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A—4 * 15KILLED, T00 HURT INARGENTINA FIGHT Yroops Take Over Govern- ment—_Civilian Cabinet Named by Gen. Uriburu. ____ (Continued From First Page.) #n the heart of the city and the re- sultant confusion, but it appeared that the police, stalwart fellows from the North and South, knowing but loyalty, opened fire on a detachment of sol- diers in trucks. ‘The troops unlimbered machine guns ::u‘l the tap-tap of these weapons could heard even in the Associated Press Bureau. Gen. Uriburu officially announced he ld head the new provisional govern- ent with Lieut. Col. Emilio Kinkelin secretary and the following civilian gabinet: Vice President, Enrique Santa Marina., Minister of finance, Enrique Perez. Minister of the interior, Marias San- €hez Sorondo. uhgmr of public instruction, Ernesto m}r]ns:ter ot foreign relations, Ernesto ich. & agriculture, Horacio of public works, Octavio S. Then he announced that the freedom ®f the press would be re-established. Proclamation Issued. A proclamation issued by Gen. Uri- juru at the same time he announced e cabinet personnel decrees execution before a firing squad for those who violate the new regime of military law. gt follows: “The military power which has been nstituted as the provisional govern- ent of this nation has before it the ary mission of maintaining order d protecting life and property. It erefore, warns the public as follows: “First, eny individual who may be ht trespassing on the properiy of inhabitant of the nation or platting t the milif forces and the se- ourity of the nation shall be placed Efm a firing squad without the for- ality of trial.” “Second, those who issue this procla- Enmn can make it effective only under e sole authority and responsibility of an officer of the army or navy. Lower ranking officers who catch any individ- dual committing nngr offense forbidden by the first part of this proclamation shall immediately turn him over to the highest officer of the junta for imme- gliate execution. igned. “Jose Evaristo Uriburu, lieutenant neral and commander in chief of the and president of the provisional government, “Emilio Kinkelin, Bnd secretary genera! Revolt Supported by Storm. The military revolt had the close pport of Admiral Alberto Storni, mmander of the Argentine navy, and ‘welcomed the ace, shocked the action of the police in killing a g student Thursday night. I After the revolt had succeeded, pa- les of demonstrators marched over city, carrying banners and shouting #He's finished.” pers posed which were government organs— Epoca and La Calle. Firemen re- to fight the flames in either. Other roaring multitudes poured into house after the white , and ,nnuc‘ " ks: ;le:; em gleefully rip] of Arigoyen from the walls and ed them in the nearby Plaza Mayo, while the others seized two busts of the are! Minister ico. fl};utennnt colonel Route Ocean Flyers Will Take to French Embassy Announced Maj. Dieudonne Coste and Lieut. Maurice Bellonte, transat- lantic French fiyers, will take the following route from Bolling Field to the French embassy after their arrival at the Army fleld at 5 o'clock this afternoon. From Bolling Fleld to Nichols avenue, Anacostia; north on Nichols avenue to Eleventh street, thence to Pennsylvania avenue southeast, to the Capitol, around the Peace Monument and up Pennsylvania avenue to Fif- teenth street, north on Fifteenth street to Pennsylvania avenue, north on East Executive avenue to H street, thence to Sixteenth street, and north on Sixteenth street to the French embassy 2034 Sixteenth street. HOOVER 70 GREET FRENCH AIR HEROE Capital Plans Celebration for Coste and Bellonte on Arrival Here, | | (Continued From First Page.) escort the Question Mark of Maj. Coste and Lieut. Bellonte to Washington. Other escort planes are coming down from New York with the Frenchmen, and still more planes from Bolling Field, the Naval Air Station at Ana- costia and the Marine Corps air base at Quantico, Va., will meet the visiting airmen at Baltimore and provide them with an eseort to the Capital. At the field the flyers will be greet- ed on behalf of President Hoover by George Akerson, the President’s secre- tary, and by State Department and Army officials, with Jules Henry, charge d'affaires of the French embassy, head- ing the embassy staff, representing the French government. In the party at the field, in addition to Akerson, will be Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics; Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce for Aviation Clar- ence Young, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics F. Trubee Davison, Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps; Brig. Gen. Albert H. Bowley, assistant chief of staff of the Army; Pierre Boal, acting chief of the division of European affairs of the State Department, and Richard South- gate, acting chief of the State Depart- ment division of international confer- ences. Assigned White House Car. A White House touring car, with the top down, will be on hand to take Maj. Coste and Lieut. Bellonte, with Akerson and M. Henry, from the field to the 'P"r!m:h embassy at 2034 Sixteenth eet. A