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WEATHER.
(Xf. ■. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Generally fair today and tomorrow:
little change in temperature.
Temperature—Highest. 94, at 4 p.m.
yesterday; lowest, 71, at 6 a.m. yester-
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IS KILLED, 100 HURT
IN ARGENTINA FIGHT
AS REVOLUTIONISTS
SEIZE GOVERNMENT
j
Country Is Put Under Military
Law When Gen. Uriburu
Takes Charge and Names
Civilian Cabinet.
TROOPS BATTLE POLICE;
IRIGOYEN IS ARRESTED
loyalist Newspapers Sacked and
Burned by Shouting Mob.
Martinez Yields to New Regime.
Demonstrators Parade Streets
Carrying Banners.
St the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. September
6 (£*>.—The government an
nounced late tonight that for
mer President Yrigoyen, whose
government was overthrown by
a revolt tonight, had been ar
rested and was confined in the
barracks of the 7th Infantry at
La Plata.
BUENOS AIRES, September 6.
—Military forces tonight over
turned the government of Hipo
lito Yrigoyen after a sanguinary
encounter with a little group of
mounted police, in which approxi
mately 15 persons were killed and
100 wounded.
Early in the evening the public
hospital estimated that 1,000 per
sons had been killed or wounded,
but it appeared late tonight the
hospital had greatly exaggerated
the number, although it was im
possible at the time to compile
an accurate list.
Among the wounded were Capt.
Enrique Padilla, noted interna
tional polo player, and a military
cadet named Poisson. Most of
the casualties were civilian.
Some civilians were injured in
midaftemoon when police fired
on a group in the Plaza Mayo who
had cheered the appearance of
military airplanes over the gov
ernment house.
Dr. Martinez Is Ousted.
The revolt was brief and resulted in
the ousting of Dr. Enrique V. Martinez,
President for a day after the retirement i
of Yrigoyen.
Two armies of soldiers, police and I
civilians marched on the government;
house from two directions, and the
white flag was run up on the building
after a sanguinary battle between the
oncoming troops and a detachment of
mounted police in the Avenida de Mayo
In front of the newspaper La Epoca,
a government organ, which later was
sacked and burned by a shouting mob.
The leader of the revolt, Gen. Jose
Evaristo Uriburu, a noted soldier, took
charge of the government, named a j
civilian cabinet and issued a procla
mation- saying the country was under
strict military law.
Martinez then resigned and told the
commander of the loyal forces, Gen.
Toranzo, to lay down his arms.
No Word From Provinces.
With that the military revolt was over
In the capital, although the provinces
have not been heard from because of
scanty communication. It was re
ported. however, that at La Plata,
capital of the Province of Buenos Aires,
public demonstrations have demanded
the resignation of Gov. Crovetto.
Apparently the clash between the j
mounted police and the soldiers was
the only serious conflict in connection j
with the revolt. Little could be learned ■
of It because of the surging thousands ;
(Continued on Page 4, Column'll
GROW AND SUTTON
TO BE FREED SOON
T S. Ambassador Says Peru Would
Release Americans on Agree
ment to Face Court*.
Ey the Associated Pres*
LIMA. Peru. September 6 —American
Ambassador Fred M. Dearing said to-
Tv.ght after a conference with the Peru
vian foreign secretary that Lieut.
Comdr Harold B. Grow and Charles
\V Sutton. Americans, held since the
revolt broke, would be freed soon
The foreign secretary. Col. Montagnc.
told the Ambassador the government
would release Grow and Sutton from
prison if they would agree to stand
trial in the courts.
Since hrs arrival here by airplane yes
terday Mr. Dearing has been working
exclusively on the cases of the two
Americans.
CLARK GRIFFITH’S MOTHER-IN-LAW,
80, SCOFFS AT BASE BALL INJURY
Takes Blow on Arm But Sees Game Out After Witness
Faints at Firemen-Police Contest.
A ioul tip whizzed toward box No. !
95 in Griffith Stadium yesterday during
the police-firemen game.
From her seat in the box Mr*.
Janet Robertson saw the bail coming
too late to dodge. She took the stun
ing brunt ot the blow high on her
left arm.
