Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1930, Page 2

At : CAPTPAGE FOURTH " AR RACE VTN Plunges to Earth in Front o | Grandstand as 100,000 ; Look On. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Staft Correspondent of The Star. CURTISS - REYNOLDS AMRPORT, Chicago, September 2.—When the blue and gold racer of Capt. Arthur H. Page, Marine Corps, of the National Capital, plowed into the ground at sundown yesterday in a roaring dive, the 1930 National Air Races went down into his- tory as the bloodiest in the long series of these aviaiion classics, with 5 crashes, ¢ deaths and 17 injurles. 2 0 Capt. Page, known as one of the finest military pilots in the country, appar- ently lost control of his plane on the seventeenth lap of the Thompson Trophy race and went down struggling gallantly in a long curving plunge. It seemed to observers that an aileron control wire had snapped. He smashed into the ground at a speed of 180 miles per hour or more, throwing up a great cloud of earth as from a bursting shell. ‘The plane made its final plunge di- rectly in front of the grandstand before the eyes of 100,000 spectators, crashing on the far side of the field. Page was alive when dragged from the torn DR. OF HORN DESCRIBES REMOVAL ANDREE EXPEDITION BODIE THE EVE) NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUEoLAY, Skiawabill o 1950. Tin Can Led to Discovery of Dark Mound {| Which Ordinarily Would Pass Unnoticed. Heavy Ice Impeded Careful Digging. In yesterday's article in The Star by Dr. Gunnar Horn, chief of the Nor- wegian exploration expedition, Which found the bodies of Salomon Auguste Andree and his companions of the aero- nautical expedition_of 1897, the Nor- wegian ‘expedition’ to Franz Joseph's Lend (now Fridtjof Nansen Land) of 1930 was described. It was told how the motor sealer Bratvaag, under com- mand of Peder Eliassen, sailed with the scientific party, also intending to hunt whales, seals and ice bears, leaving Asleslund and sailing to Tromsoe. From there the vessel proceeded toward Franz Joseph Land, planning to visit the islands between Spitzbergen and the destination when it was found that ice conditions would be unusually favorable. Huniers Find Boat. Putting in at one of these to permit of sclentific studies by the expedition’s botanist, the zoologist, and Dr. Horn, the men noticed a school of walruses play- ing. In good humor, the men made camp, and the next morning sent two of ‘the Tunters for water. These men. coming upon a little stream, were sur- prised to find a peculiar mound. In- \;r!cklga He dl'!:)!d .Lllf'w hours later at an n i wnenmf Page was Jeading the field in a brilliant race. His speed up to the fifteenth lap was 207.95 miles r hour. He went down in a rebuilt urtiss-Hawk Navy fighting plane which carried him to victory in the Curtiss Marine Trophy race at Washington last June. Page superintented the repuild- ing of the plane, which was converted a biplane to a monoplane, from a seaplane to a landplane and from a military plane into a plane % only for racing. He had a Curtiss Conqueror engine equipped with a supercharging scoop which pushed up the power to nearly 800 horsepower, it was reported. Conducted Blind Flying Study. Capt. Page has been on duty in the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, for many months, He has been conducting a study in blind flying and recently flew blind from Omaha, Nebr., to Anacostia Naval Air Station, Washington, to dem- onstrate the practicability of blind ing by airplane instruments and range beacons. Last Spring, just prior to the Curtiss Race, Capt. Page made a remarkable flight from the National Capital to Nicaragua to deliver a new Marine Cor tri-motored transport plane and to ferry back an old ship. He the round trip in six days of elapsed time, getting back just in time to enter in the Curtiss Race. The Thompson hich Capt. Page built his plane, was the first of a series o{lfllnnuflnus:ldmm:fl’mu? revive speed plane development in the United States, It is hoped that the race in time will come to take the place of ranked the old Pulitzer Races, which as one of the greatest aviation events. finish 91 He with a ‘Wasp Junior, which Chicago just before the by James ‘Travelair of 199.56 by.B. airmail pilot, in | ble. monoplane of his own de- ‘horsepo wfl;:n b b T 90-] wer ld His speed was 162.8 miles per hour. O Record Unbeaten. to bring & record, the 266- made seven years N. Y., by Lieut. Jr., former Navy acrobatic pilot, still stand- illiams witnessed the un- completing one of the gamest ex- hibitions of acrobatic flying yet seen at the show. Handicapped by a faulty fuel pressure system, he flew the plane with one hand, using the other to main- tain 1 pressure with a handpump. Despite the great handicap he put on a magnificent display of acropatic fly- ing, including the famous inverted fall- ing-leaf, which he created at Wash- Page's crash was almost as spec- tacular as that which cost the life of Lieut. Jack P. De Shazo, U, S. N. Last ‘week Do Shazo dove into the ground up- side down just as he crossed the finish line in third place in a Navy fighting plane race. His plane burst into flames as it crashed. De Shazo died instantly. One spectator was fatally injured and died a few minutes later, while 14 per- hg:' . hing the ‘was approaching field pylon directly in front of the grandstands when his plane turned off to the left inside the pylon, wabbling slightly on ‘The left wing d ed and he never straightened up, continuing on in the curve with the left wing low until he struck. The fact that the l)lnne struck on the left wing and