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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) rally fair today and tomorrow: nge in temperat ture—Highest, i lowest, 71, at 'port on page 3 Gene little chai T yest Full No. 15 KILLED, 100 HURT IN ARGENTINA FIGHT 1,329—No. 31,540. AS REVOLUTIONISTS SEIZE GOVERNMENT Country Is Put Under Military | Law When Gen. Uriburu; Takes Charge and Names| Civilian Cabinet. TROOPS BATTLE POLICE; IRIGOYEN IS ARRESTED Loyalist Newspapers Sacked and Burned by Shouting Mob.| Martinez Yields to New l!eg'ime.1 Demonstrators Parade Streets Carrying Banners. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, September 6 (®.—The government an- nounced late tonight that for- mer President Yrigoyen, whose government was overthrown by a revolt tonight, had been ar- rested and was confined in the barracks of the 7th Infantry at La Plata. BUENOS AIRES, September 6. -—Military forces tonight over- turned the government of Hipo- lito Yrigoyen after a sanguinary encounter with a little group of mounted police, in which approxi- mately 15 persons were killed and 100 wounded. Early in the evening the public hospital estimated that 1,000 per- sons had been killed or wounded, but it appeared late tonight the hospital had greatly exaggerated the number, although it was im- possible at the time to compile ure. 94, at 4 pm. 6 am. yester- -B. Entered as second class matt er post office. Washington, D. C. Mexico Launches Move to Control Methodist Property Action Is Forerunner of Plan 1o Nationalize All Church Holdings. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, September & Newspapers said this evening that the government had filed a petition in the Sixth District Court to nationalize all property of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexico. The petition was filed by orders of the attorney general, it was said, and the Christian Science and other Protes- tant Churches will face similar action as soon as this case is disposed of. All Catholic Church property in Mexico is classed as belonging to the government, and the priests in charge (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) BLAINE COMMITTEE T0 INVESTIGATE ALL he Sunday Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press 1o Nome Within the Nowr" | | ™e W " Aeliveresd oy | Sunday morning 1o The Btars exclusive National 3000 to # cartier srvice immediate delivery » W WASHINGTON, HOOVER TO GREET FRENCH AIR HEROES ON ARRIVAL TODAY FROM NEW YORK Capital Plans Monster Cele- bration at Bolling Field in Honor of Maj. Coste and Lieut. Bellonte. FIELD OPEN TO PUBLIC FOR ARRIVAL OF FLYERS Col. Lindbergh Will Fly Own Plane as Part of Escort—Flag Byrd Carried Over South Pole Will Be Presented Visiting Air- D. C. REALTY FIRMS Counse] Also to Probe Re- ported Dealing in Ques- tionable Securities. The Blaine Senate Subcommittee, which has been conducting an investi- gation of real estate mortgages in the District, has extended its inquiry into every real estate firm in the city, Oscar H. Brinkman, special counsel and in- vestigator for the subcommittee, an- nounced last night. Mr. Brinkman said the far-reaching investigation already was under way and also would extend into several concerns reported dealing in questionable securities. “This is not a mud-slinging investi- ation,” the attorney said, “and it will no fault of ours if it hurts some people.” Subcommittee to Get Facts. Facts brought out by this double- barreled inquiry first will be presented to the subcommittee, Mr. Brinkman said, but later some of this informa- tion' “probably will be turned over to the Department of Justice for use in criminal prosecutions.” Although the activities of all real estate firms in the District are to be Washington today was plan- ning for a monster celebration at Bolling Field and along the route Maj. Dieudonne Coste and Lieut. Maurice Bellonte will take from Bolling Field to the French em- D. C, SUNDA¥ MORNING, SEPTEMBER b 1930 —128 PAGES. News Note—Mr. Hoover in his new book entitled, “A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes,” says “some millions of fishermen have invented new lures of a seductive order and have devised many new and fearful incantations.” bassy, following the arrival of the French flyers, first to com- plete the Paris-New York air jour- ney, at 5 o'clock this afternoon. The monoplane Question Mark, in which the two flyers spanned the Atlantic, will come in from New York, and after a half-hour allotted for informal greetings at the landing field, the flyers will ride in an open machine to the French embassy, along Pennsyl- vania avenue and Sixteenth street. Elaborate plans for handling a rec- ord crowd have been made. The field will be opened for the pub- lic, the entire personnel of the post! will be kept on hand to handle traffic, parking and hold the crowds back from the transatlantic plane and its escort, and every inducement will be offered the public to turn out to the field to welcome the famous Frenchmen. Col. Lindbergh, in