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WEATHER. (V. 8. Weather Cloudy. followed by late tonight and tomorrow: warmer to- ‘Temperatures : night. 4:15 p.m. yesterda am. today. Full Closing N. Y. Mark No. 31,005, - Z5omee, “Wa Bureau Forecast.) casional rain Highest, 65. at y; lowest, 40, at 5:30 Teport on page 2. ets, Pages 14 and 15 Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Slar. service. Yesterday’s Circul Entered as second class matter D C shington. WASHINGTO! The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news lation, 110,377 N, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 2i, 1920 — FIFTY-SIX PAGES. * () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. SCORES ARE TRAPPED AS 170 MEN ESCAPE BLAST-W RECKED MINE Rescue Workers Find 2 Bodies Near Entrance—Other Deaths in Explosion Feared. AIR IN WORKINGS BAD AS CREWS PRESS INTO PIT| IS DECLARED Flames Shoot 300 Feet Into Air as Force of Disturbance Shatters Windows in Parnassus, Br the Associated Press Pa., District. Lejeune to Become V.M.I. Commandant {At Lexington, Va. Former Head of Marines epts Post as Head of Military Institute. Br the Associated Press. RICHMOND. Va., March 21.—Maj. Gen. John Archer Lejeune. former com- mandant of the United States Marine Corps, has accepted the invitation of the board of visitors of Virginia Mili- tary Institute to become superintendent of that institution. ‘The committee of the board. who re- cently conferred with Gen. Lejeune. in making known his acceptance today sald that the board of visitors would meet here Saturday night to take his acceptance under consideration. FUNERAL OF FOCH | SET FOR TUESDAY; | | PARNASSUS, Pa., March 21.—More than 100 coal miners were | PLAGE UNDECIDED AUDIOR FRAMING FNEYEAR FISCAL * PLAN FOR DISTRICT | fProgram Embodies Nearly | All of Proposed Major Improvements. (FIGURES ARE PREDICATED ‘ ON PREVAILING TAX RATE | Experts Declare It Will Be Pos- sible to Carry Out Projects With- out Raising Existing Levy. i 1 l A comprehensive five-year finaneial | program for the District embodying nearly all of the major public improve- | ments either authorized or contemplated | is under preparation by Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, t was learned today at the District Building. ; | Donovan is framing the program. the | first ever designed to cover a period of | | -—*-T—-—————-fiV i / / ' unaccounted for today, six hours after an explosion in the Kinloch mine of the Valley Camp Coal Co. One hundred and seventy menl came out of the pit in small groups, while rescue crews were en- | deavoring to learn the fate of the entombed. Two bodies were reported seen by rescue men who pushed into | the mine as soon as entry was possible. Flames raged about the! Kinloch entry into the main heading and dangerous gas and after- | | more than one fiscal year, with a view Body to Lie in State Under| to presenting to the Commissioners a ] | complete picture of th ol Arc de Triomphe 24 | nancial condition ot the D‘:vtri::";:t:: Hours Previously. sears in advance and its ability to keep | { apace with the vastly increased expend- i { itures. | The program. it was said. will start with the fiscal vear of 1930. and run By the Associated Press. damp was reported in the pit. Mine officials could not say d work in the mine. The day shift a few hours before the blast and efinitely how many men were at had gone into the workings but under normal conditions 394 men PARIS, March 21.—The funeral of Marshal Foch has been set for Tues- day next. The body is to lie in state under the Arc de Triomphe for 24 hours previously. It has not yet been decided | through the 1934 fiscal year, showing in detail the estimated revenues for each | of the five years, the sums that will be | available for improvements in those | years and how they may be carried out. | Donovan, it is understood, is predi- | | | | | i | BYRD AIDE DEPICTS FURY | OF ANTARCTICA STORM Harold June Tells Graphic Story of PRINCE OLAF WEDS * AMID NORSE PONP REBELS PLAN DRIVE ON 2 STRONGHOLDS AFTER GEN, CALLES 15 LED INTO' TRAP Strategy of Escobar Is Seen as Overshadowing Capture and Reported Execution of Gen. Jesus Aguirre. MAZATLAN. COAéT PORT, PREPARES FOR ATTACK Americans and Other Foreigners Flee From Chihnahua as Agra- rians Begin Campaign to Harass Insurgents by Series of Engage- ments. MEXICO CITY, March 21 #), —Gen. Jesus M. Aguirre, chief rebel commander in the Prov- ince of Vera Cruz, was executed at La Magras, Vera Cruz Prov- ince, at 7 a.m. today, after court-martial. The presidential castle did not state whether the body would be brought to Mexico City for burial. Aguirre was captured yes- terday after a short fight be- were employed there. However, estimates of the number al work | this morning ranged between 275 and 300 men. cating the program on continuance of M e | Dynasties of Norway and, whether the religious ceremony shall 150-Mile Wind Twelve men were killed in the Flames Shoot 3 Those who escaped came from an entry about five miles from | h entry, the center of the operations. d shortly after 7 am. The day shift of that known as the Kinloc The explosion occurre workmen had ente n were two blasts, one immediately red the mine not long before. same mine on February 21, 1928. 