Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, followed by showers this aft- ernoon or night and tomerrow; not much change in_temperature. Temperature—Highest, 68, at 4:50 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 57, at 5 a.m. today. No. 30,342, T5"%moe “Wa YANKS BEAT NATS, 8102, IN OPENER OF DOUBLE-HEADER Thurston Whales Ball Hard and Is Effective on the Mound. RUTH AND MEUSEL HIT HOME RUNS IN SEVENTH Full report on page 2 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 26 lnfl_27 @ ] Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. The Star, in association with the New York Times, has secured the publication rights 0 a series of 10. and possibly 12, articles to be written by Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh, giving his impressions of and experiences in Paris. Brussels. Lon- don and other European capitals. His comments will cover not only the subject of aviation in Europe but also the im- pressions he gains of moted personages he meets and other matters of interest. The first of these articles appears below. BY CAPT. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH Crowd of About 35,000 Turns Out for First Tilt of Today's Twin Attraction. NEW YORK, May 28—The Yan- kees won the first game of the double- header with the Nats here this after- noon. ~ The score was 8 to 2. Good base ball weather was the fare of the teams for today’s dual bill. About 35,000 fans were in the stands for the bargain attraction. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—McNeely flied to Ruth. Ruth ran to the right-field barrier for Harris' fly. Speaker popped to Lazzeri, No runs. NEW YORK—Speaker went for Combs’ high one. Harris threw out Koenig. Ruth tripled to left on the first pitch to him. It was his first triple of the season. Harris threw out Gehrig. No runs. ” SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—Lazzeri backed up for Goslin's high one. Judge singled to left. Ruel fouled to Grabowski. Rigney singled to center, sending 'Judge to second. Bluege ided to Meusel. No runs. NEW YORK—Meusel walked. Laz- geri flied to Speaker. Meusel was caught stealing, Ruel to Harris. Dugan walked. = Grabowskl lined to Bluege. No runs. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Thurston singled over Koenig. Dugan came ia for a fine stop on McNeely’s bunt and threw him out. Thurston took second. Harris doubled to right center, scoring Thurston. Speaker walked. Goslin popped to Lazzeri in right field. Judge fiied to Ruth. One run. NEW YORK—Shocker flied to ©peaker. Thurston threw out Combs. # Harris threw out Koenig. No runs. 4 {at third. Lazzeri doubled to ’ FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Lazzeri threw out Ruel. Rigney bounced a single off Dugan’s shins. Bluege drove into a double play, Dugan to Lazzeri to Gehrig. No runs. o NEW ¥ORK.—Ruth singled down the right field line, Harris threw out taking second. Meusel grounded to Rigney, who threw to Bluege, getting Ruth at _third. Thurs- ton threw out Lazzeri. No runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON — Thurston tripled over Combs’ head. McNeely flied deep to Combs, Thurston scoring after the catch. The fans gave Thurston a great hand after he crossed the plate. Marris fouled to Gehrig. Lazzeri threw out Speaker. One run. NEW YORK—Bluege threw out Dugan., Grabowski popped to Harris in short center. Thurston threw out Shocker. No runs. SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON — Goslin _ flied !Meusel; Judge flied to Ruth. iined to Koenig. {. No runs. I’ NEW YORK—Harris threw out |Tombs.” Koenig_ singled to left. Bluege threw out Ruth, Koenig taking wecond. Gehrig walked; the fourth ball was a wild pitch, and Koenig went to third. Meusel doubled down to Ruel By Cable to The Star and New York Times. PARIS, May 27.—I came over to Europe to study aviation. At least it was one of my ideas and of those who supported me that when I got here I would have a look around to see what they were doing in from and than we But so haven't had a chance to look at anything, Le Bour- get Field is the biggest and busiest| 1 have ever seen. More different| types of airplanes and more regular services come in, there than any-pM where else, and I would like better 1 than anything to O T LINDBERGH. spend two or three days, at least, watching and working on things there. But up to the present these folks here haven't given me any too much time to self. 1 had no idea it would be anything like this. Yesterday, in the Rue de Rivoli, they nearly pulled RICHARDS-4PHELD INKILLING CABULLA Shot in Self-Defense, Latimer Reports—Siays Woman Wht_) Attacked Him. By the Associated Press. Rear Admiral Latimer advised the State Department today that Capt, William P. Richards of the Marine Corps.