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WEATHER.
<t», S. Weather Bureau PcrecMt.)
Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; •
not much change in temperature, ,
Temperatures: Highest, 83, at 11 am.
today: lowest, 58, at 6:15 am. today.
Full report on page 7.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and 25
Q1 AOI Entered as second class matter
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0. S. SIDE OF NACO
RAKED BY BULLETS;
AMERICAN IS SHOT
BY MEXICAN BAND
Wounded in Skirmish Earlier
Today—Shots Exchanged
With Detachment Believed
to Be Insurgents.
BATTLE IS BEING WAGED
IN WIDE SEMI-CIRCLE
Federal Outposts Driven Back.
Tanks Are Used by Attackers.
Bifle and Machine Gun Fire j
From Both Sides Is Vicious.
NACO, Ariz., April 6 Hot
fighting for the possession of
Naco, Sonora, whs being waged
today in a wide semi-circle around
the Mexican federal entrench
ments in the city.
Bullets sizzled and ricocheted
across the Mexican street of Naco,
Ariz., on the American side of the
line as firing from both flanks be
came intense.
The general engagement followed a
brush earlier in the morning 8 miles
east of here between a detachment of
American cavalrymen and a band of
Mexicans believed to have been rebels.
One American trooper was wounded be
fore the Mexicans were driven back
across the border. ,
Troops Are Deployed.
Shortly before concerted firing opened
between the besieging rebels and the
government defenders of Naco, Sonora,
a long column of rebel troops with a
red rebel flag in the lead marched down
an open road from Gen. Fausto Topete s
troop train. ... .
The troops were deployed right and ,
left and moved rapidly behind the j
advancing cavalry. As soon as the.
federal outposts had been driven back, j
the infantry and tank advance became
general, to the accompaniment of j
vicious rifle and machine gun fire from ;
both sides.
Tanks Used in Attack.
Rebel tanks waddled and dodged
about the mesquite grown plain, spitting
machir i gUfi bullets from their
sides. Rebel cavalry’ closed Ih aTM
drove federal outposts back to the main
trenches. Fire from the federal en
trcnohments became hot ana rapid as
columns of rebel infantry moved up,
and deployed across the plateau !
The lumbering tanks rolled up within
easy range of the federal trenches and
sashed tongues of fire from their ar- j
mored sides. The tanks appeared to-.
nervious to rifle and machine gun fire,
and the awkward machines slid steadily
forward until they nosed the federal
wire. The entire rebel forward move
ment was made under withering fire,
from the lederal fortifications. j
Met by Heavy Fire.
Watchers from this side of the line,
could see the infantry in,
double-quick time along the wide front, j
About three-quarters of a mile from
the federal trenches, in front of Naco,
the attackers were met by a heavy fire
from the federal machine-gun nests,
which waa mowing the rebels down.
Many were seen to fall, but they were
left to lie as the infantrymen swept
forward.
During the rebel attack two bombing
planes from Topete’s base rained bombs
bv twos and four’s on the beleaguered
town. The bombsexploded and scat
tered shrapnel inside the trenches ■
while rebel riflemen poured a hot Are
across the top of the earthworks.
The 37-millimeter Hotchkiss gun. the
only field piece in Gen. Lucas Gon
zalez; garrison, opened up to rain one- j
pounder shells and solid shot on the;
attacking forces. j
A federal aiplane crossed from the i
United States just before the rebels i
closed in. It landed inside the trenches
but was prevented from taking off by ?
the hot fire. I
American and Mexican soldiers clash
ed after a night of violence along the
international border during which the
Southern Pacific Railroad line to the
east was found strewn with bombs.
The clash occurred at a Southern Pa
cific Railroad tunnel eight miles east
of here. Border patrolmen of Troop
E, 10th United Cavalry, reported that
they were fired upon from the Mexi
can side of the line u they approached I
a cache of bombs,
IT. S. Private Wounded.
Mexican soldiers, the Americans said,
moved up from their side of the line
and opened fire. One American private,
whose tiame was not given, was shot
through the chest. The Americans said
they opened up their guns then and
the Mexicans fled.