land- Ing gear is credited with saving him {rom Xn:t.:-ntfl&elth. The wing struc- ur. and landin gear crumpled taking up the first shock. g % -Flag Conceals Crash. ‘The great crowds rose in the stands 8s Page struck. He hit earth directly behind a United States flag flying in front of the judges stand, which par- tially concealed the crash from .the view of the race officials and occupants of the press stand. There was an im- mediate rush of field and staff cars, | into the diminutive cockpit like a foot | motor cycles and fleld attendants and | in a shoe. He wears neither a para- | spectators across the airport toward the | chute or a pair of shoes for lack of | scene of the crash, which would have made a safe landing impossible had one of the remaining contestants been forc- ed down. Forhanately they all contin- ued with the race, passing almost di- rectly over Page's crumpled plane. ‘Within a minute or two after the crash, while the last planes still were flying the course, the sunset gun was fired, a bugler played taps and the crowds stood with bared heads, many thought the ceremony was for Page. engine. | lish. The note that the N vestigating, they found a boat protrud- ing through the snow. In great excite- ment they found a boatswain's hook, which “they carried back to Dr. Horn, On it was engraved “Andree’s Polar Expedition, 1896.” Eliassen, informed of the discovery, appreciated at once its significance and reported it fo Dr. Horn, who immediately led a party to the equipped to bring away every- thing Erumnz to the ill-fated party. “In camp were found the boat, a sledge, part of a tent and other articles of ‘the dead men, and finally the- body of Andree himself and one of the men. Andree had died leaning against a mountain slope. Near him were an oil stove in good order and a gun. In an inner pocket was Andree's diary, frozen and with but a few pages written on. Other articles were also dug from the ice. BY DR. GUNNAR HORN. ABOARD MOTOR SHIP BRAT- VAAG, Skjoer Island, Norway, Septem- ber 2 (By Wireless to the Associated Press) —Alter we got. the dead loose ted down.to the beach; we b ‘the difficult’ job of ‘getting" the boat free. It lay slightly on its side, so -that - the right - side was quite burjed.” ‘The othér side protruded- and:| was balf destroyed. 8 During the digging it became evi- dent that the boat was resting on another sledge to which it was “well bound. It had four cigar-shaped pil- lars as foundation. To get the whole “to move the boat and then the sledge. This sledge, as well as the other one, had ‘}.ne‘u‘l mnnehr:.' wul;“z‘:‘ we t everythi ree, we an ns- ::rt uurh-flm the 150 yards down to beac! ‘The ice-filled boat soon became too heavy, and its canvas covering was torn to pieces, Therefore we put five: oars under the boat and with five on each side we tried to carry it. this method also proved inef- fectual. One of the oars broke. It was not until we had removed more ice from inside that we managed to make progress. Then we went carefully to- ward the beach with what, in more than one sense, was a heavy burden. Before we left the spot we built a calm, surmounted by a pole, on a hill just behind the camp. It is easy to see and will make it possible for future visitors to find the place without trou- In the cairm we put & botle with a note written in Norwegian and Eng- said that it was here orwegian “Franz Josef Land expedition” found the remains of the Swedish Andree expedition. Everything that had been brought down to the beach was then carried on board one of our walrus hunting boats. The boat became so heavily load- ed that it was only a few inches above water level. by my reached the Bratvaag. Work Finally Done. ‘We put Andree’s boat on one of the boat decks, and thus after 24 hours of labor our work was finally finished. It was certainly fortunate that we had such fine calm weather while we lay at ‘White Island. Because of the danger- ous nature of the coast, one can only go ashore when the weather is quite calm. If there had been wind or waves when we came up under the island there would have been no question of going on land. Therefore, we had to take ad- vantage of the calm weather so as not to be interrupted before we finished. As. soon as the find was made our walrus hunt was stopped and digging hastily begun. is therefore possible that the work was not done so scrupu- lously and neatly as might have been desired. But, taking conditions into consideration, I can say that every- thing was done that could possibly be done to get the work performed thor- oughly and conscientiously. Added to this difficulty about weather was the fact that the greater part of our find was buried in the ice, which, from planes of five times the horse- power of his trim little craft, which has a rated top speed of 194 miles per hour. One of the men's free-for-all race for planes of 650-inch maximum piston dis- placement yesterday afternoon, Howard flew the first lap at 109 miles per hour and pushed up the speed steadily on succeeding laps so that his final speed for the course was 15519 miles per hour. So tiny is Haward's plane that he fits space, but flies with his feet in felt slip- pers and trusts to providence that he won't need the parachute, Second place in the race also went to a small motored ship, a Cessna, with a 110-horsepower Warner Scarab engine, piloted by William Ong, and third to a 110-horsepower Cirrus-engined special little rocket plane flown by E. Z. New- some of Little Rock, Ark. 314 Planes Parked on Fiel * Many woman spectators wept openly. An example of what the pilot thinks It is apparent from the races