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WEATHER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.) N?k and continued cool; ‘Temperatures—Highest, munr H Tday. ay; Full report on page 7. lowest, 52, at tomorrow 67, at 4 pm. 2 am, yes- No. f=—— 1,333—No. 31,568, Entered as second class matte; post office, Vvashington, D. C. he Swundmy Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every cvening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Press. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1930-—128 PAGES. FIVE CENTS TEN s IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS 46 DIE AS R-101, LARGEST AIRSHIP, EXPLODES SPREAD OF REVOLT TONEW STATES N BRAZIL REPORTED Insurgents Triumph Through- out Rio Grande Do Sul, Taking Important Port. COMMANDER AND STAFF CAPTURED AFTER BATTLE Overthrow of Intrenched Conserva- tive Party Declared Motive of Liberal Groups. By the Assoclated Press. MONTEVIDEO, October 4.—Dis- patches from the Brazilian frontler to- night reported that a revolutionary movement against the Brazilian govern- ment had swept the entire state of Rio Grande Do Sul and was assuming dan- gerous proportions in the States of Parahyda and Minas Geraes. The insurgents were said to have triumphed everywhere in Rio Grande Do Sul. Porto Alegre, important sea- port, surrendered after a two-hour bat- tle. "Gen. Gil de Alemeyda, commander of the federal gargison, and his entire { staff were mptur:a The towns of Uruguayana, Alegrete and Rosario also surrendered. Da Cunha in Command. A message from Porto Alegre said that Gen. Flores Da Cunha had assumed command of all insurgent troops in Rio Grande Do Sul. At Santa Ana Do Livramento 10 per- sons were killed after a fight between civilians and officers of the garrison. The civilians, led by Mario Da Cun- ha, attacked the Hotel America, where the officers were quartered, and captured it after a bitter fight. Two officers were among the killed—Lieut. Broche and Lieut Aguirre, the latter an alde to the commandant, Gen. Figueredo, who later was_caj k The leader of the Rio Grande Do Sul movement is sald to be Juan Fran- cisco Pereira Da Souza, heading a fac- tion discontented since Getulio Vargos, governor of the State, was beaten for Juui«: While the Cardinals were de- feating the Athletics, 5 to 0, to get back in the running for base ball's highest title, gridirons the Nation over presented busy scenes as the foot ball season swung into full stride. ‘Two local colleges registered victories, Gallaudet downing the Fort Meade team, 20 to 0, while American University de eated Chepherd College, 6 t0 0. Mary- land University fell before Yale, 40 13; George Washington bowed to Rutgers, 20 to 6, and Catholic University was upset by Franklin and Marshall, 22 to 7. Navy won its first game of .he season, vanquishing William and Mary, 19 to 6; Army was victori- ous over Furman, 54 to 0, and in other outstanding games Notre Dame beat Southern Methodists, 20 to 14; West Virginia downed Pitt, 16 to 0; Vanderbilt swamped Minnesota, 33 to 7, and Washing- ton State upset California, 16 to 0. GARDS FIGHT BACK T0 DEFEATATS, 50 Wild Bill Hallahan Blanks Athletics for First Shut- out Since 1926. ‘ Sports Highlights | | BY GRANTLAND RICE. Special Dispatch to The ST. LOUIS, October —The Cardi- nals fluttered back into the thick of the melee this afternoon, riding the left arm of Wild Bill Hallahan, who sup- pressed the egging Athletics abruptly by the score of 5 to 0 before more than 36,000 highly pleased home fans. ‘While Hallahan was shutting out the Athletics for the first world series blanking process since 1926, the thor- oughly aroused Cardinals pounded the whey out of Rube Wahlberg and Bill Shores, and they continued the assault when Mr. Mack finally rushed the vet- eran Jack Quinn into the open gap. As a result of Hallahan's great pitch- ing the Cardinals moved up to within one game of the Athletics, who now are leading the series by 2 to 1, with two more games left to be played upon the old home lot. ‘With Hallahan pitching brilliant ball, the Cardinals looked to be a different t g. scheduled to be inaugurated November 15. Coming Officers Aiding. It is sald numerous officers of high standing in the National Army have Joined Pereira, while also with him are the former officers of the dreadnaught Sao Paulo, who revolted in 1924. Pereira also is reported to have gained the sup- port of part of the army and to have n of large quantities of arms and ammunition. For several years he was brigade chief of the State forces in Santa Ana, The overthrow of three governments in South America, Bolivia, Peru and Argentina, within & short period has intensified a like revolutionary move- ment in Brazil, Jargest and most popu- Jous of couniries on the South Amer- j ican continent. The opposition move- ment in Brazil aims at the overthrow of a group in Sao Paulo which has dominated national affairs for years. Next to the revolutions in other coun- tries, the assassination of President| Joao Pessoa of Parahyba in July while he was on a visit to Pernambuco crysta- lized the Liberal, or opposition, senti- ment for & move against the govern- ment_headed by President Washington Luis Pereira Da Souza. Called Private Affair, ‘This assassination has been described 8s a wholly private affair, but at the same time it had a political bearing in the affairs of the State of Parahyba, it had no national political signifi- cance, although Pessoa was vice presi- dential candidate on the opposition ticket at the March elections. So far as can be determined, the op- position in Rio de Janeiro desires to prevent Julio Prestes from assuming the dutles of President of the republic on November 15. To avert another four years of what they term the “czarism ruling Brazil” through the Conservative machine, these men, allied with certain military and civil revolu- tionists of the 1924 conflict, have been planning such a coup as the successful ones in neighboring countries. Brazil, being larger than the United States, and many times the size of neighboring South American countries, offers greater difficulties for such over- throws of federal governments as have been witnessed in recent weeks. It seems likely that any revolution, should one develop, will be a plecemeal affair, according to the plans of the leaders. Their plans. it was d, called (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) U. S. SEEKS TO OPEN CUNNINGHAM CASE Government Moves to “Abate” Contempt Proceedings Against Pennsylvania Sheriff. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 4.—The Circuit Court of Appeals today agreed to hear a motion by the Government next Thursday to_“abate” proceedings instituted against Thomas W. Cunning- hem, sheriff of Philadelphia, who is charged with contempt of the United rumored, called for | have been killed have not been verified, this afternoon. They started a trifle y, but the great pitching of wid and the alert catching and hustling of Jimmy Wilson soon W!Ird the old pep into their systems and they fairly htered the team that beat them twice in the East. Douthit’s Homer Opens Drive. After the first two innings the Car- dinals began to preen their feathers| and act like hawks. They saw that| Hallahan had the famous Eastern slug- gers eating out of his left hand, and the moment Douthit cracked his home Tun to open the fourth, there was noth- ing else to it. From that spot on the lefthander and his mates dominated scene. Hallahan is a young left-hander who has been around some yeart. He failed to win a game for the Cards in 1927 so they sent him into Texas where he was the big hero of the little vorld series of 1928. Hallahan sells type- writers around Binghampton, N. Y., in the off season, but when the campaign is on he specializes in strike outs and shut outs. He has a fast, snapoy mo- tion with a world of speed. In fact he cut loose with more speed thix after- noon than any pitcher has shown so far. He is the same left-hander that shut out Dazzy Vance in Brooklyn in the 10-inning game that practically made the Cardinals the pennant win- ners of their league. Hard to Keep Caged. Hallahan is a tough bird to keep in a cage. In the first inning, for example, the Athletics had him cooped up, ready for the stew. Bishop and Foxx both singled and Cochrane walked. But while this was taking place the agile southpaw was fanning Dykes, Simmons and Miller. He struck out Bing Miller with the bases full. After this, the Athletics had just one more chance to take a leading part in the show. Halla- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) VOLCANO BLOCKS PLANE Heat Turns Back Craft Bent to Persian Earthquake Area. ‘TEHERAN, Persia, October 4 (#).— An airplane sent out to reconnoiter on the scene of Thursdey's earthquake has | been driven back by the heat of the volcano Damavand, in North Persia. Telephone lines in the region are down. Reports that several persons but it is believed that severs! towns at (1s & new element in the situation—the BROWTH OF POWER BY BUDGET BUREAU LIMITS ITY HEADS Experience Under Nine-Year- Old Law Reveals Results in Municipal Affairs. COMMISSIONERS LOSE AUTHORITY ONCE HELD Lump Sum Practice Puts Millions in Local Funds Under United States Agency. Note—This is the first of a series of three articles discussing the power of the Federal Bureau of the Budget over locally raised revenues of the District. The second article will appear tomorrow. BY J. A. O'LEARY. As the Commissioners prepare to make their annual appearance before the Budget Bureau, beginning tomor- Tow, in support of the expenditures they have outlined for the next fiscal year, it brings once more to the minds of local taxpayers the question whether the | estimates for a municipality like the City of Washington should have to pass | through a Federal agency dealing pri-! marily with natfonal needs and nationa! | income. During the nearly 10 years of opera- tion under the Federal budget system the authority of the Commissioners has been confined virtually to the task of paring down the requests of bureau heads to a total figure fixed by the Federal budget makers. This year there Budget Bureau’s plan of having final estimates submitted without the fixing of 2 preliminary limit—the effect