Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow: colder tonight with lowest temperature about 36_degrees. Temperatures: Highest, 65, at 11 am. today: lowest, 59, at. 12:45 a.m. today. Full report on’ page 4 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and 25 @b VITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 31,000. ATURDAY, MARCH 16, 19 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. * WASHINGTON, D. C, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,230 TWO CENTS. #) Means Associated Press, CLASH AT TORREON NEARS AS FEDERAL FORCE 1S REPORTED JOMILES FROM CITY TO Advancing Army's Strengthj Estimated at 30,000—Es- | cobar |Is Stated to Havef Only 5,000. | | LOYAL TROOPS CAPTURE DURANGO AS REBELS FLEE L | ANDREW W. MELLON, | Secretary of the Treasury. Insurrectos Claim Occupation of Canitas—Also Say Mazatlan Is, l Virtually Surrounded, but Gov-, ernment Reports Retreat of Foe T AU By the Associated Press. JUAREZ, March 16.—Capture by the rebels of the city of Aguas Calientes, in the state of the same name, about mid- way between Mexico v and Torreon, was reported in a bul- letin issued from revolutionary headquarters here today. Federal lines of communica- tion with the Army of Gen. P. Elias Calles, the government commander-in-chief, whose forces have been threatening ‘Torreon, were severed through the victory, the revolutionists claimed. They aS§erLed the a{l- im- She Asscisted B vance of the Calles army will | BROWNSVILLE, Tex, be hindered by the fall of Aguas Calientes. Many federal soldiers were killed in the fighting for pos- session of the city and a large Famous Question Mark Pilot to Make Five Stops on Way for Refueling. TAMPICO, Mexico, March 16 (&), Advices to the Newspaper El Mundo said that Capt. Ira C. Eaker, who is on a dawn-to-dusk flight from Brownsville to Panama, who landed here early today, landed at Minatit- Jan in Southern Mexico on his sec- ond scheduled stop at 9:30 am. (10:30 am. eastern standard time.) March 16— record-breaking endurance plane, Ques- tion Mark, took off at 4:08 o'clock this morning on a dawn-to-dusk flight to EW CABINET TO SPEAK NATION OVER RADIO i’Capt. Ira C. Eaker, famed pilot of the | number of prisoners were taken, said the revolutionary bulletin. The attack on the city was said to have been made by combined revolutionary forces irom Coloplan, Juichitala, Teo- caltiche, Tlaltenango, Alvilla and Mochistlan. Br the Associated Press. The long impending battle of Torreon grew closer today as. strong federal armies crept in steadily upon the rebels in an ever tightening circle. Strong federal columns were re- ported within 30 miles of the in- surgent stronghold this morning, while Gen. Calles himself was re- ported in the City of Durango, having taken it after a bloodless entry. The had held rebels who Durango were reported as fleeing | northward along a spur line lead- ing to Tepehuanes. This would leave them facing a long overland trek on foot and horseback to reach the next railroad point. The federal army closing in on Tor- reon is estimated as high as 30,000, while Gen. Escobar, the rebel chieftain, is stated to have only 5,000 men. One Line of Retreat. The only line of retreat apparently left him is northward to Chihuahua. While rebel quarters state definitely that Escobar will hold Torreon and even has been advafcing to meet the federals, Gen. Calles informed the gov- ernment that air scouts had noted ap- parent preparations for a retreat. The insurgents claimed that the rail- road junction of Canitas was occupied | however, by revolutionists. Yesterday, an Associated Press stafl correspondent with the federal army filed a dispatch from that place, giving no indication that the rebels were anywhere near it. Reports Conflict Sharply. Reports from the west coast conflict eharplv. The insurgents reported that Magzatlan was virtually surrounded. The government, on the other hand, stated that the rcbels have retreated as far North San Blas, a railroad junction in Northern Sinaloa. Culiacan, occu- pied by the rebels for almost a week, was again claimed in the federal ranks A train bombing took place at the #mall town of Obregon in Guanajuato, but no damage was caused. Among those on the train was Arthur Schoen- feid, former counselor of the American embassy in Mexico City, who is now en route to Bulgaria to take up the post of American Minister there. BATTLE EXPECTED TONIGHT. MEXICO CITY, March 16 (4 —Bat- t1e for possession of