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SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 20, 1930—PART ONE. RECORD HEATMARK 65 KNOWN KILLED YACHT CRASH LA A—4 VITAL ROLE OF 1. S. | v .of the greatest importance in IN'WAR ADMITTED Secret Files Show Battle Americans Begun in 1918 Was Turning Point. BY WILBUR FORREST. At gray dawn 12 years ago last Priday morning French and American troops broke from the sheiter of a protective canopy of heavily follaged trees in the forest of Villa Cotterets in France, north of the Marne, and opened what is today, for the first time recognized by military authorities both in Berlin and Washington, as the battle which was thy turning point of the European War in favor of the allies. /ith the official records of the Ger- min, French and British armies at their disposal, officers of the American gl'l -3l oteff and of the War College ave, it is learned, reached the conclu- slon that the battle of July 18, 1018, ‘was the operation which paved the way for allied victory. From that time on- ward until November 11, 1918, when Marshal Foch and German plenipoten- tiaries signed the armistice on a_table in a private rallway car in the Forest of Compiegne, the German initiative which had existed from August, 1914, ceased to be, and Germany assumed the defensive, ‘The conclusion a few days ago in the QGerman war office which was cabled to this country was of especial interest to high American Army officers in Wash- ington who have spent vears in a study of World War tactics because only re- cently a secret monograph had been repared placing the so-called second ttle of the Marne in the catagory of battles which have long stood in history as deciding factors in the outcome of wars, Battle Was Important. It is not permitted to quote from this monograph_except to_disclose that it finds the battle of July 18, 1918, in which American troops took an im- portant with heaviest losses, an allied failure from the tactical side, but view of ' Dieudonne Costé (center), French aviator, who has com pleted preparation in Paris for a flight across the Atlantic to New York, is shown testing out a pneumatic lifeboat to be used in case of a forced landing at sea. His mechanic, Maurice Jacques Bellonte, is taking a turn with the oars. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. STILLWATER, Minn, July 19 LAl —An organization started ars ago by some young fel- ‘what was accomplished. It removed the German threat against is by reducing the Soissons-Rheims- ateau Thierry salient, releasing the important railroad along the Mame Valley. It caused the army of the German Crown Prince hurriedly to evacuate the salleni leaving several thousand prisoners, huge dumps of sup- plies and munitions and hundreds of cannon. It failed to bottle the of :hu{nhg}':c ::n. how‘l:lver, as it wi ex; m! e possible. ?l:lc rtant the psychological side, however, it shook the morale of the German army, including that of its {h&kw’ staff and resurrected the badiy en morale of the allies. It brought to allied commanders the coryiction for the first wime that American troops, being rushed to Europe by tens of thou- sands weekly at this period were going to bear the brunt in winning the war. Doubled United States Troops. It is known ‘n Washington that Mar- shals Foch and Petain, the former al- lied commander-in-chiet and the lat- ter commander-in-chief of the French armies, were not certain of the ability of American divisians to face the cnemy and had taken the precaution on all occasions to place French troops in re- serve behind them. ‘There were two divisions ¢f French troops behind the American 1st and 2d Divisions when they “jumped off” 12 years mbetween them was the crack Division from the army of Gen. Mangin., The two French divi- sions in reserve nevér came forward to relieve the Americans and Moroccans, however, force—-four-fifths of it American—gained its cbjectives in the most conclusive fashion, Had Fren British and Italian troops, fighting across the top of the inverted triangle, which had. Rheims for its eastern poln‘, Soissons its west- ern point and Chateau Thierry its southern point, been able to have ad- vanced as far as the two American divisions and the one Moroccan division on July 18 and 19, the army of the German Crown Prince would have been caught and captured as were 'is sup- plies, munitions and ertillery, Held Up Other Allies. ‘The French, British and Italian forces were held up by a determined German resistance. Almost equally de- termined were the Germans to hait the Americans and Moroceans .but they failed. The sack was therefore but half closed and out of it on the eastern side esoaped the army of the Crown Prince. Nature assisted the hurried mobiliza- tion of the Americans and Moroccans in the wooded area known as the Forest of Villa Coteretts on the night of July 17. Men, guns and supply wagons ad- vanced into the forest to be hidden by the trees and their movements muffled by rain, wind and frequent bursts of thunder. The Germans had no way