squadron of six motor cycle police- men has been assigned by Maj. Pratt, superintendent of police, to escort the procession from the field to the embassy. ial parking regulations have been ced in effect, forbidding parking for de area about Bolling Field, along Nichols avenue in Anacostia and about the French embassy on Sixteenth street, with spaces reserved for official cars. In addition, lice cordons will be provided along the route the procession will take to handle the crowds expected to turn out to greet the fiyers. ‘The procession will leave Bolling Field by way of Nichols avenue, along Eleventh street to Pennsylvania, ave- nue, thence to the Capitol, around the funeral the other to a tree. Today's events showed that Irigoyen's fadical party, which in the last elec- tion gave him the greatest majority =1y Argentine President ever received, dead for the present at least. The provisional government is made up of Qonservative leaders. With this revolution, the first in Ar- Enum. since 1890, the military forces ve followed the lead of Bolivia and Pery in recent months, military gov- ernments now rule these two republics. City Has Carnival Appearance. Late tonight the city center presented & carnival-like aspect except for the grim reminders of the prevalence of artial law—including a strong guard the vieinity of Government House, h foot troops and artillery field pleces Bined up on each side of the street. ‘The Government House, all public buildings, newspaper office and office buildings were lighted as during a pub- c fiesta, while the Avenida de Mayo throngs at every corner listening 31 orators declaiming from improvised bunals. Everybody appeared happy end excited. Gen. Uriburu himself addressed a ®rowd from the balcony of Government ouse. . “Fellow countrymen,” he said, “the army has performed its duty. . . . True %o democratic tradition, it stood up to ® single man to vindicate national as- irations. . . . Now it is up to you to 1fill the mission begun by the national army. The Saenz Pena electoral law (referring to the code guaranteeing se- eret ballots) has given you the most powerful aim of demotrlcic Let us jow sheath our swords and let the bal- ts have their say.” He was frequently interrupted by TS, Word came from the Province of 8an Juan that Lisandro Salas, who had intervened in the government of the province by order of Irigoyen, had an- Sicipated the government’s fall and re- eigned. ” He thus left a free hand to ederico Contoni, political leader of province and an outstanding anti- goyenista. Irigoyen's policy of federal interven- tion in provincial governments had 'n the focal point of opposition at- ks since his second inauguration. Flyers Help Speed Move. Early reports today sald that Col. respo, chief of the aviation forces at alomar Airdrome, had been killed by fellow officers for refusing to join the gevolt. Later it was learned he was only arrested, along with Maj. Parodi end Capt. Martinez Alegria. The revo- Jutionary forces are commanded by Capt. | Pedro Castey Lampor. The aviation | squadrons did much of the work toward | speeding the movement today and made pedicdie excursions over the city. Another large contribution was given by the daring cadets of the Military College, These 1400 youths were the first to answer the call when a revolu- tionary airplane circled the city and gave the signal that the time had ar- rived to overthrow the Yrigoyen gov- ernment. The cadets headed the northern col- Peace Monument, up Pennsylvania ave- nue to the White House, north on East Executive avenue to H street, thence to Sixteenth street and north on Six- teenth street to the French embassy. Will Dine at Embassy. The fiyers will dine privately with members of the French embassy stafl tomorrow evening, and plans have been made for them retire early to pre- pare for an arduous day of official calls, parties and other activities on Monday. Their first act on Monday morning will be to motor to Arlington National Cemetery to place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. From there they will go to call on officials of the State, War, Navy and Commerce Departments, completing these calls in time to prepare for a visit to the White House at 12:15, where they will be the guests of honor at a state luncheon to be given them by the President, at which time the Chief Executive’s formal welcome will be given. About 80 guests, including high Government officials, diplomats and men high in aeronautical circles will be present, After the White House luncheon the fiyers will be the guests of honor at a big reception to be given at the French embassy, when about 600 persons, in- cluding high Government officials, mem- bers of the diplomatic corps and men of prominence in the city's affairs will be presented to them. To Receive French Fiag. An unusual feature of the White House luncheon will be the presentation of a French flag, taken by Rear Admiral gyrd to the South Pole, to the French yers. The flag was taken to the Pole by Admiral Byrd in commemoration of the hearty reception given him and his comrades on their transatlantic flight which ended with a smashed-up plane at a little