here |about during a long flight was demon- that designers and builders of racing |girated by Lieut. W. E. Richards, Army airplanes are following the examples | Air Corps, of the 1st Pursuit Group, of the builder of racing automobiles. | Lieut. Richdrds was assigned by Capt. They are turning to .engines of lower | Victor Strahm, World War ace and horsepower, smaller planes and cleaner | commander of the Pursuit Group, to design to achieve greater speed rather (break in a new engine shipped here than to sheer brute power and greater | from the group base, Selfridge Field, E Mich., for Strahm'’s plane. The engine The racing automobile of today is a|had to have four hours of flight and very small car, swung very low, and|Army regulations provide that during well streamlined, with small high com- | such flights the pilot must remain pression_engines, Many of the racing | within gliding distance of the field from planes here, including one which has| which the flight is made. ‘won every sj event in which it has| After an hour or so Lieut. Richards been entered up to the Thompson race, | decided that the tasks of watching some are very small planes with -engines of { 15 or 20 instruments, keeping a look- 100 horsepawer or less. out for other planes and flymgo thle Ahap was not sufficient diversion. So, in ad- Howard Racer, Striking. dition to all these duties, he undertook One of the most striking of thela count of the airplanes parked on the smaller racers is the low wing mono- | airport. When it is realized that he plane designed, built and flown by|was flying at 160 miles per hour, a Benny O. Howard, alr mail pilot on one | speed so t that ordinary persons ©of the midwestern runs. In this little | scarcely could tell there were planes be- lane, which is powered with low, some idea of the difficulties facing fiompmvef ‘Wright Gypsy L-3 engine, | the lieutenant may be realized. Despite Howard has won five events out | the handicap he persisted in his count of starts placing second in the sixth’and and landing was able to report third in the seventh. that 314 airplanes were parked on the ward has been able to v‘k away field, of course, rendered difficult the digging up of fragile articles or pleces of cloth. The camp had been very much plun- dered by bears. They certainly had de- ‘scmyed many objects of value. Many | articles also were probably borne away by the wind and are now. lying buried | under the snow some distance away. ‘The camp lsy beside a big mound of snow and it is very possible that under this many of the expedition’s belong- |ings can still be found. While we were there, however, it would have taken too {nuch work to remove all the snow and | fce. On a visit later in the year possibly 80 much of the ice would be melted that the work would be easier. Camp Visible From Beach. As it may be gathered from what I have recounted, the camp was not very far from the beach and was vis- ible from there. Ordinarily, one wouldn’t pay much attention to a dark mound in the distance. i S It was only after our attention had been called to a tin can on the beach that we began to look around and caught sight of the camp. No cairn or hut had been put up, and if the snow had been only a few feet higher the | whole thing would have been covered without a trace. ‘This Summer there has been very little snow in those regions. There is reason to believe that the camp during many Summers has been quite buried under snow'. . Even if one had examined the land very .carefully he might well have walked right over the camp without seeing anything. Movements Are Recounted. As it was, it looked as though the boat had been- drawn up from the beach. ~And s the camp lay in the eastern part of this naked island, there is reason to believe that the members of the expedition came to White Island on its north side and from there went down along the east coast until they came to bare clear land. After a heavy march over the ice from 83 degrees north, they certainly could not have had very much strength left. They probably died of exhaustion, especially since at the time of the ye: when they came to the island, some time in September, it can be pretty cold there. The reason why they did not go to- ward Northeast Land (the. northern- 'most part of the Spitzbergen group from which Andree set out), which would perhaps have been just as short as the trip: to White Island, might have heen | because they were continually forced ' eastward by open water and many open- ings in the ice. When thin ice began to form at the beginning of August they would not have ‘been able to go out in their mis- erable canvas boat for fear of ripping its_covering. When they first cnlli t sight of White Island’s tall white peak, they r~ust have been filled with new courage and, by summoning all their strength, sought land. We can imagine their joy when they came to the island and finally felt firm ground under foot instead of the. terri- fying driving ice they had been encoun- tering. Fought' Courageously, But they were never to come any far- ther- than tais. Exhaustion and cold took- them. They surely fought and Strove, courageous and brave to the very last, as tiue sohs of the land that mgthers them. T - us whose fate it is to find and bring home one of the great pioneers of polar exploration, it has been an ccca- sien .of pomp and_ impressiveness that will never be erased from our memory. On the 7th of August we left White Island and set our course eastward to- ward Victoria Island. White Island’s peak was_visible for a long time and again and again our eyes returned to the bleak land which