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s s WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler to- i nperatures—Highest, 92, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday, lowest,- 68, at 6 am. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 @) WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as secol post office, Wa No. 31,541. nd class matter shington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, e Foening Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Saturday's Cirel Sunday's Circulation, ulation, 102,258, 111,734, SEPTEMBER 8, 1930—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. #%% (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Pre: FRENCH FLYERS GUESTS OF WHITE HOUSE AFTER Noted Pilots Pay Honer at Tomb | of Unknown. FULL PROGRAM FIXED FOR DAYj ' Coste and Bellonte! : Welcomed Here by 15,000. Two smiling Frenchmen, con- querors of the Atlantic in the first | non-stop flight from Europe to the American mainland, today received from the National Capi- tal one of the heartiest welcomes accorded one of their countrymen since the days of the World War. Dieudonne Coste and Maurjce Bellonte, who spanned the Atlan- tic in 37 hours in the hazardous westward passage, Wwhich has claimed the lives of many, includ- ing their famous counirymen, Nungesser and Coli, have been the center of cheering crowds during almost every waking hour since they landed at Bolling Field yesterday evening. President Hoover today laid aside Toutine business of the Nation to honor the aerial heroes of the hour, while tal departments, diplomatic :lvl'?l:ml?d the pc:tllem of Washing- ton joined in a continuous pl’o‘l’ll‘fl arranged as a tribute to the Frencl fiyers, who have completed the greatest ocean flight since Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh blazed the trail, which they fol- lowed in the opposite on. Hoover's Greeting on Air. & fiyers arrived at the White House n.l;l;e:wyp,m, while radio sets in France e L e rasponas ot the "'m The broadcast, over National Broadcasting Co. System, cluded stations throughout the United gm- and Canada and short-wave country. e Eiens o, b e wn flgnonl.haeldo\l a luncheon at the % . famous names on the gue Lindbergh, Rear Admi E. Byrd, o?un fiyer and polar ex- plorer, and Edward V. Rickenbacker, greatest American war ace, who flew with the French pilots during the war. President’s Greeting. f In welcoming Coste and Bellonte a the White House President Hoover said that their successful flight demonstrates again the high courage of mankind and gives heart to all in whatever task they may be engaged, for “it proves that there are no limits to the courage of men and that'there are no lvflt;"m what that courage can accom 5 After nu.klnz‘finds with the noted firmen, who were presented to him by the French charge d'affaires, President Hoover said: “It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here today. Every American recalls the 30 hours and '\ureuef :;{gnu emo- tion that gripped us all while our own Col. Lindbergh was winging his way to Paris and the sense of relief and joy that swept over the Nation when word came that he had safely landed. Our pride and happiness were Tre- doubled when we heard of the mag- nificent reception given to him by the wvernment and people of France. Our (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) . PLANE CRASH KILLS UNIDENTIFIED PAIR Craft Falls and Burns at Nome,| N. Dak., Obliterating Distin- guishing Marks. ~were Col. By the Associated Press. NOME, N. Dak., September 8.—Two unidentified men were killed when their biplane crashed and burned near here early today. So completely did flames consume the wreckage that agtempts at immediate identification failed. The plane was flying northwest from Enderlin when suddenly it dived sharply to the ground. Dr. 8. A. Nesse said one of the men v y was instantly killed, while the :n‘fe:n :lzvplren(ly was_burned before he | could extricate himself. The wreckage | was too hot to attempt location of De- pertment of Commerce number plates. EX-ARMY AVIATOR PLANS SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS SEA| Monoplane Especially Built for Transocean Flying Guarded by Police at Chicago Field. . By the Associated Press. |\ CHICAGO, September 8.—A mono- Fiplane especially bullt for transocean was under police guard today at rtiss-Reynolds Airport, presumably “in readiness for & .and thence to Europe to announce his the time of his take- . At the fleld it was understood apt. Ammel planned to hop to New ‘ork tOMOrrow. e Bane R4 2 Sepped with high fiight to New York | MAURICE BELLONTE. CAPT. DIEUDONNE COSTE. —=Star Staff Photo. TYPHUS SPREADS [N SANTO DOMINGO; NEW STORM RISES Haiti May Close Borders on Neighboring Republic Be- cause of Disease. By the Associated Press. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, September | 8.—Reports of the serious spread of ty- phus in Santo Domingo today caused Haitian government officials to consider closing - the frontier between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, A second hurricane is advancing out of the Caribbean upon the West Indies and likely will pass near Jamaica or the southwestern tip of Haiti tomorrow, the Weather Bureau warned today. ‘The hurricane, of small diameter, but of considerable intensity, was moving west-northwestward at the rate of 12 to 14 miles per hour, and'is about 200 of the city of Santo De- mingo. Vessels near the path of the tropical disturbance were warned to proceed cautiously. Red Cross to Speed Serum. . o'a\e R‘dd‘cron( -rungeg today to send ,000 pounds of surgical dressings, anti~ toxin and anaesthetics to Santo Domin~ go by airplane. The emergency action followed re- ceipt of word from Charles B. Curtis, American Minister to the hurricane- swept republic, that medical supplies from adjacent regions had been ex- hausted. John Barton Payne, Red Cross chair- man, conferred with Maj. Gen. Mer-| ritte W. Ireland and Rear Admiral Charles E. Riggs, surgeons general of the Army and Navy. May Start From Here. They decided the planes, either Army or Navy, should be started either from Washington or New York, depend- ing on the speed with which supplies could be assembled at those places. They may leave tonight. Rear Admiral Hughes, chief of Navy operations, had placed a destroyer, now at Newport, at the service of the Red Cross, but it was decided to use the airplanes in the interest of s . The destroyer will stand ready for further call from the Red Cross, DOCTORS BATTLE DISEASE. Shortage of Water and Suffering of Sur- vivors Add to Peril of Injured. SANTO DOMINGO, September 8 ().— Santo Domingo, devastated by a hurri- cane last Wednesday, which took more than 4,000 lives, today feared that out- breaks of disease would cause a scourge as bad as the storm itself. Insufficient medical supplies, unclean streets and the lack of food all con- tributed to a condition which worried native and visiting physicians. Crema= tion of the dead continued. Attitude of the physicians probably was best indicated in that all are tal ing every prophylactic injection pos- sible. With the .hospital survey unfin- ished, more than 1,000 storm victims already have been found to have gan- grene or other infections. . At one camp yesterday more than 1,300 persons took anti-toxin innocula- tions for typhoid. The medical supplies WITNESS DECLARES KELLIHER FORGED O RIDE 70 DEATH Police Investigate Report Four Men Attacked- and Kidnaped Sportsman. Police were running down a report today that Maurice “Mickey” Kelliher, well known base ball player, who died at Emergency Hospital yesterday fol- lowing an automobile accident at Four- Mile Rufi, on the Alexandris Highway, was beaten and kidnaped at Fourteenth and V streets early Saturday night. A nearby resident disclosed that he wit- nessed a fight there and watched four men force the sportsman into an au- tomobile and speed away. The witness told police he was sit- ting in front of his home in the 1400 block of V street when four men started & fight at the intersection. He said the four men were fighting with Kelli- Trn'n whom he says he has known for The scuffle, the witness told police, continued for more than 10 utes while the four men attempted to force Kelliher across the street and into the automobile. Finally, the witness said, one of the men, who was wearing a light suit, pinned the sportsman's arms in back of him. The other three men, he said, icked Kelliher up bodily and threw im roughly into the car. Kelliher Put Up Fight. Kelliher fought valiantly to release himself and kicked his alleged captors in the face and body, the witness said. One of the men struck Kelliher and he slumped to the floor of the rumble seat as the roadster raced down street and disappeared into the night, the witness continued. “I was sitting out front with my wife when I first saw the fight. I rec- ufnwed Kelliher right away. I used to play basket ball with him back in the old days, and I've known him from his association with men in a pool room here recently.” Alexandria authorities this morning believed that the three Washington men being held