of knowing that long before morning the wooded ares was teeming with fighting humanity and all the mechanical de- vices with which men fight. ‘The First American Division—18th, 28th, 16th and 26th regiments—was first in line. The Second American Division—5th and 6th Marines and 9th and 23rd Infantry of the Regular Army —were late and forced to ‘“double quick” into position. The Moroccans took their position between the two American divisions in good time. Germans Were Surprised. ‘The first intimation the Germans had that a battle was in progress was the terriffic artillery fire which opened from guns placed in position under the pro- tective canopy of foliage. The vibra- tions from these guns swayed the trees and shook the ground under the feet of marching men. A little later went the troops into the open. The Moroc- cans were khaki c! like the Ameri. Through waving wheat fields, studded with German machine guns, over the slightly rolling country and hrough villages they went. They gained the German arillery positions, taking guns and prisoners. The line of advance was south of | Soissons. It cut into the German lines so deeply that the security of the Crown Prince’s army became threatened and e was forced to give order to retire from the territory to the South. This made it easler for other French and Ameri- can divisions along the Marne to ad- vance northward and the heavy oppo- sititon which the enemy put up on July 18 began to melt on the following day. On the eve of July 19 the Ameri- can second division had advanced 6 miles, captured more than 3,000 pris- oners and had suffered the heaviest casualties. This division was then withdrawn. Suffer Heavy Losses. ‘The 1st Division remained in line despite casualttes which were perhaps the heaviest suffered by that unit dur- ing the war. It was not relieved until the night of July 22 with losses of 7,500 men. The 1st Division was commanded in this battle by Gen. Robert Lee Bul- lard, leader commander of the Ameri- can second Army. The 2nd Division was in command of Gen. James G. ‘Harbord. Other American divisions engaged with French units in the “pushing 1'1.g" maneuvers from the south along the Marne were notably the 3d, 26th, 32d, 77th, 4th and elements of the 28th. Follow-Up Operation, ‘The second battle of the Marne, so- called, beginning 12 years ago was a follow-up of the German offensive of lows whip didn't realize what a tragic turn tinle may give to human events is about to have its affairs wound up with the utmost solemnity. Charles M. Lockwood, now the sole survivor, will disband the Last Man's Club. This will take place tomorrow, on the forty-fifth anniversary of its found- ing. The ceremony will have its setting in Lowell Inn, which stands on the site of the historic Sawyer House in this city, where those young men first pledged their devotion in warlike vows. Mr. Lockwood will read over the roll of those who have died during the last gnr—hls cronies, John 8. Goff of St. ul and Peter Hall of Atwater. He may run over the list from its beginning. Then, from a bottle that once held sparkling Burgundy, he will drink a toast to those who have gone. The club will be no more. Its annals, running from Civil War days, will have their final chapter. Formed in 1885, It was on the night of April 16, 1861, | guard, that some 40 young men, who had been members of the Stillwater Guards, had a dance in the old Sawyer House. Talk of war was in the air. They danced all night, and then in the morning walked to Fort Snell ‘They were made members of Company B of the 1st Minnesota Regiment, which won fame in the battle of Gettysburg. ‘They fought through the war and SOLE SURVIVOR WILL DISBAND “LAST MAN'S CLUB” TOMORROW Veterans' Organization Began in 1885 With 33 Members, Who Have Passed on One by One. then after the conflict was over they were mustered out in this section. For 20 yaars, from 1865 to 1885, they met annually at a wine supper. On July 21, 1885, they formed the Last Man's Club. There were 33 on the roster then, and later they added one more member, Lockwood, who now has outlived the rest of them. “I think the boys got the idea of the | Last Man’s Club from reading some story of Prench soldiers,” he explained. | “They used to have those wine suppe.® every year. Club Was Suggested. “Then, at one of these gatherings somebody suggested that they form the club. They put aside a bottle of wine, to be drunk by the last surviving mem- ber in a toast to those who were dead. “Year by year the club has met, ‘There were 33 at the start and then I joined as the thirty-fourth member. All of them but myself have passed away.” The passing of the old-timers has besn a matter of considerable interest in recent years, as thelr numbers nar- rowed down a mere corporal's a Last year the gather of the Last Man’s Club was held in Minnesota Club at St. Paul. Three of the veterans were present, Goff, Hall and Mr. Lock- wood. Goff died the following ‘month. Hall succumbed April 18 of this year. And now only Lockwood remains—to carry out those