for 33 years hid Andree and companions from the waiting world. When we were on Victoria Island we could still, from its highest point, see White Island. It was as though the island would not let us go, but rose ma- jestically and grimly in spite of the fact that we had taken from it one of the greatest secrets of the polar region. (Copyright, 1930, and all rights yeserved by the Associated Press in North and South America and in Japan.) HORN DESCRIBES ANDREE REMOVAL FROM ARCTIC CAMP ) | ___(Continued Prom First P covery, and, from his deductions, the story of the last days of the three men who In 1897 thought to fly a balloon across the North Pole, as yet undis- covered. . The bodies and remains of the ex- pedition were packed into the Brat- vaag's boats and taken back to the sealer, where a depository was con- structed on the after deck. Before leav- ing the site, Dr. Horn and his com- panions constructed a cairn over the spot where they made theiy discovery. In the cairn they placed a note in Nor- wegian and English explaining what they had found there. Dr. Horn believed the balloon expe- | dition, which left Danes Island in July, 1897, met failure when ice and snow weighted the balloon down and sent it tp the ice at latitude north 83, | about 180 miles north of White Islane | The men set out for the nearest land and probably after many days reached the island, as bleak and desolate a place as there is on the face of the map. They set about to eke a subsistence from the island, but worn out with | their long trip across the ice, they faile Dying, their bodies were cov- ered by snow and ice. Others probably have walked over the spot and not recognized its significance. But this year the ice melted down unusually quickly and to a greater extent than in years past. Dr. Horn believes it pos- sible many other relics of the expedi- tion are still covered with snow and ice. Log Unusually Complete. ‘The log or observation book of the expedition, rather than Andree's diary, Dr. Horn Indicated, must be looked to for the real story of the expedition. ‘The diary's pages are stuck together and there is some doubt that it is read- able at all. The log, Dr. Horn said, is most comprehensive and far from the mathematical journal it might have been. (Copyright, South American Associated Pr GOLD STAR MOTHERS SAIL 166 Members ol' Party “P” Re- turning on 8. 8. Washington. CHERBOURG, France, September 2 (®).—The_steamship George Washing- ton sailed today with 166 Gold Star Mothers of party “P.” Mrs. Edna Elizabeth Coonahan of | Pniladelphia, stricken with heart dis- ! ease while at the San Mihiel Cemetery and who is naw in a Nancy hotel, was ~eported somewhat improved today. all rights reserved d - Ja in North an: and Jap: d an, by the ALLEN RITES PLANS NEAR COMPLETION Services Will Start at 10 "A.M. Tomorrow, With Mili- tary Funeral at Arlington. War Department officials today are completing arrangements for the fu- | neral tomorrow of Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, retired, former commander of the American Army of Occupation in Germany, who died Saturday at Buena Vista Springs, Pa. Services will be conducted at 10 o'clock in St. John’s Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H_streets. In the ab- sence of Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston, | rector of St. John’s Church, the assist- | ant rector, Rev. Leon Schearer, will officiate. There will be no military observance at the service in the church. Announcement was made that there will be no military procession from the church, but that troops under command of Maj. Gen. Guy E. Henry, chief of Cavalry, would meet the body at the Fort Myer gates at Arlington Cemetery. ‘Troop H of the 3d United States Cavalry Troop H of the 3d United States Cavelry and the dismounted Batteries A, B and C of the 16th Field Artillery, the Army Band and the Headquarters Company of the Washington district, which will fire the salute over the general's grave. ‘The body will be borne to the south- ern division in Arlington €emetery on A caisson behind which will follow a horse carrying the saddle, sword and boots of Gen. Allen. ‘The site selected for Gen. Allen's last resting place is just south of Arlington House, The honorary pallbearers, six retired officers and two civillans, later were announced as follows: Gen._John J. Pershing, Maj. Gen. Henry P McCain, governor of the Sol- diers’ Home; Maj. Gen. David C. Shanks, Maj. Gen. Charles G. Treat, Col. David 8. Stanley, Lieut. Col. George P, Ahearn, Paul E. Johnson and Lynch Luquer. The family has extended an invita- tion to attend the funeral services to the ‘Washington representatives of foreign governments with which Gen. Allen was associated during his service overseas with the Army of Occupation. WO0O0DCOCK OPENS SCHOOL FOR DRY AGENTS ON POLICIES (Continued. ¥rom First Page.) want them to do their work in a pro- fessional way. We want them to exer- cise an honesty that 1s not outward, but of the spirit and soul. We want (them to be agents who get pleasure and gelight out of being honest.” Paying tribute to the other investi- gative forces of the Government, Col. Woodcock set as a goal the ambition to make the Prohibition Bureau, the “best” investigative agency in the Gov- ernment, and he appealed to his picked men to instill that ambition in the agents throughout the country. ‘The prohibition director reiterated his declaration recently made to a gathering of his prohibition adminis- trators, that the first objective of pro- hibition enforcement under the Depart- meént of Justice will be to catch the “commercial