French fishing village. At the White House luncheon and at the final event of the fiyers’ busy day, & banquet Yeing given in their honor at the Willard Hotel, tomorrow evening, radio will carry the voices of those wel- coming them, and the flyers through- out the United States and by shorte wave broadcasting to France and pos- sibly England and Germany. Both the Columbia and National Broadcasting systems will cover the White House luncheon with Nation- wide long-wave networks and, in the case of the National system's broadcast, short-wave broadcasting abroad. At the banguet the international broadcasting will be done by the Co- lumbia System. ‘Tuesday morning the flyers plan to leave the Capital to return to New York and tesume plans for their proposed good-will tour of the country. An es- cort of service planes, similar to that which will meet the Question Mark at Baltimore tomorrow afternoon, will see the flyers safely away from the Capital, $250,000 LIQUOR SEIZED 5,000 Sacks Found by U. 8..Agents in Louisiana Marsh. NEW ORLEANS, La, September 6 umn which advanced on the Govern- | ment House and recruited police and | civilians as they went alon]g1 until 7,000 | in all were in line. Then the first regi- | ment of infantry joined them. The fight in front of La Epoca was not the only attack on the revolu- tionaries. Another occurred at the Plaza Congreso following tife triumphal entry of troops and civilians into the laza on the way to the Government ;louae. They were marching calmly ‘when suddenly a group of Yrigoyenistas fired into them aond the troops ans swered. After a sharp battle of a few minutes, which resulted in fome cas- ualties, the Yrigoyenistas fled. Sixth Quake Rocks Spanish City. MURCIA, Spain, September 6 ().— (#) —Five thousand sacks of liquor esti- mated to be valued at $250,000 were seized today by Federal prohibition agents in a marsh near De La Croix Teland. The liquor was in five trucks which were without drivers when the officers reached the marsh. No ‘(race of the owners has been found. PHYSICIAN. ENDS LIFE Calls Undertaker's Employe Then Shoots Self Through Heart. GADSDEN, Ala., September 6 (#).— Dr. W. H. Harper, Etowah County | health officer, drove his automobile into the driveway of an undertaker's estab- lishment here today and. after calling | | A severe earthquake shook this city at % v'clock this morning. It was the sixth end worst quake felt here in the last few days. No damage was reported, but e population was thrown into panic. ’ to an employe, shot himself through the heart, dying within a few minutes. Relatives re unable to assign a cause for the sulcide. " | there, ‘the THE SUNDAY S ATLANTIC FLYERS - DESIRE ONLY SLEEP Former German Enemy Writes Congratulations and Is Answered at Once. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, September 6.—Dieu- donne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, tired and bedraggled, but $25,000 richer than when they took off from Long Island last Thursday on their flight to Dal- las, Tex., to qualify for the Easterwood prize, returned to New York today. They asked for only one thing on their arrival at Valley Stream after a six - and - one - half - hour flight from Louisville today, and that was rest and a chance to sleep. Accordingly, all engagements for to- night and tomorrow were cancelled and they retired to their swte in a Park lnvenue hotel, where they said they ;would stay until tomorrow afternoon, | when they leave for Washington to re- ceive a welcome from President Hoover. Tired as they were, they swung their transoceanic Question Mark North up the Hudson when tiiey 1reached the Statue of Liberty, in New York Harbor, this afternoon and paid a flying visit to the military academy at West Point. Drops American Flags. Swooping low over the parade ground unloosed a cloud of small American flags which fluttered down to the green field as the red plane swooped and dipped its wings in salute. Foot ball practice was stopp2d and the cadets thronged the parade rround s the plane flew over. Then they made a mad scramble through shrub- bery and on top of the buildings after the small souvenirs the fiyers aropped. The nose of the Question Mark then was turned toward Curtiss Field, where its epic flight from Paris to New York ended last Tuesday night. The Mayor's Committee of welcome awaited them there, and after seeing their plane safely housed, the two fly- ers climbed into an automobile and were driven back to the city. Also at the fleld to greet them was Marcel Douret, one of France's greatest fiyers, who recently performed with an international team in the Air Races in :Jh);lmo. He rode back to town with m. Former Enemy Lauds Coste. On his arrival at the hotel Coste made public the following letter from Itel F. R. von Montuffel of New York, and his reply: “Dear Capt. Coste: “As a German aviator once in com- mand of the Escadrille de Chasse op- between Rheims and Soissons in 1916 sign I met s0 many times in the air between Rheims and Soissons on 1916 and 1917. I want to send to you and Capt. Bellonte my heartiest congratu- lations on this wonderful flight you have just accomplished. “I was at Valley