melancholy rites. (Copyright, 1930, by. North American News. paper Alliance.) GIRL WINS SCHOLARSHIP Trinity College Prize Awarded Im- maculata Seminary Graduate. Miss Genevieve Oliver, who was graduated from the Immaculata Semi- nary June 4, last, is the successful con- testant, it was announced yesterday, for the Anna Hanson Dorsey scholar- ship offered by Trinity College. Miss Oliver, with two other graduates, one from Notre Dame Academy and the other .from Holy Cross Academy, took the college entrance examinations dur- ing the week of June 18. PUPILS GIVE PLAY Summer Dramatic Class Presents “The Gooseherd’s Comedy.” Recitations, stories and a play, “The Gooseherd’s Comedy,” by Constance d’Arcy Mackey, were presented by Miss Hester Walker Beall and a group of dramatic pupils of the Sherwood Music School at her Studio of the Spoken Word, in Stoneleigh Court, yesterday afternoon. ‘The students have been doing special Summer work. Those who took part in the recitals were Miss Bonnie Culbert- son, Miss Virginia Rutty, Miss Eleanore Rockwell, Miss Corrine Phelps, Miss Eileen Lynch, Miss Kathlyn Lynch, Miss Lucy Ohler, Miss Ella Harllee and Joseph Stone. PARK MUSIC SCHEDULED {Army Band to Open Week’s Series at 7:30 P.M. Tomorrow. The schedule of park concerts for the week beginning tomorrow, from 7:30 to 9 pm., as announced by Lieut. F. B. Butler, assistant director of public bulldings and public parks, is as follows: Monday, Reservation 400, Sherrier place and Macomb street, Army Band; Tuesday, at Forty-fourth street near the intersection of Foxhall and Conduit roads, Navy Band; Wednesday, Sylvan Theater, on the Monument Grounds, Army Band; Thursday, Sylvan Theater, Marine Band, and Friday, at Franklin Park, Fourteenth and I streets, Com- munity Civic Band. original German position, but his own | front line position with artillery fire as the Germans advanced. The ad- vance failed with frightful casualties. With Gouraud's army was the famous |42nd or “Rainbow” Division of the | A. E. F., which accredited itself with valor. | In the pincers operation three days | later when the 1st and 2d Americs Divisions with the Moroccans advanc- ing so deeply across the top of the | Rheims, Soissons, Chateau Thierry triangle was Foch's answer to the Ger- | man offensive %o the east. The Germans had hoped to capture {the Marne on a wide front through the cities of Epernay and Chalons and link it with the line already in their possession between Dormans and Cha- teau Thierry. BRAZIL RUNS REDS OUT OF GOUNTRY Communistic Agitators Are Deported, With Natives Uninvolved. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, July 19.—Com- munism has little chance in Braszil, say compstent authorities, although police in recent weeks have uncovered ) and arrested several foreign commun- ists who were trying to spread prop- aganda in the army and navy. In several round-ups the police drag- net. caught no Brazilians. The foreign propagandists were deported. Several years ago agents of Moscow flourished for a time in the State of Parana, but one mass-meeting was their undoing. Police blocked every exit from the square where the meeting was held and threw the entire as- semblage into jail. The prisoners were packed into cells like sardines, left standing 24 hours, then taken out one by one and questioned. Citizens were warned to go home and pay no further heed to the agitators, The foreigners were taken in motor cars toward the frontier and, miles from habitation, were turned loose and told to keep going. There has been no other communist activity in that State. A few weeks ago Luis Carlos Prestes, an exiled revolutionary leader, issued a manifesto in Buenos Aires calling up- on his followers to embrace the doctrines of Moscow. It fell flat, and | all his former comrades repudiated him. BREEZES CHECK HEAT ON PORTIONS OF COAST Eight Deaths Result of 8ix Days of High Temperatures in South- ern California. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.—Cool breezes from the Pacific brought an end today to high temperatures which prevalled on portions of the Pacific Coast. During a six-day heat wave in Southern California deaths of eight persons were attributed to high tem- peratures, At noon thermometers at Sacramento, Calif., registered the high point for the principal coast cities with 93, while Seattle and San Francisco were low, with 61 each. Other coast temperatures included: Fresno, 80; San Diego, 71; Los Angeles, 80; Spokane, 68, and | Portland, 65. By the /ssociated Press. NEW YORK, July 19.—Police of New York and Chicago are engaged in & manhunt that is different. 