Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1929, Page 1

(D, 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) - not much ¢hange n : Wzflwfli Atfl(l.l. 3 ”fil lowest, 56, at 8:1! “A.'- today. report on page 7. | Y Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and 25 No, 31,021 post_office, W . $. SIDE OF NACO RAKED BY BULLETS: AMERGAN 15 SHO BY MEHEAN B Wounded in Skirmish Earlier Today—Shots Exchanged With Detachment Believed to Be Insu'rgents. BATTLE IS BEING WAGED IN WIDE SEMI-CIRCLE Federal Outposts Tanks Are Used by Attackers.| Rific and Machine Gun Fire| From Both Sides Is Vicious. Driven Back. | NACO, Ariz., April 6 lm.—Hotg fighting for the possession of| Naco, Sonora, was being waged today in a wide semi-circle around the Mexican federal entrench- ments in the city. ! Bullets sizzled and ricocheted | across the Mexican street of Naco, Ariz., on the American side of the line &s firing from both flanks be- | came intense. | The general engagement followed & brush earlier in the morning 8 miles east of here between a detachment of American_cavalrymen and a band of Mexicans believed to have been rebels. One American trooper was wounded be- fore the Mexicans were driven back | across the border. Troops Are Deployed. Shortly before concerted firing opened between the besieging rebels and the government defenders of Naco, Sonora, | a long column of rebel troops with 2 red rebel flag in the lead marched down an open road from Gen. Fausto ‘Topete’s | troop train. The troops were deployed right and | Jeft and moved rapidly behind the advancing cavalry. As soon as the; federal outposis had been driven back. | the infantry and tank advance became general, to the accompaniment of | vicious rifie and machine gun fire from | both sides. i Tanks Used in Attack. i Rebel tanks wadgdled and dodged about the mesquite grown plain, spitting machine guA bullets from t “-‘R‘“fifi sides. Rebel cavalry clost drove federal outposts back to the main trenches. Fire {rom the federal en-| trenchments became hot and rapid as; columns_of rebel infentry moved up | apd deployed acress the plateau. | The lumbering tanks rolled up within i easy range of the federal trenches and flashed tongues of fire from their ar- rnored sides, The tanks appeared im- | pervious to rifie and machine gun nu.{ and the awkward machines slid steadily forward until they nosed the federal wire, The entire rebel forward move-| ment was made under withering fire from the federal fortifications. Met by Heavy Fire. =41 ‘Watchers from this side of the line; could see the infantry advancing inj double-quick time along the wide front. | About three-quarters of a mile from | the federal trenches, in front of Naco, the attackers were met by a heavy fire from the federal machine-gun nests, which was mowing the rebels down. Many were seen to fall, but they were left to lie as the infantrymen swept forward. During the rebel attack two bombing planes from Topete's base rained bombs by two's and four's on the ‘beleaguered town. The bombsexploded and scat- tered shrapnel inside the trenches; while rebel rifiemen poured a hot fire across the top of the earthworks. The 37-millimeter Hotchkiss gun. the only field piece in Gen. Lucas Gon-|{ zalez] garrison, opefied up to rain ome-| pounder shells, and solid shot on the| attacking forces. A federal aiplane crossed from the | United - States just before the rebels| closed in. It landed inside the trenchesl but was prevented from taking off by | the hot fire. i American and Mexican soldiers clash- | ed after a night of violence along the international border during which the Southern Pacific Railroad line to the east was.found strewn with bombs. The clash occurred at a Southern Pa- | cific Rallroad tunnel eight miles east | of here. Border patrolmen of. Troop | E, 10th United Cavalry, reported that they were fired upon from the Mexi- | can side of the line as they approached | & cache of bombs, ¢ V. S.Private Wounded, Entered as zecond 2 ashington, |Hoover and Party ss matter o D. C Motor to Rapidan For Day’s Outing President to Inspect Shen- andoah Park for Pos- ‘sible Camp Site. President Hoover today motored to the headwaters of the Rapidan’ River in Shenandoah National Park, Va.. one of the nearby presidential “fishing holes.” The President took along his fishing kit, but he was not expected to indulge strenuously in this sport today. His chief object in making the ftrip is to select a site for a camp fo serve as headquarters for future jaunts. It is his