his private plane. will be among the airmen who wili MAINE T0 PROVIDE POLITICAL OPENER IN 1330 ELECTIONS Republicans Are Conceded Victory—Democrats Hope | for Large Vote. | | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Child Dancer Begs For Death to End Pain From Burns By the Associated Press. GREENSBORO, N. C., Septem- ber 6—Little Mary Doherty, 8, who couldn’t wait to grow up and dance in Broadway's glitter, but must devise footlights of her own from candles, lay in a hospital today seriously burned, pleading that she be killed to end her suffering. Physicians say her chance for life is slight. The trailing dress in which Mary Doherty “dressed up” to dance in a garage caught fire from the candles. Before neigh- bors, answering her screams, could reach her, the flames had seared her body. NEW BUILDING HERE SPEEDEDUPBY U3, BIG CONTRAGTS LET ?Plans Rushed to Complete i Office Structure to Cost | $8,000,000 by 1932. - ; With public building contracts being | | | | TEN CENTS FLAFWHERE S——e—— 4,000 DEAD IN STORM; 'TOLL RISES AS NEARBY . AREA IS HEARD FROM Relief Director Fears 1,000 More Were Killed—Many of 5,000 Hurt Expected to Die. FIVE CENTS » IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURRS $50,000,000 IN PROPERTY LOST; STORED FARM PRODUCTS RUINED Water Supply Dwindles, Adding Peril to Survivors—50 Decapitated by Ma- ternity Hospital Roof. BY RENE M. LEPERVANCHE, Assoclated Press Staft Writer. SANTO DOMINGO, Dimonican Republic, September 6.—The smoke of unnumbered funeral pyres hung over the white man's most ancient city in the Americas today as the bodies of the victims of last Monday’s hurricane, now estimated at more than 4,000, were consigned to the flames. Twenty-five per cent of the populace are casualties. The estimate of dead, made by Dr. Antonio Calderon, in charge of the sanitary service, is admitted to be conservative, and it is feared the final total will be at least 5,000. That is about one-eighth of the entire population of the city. Five thousand more, many of them expected to die, are seriously injured. Horror Grows Hourly. Property loss is set at from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000. Hour by hour the horror grows as refugees continue to drift in from out- lying towns, bringing with them tales of new destruction and death, and addi- tional bodies are found in the city's streets as workers clear away the debris. Along the muddy streets and on the banks of the River Ozama, the dead yet lie in piles, a menace to the health of those who escaped the hurricane. All available houses, churches and hospitals are filled with the wounded, 400 being billeted in San Rafael Hospital alone. 50 in Hospital Decapitated. An unestimated number of women and new-born children were killed in the Maternity Hospital. The building was roofed with zinc, sheets of which were ripped away by the 160-mile-an-hour wind and carried through the air, mowing down like a giant scythe those who crossed their path. Pifty bodies in the hospital were decapitated. The city still is without light or, power, and, worst of all, the water sup- ply plant is so badly damaged it will days before it can be repaired. Wi the city filled with dead and debris, the question of & pure water supply becomes has ordered the advancement of sal- aries to its employes. The United States naval ship Grebe has arrived with food and medical sup- plies from Porto Rico. It could not an accurate list. investigated, this fact should not be (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) | let at the rate of one every two eni | hourly more pre 3 dock because of the swollen current interpreted as indicating that all of them have been guilty of improper prac- tices, the attorney pointed out. He intimated, however, that he has uncovered evidence tending to show that a number of such firms whose names have not heretofore been brought to public attention, have been engaged in activities which he feels warrant in- vestigation by the subcommittee and possibly by the Justice Department. Evidence of Irregularities. Mr. Brinkman also said he has evi- dence of irregularities on the part of “at least” 20 concerns dealing in se- curities in Washington, which he be- lieves should be brought to the atten- tion of the proper authorities. “The primary purpose of teis investi- gation,’ "he said, “is to assemble infor- mation which the subcommittee can use in drawing up suitable legislation to protect the public from real estate and security houses which stoop to un- ethieal, if not illegal, practices. “The committee is seeking construc- tive legislation, not solely evidence for rosecution. It proposes this Fall to old another hearing, at which time subpoenas wil be issued for individuals and for the books and records of cer- tain organizations. Committee Handicapped. | “During the last session of Congress | the committee was handicapped by the tariff hearings, but when it meets again Senator Blaine intends to explore the whole field of real estate and security operations in