-shot in. self-defense when he killed Gen. Cabulla, Nicaraguan bandit chief, at Chinandega yesterday. The admiral’s dispatch made no mention of reports that Capt. Rich- ards also had killed a woman, who threatened him with a machete. Admiral Latimer's telegram, dated May 27, follows: “Capt. W. P. Richards, United States Marine Corps, shot and killed Gen. Cabulla last night in self-defense when the latter reached for a pistol as Capt. Richards, accompanied by two men, was placing him under arrest for an ae:sault made upon a native that eve- ning.” MARINE ALSO KILLS WOMAN. Capt. Richards Attacked With Ma- chete, Advices Say. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 28 (#). ~—Attacked with a machete in the hands of a woman while remonstrating with the bandit chieftain Cabulla early yes- terday, Capt. William P. Richards of the United States Marine Corps shot and killed Cabulla, who had drawn a jthe left field line on the first pitch, 'scoring Koenig, while Gehrig uto]}pgi eft, iscoring Gehrig and Meusel. Goslin ‘was evidently hit by the drive, for he (fell after getting the ball and time ‘pad to be taken out for him. Dugan lied to McNeely. Three runs. | SEVENTH INNING. 1. WASHINGTON — Rigney flied to ‘Ruth. Bluege fouled to Grabowski. . Thurston singled to left center for his third hit of the game. McNeely fiied to Combs. No runs. NEW YORK—Grabowski rolled a mingle past Rigney. Shocker sacri- ficed, Judge to Harris, who covered first. Combs walked. Koenig singled to right center, scoring Grabowski and sending Combs to third. Ruth hit a homer into the right field i bleachers, scoring Koenig and Combs ahead. It was his twelfth of the season. Thurston threw out Gehrig. ; Meusel hit a homer into the left field stands. Lazzeri popped to Rigney. Five runs. ll EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Harris lined to Koenig. Speaker flied to Combs. Gos- lin doubled off the right field bleacher barrier. Lazzeri threw out Judge. No runs, NEW YORK—West now playing center field for Washington. Dugan doubled down the left field line. Gra- howski sacrificed, Thurston to Judge. Shocker tried a squeeze, but was out Judge to Marris, who covered first, while Dugan held third. Combs was out, Judge to Thurston, who covered first. No runs, NINTH INNING. HINGTON—Koenig threw out rom deep short. Rigney popped to Lazzeri in short right. Bluege fouled to Grabowski. No runs, Radio Programs—Page 28 Arlington County Virginia —is destined to be an integral part of the future Greater ‘Washington. It is thriving. It is beautiful. It is historic, Read about it in tomor- row's edition of The Sunday Star il 1L revolver, and then was forced to kill the woman in self-defense, say advices received here from Chinandega. Capt. Richards had gone to a house in which Cabulla was staying to re- monstrate against the maltreatment of several inhabitants by the bandit leader. As Richards entered the door he was attacked by a woman in the house with a machete, while Cabulla leaped fromi his bed and drew a re- volver, Capt. Richards thereupon drew his own weapon and fired, killing Cabulla instantly, and then was forced to kill the woman in self-defense, Cabulla, who was described as a “Liberal bandit” leader, was called the Pancho Villa of Nicaragua and had been credited with 60 killings. He vir- tually controlled a large part of the northwestern frontier section of the country. AB. McNeely, rf.. Harris, 2b. Speaker, cf. West, cf.. Goslin, If.. Judge, 1b. Ruel, ¢ Rigney, s: Bluege, 3b Thurston, p.... Totals....ccovensecesens hRRRROE R & Grabowski, c.. Shocker, p... Totals. . Washington . New York. ... Two-hase hits—Harris, Goslin, Meusel, Laz- zeri, Dugan. Three-base hits—Ruth, Thurston, Home runs—Ruth. Meusel. Naerifices—MeN 2), 8 . Grabow- Ices—McNeely ( hogier. WASHINGTON, D. C, STUDY OF EUROPEAN AVIATION PROMPTED HOP, SAYS LINDBERGH Greatly Impressed With Air Travel at Le Bourget Field—Flyer, in Own Story, Praises Ambassador Herrick. me out of the carriage trying to shake my hand. I suppose I am the most feted American who has ever struck Paris, and I cannot say how thankful I am to Ambassader Herrick for look- ing after me and my affairs in the way he has done. I would have been lost without him. But that’s one of the ways in which I am lucky. I have traveled around America a lot, and there is not one corner of it where I've ever been where there isn't somebody who thinks it is his business to look