Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1929, Page 2

9 e 30 WHD FLED FRY 0 STORM RESEED Arkansas Tornado Victims Discovered Hiding in ‘Caverns. Br the Associated Pre BATESVILLE, Ark., April 12.—Thirty persons who had been without food or water for more than 48 hours were dis- covered in caverns near Guion today by National Guardsmen ssarching the regions for bodies of those killed in the tornado late Wednesday. DEATH TOLL REACHES 50, Three Group Funerals Planned for | Tornade Victims. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April 12— | Three - group funerals of victims of the tornado which Wednesday swept sections of North Arkansas, taking a toll of life which stood at 50 today, were to be held this afternoon at Guion and Swifton, two villages which bore the brunt of th2 storm. Two small rural cemeteries near Swif- ton each are to receive the bodies of | 11 victims, while at Guion six of those | who lost their lives in the storm which razed the town are to be buried. * Meanwhile, the work of rehabilitation was going forward under direction of Red Cross workers, and Maj. C. R. Bar- | ham and Capt. Lee V. Casey of the| adjutant general's staff’ dispatched to! the area to take charge of’ relief ef-| forts imstituted by Gov. Parmell. Gulon Survivors Tell of Horror. The first witness accounts of the storm which demolished Guion were furnished early today by residents there. Not one building was left of more than 180. Throughout vesterday = those - who were not injured searched among the ruins of their homes. Little will be salvaged from the sald, so complete was the damage wrought. What was not destroyed or | damaged by the wind was water soaked trom & torrential rain. One of the victims rels h eot in a umg‘onry hospital at Batesville the approach of the tornado. He said it appeared from the west down the White River. As it approach- ed it sucked up the water into a whirl- ing spout and the lower portion of the jage was drenched. “One viewing the wreckage after the atorm could not understand how even at cat could have escaped, one vietim related. “The death list would have been much larger had. citizens not taken refuge in storm celiars. Many hurried to tunnels in sandstone quar- ries and escaped.” Tornado Splits. After leaving Guion, one branch of the tornado swept through to Mount Pleasant, wrecking fa ses a8 it went. Persons at Brockwell and Melbourne reported small tornadoes, but little dam- age resulted. ; Heavy hallstorms occurred over large areas of the State, particularly in Ful- ton and Izard Countles, just north of the storm area. ed at Bates- ville, as left their work to lace themselves at the of re-. ief committees organized through the Red Cross. Students of Arkansas Col- lege :::e over thfitx ?m-lmlwry for use as & temporary hospital. ‘Workers cleared the highway be- tween Batesville and Guion shortly be- fore noon, and the exodus of the in- jured from a 1,200-foot tunnel leading to & mine was started. About 50 in- Jured persons at Guion had been placed in the tunnel when every other shelter had been blown down by the wind. About 25 of those injured at Guion had taken shelter in the Missouri Paci- fie Railroad station, which was blown | down n them. The debris caught firg, and it was with difficulty the in- erl were removed by the few sur- estimates were available of the iendous property damage left in the of the tornadoes, which virtually rated all traces of a- few small communities and wrecked generally over wide and sepa- areas. little communities of Possumtrot ‘Sneed, near Swifton, were hard the storm, the death list there ved by Red Cross and other re- ‘workers to be complete, standing Other places badly hit were near Lorado in Greene County, a section near Parkin, Wynne and Guion. Fiyer Tells of Damage. Lieut. Joe T. Shumate, adjutant of the 154th Observation Squadron, Arkansas National Guard Aero Unit, said ap- parently there were twin tornadoes. the offspring of a greater one. He said the storm originated several miles west of Guion. One barely discernahle gnh was almost due east from Guion, he sald, and the other was in a northeasterly direction. ‘The former _apparently traveled in the direction of Swifton and Lorado, the other striking just east of | Batesville at Morefield, and further east at Parkin. “They hardly would be called paths,” Lieut. Shumate explained. “It was dificult to follow the lines and ap- parently the thickly wooded country was little hurt by the winds. It was only when I came upon openings in the ‘woods that the destruction was apparent. | “I flew about 20 miles west of Guion and then started back east along the ‘White River. There is a large bend in the river, which runs through a narrow canyon. This bend afforded the storm ;u“i access to Guion, which was on a h “On either side of the area near Swifton which.was hit, there was little evidence o2 storm had visited that vicinity. It was only by viewing the wrecked farm houses and barns in that vielnity that I was able to follow the path of the .” he said. “There were 15 or 20 dwellings blown down in that area.” Death List Revised. With all desd and injured believed recovered, relief workars turned to the task of caring for the Injured, povid- Ing shelter and food for the homeless. A revised list of known dead follows: Swiften area—Cleo Nicholson, 25; ‘Mrs. Cleo Nicholson, 23; Mrs. A. J. Rowlett, 53; John Loy, 55: Mrs. John 14y, 49; Charles Defries, 45; Grace De- fries, 6; Ruth.Defries, 1; Jack Defries. 