The fans saw another woman faint
a few seats removed from Mrs. Robert
son. they saw attendants fanning them
both, but they never saw Mrs. Rob
ertson flinch.
They knew she was game, but few
ejt them sh** was 8b years
oijs and the nt'- n !n-’»w of C'-V.
fftht Jlutufcm fHaf.
*—' WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
Mexico Launches
Move to Control
Methodist Property
Action Is Forerunner of
Plan to Nationalize All
Church Holdings.
| Bt the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. September
■ Newspapers said this evening that the
government had filed a petition in the
I Sixth District Court to nationalize all
! property of the Methodist Episcopal
! Church in Mexico.
The petition was filed by orders of
! the attorney general, it was said, and
the Christian Science and other Protes
tant Churches will face similar action
as soon as this case is disposed of.
All Catholic Church property in
Mexico is classed as belonging to the
government, and the priests in charge
(Continued on Page 2, Column 8 )
BLAINE CiITTEE
!T0 INVESTIGATE ALL
; C. REALTY FIRMS
Counsel Also to Probe Re
ported Dealing in Ques
tionable Securities.
The Blaine Senate Subcommittee,
which has been conducting an investi
gation of real estate mortgages in the
District, has extended its inquiry into
every real estate firm in the city, Oscar
H. Brinkman, special counsel and in
vestigator for the subcommittee, an
nounced last night. Mr. Brinkman said
the far-reaching investigation already
was under way and also would extend
into several concerns reported dealing
in questionable securities.
“This is not a mud-slinging investi
gation," the attorney said, “and it will
be no fault of ours if Jt hurts some
people.”
Subcommittee to Get Facts.
Facts brought out by this double
barreled inquiry first will be presented
to the subcommittee, Mr. Brinkman
said, but later some of this informa
tion “probably will be turned over to
the Department of Justice for use in
criminal prosecutions.”
Although the activities of all real
estate firms in the District are to be
investigated, this fact should not be
interpreted as indicating that all of
them have been guilty of improper prac
tices, the attorney pointed out.
He intimated, however, that he has
uncovered evidence tending to show that
a number of such firms whose names
have not heretofore been brought to
public attention, have been engaged in
activities which he feels warrant in
vestigation by the subcommittee and
possibly by the Justice Department.
Evidence of Irregularities.
Mr. Brinkman also said he has evi
dence of irregularities on the part of
“at least” 20 concerns dealing in se
curities in Washington, which he be
i llevea should be brought to the atten
tion of the proper authorities,
i “The primary purpose of tcis investi-
I gation,’ 'he said, "is to assemble infor
-1 mation which the subcommittee can
use in drawing up suitable legislation
to protect the public from real estate
and security houses which stoop to un
ethical, if not illegal, practices.
“The committee is seeking construc
tive legislation, not solely evidence for
prosecution. It proposes this Fall to
hold another hearing, at which time
subpoenas wil be issued for individuals
and for the books and records of cer
tain organizations.
Committee Handicapped.
“During the last session of Congress
the committee was handicapped by the
tariff hearings, but when it meets again
Senator Blame intends to explore the
whole field of real estate and security
operations in Washington. I have been
instructed to bring in all the evidence
bearing on the matter, and the com
mittee will leave no stone unturned in
its effort to secure all the facts.
“Our investigation has really just
begun.”
The announcement that the subcom
mittee will investigate the sale of se
curities in Washington aroused consid
erable interest in financial circles.
Well informed Government officials
have estimated that the loss to the
' general public through the purchase
of worthless securities runs into mll
-1 lions of dollars annually, and it is be
lieved that a considerable part of this
! loss can be laid at the doors of firms
j operating in the Nation's Capital.
“Builder’s Bull Market.”
*lhe present situation in the real
estate field, it was explained, had its
inception several years ago in the days
of the “builder's bull market,” when
construction work forged ahead with
unprecedented rapidity. During this
period, it has been pointed out, too
many apartment houses, hotels and
other buildings were erected on the
theory that the way to make the most
money was to “build 'em quick and
build 'em cheap.” This practice brought
! on hard times for the builders.