after me and see that I don't get into trouble. I have friends like that in California and in the Middle West and in New York—almost everywhere I have been. I guess they are right to keep an eye on me, and here in Paris certainly I would have been completely swamped if it hadn’t been for the Ambassador and his staff. When the embassy gates are closed, all I have to do is to make one bow from the balcony and feel at liome, Plane Stirs Comment. ‘What seems to have struck every- body’s imagination so much—it is men- tioned in all the speeches that have been made at these wonderful recep- tions—is that after only something like 20 years of aviation an airplane has been planned and built which has flown from New York to Paris in 33 hours. That has made everybody realize what tremendous progress has been made in that short time in avia- tion and made them wonder what is going to happen next. I was at school when M. Bleriot made his first flight across the English Channel and stag- gered the world with the progress that had already been made. Wednesday at lunch we talked about the past, which seems so near to him and so far away to me, and figured out how many inventions, how much study and (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) LINDBERGH CITED FOR FLYING CROSS Recommendation for Highest ~Award to Aviator Approved by President. Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh is to re- ceive the distinguished flying cross, the highest award for a flyer in the service of the United States. ment, This was determined today when President Coolidge ~ approved the recommendation of Secretary of War Davis for this award. Following a brief conference with the President Secretary Davis said that just where or when this honor will be conferred upon Capt. Lind- bergh by his Government has not yet been determined. He said this will de- pend upon the time Capt. Lindbergh arrives back in this country. He said he thought it would be a good idea if the presentation was made by the President personally, even though it called for the famous young flyer presenting himself at the President’s Summer home in the Black Hills. He added, however, that this was merely an opinion of his own and that it had not been suggested to the President. It might be likely that the welcome that is being pro- posed for Capt. Lindbergh in Wash- ington could serve as the occasion of the presentation accordin® to the intimation of the Secretary of War. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) SOS CALL HELD FALSE. Coast Guard Unable to Find Trace of Vessel. NEW YORK, May 28 (#).—A Coast Guard cutter dispatched to the vicinity of Fenwick Island Shoals lightship, off the Delaware Capes, in response to an SOS call last night failed to dis- cover any trace of a vessel, officers said today. The call was thought by some to have been sent out by the Italian freight steamer Valtellina, but the agents of the ship here indicated that she was at an Italian port undergoing repairs. BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME WASHINGTON R. (U 0 o clcec:cc:cccp - QA - - q'@:»p@::nc? oleoeeeeccos SUMMARY o] to L i_to Gehrig. DTt Dasce W asitton: 61 New ¥ ork. 5. - balls—Off Thurston, 4: off Shock- e 5 Vi iteh—Thuarston. B T cen and Nallia. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LINDBERGH LANDS INBRUSSELS AMID STORM OF CHEERS Great Throngs Greet Atlantic Aviator and Plane on Arrival From Paris. KING ALBERT RECEIVES FLYER AT ROYAL PALACE Whole City Garrison and Gen- darmerie Called Out to Handle Crowds Welcoming American. By the Assoclated Press. BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 28.— Capt. Charles Lindbergh, America’s transatlantic aviator, landed at the Evere Alrdrome, Brussels, from Paris at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon. His shining monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, was sighted by great throngs on the field at 3:12 o'clock. It began swooping downward a mo- ment later to land amid a great storm of cheers. He was escorted from the Franco- Belgian border by two Belgian army planes. Trailing him were several other planes which had acted as an escort from Paris. Circles About City. Lindbergh gave an airman’s greet- ing to the Bolgian capital before landing. Swerving off his straight air route, he circled about the city, while the 10 other planes that had come with him kept their formation above the flying field, waiting. Soon he appeared. His silver ship shot through the center of the wide circle of the escorting planes and came to rest upon the field as gently as a bird, The sky