2; Thurlow Hudgens, 26; Mrs. Russell Long, 38; Miss Vina Long, 18; Mrs. Ed. Riley, 40; Buster Riley, 4: Ruth Riley, 6; Mrs. Esther Riley, mother-in-law of Mrs. Ed Riley; T. C. Bullard, 56; Mrs. R. C. Bullard, 54; Miss Leona Bullard, 18; Paul Butler, Mrs. Paul Butler, Zela Butler, 9; Howard Watts, 12; Joe Bul- lard, 11. Guidbn area—Miss Thelma Pierce, 25; ‘Thana Tilton, 2; Claude Campbell, Mrs. Ruse Atchison, Miss Willlams, Mrs. Atchison’s sister; Mrs. W. N. Carey and Mrs. J. P. Plerce. Lerado area—Henry Lowth 4T; ‘Thomas Adams, 45; llnl.’o.}llew MT;- thorp, 35; Martin Tyner, 13; J. W. Ty- ner, 11; Eileen Lowthorp, the last three the children of Mrs. Lowzho% Parkin, area—J. Lucas, Nrs. J. L. Lucas and their two infant children, Avery Mitchell, eight colored unidentified. , observers | | ated trom hisi HAWLEY AND GARNER UNVERWGOD. REPRESENTATIVE HAWLEY. “REPRESENTATIVE GARNER. WILL DISCUSS TARIFF IN STAR. RADIO FORUM (Continued From First Page.) only the political- party viewpoint on | this tariff bill ‘but’ also’ will reflect the | geographical viewpoint. - Both are veteran legislators, with ex- | perience in drafting several preceding | tariff bills, so that they have a back- ground of long and intimate knowledge | of the history of tariff legisiation. Rep- resentative Garner has served con-| tinuously for 26 years, and besides being | ranking Democratic member on the ways and means committee, is coming into the new Congress as minority floor leader and will occupy the equally im- portant. t as chairman of the com- mittee t makes committee assign- ments for the Democratic members. =He | thus” holds & more important -position | than any other Democrat has held in | party control in the House throughout | the history of the Goyernment. Hawley Has Served 22 Years. Chairman Hawley has served con-| tinuously for 22 years. He is a member | of the National Forest Reservation Com-. mission, chairman of the Federal Tax Commission and chairman of the cacus of Republican House members for the last two and the incoming Congress. Mr. Hawley is to be one of the principal speakers in a round table conference on “making a tariff” when 3.000 of the | leading business men of the United States meet here, on May 1, under the| auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Both of these speakers know the sub- ject thoroughly and have been making | careful summary of the most essential | facts for presentation to the American | ;?ple through the National Radio rum. HOOVER TO RECEIVE FARM BILL TODAY FROM COMMITTEE ___(Continued From First Page Chiet Executive declined to give an off- hand opinion. Explaining he'had had no time to study what the White House sul quently described as an ‘“‘export bounty,” the President reminded the five Sen- ators who visited him that such a plan | had not been considered in the draft- ing of the farm relief plank by the Re- publican national convention and that it had not been discussed in. the presi- dential campaign. * Further Hearings Proposed. ‘There was a suggestion by one of the Senators that the Senate agriculture committee hold further hearings on the subject so as to develop the views of the farm organizations opposing the plan. In this connection Mr. Hoover | tain for the committee information as to how such a plan was operated in other countries and to make their data available to the committee. Chairman McNary of the committee. who headed the delegation which called upon Mr. Hoover, said that in all likli- hood the committee before voting on the McNary bill would wait until Mr. Hoover's views had been finally deter- mined. In addition to Senator McNary the delegation was composed of Senators of Kansas, Republicans, and Heflin of Alabama and Ransdell of Louisiana, Democrats. This subccmmittee itself is considered to contain a majority against the debenture plan, and on the" full committee, administration leaders as- sert, there are not more than four who favor the plan. QUAKE ROCKS ITALY. Temblor on Third Successive Morn- ing Drives Residents to Streets. BOLOGNA, Italy, April 12 (#).—For the third successive morning, residents of this city were awakened an ught outdoors into streets and public squares by earth tremors. A fairly strong shock was felt at 1:36 a.m. The squares today were filled with crowds of fright- ened people, many of whom. nervous from the shocks, stayed up all night. today. Thus far little property dam- | New. York, where she was staying and eral features of the ying | Mowry are similar to those of | clothing afire behind a refreshment | | sented her. entire medical mflly and offered to have Government experts ob- | p) Norbeck of South Dakota and Capper |.m, /fand Procedure This is one .of a series of lectures | B v A second shock was felt at 6:20 a.m. | be ‘THE EYEI*?IN_G STAR; 'WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL. 12 1929, Confesses_He Bdrfied Wom-, an’s Body After Killing Her With Pistol. By the Associated Pre i ELIZABETH, N. J, April lI.