Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers and cooler today and to- morrow. Temperatures—Highest, 92 at 2 p.m, yesterday; lowest, 71 at 6 a.m. yester- day. Full report on page 7. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Btar's exclusive carrier service. Phone NAtional 3000 to start immediate delivery. Suntly Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 1,277—No. 31,176. Fntered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. PLANE KILLS TWO, HURTS 12, CRASHING INTO BEACH CROWD Fog-Blinded Tri - Motored Craft Plunges Into Ter- ror-Stricken Bathers. TRANSFIXED THRONGS SEE MACHINE WRECKED Swimmers Disappear as Ship Hur- tles Into Water Teeming With Coney Island Vacationists. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 7.—A big seven-passenger monoplane, equipped with pontoons, swooping out of the fog which veiled the sea at Coney Island late this afternoon, skipped from wave to wave smong bathers off shore and charged up on the crowded beach, mowing down more than a dozen per- sons before turning over. ‘were kiled and a dozen or more persons ‘were injured. ‘The dead are: Mildred Jacowsky, 8. and Myer Kess- ler, 10, both of Brooklyn. ‘The injured are: William H. Alexander, Brooklyn, pilot of the plane, scalp wounds; Mr: Gussle Goodman, Jamaica, Long Island, contusions of the head: Jack Dleamotte, lacerations of the head; Charles Herr- mann, municipal life guard, strained back; Mrs. Emma Murphy, lacerations of the left arm; Margaret Murphy, 3 years old, lacerations of the head; Emma Murphy, 1 year old, Brooklyn, lacerations of the head and possible internal injuries, and Mrs. Rebecca Rubi, scalp wound. The last-named are all from Brooklyn. ‘The plane, a seven-passenger Fair- child 71, equipped with a 425-horse- power Wasp motor, left Albany at 2:45 p.m. Late in the afternoon its pilot landed the six passengers he was carry- ing at North Beach, Astoria, Queens,| and set out alone for Mill Basin, Jamacia Bay. Landed Passengers Safely. When he started from Albany Alex- ander was carrying fuel which would last him, he estimated, 45 minutes longer than the trip normally would take. He had encountered no unfavor- able weather until he crossed the East River toward North Beach, when wisps of fog began to obscure his vision. Alexander landed his rassengers with- out difficulty and started for Jamaica Bay. The fog, he said, became mo: dense as he advanced and finally cut off his view entirely. When a break in the mist came, he wa¥ astonished to dis= cover that he was south of Ambrose lightship. His engine began to miss and the indicator showed that his fusl sup- ply was almost exhausted. g ‘With the fog still too thick to eatcn even a glimpse of the terrain, Alexan- der headed due north. His gasoline was about gone, he figured, when a hole opened in the fog, showing water be- neath. _Thinking he had reached Ja- maica Bay, Alexander dipped the nose of his craft and started down. When at an altitude of only a faw hundred feet he was horrified to dis- cover that he was heading for one cf the most crowded areas of the Coney Island Beach and was less than 500 feet from shore, His plane was throt- tled down to 55 miles an_ hour, he said, the lowest speed at which it would keep the air, and it was out of | the questicn to attempt to rise again | in time to clear the beach. The spot for,which he was headed is near the foot of West Eighth street. (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. e LEAKING GAS DRIVES, 25 FROM APARTMENTS Twenty-five occupants of the apart- ment house at 815 Maryland avenue northeast were forced to -the street, many in their night clothing, early this morning when gas from an electric re- frigerator leaked into the halls of the building. One of the tenants sent in a fire alarm and the firemen called the rescue squad. The occupants fled to the street, while the firemen turned off the plant and cleared the building of gas. No one was overcome, CAPITAL GIRL IS SAVED. Two Bus Drivers Plunge Into Surf to Rescue Swimmer. NORFOLK, Va., September 7 (#).