had been more or less clouded all morning with some rain, but the sun came out brightly at 2:30, and the ground was comparatively dry for the landing. The barriers were broken by the cheering and_ excited crowd, but the police succeeded in checking the rush Just as it seemed about to overwhelm the plane, Quickly- restoring order, they en- abled James C. Dunn, the American charge d'affaires, to be the first to grasp the aviator's hand before he stepped to earth. Greeted by Premier. Henri Jaspar, the Belgian premier, then seized both the flyer's hands and congratulated him in the name of the government. Lindbergh entered an automobile and was driven to the reviewing stand, while a military bai:d played “The Star Spangled Banner.” Rainstorms, with threats of more, had kept many from going to the field, but the crowd that did go was an enthusiastic one. After Lindbergh left it, the plane was turned and placed on a high platform, where it could be viewed by the crowd without chance of damage to it. . At the reviewing stand in the field a group of notables, including S. Meyers, director of Belgian aeronau- tics, and a number of French and Belgian aviators were presented {0 Lindbergh before he began the drive to the American embassy. As he drove through the town he was acclaimed by crowds along side- walks. King Albert and other mem- bers of the royal family got a glimpse of him from the palace windows. Received by King Albert. King Albert of the Belgians receiv- ed Capt. Lindbergh at the royal palace this afternoon, two hours after the transatlantic aviator had arrived here from Paris. It was a meeting of the flying king with the king of the fiyers, the Bel- glan sovereign having spent many ‘hours in the air. Lindbergh was also introduced to Queen Elizabeth, herself an aviation enthusiast; the Duke and Duchess of Brabant (the latter formerly Princess Astrid of Sweden) and all the other members of the royal household. Evere Field was a scene of @nticipa- tion in preparation for the reception of Capt. Lindbergh. An earnest of the homage to be paid to the daring young American was shown in the minuteness and carefulness of the arrangements. The whole Brussels garrison was marched out this morning to guard the roads leading to the airdrome and to keep order among the crowds on the field. The people were allowed to enter the field without any formality what- ever. “The people must see Lind- bergh,” was the word sent around, “but they must be kept from rushing.” The whole gendarmerie was also brought out to keep open the routes Lindbergh would cover in reaching the American embassy, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the royal palace and other places where he had en- gagements. g Roads to Field Lined Early. From early morning, the roads leading to the field were lined with persons anxious to get a good place to see the landing. They comprised all classes and traveled in all sorts of conveyances. One boy was seen astride a milk cart, drawn by a team of Flemish dogs, making his way leisurely to the airdrome. “They also are interested in loco- motion,” he explained, referring to the dogs, “so I am going to give them a chance to see Lindbergh.” An old woman, wending her way afoot, picked up by a passing motor, said: “My boy was an aviator, too. It is in his memory that I go to Evere to see the American hero.” At the aviation field, which is a military airdrome, all was activity, with bugle calls sounding as the last touches were given to the prepara- tions for the reception. Stocks of fuel and oil for Lindbergh’'s hop to London tomorrow were placed in readiness. ‘The camp was spick and span and well policed, and the soldiers fit and smart. Invited to Rome. ROME, May 28 (#).—American Am- bassador Henry P. Fletcher has tele- graphed Capt. Lindbergh, inviting him to come to Rome as his personal guest, SAYS AU REVOIR TO PARIS. Lindbergh Drops: Message to Throngs in Streets. PARIS, May 28 (#). — Paris today said au revoir to Capt. Lindbergh. There was a great roar of 'voices, shrill tooting of whistles and honking of horns the jbirdman, swooping {Continued on 4, Column 4) SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1927— ADVANCING FLOOD THREATENS 11,000 INZRIVER TOWNS Louisiana Inhabitants Pre- pare for Last Stand Against Raging Waters. ‘RISE OF INCH IN HOUR - ALARMS RESIDENTS Crest Not Expected to Pass Out to Sea for Several Weeks Yet. By the Associated Press NEW ORLEA May 28.