1f they find Joe Ferra, 42, of Rose- bank, Staten Island, they will assure him he has committed no crime and July 15 on a 25-mile front from the east of Rehoms to the Main de Massiges, fac- ing the French army of Gen. Gouraud. Gouraud pertormed the Wellington maneuver of withdrawing from his first line areas and flooding not only the will urge him to go back to his family. Ferra, & night watchman at, a build- ing in course of eonstructio filling the little red danger lamps in front one night when he heard a scream within, POLICE OF TWO CITIES HUNT MAN TO ASSURE HIM HE’S INNOCENT Watchman Fled When He Found Crushed Body of Boy in Building. On the floor he found own life, asked police to sens him home. the crushed body of a young boy who, sneaking into the building with his laymates, had fallen through the steel rame of the second floor. Nobody accused Ferra, but that night he quit his job, For 12 days he stayed home debating with himself his respon- sibility and waiting for the police to come after him. Finally, on June 30, he kissed his family -by and went to Chicago to escape the “di might take his His wife, fearful he PROBERS INTIMATE LINGLE CASE CLEAR Reporters Guess Frank Fos- ter Has Talked About Death of Chicago Reporter. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 19.—Official investi- gators tonight intimated that Frank Foster, reputed to have been the owner of the revolver which killed Jake Lingle, Tribune reporter, had given valuable information to solve the mys- tery surrounding the newspaper man's death. But what Foster told the authorities, if anything, was as much a mystery to the general public as was the killing of Lingle itself. Foster was brought back to Chicago on a train which made an unwonted stop in the south side yards. ‘Twenty detectives swarmed about him, a fleet of squad: cars sped away and Foster, said by authorities to be one of the keys in the Lingle killing, had vanished for the day. Court Stenographer Called. A court stenographer received an emergency call and hastened away, pad hand. The reporters guessed that Foster was talking. “Well, the case is all cleared up,” an attache of the State's attorney's stafl remarked as he emerged from head- al‘l.lrurl. And the reporters guessed t Foster had talked. ‘The gangster was brought back from California under indictment for the murder of Lingle, but not accused of being the actual slayer. The prosecu- tors hoped to learn from him the last owner of the snub-nosed, ancient re- volver found beside the Tribune re- porter's body. Foster had once owned it, he admitted, but he has said the police took it irom him long ago. Detectives, utors and special investigators 'w reporters off their trall. Comment was refused, and the place where Foster was taken for ques- tioning could not be learned. An at- torney announced that he had been retained for Foster and would demand tnn"h:h be"ll:ldgleu in the county jail to awal e for which his indictment called, but Foster could not be found. Left Train at Joliet, His wife, returning on the same train Il'oAmuClllfurnIl&hld l:‘f,t it at Joliet. ction was begun free ‘Tomm; Abbottini, alias Abbott, but the cour{ degided the police could keep him in custody until Monday morning. Ab- bottini was captured by detectives after an automabile chase that ended at his ome, his automobile being identified as the one used by the gangsters who fired a fusillade at Jack Zuta, reputed Caponi vice and beer manager, and killed a State street trolley motorman. Mrs. Abbottini was also arrested. PUBLIC INVITED TO JOIN IN ASSOCIATION OUTING Southeast Business Men's Group to Stage All-Day Affair at Morgan- town Wednesday. The public is invited to join with members of the Southeast Business Men's Association in an all-day out- ing to be held Wednesday at Morgan- town. Forming at Eighth street and Penn- sylvania avenue southeast at 8:30 a.m. :::m:lp:ty’ ;lull) proceed w]the resort, nied by motor cycle polic the District line. et A series of athletic events and a bathing beauty contest will feature the | program. Refreshments and food donated for those attending include 550 pounds of “hot dogs,” 10 barrels of beer, 5 barrels of crabs and 50 cases of soft le committee in chai includes J. ‘l:hsl:eelbo:, lCl'Aul‘Plel H. .;:l:klm. Dr. 'J. ester Pyles, i Be{lln. 'earson McGrath and POLICE SEEK BOY, 11 Dark-Haired Youth, Wearing Green Golf Socks, Reported Missing. District police last night were asked to ald in a search for John Luther Marsh, 11 years old, who has been miss- ing froin his home, in Laurel, Md., since Wednesday. The boy is described as having dark brown hair and cyes and olive skin, and was weaiing green golf socks, a green shirt and white tennis shoes when last seen. WOMAN BITTEN BY DOG Tries to Separate Fighting Animals. Owner of One Arrested. Lois Waggy, 40 years old, of 18283 M street, was bitten on the right arm last night when she attempted to separate her dog and one belonging to Carter D, Thompson, 33 years old, of 816 Eight- eenth street, when they began a fight in :"hrrlgut Park, at Seventeentn and K reets. ‘The woman was removed to Emer- gency Hospital in the emergency car of the third J)reci.m:t police station, and was_treated at that institution by Dr. W. B. Bruner. Thompson was arrested by No. 3 precinct police and charged with having an unmuzzied dog. He ob- tained his release on $5 collateral. i Quaint French Sayings Kept. PARIS (P)—Quaint e: ns of the French are being recorded on ograph dises for students of folk- jore. “Eat mad cow,” for example, was found to be & way of describing times, hard vicious kick which broke five ribs when Be occupled CAUSES ONE DEATH “Probable” Showers Only Relief Forecast as Tem- perature Hits 102, .