Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1930, Page 2

L. THOWPSON " SPORTSHA, DES rialn " Fx-President of American " Olympic Committee Expires | at Ticonderoga. Col. Robert Mcans Thompson of this 1 elty, former president of the American | | Olympic Committee, former president i of the New York Metal Exchange and | | organizer of the Navy League, died‘ . yesterday in Ticonderoga, N. Y., at| i home of his daughter, Mrs. St2phen H. i Pell. He was 81 years old and had been ¢ 1l for some time. He had been visiting varicus Eu- health resorts and returned to ! this country threc days age especially ! to attend the America Cup races. He and Sir Thomas Lipion were good { friends. : Funsral services -will be held at St. Mary’s Church, Portsmouth, R. I., at . 5 oclock Monday afterncon Wwith . burial there. Sportsman and Clubman. Col. Thompson was widely known . among local sportsmen and clubmen, having served for several years as presi- dent of the National Capital Horse | Show Associztion and being a member of the Metropolitan and Army and ! Navy Clubs here. Until a few years ago he frequently rode his horses in the shows staged by the horse show asso- ciation and was often seen on the bridle paths around Washington. The functions of the National Capital Horse Show Association recently were taken over by the Washington Riding and Hunt Club, of which he also was a member. A member of the class of 1868 at the | < Naval Academy, Col. Thompson was graduated tenth in his class. Since then his widely manifested interest in athletics and other affairs of the acad- | emy had made his name dear to the hearts of the many graduates of that | institution. It was through his active interest and aid in the promotion of the welfare and athletic interests that he became known as the “patron saint.” Col. Thompson was internationally known for his work on the American Olympic committee, which supervised the work of the American athletes in the Olympic games, which he several times served as chairman. And at the time of his death he was hono- rary president of the Navy League of the United States. Born in Pennsylvania. ‘Born in Corsica, Pa., March 2, 1849, Col. Thompson received his early edu- cation in the public schools and at an academy at Elders Ridge, Indiana County, Pa.. Unexpectedly, at the age of 15 years he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy, then lo- cated at Newport, R. I. His first sea service following graduation was on the Contocook, in the West Indian squad- ron. Afterward he served on the U. 8. 8. Franklis, Richmond and Guard in the Mediterranean squadron, on the ‘Waucheset and at the torpedo station at N . He was commissioned an ensign 1860 and master a year later. He resigned from the Na , however, in 1 to study law, and after being ad- m‘l’&d the bar entered the law office uated in the class of 1874. After his graduation from Harvard he began the practice of law in Boston and ‘became a reporter of the State Supreme Court in that city. He was made & of the Common Boston in 1876, and servec again the following year, when he became chair- man of the young Republican commit- tee, conducting the campaign in which ‘Thomas Talbot was elected governor over Benjamin F. Butler. Practiced Law in Boston. ‘While law in Boston, Col. m‘u l:‘ulntd to investigate of certain mining properties , Canada, and in Bayonne, N. J. knowledge of chemistry, Col. Thomp- son took an active part in the manage- plant, and to means for separating copper from nickel Intheonaobtdned‘mmzmme: near r Cliff, Ontario. International Nickel Co. later took over the company of which Col ‘Thompson was president, and he be- came chairman of the bhoard of di- rectors, These and other interests brought Col, Thompson financial success, It was his bellef, howcver, that weaith carried with it & duty, his friends say, and he is quoted as often having said that he hoped so to live that when he died ':&ny would regret him and no one d feel glad that he had gone. ‘Was Generous Giver. Pollowing his ideas along the line mentioned, Col. Thompson became known as & generous giver to charity. He was a member of various societies fi had many honors eonferred upon He was president of the Pennsyl- vania Society of New York in 1911, when the soclety gave the Willlam Penn dinner in London and during which year the Penn Memorial was dedicated lnAfi.lhe Church o: All Hallows. 'ways & great traveler, he belonged to the “Ends of the Earth Club of N‘el‘ ‘York,” the qualifications for member- ship in which are that the applicant must have circled the globe. He had visited all of the principal cities in the world. He acquired the title of colonel dur- ing the Spanish-American War by be- ing appointed chief of staff by the Governor of New Jersey. Col. Thompson had had conferred upon him the “Order of the Rising Sun,” second class, by the Emperor of Japan, an honor which was reserved for men of great achievement. Besides his club affiliations in this city, Col. Thompson was & member of the American Geographical Soclety, American _Archeological Soclety, the Pennsylvania Soclety of New York, of which he was president in 1911; the Naval Architects and Marine Engineers’ Saciety, the Loyal Legion, also the Uni- versity, Army and Navy, Century, Met- ropolitan, Lawyers’, New York Athletic and Players' Club of New York. He also belonged to the Meadow, South- ampton, National Golf Links of Amer- ica and the Shinnecock Golf Clubs of Southampton, Long Island. Married Miss Sarah Gibbs. He was married in 1873 to Miss Sarah Gibbs, daughter of Willlam Channing Gibbs, fgrmer Governor of Rhode Island. She died several years ago. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Stephen H. P. Pell, and a niece, Miss Hilda Sykes. Col. Thompson formerly lived in the old Ellis house on Sheridan circle, now the Rumanian tion. He afterward resided at Eightéenth and R streets. Since them he has frequently resided at the Metropolitan Club. He also spent jup a mother- much of his time in New York. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band at 5:30 o'clock this eve- ning at the home (John S. M. Zimmer- tor Brookha: ,n:d ua',wmurd"'lena & fight agi | COL. ROBERT M. THOMPSON i MEYERNAMEDHEAD OF RESERVE BOARD New York Financier Appoint- | ed to Succeed Roy A. Young, Who Resigned. By the Associated Press. | Eugene Meyer of New York returned | to the Government service today after an 18-month absence, holding a recess appointment as governor of the Fed- | eral Reserve Board. The appointment | takes effect immediately. | President Hoover announced Meyer’s | selection late vesterday to fill the va-| cancy caused by the resignation of Roy A. Young of Minneapolis, who has ac- cepted the governorship of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank. Meyer was in the Government service from 1917 until 1929. He served as managing director of the War Finance Corporation throughout its active life and was successively appointed to that organization by Presidents Wilson, Harding and Coolidge. In 1927 Presi- dent Coolidge appointed him to the Federal Farm Lcan Board. He served as its chairman through the period of reorganization. Appointment Creates Vacaney. ‘The Meyer appointment caused an- other vacancy which must be filled by the President, Edmund Platt, vice gov- ernor of the board, representing New York, resigned his post since no two officers of the board may come from the same district, Meyer’s appointment drew immediate announcement of opposition from Sena- Republican, Towa, who ainst Sen- ate confirmation when the n tion D Shringly oppesed i Meyers hart was s y o administration of the Farm Loan Board and termed his resignation last year “the. most fortunate thing that has hap- of | pened in all the histary of the co operative movement in this country. 'rg: Towan described the new Reserve Board governor at that time as a “decoy duck for the financiers.” BROOKHART OPPOSES MEYER. ‘Will Fight Appointment en Floor of Senate, He Says. WATERLOO, Towa, September 6 (#). —Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Towa promised yesterday to lead a fight on the floor of the Senate against the con- firmation of Eugene Meyer of New York as president of the Federal Reserve Board. Brokhart, has been outspoken in his opposition eyer during_the latter's service in the Federal Farm Loan Board, from which he resigned a ycar 80. “I feel it my duty to oppose his con- tion,” Brookhart said, “I fezl con- t that I will have considerabie support in- such a move.” MELON-PATCH FUGITIVE _ IS DROWNED IN RIVER Coroner to Fix Responsibility in Death—Shots Found in Youth’s Body. By the Associated Press. | DAVENPORT, Wash., September 6.— | A coroner's inquest was ordered today to fix the responsibility for the death of Shirley Brooks, 16, whose body was taken from the Spokane River six di after he was frightened from a wate: melon patch, together with four youth- ful companions. An examination by physicians re- vealed 13 lead pellets embedded in the boy’s body, although death was ascribed to drowning. Officers who investigated the youth's disappearance sald that Dewey Hayter, owner of the watermelon patch, told them he fired a shotgun four times in the air to frighten the raiders. No charge was placed against Hayter. Brooks’ companions, investigators said, related that Hayter forced them to ntt‘l‘.l":um the patch and eat melons un A THE EVENING 8 I'AR. T3TH ENGINEERS WIN RIFLE TROPHY | {Washington Marksmen Rank High in National Matches at Camp Perry. Svecial Dispatch to The Star. CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 6.— The 13th Regiment, United States En- gineers, Fort Humphreys, Va. out- classed 74 aggregations yesterday to win the championship regimental ieam match and the Rumbold Trophy. Trey totaled 555 points out of a possible 600, four points more than the 24th Infantry, Fort Bennings, Ga. Third medals went to the Arizona National Guard entry which scored 550. The champions who negotiated the 10 shots standing at 200 yards and the 10 shots prone at 600 yards and their individual scores are as follows: rpl. Sam E. Alden, 95x100; Sergt. ! Joseph H. Whitehead, 94; Sergt. Louis Kingsbury, 93; Corpl. Hearchell F. Hicks, 93; Corpl. Pred E. McDowell, 92, and Sergt. David E. Scawartz, 88. Marine Corps Wins. Scori= [54x600, the United States Marine Corps won the American Ex- peditionary Forces Rumanian Trophy event from a fleld of 57 teams. The United States Calvary was second with 553, and the California National Guagd third with 550. The Devii Dogs #1% won the enlisted men's team com- petition from 43 aggregaticns with another 554. Second and third péace teams each scored 552, but the Massa- chusetts Militia outranked the United States Infantry because of a hizher score at the 600-yard range. The course of fire was the same as that of the regimental event. The national small-bore champion- ship. which is an aggregate of the in- dividual short range, long range, Wim- bledon and Camp Perry matches, was won by Vere F. Hamer, Pringhar, Ohio, with a total of 1,073 out of a possible 1,100. Eric Johnson, Quinnipiac Rifle Club, New Haven, Conn., present holder of the trophy presented in 1919 by the Rumanian government, tied Hamer, but was outranked on his smaller 200-yard scores. First Lieut. Walter R. Stokes, medical detachment, 121st Engineers, District of Columbia National Guard, took fourth place with a 1,069 tally, while First Lieut. Hugh Everett, jr., same regiment, won the tenth bronze medal with a 1,064, Corpl. Wright Victor. Corpl. F. T. Wright, United States Infantry, was announced winner over 594 entrants in the individual Palma competition, which comprises the scores made in the 800-yard Wright, the 900- yard Scott ‘and the 1,000-yard Crowell events. He dropped only 2 points out | of 225. Second Lieut. Robert K. Mc- | Donough, Engineer School, Fort | Humphreys, shoi 220 for eighth bronze medal and for eighth prize in the reg-| ular service division. Sergt. Schwartz of the champion Engineer Regiment, finished thirty-third with 216, and| Gunnery Sergt. Morris Fisher, 1415 T street southeast, U. 8. M. C, thirty- seventh, 216. Third money in the National Guard group went to Corpl. Philip C. Geraci, ordnance department state staff, with 217x225, and fourth prize to Sergt. Henry M. Boudinot, Company E, 121st Engine:rs, the most consistent tyro the local militia has produced in recent years, 216. Stafl Sergt. Alex J. Thill, ordnance department, was twentieth, score 213; Capt. Just C. Jensen, same department, twenty-fifth, 212, and Lieut. Stok:s thirtieth, 211. ‘The Hercules Trophy and Gold Med- {als in the two-man team, long-range, small-bore event were taken by Henry J. Adams, jr., Fostoria, Ohio, and Homer H. Jacobs, Dayton, Ohio, with a combined score of 783x800. Capt. Clar- ence S. Shields, Company E, 121st En- gineers, and Lieut. Everett were awarded ninth money fér a 773 tally. N \TIONAL MATCHES END. CAMP PERRY, Ohlo, September 6 (#)—The National Rifle Association’s matches ended today, and on Monday rifle and pistol shooters will begin a week’'s firing for the major national championships. The final events on the rifle associa- tion’s program were ‘the pistol team match, the Herrick Trophy match, which drew. 70 teams of eight men each; the International Railwaysien's match on the small-bore ranges, and €he East- West match between two picked teams using small-bore rifies. The winner of the railwaymen's match will be determined by a tele- raphic comparison of scores, teams rom the United States, England and Canada firing on their home ranges. S RED CROSS DIRECTOR TO AID RELIEF WORK Ernest J. Swift Will Fly to Santo Domingo to Join ‘Workers. By the Associated Press. Ernest J. Swift, acting director of insular and foreign operations of the Red Cross, prepared today to leave for Santo Domingo City, going by rail to Miami and thence by air. Swift said he would co-operate with the American committee in relief work among the hurricane sufferers. The decision to send an official from the Capital was reached this morning in a conference of Red Cross officlals. Swift will leave for Miami on the first train available as there are no commer- cial air lines to Miami. He will fly in a Pan American Airways plan, leaving Miami Monday at 6 a.m. and arriving at Santo Domingo City Monday at| 4 p.m. Announcement to Retire From Footlights Follows Death of Mother. Actress Declares She Is Now Free to Do Things Long Desired. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 6.—After a career of 25 years on the -ug“mm Janis announced last night she quit the footlights forever. The announcement came seven weeks atter the death of her mother, Mrs. Josephine Janis—a death which broke d-daughter companion- ship that was considered notable in theatrical circles. “I could not quit the e as long as mother was with me,” sald Miss “Now that she has c_away I have decided to do the ti 1 long do—write.” mann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, as- sistant) : March, “The Royal Trumpeters”.Seitz Overture, “Rosamunde” Schubert Suite Oriental, “From the h”.Nicode Excerpts from musical comedy “The New Moon”. .Romberg TFox trot, “Wang Wi Johnson ‘Waltz suite, “Imperial” znberg Finale, “Allah’s Holiday’ PFriml ¢+ ‘“Rbe Star Spanglad . have wanted to ” Miss Janis has been writing for the screen under contract. “I shall not get married, contrary to the opinion of the general public,” the sald. “I never married as long as mother was alive, because I did not want to sacrifice it wonderful com- hip. Why should I take a chance, gambling that companionship against one that might be far less beautiful now? ELSIE JANIS QUITS S PLANS CAREE TAGE: R AS WRITER | it ELSIE JANIS. “The men who came here when mother was here and who still come here, feel as I do, that she is