Torreon, Coahuilan key city, was expected today to be un- der way by nightfall Three federal generals were last night within 30 miles of the city from the east, while to the south and southwest . Calles were only a little r away 'he government expected the battle tn be the decisive encounter of the re- beilion. It mated as many as 30,000 federal troops would be in the field in an attempt fo take the city from Gen. Juan Gonzalo Escobar, rebel chief- tain Government announcements said Gen, Escobar had only 5,000 men at Torreon, of whom 1000 were poorly equipped Scouts were said to have reported lack of artiliery, machine guns and armored cars. The city, which derived its name “Torreon.” or battle tower, from i splendid natural fortifications, was said to be in poor shape for defense from its attackers Possibility of retreat along the rail- road lcading from the city north of Chihuahua was seen by the government, which regarded such retreat as the reb- els’ only chance to evade crushing de- feat at the hands of Gen. Calles. Some believed even that when federal troops would find it abandoned and would be able to occupy the city without even so much as It was announced that a government encircling movement, designed to pre- arrived thi vent escape in this fashion, had failed and that the railroad to the north was still open. ‘There was a feeling that Gen. Escobar * would put up a real battle to retain (Cantinued an Page 2, Colump 1) a skirmish. | France Field. Colon, Panama. Flving the Pan-American, first model of the new Army P-12 pursuit plane to | be tested, Capt. Eaker hoped to reach Colon by o'clock tonight. The plane |is capable of a speed of 188 miles an hour. His schedule calls for an average | speed of 135 miles an hour, including | five stops for refueling. { Tampico First Stop. ! The first scheduled stops were at | Tampico and Minatitlan, Mexico, where United States Army planes have been sent to facilitate servicing of the ship. {Other stops were Guatemala City, Guatemala; Managua, Nicaragua, and David, Panama. X Capt. Eaker carried diplomatic mail, | including letters of felicitations from | the American Government to officials | of the four countries on his route. | Capt. Eaker wore a fur-lined flying suit and carried for lunch a few chicken No Dependence of Luck. The famous pilot asked no aid from luck in his attempt. | “Weather and my 460-horsepower The distance between Brownsville and | Colon is 1,950 miles. Capt. Eaker plans to leave Colon on a return flight at 5 a.m. Sunday, reach- ing Brownsville by 6:40 o'clock that evening. After a brief stop here he will continue on to Kelly Field, San Antonio, where he will take off Monday on a dawn-to-dusk flight to Washington, {thus bringing the National Capital | within two days of the Panama Canal by air. TREASURY SURPLUS SEEN IN INCOME TAX |Officials Believe 1929 Payments Will Top Total Received Last Year. By the Associated Press Although they were unable to measure the stream of income tax payments en- tering Government coffers, Treasury officials were optimistic today that the total for the quarter ended yesterday would exceed the $518,000,000 collected on the same date last year and point | the way to a Treasury surplus for the year. The latest official record of the tax payments. as made public today, showed | that the Treasury had received at the | close of business on March 14, $56,804,- { 350, as against $51,419,431 on the same | day last year. | The for the next day, | March the largest single | day of tax receiving in the year, will not be made up until later. and even that date, however, may not give ground | for exact estimate of the Government receipts, since the district collectors’ | offices over the country, jammed as they | are with business, will require several ! days to audit and return all of their | income tax receipts. | If the rate to March 14 continues to | guide the inflow for the balance of the | month. the Treasury may receive for | this quarter as much as $50.000.000 { more than it received last year in the | same quarter and will find its actual re- | turns from income taxation this year | considerably ahead of estimates. |BELIEVED MAN FIRED ON | Woman Didn't Mean to Shoot at Truant Officer, So She's Freed. | Chicago | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 16.