Washington. I have been instructed to bring in all the evidence bearing on the matter, and the com- mittee will leave no stone unturned in its effort to secure all the facts. “Our investigation has really just| begun.” | The announcement that the subcol mittee will investigate the sale of s Among the wounded were Capt. Enrique Padilla, noted interna- tional polo player, and a military cadet named Poisson. Most of the casualties were civilian. Some civilians were injured in midafternoon when police fired on a group in the Plaza Mayo who had cheered the appearance of military airplanes over the gov- ernment house. Dr. Martinez Is Ousted. The revolt was brief and resulted in the ousting of Dr. Enrique V. Martinez, President for a day after the retirement ©of Yrigoyen. Two armies of soldiers, police and eivilians marched on the government house from two directions, and the white flag was run up on the building after a sanguinary battle between the oncoming troops and a detachment of mounted police in the Avenida de Mayo in front of the newspaper La Epoca, & government organ, which later was sacked and burned by a shouting mob. The leader of the revolt, Gen. Jose Evaristo Uriburu, a noted soldier, took charge of the government, named a civilian cabinet and issued a procla- mation- saying the country was under strict military law. Martinez then resigned and told the commander of the loyal forces, Gen. Toranzo, to lay down his arms. No Word From Provinces. With that the military revolt was over in the capital, although the provinces have not been heard from because of scanty communication. It was re- | ported, however, that at La Plata, capital of the Province of Buenos Alres, public demonstrations have demanded the resignation of Gov. Crovetto. | ey I Washington sroused consid- Apparently the clash between the | eraple interest in financial circles. mounted police and_the soldiers Was| ~wre)l informed Government officials the only serious conflict in connection | pave estimated that the loss to the with the revolt. Little could be learned | general public through the purchase of it because of the surging thousands | (Continued on Page 4, Column-i) | GROW AND SUTTON | T0 BE FREED SOON | T. S. Ambassador Says Peru Would Release Americans on Agree- ment to Face Courts. | theory that the way to make the most By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, September 6.—American | Ambassador Fred M. Dearing said to- | night after a conference with the Peru- | vian foreign secretary that Lieut. | Comdr Harold B. Grow and Charles | W. Sutton, Americans, held since the revolt broke, would be freed soon The foreign secretary, Col. Montagne, told the Ambassador the government would release Grow and Sutton from | prison if they would agree to stand trial in the courts e his arrival here by airplane r. Dearing has been work: vely on the cases of the two | Americans. of worthless securities runs into mil- lions of dollars annually, and it is be- lleved that a considerable part of this loss can be lald at the doors of firms operating in the Natlon's Capital. “Builder’s Bull Market.” The present situation in the real estate field, it was explained, had its inception several years ago in the days of the “builder's bull market,” when construction work forged ahead with unprecedented rapidity. During this period, it has been pointed out, too many apartment houses, hotels and other buildings were erected on the money was to “build ’em quick and build "em cheap.” This practice brought on hard times for the builders. Mr. Brinkman has in his possession material from the secret files of the Department of Justice relating to its investigation of the F. H. Smith Co,, which he secured in July. He also has the files of the District Attorney's office for 1924 and 1925, during which period a_Senate subcommitiee under Senator Ball made an investigation of renting and housing conditions in the District. Brinkman would not say what use he expects to make of this material, but he indicated that highly important developments may ex- pected in the near future. CLARK GRIFFITH’S MOTHER-IN-L 80, SCOFFS AT BASE BALL INJURY]| Takes Blow on Arm But Sees Game Out After Witness Faints at Firemen-Police Contest. A foul tip whizzed toward box No. €5 in Grimth Stadium yesterday during the police-firemen game. Fm‘: her seat in the box Mrs. Janet Robertson saw the baii coming 100 late to dodge. She took the stun- ing brunt of the blow high on her left arm. ‘The fans saw another woman faint a few seats removed from Mrs. Robert- £on, they saw attendants fanning them both, but they never saw Mrs. Rob- ertson flinch. They knew she was game, them suspeots,? she was B0 ve ol and the mnin In-taw of C'av% AW, | Griffith, owner of the Washington ball club. “I'm all’ right,” smiled Mrs. Robert- son, “No, I don't need a doctor. Go |home in an ambulance? Absurd! | Why, it's or®y the fourth inning! I'm Maine provides the curtain raiser to- morrow for the political drama of 1930. The Pine Tree State still clings to its