Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat warmer tonight, tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer; showers tomorrow afternoon or night. Temperatures: Highest, 80, at 2 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 42, at 5 a.m. to- day. “Full report on page 9. 2y “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. 4 — Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ah ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening - Sfaf. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,454 No. Entered as seco; 31,062, nd class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1929_FIFTY-SIX PAGES. P TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. post office, Wa 80 MORE WILL DIE FROM POISON GAS, PHYSICIANS FEAR AS TOLL REACHES 12 Fatal Action of Deadly Fumes | Often Delayed Five or Six| Days, Health Commissioner | Says—Chemists Agree. CLEVELAND CLINIC’S STAFF TO “CARRY ON”| 38 of City's Wealthiest Men Back| Plan to Rebuild Structure as| Loss Is Put at $800,000—Escap- ing Steam Blamed for Disaster as Plumber Tells of Conditions. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 17— ‘ Fear that 80 per cent of the sur- { viving victims of the Cleveland i Clinic disaster will die in not more | than a few days from effects of ! the poison gas they inhaled, was | expressed today by Harry L. Rock- wood, city health commissioner, | and concurred in by a number of doctors and chemists. { 'The exact number of persons {who inhaled the deadly fumes ! that came from the burning X-ray i films and other chemicals is un- known, but doctors estimated there were at least 100 besides those who already have died. I1f Rockwood’s fears prove true, 80 more deaths will be added to the present total of 125. Morgue Workers Suffer. “Nitro oxide and carbon mo- noxide were the two gasses that were created in the explosion of the X-ray films at the clinic,” Rockwood said. “Both were found in high percentages in the blood of victims examined by Coroner Pearse—as high as 30 per cent with the saturation so exception- ally strong and high that some of the coroner’s morgue assistants were rendered unconscious. “The insidious part about the two gasses is that their fatal ac- tion is often delayed four to five hours and sometimes five or six days. Even then if they don’t kill, the lungs of victims are so weak- ened they fall victim to pneu- monia.” An official inquest in the Cleveland Clinic_disaster which has claimed a toll of 125 lives, was begun today by County Coraner A. J. Pearse. Simultaneously those of the clinic's staff of doctors who survived the dis- aster opened temporary headquarters in another building and prepared to “carry on” the semi-philanthropic work that was ended so abruptly Wednesday by fire, explosions and deadly poison gus. Backing the group of doctors of the clinic were 38 of Cleveland's most wealthy and prominent citizens with al- most unlimited resources at their com- mand. Samuel E. Mather, nationally , known for his philanthropy, headed the | committee, Dr. Crile Griet'Stricken. Struck by a property damage esti- mated at $800,000, the clinic will be rebuilt. The principal loss was in medi- cal records. Within a month to six weeks this structure, famous from coast to coast, as the headquarters of many of Ameri- ca’s greatest doctors and surgeons, will be reopened, the committee annonuced today. Dr. George W. Crile, one of the founders of the institution and its di- rector, will be at the head of the new clinie. “We must go on,” he said. Grief-stricken and overburdened with the tragedy which had come upon him, the surgeon, who gained international renown through goiter research and other medical discoveries, laid plans with the committee for re-establishment of the institution. Dr. Lower Belies Fears. One of the several doctors who dis- agreed with fears for ultimate death of many of the remaining survivors was | Dr. willlam E. Lower. “I believe that all persons who inhaled any of the deadly gas fumes and are living now have passed the critical stage. Al of | the njured now remaining in hospitals | should recover.” Dr. Lower said. | Ability. of the poison gas that was released in the clinic disaster to exert a delayed reaction on its victims, how. ever, has been established here re- peatedly. More than 24 hours after the acci- dent, firemen and police, wWho at first had . thought themselves _unaffected, (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) 29 DE KING DEATH WITNESSES CALLED Dry Informer Who Admitted False Affidavit Causing Fatal Raid Among Those to Testify. By the Assoclated Pres: AURORA, IiL, May 17.—A special committee of the State Legislature con- vened today to investigate the slaying last March of Mrs. Lillian De Kingby a deputy sheriff during a liquor raid at her home. Subpoenaes have been issued for 29 persons, Among them are Boyd Fair- child, dry informer, who admitted he falsely swore to an affidavit upon which a search warrant for the De King home was_obtained; Circuit Judge John K. Newhall and State’s Attorney George - D.