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WEATHER.
<O. S. Weather Bureau I'oreeaat.)
Fair tonight: tomorrow increasing
cloudiness followed by showers in af
ternoon or at night.
Temperature—Highest, 93 at 5:15
p.m. yesterday: lowest, 07 at 5:30
a.m. today. Full report on Page 7.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10
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DIRIGIBLE DISASTER
DDE 10 STUPIDITY,
MITCHELL CHARGES,
PREDICTING ARREST
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Prospect of Guardhouse Can
not Silence Denunciation of
Chiefs’ “Criminal Negli
gence,” Colonel Says.
HOLDS BOTH SERVICES
IN INCOMPETENT HANDS
. Department Administration Is Al
most Treasonably Weak, Officer
Says, Assailing Policy He
Blames for Loss of Airship Shen
andoah in Storm.
By the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., September 5.
■predicting that he would be placed
under military arrest by Monday be
cause of his assertion. Col. William
Mitchell, air officer of the Bth Corps
Area and former assistant chief of
the Air Service, today issued a state
ment denouncing the War and Navy
Departments in connection with the
disaster to the Shenandoah and the
loss of the PN-9, No 1, on the at
tempted hoi) to Honolulu.
The statement. Col. Mitchell said,
was issued after “mature deliberation
and after a sufficient time has elapsed
since the terrible accidents to our
naval aircraft to find out what hap
pened.”
“These accidents' are the direct re
sult of incompetency, criminal negli
gence and almost treasonable admin
istration of the national defense by
the War and Navy Departments,” he
wrote.
“Real Flyers Bulldozed.”
Charging that both departments
have gone to the utmost lengths to
keep down development of aviation,
and to maintain aeronautics as a part
of the two departments, Col. Mitchell
said all aviation policies are directed
by non-flying officers who “know
nothing about flying and that "lives
of airmen are being used merely as
-> pawns in their hands.”
i “The airmen themselves,” he con
tinued, “are bluffed and buldozed so
that they daren't tell the truth, know
ing full well they will be deprived of
their future careers, sent to the most
out-of-the-way places to prevent their
telling the truth and deprived of all
chances for advancement unless they
subscribe to the dictates of their
non-flying bureaucratic superiors.
"The conduct of the War and Navy
Departments has been so disgusting
in the last few years as to make any
.self-respecting officer ashamed of the
cloth he wears.”
Col. Mitchell declares that the de
’ termination of the members of the
flying service to place the issues
“squarely up to Congress and the
people” dates from the “killing of
Lieut. Pierson and Capt. Skeel in
the dilapidated racing airplanes dur
ing last October aerial meet.”
Charges Race Fixed.
“This was caused,” he said, “by an J
arrangement between the Army and I
the Navy that the Navy should take j
the race one year and the Army i
should take it the next year, there- j
by equalizing propaganda, not serv- !
ice.”
The recent maneuvers of the fleet !
in the Pacific are declared to have
been nothing more than a “parade I
of our Navy,” reported to have cost i
from $50',000,000 to $80,000,000, which j
demonstrated the futility of surface ;
vessels. He declares that in war the I
fleet steaming to the Philippines i
would have been constantly beset by j
submarines and that "if any vessels !
•survived the submarine attacks,
crossed the ocean and came within
hundreds of miles of the hostile coast
they would be sent to the bottom j
forthwith by airplanes."
Regarding the Hawaiian seaplane
flight, the colonel declared:
“Next, to get publicity and make a
noise about what it is doing with
this so-called Hawaiian flight
was arranged for. Even If it had
been made successfully to Honolulu, it
would have meant little either com
mercially or strategically, compared
to what a flight to Europe or Asia
would. Three airplanes were built
to participate in it. These showed
nothing novel in design and were
untried for this kind of work. One
never got away from the Pacific coast,
and one flew a few miles out and was
forced to land in the water, and one
was lost on account of being out of
'• gas, somewhere in the high seas.
Assail Patrol Plans.
“Patrol vessels were stationed
every 200 miles, a distance entirely
too far apart for an experimental
flight of this kind with such primitive
flying machines as the PN-9’s are.
Double or triple this number of ves
sels should have been there. In fact,
the whole Pacific‘fleet should have
been employed there Instead of joy
riding around the Antipodes.”