September State elections, including members of Congress, although all the other States will not elect until No- vember 4. Chief interest centers in the size of the Democratic vote as compared to the size of the Republican vote in Maine tomorrow. Democrats frankly have no hope of ci Maine. They do expect, according to reports received at Democratic national headquarters here, to be able to cut down the Re- publican lead, particularly in the guber- natorial race and they insist there is a chance they may elect one member of the House out of the State's delega- tion of four. In these hopes the Demo- One man was killed and five injured | crats are likely to be disappointed, how- in a head-on collision between two| ever. The Republicans of Maine are automobiles at the “bottleneck” formed | Well organized, and they expect to get by the bridge over Four-Mile Run on | Out a good percentage of the vote, de- the Alexandria to Washington highway | spite the fact this is an off year. this morning. Fess Urges G. 0. P. Support. e S s Mienchs Welnher. | genctor Wom f O, chEwAS of 3455 Fourteenth street, 38 years old, sad to have been s former ‘st base | the Republican National Committee man for the, Dittsburgh National | ¢o%iye*Maine voters urging them to go League base ball team. . | to the polls and support the Republican ou;l;gehi:r]l\?x:gé:none of whom was seri f&nmd‘r‘? mdt‘me lflm‘m ’dm‘énm{,:' William * J. Shea, 1324 Fairmount | %00 i | street, sald to have been the driver of | indertaken lo ald in this Maine elec- the car in which Kelliher was riding; | pegs i only one of & number of speakers | Earl Garrison. 302 Tenth street south- | cont % FON, DA€ & B RUTLET B e gast, and William McKeever, 603 Far- | ngtional organization, on _the other | PRSLS IS e U C ENS G hand, has kept out of the State, leav- | Brought to Emergency. ing the campaign to the local Demo- | The names of the other two were not | crats. Edward C. Moran, the party’s| known to Washington police. They were | nominee for Governor, is the head and | occupants of the car which was heading | forefront of the Democratic activity this | north from Alexandria to Washington, | Year. in his effort to win_over Gov. | The car in which Kelliher and the | Willlam Tudor Gardiner. Moran was| three injured were riding was south- | Overwhelmingly defeated by Gardiner | bound and had turned from the wide | {WO0 years ago. The latter, however, has | portion of the road into the “bottle- | 105t some of his popularity in the State neck” at the bridge whei oll since then. wih the nerthooage when it collided | ®'R oresentative Wallace White, the Kelliher and his companions were | Republican nominee for Senator, is re- brought to Emergency Hospital by pass- garded as good as elected by the Re- ing motorists. Kelliher died soon after | Publicans. and the Democrats do not being admitted to the hospital. Shea |Sé€m to dispute the claim was being held by District authorities| A number of other States this week for the Virginia police. will vie with Maine for the spotlight of v irls fre Sudicsd politics. Maryland holds its primary ve Girls Are Injured. elections tomorrow, for example. Much Pive young women driving from Bal- of the interest in the Maryland pri- timore to Great Falls, Va., on an outing maries has been eliminated, it is true, yesterday afternoon were injured when | by the fact that the Democratic candi- their automobile overturned on the date for Governor has already been Brookville pike near Norbeck, Md. chosen—since he has no_opposition— Silver Spring police were told that Gov. Albert C. Ritchie. The Republi- the automobile, driven by Miss Marjorie | cans, too, have picked Mayor Broening A. Grant, 19 years old, of Baltimore, of Baltimore as the man to make the turned over three times after striking a | race against Ritchie. No Senators are machine operated by Henry Bogley of | elected in Maryland this year. Gaithersburg, Md., whi they were State primaries will be held Tuesday trying to pass. also in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Miss Grant recelved bruises and cuts Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont about the head and body. The others|gand Washington. South Carolina will injured were Miss Evelyn Huntsbury, 22| hold a run-off primary to determine years old; Miss Catherine West, whether Senator Cole Blease or former years old; Mics Margaret Smith. 19 | Gepresentative J. F. Byrnes is to have years old, and Miss Alma Stickel, 18 |¢he Democratic nomination in that years old, all of Baltimore. They were | siate, o badly shaken up, shocked and bruised. | “The intra-party battles over senatorial The condition of Miss Grant, Miss | pominations in Louisiana Michigan and Huntsbury and Miss West required | Colorado, not to mention South Caro- treatment_at the Montgomery County |jina have aroused widespread interest. General Hospital near Sandy Spring.