Mr. Brinkman has in his possession
I material from the secret files of the
i Department of Justice relating to its
investigation of the F. H. Smith Co.,
which he secured in July. He also has
; the files of the District Attorney's
office for 1924 and 1925, during which
period a Senate subcommittee under
i Senator Ball made an investigation of
renting and housing conditions in the
! District. Brinkman would not say
what use he expects to make of this
material, but he indicated that highly
Important developments may be ex
pected in the near future.
Griffith, owner of the Washington ball
club.
‘•l'm all right," smiled Mrs. Robert
son, "No, I don't need a doctor. Go
j home in an ambulance? Absurd!
Why, its orrty the fourth inning! I’m
going to see the rest of this game."
I Mrs. Robertson hasn't missed a ball
game at the Stadium 'n 30 years, her
; relatives say. She knows the players
i and their records and she knows base
! ball Inside out.
For year* now Mrs. Robertson has
j had reserved for her two seats in Box
95. one for herself and one for a woman
•e •-miM on r»ge 3,
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1930-128 PAGES. *
HOOVER TO GREET
FRENCH AIR HEROES
ON ARRIVAL TODAY
FROM NEW YORK
Capital Plans Monster Cele
bration at Bolling Field in
Honor of Maj. Coste and
Lieut. Bellonte.
_ FIELD OPEN TO PUBLIC
' FOR ARRIVAL OF FLYERS
j Cel. Lindbergh Will Fly Own
Plane as Part of Escort—Flag
Byrd Carried Over South Pole
Will Be Presented Visiting Air-
I men.
Washington today was plan
ning for a monster celebration at
Bolling Field and along the route
Maj. Dieudonne Coste and Lieut.
Maurice Bellonte will take from
Bolling Field to the French em
bassy, following the arrival of
the French flyers, first to com
plete the Paris-New York air jour
> ney, at 5 o’clock this afternoon.
> The monoplane Question Mark,
in which the two flyers spanned
! the Atlantic, will come in from
i New York, and after a half-hour
- allotted for informal greetings at
I the landing field, the flyers will
: ride in an open machine to the
French embassy, along Pennsyl
i vania avenue and Sixteenth
street.
Elaborate plans for handling a rec
ord crowd have been made.
The field will be opened for the pub
lic, the entire personnel of the post
will be kept on hand to handle traffic. I
parking and hold the crowds back from ;
the transatlantic plane and its escort,
i and every inducement will be offered
the public to turn out to the field to
welcome the famous Frenchmen.
Col. Lindbergh, in his private plane.
will be among the airmen who will
(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.)
ONE KILLED, 10 HURT
IN CAR COLLISIONS
Former Big League Ball Play
er Dies After Crash on
Alexandria Road.
One man was killed and five injured
in a head-on collision between two
automobiles at the “bottleneck'’ formed
by the bridge over Four-Mile Run on
the Alexandria to Washington highway
this morning.
The dead man is Maurice Kelliher.
, 3455 Fourteenth street, 38 years old.
said to have been a former first base
man for the Pittsburgh National
League base ball team.
The injured, none of whom was seri
ously hurt, are:
William J. Shea, 1324 Fairmount
street, said to have been the driver of
the car in which Kelliher was riding;
Earl Garrison. 302 Tenth street south
east, and William McKeever, 603 Far
ragut street northeast.
Brought to Emergency.
The names of the other two were not
known to Washington police. They were
occupants of the car which was heading
north from Alexandria to Washington.
The car in which Kelliher and the
three injured were riding was south
bound and had turned from the wide
portion of the road into the “bottle
neck'' at the bridge when It collided
with the northbound car.
Kelliher and his companions were
brought to Emergency Hospital by pa&s
ing motorists. Kelliher died soon after
being admitted to the hospital. Shea
’ was being held by District authorities
for the Virginia police.
Five Girls Are Injured,
l Five young women driving from Bal
, timore to Great Falls, Va., on an outing
, yesterday afternoon were injured when
i their automobile overturned on the
i Brookville pike near Norbeck, Md.
i Silver Spring police were told that
i the automobile, driven by Miss Marjorie
[ A. Grant, 19 years old, of Baltimore,
. turned over three times after striking a
machine operated by Henry Bogley of
[ Gaithersburg, Md., which they were
trying to pass.