He asked, “Why, if they expected to
run short of fuel, as indeed they
might, did they not make arrange
ments for refueling the airplane while
It was in the air?” and why a crew
of five was carried when the weight
of one or two could have been replaced
by additional fuel.
WOMAN ASKS SIOO,OOO.
Says Friend of 30 Years Broke
Promise to Wed.
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y„ Septem
ber 5 UP). —Miss Julia F. Tichenor to
day filed suit in the Supreme Court
against John-C. McCambridge of New
York City, alleging breach of promise
to marry and asking damages of
SIOO,OOO.
In her complaint, Miss Tichenor
said that she and Mr. McCambridge
V bad been friends for 30 years and
that he had given her an engagement
and wedding ring. Two months ago
the oomplaint says, she learned that
he had been married at Berkley, Va,
BOBBY JONES IS 4 UP ON GUNN
WITH FIRST 18 HOLES PLAYED
Strong Finish Made by
Champion After Young
Contender Had Lead.
Jones Has 70, for 2 Un
der Par in Final Match
for Title.
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By the Associated Press.
OAKMONT. Pa., September s.—Bob
by Jones of Atlanta was well on his
way to his second successive national
amateur championship today when he
led Watts Gunn, his youthful fellow
citizen, by 4 up at the end of the
morning round of 18 holes.
Jones shot a 70. two under par, to
gairr his advantage, Gunn holding him
square at the turn, aided materially
by an eagle 3at the fourth. Both shot
better than par for the first nine, Bob
by having a 36 and Gunn 35. Pal
is 37.
Gains Hole at Tenth.
After the turn Gunn gained a hole
advantage at the tenth, when Bobby
missed a putt of 10 feet, after chip
ping from the rough. They halved
the eleventh and twelfth, but on the
short thirteenth the champion squared
the match with a par 3, as Gunn had
trouble in comlpg out of a deep trap.
A birdie 3 added another for Bobby
at the fourteenth, his second dropping
20 feet from the pin to be followed
by a sensational putt. He picked up
the fifteenth when his opponent hook
ed across a road to the rough and had
to shqot over the trees. The shot
landed in a trap.
At the home green Jones took his
lead of 4, because Gunn again wan
dered into the dee]) traps with a hook,
missed in the pit and finally reached
the green in 4. Jones played the hole
in par.
Jones today had the opportunity to
accomplish a feat credited to four
other men. including Jerry Travers,
the last man credited with winning the
national title two years in succes
sion.
Both expressed confidence as they
went lo the tee. They have been in-
AIRSHIP VICTIMS
BODIES IN CAPITAL
Remains of Lansdowne and
Two Aides Taken to Ar
lington Vault.
Three of the bodies of victims of the
wrecked dirigible Shenandoah lie to
day in the receiving vault at Arling
ton cemetery, where, with a fourth, to
arrive tomorrow morning, they will
remain until Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock, when they will be interred.
Early today the bodies of Lieut.
Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne, who com
manded the ship; Lieut. J. D.
Lawrence, her senior watch officer,
and Lieut, (junior grade) E. W. Shep
pard of this city arrived at the Union
station. Without ceremony they were
taken in War Department hearses to
the receiving vault at the National
cemetery. The bodies were shipped
by train with no escort.
The body of Lieut. Comdr. Louis
Hancock, executive officer of the ship,
is due to arrive tomorrow morning,
according to Navy Department ad
vices, and it. too. will be taken to the
receiving vault to await the comple
tion of plans for an official burial.
Four to Lie SideTjy Side.
The four bodies will be interred side
by side in the Dewey section of the
cemetery and close to the grave of
Lieut. Lewis Maxfield, who was killed
in the wreck of the ZR2 on her trial
trip just before she was to be turned
over to the United States by England.
Lieut. Maxfield was to have com
manded one of the air dirigibles had
he not been a victim of the accident
in England.
When the bodies are committed to
the earth at ceremonies at which
Chaplain Scott, chief chaplain of the
Navy, will officiate, there will be
drawn up around the grave a bat
talion of three, companies of blue
jacket Infantry, in white uniforms,
commanded by Comdr. John B.
Rhodes at the Washington navy yard,
and a battalion of three companies of
marines, in dress blue uniforms, com
manded by Maj. J. A. Rossell, also
at the Washington navy yard.
