Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1929, Page 2

C 2 ¥ THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTO D. C PARLEY INVITATIONS| FIGURE IN McPHERSON INQUIRY LIKELY TH WEEK Draft Is Being Put Into Final| Shape by Foreign Office, It Is Reported. By the Associated Pres. LONDON, September 30.—It is ex- | pected that Great Britain will be ready to forward invitations to the other naval powers for a disarmament con- ' ference within & short time, probably ; this week. It is understood that the foreign of- | fice now has In hand a second prelim- | fnary draft containing suggestions from | the Dominions and the American reply. | With this as a basis the invitation is being put into final shape : There is some speculation in diplo- matic circles whether the invitation | will be withheld until Prime Minster | MacDonald reaches America. At any event it is understood the invitations will be ready shortly. JAPANESE COUNCIL MEETS. Arms Invitation Not Expected Before Conference in U. S. TOKIO, Scptember 30 () —The na- tional defense council, composed of the empire’s admirals and genetals and formed to study disamament questions, assembled today at the naval ministry to consider questions precipitated by the nearness of an international naval re- duction conference. ‘The nature of the deliberations of the body was not divulged. Admiral; vount Togo, venerable Japanese wdr- tlor, attended despite his years. Others present were Admirals Takarabe, Okada, Takehita, Abo and Kato, Field Mar- | x| | meeting of the TRAFFIC CHANGES URGED BY BIBBINS Co-ordinated System of Lights and Raising of Speed Are in 75-Page Report. Recommendations for startling changes in the methods of handling the city’s traffic flows, including the estab- lishment of a master signal plan to generally speed up the movement of motor vehicles throughout the city, are | contalned in the report on the engi- neering analysis @ade this Summer for the District Trafic Council by J. Rowland Bibbins, consulting enginec and his a: te. H. C. Lummis. Bibbins sm of the present Dis trict tratfic system, and his recommen- dations, which will be considered at a Traffic Council next Monday, are contained in a 75-page report just submitted to the council and released_for publication today by Charles P, Clark. general manager of the American Automobile Association, a member of the council. Bibbins recommends— A full, progressive, co-ordinated sys- | tem of traffic lights for all streets carry- | ing traffic heavy enough to need signal | runs in order to reduce excessive trafic stoppage and delays and raise the aver- | age speed of both traffic and transpor- | tation, now far too low. The' skip-siop progressive plan (pro- tecting minor trafic crossings with stop signs only) will be helptul, if not | imperative, in securing capacity with the ex street system, Abandonment of the plecemeal Instal- lation of unco-ordinated. signals in favor of the master signal plan. Classification of the strect system into the following divisions: Express streets, one in each general direction, with speed limits of 23 to 30 miles an hour; normal fast streets (most of the ra- e speed and ng complex | dials), with speed limits of from 20 to | 25 miles an hour; moderate speed dis- | | tricts outside the central postion of the |l city, with speed limits of from 15 to shal Uychara and Gens. Shipakawa Inolive and Munto. Premier Hamaguchi, departing for Ujtyamada today, told the correspond- ents a formal invitation to an arms conference was not expected until after Premier MacDonald and Presjdent Hoover had conversed. He reiterated Japan's desire for the impending con- ference to achieve actual reduction of naval auxiliaries and not merely limi- tation. He said Japan’s choice of delegates to a disarmament conference probably will await the announcement of repre- sentatives of other powers. BRIDGE BID LEADS TO FATAL QUARREL Wife, Who Raised to Four Spades to Go Over Two Diamonds, Shoots Husband Over Slap. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 30.—A first degree murder charge was pre- pared here today against Mrs. Myrtle | Bennett, 34, who shot and Kkilled her husband, John G. Bennett, 36, after he had slapped her during a bridge game when she chided him for being a “bum player.” The bridge game in the Bennett's fashionable apartment was broken up | when Bennett failed to make good a | bid of four spades, to which his wife had raised after Bennetts original bid | of one spade and an intervening bid of two diamonds. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoffman, guests of the Bennetts, reported Ben- | nett slapped Lis wife two or three times, telling her she had no business ! to bid four spades. She had chided | him for failing to make the contract, | declaring he was a “bum player.” She obtained a revolver and fired | four times, killing him_instantly. Bennett was a perfume salesman, | He came here from Memphis, Tenn., about a year ago. 1 RAIDERS LAUNCH DRIVE TO “CLEAN-UP” TOWN R00 Arrested in Calumet City, Il in Effort to Break Up Vice Conditions. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 29.—Approxi- mately 200 arrests were made by officers from the State’s attorney office and county highway police in raids at Calu- met City early today in an effort to clean up gambling and other vice in that community. During the raids some one stole a squad car of Patrick Roche, chief sleuth for State's Attorney John A. Swanson. “Unless the proper offi s clean up the place,” Roche said, “there to be indictments. Someb: protection to Calumet City.’ FREED AND REARRESTED.! Colored Youth From House of Cor- rection Under New Charge. When he was released from the Maryland House of Correction at Jes- sups this morning, where he had served a sentence of 10 months for thefts of property at the Bdnnockburn Golf Club, Noble Madison Price, colored, 20 years old, giving a Southeast Washington address, was met by Detectives H. A. Cole and Clarence Talley, who arrested him and brought him here for alleged violation of parole, Trice said he had been arrested here more than a year ago on a charge of larceny, sentenced to two years in prison and released on parole. He did not understand just how he had violated his parole, he said, out the police ex- plained it was because of his conduct in Maryland. He may be required to| serve the sentence imposed at the time ! he was paroled. i e Rover to Address Luncheon, United States District Attorney Leo A. Rover is scheduled to speak at a luncheon meeting of the Advertising Club of Washington tomorrow at the National Press Club. His subject is to be “Advertising and fts Relation to the Prevention of Crime.” False McPherson Case Rumors Were Denied On Star Broadcast Saturday afternoon the tele- Ehonzs in The Star office were ept busy with reports that an arrest had been made and a col fession obtained in the McPher- son case. In its broadcast of “Flashes From The Evening Star” at 6 o'clock that evening over Station WMAL, The Star denled- these reports, pointing out that the grand jury had not completed its investigation and had given no intimation of what its findings would be, This is announced by The Star and Station WMAL because of further queries to the origin of an alleged radio announcement concerning an arrest. Yo ) | Above: Three women members of the grand jury, which is hearing the testi- Left to right: Miss Kathleen Lyons, Mrs. Rebecc: mary Vaccaro. Lower lett: Miss Sue Thompson, telepho young McPherson first reported that he Sachs and Mrs. Rose- | e operator, to whom had found his wife dead. Lower righ Miss E. Chatfield, who was expected to testify that she saw a man climb off the roof below the apartment, She denied statement. to newspaper men that she made this —Star Staff Photos. | ISHBEL MDONALD NS PASSENGERS Radiant Personality and‘ Charm Delight All on Berengaria. By the Associated Press. S. S. BERENGARIA, September 30.—Although but two days out from Southampton, Miss Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the prime minister, has made herself a great favorite with | other passengers, who are delighted with her radiant personality and quiet charm. Saturday, her first until late with night out, she British and ;. She arose | ized and par- | ticipated in the ship’s social activities | until before retiring. She dances well | and knows the modern steps. Passengers particularly were touched | with the guard she maintained about her father's quarters Sunday morning to prevent his being disturbed. realizing he wished to rest as much as poss while on the trip. It was be of this watchiulness they both mis Church of England services aboard ship yesterday morning. since the premier | did not awaken until an hour before noon. Miss Ishbel accompanied her father for round after round of strolling about the big ship during the day, sometimes leaving him for other companions. Sunday she wore a red walking suit | with a darker red coat and went most | of the day without a hat. The prime minister spent several hours yesterday on the sheltered after- deck with his pipe and a book, but| the bugle announcing dinner caught him at his walking on the broad promenade. | The Berengaria is due in New York Friday. Mr. MacDonald is on the way to Washington to confer with President | Hoover about armament. il Prime Minister MacDonald is being | favored with excellent weather on his | “peace” voyage to America, The prime minister has been taking advantage of the clear conditions, arising early and taking the prolonged deck constitutional before having break- fast in his suite. g he way in which the premier has taken part in the ordinary life of the ship ever since starting has been one of the most notable features of the voy- age thus far. He has been -seen con- stantly at various parts of the big boat and it is seldom that he rests in his cabin during the daytime. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS DECLARED LAGGING Association President Warns That Operators Must “Snap Out” of Their Complacency. By the Associated Pres ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, September | 30.—The electric railway industry of tthe United States must “snap out of its complacency, must think straight and act boldly,” James P. Barnes of Louis- ville, president of the American Elec- tric Railway Association, declared here today. He was addressing the opening session of the organization’s convention, attended by about 10,000 persons. Better rail and motor service, rapld transit and improved salesmanship were outstanding features of the remedial program he urged, “We cannot scoff al busses; we must not sneer at taxicabs, and we may not ignore the other (‘\II!F ublic forms of transportation service,” Barnes declared. “We are squarely challenged to adapt our means and our methods to the most useful scheme of public transportation and we must meet the challenge. “In the near future the mind of the | industry must turn more generally than | in the past to rapid transit problems | To fulfill our function as public trans- | portation servant in this new environ- ment, we must be able to transport peo. ple longer distances in shorter time. s Shaw to Be American, NEW YORK, September 30 (F).