—Mrs | Officer Thomas McCarth “I thought it was my husband.” she her reception of the official who had come 1o learn why her daughter hadn't been attending school Her explanation was accepted. N | sandwiches and a bottle of orange juice, | he said. | WAS ONLY HER HUSBAND Victoria | | Tultrio didn't mean to shoot at Truent | told the judge yesterday in explaining | [Great Government Issues to Be Discussed in Star’s Weekly Forum, FIRST TALK MARCH 30/ Mellon to Open Series, | Every Member of Offi- | cial Family to Follow. The great issues facing the American | people mnd the United States Govern- | ment in its constructive processes are to be laid before the people of the Na- tion by President Hoovers cabinet in | the National Radio Forum. arranged | by The Washington Star and sponsor- |ed by the Columbia Broadcasting Co.. | over a network stretching from coast ;tn coast and from the Canadian border |to the Rio Grande. The President’s | confidants and advisers will speak with |a voice of authority on these subjeets ‘Ill\‘i'nz the voters of the country first- | hand information for the first time on the vital questions that may pertain |‘=n their particular branches of the Gov- l ernment. The | cabinet members’ discussions supplement in the National Forum, & Capital-to-your-home™ survey of the Nation's bu s by Senators, Repre- | | sentatives, Government officials nnd‘i | other leaders in national affairs, which | | was inaugurated on March 2, when| { Senator Borah of Idaho spoke on inau- | | gurations and their significance in the | life of the Nation. The second feature | {was on March 9, when Senators Jones | of Washington and Harrison of Missis- | | sippi spoke of the work ahead of the | extraordinary session of Congress call- | |ed for April Tonight Senators Mc- Nary of Oregon and Smith of South | carolina will discuss respectively the | Republican and Democratic viewpoint on the question of agricultural relief, which is the principal reason for the extra session to fulfill a campaign | pledge of President Hoover. The cabinet. radio series will start on Saturday night, March 30, at 10 o'clock | Eastern standard time by Secretary | Andrew W. Mellon of the Treasury De- | | partment, who is one of ‘the world's | greatest authorities on financial ques- | { tions and the President’s adviser on all fiscal matters. He is also chairman of | | the Federal Reserve Board, director | general of railroads, a_member of the Federal Farm Loan Bureau. on the | Federal Narcotics Control Board, a | member of the Board of Smithsonian | Institution, on the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission, the In- | ter-American Highway Commission and | the War Finance Corporation. He is one of the most important men in pub- {lic life. and -through his Work in_the | Treasury Department and on the Fed- ‘eral building program his influence and business sagacity touches beneficially all parts of the country. No man speaks with more certain” and positive authority on matters of finance af- fecting this country. Stimson Talk Scheduled. Just as soon as possible after he reaches Washington and takes charge as_premier of the cabinet in his new office of Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimson, until recently Governor Gen- eral of the Philippines, will explain to | the people of the country the most im- portant phases of our international re- lations and diplomatic policies. Secretary James W. Good of the War | Department, for 16 years a member of Congress and largely instrumental in stablishing the Federal budget system, who is the one man most depended ! upon to promote elose co-operation be- tween the executive and legislative branches of the Government, will discuss the military establishment and its importance in our national life, in times of peace as well as war, on April 6 On the same night Attorney General Mitchell of the Department of Justice, which President Hoover in his inaugural address indicated would undertake de- cidedly more vigorous prohibition en- forcement, will outline to the American people the important problems of law enforcement that his department is dealing with for the protection of the ! { people in their inalienable rights as laid | down in the Constitution. With Congress called into “extraor- | dinary session by President Hoover on | | Monday. April 15, to consider farm re- | i lief and tariff revision, the people al over the country will have an oppor- | tunity on Saturday night. April 13. to ! hear the tariff question discussed pro | and con by the rival party leaders, who | have for several months been conduct- ing hearings preparatory to drafting | the new tariff bill. Chairman Hawley of the House ways | and means committee, the revenue- raising and tax-levying committee, a| Republican, will present the viewpoint of the administration forces. Repre- sentative Jack Garner of Texas, Tority leader of the House and mir ity leader in the ways and means com- mittee, will discuss the proposed tariff revision from the Democratic side. He is one of the most forceful speakers in | Congress. Wilbur Speaks April 20. Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur of the | Interior Department, college mate of | the President, who has an unequaled | academic_ knowledge of this country | and in whom the President reposcs the greatest confidence, is to talk dircctly to the people about their landed cstace and their great natural inheritance in mines, water power, forests and varied | climates on April 20. He will explain | the great problems of intelligent uwliza- jon without robbing future generations of what conservation means, of how | {water power resources can be utilized { that are now flowing idly to waste— { without mortgaging the American peo- ple to power barons. He will tell the people how thelr property rights in the public domain are being and are to be still further safeguarded Secretary Arthur M. Hyde of the De- partment of Agriculture, former gor ernor of Missouri, makes a psychologi- cal appearance on the radio along with Secretary Wilbur on Saturday, April 20, just at the time that the House, in extraordinary sesison, is considering the ! agricultural relief measure. Mr. Hyde will tell the country about the farm sit- | uation and needs from an adminis {tion viewpoint, and how the legislative {body can help through relief of agricul- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. Maryland and Virginia News Pages 6 and 7. | | i | | T IVING UP TO HIS NAME. NEW NAVAL PARLEY BEFORE 151 1SUE League of Nations’ Program“ Awaiting Disarmament | Agreement. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copsright, 1929 | PARIS, March 16.—Shall there be a | new naval disarmament conference this | | year or shall this conference—of which | every one recognizes the necessity—be postponed to coincide with the Wash- | ington naval conference already sched- | uled for 1931 and the time meanwhile be utilized to hold a conference on the freedom of the seas, sald to be the | crux of the naval disarmament difficulty? This, briefiy stated, is the problem now confronting not merely the American and the British governments, but the entire world, For the dis- armament program of the League of Nations has been practically suspended until the naval powers agree, and the freedom of the seas thereby becomes, in the words of the Journal de Geneveve, “the central problem of international relations.” Time presses. The bad condition of Anglo-American relations is disturbing every one. The necessity for taking practical steps to improve these rela- tions is widely felt. Moreover, the league’s disarmament, commission, after one postponement, must actually meet | in Geneva April 15 for Germany and | Russia_refuse to admit of further de-| ays. What can it accomplish? Nothing perhaps, but it must at least try. June Meeting Favored. Its president, J. J. Loudon of Holland, wants naval powers to meet in confer- | ence informally, in Geneva in June, | and the League officials have recently | visited London, Paris, Rome, Berlin and | Prague with this end in view. Also Hugh Gibson, who has been discussing | the situation with Washington private- ly, will be expected to reveal at Geneva the opinion of President Hoover. The British government by way of showing good will, has postponed the | construction of the next two big crui ers called for by its building program. | Foreign Minister Chamberlain has emphasized the British acceptance of the idea of parity with the United | States. adding that all that remains to | be found is the “formula.” First Lord | of the Admiralty Bridgeman declared | on Thursday that Britain is ready to| “Drive a Peg” Slogan Of Wilbur; Believes In Actio ot Talk | | N By the Associated Press. “Drive a peg” is a pet expres- sion and ajparently a guiding principle ot Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- bur in his administration of the affairs of the Interior Department This is just another way the executive and philosopher ~from Stanford University has of saying “The way to get something done is to do it.” Although