Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1929, Page 2

2 TDZKONSKI DD INBURNING PLANE Story of |lll-Fated Polish Flight Reveals Tragic Details. % By the Associated Press. HORTA, Azores, July 16—Maj. Casimir Kubala, painfully injured him- self, tried in vain to rescue his com- Maj. Ludwik Idzikowski, from the! burning plane, the Marshal Pilsudski, when it crashed in Graclosa Island Saturday night, ending a trans- atlantic _venture. The first complete account of the disastrous termination of the two Polish_fiyers' brilliant attempt to fly from Le Bourget to New York was given to the Associated Press today by a witness, one of those who sought to save the lives of both airmen. His narative revealed that both Kubala and Idzikowski were found strapped inside their plane, which was upside down in a corn field, near the village of Santa Cruz. Idzikowskl's legs appeared to be broken, and so pintoned_beneath him he could not be extracted from the cabin before the gasoline tanks exploded and set the plane afire. Crowd Held Kubala Back. TThose attempting the rescue be- lieved Idzikowski was already dead when finally the advancing flames made them desist. Kubala, slightly dazed with fumes from the gasoline tank, which had been opened to permit dumping, attempted to rush into the cabin, & Virtual cauldron of flame, for one last effort, but the crowd held.him back. Maj. Idzikowski’s body was not re- moved from the plane until daybreak Sunday, a military guard standing by all night, A ceremonious funeral was given Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the entire island civilian and military population following the coffin to a special vault. 2 The Polish training ship Iskra ar- rived at Santa Cruz at 5 p.m. Sunday and the body was withdrawn from the vault and placed aboard it for trans- portation to Poland. It was taken en Toute to this island’s little church for a final requiem, the coffin covered with Polish and Portuguese flags. The Iskra will bring the body and Ma;. Kubala to Horta, Maj. Kubala's condition has caused no anxiety an” according to the Graciosa Islan doctors he should be all right in a fe® days. He recelved painful injurles on the head. It was just after 7 p.m. local time (3 p.m., Eastern standard time), Satur- day when the big gray plane appeared over Graciosa. It made three circles around the village of Santa Cruz, on the third turn coming very low. The residents thought from this and the sound of the plane’s missing motors it wished to descend. No one was able to indicate a suitable Janding place—almost no one on the jsland had ever seen an airplane before. Nearly all the flatter places in that dis- trict are dangerous and unsafe for yny- thing of the sort, strewn with 1%sks and boulders and pitted with holes Tanks Exploded. The plane suddenly descended in a fleld a few miles from Senta Cruz and the village's entire population rushed o the scene, finding it upside down. It had crashed through a low stone wall Where one wing was caught, swinging it around and capsizing it. While the rescuers worked there was a terrific explosion, the force of which threw the rescuers to the ground. The plane immediately caught fire . and several of the rescuers were burned. They saw the flames licking at the body of the luckless Idzikowski, and never abandoned their labor until they felt he + was dead and it would be futile and . dangerous to try further. The scene drove Kubala, painfully injured, almost 1 to_frenzy. Kubala, when he had somewhat re- covered from his experience, said they ‘had motor trouble and that the fumes ! from the open gasoline tank had made him almost unconscious. POLISH NATION GRIEVES. WARSAW, July 16 (#).—Polish peo- ple have been deeply affected by the death of Maj. Ludwik Idzikowski, transatlantic aviator, at Graciosa Island Saturday, at the end of an attempt to fly to New York. The major was the last male member of his family. Three brothers were killed during the war. Priends recalled that when a boy he read the novel of the Polish writer Zeromski in which was pictured a Polish aviator covering Poland with glory in the days before the country became independent. The story deeply impressed the youth- ful Idzikowskl, who swore he would be- come an aviator when he grew up and achieve something great. It was expected mourning ceremonies will be held Wednesday. United States Minister Statson and the French Am- bassador, M. Laroche, presented the condolences of their governments to the forelgn office yesterday. COSTE DEFERS PLANS. PARIS, July 16 (#).