Miss Grant received bruises and cuts
, about the head and body. The others
. injured were Miss Evelyn Huntsbury, 22
years old; Miss Catherine West, 19
’ years old; Mies Margaret Smith. 19
• years old, and Miss Alma Stickel, 18
’ years old. all of Baltimore. They were
. badlv shaken up, shocked and bruised.
The condition of Miss Grant, Miss
r Huntsbury and Miss West required
L treatment at the Montgomery County
; General Hospital near Sandy Spring,
j Miss West was allowed to go home after
- receiving medical aid, but the other two
L were kept at the hospital.
TWO HURRYING TO FILE •
TARDY BALLOT NOTICES
Representative Garber and M. J.
Putnam, G. O. F- Nominee of
Virginia, Hurry to Richmond.
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va., September 6
Jacon A. Garber, incumbent Republican
Representative from Harrisonburg, and
M. J. Putnam, Republican nominee for
the House in the tenth district, were
hurrying to Richmond today to repair,
if possible, their failure to file their
formal notices of candidacy with the
secretary of Commonwealth within the
time pre?cribed by law. Faced with
having their names omitted on the of
ficial ballot, both notified Peter Saund
ers, secretary of the Commonwealth,
that they were en route to Richmond
and arranged for post office hour en
gagements. Unless arrangements can
be made to repair failure to file, voters
In their district* desiring to cast a vote
for th-m would find it necessary to
wr *c in the names on the ballots.
News Note—Mr. Hoover in his new hook entitled. “A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes,”
says “some millions of fishermen have invented new lures of a seductive order and have devised
many new and fearful incantations.”
MAINE TO WIDE
POLITICAL OPENER
IN 11 ELECTIONS
Republicans Are Conceded
Victory—Democrats Hope
for Large Vote.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Maine provides the curtain raiser to
morrow for the political drama of 1930.
The Pine Tree State still clings to its
September State elections, including
members of Congress, although all the
other States will not elect until No
vember 4.
Chief interest centers in the size of
the Democratic vote as compared to
the size of the Republican vote in
Maine tomorrow. Democrats frankly
have no hope of carrying Maine. They
do expect, according to reports received
at Democratic national headquarters
here, to be able to cut down the Re
publican lead, particularly in the guber
natorial race and they insist there is
a chance they may elect one member
of the House out of the State’s delega
tion of four. In these hopes the Demo
crats are likely to be disappointed, how
ever. The Republicans of Maine are
well organized, and they expect to get
out a good percentage of the vote, de
spite the fact this is an off year.
Fess Urges G. O. P. Support
Senator Fess of Ohio, chairman of J
the Republican National Commit tee,;
last night delivered in Portland a speech
to the Maine voters urging them to go
to the polls and support the Republican
candidates and the Hoover administra
tion. The national organization has
undertaken to aid in this Maine elec- ;
tion in other ways, too, and Senator!
Fess is only one of a number of speakers j
sent into the State. The Democratic :
national organization, on the other i
hand, has kept out of the State, leav
ing the campaign to the local Demo
crats. Edward C. Moran, the party’s
nominee for Governor, is the head and
forefront of the Democratic activity this '
year, in his effort to win over Gov. I
William Tudor Gardiner. Moran was
overwhelmingly defeated by Gardiner i
two years ago. The latter, however, has
lost some of his popularity in the State
since then.
Representative Wallace White, the
Republican nominee for Senator, is re
garded as good as elected by the Re
publicans. and the Democrats do not
seem to dispute the claim.
A number of other States this week
will vie with Maine for the spotlight of
politics. Maryland holds its primary
elections tomorrow, for example. Much
of the interest in the Maryland pri
maries has been eliminated, it is true,
by the fact that the Democratic candi
date for Governor has already been
chosen—since he has no opposition—
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie. The Republi
cans, too, have picked Mayor Broening
of Baltimore as the man to make the
race against Ritchie. No Senators are
elected in Maryland this year.
State primaries will be held Tuesday
also in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana,
Michigan. New Hampshire, Vermont
and Washington. South Carolina will
hold a run-off primary to determine
whether Senator Cole Blease or former
Representative J. F. Byrnes is to have
the Democratic nomination in that
State.