American soldiers said there were 75
bombs, contained in 15 sacks, along the
railroad tracks. Whether these were
to be used to blow up an American train
believed to be bringing Mexican federal
soldiers to reinforce the Naco loyal
garrison, or whether the explosives had
been cached there to be smuggled across
the border to the rebels was not de
termined by the American officers.
Developments came fast, beginning I
with a terrific explosion in Naco, Sono- j
ra, at 3 a.m. Immediately preceding j
this, both Naco towns were plunged I
into total darkness. Main electric lines '
were found to have been cut on the 1
American side, four blocks from the;
international line.
Two Towns Are Socked.
The explosion rocked thq two towns,
shaking residents out of their beds
and breaking windows. Citizens believ
ed It heralded the long expected major :
attack on the federal garrison by rebel
troops immediately to the south. Bib ,
searchlights which had been flashing
out from the garrison were useless. It!
looked like a rebel raid fm. coming; i
The international line waa closed and j
newspapermen were refused permission
Inter it was said a locomotive just 1
outside the federal trenches had been
Mown up. Whether this was the work
at rebel* or the premature explosion
of a defense mine or from some other
cause remained undetermined. The fed
erate are said to have planted If mine?
•round (he garrison.
A United States Cavalry troop, part
of the command of Maj. Walter Hasel
tfne here, rushed to the tunnel 8 miles
on St of Naco eh reports that an explo
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Hoover and Party
Motor to Rapidan
For Day’s Outing
President to Inspect Shen
andoah Park for Pos
sible Gimp Site.
President Hoover today motored to
the headwaters of the Rapidan River
In Shenandoah National Park, Va., one
of the nearby presidential "fishing
holes.”
The President took along his fishing
kit, but he was not expected to indulge
strenuously in this sport today. His
chief object in making the trip is to
select a site for a camp to serve as
headquarters for future jaunts. It is
his intention to return to the White
House in time for supper tonight.
Mr. Hoover is accompanied on the
outing bv Mrs. Hoover. Dr. Ray Lyman
Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, an
intimate friend: James Y. Rippin of
New York, another old friend of the
family; Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone,
White House physician; Lawrence
Richev, one of the President’s secre
taries: Capt. Wilson Brown, naval aide,
and Maj. Long of the Marine Corps,
i The latter was asked to accompany
! the party not only to serve in a military
i capacity, but to assist in selecting the
I actual camp site.
His First Holiday.
This is the first holiday President
I Hoover has had since he assumed of
fice, March 4. He made it evident as
he departed from the White House a
few minutes before 8 o’clock this morn
ing that he was happy in the anticipa
tion of a full day of relaxation.
A large hamper of sandwiches, fruits
and other foods, prepared under super
vision of Mrs. Hoover, was taken along.
The President and Mrs. Hoover were
ready to make this trip last Saturday,
but the rain forced them to abandon
their plans. The President wishes to
inspect the vicinity of this fishing pre
serve and determine on the camp site
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AMERICAN PLANES
ORDERED TO NACO
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Eighteen Will Be Detailed to
Control Air Along Mexi
can Border.
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By the Associated Press.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 6.
—Twelve attack airplanes from Fort
Crockett, fully equipped for fighting,
and six observation planes from
Dodd Field, were ordered to Naco,
Ariz., by Maj. Gen. William Lassiter,
Bt,h Corps Area commander, this
morning to control the air along the
border in the vicinity of that town.
The planes were ordered to reach
Naco not later than Sunday. Troops
to • service the planes and handle
them on the ground were ordered
to entrain immediately at Fort
Crockett to proceed by rail to Naco.
By the Associated Pres*.
War and State Department officials
were incensed today over reports of the
shooting of an American Cavalryman
and the firing on American troops by
Mexicans from across the international
border today.
Energetic measures to curb the ac
tivities of the rebel forces which en- i
danger the lives and property of Amer
icans on the United States side of the
line are expected to be promptly token ,
by the military authorities in charge of
the situation in Arizona.
Secretaries Stimson and Good have
decided that the time has come to put
a stop to the indiscriminate endanger
ing of Americans and instructions have
been sent to Maj. Gen. Lassiter at San ,
Antonio to take steps at once to impress
the rebel leaders in Sonora that the
United States will not tolerate recur
rence of the incident.
Gerzayn Ugarte, head of the Mexican
rebel mission to Washington, expressed
extreme concern today over reports of
the border situation at Naco. Ariz.