—Dieudonne Coste probably will not make another maimed soldiers at Walter Reed Hospilf Dolores Del Rio, motion picture star, distributing cigarettes yesterday ital. —Star Staff Photo. to MAIL ORDER “DOCTORS” FALL INTO POST OFFICE tin irst_Page.) ! phid According to the eviden says the fraud order, “it has no more therapeutic action than so much sand. It is wholly inactive.” ‘The manufacturer admitted that he 1didn’t know any reason why the in- strument should do what he claimed for it, but said he thought it wolud “assist nature to force the human body to absorb oxygen with amaging rapidity, thus preventing the development of diseases.” The price was $35 to patients and $10 to dealers. Fraudulent Claims. ‘The advertiser sald, says the fraud order, “that because of the excess of oxygen in the body all germs, regard- less of the nature of the disease, will be quickly destroyed.” It does not re- sult, the order continues, “in oxygen being taken into the body with amaz- ing rapidity or any other way. If it did it would destroy some germs and make others grow.” The manufacturer and inventor was not a physician. He sent out a 63-page booklet full of testi- monials. Investigation showed that these were the same testimonials which had been used for a similar device which had been forced off the market. Dr. X, who designated himself “brother to the seven sisters,” offered 'a medicine to ‘“cure any disease with fwhich the patient was not born” “Stop, look and listen,” said his ad- vertisement which attracted the at- tention of the Post Office Department. “I give you luck. I tell lucky days. I am the man you should see or write for anything, regardless of what it is. Are you in trouble or distress or suf- fering from any kind of disease? I move all hindering causes. I bring peace out of confusion. I make hap- piness and peace in your home. I re- store lost friends, locate lost and hid- den treasures. I use no medicines or knives. I move all miscries or pains from the body. I conqueor all cases by mail or face to face, Don’t say you are sick and can’t get well. What is the use of you worrying about sickness when I am here to worry for you. Ieam 32 years old and have great experience, for I was born with this gift.” Inspector Wrote Him. A post office inspector wrote the brother of the seven sisters as follows: “Dear sir: I see your add and I send you $2, Now I'se sick of cancer of the liver with which disease I was not borned with. I was born October 19, 1875. So send me cure quick.” To which the greater healer replied: “Your letter was recived a few days ago and I am sending to you your medision, as soon as I could, hopping you will get alright soon. Generial direction: Take a tablespoonful three times a day, eat no meats, no red meats, but fowles of the air chickens, soups, vertibles, before meals.” There also was a testimonial from a lady who began treatment a few days ago absolutely blind, could not see at all. But she is quoted: “I received your treatment and have used it as you told me and to your request I am writing to let you know how I am attempt during this year to fly across the Atlantic. He has not abandoned his plan, but when asked when it might be carried out, he replied laconically, ““There is no hurry.” In 2 signed article in Excelsior today Capt. Coste said his Paris-to-New York flight was dependent entirely upon the presence of certain exceptional weather conditions. Although very rare he be- lieved they would occur at some time. It is then he will make a fresh start. He said he was convinced there does not exist another plane comparable to the Question Mark for the attempt. Friends believed that in view of the disinclination of the French government to permit further transatlantic flying he ‘would not try again until next year. MEMORIAL FOR FLYER. A requiem high mass will be sung at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning when a memorial service is held for Maj. Lud- wik Idzikowski, the Polish fiyer who lost his life in the attempted trans- atlantic crossing. ‘The staff of the Polish legation will attend. TESTS FOR PACIFIC FLIGHT SUCCESSFUL Bromley, Pilot of Proposed Tacoma- Tokio Hop, Calls Plane Ready. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 16.—Officials of the Lockheed Aircraft Co., builders of the monoplane in which Lieut. Harold Bromley is planning a non-stop flight from Tacoma, Wash., to Tokio, said yes- ! terday Bromley had advised them of the successful completion of tests at Muroc Dry Lakes in the Mojave Desert. Bromley, who flew to the desert re- glon last week to make the trial flights, sald tentative plans were made to fake off on a non-stop flight ta Tacoma next ‘Tuesday morning. The flight to Tacoma will constitute the final test of the ship, and if it is successful Bromley has announced he ;v!l‘l% depart for Japan after a two-day ‘When he takes off for Japan, Bromley getting along. I'am compelled to say I think my eyes are some better. I can see a distance of 30 yards. I have got 50 I can see a car on the road, the distance of 30 yards, something I have ?ofi seen before since my eyesight has failed.” ‘The treatment consisted of a six- ounce bottle of dark gray water liquid which upon analysis proved to be 13 per cent alcohol, 85 per cent water, and 2 per cent common galt, iron sulphate, | g plant extractives and alkaloid sub- stances. The fraud order put an end to this thriving business. A Height Increaser. One of the latest fraud orders is against the “inventor” of a *scientific height increaser”—a man of markedly short build who has beén so busy taking orders thut he has not had time, he told the inspectors, to make use of his own_ device, “Science,” says his advertising, “has found a way to add inches to your height. No need to envy and look up to the big fellow. No need to have the disadvantage of the little man. This course makes it possible for you to be on the level with your fellowman. Course is easy, inexpensive, and