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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 No. 31,542, ARGENTINA CAPITAL AS 7 DIE IN RIOTS; IRIGOYEN 1S JAILED Precautions by Uriburu Bring | Prophecies of More Fight- | ing—Ex-President Is Held Incommunicado. RINCIPAL FOLLOWER | ARE ORDERED ARRESTED _l'iring, Blamed on Misunderstand- | ings by Government, but Skep- | ticism Is Voiced in Some Quar- Entered as second class matter vost office. Washington., 3 BIG FORCE GUARDS D. C. ["SOLID RUBBER"™ MAY RESULT | FROM Enormous Possibilities for Obtaining Product in New Form Seen. Achievement Is Announced by Dr. Burgess at Farm Science Meeting. Production of rubber crystals, a sci- entific achievement of vast importance, was announced by Dr. George K. Bur- gess, director of the Bureau of Stand- ards, before the Inter-American Con- ference on Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Industry meeting at the Pan- American Union this morning. At the same time Dr. Buigess told the agricultural delegates, some of whom represent the gremtest rubber- rodug areas in the world, that the ureau chemists have a sample of rub- ber suj y produced from crude pe- troleum by the extraction of certain hydrocarbons in an American industrial laboratory. ‘The erystalline rubber, he sald, was gl'oductfl under the direction of Dr. | ters—56 Wounded During En- | counters—15 Held for Execution By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, September 9.— Buenos Aires presented a tranquil mpparence on the surface this morning after a wild night of bloodshed, rioting and shooting, in which seven were killed and 56 swounded, but an ominous air at- tended the heavy concentration of troops in the capital. Some observers prophesied fur- ther fighting and pointed out the extraordinary preparations in progress by the government of Provisional President Jose Evar- isto Uriburu. Soldiers and sailors were pick- eted at strategic points on the streets. Hipolito Irigoyen, sick gnd overthrown President of Ar- gentina, who has hitherto been accorded virtual liberty within the country, was ordered arrested and held incommunicado. His prin- cipal followers were also ordered mrrested. A lay o sthength Tearaty, Inaniry, guns and airplanes, was made by the provisional government in the city. Planes Patrol City. So i All military airplanes available flew in formation_over the principal points city, the Avenida b House. Cavalry units in full war equipment, Mwith rations as if for a heavy campaign, were 'at the city's station. It was might be entrained for the provinces. News from the country was scanty. On orders of the 1 govern iment, detachments of sailors were land- ed from the fleet of 13 ships in the herbor st dawn, With soldiers and police, they proceeded to clear the streets %f pedestrians. Al: . and communication systems e government l\lthoflflfl and 15 Held for Execution. * unicipal police were posted in force “umekp- L ‘positions. About 15 summary with iooting. ‘The finest. ?usmn of the city showed the effects of last night's firing. The Plaza de Mayo and the streets and squares between the Government House and t.h: central post office presented a ne of destruction. ‘uwmmvl ‘were broken, street lamps smashed and buildings pockmarked by ts. government’s version of the fir- ng, attributing it to a series of extraor- dinary misunderstandings at a time of . tense alertness and rumors of counter revolution, was not sccepted in all guarters. Uriburu Takes Oath. Last night's events came shortly fafter 100,000 civilians and soldiers gath- ered in the Plaza de Mayo and heard provisional President Uriburu take the oath of office. There were no mani- Tfestations of opposition to the revolu- tionary regime then. When Gen. Url- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) TWO FORCE MANAGER TO OPEN COMPANY SAFE Cleveland Robber- Escape With $11,588 After Kidnaping Man as He Leaves Woman's House. B the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, September 9.