He wired Gen. Tooete, head of the
rebel force attacking Naco. Sonora, for
additional information before issuing
any statement.
He intimated, however, that the bombs
discovered along the Southern Pacific
Railroad might have been part of a
plot of the Mexican federal government
to obtain American intervention in the
revolutionary crisis.
"The revolutionary forces.” declared
Senor Ugarte, "have been, throughout
i the hostilities, extremely careful in
their treatment of all foreigners and
especially so of Americans. The revolu
tionary forces, under strict orders from
Gen. Escobar, have offered all facilities
to foreigners in the battle areas and
are making the greatest efforts to re
frain from causing any international
difficulties.”
YEGGMEN GET $21,000.
PEORIA, HI., April 6 (*>>.—The post
office at Macomb, 60 miles southwest
of here, was robbed of $21,000 by yegg
men who opened the safe early today
with an acetylene torch. The loot was
in cash, stomps and securities.
•The men gained entrance through a
basement window some time between
midnight and 6 a.m.
j Who Won the Ball Game? j
II . Who Won the Feature Race? j
i
. These questions are now, and will be,
' { asked more than any other in Washington
during this, the season for outdoor, sports.
1
They will be answered quickly and thor
oughly each afternoon in the j
I SPORTS FINAL” EDITION OF I
| • Cbening frtar I
I KEEI RIGHT UP TO THE MINUTE AND READ I
j THE “SPORTS FINAL.* j
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WASHINGTON, D. 0., SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1929—THIRTY-POUR PAGES. *
LONG IMPEACHED
BY SUL VOTE OF
LOUISIANA HOUSE
Action Comes After Body
Refused to Consider Rep
rimand Instead.
SENATE IS PREPARED
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION
Charges Against Executive Run
From Swearing to Plot to
Murder Representative.
By the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La.. April The
Louisiana House of Representatives to
day voted for the impeachment of Gov.
Huey P. Long.
The action came after the House in
an earlier vote had refused to consider
a motion for a public reprimand instead
of impeachment.
The vote waa 58* to 40.
The earlier vote was taken amid wild
confusion in the House after fiery
speeches had been delivered by both
opponents and supporters of Gov. Long.
The substitute resolution was offered
by Representative Ard of Lafayette
over one previously presented by Repre
sentative Perault of St. Landry, calling
for impeachment of the governor on
the count in which he was accused of
attempting to intimidate Charles P.
Manship, Baton Rouge publisher..
Expresses Confidence in Bennett.
The House began its session by adopt
ing a resolution voicing the confidence
of the House in Representative W. H.
Bennett of East Feliciana, whom Gov.
Long was accused of saying he "had
bought and paid for him like a sack
of potatoes.”
Perrault then presented a resolution
providing that the House vote without
debate on impeachment charges against
Gov. Long, embracing the count alleg
ing that he attempted to intimidate Mr.
Manship by threatening to expose the
infirmities of Mr. Manship's brother,
who is a patient in the State Insane
Asylum, unless he stopped writing edi
torials against the governor.
The House agreed that a vote on a
count in the impeachment resolution
would close permanently consideration
of that count.
Speaking on his resolution, Repre
sentative Perrault declared it was the
duty of the House members undo?
their oath to transmit to the Senate
their findings on that, score and there
would be a bill of indictment to the
Senate which the Senate would try.
Hoodlum Remark Withdraw*.
An extended debate followed, in
which the question of whether the al
leged offense was an official act was
discussed.
The debate became particularly warm
when one of the speakers referred to
the supporters of Long who gathered
here as "hoodlums.” A dozen members
resented this, declaring that some of
them were from their districts. Even
tually the remark was withdrawn by
L. T. Williams, who had made it.
The House voted on charges in the
impeachment resolution that run from
swearing, to a plot to have a State
Representative murdered.
The Senate is prepared to receive
the impeachment charges at a moment's
notice and turn itself into a court of
impeachment.
The joint committee appointed to in
vestigate the controversy between Rep
resentative Charles Moon of Oklahoma
and Attorney General Percy Saint over
the Oklahoman’s visit to Louisiana will
meet during the day.
Mr. Moon claims he was called here
and was paid a fee to advise on im
peachment procedure, which he had
learned during two impeachments of
Oklahoma executives.