|in Louisiana the veteran Senator Rans- Miss West was allowed to go home after | 4e); is opposed for the Democratic nomi- receiving medical aid, but the other two | = ONE KILLED, I0HURT INCAR COLLISIONS Former Big League Ball Play- er Dies After Crash on Alexandria Road. \ | WALSH MAY QUIT AFTER NEXT TERM Montana Senator Tells State Democrats He Might Retire. By the Associated Press. HELENA, Mont.,, September United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh told the Montana Democratic State Convention today he might “claim the privilege of retirement from public life” at the conclusion of a fourth term, the one for which he is now seeking re-election. The Senator did not amplify that statement but cut loose an attack on| what he termed the “argument that a Republican Senator could get more for Montana” than a Democratic Senator. He sald the argument “proceeds upon the assumption that Congress as well as the executive officers of the Govern- ment are basically corrupt; that ap- propriations are not made nor being enacted as the public needs require or the public interest demands but as re- vlzva:ds for party service and party popu- | arity.” Vigorously attacking the new na- tional tariff law, Senator Walsh cited oil and mineral development as the industries which suffered most through the act. Claims Glider Loop Record. INDIANAPOLIS, September 6—Ly- | man Voelpel, member of a flying circus performing at the Indiana State Fair, claimed to have established a new| world’s record for looping the loop in| a glider here today when he made thir- teen circles with his motorless biplane. Voelpel was said to have held the for- mer record of twelve loops. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. The Home Gardener—Page 6. Spanish War Veterans—Page 7. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society Section. PART FOUR—12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theaters, and Music. In the Motor World—Page 5. Aviation—Page 7. Fraternities—Page 8. and Screen were kept at the hospital. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) TWO HURRYING TO FILE - |SENATOR BORAH TO BEGIN| TARDY BALLOT NOTICES| CAMPAIGN AFTER REST| Representative Garber and M. J.!Idaho Legislator Makes Statement| Putnam, G. 0. P. Nominee of at Pocatello En Route to Virginia, Hurry to Richmond. Boize Home. By the Associated Press. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va. September 6.— POCATELLO, Idaho, September 6.— Jacon A. Garber, incumbent Republican | Arriving here today from Washington Representative from Harrisonburg, and | =n route to his home in Boise, United M. J. Putnam, Republican nominee for | States Senator Willlam E. Borah said the House in the tenth district, were | he would begin an active campagn for hurrying to Richmond today to repair, | re-election after taking a mcnth’s rest if possible, their failure to file their Borah, who recently has been ill, said formal notices of candidacy with thel he is feeling much improved. ‘The i secretary of Commonwealth within thel month’s rest was prescribed by his phy- | going to see the rest of this game.” {” Mrs. Robertson hasn't missed a ball | game at the Stadium n 30 years, her | relatives say. She knows the players and their records and she knows base ball inside out. For years now Mrs, Robertson has rved for her two seats in Box a voman = wied on Page 3, coy;:n () time prescribed by law. Faced with ! sician, howcver having their names omitted on the of-| Senator Borah was greeted here by a ficial ballot, both notified Peter Saund- | number of friends and political sup- ers, secretary of the Commonwealth, | porters. He said the situation appears that they were en route to Richmond | “spotted,” but he looked for Republican and arranged for post office hour en- | victories in a majority of States hold- gagements, Unless arrangements can | ing elections in November. be made to repair failure to file, voters In Idaho, Borah will be opposed by in their districts desiring to cast a vote | Joseph Tyler of Emmett, & ocrat. for them would find it necessary to The Senator plans to make campaign wT't2 in the names on the ballots. addresses in various pfi' of the State. District National Guard—Page 8. Marine Corps Notes—Page 8. Serial Story, “Murder at High Tide"— Page 9. Army and Navy News—Page 9. Veterans of the Great War—Page 9. News of the Clubs—Page 9. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 9. Radio—Page 11. es—Page 12. Organized Reserv District of Columbia Naval Reserve-— Page 12. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. PFinancial News and Classified Ad- vertising. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Reviews of the New Books—Page 18, Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22, PART EIGHT—8 PAGES. Educational Section. GRAPHIC SECTION—I12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Mr. and 3 han Annie; Brutus; Stenog; Somebody’s the Highlights of History. 