of which will be awaited with interest by District citizens. Heretofore it has been the custom of the Federal budget authorities to re- ceive from the District Building in mid- Summer s preliminary summary of what the city heads to ask for, After scanning this report the | officials would set a tentative total and say, you may submit as a separate list of tal items ‘which have to be dropped in the process of pruning. The city heads then went before the Budget Bu- | reau and argued the relative merits of the two lists. Priority of Needs. Although the figures are submitted this year without the tentative limita- tion on total, the bureau has at the same time directed ail departments, in- cluding the District government, to make up their estimates with the order of priority of increases marked on each item. This is to enable the bureau to have before it the judgment of the de- partment head as to where the cutting thould be done if it is decided to trim down the allotment of a certain branch of the municipal machinery. This marking of priority, to some ex- tent, serves the purpose of a set of principal and supplemental estimates, in that it indicates the relative im- portance of different projects. The Budget Bureau will still have the authority, however, to exercise its ;adlment as to the relative merits of ms. Irrespective of the effects that may flow from the new method of compil- ing the estimates, a glance backward through the nine years in which the District has been “subject to Federal budget supervision, and a comparison of that period with the years prior to (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) CANADA CONFISCATES FOUR FISHING BOATS American Vessels Charged With Violating Treaty on Terri- torial Waters. By the Associated Press. VICTORIA, British Columbia, Octo- ber 4—Justice Morrison in admiraity court today forfeited to the crown three American fishing boats taken by the Canadien fisheries service in Canadian waters off Queen Charlotte Islands. Another American boat taken in ter- ritorial waters was also declared for- feited in a judgment handed down by his lordship a few days ago. Treaty rules forbid invasion of Canadian waters by United States fishing boats. The defense contended no international rules had been infracted by the offend- the base of the volcano suffered. ing vessels. By the Assoclated Press. Plans of the Pennsylvania Sugar Co. of Philadelphia to import sugar into this country in the form of syrup to save thousands of dollars in tariff duties were blocked yesterday by Under- States Senate. During the Vare senatorial campaign funds in tion, Cunningham re- fused to tell the Reed Senate Commit- 1ee the source of $50,000 he contributed 1o the fund of William S. Vare, at that time a candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination in Pennsylvania, and was indicted for contempt. The move of the Government is de- rigned to place it in a position of start- ing the legal action all ov an act of Congress, Government coun- | sel told the court today in asking it to fix a date for a hearing, when a Fed- eral officer identified with a case resigns or dies, his successor must be sub- mitted in the case within six months. In the Cunningham case, U. 5. Marshal W. P. Mathues resigned March 2, and his succes=c”. “". C. Fetters, was not substituted September 23, r again. Under | secretary Mills in approving action of the Customs Bureau in assessing the regular duties on the sugar contained in such shipments. If the plan of the company had succeeded, customs officials sald, it would have meant a loss of approx- cecuntry. | Customs officials, who learned of the plans before the re law increased svger dutics to 17125 IMPORTATION OF SIRUP TO EVADE U. S. TARIFF ON SUGAR IS BLOCKED Pennsylvania Company Fails In Effort to Pay $930 On Assessment of $50,000 for Duty. {mately 75 per cent in revenue from | duties on sugar imported into this catly enacted tariff | $930, while the customs appralser re- ported that one of the shipments con- tained sugar on which the duty would be approximately $50,000. Acting on Mills’ approval, Assistant Commissioner of Customs Dow yesterday issued instructions to collectors of customs “that in spite of the admixture of the water which makes the liquid low in polariscopic test, the article is essence a sugar and accordingly is subject to duty as sugar mflnl“hy the polariscope less than 75 degrees. Dow told the collectors of the bureau had given the question careful atten- tion and had reached the conclusion that the product under consideration was not within the meaning of the Cefinition of a sugar sirup. ! | N\ \Y FEDERATION WIPES CLAYTON CENSURE FROM IS RECORDS Executive Committee Re-; buked for Calling Him to Task on Gas Rates. William McK. Clayton last night registered a sweeping victory over the Executive Committee of the Federation | of Citizens’ Associations, which hldi called him to task for the way he| handled the interests of the federation in the recent hearing on the new gas | rates before the Public Utilties Com- mission. By a vote of 47 to 30, the federation, at its initial meeting of