00 Feet in Air. Some said there | following the other. n the air, witnesses said, at the be held in Notre Dame Cathedral or in the Chapel of the Invalides. Premier Poincare is expected to be the only speaker at the funeral services. The Chamber of Deputies voted with raised hands today the special bill pro- viding a national funeral. the prevailing $1.70 tax rate and the | $9,000,000 annual contribution by the | Federal Government. The financial | experts at the District Building who | have been assisting the auditor with his | calculations, insist it will be possible to | carry out the proposed five-year pro- | gram, despite the large number of ex- | | Pensive projects it will provide, without | raising the tax levy. BY RUSSE] Lashing Trio in Iey Wastes. LL OWEN. By Radio to The 8tar and the New York Times LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, March 20 (Harold June's story of the A sheet of flame shot 300 feet i main tipple at Kinloch. Six men at work near the tipple were injured, but were not in a serious condition. b As the hours passed, more miners arrived at the Kinloch entry after coming to the surface at the distant mouth known as the Valley Camp entry. In trucks and on foot, small caval-| cades of the fortunate came into the little mining village of Kinloch, where Joved ones waited them in anxiety. Women and children whose husbands, fathers and brothers yet were unac- counted for questioned avidly those who came from the valley camp entry. Despite the more cl aspects of REICHSBANK HEAD The bill was passed with spaces for figures purposely left blank so that every necessary expense might be in- cluded. It went through almost im- mediately and without discussion, the Communists remaining silent through- Many Items Will Carry Over. Although the surplus revenues to the | | credit of the District in the Federal | Treasury, which, it is estimated, will| | exceed more than $7,000,000 at the be- ginning of the 1930 fiscal year, would | t be used to some extent under the Don- | out. ovan plan to provide the principal A government ~spokesman declared | projects, it has been figured that many that all arrangements would be Aub-!‘t’{, ol N R s o DL ordinated to the wishes of Mme. Foch. | revenues are now. and have been for Body Brought Downstairs. ’uven“l"yelrs past. md"cw atc the ap- propriations grante ongress. This afternoon the marshal's body | Hence the more than $7,000,000 surplus | storm).—“How it blew.” | June raoved his head solemnly as he told of the 150-mile wind which wrecked the plane while he, with Gould and Balchen, was stormbound in the | Rockefeller Range Mountains, “I never heard such a'sound,” he added. “When | it stopped it was so quiet that it hurt.” He and Baichen were sitting in what we call our library, telling of their week's experiences. Dean Smith, his long legs strefched out. sat near them listening. It is a small room, the walls lined with books, with a desk in the | corner and a stove roaring on the other side. But it was quiet and comfortable. “It will linger & long time in my memory,” said Jume. “I can hear that wind and feel the fiying blocks of snow hit me yet. And how we wrestled with those shovels. We had to lie on them to get them down.” He chuckled. He is 3 man without| the book he held on his knees and h::" Bernt. 2 it like | Jaughed at. each other. heering the explosion as the miners mck'l;d into the town, graye doubts were ex- pressed for those near the Kinloch en- try. So forceful was the blast that miners familiar with explosions said there could be no possibility that those near the main heading had escaped. Smoke Delays Rescue Crews. After being held back by flames and smoke, Tescue crews entered the Kin- Joch entry shortly after 11 am. Others were at the valley camp entry to go down into the pit from that 3 Two crews, one from the Union Col- lieries Co. and another from the Inland ., went down the Kinloch open- ing. Rescue workers said there was grave danger from gas and afterdamp. One of the rescue’ men who went down with the crews in the Kinloch entry came back and reported one body was found in the main heading. The slope, he said, was fairly clear and there was no_fire. George X TUnited States Bureau of Mines safety expert, however, ordered hose lines laid in readiness 1o combat fire should it break out anew. The rescue man returning to the sur- face reported that the air was bad be- low. The effects of the fumes upon him were plainly visible. Eleven of his com- panions were attempting to push on into the workings. Another rtescuer Teturned from the | GETS ALLIES OFFER No Indication Given Germany Will Accept $420,000,000 | Annuities Proposal. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 21.—Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Reichsbank, will take with him to Berlin tonight, it is learned, the offer of the allied experts on reparations to accept 1,750,- 000,000 marks (about $420,000,000) as the figure for the German reparations | annuities. The figure of 1.750,000,000 marks is | understood to represent reparations | payments of all categories, This would | entail a reduction of the present an- nuities under the Dawes plan of be- tween 700,000,000 and 800,000,000 gold marks. { Figure Closely Guarded. i was brought downstairs from the room mitted to pass before the bier were the newspaper men, who for more than two months, day and night, in snow and rain, had kept an unbroken vigil out- side the gates of the marshal's home telling the story of his struggle against death. After them notable personages and intimate friends of the marshal and his family took their farewell. Tomorrow the body in all likelihood Invalides to permit the public to look for the last time upon the man who led into battle more men than could have been counted in the combined armies of a half dozen of the world’s greatest military figures. Plans for the funeral have not been all finally completed, but it is expected that there will be a service at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the heart of Catholic France, for Marshal Foch was a devoted son of the church. At the national state ceremony it is probable that there will be only one dis- course which will be delivered by in which he died, and the first per-| | thai. is expected to be avallable at the closing of the coming 1929 fiscal year. Donovan’s program, it was said, will start the 1930 fiscal vear on the as- nerves, & square-head and e blue ice, which twinkle merrily when bristling red beard. he laughs. He was wearing his heavy| * 1 ooked so unhappy, when the Sweden United by Crown Heir’s Nuptials. By the Associated Press OSLO, Norway, March 21.—Olaf, Crown Prince of Norway, and the Prin- cess Martha, niece of King Gustav of Sweden, were married today in the presence of royal kindred amid the ac- claim snd rejoicing of the Norwegian people. ‘The wedding took piace in the an- cient Church of Our Saviour, accord- ing to the simple Lutheran ritual, which was in keeping with the severe piain- ness of the edifice. The spectacle was made impressive by the distinguished company of guests and the patriotic music of the organ and special cho- | followers, in which two generals were killed, it was announced at Chapultepec castle, By the Aseociated Press. . Sharp counter-offensives by rebel jarmies faced the Mexican government | today in the north and along the west | const. As Gen. Calles, | \ i | | federal commander }ln chief, continued concentrating his | powerful army at Torreon for a drive in | pursuit of the retiring insurgents, » rebel movement developed in Sinaiox which may threaten his left flank and rear. | Insurgents descended upon Mazatian {on the west coast and demanded the | surrender of that place, but Gen. Car- | rillo, defending it with 3,000 men, pre- | pared to combat any attack. Should the rebels eapture Mazatian. fur parka and his leather helmet with will be moved under the dome of the | the radio phones. For any moment the plane might go back to get the commander, June and Baichen Laugh. “It wasn't so cold, but we were miserable, miserable and wet,” and he shook his head ruefully. Bernt Balchen 160ked up with his flashing grin from sumption that the District can stand a $42,000,000 budget, and include in it for that year some of the most urgent needs that could not be provided with an appropriation limited by Congress under $40,000,000. The surplus would be drawn on in subsequent years when the improvements contemplated would carry the budget beyond $42,000,000. plane blew away after all that work, that we had to la ne said in his . :;mnm His Norwegi: “You should have seen our faces. It looked fine when we first got there.” continued June. “But we had a funny (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) th at each other.” clij of an accent sticks Acquisition of the four-square trian- gular site on the north side of Pennsyl- vania avenue between Third and Sixth streets for the municipal center and the actual start on the construction of its initial building to house the courts, it is said, will be one of the major projects included in the program. The other improvements to be provided are | understood to be the elimination of ti remaining grade crossings, the acquisi- tion of a site for the farmers’' produce market and the extension of public | library facilities. Airport Not in Program. The