in social intercourse Dr. Wilbur has demonstrated to official Washington that he is a conversationalist with a sharp wit and a keen sense of humor, | | he does not believe in overmuch | | talk about the things that should | | be done in the public service. | “Drive a peg and let the talk revolve around that,” is his theory as expressed in connection with the decision for complete con- servation of Government oil. 0L LEASE SRVEY GROLP 1 NANED Spry, George Otis Smith and| Finney Appointed by Wilbur. By the Associated Press. Secretary Wilbur today appointed Commissioner Spry of the Land Office, George Otis Smith, director of the Geo- logical Survey, and Solictor Finney of the Interior Department to survey all oil leases granted by the Interior De- partment to carry out policies an- nounced yesterday by President Hoover, The work of the survey will be di- ided into three sections, where no work has been done under the permits, where work has begun and where trial wells already are in operation. Secretary Wilbur said that the oil conservation policy announced by Presi- dent_Hoover “will be cnergetically exe- | cuted by the Interior Department.” 5,000 Applications Read. “There are more than 5000 applica- tions for oil and gas permits on public lands pending in the General Land Office in Washington and an unknown number in the field offices,” Mr. Wilbur | LEAPS FROM PLANE NEAR ALEXANDRIA Pilot Makes Jump at Less Than 200 Feet—Lands Just Before Machine. Leaping in his parachute from a dis- | abled airplane when it was less than | 200 feet from the ground, J. H. Tilden, pilot of the Berliner Aircraft Corpora- | ; DOTHAN, Ala., March 16 (#).—Re) i returned here at 9:30 a.m. with word DISEASE HIES REFUGEES AS 3,500 FLEE FLOODS; DYKE BLAST PLOT; FAILS Dynamite Discovered in Levee Holding St. Francis River in Arkansas at High Stage. WATER SWEEPS 20 FEET DEEP IN GENEVA, ALA.. MAIN STREET Measles Breaks Out Amid Children Held in Camp—Known Dead From Streams 12—Toll May Mount. By the Ausociated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 16.—Three sticks of dynamite were found imbedded in the main St. Francis River levee at Steep Gut Landing, eight miles south of Marked Tree, Ark. Officials today believed they were placed there for the purpose of b;;aking xl]eie éii{(e. erman Madole, general superintendent of the lock and dam above Marked Tree, who was investigating a weak pln!:',e in the levee yesterday, when he discovered the dynamite, ex- pressed the belief that those who placed it there were frightened away by his approach. Their motive was not determined. at While flcled S‘t. Fral:u:is wa\si near flood stage with more water expecte rom heavy rains, engineers said were holding satisfactorily. & - HHicHave ‘;;‘orttetx: flor thg 3Dot.han Eagle at the last of 3,500 resi of Geneva had been removed from immediate danger to refugeeu(l:g;‘;: at nearby towns. Dr. Arthur Keyton of Dothan returned from a refugee camp at Sampson with word that sanita el ry conditions were MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 16 (;;—South Alabama’s rivers eon- tai‘x:ued ltbhwrfe?lk }:1“0}‘1: &o%aykundertclearinx skies, and disease, dread ermath of floods, had broken out in a refugee ca; i in the southeastern corner of the State. o P . Rampaging Pea River, which had covered Elba with is murky |overflow, today bore down on Geneva, on the Alabama-Florida State line, which already was flooded to some extent by the Choctawhatchee tion of Alexandria, Va., hit the ground just before the plane crashed down after him and was smashed to pieces scarcely 10 feet away. The airplane fell across the partly opened parachute. The accident occurred on the Richburn Farm, three miles South of Alexandria. The plane crashed close to a barn. Tilden was unhurt althought he hit the ground very hard. He walked to the Hybla Valley Flying Field to ob- tain assistance. FPirst word of the ac- cident was reeeived in a telephone mes- sage to Bolling Field. Aviators from both the Army and Navy posts set out to look for the wreck and a pilot from the Naval Station was the first to lo- cate Tilden who waved back that he was unhurt, Engine Stops Suddenly, Teonard G. Frye was the first to reach the scene. Frye sald he was standing outside of the barn watching the machine when the engine suddenly stopped directly over the building and | went into a tail spin. He said s he neared the ground the motor again started. but the pilot, apparently realiz- ing