—Man and river today were preparing for what was believed to be the last great battle of the flood area as the waters of the Atchafalaya and the Tensas Basin moved down on New Iberia and -Morgan City. Already these cities of 6,000 and 5,000 population, respectively, partial- ly have been inundated, and with the water rising an inch an hour, it was believed that both would be totally under water by tonight or tomorrow. Morgan City, about 100 miles west of New Orleans, is at the mouth of the Atchafalaya, where the mass of water sweeping relentlessly down the narrow Atchafalaya Basin must empty into the Gulf of Mexico. A few miles above Morgan City the Atchafalaya empties into Grand Lake, and resi- dents of the lake region have been forced to flee their homes as the flood waters swept the shores of the lake. Crest Far Up River. The river then flows out of the lake again to run for about 15 miles through fertile country before it pours its muddy flood into the Gulf. The crest of the flood in the Atcha- falaya Basin was believed to be in the Breaux Bridge section, many miles up the river from Morgan City and still above La Fayette, where the largest refugee camp of the section is lo- cated. But the first brush with the irresistible force of the river already has been fought out at its mouth and the waters have been victorious. The flood probably will last several weeks more before the crest passes into the sea. A ’'statement from Red Cross head- quarters here last night said that more than 2,500 refugees were expected to be taken care of out of New Iberia alone. Yesterday officials at Baton Rougoe estimated that only about 10 per cent of the populace driven from their homes found their ‘way” {6 the refugee camps. The others, they said, were cared for in private homes. As the waters moved down toward the Gulf, rice fields which weer being irrigated yesterday were covered sev- eral feet deep. Forces Being Massed. Forces were being massed today for the evacuation of those left at Morgan City. Two light-draft steamers with eight barges were chartered at New Orleans and started through the Harvey Canal for the mouth of the Atchafalaya. . The waters from the McCrea cre- vasse, 130 miles northwest .of New Orleans on the opposite side of the river, were spreading more slowly. Several crossroads towns were inun- dated completely or partially, and Baton Rouge reported that a few persons had been forced to spend the night on the levees waiting for boats to take them to refugee camps. Health conditions in all camps were reported good. Regular hospitals have been established at all concentra- tion points and the physicians in charge reported that there has been no more sickness than could normally be expected in gatherings of from 5,000 to 10,000 persons. The situation on the lower river re- mained practically unchanged. Slight drops were registered from the mouth up to Baton Rouge. POLICE THINK DEAD BIRL IS ‘BABY FACE Body Believed That of Young Woman Mentioned in Sui- cide’s Note. By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, May 28.—The body of a young woman who had been: shot through the head and who is believed by the police to. have been the “devil with a baby face,” mentioned in a note left by Werner C. Martin, who committed suicide in a Milwaukee hotel, was found here today M an apartment hotel. The young woman and man had given the names of “Martin and wife” when they took a furnished apartment some time ago, and detec- tives declared their belief that she was the paramour of Martin, who killed himself with poison. A note was found with the bodyv, but its contents were not revealed by the police. Martin, in the note left in the Mil- waukee hotel, blamed the woman as faithless, confessing that he had left his young wife for her. ‘The authorities had discarded ‘the early theory that Martin’s suicide and note had any connection with the killing of Evelyn La Grand recently. Detectives interested in the case had yesterday partly concluded that Martin's self-inflicted death and his note were products of imagination or a disordered mind. TORNADO KILLS FOUR. Dozen Injured in Missouri—Man Falls Dead. MOBERLY, Mo., May 28 (#).