-Cazhatz. HOUSE SENDS FARM | section 7 of Article I of the Constitutirn | | of the United States, and is an in- | | debenture plan in the farm bill. | rules committee, declared his opposition | lution, because he said that he per- Burglar Discovered Attempting to Rob Empty Church Safe By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, May Tompkins, 65 years old, was found last night kneeling silently in the | | office of St. Simon's Episcopal Church. In front of the spot where he knelt was the church safe; and beside Tompkins were some tools for gotting into it. Why any one should attempt to rob the church safe was a mystery to the Rev. Wiillam ;hnus. for there was no money n it. 17.—Joseph BLLTOCONFERENCE Committee to Meet Tomor row or Monday for Battle on Debenture Plan. el The House today sent to confersnce the farm relief bill. It is expected that the conference committee will meet tomorrow or Mon- day to begin the struggle between the two Houses over the so-called debenture plan inserted by the Senate. Special Rule Adopted. ‘The House adopted a special rule providing for sending the farm bill to conference. In it attention was called to the question of the constitutionaiity of the inclusion of the debenture plan in the bill by the Senate. ‘The special rule provided as follow “Whereas in the’ opinion of the House, | there is a question as to whether or not section 10 (the debenture plan) of the | amendment of the Senate to House bill | No. 1 contravenes the first clause of fringement on the rights and privileges | of this Hou8e, but in view of the pre: ent legislative situation and the desive of this House ta speedily pass legisla- tion affording relief to agriculture, and with a distinct understanding that the action of the House in this instant :hall not be deemed a precedent so far os the constitutional prerogatives of the House are concerned; Heated Debate Is Waged. “Now, therefore, be it resolved that upon the adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to move, to take Irom’ the Speaker's table the bill, with the | Senate amendment, and disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to the | conference asked by the Senate, and that the Speaker immediately shall ap- point conferees.” For nearly an hour, the House de- bated the resolution with a number of acrimonious exchanges between the Democrats and the Republicans. The House divided largely on party lines in adorunt the resolution. Speaker Longworth, who asked when, if ever, it would be possible to raise in the House the question of the constitu- tionality of the Senate’s inclusion DI;tt‘le e Speaker ruled that this question could not be raised until the bill came back from conference and only then if the bill contained the debenture clause when it was reported from conference. Record Vote Demanded. When Chairman Snell of the rules ommittee divided & vote on the previous question and the House divided, the vote was announced 275 to 110 in favor of voting immdelately on the resolu- tion. A record vote was demanded by the Democrats on the adoption of the; resolution. The rule sending the farm bill to conference was presented to the House | by Representative Snell of New York, chairman of the rules committee. Mr. Snell said there was a difference of opinion regarding the question whether the Senate had violated a constitutional | right of the House to initiate revenue | Jegislation when the Senate added the | debenture plan to the farm bill. “I personally belleve that it was an unconstitutional act,” said Mr. Snell, “but there are other members of House who take a different vie “Steam Roller in Action.” 1 Mr. Snell said it- has been deemed wise, in order to expedite final passage of the farm bill, not to raise the con- stitutional question and send the bill back to the Senate. Such a course, he sald. might lead to weeks and even months of debate on this constitutional question both in the Senate and in the House. Representative Pew of North Carolina, ranking Democratic member of the to the special rule, asserting that the effect of it would be to prevent a vote on the debenture plan in the House. “This is the steam roller in action,” said Mr. Pew, “and we might as well look the situation in the face. I want | an opportunity to vote on the debenture plan. If you want to vote on the de- benture plan this resolution should be voted down. If you want to dodge a vote then pass this resolution.” Snell and Garner Cross. The Democratic leader, Representa- tive Garner of Texas, twitted Mr. Snell, whom he called the author of the reso- sonally believed the Senate had acted in an unconstitutional manner, and yet he intendgd to waive this constitutional question. “The resolution and not my personal opinion is before the House,” shouted Mr. Snell in reply. I say you and the Speaker and the | majority leader of the House believe | (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) CANTONESE TROOPS RECAPTURE WAICHOW Official Report Says Kwangsi‘ Forces Are Falling Back Toward Swatow.’ HONGKONG, May 17 (#).—An offi- cial report from Canton today said that Cantonese troops had inflicted a defeat fon Kwangsi forces in Eastern Kwang- | tung, recapturing Waichow, east of Canton. The Kwangsi forces were re- | ported falling back toward Swatow. With renewal recently of hostilities between Kwangtung Province (Canton) and the Kwangsiites, there were nu- merous Kwangsi military detachments in Eastern Kwangtung. The main Kwangsi army has advanced against Canton from the west down the the Sikiang. - N gated the reports and that they were | night. GUARDCOMMANDER ARRESTED IN MILL STRIKER'S INJURY Woman Charges Order Rush- ing Picketers Was Aiding + Attempted Murder. WARRANT FOR VDRIVER AS BAIL FREED BOYD Elizabethton Sheriff Denies Re-| ported Destruction of Property of Union Strikers. By the Associated Press. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 17— Adjt. Gen. W. C. Boyd of Tennessce was arrested here today on a warrant charging “aiding and abetting an at- tempt to commit murder,” sworn out by Eyelyn Heaton, a striking textile worker, injured yesterday by an auto- mobile that dashed through a group of picketers who blocked the road. He was released on $1,000 bond. A warrant also was issued for Joe Calhoun, driver of the car'that struck | Miss Heaton, and a deputy left at once for Jonesboro, where he was taken | yesterday for safekeeping. Calhoun was driving the car, loaded with textile operatives en route to the American Glanzstoff and American Bemberg mills, where a strike has been in progress for several weeks. Strikers charge the car rushed pickets in the road on the orders of Adjt. Gen. Boyd. Miss Heaton was seriously hurt and three other workers were treated for injuries. Guard Astride Radiator. In swearing out the warrant for the arrest of the adjutant general and Calhoun before Magistrate George Ryan, the girl deciared a National Guardsman with fixed bayonet sat astride the radiator as it plunged through the pickets. The adjutant general said he ordered the way cleared so the car could pro- ceed to the textile plants, where the passengers were to begin their work. No date has been set for the hearlng.; Anncuncement also _was made by Sheriff J. M. Moreland that reports of | destruction of the property of two union strikers on “Stoney Creek were without foundation. The sheriff said the reports brought | here by T. C. Wilson, a mountaineer | from that section, that the Grist Mill | of Joe Glindstofl had been dynamited | and that the car of Sam Hall had| been burned about dawn today. Reports Held Unfounded. Neighbors arriving later in the morn- ing told the sheriff they had investi- without foundation. The section, they said, had been quiet throughout the ‘Troops patroling #he courthouse area were withdrawn during the morning, but authorities said they would be re- turned to duty when the trial of 86 strikers, on charges of conspiracy to commit’ murder, was resumed. Attor- ney General Ben Allen said that strik- ers and sympathizers would be per- mitted to attend the hearing. More than 100 strikers and sympathizers were arrested yesterday following riot- ous demonstrations on the highway leading to the plant. ‘WORKERS SIGN AGREEMENT. Conditions to Be Restored in Green- ville Mills With Adjustments. | GREENVILLE, S. C,, May 17 (®).— | Employes of Brandon Mills and the | Brandon Duck Mill will return to work | Monday, under an agreement reached with officials of the Brandon corpora- tion and accepted by a unanimous vote of the workers. Settlement of difficulties at Brandon indicated early agreements with workers at Poinsett and Woodruff Mills, also of the Brandon corporation. The workers have been contending for restoration of conditions and pay as existing prior to the inauguration of the “stretch out system,” but are understood to have agreed to operate a few more looms than under the old system with addi- tional help. Some adjustments were also made in pay. GROCER IS LYNCHED IN FLORIDA BY MOB| Taken From Jail After Arrest Fol- lowing Row, During Which Woman Was Killed. By the Associated Press, LAKE CITY, Fla, May 17.—N. G. Romey, a grocer, was taken from the jail here by a mob early today and Iynched, two miles south of here, where his body was found by a farmer. The man was arrested last night after an altercation with police, during which Chief of Police John F. Baker was wounded and Mrs. Romey was wounded fatally, Romey’s bod; let wound: in a ditch. 