here in connection with the death early Sunday morning of Kelliher. would wave the extradi- tion proceedings that have been in- stituted to take them to Alexandria for an investigation in the affair. The men are being held by local police on murder warrants sworn out Alex- andria authorities in connection with the case. ‘The accident occurred at Four-Mile Run “death trap” entrance a few minutes after 1 o'clock Sunday morn- ing. Earl J. Garrison, William McKee- ver and William Shea, the latter who is said to have been driving the car, were also brought to Emergency Hospital for their injuries, and later arrested by local police on the warrant sworn out at Alexandria. Says Warrant Necessary. Commonwealth's Attorney Albert V. Bryan of Alexandria stated this morning that the warrant was necessary to hold the men in Washington until they could be brought here for an in- vestigation into the case. He stated (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) By the Associated Press. Charges made by Maurice Campbell, former prohibition administrator for the Eastern New York district, in the first of a series of articles concerning dry enforcement, provoked a rejoinder today from Seymour Lowman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Campbell said Lowman had ordered him to relax brewery supervision in New York City during the 1928 cam- man's formal statement, Judge that the story is the greatest ro- mance of the century. went ";‘,flm ‘As tor he fail- edb:;llb"flvm.la had a free LOWMAN ANSWERS CAMPBELL; PRAISES EX-DRY’S IMAGINATION “He Was Army Horse Doctor, and Horses Died,” Treasury Official Remarks—Curtis Replies. Vice President Curtis has denied emphatically a statement made by Cempbell that he had used his influ- ence in causing alcohol permits to be issued. “I was greatly amazed” sald Mr. Curtls, in a statement, “to read the statement in Maj. Campbell's article en prohibition ennforcement that I, while & Senator, had ‘used my influence’ in Washington and caused him to issue an alcohol permit. I have never used my influence either directly or indi- rectly to have such a permit issued and if my name was used by any one, it was done without my knowledge or consent. I did not at any time back . | cAmpaign managers or any one else by ‘Washington my influence in for the URIBURU 1S SWORN IN'AS PROVISIONAL ARGENTINE HEAD: IRIGOYEN, ILL, HELD Revolution Victors Making Widespread Arrests of Leaders in Government Now Overthrown. MANY PROVINCES WIRE NEW ORDER ADHESION Complete Check Shows 21 Killed and 211 Wounded in Saturday Fighting in Buenos Aires—Lay Citizens Given Majority of Cabi- net Posts. . By the Assoclated Press. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, September 8.—Gen. Jose Evaristo Uriburu was sworn in this after- noon as provisional President of Argentina. The ceremonies were conducted publicly as the climax of a holiday of rejoicing over the revolution, but with a strong military guard. Military high chiefs, other offi- cers, and the soldiery swore al- legiance to the new government, which displaces that of the ousted President Hipolito Irigoyen, in whose overthrow on Saturday a score of persons were killed in severe fighting. Shake.ups in the army and navy continued up to the moment of the in- duction of the new government into of- fice. Gen. Jose Marcilese was placed in charge of the first division of the Argentinian army. Capt. Leon Scasso was given charge of the first naval re- glon, succeeding Vice Admiral Ramon Gonzales Fernandez, Buenos Aires was peaceful under martial law today, but dispatches from the interior continued to report dis- turbances. In the region of Rodeo a clash resulted in the killing of the chief of ronce of the Department of Iglesias and his wife and the wounding of a police sergeant. Cabinet Mostly Civilians. ‘The ministry installed today included, besides the Provisional President, En- rique Marina, Vice President; Ernesto Bosch, secretary of foreign affairs; 3 Francisco Medina, - of m; nard, m; Sorrondo, interior secretary; Dr. E. Padilla, instruction; Horacio Ba- rela, agriculture, and Octavio Pico, pub- lic works. All of these, excepting the war and navy portfolios, were occupied by lay citizens, which, considering that the leader of the revolt is himself a military man, was commended highly by the citizens. Most of the people of Buenos Aires started out for their accustomed work this forenoon, not knowing a holiday was in force. They gladly joined the enormous crowd gathered before the government house or in parades, enthusiastically the revolution. Widespread