—Two ers kidnaped Edward Kells, 23, department manager of the Telling- C-lle Cernon Co., forced him to open the company's safe and escaped with 568 early today. ths company’s headquarters. ‘W. Washburn, head of the Bureau of Standards chemical laboratory, and opens up enormous but unpredictable possibilif for science and industry. Up to the present, he said, rubber has GIRL SEES FATHER. MANGLED BY CAR Head of School in West Vir- ginia Is Badly Injured by Trolley Here. - g Helen Furbee’s “happiest Summer” came to a tragic end today when the 10-year-old girl saw her father knocked down by a street car and terribly mangled at New York avenue and Elevent street, just as they were pre- paring to return to their home in Alum Bridge, W. Va. ‘The father was taken to Emergency ‘Hospital, where physicians expressed the belief that it would be necessary to amputate his left arm and leg. Helen, still suffering from the shock of the scene she had witnessed, fainted when ‘she heard this news. Restoratives were administered, ‘and later she was taken to the home of her uncle, Dr. Arnold Hall, Forest Glep, Md. ‘The father, Leonard Furbee, was prin- cipal of the Alum Bridge High" although he was but 32 y-u:'am Helen 1s his only child. 5 Came Here for Visit. ‘When school ended last Spring, he and Mrs. Furbee decided to send Helen to Washington for a visit with the Halls. It was a trip long anticipated, and Helen came to Washington filled with excitement. During the Summer she had s delightful time, playing with youthful friends in Forest Glen and visiting fascinating places in the city. But get! around toward Mr. Furbee drove down for “This has been the happiest Summer of my life,” Helen told Mr. Hall, as she and her father started back to West father, however, became ill on the trip back and he stopped in Win- chester, Va., to consult a physician. He was told that he had appendicitis and an immediate operation was neces- sary. Reluctantly they turned around and drove back to Wi gton. Operation Unnecessary. When they arrived here last night Mr. Furbee went to another physician. This time he was told that he did not have appendicitis and that there was no reason why he should not go on back home. This was welcome news and the father and daughter joyfully planned to get an early start on their trip today. They spent last night at a hotel and left this morning a little after 7 o’clock to get their car. They were walking up Eleventh street and at New York avenue, they stopped in a safety zone to let traffic gu& Mr. Furbee was holding Helen's and. e'll be home in just a few hours,” he sald. “Are you glad?” Before she could reply he had been hurled to the street beneath the wheels of the eastbound street car of the Washington Railway and Electric Co. Somehow—Helen couldn’t explain it— her father had stepped in front of the car without seeing it. Victim Remains Conscious. With an arm and leg almost severed, he was placed in a taxicab. She joined him, and together they were rushed to_the hospital, ‘The father was conscious and in ag- ony. His suffering was too much for the child to bear and she collapsed on learning at the hospital that he prob- ably wonld lose the arm and leg. ‘Word was sent to Alum Bridge that the principal would not be there for the opening of the high school Mon- day and the mother was notified. Helen was iaken to Dr. Hall’s home until her mother can come for her. Police of the first precinct were in- They forced him to open the safe, blindfolded him, and fled after ordering lum to give then 10 minutes’ start. The robbery was conducted so quietly that it was unnoticed either by the watchman or a crowd which gathered in front of the place after an auto- mobile accident. ————— ANGORANS ROUT KURDS Turks Successful in Conflict With Rebels in Ararat Area. ISTANBUL, Turkey, September 9 (#). ~The government today announced that the Angora offensive against Kur- dish rebels in the Mount Ararat region had developed successfully and that the back of the resistance had been broken. According to the report, the Kurds are retiring in a southeasterly direction followed by Turkish forces, which have occupled strategic positions. _Operations in the zone adjoining the Trak frontiers will be commenced soon. vestigating the accident. They said the car was in charge of Motorman Willle @h ‘WASHINGTON, ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g D. C, TUESDAY, Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes CRYSTALS PRODUCED HERE| DR. GEORGE K. BURGESS. been an amorphous substance, on the borderline between a solid and a liquid, and its industrial uses have been rather specific. Obtaining of rubber crystals, if the work can be extended, would mean “solid rubber.” The achievement is somewhat similar, Dr. Burgess said, to previous achievements of Bureau of Standard chemists in obtaining certain rare sugars in crystalline form, thus "~ (Continued 0 Page 2, Column 8.) FIRE OF U. . BOAT ROUTS RED FORCES American and British War- ships Silence Communists on Chinese River. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, China, September 8. —Two foreign gunboats repulsed Communist attacks at nearby points on the Yangtze River yesterday, inflicting heavy damage on their adversaries, Dispatches said neither of the foreign gunboats suffered casualties. ‘The warships involved were the Amer- ican gunboat Tutuila and the British gunboat Ladybird. A roving Communist band fired upon the Tutuila with machine guns and trench mortars about 80 miles above Yochow, Hunan Province. The war- ships answered with 3-inch rifles and machine guns. The bandits were dis- lodged from their position along ths river bank; their mortars were destroyed. tehes falled to state whether ‘were Killed or - - British-Silence Red Raider. o | ‘The Ladybird met an attack by the Communist raider Shasi near the eity of Shasi, Hupeh Province, with a heavy barrage from her 6-inch . Quickly silencing the Red vessel’s guns, the king unist strongholds outside the city. deition 3o Jicting heavy damage uson a g hea: u) the Communist mlder,v{)revenfod m Reds from re-entering the city of Shasi, a portion of which they pillaged and burned Friday. Expect Trouble From 6,000. Serious trouble was expected by au- thorities from a band of 6,000 former government troops who declared their independence and were pillaging villages near Ichang, Hupeh. The soldiers, whose commanding icer was held prisoner by Nationalist authorities at Ichang, were reported to have killed many vil- lagers and to have tossed their bodies into the Yangtze. FATE OF AMERICANS IN DOUBT. Four Reporied to Be Safe on Japanese Vessel. By the Associated Press. ‘The capture by Communist forces of Shasi, a city in Hupeh Province, China, reported to the State Department late yesterday, left in doubt the fate of American citizens known to have re- sided there. Four Americans were reported safe aboard Japanese vessels, but their iden- tity was not disclosed. Whether more were in the city at the time it fell to the invaders on September 5 could not be ascertained. Department records list as Shansi residents Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Zimmerman of Alton, Ill, and one child, and Miss Gertrude Simon of Zachow, Wis. She was connected with the Evangelical Lutheran Mission. ‘The report came to Washington from the American consulate general at Han- kow and was based on information ob- tained from the Hankow Public Safety Bureau. It told also of an unidentified city observed in flames by an air mail ggot somewhere between Hwangshih- ng and Wusueh. The aviator reported seeing bodies lying in the street. RESIDENCE IS BOMBED Republican Committeman and Fam- ily Are Jolted From Beds. CHICAGO, September 9 (#).— Political enemies were blamed by John S. Rybicki, Deneen Republican commit- teeman in the twenty-first ward and former president of the Building and Loan League of Illinois, for the bombing today of the two-story store and apart- ment building in which he lives on the West Side. A black powder bomb exploded in the doorway of the store, jolting Rybickl, his family and other residents of the buflding from their beds. Damage to the building was estimated at $1,500, Rybicki told police he recently had ©O. Sauis gnd Conductor Charles W. Alder. received threats on account of his political activities. MESSAGE FROM MISSING SHIP PROVES PRANK OF SMALL BOY Note Set Afloat in Tin Can Was Thought From Vessel Lost in By the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, September 9.