Attorney General Saint declared that
he knew nothing of Mr. Moon and
charged him with “butting in.”
——
CRUISERS WILL ESCORT
HERRICK BODY TO U. S.
Marblehead and Cincinnati Steam
ing North to Meet the
, Tourville.
The light cruisers U. S. S. Marble
head and Cincinnati of the light cruiser
division, scouting fleet, have left the
Guantanamo Bay area and are steam
ing north to act as an escort to the
French cruiser Tourville, which is bring
ing Ambassador Herrick’s body from
France, an announcement today at the
Navy Department said.
The cruisers will meet the French
craft off Nantucket Shoals light vessel,
about 200 miles east of New York, and
escort her into port.
OIL MEN KEEP PLEDGE.
TULSA, Okla., April 6 C>P).—Oil op
erators of Oklahoma, at a meeting here
yesterday, extended the present prrora
tion agreement in the greater Seminole
area and agreed to continue until June
1 the restrictions under which total oil
production in the State has been held
to 650,000 barrels daily.
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SUBMARINE INVENTOR SEES
• SUCCESS FOR POLAR VOYAGE
Plan of Using Submersible
Under Ice Is Feasible,
Lake Claims. '
Wilkins Hopes to Find North
west Passage to Orient
Via Arctic Region.
(Wrttten Exclusively for The Bt*r end the
North American Newspaper Allis nee.)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April B.—The
proposal to reach the top of the world
in a submarine, plowing through Are*
tic ice and submerging beneath floes,
is not the idea of a dreamer, says
Bimon Lake.
. The plan is feasible, the submarine
more practicable than a plane, and the
ultimate results far more reaching, ac
cording to the inventor of the flrst
submersible to navigate the open sea.
Sir George Hubert Wilkins. Arctic
explorer, who Sew from Point Barrow
to Spitsbergen, wants to,uae Mr. Lake’s
submarine, the Defender, for a voyage
to the North Pole this Summer. This
is the only privately-owned submers
ible in the world. 1
Back of the plan lies the dream of
adventurers for more than 300 years—
opening the Northwest Passage—says
Mr. Lake.
This often-talked-of all-water route,
which would bring East and West to
gether for trade without using the
Panama or Suez Canal routes, Is pos
sible to the submarine, he is convinced,
and the submarine eventually will be
acknowledged as the means of making
the project practical.
Demonstrated Craft’s Practicability.
As far back as 1904, during the Rus
so-Japanese War, Mr. Lake demonstrat
ed the feasibility of the submersible in
ice-covered water.
In a test in Narragansett Bay Janu
ary 20, 1904, Mr. Lake ran a sub. with
three army officers on board. Gen. Ar
thur Murray. Capt. C. J. Bailey and
Capt. C. P. Parker. It was submerged,
and ran several miles. When the sub
mersible was brought to the surface
it came up through a grinding field
of ice.
An ice field had broken at the head
of the bay and the submarine had
struck the middle of it. Meanwhile the
Sylph, a Government boat detailed to
watch the test, had been stuck In the
! Ice and was unable to move. The sub
marine plowed through the Ice field and
literally ran circles around the larger
craft.
The officers were much impressed
and recommended that five submer
slbles be purchased. But Congress failed
to make the appropriation. Meanwhile
Mr. Lake had been negotiating with
the Imperial Russian government and
had arranged a test.
The submarine, named the Pro
tector, was taken to the Gulf of Fin
land and during an extremely cold
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TWO RADIO FORUM
ADDRESSES TONIGHT
Attorney General Mitchell and
Senator Capper in Star’s Nation-
Wide Hook-Up.
Attorney General William D. Mitchell
and Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas
will be the speakers tonight in the Na
tional Radio Fornm, arranged by The
Washington Star and sponsored by the
Columbia Broadcasting System, whose
Nation-wide network will carry the ad
dresses to all comers of the country. .
The distinguished men will go before
the microphone in the broadcasting
studio of The Washington Star, operat
ing through station WMAL, which was
dedicated last Saturday night by Sec
retary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mel
lon, who Inaugurated the series of ad
dresses by the Hoover , cabinet.
Opening the forum this evening, At
torney General Mitchell will be pre-,
sented at 10 o’clock, to be followed by
Senator Capper.