The intra-party battles over senatorial
nominations in Louisiana Michigan and
Colorado, not to mention South Caro
lina, have aroused widespread interest.
In Louisiana the veteran Senator Rans
dell is opposed for the Democratic nomi
' (Continued on Page 2, Column IT)
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SENATOR BORAH TO BEGIN
CAMPAIGN AFTER REST
. Idaho Legislator Makes Statement
at Pocatello En Route to
Boise Home.
By the Associated Press.
POCATELLO. Idaho, September fi
Arriving here today from Washington
•n route to his home in Boise, United
States Senator William E. Borah said
he would begin an at rive campaign for
re-election after taking a month’s rest
Borah, who recently has been ill, said
: he is feeling much improved. The
i month’s rest was prescribed by his phy
sician, however
Senator Borah was greeted here by a
number of friends and political sup
, porters. He said the situation appears
l ‘‘spotted,’’ but he looked for Republican
victories in a majority of States hold
i tng elections in November,
i In Idaho, Borah will be opposed by
> Joseph Tyler of Emmett, a Democrat,
i The Senator plans to make campaign
addresses in various of the State.
Child Dancer Begs
For Death to End
Pain From Burns
By the Associated Press.
GREENSBORO. N. C.. Septem
ber 6—Little Mary Doherty, 8.
who couldn't wait to grow up and
dance in Broadway’s glitter, but
must devise footlights of her own
j from candles, lay in a hospital
today seriously burned, pleading
that she be killed to end her
suffering.
Physicians say her chance for
life is slight,
The trailing dress in which
Mary Doherty “dressed up” to
dance in a garage caught fire
from the candles. Before neigh
bors, answering her screams,
could reach her, the flames had
seared her body.
WALSH MAY QUIT
AFTER NEXT TERM
Montana Senator Tells State
; Democrats He Might
Retire.
I
By the Associated Press.
HELENA. Mont., September B.
United States Senator Thomas J.
Walsh told the Montana Democratic
State Convention today he might
j “claim the privilege of retirement from
; public life” at the conclusion of a
! fourth term, the one for which he is
i now seeking re-eiection.
The Senator did not amplify that
statement but cut loose an attack on
what he termed the “argument that a
Republican Senator could get more for
Montana” than a Democratic Senator.
He said the argument “proceeds upon
I the assumption that Congress as well as
i the executive officers of the Govem-
I ment are basically corrupt; that ap
| prepnations are not made nor being
enacted as the public needs require or
the public interest demands but as re
wards for party service and party popu
| larity.”
j Vigorously attacking the new na-
I tional tariff law, Senator Walsh cited
; oil and mineral development as the
industries which suffered most through
the act.
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Claims Glider Loop Record.
INDIANAPOLIS. September 6.—Ly
man Voelpel, member of a flying circus
performing at the Indiana State Fair,
claimed to have established a new
world’s record for looping the loop in
a glider here today when he made thir
teen circles with his motorless biplane.
Voelpel was said to have held the for
mer record of twelve loops.
TODAY’S STAR
PART ONE—2B PAGES. '
General News —Local, National and
Foreign.
PART TWoTLg PAGES.
Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi
torial Features.
The Home Gardener—Page 6.
Spanish War Veterans —Page 7.
PART THREELTi2 PAGES.
Society Section.
PART FOUR—I 2 PAGES.
Amusement Section —Theaters, Screen
and Music.
In the Motor World —Page 5.
Aviation—Page 7.
Fraternities—Page 8.
District National Guard —Page 8.
I Marine Corps Notes —Page 8.
; Serial Story, "Murder at High Tide”—
Page 9.
! Army and Navy News—Page 9.
i Veterans of the Great War—Page 9.
I News of the Clubs —Page 9.
I Y. w: C. A. Notes—Page 9.
: Radio—Page 11.
Organized Reserves—Page 12.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve—
Page 12.
PART FIVE—4 PAGES.
Sports Section.
l PART SIX—I 2 PAGES.
I Financial News and Classified Ad
l vertising.
PART SEVEN—24 PAGES.
[ Magazine Section.
. Reviews of the New Books —Page 18.
Cross-word Puzzle —Page 22.
PART EIGHT—B PAGES.
; Educational Section.