intention to return to the White ‘House in time for supper tonight. Mr. Hoover is accompaniéd on the outing by Mrs. Hoover, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior. an intimate friend; James Y. Rippin of New York, another old friend of the family; Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, White House physician; Lawrence one of the President's secre- ey | taries; Capt. Wilson Brown, naval. a and Maj. Long of the Marine Corps. The latter was asked to accompany the party not only to serve in a military capacity, but to assist in' selecting the | actual camp site. His First Holiday. This is the first holiday President Hoover has had since he assumed of- fice, March 4. He made it evident as he departed from the White House a few minutes before 8 o'clock this morn- ing that he was happy in the anticipa- tion of a full day of relaxation. A large hamper of sandwiches, fruits and other foods, prepared under super- vision of Mrs. Hoover, was taken along. The President and Mrs. Hoover were ready to make this trip last Saturday, but the rain forced them to abandon their plans. The President wishes to inspect the vicinity of this fishing pre- serve and determine on the camp site ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) AMERICAN PLANES ORDERED T0 NACD Eighteen Will Be Detailed to Control Air Along Mexi- can Border. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 6. —Twelve attack airplanes from Fort Crockett, fully equipped for fighting, and six observation planes from Dodd Field, were ordered to Naco, Ariz,, by Maj. Gen.:William Lassiter, 8th Corps Area commander, this morning to control the air along the border in the vicinity of that town. The planes were ordered to reach Naco not later than Sunday. Troops to »service the planes and handle them on the ground were ordered to" entrain immediately at Fort Crockett -to proceed by rail to Naco. By the Assoclated Press. | - War and State Department officials were incensed today over reports of the shooting of an American Cavalryman and the firing on American troops by Mexicans from across the international border today. % Energetic measures to curb the ac- tivities of the rebel forces which en- danger the lives and property of Amer- icans on the United States side of the line are expected to be promptly taken by the military authorities in charge of the situation in na, Secretaries Stimson and Good have decided that the time has come to put & stop to the indiscriminate endanger- ing of Americans and instructions have been sent to Maj. Gen. Lassiter at San Antonio to take steps at once to impress the rebel leaders in Sonora that tbe' United States will not teolerate recur- | rence of the incident. Gerzayn Ugarte, head of the Mexican rebel mission to Washington, expressed extreme concern today over reports of the border situation at Naco, 3 He wired Gen. Topete, head of the | rebel force attacking Naco, Sonora,.for additional information before issuing any statement. He intimated, however, that the bombs discovered along the Southern Pacific Railroad might have been part of a plot of the Mexican federal pvernm:g: to obtain American intervention in revolutionary erisis, . “The_tevolutionary forces,” declared Senor Ugarté, “have been, throughout the hostilities, extremely careful in t of cll foreigners and|ing Americans. The revolu- Mexican soldiers, the Americans said, | Gen moved up from their side of the line ed fire. One American private, ame was not given, was shot tfirough the chest. The Americans said they opened up their guns then -and the Mexicans fled. American soldiers seid there were 75 sacks, along difficulties.” YEGGMEN GET $21,000. PEORIA, TIl, April 6 (4 —The post- Macomb, 60 miles southwest R A WASHINGTON, LONG INPEACHED - | BY SS0VOTE OF LOUIIANA HOUSE Action Comes After Body Réfusgd to Consider Rep- " rimand Instead. SENATE IS PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION Charges Against Executive Run From Swearing to Plot to Murder Representative. By the Associsied Press. ' BATON ROUGE, La,, April 6.