Airmen Will Attend.
One company of bluejackets will
be from the Washington navy yard
and two companies will be from the
Naval Air Station at Anacostia.
The marines will be drawn both
from the Marine Barracks and the
Washington Navy Yard.
The naval escort will proceed di
rectly to the grave, and the proces-,
sion of the bodies from the vault to
the graves will have no escort. The
United States Navy Band also will be
at the grave for the ceremonies.
High ranking officers of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps will attend
the funeral ceremonies.
Assassination Foiled.
ATHENS, September 5 UP). —An at
tempt to assassjnate M. Eliasco, gov
ernor of the Bank of Athens, was
made today by a youth named Mos
chos, who, when his attempt failed,
committed suicide. The youth rushed
at M. Eliasco with a drawn revolver,
which the governor seized before it
was discharged.
Artificial Beef
Soon, Cotton Oil
Expert Predicts
By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, September s.—Synthetic
beef steaks made from cottonseed are
forecast by Dr. Davis Wesson of New
York, former president of the Amer
ican Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Speaking before the Ottawa section
of the Society of Chemical Industry,
he said recent investigations by the
United States Department of Agri
culture showed that the protein of
cottonseed closely resembled that of
meat. It was only a question of time
before chemists discovered how to
produce a meat substitute from the
seed.
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“BOBBY” JONES.
separable since arriving here more
than a week ago and the sentiment
in the match has aroused an inter
est seldom seen in golf.
Gunn is 19 years old, the same age
that Bobby boasted when he aimed
at his first championship on this
same Oakmont Country Club course
in 1919, when he was defeated for
the title by Davy Herron.
Halve First Three.
Jones’ drive was a powerful shot
down the middle of the fairway, while
Gunn was on the edge of the rough.
The champion's second was 15 feet to
the right of the green, but his pitch
stopped five feet from the cup. He
went down for a birdie 4. Gunn's sec
ond was a beautiful p>vh 15 feet from
the cup. anil he required two putts to
halve the hole.
The second hole was also halved.
On this Jones’ drive was near the
edge of the fairway 25 yards ahead
of Gunn's anil his second dropped six
feet from the pin. but he missed the
put and took 4. Gunn also was on
the green with his second and missed
(Continued on Page- 2, Column 6.)
JERSEY KIDNAPER
ELUDES POSSES
Murdered to Get Auto, Then
Stole the Wrong Child,
Police Say.
By the Associated Press.
MONTCLAIR, N. J.. September 5. —
Posses today intensified their search
for a little whitd girl kidnaped by a
negro who presumably killed another
negro in order to get an automobile
for the abduction.
Apparently having planned to kidnap
the niece of a wealthy banker, the
fugitive seems to have found that he
abducted the wrong girl.
The kidnaping plot, police believe,
was aimed against Joseph A. Bower,
vice president of the New York Trust
Co., whose 7-year-old niece, Dorothy
Coates, was visiting him. Instead, the
negro grabbed Mary Daly, 6. daughter
of David S. Daly, hardware merchant,
who was playing in front of the
Bower home yesterday afternoon.
By the license plates on the
abductor's automobile, police suspect
ed Raymond Pierce, a negro chauffeur,
who had borrowed the car. But
Pierce's body was found last night
crammed in a culvert at Cedar Grove,
with a bullet hole in his head.
Medical examiners said he had been
killed four hours before the kidnaping.
The assumption is that he was killed
by the kidnaper in order ‘to get the
car.
Last night Mrs. Bovver was called on
the telephone by a man who demand
ed $4,000 for the return of her niece.
But her niece was safe in bed at the
time. The man hung up when Mrs.
Bower asked his name. Mary Daly
and Dorothy Coates look very much
alike.
The kidnaper drove up to the Bower
home in a sedan and grabbed Mary
from several of her playmates. He
sped away, choking the girl’s screams
with one hand and driving with the
other.
John Sandin, the Bower chauffeur,
gave chase, picking up two friends on
the way. For 10 miles the two cars
dashed through the Jersey suburbs of
New York. Between Little Falls and
West Patterson, Sandin crowded the
fugitive car toward the curb and the
negro fired. The shot crashed through'
the windshield and hit Sandin In the
head.
One of his friends jumped to the
wheel and started the chase anew, but
when Sandin slumped unconscious in
the seat they took him to a hospital.