— A Miss Hobson of 705 Eighteenth street northwest, Washington, D. C., whose first name none of those connected with the near tragedy obtained, was saved from drowning today in the surf at Virginia Beach by two bus drivers, H. M. Hudgins and Bertram R. Hodges. The girl, who arrived this morning on a steamer from Baltimore, as a member of a touring party, was in bathing with the party when she be- came separated from her companions. She was thrown off her feet by the waves and was fighting a losing fight for life when the two men, seeing her predicament, plunged into the water fully clothed and brought her ashore. Two children | NAVALPROPHCANDA PROBEBY SENATE BELEVED CERTAN Senator Borah Will Sit With Committee to Determine Plan of Action. WILL RECOMMEND THAT SHEARER BE EXAMINED 1 | Hoover's Stand Indicates Investi- gation by Executive and Legislative Branches. | Senate will sit Tuesday to determine | whether it shall investigate the alleged paid propaganda of shipbuilding com- panies to defeat international naval limitation. Chairman Hale of the committee has called the members to meet at that time, Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the foreign relations committee, who | called the matter to the attention of | the Scnate last Wednesday, will sit with the committee. | He will recommend that William B. Shearer, the alleged propagandist, and the officials of the three shipbuilding companies who are said to have em- ployed Shearer, be called for examina- tion. The chairman of the foreign rela- tions committee indicated yesterday that his committee would be entirely | willing to assume the burden of carry- ing on the investigation should the naval affairs committee prefer the in- quiry be made by a committee having to do particularly with the foreign re- lations of the country. Justice Department at Work. | The upshot of the situation, as it de- veloped yesterday, following the attack | made by President Hoover Friday on | th leged efforts of shipbuilding com- | panies to prevent international agree- | ments for naval limitation, was a cer- tainty that the inquiry would be con- ducted both by the executive and legis- lative branches of the Government. The Department of Justice, at th> in- | stance of the President, is alreally at | work. By way of ascertaining whether Shearer was still active against “dis- armament,” despite termination of his alleged contract with the Bethlehem Shipbuiiding Corporation, the Newport “Mews Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Cor- poration and the American Brown Bo- vieri Electric Corporation, the Depart- ment of Justice yesterday interested itself in recent radio talks made by Shearer, it was reported, on behalf of the American Security League. President Hoover, in his broadside statement from the White House, served notice that he would tolerate no inter- ference from private commercial inter- ests in the present negotiations which are now at a crucial point, and the reports of Shearer’s radio talks, which came pouring into the Department of Justice yesterday, were his first intima- tion, so far as known, that Shearer has not ceased. Talked Over Station WOR. ‘The radio talks of “this propagandist,” or this “naval expert” as President Hoover called him, have been made on Saturday nights from Station WOR at Jersey City, according to information received here. Shearer, it was emphasized by Gov- ernment leaders, is merely an incident in what the President is driving at. They explained that Mr. Hoover, in his effort to bring about naval-reduc- tion, wanted the guidance of a full and frank discussion of the naval needs of the Nation, but wanted to be certain that no strain of commercialism would be permitted to influence the national point of view. The basis of the investigatiorr to be held will be to learn the truth of the implications in_a suit brought by (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) ESCAPES ASSASSINATION. Italian Official's Companion Is ‘Wounded by Shot. TRIESTE, Italy, September 7 (#).— Four revolver shots, fired at General of the Fascist him early is com- panion, Secretary Valentini of the Met- allurgical Syndicates, and a store clerk who rushed out on hearing the shooting. The assailant was quickly disarmed by a policeman. ¢ Two West Virginia Banks Close. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 7 (#)—The State Banking .Department announced today the closing of the Auburn Exchange Bank of Auburn be- cause of depleted reserves. The Pull- man State Bank of Pullman was closed ‘Thursday because of leted reserves and frozen assets. Both institutions are in Ritchie County. They were turned over to the banking. department for liquidation. VON RICHTHOFEN’S CONQUEROR DIES LANDING PLANE IN PERSIA Capt. Woodbridge Meets Death When Flare Sets Ship on Fire. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, September 7.—Capt. Albert E. Woodbridge, who was one of the ym;mnmmmuuwflmwnmd credited with bringing down Baron Hauptmann von Richthofen, command- er of the German Flying Circus, was Xilled today with his mechanic and & | fore dusk. passenger in landing an Indian air mail plane at Jask, Persia. Woodbridge was the first pilot of the new London-Ka- rachi line. He met his death attempt- ing to Jand after nightfall when a flare broke loose from his plane and caught n one of the wings. The craft came down in flames. The accident was of such a nature that it could happen but rarely. ‘The wireless operator and the it gineer escaped with minor burns. The passenger killed was Vernon C. Bell, member of the Malay forestry service and a war-time aviator. He was to his post after a period of returning two survivors received only minor hurts. Capt. Woodbridge was 32 &:an old. He joined the R. A. F. at age of 17 and early in his career brought down Hauptmann Rittmeister Freiperr Baron_von en, the famous “Red Devil” of Germany, who had ac- counted for 80 allied planes. The Ger- | The naval affairs committes of the | t | Classified A Army and Navy (#) Means Associated Press. D. C. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, ORNSTON LIPS AMATELR CROW {St. Paul Sharpshooter De- feats Dr. Willing, in Golf Finals, 4-3. By the Associated Press. PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., September | 7.—The amateur golfing capital of the | United States shifted today from At- lanta to St. Paul when Harrison R. (Jimmy) Johnston, fighting son of the | great Midwest, beat the battling dentist iof the Pacific Northwest, Dr. Oscar F. | willing, four up and three to play, in |the final match of the first tourna- {ment ever held this side of the Rockies. | Johnston, competing in the title round |for the first time in his career, suc- ceeded to the championship relin- | quished by Bobby Jones when the fa- vorite son of Dixie was uncerimoni- ously eliminated in the first round by Johnny Goodman of Omaha. The 33-year-old St. Paul investment i broker, whose boyish manner seem to catch the fancy of the crowd, rallied after a bad start to overhaul and beat the veteran Dr. Willing in a match that was marred by erratic play and by an attitude of distinct hostility toward the loser on the part of a good share of the gallery. Gallery Against Willing. Except for the gallant fighting spirit manifest by both contestants right up to the finishing stroke on the thirty- third green, where Johnston got the half that clinched the issue, the brand of golf was not up to championship standard as it has come to be exem- plified by ex-emperor Jones, but tie attitude of the gallery toward the ro- bust Oregonian was as remarkable as anything ever witnessed in 33 years of competition for the amateur crown. In spite of the fact that Dr. Willing carried the banner of the Pacific Coast in the final round for the first time and in the first tournament held in the | Far West, the l}auery of perhaps 5,000 | spectators manifested strong support of | | Johnston throughout and gave him a tremendous ovation at the finish. The contrast between the bareheaded Jimmy and the portly, somewhat sour- looking dentist may have had some in- fluence. Johnston, too, was the younger, for Willing is a campaigner of 39 and “Jimmy” was the underdog | for the first half of the match. Further- | more, the doctor's known disinclina- | tion to concede short putts has found disfavor among the spectators, a num- ber of times during the tournament and that, too, aj red a factor in the ;musunl partisanship fo the jostling jam. Outburst at Eighth Hole. ‘Whatever it was, the match witnessed a startling outburst of cheers at the eighth hole, when Willing missed a shot in a trap and Johnston won his first hole after :p:renfly having tossed it away by putting his second shot over the cliff of the ocean side. Again at the sixteenth hole, when St. Paul (Continued on Pn.:e 4, Column 4.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National and |~ Poreign. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Review of New Books—Page 4. Organized Reserves—Page 6. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 6. Marine Corps Notes—Page 6.. . PART THREE—16 PAGES. Soclety. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 14. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music. ‘World—Pages 4, 5 u;d 6. ?v&h“mfl!h—h‘u 8 and n ternities—I Prat 10. Guard—Page 10. Spanish War Veterans—Page 10. Veterans of the Great War—Page 11. D. C. Naval Reserve—Page 11. 5’;”.,;',’;"" “The Door of Death"— News of the Clubs—Page 12. . Radio News—Pages 13, 14 and 15. - PART FIVE—10 PAGES.. Sporfs and Pinancial. PAI;I‘ SIX—10 PAGES. v A News—! 9. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 10, PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Cross-Word Puzzle—Page 20. PART EIGHT—8 PAGES. Educational Section. GRAVURE SECTION—10 PAGES. ‘World Events in Pictures, COLOR Wow Club Wrecked When 20 Members Decide to Marry By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, IIl, September 7. —Twelve years ago the Wow Club was a three-letter word meaning: “We, the under- signed 20 young men, do sol- emnly pledge to abstain for life from matrimony and intoxi- cants.” Today the Wow Club was wrecked, to coln a phrase, on the rocks of matrimony. Two surviving members met last night and dissolved what once was a purposeful organiza- tion. They explained that the other 18 members had given the club a black eye by getting mar- ried. Besides, the survivors said, there wasn’t much use keeping the club going, because they, too, ‘were going to get married. FESS TELLS PLAN ~ OF BI-CENTENNIAL Pictures Celebration in Honor' of George Washington in Radio Forum. “The most ambitious celebration ever undertaken in honor of a single in- dividual” which is to be ushered in on the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington In 1832, was ‘gnphlcnlly pictured by Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, last evening, in a radio address presented in The Star’s National Radio Forum. .Senator Fess, who is executive head of the George Washington Bi-centennial Commission, serving under President Hoover, gave many interesting details of the commission’s comprehensive, elaborate plain in an address broadcast locally from station WMAL over & net- work of stations in the Columbia Broadcasting system chain. Washington City will be the scene of the monumental observance on Feb- ruary 22, 1932 and ceremonies to be had here will attract the interest and attention of the Nation and of the world. The complete plan of the Capital celebration has not been out- lined, Senator Fess said, but the bi- centennial commission has definitely decided against anythine of the char- acter of world's fair. Display Nation's Progress. “It will lay the emphasis on the his- torical, spiritual and patriotic elements of l.md = e‘s.“ he ul:l.he!:l is rm mended that a pageant ven play, in part, the progress of the Na- ion, co the most prolific period march of mankind. importance of the event will justify the most ambitious demonstra- tion of its character in history. All the various organizations of national significance, many of which already have expressed a desire to take part, will be given their chance to partici- pate in the celebration,” Senator Fess said. The various departments of the Government, especially the Army snd Navy, will take prominent part. and aviation will be given a prominent place on the program of events. Senator Fess made known that the Bi-centennial Commission has laken steps to secure several permanent me- morijals in commemoration of the founder. Chief among these is the ‘Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard, the dedication of which is to be the high point of the celebration. This boule- vard is to extend from the foot of the emorial Bridge, at Columbia Island, 51; miles along the Potomac River, connecting Washington's ancestral home at Mount Vernon with the Capital. “It has been suggested,” caid Sena- tor Fess, “that each of the 13 colonies HUSTON TO DIRECT SOUTH'S C.0P. PLAN National Committee Members Indicate He Is Man for Big Task. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Policies regarding the Republican party organization and leadership in| the South will be left largely to Claud- ius Huston of Tennessee, slated to be the new chairman of the Republican national committee, to work out, it was indicated last night. Mr. Houston, the first Southern man to be picked for the job of chairman of the Republican national committee, is understood to have very definite ideas regarding the problem of the G. O. P. in the Southern States. He was in| conference nere yesterday with Dr. Hubert Work, the retiring chairman, and with a number of other party leaders who have already reached | Washington in order to attend _the committee meeting at the Willard Hotel | at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Friend of Hoover. ‘The Tennesseean is known already to the great majority of the party leaders. He has long been a personal friend of President Hoover, for whom he worked hard during the preconvention cam- paign and in the general election cam- paign last year. At one time he served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce under MMr. Hoover. He is regarded as a conservative Republican, and his sel- ection to head the national party or- ganization is not likely to strike terror into the hearts of the so-called Old Guard. Indeed, i is expected that the Old Guard will work in harmony with the new chairman. | " Mr. Huston would make no statement | of his plans for the Republica: organization yesterday. Nor ?s he ex- | pected to make any statement for pub- | lication until after he shall have geln | elected chairman. Whatever opposition there was to his being made chairman seems to have evaporated, and all of the old-time leaders and committeemen, as they arrive in Washington, are an- nouncing they intend to vote for Mr. | Huston. Liggett Arrives Here. Louis K. Liggett, Republican national | committeeman for Massachusetts, who {at one time was reported to look | askance