—A famous angler, who defended Calvin Coolidge against the onslaughts of fiy casters, is to become an American citi- zen at the age of 70, Frederick George Shaw, British subject, formerly was in- ternational fly casting champion. When | or possible information of the flye | General expects a cut of approximately he vas l,younz he wrof “The Pseudomorphic Theory of the Witwatersand Conglomerates.” te & book entitled, | m PARIS SEEKS WORD OF MISSING COSTE Ace and Mechanic Unheard of | Three Days After Starting for Vladivostok. PARIS, September 30.—Anxiety was felt in some quarters today for Dieu-| donne Coste, French aviation ace, and | his mechanic, Jacques Bellonte,” who were missing’ more than three days | after leaving Le Bourget in an attempt to reach Vladivostok, Stberia. | The two aviators’ took off from Le Bourget in their plane, the Question | soon after dawn Friday, and | were last reporied from Cologne. Ge many, where a_French plane accom- panying them turned back to Paris. | They were then heading for Siberia. | hey hoped to reach Irkutsk, about 5,000 miles from Paris, before alight- ing. refueling there and continuing to Viadivostok. Succeeding in this, they | would nave bettered by several hun- | dred miles the distance record held by the Italian aviators, Del Prete and | Ferarin, who covered 4,358 miles in a | gdight from Rome to Brazil last vear, The air ministry telegraphed Moscc ut no answer yet has been reccived. | It was pointed out Siberiun telegraph services are in the main suspensed over Sunday and news of their landing at | some out-of-the-way station might thus | be much delayed. In the event of | landing in a more isolated place weeks | even might elapse before word of & | mishap reached Paris, The two men had with them fuel for only 52 hours | in the air, a time which they passed at | noon Sunday, French time. The absence of news from the French | flyer did not speclally woiry the air | ministry and the manufacturers of his airplane, They pointed out that Coste | himself, before leaving, had sald: “Don't | be worried if you don't hear from me | right away. I may not be near a| telegraph line.” If Coste landed in the country north of the -Siberian railway it might | be days and even weeks before he could reach & town having communications | of more than the most primitive sort| with the outside world. The s would be true if Coste were fo Jown further tc the south. BROWN SEEKS METHOD TO CUT AIR MAIL COST| Postmaster General Confers With Contractors in Quest of Way to Scale Down Payments. By the Associated Press, Postmaster General Brown today be- gan a series of conferences with air mail contractors looking to the scaling down of prices now paid for carrying the air mail. The announced purpose of the con- ference was to eliminate, if possible, not only the disparity between the amount earned and expended by the Govern- raent for_ air mail, but also the differ- ence in pay to different contractors. Although the conferences are being held behind closed doors, it was learned at the department that the Postmaster $3:000,000 in the rates now paid to operators. At the present time the air mail is operating on a scale which will at the end of the year cause a deficit of approximately $2,700,000. {120 miles an hour, and central business | on_the streets. | th district _streets, generally slow, with ! speed of 10 to 15 miles an hour. Paving of these streets in future pav- ing programs with material best adapt- ed to the speed desired. Segregation of passenger and freight traflic. stallation at needed points of “de- | signals which will allow the motorists to ‘cross a fast trunk line street without stopping the flow of traffic thereon. (Mr. Bibbins here re- fers to signals which would be operated | by the arrival of the crossing machine at the intersection and sounding of a horn to act upon the signal lights long enough to allow crossing.) Three-second Amber Intervals. | Amber intervals of three seconds to | prevent waste of sireet traffic time. Use of the shortest practicable cyele of signal lights, sufficient to pasg the maximum rush traffic, to clear turns and secure the proper speed allowed by | the la: Clear instructions for motorists of | the timing of signal runs through sign: Establishment throughout the signal | belts of lanes for traffic. with rigid en- | forcement of rules keeping slow spekd | | the premier’s visit. trucks in their proper lanes and the faster vehicles in their proper lanes. Education of motorists as to speeds | of the different speed-districts, o !h:\l“ they will neither speed nor straggle and cause pile-ups in traflic. Bibbins declared thet high-speed ar- | teries like Connecticut avenue should | not be further cut with isolated signal lights without a detailed analysis with & view to future hook-up with the mas- | ter signal plan. He says that Stanton | Park signals should be waved, or co- | ordinated with the Maryland avenue run: Pennsylvania avenue-Capitol Hill Park road-New Hampshire avenue and | Fourteenth street south should be co- ! | ordinated. | Georgetown Proposal. i He adds that the intersection of M| street and Twenty-eighth