Stream yesterday to see you soaring in with your great and glorious Red Bird. That was a very great moment for all of us who every minute followed the progress of your daring westward crossing. “You bring the old sign of your im- mortal leader, Guynemer, to new glory, and I wish that your Cigogne will still have many, many successful flights. “Sincerely yours, “ITEL F. R. VON MANTUFFEL.” ‘The sign referred to in the letter is the stork painted on the side of the Question Mark. Coste Answers Immediately. Coste sent the following: “My dear Mr. Von Mantuffel: “Of all the telegrams and letters Iy, have received, I wish to assure you that none pleased me more than yours of September 3. “I have just returned from my flight to Dallas, and my first thought is to answer this letter which is written in such a wonderful spirit that it has made me feel more proud of my ac- complishment than before. “Maurice Bellonte joins with me in sending you our best thanks, and hop- ing to have the pleasure of seeing you before we leave these shores. “Sincerely yours, “Dieudonne Coste.” During the last six days the two Frenchmen have flown more than 7,000 miles, 4,000 of it over the ocean. On their trip to Dallas, which was broken on the way back by an overnight stop at Louisville, they flew approximately 3,200 miles. ‘Will Make Good Will Tour. Their plans after Monday have not been definitely formulated, but include a good will tour of the United States. Just when they will take off on that tour, or what cities they will visit, has not been decided definitely. They are making the trip under the auspices of a committee now being formed and which is headed by Charles Hayden of Hayden, Stone & Co.,, New York bank- ers. Col. Charles A, Lindbergh, who will participate in the welcome for them at Washington Monday, is a member of the committee. ““We enjoyed the trip over your beau- tiful country very much,” Coste said. “We were-impressed by our trip to West Point and the beauties of the Hudson River.” Asked what they thought of Amer- ican women, Coste said: " ;‘Th' women 'in Louisville are beauti- PESEEREEES COSTE GIVEN ‘BREAK’ FORECASTER REVEALS Had Favoring Conditions That Might Not Occur Again in Year, Mitchell Says. By the Assoclated Press. Dieudonne Coste was credited yester- day with having a rabbit’s foot to com- bine with patience and good judgment. C. L. Mitchell, the principal meteor- ologist of the Weather Bureau, who picked a fair-weather path for the French flyers for the trip from New York to Dallas, retraced their entire trip today on his weather maps. “Coste walted all Summer and got a combination of favoring conditions that might not occur again for a year,” he sald. “The hurricane that passed by Bermuda the latter part of August had made a low-pressure area over the Azores, which combined with a high- pressure area to the north to give him wind in fair velocity from the east of the northeast all the way. “But he got through just-in time! Look what happened B]on% his path the next few days. [f he had waited 12 hours more, the winds wculd have been against him. And in another 24 hours, everything would have been ‘haywire’ for that trip. A Newfound- land disturbance had turned the winds northwest and north. By the time he got to New York, the weather aver his trail was just a mess.” Mitchell said ‘he wind gave Lind- bergh much more help than it did Coste, and Coste's luck lay in getting any favorable wind at all, since most nr‘ the transatlantic winds are west- erly. Horses Burned in Barn Fire. STAUNTON, Va., September 8 (Spe- cial).—The new barn of Robert Clem of near Mount Solon was destroyed by fire early this morning. Two horses perished and grain and machinery also were lost. A sack containing ehickens found about the premises led Mr. Clem to believe that a chicken . drop?ed .8 match or cigareite which\gaused the Trsurance partly covers thie 1oss., TAR, WASHINGTON, CARIBBEAN STORMS RISE UP REGULARLY Weather Bureau Warning of | Galveston Hurricane in 1900 Is Recalled. BY REX COLLIER. Thirty years ago today the Weather Bureau issued a warning that the Texas gulf coast lay in the path of a freak West Indian hurricane, which, instead of re-curving northward as expected, was blowing across the Gulf of Mexico. ‘The warning was accepted with little ado by the average landlubber, but seamen battened down hatches and made fast all movable material on the decks of their ships. ‘The next morning the city of Gal- veston awoke to find water pouring over the beach and into the houses and a wind of increasing fury roaring in from the Gulf. Within a few hours the city was in the midst of a great disaster and | at the mercy of an unprecedented tidal | wave and a record hurricane. Storm Killed 6,000. When the waters had_ subsided and the wreckage had been cleared away it was found the storm had reaped a toll of 6,000 lives and had wrought damage totaling $17,000,000. In the popular mind the Galveston hurricane of September 8, 1900, and the Miami hurricane of 1926 stand out as exceptional occurrences, to which now must be added the late Santo Domingo storm. To the meteorologist, however, these hurricanes are exceptional