proposed municipal airport prob- ; ably will not be included in the pro-| gram, it was indicated, because of the lack of legislation authorizing its estab- | lishment. The estimated cost of the| project has ranged from $1,500,000 to | $4,000.000, and it is believed by the: GG ROLL APRIL 1 Announcement Says Tradi- tion Will Be Carried Out by Hoover. There is to be egg-rolling in the rear | ANGRY MISSISSIPP AT WHITE HOUSE, POUNDS AT LEVEES Weakened Dikes Guarded as | River Approaches Record Level. ruses. Princess Martha was given away by her father, Prince Carl, brother to the Swedish King. Prince Olaf was attended by his English cousin, the Duke of York, second son of King George. The service solemnizing the the union of the handsome princely couple was conducted by the Bishop of Oslo, Johan :Lunde, Leaving the church after the cere- mony, the bride and bridegroom and 200 guests were entertained at luncheon by King Haakon and Queen Maud at the Royal Palace. Departure of the stalwart prince and his comely, lithe partner for a honeymoon on the conti- nent was not to take place until to-| night. The simple benches of the seven- teenth century were occupied at 11:30 am. by high dignitaries of the Scan- dinavian states, the diplomatic corps. army and navy officers and friends— all except the royal guests. Young officers in full parade uniform were By the Associated Press. ‘The 1,750,000,000 marks figure was; guarded with the greatest secrecy; mn-“ sequently when it was learned there, Valley Camp entry and reported that on that side the mine was clear for a dis- tance of 1,000 feet. financial experts should Congress au- ! thorize its establishment it could be | provided without an increase in the tax | Premier Poincare, who during the war | wes president of the republic and as ' such was Marshal Foch's only com- Windows in the little mining village were shattered and the force of the ex- plosion was felt over a wide area. The main_tipple, constructed of sheet steel, steel beams and heavy timbers, was re- duced to debris. The force of the blast | at the pit mouth twisted huge girders like bits of wood, hurled a mine car from the slope and into the shattered tipple and virtually tied knots in the | rails over which the mine cars ran. Rescue men were pouring into the town from surrounding towns in Penn- sylvania and West Virginia. The United States Bureau of Mines had its full strength in this district in action. The Red Cross and Salvation Army workers et up emergency hospitals and had food ready for those needing it. Finds Body of “Buddy.” ‘Raymond Tomblin, one of the miners who escaped, expressed the belief that many of his fellows had died within the pit. Tomblin said he found the body of his “buddy” as he was making his way to safety. Tomblin was one of a party of 21 men | who came out of the Valley Camp en- trv. He said with the explosion came a rush of air. A haze filled the cham- bers soon after and he detected gas, he said. Confusion among the miners followed the blas! was no attendant explanation or com- ment to indicate the number of an- nuities, or if as generally supposed, it | was the first figure of a schedule of rising annual totals. ‘Thus it appeared that the minimum | which Germany's creditors will accept | is in fact the equivalent of the fourth year'’s Dawes annuity, payment of | which was completed August 31, 1928.] The allies’ offer carried with it vari- | ous other conditions which were not ' revealed. No Indication of Acceptance. Dr. Schacht has given no indication that the German government will ac- cept the Allies’ offer. He has tele- | graphed Dr. Rudolf Hilferding, minister of finance, to call a meeting at Berlin of the great provincial industrialists and heads of the German institutions ! 50 that he may explain the present situation of the reparations negotia- tions. | The German banker asked this meet- | ing deliberately, it was understood, so that responsibility for acceptance or ! conditional refusal would be widely shared not only by the government but | by the great leaders of German industry | and finance. | i mander. Guard of Honor Posted. The body lay in peace today in a simple bed in a sparsely furnished room of his stately old mansion near the levy if an equitable basis is worked out | between the Federal and District Gov- ernments for financing it. i The five-year financial program 1s QUINCY, T, March 21.—Unable | longer to withstand the onslaught of the torrent of water which had reached the levee crown. the Indian Grave levee on the Mississippi River, about five miles morth of Quincy, grounds of the White House on Easter | Monday, April 1. | It was announced at the White House | today that this White House tradition | is to be carried out by President Hoover Auditor Donovan’s idea, although the |and Mrs. Hoover during their occupancy | Washington Board of Trade last SUm- | o¢ the White House. As usual, the egg- gave way today, pouring a great the ushers. | | Rebel General Has Drawn Calles’ Forces Into Trap. WITH THE REBEL ARMY IN JIME- NEZ, CHIHUAHUA, Mexico. March 21 (#).