MURDERED WOMEN’S
BODIES ARE SOUGHT
Force Digs River Banks on Story
Told by Alleged Witness to
Double Killing.
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. Ga., September 5. —A
force of convicts began digging on the
banks of the Chattahoochee River
near Bolton today In an effort to find
traces of the bodies of two unidentified
women, who W. C. Parris of New Hol
land says he saw murdered and their
bodies buried there in the Summer of
1920.
The investigation ordered by Solici
tor General John A. Boykin follows
the story Parris told Atlanta authori
ties yesterday that he was an un
willing witness to the alleged murder,
and had been threatened with death
himself if he did not “keep quiet.”
Parris declares the two women were
murdered, their bodies dismembered
and buried with acid to remove trace
of the crime. The belief was expressed
here that if the murder was committed
fragments of bone would be found in
the ground even though acid was used.
First Musk-Ox Born in U. S.
NEW YORK. September 5 UP).—
The first musk-ox ever born in cap
tivity was born at the Bronx Zoo to
day. It weighed only 8% pounds.
Its parents were captured five years
ago on the east coast of Greenland.
SHENANDOAH’S LOG,
FOUND; MAV REVEAL
CAUSE OF DISASTER
Baragraph, With All Data of
Trip, Recovered in Sou
venir Seekers’ Hands.
FLAG-QRAPEO bodies
SHIPPED FOR BURIAL
New Military Dirigible May Be
Built if Navy's Budget Can
Provide for It.
By the Associated Press.
(’ALDWKLL, Ohio, September 5.
The much sought baragraph and rec
ords from the Shenandoah have been
found and may aid the naval authori
ties in determining the cause of the
smashup. The baragraph was located
at Cambridge, and the log sheets
therefrom a short distance away.
They were in the hands of souvenir
seekers.
The authorities have not had time
as yet to .check up the reading on j
the baragraph records.
The record is to he photographed
and enlarged so that the authorities
can more easily determine the alti-,
tude during the storm and before the
storm.
('apt. Steele in Probe.
Capt. George Washington Steele. ■
jr., commanding officer of the Lake- I
hurst naval station, arrived here at '■
»5:55 a.m. He immediately set out ]
with Comdr. Jacob Jl. Klein and other j
Lakehurst officials to visit the scene ]
j of the wreck at Ava and Sharon.
The baragraph record will show air \
pressure, atmospheric moisture and
temperature. From the graph drawn
on the automatic drum by a moving
i stylus, it will be possible also to com
pute how rapidly the Shenandoah rose
in the buffeting of the storm before
the buckling amidships occurred.
If found necessary, Capt. Steele and
the other Lakehurst officials will fol
low overland the path taken by the
drifting prow of the ship, after it left
the aft portion, they said as they de
parted. Should they follow that
course, they will be obliged to climb
hills and cross ravines. Most of the
day may be consumed in the investi
gation.
Bodies Shipped for Burial.
Belle Valley gave up the last of her
Shenandoah dead today.
Fully realizing the duty thrust so
suddenly upon them, the 300 quiet
simple folks of the village sought to
\ bar the morbidly curious and other
wise to maintain reverence for the
*l4'VietinTS of the dirigible's final clash
with the elements.
Flag draped and flower adorned, the
last four caskets this morning were
started on their final journey.
The body of Lieut. Comdr. Louis
Hancock, jr.. of Austin. Tex., was
sent to Arlington, Va.. for burial in
the National Cemetery along with
other officers killed in the crash.
The body of Lieut. A. R. Houghton.
| Alston. Mass., was dispatched to
i Brookline, Mass. Binghamton. N. Y.,
I was the destination of the body of
j Machinist's Mate James \V. Cullinan.
MAY BUILD NEW DIRIGIBLE.
i Los Angeles Unavailable—Plan De-
I
pends on Budget.
NEW YORK, September 5 (A 3 ).
The bodies of most of the 14 victims
of the Shenandoah disaster are on the
way for burial in heroes’ graves at the
Arlington National Cemetgry or to the
homes of relatives. ,
Comment on the cause of the disas
i ter is world wide, as are expressions
of sympathy and speculation as to the
future of dirigibles. President Cool
idge has let it be known at the Sum
mer White House that he assumes the
Nayy will want to build a new dirigi
ble for military purposes.