—Colhli Campbell, 60-year-old civil engineer and | bigamist, was in jail today as the con- | fessed slayer of one of his wives whom he shot and set afire. The arrest and confession, police said, cleared up the mystery of the killing of & middle-aged woman, whose body, with & bullet wound ,in the head, was found blazing by the roadside near Cranford, . J., on the morning of February 23. Campbell was arrested as he was about. to enter the apartment where he lived with his first and legal wife and three children. He was taken into custody a few hours after the body of the victim had been identified as that of Mrs. Benjamin 8. Mowry of Greenville, Pa., & nurse. In his pocket detectives found a loaded pistol. ‘Was in Financial Difficulties. In his confession he said he became'’ acquainted with Mrs, s matrimonial agency in Detroit. said he had been in financial difficulties and hoped to clear up his affairs by an- other marriage. . He said that after a brief correspond- ence he met the woman at Washington. Later he met her again at Philadel- phia, whence they drove to Elkton, Md., where they were married August 28, last. ‘The next day the woman deposited a check for $1,000 to their joint account. He then returned .to Westville, N. J., | where he was then living and she re- turned to Greenville. In Fébruary she came in search of him. He communi- cated with her at the Y. W. C. A. in met her February 21 at Philadelp! After stopping at Dover, Del., t night, they drove northward in his car. They. arrived in Cranford about 4 a.m. February 23. X ‘While they were driving along there was an argument because she wanted to g0 to the home where he had promised to prepare for her: Then he shot her while she dozed in the seat beside him. He drove a short distance, :wgpeu the car and dragged the body to the road- side. He took a can of gasoline from the car, poured its contents over the clothing and set fire to it. The body was discovered by John Doyle, driver of a baker wagon. Shoes Aid in Identification. Tdentification was accomplished through tracing the shoes back to the manufacturer in St. Louls, thence to Greenville, Pa., where detectives learned that Mrs. Mowry lived before she "had left to marry a Dr. Campbell.” Sev- aying of Mrs. the killing of Margaret Brown, New York gover- ness, who was found dying with her stand, near Bernardsville, N. J., a year 2go. Miss Brown had drawn her life sav- ings from a bank and gone away saying she was to marry a “doctor.,” Her slayer was never ;‘?Krenended, although some bonds identified as having be- longed to her were sent' to authorities 'with & note, ‘i’ which' the writer said he was the slayer. CONGRESS MAY GET LINER RUM ISSUE AT SPECIAL SESSION| __(Continued Prom First Page) “s0 far as could be determined liquor was being sold on the Levidthan as she continued to Europe.” The Times quoted unidentified offi- cials of the line as saying they knew of no change in the original orders and | assumed these were being carried out by the ship’s captain. Messages to nigers and officers of | the liner inquiring as to the liquor status aboard the ship remained un- | answered. The public relations department of | the line said it was fair to sssume the | ship would be dry only on this particular eastward irip and thereafter would sell | 1 unr»goml both ways. On. eastward | trips the supply: would be limited to medical stores, consisting of one bottle of hard liquor "or two of fermented | beverages for every five persons aboard. | When the Leviathan sailed she had =board 37!, gallonis-of brandy and 60 gallons of kosher wine. .This repre- was brought into port and en out under seal as far as the three-mile limit. The' ship carried 1,398 passen- gers. * SEARCHERS LOCATE MISSING FLYERS IN . WILDS OF AUSTRALIA | 5et" gr.; Olrl' (Continued From First Page.) alund-y in 8 Westland Widgeon mono- an The brief messages of the Canberra told & dramatic story of the culmination of the days of searching. the Port George Mis-: sion we shall search all the bays and | Minervis Londonderry.” | SGtitie inlets as. far as cnre ‘(Cape Londonderry is the northern- moAs: E)l:lt of Western thAlm.l-llm.) :31 am, came the message that the plane had been hted and food dropped_to the crew. - be no doubt as to t;‘w good news the un’e Was Tepeate At 11:38 am. the Canberra radioed to the thern , “If you can ground.” Five minutes, later the Canberra told the Darwin station, “They must be hearing but haven't seen them.” At 12:36 the Canberra radioed: “The Southern Cross is approximately 30 miles from the Port George Mission. Can see whole crew now.” Even later | came another message setting the di- rection as south from Port George and autcflbln[ its resting place as a mud at. Law Clerk Will Lecture. ._Alfred