—Gen. Jose Gonzalo Escobar. com- mander-in-chief of the revolutionists. today was pictured here as a military strategist, who has drawn his enemy British Metif in Music. Prince Olaf and the Duke of York entered the church just prior to the| | ceremony. taking their place to the | |left of the altar. As they made their | way up the aisle, the organ played | | sonorous composition of the Norwegian | musician Richard Nordraak, written | to Bjornson’s drama, “Mary Stewart in | !a way would be open for their advance | southward into Nayarit and Jalisco, | where the insurgents hoped for further { help against the government. | It also would offer peril to Gen. Calles' left flank and rear. Reports that the rebels had captured Durango were received, but could not be confirmed. A rebel advance on the federal stronghold of Naco on the border also was threatened. ‘The insurgents claim that their strategy is to draw Gen. Calles north- ward into a trap, to cut him off from reinforcements and then to launch a major drive against him. Rebel headquarters reported the cap- ture of Puebla and Guanajuato near Mexico City, but there was no confir- mation of this. Gen. Jesus M. Aguirre. leader of the defeated insurgents in Vera Cruz, was captured and is understood to have | been court-martialed and executed. | ESCOBAR'S STRATEGY IS SEEN. | shal’s field uniform of horizon blue. On | mer, when the District estimates for the coming fiscal year were under prepara- tion, urged the Commissioners to aj point a committee to study a five-ye: ‘budget for the District. The trade or- ganization at that time pointed out that many of the financial evils now confronting the District are due in a large measure to the existing year-to- year budget system. Invalides Palace. A guard of honor, soldiers who marched with the dead marshal in vic- tory and in the dark days preceding tri- umph, took possession of the courtyard in front of the old soldier’s home. ‘The body was clad today in the mar- its breast the ribbons and medals of al- most every order of prominence in the world reposed, among them the star and grand cross of the Legion of Honor. This last was brought and pinned on by Gen. H. J. E. Gourald shortly lflerl death late yesterda | The hands are crossed on his breast, clasping a crucifix placed there by his chief of staff during the war, Gen. Max- ine Weygand. Over his leg was thrown | the cloak he wore at his entry into Strasbourg, November 28, 1918. On a | little night table at his side were other of his decorations, among them his| Croix de Guerre, and a font of holy | water. Features Calm and Serene the five-year budget. the trade organi- zation pointed out that the committee should also convince Congress of the essity of dealing with the finances municipality “on a modern Approval Urged by Congress. “Whether the Federal Government desires to change its method of run- ning the National Capital's finances or not,” the trade board declared, is plainly evident that the mainte- nance and development of a great city. and especially the National Capital, Aside from studying the feasibility of | The great soldier's features are calm nd serene though displaying withal (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. flood over 20,000 acres of | rolling attendance will be confined to | improved farm lands in the distriet. youngsters and adults accompanying | = | By the Associated Press. them. There will be a band concert In | “'GHICAGO, March 21—An angry | the afternoon. | Mississippi, rushing past Quiney at its | M‘:‘: than 30,000 children and gT0WN- | pignest stage in 26 years, hurled itself | {ups thronged the rear grounds on the | acaingt levees along & S0-mile front occasion of the last Easter egg-rolling. | o4y, battering already weakened dikes, There is some likelihood that M1.|gepping through in places and spiashing Hoover will limit further the customary | over in others, :‘“d:“““l ‘: :I‘" White H:“’:- "’h‘f‘" Patrolmen, standing by with sand- as been a daily custom during the | pAst two administrations. After one| D48 8% acores of danger spots, found | week of this Mr. Hoover reduced the | NeW cause for worry today when reports handshaking to Mondays and Wednes- | from Des Moines said the Towa and Ce- | days, and it is now thought likely that dar River crests had not yet reached | 1:‘§L,";‘|‘lr;2:," only one day & week for | ypo yiscicsippl. This news, they said, It Is understood that more than 700 | meant continuance of the high-water people presented themselves to shake | stage for several days and removed hope hands with the President Monday and ' of relief for the retaining walls. Wednesday of this week. Indications | Residerqs of the low: farm lands in point to a great crowd of Easter vis-|the Lima Lake district. 