only in that they involved large loss of life. Hurricanes themselves are not “‘excep- tional,” according to Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell. At this time of the year they are the rule, rather than the ex- ception. During the 43-year annals of the Weather Bureau there have been more than 275 tropical storms, or an ;;/:rnle of more than half a dosen a Will Continue for Ages. These “tropical disturbances” have been occurring during past ages and they will continue for ages to come, Mr. Mitchell declares. Columbus was the first civilized mariner to run afoul of one of them, and he emerged with a serious death toll among his men and the loss of part of his fleet. In the four centuries since Columbus told of his encounter with such a storm, the his- tory of hurricanes has been written in e o Uhoke Chapichs Iiek bacamsbeta e chapters lyin compl at the bottom of the sea. ¥ o Forecaster Mitchell has conducted an exhaustive study of tropical hurricanes and has_found much of interest about them. He will tell you that most of them are born of the “doldrums.” not a state of mind, but the curious “vac- ]uv\;'v‘ng o(;m&d by gul slqumng vessels 3 e coast of above the Equator. N ami i Doldrums Create Cyclones. e doldrums lie between the - east trade winds of the Ncrehemn&:'#- isphere and the southeast trades of the Southern Hemisphere. As the doldrums move northward in August and Septem- ber, the southeast trades become south- west winds. Thus. as the doldrums ap- roach the Cape Verde Islands, the de- ective action of the opposing winds appears to set up a cyclonic movement —and a hurricane is born! There are no doldrums below the Equator in the South Atlantic and, accordingly, hurricanes are unknown there. They occur, however, above and below the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, but are referred to by different names. n the western Pacific they are ty- phoons, in the Indian Ocean and the Ba}; of Bengal they are cyclones, and so on. “Essentially all these storms are the s?me in character,” Mr. Mitchell de- clares. May Occur in Summer. West Indian hurricanes may occur at any time between June and Novem- ber, but the height of the season is in August and September, the forecaster said. Contrary to a belief frequently expressed by laymen, the records do not show that the frequency and intensity of hurricanes is increasing within the past few years. A recapitulation of the records back as far as 1887 dis- closes hurricanes have been on the de- cline during the past decade. In the g:sf. 13 years, 65 tropical storms have yeen rec?rd‘;d. ‘ll’hlle during the first 13 ars of e bureau’s history, fi 1887 to 1900, there were abouzn;oo. gt The greatest number in one year oc- curred in 1887, when 16 were recorded. The year 1916 was next with 13, 1909 third with 12, 1891 and 1893 were tied with 11 and 1926 and 1901 were tied with 10 each. The smallest number for one year was 1, in 1890. There were 4 last year, 4 in 1928, 7 in 1927, 10 in 1926, 3 in 1925, 8 in 1924, 5 in each of 1923, 1922 and 1921; 4 in each of 1920, 1919 and 1918, and 2 in 1917, Give Warning of Appfoach. Fortunately, hurricanes give advance warning of their approach. They are | preceded by squally weather, ocean |Swells, falling barometer and charac- |teristic clouds. In addition to these “official” indications, hurricane veter- |ans depend on other “signs.” Mariners have told often of a “hurricane bar,” or great banks of clouds of peculiar formation, which precedes the storms. Residents of the island of Dominica put ;ll:l;'!u!;hg the )‘;lm;‘rrlcane birds,” or of rn which cloud the hiingre .t. blgw. ’ky cent hurricanes in ‘Miami hav been heralded by a strange copper gIo: in the sky during and after sunset, accompanied by an ominous stillness in the air—referred to by some residents **nir. "Mitehei 3 ell is authority for th statement that more than half of nfi hurricanes of history developed during August and the first half of September, In August, 1893, there were four hurri- canes raging at the same time, and in September of 1900 there were three, in- i cluding the Galveston storm. Deviated From Course. ‘The present storm did not follow the course of two-thirds of its September predecessors, the forecaster pointed out. A majority of the storms during the first two weeks of this month recurve north or northeastward. This time, |however, there was a “wall” of high pressure extending from the coast over the North Atlantic, serving as a bar- rier to the northward tendencies of the hurricane. It was a similar high- pressure condition to the north that sent the great hurricane of 1900 hurtling toward Galveston after it had failed to break through the “anti-cyclone” of high pressure. Hurricanes quickly lose their vicious- ness over land, and the mountains of the West Indies easily dealt a death blow to the current one after it had devastated Santo Domingo. Tension Subsides. Tension caused by the present blow has subsided, but the forecaster points out that other hurricanes may be ex- Rected with the next few weeks, juds ing from the history of their past re currence. During the latter part of September the West Indian