upon the selection of a South- |ern man to head the national commit- | tee, was here for a short time yester- day, but went to Warrenton, Va., to visit his daughter. He is expected back | tonight and will attend the meeting to- morrow. Mr. Liggett recently raised no little commotion in the Bay State by asserting in a speech that he believed a man had a right to take a drink when he could get one. Also he charged that former Mayor Curley of Boston, a Dem- ocrat, had been responsible for circu- lating anti-Catholic propaganda during the campaign in usetts last year. The problems of the Republican party in Massachusetts need attention, and possibly there may be some discus- sion of them by the party leaders while they are here for the national commit- tee meeting. . ‘The first business to come before the national committe when it meets to- morrow, according to Dr. Work, will be the election of a chairman. As soon as that is accomplished, Dr. Work plans to turn over the meeting to the new chair- man. The committee is expected to ratify the selection of two new women mem- bers of the national committee, chosen by the State committees. One is Mrs. Ruth Baxter Pratt, Representative in Congress from New York, and - the other is Mrs. Margaret M. Tucker of ‘Vermont. Pass Up Georgia Case. ‘There is & vacancy on the committee from Georgia. But that highly con- troversial matter is not to come up, unless the &un!nufor the meeting are e 1929138 PAGES. ¥ IN WASHINGTON FIVE CENTS AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE T. A. T. PLANE IS FOUND WITH EIGHT ON BOARD DEAD IN TANGLED MASS RICE’S STORY OF DISCOVERY ‘“ estern Air Express Pilot, With Passengers, Describes Find- ing Plane Burned on Mountainside. BY LIEUT. GEORGE K. RICE. (Western Air Express Pilot, Who Discovered the Lost T. A. T. Air Liner.) By the Associated Press. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., September 7.—We have figured that the T. A. T. pilot was north of his course on account of a storm which | he had seen over in the Petrified Forest on Tuesday, when he flew | the route from Albuquerque to Los Angeles. When we left Los Angeles this morning we went to the Petrified Forest, which is abcut 30 miles south and east of Holbrook, Ariz., and we then zig-zagged through the mountains, keeping a constant lookout for the lost plane. Circled Mount Taylor. We circled the southern side o feet above the ground we saw scat t Mount Taylor and at about 1,000 | tered bits of duralium. These bits of duralium extended about one-eighth of a mile. Then we saw the left wing of oft by striking a tree. could read the numbers 9649. The balance of the plane we point. the elevators. the plane, where it had been cut The wing was turned upside down and we | saw about 100 yards beyond this The plane had caught fire. | From our altitude we could see the initials T. A. T., but most | of the rest of the cabin was in ashes. We could also see part of Encountered Storm Tuesday. On last Tuesday when we flew over this territory the storm was |death to its human cargo of one lyin%vover Mount Taylor and was e Albuquerque. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) blowing from the southwest. encountered the storm on Tuesday between Holbrook and Lindbergh Lands At Winslow With Gas Supply Gone By the Associated Press. WINSLOW, Ariz., September 7 —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, fly- ing Capt. Prank Hawks' speedy monoplane from New York City, made a dead-stick landing here at 3:50 pm. (M. S. T.) today, accompanied by his wife. The fiyer brought his plane over the airport just as the motor sput- tered and died for lack of gas. The plane had to be trundled from the runway. Lindbergh im- mediately went into conference with other T. A. T. officials and announced plans for departure for the scene of the wrecked transport City of San Francisco. MARYLAND JUDGE FINES BUS DRIVERS Speeding and Reckless Driv- ing Charged Against Men on Baltimore Pike. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 7.—Drivers national | of the Nevin Bus Co. and the People's | Rapid Transit Co., summoned today before magistrates at Elkridge and Savage on charges of reckless driving and exceeding the speed limit, were fined. In all cases the complaining witness was Paul M. Hart, investigator for the State police. At Elkridge, before Magistrate Fred- erick D. Gill, Raymond Romm, a driver | for the Nevin Co., pleaded not guilty to reckless driving and passing anotHer car on a curve. According to Mr. Hart, Romm, on September 4, rounded an “S" curve near Elkridge on the wrong side of the road, his bus forcing Hart's car into a ditch. | Romm testified he didn't see Hart's machine. He was fined $15 and costs for passing a car on a curve and $10 and costs for