results sure. Don't let people tell you height is entirely a matter of heredity. you go back, say 20 generations, you would find you had as many ancestors as short. It is certain, therefore, that :Ty%temnz conce! i thektnp%lvldm’l. or your 3 ept you from growing. Tg:nmere fact that height can be increased is proof that the in- dlvidui.; will respond to this treatment. TRAP THROUGH CLAIMS | WILBUR SUBGESTS STATELAND POWER trol for Public Parks and Preserves. ‘The desirability of placing public lands in the West under the adminis- | tration of the several States was the major conclusion brought back to his desk by Secretary Wilbur at the con- clusion of a month's tour through the Western States. ‘The Secretary, who returned yester- day, proposed this new policy at a meeting of governors and State repre- sentatives at Boise, Idaho. At that time he made clear that this could only be accomplished if the States en- acted suitable Jegislation concerning the administration of parks, grazing lands and the conservation of water. In any case the Government, he said, would have to retain control of the underground mineral resources. During the trip, which was Mr. Wil- bur's first general inspection of the projects and domain under the admin- istration of his department, he ad- dressed an oil conservation meeting at Colorado Springs, Colo.; inspected the site of Boulder Dam in Black Canyon, near Las Vegas, Nev,, and visited the Kettleman oil field in California. The Secretary was particularly hopeful that by co-operation between the States and Federal Government a great saving of oil in the ground could be effected in California. A survey of the national parks, In- dian reservations and irrigation proj- ects was included in his itinerary. ESCAPE ONE CHARGE, HELD ON ANOTHER Two Arrested for Playing Stringed Instruments in Street Say They're Only Pianists. Possibly Herbert Murphy and Edward Fernehough did assault the policeman, but certainly they never went around the streets playing stringed instruments the way he said, because Herbert and George can't play stringed instruments —they can only play the piano. So when Judge Issac Hitt heard about the piano af his audition in Police Court today he dismissed dis- orderly conduct charges against the planists, who were arrested last night during some sort of a concert at ‘Thirteenth and Euclid streets. But the Judge held them in bond on a charge of assnu.m.ng Officer L. C. Harkins. ~ Harkins, he said, had harkened to sounds of discord which he traced to Herbert and George. The officer said he arrested them for playing stringed instruments in the street, but that the prisoners tried to dislodge him from their automobile on the way to the tenth precinct. Murphy, of the 200 block of Massa- chusetts avenue, and his companion of the 2500 block of Thirteenth street, told the ‘;.:ug, t.hnmn 'tl;u 'ihetl; attorney, 5 amrell, ey most decidedly could not play st - struments. s Continue Search for Man, The search for Lucian T. Williams, 55-year-old contractor, of 5801 Fifth street, who dlni)puud Saturday morn- ing, is continuing today, but without success. Mr. Willlams was not seen since he drew $300 from the bank to pay off his men. His family, mean- while, are becoming more and more oclmvlnced that he has met with foul play. Secretary Favors New Con-| CHINA IS WILLING . TOMEET DEMANDS Statement by Nationalist Spokesman Forecasts Set- tlement by Negotiations. (Continued From First Page.) termined against “Chinese | Fascists.” | Heavy rain did not deter the march- ers, many of whom were soldiers. In the parks and plazas Communist speakers made inflammatory speeches calling for punishment of the “Man- churian militarists.” Workers in the audience replied with testimonials of willingness “to take up arms in de- fense of the soclal fatherland.” Statement Published. At the foreign office. L. M. Karakhan, vice commissar, caused to be published a statement from the Chinese charge d'affaires, M. Liao 8. K. Liao, giving notice of a delay in translation and transmission of the ultimatum, which demanded release of arrested Russlans in Manchuria, revocation of “illegal or- ders” and immediate submission of matters arising from the seizure of the fihmue Eastern Rallway to negotia- on. ‘The statement said the note was translated into Chinese Saturday night and filed by telegraph to Nanking with a request to relay it to provincial offi- cials at Mukden, since there was no di- rect communication. More than 24 hours were thus lost in getting the note to the Nanking government. It was possible, in view of this, there would be an extension of time allowed in it for a favorable answer. Visa Application Refused. ‘The application of M. Screbriakov, a member of the raflroad commissariat, to the Chinese legation for a visa to per- mit him to proceed to Harbin to cpen negotiations on the question was refused urider instructions from Nanking. (Tokio dispatches yesterday said M. Serebriakov was expected in Harbin July 17 and ar- rived yesterday by airplane at Trkutsk, }:’;flng immediately by train for Har- In the absence of Georges Tchicherin, commissar for foreign affairs, and Maxim Litvinoff, vice commissar, the crisis arising out of the Manchurian seizure of the Chinese Eastern Raflway