3 Romey’s trouble with the authorities started yesterday when Chief of Police Baker told him that he would have to clean up some rubbish in front of his store. Romey finally agreed to take some of his produce in boxes on the sidewalk inside his store, Shortly afterward, acco ding to Judge Guy Gillem, Romey _telephoned Chiet Baker and told him he had placed the produce back on the sidewalk and for the officer to “come back angy try to make me move it again.” Baker returned to the store and an- other argument ensued. Mrs, Romey, who joined in the altercation, is alleged to have procured a pistol and fired three shots at Baker, one of which broke the officer’s shoulder blade. Chief Baker then opened fire on the woman, wounding her five times. She died in' & hospital about midnight. containing many bul- found sitting upright Bank Statements Vow]n:mngmn clearing house, $4,697,~ 250.14. Treasury balance, $141,962,222.98. New York clearing house exchange, REALTY DEALERS 'VOLTEAR GIVEN RAIL SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT 1,Too, AM GONNA BE SENT BACK HOME! News Note: Dr. Eckener, due to adverse gale and other trouble, had to turn homeward. WELCOME INQUIRY Believe Mortgage Loan Busi- ness Sound, but Offer Co-operation. The executive committee of the Washington Real Estate Board today | offered to Senator Brookhart its fullest | co-operation in his proposal for in- | vestigation by the Senate of real estate finaccing operations in the District. | In a letter forwarded to Senator | Brookhart after a meeting of the com- mittee yesterday, John A. Petty, ex- ccutive secretary, declared it to be the opinion of the board that the mortgage loan business in the District is, on a whole, conducted on a sound basis, but to protect it from any improper or un- | sound practices the Investigation was welcomed. Expressions of Board. The letter follows: “Senator Smith W. Brookhart: “My dear Senator: “At a meeting of tHe executive com- mittee of this board held today the | subject matter of the resolution known | as Senate Resolution No. 58 introduced | by you last week was given considera- tion and I was directed to communicate to you the following expressions of the executive committee of this board. “In its ‘opinion the mortgage loan business in the District of Columbia is, as a whole, conducted on a sound basis and in & manner to insure the safety of this form of investment. “Belleving in the integrity of this | business and anxious to protect it from (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. POSITION IN DERBY| Blue Larkspur in 26th, Bay Beauty 19th, and Windy City, Another Favorite, 24th Place. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, May 17.—Voltear drew the rail position today in the Kentucky Derby, to be run tomorrow. Paraphrase got second position and Chicatie third. The favorites had no luck in the drawing for post positions, as they were | far from the rail in the list of 26 eli- gibles, the largest ever named to start in the classic race. Blue Larkspur, E. R. Bradley's entry, which will be coupled in the betting with Bay Beauty, had 26th position, and Bay Beauty got lslh’plucc. Windy City was in 24th place from the rail and Clyde Vandusen was 25th. | Waukeegan boys reported today they 4,000 ARE HOMELESS. Fire Razes Township on Eastern FURUM "] DISGUSS Frontier of Poland. | | WARSAW, Poland, May 17 (®).— | | More than 4,000 persons are homeless | and destitute as a consequence of the burning of almost the entire township of Iwie, on the eastern frontier of Po- land. Oppose. TRO WK SOVET " BANDBLLS BEATEN 555 | the farmers, which has been approved | by the Senate, althgugh the House left | | the plan out of its bill, will be discussed | in the National Radio Forum tomorrow night by a supporter of debenture and | an opponent. Senator Smith W. Brook- hart of Towa, Republican, will support | debenture and Representative Franklin | "w, Fort of New Jersey will oppose. ‘The merits or demerits of the deben- ture plan from an agricultural and eco- | |nomic standpoint will be gone into| | thoroughly by the speakers. They will| iBrookhart to Support Idea Over Radio—Fort to Waukeegan, Ill., Boys Say Members of High School R. 0. T.C. Attacked Them. By the Assoclated Press. WAUKEEGAN, Ill, May 17.— Three GRAF IN DIRE PERIL ' AS GALE PREVENTS EMERGENCY LANDING France, Unable to Communicate With Battered Air Liner, Acts HUGE CRAFT IS IN DANGER, ECKENER SAYS IN MESSAGE Crippled Giant Is Carried Toward Medi terranean Coast After Futile Attempt to Buck Winds. CARPENTRAS, France, May 17 (#).—The Graf Zeppelin flew over the town of Carpenmtras, 15 miles northeast of Avignon, late today. She appeared to be heading for Cuers, in Southern France, near Toulon, where there is a landing mast. By the Associated Press. VALENCE, France, May 17.