68— ! a half days, as the resuit of the Presi- dent’s application of a spur to such work to relieve depression and unem- ployment, the aspect of downtown Washington, where much of the $568,- 000,000 appropriated for public build- ings is to be expended, will be changed far ahead of schedule. One building is complete, the fn- ternal Revenue Building; the Depart- ent of Commerce Building is far ahead of schedule and will be cccupied about the first of the year, and within the next year a vast number of proj- ects, which, it is expected, wil chan the whole appearance of the south side of Pennsylvania avenue and the area about the Capitol, will be well cn their | way. House Office Building Rushed. Present plans call lor the comple- tion of the new $8,000,000 House Office Building in time for the Bicentennial celebration of the birth of George Washington in 1932, and by that time the new Supreme Court Building will be well on its way to completion, mark- ing the principal changes cortemplated at this time in the area about the Capitol. The new Post Office Department Build at Twelfth d Pennsyl- vania avenue, will be staited early in 1931, when the Department of Com- merce Building will have been com- pleted. Plans for this Luildiag are well under way and work will be Legun as soon as all land necessary has been acqu\nd by purchase or condemna- on. Only a short time later work will be begun on the new Department of Labor Building, which will go up at the cor- ner of Fourteenth and B streets, and on a twin building which has not yet been designated, to be constructed on B street betyeen Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. - These buildings all are planned and will go up as soon as it is practicable to get workmen on them. Study War and Navy Buildings. Meanwhile studies are being com- pieted on buildings for the War and Navy Buildings, to form a part of the triangle development, as are plans for the new Archives Building, which will 80_up on the site of Center Market. In a few days wreckers will be tear- ing down the buildings in the square where Poli's Theater stands, and there will be a parkway on this block afford- ing a view of the massive Department of Commerce Building. Just how much the plans for public building have been speeded in the past 18 months is shown by comparative figures on the letting of contracts, made public by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ferry K. Heath, Maj. Heath points out: e result of the efforts to speed up (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. BLAST HURLS TIRE SHOP OPERATOR OUT OF BED Sleeping Owner Barely Escapes Flying Pieces of Metal as Vul- canizing Set Explodes. Joseph Silverstone was hurled from bed when an exploding vulcanizing ma- chine blew out the front of his tire re- pair shop, at 1374 H street northeast, early today. A big piece of metal from the machine was blown through the floor of the room above the shop where Silverstone was sleeping and narrowly missed him. The fire rescue squad was called to the scene to turn out the gas, which r‘;‘-d be"en left burning in the vulcaniz- g set. POWDER BLAST KILLS 10. Explosion in French Factory Fatal to Woman Workers. PARIS, September 6 (#).—The cor- respondent of Echo de Paris at Nancy reports that at least 10 persons were killed and many others seriously injured by an explosion -in mine powder factory at Aubous, a village near Brisy. ‘The 10 killed were women, mostly mothers. They were burned to death. Four others wdjfs in a serious condition. A squadron of six Cuban airplanes, bearing physicians and medical sup- plies, landed here this morning, and this afternoon the All America Cable ship All America arrived with a large supply of medicine and foodstuffs, and several doctors and nurses. New Hope for Relief Force. Their arrival brought new hope to sicians who have worked without rest for hours, their bodies a living barri- cade against the afterrunner of the storm, disease. Several persons today won their way across the river Ozama from Vila Duarte, spanning the swollen current on a cable, as the bridge was torn away by the storm. They reported 300 dead and 500 in- jured in the district of El Algibe, and 167 bodies already recovered in Villa Francisca. Parties now have penetrated an area of 15 miles on every side of Santo Do- mingo and report all in desolation. Roads, little more than trails in normal times, now are almost impassable and the injured in outlying sections have little hope of receiving medical and surgical attention for days. Great Farm Stores Ruined. The storm not only virtually de- upon which the country depends for existence—great, stores of coffee, cacao and fruits, which had been prepared for exportation. Only 400 houses of the original 10.- 000 still stand in the city, among them the tower of the old Cathedral, which, between its walls, four centuries old, ported tomb of Columbus. 14 on Boat Drown. The entire crew of 14 of the Domin- ican lightship Doce de Julio (twelfth of July, er the anniversary of the with- drawal of American Marines) drowned when the ship sank at sea during the hurricane. Despite the huge toll of dead mo Americans thus far have been reported killed or injured. An American-owned Santo Domingo, was damaged. The hurricane demolished the gov- ernment radio station, snapping off the two 150-foot steel towers. The government has appointed & committee to estimate the damage and EYE-WITNESS DES PASSAGE OVER By the Associated Press. MIAMI, FLA., September 6.