(Continued From First Page) the county supply itself it still ample in | the face of a daily consumption of less than s million gallons, Kinnier said persons who continue to reply upon pri- vate wells face a serious shortage. The Arlinj County Water Department has m'-gllnl county residents to subscribe to the public supply since the installation of the system, but fears now are bemf expressed that if advantage is taken of the proffered opportunity the supply of water which is received from the District of Columbia reservoirs will be curtailed. Alexandria continues immune from water shortage, it was reported last night. Water in the Barcroft Dam ls only 3 feet below the top and the dam itself is 70 feet high, with a capacity of 600,000,000 gallons. The consumption is only 2,000,000 gallons daily. Water, however, is flowing into the dam only slowly at present and the usual overflow which is harnessed as power for the pumps that lift the water to the reser- voirs is lacking so that steam pumps have been brought into play. A light Tain fell at Marion, Va., dur- ing a prayer service in which the resi- dents were invoking divine aid in the form of a break in the drought. The service was turned into a thanksgiving devotional. Rain Alds Tobacco. A little rain which fell in the south- western section of Virginia is believed to have saved at least temporarily 5,000,000 pounds of burley tobacco of the early planting. Corn, which now is tasseling, also was benefited by the light rain. Washington County far- mers continue shipment of heavy cattle to market as a precaution in face of the drought. The drought in the Danville section is llluatnt” by the fact that the Dan River is lower than it has been in five years. The Lynchburg section witnessed an 8-inch drop in the Pedlar River, where 1,000,000 gallons more water is being flitrated daily than under nor- mal conditions. At Martinsburg, W, Va., lawn sprinkling was prohibited in the face of a 3-foot drop in the res- ervoir during the first two hours of yes- terday morning. For the first time this year there is no overflow at the Mar- tinsburg Reservoir. Reports from Western Maryland in- dicate that even if rain falls today and tomorrow, the early corn and potato crops are so far gone that they cannot be more than 25 per cent normal. Forest fires are adding to the diffi- culties in Haystack Mountain, near Cumberland, w{:ere large gangs of fire fighters last night were gradually get- ting the blazes under control. Friday the fire swept the mountainside oppo- site the plant of the Celenes Co. of America, the dry woods providing swift- burning fuel for the flames. Much game has been killed and hundreds of acres of young timber have been de- stroyed. FIVE DIE IN OHIO. Temperatures of Over 100 Blamed for Drownings. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 19 (®— Ohio's weather prospects for Sunday, according to the Uni States Weath- Bureau, were for a continuation of the sweltering heat that swept over the State Priday, breaking records in many plt and leaving seven dead and mafy prostrated in its wake. ‘Temperatures over 100 degrees were experienced in many parts of the State late this afternoon. It was 1016 at Toledo, 101 at Marting Ferry and 102 at Portsmouth. Other Ohio cities had temperatures generally from 95 up. Columbus, with & temperature of 98 at 4 pm. today, experienced the hot- test day in four years and the hottest July 19 since 1895. Cincinnati had 99 for a new season's um. Four drownings in the Ohio River near East Liverpool, one in Lake Erie near Cleveland and one in the Maumee River, and a fatal accident in Toledo were blamed on the heat today. HEAT CAUSES SUICIDE. Omaha Boy Kills Self to Escape High ‘Temperatures. CHICAGO, July 19 (#).—The Middle West withered today with 100 degrees plus weather reaching into virtually every nook and corner between Lake Michigan and the Nebraska prairies. Even Chicago and other shore cities found the cooling lake breezes absent or fetid. A prayer for rain was invoked by the Catholic Bishop of Omaha, who asked every church in his diocese for invoca- tlons tomorrow for rain to save crops. It was 104 and even higher in central Nebraska and the mounting mercury showed little signs of dropping. A youth in Omaha killed himself to escape the heat and street car motor- men wore gloves, the controls were so hot. In Chicago, the official reading at 2 pm. was 1003 and was 103 at the municipal airport, equaling the hottest July day on record. Park officials’ esti- mated a half million persons flocked to the beaches along the lake front. The mercury continued to soar until it had officially reached the 101 mark. When the famous Lake Michigan breeze sprang up it dropped to 76 in three hours, bringing quick relief to millions of sweltering Chicagoans. Thermometers were read at 111 de- grees at Matfoon at 5 p.m. 8t. Paul and Minneapolis, where a week ago the mercury hovered around 100, were spared the worst of the present wave and enjoyed a tempera- ture in the 80's today. Most of Iowa was baked beneath the 100-degree sun and Wisconsin sweltered in temperatures not much cooler. No relief was promised by the official forecast, although some scattered rains were predicted within 36 hours. Pea;ll, I, reported a temparature of 103. NEW YORK RECORD SET. 96 Highest For July 19 in 54 Years, and Hottest of Summer. NEW YORK, July 19 (#).