Bank Statements
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Washington clearing bouse, *5,275,-
744.31.
Treasury balance. $4i«,029,07i.4§.
New York clearing house exchange,
*174,(W0,000. .
New York clearing house balance,
*1,500,000,M0.
Radio Programs—Ps£e 34,
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SIMON LAKE.
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FOUR DEAD, SCORES
HURT IN IOWA FIRE
Several More Bodies May Be
Found in Des Moines
Hotel Wreckage.
B r the Associated Pres*.
DES MOINES, lowa. April 6.—At
least four persons are dead and scores
are suffering from injuries, bums and
cuts received in a fire which broke out
at the Kirkwood Hotel shortly after 3
o’clock this morning.
Fire Chief Burnett after inspecting
the wreckage expressed the belief that
several additional bodies might be
found. He said a group of men and
women had been reported holding a
party in one of the rooms, and had
not been founld since. Firemen were
almost unanimous in believing that
more victims were buried in the debris
The Dead.
The known dead:
Mrs. Red Watson.
Red” Jarrup.
W. F. Ra idler.
John P. Scott.
Twelve persons were taken to hos
pitals and many others injured and
burned were given flrst aid treatment.
Between 125 and 150 persons were in
the building when the fire broke out.
Building Total Loss.
The building, which is a total loss,
was valued at between $200,000 and
$250,000. Flying embers set fire to
the ruins of a business block across the
street which was destroyed in a spec
tacular blaze two weeks ago with a loss
of SIOO,OOO.
Several persons, most of whom were
unidentified, performed thrilling rescues.
A fireman stopped a girl who tried to
Jump from a third-floor window, and
succeeded in pulling her to safety and
carrying her to the street after she had
swung like a pendulum from one of hi?
hands. Thomas Mayberry, colored
porter, one of the flrst to discover the
fire, carried or led a score of men and
women through smoke-filled halls or •
down ladders to safety.
TRAIN COACH WRECK
IS BLAMED ON BOMB
None Hurt in Texas Explosion, But
Cause Is Mystery to Of
ficers.
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the Associated Press. ,
| TEMPLE, Tex.. April 6.—A passenger
coach of a southbound Santa Fe train
j was wrecked about 15 miles north of
here early today by a mysterious explo
sion. None of the 15 passengers in the j
car was seriously injured.
Officers, after questioning passengers,
advanced the theory the explosion was
caused by a bomb, but were at a loss.
as to explain the presence of explosives
on the train. AM windows’ and one and
of the coach were blown out. , J
Other coaches of the train went not,
damaged. Passengers were terrified by
smote that filled S*e train following the
blast
State New*, Pis« 4 aid S
DIPLOMATS AVOID
PRECEDENCE CLASH
Ruling as to Mrs. Gann’s
Status Will Hold at Din
ner Thursday.
By the Associated Press.
Most members of the diplomatic corps
have escaped cause for worry over the
ticklish question of the social rank of
Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and
official hostess of Vice President Curtis.
For few of them have invitations out
for functions at which a conflict might
arise on the point of her proper place
jin the line of "precedence”—whether
she is to follow the wives of diplomats,
as former Secretary Kellogg rules, or
precede them, as the Vice President
believes she should.
Pending a ruling by Secretary Stin
son on Mr. Curtis' protest, It can he
taken sot granted that lists of guests
for necessary official functions will be
scanned with extreme care so that, if
there Is any way to avoid such a con
tingency, they will not include persons
of conflicting rank.
Pint "Clash” Doe April 11.
In the one function on the social
calendar to which both diplomats and
j the Vice President have been invited,
the present ruling of the State Depart
ment. unless reversed in the meantime,
will be observed and Mrs. Gann will be
seated below the wives of Ambassadors
and Ministers, which, incidentally places
her below the wives of cabinet members
and Senators.
Ambassador Davila of Chile will be
the host, and had issued his Invitations
—for a formal dinner for 200 at the
Pan-American Union April 11—before
the current social storm broke. Like
other members, he regards the rulings
of the State Department on social rank
as official requests to the diplomatic
corps, and as long as they stand feels
obligated to abide by them, regardless
of his reluctance in this instance to
offend the Vice President.