—The Louisiana House of Representatives to- day voted for the impeachment of Gov. Huey P. Long. The action came after the House in an earlier vote had refused to consider a motion for a public reprimand instead of impeachment. The vote was 58 to 40. The earlier vote was taken amid wild confusion in the House after flery speeches had heen delivered by both opponents and supporters of Gov. Long. The substitute resolution was offered by Representative Ard of Lafayette over one previously presented by Repre- sentative Perault of St. Landry, calling for impeachmeni of the governor on the count in which he was accused of attempting to intimidate Charles P. Manship, Baton Rouge publisher. Expresses Confidence in Bennett. ‘The House began its session by adopt- | ing a resolution voieing the confidence | of the House in mrreunume W. H. | Bennett of East Feliclana, whom Gov. Long was accused of saying he “had bought and paid for him I a sack of potatoes.” Perrault then presented a resolution providing that the House vote without debate on impeachment charges against Gov. Long, embracing the count alleg- ing that he attempted to intimidate Mr. Manship by threatening to expose the infirmities - of Mr. Manship’s brother, who is a patient in the State Insane Asylum, unless he stopped writing edi- torials against the governor. The House agreed that a vote on a count in the impeachment resolution would close tpemmentl: consideration of that count. _Speaking on his resolution, Repre- Perrault declared it was the m Senate which the Senate would Hoodlum Remark Withdrawn, An extended debate followed, in which the question of whether the al- leged offense was an official act was i The dchate became particu el when one of the the supporters of Lonj here as “hoodlums.” A dogzen resented this, declaring that some of them were from their districts, Even- tually the remark was withdrawn by L. T. Williams, who, had made it. The House voted on in the impeachment resolution that run from swearing, to a plot to have a State{ Representative murdered. 2 ‘The Senate is prepared to receive the impeachment charges at & moment's notice and turn itself into a court of e ot Commi t committee appointed to in~ vestigate the controversy between Rep- resentative Charles Moon of Oklahoma and Attorney General Percy Saint over the Oklahoman’s visit to Louisiana will meet during the day. Mr. Moon claims he was called here and was paid a fee to advise on im- peachment procedure, which he had learned during two impeachments of Oklahoma executives. Attorney General Saint declared that | he knew nothing of Mr. Moon and I'('hlrted him with “butting in.” [CRUISERS WIl:L ESA(;ORT HERRICK BODY TO U. S. | Marblehead and Cincinnati Steam-| ing North to Meet the Tourville. The light cruisers U. S. S. Marble- head and Cincinnati of the light cruiser TS craft off Nantucket Shoals about 200 miles east of New escort into port. t vessel, ork, and OIL MEN KEEP PLEDGE. 1 the ns under which total eil production in the State has been held to 650,000 barrels daily. Who Won the Ball . Who Won the Feature Race? e? | are now, and will be, asked more than any other in ' ! ! during this, the season for outdoor sports. division, scouting fleet, have left the | Mo D. 0, 8 ? SUBMARINE INVENTOR SEES - SUCCESS FOR POLAR VOYAGE Plan of Using Submersible Under Ice Is Feasible, Lake Claims. \ Wilkins Hopes to Find North- west Passage to Orient Via Arctic Region. Exclusively for The Star and the ‘American Newspaper Alliance.) BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 6.—The (Written North proposal to reach the top of the world | in a submarine, plowing through Arc- tic ice and submerging beneath floes, is not the idea of a dreamer, says Simon Lake. « The plan is feasible, the submarine practicable than a plane, and the jmore under | ultimate results far more reaching, ac- cording to the inventor of the first ‘submersile ‘t mavigate the"open sea.” Sir George Hubert Wilkins, Arctic explorer, who flew from Point Barrow to Spitsbergen, wants to use Mf. Lake's submarine, the Defender, for a voyage to the North Pole this Summer. This is the only privately-owned sibmers- ible in the world. 1 Back of the plan lies the dream of adventurers for more than 300 years— opening the Northwest Passage—says Mr, Lake. This 'often-talked-of all-water route, which would bring East and West to- gether for trade without using the Panama or Suez Canal routes, is pos- sible to the submarine, he is convinced, and the submarine eventually will be acknowledged as the means of making the project practical. Demonsirated Craft's Practicability. As far back as 1904, during the Rus- so-Japanese War, Mr. Lake demonstrat- ed the feasibility of the submersible in ice-covered water. In a test in Narragansett Bay Janu- ary 20, 1904, Mr. Lake ran a sub, with three army officers on board, Gen. Ar- thur Murray, Capt. C. J. Bailey and Capt. C, F. Parker. It was submerged, and ran several miles. When the sub- mersible was brought