—A record for other July nineteenths to shoot at was set in the city today when the thermometer registered 96 degrees, the highest mark for the date in 54 years. It also was the hottest day the Summer by 6 degrees. ‘The humidity, starting the day at 81, had dropped to 30 at 3 pm. (Eastern standard time), making greater the possibility of heat prostrations. None INFAREAST STORM Partial Compilation Reports 20 Missing After Jap- anese Typhoon. compilation today of the Kiushiu Island l}"phnon toll placed the known dead Twenty persons were missing and 254 seriously injured. . in from the Pacific, destroyed 10,696 ing dwellings, shops, schools and g\ln;lh: structures. i Seven hundred fifty-six vessels, most- 126 were missing. The storm swept over the Loochoo Inland Sea from the main island of Jepan and into Korea at a velocity Sevent; ns were known to have been kill on Kiushiu, 37 of these Fukuoka Prefecture. Injured in Japan had reached 737 Te A was estimated by officials 4,200 houses we:; destroyed and 13,000 homes dam- :’ flimsy construction compared with Western residences. 100,000,000 yen ($50,000,000). This in- cluded damage to shipping. ‘The cities agasal 19,000, yen and 20,000,000 yen dam- age, respectively. brunt of the hoon. These were Keishonando, Keishohokudo and Chu- were dead, 14 injured and 85 houses destroyed there and many casualties from inland were m Korea ] was suffering from re- killed, 252 missing and belleved dead, 155 injured and 5,400 houses destroyed. DURING DEMONSTRATION | Tanager, Winner of $100,000 Prize, Grass. By the Associated Press. Curtiss airplane Tanager, winner of t‘;‘xa $100,000 Guggenheim prize for be- destroyed by fire at the Thistledown race track near here late today during The fire occurred after the engine went dead when Pilot Leroy McGrady Sparks from the motor ignited grass nearby and it in turn set fire to the ‘TOKIO, July 20 (#).—Partial official at 65. The typhoon, sweepin ot buildings, and severely damaged ly small fishing craft, were sunk and Islands, Kiushiu Island, across the reaching 100 miles an hour. were in Nagasaki Prefecture and 17 in and more than 100 were missing. It Japanese houses as a rule are Damage estimates ran as high as of Kagoshima and N ki reported In Korea three provinces bore the seihokudo. Fusan dispatches said 5 cent floods in which 258 ‘were SAFEST PLANE BURNS Destroyed When Sparks Ignite CLEVELAND, Obhio, July 19.—The g the world’s safest airplane, was 1a demonstration, attempted to take off for a third time. plt had been reported at that hour, how- ever. Cooling thunder showers and slightly lower temperatures were predicted for tonight and tomorrow. CROPS SUFFERING. Corn Reported Burning in Missouri and Kansas, By the Associated Pry KANSAS CITY, Jul{u 9. —8corching winds continued to threaten growing farm crops in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, while the mercury again zoomed up past 100 in many parts of the three States this afternoon. Low humidity made the abnormal temperatures more endurable, however, while the farm crops, particularly corn, were burning severely under the intense rays of the sun. Relief is predicted by the Government Weather Bureau for this section, with local showers expected early next week Mdk. break in the heat wave by mid- week. Salina, Kans., registered 104 in mid- afternoon; Concordia, in Northern Kan- sas, 103 at 3 o'clock: Topeka, 101, two degrees short of the season record made yesterday; Coffeyville, near the Okla- homa border, 101, and Dodge City, 100. Missouri cities reached the neak around 4 pm, with Kansas City re- porting 99 at that hour. The street reading at St. Louis was unofficially 103 at 3 p.m. Texas reported seasonable tempera- tures in the upper 90s to 100, which was pronounced satisfactory for growing cotton. Oklahoma reported temperature of around 100 degrees in most of the State. BABY DIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. of 98 Fatality. PITTSBURGH, July 19 (#).