that he was too close to the ground | to right the plane, jumped to the | ground with his parachute. i Tilden later returned to the scene of the wreckage, but declined to give any information as to the cause of the accident further than to say it was a! test plane being tried out for just such | emergencies. He said that his princi- | pal difficulty when he jumped was trying to keep clear of the machine which he was preceding to the earth. | The plane was completely wrecked and | the engine buried itself nearly two ‘"(l into the ground. ' Surrounding Roads Filled. Following the crash, which was ob- ! served by scores of people, the surround- | ing roads were filled with automobiles sceking the scene of the wreck. The crash was in such an obscure place that very few of those who went after it | were able to find the location. Busi- ness places in the vicinity were besleged | ELBAWOMAN GIVES - PIGTURE OF FLOOD Aabama | Horror Sweeps Town as Citizens Flee to Housetops. Awakened by a midnight storm, the citizens of Elba, Ala., where it is feared 100 lives have been lost, discovered that the streets of their city had been turned into swirling rivers by the waters from the three rivers which practically sur- round the town. In the following article, Mrs. E. W. Oslin, one of the residents who were rescued. tells the story of the sudden rise of the flood and the thrill- INE rescues made by the members of the National Guard of Alabama. Elba is a town of 4.000 inhabitants, in Southern Alabama. situated on the banks of the Whitewater River, Bix Creek and Pea River. BY MRS. E. W. OSLI Written exclusively for The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. TROY, Ala, March 16—I am a resident of Elba and I am familiar with flood conditions here in Alabama. The present situation is the worst I have ever seen, and the worst recorded here in many years. The people of Elba were in a sense caught unaware. We were not pre- | by telephone callers, according to their | pared for what finally happened, as owners, seeking information. ‘The point of the crash was on the | consider any new naval disarmament | said. “Steps were taken several davs!about a half a mile on a hillside from | ago toward the ejection of all such | government, might call a new (‘nnfr‘r-l proposals or amendments to the old. | But the suggestion of Sir Esme Howard, | applications, and registers of local land recently made at Washington, that his | offices have been instructed not to re- n cefve new applications. ence has been disavowed at London,| “Probably in none of the cases.” he and there are still no signs that Britain | said, “has the applicant expended intends to make a constructive answer | money for development purposes al- to the United States naval note of last | though he may have gone to some ex- September, | pense in opposing conflicting claims or The truth of the whole thing seems that road. The point of the crash was | this story of my personal experience | road about a mile below Penndaw, and | Will show. Heretofore with ordinary or some- hat excessive rainfall we have been furnishing additional evidence in sup- | port of his application. | so hard to find that other pilots from | Hybla Valley said that they flew over | forced to seek higher ground. but on | the point several times and were un-| this occasion we did not take into con- able to observe either the plane or the | gderation the fact that two weeks of pilot, who was waving his coat at them. | heavy rains had already brought the FOUR BAND'TS LOOT streams near our home to almost flood | | stage. So all of us clung to our homes until the rapidly rising waters engulfed Marshal “In No Immediate Peril,” to0 be that Britain desires to do nothing until the forthcoming elections are over and the unew government has taken | office. Hoover Inaugural Views. President Hoover in his inaugural address declared that the United States is willing to continue with disarma- ment at_any time, but gave no intima- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) FOCH GROWS WEAKER, NINE DOCTORS SAY| but Heart Is Weak, Consultants Announce. By the Associated Press | PARIS, March 16.