street, now a one-way street, can best be protected | by using Twenty-ninth street, at the head of Pennsvlvania avenue, west, as ! first north-south two-way traffic street in Georgetown. closing Twenty- cighth street between Pennsylvania avenue and M strect by extending the memorial park eastward to the church. He finds “striking evidence of lack of co-operation in the unnece closing of Thirteenth street, the heav- iest downtown traffic art by the new triangle buildings, thus forcing all traffic to right and left at Pennsyl- vania_avenue. . | Prohibition of turns, he says, simply | transfers the difficulty elsewhere, add- ing that Thirteenth street would con- nect with widened B street to clear traffic out the congested center with- out turning. Wants Pedestrians Controlled. Bibbins also makes 2 plea for the movement of pedestrian traffic in platoons as the vehicles are forced to do on the lights. He sees, Lowever, no need except in isolated instances, of separate pedestrian intervals on heav traffic streets, finding that the esta lishment of traffic intervals for ped trians & needless waste of time. The engineer cites the flexibility of the master signal plan recommended as adaptable to the various stages of | traffic from the dull, between-periods to the peak of the rush hour traffic. ‘The chief criticism made by Bibbins is that under the present traffic regula- tions traffic is slowed unnecessarily, and where the speed limit now is 22 miles an hour in most districts and 30 miles an hour in others, it is not possible for these speeds to be made during the rush traffic hours in safety. He finds that traffic moves at from 5 to 8 miles an hour in the downtown area and from 9 to 12 miles an hour on the city's most prominent thorough- fares. . - Planes Thrill Indians. MEXICO CITY, September 30 (#).— Events in_a canyon at Agua Blanca, state of Hidalgo, will date hereafter from the day when two great white birds dropped in on the Indian inhabi- tants. ol. Roberto Fierro made a forced landing there while racing from Mexico City to Kansas City. When, Capt. Dansellls arrived to help him re- start the motor he found the Indians parading around the canyon. Sight of the planes gave them a great thrill, but they couldn't be persuaded to twirl the propellers. WIFE YIELDS HUSBAND TO POLICE 'TO ‘PAY FOR WRONGS’ DONE OTHERS Faces Poverty in Leaving Riches so He May Answer to Charges of Theft. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September 30.—Mrs. Wil- liam E. Potel surrendered her husband to police last night to answer charges of theft. In so doing she made her- | selt poor, facing the necessity of go- ing to work to save herself and her children from starving. She stood at & window of their costly hotel apartment. Detectives who had sought Potel for days on charges of defrauding many persons of money in bond deals walted outside, 8he had promised she would signal them when her husband returned. Last night Potel went to the apart- ent. e two stood talking. —Mrs. Potel went to the window and raised her hand. 3 was the signal that b s brought officers to the apartment to take Willlam Potel to 111 A “I_am r now,” sald she. “I let him have all my money—$12,000—when I learned he was in financial difficultie: Now he has gone. He has done wron, he must pay the penalty.” More than 200 persons, police said, were _influenced by Potel's Pemmllly and high-pressure methods into giving him various sums for investments: sums which police declare he converted to his own use. They went for the up- keep of the Potels’ three cars and their costly apartment, | White House. { will comfortably accommodate not more CAMP PREPARED | FOR MACDONALD |British Premier to Be Guest of President Next Week in Mountains. Arrangements for entertaining J. Ramsay MacDonald, the British pre- mier, at the President’s camp in the Virginia mountains over the next week were virtually completed yesterday 1 while the President and Mrs. Hoover were at the camp. ‘The guest cabin nearest to the one uscd by the Executive and his wife, which is somewhat larger and a little apart from the other guest cabins, was selected to house the distinguished Brit- isher. There was a transferring of pieces of furniture for the purpose of | making the mountain home of Mr. MacDonald as attractive and comforta- ble as possible. Other details were dis- cussed by Mr. and Mrs. Hoover during | their week end visit. They are repre. sented as feeling well pleased with wha! they had planned. All that remains now to make the outing pleasurable and a big success is for the President to influence the weather. i If it is rainy at the time or if the thermometer is too low there is a| possibility of the week end outing at {his picturesque spot being canceled. ‘The-dirt trall from the main bighway | over the mountain to the camp is con- | sidered dangerous after & heavy rain. | Moreover, the President’s apprehensions regarding the weather are based on personal knowledge of the night chill of the air &t this time of year. At any rate, the President and Mrs. Hoover have gone ahead and made their plans, | and according to reports, when they re- | turned to the White House last night, everything was in readiness as_or- dered for next week's outing. They were inspired in their work yesterday by ideal weather and a most colérful Au- tumn background. They and their! guests spent the greater part of the day in the open. * Hike and Ride Horses. There were several