10 miles north itors, I of here, and the Indian Grave district, | | | ~ (Continued on Page MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHER IS CITED FOR CONTEMPT IKal’)sl!\ughtel‘ Laid to Pilot of Plane Which Fell in Jersey. NEWARK, N. J., March 21 (#)— | Capt. Philip Sebold of the police de- Howard Will| partment today announced that he | | Editorial Predicts | [FLYER ACCUSED IN CRASH. & the air of energy which marked them when alive. Death has erased the lines of suffering and he seemed today as one asleep, the only unfamiliar thing being his moustache which he clipped and shortened himself yesterday. ‘The marshal's physician and faith- ful friend Dr. Maurice Heitzboyer, has hardly left the room since the body was placed there. Gen. Weygand and TAILORS MAKE FLYER SUl’f ‘ IN 3 HOURS TO SEE HOOVER| | 20 miles north, were moving out their i live stock and personal belongings in | fear that the flood stage might he | reached tomorrow. Other families were prevaring to evacuate from the South Quincy Gardens, just south of here. Not_since 1903 had today's 20.1-foot stage been reached at Quincy. The riv- er reached 20.7 feet in that vear. estab- lishing a record for as long as statisties have been kept. Scotland.” Then came the royal guests at inter- | vals of two minute: into a trap. cut him off from his base of supplies and who now awaits only an advantageous moment to launch a tremendous drive against the federals. which may carry the rebels into Mexico City. Rebel headquarters here received re- ports late last night that the revolution- ists have occupied the cities of Puebla and Guanajuato, near Mexico City, and that a rebel movement upon the eap- {ital has been started in the States of | Michocan, Nayarit, Guanajuato, Zaea- : tecas and Jalisco. | ‘The rebels were said to have destroyed { some of the railroad lines and telegraph wires that the federal army under Gen. P. Elias Calles has been using. Calles’ forces at present are in the vicinity of Torreon. an important railroad center {in Coahuila. which the rebels abandoned Monday. Escobar is massing his forees in Jimenez. To reach here the Calies | army must march across the arid desert. | through country where the civilian i population generally is claimed to be friendly to the revolutionary cause. These included | King Haakon and Queen Maud, Princess | Ingeborg of Sweden, who is the bride’s | mother; Crown Prince Gustav Adolph " (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) | U. S. LEGISLATOR'S SON FEARED DEAD Representative Nelson's Two Boys on Trains That Crashed in Canada—One Safe. { By the Associated Press. PARRY SOUND, Ontario. Mareh 21.—John Nelson of Madison. Wis., still Not Be Convicted of Bartering would bring a technical charge of man- | slaughter against Lou Foote, pilot af Father Boncoeur, were constant in Capt. Lundb;;g. Who Rescued Nobile.! Lowering of the wind late last nicht | | is without news of his brother Robert, | whom, he believes, lost his life in the head-on collision between two Canadian National Rallway trains near Drocour: yesterday. The two men were on a holiday jaunt to Cardston, Alberta, and Robert at the time of the collision was in the Col- fln‘lllt car, where death took a heavy tol The elder brother, who was in the day coach, received minor injuries. | ‘The railroad from Torreon to the southernmost after-guard of the Escobar troops has -been destroyed. Should Calles be cut off from his base and continue his advance against the rebels his army would be forced to forage for their supplies in A country where the possibilities for forage are almost nil. Escobar was at the head of his troops again today, after a conference at Chihuahua City yesterday with Gen. Marcelo Caraveo and other revolution- ary leaders. It was understood here the plane which crashed in the Newark | meadows, killing 14. and obtained a! { warrant for his arrest. Foote was the only survivor of the accident. Federal Patronage. Br the Associated Press | MERIDIAN, Miss., March 21.—A mo- | tion was made in the United States District Court today to have Prederick Sullens, publisher of the Jackson (Miss.) | their attendance also. Two Catholic | sisters and three general staff colonels, | Boullly, Eninger and Demury in full| uniform took turns last night in guard- ing the room, dimly lit with two can-/ dles placed on each side of the bed. While the marshal slept his last Quickly Equipped After Trunk Is Lost in Transit. | brought some comfort to the small army | {of men who are guarding the levees, | | but they remained apprehensive he- cause of the numerous weak spots caus- | ed by the continuous pressure of the | last few days. At Hannibal, Mo.. the Mississippi was at its highest stage in 10 years and When he reached the car in which | that two campaign plans were discussed Daily News. appear before Judge Allen Cox to show cause why he should not | be held in contempt of court for an editorial appearing in his newspaper | predicting that Perry Howard, colored Republican national committeeman, and three others would not be convicted on charges of bartering Federal patronage. Bank Statements Washington clearing house, $4,668,- 948.69. Treasury balance, $404.617,710.10. New York clearing house exchange $1,687,000.000. New York clearing house balance, ©466,000.000, R PRIESTS FILE ADDRESSES. | ican Department. MEXICO CITY. March 21 (#).