The Los Angeles, the only such craft
left in the possession of the United
States, cannot be used for such pur
poses, under the Versailles treaty.
! Secretary Wilbur has his doubts about
th building of a new ship, however,
indicating that it depends Upon the
Navy budget.
Crew Back on Duty. •
Most of the survivors of the disaster
are back on duty at the naval air sta
tion at Lakehurst. N. J., with thrilling
stories of the ship being wrung in a
sudden storm like a dry cornstalk and
how they saved themselves by clinging
to girders and jumping to the ground
at opportune times.
Mrs. Zachary Linsdowne. widow of
the commander of the Shenandoah,
i now says she was misunderstood in
i statements credited to her that the
airship was sent on a trip for political
[ purposes over protests her husband
had made because of his intimate
knowledge of Ohio storms. Secretary
Wilbur has explained that the com
mander fixed the time for the flight.
Capt. Anton Heinen, formerly pilot
of a German dirigible and construc
tion adviser in the building of the
Shenandoah, comments that the vic
tims gave their lives to save precious
helium and that the removal of 8
of 18 safety valves caused the disas
ter.
Tornado Region Dangerous.
In Berlin, Dr. Hugo Eckener, head
of the Zeppelin works and builder
of the Los Angeles, expressed sur
prise that the Shenandoah had no
foreknowledge of the storm and said
he considered the tornado region of
the United States the worst in the
world for airships. The unofficial
opinion of the official investigators
is that when the radio and control
cabins were wrenched loose by the
storm, holes were torn in the hull and
the ensuing rush of air caused the
craft to buckle.
President Doumergue of France
has cabled condolences to President
Coolidge.
The body of Chief Machinist
Charles Brook was sent to his home,
in Atlantic City.
Two high naval officers. Rear Ad
(Continued on Page 5, Column 3.)
Income Tax Returns j
Pages 24 and 25 ijj
SPEAKING OF SWIMMING HOLES.
SOB COMMANDER
IS FOUND GUILTY
Wilbur Passes on Decisions
Affecting Officers of
Grounded Vessels.
Lieut. Charles F. Martin has been
found guilty of negligence as com
manding officer of the submarine S-19.
which went aground off Chatham,
Mass.. January 12, and sentenced to
the loss of five numbers in rank, un
der a decisbm approved today by Sec
retary Wilbur.
Lieut. Comdr. Stuart E. Bray, com
manding officer of the submarine S-48
which went aground during a storm
off Portsmouth, X. H., January 29.
was acquitted of charges of negligence
and of failing to obey orders. Mr.
Wilbur disapproved the finding of the
second of these charges, but the dis
approval has no practical effect.
Lieut, (junior grade) Alexander S.
Edward, officer of the deck of the
S-19, was found guilty of culpable
Inefficiency in performance of duty
and of violation of orders in not re
porting a change of course to his
superior officer, and was sentenced
to the loss of 25 numbers.
Lieut. Chester E. Lewis, navigator
of the S-19, was acquitted of charges
of culpable inefficiency and violation
of orders, but Secretary Wilbur disap
proved the findings. The Secretary’s
action in this case also has no prac
tical effect.
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GETS DEATH PENALTY
FOR UNSEEN MURDER
J. H. Watts to Hang on Circum
stantial Evidence Surrounding
Desert Killing.
By the Associated Press.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Septem
ber s.—Circumstantial evidence was
held by a jury last night to be suffi
cient to hang Joseph H. Watts of
Cambridge, Mass., for the murder of
Wilfred Hey of Detroit. The jury
returned a verdict of first-degree
murder.
Key’s body was found on the Mojave
Desert on December 26. and the State
charged that Watts, who had left De
troit with Hey, killed his traveling
companion about November 24 or 25.
The State proved that Watts posed
as Hey at a Los Angeles bank and
obtained the ' transfer of $1,220 of
Key’s funds from a Detroit bank.
Robert W. Watts, brother of the
defendant, is serving a sentence at
San Quentin for introducing his
brother at the bank as Hey. Watts
will be sentenced Tuesday.
SEQUEL TO RUM WAR.
Suspect in Genna Slaying Found
Wounded in Chicago.