to the surface it came up through a grinding fleld of ice. An ice field had broken at the head of the bay and the submarine had struck the middle of it. Meanwhile the 8ylph, a Government boat detailed to watch the test, had been stuck in the ice and was unable to move, The: sub- marine plowed through the ice field and literally ran circles around the larger er: raft. ‘The officers were much impressed and recommended that five submer- sibles be purchased. But Congress failed . Lake had been negotiating witl the imperial Russian government and had nrnnledm: test. - TWO RADIO FORUM ADDRESSES TONIGHT Attorney General Mitchell and { Senator Capper in Star’s Nation- * Wide Hook-Up. . Attorney General William D. Mitchell ipper of Kansas ! IS BLAMED ON BOMB "::t 37 the Associated: | Was SeVeral More Bodies May Be Found in Des Moines Hotel Wreckage. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, April 6.—At least four persons are dead and scores are suffering from injuries, burns and cuts received in & fire which broke out at the Kirkwood Hotel shortly after 3 o'clock this morning. Pire Chief Burnett after -inspecting the wreckage expressed the belief that several additional bodies might be found. He said a group of men and women had béen reported holding a party in one of the rooms, and had not been fourld since. Firemen were almost unadimous in believing that 1 The Dead. ‘The known dead: Mrs. Red Watson. “Red” Jarrup. ‘W. F. Raidler. John P. Scott. Twelve persons were taken to hos- pitals and many others injured and burned were given first aid treatment. Between 125 and 150 mrml were in the building when the broke out. Building Total Loss. The building, which is a total Joss, was valued at between. $200,000 and bers set street ‘which was destroyed in a spec- tacular blaze two wéeks ago with a loss of $100,000, Several persons, most of u:h.mn were hird-floor window, and succeeded in pulling her to safety and cal her to the street after she had swung a pendulum from one of his hands. = Thomas Mayberry, colored mzr. one of the first to discover the , carried or.led a score of men and women _through smoke-filled halls or down ladders to safety. PR TRAIN COACH WRECK {None Hurt in Texas Explosion, But Cause Is Mystery to Of- € ficers, IS et Press. . ! Tex., April 6. ‘wrecked about 15 miles north of None of the 15 passengers in the HURT N OWA FIRE == more victims were buried in the debris. | 0| Senate rank ahead of_ the - = |Lindy Is Regarded As 'l:eachixgg Anne How to Fly Plane Mexieo City Is Convinced ‘Colonel’s Fiancee Is Pro- " ficient Air Pilot. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, April 6.—This capi- tal, which decided a month ago Col Charles A. Lindbergh was teaching his fiancee, Miss Anne Morrow, to fly, is _| now conyinced she is gainnig some pro- DIPLOMATS AVOID PREGEDENCE CLAH Ruling as to Mrs. Gann’s| Status Will Hold at Din- ner Thursday. By the Associated Press. Most members of the diplomatic corps have escaped cause for worry over the ticklish question of the social rank of Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister and | official hostess of Vice President Curtis. |. Por few of them have invitations out for functions at which a conflict might }nrise on the point of her proper place in the line of “precedence”—whether she is to follow the wives of diplomats, rank. First “Clash” Due April 11. In the one function on the social | calendar to which both diplomats and | the Vice President have been invited, | the present ruling of the State Depart- ment, unless reversed in the meantime, will be observed and Mrs. Gann will be seated below the wives of Ambassadors and Ministers, which, incidentally places her below the wives of cabinet members and Senators. Ambassador Davila of Chile will be the host, and had issued his invitations —for a formal dinner for 200 at the Pan-American Union April 11—before the current social storm broke. Like A regards the of the State Department on locl:lum‘l’lnk as official requests to the diplomatic corps, and as long as they stand feels obligated to abide by them, regardless of his reluctance in this instance to offend the Vice President. The question of Mr. Gann has been a perplexing one to hostesses who have | entertained in honor of they Vice Presi- dent since inauguration. He is entitied to no official social rank. In some circles the opinion is expressed that the State Department has already. | made a concession in giving the Vice President’s sister rank over members of the House of Representatives