the season last night, legislated the Executive Com- mittee's Teport out of existence, held | that the Executive Committee had violated the spirit and letter of the federation's constitution, and that it had acted in derogation of the powers of the federation. Mr. Clayton, chairman of the federa- tion’s Committee on Public Utilities for many years past, called a meeting of the committee the night before the | hearings on the gas schedule. The committee adopted a report favoring the schedule in principle, but asking | that more equitable treatment be given | to small consumers. | Made Dismissal Motions. On the first day of the hearing Mr. Clayton entered motons to dismiss the petition for new rates and to start a | valuation of the gas company's prop- | erties. Both motions were denied. The same day the Executive Committee | called a meeting for the following | Saturday, at which Mr. Clayton was severely taken to task on the ground that his actions had exceeded the scope of the authority conferred on | him by his committee. | The Executive Committee wrote to the Utilities Commission that Mr. Clayton had exceeded his authority. As soon as the meeting was declared | open last night Mr. Clayton introduced | the following resolution: “Resolved by the Federation of Citi- | zens’ Associations in regular meeting :;.'seombled this 4th day of October, “That the reported meeting of the Executive Committee of the federation held the 20th day of September, 1930, | under the call of the vice president of | the federation, is declared void and il- legal, the same being held in violation | of both the letter and the spirit of the constitution and by-laws of the federa- lon. Usurpation Ts Charged. | “That said meeting and its reported | action were in derogation of the rights, privileges and prerogatives of the Com- mittee on Public Utilities and a usurpa- tion of the powers alone residing in the Federation of Citizens' Associations.” Mr. Clayton then addressed the fed- eration for an hour. He objected to the meeting because it was called by the vice president, B. A. Bowles, instead of by the president, as required by the by-laws. He objected further because it was called before the hearing was over, and_still _further because _the (Continued on Page 12, Column 4) WORKER IN MANHOLE AUTO ACCIDENT VICTIM J. B. McClosky Scalded by Molten Metal Spilled by Backing Car. Driver Gives Aid. A list of unusual accidents at police headquarters was augmented by one last night, and it proved that safety cannot be found 10 feet under the ground. J. B. McCloskey, 25 years old, of 1243 L street, was a good 10 feet under the soll at the bottom of a “man hole” at ‘Third and S streets, working on an electric cable. An automobile operated by Ernest L. Palmer of 1631 Fourth street backed Customs officlals said that when ‘ongress was considering increasing | duties on sugar they learned that plans were under way by sugar companies to construct tank ships to bring in liquic sl&nn ‘The plan, they said, was to load the s! in Cuba and elsewhere with the d o o gallon which would _eontain roximatel (Continued om Page 2, Column 3.) cents per poun: zald the company | | planned e sugar in water and import it as syrup at a duty of one- fourth cent per gallon, each gallon of which would coniain approsimaizly two po%“” f:ru'u‘"' of the liquid ‘WO ipments T %flmlpgh uarters already have arrived at and a report to customs headq said the importer figured the du_uu at i ? of " top, his condition was not serious. into a pot of molten lead, spilling the contents into the manhole and severely scalding McCloskey. Palmer heard Mc- Closkey's screams, got out of his auto- mobile, climbed down into the man- hole and after a half an hour's effort managed to assist Palmer through the At Freedman's Hospital, where | McCloskey was treated, physicians said i Spelling of Name Stirs Memory of Amnesia Victim By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 4—An auto- mobile was stolen in Chicago, which fact would not have been recorded by the newspapers if it had not led to the identification of a woman amnesia victim. The woman was found wander- ing about the halls of a hospital and was taken to the Town Hall Police Station, where she was seated beside Sergt. Mueller when the latter picked up the telephone to receive the report of a stolen ca -0-r-t-0-n" he spelled out. ‘Why, that's my name,” the woman explained. “I think I work in a drug store at Broadway and Addison.” A call to the drug store con- firmed” her-statement and led to her identification by her husband as Mrs. Peggy Morton. PARTIES MUDDLED INNEBRASKA RAGE Norris and Hitchcock Each Expecting Some Votes From Opposing Group. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. OMAHA, Nebr., October 4—From the regular Republican point of. view two | Democrats are running for the Senate In Nebraska this year. One is Senator George W. Norris and the other is former Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock. Of the two, many of the regular Re- publicans prefer Mr. Hitchcock and thousands of them probably will vote for him. Although he officially has the Democratic nomination and Senator Norris officially has the Republican nomination. Nebraska, take it by and large, is a Republican State. It has a Republican governor today, and four of its delega- tion of six in the House are Republi- cans, and both the Nebraska Senators bear the Republican title. Estimates place the normal Republican majority in the State at 60,000. But there is very little that's normal in the senatorial campaign now under way. Depends on Republicans. 1t is quite clear that Senator Hitch- cock’s only chance of election in No- vember depends upon the number of Republicans who, disliking Senator Norris and opposing him because of his support of the Democratic nominee for President in 1928 and because of his opposition to the Republican adminis- tration in Washington, are willing to go the whole route and vote for the Demo- cratic_nominee. Furthermore, Mr. Hitchcock’s chance of election depends also upon the solidity with which the Democratic voters go to the polls and cas: their ballots for him. He must not only win over a large number of Republican voters, but he must hold in line the Democrats. Ordinarily that should be a_comparatively easy task for such a (Continued on Page 14, Column 4. | NEW GOVERNMENT ASKED IN RUMANIA | King Carol Requests Minister Said to Want to Retire to Form Administration. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, October 4.— King Carol today expressed a wish to Premier Maniu that he form a new gov- ernment to co-operate closely with the present parliament. According to re- port a split has occurred in the min- istry and the Rumanian government is tottering. It is stated that Premier Maniu de- S othing delite is likely 1 B Not e n until the middle next week :g:n three ministers who are abroad return to Bucharest. LLEGAL LIQUOR ESTIMATE SET AT - EB3NTIB BALS, ;Woodcock Holds Amount Is | 60 Per Cent Less Than | Legally Made in 1914, | ‘The total “possible production” of | illegal liquor in the United States in | the fiscal year 1930 was estimated by the Prohibition Bureau last night to | be 876,320,718 gallons, or approximately 7 gallons for each man, woman and child. This figure comprised the first esti mate of liquor consumption by a Gov- ernment agency since the eighteenth {amendment went into effect. In an accompanying statement, Col. Amos W. ‘W. Woodcock, prohibition director, em- phasized that the per capita consump- tion based on the estimate was in sharp contrast to the per capita consumption of 22.66 gallons in 1914, which was the last year of normal full production of alcoholic beverages. “The bureau acknowledges the weak- ness of such an estimate,” he said, “but wishes to give the public the truth so far as it is possible to ascertain it. Statements made from time to time that the consumption of alcoholic bev- | erages is as great or greater today than prior to the adoption of the eighteenth amendment are unwarranted.” On the basis of the bureau’s findings, Col. Woodcock estimated that only about | 40 per cent as much liquor could have been produced in 1930 as was with- | drawn tax paid in 1914. Asserting that | investigators have reported on other | prohibition years he added, “it appears | that consumption of alcoholic liquor in the United States is growing less | from year to year. Hits Estimates of “Wets.” In support of his estimates, which he said were made by E. A. Grant and E. P. Sanford of the Division of Re- search and Public Information, Col. Woodcock made public an 11-page press statement, and a book of 81 pages full of details, and setting forth the esti- mates of others including some_repre- " (Continued on Page 1 lumn 2.) | TODAY’S STAR | Gy PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Educational News—B-6 and B-T. Community Center Notes—Page C-1. Fraternities—Pages C-3 and C-4. D. A. R. Activities—Page C-9. Army and Navy Notes—Page C-9. Veterans of the Great War—Page C-11 District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page C-11. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editoxal Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Comment. News of the Clubs—Page 5. Spanish-American ~ War Page 5. Marine Corps Notes—Page 5. | PART THREE—14 PAGES. | Sacisty Section. PART\ FOUR—10 PAGES. | Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. In the Motor World—Page 5. Aviation—Page 7. | Radio—Page 8. | ¥. W. C. A. Notes—Page 10. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 10. PART FIVE—é PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—14 PAGES. Pinancial News and Classified Adver- tising. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 13. The Home Gardener—Page 13. District National Guard—Page 14. | Organized Reserves—Page 14. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Reviews of the New Books—Page 19. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. | World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Mr. ttie. Orphan m'. uwhu: Highlights of History. and Veterans— Screen HUGE CRAFT PLUNGES TO GROUND IN STORM, BURSTING INTO FLAME Air Minister, Lord Thomson, Among Victims as 5,500,000 Cubic Feet of Gas Ignite DIRIGIBLE ON PIONEER FLIGHT TESTING OUT ROUTE TO INDIA Scenes of Horror Greet Rescuers Who Are Able to Drag But Seven, Badly Maimed and Burned, From Inferno. By the Associated Press. BEAUVAIS, France, October 5 (Sunday) —Britain’s giant dirigible R-101 largest lighter-than-air craft in the world, was completely destroyed this morning about seven hours after leaving her base at Cardington, England, on a flight to India. The airship burst into flames in a woodland five miles south of here. Lord Thomson, air minister of the British Labor government, a passenger, was burned to death with 45 men of the airship’s com- plement of 53 officers, crew and passengers. Only seven persons were saved. All of these were badly burned and maimed. They were rushed to the Beauvals hospital after receiv- ing first aid. The disaster occurred at 2:30 am. (9:30 p.m. E. 8. T. Saturday), as a gale was blowing in from the channel. Crashes in Farmer's Field. The big airship, cruising at an altitude of 400 feet on her way south to Bordeau, crashed into a farmer’'s wooded land near the vil- lage of Alonne. By the time neighboring farmers, roused by the sound, had ! reached the field, the pride of Britain’s dirigibles was a mass of flercely burning flames. ‘The authorities at the Beauvais prefecture were notified by tele- phone, and rushed police and first-aid kit to the field. They were too late to save more than seven of all the brave and dis~ tinguished men who set out cheerfully for the East yesterday after- noon. French air ministry officially ascribed the disaster to high wind. They said the R-101 hurtled downward intp the woodland, burst into flames and exploded. Wind Strikes at Midnight. Since early evening the wind had begn rising over the French channel coast, heralding a storm out ix the Atlantic. It struck heavily soon after midnight. At first the fact that smoking was permitted on board was con- sidered as a possible cause of the explosion. Disparities in the ac- counts of the crash inclined many to think so, but the official version of the police blamed it upon the wind. In addition to Lord Thomson, many of Britain’s foremost air- craft authorities were aboard the R-101. They included Sir Sefton Brancker, director of civil aviation, Maj. G. H. Scott, commander of the R-34, and Wing Commander R. B. Colmore, director of airship development, French Ministry’s Statement. An official communique from the French air ministry states that “the air ministry was constantly in touch with the dirigible which sent out messages every 10 minutes. “At 1:50 a.m. (8:50 p.m. E. 8. T, Saturday), the dirigible gave its position as a mile and a quarter north of Beauvais. After this no message was received direct from the ship. “Later it was learned that the dirigible, probably in trouble through bad weather, came down to a low altitude. Shortly after- ward, doubtless as the result of a violent cross current wind, the dirigible crashed to the ground in a woodland a few miles south of Beauvais. “It caught fire and exploded. Several victims, gravely injured, were removed from the debris and transferred to the Hospital Beauvais. Laurens-Eynac, minister of air, left immediately for the scene of the disaster.” 53 Persons Were Aboard. Figures announced in London said that 53 persons, including passengers and crew, were aboard the R-101. The police mobilized all the available farmhands of the region as well as many citizens of Beauvais for rescue work and to search for bodies. They learned that about a dozen bodies were strewn through the wooded land where the airship crashed. It is believed that some persons leaped from the gondola at a low altitude when she was coming down. About a hundred men hunted around the spot, but darkness hampered their work. All Beauvais was speculating whether smoking aboard the alrship had played any part in the disaster. For the moment it was impos- sible to say. Survivor Telephones London. LONDON, October 5 (Sunday) (#.—H. J. Leech of the engineering staff of the R-101, survivor of the disaster that overtook the giant dirigible near Beauvais, France, this morning, telephoned to London this morning an account of the crash. “We crashed on top of a hill,” he saig, “There was no warning. 'As the airship lurched to the earth it burst into flames and then crashed.” Two other survivors of the disaster were J. H. Binks and V. Savory. Both were members of the engineering staff, LONDON, October 5 (Sunday) (#).—Lord Thomson, air minister in the Labor government, and 52 other persons were aboard Britain’s glant air liner, R-101, which was blown up over Beauvais, France, this morning. Sir Sefton Brancker, director of civil aviation; Wing Comdr. R. B. B. Colmore, director of airship development, and Maj. G. H. Scott, famous airman and commander of the historic R-34, were among the 11 passengers. Officers and crew totaled 42. The airship was commanded by Flight Lieut. H. C. Irwin. The navigator was Squadron Leader E. L. Johnston, and the first officer Lieut. Comdr. N. G. Atherstone. Flight Lieut. Irwin was at the controls when the big airship left (Continued on Page 3, Column 4)° B T