violator.” The school, following Col. Wood- cock’s opening address got down to the business of taking up its curriculum dealing with -technical phases of pro- hibition enforcement. -The first part of the course will given over, it was said, to an understanding of the law itself, the court decisions interpreting the ::w. and the procedure for enforce- men Continues For Month, ‘The heads of the faculty are Harry Dengler and Webster Spates of the pro- hibition headquarters staff, and they will be assisted by specialists in educa- tional problems from various places, probably the National Education Asso- clation. The school will continue through the month of September here. it is located in a large room on the west, side of the old Southern Railway Building. Following thelr month’s schooling here, where Cal. Woodcock sald they would have the facilities of the great librarfes, as well -as the advantage of the lectures of the school, the men will go back to their districts and take up the task during the next nine months of spreading the policies and enforce- ment instruction learned here to the whole prohibition enforcement staff. While these picked men are on such school duty, both here and in the field, they are on salary of $3,800 a year and & per diem expense account of $6 a day. Drives 1,300 Miles at 85. EAST SETAUKET, N. Y., September 2 (P).—G. D. Smith, 85, of Crescent City. Fla. has been 'driving here an- nually with Mrs. Smith to visit, friends. They made the 1,300-mile motor trip on ‘their latest visit in three days, traveling only between sunrise and sunset. | | | | | ROUTE FOLLOWED BY COSTE TO U. S. PARIS QUITS WORK AS HOP NEARS END City Prepares for Great Cele- brztion in Honor of . Beloved Ace. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 2.—Paris aban- doned practically all forms of work early this evening when broadcasters annoupced that Capt. Dieudonne Coste and his flying mate, Maurice Bellonte, were speeding down the coast of Nova Scotia on the last lap of their brilliant flight across the Atlantic to New York. The city began its preparations for a great celebration in honor of Frances beloved ace and his comrade. Workers officially got through with their day's task at 6 o'clock, but long before that hour the Place de la Con- corde had heard the glad news and throngs were eagerly scanning the bul- letins and listening to thousands of loudspeakers. Cheer Passage Over Cape Canso. ‘The French people heard with grati- fication that the flyers had been sighted at St. Pierre, Miquelon, the little twin islands of the St. Lawrence Gulf, which are the last remaining colonies of France in North America. Cheer after cheer went up as the ex- citement mounted when the fliers were reported over Cape Canso, Nova Scotia. The populace eagerly snapped up the extra editions of the afternoon news- papers, all of which announced that they would continue to publish hourly editions until the Question Mark had landed safely at New York. One newspaper bore the headline “Coste has answered the Question Mark.” The newspaper adds, “The ques- tion now should be changed to an ex- clamation of joy and admiration.” The cheering in the streets rose to a mighty roar when it was annpunced by & broadcaster that Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh would be on hand in New York to welcome the French men to America. The throngs shouted, “Vive Lindbergh” and “Vive Coste.” “What's the latest news of Coste?” was the universal greeting of office workers and trades employes as they emerged into the streets and boule- vards. Many went at once to take po- sitions in front of the newspaper offices. Others proceeded to the Place de la Concorde, buying sandwiches and wine, and preparing to stick it out there until the news should come that the French ship had landed in safety—an achieve- ment of which not one appeared to have the slightest doubt. Explosion of Joy in Store. Some of the more optimistic Parisians already had hung out their flags signi- fying Coste's success. All of the motion picture houses had made arrangements to give their patrons the news. Only here and there were more cau- tious ones heard to repegt the names of Coli and Nungesser, but even these would be ready enough for the real ex- plosion of merrymaking and joy to come as the evening waned. e WOMAN’S DEATH BRINGS TWO MURDER CHARGES Dy the Associated Press. MOBILE, Ala., September 2.-—Mrs. Thelma Wooten died here today of bul- let wounds, and Deputy Sheriffs T. H. Sullivan and C. C. Lane, whb fired into a passing automoblle in which she was A passenger several nights ago, were served with warrants charging murder. ‘The officers were imprisoned without bail soon after the shooting. They sald they suspected - the automobile was transporting liquor. Others in the automobile told au- thorities two men, who later were iden- tified as Sulllvan and Lane, appeared at the side of the road and shot into the passing car without warning, Denial was made that the car con- tained any liquor. BARRERE GETS FIVE DAYS IN JAIL FOR SLAPPING GIRL ON “PARTY" Philadelphia Police - Arrest Painter and Companion as Neighbors Complain. He Struck and Ran, Asserts Brunette, Who Admits She Was Drunk. Hermann Henry Barrere, released from the Arlington County Jail several weeks -ago, after he had been returned from Montreal for questioning in the Mary Baker murder case, once more is reflecting upon his ill fortunes be- hind the bars of police cell, in Phil- adelphia. The chivalsous Barrere, who, when accused of slaying Miss Blker, protested to local authorities that he would not harm so much as a hair of a woman’s head, was jailed for five days today for slapping a girl friend in the City of Brotherly Love. Word received here today from Phil- adelphia said that Barrere and the girl, Lorraine Lee, a 23-year-old brunette, were arrested last night after neigh- bors complained of unearthly din com- ing from & house on tersby street. Miss Lee, who said. was drunk and didn’t know what I was doing,” also was sentenced to five days in jail dur- 1n’ the hearing before Magistrate Lin- dell at the Franklin Police Station. Police had recelved numerous com- Neighbors Complain. plaints from residents in the vicinity Serbian Red Cross Founder Dies. VIENNA, Austria, September 2 (#).