G. Byhrman, law clerk in the District Supreme Court, will lecture tonight before the student body of How- ard University. School of Law, 42¢ Fifth street. His subject will be “Practice in Courts of Record.” given by attorneys and officials ntmflfo lclmol”@hhl Justice Penton W. Booth of the United States Court of age has been reported, with no casual- ties. 3 Is Giv disgust that the younger generation is should journey to Ama? m:t. The lflznh of tha show signs 'o( specimens of m: ; \ : Patrolling ‘his beat {emmy. Officer o nei;hborhood into perfect Aléxander ‘cinet Man "Minding” Baby With Revolver. en 360-Day Jail Sentence Pessimistic persons who relate with | court. earryin deteriorating in. strength and physique, | p the fourth pre- | re Claims, is dean of Howard Law School. The first | sambo 5 am. (locai tioe) said: | JEinel O t there might | Brew BIGANIST ADMITS |0IL MAGNATE MAY G0 T0 OCCOQUAN Mitchell Is Asked for Ruling on Whether Sinclair Can Be Put in Workhouse. If Attorney General Mitchell decides that it is legal to send prisoners sen- tenced in the District of Columbia for contempt of court to the District Work- house at Occoquan, Va., Harry P. Sin- clair will serve his 90-day sentence on the District’s' penal farm, M. M. Bar- nard, superintendent of the District gnnl b(x_m:utlt;n’l. said l:ll!'l‘.’ ’l'h‘e’ At- rney eral i§ expec render a decision within'a few days. While it is generally believed that the Sinclair case precipitated the request for a ruling, Capt. Barnard said today the proper' designation of contempt of court prisoners has been a subject of omn controversy in his mind for some time and it was his belief that now was an rtune time for appealin, oppo! : for an established ruling on the ques- Barnard Beset by Reports. The attention of inquirers has been temporarily diverted from the District ‘jail, where Maj. Willlam Peak, super- | intendent, has been besieged for the past few days with newspaper camera- men-and reporters, to Capt. Barnard's office in the Virginia prison colony. Capt. Barnard was subjected to the same barrage of questions concerning the. treatment of the multi-millionaire ofl magnate in the event of his com- mitment to Occoquan that Maj. Peak experienced earlier in the week and he made it plain that concern displayed over the treatment to be accorded Sin- clair was annoying. “Same Treatment as Others.” ‘Sinclair. will be just another prisoner if he comes to Occoquan,” Capt. Bar- nard said, “and the possibility of his | admission here is of no more concern to me than any other prisoner. “Of course, he will be compelled to submit to the same treatment, eat the same food, da the work given him and conform in every way to.the existing rules for prisoners at the District Work- house the same as any of the others. He vuldbe Aho;-: no lm,i:ll consider: lon and accorded no speci vileges.” the superintendent eonunu‘;rd‘. a"‘we show no special consideration to any | prisoner and play no favorites.” FIRST RACE S WON BYLADY TRYSTER Workman Pilots Labrot's Filly Home Ahead of Willow and Panivana. BOWIE RACE TRACK, Md.. April 12—S. W. Labrot's Lady Tryster was @ handy winner of the first race of the | day’s program, the usual sprint of 4 furlongs for 2-year-olds, Willow beat the fleld from the bar- rier and was followed by Lady Tryster until a sixteenth of & mile from home, where ‘the Labrot filly forged to the front ‘and won going away. Willow easily outlasted Panivana for second money. Evergreen was installed the | favorite in the betting, but couldn't get to_the leaders, -The weather was ideal for racing. but track conditions were poor.. There was plenty of holding mud to which the time of 49 4-5 seconds in the first race will attest. One of the biggest weekday crowds of the season turned out for the sport. | BOWIE RESULTS I First race—2-year-olds; 4 furlongs. Lady Tryster, $14.10, $7, 10, won. Wiliow, $5.90, $5.10, secor Panivana, $6, third. . Also ran—Princeéss Mach, Dolly Mack, Aziz, Kitty Marie, Mabel Basil, Adriane G., Evergreen, Colinport and Mary Eloise. “Second race—3-year-olds and up- ward; maidens; 7 furlon Traverence won. Rhapsody Ann second. Jiidis Kiosk third. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. RACE—Purse. -year-olds: 4 furlo Ma . & Winning Card. 35355855 3 £ Foottn LI ane 3-ear o *Milison H. R. Dulany. Jr. CE—Purse. 31.200: claiming: RA and up: & furlongs. *Herade D RACE Purse. $1.300; the Prom- ennder o-5Caroolds and up; 8% furlongs. 110 Cloudy 110 - Listering 106 Knockany se. $1,400; the Cen- riongs. FOURTH RACE—Pur: tury: 3-year-ol fur 10 Houssain Donn Bon 06 nd By | 068 Nympp Kt A 108 WarRawk % Minotaur 118 H__RACE—The _Prince Georges (Spring) Handicap: 35,000 sdded: 3-vear- Ol!l and up: 1/ miles. aLe Bey il b Let Al Minotaur 1 william wiee . b Buddy Basil Golden 1 a Recreation } Buiter Jonn a J. Livingston B 3irs "8 "o, vers! *+8panish g m Princess 102 *Stage Ei il B 8] RACE—Purse, $1.200; claiming: 4- year- and up: 1.4 mll!l.‘ . ™ *SBun Ki 108 Binmates 1k "o el : n B el 1 “Antconas i X n <Aversion 103 “Amen- .