and those lower down the precedence scale. Ruling Eagerly Awaited. One foreign Minister said he would not be surprised to see the whole mat- ter of precedence receive an over- hauling, with a change in many of the rights of rank now accepted in this | country. In every other country, he | pointed out, foreign Ambassadors and Ministers rank immediately below the ruling powers of the government or, in :gg uselo§ a ’nln’omm mhm"yn-‘y’m e royal family. coun Chief * Justice, the cabinet and the Ministers. | TEXTILE WORKERS GREET | McGRADY AND HOFFMAN Return of “Kidnaped” Labor Lead- ers Is Signal for Cheering Dem- onstration. in Tennessee. | By the Associated Press. | ELIZABETHTON, Tenn, April 6.— cheering demonstration by textile work- ers yesterday, Edward L. McGrady and A. L, Hoffman, “kidnaped” labor lead- ers, today were at the head of plans for a greater celebration here Sunday in honor of President William Green of the American Federation of Labor. McGrady, an official of the American Federation of Labor, and Hoffman. tex- Welcomed back to Elizabethton with a | M ficiency with an airplane. It is believed that under the fond tutelage of the man she is to marry she is becoming quite capable of ordinary maneuvers. in the air and given a few more hours aloft should be able to man- age a plane without Col. Lindbergh's help. Beliet Is Unconfirmed. There is no way of confirming the belief, since both Lindbergh and Miss Morrow have kept silent even to their most intimate friends in an effort to es- cape the inevitable publicity if it were known. But observers point out that the flying Miss Morrow has done with her flance has borne rflnmy resemblances to about six hours’ flying in dual control planes with her fiance, and the addition of just a few hours more should be ;u!mmcmnm.mnvmomn T. Mexico City has had only the utmost admiration for Miss Morrow's gameness when, on the day affer her crash at Valbuena Field, she Jet herself be taken up again three times by Col. Lindbergh. She was shaken by her experience and afrald, but the old Army ‘medicine” worked well in her case, too, and now it is said there has been no impairment of her confidence as a result of that accident. Has Many Reasons for Learning. There are a number of reasons why she should want to fly—the probability of an -.I.rghne honeymoon, the fact that she will have to fiy if she wants to keep pace with her husband after they are married and the naturally vital interest she feels n flying, singe it is his life- work. Mrs. Morrow, Anne, Elizabeth and Constance and Col. Lindbergh returned yesterddy ‘rom the Morrow country home at Cuernavaca to see Miss Con- stance off for school in Milton, Mass., today. No’ announcement has been made of Col. Lindbergh’s plans, but it is be- lieved he intends to remain here sev- eral days longer. HOPE STILL HELD FOR ENGLISH FLYER % | Southern Crows Crew Believed Foreed Down in Western Australia. By the Associated Press. % PERTH, New South Wales, April 6.— Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith and his three companions of the Southern Cross were believed today to be down south- east of Thurburn Bluff, Western Aus- tralia.. A government launch with a government searching party was sent for them. The information was conveyed in a telegram this morning to Philip Collier, premier of Western Australia, from Col. Mansbridge, resident magsitrate at Broome, far West Australian coast. ‘Thurburn Point, or Bluff, is a prom- ontory on the Timor Sea, just north of the entrance to the Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia. It is located about 70 miles north and west of Wyndham, the goal of the four flyers when they set out just a week ago. It was their intention then to fly to Wyndham as the first lap of a flight to England, which thev hoped would break the record of Bert Hinkler, madé by flights in the reverse direction. They left Sydney last Saturday and Sunday radioed they were making a forced land- ing in a rainstorm, “about 100 miles east of Wyndham.” Besides Capt. Charles Kingsford- | Smith there is his pilot, Charles T. Ulm, and a navigator and a wireless operator. The gravest anxiety was felt for their lives as soon as it was known they were missing, inasmuch as the country into which they had disappeared is known {or its savage, inhospitable tribes, ‘Thousa er by airplanes the last six days. Planes which have sought the men may have flown over them without sighting them, just as those who sought Gen. Nobile in the Arctic ice north of " | Spitzbergen passed over him without knowing it. Apart from the fact that the Southern Cross would have been hidden had it crashed into the dense bush and - fore would have been invisible from the | air, searching flyers have been handi- | caped by the mist and rain. SUICIDE IS SUSPECTED. HAVANA, April 6 (#).