—Ten persons were dead in western Penn- sylvania and West Virginia today as thermometers generally climbed to rec- ord levels. A baby died in its mother's arms in Sharon, Pa., where the tem- perature was 08 degrees, a farmer col- lapsed in his fields near there and a 55-year-old man died of injuries suf- fered in a fall from a porch roof where he had made his bed. In Charleston, W. Va., where a read- ing of 103 degrees yesterday was the high mark of this region, a baby died of a fractured skull after falling from 2 window near which it had been placed for air. Another baby died in Pitts- burgh as the thermometer crawled above the record of 93 degrees of yes- terday. A man and his daughter drowned in the Ohio River at New Cumberland, W. Va., in futile efforts to save & son and brother. A girl, -teg;‘:ml into a hole in the bed of the Monongahela River at Brownsville, Pa., became thé tenth drowning victim in that section this season. A woman collapsed in Unientown, Pa,, and died before rela- tives could aid her. MICHIGAN REPORTS 102. Temperature Blamed for Northern Counties Relieved from High ‘Temperatures. DETROIT, July 19 Government _thermometers in lower Michigan registered in the nineties to- day. while at one point—Battle Creek —the mercury reached 102. Detroit and Grand Rapids reported 94, At the same time the northern coun- ties of the State enjoyed comparatively cool weather, Saulte Ste Marie re- poréligg ’; fighu :( 68. The highest Tea T penins: State was 76 at Escansba. i OFFICER FIGHTS SUSPECTS IN CAR COASTING DRIVERLESS TO RIVER Two. Escape, Third Arrested, Purses Recovered, Con- stable’s Ribs Broken, as Trees Stop Auto on Precipice. By the Assoctated Press. ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, July 19. —A desperate battle in a driverless au- tomobile backing down a hill toward a steep river bank resulted yesterday in the “arrest of an alleged picketpocket and recovery of four stolen purses. Constable Isaac Robble ?-eolved a started togguter a car ’ three men alleged to have stolen 20 purses in a crowd attending & picnic. As the constable grappled with the two men in the rear seat, the driver of the car stepped out, leaving it to back down the slope. At the edge of the | precipice overlooking the Niagara River L Y The Republican rrly in Tennessee nominated Frank Todd Meacham of Chattanooga as candidate for the short term in the United States Senate. —Associated Press Photo. DETROITS REGALL BATILENEAR XD Fate of Mayor to Be Decided Tuesday After Radio Campaign. By the Associated Pres DETROIT, Jt 19.—Detroit's short- est and bitterest political battle, con- ducted almost entirely by radio, entered its final phase tonight. The issue, to be decided Tuesday, is whether Mayor Charles Bowles shall be recalled on grounds of incompetency. Two weeks of intensive campaigning over the city’s broadeasting stations have presented the voters with a series of vivid but conflicting accounts of af- fairs in the city hall. On the one hand are the sponsors of (). —Ofmolal | the recall movement charging the mayor with tolerating lawlessness, ignor- ing campaign pledges and surrounding himself with politically selfish lieuten- ants, while on. the other hand is the administration claiming to have worked for the good of the city, reduced taxes and provided efficient law enforcement only to fall victims to “selfish, greedy interests.” Invoked for First Time. A group of citizens invoked the recall law for the first time in the city's his- tory May 21, when the police depart- ment was in the throes of a reorganiza- tion precipitated by the summary dis- charge of Commissioner Harold H. Em- mons and the appointment of Thomas C. Wilcox, former Department of Justice officer. ‘The mayor made a hard fight to pre- vent the proposed referendum on his administration. The validity of the pe- titions was challenged, the sufficiency of the charges was questioned. Two in- Jjunction g:neeodlnn were thrown out by both the Circuit and State Supreme Courts. Immediately both administration and recall leaders “took to the air,” accept- ing the radio as the most effective means of reaching the greatest number of voters. Much of the battle has centered about John Gillespie, whose appointment as commissioner of public works forms the basis of one of the charges against the mayor and caused Robert Oakman, veteran real estate operator and politi- clan, to leave the Bowles camp. The Gillespie-Oakman feud reached a climax last week in a three-hour radio debate which dealt almost entirely in person- alities. Charges of Fraud. Gillesple has carried directly to the radio listeners charges of fraud and irregularity in the recall petitions which he failed to get before a court. Last night he presented, as & surprise radio speaker, Winfield E. Gibney, a recall petition circulator, who said he had en- gineered the securing of 100,000 signa- tures on recall petitions of which “fully 50 per cent were fraudulent.” ‘Throughout the campaign the mayor has accused his enemies of persecuting him. The real issue, he will state on the recall ballots next Tuesday, is whether the people or the press shall rule the city. E. ). WESTLAKE, FORMER BASE BALL MAGNATE, DIES Minneapolis American Association Team Ex-Owner, 76, Resided With Daughter Here. ears old, former 3719 Res- roa Funeral services will“be conducted here at the funeral chapel of W. W. Chambers at 3 o'clock tomorrow after- noon and :I“ml will ‘be at Ridgefield, N. J., Tuesda; ) ‘Mr. Westlake was 8 vice president of a