hiking parties. Some members of the party indulged in horseback riding and some tramped to far-distant parts in remote sections of MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 NOTED HONEYMOONERS IN MAINE John Coolidge and his Lride, the former Florence Trumbull, are spending part of their honeymoon at Movsehead Lake, Me. They are resting after a brief workout at woodcutting. Jubn is holding the ax across his knees. ——Associated Press Photo. SEARCHERS FIND FIRST TRACES OF LOST CANADIAN EXPLORERS Clues Narrow Area of Gigantic Hunt by | i the mountains. Mrs, Hoover led a small | group to the newly completed lookout tower on the top of Fork Mountain, upon the slopes of which the President camp 15 located. This lookout, which is | 20 feet high and constructed of stecl, affords a splendid view of the surround- | ing country. The President did not go to the tower, but went several times for | a stroll. Oil stoves have been added to the cabins in the camp. These, in addition ! to the open fireplaces, along with a plentiful supply of heavy blankets, are expected to afford comfort should the | weather be cold during next week'’s out- {ing. The President’s preparaticns are ! said_to have included the planting of | shrubbery about the fronts of the cabins, ! and instructions to those in charge of | the camp regarding the sort of supplics | to order for the table in anticipation of | These details were learned at the | White House today. It has been fairly well established that the President is planning this outing as a stag affair. It i1s his intention to have very few | guests in the party. It is thought that | he has in mind_inviting Secretary of | State Stimson, Sir Esme Howar the British Ambassador, and probably not more than two or three others besides | Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, his per- | physician, and one of his sec- | retaries. The White House itself is being made | ready for the visit of the premier and | his daughter, who will be his official hostess during his American visit. The outstanding feature of the premier's | entertainment while at the White House will be the state dinner in his honor next Monday night. From all accounts this will be @ magnificent affair, one of the most colorful and notable of its kind ever given in the The guest list for this oceasion was completed this morning. and the invita- tions are expected to go forth late to- day or tomorrow. It is understood that the President and Mrs. Hoover have kept the list down to not exceed 80 persons. Whether 'this was due to the knowledge that the state dining room than that number or to avoid diffi- culties waich would arise if the list was extended is not known. At any rate, it is natural to suppose that there are going to be any number of disappointed persons in Washington when they find they have not received invitations to this memorable occasion. List Hard to Form. Composing this list of guests was no | casy task. To avold hurting the feel- ings of many and unnecessarily disap- pointing others, the President and Mrs. Hoover have confined it prineipally to high officials and to some members of the diplomatic corps and ranking offi- cers of the Army and Navy. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover ar- rived back at the White House from their somewhat thrilling journey in their somewhat thrilling journey after the heavy downpour of rain during the last hour of the trip. They left camp about 5 o'clock in the atternoon, and an hour or so later drew up to an in- viting spot along the roadside, where the party enjoyed & pienic lunch, They had barely finished this light meal when the storm broke. Along the road between Warrenton and Fairfax, they passed a number of cars which had figured in accidents. On the highway leading into Washing- ton, at a point near Annadale, they witnessed the scenes of two other acci- dents. The President brought Mrs. Hoover to the executive office early this mora- ing and personally conducted her on a tour of inspection of the remodeled interior of the building. The President appeared very well pleased with what had been done in the way of improving the office and seemed to be pleased at Mrs. Hoover's commendation. Mr. Hoover made few engagements for the day, it being his purpose to catch up with some of the accumulated business. Dr. Kiep, charge d’affairs of the Ger- man embassy, called to present Gustav Boess, mayor of Berlin, and a party of friends, who were visiting Washington with the latter. Later the President received a party of about 75 honor stu- dents of the adult night schools of Hamilton County, Tenn. Frederick Murphy, publisher of a Minneapolis newspaper, arrived at the ‘White House today to be a house gugst until tomorrow, Dwight Morrow, Am- bassador .to Mexico, who has been spending his vacation at his Summer home in Maine, and is on his way back to his post in Mexico City, will arrive at the White House tomorrow for a visit of several days. NASSAU STORM CALLED WORST WITHIN MEMORY By the Associated Press. The hurricane which struck Nassau Wednesday afternoon was described by American consul Charles C. Broy in a report from there today to have been the worst in the memory of the oldest resids with some | at Fleven pla widespread plorers los nds of the Canadian Northwest now are engaged in the ch for ehi Canadian smewhere i the barren The ive: difficulties met with at while fying in the Ar BY FREDERICK