CHICAGO, September 5 OP).—Jo
seph Adado, known to Chicago and
Philadelphia police under other
names, was found wounded early to
day, believed in reprisal for the killing
of Angelo Genna, first of the Genna
boys slain here 7 in rum and under
world feuds.
Adado had been arrested as a sus
pect In connection with the Angelc
shooting, but was released. Police
records showed he had been arrested
In Philadelphia under the name of
Nick Ross.
Adado said he did not know why
or by whom he had been shot.
BIG LONDON TRACT SOLD.
Forty Acres in West End Brings
More Than $19,000,00.
LONDON, September 5 UP). —Forty
acres of land in the busy West End
of lamdon have been sold by Lord
Howard de Walden for a price said to
be in excess of £4,000,000 ($19,200,000),
making it one of the largest land deals
in the history of London.
The property takes in several busi
ness streets and is part of the original
tract of land owned by the ancestors
of Lord Howard de Waldren, who
was once a member of the select
group of seven men who owned the
entire city of London.
The “city” here evidently refers to
the ancient section of London, now
i the commercial center of Greater Lon
don.
Prisoner in Car,
Soaked With Oil,
Burns to Death
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September a.—lm
prisoned in an oil-saturated sedan
and with his hands tied behind his
back an unidentified man was
burned to death today in East
Eighty-first street. The car’s li
cense plates had been removed.
The victim's features were
burned beyond recognition and the
police could find no evidence in the
car to aid in his identification.
They believe he had been gagged.
DROUGHT RELIEF
FORECAST IN WEST
Cooler Weather to Precede
Storms Cooling Scorched
Lake Region.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 5. —Cooling
zephyrs sweeping out of the Canadian
Northwest today were forecast as a
vanguard of the stormy forces of Jupi
ter Pluvius, bringing an easing within
a day or so of the scorching grasp of
Old Sol on the Middle West, Lower
Lake region and the South.
A foretaste of the 1 (Trig-awaited
showers has come to parts of North
Dakota, lowa and Wisconsin, but
elsewhere record high temperatures
have brought deaths, drought, damage
and suffering.
Month Drought Ended.
More than a month of aridity was
broken when a quarter inch of rain
fell in Fargo. N. Dak. High winds
and hail accompanied the downpour in
Grinnell, lowa, causing property dam
age of $40,000. while damage of $lO,-
000 occurred near Chippewa Falls.
Wls,, in an electrical storm after a
heat wave.
Elsewhere in the heat-swept areas,
however, temperatures above the hun
dred mark broke Weather Bureau
records of years. Harrisburg, in
southern Illinois, reported a maximum
of 108, with Augusta, Ga., a close sec
ond with 106.
Most of lowa, except parts touched
by storms, was a seething furnace.
Sheldon experienced 106 for seven
hours yesterday. Des Moines’ highest
was 97*. with several prostrations.
Showers in Des Moines only increased
the humidity.
Schools were dismissed yesterday in
Omaha because of 100-degree heat, and
Springfield and Aurora, 111., youngsters
also had a holiday.
Poplar Bluffs, Mo., thermometers
registered 105; Birmingham, Ala., 104,
and Chattanooga, Tenn., 102.
Evaporating wells in the rural sec
tions of Kentucky are a cause of con
cern. Farmers in sections of the Illi
nois corn belt, facing a sinfllar prob
lem, are hauling water from distant
brooks and creeks.
Few Fatalities in Area.
Except in St. Louis, where th<*
fourth death during the torrid wave
was recorded yesterday, the area
singularly has been free of fatalities.
Chicago’s congested population sought
refuge on Lake Michigan beaches, and
slight breezes blowing from the lake
brought some relief to stay-at-homes.
The mercury in Chicago yesterday
climbed 28 degrees in seven hours to
90 degrees, with one exception the
hottest September 4 In more than 50
years. Other Illinois points reported
similar record breakers. Quincy and
Centralia had 102 and Rockford 101. •
No relief for several days is fore
cast for Kansas, parts of which have
been cloudless since August 20. Kan
sas City, with a 99 maximum,
yesterday was promised 100 or more
today.
Tomorrow will be observed as a day
of fasting, and prayer in South Caro
lina for relief from heat and drought
as a result of proclamation by Gov.
McLeod.
CUBA TO DEPORT 200.
White Slavery, Radicalism and
Brug- Violations Charged.