—Four persons were killed and a dozen in- jured, two critically, in a tornado near Yates last night. Mrs. J. R. Williams, Mrs. John Morris and J. E. Fray were killed when their farm homes were destroyed. John Kirby fell dead when he saw the storm approaching, His home was not HIRTY-SIX PAGES. ng Star. % The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news ervice., * (®) Means Associated Press. MARKET SITE IS TENTATIVELY PICKED FOR JUSTICE BUILDING Decision of National Commission of Fine Arts Announces Project Must Meet Congress‘ Approval. Tentative designation of the present site of the Center Market as the loca- tion for the proposed Department of Justice Building was made today by the National Commission of Fine Arts, Charles Moore, its chairman an- nounced. This site has been tentatively selected because it was considered in connection with a proposed National Museum of Industry to be erected by private funds on a site approved by the commission today in the squares fronting on B street southwest, bounded by Seventh and Ninth streets. The commission also approved a de- sign submitted by the Army for & medal to be awarded to aviators who have distinguished themselves in the world of flying. The first medal to be stamped from this design will prob- ably be awarded to Charles Lindbergh for his transatlantic feat, and Mr. Moore said that the design was put through at this meeting in order to aid the Army in getting a medal ready LEGION DECORATES MEMORIAL TREES Flags and Poppies Placed at Markers Honoring District * World War Dead. An American flag and a poppy, symbols of the Nation’s thoughts on Memorial day, were placed this morn- ing at each of the markers erected on Sixteenth street at the memorial trees dedicated after the armistice in honor of the District of Columbia World War dead. It was a labor of love, performed by members of Victory Post, No. 4, of the American Legion, for, their 535 comrades of the District, whose names are engraved on separate markers. Beginning at Alaska avenue, where the first tree stands, the legionnaires halted at each marker to pay their simple but effective tribute to the de- parted. Arrangements are to be made, it was said today, for the dedi- cation of two other frees along Six- teenth street in memory of two who have died recently. 3 Desecration to Be Avoided. All future danger that any of these memorial treés might be desecrated, as some have been in the past, has been removed through the co-operation of Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, superin- tendent of public buildings and public parks, and William C. Hazen, Dis- trict surveyor. ' In recent years a num- ber of the trees were either removed or cut down when new intersections were opened on upper Sixteenth street. Hereafter, the legion will be notified in advance of future intersections to be made, so that no markers will be placed at those points. In this way, the rows of trees on Sixteenth street will be kept intact. Other trees have been dedicated further down the street to replace those destroyed, it was said, so that none of the District heroes is unhonored at the present time. Today the members of Warren G. Harding Camp, No. 5, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, are decor- ating all the monuments in the pub- lic parks of the city, under the direc- tion of Frederick D. Owens of the office of public buildings and public parks. ‘War dead from the Bureau of En- graving and Printing also were honored by memorial services at the bureau at noon today. Wilson Services Tomorrow. Chief interest centers tomorrow in the services at the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, the war President, in Wash- ington Cathedral at 3 o'clock. De- partmental Comdr. Amos A. Fries will kead a delegation of Legionnaires from the department and members of George Washington Post, No. 1, to the entrance of the Cathedral, where services will be held for the Com- mander-in-Chief of the military forces of the United States during the World War. A wreath then will be placed (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) —_— Canadian Editor Dies. TORONTO, Ontario, May 28 (A).— Sir John Stephen Willison, 71, for- mer editor of the Toronto Globe and later of the Toronto News, died yes- terday. Down Hearted? Feel Low in Spirits? Need a Little Cheer? | ! Then be inspired by | reading the sound ‘\ t’laughts and keen ‘ philosophy of | GLENN FRANK President of the University of Wisconsin and one of the best known and most widely quoted writers of the day. I ! You will find “food" for ‘ thought in his special articl which will start on the edi- i torial page of I | The Enening Star eMonday by the time Lindbergh arrives in the Capital City. The proposed National Museum of Industry Building is to be erected by public subscription and the funds are being raised by the National Museum and Industry Association. It was said that the site approved today for the building will have to meet the further approval of Congress, to which it probably will be submitted at the coming session. The building is to be 1,100 feet in length and to cost in the neighborhood of $5.000,000. Mr. Moore said that the Center Market site wae selected for the Department of Justice Building in order to balance this proposed engineering building, one being on the north side of the Mall and the other on the south. If it is found necessary in order to get the length requested by the pro- ponents of the building it may be necessary to extend it to the square just west of Ninth street, in which (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) SECOND EXPLOSION WRECKS AQUEDUCT Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,067 TWO CENTS. CHARM AND POWER WIN ORATORY TITLE FORWESTERN GIRL Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake City Awarded High School Championship. 