éh 1 1 B M *Forest Ture . Firat Edition [ chthman Hv: schmann entry. mm-rwm:-:h)" ’“:‘.‘.‘a’?‘.fi"&"& L3 b A - ler was arrested and with car- minding the baky, your honor,” ey d him for awhile” SAd PILOT HURT IN CRASH. DETROIT, 13 (P).—W. E. Lucey, t, injured Was 3 the mm -dived and | at the of h both legs | Injuries. mw. * Ford Hos- A porons will be 15sued in South Africa’ % o o View of the front yard of an enter- prising Chevy Chase houscholder who has taken advantage of flowering dog- | wood to beautify the grounds. Belo Ernest N. Smith, general manager of | the American Automobile Association, | who urges motorists to preserve the —=Star Staff Photos. blossoms. VATICAN RELATIONS QUESTION IS RAISED = Many Letters Being Received by White House and State Department. ‘Marniy letters inquiring whether diplo- matic relations are to be’ restored be- tween the United States and the Vatican are being received by the White House and the State Department from all sec- tions of the country. In response to all of these letters and to those inquiring about the Amer- ican Government's attitude in the event the present concordat between Italy and the Vatican, recognizing the sover- eignty of the latter state, is ratified, the State Department sends a brief note informing the writers that the “ques- tion has not arisen.” Following the policy of silence estab- lished by former Secretary of State Kellogg when the Italian-Vatican agree- ments were signed recently by Premier Mussolinl and Oardinal Gasparri, the Papal secretary of state, the State De- partment declines to discuss the Ameri- can attitude on the question in afy It was pointed out today that the agreements have not been ratified and the matter could not be discussed until final action is taken by the Papacy and the Italian government. U. 8. Information Is Unofficial. ‘The American Government has re- ceived only the most highly informal information regarding the agreement and concordat between the Vatican and y. It is expected in some circles here that this Government will be offi- cially informed of the recognition of Italy by the sovereignty of the Vatican after the agreements are ratified. In that case, it was pointed out, the | United States would then be “aware” of the existence of the Vatican state, but this would not necessarily imply diplomatic recognition of its sovereign status by this Government. It is, of course, not known what the atfitude of the American Government on re- establishment of diplomatic relations with the Vatican would be if the con- cordat and agreements with Italy are ratified within the prescribed four months after being signed. ‘While it is not impossible that Cardi- | nal Gasparri might approach the United States on the question of diplomatic recognition, after the signing of the 08 | agreements with Italy, it is doubted that any formal step would be taken by the papal secretary of state until informal approaches had been made to the American Government to learn its attitude. U. S. Had Envoy 80 Years Ago. The United States sent a diplomatic representative to the Vatican more than 80 years ago, after a considerable de- bate in the Senate over the appropria- tion for his salaj T'l;m:mw?hn“au ported the proposal conten: e Minister 'npfl'le Pope would not be sent in a spiritual character, but “to evmcg sympathy with the spirit of freedom" which had broken out in Italy. Jacob L. Martin of North Carolina ‘was ‘commissioned: charge d'affaires to the Vatican April 7, 1848. He died at |y, his t. Lewis Cass of Michigan suc- ooed?d.hlm and later was raised to-the rank of -Minister-resident. From that time, the United States had four Min- isters-resident at the Vatican, the last being Rufus King of Wisconsin, who was commissioned October 7, 1863, and later resigned. Other Nations Recognize State. his message to Gonfist in 1869, Prxe:ident Grant said he had been of- B aatas by Jisly and. that. the the Paj tes ang umuwmm had the ~in the: status of sovers Since that time the United has had no representative at the V.A“n“nlml' tolic delegate, , Germany and most nations, as well tions, 1nto | west, AN UNUSUAL HOME DISPLAY OF FLOWERING DOGWOOD K R W #3 TR Te | | By the Associated Press. ' MEXICO CITY, April 12.—Cheering | for Hoover on the day the President of llhe United States was inaugurated pos- sibly saved the life of an American in Mexico. It is always important in Mexico to know the right thing to say when a sentry challenges, but during a revolu- tionary period the importance of being able to say the right thing at the right |time cannot be overestimated. It can | easily become a life or death matter if | the wrong words are spoken. | _An American who spoke little Span- ish but understood Mexican ways left | Mexico City the morning of March 3, |the day the present revolution broke |out, en route to El Paso. While passing |through Torreon the following after- noon rebels seized the train and began | questioning the passengers. | " A viclous-looking rebel officer, trailed by a squad of soldiers looking not un- |like a firing squad, stopped before the American. “Quien