has been handled almost entirely by M. Karakhan, vice commissar and former ambassador to China. The mood prevailing today in official circles, as weil as in working centers, showed plainly that Russia was in ear- nest in her warning. Irked at White Guards. Hatred of the White Guard elements, belleved to be inciting the Chinese to anti-Russian_acts, aggravated Russian resentment at seizure of the railway and expulsion of its Russian officials. Fully realizing the grave international complications likely to ensue from any determined military move, the respon- sible Communist leadership as well as the rank and file was described in authoritative quarters as determined to dispell ideas abroad tnai Russia's will to peace was basea chiefly on fear and realization of economic weakness. The newspaper Izvestia, organ of the central executive committee, comment- ing this morning on the mass demon- strations at Moscow and throughout the Soviet union, hints semi-officially at the action Russia might teke if a satis- factory reply is not given to her note to_China. stand “Our love for peace is mot absolute and is not unlimited,” the newspaper remarks. Enemies Are Warned. “Defending peace, we simultaneously defend the work for which we are ready to give our all. But if we are forced to defend our socialist toil in other ways, then the energy now con- centrated on reconstruction will form a firm foundation for resisting the vio- lators of our rights. “We advise our enemies, not only in Manchuria but throughout China, not only in the East but throughout the ‘West, to hearken to the voice of Soviet Russia. “As for those to whom the mote of July 13 was addressed, let them, afier hearing the storm of protest in the So- viet Union, zealously reread our diplo- matic note and its minimum demands. In the face of the menacing force awakened within the confines of the Soviet Union, they ought to compre- hend the nature of the reply due at Moscow not later than the date given.” ARMORED TRAINS PATROL LINE. Additional Troops Garrisoned Along Chinese Eastern Railway. SHANGHAI July 16 (#).—Kuomin official news dispatches from Nanking today said six armored trains were patrolling the entire line of the Chinese Eastern Railway between Harbin, Man- churia, and Manchull, on the eastern Siberian border. Additional troops have been garri- soned at various important points along the railway. Kuomintang leaders were quoted as asserting a pronouncement of the Natlonalist government’s policy with respect to the crisis arising out of seizure of the Russian-owned Chinese Eastern Railway would be made within a few days. The minister of railways announced he had word from Harbin normal passenger and freight service was being maintained despite “wholesale changes in personnel.” Chinese press dispatches today quoted the Manchurian authorities as saying: “While we are taking every precaution against an emergency, we nevertheless are maintaining a calm attitude, despite the fact Soviet troops are _preparing defenses, including trenches, on the Siberian side of the Siberia-Manchuria border.” One dispatch said: “It was officially stated the Manchurian authorities were prepared to carry out the terms of. the Sino-Soviet agreement of 1924, but would not under any circumstances countenance Soviet incroachments upon Chinese rights.” HEAR MISSIONS OCCUPIED. confirmed the cure, advising me to throw the trusses away. I have worn no since and am in perfect health today.” ‘The “cure” consisted of a series of muscle exercises, together with a “pene- trating, soothing, healing compound used in connection with nature's way of curing rupture by building and strengthening the ' elastic ebdominal muscle tissue, indorsed by leading medi- cal authorities and hernia specialists.” Bureau of Chemistry experts found the drug of no value. The entire cost of has | the drug and the pamphlet containing found a way to add inches and pounds to every man. My methods are sure, scientific and . have worked on hundreds and hundreds of men and women. They are perfe natural and based on the laws of nature, ‘The ngpcntus consists of a small rope with rings and handgrips, which can be suspended so that the feet of the patient barely touch the fioor. It was a led by a series of lessons. ‘The manufacturing cost was about 75 cents. It sold for $8.75. The in gation showed that the “Inventor” taken in at least $26,000 since the Fall of 1925. A count showed that he re- celved 1,340 letters in a single day. Another Cure. um-ehwu the so-called “rup- iy proprietor ure cure, 0se advertised how “I cured myself of rw\m after suffering 13 years of doul rupture, and the tor- ' will carry 890 gallons of and ' ture glunsg!sp will weigh lppmm 9,400 the lessons was about 25 cents, but it sold at from $3 to $5. The man and his wife, who had hired desk room in a office had Chicago bullding, -ossed ectly | about $15,000. They received “frto 15 {orders & day. He was employed by 8 millwork company during the day and the mail er remedy against which a fraud or&n recently has been issued is ‘The venders advertise that “it is not new, but has been tried out in this country and mr!u‘po before requ Americans Told Communist Troops Are . in Main Buildings. | AMOY, Fukien, China, July 16 (P).