1 GRAPHIC SECTION—I 2 PAGES.
1 World Events in Pictures.
COLOR SECTION—B PAGES.
’ Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Mr. and
. j Mrs.; Little Orphan Annie: Brutus;
i Somebody’s Stenog; the Smythefc;
. 1 Highlights of History.
NEW BUILDING HERE
SPEEDED UP BY U. S.;
BIG CONTRACTS LET
Plans Rushed to Complete
Office Structure to Cost
$8,000,000 by 1932.
With public building contracts being
let at the rate of one every two an 2
a half days, as the result of the Presi
dent’s application of a spur to such
work to relieve depression and unem
ployment, the aspect of downtown
Washington, where much of the $568,-
000,000 appropriated for public build
ings is to be expended, will be changed
far ahead of schedule.
One building is complete, the In
ternal Revenue Building; the Depart
ment of Commerce Building is far
ahead of schedule and will be cccupied
about the first of the year, and within
the next year a vast number of proj
ects, which, it is expected, wil change
the whole appearance of the south side
of Pennsylvania avenue and the area
about the Capitol, will be well cn their
! way.
House Office Building Rushed.
Present plans call lor the comple
tion of the new $8,000,000 House Office
Building in time for the Bicentennial
celebration of the birth of George
Washington in 1932, and by that time
the new Supreme Court Building will
be well on its way to completion, mark
ing the principal changes contemplated
at this time in the area about the
Capitol.
The new Post Office Department
Building, at Twelfth and Pennsyl
vania avenue, will be started early in
1931, when the Department of Com
merce Building will have been com
pleted. Plans for this building are well
under way and work will be begun as
soon as all land necessary has been
acquired by purchase or condemna
tion.
Only a short time later work will be
begun on the new Department of Labor
Building, which will go up at the cor
ner of Fourteenth and B streets, and
on a twin building which has not yet
been designated, to be constructed on B
street between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets.
These buildings all are planned and
will go up as soon as it is practicable
to get workmen on them.
Study War and Navy Buildings.
Meanwhile studies are being com
pleted on buildings for the War and
Navy Buildings, to form a part of the
triangle development, as are plans for
the new Archives Building, which will
go up on the site of Center Market.
In a few days wTeckers will be tear
ing down the buildings in the square
where Poll’s Theater stands, and there
will be a parkway on this block afford
ing a view of the massive Department
of Commerce Building.
Just how much the plans for public
building have been speeded in the past
18 months is shown by comparative
figures on the letting of contracts, made
public by Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Ferry K. Heath,
Maj. Heath points out:
“The result of the efforts to speed up
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BLAST HURLS TIRE SHOP
OPERATOR OUT OF BED
Sleeping Owner Barely Escapes
Flying Pieces of Metal as Vul
canizing Set Explodes.
Joseph Silverstone was hurled from
bed when an exploding vulcanizing ma
chine blew out the front of his tire re
paii shop, at 1374 H street northeast,
early today. A big piece of metal from
the machine was blown through the
floor of the room above the shop where
Silverstone was sleeping and narrowly
missed him.
The fire rescue squad was called to
the scene to turn out the gas, which
had been left burning in the vulcaniz
ing set.
POWDER BLAST KILLS 10.
Explosion in French Factory Fatal
to Woman Workers.
PARIS, September 6 (,/P). —The cor
respondent of Echo de Paris at Nancy
reports that at least 10 persons were
killed and many others seriously Injured
by an explosion -in a mine powder
1 factory at Aubous. a village near Briay.
The 10 killed were woir/m, mostly
mothers. Thev were burned to death.
Four others wJh in a serious condition.
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Nat>onai \noo in »<art immediate 4*u>riy
FIVE T i m s I , \ ( I !?TR
IN WASHINGTON AND fUtRI’RIIA CIJtrWMBIt
4,000 DEAD IN STORM;
TOLL RISES AS NEARBY
AREA IS HEARD FROM
Relief Director Fears 1,000 More
Were Killed—Many of 5,000
Hurt Expected to Die.
$50,000,000 IN PROPERTY LOST;
STORED FARM PRODUCTS RUINED
Water Supply Dwindles, Adding Peril to
Survivors—so Decapitated by Ma
ternity Hospital Roof.