HAVANA, September 5 UP). —Orders
for the arrest of more than 200 for
eigners for deportation o.i charges of
“white slavery,” radical agitation and
narcotic law violations have been Is
sued by the interior department.
President Machado In the past few
weeks has approved the deportation
of nearly a hundred foreigners, mostly
Europeans and Chinese, on similar
charges.
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block ami the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 91,967
OP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS.
NEW PARK BUYING
PLAN IS PROPOSED,
Commission to Seek Right to
Purchase Land for City’s
Future Needs.
Outright purchase of lands needed!
in the future by the District for open- '
ing highways and park systems is to |
be recommended to Congress at the i
coming session as a result of the con- '
ferenoes at the meetings of the city j
and park planning committee of the '
National Capital Park Commission, ac- j
cording to Lieut. Col. Clarence O. f-her- j
rill. This new legislation is designed !
to replace the old condemnation meth- j
od whereby the District took the land I
under condemnation proceedings and j
paid for it by assessing the damages
as benefits to the abutting property
and adjacent properties within several
squares.
The proposed legislation is the idea
of Melvin ilazen. District surveyor, ]
and a member of the city and park I
planning committee, which, according!
to Col. Sherrill, has done a remarkable i
piece of city and park planning work
for the District of Columbia in the
few sessions that it has held.
Plans Kept Secret.
Col. Sherrill said that he had just
gone over in detail the work and rec-!
ommendations of the new committee,'
and classes it as one of the finest j
pieces of development planning that j
had ever been prepared for the Na
tional Capital. Unfortunately, he said,
the plans cannot be made public at
this time, because they involve the
purchase of certain properties and it is
the desire to wait until the negotia
tions aPb completed to prevent them
from falling into the hands of specu
lators, which would result in a more
costly purchase to the Government.
The mere planning of the parks
and highways does not constitute the
most important work of the commit
tee, according to Col. Sherrill. One
of the big things they are doing is the
calling into the conferences of prop
erty owners and others interested
around any project they are working
out, and getting their consent to the
plans. In this manner, all possible
antagonism will be wiped out when
the park commission starts to put
the plans into effect. Property own
ers have been consulted as to chang
ing grades, front parkings, street and
sidewalk widths, etc.
of Co-Operation.
The present committee is one of the
greatest examples of Government co
ordination on any project, according
to Col. Shemll. Every Government
agency having anything to do with
the development and improvement of
the District as the most beautiful
capital of the world is represented,
and when the experts gather at their
meetings the recommendations of each
are laid down and the others point
immediately to the feasibility of the
various projects, and lay down objec
tions, if any.
Alaj. Carey Brown, assistant direc
tor of the office of buildings and pub
lic parks of the National Capital, and
chairman of the committee, is enthu
siastic over the work, and particularly
over the progress that has been made
by the committee during the short
time it has been formed.
• —_•
HOHENZOLLERN’S RELICS
AT CORFU TO BE SOLD
Famous Art Treasures Owned by
Kaiser Include Hundreds of
Paintings and Statues.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 5.-—The Daily
Express says that the art treasures
of the famous palace on the Island
of Corfu, owned by William Hohen
zollern when he was emperor of
Germany, are to be sold at auction
by the Greek government, which ac
quired the property during the war.
The articles to be sold include
hundreds of pictures, statues and
intimate relics of the ex-Kaiser and
his family, as well as of the late
Empress Elizabeth of Austria, who
built and furnished the palace.
The ex-Kaiser’s crested silverware,
canes, books, bed, desk and dining
room suite will be put up for the
highest bidder.
Several attempts have been made
to purchase the property and turn
it into a Monte Carlo, but these
efforts failed because of the price de
manded by Greece.
The sale will begin late this month
and will last several weeks.
Radio Programs—Page 32.
RECOVERY TODAY
OF TOST AVIATORS
IN PN-9 EXPECTED
Message to Navy Heads Here
Says Analysis Gives
Reason to Hope.
NEWS OF FLARES SPURS
WEARY WATCHERS ANEW
Admiral Moffett to See Wilbur on
Cross-Pacific Flights and
Hop of PB-1.
Capt. Stanford K. Moses, com
manding the Hawaiian flight proj
ect, reported to the Navy Depart
ment today that an analysis of the
situation “Gives 'reason to hope for
the recovery today” of Comdr. Rodg
ers and the missing seaplane, PN-9.