GRIFFIN. WINNIPEG. Manitoba, September 30 (N.AN.A)—First definite trace of the cight’ lost Canadian explorers and their two planes since they lefi Baker Lake base on Chesterfield Inlet on September 8 was revealed at the week end. This trace narrows somewhat the vast area oi search and makes it almost certain that they came down at & point or oints beyond the sixty-fifth parallel, They possibly are stranded-within the Arctic Circle up near the last limits of the Canadian mainland, perhaps on the shore of some downthrusting inlet of the subpolar scas. On the other hand, there is the sad chance that lost in the fogs which prevail along these harsh north coasts, they may have flown blindly out into one of the gulfs. Compass Fails in This Area.. If these men, missing now three weeks, were caught in fog then they were blind indeed, for airmen who have fiown there deciare that the compass goes on a Jag in this area, which js suburb of the magnetic pole. Regarding the trace found of them, it was established that the lost pari under Col. C. H. D. MacAlpine, presi- dent of the Dominion Explorers Co., had spent the night of September 8 Beverley Lake, which is at the end of a series of lakes running due west from Chesterfield Inlet and Baker Lake, whence they set out. The flyers at least reached the end of their first leg safely on their hop to Bathurst Inlet, en route to the MacKenzie River. Two relief planes under the command of Capt. J. Blanchette, a super-universal Fokker - piloted by Roy Brown of Western Canada Airways and a Wasp Fairchild piloted by W. Spence of Dominfon Explorers, pushed off Thurs. day from Stoney Rapids toward the Barren Lands fo scek trace of the MacAlpine purt Rescuers Win to Point. No word came from these daring men of the rescue party, who ventured into the teeth of advancing Winter with machines equipped not with skis but with pontoons, until yesterday, when a radio message came from Baker Lak: on Chesterficid Inlet, saying that they had wen through to that point, having passed Beverley Lake on the way and discovered traces that showed that the Ipine party had camped there and fueled their machine from the gas cache maintained at this point by the exploration company. This flight of Pilots Brown and Sponce, over more than five hundred miles of uninhabited territory time of year e. dence that the area in which the eight mendare lost already is in thy first grip of ice and snow. For, when Brown and Spence found the Beverley Lake camp of the missing men, they began to push on north toward Pelley Lake and Bathurst In- let on the north rim of the Canadian mainland, the direction in which the lost planes are presumed to have headed. But Brown and Spence were beaten back by Winter, ‘The land north of Beverley Lake, al- most_along the level of the sixty-fifth 11 Planes in Barren North, With Winter on Way. Winter likely at any time, found evi- | |Lake to Pelley Lake on th jup along the heavily indented shores {of the Arctic Gulf: | Dickens Fights That Route. If the lost men came down in tho onation Gulf area, there is still cast and “ That chance depends on | which will att the . H. “Punch” Dickens, the Western Canada Airw pilot, who is trying to fight his way along by the| Mackenzie River and Great Bear Lake | route to Coronation Gulf and Bath-| urst. From latest reports, it is judged that ens has passed Fort Norman and ched Great Bear Lake. There great hopes that he may reach Coppe mine, for a radio report from Bathu | Inlet said that the fog which had pre- | d along the coast for days had | d and the temperature risen to 47 missing planes are along Coro- nation_Gulf Dickens may, if he wins | ihrough, sight them so that wor | thim may come within the next days: ‘This between seasons. when the of Fall in the Far North and the of Winter are staging a fight in which | the former mi lose and the latter in- | evitably win, is the worst time of the | year for flying. Indeed, in another | Week or two at the most so far will this between season have spread south | that all flying must cease and the Hir- | men, no matter how eager, will just have to wait for Winter. i It is evident that unless the missing | explorers arc located within the next week or 10 days they will not be found for five or six weeks unless, in the | meantime, they should make their way | by foot to some post with wireless in | whose vicinity they might have come down. In the meantime the disappearance of the double party of eight, consisting of Col. MacAlpine, Pilot J. MacMillan, | Chief Mechanic A G. Milne and Geolo- gist A. Boadway. all of the Dominion ! Explorers Co., fiying a Wasp Fairchild, and of Pilof C. A. Thompson, Maj Baker and Mechanic Goodwin ‘of the Western Canada Airways, with Richard | Pearce of Toronto, editor of the North- | ern Miner. with a Super-universal Fok- | ker, has started an organized air hunt | greater than anything ever undertaken. | 11 Planes in Search. Eleven planes altogether are engaged |in the hunt. Besides those already mentioned planes are ferrving in pro- visions, supplies, gasoline and Winter camping equipment from Cranberry Lake on the Hudson Bay Railroad to Stoney Lake, more than 400 miles northwest. | " From Stoney Lake other planes are | portaging gas to catches still farther north, to Dubawnt and other laki | that when Winter comes patrolling | the big area involved may be carried | out expeditiously from these bases and | sub-bases. { According to word at headquarters | the missing