menace is about ended, but tropical storms often develop then in the Western Caribbean, gely, the first half of October again sees a, rise in hurricane fre- quency, with many of the storms of the past ‘being motable for their freak courses.. Three such October storms actually looped the loop in their er- ratic journeys. From October 15 on the hurricane Season fades rapidly. Residents in the hurricane area then may breathe easily again until another Summer. bR o2l In a lottery in Grimsby, England, re- cently Miss Lottle Hogg won & sedan sutdmobile for 12 cénts, ) 0 M. 21 SE:- 1} PR Giant cake, cooked by chef at Willard Hotel, traces itinerary of the Question Mark, plane of Maj. Dieudonne Coste | and Lieut. Maurice Bellonte, from Paris to New York. are done in colored sugars forming the icing. day night at the Willard by the Washington Board of Trade. BEACON TO HOUSE COLUMBUS' BONES Wind-Defying Lighthouse 1| Object of Architects of Seven Nations. By the Associated Press. A wind-defying lighthouse, beacon to ships and airplanes in such a tropic storm as has just swept Santo Domingo, has become the chief objective of the Pan-American Union in its plan to move again the restless bones of Christopher Columbus. Supposedly five times buried, Colum- bus’ body, now in the cathedral at Santo Domingo, would by this plan be enshrined in a 400-foot-high light house in a park by the harbor of the Dominican capital, dedicated to serve | was in progress. that most modern navigator, the inter- American aviator, Grandeur Is Stressed. On grandeur, splendor, mass, the Pan-American Union placed 40 per cent of the stress in instructions just sent to the 10 architects from seven nations engaged in the final completion of the Christopher Columbus me- morial design. Symbolism, utilitarian arrangements, originality and beauty of ornament and sculpture, followed in importance with smaller shares of attention given to economy of maintenance, color as an arresting magnet for aviators, and ef- fectiveness of illumination. The 10 prize-winning designs in the international elimination contest had but one characteristic in common, a Gibraltar-like solidity to the onslaught of the Caribbean storm. Will House Memorial. A chapel large enough to contain the Columbus memorial, now in the cathe- dral and holding his bones, is to be a part of the light house, Each architect was required to limit the cost of the light house proper to $1,500,000, but to include in his plans designs for mu- seum and library units; for a complete airport, park and ?rden features and a large nnchoxaxl‘e for seaplanes. The plans will be submitted in Rio de Janeiro, where a jury will meet to make award some time during 1931. STRICKEN CITY GAVE AID WHEN NEEDED ‘Washingtonians who plumbed the depths of the heart of poor little Santo Domingo back in 1918, when vast sec- tions of the world were suffering and in need of all the help they could. get, found it in the right place and made of solid gold—to the tune of $85,000. It was when sections of war-ravaged Europe were in dire need of necessities, food and clothing, and the Red Cross was marshalling its forces to help, that Santo Domingo came through with more th;‘\ its share. ‘he story of how Santo Domingo, never a rich community, dug down into its scantily lined jeans and pulled out $85,000 when France was suffering was told today by George Donald Miller, who spent eight years in to Domingo, from 1913 to 1922. “Back in 1918,” he said, “when the war-torn regions of Europe were in dire distress, the call came from Washing- ton for the organizaiton of a Red Cross chapter there, There were several Washingtonians on the island at the time. Willlam Worthington Russell, 1532 Twenty-second street, then Ameri- can Minister to the island, was made chairman of the chapter. Brig. Gen. Harry Lee of the Marine Corps, was made honorary chairman, John T. Vance, law librarian of the Library of Congress, was a member of the executive committee and I was secretary of the chapter. When asked for money Santo Domingo went far over its quota and gave with a spirit of good will.” In view of the hearty response of Santo Domingo when another section of the world was in trouble, Mr. Miller be- lieves that now, in Santo Domingo’s dire need, the world will respond just as heartily. The Bank that Makes You a Loan*with a Smile The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical and fair —it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank to borrow. Easy to P For each $60 or Jraction borrowed you agree to de- it $5 a month an account, the fmndn of which may be used to cancel the note when due. Deposits may be made on a weekly, semi- monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. | Scotland, September 6 (#).