atill with us. “Marriage is all right if it is the thing one wants, but I won't want it.” During the World War Miss Janis devoted her talents (o staging entertain- ments for American service men over- sees. She has done much toward the welfare- of the umls&nlm the war. | i After return of the party’ TOLL OF HURRGANE NOW SET AT 200 96 of Every 100 Buildings and 9 of Each 10 Trees Com- pletely Destroyed by Wind.. ___(Continued From Firs have been cut off as if by a great knife. The Ozama River is out of its banks north and east of the city, and those sections are completely inundated. “Men and women appear with little | or no clothes on. There is almost no clothing to be had, and children and older people make out as best they can. ‘The people appear to be in a daze and almost hysterical.” While the landing field here has been cleared sufficiently to permit landing of relief planes from Port au Prince, Ha- vana, the United States and Porto Rico, the landing of ships is not so.simple. The Ozama River is a raging torrent pouring out over a bar at its entrance which effectively blocks what was the old harbor. One authority said he did not believe even a Navy launch could cross the bar. 4 Planes Bring Supplies. The suggestion has been made—and it appears plausible—that. the relief ships may disembark their cargoes and men at San Geronimo, four kilometers south of the capital, where there is a good beach. . Some supplies, food,.medicines and | even shelters have already arrived here by airplanes which also brought doctors for treatment of the sick and injured, and it is understood others are en route here aboard ships from Porto Rico, one of which is the naval tug Grebe, due today. ‘The President stopped food profiteer- ing yesterday with order that all food was to be sold at cost, under pain of court-martial. He also called phy~- sicians serving the ill and injured to- gether at the fortress and designated gllces in the city which: they might ave for first ald stations. Among the few bulldings left stand- ing in the city by the wind, which attained a velocity of 180 miles an hour, were the 400-year-old cathedral and other old Spanish buildings. The reputed tomb of Columbus inside the cathedral also was not touched. Reports from the northern section of the republic were that damages there were not so heavy as in Santo Domingo. The cities of Santiago de Plata were not damaged at all. Villa Duarte, a viliage housing 1,500 of the poorer classes, literally was blown off the map. (Copyright, 1930.) NTERNATIONAL AID ASKED. Red Cross League in Paris Sends World- Wide Appeal. PARIS, September 6 (#).—The Inter- national Red Cross Committee and the League of Red Cross Socleties today appealed to all national Red Cross so- cleties for funds to relieve hurricane sufferers in Santo Domingo. The action was taken on advice from the Dominican Red Cross to the effect that international aid would be nec- essary. STEAMER TO RETURN. GALVESTON, Tex., September 6 (#). —After having escaped the tropical hurricane which lashed Santo Domingo the steamship Genevieve Lykes of Gal- veston salls today from Port au Prince, Haiti, to Santo Domingo City with medical supplies, food and other relief commodities, her owners were advised by wireless. The Genevieve Lykes was forced to go to Puerto Padre, Cuba, as a port of refuge, when the hurricane bore down on her as she was in the narrow and treacherous Bahama Channel along the north coast of Cuba. PLANE LINE RESUMES. MIAMI, Fla, September 6 (#).—Two airplanes left Miami today for Port au | Prince, Haitl, the first planes to go from this point into the eastern part of the West Indies since the hurricane struck Santo Domingo Wednesday. The first plane left at 6:19 a.m., East- ern Standard time. It was chartered by representatives of a news reel company which seeks pictures of the storm- stricken area. The second plane, the regular West Indies limited of Pan- American Airways, left at 6:44¢ am, Eastern Standard time. In event of good weather conditions. airplane service between Miami and San Juan, Porto Rico, will be re-estab- lished today. Pan-American officials said that a Miami-bound airplane left Port au Prince early this morning and was due to arrive in Miami late today. CAPITAL PLANS HUGE OVATION FOR COSTE AND M. BELLONTE| (Continued From First Page.) Charles Francis Adams and Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont. At 12:15 Monday afternoon the fiyers will be taken by M. Henry to the White House, where they will meet Prerident Hoover and be his guests at a state luncheon, at which time they will meet Government officials, diplomats and noted airmen. The next official function will be a reception at the French embassy, where will be gathered between 500 and 600 guests invited by the embassy to meet the fiyers. Admission to this reception, it is nnndnuncled by the embassy, will be by card only. The biggest yrecapnnn of all will be accorded the flyers Monday night, when. under the auspices of the Board of Trade, will be gathered in the big ban- uet hall of the Willard Hotel all high &uummenb officials in the city, leaders in the city's business and professional circles, diplomats and famous flyers. Vice President Curtis will be the cipal speaker at the banquet, with