— Dr., Wladan Georglevitch, founder of the Serblan Red Cross and one-time Premier of Serbia, died here yest y at the age of 82. of the disturbance, which officers characterized as “a party.” Going to the house they said they found the girl in an intoxicated condition and wit aiplomats HERMAN BARRERE. ~Star Staff Photo. to the r“‘e station. The painter was charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct. Barrere became the object of an in- ternational manhunt last July, after Herbert M. Campbell, now held in the Alexandria jail on & murder charge, had accused the war veteran of stealing Campbell’s gun and using it to murder the Elker irl, Barrere finally was apprehended in Montreal and returned to Arlington County, where he was held in jail for several weeks, first on a murder charge and then as a Government witness. In the meantime the. murder charge had been transferred to Campbell. h [that he would go to Philadelphia to Barrere announced upon being freed marry Mrs. Marian Jarrell, widow of & Clergyman, with whom Barrere was vacationing in Canada at the time of his . It could learned if [ been ill several death. COSTE'S BEAUTIFUL BLOND BRIDE EAGERLY AWAITS CALL FROM U. S. Former Con of Georgia, Lies cert Singer, Born a Princess Awake at Home as He Speeds West. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 2—Mme. Dieu- donne Coste today waited in their Paris apartment for her husband's promised long-distance telephone call from New York at the end of his flight across the Atlantic Oceah. She was sure he would phone her well before midnight today. The bride whom the premier French aviator left behind is a beautiful, slim blond Georgian princess. She watched beside her husband while he slept be- fore starting upon his flight, and she has_had no sleep since. “I went to bed to @ream of him, to be with him in the great loneliness of the black night over the sea,” she told the Associated Press today. “But how could I sleep? I had a telephone be- side me, and every word from Maurice Bellonte’s wireless and from the many watching ships came to me hour after hour.” Mme, Coste is quite the reverse in type of ‘her strong-bodied, dark-haired husband. But she has all of his drnamic energy, all of his confidence. Her eyes are blue—great big blue ones, brilliant with excitement, They are set off by long chestnut eyelashes. Her flashing smile shows gleaming white teeth. She was a concert singer three years ago when the noted airman first saw her when she went to get her air bap- tism at Orly Field. He could not take her up because he had a military plane. He took her picture standing before his machine. A year later, when Coste, after flying around the world with Naval Lieut. Comdr. Joseph Lebrix, had the unusual honor of speaking at the Sor- bonne, he saw her again from the rostrum. When he had finished he went to her immediately. They were married soon afterward. Mme. Coste had just made her oper- atic debut at Monte Carlo. Now she is in_the movies. She said today, repeating her state- ments of yesterddy, that she had not the slightest fear for the safety of her husband. “But every time he goes up it seems like the end of the world to me while he is taking off. Once in the air all is well—I breathe sgain. “When I fly with Dieudonne in our little plane, then I am not afraid. When he is the pilot I do not fear the taking off. I am going to New York to meet him_ within a week—my plans will be finished after he telephones me tonight.” On the piano in their apartment are pictures of Coste and his flying comrade, but every time she looks at them her eyes stray to two portraits of her father holding her as a baby, taken when they lived in Tiflis, where her father wac commandant. He was killed five years ago by conspirators. His death was laid to Soviet agents. Coste’s adoring wife keeps about her every trophy her husband wins. In a glass cabinet are nearly 300 medals, plaques and engraved cigarette cases given him. On a grand piano, among a score of pictures, is an illuminated globe 'with Coste’s around-the-world flight traced upon is. Elsewhere are large silver loving cups and a score of statuettes, all symbols of the Frenchman's air triumphs. MRS. BELLONTE IS HAPPY. English-born Wife of Coste’s Companion Is Confident, VIROFLAY, France, September 2 (). —Mme. Maurice Bellonte said today that she is one of the happiest women in the world, because she is sure her husband will succeed in the first non- stop Paris-New York flight with Dieu- donne Coste. “Of course, I am often anxious, but I have great confidence,” she said in English, Mme. Bellonte is an English-born ?kfl' and was Doris Stafford when she, like Mme. Coste, met her future hus- band at a flying field. The Bellontes first saw each other at Croydon Airport, when both Bellonte and Coste were working on the Paris- London passenger airline service. Mine. Bellonte, like Mme. Coste, loves to fish, and she and her husband tramp off to- gether for that peaceful pastime as a |mlel from the stress and noise of fiy- ng. YRIGOYEN'S ILLNESS ALARMS ARGENTINA Resignation or Absence From Country During Crisis Is Proposed. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, September 2.—Ill- ness of President Hipolito Yrigoyen to- day caused some uneasiness in govern- ment circles. ‘The president did not go to his of- fices yesterday. He was said to have suffered an attack of influenza Sunday night, and to have been confined to his bed. His temperature was 101.3. ‘There were rumors that he had been removed from his residence, where ap- parently police and military vigilance was somewhat relaxed. Meanwhile rumors of impending political trouble will not be stilled. The Buenos Aires morning papers published innumerable reports of disquieting character concerning the extraordinary activity of officials all night. La Nacion said the government was preparing to disembark the forces f the naval vessels in the harbor and that four motor trucks were bringing the 8th Cavalry from Campo de Mayo to the capital. The minister of marine early today visited the destroyer Parana. The min- ister of war was reported to be on a tour of the various capital garrisons at the same time. The minister of interior had a conference with .Police Chief Granderos, Police headquarters was surrounded by & strong force of police~ men. The newspaper Critica saild that it had been learned upon the most re- liable authority that a reunion held yes- terday in the bullding of the official mouthpiece, La Epoca, at which several members of the cabinet and numerous Yrigoyen senators and deputles were present. The gravity of the political situation was the topi¢ of discussion. Many of those present suggested that resignation of President Yrigoyen or his absence for some period was ad- visable in the face of the precarious situation of the country. This would allow Vice President Enrique Martinez to assume the presidency. Critica sald that this opinion was shared by nearly all present. PERU JUNTA NAMES COURT. LIMA, September 2 (#).—The mili- “tary junta headed by President Sanchez Cerro today decreed an organization to be known as the “National Sanction Tribunal,” which will act as a trial court for all “offenders” under the ad- ministration_of the deposed president, Augusto B. Leguia, ‘The tribunal will be composed of the resident and four justices, and will ve the services of a special prosecu- tor. Sentences imposed will be final, and it will be imposstble to appeal them to any other court. Popular accusa- tions will be admitted, but these must be duly proven. The body will carry on its work dluhl, the coming eight months, although its life may be ex- tended indefinitely. PIERCE RITES ARE SET Funeral services for Mrs. Mae C. Pierce, 54, of 1318 Euclid street, who died Sunday in Providence Hospital, will be conducted tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and Newton streets. gmrmem will be in Cedar Hill Ceme+ rsy“""m are her husband, John H. Pierce, and one daughter, Helen Pierce. Mrs. Pierce, a native of this city, had months prior to her | announced today. VETERANS MARCH BEFORE PRESIDENT Hoover Motors to Baltimore for Annual Parade of V. F. W. Men. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, September 2.—Men who fought in every foreign campaign of the United States since '98 pre- pared to march before President Hoo- ver today in the annual parade of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Drum and bugle corps in gay uni- forms, satlors from the battleship Florida and several destroyers, Army and Natlonal Guard units and men in khaki and blue, taken from moth balis but once a year, lined up for the start of the parade, scheduled for this afternoon. 3 The President's program called for his arrival by automobile about noon from Washington, Hincheon at the Maryland Club with Mayor William F. Broening_and Army and Veterans of Poreign Wars notables, and then for a trip along the 2-mile parade route to the reviewing stand in front of the City Hall, Tonight the vets and visitors will flock to the municipal stadium, where service and police and fireman athletes will compete in a program of k and boxing events, topped off a series of wrestling bouts. Tomarrow a steamer trip to Annapolis is scheduled. ‘The veterans at their first business session yesterday were urged by their president, Hezekiah N. Duff, of Lansing, Mich., to consider staging May day demonstrations counter to those held that dey under Communist auspices. In his annual report he praised the recent veterans’ relief legislation, but predicted it would be under heavy attack at the next session of Congress. Perry E. Piper, of Sumner, Ill, ad- judged this year by the National Scout Council, to be “the outstanding Boy Scout in the United States,” will be the first recipient of a V. F. W, scholarship, it was announced. He will enter the University of Illinois. JONES WILL APPEAR HERE IN EXHIBITION Columbia Professional Announces King of Golfers Will Play September 16 or 17. Robert T. Jones, jr., of Atlanta, open golf champion of the United States and Great Britain, and amateur champion of Great Britain, will appear in Wash- | ington in an exhibition match on either September 16 or September 17, it was Jones informed Fred McLeod, professional at the Columbia Country Club, that he intends to stop off in Washington on September 16 on his way to the national amateur cham- plonship in Philadelphia and will be able o play in an 18-hole exhibition | ma teh. Efforts have been under way since last April to secure the promise of the world golf champion to play on a local course in an exhibition match for the benefit of Bobby McWatt, formerly pro- fessional at Columbia, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident two years ago. The match as at present ar- ranged, will have Jones playing with George Voigt, former Washington am: teur, ‘against Leo Diegel, professiol match-play champion, and Macdon; FRENCH ACE SPEEDS . OVER NOVA SCOTIA Coste, First to Reach Conti- nental North America, Is Due in New York Today. French Aviator’s ame Pronounced ‘Coast,” Says Embassy The proper pronunciation of the name of Capt. Dieudonne Coste, the French fiyer now well on his way to New York on the non-stop fiight from Le Bourget Field at Paris, is “coast” the French embassy explained today. 