vive?" suddenly boomed forth “VIVE HOOVER" SAVED U.S. MAN'S LIFE IN MEXICO ON MARCH 4 the ojcer with a terrifying scowl. It was a moment of vast uncertainty. Upon the right answer, it might be, de- pended life itself. The American had no idea who the rebel leaders were, and the name of one of them was the pass- word called for. Of a dozen Mexican | names which he could recall, possibly | one or two would be the correct pass- | word. He hesitated, then came a stroke of genius. “Vive Hoover!” he almost shouted, and was greeted with a flashing smile and the joyous words, “Es verdad.” | " Within" 8 few hours the American | had crossed the danger zone and was well on his way to El Paso, where he arrived the next day, to find that Hoover had ratified President Coolidge's policy of recognition of de facto gov- ernments. It was virtually a death blow to the Mexican revolution, and the realization came to him that to have responded “Vive Hoover” 24 hours later would have been like shouting, “Vive Calles.” {U. S. ARTILLERYMEN ON WAY TO NACO TO DEFEND BORDER | (Continued From First Page.) main dbody of the rebel army now is Meanwhile, reports received here said Gen. J. Gonzalo Escobar, supreme com- mander of the insurgents, will mass his forces for another attack on Naco, Sonora. Gen. Caraveo was left near Pulpito Pass to harass the federals and delay their advance until the rebel objectives in Northern Sonora have been reached. Then, accerding to Gen. Francisco Lopez, who arrived here from Agua ta, Sonora. Caraveo will move his soldiers into Sonora, and the united rebel army will attempt to drive down he Western Coast of Mexico, via Mazat- lan to Mexico City. GAI‘I‘ON TO Bl. REINFORCED. EL PASO, Tex. April 12 (#.—Ap- proximately 500 soldiers from Fort Bliss | here were on the march to Hachita, !N, M today to be available with the 150 cavalrymen already stationed there to protect American lives and property on the Arizona-Mexico border in the event:of a battle between opposing forces in the Mexican revolution. The' troops who departed yesterday included two battalions of Field Ar- tillery and the remainder of the 7th Cavalry. The detachment of cavalry- | men dispatched to Hachita several days | 8o, belong to that’ unit. Brig. Gen. George Van Horn Mosely, commandant at Fort Bliss, said it would take about six days to complete the march. He said the assignment of the | soldiers to Hachita was in the nature | of & practice march, which would put them in a position to continue imto Arizona if necessary. RELEASE TO BE ASKED. By the Associated Press. Amgrican consular officers on the Mexican border have been instructed | by the State Department to demand the | immediate release of Al Coenen, a young | El Paso airplane mechanic, who was reported kidnaped by the Mexican rebels on evacuating Juares. The whereabouts of Gen. Marcello Caraveo, with whom Coenen was sald to have been taken, is unknown, but it was said at the State Department that the demand would be le as soon as the rebel chieftain could be located. CORONER’S JURY FREES DRIVER OF DEATH CAR Fatal Injury to Colored Man Hit by Car Christmas Day Held Accidental. A coroner’s jury today returned ® verdict of accidental death in the case of Harry Barnes, colored, 45, who was struck by an automobile Christmas day. The verdict released George Carter, col- ored, 19, 144 Douglas street, Kenil- worth, Md.,, the driver. Evidence to the effect that Barnes succumbed to hemorrhages induced by a broken rib and not to a tubercular complication, as set out in the death certificate issued by an attending phy- sician, caused Coroner Nevitt to halt funeral services for the man and order an inquest. According to evidence introduced at the Inquest, Barnes refused hospital treatment at the time of the accident, sa) his injuries were slight. Dr. Nevitt said he learned that Barnes had n confined to his home almost con- tinuously after the accident. An inquest into the death of Thomas Bassford, 30-years old, of 925 Virginia avenue southwest, who was fatally in- jured yesterday when a steel rod fell seven floors from the new building un- der construction by the Cafrizt Co., at Nineteenth and F streets, and struck him on the head, was held this morn- ing, at 11:30 o'clock, at the District ‘Mogue. The verdict was accidental leath. Six fellow workmen, who witnessed the accident, one of them W. H. Davis of . Anacosita, operator of the hoisting w&me from which the rod fell, tes- According to witnesses, the rod, said to be 6 foot in length and 3 inches in diameter, d from a bundle of reinforcement rods as the hoisting plat~ from made its way upward. Bassford was taken to Emergency Hospital by fellow workmen and treated for & fractured skull by Dr. Leon Gor- don of t.l;: Sam. nr.doardm;m sald h_: ‘was unal operate due to man’ weaken( ed condition. * Bassford had relatives ‘living in the jof d. ol " relatives e i umi:#beennom by police of his MRS, GANN FETES - DIPLOMATS TODAY | 'Seated at Right of Host at! Dinner Given by Chilean Ambassador. Members of the Diplomatic Corps, re- | luctant arbiters of