7,500 JAM AUDITORIUM; . CHEERS GREET DECISION James Tunnell, Jr., of Georgetown, Del., Second, and Jefferson Meagh- er of Binghamton, Third, Casting dainty deflance at an impos- ing field of young men and presenting first her attractiveness and then her oratory for the judgment of a jury of five Supreme Court justices, a lone, 17-year-old girl last night won the high school forensic championship of the United States before an audience of 7,500 persons in the final meeting of the fourth National Oratorical Con- test, held in the Washington Audi- torium. She is Miss Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake City, Utah, representative of the Western zone in the contest. Miss Carlson is the first girl to Pipe Line to Los Angeles Dy- namited Twice Within 24 Hours. By the Associated Prese. LOS ANGELES, May 28.—A report that the Los Angeles Aqueduct had been dyndmited for the second time in 24 hours and about 300 feet of pen- stock piping . destroyed reached the city water and power bureau head- quarters early today. A repair crew was reported dispatched to the scene near Big Pine. The penstock carried water to a power house near Big Pine in the Owens Valley, about 260 miles north of Los Angeles and 140 miles above the scene of yesterday’s explosion, which tore out approximately 425 feet of steel siphorn 'in No Name Canyon in Inyo County. : Telephone - lines connecting Owens Valley with - Los . Angeles and inter- state lines to Nevada were reported out of order. - - Officials- took: steps today to protect the cify’s principal water source against the-ire of Owens Valley resi- dents as the result of the dynamiting of the nine-foot steel syphon across No, Name Canyon, 1756 miles from here, yesterday.: - The big conduit was blasted along a 425-foot'section after 10 armed men overpowered two guards in the vici- nity, removed them to a distant point and disappeared before the explosion The Los Angeles water and power commission, accusing the valley land- owners of the dynamiting, has asked the ¢ity council to permit the offering of a $10,000 reward for the capture of the dynamiters. Sheriff Tom Hutch- inson of Inyo County assured the city officials that he and six deputies would make every effort to identify the men who removed the guards. A move by the Los Angeles city council to obtain a Federal investiga- tion of the cutting of interstate tele- phone lines near the scene of the ex- plosion brought a statement from United States District Attorney S. W. McNabb that he knew of no statute under which such a crime could be prosecuted. Hints of Violence. The Owens Valley group, according to Los Angeles city water officials, for several months has hinted that violence would result if the city failed to buy property in Owens Valley at a cost varlously estimated at from $6,000,000 to $20,000,000. Little danger of a city water short. age is anticipated, despite the esti- mate that it will take two weeks to repair the break in the syphon. A supply sufficient to last the city 100 days is siored in reservoirs between the break and Los Angeles. A few hours after the dynamiting was reported a crew of 150 men and 50 trucks and 15 tractors were at work repairing the ‘damage, estimated at from $50,000 to $75,00 The two aqueduct guards—Tom Spratt and his nephew, Louis Spratt— said they were overpowered by 4 of the 10 men before they could draw their guns. The other six men, they said, waited in the background while the watchmen were taken a mile up gn‘e canyon and warned to remain ere. i . win the national championship, as well as the first girl to represent the Western district, which, by virtue of her victory last night, has supplied this country with three of its four oratorical champions. Closely behind Miss Carlson in first place in the judges' rating came James Tunnell, jr., of Georgetown, Del., to win second place, and right on his heels followed Jefferson Meagher of Binghamton, N. Y., as the winner of