'T‘he lo is long and the final e silent. —(Continued From Fi When finally made, their take-off, described by Coste as the most danger= ous part of long-distance flight ate tempts, was perfect. The plane rapidl gained autitude and soared westwars over France, the British Isles and out to sea, where it stuck close to the ship lane and was in constant touch with shipping. In his effort to complete a non-stop flight from Paris to New York. Coste is attempting what never before has been accomplished, although tried often. The Bremen, flown by the Fitzmaurice~ Koehl - Von Huenefeld combination, reached Labrador from Ireland, and Wing Comdr. Charles Kingsford Smith recently flew from Ireland to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, but other flights westward across the Atlantic either have been several failures. Capt. Coste is, perhaps, the most widely known of French aviators, and holds for his plane, the “?,” the long- distance flight record, made in a trip from Paris to Tsitsihar, Manchuria. He has flown the South Atlantic, with his one-time companion, Joseph Lebrix, and completed a tour of Spanish-Amer~ ican countries. The “?” is a sesqui-plane, built for. speed and long-distance flying. It is equipped with & 754-horsepower His- pano-Suiza motor. OVERCAST SKY AT NEW YORK. stop affairs or Patches of Fog Lie Along Route From Nova Scotia to U. S. NEW YORK, September 2 () —Skies somewhat overcast and with patches of fog were ahead of Capt. Dieudonne Coste and M. Bellonte as they approach= ed New York in their “?” today. Dr. James H. Kimball, meteorologist, said visibility was good, but the ceiling was low at Sydney, Nova Scotia, but farther down the Nova Scotia coast, as in New York and along the New Eng- land coast, fog was reported. PROGRESS IS WATCHED HERE. Telephone Queries Are Made From White House and Embassies. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The progress of the Question Mark toward its goal was watched enthusi- astically today in Washington. ' Telephone queries for the latest word were made at newspaper offices by the White House, the French and other embassies, as well as by numerous Gov- ernment officials and private citizens. Gratification for the French airmen's arrival over land was keen. iy e BRIG. GEN. BENNET, RETIRED, EXPIRES Former Infantry Officer Succumbs Following Short Illness. Brig. Gen. John B. Bennet, & retired Infantry officer, died at Walter Reed General Hospital this morning after a short illness. He resided at 406 Fairfax road, Bethesda, Md. Born in New Brunswick, N. J., De- cember 6, 1865, he was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1891. Practically all of his active service was in the Infantry, in which he reached the grade of colonel in 1917. During the World War he served in France as a brigadier general in the National Army. In September, 1925, he was transferred to the retired list on his own application and was promoted to the grade of brigadier general in the Regular Army under the act of Con- gress of June, 1930. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nellie S. Bennet. TEN HALIBUT FISHERS PERISH.IN COLLISION Captain Among Vietims as Craft and Freighter Meet in Fog. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, September 2.—Ten mem- bers of the halibut schooner Orient's crew perished yesterday in the Strait of Georgia, north of here, when the 50-ton craft sank after colliding in & dense fog with the Pacific Steamship Co.'s freighter, Admiral Nulton. The victims included Capt. Sedolph H. Rudd of the fishing schooner. ‘The others were First Mate H., Polson, Tony Anderson, Chris Peter- son, Harry Smith, Boby Perry, Martin Burns, Tortain, the cook, all of Seattle, and Andrew Lokae and Don Huseby of Vashon Island, near here. Only three of the Orient’s men sur- vived. They were saved after having been thrown clear of the fishing craft. Most of those who perished were trapped in the hold of the Orient, where they were sleeping. ‘The accident occurred off Sisters’ Island, between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Navy Band this evening at Twenty-fifth street and South Dakota avenue northeast at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, second leader. March, “Prince William”. Overture, “Egmont”.... Grand scenes from the fistofele” ......coveens Serenade, “Bl y Valse, “Tales of Old Vienna’ Selections from “Sari”. Reve angelique, “Kamenoi oitt.row." Idyl, “Souvenir”........ Gavotte, “Bridal Chimes”. March, “Lincoln’s Centenni: “Anchor’s Aweigh. “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band this evening at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. er”. d " opera “Me- .. Boito d Smith, runner-up to Jones in_both the American and British open champion- ships this year. The match b wflr be . t either Lo the. Spring Golt Columbia or at Finale, Club,