Capt. Rickenbacker sharing speaking honors, The official welcome will be given by Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby. The rs are expected to hop into their D%‘Q and fly out of the Capital some time Tue-day morning. | | WASHINGTON, D. C, los Caballeros, La Vega and Puerto|, SATURDAY, SE PTEMBER 6, 1930. First picture showing the discovery of the remains of Andree expedition after it had been held in the Arctic fastness of White Island for 33 years. shows Dr. Gunner Horn’s party digging for bodies of the explorers and relics of the ill-fated ezpedition. Picture was tal ship Bratvaag to Tromsoe the picture was rushed to London and transmitted by radio to New York. 1 $20.000000 FRAUD CHARGED TO LEWIS Operator, Found Guilty in D. C. Last Year, Indicted in Philadelphia: Picture ken by a member of Dr. Horn's party. —Ass:ciated Press Photo. An exclusive Associated Press radiophoto showing where the bodies of Szloman August Andree and one of his com- panions, Nils Stringberg, were found after their balloon in which they attempted to reach the North Pole was wrecked somewhere in the Aretic in 1897. The picture shows the boat used by the expedition, which, protruding from the snmow on White Island, led to the grim discovery by Dr. Gunner Horn and his party of Arctic sealers. by a member of Dr. Horn's party before craft was dug out of ice where it had rested for 33 years. It was taken —Associated Press Photo. Coste’s Own Story Pilot Believes Planes of Smaller Types Better for Ocean Flying Than BY DIEUDONNE COSTE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 6.—What is the future of transatlantic aviation? Naturally that is a subject I have often pondered. I do not like to generalize in a field in which one man’s prediction is as good as another’s, but I have, of eourse, some. hunches. 1 believe that the airplane is more serviceable than the dirigible; that when transatlantic air routes are in- augurated on a commercial basis the flights will not be non-stop, as ours was, and that the huge DO-X, in which the Germans proj to carry a pay-load across the Atlantic, will be found to b2 too large for practical purposes. All these opinions center in one prob- lem, that of speed. No one is going to make a success of commercial trans- atlantic aviation unless he can provide | reliable service at a very substantial saving of time over the four or five | in which the express ocean liner now makes the crossing. My guess is that 40 hours is the minimum that will pay. If sircraft cannot provide reliable 40-hour service, they are beaten before they start. ‘Winds Retard Dirigible. Right at this point the advantage of planes over dirigibles begins to be seen. Dr. Hugo Eckener has done marvels; he has shown the Zeppelin to be safe and sturdy; but, as yet, he has not been able to cross the ocean in face of adverse winds at a speed greatly in excess of a fast ocean liner. If.a transatlantic dirigible service were to operate steadlly for six months or so, I think that this shortcoming would become extremely evident. ‘The airplane, on the other hand, has sufficient speed to overcome strong ad- verse winds. It will be pointed out at once that the dirigible has the advan- tage of being able to remain longer aloft, even after its fuel is exhausted, whereas all transatiantic airplanes to date have had to carry so much fuel that room remained for little else. It is for this reason that I believe transatlantic air service will include quite a few stops. These stops may be made on land; they may be made on floating airdromes such as I under- stand to be under construction here in America. They will enable the plane to carry a pay-load large enough to pro- vide real profit. Medium-Sized Planes Likely. When any transatlantic service is in- augurated, mail will be its mainstay during the long period of demonstra- tion that will be required to convince most_people that it is a safe mode of travel. This with my opinion that medium-sized planes, much smaller than the DO-X, will be used. So much time would be lost in wait. ing for a profitably large cargo of maf to accumulate-—a cargo large enough to load the DO-X, for steamships could give nearly as good service. Would it not be better at first to have a number of smaller planes flylng at short intervals and fully loaded than a few large planes? ‘This brings us to the much-debated question as to the relative reliability of small planes and large multimotored planes. An airplane is dependent upon the steady functioning of its motor: just as a human being is upon hi: heart. Airplane motors are among the finest products of pure science. They are approaching the point of being utterly reliable. If & huge plane can still remain aloft and retain maneuverability and high speed with two or three motors dead, then it has an undeniable advantage. But if the failure of the two or three motors forces it down, it has no ad- vantage whatever. Indeed, it suffers & disadvantage in that the more motors the greater the number of things that may go wrong and cause a forced land- ing or disaster. Much Remains to Be Done. If we are to regard the alrplane motor as a perfected machine—and it is hard not to do so after listening to the never- failing_drone-of our Hispano for hour upon hour