No. 1.
The message was forwarded to the
department by the commandant of
the 12th Naval District.
Flares observed from the mine
sweej>er Whippoorwill 30 miles north
of Oahu, between 8 and 10 o'clock
on the night of September 3, were
believed to have been the basis for
the reasoning mentioned in the dis
patch.
While the message did not go into
details, it was assumed at the de
partment that, in the light of that
evidence and studies since made of
the situation, a reasonable expecta
tion of finding the missing plane had
developed.
It was pointed out that officers
from the first had regarded the pros
pect of picking up the plane and per
sonnel very good, provided a safe
landing had been made in the ocean.
With the plane capable of keeping
afloat indefinitely and with supplies
aboard sufficient to keep the person
nel alive for some time, it has been
regarded as only a question of time
when the plane would be found, pro
vided it had not been demolished In
its forced descent.
FLEET TO COMB SEA.
Fading Hopes Revived By -Word of
New Search for Flyers.
HONOLULU, September 5 (A 3 ).— New
and larger rescue efforts are being
put forth by naval forces in this dis
trict in the search for the missing
seaplane PN-9, No. 1. which disap
peared nearly 90 hours ago some
where on the broad Pacific, not many
miles from the Hawaiian Islands.
Faint hopes for the safety of Comdr.
John Rodgers and his four compan
ions were aroused when the tender
■Whippoorwill reported that three
widely separated flares had been seen
on Tuesday night.
A naval scout plane piloted by
Lieut. Peterson was forced down yes
terday off the coast of the Island of
Kauai. The identity of the plane /was
unknown for many hours and lea to
a report that it was probably the
missing PN-9, No. 1. This was cor
rected by Navy officers last night
when they identified the Peterson
plane.
Not Reported by Navy.
As Lieut. Peterson was able to
make effective repair and take the
air. leaving his towing sampan, Navy
officials considered the incident so
slight that it was not then reported
to the press.
Surface ships, submarines and air
planes are pressing an intensive
search. A submarine screen, after
covering hundreds of square miles
without sighting the missing plane
or any wreckage, is proceeding south
ward in the belief that the plane may
have drifted in that direction.
Destroyers accompanying the fleet
! which is returning from Australia
I and Samoa are also being rushed to
j Hawaiian waters to join in the search
j in the faint hope that the ocean may
i give up its secret.
Searchers Weary.
Eighteen more destroyers are
j coming to aid in the search.
The tired searchers have been op
| erating almost continuously since the
i seaplane disappeared. about 1:45 v
| o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
In the midst of the orderly haste
with which the search is being con
ducted the work of the Navy radio
has been an outstanding feature.
Some operators, who have been at
their keys and earphones continuous
ly since Monday night, listening in
and handling thousands of messages,
still are carrying on. Hundreds of
radio dispatches are being handled
dally giving position reports, instruc
tions, orders, suggestions and infor
mation upon which the fate of the
missing seaplane may depend.
WILL SEE WILBUR.
Admiral Moffett to Confer with
Chief on Flight.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 5
(A 3 ).—Rear Admiral William A. Mof
fett, chief of the Bureau of Aero
nautics, will leave for Washington
tomorrow. He will report to Secre
tary Wilbur on the attempted San
Francisco-Honolulu non-stop flight
and on the plan of search that is
being pursued for the missing sea
plane.
Admiral Moffett said that he had
not lost hope that the PN-9, No. 1,
flyers would be found, and he be
lieved that the rei>ort from the
U. S. S. Whippoorwill of the sighting
of flares Thursday night in Kauai
Channel was ground for optimism.
ORDERED TO REFUEL.
Plane Guard Ships Leave Search for
Missing Airmen.
SAN FRANCISCO, September 5 OP).
—Orders were sent by the flight com
mander yesterday to the plan guard
ships Meyer, Corey, McCauley and
■William Jones to return to San Fran
cisco from their search in Hawaiian
waters for the missing seaplane PN-9
No. 1 and refuel. The message stated
that the flight of the PB-I to Hawaii
had been “suspended temporarily."
The order did not state what the ships
should do after refueling. All of the
other ships of the guard line are en
gaged in searching for the PN-9 No 1,
| which was lost In the San Franci»co-
Honolulu non-stop flight attempt.