BY RENE M. LEPERVANCHE.
Associated Presa Staff Writer.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dtmonican Republic. September B—The smoke of
unnumbered funeral pyres hung over the white man's most ancient city in the
Americas today as the bodies of the victims of last Monday’s hurricane, now
estimated at more than 4,000, were consigned to the flames.
Twenty-five per cent of the populace are casualties.
The estimate of dead, made by Dr. Antonio Calderon, in charge of the
sanitary service, is admitted to be conservative, and it is feared the final total
will be at least 5,000. That is about one-eighth of the entire population of the
city. Five thousand more, many of them expected to die, are seriously injured.
Horror Grows Hourly.
Property loss is set at from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000.
Hour by hour the horror grows as refugees continue to drift in from out
lying towns, bringing with them tales of new destruction and death, and addi
tional bodies are found in the city’s streets as workers clear away the debris.
Along the muddy streets and on the banks of the River Ozama, the dead
yet lie in piles, a menace to the health of those who escaped the hurricane. All
available houses, churches and hospitals are filled with the wounded, 400 being
billeted in San Rafael Hospital alone. - *
50 in Hospital Decapitated.
An unestimated number of women and new-born children were killed in
the Maternity Hospital. The building was roofed with fine, sheets of which
were ripped away by the 160-mile-an-hour wind and carried through the air,
mowing down like a giant scythe those who crossed their path. Fifty bodies in
the hospital were decapitated.
The city still is without light or
power, and, worst of all, the water sup
ply plant is so badly damaged it will be
days before it can be repaired. With
the city filled with dead and debris, the
question of a pure water supply becomes
hourly more pressing.
A squadron of six Cuban airplanes,
bearing physicians and medical sup
plies, landed here this morning, and
this afternoon the All America Cable
ship All America arrived with a large
supply of medicine and foodstuffs, and
several doctors and nurses.
New Hope for Belief Force.
Their arrival brought new hope to
the little body of local officials and phy
sicians who have worked without rest
for hours, their bodies a living barri
cade against the afterrunner of the
storm, disease.
Several persons today won their way
across the river Ozama from Villa
Duarte, spanning the swollen current
on a cable, as the bridge was torn away
by the storm.
They reported 300 dead and 500 in
jured in the district of El Algibe. and
167 bodies already recovered in Villa
Francisca.
Parties now have penetrated an area
of 15 miles on every side of Santo Do
mingo and report all in desolation.
Roads, little more than trails in normal
times, now are almost impassable and
the injured in outlying sections have |
little hope of receiving medical and,
surgical attention for days.
Great Farm Stores Ruined.
The storm not only virtually de- i
stroyed the city, but also ruined that j
upon which the country depends for
existence —great stores of coffee, cacao ;
and fruits, which had been prepared for ;
exportation.
Only 400 houses of the original 10.-
000 still stand in the city, among them
the tower of the old Cathedral, which,
between its walls, four centuries old,
held safe against the storm the pur
ported tomb of Columbus.
14 on Boat Drown.
The entire crew of 14 of the Domin
ican lightship Doce de Julio (twelfth of
July, or the anniversary of the with
drawal of American Marines! drowned
when the ship sank at sea during the
hurricane.
Despite the huge toll of dead no
Americans thus far have been reported
killed or injured. An American-owned
sugar refinery at Boca Chica. east of
Santo Domingo, was damaged.
The hurricane demolished the gov
ernment radio station, snapping off the
two 150-foot steel towers.
The government has appointed a
committee to estimate the damage and
EYE-WITNESS DESCRIBES STORM’S
PASSAGE OVER SANTO DOMINGO
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, FLA., September 6.—Graphic
description of “terrific destruction” and
scenes of death and suffering in hurri
cane stricken Santo Domingo teas re
lated here today by E. F. White, pilot
for Pan-American Airways.
Piloting a huge, tri-motored plane
from Port au Prince, Haiti, White landed
here this afternoon at the controls of
the first plane to reach this country
from the devastated area. Five passen
gers, including two women and a crew
of four, were aboard.
White arrived at Santo Domingo two
hours before the storm struck last Wed
nesday. after a flight from San Juan,
Porto Rico.