—It was officially announced today that 1,721 Catholic priests throughout Mex- ico had complied with recent instruc- tions of the department of the interior to register their home addresses in or- der not to be considered inimical to the government. Among those who have complied are the Bishops of Papantla, Oaxaca, Chi- Iuahua, San Luis Potosi and the Auxil- iary Bishop of Mexico Cit: gl Radio ,Progran;ts—-l"nge 42 | 1.721 Comply With Orders of Mex-| - sleep in his own little bed, plans were made to give him the stateliest funeral within_the power of the nation. The (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) His trunk lost zomewhere bflwren;$r trip was made—and c,um, Lund- ¢ Y rg was in the proper uniform. New York and Washington, and (k| ¢ way yn oratal described by Capi. official visits to President Hoover at the Lundborg and. his associates on Fheir White House, the Swedish Minister for official trip to pay their respects to the | President, as one which made the flyer luncheon and later the Italian Am- bassador in his much-traveled wardrobe, Capt. Einar Paul Lundborg of the Swedish Royal Flying Corps and hero of the rescue of Gen. Umberto Nobile from the Arctic pack ice after the crash of the Italian dirigible Italia, found himself in a bad predicament this morn- ing. 1t took four tailors three hours of KIDNAPER IS SENTENCED. | Rich Californian Goes to Folsom for Seizing 5-Year-Old. OAKLAND, Calif., March 21 (#.— David A. Barnett, wealthy San Leandro manufacturer, formerly of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced to Folsom Penitentiary today for kidnaping 5-year-old Eloise Windfelt. He was g an indeter- feverish work to get the Swedish flyer into the proper uniform for his sched- uled White House, visit at noon, but i 7+ nce that may extend to 20 discretion of the State 1 vears, Dprison board | vearn for the trenches and the Arctic pack ice for a little comfort. Capt. Lundborg arrived in New York | Tuesday for a two-month visit of this | country to study aviation, especially the | methods of training American service and commercial pilots. His visit today was a hurried one, especially when those four tailors got to work on him. Visits Swedish Legation. | From his visit at the White House at | noon, where he was greeted and con- | gratulated by President Hoover. he went | T (Continued on Page 2, Colmp 4J within .3 of an inch of the 1918 record of 20.1 feet. Levees were holding. but trains were being re-routed north of there because of backwater. ‘The city of Quincy was not consider- ed in any danger because of its high location, but several factoriés on the river front had been forced to suspend | and 'pumps were busy draining base- ments. Highways were covered at sev- eral points. i SOUTHERN RELIEF IS SPEEDED. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. March 21 (#). —Work of rehabilitating flooded sec- tions of Georgia, Alabama and Florida went forward today ir rapid sfrides. Residents of flooded towns were return- ing_te their homes inoculated ! his_brother was riding it was a mass of flames. Representative John Madison was without further word | from his sons today. One was re-| ported missing and the other unin- jured in the wrecking of the trains, Mr. Nelson received a telegram from his oldest son last night. stating thai | his younger brother, Robert 24, | and his secretary were missing. The | message read: M. Nelson of at the conference—one to start a “vie- torious march into Mexico City” and the other to withdraw the Escobar troops further north. and then, when the fed- erals followed, to endeavor to adminster a crushing defeat. It was freely pre- | dicted here -that the outcome of the revolution' depends upon the battle be- tween Escobar and Calles. COAST PORT THREATENED. “‘Robert and myself in railroad wreck at Drocourt. Robert missing. 1 am okey.” Menace to Mazatlan. 'MEXICO CITY, March 21 (#).—The | Mexican government today acknowl- edged that & counter-offensive by rebel troops threatened Mazatlan, Sinaloa, one of the country’s few West coast At the same time there were disturb. ing reports of other rebel movements, among them a . flanking movement against. the Calles army at Durango City and intending attack at Naco, So- nora. Such_was the nature of the govern- Maryland and Virginia News Pages 10 and 11.