—Sir James The plane, New York s STORM TOLL RISES; FEAR 5,000 KILLED IN SANTO DOMINGO (Continued From First Page.) and San Pedro de Marcoris has been ned to traffic. This will make easier e transportation of supplies. TRAVELERS DESCRIBE HORROR. Heaps of Bodies Lie on Banks of Flooded Rivers, They Say, SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, September 6 (#) —Passengers on the Pan-American airplane from Port au Prince. which sailed over Santo Domingo City and the storm area without landing, told today of the scene of horror they had witnessed in the hurricane zone. ‘The plane reached here in the night. Those in it asserted that from above it appeared that every house in the capital had been unroofed. The rivers were flooded and all bridges down. There were heaps of bodies on the river banks, awaiting transfer to the city where incineration Apparently attempts were being made to take dead from outlying zones into the city proper. The hurricane cut & path estimated at 10 miles east and 30 miles west of Sento Domingo City, Macoris seemingly eleglnl. e flyers could report nothing of the Santiago section. PICTURES SHOW DAMAGE. Photographs Are Rushed From Stricken City to Florida, MIAMI, FLA, September 6 (#).—A Pan-American Airways transport plane carrying a crew stranded by the hurri- cane in Santo Domingo Wednesda rived here at 1:30 p. m. (E. 8. T. day. It brought mail and photographs of the devastated sections. Among the photographs were 60 pictures for the Associated Press Photo Service, many of them excellent views taken from the air. An Associated Preas chartered airplane, awaiting the Santo Domingo plane, immediately took off with & large number of these photo- graphs for Atlanta, the nearest tele- photo point. The balance was dis- patched by airplane to New York. SERUMS ARE RUSHED. NEW YORK, September 6 (#).—An emergency shipment of 165 pounds of serums will be sent tonight from New York City by train to Pan-American Airways at Miami, from where it is to be taken by plane Monday to hurricane- ridden Santo Domingo. ‘The serums are tetanus gas, gangrene and anserobic antitoxin. Other ship- ments have been sent by boat. They are addressed to the American Red Cross at the Dominican capital. PROMINENT SHENANDOAH VALLEY BOY SCOUT DIES Speclal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., September 6.— Charles R. Anderson, jr., 18, son of a prominent physician, died today from | complications dcveloping shortly after recovering last Spring from pneumonia. His first illness was contracted while returning from England, where he rep- resented Shenandoah area at the In- ternational Boy Scouts’ Jamboree in 1929, He had been awarded 40 merit badges in the Scout organization. His father and one sister, Miss Ida Sue Anderson, survive. . FAMOUS PAINTER DIES Sir James Guthrie Succumbs in Scotland—Was Knighted in 1903, ROWMORE, DUMBARTONSHIRE, Guthrie, widely known Scottish painter, died here today. He was born in 1859, and was graduated from Glasgow Uni- versity. From 1906 to 1920 he was trus- tee for the National Galleries of Scot- land. He was a member of the Aneient Monuments Board of Scotland; of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, $540 $1,200 $100 $6,000 $500.00 MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W. “Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit* Paris; of the’ International Soclety of Painters, and of other artists’ organiza- tions. He was knighted in 1903. & Loans are pass- ed within a day or two after filing SR Jen eacep tions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually though ¢ be l‘m f?rm od of from 3 to 12 months. kyline, Eiffel Tower and sea scene below The cake will be 2 part of the banquet to be given the French flyers Mon- Chef Edward Altan is shown with the cake. ~—S8tar Staff Photo. 1S HURRIGANE HERO Capt. Silva, Called “Trouble- | Buster” for Work in 1926 jand World War, Again Active. By the Assoeiated Press. A young man who earned the nick- name “Troublebuster” doing relief work among the victims of the 1926 hurri- cane in his native Porto Rico is active leader of American Red Cross co-opera- tion in the storm-crushed island of Santo Domingo. Capt. Antonio Silva, 33-year-old United States-educated officer of - the Porto Rican National Guard, who went by airplane to the scene of disaster, was | described by officials who worked with him as “the one we always send on the tough jobs.” Made Relief Adviser. Ernest J. Swift, assistant director of foreign operations of the American Red Cross, said upon transferring the oenter of activities from Washington to Santo Domingo City that Silva would act as adviser to the American Relief Com- mittee, and that Silva's requests would govern action at national headquarters. “He proved invaluable in the field in 1926.” Swift said. “We depend on him for first-hand reports from the interior of all five of our relief areas. He had jumped into the job, in fact, before the lfi‘r‘n Red Cross party arrived in Porto ico.” Silva was made manager of the Red Cross Chapter at San Juan after the hurricane of two years ago. When na- cations of a Caribbean storm, early this week, their message crossed one from him ready for work. Dur\&{o'.hn World War Silva held a commission in a provisional regiment of his country, later receiving a_commis- sion in the National Guard. He grad- uated in dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Constantly in Action. “With his understanding of his coun- try men’s psychology and customs and his training in the American way of doing things,” Swift said, “he was par- ticularly heipful in managing relief camps. He was constantly in the field, covering it in automobiles, on horseback, on foot. That is how we began calling him ‘Troublebuster.’ ” Two months :{o Silva was in Wash- ngton studying the Red Cross organi- zation. Swift added to his description: “He is tactful, but typical of the Spanish officer—once you've seen him, you think of him as Capt. Silva—Dr. Silva, never.” any of jobs or the same Tearing Down at Wal Conducted at Our 13th and B Doors Plumbing Lavatories Many Othe; Bri Downtown. .......... Brightwood. .......59 YOUNG PORTO RICAN tional officials cabled him at first indi- | Wreckin Tearing Down in Front of Being Conducted at Our 6 Windows Heating Plants RED CROSS PUSHES HURRICANE RELIEF E. T. Swift Will Fly to Santo Domingo to Make Survey of Needs. | By the Associated Press., Plans of the American Red Oross moved steadily ahead for the relief of Santo Domingo last night while offi- cials awaited further reports from their own representatives regarding the sup- plies needed by those stricken by ‘\El hurricane. Ernest J. Swift, assistant director of insular and foreign operations, shifted his command of activities at headquar- ters here to James K. McClintock, vice chairman of the Red Cross, and pre- pared to depart for Miami, en route to the stricken island. Swift will go by plane from Miami to Santo Domingo on Monday to make complete investigation of relief needs in co-operation with American officials | already there. He sald he would report | immediately upon his arrival, in order | that his findings might serve as a basis for further action at headquarters. Union Adopts Resolution. | A resolution urging upon 20 Amer- | lean republics the necessity of extend- | ing all possible assistance to the hur- ricane-stricken Dominican Republic was adopted yesterday at a special session of the Pan-American Union Governing Board. Latin-American mission heads repre- senting their republics in the union ex- pressed their sympathy in the emer- gency of their fellow republic and adopied the resolution promptly. It was | the first time such a formal step has | been taken by the union to further a relief or simiilar movement. The Mexican and Cuban representa- tives, especially, indicated their gover ments were hastening to‘do everything possible to aid the island republic. Introduced by Dr. Baron. ‘The resolution introduced by Dr. Jose Baron, charge d'affaires of the Cuban embassy, and seconded by Manuel Tellez, the Mexican Ambassador, who at the “special session to consider the extraordinary situation prevailing in the Dominican Republic,” follows: “(1.) 'To urge the governments mem- bers of the Union, through their repre- sentatives on the governing board, to come to the aid of the Dominican Re- public in whatever manner, measure and time each one finds most expedient. “(2.) That through the proper agen- cies of each government the philantro- pic institutions and societies of each country be urged to come to the as- sistance of the Dominican Republic on private initiative. “(3.) That the director general be authorized to tramsmit a message of sympathy and condolence to President ‘Trujillo and to the representative of the Dominican Republic in Washington in the name of the governing board, and communicate to them the foregoing resolution.” The resolution was communicated to legation officlals and to President ‘Trujillo by Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director of Pan-American Union, who said that “in transmitting this resolution I desire to express my own condolences and those of the Pan-American Union.” TROPICAL FISH ARE PETS Natural History Museum Exhibi- tion Brings Charming Fad. NEW YORK (N.AN.A,) —Tropical | fish are the latest things in pets, thanks to an exhibition of them at the Natural History Museum. They are most quisite, small creatures, with fins and winglike appurtenances, charming of outline and dazzling of color. The most iridescent of all come from Siam. One variety has to come up occasionally for air, and can actually be drowned. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alllance.) SAYS DRY LAW IS WRONG Pennsylvania Judge Declares 18th Amendment Violates a Right. CONNEAUT LAKE PARK, Pa., Sep- tember 6 (#).—Judge W. H. 8. The son of the United States Court of the Western Pennsylvania district, said that the Eighteenth Amendment was fun damentally wrong, in speakig at a meet ig of Zone 7, Pennsylvania Bar Assocl ation, here last night. Discussing_every amendment passed prior to the Eighteenth, Judge Thomson said all were devised to protect or guar~ antee a right. The Eighteenth Amend- ment, he said, is negative in that it denies a right. g Sale Building Material Bargains! This material may be purchased at our 3 yards at low prices Tearing Down 2 City Blocks for Supreme Court Site First and A Streets N.E., East of Capitol lter Reed—Sale Being Brightwood Branch Agriculture Bldg.—Sale th & C Sts. S.W. Branch Tearing Down 1 City Block rear Agriculture Bldg., Streets S.W. ick Frames Lumber Flooring r Bargains! YARDS Camp Meigs. .......5th & Florida Ave. N.E. ...6th & C Sts. S.W. 25 Georgia Ave. NW.