—The name of George Gommell of New York City, chief engineer of the Munson liner unardam, was stricken the roll: of fl:!aht lh|=; his disappear- ance at sea three ‘was attri- buted to suicide. ey . R. D. McAlpine told &he here yesterday he saw Gommell Wed- nesday 'night and he noticed nothing abnormal. He left Gommell on deck, Thursday Gommeil did not appear for breakfast, and h search of tile union organizer, were deported from Flizabethton by a band of about 20 men | Thursday as an aftermath of a strike. Thursda; afternoon after’ a five-day run 4 New York. i i’"r‘!:amo.u" Attorney Victor , 6.4 ‘Frobiioh is well versed in the poetry of Sabath Attorney’s No Poet; Court Does Know It, - But Takes Notion to Grant His Motion “What do you mean, your honor?” recited poetry,” sald Mr. Frohlich, “It- nds of miles have been search- | T2KILLED, T00HURT, THREE MISSING IN MIDWEST STORMS Disturbances of Tfinafip Violence Whip Through Three States. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY TO REACH HIGH FIGURE WreckedsFarm Buildings and Resi- dences and Damaged Communieca- tion Lines Follow in Wake. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, April = 6. — Spring storms of tornadic violence whipped through parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa late yesterday, killing 12 persons. Three others were missing early today and were believed dead. More than 100 men, women and chil- dren were in hospitals, and some of them were so severely hurt that they may not live. ‘The death list follows: C. F. Bryan, 62, farmer, near Tay- lors Falls, Minn. Andrew Hanson, 45, Minneapolis. F. Lundgren, 40, farmer, near Forest ', Minn. Frank Olson, 60, farmer, near Lind- strom, Minn. A. G. Anderson, farmer, near Glen- wood City, Wis. Douglas, Lawrence and Dorothy Pitt- jman, children of Mr. and Mrs. Richard { Pittman, farmer, near Reeves, Wis. | Miss Martha Raawe, 25, near Rice Lake, Wis. Mrs. Lewis Reed, 50, near Rice Lake, John T. Salmon, farmer, near Clay- rge . , Towa. ‘The property damage can hardly be accurately estimated, so wide was the storm’s path and so incomplete were reports from the several storm centers, but it was certain to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. In North Minnesota alone the farmer, near Little damage was fixed at $100,000, while the storm’s wake In country sections was strewn with wrecked farm buildings. Wisconsin before it blew i E i this city, where the lest, one man, iy at Forest Lake When lapsed, and at Taylor the north and east, C. death near Rice Lake and near Reeves | the three children of Mr. and . ard Pittman died when their home ‘Three ns were rej in the Rice Lake dmflmy Mr. and Mrs. Basil Tral L Marie Buchrow. The storm developed late in the after- noon. With but little warning it broke over Minneapolis, and in a half hour the northern section of the ecity was strewn with wreckage. From that point the tornado worked northeast, dipping | and rising. 20 Farm Homes Wrecked. Perhaps the most severe blow was struck at Rice Lake and vicinity, where more than 20 farm homes were wrecked. There the wind was accompanied by heavy rain and huge hailstones, which smashed windows. . Mrs. Reed, living on a farm some distance from Rich Lake, called her family of small children in the cellar. Then the wind struck the house, it was ripped from the foundation and the woman was killed by rocks which fell from the basement wall. At Pridley, Minn.,.a short distance north of here, radio station WRHM was { badly damaged. 1 The number of persons injured here can only be estimated. More than 70 were treated at hospitals, and scores of others at their homes. At Rice Lake, ‘Wis., 20 were so seriously injured they | were placed in the hospital there and 16 were being cared for at a hospital at Barron, Wis. Hastings and Beatrice were among the Nebraska cities reporting damage from );‘wdl. At Omaha there was'a drop in temperature in eight hours from the record: Snowiai was predicted for part of that wiall was for of that State today. | FRENCH LINER IN MUD " WITH 1,000 ON BOARD Gr_oundln‘ Off Brooklyn Believed Not Serious as Tugs Are Sent to Help Float Vessel. By the Associnted. Press { ag%;ii i i i 7 & 3 7 i 3 5 g H ING HAS COLD. PERSH