men are well equipped. They had enough emergency provisions for a | month, and even though that month ! may be nearing its end, they had rifles with whichi to kill game and lines with | which to catch fish. | Have Plenty of Clothing. | At least the missing men should not suffer from cold. They have Winter parallel, Tises to & height of some 1,200 | clothing and eiderdowns for sleeping feet. Here Winter reigned. Lakes were in. They have primo stoves and blow found frozen, where the pontoon-equip- [ torches on which they could cook, even | ped machines of Brown and Spence | though wood fuel were scarce, as long | could not have landed. And they ran as they had any gasoline left in thewr into fog, frost and snow. They veered | tanks, unless this was exhausted when east and slipped over the open water- | they landed. when their plight might be ways to Baker Lake. Finding May Be Postponed. It does not look possible that sea- planes from the south wiil cross the eight of land in this area until Win- ter spreads south and makes it possi- ble to fly with skis from the southern bases. That may postpone the find- ing of the lost explorers for five or six_weeks. Spence and Brown have been ordered by Wilnipeg headquarters to comeback south and get skis. The above clue to the missing e plorers has come to hearten, and at the same time to dishearten, the relief ex- pedition, which is being organized on the basis that the real search will not be possible until Winter, already creep- ing down as related from the the north. has locked the land areas with snow and the waterways with ice to make the terrain of the north uniform for flying with skis. Winter's Barrier Defies Two. ‘While the clue at Beverley Lake has given heart to the men undertaking the epic task of rescuing the lost men from the trackless Barren Lands, it has add- ed at the same time somewhat to the gen- eral anxiety felt, For if Brown and Spence could not break through Winter's breastworks on the height of land, who else could? ‘Undoubledly the two missing planes headed nort! toward Pelley Lake en rpute to Bathurst Inlet from Bev- QGreat property damage, loss of life, was caused by the hurricane, the report said. All Americans in the vincinity were reported to be safe and supplies were said to be sufficient for some days. Reports from the outer “There has been no ‘other woman,’" said Mrs, Potel. We have been married 20 years, and we always have loved S qtlh.’"‘hged speculations, lice volel's ail 3 estimate, may total 000, P islands were lacking, the consul con- cluded. . A project for a 320-mile highway con- necting Panama City and David, " ama, has started. erley Lake, but where did they land? Did they, too, run into Winter over the height of land or in the area south of Bathurst Inlet and lose their way as they flew blindly? Are " they down somewhere in that bleak, treeless, uninhabited, lost land O g trs Snow hat e eventual now al LKA} search will have' to be mads n line of *he west as e Great: »)ar dents and v | unpleasant. So far as signaling relief planes is concerned, both machines carried Very !lights. At any rate, the mosses of the region could be used to make smudges that would be visible to fiyers searching in such a country on a clear day for a distance as great as 15 miles, (Copyright, 1920. by North American News- | paper Alliance.) | HIGH WAVES HIT CUBA. S.a Becomes Angry Again After Lessening in Force Yesterday. HAVANA, September 30 () —Normal ather conditions which prevailed over Cuba yesterday after high winds and | a pounding sea along the north coast | on Saturday, continued today. Fore- | casts were for light winds, showers and partially overcast skies. Waves from the Gulf of Mexico, which | lessened in force yesterday were this! morning attaining “considerable hefght again, because of the hurricane now | centered west of Tampa. Both the national and Belen ob- servatories this morning predicted that the hurricane would continue in a westerly direction, Dr, Gutierrez Lanza of Belen Collefe Observatory told the Associated Press that the storm might possibly reach the Texas coast. A Peninsular & Occidental boat, the first n three days, was expected here today from Key West with mail and PASSEngers. PO Princeton Professor Dies, PHILADELPHIA. September 30 (#).— Dr, Charles Ronald MacInnes, 53, in- structor of -mathematics at Princeton University, died yesterday at the Penn- sylvania Hospital dugl seven blood transfusions, for which Princeton stu- i internes had volunteered. IHURRIGANE MOVES 10 NORTH FLORIDA | Storm 75 Miles Southeast of Pensacola — Nassau’s Deaths Cut to Six. (Continued From First Page.) | ually diminishing blow from Cape Sable {north. Citrus fruits in the section be- {low Punta Gorda suffercd son:e losscs, but there were no official figurzs. Key West iemained isolateg except | for boats, both the Overseas Rallway of jthe Florida East Coast and the Over- Is Highway being out. The rail y {was washed out above Marathon and !