The question of Mr. Gann has been
a perplexing one to hostesses who have
entertained in honor of th«Vide Presi
dent since inauguration. He is entitled
to no official social rank. In some
circles the opinion is expressed that
the State Department has already
made a concession in giving the Vice
: President’s sister rank over members
; of the House of Representatives and
I those lower down the precedence scale.
Ruling Eagerly Awaited.
One foreign Minister said he would
not be surprised to see the whole mat
ter of precedence receive an over
hauling, with a change in many of the
rights of rank now accepted in this
country. In every other country, he
pointed out, foreign Ambassadors and
Ministers rank immediately below the
ruling powers of the government or, in
the case of a monarchy, directly below
the royal family. In this country the
Chief Justice, the cabinet and the
Senate rank ahead of the Ministers.
.
TEXTILE WORKERS GREET
McGRADY AND HOFFMAN
Return of “Kidnaped” Labor Lead
ers Is Signal for Cheering Dem
onstration in Tennessee.
; By the Associated Press.
ELIZABETHTON,, Tenn.. April 6.
Welcomed back to Elizabethton with a
cheering demonstration by textile work
ers yesterday, Edward L. McGrady and
'a. L. Hoffman, "kidnaped” labor lead
pis, today were at the head of plans
for a greater celebration here Sunday in
hntv>r of President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor.
McGrady. an official Os the American
| Federation of Labor, and Hoffman, tex
tile union organizer, were deported from
Elizabethton by a band of about 20 men .
Thursday as an aftermath of a strike.
Attorney's No Poet; Court Does Know It,
But Takes Notion to Grant His Motion
> ———————
By th» Associ* ted Press.
| CHICAGO, April 6.—Attorney Victor
Frohlich is well versed in the poetry of
motion.
; He stood before Judge Joseph Sabath
yesterday its counsel for Mrs. Anna
Bar cal. seeking a divorce, and spoke as
i follows: ‘ ,
I "This motion. If your honor please,
"For alimony and solicitor’s fee*;
"The man.is strong, the woman meek.
1 thjpk She shenud get IS bucks «
week.”
Judge Sabath enjoys ab» of poetry
now and then, but in its place.
"Are you making light of this court?
The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
Yesterday’s Circalatioi, 109,383
fAh Meant Associated Press.
Lindy Is Regarded
Ag Teaching Anne
How to Fly Plane
Mexico City Is Convinced
Colonel’s Fiancee Is Pro
ficient Air Pilot.
8r the Associated Free*.
MEXICO CITY, April 'This capi
tal, which decided a month ago Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh was teaching his
fiancee. Miss Anne Morrow, to fly, is
now convinced she is gainnlg some pro
ficiency with an airplane.
It is believed that under the fond
tutelage of the man she is to marry she
is becoming quite capable of ordinary
maneuvers in the air and given a few
more hours aloft should be able to man
age a plane without Col. Lindbergh’s
help.
Belief la Unconfirmed.
There is no way of confirming the
belief, since both Lindbergh and Miss
Morrow have kept silent even to their
most intimate friends in an effort to es
cape the inevitable publicity if it were
known. But observers point out that the
flying Miss Morrow has done with her
fiance has borne many resemblances to
ordinary student flying.
And, they chuckle and say, Thurs
day’s flight—after he had taken up
Elizabeth and Constance, her sisters—
had some of the characteristics, at cer
tain stages, of a novice’s air manage
ment. All in all. Miss Morrow has had
about six hours' flying in dual control
planes with her fiance, and the addition
of Just a few hours more should be
sufficient to make a real aviatrlx out of
her.
Mexico City has had only the utmost
admiration for Miss Morrow’s gameness
whin, on the day after her crash at
Valbuena Field, she let herself be taken
up again three times by Col. Lindbergh.
She was shaken by her experience and
afraid, but the old Army ’medicine”
worked well in her case, too, and now
it is said there has been no impairment
of her confidence as a result of that
accident.
Has Many Reasons for Learning.
There are a number of reasons why
she should want to fly—the probability
of an airplane honeymoon, the fact that
she will have to fly if she wants to keep
pace with her husband after they are
married and the natdrally vital interest
she feels in flying, since it ia bis life
work.