— American missionaries were informed today that Communist troops had occupied the main buildings of the missions, Talmage College, and the mission residence at Changchow, 50 miles southwest of Amoy. The American consul here filed a pro- test with the Fukien commissioner of Iorellxn affairs at Amoy. He said the reply was not encouraging. Anti-missionary Icflfl{lel in South Fukien have been increasing and there 1s widespread fear the property of all missions in that ares is slated for sim- ilar treatment. ULTIMATUM “NEWS TO WANG.” TISINOTAO, Shantung, China, July 16 (#).—C. T. Wang, Nationalist for- eign minister denied all knowledge of a Russian ultimatum to China W] iestioned by newspaper men here to- y. ‘When informed of Moscow dispatches saying that Russia had sent an ulti- ‘hen | is neither Said to be the largest bridge of its kind in the world, the Cooper River Bridge, Charleston, 8. C., will be complete The massive structure is made up of two connected cantllever bridges over two bodies of water. for traffic August 8. One span is 1,000 feet long and the other is 600. feet wide. Total cost of the structure, which is about three miles long, was $6,000,000. The city is planning a huge celebration of the bridge’s completion. distance between Charleston and points The concrete roadway deck north. | ! ; B is 160 feet above the water, and is 20 It will cut off about 40 miles of the ——Associated Press Photo. U.S. GETS 3MORE | TARRF PROTESTS Spain, ltaly and Sweden| Add Objections to Dis- | | content Chorus. ! By the Associated Press Spain, Italy and Sweden have sent additional representations to the State | Department regarding American tariff proposals on behalf of the respective governments and trade associations. ‘The comm"nications, made public to- day by the Senate finance committee, noted exceptions particularly to pro- posed duty increases in the House bill on steel products and cork and general mports from Italy. A note from the Italian Ambassador declared if Congress adopted the bill as passed by the House the “direct effect can but only diminish Italy’s purchases | of agricultural products and other raw materials in this (American) market and consequently impair Italy's inter- national economic position.” Imports Called Small. ‘The Ambassador declared imports from Italy to the United States “hardly reach 2 per cent of the aggregate” American imports, and that “such a small percentage would hardly justify any claim of unbearable competition.” ‘The Spanish Ambassador, who re- cently submitted a note from his gov- ernment threatening ‘‘denouncement’ of the commercial modus vivendi be- tween the United States and Spain should certain House rates be adopted, declared in a supplemental memoran- dum that the proposed increase in duty on cork was “great encugh to reduce the consumption of this article, Spain’s principal export to the United States, since the industry will try to find a cheaper substitute and the Spanish ex- porting business will thereby be mark- edly injured.” A communication from the Swedish minister transmitted a protest from the Swedish Iron Masters' Association de- claring the proposed increase in duty on hollow drill steel was “equivalent to an embargo” as far as Sweden was concerned “inasmuch as by far the main part of the hollow drill steel im- ported by the United States comes from Sweden.” say concerning Nanking’s reported tele- grams to him to return to the capital because of the Harbin crisis. ATTACK ON SHIP REPORTED. Unconfirmed Dispatches Say Russians Destroyed Chinese Steamer. PEIPING China, July 16 (#).—Mes- sages received here through foreign sources today said 2,000 Russian troops crossed the Great Black River near Blagovyeschnensk, Siberia, last Monday and a few days later attacked and destroyed a Chirlese river steamer. Chinese soldiers were sent to repel the invaders. ‘This report could not be confirmed in any other sources and was discounted by military observers. Another Harbin report said that 70 armored motor cars and a hundred armored motor cycles have been sent to the western frontier. The messages were said to have ema- nated from Chinese sources in Harbin and Changchun. Observers here belleved that if the Chinese met the Russians half way hostilities would be avoided, despite Moscow's strong note. L. P. Serebria- kov was selected to conduct the negoti- ations because he was well acquainted with Manchuria and conditions of the Chinese Eastern Railway. A censored telegram from the Asso- ciated Press correspondent at Harbin, Manchuria, indicated Russian troop movements toward the Siberian border were already under way. ‘The censor deleted eight words, pre- sumably at the beginning of the first sentence which, as received, said: ¢ * * through troops Siberia dela; trains.” ‘The rest of ‘the message read: ‘“The railway (Chinese Eastern) traffic from Pogranichnaya to Vladivostok entirely swp]:&.mee Saturday, possibly owing to fi . “The Chinese Monday took over the Chinese Eastern land department. The Chinese official newspaper Kingpao claims to know authoritatively that Serebriekoff is coming to apologize to the Chinese government.” M. Serebriekoff i3 a member of the Soviet railway commissariat who was commissioned to confer with the Man- churian authorities at Harbin on_the seizure of the Chinese Eastern. He is believed to have started to Manchuria in an airplane, RUSSIANS LEAVING HARBIN. Japanese Newspapers Condemn Seisure of Railway by Chinese. TOKIO, July 16 (P).