as it pulled us through the mist over the Atlantic—we are forced to the conclusion that da even a single-motored plane is at no | disadvantage in comparison to the largest multi-motored craft. But I do not want to give an im- pression that I take for granted the early establishment of air service be- tween France and the United States. It is not impossible, but, in reality, much work is necessary before it can be accomplished. We must have more information abcut meteorology over the North Atlantic and about the materials uz-d ia_afrplane constru-i'on, + Our flight, I feel, b.cught out big LS has something to do| instance—that | Dirigible or Massive things, not so much about meteorology as about conditions under which the various materials used in a plane can be depended upon. Theze technical | matters will be of interest to airplane | designers, but would, I suppose, bore | the layman. . And as to what the flight proved relative to long-distance travel over wa- ter, here is the thing I realize full well | ——that it is a handicap for commercial |aviation that the deadweight of fuel | should eat up the room that might otherwise be used for a pay load. We flew across, arriving at the exact | destination which we had determined | upon. That is a thing to make me very | happy, but I am still quite aware that the flight comes far from proving the present practicability of commercial service over the same route. ‘We must | have better planes and plenty of land- stations of one kind or another en ough, at any rate, to enable | line and replace it with pay load, com- | parable to that of the airship. | "'This would seem to be a_concession !to dirigibles. Nevertheless I maintain | that their performance is not yet con- vincing. I admire what they have ac complished. It is granted that they | have taken passengers across; but the dirigible is more at the mercy of an ac- cident than the airplane. Let them op. erate on regular schedule in an over- ocean service. If they can do this for a long period without mishap, that would be conclusive that they are prac- tical. But, even at that, they must in- crease their speed to be commercially | successful. Dirigibles Much More Costly. Their inferior speed is not their only handicap. From a practical standpoint | they have another one that will still remain even if the speed can be stepped up to a point where it compares with & plane. This second handicap is the cost | involved, not alone in the construction of the ship, but also of the huge hangars required. And, beyond that, a large ground crew must be maintained. Until now there has been a great struggle between these two types of aircraft, but, despite the splendid voyages of the Graf Zeppelin and the R-100, I think the air- plane still has the upper hand. The dirigible can do things the airplane cannot, but the use of landing fields ashore and afloat will offset this. Eventually, of course, direct flight will | be the thing. | direct fight is just the goal at which the designers of the DO-X aim. DO-X Regarded Too Large. But airplane designers must not make the same mistake as is found in the dirigibles—they mustn’t build their ma- | chines so large that the expense of con- struction and operation eats up the | profits. | " That 1s just a smiple business consid- eration and it is my reason for believing that the DO-X is too large for practical purposes. Of couse, it constitutes an extremely interesting scientific experi- ment and I admire those who are work- ing on it. They are trying to solve a | difficult problem—to find whether the | use of many motors gives a plane a Teal | advantage. This inquiry is assuredly of value to aviation, for we should never forget that afety must be placed ahead of every | other consideration if transocean flying is to be a business success. Speed with | safety is the problem, and only the future can solve it. I place my faith in one gcod motor, and I prefer to have one rather than three. Though the three may each be just as good as the one, three chances of getting into trouble instead of one. But then, I do not want to generalize. Vast Area Aid in U. S. America has aviation advantages greater than those of any other coun- try. Distances here are long enough to make the time saved by flying very | appreciable, whereas, in Europe, the cities are, many of them, relatively close together, and when the time con- sumed in traveling to and from air- dromes is added to the flying time, there is little saving over the time of a train trip. But your country has other advan- tages than that of vastness. An im- portant one is the lack of national bar- riers. Today I shall fly a thousand miles and more. When one flies that distance over Europe he may cross half a dozen countrles, each with its cus- toms and passport regulations. That is not only an inconvenience, but operates to add to the actual flying time. In contrast, one can cross an entire eontinent here without any such inter- | ruption. Indeed, instead of finding one’s | I realize that the ability to make a | there are | HYDE FINDS FEED SITUATION SERIOUS | Agriculture Official Declares | Scarcity, Due to Drought, | Greatest Since 1901. | | | | | Based on replies from 120,000 crop reports in the 28 drought-stricken States, Secretary Hyde