bureau. It told also of an unidentified
city observed in flames by an air mail
pilot somewhere between Hwangshih-
kong and WuSueh. The aviator reported
seeing bodies lying in the street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
FIRE OF u. S. BOAT
ROUTS RED FORCES
American and British War
ships Silence Communists
on Chinese River.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HANKOW, China, September 9.-Twc
foreign gunboats repulsed Communist
attacks at nearby points on the Yangtze
River yesterday, infiicting heavy damage
on their adversaries. Dispatches said
neither of the foreign gunboats suffered
casualties.
The warships involved were the Amer
lean gunboat Tutuila and the British
gunboat Ladybird.
A rowing Communist band fired upon
the Tutuila with machine guns and
trench mortars about 80 miles above
Yochow, Human Province. The war
ships answered with 3-inch rifles and
machine guns. The bandits were dis
lodged from their position along the
river bank; their mortars were destroyed.
Dispatches failed to state whether any
Reds were killed or wounded.
e--~-., British silence Red Raider.
The Ladybird met an attack by the
Communist raider Shasi near the city
Of Shasi, Hupeh Province, with heavy
barrage from her 6-inch gins. Quickly
silencing the Red vessels guns, the
Ladybird fired upon the river banks
iaknls OoAuuiuAASs sV1Onsiioaue oueSi"e
the city.
Naval dispatches said the Ladybird, in
addition to infiicting heavy damage upon
the Communist raider, prevented the
Reds from re-entering the city Of ShaSi
portion OF which they pillaged and
burned Friday.
Expect Trouble From 5000.
Serious trouble was expected by au-
thorities from band of 5000 former
government troops who declared their
independence and we're pillaging villages
near Ichang, Hupeh. The soldiers, whose
commanding oficer was held prisoner
by Nationalist authorities at Ichang
were reported to have killed many vii
layers and to have tossed their bodies
into the Yangtze.
| FATE OF AMERICANS IN nOIIRT
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HAITI KEEPS BORDER OPEN.
Government Probes Typhus Reports Be-
fore Taking Action.

PORT AU PRINCE, September Q (P).
The government last night ofiicially
denied q report that Haiti had pro-
hibited entrance over the frontier from
Santo Domingo because of fear of
typhus in the Dominican Republic fol-
lowing last weeks hurricane.
The government is awaiting the re-
port of q medical officer sent to Santo
Domingo before 1t considers any such
action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
Furnishing an
Apartment

Prices of furniture are
rem k a b ly low. The
money it took to furnish
a room several years ago
will now equip a small
apartment.
Retail prices are down
because wholesale prices
are low due to the tenn
porarily reduced demand.
AS this condition will not
last, it is a great time to
buy furniture.
Advertising
Local Display.
Lines.
The Evening Star. 1885
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
Yesterdays Advertising

Lines.
The Evening Star. 1886
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

%. .. Weather Bureau Forecast.D
increasing cloudiness tonight and to-
morrow; possibly showers tomorrow; not
much change tn temperature.
temperatures Highest, 76, at A 80 pm.
Yesterday: lowest, 81, at 6 am. today.
Full report on page 9.
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Mrs. Gam Will Preside
At Reception and Te

Mrs. Edward E. Gam, sister and
hostess Of Vice President Curtis, will
preside at the tea table this afternoon
at the Joint reception and tea to be
given by Mrs. Arthur M. Hyde, Mrs.
Roscoe Patterson, Mrs. Joe j. Manlove
and Mrs. Charles p. Keyser at the
latter's home on Decatur street for the
Missouri delegates to the D. A. r. Con-
gress. She will be assisted by Mrs.
Harry B. Halves, Mrs. Charles S.
Deneen, Mrs. L. C. Dyer, Mrs. William
Rodenberg, Mrs. John j. Cochran, Mrs.
George Fuller, Mrs. Otis Wingo, Mrs.
John Smitllwick, Mrs. william Badgeley,
Mrs. Edward Dixon Hays, Mrs. Sumner
Curtis and Mrs. H. Eugene Andrew.
Miss Caroline Hyde, daughter of the
Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Hyde,
and Miss Mary Nolan and Miss Cath
crime Kiefner will also assist at the tea.
Silver baskets of pink and yellow
roses, furnished by the Department of
Agriculture, and silver candleStickS with
ivory taperS form the table decorations.
A profuSion of roses, delphinium and
snapdragonS and Spring flowers NIL the
reception rooms and hallway
The Missouri daughters also will be
the guests of honor at reception and
dance Thursday evening, when the ON
GERS and members of the Missouri So
ciety entertain, and they will be the
guests at tea Monday afternoon, when
Mrs. Harry B. Halves, wife Of the Mis-
souri, Senator, is to be hostess Mrs
HAYES will be assisted in receiving by
Mrs. Roscoe Patterson and wives of
members of the lower branch of the
Congress from Missouri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
President and Mrs. Hoover
Welcoming Various Groups
|Of Visitors in Washington
Continued From First Page)

Continued From First Page)
Pratt, Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis
Mrs. Eugene Meyer and Mrs. Joseph
Letter.
The coming Of Count de Ia. Veaux.
president Of the Federation Aeronau-
tiqueS Internationale, last week stirred
society considerably, the Ambassador OF
France, M. Claudel, and other dis
tinguished persons entertaining for him
In marked contrast is a group of visi-
tors who will arrive in Washington to-
morrow-five charming young Japanese
women, who bring grateful tidings tc
tho Red Cross and others who assisted
those of their country who suffered
from the earthquake there. Certainly
these young visitors are not dilettante
for every waking moment of their time
from the hour Of their arrival here
tomorrow is filled with engagements
From the White House to the japanese
embassy on down the line they are
claimed as fiuests for a more or less
brief time.