—The Graf Zeppelin made a vain attempt to land at the airfield of Portes-les-Valence before she was swept off southeast toward Saillans this afternoon. The Zeppelin tried to pass over the Trois Bec mountains near here but was unable to make it. She was slanting at an agle of 45 de%rees. She then swung toward Montelimar and again entered the Valley of the Rhone. Troops were headed from Valence and other nearby garrisons to Montelimar in trucks to meet her. e It seemed inevitable that the great craft must land shortly as she swung over the Rhone Valley, southwest of Saillans. Only two motors were working. Previous to the attempt to land, the huge ship, which carried a crew of 40 and 28 passengers, including Mrs. Mary Pierce of New York, had been swept eastward from the Rhone Valley toward the barren foothills of the French Alps. Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the ship, wirelessed numerous appeals for permission to land at Valence. The permission was im- mediately wirelessed back. Mast Available at Cuers. Dr. Eckener, himself reported that the ship had suffered grave damage and was in serious danger. The French aviation authorities, greatly concerned for the safety of the Graf Zeppelin, advised him to head for the town of Cuers, near Toulon, on the Mediterranean coast, where a special landing mast was available. The mast had served for the French dirigible Dix- mude, later lost in a storm. After advising Dr. Eckener by wireless to head toward Toulon, the French authorities made every effort to get a reply from him, but when no word had been received late this afternoon it was prob- lematical whether he had ever received the message. Meanwhile the officials of the air and interior ministries held a conference regarding measures to assist the distressed airliner. Rep- resentatives were sent to the various points where the Zeppelin was reported for the purpose of giving every aid if needed. As twilight began to fall it was just 36 hours after the departure of the huge airliner on its second voyage to the United States. In the midst of the gathering dusk the ship was fighting for its life with three of its engines crippled and its two remaining motors apparently | explain also in concrete form the actual opération of the debenture plan. Senator Brookhart, who comes from | the State which demanded the old | equalization fee plan of farm assistance | contained in the McNary-Haugen bills | passed by m}'“"""" Congresses, has a | large farming constituency. He was| born in a log cabin on a farm in Mis- | | souri, but at an early age his parents | {moved to Iow He has been a farmer, | teacher, lawyer and soldier. His first | service as a soldier under the American | were severely beaten and thredtened with tarring by members of the Wau- keegan High School R. O. T. C. last night because they were distributing literature of the Young Workers' League. The youths were Philip Boyer, 20, a graduate of the high school; Hugo Kronholm, 18, and Edward Dombrow- ski, 19. Boyer sald he was kidnaped, taken seven miles from the city in an | unable even to direct it against the elements. ; As the day wore on and the difficul- . tles of the Graf Zeppelin increased, the I the Maybach Motor Works, which built prefect of the Department of Drome, | her engines, refuses to make any state- over which the dirigible was flying, | ment as to the nature of the defect. ordered all high-tension electric cables | The director of the company denied cut so that there would be no danger | himself to interviewers this morning, with possibly disastrous results. - ¥ | ture of the defects until the airship is SHIP BROUGHT TO STANDSTILL. back in its hangar and experts can ex- 2 amine the machinery. e reports are conflicting both as to the nature of the defects and as to which motor is de- Situation of Liner Is Regarded as automobile and brutally beaten. The other two were attacked near the high school, they said. The R. O. T. C. members were said | to have seized the three boys while they | were passing out handbills bearing the caption, “Soviet Russia Is an Inspira- tion to Workers Everywhere.” They were taken before Sergt. John Holly, | United States Army instructor. Holly, the boys said, told them he would count five before turning the R, O. T. C. troop | loose upon them. They fled but were quickly overtaken and attacked. Holly has not denied the report and the youths have filed no police charges. | R. O. T. C. officials said the participants in the attack were unknown. Holly de- clared the youths told him they had been hired by Louis Cantello, Young Workers' League representative, to dis- tribute the literature at the high school. KING TO MISS RACES. Royal Pair Not to Attend Annual Ascot Meeting. | ASCOT, England May 17 (#).—The | race meeting here in June will be rob- | bed of much of its usual glamor this | year with the absence of King Georgs and Queen Mary. Official announce- | ment today said they would not attend Heretofore the picturesque proces- | sion of horse-drawn carriages carrying | the royal party along the race course has been & feature of each day's mect- ng. AL CAPONE AND GET YEAR FOR “GUN-TOTING™ Arrests at Philadelphiaf Quickly Followed by County Jail Sentence. i | | “Searface AlI” and Clinei Plead Guilty as Trial Is About to Start. 