—Russians in the vicinity of Harbin and from the surrounding country have begun an ex- odus in anticipation of grave develop- ments growing out of the Manchurian seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway. ‘While no one doubts the seriousness of the situation here, the general belief China nor Russia will find it advantageous to resort to arms at pres- ent, and that %M!fl. may at- \pro 3 matum, Wang, who is a few ang, IHods spending the days here, replied: “I have no knowledge of any such rnment intends to IMMIGRATION MAKES ADVANCES ON FERTILE MANCHURIAN SOIL erican Traveler Finds Am Already Called “'the Granary of A Spanning a Manchurian BY GIDEON A. LYON. Member of American _Journalists Party Touring Orlent s Guest of Carnegie En- downment for International Peace. ON TRAIN TO HARBIN, MAN- CHURIA, June 18.-—My report of yester- day, it may have peen noted, ended quite abruptly. I was about to give & brief description of the Manchurian territory when word reached me that owing to & change of schedule on the Chinese Eastern Railway, which took effect cn the 15th, there was a mis- understanding about the time of the departure of our train to Harbin in the morning. It seems that those Chinese officials who had planned this part of the trip—which has been turned over to them by the Japanese as a matter of courtesy—had not known of the change. So we were hurriedly rounded up with amended instructions, to the effect that the train would leave at 7:50 instead of 9 o'clock. That meant packing for the Harbin trip over night, and that in turn means swift action and the letter had to end where it was. ‘The first-time traveler from America, passing through this region, finds it strikingly like his home land. Going eastward from Changchun, as indeed all the way up to that point, and I understand for a vast distance north- ward, the fields stretch out like the prairies of the Middle States. The hori- zon is marked by blue hills, fairly good sized mountains when reached. Unlike in Japan and Korea—save for the upper part of the latter country—the fields are of great size. There are no fences, no walls, apparently no marks of di- vision or boundary. The roads or lanes running through the fields doubtless constitute the limits of individual or group holdings. Habitations are scattered about here and there, usually in clusters. Mud walls surround them, sometimes fairly high when several houses are gathered into a tiny village. The houses them- selves are primitive, rarely built of any other materiel than mud with a few baked brick. At first they are ugly and grotesque to the unwonted eye, but after a time they acquire a certain beauty of the picturesque. Their roofs are thatch- ed and also in some cases tiled. The roof lines are straight, with a tendency to up-turn the ends of the gables, in Chinese style. Fields Are Extensvie. No plowing is being done now, that work having been finished some weeks ago. The crops are coming along well, soya beans—sometimes called “soy”— corn, sorghum or “kaoliang,” millet, wheat and other things. Beans and kaollang are the chief products. They are planted here by the thousands of acres. The flelds, as I have said, are extensive, and the furrow lines run in pleasing curved lines, not rigidly straight es in Japan and the United States, but with graceful sweeping bends, the exact reason for which I have been unable to ascertain. Some say that the furrows are curved because of the impossibility of the plowman to walk a straight line. Others say that they are curved because of better drain- age. Still again it is hinted that there is a cryptic Teason which is somewhat like that for the building of the “spirit gate” in front of the entrance to a dwelling or & compound, an outer shield to prevent the entrance of the evi spirits, which cannot proceed save in & s{nlght line. One never quite knows the reasons for the unusal happenings in this strange country. The trees here are numerous and in good condition. Little groves stand here and there in the middle of the flelds, end the hills are thickly covered with them. The tilled land runs straight across country for miles, clear to the hills, uullmmn up toward the tops of the hel 3 uenfly in the flelds appear small conical mounds, ‘:overed w&hfitml. '1“':.1; furrows of grain run cl ly arol them, just barely skipping them. These are graves. There are no headstones or “markers,” just simple piles of earth beneath which lie the bodles of the dead. Just at this_moment, glancing out of the window, I saw, close to the ack, two of them, one larger than the other, doubtless the graves of hus- band and wife. ‘The other evening, Kirin and Tunh us as the graves of 8 Mounds Considered Sacred. between ua, mounds were pointed out to of ancient time, the farmer will touch these mounds .,.'Jf ' are sacred. This o latge 0 king and farger "one being fully 50 feet high. the evil | the land ~ tion may The. railroad town of Mukden was this | leved that the a Vastand Rich Country. L) sia. | RITES FOR VETERAN 10 BE