—A boy with a taste for sea stories assumed responsibility today for a note in & tin can found floating in the here Saturday that was believed to have been a distress message from the crew of the mystery ship Commodore of Philadelphia, that disappeared 30 years 2go. iter | modore out of a libs 1901. . note purporting to be from the wrecked ship Commodore, and sent it afloat in a can which he found on the shores of Tampa Bay. Charles says he got the name Com- book, but did not know that a ship of that name was assoclated with a m&m of the sea. April 6, 1901, e %ommodnre of Philadelphia drifted out of Brooklyn Harbor :lthoutfll trace of skipper or crew and no clue their 80| that Ladybird fired upon the river banks, | Tin Tal Comm fate was movement 2 Wit IREULARS IN LEAD N MONTGOMERY PRIMARY ELECTION Administration Forces Ahead in Early Count of Ballots. ORGANIZATION MEN ALSO WIN IN PRINCE GEORGES Independents Go Down to Defeat in Southern Maryland Voting. Complete victory for all organization tickets in Montgomery and Prince | Georges Counties was indicated by re- turns of the voting in yesterday's primary elections, received up to noon today. Although the Democratic organization was challenged by six independent can- didates in Prince Georges County, all went down to defeat by decisive mar- gins. The Republican primary of the county also resulted successfully for candidates favored by that party's po- litical machine, Tabulation of the en- ure Prince Georges vote was finished early this morning. Still Counting in Montgomery. In Montgomery County, however, election officials were still counting this afternoon with the complete vote from but half of the 24 precincts heard from. A ballot listing 76 names and the ted the polls accounted for the delay. Early returns, which included the count from precincts calculated to cast the strongest vote for the Progressive ar anti-organization faction of the Democratic party, showed a considerable majority for all organization candidates with the exception of Robert G. Hil- ton of Rockville, who is running against Dr. Eugene Jones of Kensington, for the State Senate. Reports from a dozen precincts showed Dr. Jones, the incum- bent, but 215 votes behind his opponent. The Republicans of Montgomery Cmm&“ue not holding a primary elec- tion year, having agreed on their roster of candidates at a convention in Kensington, August 1. Vote Estimated at 12,500. On & basis of returns already in, the probable vote cast in the county is fig- ured to approximate 12,500, more than 5,000 greater than the former record vote in the primaries. ‘With the two largest precincts yet be heard from, election officials pred! the wunt.hlor the ewmymnh ': whole will not completed un and challengers have been hard at work tabulating the ballots since 7 o'clock yesterday evening. The election was an unusually or- derly one with but two instances mar- g the otherwise unchallenged con- duct of the election officers. One oc- curred last night when a watcher of the progressives at the Takoma Park firehouse questioned 29 ballots which had been initialed by & clerk instead hallenge was made by charged that approximately 100 ballots were initialed by a single judge instead of being done by separate judges as- signed to the work. Miss Vivian Simpson, the only wom- an lawyer in Takoma Park, was called in by Austin and asked for legal ad- . The discussion retarded the work of the tabulators and Sergt. Earl H. Burdine of the Montgomery County police escorted both Miss Simpson and Austin from the room. - Starts for Sheriff. At this point, J. W. Feeney of Takoma Park jumped in his automobile and started to Rockville to get the sheriff. Motor Cycle Policeman Theo- dore Raines arrested him for speeding within a_few blocks of the polls and to ict (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) MOB VICTIM'S PAL IS FOUND WOUNDED Georgia Officers Find Man Sus- pected in Killing of Officer. By the Associated Press. DARIEN, Ga., September 9.—‘“Rub- ber” Bryan, 24, sought as the second colored man who participated in a gun fight yesterday in which a police officer was slain and three others wounded, was shot and seriously wounded in a wood near here today. Bryan's body was lying in a woods near his home, authorities said, in the opposite direction of the swamps where George Grant, 40, believed to have been Bryan’s companion in yesterday's gun battle, was captured. Grant later was lynched in the county jall and a detachment of Na- tional Guardsmen was sent here upon orders of the Governor of Georgia. Bryan apparently had been fatally wounded ip the back with a shotgun. The discovery was made by deputy sheriffs. Just before word of the finding