was on record today as declaring the feed situation has become serious. The Agriculture | official said his report was based on statements as of August 20 and is re- (From Yesterday's 5:30 Star.) Accused of being the “master mind” in an insurance underwriting racket for mining enterprises estimated to total between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000, Melville S. Lewis, who was found gullty here of a similar fraud case last year, was indicted in Philadelphia yesterday on a charge of using the mails to de- fraud, according to a special dispateh to The Star, Lewis, who identified himself while in Washington as Frederick E. Lewis, was indicted here several yes tried and convicted last i::':::fg;:: February was sentenced to serve two years and to pay a fine of $5,000. Lived as Mystery Man. He was released under $10,000 bone, however, pending appeal from the de- cision in District Supreme Court. Later he returned to the Quaker City and became known as a “man of mystery” by persons living near his palatial home in Germantown, a Philadelphia suburb. A high barbed wire fence, which sur- rounded his home, attracted con- siderable attention among neighbors. Since little was known of Lewis to his neighbors in the exclusive section, he sometimes was referred to as a man of mystery. Lewis’ scheme here, according to evi- dence presented at the trial, was that he was a member of a firm said to have been established in 1843, having a cap- italization of $6.000,000, whose business it was to float large bond issues. From 40 to 50 contractors here undertook to do business with Lewis and his asso- ciates, but, it was charged, flaws were found in each case after applicants had paid advance fees and no bond issues actually were floated. The fees, it was charged, were retained by Lewis and his l&;flflzms. n e current Philadel; Lewis is charged by postal plnlpeem % | with being the leader of a number of | alleged fake promotion concerns, which l:n:e undirmzte‘g bonds for more than core of viduals and corporations whom the Governmen victims of the scheme. st kg Majority on West Coast. ' Most cf them are on the Pacific Coast, and in Western mining towns. Lewls was sentenced to the two-year term and fined $5,000 in Washington after he was convicted last June in the Federal District Court of using the malls to defraud for another alleged confidence racket. He was released on bail recently pending an appeal. The other men named in the indiet- ment with Lewis were Frank Brady, J. Clyde Heath and Edward R. Foote. all of this city. The scheme they are accused of operating has netted the four men at least $200,000 in four years operations. By an extensive campaign the; t in touch with persons nnxm'n u{ d.:- velop mining properties and arrange for interviews with Lewis and Brady in an office here. After looking over the prospects there, they would take them to an officc in another building, where they operated under the name of the Consolidated Constyuc- tion Co., it is charged. When & pro- spective customer’s confidence had been gained by encouraging reports from the research expert and appraiser he would find himself facing a la; bill garded by him as being substantially accurate as of today. | _With the drought situation becoming | worse through August, affecting corn, 1 hay, pastures and feed crops, Secretary | Hyde holds that the feed scarcity is the | greatest since 1901, Advocates Feeding Wheat. @omputations by the Bureau of Ag- | riculture Economics show a _shortage {of 990 pounds of combined feeds per janimal in the 28 drought-stricken States. With a deficit of corn of more than 500,000,000 bushels, and other |feeds in the country, Secretary Hyde advocates the feeding of wheat to ani- mals. However, he calculates that there is avallable for this purpose 366,000,000 | bushels of wheat, and he has the view that if not a bushel of that grain is | exported there will be need for not only all of it, but even more for feed pur- | poses before the Winter is over. Predicts High Prices. ‘The great pressure for feed is ex- pected to come in the Winter. Then, it i1s deemed probable that prices of dairy products will be forced up. To what extent live stock will be dumped on the market still is a question. Secretary Hyde called attention to the fact that, although more for cattle feed- ing than corn, September wheat is quoted about 15 cents a bushel cheaper than corn on the Chicago market. While neither Secretary Hyde nor other officials said that export of wheat would be discouraged, this is deemed not unlikely. Secretary Hyde, at one point in the statement, says: “The survey indicates that from a standpoint of feed production, Arkan- sas, with a percentage of only 33 per cent of the five-year average feed sup- ply, is the most seriously affected by the drought. Other States showing less than half the usual supply of feed are West Virginia, 37 per cent; Kentucky, 39 per cent, and Virginia, 40 per cent. Of the 28 States surveyed, the only State showing supplies per animal unit in excess of the five year average is Wisconsin, with 109 per cent.” | Budget Cut Aids in Crisis. MELBOURNE, Australia, September | 6 (#).