TOMORROW Fiancee Will Not Be Present at Col. Percefull’s Funeral. ‘Two women who cannot understand the love each had for the same man will share a common s0rTow tOmorrow. but one will be absent from a grave- side in Arlington National Cemetery into which will be lowered the body of Lieut. Col. Abraham C. L. Percefull, 54, former medical approving officer of the Veterans’ Bureau. Col. Percefull died early Sunday evening at Mount Alto Veterans' Hos- pital. Only a doctor and a nurse were in attendance upon him. Among the group which will gather at the grave will be Mrs. Richard Wathen of Elizabethtown, Ky. Col Percefull's sister. But the woman he planned to marry, Miss Elien Alvord of 3928 Huntington street, Chevy Chase. will not be present. Miss Alvord, willing to carry out her flance’'s wishes if to do so meant happiness for him, had agreed to & marriage that was fo take place at his bedside, but Mrs. Wathen's objections were sustained by hospital authorities, who held throughout the latter days of the veteran’s illness that ™ he was mentally incompetent to enter into such a contract Miss Alvord, for several days denied access to Col. Percefull's sickroom orn the objection of Mrs. Wathen, learned of arrangements for the funeral this morning. Having in mind the service of herself and her father during the weeke Col. Percefull lay ill :n their home, she said they had done all they could, and that now she could “not face it.” These services will be conducted joint- Iy by the War Department and the George Washington Post, No. 1. Amer:- can Legion, of which Col. Percefull was a member. Comdr. Paul V. Collins of the previously had advised the mem- hip that one of Col. Percefull’s last ts was that his comrades in the sgion take cognizance of his interest in them Shortly after 10:15 o'clock members f the post and the War Department rt will travel the winding road from Fort Myer gateway to the grave- there to observe ceremonies com- prising the Army and American Legion rituals. Rev. Howard E. Snyder, chap- lain, and Capt. Collins will formail represent the Legion. Many of Col. Per- | cefull's associates and friends in the river for a railroad line. | built upon the site of an old Chinese | | graveyard. ‘There were hundreds of | i mound tombs there, and before the Japenese government could move toward the construction work it had to buy | these graves from the immediate de- scendants of their occupants, the rate | varying _from two to four dollars a grave. It is said that a lively trade in| graves was had, and also it is said| that some enterprising Chinese did not | hesitate to provide fake graves for the | sake of a few desired dollars. Going eastward from Changchun, | after passing Kirin, the country gets rougher and the hills draw closer. The fields become smaller and the tillage is less exact. There are more weeds on the roadside and between planta- tions. These weeds make us a bit home- sick, for they are like our own, dande- lions and daisies, ragweed and that growth from the brown seeds of which | smoke in our acorn pipes, the name of which I have long forgotten. There are willows and maples in the lower lands, and on the hillsides are pines and all sorts of “American” trees. ‘Then comes the sign of frontier work, the newly cut forest. Great stretches of stump land appear, running up the hillsides. From time to time “lumber towns,” as we used to call them at home, come into view. But they are strangely unlike our lumber towns. ‘There are no sawmills. One looks in vain for a smokestack. One listens when the train stops for the sound of the big circular saws, but also in vain. Tucked away to one side there may be seen a sort of trestle, perhaps a dozen feet high, across the beams of which rests a large log. That is the sawmill. The power consists of two men, one on top and one beneath, pulling and pushing at a great ‘“cross- cut saw” fully eight feet in length. ‘These men make the lumber out of the heavy logs that have been floated down the rivers from the back hills of new timber work operations. Sees Signs of Pioneering. There is a sense of pioneering in this. In some cases the dwellings of the workers are mere shacks, roughly built of mud or even of straw matting. These are the farm-makers of the first stage. ‘They move about from job to_job, com- ing as a rule from the Shangtung Peninsula of China. Scarcely is the timbering done when the farming begins. The Chinese im- migrants are pushing out to the more distant areas because they can get land cheaply, or, lacking funds for buying or leasing land, can hire out readily to jarge farmers on a crop-sharing basis. In some of these cases the land owner does the first plowing with a tractor and takes 60 per cent of the initial crop as payment for this service. Later the tenant makes whatever bargain he can with the owner, who is usually glad to get_service on his land. ‘Near Tunhua is a good sized river— the Manchurian streams are all much larger than those of Japan or Korea, which is natural, inasmuch as _they come from vast backlands—and this is bringing down great quantities of logs from somewhere upstream. Yesterday morning the train was backed up so that we could visit the scene of opera- tions. The place is what is in Amer can lumber