Arrests Ordered. ‘The new government continued to designate officials throughout the coun- try, issuing widespread orders for the arrests of certain ministers and ficlals whose part in the rebellion ap- peared doubtful. The revolution today spread to every corner of the republic. Province after province telegraphed its adhesion to the new order. As Gen. Uriburu’s government moved to entrench itself firmly various mem- bers of the old regime were arrested. These included the former minister of interior, Elpido Gonzales, the former minister of foreign affairs, Horacio Oyahanote; the former Irigoyen sen- ator. Louis Molinari; the former di- rector of the malls, Amallo; the former director of railroads, Claps; the former chief of police traffic, Sturla; the old friend of President Irigoyen’s, Scarlato, nndm!.he former Irigoyen deputy, Bide- geain. - The three last named are accused of directing the “Klan Radical,” a group which was held responsible for the fir- ing from the crowd on the cadets in the Plaza Congreso Saturday. Irigoyen was imprisoned in a military barracks. Guards about the place professed to be there to prevent any of the populace, which two years ago returned him office by an overwhelming vote, from harming him. First Resignation Was Temporary. Irigoyen resigned Friday evening un- der a constitutional provision which would permit his return to office at his pleasure. His powers were merely dele- gated to Dr. Enrique Martinez, vice president. The populace, students par- ticularly, considered the retirement merely an artifice, and Saturday morn- ing troops mutinied to enforce their demand for actual resignation. The navy joined them, and the movement. headed by Gen. Uriburu, by nightfall had the city under control. A white flag was run up at the gov- ernment house. Severe fighting oc- curred in front of the government newspaver, La Epoca. The paper was (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) TWO SHOT IN CAFE MARION, Ark, September 8 (P).— Mrs. Harry Kenan, 30, restaurant pro- prietress, and & man known here as N. R. Vance, were shot to death today in Mrs. Kenan's restaurant. Authorities believed the man killed her and him- self because of jealousy. DE MUYTER IN CAPITAL Capt. Ernest de Muyter, famous Bel- gian balloonist, several times winner of the Gordon Bennett International Bal. loon 'n'o?hy and one of the worl greatest lighter-than-air flyers, was visitor in the National Capital today. Owing to the visit of the French con- uerors of the Atlantic, Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, however, his ar- tracted little attention. Capt. de Muyter arrived by train from New York and was taken to the Bel- g.n embassy. fends in the credentials took shouting for Newspaper Man Says Blows Were Returned by Fiery Politician. Subpoenas Issued for Gover- nor and Sheriff in Alleged Kidnap Plot. |, By the Associated Pre: NEW ORLEANS, La., September 8.— Gov. Huey P. Long was struck on the nose today by Willlam G. Wiegand, a reporter of the New Orleans Item, after the reporter said the Governor had called him & profane name. The reporter had gone into the Gov- ernor’s quarters in the Roosevelt Hotel just shead of & United States deputy miarghall 'Who had & subpoens for the Governor’s appearance in Federal Court ROVER BARS TEST OF CAMPBELL GUN U. S. Attorney Says Request Will Be Ignored With Pris- oner Out of D. C. Attorneys for Herbert M. Campbell, undér indictment in the slaying of Mary Baker, were informed today by Leo A. Rover, United States attorney, that no consideration would be given their re- quests that new experts be permitted to examine Campbell's pistol so long as he remained & fugitive from the District. Rover wrote Charles Henry Smith, chief of counsel for Campbell, that he would give no thought to the matter until Campbell had been returned here to face trial. Campbell has been held in the Alexandria city jail several weeks pending the outcome of a long series of legal skirmishes to determine Whether he shall be brought to Washington, Asked for Examination. Smith had t to have Albert H. Hamilton, dlu?t?vr‘h of a_crime detective bureau in Auburn, N. Y. granted per- mission to inspect the revolver turned over to authorities by Campbell and the bullets removed from Miss Baker's body. Ballistic questions in the case already have been passed on by Dr, Wilmer P. Souder of the Bureau of Standards, Col. Calvir H. Goddard of Northwestern University and Lieut. John Fowler of 0 | the Washington Police Department, all of whom found that Campbell’s weapon was used by the girl's