—Nine doctors who have attended Marshal Foch in his ll- ness met for consultation at his bedside this morning and said at the conclusion | of their conference that though he was “in no immediate peril” he was grad- | ually weakening. His fwo months’ illness has slow! sapped his strength. they said. One of them said that he had undergone neither setback nor shown any perma- | nent improvement during the last three | weeks. His heart, it was said, how- ever, was “not so strong as it was.” The doctors issued the following bul- letin as to the marshal's condition: “We are unanimously agreed that the pre- vious treatment is to be continued. His heart is weak.” They found his temperature to be | 99.9 and his pulse 92. The patient had | a very restful night but neveriheless was | extremely tired this morning. He fatled | to take any interest in things about him, ‘ | will be given to carry on development | | sion, no action will be taken during the | Mr. Wilbur said that where land cov- | ered by pending applications is likely b to be drained by adjoining wells on | privately owned lands, the question of granting permits will be considered in | the light of facts developed by the sur- | vey which he has ordered. “With regard to the 20,000 outstand- | ing permits on public lands.” he said. | “the department will deal fairly with | holders who have been diligent in main- taining their equities. Where actual drilling operations have been started | and are being continued opportunity | work to finally determine the character | of the land. “Immediate steps will be taken, however, to cancel all such permits | where no drilling has been done or money spent in development.” | Where existing permits are in good standing, Mr. Wilbur said, either be-| cause of recent issue or previous exten- | ) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Menominee Tribe Headed by Girl, 14, First Ruler of Sex ! | By the Assoclated Press. | GREEN BAY, Wis., March 16. | —A 14-year-old girl Menominee Indians first of her sex to head the tribe. Princess Kenoke, daughter of Chief Ernest Oshkosh, who died several days ago, assumed leader- ship under a death-bed command of her grandfather, Chief Neopit Oshkosh, She is known outside the tribe as Alice C. Oshkosh. Previously it was announced that the chieftaincy would be | taken over by Chief Earnest Osh- kosh's brother Reginald. The Menominees reside on a reserva- tion near here, I beth, and, after probably fatally wound- | ing his son, Richard, 6, and less seri- | ously injuring his wife, committed sui- | worried about business troubles. MAIL TRUCK CARGO’} | Driver Forced to Lie on Floor of | Machine While Bandits Trans- fer Sacks to Car. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 16.—Four bandits | who captured a United States mail truck at the Auburn Post Office last | night escaped with five pouches of mail, | one of which contained registered mat- ter, and 12 bags of parcel post. The registered mail pouch was un- derstood o have contained valuable se- curitics mailed to bank customers in the vicinity of the Auburn office. The robbers, armed with pistols and a | sawed-off shotgun, ordered Charles Pig- | gott, the driver, to lie down. The truck was'driven several blocks and the mail transferred to an automobile. Piggnn} was released when the transfer was completed Three pouches of parcel post mail were recovered a short distance away. SHOOTS THREE AND SELF Massachusetts Man Kills Daughter, Wounds Son, Wife and Dies. FITCHBURG, Mass., March 16 (/). —Charles H. Scott, 39 years old, an electrical engineer, carly today shot and killed his 9-year-old daughter, Eliza- cide. Police said that Scott had not been in good health recently and had been Radio _E'Tzrams—Page 34 ! mained there during the night our houses. No words ean express our fear when | we awoke during the night to find that water was racing down the streets at | & depth of five or six feet, and rising at_an astonishing rate. We gathered hurriedly a few belong- ings and made an effort to reach higher ground, but the swirling waters, togeth- er with the fast-iraveling debris brought down stream, prevented any of us from leaving our houses. Again Forced Out. We re-entered our homes and Tr;;- waters continued to rise and at day- break we were forced to go to the roof to remain above the water level. There we remained until the gallant soldiers came up with boats and rescued us. Our home is not far from the busi- ness part of the town, and no one can imagine the suffering and damage wrought. It is yet too early to deter- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. Dies in Chicago Blaze. CHICAGO, March 16 (#).