After the hurricane subsided he went
to Port au Prince.
He said approximately 75 per cent of
the City of Santo Domingo and sur
rounding areas was “knocked flat” and
that “virtually everything there is a
mass of twisted wreckage.” White said
he "couldn’t begin to estimate the
number of dead” and added that “it
will take days to dig them all out.”
“Four other men and myself took
refuge in a hotel when the storm
began,” said White in describing his
experience. "About noon, the skylights
blew off and the shutters crashed in.
From then on, the wind and rain in
creased.
"It was apparent that the center of
the storm passed over Santo Domingo.
At about 2:30 p. m. the wind reached
its highest velocity.
“Then there was 30 minutes of dead
'i' M..n» A.«Ar<at«d
has ordered the advancement of sal
aries to its employes.
The United States naval ship Grebe
has arrived with food and medical aup
-1 plies from Porto Rico. It could not
dock because of the swollen current
of the Ozama River and launches were
used to bring in the supplies. Many
Americans have volunteered for service
with the Red Cross. .
(Copyright, 1930. by Associated Pres*. All
rights reserved.)
Order Is Being Restored.
Order gradually is being restored foi
i lowing upon Wednesday’s chaos, but
the living population has not yet re
covered from the shock of its lose of
life and property. It has suffered prob
! | ably as no other city of the Americas
has ever suffered from a storm.
Santo Domingo is largely a city of
the unsheltered. Tonight in the ancient
' cathedral, where God is worshiped and
the memory of Christopher Columbus
is revered, hundreds of men and women
were trying to sleep in every available
space.
A million shadows flickered thnaugh
the vaulted spaces, from altar candles
as well as from a hundred cradles and
the places where the sick and injured
lay. For three days, the cathedral has
I been an earthly home as well as a spir
! itua! retreat for those stricken by the
I terrible tropical hurricane.
Pistol Shots Announce Dead.
Bodies are still being taken from the
' ruins. When a dead person is found the
| discovery is announced by a pistol shot
j —and the shots are frequent.
Dr. Fernos Isem, head of the Porto
; Rican medical unit, reported to Amerl
| can Minister Charles B. Curtis and
went to work. An American Red Cross
unit was organized this afternoon with
Douglas Morgan, manager of the branch
bank of the National City Bank of New
York, at its head.
Barney Morgan of Joplin. Mo., a mis
sion superintendent, took charge of the
administration.
President Rafael L. Trujillo, driven
■ from the wrecked executive offices, has
established himself with the cabinet In
Fort Ozama. and from there is direct
ing relief, medical aid and the distribu
tion of food.
Curfew Sounds at 7 P.M.
The city is under martial law, with
pedestrians ordered off the streets at
7 p.m.
The government ar.d Red Cross have
commandeered all motor transporta
tion. while all public buildings are used
to shelter the sick and injured.
The road between Santo Dominga
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calm. The skies brightened a little and
I thought the sun was going to corn!
out.
"About 3 o'clock the wind changed
from the north to the opposite direction
The second blow was not as severe aft
the first.
“Destruction in the city was terrifk
None of the buildings, except thoev
made of concrete, stood up. Frame
and adobe houses were blown down or
away like match boxes.
"Many of the buildings still standing
are badly damaged. Rain by torrents
poured into them from holes in the
roofs and broken windows.
“Water, light and telephone sendee
was paralyzed.
“After the storm subsided dead and
injured were seen at every hand. It
was horrible, but I saw no signs of
great hysteria or excitement. The
people seemed dazed.
“Bodies were laid out on the streets
for possible identification. Many are
being burned on huge funeral pyres.
“Prisoners in the jail were put to
work helping the natives. Martial law
was declared, and food supplies were
put under guard. North and east, the
country was flooded. A small settle
ment on the east bank of the river was
wiped out.
“I estimated from the air that the
center of destruction was from 20 to
SO miles in diameter.”
White said the Marines flew 23 doc
tors and medical supplies from Port au
Prince to Santo Domingo today and
added that when he left the Haitian
capital two large planes en route from
Cuba were ready to take off for the
stricken city with other doctors.
Medical supplies, shelter and food.
White said, are the greatest need in
Santo Domingo.