2 By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 17.—"“Scar- face” Al Capone and Frank Cline, Chicago gangsters, sentenced today to one year for carrying concealed deadly weapons, entered Moyamen- sing Prison at 12:50 p.m. PHILADELPHIA, May 17 (#)—Al- phonse (Scarface Al) Capone, notorious Chicago gangster, was today sentenced to one year in the county prison on a charge of carrying a concealed deadly | weapon. Frank Cline, also of Chicago, Ca- pone's reputed bodyguard, was given a similar sentence, | Faced by determined effort of the police to remove them ss a menace | $1.527,000,000, New York clearing house balance, -$155,000,000, from Philadelphia, both men pleaded gullty when their trial was about to slart. BODYGUARD | | | ‘When arraigned before the court less than 14 hours after their arrest, the two Chicago gangsters stood mute when asked to plead. Under Pennsyl- vania law they were placed on record as pleading not guilty. After the jury was drawn. their coun- sel was given half an hour to confer with Capone and Cline because events | trainer of marksmen. | won the nomination and election. flag was in the Spanish-American War, when he was a second lieutenant in the 50th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, His next service was a major in the 1st Towa Brigade on the Mexican border. In the World War, Senator Brookhart was & major and a lieutenant colonel of Infantry and was chief instructor in marksmanship in Camp Perry and Camp | Benning schools. Expert Marksman. For four terms Senator Brookhart | served as president of the National Rifle Association of America and is known the world over as a marksman and a In 1912 he was captain of the American Palma rifie team winning the world championship. The Iowa Senator is a Progressive Republican. He was first elected to the Senate in 1922 to fill the unexpired term of Judge William F. Kenyon. 1924 Senator Brookhart supported La Follelte in the Republican race and many Republcani voters gave their sup- port to his Democratic opponent, Sen- ator Steck, who was declared elected after a contest. In 1926, Senator Brook- hart entered the senatorial primary against the late Senator Cummins and He has always maintained a keen interest in_legislation affecting the farmer. Representative Fort is a member of the House committee on agriculture. He has been active in the work of drafti farm relief legislation. During World War he served as a volunteer in (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO FREE FORMER ENSIGN Wilson Declares Mind Was Blank After He Left New- port, R. I. By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., May 17.—Release of former Ensign Beverley E. Wilson, who mysteriously disappeared from the Tor- pedo School of the United States train- ing station at Newport, R. I, in 1927, ;m‘ was Hmdl h:;v, February in Panama, s sought in habeas corpus procee i »tguled here. e T ‘The youth, son of Judge and Mrs. B. F. Wilson of Kinpvul{ Tex., was serving as a private in the Army at the time he was found. He declared his mind was blank about activities from the time he left Nt‘l’{wr! until he was turned over to naval authorities and met & former Annapolis classmate, He is being held in custody by the Navy here. He graduated at the Naval Academy in 1926 and his service record was clear until he disappeared. DRESSED AS LABORERS, TWO MEN ROB BANK Overpower and Take $13,716 From Woodland, Calif., Institution. Employes | By the Associated Press. WOODLAND, Calif, May 17.—Two men, dressed as laborers, robbed the Woodland branch of the Bank of Yolo of $13,716 yesterday. The robbers entered the bank before opening time, overpowered each em- ploye as he entered and ransacked the vaults when the time lock released the They escaped in Very Grave. VALENCE, France, May 17 (#).—After | flying to the outskirts of the city the | Zeppelin was brought to a standstill | , fective. “Certainly a most unusual condition il to make it necessary to That the present defect could be the by the violence of the wind which was | result of sabotage, was regarded as im- In! the sweeping it eastward. At 4:15 pm. (10:15 a.m. Eastern standard time) she was over the little community of Crest, { about 15 miles southeast of here. Her motors appeared for a moment t> have stopped entirely. Then she got under way again and seemed to be hending for the town of Saillans, in the valley of the Rive Drome, a little further southeast of the village of Crest. Her situation, after heading toward the valley of the Drome appeared to be very grave indeed. There are no air fields in the direction in which she was moving and the country is savage and mountainous. Over the plain of Chabeuil, the air- ship seemed stationary for nearly half an hour. Then, like a hunted animal, she tried vainly to fling off the savage sweep of the wind by heading first east : and then west. The motors seemed un- able to give her any headway. SUFFERS GRAVE DAMAGE. | Eckener Declares Ship Is in Serious | Danger. LYONS, France, Eckener wirelessed numerous appeals for permission to land at Valence to the authorities here. He said that the Zeppelin _had suffered grave damage which placed the ship in serious danger. Permission was_given immediately, but it was not known whether the Zeppelin had picked up the reply. The big dirigible sent no further messages { and falled to answer her call signals. ERECT MAST AT HOME PORT. Expressed Trip Will Be Resumed. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, May 17 (#).—An emergency anchor mast was being feverishly prepared at the New | Lowenthal Flying Field, two miles from | here, for the dirigible Graf Zeppelin | this afternoon. With the velocity of the wind increas- ing hourly, Ludwig Duer, constructor of the Zeppelin, feared that it might prove impossible to effect a landing on the | narrow field in front of the airship’s regular hangar. This is the first anchor mast ever put into service here. No hope was held at Priedrichshafen this afternoon, however, that the dirig- ible could reach home without landing somewhere tonight. First word of the failure of the Graf Zeppelin's transatlantic venture came yesterday after the ship was reported sighted over the Mediterranean Sea near the Balearic Islands after it had traveled possibly 800 miles on its way to Lakehurst, N. J. Wireless messages from the dirigible said that Dr. Hugo Eckener, the dirig- ible’s master, at 6:35 P.M. (135 P.M, Eastern standard time), after consult- ing his officers and the passengers, tell- ing them of trouble which had devel- oped in two of the engines, decided to break his journey and return to Fried- richshafen. Dr. Eckener reported his position as about 20 nautical miles southeast of Cape De La Nao, southern coast of Spain, about 850 miles as he had traveled from Friedrichshafen. . Eckener said he could not assume responsibility for flying over the sea With two motors out of commission. Until the Graf Zeppelin is back in hangar Doubt Is | the lll-fated voyege,i May 17 (#)—Dr.| | possible here, since only workmen of | many years' standing had had the mo- | tors in charge. ! _Gloom hung heavy over the Zeppelin | Works and the Maybach Works today and it was believed that the Graf Zep- | pelin might not start again for some | time, if at all. | “In any case its return is considered a | terrible blow to Zeppelin prestige. The | only comfort for the constructors of the | big_ airship lies in the fact that the accident has shown that a dirigible can navigate even when crippled while an airplane with defective motors would [ have dropped into the ocean or been | dashed to the ground. | Had Trouble Before. One theory advanced to explain the accident was that in an effort to make | a record journey to the United States | this time, the engineer had overstrained | the motors. It is pointed out that the | Grat Zeppelin has already traveled | about 50,000 kilometers since she was ! built, Engineers at Friedrichshafen recalled | today that the dirigible had had trouble | during her last Mediterranean flight. | Two motors balked, one while the Zep- | pelin was on her way from Lisbon to Seville. A transmission shaft then proved defective, the airship's propeller was removed 3,500 feet in the air and & new shaft mounted. | Somewhat later. on the same trip, | cylinder trouble developed. This also | was repaired in midair. Ludwig Duer, constriictor of the Zep- pelin, told the Associated Press at noon that it would take several days before the nature of the defect in the motors could be authoritatively established. He said both he and the Maybach experts were mystified. So were the | engineers aboard the Graf Zeppelin, | Duer differs from those who believe that the accident was due to overs | straining the engines. | “When machines - have successfully negotiated 10,000,000 revolutions we gen= | erally assume that the element of fatigue has been eliminated,” Duer said. He declared that no decision had yet been taken as to whether the passengers | and guests would be invited to remain at Friedrichshafen until the engines had been examined, or whether the voyage would be given up for the time being. |~ “Naturally, we will not simply ree | place the defective part with a new part, but will examine carefully whether the trouble is of a constructional nature or from defective material.” FRANCE OFFERS AID. lAvl:tltm Regiments Ordered to Be on Alert. PARIS, May 17 (#).—As soon as the French air ministry learned of the intention of Dr. Eckener to try an | emergency landing at Valence or its vicinity, Air Minister Eynac and Minis=- ter of the Interior Tardieu gave instruc- tions that every aid possible be extended to the German commander. Aviation regiments at Bron Air Field, Lyons, were ordered to be on the alert. Detachments were sent to every field in the vicinity where the dirigible might possibly attempt to come down.