slayer. Hearing About September 15. Meanwhile, Federal Judge D. Law- rence Groner announced in Norfolk, Va., that he would reveal soon the date for a hearing he will conduct in Alex- andria on or about September 15 to settle the removal controversy once and for all. The case was appealed to Judge Groner by Smith after J. Barton Phil- lips, a United States commissioner, ruled in Alexandria recently that Campbell should be removed to Wash- ington. . Smith reiterated today that he would be able to block his client’s removal. GRAND JURY.TO RESUME BOND COLLUSION PROBE Rover Receives Affidavit Charging Woman Was Urged to C ange Attorneys by Bondsman. ‘The grand jury will resume tomor- row iu'rmaldenmm of alleged col- lusion between professional bondsmen and members of the police force and between bondsmen and certain lawyers. Last week the grand jurors heard Dr. James R. Armstrong of the Montana Apartments, who is reported to have told of an incident dating back to 1915 and which shed no light on the ition of the bonding "y il l I =1 - REPORTER STRIKES HUEY LONG AFTER GOVERNOR INSULTS HIM }V. LONG. SLAYER OF OFFICER DIES FROM WOUNDS Bandit Who Killed Patrolman A. Perry Pierce of Alexan- dria Succumbs in Hospital. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 8.— - | As investigators sought to connect him with the slaying of several police of- ficers, Owen Wroten, 17-year-old colored bandit, who early yesterday morning killed Patrolman A. Perry Plerce of the police force here in a gun duel, died at the Alexandria Hospital today. According to a railroad detective and a North Carolina police official who ac- companied him here, the description they have of the man wanted for the other murders tallies in almost every respect with the man here. Wroten is the man, they believe, who killed a policeman in Fayetteville, N. C., about two weeks ago and a railroad detective in a gun battle just north of Petersburg, ., about a week ago. The bandit died shortly before 5 o'clock this morning, still handcuffed to his cot at the Alexandria Hospital here. With him when he died was Patrolman McDonald of the local force, stationed to see that he did not escape. Death came from a bullet wound from Pierce's gun, which entered the man's side near the belt and came out through his chest, and from loss of blood from two other wounds which shattered the bandit’s left elbow. Joined Force in January. Patrolman Plerce, who was 30 years old, had been a member of the local force since January. He was married and lived with his wife, Mrs. Marie Campbell, at 516 Carroll avenue, Lyon Park. A painter by trade, the dead officer had seen service in the United (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) -~ NEARBY COINTIE HOLDING PRIVARY Montgomery and Prince Georges Voters at Polls Today. With the continuance of the su- premacy of the Democratic organization of Maj. E. Brooke Lee in Montgomery County the chief issue in - nearby Maryland, voters in all sections of the State flocked to the polls:today to set- tle interparty fights as to who shall be the Democratic and Republican stand- ard-bearers in the November elections. Organized party control is also be- ing challenged in Prince Georges County, where 30 candidates are seek- ing 20 nominations. New Record Expected. The primary election, which marks the conclusion of a campaign of un- precedented bitterness and intensity in Montgomery County, is expected to set a new country record, factional leaders estimating this morning that 13,000 of the 16,000 Democrats entitled to vote will have cast their ballots when the polls close at 7 o’clock. Having two complete platforms be- fore them for the first time in the county’s history, the Democrats of Montgomery County are called upon to decide the two main issues raised by the campaign—whether or not will continue to finance the #develop- ment of the county by bond issues or on a pay-as-you-go system and whether or not Maj. E. Brooke Lee shall con- tinue to direct the county’s administra- tion. The organization platform declares it is reasonable to have future generations, which will enjoy many of the roads, parks and schools now being built, share the expense through bond issues. The platform of the progressive Democrats, or “antls,” claiming many of the im- provements will be worn out before the bonded debt is paid, favors a pay-as- you-go system. Onlnmm leaders point to the record of the past 10 years as evidence of the capable administration of Maj. Lee and justification for the re-election of the candidates supported by him. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) i PENSIONS ARE PROBED IN NORTH CAROLINA Name of V :ran Who Died in 1910 Is Found on State Pension Rolls. By the Assoclated Press. RALEIGH, N. C, September 8— Disclosure that the name of a Con- federate veteran who died in 1910 still was carried on the North Carolina pension rolls today led to plans for an investigation of all pensions. Baxter Durham, State auditor, whose office ‘handles the pensions, announced the investigation. ' He said he would first attempt to learn who had cashed checks made out to Lemuel S. Dixon. of Greenshoro, Confederate veteran who died 20 years ago, and why his office had not been notified of Dixon's degth. The iraud was discovered by Dixon's son, R. L. Dixon, of Greensboro, who saw his father's name on a printed list of thosé receiving pensions. The re- turned checks at the State treasurer's office here bore what purported to be Lemuel S. Dixon's signature attested by M. W. Gant, Guilford County clerk of court. HARMONICA PLAYER, DISTURBING PRISONERS, IS THROWN OUT OF JAIL Cellmates Rebel at Classical Selections, But Guard’s on Stein Song. } Patience Snaps By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Il September 8.—Now BRIAND UNION PLAN DIES AT HANDS OF 2% POWERS CALLED 10 DISCUSS PROPOSAL Substitute Movement for Eu- ropean Economic Federa- tion Under Consideration, Diplomats Indicate. COMMITTEES OF LEAGUE MAY OUTLINE NEW BASIS Submission of Question to Special Group Would Result in Delay and Might Hold Up Whole Mat- ter Until Next Assembly of Con- tinental Nations. BY SMITH REAVIS. GENEVA, September 8 (#.—For- eign Minister Aristide «Briand’s scheme for a “United States of Eurepe” as outlined in his memo- randum of May 17, died a gentle death at the hands of the 26 na- tions invited to participate with France when their representa- tives discussed the project in the Council of the League of Nations foday. ® That the memorandum of May 17 is dead, and that from the re- plies already published and the free discussion of them at this session and in the assembly to come will arise a new conception of organized European action, was the general opinion of the outstanding diplomats :concerned with the subject. Several Plans Considered. Several plans are under con- sideration for such a federation as might emerge from the co- ordinated opinions of the various power which have put forward ideas opposed to or strengthening M. Briand’s proposals. ‘The appointment of & plenary com- mittee to study such organization, sub- mission of the idea of the Economic Committee of the League or to the Political Committee, or to joint discus« slon by both, were indicated as possible new development, 1 latter course should be adopted, reasonably early action may be expect~ ed, but if & ial committee is cre- ated, the whole matter may hang fire for months or not come up at all again Assembly meets, they | until the next 1t had been clearly indicated in the last few days that the European federa~ tion desired that a majority of the na- tions represented must be firmly estab- lished within the framework of the League itself. It was also evident that the idea of a seperate secretariat vir- tually had been abandoned. English Agree With Principle. ‘The English, while agreeing with the principle of European co-operation, want no new independent international grouping, and most of the other states lllbl‘ mbl’lmdull:' view. . Brian represented as feel that without full English co- r-tukl:: the European federation must fail, and he is willing to go a long way in modi~ fication of his original idea to meet British demands. CHINESE AIR RAID TAKES LIVES OF 200 Food Scarcity Sends 40,000 Out of Besieged City of Nanningfu. By the Assoclated Press. HONG KONG, China, September 8.— A report here today said two hundred. people had been killed in a recent ratd by Cantonese airplanes on the besieged city of Nanningfu, in Kwangsi Province. The city is a stronghold of Kwangsl rebels. The inhabitants refused to surrender tung and Yunnan forces. Owl the scarcity of food in the city, 40, civillans were evacuated during a lull in the fighting. Foreigners remaining in the city are living in launches on ;‘he uriver ready to leave the area In aste. FOUR FISHERMEN DROWN that Eugene Moore has been put out | 8irs Motor Boat Capsizes, Plunging All in Craft to Death. TILLAMOOK, Oreg., September 8 (#). —Four men were yesterday at the mouth of big Nestucca River, near Pacific City, when the motor boat from from | which they were fishing, ca) psized. . _Green, G. I Dalrymple of | DENY TAKING RUN BRIBE