third place. Loker Close Behind. In a competition as closely sealed as.the contestants were in last night’s battle, but little distance can separate any combatant from his fellows, and William_Alexander Loker of Leonard- fown, Md., representative of The Star’s area, came in not far behind the three ‘placers.” In the delivery of her oration on “What the Constitution Should Mean to An American Citizen” Miss Carlson stood directly in front of one of the microphones, so that her voice, sweet and feminine, for all its pog'er, was carried throughout the Auditorium. When she was introduced she, the only girl in the contest, nodded slightly to the chairman and faced her audlence, a perfect exemplar’ poise and self-possession, wh awaited the quieting of an acclatming audience. Her presence remained un- shaken throughout her oration, and when she warned that “vigilance must be our watchword,” in thé face of ex- isting dangers from “foreigners under the guise of friendship,” who come to this country “to wreck the very citadal of our liberty,” her audience paid silent heed and took that warning to its collective heart. Almost simultaneous with Miss Carl- son’s return to her seat, a young ca- det of Company M of Western High School, darted out of the wings and across the stage, carrying a huge bas- ket of flowers, which he presented to the flustered girl. The flowers were the tribute of the Utah State Society, the girl from Utah. As the last speaker on the program, Miss Carlson had little time to wait until she would know just how strong had been her bid for victory. While the five justices of the Supreme Court were writing their individual ballots, without conference, the orchestra con- tributed greatly to the relief of the bristling tension. While the separate ballots were being compiled by offi- cials of the contest, Herbert Wenig, last year’s champion, spoke briefly and perhaps in “fatherly” fashion be- coming to a veteran, of the contest’s accomplishment of its purpose in reaching the homes of the Nation with its doctrine of good government ‘and good citizenship through the youth of the Nation. Decision Is Announced. Just as Mr. Wenig finished talking, Mr. Leigh, without preamble of any sort, brought to a close the period of terrific waiting. He announced first the name of Jefferson Meagher as third place winner, then that of James Tun- nell as winner of second place. Finally picking up the silver loving cup, typ- ical of the national championship, he said, as he faced the one girl on the platform: “The Carlson.” national ~champion — Miss The announcement was a signal for vociferous acclaim that evinced the ap- proval of the vast audience and re- called the scene last year, when an- other westerner, the same Herbert Wenig who had just spoken, was wildly cheered for his accomplishment in a similar victory. Miss Carlson, still the marvel of poise, smiled delightedly and before any one else could move toward her. Carl Albert, the Midwest champion, had bounded clear across the stage to grasp her hand in hearty, grinning, congratulation. Aleck Loker was the next to reach the little champion and he had come nearly as far as the jumping, dashing Albert. By that time the other contestants had regained control of their faculties and in a moment the little girl in orchid was surrounded by her “enemlies” of a scant half hour before, each eager to wring her hand in congratulation. Hanging on to her just-won cup, Miss Carlson was ‘“rushed” by a hundred members of the recently sedate audi- ence and in another moment she was completely submerged by the ever- increasing crowd that surrounded her. One of the first persons to reach her side from the audience was Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, and with a - kindly, “Come right here little girl,"” ° that legislator implanted a great big kiss directly upon her smiling mouth. Hammond Describes Scene. Declaring “we are witnessing the unfoldment of a project gigantic in its conception, brilliant in its execu- tion and almost without limit in its power for good in national and inter- national affairs,” John Hays. Ham- mond, internationally known engi- meer of Washington, who presided as chairman of the meeting, described in a single sentence of his introduc- (Continued on Page 5, Column'7.) POLICE CHIEF SHOT. ELYRIA, Ohio, May 28 (#).—Chiet of Police E. J. Spankard is near death in a hospital here and an unidentified robber is dead as the aftermath of a gun fight on a business street here Jjust before noon today that sent scores of sheppers and others scattering to which had lent its hearty support to - b