—J. E. Fenton, acting prime min- | ister, said today that the Australian | government had already cut expenses under the budget in running the houses | of Parliament and in general adminis- | tration. The economies were substan- tial enough to be helpful in the present | financial crisis, he said. self at odds with others, there is a spirip | of co-operation here. In developing its |own aviation, each community finds it | best to work hand in hand with the others. That is a distinct help. And another asset to aviation you have here is, needless to say, your form | of industrial development, which makes | travel facilities important and so pro- ;vldes passengers to pay fares. I shall have an opportunity while here to study your planes and motors, |1t is_possible that the Question Mark will fly back to France, but, if it does, neither Bellonte nor I will be in it. My friend Paul Codos, who is now in Paris, may take my place and some one else will take Bellonte's-—provided the flight is_made. | Why, T am asked, do T not fly back | myself. Obviously it would be an ex- perience that would bring me nothing at all. It would be risking something ‘fur nothing, trying to do too much. It {would be overzealous. I have been asked sillier questions than that. I was so amused at one question that I assured my questioner that 1 was going to fly around the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole. I must have given that answer | because I am told that a newspaper has |announced that I am about to set off (on this quaint expedition. I cannot refrain from repeating that for preliminary expenses. In cases 2: wou}dhpa'I u".fy bill expecting to be- me ric] ortly as a resul officials claim. ¥ ARGENTINA’S ARMY AND NAVY MUTINY AGAINST IRIGOYEN (Continued From First Page.) ed himself in the place vacated by Irigoyen. Public assembly was prohibited and Buenos Aires, with its population of nearly 2,000,000, was piaced in the hands of the military. A rigid censor- ship was established in outgoing cable- grams, and telephone calls were hiany ded [any were woun in clashes dur- ing the night between the police and - students, dissatisfied that President Irigoyen merely had retired rather than resigned. Under Argentine law a Presi- dent may retire for 5o long as he wishes and delegate power to the Vice Presi- dent. Irigoyen Urged to Quit. The retirement climaxed days of po- litical agitation and disorders, during which Irigoyen found it me to concentrate military forces at strategic places in the capital to prevent a revo- lution or his assassination. For days even friends of the Presi- dent and the leaders of his own party, the Radicals, and the cabinet had be- sought the President to resign, blaming him for the country’s economic depres- sion, the approaching parliamentary stalemate and voicing the accusations of the active opposition that he in- tended a dictatorship. Shortly after 5 p.m. yesterdsy Dr. Martinez and the youngest man in the Argentine ever to be Vice President,; was called to Government House, where the President has been confined, ill with infiuenza. City Went Into Uproar. A few minutes after his arrival La Nacion, Buenos Aires daily, was told to stand by, and shortly the paper exploded bombs and sounded sirens to signify an event of transcendent importance. Word quickly spread that the President had Tesigned and the city went into uproar; it was not learned until later that the action had been retirement rather than resignation. ‘The first act of the new Chief Execu- tive was a proclamation of martial law or a state of siege for 30 days in the federal capital. The action was taken “in view of the unsettled situation owing to events already of public knowledge, and with the intent to normalize situation.” Soon afterward the President an- nounced a number of judiclary appoint- ments headed by Jose Figueroa, who be- comes president of the Supreme Court. La Nacion today said seven ministers of the I:Aublm}l;.ll:’fldfl:;éls&menu of Bue- nos Aires hande resignations last night to Dr. Martinez. - Quit Law for Farm, Irigoyen, who is 77 years old, first came to the Argentine presidency in 1916 after a_campaign as champion of the people. Early in life he had aban- doned law for cattle raising and agri- culture, and from that backgrou co:xxld voice an extremely popular ap- Although his first administration was under attack, he was swept back ‘into office in 1928 by a tremendous vote. It Wwas the first time an Argentinelever had held the office of President for more than one term. Irigoyen has always been a considerable mystery. Much of has been led as a recluse. He has been remarkably unpretentious and reputedly has always kept a certain door of his home open, so that any ordinary citizen whm have access to him when he both Bellonte and myself are very touched by the cordiality of our recep- tion here. It has made us feel that we have millions of new friends, a feeling that one can never forget. (Copyright, 1930, in North and South Amer- ica by the New York Times Co. All rights ‘ reserved.) La Nacion today, St law would be maintained only so long as to assure peace in the ublic. He said he regretted its imposition, but recognized that it was necessary at this time. (Gopyrizat, 1930, by the Associated Pr All rights reservesl to see The new acting preside i interview published lnp e ioaad martial necessary