Mrs. Morrow. Anne, Elizabeth and
Constance and Col. Lindbergh returned
yesterday from the Morrow country
home at Cuernavaca to see Miss Con
stance off for school in Milton, Mass.,
today. . .
No announcement has been made of
Col. Lindbergh’s plans, but it is be
lieved he intends to remain here aev
! eral days longer.
hope~stilL held
FOR ENGLISH FLYER '
I Southern Crow Crew Believed
l
Forced Down in Western
! Australia.
By the Associated Press.
1 PERTH, New South Wales. April 6.
1 Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith and his
three companions of the Southern Cross
were believed today to be down south
-1 east of Thurburn Bluff, Western Aus
| tralia. A government launch with a
; government searching party was sent for
them.
The information was conveyed in a
: telegram this morning to Philip Collier,
premier of Western Australia, from Col.
Mansbridge, resident magsitrate at
Broome, far West Australian coast.
Thurburn Point, or Bluff, is a prom
ontory on the Timor Sea. just north of
the entrance to the Cambridge Gulf,
Western Australia. It is located about i
70 miles north and west of Wyndham,
the goal of the four flyers when they
set out just a week ago.
It was their intention then to fly to
Wyndham as the first lap of a flight to
England, which thev hoped would break
the record of Bert Hinkler, made by
- flights in the reverse direction. They
left Sydney last Saturday and Sunday
radioed they were making a forced land
ing in a rainstorm, ‘about 100 miles
east of Wyndham.”
Besides Capt. Charles Kingsford-
Smith there is his pilot, Charles T. Ulm.
and a navigator and a wireless operator.
The gravest anxiety was felt for their
lives as soon as It was known they were
missing, inasmuch as the country into j
which they had disappeared is known |
for its savage. Inhospitable tribes.
Thousands of miles have been search
er by airplanes the last six days.
Planes which have sought the man
may have flown over them without
sighting them, just as those who sought
Gen. Nobile in the Arctic ice north of
Spitsbergen passed over him without
knowing it.
Apart from the fact that the Southern
Cross would have been hidden had it
, crashed into the dense bush and there
' fore would have been invisible from the
air, searching flyers have been handi
caped by the mist and rain.
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SUICIDE IS SUSPECTED. j
j HAVANA, April 6 OP).—The name of
George Gommell of New York City,
chief engineer of the Munson liner
Munardam, was yesterday stricken from
the rolls of that ship and his disappear
ance at sea three days ago was attri
buted to suicide.
Capt. R. D. McAlpine told the press
here yesterday he saw Gommell Wed
nesday night and he noticed nothing
abnormal. He left Gommell on deck.
Thursday Gommell did not appear for
breakfast, and thorough search of the
ship failed to reveal trace of him.
The Munardam arrived Thursday
afternoon after' a flve-day run from
New York.
“What do you mean, your honor?”
“You Just recited poetry,” said the
judge, "and very bad poetry, too,”
"I did not realise it, your honor,” said
Mr. Frohllch. “It must have been the
springlike weather joining my well I
meant words together. Let the record
plainly show that I am not inclined to
the making of verse, nor the recital
thereof,”
"Very well," tfee court said. "I*ll en
tertain your motion, though your mo
tion did not entertain me *
lie continued th# ease a week, so that
Anton p*rs*l might engage an attor
ney-one who does not, Judge Sabath
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TWO CENTS.
SKILLED, 100 HURT,
THREE MISSING IN
MIDWEST STORMS
Disturbances of Tornadic
Violence Whip Through
Three States.
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
TO REACH HIGH FIGURE
Wrecked* Farm Buildings and Resi
dences and Damaged Communica
tion Lines Follow in Wake.
By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, April S. Spring
storms of tornadic violence whipped
through parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin
and lowa late yesterday, killing 12
persons. Three others were missing
early today and were believed dead.
More than 100 men, women and chil
dren were in hospitals, and some of
them were so severely hurt that they
may not live.
The death Ust follows:
C. P. Bryan, 62, farmer, near Tay
lors Palls, Minn.
Andrew Hanson, 45, Minneapolis.
P. Lundgren, 40, farmer, near Forest
Lake, Minn.
Prank Olson, 60, farmer, near Lind
strom. Minn.
A. G. Anderson, farmer, near Glen
wood City, Wis.