the social status of | Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sister of | Vice President Curtis, will be her guests of honor at a vice presidential recep- ;lwo"‘g lv.hb afternoon in the Mayflower An agreement reached by the envoys in solemn council at the British em- bassy Wednesday fixed her status pro- visionally as the Second Lady of the Land; and in pursuance of that agree- ment, she occupied the seat of honor at a brilliant dinner last night in the Pan-American Building. ‘The dinner, given by Don Carlos G. Davila, Chilean Ambassador, was the first function to come within the cate- gory of “official and ceremonious diplo- | matic entertainments” embraced in the | diplomatic ruling and as such attracted wide attention. The affair gave Mrs. ‘Gann her initial opportunity to cele- brate her victory in the social prece- dence controversy. At Right of Ambassador. | The immediate effect of the victory was to place her at the right of Am- | bassador Davila, ahead of the wives of i foreign diplomats, cabinet members and Senators. The reception this afternoon is whol- ly without the purview of the diplo- matic agreement, as no question had been raised as to Mrs. Gann's statu | entertainments other than diplos nated her as his official hostess. The 200 guests at the pan-American dinner were gathered around a huge oval table whose center was filled with & mass of ferns and pa'™<. The heads of various Latin Am- < 'nlomatic | missions and other membei: of the Capital's official society were ran::ed on both sides of the table according to their protocol status. At the farther end of the great hall of nations sat Senora de Davila, wife of ;h! htc)sl.n‘At hder fl‘&t‘ was Vice Presi- lent Curtis and on left was Secre- tary Stimson. Gann Among Guests. At the other end of the table, on Mrs. Gann's right, was Ambassador Velarde of Peru. On Ambassador Davila's left was Senora de Tellez, wife of the Mexi- can Ambassador. heavily stucdded with sequins. Her slip- pers blended with her dress. About her neck was a pearl lavalier, and her ear pendants were diamond. Her husband was among the guests. He sat far down the side of the table. ‘The question of his official social stand- ing has not been discussed. The dinner was in honor of Pablo Ramirez, Chilean minister of finance, sho sat slightly to the right of Mrs. ann. DR. MONTGOMERY BACKS CAMALIER'S DRY “SPY” STAND (Continued From First Page.) the sweet and simple gospel of the lowly Nazarene and it is the layman's duty and obligation to see that the state makes secure the happiness, peace and the integrity of the home. This means let them be gealously devoted to.the suppression of the liquor traffic in every form; it is the lawbreaker of the country, always has been and always will be until it feels more securely the iron heel of the law.” Mr. Camalier refused to comment on the letter at present other than to say he greatly appreciated the positive stand taken by Dr. Montgomery. e LAUNCH PLANE CARRIER. BORDEAUX, France, April 12 (#).— The new French airplane carrier Commandant Teste, of 12,500 tons displacement and with a capacity of a‘ planes, was successfully launched ay. Its armament includes 12 guns 100 millimeters and 8 of 37 millimeters. The vessel will have & cruising nred of 20 knots, and is so 3‘:‘”“ t)rlmmmwcwor ol it £ Mrs. Gann wore a white lace dress, | n MOTORISTS URGED T0 SAVEDOGHORD Advantages to A'Cafigtal of Blossoms Cited by A: A;A. Executive. Direct appeal to motorists to pre- serve the flowering dogwood was made today by Ernest N. Smith, general man- ager of the American Automobile As- sociation. In an eloquent statement describing the beauties of this tree and its ad- vantages to the Nation's Capital, Mr. Smith declared “thousands of tourists come to the Capital each year to see the cherry blossoms—Ilet. them see a countryside covered with dogwood bios- soms as well.” (W}};He blaming the motorist for most of the despoilation of dogwood which has taken place in the past, Mr. Smith, as head of the great organization of American motorists, expressed the “pride” of the association that car owners have been learning the * :{d !pgyucunl the beauties of the road- Vandal Acts Deplored. “There are people who in the Spring as well as in the Fall are highway despofiers,” sald Mr. Smith. “They pluck boughs and whole bushes with which to decerate their homes for a few days. Vandal hands in a moment the lovelifess that a thotisand dews and dawns have fashioned. Thus spoilation robs countless ether travelers of beauty and inspiration... No shrub has suffered more at the hands of van- dals than the dogwood. “Unless drastic steps are taken to gmuct this flower which % the ilisides and valleys the time ome when' it will be no more. The car owners, who more than any oné else have been ible for. this ruthless destruction, uld make amends by joining the campaign for preservation. Thdy have more to gain than any other r;ngx preservation of this of Spi “Protection of the Nation's priceless natural resources should be an rent, trait of every American. This should