of the body reached here, Militiamen pre- pared to thrash through the Altamah swamps with tear gas bombs. Grant was said to have been identi- fled by R. J. Anderson, Darien night marshal, as one of two colored men who wounded him when he found them approaching & Darien bank early yes- terday. Robert L. Freeman, acting chief of Glynn County police, was fatally shot and Deputy Sheriff J. H. Collins and John Fisher wounded in pursuit of the fugitives. - authorities _visited the unrreceaenud number of persons who | visi SEPTEMBER 9, 1930-—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. *» 8 7 SOMIET F80 Fmeim\’ 2 (EIGHT STATES VOTE INTODAY'S POLLING Senate, House and Guber- natorial Candidates to Be Named in Primary Elections. By the Assoclatea Press. In eight States, scattered from coast to coast, voters today choose party candidates for national and local office. ‘Today's primaries are to decide who will represent Louisiana and South Carolina in the Senate. Their Demo- cratic nominations are equal to elec- tion. Senate candidates are to be chosen also in Colorado, Michigan and New Hampshire. In Arizona and Vermont selections for Governor hold the principal interest, while in the State of Washington contests for House seats head the list. ‘Tomorrow Georgia Democrats will chusetts, New York and Wisconsin will stage the last pre-election contests. Maine Voted Yesterday. Maine's balloting ygsterday returned Republican victories all down the line with Representative Wallace H. White, jr., elected Senator and Willlam T. Gardiner re-elected Governor. Absence of contests within the parties in Maryland made yesterday's primary there largely a formality, marked by the lightest vote in-years. South Carolina’s contest is & run-off primary to decide between the leading candidates in the August 26 polling. Cole L. Blease seeks to hold his Senate seat, and James F. Bymes, former Representative, is making his second try to oust him. Ibra C. Blackwood and Olin D. Johnston, both of Spartan- burg, are seeking the governorship. Louisiana’s primary marks the end of a heated campaign in which Gov. Huey P, Long sought the Senate seat held for many years by Joseph E. Rans- dell. Long spent last night under heavy guard after having been struck in the face by a New Orleans reporter yesterday. Five in Colorado Races. In Colorado five men are seeking sena- torial nominations. Willlam V. Hodges, former treasurer of the Republican Na- tional Committee, and George H. Shaw, former_State chairman of the party, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) EIGHT DIE IN BLAST Oil-Ladened Tanker Explodes, Set- ting Fire to Nearby Vessels. ATHENS, Greece, September 9 (#).— Explosion of an oil-ladened sailing ves- sel in front of the Standard Oil depots at Drapetsonias Harbor last night took at least eight lives. The blast destroyed the vessel, flam- ing fragments of which set fire to 18 nearby sailboats and one steamship. Some of the boats burned rapidly and their crews were compelled to take to the water. It was feared many were burned fatally. Furnishing an Apartment Prices of furniture are remarkably low. The money it took to furnish a room several years ago will now equip a small apartment. Retail prices are down because wholesale prices are low due to the tem- porarily reduced demand. As this condition will not last, it is a great time to buy furniture. Yesterday’s Advertising Last nlglnl homes of both Grant and Bryan and reported the finding of a quantity of stolen goods in each. LEWIS CALLS SESSION INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 9 (#).—The International Executive Board of the United Mine Workers of America will convene here Berumber 17 on call of John L. Lewis, interna- tional president. It will be the first session of the board since the thirty- second biennial convention here last Spring. Lewis sald the meeting had been called to take up routine business. It is understood the dual organization Local Display. Lines. The Evening Star. .25,316 2d Newspaper..... 6,076 3d Newspaper..... 4,332 4th Newspaper.... 3,951 5th Newspaper. ... 