Douglas. Lawrence and Dorothy Pitt
man, children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Pittman, farmer, near Reeves. Wis.
Miss Martha Raawe, 25, near Rice
Lake, Wis.
Mrs. Lewis Reed. 50, near Rice Lake.
John T. Salmon, farmer, near Clay
ton, Wis.
George Tuin, fanner, near Little
Rock. lowa.
The property damage can hardly be
accurately estimated, so wide was the
storm’s path and so incomplete were
reports from the several storm centers,
but it was certain to run into hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
In North Minnesota alone the damage
was fixed at SIOO,OOO. while the storm's
wake in country sections was strewn
'with wrecked farm buildings.
Reaart Laid Waste.
The moat destructive of the storms
formed over Lake Minnetonka, a Sum
mer resort near Minneapolis. It struck
with increasing velocity on the north
side of the city, wrecking many homes,
damaging communication lines and up
! rooting trees. It tore its way through
I two Minnesota counties and. three in
I Wisconsin before it blew itself out. In
j this city, where the population is heav
| lest, only one man, Andrew Hanson,
was killed. George Lundgren was killed
at Forest Lake When his house col
lapsed, and at Taylor Palls, 30 miles to
the north and east, C. P. Bryan, a
farmer, was crushed to death. Then
the storm lifted- to strike again at Rice
Lake and Reeves. Wis.. where four
were killed. Mrs. Louis Reed and Miss
Martha Raawe, sisters, wefre crushed to
death near Rice Lake and near Reeves
the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Pittman died when their home was
demolished. A farmer, John Soloman,
was killed at Clayton, Wis.
George Tuin, a Little Roek. lowa,
farmer, was the sole fatality reported in
lowa, being killed when his chicken
house collapsed during a heavy wind
storm.
Three persons were reported missing
in the Rice Lake district. They were
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Tralschoms and
Marie Buchrow.
The storm developed late In the after
noon. With but little warning it broke
over Minneapolis, and in a half hout
the northern section of the city was
strewn with wreckage. From that point
the tornado worked northeast, dipping
and rising.
2$ Farm Homes Wrecked.
Perhaps the most severe blow was
struck at Rice Lake and vicinity, where
more than 20 farm homes were wrecked.
There the wind was accompanied by
heavy rain and huge hailstones, which
smashed windows.
Mrs. Reed, living on a farm some
distance from Rich Lake, called her
family of small children in the cellar.
Then the wind struck the house, it was
ripped from the foundation and the
woman was killed by rocks which fell
from the basement wall.
At Fridley, Minn., a short distance
north of here, radio station WRHM was
1 badly damaged.
The number of persons injured here
can only be estimated. More than 70
were treated at hospitals, and scores of
others at their homes. At Rice Lake.
Wis., 20 were so seriously injured they
were placed in the hospital there and
16 were being cared for at a hospital
at Barron, Wis.
Hastings and Beatrice were among
the Nebraska cities reporting damage
from high winds. At Omaha there
was a 32-degree drop in temperature in
eight hours from the record-breaking
90s, into which the mercury had risen.
Snowfall was predicted for parts of that
State today.
; FRENCH LINER IN MUD
WITH 1,000 ON BOARO
Grounding Off Brooklyn Believed
Not Serious as Tugs Are Sent
to Help Float Veeeel.
Br the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 6.—Groping her
way to sea during a dense fog this
morning, the French liner Paris, bound
for Havre with a thousand passengers,
grounded on the soft mud flats off Bay
Ridge, Brooklyn, but apparently was not
damaged. No passengers were Injured.
The French Line ordered a fleet of
tugs down the bay to pull the craft
free. An oil barge was also ordered to
take off some of the liner’s fuel to
lighten her.
. It is believed that the Paris would
be freed by midafternoon and that
after she had Men refueled would re
sume her voyage at 6 o’clock tonight.
The ship was said to pe resting evenly.
The heavy fog caused delay to ship
ping in the harbor.
PERSHING HAS COLD.
, General, in Paris, Is Not Kept
From Work, However.
I PARIS, April 8 OP).—Gen. John J.
Pershing has a slight cold. It has not
kept hist from his work or inside, he
says, however, but is merely Incident to
his recovery from influenza. He is fol
lowing his normal routine and dined
l with friends last night, *