—Graphic description of “terrific destruction” and scenes of death and suffering in hurri- cane stricken Santo Domingo was re- lated here today by E. F. White, pilot for Pan-American Airways. Plloting a huge, tri-motored plane from Port au Prince, Haiti, White landed here this afternoon at the controls of the first plane to reach this country from the devastated area. Five passen- gers, including two women and a crew of four, were aboard. White arrived at Santo Domingo two hours before the storm struck last Wed- nesday, after a flight from San Juan, Porto Rico. After the hurricane subsided he went to Port au Prince. He said approximately 75 per cent of the City of Santo Domingo and sur- rounding areas was “knocked flat” and dea will take days to dig them all out.” “Four other men and myself took a hotel when the storm began,” said White in describing his experience. *‘About noon, the skylights blew off and the shutters crashed in. From then on, the wind and rain in- creased. “It was apparent that the center of the storm passed over Santo Domingo. At about 2:30 p. m. the wind reached its highest velocity. “Then there was 30 mmules of dead the little body of local officials and phy- | stroyed the city, but also ruined that| held safe against the storm the pur- | sugar refinery at Boea Chica, east of | g:e%hewoumb in‘ R"i‘va;h and l-\fi\chumm ring e supplies. in, Americans have vu(unmrzg for lemc{ i e s G 2 T A Order Is Being Restored. Order gradually is being restored Tol« lowing upon Wednesday’s chaos, but the living population has not yet re- covered from the shock of its loss of life and property. It has suffered probe ably as no other city of the Americas | has ever suffered trc"lyn a storm. Santo Domingo is largely a city of the unsheltered. Tonight in the ancient cathedral, where God 1s worshiped and the memory of Christopher Columbus is revered, hundreds of men and women ;f:c’,"ym' to sleep in every available A million shadows flickered Lxough the vaulted spaces, from altar candles as well as from a hundred cradles and the places where the sick and injured lay. “For three days, the cathedral has etreat for those stricken e terrible tropical hurricane. Pistol Shots Announce Dead. Bodies are still being taken from the ruins. When a dead person is found the discovery is announced by a pistol shot —and the shots are frequent. Dr. Fernos Isern, head of the Porto Rican medical unit, reported to Ameri- can Minister Charles B. Curtis and went to work. An American Red Cross unit was organized this afternoon with Douglas Morgan, manager of the branch bank of the National City Bank of New York, at its head. Barney Morgan of Joplin. Mo., a mis- sion superintendent, took charge of the administration. President Rafael L. Trujillo, driven | from the wrecked executive offices, has established himself with the cabinet in Fort Ozama, and from there is ing relief, medical aid and the distribu- tion of food. Curfew Sounds at 7 P.M. The city is under martial law, with gedes!rhm ordered off the streets at p.m. The government and Red Cross have commandeered all motor transporta- tion, while all public buildings are used to shelter the sick and injured. ‘The road between Santo Domings (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) CRIBES STORM’S SANTO DOMINGOC calm. The skies brightened a little and d :hnuxm. the sun was going to comt ou “‘About 3 o'clock the wind changed from the north to the opposite direction The second blow was not as severe as thenfimt. “Destruction in the city was terrific \None of the buildings, except thos: vml:e dO{)e cgnneu, stoogl up. Frame and adol ouses were blown down or ey o the ‘pijdings stll standing any of the buildings still s are badly damaged. Rain by torrents poured into them from holes in roofs and broken windows. “Water, light and telephone service was paralyzed. “After the storm subsided dead and injured were seen at every hand. It was horrible, but I saw no signs of great hysteria or excitement. The | people seemed dazed. “‘Bodies were laid out on the streets for possible identification. Many are being burned on huge funeral pyres. “Prisoners in the jail were | work helping the natives. Ma was declared, and food sup) put under guard. North an country was flooded. A small settle- ment on the east bank of the river was wiped out. “I estimated from the air that the center of destruction was from 20 to 80 miles in diameter.” White said the Marines flew 23 doc- tors and medical supplies from Port au Prince to Santo Domingo today and added that when he left the Haitian capital two large planes en route from Cuba were ready to take off for the stricken city with other doctors. Medical supplies, shelter and food, White said, are the greatest need in Santo Domingo.