reckless driving. Speedometer Was Out of Order. Arraigned before Magistrate Howard U. Gosnell at Savage, Frank Elmore of the Nevin Co., charged with exceeding the speed limit, said he had a speed- ometer on the bus, but it was not work- ing. Hart testified that when arrested El- more was traveling 48 miles an hour. Joseph L. Wickes, transportation engi- neer for the Public Service Commis- sion, asked the court to take into con- sideration the commission’s rule to the effect that speedometers on busses al- ways must be in working condition. He had called the Nevin Co.s at- tention to the fact that his speedo- meter was out of order, Elmore as- serted, bul:e“r‘w\lldn‘;tuhlve it repaired without tI permission.” Elmore was fined $25 and costs, which was paid. Harry Gouff, another Nevin driver, changed. ublicans are having thel.rufdlfl.kml! differences in !'Ioflfll‘, (Continued on Page 12, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) TWO NEW STRIKING FASH- ION FEATURES ARE TODAY INAUGURATED IN Fashions Smart Stylcs The Sunday. Star TURN TO THEM for Early Fall See Rotogravure Section Helen Dryden, World Famous Stylist—See Page 15 in Society Section d with 'speeding and reckless g"l‘vfi. admitted he ‘wn ity of speeding, but denied the reckless driv- ing ¢! Hnlr‘t"gl'd Gouft two trucks Sivage Septomber 4. _Gout cisimed 3 T 4. 0>t waved him on_and he passed the other vehicles on the curve Inflmm:nll‘!'ya hflu .:upud»meut also was not worl , he 3 Magistra Gosnell dismissed _the fl%’ d uflmeed::: Aok and cos 3 Otto W, Narer and Elwood F. Queen, drivers of busses operated by the Peos Transit Co., were accused the speed cl vailed, he sald. Each was fined $25 and costs. Fined on License Charge. The Nevin Bus Lins was charged with failing to display Maryland li- cense plates. George F. Cassidy of New York, manager of the line, ad- mitted the fault, but said it had oc- curred on 8 few Sommaicns, mhm eager to serve , hur- ‘with their vtmcl?ll and ne- Add the platee” RICE NARROWLY ESCAPES DISASTER Wing Struts Break at 9,000 Feet and Wings Crum- ple in Air. | AMARILLO, Tex., September 7 (%) —Though both its wing struts broke at 9,000 feet, the Western Air Express ship which found the wrecked air liner, City of San Prancisco, made a safe landing on a ranch 25 miles east of Tucumcari, N. Mex., today, the Amarillo News learned from its corespondent tonight. The five passengers and three crew members were unhurt. | Rex Clark of Los Angeles, one of the | passengers, and the only occupant who had succeeded in reaching Tucumcari tonight, told the correspondent it was a “miracle” that they were landed with- out injuries. Holds Landing Miracle. when suddenly one of its wing struts broke.” The other followed suit and “the wings began to crumble.” He did not give an exact description of how | the landing itself was accomplished. Clark’s description of what he saw as the Western Air Express ship circled | over the mountain on whose side the | smashed “City of San Francisco” lay, | was brief. The plane, he said, appeared to have crashed into the mountain at | a point not more than 50 feet below its | peak. Most of the wreckage, he added, | | was in a ravine on the mountainside | but some of it was scattered 30 to 40 | yards away. | Circled Three Times. ‘The mountain was circled three times, Clark said, while occupants of |to see more of the tragedy's after- | math. | anything but the ravine and the wreck- age. “Besides Clark, passengers in the Angeles; Harry Coleman, Elizabeth, N. J.; a Dr. Walton of Pottsville, Pa., and one other whose name was not learned. Ralph Montee of Los Angeles, wWho brought the ship down with her wings useless, was its chief pilot. The names of his aides were not obtained. ‘BUCKY’ HARRIS SIGNS WITH TIGERS FOR 1930 Navin Declares Contract Calls for Ex-Nat Leader to Pilot Club Again. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, ich, September 7.— Stanley Harris will manage the Detroit Tigers in 1930. Announcement was made tonight by Frank J. Navin, presi- dent of the Detroit base ball club, that Harris has been signed to a new con- tract. Harris came to Detroit this year after having managed the ‘Vashington Nationals for three years. ‘The ship, he added, “was flying alons; | | the Western Air Express plane sought | It was impossible to distinguish | western ship were Lester Luhnon. Los | 'Air-Liner Lands ' on Mocuntain While Ablaze. NO SIGN OF LIFE NEAR TRAGEDY |Officials Hasten to Reach Desolate Spot. | | | BY WALTER B. CLAUSEN. Associated Press Staff Writer. LOS ANGELES, September 7 (®. —Racing from a storm, the mono- plane City of San Francisco crashed into the side of a 10,000~ fcot mountain and burned last Tuesday in the most desolate sec~ tion of Central New Mexico, with woman and seven men, advices