3,553 Total 17912 The time to SAVE is when prices are high and the time to SPEND when prices are other 4 newspapers, Sanitarium Walls Collapse in Flood; Inmates Escape HURRICANE, Utah, Septem- ber 9 (P)—Walls of the La Verkin, Utah, Sanitarium col- lapsed under the strain of flood waters last night which poured from neighboring canyons fol- lowing a severe storm and cloud- burst. Inmates were carried to safety. 3 DIE AS ENGINE EXPLODES IN YARD {Dozen Injured by Blast in Reading Railroad Terminal in Philadelphia. By the Associated Press. .. PRILADELPHIA, . - September . 9.— At least five men were killed and a dozen injured today in the explosion of a pusher engine in the round house yard of the Reading Rallroad at Third street and Erie avenue. % The engine was used in pushing hea: freight trains over grades. The identified dead are: John Biemiller, round -house foreman; Fred C. Spangler, engineman, and John Kelley, engine inspector. ‘The blast let loose a detonation that ‘was heard throughout the entire neigh- borhood. For a few seconds after the explosion chunks of metal fell like rain about the yards and employes scurried to shelter. Some of the bodies were blown 15 to 20 feet in the air and landed on a nearby embankment. It is the rule to inspect all locomo- tives each morning. The pusher had been brought out on the turntable and had been taken off again, but stopped about 100 feet away. Spangler discovered something wrong with the injector dnd called the round house foreman. A number of other men gathered about the engine and while the examination was in progress the explosion took place. STORM WARNINGS ALARM HAITIANS Steamship Remains in Harbor at Port-au-Prince to Await Better Weather. By the Assoclated Press. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haitl, Septem- ber 9.—Hurricane warnings in the Car- ibbean today created apprehension in the Haitian capital. The steamship Ancon of the Panama Line, bound for the Canal Zone, anchored in the har- bor here awaiting more favorable weather reports, ‘The warnings were issued late yester- day. It was reported that the tropical disturbance probably would pass south of Haiti. CURRENTS FOIL D—IVERS Men Unable to Reach Sunken Treasure Vessel Egypt. BREST, France, September 9. (#).— Italian divers operating off the coast were unable to reach the sunken steam- ship Egypt today in their quest for treasure. The sea was calm but ocean currents were so strong that divers found the work under seas dangerous. The party returned to Brest on the e Wl TN Somer N »}S\m salvage ship Artiglio. SovIET Sovier PRoTAGANDA | Propacss YL 21— SoviET § SovIET - ) Zzgmam ] HUNGRY HURRICANE VICTIMS STAGE RI0 Troops Crush Rush of Dozens Attempting to Reach Food on Wharf. By the Associated Press. SANTO DOMINGO, September The furnishing of food and water to Santo Domingo’s stricken thousands to- day became & problem of increasing im- portance to national and Red Cross au- possible. Most of the crowd had a meal since Wednesday, wi hurricane struck the city. in the steamsh: from , the amount has little compared to what is needed. Ves. sels have been forced to anchor in the Caribbean while launches and small boats brought their cargoes to shore. Lack of water has become almost as DUt an aqueducs has heen Tepasred ot an aquedug bringing water from inland '.Zw"dum seriously injured patients are recelving treatment in 13 hospitals and im- promptu first-aid stations in the reity. Many of them suffer from gangrenous infections. Additional Serums to Be Rushed. ‘The loss of life has been so great that no effort to' report deaths to a central office has been made. Crema- tion still continues. E. J. Swift, head of foreign opera- tions of American Red Cross, who arrived here yesterday to take charge of relief work in this city, sald that four units of additional medical sup- plies would be rushed to Santo Do- mingo by a destrower. ‘Roosevelt Emergency Hospital, named by President Trujillo in honor of Gov. ;l'heodore Roosevelt of Porto ,000 beds, which will be devoted to patients needing emergency treatment or_minor surgery. Many refugees left yesterday after- noon on the steamer Catherine for San gllln and later will go to the United HAITI KEEPS BORDER OPEN. Government Probes Typhus Reports Be- fore Taking Action. PORT AU PRINCE, September 9 (#). —The government last night officially denied a report that Haitl had bited entrance over the frontier typhus in the Dominican Republic fol- lowing last week’s hurricane. The government is awaiting the re- t of a medical officer sent to Santo mingo before it considers any such action. Grain Warehouse Burns, ‘WOODLAND, Calif.,, September 9 (#). —Fire early today destroyed the Sutter Basin Corporation warehouse at Sey- mour, Sutter County, and 33,000 tons of n stored in it. re officials estimated the loss at more than $500,000. Origin of the blaze was not determined. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 9.—The Sherl- dan-Brompton Apartment Hotel is very bearish on dogs, particularly on Buster, tre: Sraytie back rent. She e g me as the practice of making airedale ride in the servant’s el ‘When she moved into the Sheridan- Smythe said, it was dis- | Sust Buster, beng Brompto: snouy, 'M:‘l. Beatrice Smythe’s high | guests. is being sued for $645 | tin takes the stand that|in the TENANT DECLINES TO PAY RENT AS DOG IS PUT IN SERVANT’S LIFT Fear Expressed That High-Class Airedale May Develop mead Mutters “Al—,” Then Inferiority Complex in Elevator. a ritzy creature, was to ride regular passenger elevators. Toles, ‘Garring Bustes from " going T T from uj and down in the lift with '.h'.o 2 (P) Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,422 TWO CENTS. COSTE BIDS ADIEU ( TOCAPITAL, TAKING TRIBUTE 70 FLYER French Ace Carries Floral Wreath to Drop on Field Where Donaldson Died. SOUCEK’S RECORD SHIP INTERESTS 2 AVIATORS City’s Program of Honor for Pilots Closes With Banquet of Board of Trade. Following a day of such tribute as seldom has been accorded a foreign visitor, Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, French conquerors of the Atlantic and holders of five world rec- ords, took off from Bolling Field at 10:17 o'clock this morning in their red Breguet sesquiplane, which has carried them to nearly all parts of the world. With an escort of Army single-seater pursuit planes beside them, the French aviators headed toward Baltimore en route to Curtiss Field, N. Y., where landed after their historic 37-hour flight from Paris. With them they carried & tribute to a fallen ally-airman, & wreaih of dahlias, which they planned to drop over the Newark Municipal Aire port, where Maj. John O. Donaldson, ‘World War ace and former resident of the National Capital, was killed in a Sent by s, Gesges Thensaie sty ot y Maj. tache of the Frencn ‘mubasy and wee e commander of the Laf: cadrille. A whs & 00y, critie Coste in May Start United States Tour Soon. Donaldson gttained & taincy in S e er t Ger- man planes. He was the u::‘ of Maj. Gen. T. Q. Donaldson and in this city for a number of before and after the war. and Bellon years HH 5 .-_E? E A £ i the present world plane altitude records established by Lieut. Apollo Soucek, U. 8. looked over the =B} E g 5%!:5 which somewhat Dewoitine plane he brought to this country for the races. From Anacostia, the fiyers around to Bolling Field, where the big Brequet had been wheeled out onto the line. Coste and Bellonte wasted no time preparing for their departure. They pem the {sockpm, l.mlu‘b‘sne 'n issuing in=- structions, th Maj. Thenault and Maj. Howard C. it lling vidson, of Field, to the mechanics as- signed as ground crew for their 50 Minutes to Start Motor, and it has been necessal Coste the the ground directing the Coste repeated his signals in French and English when it became necessary cut the switch or turn it on. An escort of pursuit planes, W] took off when the crew started to on the French plane, was forced to land and refuel before the engine finally was started. Finally the engine took hold, Coste and Bellonte shook hands with Henry and Maj. Thenault and Marcel Caussin, French motorcycle po- prisingly short run and climbed in Steep Chandelle, returning over the centre of the field at low altitude and ‘When the tional Capital this morning, its red sides still failed to show the record of ular flight, Paris-New York- Dallas, though the records of its other famous flights have been duly reéorded in white paint down the sides of the et and Bellon planned te ane te fea to add the new record to the collection during the visit here but in the gen- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) NEW HOODLUM VICTIM’S BODY DUMPED FROM CAR Young Man With Four Bullets in “Nothing” and Dies in Chicago. By the Associated Press. HI! Archer avenue early today. paying| He m