extend to the unnecessary killing and cutting of all species of blossoms and wild flowers which in the Spring make the hillsides and valleys radiant with their color and fragrance. More espe- clally should it extend to the chwofld which is one of the most beautiful of the flowers along the highway. Improvement Is Noted. | “It has been of great pride to the | American Automobile Association that |car owners throughout the country have been gradually learning the lesson of protecting the beauties of the road- side. We have appealed to our members and their influence has all been on the side of preservation. “A few years ago it was no uncom- mon sight to see hundreds of cars driven into Washington on a late Sun- day afternoon, with wildfiowers and shrubbery piled in every inch of avail- able space, in many instances to be thrown aside as soon as the motorist reaches his home. Today, thanks to a ceaseless campaign, the number of such motorists, who ruthlessly destroy these | evergreens, is steadily decreasing. | “Moreover, one of the worst aspects of the entire situation is the fact that those who destroy these natural re- sources usually do so on the land of another, without permission. Flower Protection Urged. “The people of Washington, possibly more_than those in any other area of the United States, should be nature- lovers and pride themselves in the wealth of fragrant and colorful-blos- ‘soms found in the District of Columbia, finwen as in nearby Virginia and Mary- d. “An estimate was once made to the effect that nearly 10,000 dogwood trees .within & radius of 100 miles of our National Capital had been destroyed or permanently injured by the ruthless attacks made upon them by people’ seize blossoms which could give satis- faction but for a few hours. “The moment the dogwood in in flow- er, however, the public seems to think that this tree has reached the height of its season’s fertility and is ripe for plucking. “Our country roads are being rapid- ly stripped of their chief Spring attrac- tion. Many trees never recover from these attacks; the flowers wilt rapidiv and are thrown away. When branches are torn off a long strij of bark-is usually pulled away at the same time. The wound heals slowly, if at all, and if the healing is long delayed, fungus diseases often enter the wound, eventually causing the death of the tree. “As the Capital of the United States this city is & mecca for from all parts of the world. Nowhere is there a better opportunity to prove our t | inherent love of beauty and respect for ones. Her brother alresdy hes dulg‘-: :nuru wonderful gifts. The beauty of jogwood blossoms should forever ap- peal to all mplc as something to be preserved. isands come to the Cap- ital each year to see the cherry blos- soms—Ilet them see a countryside cov- ered with dogwood blossoms as well. “Back in 1913, when the automobile was a luxury enij only by a few, the fournal of the New York Botanical Garden said: A Early Effect of Autos. “‘One of the new enemies of the dogwood is the automobile. It is not unusual in the vicinity of New York to see great branches torn off, with all the flowers drooping, being borne into the city by people in automobiles. Such ruthless and wanton destruction of this most decorative tree of our woodlands and hillsides is unpardonable and should be ished as & misdemeanor, for it is ubtedly true, in most cases, that they do not own the trees that they de- stroy, and have taken the branches fro _emur some public park or private T regret to say it, but the motorist in the past has been in a large measure responsible for the rapid destruction of the dogwood, as well as other plants and flowers. In most instances, however, I think the destruction resulted from ig- norance and jess rather than from a spirit of ruthlessness. “Aside from the beauty of the blos- soms, the value of d to the in- dustry of the Nation 1d warrant its tion. For a number ho.l‘ years manded nutl;l.!wr otner price most other woods native to the United States. Tree Has Special Uses. “This tree, generally known to the public because of its beautiful flowers. is important, has a combination of ‘which fits it for special uses. t is of special value for shuttles, bob- bins, spool heads, golf club heads, in- fants’ shoe lasts, small handles, brush backs, turnpins, mallets, pulleys and mi novelties. "B(mfl.h blocks and shuttles, for and persimmon, to- all quantity of box- wood, are. t woods used at pres- ent, stand ‘out in importance far above s Sre idispensable 1o the cottor are - ‘woolen md‘mb' of the country, which now are capitalized at over $5,000,000,000. In addition, there is a constant demand from fore; coun- tries for over half the shuttlé blocks made in America. y “Flowering dogwood grows - out the Eastern and Southern part of the United States, except in Maine, New re, Vermant, Northers. New York, Northern and Minnesota. North and Tennessee formerly contained eat- est quantities of dogwood timber. At present. the most important commercial stands are in - Mississi) Alabama. Louisiana, Georgi~ and Western South |