Minneapalis insurance mpnfi. In addition fe of Lieut. Col. J. J. O'Hara, he by a son, John E. Westlake of Minneap- olls, who was called to uhh&uzn re. cently by the'iliness oth father. Duchess Becomes ' Nurse. TURIN, Italy (#)—The Dutchess of Pistola, member of the Royal Hpuse of Savoy, passed her examinations s & trained ‘nurse with ease. She entered the examinations with the regular candidates. - For each $60 or Jraction borrowed you agree to de- ¢t $5 a month due. Deposits may be made on a weekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis as you 3 the car's progress wa; Toees. Robbie ‘tonk T ey 'roromt in custody, but the other man by ' escapet is | on the City 10 ABSENT LIGHTS Craft of George Pulver, D. C., Drifting When Girl Killed, Testimony at Inquest. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 19.—Betty Ayres was killed early today when the speed boat Whoopee, in which she was riding with a pleasure party, crashed into the racing yawl Scarab, owned by George Pulver of Washington, D. C., catapult- ing her against the sailboat from the’ bow of the speedster. Both boats were sunk, but other oc- cupants escaped with minor hurts. The collision was said by witnesses at a coroner’s inquest today to have been caused by absence of proper lights on the yawl, which was drifting off shore in Lake Michigan. Pulver did not ap- pear at the inquiry, which was ad- Jjourned until he could be found. Planned Race Entry. ‘The Scarab wes on its way to Bel- mont Harbor in Lincoln Park to take part todqy in the yacht race from Chi- cago to kinac. It was a 63-foot sall and motor boat. Benjamin Marshall, 21, son of an Evanston architect, was host on the speedboat to five young people. The; were accompanied by the Marshall chauffeur. Dorothy Marshall, ter of Ben- jamin, was driving the speedboat at the time of the crash and testified to- day at the inquest that she was unabla to see the yawl until it suddenly loomed up across the smaller craft's bow out of the night. She said she swung the fudder hard over, but was unable to avert a collision. Hurled Against Yacht. Ayres and young Marshall wera sit! forward on the cabin of the :gu t. The force of the crash rew the girl against the gunwale of the sailing craft, and her body caromed into the water. Marshall said he dived to her aid, but was nicked by the propeller on his own craft and wag unable to reach the girl. Coast Guardsmen and life guards from a nearby beach rushed to the scene of the crash and saved the re- maining members of the party, along with Pulver and Freeman Higgimson, New York, a guest, and two members of the yawl's crew. ‘The body of Miss Ayres was recovered shortly after daybreak by divers. COLORED POLICEMAN _ RETIRES WITH HONOR Henry C. Lee Was Never Repri- manded by Superiors During 40 Years on Force. Miss Henry C. Lee, colored, with police service of more than 40 years without having been cited before the Trial Board or ever having been reprimanded by a superior officer, put aside his uni- form yesterday to enjoy a leave of ab- sence until July 31, when his retire- ment will become effective. Lee, a native of Prince Georges County, Md., first served in the sixth mxe::'a';u' his early days of polic! ring ear] ys of policing, made a host o(y(rlend.! and the !lfi continued to grow as the years rolled by, many of them being numbered among the wealthy and prominent resi- dents of the vicinity of Dupont Circle. His most recent assignment was in Chevy Chase. It is the intention of the retired policeman to visit a sister in Quincy, Iil, shortly after his retire- ment becomes effective. His wife died m two years ago. He has no chil- CONSUMER§ NAME HEAD H. C. Hantze of Philadelphia and Others Elected Here. H. C. Hantze of Philadelphia waj elected president of the National Cong sumers’ Association at the closing sesa sion of its annual convention yesterday in the Hotel Mayflower. Other officers chosen were Adolph Klein of Peoria, Ill, first vice president; Oscar Bucholz of Springfield, Mass., sec= ond vice president; Jack Goldstein of Charleston, W. Va., third vice president; Mrs. Minnie E. Mason of Cleveland, fourth vice president, and John Hane son of Salt Lake City, Utah, secretarye treasurer. The time and place of the next convention will be decided later by & vote of the membership. SR Dt B POST TO MAKE CRUISE . Legion and Auxiliary Plan Moon- light Boat Trip. ‘The Front Line Post of the American Legion and the auxiliary will embark of Washington tomorrow evening for a moonlight trip on the Po- T adaitian to_the shi n & n e ship’s orchestrs music will be provided by pthe lls-pua“ band and drum corps of the Veterans of the Foreign Wars. John L. King, HarryJ, Hoaley, Harvey L. Miller, Jo= seph B. Gardella, Maurice Grudd, Dr. A. Victor Cercell, Mary B. Guillermain and Carrie H. Hoaley are in charge of he P! rllzn. « The boat will leave at elocke” DR. LEHMAN, DENTIST Plate Speci Plates That Fit nteed, $10 Any Piate Repaired U Wait, $1.00 408 Seventh St. N.W. 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