—One man was burned to death and damage esti- mated at $100,000 was caused today by two fires on the South Side. The first was in an apartment building in the Kenwood district. It forced 100 tenants from the three-story building and caused the death of Charles W. New- ton, 72, insurance salesman. The other attacked a two-story brick building in West Twenty-first, street. Bank Statements Washington clearing house. $5.599.- 315.40. Treasury balance. $15.463.821.02 New York clearing house exchange, $2.180,000.000. New York clearing house balance, $252,000,000. Reports reaching Dothan said water was 20 feet in the business district of Geneva and that the one-story post office was completely submerged. A radiogram from a National Guard plane to the Maxwell Pield base here sald boatmen were paddling frantically in the torrents and that the situation Was very bad. Many of the Geneva residents were evacuated yesterday toward a pre- viously established rescue camp near Enterprise, but many of the 3,500 pop- ulation remained behind. Loss of life ed reports indicated the death Jist from Qhewf'imdl of the last three days at 12, but it was be- lieved many others were drowned in communities which have not yet been restored to communication. Half & dozen small towns were in- undated as well as isolated and 15,000 | percsnon; : tlinxmoned. nditions at Elba. swept by a deluge from Pea River and Whmpc Wl};!r Creek, were improved, as is the case at Brew- | ton, Flomaton and several other towns. | Five are known tn have lost their | lives at Elba, two at Flomaton, three at Geneva and two at Andalusia. There | are numerous unverified reports of other | deaths. | . Half the population of Elba had been brought out this morning, while those remaining are not considered in imme- diate danger. but in need of food and supplies. Natfonal Guardsmen, at a rescue base south of Troy., said the waters at Elba were receding rapidly, and that they hoped to reach there by noon with trucks. Night of Horror Described. Refugees arriving from Elba last night told of a night and day of horror sgecm !in attics and upon housetops, away from | the swirling water in the streets, while they waited for rescue. Dr. R. A. Smith, mayor of Brewton, said over long-distance telephone that | Murder and Burnt Creeks would be | within their banks by noon today. Brewton's business district was under 10 feet of water at the crest. Dr. Smith estimated damage to Brewton and low sections surrounding it at $1,000,000. Food Dropped From Planes. Telephone linemen who reached Flo- | maton early today said conditions there | were improving. with the Escambia River falling rapidly. Water was ex- | pected to be out of the streets by noon. | Yesterday several hundred people ma- | rooned in their homes were rescued by | boats sent from Pensacola. Food sup- | plies were dropped from airplanes sent from the Pensacola naval base. Persimmon Creek, normally littie more than a foot deep, swept through Gar- land to a depth of 20 feet in the main street. Castleberry, a place of 500 pop- | ulation, experienced a similar deluge from Murder Creek. Andalusia and large sections of Cov- ington County was in the grip of the worst flood of years. Throughout the county people are reported marooned |on house tops and in trees awaiting rescue. Mississippi Valley Safe at Present. Several days will be required for re- pair of main artery highways and rail- road facilities washed y in the flcod | No estimates of damage to the State have yet been attempted. | _No immediate danger of a serious | flood is felt in the lower Mississippi | valley. Meteorologists have emphasized | that water now in sight, without further heavy rains for the next 10 days, should | create no misgivings. Levees are being patrolled and every precautionary measure is being taken in the event of general rains upon tributary watersheds. MEASLES STRIKES REFUGEE CAMP. | Authorities Move Promptly to Stamp | Out Disease at Big Creek. | By the Associated Press. I BIG CREEK. Ala, March 16— Measles has broken out among refugee children in the Pea River flood camp here. Authorities have taken prompt steps to suppress the disease by injec- tions of anti-toxin and by transferring _l;;e refugees from the camp here to oy. Dr. T. G. Gill and Dr. A. H. Graham of the State Department of Health ar- rived yesterday with medical supplies. Dr. Gill immediately set off for the scattered refugee camps Big Creek {in a canoe to administer to those {already stricken. The announcement of the transfer of jthe refugee camp from Big Creek to (Continued on Page 2, Column §.)