(]lr highway broken at Pine Key. A wrecking crew reported that there | was one death from the storm at Mara- then, but reports that a woman and her ‘two children had drowned could | not be verificd because of lack of co munication and transportation. Deb | littered many of the keys that lay in {the path of the storm, but Key Wi jescaped with little losses, Food Taken to Homestead. At Homestead, 30 miles below Miami, water flooded the streets and the sheriff took charge of the situation to- gether with relief workers, who took food and water into the cily. Florida |City and other settlements were re- | por (:"d in the same condition as Home- stead. There was no further word from | sau, Bahaman capital, where the hurricane appar halted its centr and lashed the city for more than days, causing enormous destruction and taking many lives. Tampa and St. Petersburg, Comst cities, escaped with mod- erately high ‘winds when the storm center passed them about 125 miles at eca. No serious damage was ported. S“ 8. CANDIA TOTAL WRECK. West, Five Men Taken Off Steamer by Coast Guard Saukee. NEW ORLEANS, September 30 (P).— The United States naval radio station here last night received & message from the Coast Guard Saukee stating that the S, S. Candia was a total wreck in the tropical hurricane area. The message stated: “S. 6. Candia totel wreck. taken off five men. Due to ve cea for small boats have discon for night and lying to off Molasses Reet.” Have HOMESTEAD IS FLOODED. Property Loss Is Large, But No Deaths Are Reported. MIAMT, Fla., September 30 (#)—Re- lief work, as &n aftermath of strong gales thal swept the South Florida east coast Friday night and Saturday. entered last night in the Hom ea, 30 miles south of here, wind and inrushing water caused con- siderable property damage, but appar- ently spared human life. Sheriffl M. P. Lehman of Dade Coun- ty, reaching here yesterds T hazardous drive over inu ways strewn with fallen poles and trees, reported the town of Homestead, with a population of about 5,000, was fiooded to a depth of from 1 to 2 feet. No deaths were reported there, b veral persons were injured slightly during the storm. The sheriff said water had backed up from the lowlands east of Homestcad and was flowing with a steady current through the town and across three milcs of low country to the: Atlantic Ocean He said the town was flooded to a depth of three feet last night. but that the water was receding last night. Farther south, at Florida City. water was stanc- ing at a depth of about two fect, and it was not known whether other small communities farther down the coast had been flooded, as highways were im- passible and telephone lines were crip- pled. The sheriff expressed belief, how- ever, that much of that territory was inundated. Guards Are Posted. County authorities, working in con= | junction with Red Cross and other re- lief agencies, immediately sent flood and water supplies to the fooded area. Guards were posted in and about Home= stead and no one was permitted to ene ter the town except residents and pere sons going there on emergency business, Power lines were crippled and Homes stead was without electric service. The water plant was damaged but was able to pump a small quantity of water through the mains with the aid of fire engines Refugees from the Everglades were given food, shelter and medical at- tention at Florida City. Fearing that high water, following in the wake of the storm, might claim lives in the ex- tremely low country to the west and south ~of Florida City, authorities traveled through the affected district in trucks, gathered up residents and brought them to town, where they were quartered in the city hall. Food Sent to Homestead. Homestead. Authorities there was no fear of a food thortage and that as soon as electrical power could be re: operaticn of the town’s baker; resumed. Ma 1 of Homestead has taken charge of the situation there and with his trousers rolled to his knees, spent today wading about the st ., superintending relief work. ‘The only known casualty of the storm in that area that was seriously injured was a Homestead policeman who was hurt while fighting a fire there Friday night during the height of the storm He still was in hospital today, but his condition was not regarded as critical STORM NEARS PENSACOLA. Wind Blows at 42 Miles an Hour as Barometer Falls. MOBILE, Ala, Scptember 30 (#).— Belief that the center of the tropical storm was approaching the Gulf coast mainland to the east of Pensacola, Fia., was_expressed by the Weather Bureau at Pensacola early today over long-dis: tance telephone to the Mobile Register. ‘The barometer at Pensacola hag drop- ped to 2941 at 7 o'clock and a morth- northeast wind was prevailing. The highest wind velocity attained had been 42 miles an hour. A light rain was fall- ing. Appalachicola, Fia, could not be reached by telephone, but the Weather Bureau at Pensacola was in communi- cation with Panama City as late as midnight and no serious winds had been felt in that vicinity at that time. ONLY SIX DEAD AT NASSAU. Dispatch to Miami Cuts Early Estimates of Losses. MIAMI, Fla., September 30 (P).— Property damage and loss of life 2t Nas- say, Bahama Islands, from the tropical hurricane that struck there last week was not as severe as first estimated, al- though it was heavy in isolated cases. according to a wireless dispatch received here today from Bahama capital to the Miami Deily News. ‘The message said only six deaths oc- curred in Nassau, and that no loss of life in the other islands of the group had been reported. Previous dispatches from Nassau placed the estimated dead at 20. Most of the loss of life was in the colored settlement, the dispatch said. Thoroughfares have been cleaned of debris andelectric and water services re-established. - “All radio stations in the Bahama oup, with the exception of Andros, ve been heard from, and none re- ported severe damage.