to the Transcontinental Air | Transport Co. here today indi- cated. ‘The wreckage of the big tri- motor, all-metal air liner, a twist- ed mass of metal, was discovered on the south slope of Mount Tay- lor at 11:03 o'clock this morning !gg ad Western Air Express east- und passenger plane. Lieut. George K..Rice, pilot of the Western Air Express trans- port, whieh had four passengers !and was bound from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, made the dis- covery. He first noticed what ap- peared to be a bit of snow on the south side of the 10,000-foot | mountain. He swerved his big | Fokker monoplane around- and | zoomed down to within 1,000 feet. | There the appalling sight of twisted rugged sections of the wild West. Not trees surrounding it was revealed to Liegt. Rice, his co-pilot, and the four passengers. Circled Sceme Thrice. | Thrice did Lieut. Rice circle the tragic scene. It is one of the most rugged sections of the wild west. Not only were there no landing possibilities | in the vicinity, but there were no roads ' leading to the scene snd even passage by horse appeared to be impossible. No sign of any living thing was found near the wreckage. The trained eyes of Lieut. Rice. who was a. World War flyer, instantly re- vealed to him the tragedy. Knowing that the plane had circled Grants, N. Mex., Tuesday just about mnoon, and | this scene being to the northeast, it was apparent that Pilot J. B. Stowe of the City of San Francisco was racing | back toward Albuquerque to avoid the | storms which held other air transports to the ground on that fatal day. One Woman Aboard. There were one woman and seven men aboard the City of San Francisco. It left Albuquerque on Tuesday morn- | ing, in face of adverse weather, hoping | to get through to Los Angeles that afternoon. | The passengers aboard were: | _Mrs. Corina Raymond, wife of George B. Raymond, of Glendale, Calif, & | clerk ‘of the Transcontinental Air | Transport, Inc., owners of the City of | San Francisco. Amasa B. McGafTey, wealthy lumber- man of Albuquerque, N. Mex. ‘William Livermore, prominent ship- ping man of Boston, Mass. M. M. Campbell of Cincinnati, paper concern sales manager. William Henry Beers, New York, Golf { Magazine editor. Members of the crew were: | J. B. Stowe, chief pilot of Clovis, N. | Mex. Edwin A. Dietel, Braunfels, Tex. C. F. Canfield, New York, courier. Conduct Spectacular Search. ‘When the disappearance of the plane | became known Tuesday evening the | most spectacular air search ever con- | ducted got under way. Scores of Army, Navy, Marine Corps and civilian planes sailed through the cloudy and storm-beset skies of the wildest section of the continental United States. Thousands of others joined in the | search by land. There were Indian | runners, scouts of the Apache, Zuni, Hopi and Navajo tribes, cowboys, pros- pectors and motorists. s More than fifty thousand miles of western New Mexico and eastern Ari- | 2ona_were covered from the sky and | ground. Rumors of all sorts developed each day, which sent searchers into all sections of both States and even into | Mexico. But it remained for another trans- port plane, operating over the same route as the ill-fated liner, to discover the tragic termination of the last cruise of City of San Francisco. It was shortly before noon today that word was flashed into the offices (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) co-pilot, of New By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 7.—Discov- ery of a metal that while red hot is stronger than steel was announced to- day by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Its fleld of usefulness is for another step in confining the powers of raging heat and making them run maciynes. The announcement says the new alloy can bé used mn the moving parts of in- ternal combustion engines and in other hot . Its strength when at about 1,100 degrees pounds per square inch Konel is the alloy’y’ name and it is =% ~% anhalt, minkel§nd ferrotitanium, NEW: METAL, STRONGER RED HOT THAN COLD STEEL, IS DEVELOPED Alloy of Cobalt, Nickel and Ferrotitanium Replaces Platinum as Radio Filament. The name is a combination of cobalt and nickel. : Development of konel is another story of science une discovering the key to one of nature's secrets. It was made originally to fill the need of radio for a cheaper substitute for $180 an ounce platinum for filaments. In that fleld it was such a success that the an- nouncement says it has saved about $250,000 monthly in the manufacture of radio tubes. The great strength in the presence of heat that weakens most metals was discovered when konel proved more difficult to forge than high-speed steel. The creator of the alloy is a minister’s son, Dr. E. F. Lowry, formerly of Dela- wi