parlance called a “pull-up. At home, however, the logs are hauled from the stream by machinery. Here they are pulled out by sheer man pow- er. Twenty men, tugging at ropes in the rhythm of a chantey, bring them out on shore. Then later, when they are squared somewhat by first cutting, they are pushed up skids to the flat cars and tumbled over upon the loads for shipment. The pullers and the pushers are all stout Chinese, who work wonderfully well considering the handi- caps of slippery Jogs and soil and enor- mous weights. The chanteyman who leads them starts the singing and with a swish and a swing the log goes up hill. I tried to get the words of these chanteys, but failed. Perhaps it is just as well, for I have been given to under- stand that most of these sing-songs of toil are untiranslatable for polite printing. Soil 15 Feet in Depth. Now for & paragraph or two I am going to be statistical, just to give an idea of the immensity of the work that is going on here in this richest of lands. To begin with, remember that the new- comers from China, drawn by the won- derful qualities of the soil—it lies 15 feet in depth in the northern areas— number now & million a year, and are growing in numbers rapidly. There are in the three provinces which constitute Manchuria 382,627 miles, or 244,881,280 acres. The cuitivated land at present is 30,744,100 acres, or 123 cent. This percentage is rapidly we as boys used to make “tobacco” to ! Veterans’ Bureau will atiend. CONDITION OF KING HELD SATISFACTORY Fhysicians’ Bulletin Declares Brit- ish Ruler Passed Good Br the Associated Press LONDON, July 16.—Such anxiety 2s to the condition of King George which remained efter yesterday's encouraging Teports on the operation performea then was relieved with en additional favorable bulletin from his physicians this morn: His majesty’s four doctors visited him in the forenoon today and found he had passed a restful night. They reported they were satisfied with his general state of health and the local condition for the treatment of which yesterday’s operation was performed. ——————— BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers' Home Military Band at the bandstand this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock; John §. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Point- ner, assistant leader. March, “The Blue Jackets Overture, “The Highlanders’ Scene Espagnole, “La Sevillana”. . Excerpts from musical comedy, “Prin- cess Caprice”.... Fall Characteristic, “Mu Thurban Valse, “Premier Printemps ... Margis Finale, “The Plumed Knight,” St. Clair “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Army Band Curiis D. Alway, captain, Infantry, commanding; Willlam J. Stannard, leader; Thomas F. Darcy, second leader: at the Walter Reed General Hosplial this evening at 6:30 o'clock. ‘March, “Chief of Stafl’ . Overture, “Plque Dam: . ‘Supps Fox trot, “My Annapolis and You.” Bibo-Weinberg Solo for piccolo, “Cleopatra”. ..Damare Alexander Lutkiewitz, soloist. Selection from “My Maryland,” Romberg Characteristic, “The Whistler and ;.irl; blin' Mose, Fantasia, .“Echoes from the Metro- politan Opera House” Tobani “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band, at the Tuberculosis Hospital, Sixteenth and Upshur streets, 7 o'clock this eve- ning; Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader. March, “The Kiwanians’ Overture, “Hungarian”. Cornet solo, “Facilita”. . Musician Winfred Kemp. (a) “I Kiss Your Hand, Madame,” (b) “Wedding of the Painted Dol]i' rown Excerpts from “The Merry Widow.” Lehar (a) Intermezzo, “Le Secret”..Gauthier (b) Valse, “Spring Zephers,” Vessella “Romance” Characteristic, “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band at Twelfth and Michigan avenue north- east at 7:30 o'clock this evening: Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant leader. March, “King Cotton”.. ....Sousa Overture, “Joan of Arc”. Soderman Solo for piccolo, “Chant du Rossignol.” Filipoveky First Musician William Meyer. Suite— a. “Revel Angelique” Rubinstein Kamenoi Ostrow. b. “Romance” c. “Kol Nidre". Herbert Intermezzo, “In & Persian Market,” Ketelbey “Anchor's Aweigh.” “Star Spangled Banner.” In 1927 the total of the cereal crops reported was 786,789,338 bushels, or 20,650,100 tons. se were soya and other beans, kaoliang, millet, maize, wheat, paddy-field and upland rice and other cereals. Then were large quantities of flax, tobacco and wild cocoons. ‘This rich land has just been scratch- ed. It has been called th granary of Asia. At the present rate of , with immense quantities of cheap labor available from China proper, it may become the granary of the world. This prospect accounts, in some measure, for the eagerness of both the Chinese and the Japanese to show us the frontier in the course of our two-day trip to the present “end of steel” at Tunhua. asing as the forests are cut and straightened out for farming. In 1919 the cultivated land was esti- mated at 17,788,100 acres. It is be- present area of tilled land can be doubled in a few decades. Next, for whbat this land produces, Today we are, as I have said, under We_are travell Rallway, whis If Chinese and half Russian in ownership and operation. We feel that we are in two continents at once.